MOD EVENT POST

[bequiet]

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.

Comments

un: nymeria

[list_maker]

It seems like none of them could figure out how to hurt or kill them. Surely they have a weakness. Aside from being blind. And rain.

un: kyouken

[justbeingknife]

We could always go back to the tower and try to figure one out, although that kinda seems like a bad idea for obvious reasons.

[list_maker]

Because we might die horribly? At least it's pretty likely it won't be permanent.

[justbeingknife]

Yeah, some consolation. Anyway, I'm more worried about the stuff we ain't know about yet. Coming back to life ain't natural, and that red junk is even less.

You know if anyone around here's died more than once?

[list_maker]

I don't. But I really don't know that many people here. [Arya hasn't exactly been a social butterfly.]

You are right though. It isn't natural. I know of it happening on my world. But it's a rare thing. Performed by witches and red priestesses. And not all of you comes back. Something is always missing. I don't know if it's the same here.

un: qetziah

[rou_gui]

Every creature has a weakness.

[list_maker]

Yes. Maybe we can find more of these items? More notes. Maybe someone worked out how to hurt them.

[rou_gui]

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.

[list_maker]

Is there anywhere else we might look but the library? Maybe is that boarded off building, the theatre?

[lilithsoul]

In times of mass hysteria, people do not often have the chance to experiment. The last person might know more, if they are alive. Trial and error is the only real option.

[And 'error' came with a hefty price tag.]

[list_maker]

At least death is a fluid thing here. So something can be leaned, even in error.

[lilithsoul]

If one of us dies, we can be replaced. It does allow for certain methods, doesn't it?

[list_maker]

Certain methods. Did you have any in mind? Short of running at the Sound Eaters just to see what might happen?

un: holla

[shotfired]

I'm thinking the same. To be honest, I'd like to go up against them, scope out possible weaknesses. It'll mean dying a few times, but it's pretty worth it if you ask me.

[list_maker]

I agree. Perhaps we could take turns? [If it's not permanent, Arya's not afraid to die. She's nearly done it once already.]

[shotfired]

[ Arya is Lup's new favorite person. ] You're speaking my language. We'll need to pick a spot a little out of town, so no one else kicks it.

But with any luck, we'll get some useful info.

[list_maker]

[She's just glad to find someone who wants to do something that feels productive, if perhaps a little insane.] Alright. Whenever you'd like to start, I am ready.

un: nishizono

[nishizono]

considering the pool they feed from's thinned out, we can probably count that as a weakness.

they're getting hungrier, i bet.

[list_maker]

Maybe, but hungry Sound Eaters are probably angrier and more dangerous than they would be normally. So unless they manage to starve to death, they'll probably be even more of a problem.

[nishizono]

angrier doesn't mean smarter. if they can be smart enough to plan, they're intelligent enough to get desperate at some point.

[list_maker]

yes, I see your point. It may give us an opening. we'll have to monitor them to try and find out more. maybe get close to their nest again, i wasn't here when they went on that trip. I can be quiet. you want to come with me?

un: wyman

[whists]

The problem with finding a weakness is testing all theories, and most of those sound like suicide runs.

[list_maker]

What other option do we have?

[whists]

Are you willing to throw your life away to test anything just yet?

[list_maker]

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.