0.04 gigawatts ⇒ voice / action ⇒ [desert city]

[what_the_flux]

[Hushed and awed, just above a whisper -]

Great scott.

[He trudges through the sand that has encroached on the floor of the building he's claimed as his workshop, one that had stood on the outskirts of the City. It's little more than a few half-standing walls now.]

One could hardly say there was a shortage of sand - a curious enough development, it seemed - but this is an extremely drastic and critical turn. Despite my limited experience in the City, I am forced to conclude that this is far more than a simple curse. My understanding is that the lengthy build-up towards this implies something of a far greater significance and a less fleeting nature.

[Then there's the rush of air that signifies a large, heavy sheet being lifted - off of the still-disabled DeLorean. Work's been done, though, and it doesn't have that far to go. There's an audible breath of relief as he finds it intact.]

In any case, these circumstances certainly warrant a bit of reprioritizing...



[ooc: As noted, this is open to action if desired! He's in the Desert City, so if you're in Glass, assume the appropriate distortion. Annnnnd I'm at work right now so tags will be slow/delayed.]

Comments

[binarysky]

I don't think anything's sound around here. I've never been in a desert like this before.

[what_the_flux]

No, it's certainly not natural-- not with the advanced rate of deterioration. This sort of damage should take decades, even in as harsh an environment as a desert can prove.

[binarysky]

Magic, then. Or the deities.

[what_the_flux]

Or, in the worst case, the structural integrity of the dimension has been compromised, leading to rapidly accelerated climate change that will culminate in the destruction of this reality and everything contained within it, possibly creating a ripple effect that could extend that damage across all realities.

Of course, that's a worst-case scenario.

[binarysky]

That sounds pretty bad.

[what_the_flux]

It would be! But that's absolute worst-case, and I don't think it's terribly likely. Most of the individuals I've spoken with indicate that this sort of event is typically resolved by these "deities", though I haven't been given much indication as to the cause of such incidents.

[binarysky]

Most of the stuff that happens around here is their doing, yeah. They must get bored a lot.

[what_the_flux]

I suppose that might be one possible explanation for why they've brought so many people here in the first place. Though, I could hardly understand going through all this effort for entertainment alone.

[binarysky]

Maybe they were really, really, really bored...

Nah, I don't get it either.