Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care about that!

[lucetimods]

Who: Everyone!
What: The final day. Moonfall. Twenty-Four hours remain. How do you spend it?
When: The 30th, all day
Where: Anywhere
Summary: The last day. The end has come. The moon is coming down and piercing the barrier. Nothing can stop it.
Rating: It will vary.


Details are here. But here's a recap and expansion!

By the time morning hits Luceti, the Moon has begun to breach the barrier, noticeable by how the barrier will fluctuate about the Moon's face in strange ribbons of energy. The oceans and lakes begin to rage as they are caught by the Moon's gravity. The ground begins to quake in an unsettling way. Small and harmless tremors that will slowly intensify over the course of the day. With the Moon already partway through the barrier, it will be noticeable that it is not quite as large as the real Moon. Though quite vast, the Moon itself does is not quite the entire size of Luceti, but is large enough to span the entire village and more. The Moon's angered face does not cease for a moment, even as it becomes the only sight in the sky.

Yet it remains in the sky, slowly breaking through the barrier, and proving indestructible in spite of all that is thrown at it. In the evening it will begin to cause gravitational disturbances, drawing up debris and small objects into the air. When it finally reaches midnight, the bottom of the Moon will be one mile above Luceti. At that point, all will suddenly black out and know no more. What becomes of the Moon? Does Luceti go splat? Will CJ finally get his moon rocks? Stay tuned!

Comments

[semper_cogitans]

[In return, Robert threads his fingers as best he can through Don's, strengthens his shaking grip, and walks further into the tunnels, focused on whatever survival they can get.]

Under the mountains would be... th-the most logical place. I am unsure if I can... get that far, but... but maximizing the distance w-would be prudent.

[Softly:] Wh-whatever happens, I... I am with you.

[i_speak_softly]

We'll make it.

[They have to. Leo is there.]

[He tightens his grip and doesn't show his fear.]

[semper_cogitans]

[The tremors shake the tunnel around them; Robert focuses on pushing himself to pick up the pace. This is made significantly easier with Don right there, encouraging him with his own pace.

There are other bodies in the tunnels; Robert suspects many of the villagers decided it was safer down here too. He wonders how likely it is that this will do anything to protect them.]

... I am shocked that... the barrier failed, of a-all things...

[His voice is breathless.]

[i_speak_softly]

[Don has noted that, and filed it away, just in case they survive this.]

Do you think any of this is real?

[semper_cogitans]

I... I d-don't know. [He shivers as they run.] I w-want to say that it is not. That moon is f-far too small, and not falling quickly enough...

... Everything else in this place is artificial, too.

But, but we are still in danger. We could s-still very well die...

[i_speak_softly]

[He has a strange sense of impending pressure, and it's playing havoc with his reflexes. How can this not be real?]

Robert, do you feel that?

[semper_cogitans]

[If everything else is false in this enclosure, why not the air pressure?

Robert can feel it too, though. It's just this sensation of being pressed down on, like an elevator.]

... Yes. I do.

... We should hurry...

[i_speak_softly]

We're out of time. [He tugs on Robert's hand to stop him, then presses him to the wall, covering his partner's body with his own - not that it's likely to do any good.] I love you...

[semper_cogitans]

[They're going to die. Or if not them, then Helios and Giles almost certainly. Robert hasn't seen either of them, and though they've gotten pretty deep into the tunnels, they can't be under the mountains yet. Not far enough.

The seconds seem to stretch out into infinity, as Robert's mind works faster than it ever has. He can feel everything as though it's been magnified a thousand times, feel the breath and, even, faintly, the heartbeat of Don as his body shields his own frail one.

He presses his face into Don's cheek, kissing his beak once - reveling in it - and whispers -]

... I love you too.

[... Then there's the low, concussive, deep boom of the impending moon strike, and it all goes dark. The last thing Robert remembers of this night are those powerful, loving arms around him.

It's the way he would've wanted to die.]

[i_speak_softly]

[In the last moments, Don reaches out with his spirit, trying to contact Leo's, to tell his brother he's all right.]






[When he wakes, he thinks he must have done it, because Leo's hand is in his and everything really is going to be okay.]