THE WHEELS OF STEEL ARE TURNING

[capemods]

WHO: These lucky contestants
WHERE: Various boroughs of the City, and the demon dimension.
WHEN: Tuesday, August 21st, 11:54 am and onward.
WARNINGS: This post may contain graphic depictions of violence, psychological horror, and adult themes; it will definitely contain adult language. Viewer discretion advised.
SUMMARY: Vulcanus tries to blow up a collection of buses around the City in order to incite anti-imPort rioting; Lachesis mixes things up again. see here for details.
FORMAT: Go crazy, kids.

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Each bus will have a labeled thread in the comments. To recap:

Bus W will explode. Lachesis will teleport these ImPorts to a location near the bus just after it explodes. Those who are assigned to this bus, you must be the heroes that the City demands. The damage will carve a hole in the street, and civilians are at risk for debris/fires/etc.

Bus X will yank imPorts inside of it and induce a week-long power switch. From 8/21 at 12 PM to the following Tuesday, 8/28 at 12 PM, characters will have their powers switched with another ImPort passenger. All characters on this bus have their new powers assigned.
Correction: this bus is located in Brooklyn.

Bus Y will yank imPorts inside of it for one minute, and then transport its imPorts to the demon dimension until midnight. Envision Dante's Inferno as the setting, but with the twist that ANYTHING CHARACTERS IMAGINE WILL MANIFEST IN THE WORST WAY POSSIBLE.

Bus Z will yank imPorts inside of it for one minute, and then with a LOUD SCREECHING NOISE, it will infect imPort minds with radio signals, songs, dialogue, AND IMPORTANT PLOT-RELATED INFORMATION THAT VULCANUS DOESN'T WANT YOU TO KNOW for the rest of that day. There is no way to turn this off for the entire day. ImPorts will be returned to their prior locations at the end of one minute. All characters on this bus have their unique mental broadcasts assigned.

Comments

[newbvampire]

[Seras was further back, but still close enough a piece of the bus came hurtling toward her and a group of civilians. Quickly raising up a shadow to block it she grimaced as it impacted and almost knocked her off her feet.

Once she recovers and makes sure the civilians near her are okay she finally hears the idiot spouting the anti-import nonsense. Vulcanus might as well have put out a big sign saying we did it! At least somebody was already telling him to shut up. That didn't mean she couldn't join in though.]

You! City PD! Shut up and get out of the way, or I will arrest you, you idiot!

[That done she starts running toward the crater where the bus was, grabbing her radio and keying the mic.]

This is Sergeant Victoria at Rockefeller Center. There's been an explosion. I need ESU down here NOW!

[jailbrake]

[Michiko's immediate reaction to the presence of an officer of the law, naturally, is less along the lines of relief and more along the lines of ABORT MISSION FUCK THE POLICE--but, she reminds herself quickly, it ain't her they're after. not anymore, anyway, or not now. not here.

at least somebody's got their priorities right. but she's past that line of thought now, still sprinting towards the wreckage. when she gets close enough, she doubles over to catch her breath and wonder where the hell she's even going to begin. she only knows of one of her powers, and it's not worth shit here.]

Jesus. [she says it under her breath, amazingly enough. the next part, however, is shouted at the top of her rapidly shrinking lungs:] OI! YOU, POLICE LADY. HOW LONG ARE THEY GONNA TAKE?

[this is, and most likely will remain, pretty much the only time in her life when Michiko's been anxious for the cops to show up. she might appreciate the irony of this more readily if she wasn't quite as preoccupied with not throwing up.]

[newbvampire]

A few minutes. Until they show up we need to do what we can. That means I'm going in there to see if there are any survivors so you can help me do that, or pull some of these other people away from this damn fire.