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The Quiet Place Mods ([personal profile] bequiet) wrote in [community profile] quietplace2018-02-28 05:37 pm

MOD EVENT POST

All teams have decided to share their footage and/or findings during routine supplies missions. It was compiled in chronological order and posted to the Bulletin Board for everyone to see.



Arrival Footage:
All over the world - in the middle of busy streets, empty homes, department stores - red dirt blew in and fell haphazardly into centralized mounds. The dirt settled. The footage begins as someone gets as close as they dare, zooming in and out repeatedly, the camera shaking in their hand as they move. The Matured come first. They climb up and out as asphalt and tile no longer exist beneath the red dirt. The young and the shifting come next. A matured Sound Eater raises its hand and points. They attack. The device falls to the ground and the owner's scream is silenced.

Attack Footage:
In standard news report fashion, a series of videos were compiled by Wall Street Journal reporter Maria Fillian, and her voice can be heard describing what she's seeing. Starting with clips from BBC News, LA Times, USA Today, The Washington Post, and even Google, the footage shows the Sound Eaters attacking Paris, London, Los Angeles, New York, and other cities - both big and small. Police and military forces are brought in but are no match for the Sound Eaters. They attack anyone and everything, seemingly at random and with brutality, leaving nothing moving in their wake. What was supposed to be a fight becomes a rescue and survival mission, groups of people evacuating and heading for less populated areas.

As the footage comes to an end, Maria focuses in on a clip from Times of India. A group of Young Sound Eaters are swarming and killing in any way that they can, completely ignoring a young boy who stands in the middle of the crowd frozen in fear. He doesn't move and they don't attack him.

Look at the way they avoid the boy. Why are they leaving him alone? Is it because he's a child and not a threat? It's clear that the reporter isn't sure but believes it's important. Wait. There. Did you see that? Now what was once a crowd of over a thousand, is down to the boy, the Sound Eaters and a woman kneeling on the ground. She rewinds the footage and plays it back. The Sound Eaters stand there aimlessly, breathing heavily, waiting for something and then the woman yells for the child to run and all the Sound Eaters converge on her. Maria gasps. They can't see.

The footage ends.

Reset Room Footage:
The attacks have begun to spread out, giving some survivors the chance to group up in areas outside of the major cities. A woman, using the webcam on her laptop, is recording the inside of a Macy's. While her and her group were looking for supplies before heading to her family's cabin, they noticed the red dirt in the men's clothing department. The footage pans from left to right slowly, showing how the floors and walls of that corner of the store are completely covered. One member of their group sticks their hand down into the dirt and yells back that the floor is gone. Rather, that where they should be able to find tile it's just dirt. The battery dies before anything else is filmed.

Mass Grave Footage:
By this time, the 7.442 billion people in the world has been knocked down to less than a million, spread out and all in hiding. Some have come to realize that sound attracts the invaders and others have not. The recording starts out zoomed in way too close to a group of pigeons that were all (violently) killed. The footage pans out and the person recording follows a trail of dead that leads to a mass grave. Carefully, they hold the camera up so that it can film quickly - inside are people, animals, radios, wind chimes, and many other bits of tech and machinery. The footage ends abruptly.

Biologist Notes:
From a bunker, Hendricks has recorded notes and opinions on the Sound Eaters, Reset Room, and the apocalypse. The recordings are corrupt, but some has been cleaned up enough to be read and watched. It's clear from the beginning that Hendricks believed that the 'end' was inevitable and had made preparations for this. He has a French accent and there are notes describing how the Sound Eaters are attracted to noise and have built a nest at the Eiffel Tower. Since the recording cuts in and out, it's unclear as to why he makes all of his assumptions. The native who compiled everything for the Bulletin Board, has written out what he could (Hendricks questions and comments), and it plays across everyone's devices.

- The Sound Eaters and Reset Rooms came at the same time.
- Hendricks is alone and possibly unwell.
- The Matured are in charge but rarely come out or if they do, they are better at hiding.
- The shifting are grotesque.
- The young are violent and lash out at anything.
- The Sound Eaters kill and attack everything; animals, cars, people.
- If it makes noise, they go for it.
- Their methods have changed.
- What was once an all out attack has become more calculated as people have learned to hide and be quiet.
- People are coming out of the red dust.
- Everything has grown so quiet.
- Even the crickets are gone.
- I'm alone now.

They seem to need us, but they don't want us.
beyourzoomer: (peering into car window)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-03 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah especially those.

[It made her think vaguely about the zombies from Dawn of the Dead. Except the things here were even more grotesque. It all makes her pretty glad she's not seen any of them up close and personal. She'd rather not, thanks.]

There might be other differences, too, since we're all from so many different places.

[And not everyone was human to begin with.]
beyourzoomer: (troubled to the right)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-03 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[She hadn't really considered that the Reset Room itself might factor in somehow, but it makes sense considering it showed up at the same time that the Sound Eaters had.]

Yeah, you might be right.
iisupergirlii: (nerd alert)

un: kdanvers

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-03 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
How are you going to examine it? If it destroys floors and walls, wouldn't it destroy a microsope if you put it on there?

[and why doesn't it hurt them?]
Edited 2018-03-03 18:41 (UTC)
iisupergirlii: (scared of this)

un: kdanvers

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-03 06:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[seeing the Sound Eaters attack from an outsider's perspective is a cold slap in the face all over again for Kara. It reminds her of when Jessica died, the suddenness of it, how there's really no fight at all. Kara presses home on her device over and over again until the video goes away, then she opens the chat back up, finds 9S's message again.]

That's awful. It's so fast..... Why didn't you all ask anyone for help?
iisupergirlii: (ace reporter)

un: kdanvers

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-03 06:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[now that is an interesting question, and when Kara rereads and watches the footage shared on the bulletin board, it is obvious. They had to have come from somewhere.]

And where did they come from? Do you think anyone is left from their old world who could show up here?
iisupergirlii: (make her scream)

un: supergirl

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-03 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
What kind of magic? I'm not magical, but I don't have a lot of weaknesses. When the Sound Eaters killed me, they had somehow... gotten hold of the one thing that can take me out. I wonder if they could do that with magic users too - combat their magic with something of their own?

I'm not trying to be a downer. It's a great question! They're just so horrifying.
beyourzoomer: (oh really?)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-03 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Well that's a little disturbing.]

i don't know. i'm not sure a slow spiral of self-destruction is what i'd call fun, but that's just me.
nishizono: (( clr ) 058)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[ have you met this guy. ]

it's an acquired fun taste, i guess.
look, i'm weird. i like weird things. sometimes it's really uncomfortable for other people.

what's your take on it anyway?
justbeingknife: (smoking shadow)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-03 08:11 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, that's takin' ikizukuri to a whole new level.

I'm so glad we could all come together and discuss the ins and outs of creepy monster cannabilism.
nishizono: (( clr ) 025)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 08:15 pm (UTC)(link)
it's what good civilizations are built on. mutual understanding of the gastroeconomic value of eating other people. or some fuckin' shit, ha.

you're making me hungry.
countersway: (pic#12128017)

[personal profile] countersway 2018-03-03 09:40 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not sure about that. If they were learning, wouldn't they have figured out where we all were by now?
countersway: (pic#12110305)

[personal profile] countersway 2018-03-03 09:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Escaping our notice? Do you think they're the ones hiding from us?
beyourzoomer: (faint smile to the side)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-03 09:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[Just barely!!]

everyone's weird in some way. normal's overrated.

[Even though Tetora can't see it, Max's face lights up. She loves reading and writing and analyzing things even though it's not something many know about her.]

well, the author's name was lewis carroll. i don't think it was really a metaphor for drugs. supposedly he made the story up for a friend's daughter and she asked him to write it down. i think he just had a good imagination and wanted to entertain people.
whists: (pic#11433872)

[personal profile] whists 2018-03-03 11:18 pm (UTC)(link)
We can't know for sure we all come back. It doesn't seem like the ones before us did entirely.

[Emily finds herself in a place where she cares enough about Arya to not want her to die, but also knows she can't really tell her what to do.]

It's not the worst idea, if we did come back.
list_maker: (I was never the pretty one)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
You're no fun.
flyguy: credit <user name="createdamurderbot" site="tumblr"> (Stand to light)

[personal profile] flyguy 2018-03-03 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Last I checked this wasn't a violatile acid. You've seen it destroy floors and walls?
iisupergirlii: (oh and what? what do you want??)

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-03 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
On the video I watched, the dust piled up, on the floor. Or,
where floor used to be. And then there wasn't floor anymore, just dust and dirt. Seems like the dust creates pathways, so maybe just a little isn't a big deal; I don't know.


[look, she's a girl from a highly-advanced alien planet. you wanna run the math? she can crunch some numbers. but she is so not her sister or Lena Luthor or any of her sciencey friends.]
flyguy: credit <user name="boys"> (Say no more)

[personal profile] flyguy 2018-03-04 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[You know....]

I could kiss you right now if that wouldn't be weird and possibly illegal. [What are you, 15 Kara? CLOSE ENOUGH.] If we get enough dust and can crack the signal that directs the portals, just maybe we can get out of here.
iisupergirlii: (ah... ha. ok. let me explain.)

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-04 12:22 am (UTC)(link)
Not illegal but definitely weird. That would be AMAZING, though, holy smokes!!

The portals, I mean, not the kissing.
whists: (pic#11441703)

[personal profile] whists 2018-03-04 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
I'm Emily.
justbeingknife: (leaning forward)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-04 01:00 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. I also wonder...

I mean, the people here, they're immune to that mind control guy's powers. And even if we look human, that don't mean we actually are. Like the androids.
beyourzoomer: (lost in thought)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-04 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
And just because the natives look human, doesn't mean they are, which might explain their immunity when no one else seems to have it.
justbeingknife: (for real?)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-04 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, is this gonna be some pattern where all our conversations circle around to food?
justbeingknife: (smoking shadow)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-04 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Maybe they used to be.

[ he probably shouldn't have typed that ]
beyourzoomer: (nervous)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-04 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
[So much for not scaring themselves.]

True.

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