[Open] There and Back Again

[soul_mods]

Characters: Rescue Operation volunteers, kidnapping victims, medics
Location: Underground tunnel system, beneath Death City
Rating: Varies
Time: May 13th, 7 AM
Description: The mission's simple: Arrest the perpetrators, and get our friends back. Of course, the kidnappers aren't going to make it simple...



The first step was finding a way into the tunnels connected to the sewers. Thanks to Guest investigators and the Death City Police Department, two entrances were found, allowing for a pincer movement. The mirrors are primed and ready to go, situated in the sewers proper by dawn and ready for a quick extraction of the abduction victims. On the other side, in the Shibusen clinic, medics are on standby for medical treatment of the victims and the fighters heading in to clear out and apprehend the masked weirdoes.

But the masked weirdoes have tricks up their own sleeves: The tunnels are littered with pit traps, thin wire triggers waiting to be sprung (or disarmed) with darts, arrows, or even falling rocks and debris in store for any intruders that decide to enter these makeshift halls, and the perpetrators themselves are armed with melee weapons, smoke and pepper bombs, and sheer numbers.

Today is also the day that the kidnappers have decided that a little isolation would make the prisoners more compliant. Roughly hauled up bright and early one by one, they're on their way to individual chambers when they each get a message via clairvoyance as promised:



"We're coming."




[ooc: You know the drill; tag your characters in and make your own threads using the following format: [Character(s)][Location][Open/Closed], and the victims are welcome to make threads as well for interactions among each other and those that find them. The operation will be complete at around noon with arrests taking place for a few hours afterward, for those in need of a timeline!]

Comments

[nofarplaneyet]

"Nice going, Kanji."

Auron stuck with using the flat of his large sword to knock away people. There were enough that no one got stinted a chance to beat on the kidnappers.

"Just keep a rein on that temper and you'll have your girl back before you know it."

[topgun_textiles]

"My g--" He wanted to fluster. Had the urge to fluster. But instead clamped his mouth shut and let his face burn, nodding firmly. Now seriously wasn't the time to get hung up on a little teasing. He'd spent enough time screwing around, waiting for this morning.

He shouldered the folding chair and nodded to him, looking down the tunnel.

"Sooner she's found, sooner I don't have to rein in shit," he growled, and continued quickly on his way.

[consider8]

And in the corner of Kanji's mind, a soft chuckle might be heard...

[nofarplaneyet]

"Fair enough. Just keep an eye on..."

Auron held up his hand to get Kanji to stop. "There's something up ahead. Something wrong with the way. You've still got two eyes. Take a good look and see if it's trap in the wall."

[topgun_textiles]

He paused, but nodded. He didn't know much about traps, but had seen a few of them coming in and was confident he could recognize the triggers when he saw them. So he pushed aside his worries.

Aranea, can ya sharpen the eyes a little more? Those trip wires are a bitch to catch.

He moved ahead. Primarily it seemed to be triggered by snapping some sort of line at a level most convenient for severing, but the light was bad here, masking them almost flawlessly.

[consider8]

It was true, though the traps seemed to have an unintended positive effect. It leveled Kanji's anger at least enough that he wouldn't charge ahead blindly.

If my being glasses are anything like my own eyes, you should be able to see in clearer definition and better in the night with your left eye. Try closing your right.

[nofarplaneyet]

"What's up? Did you find anything?" If necessary, Auron could trip it with his sword as it was certainly long enough.

[topgun_textiles]

He tried closing his right eye and, strangely, it seemed to work perfectly. He saw better than he did with both eyes, even if his depth perception took a little bit of a hit. But there it was, a little glimmer on the floor a little bit ahead of them.

"Yeah... got some wire- gonna point it out t'you." He looked up.

"Whatever it's for's right up in the ceiling. Sure as hell don't wanna find out what's in that little room up there."

[consider8]

It would seem that brute strength will not be enough to save the day, Kanji. Aranea pipped up. You both are going to need to be tactical and decisive. I know that you are worried, but let that emotion guide you and not overtake you. If we run into madness, I don't know where we would be.

It was strong words, perhaps, but the possibility remained that they didn't know where these malcontents came from. There was a possibility, even now, that madness was involved. If that was the case, then there may be more to this trap that met the eye. If she could avoid it, Aranea was going to make sure that Kanji would not be susceptible.