Hades 💀 Plot 1 - Execution Phase

[blessmefather]

Who: Open to all Corsair characters
What: Evacuating a village and prepping for a landslide. Then the landslide.
Where: A small hidden village in the forest at the foot of a mountain
When: Backdated to the 4th of March


Surveying the Area

Those who have influence over the elements, or know how to calculate a way to divert some of the impending landslide will want to explore the village layout and the area around it. The village is a humble circle of stone and wood buildings surrounded on all sides by old, towering trees, with a few trees in between some buildings. The ground of the village has been leveled, but upon reaching the edge of the village on the mountain side, the ground makes a steep incline. An old stone wall a little taller than the nearest hut was assembled on this side of the village to divert falling rock or water, but there's no saying something only so tall and worn with age will stand up to the kind of disaster Matt has been warning of.

Evacuating the Residents

Matt has visited this village before during his travels and has good relationship with the elders. It will take some pleading, but the elders will eventually agree to evacuate on the off chance the disaster really comes. Most of the villagers follow their leaders' words, and start packing some supplies and cherished belongings. While it's a small village, some people unintentionally slow the process. Some have pets or livestock to wrangle, others have mobility issues, and there are those who just can't decide what to bring and are having trouble thinking clearly due to panic.

Convincing the Stubborn

A few intentional stragglers insist on staying in their homes. Their neighbors plead with them to come, but they insist that the village wall will hold. One or two might even believe the Imperial propaganda that that Corsairs are up to no good. Do the Corsairs trust their plans to protect the village will protect the stubborn, or do they try to convince them? Or do they take different measures to get them out?

The Landslide

Matt warns all the Corsairs of the time arriving. Within the next ten minutes, there's an unmistakable crash of rocks up the mountain, and the avalanche begins. Any last evacuations must be completed and those using magic or tools to protect the village must hurry to wherever they deem most fitting for their part. Sure enough, a massive wave of rock and dirt tosses up dust as a frightening chunk of the mountain gives way above.

Note: Due to the scale of the challenge, this is being treated like an event, and players may tag each other and post top levels instead of just interacting with Matt's top levels.

Comments

Landslide

[heaven_rooted]

Matt plies his powers to fortifications, and Tau, to the very trees of the woods. It's been tiring work, and there are simply too many trees to 'bless' but he offers a touch to the oldest and some of the younger, strengthening roots so that they can hold firmer. Trees that will be at the forefront, trees that will support them, roots intertwining deep beneath the surface.

Branchlike horns have sprouted from his brow, a sure sign he's been pushing himself as his guise has started to slip. He rests his hands against the large trunk of another tree as he hears the rumblings from above.

The strange energies from beneath make him shiver, even if they're the echoes of something happening elsewhere, and he turns his head towards the direction of that release point.

[blessmefather]

The rumbling from the mountain grows louder and closer, dust rising in the air. Matt's barrier of energy continues to grow, reaching higher and passing beyond the top of the old wall. "Everyone, brace for impact!" he shouts, though it should be clear to anyone in the area that the first of the rock and earth sliding down the mountain is about to make contact with the barrier.

He's faintly aware of Tau's energy nearby, but he has to commit his concentration to their task. Lucky (?) for Tau, Matt cannot simply turn and see the horns that have appeared on his head.

[heaven_rooted]

He can sense it, like a shiver in the air as the trees beyond the wall detect the increased rumbling from further above.

"Stand firm!" Tau growls, head turning back towards the mountainside. He can't give them any more, not without becoming at risk himself, but he remains with his hands firmly against he trunk as though he means to support it with his own strength. In a way he does, while simultaneously borrowing off of its more direct contact with the earth, sensing through it the network of roots and the status of the trees already starting to take the brunt of the mountain's rebellion.

It's terrifying to hear, that sound, but any fear Tau feels is bolstered by anger. And sorrow. He knows that there's only so much the trees beyond can do, and he knows they'll do what they can, because there's little other choice. But little will know or understand their sacrifice.