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!
pishirogane: (Perhaps you could explain)

Yeaaaah, that's still not happening.

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-08-31 03:30 pm (UTC)(link)
Basically the daily desires kept him from going Mad. Wonderful... still, she supposed concentrating on not much else was a good deterrent.

'Mad'? Naoto just rolls her eyes. Mission or not, that's become normal. "... Hm?" She allows her soul to echo; it was getting stronger, but her ability still had a way to go.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009621)

You just want to be the only member of the harem...

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-02 01:18 am (UTC)(link)
That or those more reptilian functions are manifestations of Madness. It's a fight to keep his eyes open...

"What's that?" Takes him longer to respond to the ping than normal. This time it's from somewhere to the right. Wet cave and several burrows. Not much to see, but plenty of places to hide.
pishirogane: (And I should care because?)

No B|

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-02 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps he requires another dunk in the water.

"Hm..." She lets her soul ping again, sharpening the darkened surroundings a little more. Something had shifted. Her eyes narrow.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009628)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-03 12:32 pm (UTC)(link)
Maybe he does. Minato tightens his grip around Naoto's handle until his knuckles turn white, squeezing to pump the blood, to force some internal combustion to pull him out of to his sluggish frame of mind. Blinking hard, he also focuses ahead. Something had shifted, but his mind was working too slowly to have registered where. To the left, maybe.

Something skitters again. No, it's to the right...

"Naoto..." His tone is warning, warning her of their precarious position against this unseen stalker. It forces him to re-evaluate his earlier position on his condition: maybe he isn't all that okay after all.
pishirogane: (Last Stand)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-03 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
She senses his wariness and sends a jolt of energy through their link, trying to get him to wake up quickly. The skittering was getting close. Another echo of the area would illuminate two Kishin eggs coming from both sides, trying to dip into the small holes to avoid her soul.

They hadn't proved quick enough, aware of Minato's state. "Here they come!"
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009624)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-04 10:54 am (UTC)(link)
That jolt snaps him awake, though only for a moment. Enough to get back behind a larger rock outcropping before the sluggishness begins to overwhelm him again. The two Kishin Eggs are startled by the movement and dive back as well into cover, creating a brief stand-off.

"Are you able to do that again?" Is that even one of your powers?
pishirogane: (Perhaps you could explain)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-04 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
Naoto checks the surroundings again and frowns when the Kishin eggs have ducked again. Annoying little...

"Hm?" That had not been one of her powers. She just smacked him via resonance by adjusting her wavelength. "Yes, I'm sure I can. Why?"
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009795)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-05 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
"I..." Even in his mind, he yawned. Did he stay up late last night? I doesn't remember anymore... "I have a plan, but it might not work..."

With a grunt, he lifts himself up to peer over the rock. No movement again. Minato suspects they're being circled and flanked, which only makes his growing torpid state worse.
Edited 2012-09-05 12:03 (UTC)
pishirogane: Art by: Sya (You wanted to see me?)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-05 05:43 pm (UTC)(link)
"Minato-san..." What was going on? He went to bed before her. Did he never reach REM sleep? She sighed. "What's your plan?"

He had to tell her quickly or else she was going to take the reigns quickly.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009728)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-07 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"I think this is Madness again. Like when I tried to eat you..." He tries to explain as quickly as possible, but its hard to rush an explanation... "In Iwatodai, we used something to provoke ourselves into summoning Persona... I need you to become that object."
pishirogane: (Perhaps you could explain)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-07 02:24 pm (UTC)(link)
"Don't remind me..." That had been much too weird. "... Very well. I'll do my best."
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009730)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-09 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
Movement again from the periphery. The cognitive dissonance of knowing that such a response should be followed by a heightened sense of awareness, by a quickened pulse, and a large pumping of adrenaline but isn't is instead soul-chilling rather than bone-chilling. Not a difference he had ever considered before, but this was a new experience.

Not one he liked, either.

"Don't accidentally shoot me," he cautioned. Taking a deep breath, Minato rose from cover, bent his arm at the elbow, and levelled Naoto at his temple. There! That slightly faster movement of the heart, the trepidation in his breathing. That was it... No matter how torpid or affected he was, holding a live gun this way was scary too. As scary as not being completely master to his own body. As scary as the two Kishin Eggs in cover were meant to be. Scary.

And this feeling... This he liked.

He closed his eyes.

"I'm counting on you."
pishirogane: (Take Aim)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-09 09:33 am (UTC)(link)
Naoto pulsed again, sharpening the area once again to reaffirm those movements, the Kishin eggs attempting to move closer to Minato. Her own adrenaline was beginning to rise with his, her soul flaring.

"I know."

She wasn't going to shoot him. Her muzzle was pressed against his temple and she waited. He just needed to tense his finger.

"Trust me."
socialbutterfly: (pic#4382911)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-09 09:38 am (UTC)(link)
"I do.

He closes his eyes. He can feel the abyss of sleep closing in as he fights to relive a moment long ago.

Minato pulls the trigger.
pishirogane: Art by: Saigatokito (Curious; Give me something to Believe)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-09 09:51 am (UTC)(link)
Naoto allows the energy to be released.

Her soul manages to produce a blank for him, resulting in the bang to be resounding and still result in a rush. All that strikes Minato is force without the usual explosion or pierce her bullets can cause. It should be enough to give him the alert state he needs.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009488)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-12 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
Minato wants to say it feels the same--delivers that same rush of adrenaline and self-actualization, exhilaration, and purpose... but really, it just hurts.

"Gah!" He exclaims, feeling the whiplash from the sudden force to the head. Explosion or not, he was not expecting it. Something they'd have to work on next time because--

He senses sudden movement from both sides. The two Kishin Eggs lunge, one up, one down, at his position, but narrowly miss as he rolls forward on instinct, scraping himself against the rough, wet stone, but well clear of the talons and teeth sported by the twin monsters.

So, while not an evoker, Naoto had done the job that needed to be done. The rest they could work on later... one fight at a time.

"Now, while they're disoriented!" Minato points her barrel at one of the pair and pulls the trigger.
pishirogane: (Take Aim)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-12 09:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Probably not what he wanted - it had been a little more than a smack on the head - but at least it worked waking him up. The actual bullets were loaded as he raised the gun. Naoto focused the aim as the trigger was pulled, releasing several shots. If they missed, they would dive and come around again.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009460)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-13 05:08 am (UTC)(link)
Grazing shots only, though a shot does dig nastily into the calf of the former human. Maybe enough to slow down their synchronized attack pattern? The two Kishin Eggs do dive and pull back, hidden again by the stalagmites.
pishirogane: Art by: Saigatokito (Curious; Give me something to Believe)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-13 05:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Hmph, I won't let them off so easily next time."

She was prepared again, pulse echoing out and back. The one hit was considerably hindered, but the other was going to try compensating.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009730)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-16 02:59 am (UTC)(link)
Perhaps. The difficulty now would come in telling them apart. From the gloom, one appears in front of them to make a loping charge. Minato raises the gun in that direction.
pishirogane: (I'm on the outside)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-16 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
Naoto leers and fires at the Kishin egg. Minato still needed to be aware of the second.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009731)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-17 12:15 pm (UTC)(link)
He's keeping an eye out for it.

Suddenly-- "Naoto! Sword!" Minato dives to the side; the second Kishin Egg claws at empty air.
pishirogane: (Cool stare)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-17 04:12 pm (UTC)(link)
Naoto doesn't waste time giving him a response. She clicks and shifts, assuming her blade form.
socialbutterfly: (pic#2009801)

[personal profile] socialbutterfly 2012-09-19 12:28 pm (UTC)(link)
Minato gathers the hilt close to his chest, then lunges forward at the Kishin Egg in the moment after its failed attack. It dodges clumsily and the attack bites into its side. The creature screeches loudly and bounds off again into cover, followed by the other.

Minato watches carefully. They must be doing something special which allows them to move unseen once in cover...
pishirogane: (And I should care because?)

[personal profile] pishirogane 2012-09-19 05:10 pm (UTC)(link)
Naoto peered around, remaining in her sword form. The inevitable was being delayed for a long as possible. She would prefer this battle over if only to escape the Madness that would begin affecting Minato again and then herself, but they had to keep this path clear and buy time for the emitters to be disabled and dismantled.

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