Phase 3: Mission 153

[soul_mods]

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.]

Comments

[signhere]

"Perhaps..." Light began as though mulling over something deeply. In reality, this was just for effect. "Perhaps," he repeated. "I should head back? Let's face it, right now I might be a pair of extra eyes, but I'm a hindrance to the both of you. If a kishin egg attacks now, you'll have to worry about protecting me on top of protecting yourselves. As much as I want to find Ryuzaki, I know I can trust you more with the task more than I can trust myself to stay out of harm's way."

He paused before reaching out to settle his hands on his friend's shoulders, his expression intense. "You will find him, won't you, Bakura?"

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura nodded. "Of course I will. He's my friend," he smiled, trying to seem confident when really, he was worried as anything. But he had to be confident, he knew that much. Believing in his friends, believing in himself... it was the only way he had to even hope to beat the seeming impossible odds. Even if he wasn't Yuugi, or Jounouchi, it had to work for him too, right...?

"Can you find the way back all right...? Will you be fine on your own to get there?"

[signhere]

"Yes. It isn't too far from here. And I believe that's a Shibusen agent over there, isn't it?" He gestured toward one of the men helping to escort another injured agent. "I can follow them back to the mirror and return safely."

[shiromadoushi]

Bakura looked over before giving a nod, looking actually pretty relieved. "OK! And if you see Ryuzaki-kun back there, send us a text so we know to head back too, okay?"

Not that he thought Ryuzaki would have had sense enough to go back...

[signhere]

"Of course." A beat and then a much more meaningful: "Thank you, Bakura." And with a slight bow of appreciation, Light headed over to the agents.