Zompania Draft - Draftees only, days 1-3.5

[lucetimods]

Who: All Draftees
What: This is your death. Followed by your time-traveling life and desperate bomb hunting.
When: From May 22 to May 20 to early May 23 (days 1-4)
Where: Zompania
Summary: Information post here
Rating: Varies on thread, please mark explicit material.

This post is for the draftee-only portion of the Zompania draft--the day 3 death, time travel to day 1, and then the events until the arrival of the reinforcements. Be sure to use the above info post for any plotting needs you might have. Enjoy!

Please note that there is a specific top-level comment thread for:

• The day 3 arrival of the draftees and the 6 hours that follow until the bomb is dropped
  
• Death--This thread can be treated as REFERENCE ONLY. Responding to it isn't necessary.
  
• Threads prior to departing for Zompania--post resurrection freak outs, arguments over how to proceed, etc.

All other threading, from day 1 until the reinforcements arrive, should be conducted as normal.

Be sure to tag this post appropriately: [canon] character name

Comments

[wildbluevagner]

Whoa! [He stops for a moment as he watches the whole brick wall summoning. And then he skids for a bit as he moves to continue following Elizabeth.]

I got depoofed! It must be one of those Shift thingies. [But something must keeping the Shifter from fully working if Elizabeth's powers haven't been blocked as well.] I don't know where the cause is, but we have to get out of here!

[tearmeanewone]

'Shift thingies'? [That doesn't sound too technical. Elizabeth has no idea what Kurt's talking about, but 'depoofed' sounds about right.]

Nevermind! What do you need? A place to rest?

[wildbluevagner]

[Kurt's not a very technical guy, especially when he's running for his life.]

Maybe! I mean, if I get far away enough, maybe that'll work! Unless we could take out whoever did it. But right now, running seems like a good idea, don't you think?

[tearmeanewone]

Running does seem like a good idea-- then we can try finding whoever's behind it! I thought I saw a sniper rifle around here somewhere!

[She closes her eyes, searches again, and opens another tear to a streetcar running through the battlefield. Running alongside it, she holds out her hand for Kurt's.] Come on! This will get us to the other side of the field!

[wildbluevagner]

How do you do these things? [He states incredulously, but as he says that he reaches to grasp her hand with his own three-fingered one to go through the tear.]

[tearmeanewone]

How? I just look around, see what I want, and open the tear like you would a window. Why? [She jumps and they both roll onto the floor of the streetcar. Elizabeth immediately scrambles to shut the door and check the windows.] That's something else entirely, something even I don't know!

[wildbluevagner]

[Kurt is rolling through - it's so weird and different, and he wonders if this is what it feels like for the passengers of his own teleportation. He tries to be alert in checking the windows himself.]

Wow! Have you ever considered the possibility of being a mutant?

[tearmeanewone]

I suppose I could be-- Rosalind once said that my ability stems more from what I'm not than what I am. If that makes sense. It took me a minute to parse too.

[Windows on her side checked, Elizabeth lays flat on the floor of the car. Just in case a cultist decided it was a brilliant idea to attack a moving vehicle.] I could be 'not human', but I try not to think too hard about it. Hell-- I try not to do this at all, but we're in the middle of a warzone!

[wildbluevagner]

I'm not sure what it means, either, but in my book, even if you're not exactly human? You're still a person! [And Kurt follows her example, scrambling to lay nearby on the floor.] But you're right... this might not be the time or place for that!

[tearmeanewone]

Believe me, I'm sure I'll have to answer tons of questions when we get back. Talking about it later isn't going to be a problem! [If they made it through this, at least. Elizabeth sighs and blows a stray bang out of her face, then flashes a quick smile at Kurt.] But thanks for that. Not many people take seeing this... ability, very well.

[wildbluevagner]

[He laughs softly and returns a fond smile.]

Don't worry about it. I'm the last person you'd have to worry about that kind of thing from! Our powers are't too different, after all. Yours are just more... portal-y!

[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth laughs too, short and exhausted.] Portal-y is a word for it. Though a couple of times, I would have given just about anything to be able to teleport. Or to at least have some better control over it.

[wildbluevagner]

Control, huh...? Maybe when things are back to normal, I can try to help you with that. Our powers might not be the same, but who knows? Maybe some of it will translate.

[tearmeanewone]

[Elizabeth nods, rubs her face and tries to take a deep breath.] Normally when I'm in Luceti, I can't do any of this. [She waves a finger around the streetcar.] When I was in Columbia, in my tower, there was a machine that pulled my power out of me, prevented me from being able to use it to do bigger things. I think there's something similar in Luceti, but here... there's nothing.

I can see every door. Every possibility, every variable. Half the time... I don't even know if what I'm seeing is actually happening.

[wildbluevagner]

[He looks around as she talks, trying to take it in.]

Whoa. So you can't use it... at all? Now that'll be tough to work with...

But man. That sounds deep! [he rubs at his head as he tries to process what she's saying. It sounds like something out of a scifi show.] Is that like seeing... different futures?

[tearmeanewone]

And presents, and pasts. I can see possibilities, and while some people will wake up one Tuesday and always pick out a blue shirt, once they think about wearing a red one I can see that, too.

It's good that I can't see all of this in Luceti. It's too overwhelming here. I mean, if I try I can bring things into Luceti, but small things. Not... [She gives a wry laugh and knocks on the floor of the streetcar.] Nothing like this.

[wildbluevagner]

Whoa, that's... that blows my mind just thinking about it. [His eyes widen as he thinks about it.] It's like you got a bunch of powers all in one! We'll just have to be careful.

[tearmeanewone]

Kind of, I suppose. But it all depends on what I see, what I think of, what I can bring in.

[...like tornadoes.]

Yes, you'll have to be careful.

[wildbluevagner]

Don't worry. I'm good at staying on my toes! ...Except for earlier, that part doesn't count.

[tearmeanewone]

[That at least helps Elizabeth laugh again, and smile skeptically.] I won't hold it against you.

[wildbluevagner]

Thanks. [He gives a strained smile.] I'll try to be more dashing in the future.

[Something should attack them.]