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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.
list_maker: (I was never the pretty one)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 04:46 am (UTC)(link)
Certain methods. Did you have any in mind? Short of running at the Sound Eaters just to see what might happen?
list_maker: (which way?)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 04:47 am (UTC)(link)
What other option do we have?
lilithsoul: (07)

[personal profile] lilithsoul 2018-03-03 04:53 am (UTC)(link)
That would be fruitless. We can see that basic attacks do not harm them.

We need to be able to find them first.
justbeingknife: (....!)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-03 04:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ jesus christ kid ]

You... we don't know if anyone could come back from that, y'know.

Let's start off with somethin' we know. There was a guy who followed the locals carry off a body in secret, said he knew where they took 'em.
rou_gui: (Gleditsia sinensis)

[personal profile] rou_gui 2018-03-03 05:07 am (UTC)(link)
Certainly, if we go looking for them. The Sound Eaters have no interest in our books and our inert things, they won't have destroyed them.
deadboywalking: ([:|] lab rat)

[personal profile] deadboywalking 2018-03-03 05:20 am (UTC)(link)
it might be worth it, though. if everyone else could beat it. that's what happened back home.

[Yes, he's implying what you think he's implying, Majima. It worked before to have someone die (he thinks) to learn the monsters weakness. It might help again.]

like...the locals are giving bodies to the monsters?
dryeyes: saying "clutch" [<user name="expellerhead">] (i submitted a paper at 11:58)

[personal profile] dryeyes 2018-03-03 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
If we were sure of anything, this whole situation would be easier. [Whether it be the connection between them, the right terms to use... anything, really.]

I saw them in Paris but I can't be sure any of them make their way out here. Testing that kind of situation became a less attractive idea over time.

If you've got ideas for it, I'm willing to cooperate.
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[personal profile] whists 2018-03-03 05:34 am (UTC)(link)
Are you willing to throw your life away to test anything just yet?
justbeingknife: (profile2)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-03 05:40 am (UTC)(link)
I just ain't think it's that simple. When the storm happened, even taking a sip of water helped, and that didn't wash away anything. Probably ended up swallowing more of it with the drink.

Plus, it ain't like they go around covered in the stuff, and they don't have a problem moving where it's not.

But hey, you don't wanna ask any questions, you do you.
justbeingknife: (straight face)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-03 05:52 am (UTC)(link)
Well, I dropped him a line, so fingers crossed.

I'm Majima, by the way.
justbeingknife: (attention)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-03 05:53 am (UTC)(link)
[ STAY AWAY FROM THOSE MONSTERS ok will ]

I sure hope not.

[ what if it was something less sinister like... a zombie barn?? yeah that would be way better ]

How'd they get that thing outta you?
nishizono: (( clr ) 017)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 06:19 am (UTC)(link)
wanna bet they'll resort to cannibalism if we end up on the endangered species list?

[ just gonna close the gap and make the worst assumptions here, bro. ]
justbeingknife: (profile2)

[personal profile] justbeingknife 2018-03-03 06:39 am (UTC)(link)
Not gonna take that bet.

Though it is fuckin' weird that they don't do anything with the bodies on that tape. Maybe they save that for after hours.
nishizono: (( clr ) 002)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
i kinda like that second one more, honestly.
seems more fun that way.
nishizono: (( clr ) 009)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
[ does he look like he need parental guidance. ]

i'm nineteen. i can take it.
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[personal profile] lilithsoul 2018-03-03 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Logical but impractical. Even if they are not there, soundproofing underground would be harder due to old construction. May be health hazards as well.
list_maker: (my name is arya)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 02:30 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm not the one who didn't like the answers, was I? I've no problem with asking questions.

There is some reason for the dust, though, it was around those piles of afterbirth in the island at the river. Maybe it has something to do with how they're created?
scarecrowed: (Default)

un: lucas

[personal profile] scarecrowed 2018-03-03 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
has anyone tried using magic against them?
list_maker: (really?)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 02:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Is there anywhere else we might look but the library? Maybe is that boarded off building, the theatre?
list_maker: (really?)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 02:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Didn't the natives take some of us, before I got here, to where they are in highest number? I think we can find them easily enough if we follow that same path.
list_maker: (faces)

[personal profile] list_maker 2018-03-03 02:44 pm (UTC)(link)
It might be throwing it away if you didn't come back. But we do. So I'm not discarding the idea out of hand.
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[personal profile] warfares 2018-03-03 04:09 pm (UTC)(link)
How can you be sure?
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[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
taking into account the health hazards, built-in structures wouldn't need that much soundproofing. it's more an issue with acoustics than actual architecture.

removing poor construction would be harder though, i admit.
nishizono: (08 - qWal95Q)

[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 04:39 pm (UTC)(link)
there's a smart man.

maybe they prefer their food alive, too. i don't know. maybe it's less appetizing if it can't make a noise.
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[personal profile] nishizono 2018-03-03 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
will do.
try not to die in the meantime.

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