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Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2013-03-20 09:46 pm

[Open] There and Back Again

Characters: Rescue Operation volunteers, kidnapping victims, medics
Location: Underground tunnel system, beneath Death City
Rating: Varies
Time: May 13th, 7 AM
Description: The mission's simple: Arrest the perpetrators, and get our friends back. Of course, the kidnappers aren't going to make it simple...



The first step was finding a way into the tunnels connected to the sewers. Thanks to Guest investigators and the Death City Police Department, two entrances were found, allowing for a pincer movement. The mirrors are primed and ready to go, situated in the sewers proper by dawn and ready for a quick extraction of the abduction victims. On the other side, in the Shibusen clinic, medics are on standby for medical treatment of the victims and the fighters heading in to clear out and apprehend the masked weirdoes.

But the masked weirdoes have tricks up their own sleeves: The tunnels are littered with pit traps, thin wire triggers waiting to be sprung (or disarmed) with darts, arrows, or even falling rocks and debris in store for any intruders that decide to enter these makeshift halls, and the perpetrators themselves are armed with melee weapons, smoke and pepper bombs, and sheer numbers.

Today is also the day that the kidnappers have decided that a little isolation would make the prisoners more compliant. Roughly hauled up bright and early one by one, they're on their way to individual chambers when they each get a message via clairvoyance as promised:



"We're coming."




[ooc: You know the drill; tag your characters in and make your own threads using the following format: [Character(s)][Location][Open/Closed], and the victims are welcome to make threads as well for interactions among each other and those that find them. The operation will be complete at around noon with arrests taking place for a few hours afterward, for those in need of a timeline!]
shiromadoushi: (Small smile)

Bakura and Sugata, pre Bakura getting split from the group

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-27 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[[One of the many advantages to going with a group was that Bakura could focus on something like mapping the route they were taking while the rest of the group kept a closer eye out for traps and masked thugs.

So while Takuto and the others were cleared the way, he sketched swiftly on his communicator, noting anything that would make it easier for them to find their way back out with.]]
peacocked: (okaaaayyy?)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-28 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[sugata decided that it would be best to hang behind during the heavy parts of the fight. he'd try to be there for his friend, but he didn't want to get in the way either. especially when all he had to use in a fight were his fists and feet. he was mostly used to this thanks to him being forced to watch takuto fight during zero time, so!

looking over he then notices a somewhat familiar face.]
Ryou?
shiromadoushi: (Yo!)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-28 12:48 am (UTC)(link)
[[Blinks a few times as he looks up, finger still hovering over his drawn map before recognizing who'd called his name and giving a smile]] Aa, Sugata-kun! I didn't realize you were there! Takuto-kun pulled you along for the rescue as well? Even though you just got here...

[[Though really, why was he surprised by this?]]
peacocked: (ehehehe;;)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-28 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[he waves a hand.] It's kind of a hard thing to tell him no. Besides I don't think I would have heard the end of it if I didn't come along.
shiromadoushi: (Side smile happy happy)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-28 01:20 am (UTC)(link)
Probably! Though really, something like this.... [[he hesitates a moment before shaking his head]] I guess with enough of us, it should work out all right. Especially since Takuto-kun has his choice of Weapons, ne?
peacocked: (I'll just go with the flow)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-28 01:39 am (UTC)(link)
I hope so. [he looks down and shakes his head.] Just let me know if I get in the way.
shiromadoushi: (Small smile)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-28 01:45 am (UTC)(link)
Where would you go if you were? [[it was said kindly, even if the wording was a bit odd]] Don't worry about something like that. If anything, I think Takuto-kun does better having more people around him. So no matter what, as long as you don't get lost, you're helping, I think.
peacocked: (tell me I'm not dreaming)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-28 03:29 am (UTC)(link)
I'm... not sure. [he shrugs a little.] Forgive me, but this is the first time I've felt like this in a battle. I'm not... exactly used to being so useless like this. But, you have a point. Which was one of my main reasons in wanting to tag along. We always pushed each other, especially in battle.
shiromadoushi: (Sign: Thats why)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-28 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a touch of a rueful smile. Bakura was rather used to being the useless one in many situations. It didn't make it any easier, especially when he had started being able to help, since arriving in Death City. To be in this situation, however... None of those skills he had worked so hard to improve were able to be used at all.

It was a little frightening, to be honest.]]


I think a lot of us are a bit the same right now... this sort of thing... You get so used to fighting kishin and other things that are too far lost that all you can do is destroy them... only to be up against people... [[a soft sigh as he shakes his head]]
peacocked: (know your place in line)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-29 03:38 pm (UTC)(link)
[he nods his head as he folds his arms across his chest.] I can't really say that I feel what you feel, but it is understandable. But at the same time you also have to take into consideration what these people feel about us. I don't exactly agree with their methods, but I can sympathize with them.
shiromadoushi: (Thinking)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-29 03:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[[Bakura was quiet a moment, and when he does speak, his voice is soft, yet intense.]] Not when they strike out at the people who've been risking their lives to protect them... Not when they hurt my friends. These people down here... they turned everyone else into their puppets, taking advantage of their frustrations and turning them against us when they hadn't been before.

That I can't sympathize with....
Edited (Wrong word typo) 2013-03-29 16:02 (UTC)
peacocked: (whatever I do what I want)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-29 10:34 pm (UTC)(link)
When you say people do you mean the natives, or is there someone else working in the background?
shiromadoushi: (Serious - 01)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-29 11:12 pm (UTC)(link)
The ones down here seem to be the ones who were working in the background... making everyone else act out like they did...
peacocked: (not pleased at all)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-03-30 02:45 am (UTC)(link)
I see, if that's the case then I can see how easy it was for them to get the natives to turn on us. [he sighs and shakes his head.] This seems to run deeper than I originally thought.
shiromadoushi: (Shiranai kedo...)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-03-30 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
With how frustrating it can be, not being able to fight in a war that keeps trying to beat down your door... it's far too easy to set off that spark...
peacocked: (but I know in my heart that it's not)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-04-02 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
Especially with how long it's gone on. I'm sure whoever's pulling the strings down here wanted to use that to their advantage.... And from the looks of, it looks like it worked out nicely. [he shakes his head disapprovingly.]
shiromadoushi: (Fanart: Cold and thoughtful)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2013-04-02 02:51 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah... [[he frowns]]

I wish there were a way to stop that from happening again... we all have a common enemy, there's no reason to be fighting each other....
peacocked: (deep in thought)

[personal profile] peacocked 2013-04-02 05:21 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sure there's a way. We'd just have to talk to the natives and try to get them to understand where we're coming from. Wars can go on for years, I don't think they understand that.