<strong>Approaching Eavesdown Docks, Persephone ~ Present Day</strong><br/>(This is the story RP thread! The only characters on the ship so far are Samson, Santiago and Thalia, as well as anyone else who was crew before she arrives on Persephone. However, everyone is free to post now.)<br/><br/><div class="floatleft">(http://imageshack.com/a/img837/1397/rjrd.png)</div>The Firefly class transport, Man's Ruin, streaked through the lower atmosphere of Persephone, alarms blaring in the cockpit. "It sounds like she's gonna crash!" Thalia yelled, hanging on to the railing outside the cockpit door as the ship lurched discomfortingly to one side. The primary buffer panel was gone. Literally. It had fallen off in the upper atmosphere and their descent had threatened to incinerate them in the process. It didn't - Man's Ruin could take more than that, but it wasn't the smoothest ride, nor the most reassuring. The ship was running hot.<br/><br/>Man's Ruin limped toward Eavesdown and Samson was having trouble keeping her balanced. There was definitely a grinding noise from the engines where there shouldn't have been one. A voice came over Santiago's controls, "Man's Ruin. You have clearance to land. Bay 51. Do you need emergency assistance? I repeat - do you need assistance?" It wasn't like it would do a lot of good, if they assisted. The best they could do was cool the ship down and clean up the mess if it crashed. "I'm pretty sure that red button over there shuts off the alarm," Thalia added helpfully. It wouldn't do a lot of good if the control tower couldn't hear them.<br/><br/>The ship was coming in too fast, and the control tower must've seen that too. Man's Ruin wasn't slowing down enough and the landing bay was coming up mighty fast. They had 20 seconds at most before they were going to land, one way or another.<br/><br/><hr/><br/>Thread Index:<br/><br/>Game Thread - Current (Chapter 2 - The Gamble): https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208456.0<br/>Game Thread (Chapter 1 - Crossroads): https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=206036.0<br/>Background Prologue Thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=205912.0<br/>OOC Thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=205809.0<br/>Shey's Cortex: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=208072.0<br/><br/>Finalised Characters: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=205814.0<br/>NPC List: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=206008.0<br/>World Building Thread (Preliminary sheets shown on this thread): https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=204953.0<br/>Group Roleplays Wanted Thread: https://elliquiy.com/forums/index.php?topic=205765.0<br/>