♈ >Aradia: Try Approaching the Cloud ♈

[heardeadpe0ple]

♈ AA: Anytime; Action Anywhere[She's completely disoriented. She's got her troll body back for some reason. She's glad she did though. The air is terrible and everything seems a lot harsher suddenly

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[walking_nuke]

That?

[Balin sounds somewhat disturbed, and somewhat angry, but oddly a little too comfortable with what's happened. Like he's seen it regularly.]

I bet it's'a screams of'a damned.

[He approaches Aradia, mindful of the debris strewn everywhere.]

Welcome to nuclear war.

[heardeadpe0ple]

[Aradia has no idea what it is. She looks back at him.]

Nuclear war? I don't know what that is. I know what war is, but what does the nuclear part of it mean?

It doesn't sound good though! Those people are screaming. But we can't get over there can we? [She doesn't seem disturbed, so much curious and slightly worried. She's used to death. But she doesn't understand what this is.]

Does Aradia have her troll body?

[walking_nuke]

[Balin glances over at the cloud for a moment before looking back at Aradia.]

I'm guessin' you ain't from a world with'at kinda tech, yeah?

[Well, he's already had to explain it to Caesar, so-]

If you've got bombs where you're from, imagine one'at causes a fireball so intense it's like'a sun's takin' a vacation on Earth. Big enough to wipe out an entire city.

[He glances back over at the mushroom cloud, nodding at it.]

That's what'at is. Anybody over'ere's prolly been vaporized.

... 'Least, if'is weren't Mayfield, that's what I'd normally say. Judgin' from what happened to'is town we oughta be dead, too.

Yes! She looks like a troll, but she doesn't get the perks from it.

[heardeadpe0ple]

No. I guess not! Troll life is much different from human life, I've noticed.

So you think whatever caused that cloud is also causing all the homes and drones to get destroyed? There must be a good reason why they left us unharmed then!

[She wants to get closer to the cloud somehow.]

Is this as far as we can go?

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[suckers]

It's a cloud.

[Yep.]

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[heardeadpe0ple]

I know what a cloud is. But I've never seen a cloud like that.

[YOU ARE THE MOST UNHELPFUL.]

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[suckers]

It's giant and is shaped like a mushroom. Or maybe a pillar. Up to interpretation.

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[heardeadpe0ple]

You know I'm not really interested in your incredibly vague yet informative commentary.

Clouds don't scream. Usually.

[chastesaw]

*Before Aradia can leave Mayfield, though, she's approached by a familiar figure - one who's currently trying to track down all their friends.* Aradia. Aradia, where are you going?

Are you unharmed?

[heardeadpe0ple]

Kanaya! I'm fine. I'm very fine. I'm suddenly a troll again, apparently though. That doesn't make much sense.

I was headed towards that cloud. It's kind of interesting. It might help us understand what's going on.

[chastesaw]

Yes, I noticed that. Perhaps the hivecluster saw fit to return your body to you as it has the rest of us?

Perhaps it might, but it does look slightly... ominous.

[heardeadpe0ple]

I don't feel very different though. Like I just still feel like I had when I was in the human skin. That doesn't really make sense.

Should we keep going? I want to see if we can fix this. There must be something we can do here!

[nolongeralpha]

It's a mushroom cloud. Guess someone didn't like this town. Surprise, surprise.

[heardeadpe0ple]

Can you hear the screaming from it though? There's people where that cloud is.

[nolongeralpha]

Yeah, though I dunno, if anyone was that close they should be dead.

Then again, looking around here, we should be dead. Sure am thankful we aren't, yup, look at all this thanks I am giving.

[heardeadpe0ple]

There's screaming over there though. There must be something or someone there. A lot of someones!

This doesn't make any sense.

[a1a100]

[Sollux is running around, looking for the other trolls, hoping that they're all okay.

When he notices Aradia staring at something in the distance, he runs over and grabs her arm, pulling her over for a quick hug.]

I'm glad you're thafe.

[He lets go after a second.]

Are you hurt or anything?

[heardeadpe0ple]

[Oh Hugs! She can dig this. Hugging back, because that's what friends do right?]

I'm okay! I was just surprised. Suddenly my entire hive wasn't there...again. Is this going to be an ongoing theme by the way? I'd like to be prepared if I'm to constantly expect my hive to just decide to not exist anymore. [Twice. Man. This is not just coincidence. Her hive is just unlucky.] I guess it isn't just me since all the hives are gone though.

I didn't get hurt. Maybe some scratches when I was getting through the rubble. How about you? You're okay?

[a1a100]

[Sob he still feels bad about destroying her hive the first time. But at least it wasn't his fault this time.]

I'm fine. I've got a thcratch on my leg from tripping earlier but I'm not bleeding or anything.

Have you theen any of the otherth?

[heardeadpe0ple]

[Obviously, Aradia should just brave the wilderness and live outside.]

No, not really. I got a little distracted by the cloud. I think there's something over there. It seems so out of place otherwise.

I wonder how close we can get to it though. [Going towards the ominous giant cloud. Good decision skills.]