EVENT: Raid on Hachi's Lab

[soul_mods]

Characters: Those who signed up for mission #251
Location: Ski resort in Oregon, Hachi's underground facility
Rating: PG-13
Time: August 16th
Description: Mission $251



It took a bit of magic from Shibusen's resident witch Meister to figure out how to get the entrance open, but eventually they did manage it.

A wide, rectangular doorway opens up in the wall itself, without any doors to be seen.

The power to this place has been cut, leaving the place to be lit only by some dim emergency lights along the walls near the ground. The hallways themselves are narrow, and nondescript, making it very easy for intruders (and that is what you are here) to go around in circles without realizing. The fact that the hallways had a lot of turns and intersect each other every so often, forming equally nondescript four way intersections doesn't help.

The fact that the hallways are crawling with Clowns helps keeps things interesting, at least.

In addition to that, there are a few odd rooms, each one of them large and round, with high domed ceilings made of rock.

One in particular, is filled with destroyed lab equipment, among which are two tall cylinders that had once been made of glass that has since been shattered. There are, oddly enough, fewer Clowns though they seem less crude than the ones outside of the room and are stronger as well.

The others seem to be used for storage even if there seems to be less in any given room than it seems capable of holding. There is nothing of value in any of the boxes you find and, more than one of them actually contain Clowns.

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Comments

Takuto & Shinji | Hallways

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[In contrast to the fleeting, superficial attention he had given during the investigation when the pair had trekked out into the snow with Aqua to actually find this place, Shinji appears to actually be more alert to his surroundings now that they're in the building itself. After all, there's a better chance that they'd be ambushed by those creepy clowns (or worse, as it may be) in the laboratory where they were being manufactured. It may even seem like he's overcompensating his focus a bit to make up for the last outing.

All that rapt attention, however, doesn't feel like it's doing much in light of the fact that it appears they are going in circles through the hallways. Hm.]

[tauborn]

[Takuto stops suddenly as they approach the next intersection.]

I think we've been here before.

[Which is particularly sad because they haven't even been inside the building long enough to find a clown.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Shinji frowns a little. He didn't want to think as much, but...]

Maybe... Everywhere looks the same, though. [It's not optimism as much as it is mild frustration.] We could... start marking intersections we've been to?

[tauborn]

That's a really good idea!

[He draws his sword--it wouldn't do to try to wield Shinji without something in his other hand, so obviously he's brought it along--and tries scratching the wall with it... and it appears he's only dulling his blade.

He resheathes it and then, quite suddenly, blinks pleadingly at Shinji and holds out his hand.

Yes, he's going to use Shinji to mark the walls. To be fair, he knows the knife is really really sharp?]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[How Shinji was not expecting this outcome when he posed the idea is a mystery. Though, once it became clear that the sword was going to do no good, he came to the same conclusion that Takuto had. He gives the Meister a short look stuck somewhere between disapproval and resignation before complying with the unspoken request. Reaching out toward the older teen, Shinji witches over to weapon form, taking very little time to activate the knife's ability.]

There. That should work better.

I don't even remember what we're supposed to run into on this mission, please help

[tauborn]

[Takuto grins, his wavelength wrapping smoothly around Shinji's as he quickly draws a shallow X in the surface of the wall.]

Perfect. Let's keep moving forward then!

[Shinji might as well stay in weapon form, though... since the tunnels aren't exactly well-lit and Takuto's sure the tunnels aren't unoccupied.

In fact, there's a sound, coming from down the hallway... like... footsteps?]

This one was still just clowns nothing impressive :v

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[He was almost figuring that he'd be better off staying like this, just in case they ran into another intersection soon, but the shuffling sound of footsteps doesn't escape the Weapon's notice. His focus steadies once more, which hopefully alerts Takuto to the sound as well.

And, sure enough, from down the hall something decidedly not human comes into view. Probably the easiest thing to make of it through the poor lighting and distance is... the color purple.]

Takuto-san, it's headed this way.