[Event Log] Mission #203 - Argentina, Bolivia and Chile

[soul_mods]

Characters: OPEN to those who signed up for the mission here.
Location: Argentina, Bolivia and Chile
Rating: Varies
Time: June 16th
Description: It's time to bring our comrades home. If they resist, talk some sense into them. And by that we mean knock them out and drag them back.



Early in the morning, all mission goers were gathered in front of Shinigami's mirror. Those who needed them were handed weapons to take along.

Once Shibusen personnel had every divided into three groups based on their destination, they began to set out.

The team headed to Argentina headed out first, followed by the team headed to Bolivia and finally the one headed for Chile.

All three arrive at different destinations but the atmosphere there were similar: quiet and grim. They will set out from the town and fan out from there.

The goal? To find the ones who were lost.

[Coordination post is right here! Make sure to head your threads with the following format: [CHARACTER(S) | OPEN/CLOSED] Don't forget to tag yourselves in!]

Comments

[ Bruce | OPEN ]

[hulky]

[it was the Hulk, the "Other" guy, who stalked through the forest.

He'd reverted back to Bruce a couple times over the past few days, yet all during brief spans of fitful sleep whose dreams only became more vivid, more real, more terrible, once he awoke. What do you do when you rouse to the sight of blood on your hands, thinking you've killed, that you took a life or lives, and can't remember, can't take it back? What do you do when details do seem to filter back? What do you do when you think you see a broken body, or bodies, nearby which jog imagination masquerading as fractured memory? What do you do when so-called "friends" appear to approach, only to react in disgust and horror at what you've done, what you've become, what you are? And what do you do when a loved one seemingly comes to try and rescue you from all this terror, tenderly telling you it's all a hallucination, that you'll be okay, and embracing you, only to die screaming in your arms as you're powerless to stop yourself from crushing the life from their body in an agonized gush of popping bones and bursting flesh? What you do, in a cry that morphs into a monstrous roar, is welcome any and all escape from the nightmare and, for maybe the first time in your life, hope you won't find your way back]

{{ooc: open to anyone interested in encountering the Hulk before he is "rescued" by Lee and Neji, and then "rescued" from them by Giroro, Steve, and Tony}}

Closed to Neji + Lee, then Steve, Giroro and Tony

[heavenly_earth]

[The mission details are hauntingly similar to the ones given out just days after his arrival in Death City. Witch-related kidnappings..

But he keeps his focus on the area and any potential souls in the vicinity, though with the swath of destruction through the forest, he may as well not have bothered.

Neji gestures to Lee to indicate they're following the smashed trees and downed branches and comes to a stop on an intact branch as a deafening roar sounds through the area.

Touching his soul to Lee's, he widens his vision and takes in the beast rampaging through the forest nearby with white eyes]

You're going to need to play bait, Lee. This doesn't look like it'll go down with a few hits of your batons, so I'll attempt to take it down internally..

[awokentospring]

[Lee follows along at a short distance, just enough to catch Neji's signals but far enough to rush ahead if necessary. Lee usually could be seen as wreckless due to his rather unorthodox loudness when it came to being a ninja, but he made up for it when the situation called for both stealth and swiftness.

Feeling a tug at his soul, Lee listens in and immediately begins to rush ahead, keeping as quiet as he can and blending in with the foliage.]

Understood.

[Lee didn't have any other message for his Meister, so he focused on the task at hand. He found himself feeling confident, despite the size of the monster in front of him. It was no Kishin, so he couldn't guarantee how it would react or what it wanted, but Lee wasn't taking chances.

Still nearly silent, Lee finally attacked. Rushing up behind the beast, he aimed a sharp kick to the back of its head and somersaulted over in front of it, doing what he could to stay just barely out of arms reach, if he could manage that.]

[hulky]

[that "beast" is hearing helicopters bearing down on him that only he can hear, seeing a nasty variety of military-grade vehicles burst through the forest at him that only he can see. The assault is endless and from all directions. For a raw mind that even on a good day is at best overcharged, it's truly maddening, and only makes him madder...

... so the paratrooper that attacks him from above, only to skitter infuriatingly just out of reach, becomes the newest in a long line of targets for his immense - and still swelling - torrent of rage.

Hulk bellows again, but this time the sound spills over from a focus on one point, one person. In a burst of strength and speed he lunges after the bait Lee]

[heavenly_earth]

[Neji watches with a faint frown of concern, taking a minute to assess the monster's strength, agility, and movements. With his natural speed, Lee could likely keep a small lead on him for a little awhile..

His fingers flex, eyes honing in on his target, and leaps into action as soon as the Hulk turns his attention on his teammate. Hand charged with soul wavelength, Neji throws his palm to green skin, targeting the spine with a burst of energy he hopes might slow their opponent's movement to some degree.

But it was a large beast, much more than a regular human opponent, and he was sure it would take a lot more wavelength to significantly weaken it. Still, they have to start somewhere]

[awokentospring]

[Lee manages to keep a bit ahead of their opponent, but only just. And Lee is thankful, because he's growing more and more desperate to keep ahead as Bruce lunges with greater speed and strength than Lee originally estimated. Lee was going to have to rethink his own title of Beautiful Green Beast once he finished this.

Attempting to feint and possible keep attention off Neji just a moment more, Lee makes a vital mistake in trying to trick the monster and strike him full in the face. A very big mistake.]

[hulky]

[the soul shock wave ripples excruciating dissonance up and down the Hulk's spine. He stumbles, legs momentarily lost to the assault, but mounting anger is quick to put the ground back beneath his feet. Hulk twists to confront the source, only to be met point-blank in the face. Said strike finds its mark, but that BEAUTIFUL GREEN BEAST DAMN RIGHT LEE THAT IS OUR TITLE AND WE ARE TAKING IT BACK is also lining up a massive swat]

[heavenly_earth]

[Neji leaps backward as Hulk twists toward him, breathing a breath of relief as Lee manages to distract him. He's slower than Lee on his own, and less likely to be able to evade. If he went down, they wouldn't win.

He moves, trying to assess the extent of the damage through watching Hulk's movement, sorting where he leaned most of his weight or threw most of his strength. Kicking seemed to be out, and it wasn't difficult to see why, so he relied mostly on his arms to take down his opponents..

But just as he's about to move in for another hit, he catches sight of Lee in a vulnerable position and lunges forward, though he's sure he won't be in time]

Lee! Get away!

[awokentospring]

[But it's too late. The swat catches Lee on the arm and side and he does flying, accompanied by the sound of an audible crack. Only shinobi instincts hold him back from crying out loud, even though his soul is screaming.

Landing a bit roughly, Lee's first thoughts are on Neji and his safety. Now the monster has nothing to distract him and Neji is vulnerable. Feeding off his own adrenaline, Lee scrambles back to shaky feet and rushes towards his Meister, one arm hanging limply at his side.]

Neji!

[hulky]

[one green foot slips with the trailing momentum of his last swing - the ground might be back beneath the Hulk's feet, but that doesn't mean everything feels completely solid. He is also shaking off the paratrooper's parting gift, so the blind sweep towards what attacked him from behind still has the intensity Lee and Neji might have come to expect by now, yet probably not the best of aim, especially when your target is a fleet-footed ninja]

[heavenly_earth]

[Neji grimaces as the crack seems to resound throughout the clearing and if it weren't for his inherent ability to pay attention to everything in his immediate scope, he may have met a similar fate. As it was, he managed to slip under the Hulk's massive arm, and finally met up with Lee, eyes glancing over the arms hanging limply at his Weapon's arm.

Taking hold of Lee's good wrist, he turned back toward their opponent, prepared to pull Lee away quickly if necessary]

Can you still transform?

[awokentospring]

[Lee grasps Neji's wrist, forcing down any other signs of his pain by gripping Neji just as tightly. He doesn't answer verbally, simply slips into the transformation and becomes a swinging pair of nunchaku.]

I can fight with you, Neji! It does not hurt like this!

[hulky]

[well, you just made Hulk's life easier, merging an attention-dividing two into one. That's generally not advised. Green eyes lock on the pair, the grimace from Lee's last blow tightening into a snarl, and he charges. No, still not completely surefooted, but if you're a living wrecking ball manage to acquire some destructive momentum, does it really matter?]