( april event ) wayward falls

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EVENT: WAYWARD FALLS

It begins with a crack, as many alarming and unfortunate things tend to do. Anyone who's ever jumped a little too hard on a frozen river will recognize the sound in an instant: It's the sound of ice caving under pressure, and it echoes through the cozy wooded canyon just in time for the first trickle of water to drip over the face of the northern cliffs. Within the hour, tens of thousands of gallons of water are pouring over the cliff, a waterfall of meltwater finally freed from behind an icy dam.

It doesn't take long for the north end of town to flood as the endless torrents of water rushing through the canyon quickly overwhelm the river, despite the town's best efforts to shore it up. Which means that one guy with the kayak in his garage will finally be the one to have the last laugh: 'What was it you said about pointless hobbies again, Susan?'

You could always just stay inside instead of dealing with the flooded streets of course. The power flickers but ultimately holds and the clean up is certainly going to be annoying later but it's hardly the end of the world.

And then comes the debris.

Without any real warning or ominous portent, solid objects come careening over the cliffs' edge, carried in by the runoff cascading down to the forest below. First, it's large rocks, almost boulders in their own right. Dangerous, certainly, if you happen to be standing below them when they fall but the solution seems a bit obvious there. Just, you know, don't. But then the debris starts to look a little more... man-made.

What has the floodwater brought the little town of Wayward Pines? And possibly more importantly, will the waterfall ever cease?

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Comments

[comesfrompain]

[Chuckling, Rumlow brings the cup close to inhale the caffeine fumes. It's even still hot. He'll chalk that up to Cassian's relative punctuality instead of the cup's insulation. He's feeling generous. He blows at the opening and takes a sip. Ah. Blessed bean water.]

You might be right there. His adherence to tea is borderline. But what you gonna do?

[Rumlow shrugs and takes another sip, casting his gaze back towards the gym. There's still work to do, but the way the water's flowing, Rumlow's not really in a mad rush. He can take a few to chew the fat and sip his coffee.]

Teashop far enough away from the floodwaters, or should I come by and lend a hand?