Chilly Weather for a Swim

[kore_npc]

Who: Maggie, Tony Stark, Kid Blue, Lydia Martin and OPEN
Where: The docks and the surrounding area
When: Late afternoon of day 19
What: Some rumblings, some people falling into the water and getting scraped up. The usual.
Notes: Feel free to have multiple threads, thread-jump, etc!
Warnings: -


The shaking started slowly around the docks, building up in intensity until the wood began to clatter against itself in the water. The waves crashing up on the shore were getting more and more agitated and choppy as the shaking persisted.

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[kore_npc]

The docks under Maggies's feet were trembling. She grasped for something to hold onto, but the plank she was standing on separated from the one next to it just as she grabbed for a hold. She fell into the water with a loud yell.

[preytosociety]

Lydia had been too busy watching the build of the waves to be paying much attention to the girl a few docks over. She'd been sitting there trying to think of something, anything, that would get them out of danger. The sound of the tremor shook her out of her reverie.

Lydia had enough common sense to stand up from her makeshift crate-bench at the edge of the dock and head back towards solid ground as soon as she felt the vibrations of the wooden plans underfoot. She just wasn't fast enough.

Her head snapped up at the yell and she looked over just in time to see the girl fall. It's hard to stay calm when wooden supports weaken beneath the surface you're standing on and you feel it slant. Lydia stopped in her tracks, looking down at the quickly-forming crevice between her and dry land. There was only enough time to suck in a sharp breath as the edge of the dock collapsed into the water, taking Lydia along with it.

[afallenstar]

It's hard to make out the words amongst the fit of giggles Anna is currently lost in, but it's something along the lines of 'I can't carry you' as they wander down to the harbour. It had been her idea to go to the docks in the first place - Tony is well and truly drunk at this point. It's partly her fault, it wasn't exactly a fair competition when 'lets get drunk' turned into 'who can drink the most', but in all fairness she hadn't quite realised how much they had consumed.

Now they're staggering along with Anna's arm wound tight around Tony's waist for support. She's swaying a bit herself but it's mostly just for show. Her grin is loose and easy going. She's laughing and it's genuine, and that can be put down to the pleasant buzz from the alcohol she's consumed - easily enough to put a regular person in hospital with alcohol poisoning but barely enough to get her tipsy. As they wander out closer she's vaguely aware of the tremor, but it doesn't really register. It's not until the shaking begins to really set in that she actually grows concerned, and the giggling and playing cuts off immediately.

"Tony, I think we should-"

And then the docks collapse under their feet, and Anna is suddenly back on the after of solid ground, very noticeably minus one Tony Stark.

[kore_npc]

In the midst of the others falling into the water and climbing out, Maggie pulled herself up onto one of the broken docks with a loud fan-fair of coughing and gasping in nearly shredded clothing. One of the legs of her pants was entirely torn away, revealing most of her calf.

Though he hair and clothes were a mess, her skin was unharmed. There wasn't a drop of blood on her as she pulled herself up to her feet and began to move towards the shore.