by SALSAlys » Fri Apr 18, 2003 4:14 pm
Kyoko was able to maneuver the ship, preparing the landing, but the shuddering of the Trailblazer was growing worse... the pilot found herself bouncing wildly in her seat, the webbing giving spring that almost allowed her to flip.
Then, as they descended, a faint roaring could be heard throughout the ship, and there was a sudden series of jolts, and the ship falling.... Those who were not strapped down found themselves feeling weightless for several agonizing seconds before they crashed.
* * *
Kyoko was safely suspended in her seat, but the door was jammed half-open.
* * *
Derrik, braced within the engine of the ship, suffered little damage, except for some bruised flesh. Liam had managed to grab ahold of a girder protruding from a wall, and was all right, except for wrenched shoulders from clinging to his support.
Phillipe, though, was less lucky, flung across the room and crashing into a wall, managing to get most of it on his arms but still receiving a slight crack to the head before he grabbed another girder. Slightly nauseous and with a headache, he was still basically whole.
* * *
Edmund was all right, firmly strapped into the bed.
* * *
Jenni had been able to reach her bed barely in time, and had been bounced while trying to strap herself in... but was safe.
* * *
Calvin Dartmann was snug and safe in his bed.
* * *
Candice, without any injury from the harrowing experience, was in good condition... but once she unstrapped herself and tried to open the door of her room, she discovered that somehow during the crash, the structure of the door had been slightly warped, and she was trapped inside.
* * *
Sam Lemington had been spending the last few minutes trying frantically to see if he could do something, ANYTHING to release a transmission.... and during the final moment, when they collided with the surface of the planet, the side of the wall where he was working suddenly was crumpled, forcing itself in.
The communications center was not a large one; Lemington was crushed to death.
* * *
Eduardo Gominguez, with his specially designed wheelchair, had a harder time when trying to secure himself— a fact that the brawny Jon Nanderwelt had remembered, rushing into the room to help the doctor do so. A good act which deprived him of any time to strap HIMSELF in....
Jon had been flung against a wall, unable to react in time to avoid getting his skull cracked, blood trickling from the head of the corpse.
* * *
Then Tanake's voice was heard throughout the ship, on a crackling intercom. The captain herself was unharmed.
"Crew, please report to the central room of the ship."
* * *
Sylavi, the priestess could hear a roaring from the sky. When she turned her head, she could mark the rapid descent of a large, metallic object or beast, then hear a crash. She felt as much as heard it, feeling tremulations in the earth beneath her feet.
Curiousity got the better of the priestess, and she walked upstream to find it.
There, in the side of the mountain, was the ship. Part of its body was crumpled in on itself, and it glistened foreignly against the green vegetation surrounding it.
It was a fairly tranquil area, making the object seem even more odd. A deep pool was nearby, near the stream, fed from a series of small trickling waterfalls, and it seemed a place of serenity.
Except for, of course, the metal object.