//Wisdom teeth were removed today. That was fun.
Asuka is up early today. She's made herself a thermos of coffee, and has donned all of her gear to set out for the day.
If she wanted to get serious about her idea, she was going to need to scout out...View MoreAsuka is up early today. She's made herself a thermos of coffee, and has donned all of her gear to set out for the day.
If she wanted to get serious about her idea, she was going to need to scout out locations on the mountain. What would be the best spot for the cabins she planned to build? What about other facilities? Where would be the easiest place to get the best view? What places are dangerous, and need to be avoided?
Asuka had a long, arduous road ahead of her, but she was a paramedic before she became the 10th Keeper. She's certain she'll be able to rise to the challenge, and come into her own as Keeper. #rp
"I'm going to miss being busy all the time, but I guess I could do something with all of this new free time." Asuka ponders for a while.
"Choose your own path, and Lunae will help you along..."
"I ...View More"I'm going to miss being busy all the time, but I guess I could do something with all of this new free time." Asuka ponders for a while.
"Choose your own path, and Lunae will help you along..."
"I think... I think I know what I want to do. The world is too big for me to just help one person at a time. I need to think bigger than just tours." Asuka pauses to think for a while longer.
"People these days like to go on wilderness sabbaticals right? Well, why not just make my own little sabbatical spot here on the mountain? Yeah, that sounds like it just might work." #rp
It's dark, the ground is cold, and hard, and Asuka's ears won't stop ringing. She tries blinking to see if it will help with her eyes feeling so heavy, but she still finds herself slipping out for a f...View MoreIt's dark, the ground is cold, and hard, and Asuka's ears won't stop ringing. She tries blinking to see if it will help with her eyes feeling so heavy, but she still finds herself slipping out for a few seconds regardless.
Each time Asuka comes to again she notices something new. First it's how woozy she feels. Then it's the immense pain in her gut. Then the pool of blood she's lying in. Then the sound of a scuffle, and finally, a handgun about 15 feet away from her.
Asuka's body begins to move as instincts take over. She's barely conscious, hardly able to see straight, and can just barely move her forelegs forwards to crawl. Slowly, but surely Asuka places one foreleg in front of the other, and drags herself towards the handgun. She can't help but feel like there's something missing here. As if she knows there's supposed to be another person here besides the two stallions tussling in front of her.
10 feet. 5 Feet. 1 Foot.
Asuka reaches out, and grasps the handgun, pulling it towards herself. She props it up against the floor, and aims it upwards at the second stallion who appears to be on top of the other, striking him with a pipe. The stallion stops as the handgun is racked, and turns his head to stare at Asuka. His expression of shock, and terror is the last thing Asuka sees before she pulls the trigger, and blacks out.
Asuka isn't sure how long it took for her to wake up. When she comes to, she finds herself lying face down in her cabin's living room. She pushes herself up to her hooves, and gives herself a quick pinch. Ow. Yep. Not dead. Gah. What a terrible nightmare. She'd really hoped she wouldn't have to see the faces of the people she's shot again, but they always found a way to worm themselves into her head.
Heaving a sigh, Asuka heads to her kitchen to make herself a pot of coffee before her day begins. She's got some signs to put up. #rp
"Stad!"
Asuka slowly opens one of her eyes. She's not quite sure what she just heard, but it appears that the Wendigo in front of her had stopped moving. The ensuing silence feels like it lasts a li...View More"Stad!"
Asuka slowly opens one of her eyes. She's not quite sure what she just heard, but it appears that the Wendigo in front of her had stopped moving. The ensuing silence feels like it lasts a lifetime, even though it was only a few seconds.
A figure walks past Asuka, and places herself between her, and the Wendigo. Asuka hardly has to get a glimpse of the mare to realize who it is. The First Keeper looks back to the Tenth, and gives her a small nod. She's safe so long as she's here.
Asuka wastes no time in grabbing an ice pick from her pack. She works quickly to carve as much ice as she can off of her snowmobile. It only takes around 20 seconds, but Asuka swears it felt like 2 hours. Neither Adralla, nor the Wendigo moved as Asuka chipped away at the ice. Their gazes locked in some sort of strange staring contest.
After chipping a fair amount of ice off of the snowmobile, Asuka puts her pick away, and quickly hops onto it. She starts up the snowmobile, and attempts to reverse. It takes a few seconds, but the snowmobile manages to shatter the remaining ice around it's front, and lunges backwards. Asuka stops the snowmobile before she's flung off of it, and quickly accelerates to turn around. Once she's turned around, she throttles the snowmobile as much as it can go, and bolts down the street, out of Nautis.
She'll have to thank Adralla for saving her after she puts up some signs to keep any stray explorers out of the city. #rp
Keep moving. Just keep moving. For the love of Lunae. Don't. Stop. Moving.
It knows where you are. It knows how to track you. It knows you're terrified. Stop moving for a second, and you're dead.
T...View MoreKeep moving. Just keep moving. For the love of Lunae. Don't. Stop. Moving.
It knows where you are. It knows how to track you. It knows you're terrified. Stop moving for a second, and you're dead.
The cries of the Wendigo slowly grew closer as Asuka madly dashed through Nautis in search of her snowmobile. Though her heart raced, and body shook her mind was clear. Every second, every movement counted. Take one wrong turn, or make one mis-step, and the Wendigo could catch up.
The glint of red paint catches Asuka's eye. She quickly spins herself 45 degrees to her right, and makes a beeline for the snowmobile sitting in the middle of the street. She's reaching to start the vehicle before she's even seated. A turn of the ignition causes the engine to roar to life. Asuka pushes the throttle as far as it can go, but all it does is churn up the snow behind her. Something's managed to freeze the front of the snowmobile to the asphalt.
Asuka looks up to see the Wendigo slowly approaching her from less than 15 feet away. She wouldn't be able to get away if this thing decided to start sprinting.
Monarchs.
I'm going to die.
#rp
In terms of information Asuka at least had an idea of what might have happened to Nautis. Based on what little tidbits of information she'd been able to collect during her time in the city she knows w...View MoreIn terms of information Asuka at least had an idea of what might have happened to Nautis. Based on what little tidbits of information she'd been able to collect during her time in the city she knows whatever happened was not natural.
If the excerpt from a local morning news segment from 2000 was to be believed, the city experienced a Wendigo attack in some form. Asuka had learned a bit about Wendigo's in grade school, but never much more that the basics. They're creatures that feed off of hatred, and violence that create heavy blizzards when they gather in groups.
If her hunch is correct, something happened inside Nautis that attracted the Wendigos, and the city was plunged into a catastrophic blizzard. Though that didn't explain the damaged structures and objects she'd found every once and a while.
Asuka manages to find a newspaper bin that still had some newspapers in it. As she goes to open the bin, and see if the papers are even legible something stops her.
From somewhere not far off comes what sounds like the cry of an elk, accompanied by a low growl. She instantly shoots up, alert, and ready. The cry is heard again, this time a little closer. Thinking quickly, Asuka makes her way into the nearest building. She tries her best to toss snow back to cover her tracks before slipping into the building, and hiding behind a portion of wall close to the door.
The cries grow closer, and closer. Asuka's heart begins to beat faster, and faster. Against her better judgment Asuka peeks through a window to see if she can spot what's making the sound.
Her heart skips a beat as she sees a spindly creature with cold blue-gray skin with little muscle, razor sharp claws, and a strange skull with horns for a head standing in the street. It appears to be searching for something, or someone. Likely her.
Asuka doesn't wait to see if this creature makes it's way towards the building she's in. Instead, she crouches down, and crawls her way towards the back of the building, looking for an exit. She manages to slip out of a back entrance, and orientates herself eastward. Right now, she can only think of one course of action.
Get to the snowmobile. #rp
The silence everywhere throughout what used to be Nautis was near-maddening. Not a sound to be heard for miles except for the soft crunch of Asuka's hoofsteps. In the midst of the snow, and concrete A...View MoreThe silence everywhere throughout what used to be Nautis was near-maddening. Not a sound to be heard for miles except for the soft crunch of Asuka's hoofsteps. In the midst of the snow, and concrete Asuak felt overwhelmingly alone. Just a few hours before when she had first entered the city she could feel Lunae with her. She hadn't been thinking about Lunae up until now. Now that she was thinking about him, she realized she couldn't feel him anymore.
The thought of her being completely alone in this abandoned city unnerved Asuka. The thought that if something were to happen to her, no one would be around to help, and no one would ever know. She didn't want to believe that would happen, but she knew it was a possibility.
While making her way through what she believes may have been a suburb Asuka spots a house with it's front door smashed in. Against her better judgement she opts to investigate, and heads into the house.
The interior of the house is coated in a light layer of dust, with most of the floor covered in snow. Asuka trudges her way through the house, finding little of interest besides a few old photos of a young mare. Some show her by herself, others show her with other young mares, one with what looked to be her parents, another with a young stallion, and a few with her holding a foal. Each photo sent a shiver down Asuka's spine. They reminded her that people used to live here. People with lives, friends, and families just like her. People who likely nobody remembers.
Upon entering what looked to be a home office Asuka finds an old laptop sitting on a wooden desk. It's covered in a light layer of dust, but otherwise seems useable. With a few small shakes Asuka gets most of the dust off of the laptop, and picks up the laptop's charger. Though she's doubtful, Asuka decides to head towards the garage to see if she might be able to find any sort of backup generator, or backup power supply she could use to charge the laptop.
To her surprise, Asuka manages to find a small generator inside the garage, as well as a can of gasoline. Though the gasoline had likely expired by now, Asuka decides to try using it to start up the generator anyway. A few seconds of pouring, and many, MANY flipped switches later the generator begins to sputter to life.
Wasting no time, Asuka sets the laptop on a bench in the garage, and plugs the charger into a wall socket. She waits patiently to find a light turn on the side of the laptop. She boots the laptop up, waits around 5 minutes for it to get to the login screen, and selects the first account on the laptop. Surprisingly, it isn't password protected, and she's able to get in with no issues.
Asuka roots around the laptop's files for a few minutes, trying to see if she can maybe find some sort of draft or message that might have some insight into what exactly happened here. Though she does not find any text files with relevant information she does find a folder labeled "Baby Camera Footage"
Curious, she selects the folder, and finds about 10 videos inside. Clicking through the first 8 shows them to be mundane. The 9th however, is different. The screen is black, and though the audio isn't great Asuka can hear muffled sounds from what she believes might be outside. She can't quite make out the sounds, but they certainly don't sound like anything you'd normally hear. It almost sounds like a sort of stampede of some kind.
Asuka can then hear the sound of a foal crying, followed by a door opening, and a panicked mare speaking in a hushed tone. "It's okay sweetie. It's okay. Mommy's here. Mommy's here." There's a thud from above the camera. She hears the woman surpress a gasp as she begins to quietly sing. "Hush little baby don't say a word. Momma's gonna buy you a mocking bird. And if that bird don't sing. Momma's gonna buy you a-" There's a crash from outside the room the camera is in, and the mare suppresses another gasp.
Clack. Clack. Clack.
Scritch. Scritch.
Asuka can hear the mare beginning to hyperventilate.
CRASH
The mare screams, followed by what sounds like the cry of an elk, mixed with a monstrous growl.
The video then ends.
Wasting no time, Asuka opens the 10th video. It opens to a black screen, and a foal crying with no other sounds to be heard. The video appears to be 4 hours long, and clicking through it shows that almost all 4 hours are just a black screen, and a crying foal.
After the video ends, Asuka slumps against the wall next to her. She removes her goggles to wipe tears out of her eyes, and snot from her nose. She needed a minute to recompose herself before she continued. #rp
It was eerie just how quite a city as large as this one was. It was abandoned, but Asuka just wasn't used to a city being so quiet. She expected to hear something. Yet there wasn't a sound to be heard...View MoreIt was eerie just how quite a city as large as this one was. It was abandoned, but Asuka just wasn't used to a city being so quiet. She expected to hear something. Yet there wasn't a sound to be heard anywhere inside the city known as Nautis. Come to think of it, Asuka had noticed that the wind wasn't nearly as loud in the city as it was outside. That could just be because of all the buildings, but Asuka wasn't so sure.
While roaming the snowed over streets of Nautis a somewhat familiar sound reaches Asuka's ears. She makes a note of her current location, and turns to head towards the sound. She approaches a nearby shop where she can hear the noise coming from. As she carefully crawls through one of the windows the noise Asuka hears becomes far more clear. From behind the shop's counter Asuka can hear the familiar tones of Equestria's Emergency Broadcast System. Looking behind the counter Asuka finds an old emergency radio.
After a few tones a synthesized voice speaks over the radio. It didn't sound as up-to-date as the current voice used by the EBS.
"This is a message from the Nautis Office of the Mayor. A Shelter in Place order has been issued for all residents of the city of Nautis effective until further notice. All citizens are advised to find shelter, and avoid any spaces visible from exterior windows, or doors. All residents should expect to Shelter in Place for an extended period of time, and should gather supplies such as food, water, batteries, a battery powered radio, and flashlight, and cold weather clothing."
The tones and message then repeat.
A shelter in place order could have been given for any number of reasons from what Asuka knows, but what confuses her is the special instructions added on. 'Stay away from spaces visible from exterior doors or windows'? Why would that be necessary? Well, she could think of a few reasons, but she hadn't seen any evidence to suggest any of them were true.
With this new knowledge in mind Asuka heads back out into the streets to continue her exploration of the city. #rp
Concrete structures nearly jut above the clouds in a city long forgotten. It's many smaller structures and streets are covered with decades of snow, leaving a compact top layer that seemed to be about...View MoreConcrete structures nearly jut above the clouds in a city long forgotten. It's many smaller structures and streets are covered with decades of snow, leaving a compact top layer that seemed to be about a foot off of the ground. Stuck inside this layer of snow is a variety of objects from an era not too far from the current.
Asuka was used to seeing a city blanketed in snow, but never quite like this. All around her was white, only broken by what structures and objects had managed to not be completely coated in snow or ice. The skyscrapers in the center of the city were tall, but Asuka hadn't been able to see them until she managed to enter the city limits. She wondered how she'd never managed to spot the structures until now when they were so tall. Surely she should have seen them at least once on her two climbs up the mountain.
Asuka's snowmobile comes to a stop outside a gas station close to the center of the city. One look at the sign out front shows the station to be the same company as one that dominated Vanhoover. Asuka dismounts from her snowmobile, and goes inside the gas station to investigate. The interior is almost completely preserved, save for the stench of well expired food. She braves the nauseating smell for as long as she can. To her delight, she manages to find what looks to be a rack of tour pamphlets. She grabs one that reads 'Nautis! The City Above the Clouds!', and flips it open to find a dated, but incredibly detailed map of what she believes is the city she's now inside.
Taking her prize, Asuka exits the gas station, and opens the tour map to look for any sort of radio towers, or signal stations. With this map handy, Asuka feels confident she may achieve what she came here to do. #rp
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