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Path 1.1 If your troll participated in pro-royalist activities during their last meta:
It's time for the third quarterly tri-sweep physicals. As a registered member of Alternian's reserve troops, you'd be mad to not miss out on the free healthcare provided by the army. It's the best any troll could get, and unlike the back alley 'doctors' that aren't affiliated with the royal troops, you don't run the risk of ending up one limb and several hundred beetles shorter than you had been at the start. As always, to make sure you get a time slot for your check up, you should go to the nearest army base a few days before to fill out your confirmation-of-life papers, to help the army validate that you are still kicking, not culled, and should be included in the list of active troops.


Path 1.2 If your troll has not previously participated in any side's activities during a shop meta:
There's a recruitment fair going on at the local army base, catering to trolls of all ages. The army has a spot in it for trolls of all ages, is the gist of the wordy banners and jaunty signs tacked to the front of the base's gate, and the free grubcakes offered, in bright appealing colours, are drawing in a sizable rabble of ravenous-looking lowblood youths. If you're interested in finally becoming an active troll citizen, a slightly snobby drone informs you, you're welcome to return in a few days. There will be a mass transport ship to one of the central army locations, where there will be a free meal, speech, and presentation put on. All you need to do is put your name down on the list that she waves in front of you. She also stands between you and the exit until you sign it.
*This path may be taken by trolls that do not yet have art/are not officially entered in Hivestuck. Trolls who take this option and are not shop-official, must have their profile accepted already. These trolls can only roleplay in the mule created threads designated for this meta event. Think of this as a 'guest access pass' for the duration of this event.*





Path 2.1 If your troll participated in pro-rebel activities during their last meta:
Since the confrontation with Errade, and the reveal of the second mother grub, things have been quiet. Perhaps realizing how emotionally draining their last few adventures had been, or perhaps distracted by her own problems, Byakko had not called upon the Phoenix Initiative for any traditional counter-royalist activities since the disastrous trap at Chittentown. However, with the loss of the majority of the 'old guard' of the Initiative, the base has been becoming oversized, dusty, and mostly abandoned. You're aware that there has been a general agreement to seal off a few of the lesser used passages and exits, as well as clean out the personal affects of trolls culled during the final confrontation. The date agreed upon for meeting at the base for a day of mourning, memories, and hard labour is approaching fast, and you'd best mark it off on your calendar, or at least send a message to Byakko letting her know that you'll be there.


Path 2.2 If your troll has not previously participated in any rebel side activities during a shop meta:
You've heard muttered stories of a group of rabble-rousing trolls, fighting against the queen and decent trolls alike. They were in league with a mad plant-drinking troll or something like that, blew up Civisect City, and rode around on a wild lusus summoning thunderstorms to terrorize the population. Obviously some of this stuff is complete insanity, but you're still interested in them nonetheless. Perhaps if you could find a troll who seems to know more about this mysterious group you could find out more about them?

All Paths:


=> Trapped!

=> Byakko's orders

=> Kursha's challange

=> The showdown

=> The second round

=> The third round

=> The fourth round

=> A rousing battle speech by each leader...

=> And fifth round

=> The final round

=> The explosive finale

Path 1
In a last ditched attempt to flee from you, the dissenter trolls have collapsed the tunnels in which you were fighting. Now, determined not to let them slip away, your greenblooded guide has hastily separated you into groups to either dig through the rubble and follow behind the fleeing rebels, or try and go back the way you came, spreading out to try and herd them off from the front. Above all else, you are told not to stop for an instant, or the will vanish like smoke into the air.

If you choose to dig through the tunnel and follow from behind, you are now Path 1.1. If you choose to fan out and search from another direction you are now Path 1.2

Path 1.1:
If you were too hurt or otherwise unable to immediately pack up and give chase, you were told rather unceremoniously to stay behind. The job thrust on you was the slower task of cleaning the tunnel of detritus and forming a backup tracking party, following the rebels in their footsteps to seal off any backward retreat, so they could not perform the same manoeuvre again. Assisting you were fresh waves of drones, backups that had been waiting outside the caverns during the battle. After a pause of about half a day, the drone forces finally broke through into a great abandoned cave, littered with troll eggshells. Not given much time to take the place in, the tracks of the departing rebels were immediately discernible, with the bulk of them accompanied by a heavy object that had been dragged out the largest tunnel.
Path 1.2:
You and your fellow trolls waste no time retreating the same way you came in. The rebel base is in complete disarray. Explosives, still-fresh traps and corpses and the lingering reminder of the brief but deadly warpath makes your exit arduous and grim. However, passage is much quicker than trying to dig your way out of the base. Assigned to squadrons, you quickly regroup. Nearby, the military observation outpost reports seeing small groups of trolls heading Northeast.


Path 2
There is little time to spare as you recover from the falling rubble, smoke and dust. You have barely escaped the callous betrayal and onslaught by the royalists. Now, the only option is to run. Through quick decision-making and desperation, you are able to immediately mobilize. Orders, shouted over the settling rocks and muffled forces outside, paint a clear picture: it is time to abandon HQ and avert the royalists however possible. Trolls who volunteer to be the fore-runners of the group are sent out of the tunnels through secret backways. Meanwhile, forces tending to the Mother Grub quickly flock to her side to make it safely out of the fray, falling back to protect her and her brood at all costs. Time is of the utmost essence now – any hesitation may mean a swift and brutal culling.

If you choose to remain behind to help move the mother grub you are now Path 2.1. If you choose to act as the diversion and go ahead to draw the royalists away, you are now Path 2.2

Path 2.1:
It is a demanding task to load the Mother Grub for transport. Even for a young Grub, her girth is enormous and easily fills the huge wheeled skip that you aim to shove her into. It takes a whole team to lift and carry her into the transport, and even more trolls to collect all of her brood. Eggs and grubs alike are stored as gingerly as possible into the skip. The eggs rattle until they are lashed down, and nothing can calm the peals of frightened baby troll grubs. Unfortunately, there is only a single exit big enough to head through. After the groups of trolls leading the diversion depart through individual escape tunnels, your trek begins.
Path 2.2:
Your choice seems to be either honourable or absurd as you head out with your companions through the many tunnels of the Phoenix Initiative HQ. The plan is simple: spread out and draw the royalist eye. As chittentown is to the south, and NHC is to the east, north or west seem at first to be your best options, as well as the warning to not get caught and don’t stop running. It is emphasized that you are seen by civilians and soldiers.