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Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2012-03-27 09:08 pm

Phase 3: Mission 153

Characters: Grand Canyon mission goers, victims, medics
Location: Grand Canyon
Rating: R
Time: Feb 5, 2009, mission starts at dawn
Description: Event links list.


The scouts had done their jobs well and the mirror deposits its travelers just at the end of the area Shibusen has closed off as their mission target. It's still dawn, the sun barely visible over the horizon. The witches hasn't noticed them there yet, the scouts say, so it's still possible to take them by surprise.

This is what the agents are told: In the rock face of the Grand Canyon is a cavern system made up of many small caves and three large ones. The large caves contain a kishin egg pit, the kidnapped agents and civilians, and what appears to be a machine at one end. There are about five dozen zombies crawling the area, and an equal number of ants, spiders, and ravens on top of it.

Worst of all, the scouts report that they had sighted a few of the agents patrolling for the Witches. The scouts hadn't been certain if these ones had soul perception or other abilities, and had given the area as much space as they could in order to avoid an early confrontation. Still, it's bad news and it looks like a fight with some of the kidnappees themselves is inevitable.

Not much time is given to the agents after the briefing before they're being ushered into place. A few scouts are going to be causing a commotion some distance away to distract the familiars and zombies, clearing a path for the agents. After that, it's all up to them.


[ooc: Just put up your own threads with the subject line [Characters][Feeding Cave/MMM Cave/Kishin Egg Pit/Elsewhere][Open/Close]
Kidnappees can go thread in the caves while waiting for the rescuers, too.
For those who want to thread with a witch, please add it in the subject line so we know where to go!
This day change will be one week irl.
The mirror will stay open for anyone who needs to be rushed back to the medics.
For those handwaving, please put your summaries here for the meister points and soul tally record.]

clowned: (→ with no avail)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-03 06:13 am (UTC)(link)
"No." He didn't know anyone well enough to have one person in mind, but that didn't leave any kind of dent in his motivation. As far as he was concerned, all of the people in there were important. It made him wonder how he would act if someone he cared a lot for had been kidnapped, and it leads him to ask the question back. "What about you?"

Because Allen realized not everyone was like him, willing to jump head first (and weaponless) into danger for people they hardly knew. Maybe Leo was like that too, or maybe he had someone he was looking for.
lionborn: (these hips don't lie)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-04 12:40 am (UTC)(link)
"My former best friend." He looked to the ground, face closed off and expression distant. There was nothing connecting him and Ryoki anymore and yet... "Actually, I'm not even sure if that matters or not. We're not friends anymore."

He flicked his cigarette to the ground and ground it out. Stemming one hand against his hip, he gave Allen a challenging look. "I hate seeing people die, that's all. You're welcome to pick a fight if you have a problem with that."
clowned: (→ leaving nothing but the memory)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-04 08:45 am (UTC)(link)
Who would have a problem with that? But judging by Leo's defensive stance, some people obviously did. "I won't let anyone die if I can help it." Is his only response, voice low and determined.

Then he brightens up a bit, as it sinks in that he actually has someone to fight with. "We shouldn't stand around anymore if we want to save anyone. Let's go find your old friend, okay?"
lionborn: (keep going but count me out)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-04 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
He huffed a bit but relaxed. Right, humans thought that it was good to think and feel that way, unlike most Halfs from where he comes from.

"Ex-friend," he corrected Allen almost automatically. "We were close but that's changed." Offering his hand to him, he added, "Can you change? We better try if we can work together out here first unless you're keen on having our resonance broken while we're in that killer of an ants nest."
clowned: (→ how i'm supposed to feel)

asdfghjk wow i'm sorry this is so late

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-15 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
"I can try." He admitted, not exactly wanting to point out that changing was still kind of difficult for him. "I hope you can work with my Weapon form."

Allen reached out his own hand, taking hold of Leo's and letting all his thoughts slip into that of transforming. It took a couple seconds, but then he felt his body shift slightly. A moment later and the other boy would find himself holding a silver mask in his hand. It didn't seem very impressive at first, he was sure.
lionborn: (come again?)

wb!<3

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-16 01:51 am (UTC)(link)
He caught the mask with a small surprised noise, almost instinctively clenching his hard around it. Recovering from his surprise he looked at it better, giving it a small skeptical look.

At least it was no sharp-shooting dildo again.

"So.. If I want to use you I have to put you on?"
clowned: (→ i've come to talk with you again)

<33

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-16 06:31 am (UTC)(link)
If he wasn't currently taking the form of a very odd weapon Allen would have shrugged. Where else would a mask go? The feeling of this form was still completely new to him, and he concentrated on staying that way while Leo handled him.

"Yeah, I'm pretty sure my abilities don't work otherwise." At least that's what he assumes, considering he's never actually used any of them. It made sense to him, though.
lionborn: (no smoke without fire)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-17 04:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright. Try not to burn my face off if this doesn't work..." The last part was mumbled under his breath as he hesitated only briefly before putting the mask on, fastening it behind his head. The metal felt cold and strange, but not too terribly so. He could see pretty much normally with it.

Taking a deep breath, he forced himself to calm down. "How is it?"
clowned: (→ and then restart)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-19 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
It was strange, to say the least. Getting used to his weapon form was difficult enough without trying to resonate on top of that. It wasn't as bad as he had expected, though. Just slightly uncomfortable.

"It's not so bad." Which was true, he could easily withstand a fight like this. "What about you?"
lionborn: (because I'm human?)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-20 06:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I'm fine," he really was, which surprised him a little. Usually he was way more clumsy with trying to do things like this but apparently his good luck had things working in his favor once the situation got dire for once.

Flexing his fingers, he gave the mask a questioning look. Or tried to, as good as one could do it while wearing the thing - person - in question. "How do you work? Damn, I'll never get used to that."
clowned: (→ i've come to talk with you again)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-21 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
Even if he couldn't exactly see Leo's expression, he could still sense the look he was trying to give him. He would have shrugged at the question if he was able to- instead all he could really do was mumble. Allen didn't really feel up to admitting he wasn't exactly sure.

"You have to touch them, the aku-- the kishin eggs." He knew that much, although the extent of what it actually did was beyond him at the moment. "It should do some damage."
lionborn: (I hate it when I actually like you)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-22 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"Just touch them?" He looked at his hands, instinctively flexing them into fists and back to check if anything felt different than before. It didn't really, but then again he wasn't trying to hit anything. "I'm pretty good with that if that's all. I've been fighting without weapons most of the time before I came here."
clowned: (pic#3209477)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-23 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
"I think that's it." He spoke perfectly honest. "There might be more eventually, but you should only need to touch them. It's sort of like the power I had back home."
lionborn: (because I'm human?)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-24 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
"Alright." He took a deep breath and nodded once, both to himself and his temporary 'partner'. "Let's do this."

He started walking towards the entry of the caves that held some of their friends and a whole lot of nasty things that wanted to gnaw on their bones.
clowned: (→ we will find your sayings to be parado)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-04-26 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay, let's go." Allen was more than ready to go rescue everyone, although he was definitely still shaky in his weapon form. He watched from Leo's face as he brought them into the cave, studying their surroundings.
lionborn: (suspicious)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-04-29 05:14 am (UTC)(link)
At first they walked still close to other groups but the further they got inside the cave, the more people began to split up. Watching them go their own ways, Leo silently thought to himself 'Stupid. Why are they moving all over the place when those monsters can be everywhere? Don't humans have no survival-'

His monologue was cut off when a pained yell followed by an inhuman shout echoed through the corridor they were moving in from the other end. "Shit!" Focusing and trying to channel his thought to Allen, he asked 'What should we do? Try'n look for what that was or keep our heads down and look for your friends?' Moving on without finding the source of that nasty sounds sounded more appealing to him, if he had to be entirely honest. A big part of his survival strategy entailed not getting himself into danger unless he had a good reason to.
clowned: (→ i can never leave the past behind)

[personal profile] clowned 2012-05-02 06:35 am (UTC)(link)
Allen had been intent on pushing forward, even if it meant splitting off from the others, but that sound threw him off. If he was in human form he would have frowned, unsure which way to go next. On the one hand, they weren't certain anyone was down that way, and they may not be strong enough to fight anything just yet. On the other hand... what if there could be someone down there who could be hurt? Someone they hadn't heard yet?

"Let's go that way," he decided after a long pause, "We should stop whatever it is before it can hurt anyone."
lionborn: (maneater)

[personal profile] lionborn 2012-05-03 04:43 am (UTC)(link)
"Yeah. Let's just hope that that anyone doesn't include us." He grimaced, but obediently turned and moved towards the direction the noise had come from. At first his pace was still normal and hurried but the closer they came to the corridor the noises had originated from, the more the Half switched to a slower way of moving that was somehow ducked and with an animalic skill of preventing any noises of their own that would have warned whatever might or might not still be there on the other side of the rocky wall.

Coming to a halt, Leo inhaled sharply. The air was soaked with the tell-tale tangy odor of blood. "Do you smell that? Blood, and not little." Without him noticing, his lips drew back to bear his fangs. "I doubt anybody's still alive over there." Clenching his fists, he ducked and sneaked closer. Having come that far, the half-lion wanted to at least see what was going on. (It was definitely not because he wanted to make sure that they weren't abandoning anybody who might still be alive despite the odds of having that much blood spilled that it made the air stink. Or so he tried to tell himself.)