[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

I think it's my turn, sorry if I jumped ahead?

[itaidakimasu]

Sh-Shinji-san...? When did you...

{Yako blinks over Takuto's shoulder at the other other boy. She tries to think of when he entered the cell, and can only come upon one conclusion: he was the knife Takuto had been holding earlier.

As happy as she was to be rescued, as a fellow Weapon she had to lightly smack at her boyfriend's chest.}

Takuto, I love you, but you do not drop a Weapon! That's just rude.

{She's too tired and drawn out to really think about using the "L" word, so she just stays fizzed up with second-hand indignation.}

no, I for one was waiting for you

[tauborn]

[He hugs her closer to his chest , a warm feeling running through him at her words. He couldn't even be upset she was chastising him, since doing that means she's not feeling too bad.

But she has a point, so he lifts his eyes to Shinji for a moment as he heads towards the doorway.]

S-sorry.

<3333

[diedforyoursins]

[it's okay, at least one of them is more than happy to take care of shinji. since yako seems to have the whole scolding takuto thing taken care of, kaworu just sidles over to gently take shinji's hand. whether it's for ease of transformation or just because kaworu likes holding his hand is up for debate.]

We should go before more of them come.

[hedgehogsdilemma]

I-it's fine.

[Shinji isn't about to scold Takuto over it - maybe just remind him not to do it again later, but considering the situation he's more than willing to let it slide this time. After Kaworu takes his hand, he draws and releases a deep breath before transforming back into weapon form. All they had to do now was make it out of here safely.]

[itaidakimasu]

{Yako settles back against Takuto's chest, mollified at the apology and the acceptance. It's a bit strange, seeing Kaworu with another Weapon, but Yako doesn't have the right to feel jealous—she's never gone on a mission with the same Meister twice in a row, after all. So she doesn't, and instead presses her cheek back against her boyfriend's shoulder.}

Yeah, we probably should get going...

[tauborn]

[He carries Yako carefully through the door, making sure he doesn't bump her against the door frame on their way out.]

...It's this way, right?

[The plan is to go out the way they came in, because they've disarmed or set off all the traps already. But Takuto really hadn't been paying attention to the way in when he'd been focused on finding Yako.]

[diedforyoursins]

Yes. Stay to the back, Takuto.

[because even if everything's been cleared, we don't need to risk having you out in front with your hands full of yako should there be an unexpected extra trap or reinforcements. he'll just go ahead and take that spot himself, quietly pushing feelings of reassurance and comfort at shinji. now is definitely not the time, but sooner or later he wanted to just sit down and teach shinji the magic of really close resonance and feeling someone else's soul. obviously yako had liked it, anyway.]

[hedgehogsdilemma]

[Keeping his emotions in check was a little more difficult with having to switch resonance between Kaworu and Takuto and back, so the reassurance is greatly appreciated. With the knowledge that Yako is safe with them, a lot of his initial anxiety is lifted, and focusing on getting them out of there is far easier.]