[Event Log] Mission #202 - Tegucigalpa

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Characters: OPEN to those who signed up for the mission here, assigned to Tegucigalpa
Location: Tegucigalpa, Honduras
Rating: Varies
Time: May 29th
Description: It's an evacuation! Get people out of there and keep the kishin eggs off of them!



The resort city of Tegus isn't doing so well. You can see the relief in the eyes of the local police when they see help has arrived, help that can actually deal with the strange monsters raising hell in the streets.

But nobody can rest easy yet. Even in a city of lovely as this, the kishin eggs - much less the witches - see no need to take care of the historical buildings and tourist spots, choosing instead to mark the old buildings with their claws and magic when they aren't hunting down and torturing fleeing, terrified civilians.

Help get them out of there and on their way to the safe zone- there are buses, vans and police cars under the heaviest guard waiting! When you see a witch, keep your head low and hope she didn't see you... unless you think you've got the bite to back up your bark!


[Coordination post is right here! Make sure to head your threads with the following format: [CHARACTER(S) | LOCATION | OPEN/CLOSED] Don't forget to tag yourselves in!]

Comments

[brainius]

[ ... ... Well, okay. Adaptability and change are still not Ghoulia's strong suit, but after a moment or two, she's focused again on their surroundings. A pile driver to the bat, and then- She'd stayed fully focused on herself at the cost of observing the battlefield, because above all else, staying charged and prepared was paramount. ]

[ And she was completely right. Ghoulia's form tears through the egg without issue, and she keeps focused. She won't slow down after that, not when there're other eggs to be cleaved through. She doesn't say it, but still she can't help the good feeling: One down. ]

[motherofthesun]

[Amaterasu comes around to face the other eggs still lingering, fur high and growling a low challenge to them all. The worm doesn't seem perturbed, coming towards them, but the bat and lizard don't move with so much vigor towards her. Instead, they want the soul of their once comrade before challenging the Meister. They understand they're considerably weaker.]

[Worm coming again, she runs towards the lizard and bat to head them off. Bounding from the lizard's back, she doesn't watch as it's killed by the charging worm as she takes down the bat. Chainsaw whirring, she takes off it's head.]

[brainius]

[ The other two, the bat and the lizard, avoiding re-joining the fray is worth taking note of, but Amaterasu doesn't delay in stopping whatever they're up to. She keeps watch on things as they unfold, and... off with the bat's head. ]

The worm took out the lizard, it's close behind. [ Since Amaterasu's not looking, she can at least keep her informed. ]

[motherofthesun]

Oh dear... Not as I was hoping, but we can deal with this...

[Of course, it's running time now. That worm is pretty determined to get them both.]

[brainius]

[ Yes, running time was good. The fact that the worm had taken out the lizard without effort was... disconcerting, without a doubt. Not good. It was fast, but it was big and lumbering. ]

We'll wait for it to make a mistake? It seems particularly careless.

[ ...careless and bloodthirsty. ]

[motherofthesun]

We may very well have to...

[Her ears flick and she makes a sharp turn, avoiding the worm as it charges head long into the wall. The ceiling rattles above, bits of debris clattering to the ground at the tremor.]

[brainius]

[ ...so much for that wall. Reason for replacement? Giant kishin egg worm crashing into it. Either way, it seemed fortunate that it couldn't turn as quickly as they could. ]

We can outmaneuver it easily; perhaps use its momentum against it?

[motherofthesun]

Sounds good. Any ideas come to mind?

[She watches as the ground sinks, the worm moving around for another attack. Her ears just rotate, listening for its approach.]

[brainius]

[ She considers for a moment. Their options here, on the first floor, were all big and open... So, maybe...? ]

There's much more room to work and move around in here, perhaps we can limit it by moving to the second floor? Would it follow?

[motherofthesun]

I'll see if I can find the stairs.

[Around another pillar and she back pedals at the worm zipping by. With a snort, she's taking the perimeter. Stairs, stairs, stairs...]

[brainius]

[ Hopefully the stairs hadn't been taken out in the attack, because then they'd be stranded. Perhaps near the front...? She's scanning the area, too, trying to notice, but she's paying attention to tracking the worm, too. ]

[ Thankfully, the worm doesn't seem to handle dodging pillars well... ]

As a backup plan, if we were to have it strike a pillar, falling rubble could pin it down.

[motherofthesun]

Yes, that may-- oh wait, here they are.

[She redirects herself and hurries up the stairs before the worm even realizes it. It comes out of the ground, glancing this way and that before screeching, irritated it lost its prey. Amaterasu has to momentarily cover her ears]

Ow...

[brainius]

[ Ow indeed, that screech is something she could do without hearing again, and she's immediately aware that Amaterasu wasn't much better off after hearing it. Wolf hearing had some major disadvantages sometimes, she noted. ]

What an unpleasant sound... I can give it my all with the first strike we make, so we don't have to hear that again.

[motherofthesun]

That would be ideal.

[Sooner they handled the target the better. Amaterasu takes a more cat-like approach now, peering over the balcony and pulling back when the worm comes up. It knows they're there, but its own actions had covered their scent with the dirt and the rumbling doesn't help anyone's hearing. She peeks over again and turns her head, ears standing high.]

[brainius]

[ Things felt slightly like a stand-off, with the worm waiting below to strike up at them and the two of them waiting to deal a single blow. The winning blow would come to whomever was the most prepared, and Ghoulia intended to be on the winning side. Focusing, waiting, she prepared herself for exactly what she said she'd do. She wouldn't rev up the blades of the chainsaw just yet, but she would have them spinning in a flash the moment the worm made its move. ]

[ She says nothing, offering no distractions, merely keeping observant alongside Amaterasu. ]

[motherofthesun]

[The worm seems to have halted and the goddess is standing on the small ledge between the balcony and just falling to the ground. Her tail raises and lowers, her eyes focused on the worm. When it gets into position, she leaps.]

[brainius]

[ Ghoulia's ready when Amaterasu leaps from the ledge. It's quite obvious what the plan is, and it's a brilliant one. But Ghoulia knows exactly how long she'll need to get up to full speed, able to cut through the worm in one go. More than that, she knows that she can delay revving up for a few seconds more, just in case, so the faint sound she can't do away with yet doesn't alert the worm-- ]

[ Full speed, revved up, chainsaw's spinning! Time to cut a worm and stop it for good! ]

[motherofthesun]

[The worm comes whipping its head around, but only to meet the spinning chain ripping into it's body. Amaterasu holds, but then pushes away with her paws, landing on the ground, leaving the worm to collapse into its halves. They disappear though, dissolving into a soul to join the other three.]

[brainius]

[ A little more... a little more- and then the worm is in half, and it's over. She keeps ready for a few moments afterwards before stopping, resting. Likely, she could take down one final enemy but no more. An interesting realization, sensing her own limits... but she relaxes, seeing the worm dissolve away into a soul. ]

...and that's all, isn't it?

[motherofthesun]

[She's waiting, listening, her nose curling and her ears rotating. The sounds are much further off; nothing immediately close.]

... For this area. We need to collect the souls before we move on.

[brainius]

[ For this area... after all, they'd been sent because there was so much going on.. She turns her attention to the souls. ]

Collect, and I believe as a weapon I am to consume the kishin egg souls...

[ ...well at least they weren't brains. ]

[motherofthesun]

That's right. It's safe for you as your body converts the corrupt energy.

[She approaches the several souls, ringing them together. The worm's appears slightly darker in comparison.]

[brainius]

It is something I will likely need to grow accustomed to, then.

[ Well, there's really only one way to go about it. As icky as it may seem, this was a part of getting stronger. A part of growing as a weapon. They'd defeated them, and the only way to ensure that they wouldn't ever resume doing horrible things and injuring people would be to be rid of them so... ]

[ Down the hatch, 4x souls consumed. Though the worm soul is particularly unpleasant. Bluh. ]

[motherofthesun]

[She has seen a number of Weapons respond similarly and just pats Ghoulia on the foot before she changes back.]

I've been meaning to ask... how do souls taste?

[brainius]

[ That's... an interesting question, and she has to take a few moments to ponder it. Erm. Taste. She's glad to be back to being a chainsaw to answer this, otherwise she wouldn't have been able to stop a full-body shudder. ]

I would equate the taste and experience to consuming disappointingly or displeasingly flavored gelatin.