soul_mods: (Witch's Soul)
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!
ih8spiders: (that's his huh face)

[personal profile] ih8spiders 2012-08-28 02:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Kurapika hadn't talked to Jules since their last disappointing conversation. He was rather surprised to see the man out on the field, actually. He'd almost convinced himself that Jules just didn't care about this world, or for anyone other than the acquaintances he'd made--it was a viewpoint he'd never be able to agree with, let alone acknowledge, and he'd decided that further conversation was going to be useless, a wasted effort on his part.

Still, the man was a bibliophile, rare enough in this world. And he'd partnered with Nanako. He'd even worked with them in morning training, for a while.

... Maybe losing Nanako and Roy and Dojima was the reason Jules was being so belligerent?

He watched as Jules paced, and wondered how he could strike up a conversation without it ending as disastrously as the last one.
trageteas: (offended)

[personal profile] trageteas 2012-08-30 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
As much as he was lost in his own concerns, Jules wasn't one to completely shut out the world around him in a crisis situation (a non-crisis situation would be quite another story). He saw Kurapika out of the corner of his eye, and while his inclination was to ignore him, Jules could not for the life of him recall whether or not Kurapika was meant to be in the medics tent. Generally, one would assume that anybody who wasn't bleeding to death in a place like this was here to help keep others from bleeding to death, but Kurapika was hardly that simple.

"Can I help you?" he asked after a long moment, all business and perhaps a tad annoyed. This would probably be an utter waste of time.
ih8spiders: (brooding can be pretty)

[personal profile] ih8spiders 2012-09-09 03:34 pm (UTC)(link)
Kurapika blinked - his only visible sign of surprise at being addressed so curtly. Well, maybe he could return the favor--no, not right after telling himself that he was going to try not to be nice. Anyway, he knew what his purpose for being in the medic tent was. He wasn't so sure that Jules did.

He eyed the other blond from his seated position near the tent opening. "You're acting like a fish out of water." He hoped it was a more polite way of saying that he didn't think Jules was supposed to be on this mission, at all. "I should ask you what I can do to help you, instead."