soul_mods: (Witch's Soul)
Soul Campaign Moderation Journal ([personal profile] soul_mods) wrote in [community profile] soul_logs2012-09-28 09:59 pm

[OPEN] Mission 156

Characters: Open to participants who signed up here.
Location: Lake Tahoe, CA
Rating: Various.
Time: March 27th, late morning.
Description: The second of the three Madness emitters outside Death City is the target for this mission. Bundle up, everyone -- it's gonna be a cold one.

The mission begins late in the morning, to allow the mission-goers as much sunlight as possible in the warmest part of the day. Not that it'll help much… Temperatures are well below freezing already -- unnatural even for early Spring in the mountains -- and a howling snowstorm threatens to blot out the sun, beginning up the mountain where the slope just begins to rise sharply.

The slopes themselves are fairly barren: a windswept-looking tree here, a cabin that may have once belonged to the snow patrol there, maybe a Madness-crazed bear or mountain lion. Those braving the storm are lucky enough to see five feet in front of their face in these conditions!

Those brave few who manage to make it to the top (enduring falling temperatures and defeating the corrupted fauna and hulking kishin yeti along the way) may come across their goal at the very summit of the half-mile-high mountain: the Madness emitter itself, in the eye of the storm… And one last obstacle: the Witch guarding it.



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feelsgoodinyou: (did they make a bargain offer for poor j)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-09 03:26 am (UTC)(link)
"The old one was either a duel to the death or for judging criminals." He said it with a touch of mirth, feeling amused at how morbid that had to make it look to the modern youth. "The rules were a bit different and so were the monsters."
shiromadoushi: (Sign: Thats why)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-09 03:27 am (UTC)(link)
"So more like Duelist Kingdom?" Bakura asked, almost idly. "With how many of those games had that sort of consequence..."
feelsgoodinyou: (I'm the king of thieves!)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-09 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
"Duelist Kingdom?" He barked out a haughty laugh. "That's like comparing an earthworm to a mighty cobra!"
shiromadoushi: (!)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-09 11:37 am (UTC)(link)
"Eh? It was that bad...?" Bakura blinked. "With how many of those duels were people trying to kill Yuugi-kun..."
feelsgoodinyou: (bet on it~)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-09 04:17 pm (UTC)(link)
"Yeah, but how many of them died? How many had their souls torn to shreds one way or another, with no chance of ever recovering what they lost?" He sounded increasingly amused as he went on. "How many tries did you have before you got 'punished'? No, that thing was a mere child's game, yadounushi."
shiromadoushi: (Shiranai kedo...)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-09 04:23 pm (UTC)(link)
"I don't know... I don't think that the other Yuugi-kun would..." Bakura trailed off uncomfortably. "I didn't realize..." he finally finished, voice soft.
feelsgoodinyou: (*smile*)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-09 05:29 pm (UTC)(link)
He stopped in what he was doing and gave him an amused look. "The he would do what? Use his powers to punish people? He was a Pharaoh once, you know? Ordering executions is nothing new to him."
shiromadoushi: (Serious - 01)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-09 09:45 pm (UTC)(link)
"But that was different..."

It was a weak protest, unsure and unhappy.
feelsgoodinyou: (call me 'Bakura')

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-09 10:21 pm (UTC)(link)
"And that's why I'm saying that you can't compare most of those corporate-sponsored modern duels with the ones we had back then." Shaking his head, he started walking again. Back then they had been fights, not things you did for fun.
shiromadoushi: (Shiranai kedo...)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-09 10:28 pm (UTC)(link)
"Sorry..." Bakura's eyes were back on his feet again as he tried not to sway in the wind. Aaaa, he needed to sleep...! But he needed to be someplace warm first...!
feelsgoodinyou: (stupid blood)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-09 10:35 pm (UTC)(link)
He snorted, missing his host's struggles as he concentrated in blacking out his own multitude of aches as he kept going. It got easy after a while, with all the small symptoms growing together into one unhealthy buzz that was lurking at the edges of his mind.

At least the lump on his head was pulsing angrily enough that it destroyed any temptation for sleep that he might have otherwise felt as well.

"For what?"
shiromadoushi: (Fanart: Returning)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-09 10:48 pm (UTC)(link)
"For thinking they were at all similar..."

There was a patch of ice lurking under the snow that made it especially treacherous and Bakura felt his foot start to slip. With a small startled cry he reached out to grab hold of his double's shoulder to keep himself upright.
feelsgoodinyou: (WHO DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?!)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-10 01:21 am (UTC)(link)
He cursed as he was suddenly pulled down from behind. For a perilous moment Bakura was utterly distracted trying to stable them both rather than falling down together with his host.

It was the exact same moment as another yeti-like kishin egg burst from where it had laid in ambush and rushed them.
shiromadoushi: (Startle)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-10 01:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Oh shi--"

Of all the times to be caught off guard...! He didn't have enough energy to roll another attack, he was sure of it!

But there wasn't any choice...

Steeling himself, he closed his eyes, the small white dice attaching firmly to his doubles palm as Bakura tried to asses the spirit's energy as well as his own.

Just one more shot. Just one more... Surely they had enough between them... Or else they'd be dead!
feelsgoodinyou: (into my arms)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-10 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Bakura cursed as well as he jerked his left arm up and thrust it into the beasts maw before it could sink it's teeth into his neck instead.

"The other hand!!"

The barked order was all he did as a warning as he made a flailing move to get the die from his free into his caught hand, aiming more badly than well at the thing's head. At the same time he slammed the gates of their resonance down once more, revealing an amount of negative emotions that had barely depleted from the last time Ryou had drawn upon them. The only difference was that they were calmer now, more restrained in a treacherous balance that could turn into an angry maelstrom once more at every moment's notion.
shiromadoushi: (And now I go thud)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-10 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
It was like moving on automatic, Bakura reacting without thought, channeling everything he could, unable to add much of anything of his own to the mix.

It hurt. It burned like acid as it ran through him, hollowing him out further, the white light harsh and blinding as it slammed into the monster.

He fell back into his human form, collapsing to his knees, entire body shaking and face deathly pale.
feelsgoodinyou: (once you're dead)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-10 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
"Tch. Weaklings." He watched the monster crumble to pieces and his host collapse in the snow with hollow eyes, feeling rather empty himself.

But no, he wasn't going to get a break of this, was he? Cursing through his teeth, he concentrated on the warmth and spikes of pain that were seeping through the remnants of his torn sleeve.

Then he stood up and tried to wriggle his fingers. Good, they still worked. He could still twist and bend his arm as well.

"'Has to work." The comment was directed to himself, rather than Ryou. Turning towards the other white-haired boy, he roughly caught his arm with his good one and hauled him up.

"Go." It was a harsh order. "Keep going." If they rested now they were as good as dead.
shiromadoushi: (And now I go thud)

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-10 10:52 am (UTC)(link)
"The soul..." Bakura's voice was quiet and faint, about as pale as he was. Even in the state he was in, he knew he couldn't let it stay there.
feelsgoodinyou: (fuck off!)

[personal profile] feelsgoodinyou 2012-10-10 07:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He made a sound that clearly expressed what he thought about worrying about that now.

"Fine, whatever! Hold on!" Despite his growl he dragged them over to where the soul was and collected it with blood-soaked fingers. He was going to keep that one for himself, that much was for sure! Then he spent precious minutes with trying to pry one of the pockets of his jacket open and removed a roll of gaffer tape from it before shoving the soul inside. Risking to drop Ryou for a couple of moments, he wrapped the tape tightly around his injuries before it went back into the pocket as well.

As a first aid went it was terrible, but it had to do. "Alright. Now walk!" This was going to be a long trek down.
shiromadoushi: (And now I go thud)

YB's gonna be so pissed when it gets taken from him, innit he? :D

[personal profile] shiromadoushi 2012-10-10 07:58 pm (UTC)(link)
Bakura nodded, almost shuffling forward, looking almost like a zombie in his utter exhaustion. One foot in front of the other. Just keep moving... just keep moving...