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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.
dryeyes: I am pretty sure that is not exclusive just to gamers. ("well that's not good")

[personal profile] dryeyes 2018-03-05 10:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Another. [So, this person too.]

I've been in contact with "Supergirl," from the United States, and I'm a Japanese Pro Hero.

We could form a hero office but, honestly, the office and paperwork is probably the most irritating part of the whole whole process. I'd rather not.
[Although if people starting using their powers irresponsibly and not holding themselves accountable... they may need government bureaucracy.]
flyguy: (Explanation)

[personal profile] flyguy 2018-03-05 11:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[You take those dirty words out of your mind Eraserhead. Tony's attempting to slide by without going full Accords police here and he already has factions from his camp abusing super powers. Downplaying is the name of the game.]

I try not to touch paperwork with my hands. Just kind of a personal policy. So I'll agree with you on that.

Iron Man, United Nations. Okay, yep. It's official. No club. Too weird. Anyway.

I'll put aside my paranoia that the reset room seems to be collecting anything, but your average civilian and focus on the mission here. If I take care of the tech side can you get a team together? I'll have to set up some meteorological equipment, but moving during the next rainstorm would be our safest option. You'll have plenty of time to vet whoever you want.
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[personal profile] warfares 2018-03-06 01:35 am (UTC)(link)
Could the duration of the journey back have been a factor?

[ Given the source of the tower's dust it seems strange that it would turn out to have simply been dirt all along. ]
Edited 2018-03-06 01:36 (UTC)
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[personal profile] countersway 2018-03-06 01:38 am (UTC)(link)
Hold on. Just because these people didn't make it doesn't mean that we're on the same time limit. They're monsters, not bombs.
lilithsoul: (05)

[personal profile] lilithsoul 2018-03-06 01:58 am (UTC)(link)
[Huh, nobody'd ever asked that before. She almost didn't know what to say for a moment.]

I cannot think of a reason that you should not, no.
flyguy: credit <user name="barathexndashicons" site="tumblr"> (The universe is growing old)

[personal profile] flyguy 2018-03-06 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
Then we're in agreement. Friends?
list_maker: (which way?)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-06 03:25 am (UTC)(link)
A last resort. Take the creatures out along with us. That's drastic. Why even create such a weapon?
iisupergirlii: (look how cute I am)

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-06 11:53 am (UTC)(link)
[oh Tony. that is 100% original flavor Kara Danvers right there. Save the world, protect the innocent, grand gestures, blah blah blah. prepare yourself.

Kara... has no idea what those things are, and Rao she misses Google. But she's going to do her best to find them; that's a promise.]


So, a bunch of chemicals, water, and coffee beans. Gotcha.
iisupergirlii: (o pls)

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-06 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
There's always worse things. The world could be about to blow up, and someone could say "There are worse things, I assure you."

[not that she's speaking from personal experiences, but still. minimizing the horror doesn't make the horror itself less horrific! #liveinthemoment]
iisupergirlii: (i just... that is so... unbelievable!)

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-06 12:12 pm (UTC)(link)
At the risk of your own lives???
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[personal profile] flyguy 2018-03-06 12:51 pm (UTC)(link)
Metals.

[Lord save him. He cannot get F.R.I.D.A.Y. back online fast enough.]

Keep in touch.
iisupergirlii: (Default)

[personal profile] iisupergirlii 2018-03-06 12:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Aye, aye, cap'n.
beguiledcard: (i can hear it in your voice)

ye olde p5 spoilers of the significant kind (also he's switching to private part of the way through)

[personal profile] beguiledcard 2018-03-06 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ugh this whole thing sucks...

But... then... new people came in this month, and there are people like them who came in before even his group, right? That means they've found a way to have an endless supply, maybe.

Maybe that's how their tactics have really changed...?

He'll keep that thought on the back burner for now. ]


Guess we'll have to see if we can find more information on this.

[ Ah... He is just going to pause his texts for a moment. ]

Last I checked.

[ Then he is switching his texts to private. He still... doesn't feel comfortable diving into all of this with just anyone?? This is something he's approaching very few people with. ]

Honestly, though, we're all lucky it is.

After me and one other person were chosen, without our knowledge, to fight one another for the sake of divine entertainment, an unfair game began. Things started on my end after I was forced to leave home.

The fale god, Yaldabaoth, brought the reality that contained dangerous creatures into the real world, after he declared it was "game over."

If we hadn't defeated Yaldabaoth, more than just Paris would have been destroyed.



But... here's the thing that worries me, and it's something I'd appreciate your thoughts on:

Do you think it's possible that these things are being controlled by a being with greater power? After all, my world had Yaldabaoth, who was able to warp reality itself, based on the beliefs and ideas of human beings. Millions of dangerous beings were created, thanks to him.


Put simply, I don't think it's impossible that we're in a situation too different from that. It feels like there's something way bigger than just Sound Eaters to worry about.
Edited 2018-03-06 13:40 (UTC)
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[personal profile] twoaffirmations 2018-03-06 01:45 pm (UTC)(link)
Well... Yeah. We can come back if we die. A human can't.
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[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-06 03:18 pm (UTC)(link)
yeah? what makes you so sure we've got more time than they did?
i'm just saying, if you don't want any surprises of the death kind, you have to assume the worst.
this isn't even the worst case scenario talking.
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[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-06 03:45 pm (UTC)(link)
was that when you arrived here, or did monsters suddenly appear in your world?
we didn't have these kinda ghoulies back home, but i know some people who could qualify.
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[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-06 03:46 pm (UTC)(link)
we could start with that, then. just work our way through that and add notes to it where we can.
clarius: (031. ❀ ANGELA.)

[personal profile] clarius 2018-03-06 04:02 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm surprised to hear this. Er, read.

You really think humanity will really survive this?
clarius: (097. ❀ WHICH WITCH.)

i'm so sorry my coding broke in my last tag oh my gosh

[personal profile] clarius 2018-03-06 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Noted with emphasis. A lot of emphasis.

Someone once described my world as 'quietly dying' and I think that's a good description of it. From what I understand, we didn't have a lot of resources. Thanks to an invasive element from another planet being introduced to Earth, it limited us a lot in ways.
[ she's not sure how to explain the legacy war's impact on earth so she decides to go with the basics. the very basics. ]
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[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-06 04:11 pm (UTC)(link)
i like that in a lady.

[ he's not even lying anymore; he really does. girls that aren't afraid of his fighting skills are rare where he's from, and those who fight back are even rarer. ]

you're sure guys haven't done this with you before?
clarius: (058. ❀ FEMALE ROBBERY.)

[personal profile] clarius 2018-03-06 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
It is. I wonder what it's like to have that many people around the world.

[ definitely be a lot nosier, livelier. more faces to meet and conversations to have. it sounds nice. ] What's it like for you in your world? Is it nice to have that many people?
nishizono: (( clr ) 001)

it's no problem!

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-06 04:22 pm (UTC)(link)
that sounds pretty sci-fi
do you know what sci-fi is, because i don't think i should be the one explaining it to anyone
my world is just as fucked up

look on the bright side though
less humans to populate your world
not exactly a terrible thing
nishizono: (( clr ) 023)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-06 04:25 pm (UTC)(link)
ugh, tell me about it
they took my fucking guns i'm still sore about that
i love those babies
they saw me through some really rough times

[ not to mention saving his life. those metal things have done him a solid, okay? ]

that said, i get you on the drugs front.
acid is the shit.
beyourzoomer: (neutral to the left)

[personal profile] beyourzoomer 2018-03-06 06:02 pm (UTC)(link)
[She hesitates a second, but she know Will, at least, has told people about stuff back home.]

we did but they were from somewhere else, like this place. just a different kind.

people who are monsters we have in abundance.
flyguy: credit <user name="createdamurderbot" site="tumblr"> (That's not what life is about)

I don't know how, but this is the first time I have ever had a Tony and drugs thread THANKS????

[personal profile] flyguy 2018-03-06 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I feel like all that's missing from this conversation is a Jimi Hendricks track.

The locals do like to take away all the fun stuff. Do you think bullets would so much as slow a Sound Eater?

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