capitalooc | ISSUE #1: FOWL PLAY

BREAKING NEWS

An enormous sinkhole has reportedly formed in the center of the UCLA Campus, swallowing enormous portions of the Fowler Museum and its patrons! Hundreds of artifacts and dozens of people have already been reported missing, and these numbers are only expected to grow as the dust settles. The hollowed out exterior of the museum threatens to topple into the hole's depths, and the injured are still being removed from the area.

Authorities are baffled by this phenomenon, stating that it should be geologically impossible. Citizens in the surrounding area are advised to keep their distance while the LAPD and registered heroes prepare to launch a search and rescue for survivors!

Similarities to the Mojave sinkhole are still being examined.

And with that, Capital H is open!

The mods will make a log for the area surrounding the Fowler Museum, but everyone is free to make as many other related network and log threads as they like! Here are some helpful links about the real place this is happening:

THE FOWLER MUSEUM WEBSITE: For real life examples of its appearance and activities - everything is the same, except for the Land Apart exhibit, which was entirely consumed by the sinkhole.
GOOGLE MAPS: The location of the UCLA Campus in LA. We highly recommend using street view if you want to see what the surrounding area looks like!
A REAL SINKHOLE: While this is not the Guatemala Sinkhole, it is about the same size. That's right, you could fit two Statues of Liberty in that sucker.

THINGS YOU CAN DO:

Search for survivors in the rubble.

Help get the injured to safety.

VENTURE INTO THE EXACT SORT OF SINKHOLE THAT EFFORTLESSLY DEVOURED THREE MEMBERS OF THE ALPHA FORCE...?

If you do venture into the hole (and who are we kidding, we know some of you will) you will find that it terminates about 100m down. The earth there is very soft and malleable, like sand. If you search, you will be able to find six survivors in or on the sand, as well as a number of lost artifacts. You will also find a number of small, white crystals, about the size of a walnut. Characters who go into the hole are free to take as many as they find (realistically to a limit of a few dozen over all.) Let me know below if you are snatching some.

And that's it! You can NPC for any the police and survivors involved that you want - the mods will not be doing so. You have full liberty to make up whatever NPC drama you want. You can have your character know someone who might be lost, know some of the police officers, or have any other relations to this event that is reasonable.

If you are not sure what is reasonable, or if you have any questions about evidence, feel free to ask below!

Also, YOU ARE COMPLETELY FREE TO IGNORE THIS! If you have other stuff you would rather do, or if your character has no reason to get involved, then you are totally allowed to just comment from afar and move straight on to whatever other plot you'd rather deal with! This is a sandbox first and foremost, and the mod plot is not meant to overwhelm everything else. It's just something we can use to toss you guys some mystery once in a while. ;)

If you have any questions, please ask below! Also, let me know if and how many crystals you take if you find them, or who you give them to if you pass them off to someone else.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

How many you are taking?

Edited 2014-01-29 05:54 (UTC)

6; a few of them are likely going to end up in Baelheit's hands

6, one for each starklet!

Are we free to make up what the artifacts that may or may not still be semi-intact at the bottom of the sinkhole are?

Sure! As long as they roughly make sense to be in a museum like this.

Lots of cops? Minimal cops? Lots at first but less later. More at first but less later?

OR MAYBE JUST HANDWAVE COPS??

unregistered is a hard life son.

Lots of cops, lots of ambulance, lots of firefighters, the works.

ARE NIGHT INVESTIAGATIONS IN THE HOLE POSSIBLE WITH SNEAK SKILLS?

Really, people are kind of too distract to keep track of who is and isn't jumping in the hole right off the bat. Later, honestly, the security will be more focused because its a crime scene.

Does Kid have a way of flying?

he has antigravity boots. that was in his app, but i can void them if thats not cool.

That's fine to have. I just wasn't sure.

But yeah he can really just jump in there if he wants.

thanks brosefs

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