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Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2012-08-24 09:51 pm

[OPEN] Mission 155

Characters: Open to those who signed up here.
Location: An unmarked cavern system outside Death City.
Rating: Various.
Time: March 18th, sunrise.
Description: Shibusen agents brave underwater caverns to take out the first of three Madness emitters.

Missiongoers pile out of the mirrors early in the morning, just as the first hints of sun start to color the walls of the sandstone canyon red and purple; it'll be the last bits of real light they'll see for at least a few hours. The atmosphere is electric -- there're quite a few new (and old) arrivals who're eager to see some action, but just as many people who're feeling rather more apprehensive… And for good reason.

The only way to their destination is blocked by a few hundred yards of sunken tunnels. Luckily they've been provided with mouthpieces, breathing apparatuses with enough oxygen to last about ten minutes: more than enough time, provided that the guests don't lose their way in the dimly-lit, twisted caverns. It's as easy as following the person in front of them, right?

Upon emerging safely from the pool onto mostly-dry land, they'll find themselves in an immense cavern, illuminated by countless, blue fungi clinging to the walls and ceiling, looking like stars dotting a night sky. Already the first signs of the way Madness has been corrupting the wildlife are evident: the mushrooms exude strange spores that make some people's head pound the same way the increasingly noticeable Madness wavelength does.

As they travel further into the watery caves and explore its many branches, they'll begin to encounter creatures twisted by Madness: moles, snakes, beetles, centipedes, all grown to monstrous proportions, some with a venomous bite that quickly turns their victim feverish and delirious. The more daring fighters can easily dispatch those and delve even deeper, and it's near the source of the Madness, in the chamber housing the emitter itself, that they'll encounter the kishin eggs.

There're dozens of them-- eyeless, white, vaguely human-shaped things, but despite their blindness they have no problem finding their quarry, fighting with claws and exuding their own Madness wavelength. If the missiongoers can stand strong against the kishin eggs and the ever-present wavelength given off by the Madness emitter, Shibusen's specialists will have enough time to shut the machine down for good.


OOC NOTES.
- The event summary post containing all relevant links is located here.
- Make your own threads, but please indicate in your subject line [CHARACTER(S) | LOCATION | OPEN/CLOSED] and, if applicable, if you need a kishin egg NPC!
- The locations are the sunken tunnels, the medics area, the cave system, and the emitter chamber, but only the medics will have their designated sub-thread.
- If you have any further questions, the mod thread on the coordination post is here!
splinterstrider: (Thumbs up.)

[personal profile] splinterstrider 2012-08-28 02:27 am (UTC)(link)
Dirk's head was constantly on a swivel, given the amount of creatures in the caves. They all moved too slowly to hit him head-on, but he still had to be careful that he didn't get caught from behind. For one thing, they were all freaking huge. For another, he didn't know what would happen if he came into contact with creatures saturated so thoroughly by the Madness Wavelength. He turned his gaze towards a giant snake that was lunging towards him. He raised his sword up --

Just to drop it right back to his sides as someone else shot by, decapitating the thing in one swing. Given a closer look, he realized it was...a frog wielding a hunting knife.

...'Kay.'

He gave the frog a thumbs up. "Nice one." A caterpillar had noticed the fallen snake and was rearing up on them - Dirk acted quickly, darting past the frog and slashing into the giant insect's torso. "Guessing you're unpartnered too, huh?" He asked. Not like he couldn't talk and fight at the same time.
this_is_keron: (bamf || knife)

[personal profile] this_is_keron 2012-09-01 06:08 pm (UTC)(link)
If Giroro could read minds he'd tell Dirk that he's not a frog damn it. But seeing as he can't all he said was, "Hn." Which was as close to a "thank you" Giroro was going to give for the compliment. Still...this kid wasn't half-bad and Giroro said as much.

"You're not too bad yourself."

Fighting and talking at the same time was easy. He wasn't going to be outdone by some Pekoponian kid.

While Dirk had the caterpillar occupied, Giroro was fending off a giant beetle that thought it could sneak up on them. "Yeah." He cut off one of the bug's legs, "Meister or Weapon?"