lucetilogs | you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

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you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

Who: All draftees
What: Fighting the Third Party... and perhaps the wildlife.
When: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Characters will be pulled out at 11:59 of the 6th.)
Where: An as-yet unmapped by the Malnosso tropical rainforest.
Summary: Here are your details. Try to stay alive, won't you?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R.

No cut for you. Most of you will know how this works by now; if you don't, follow the lead of the others, or perhaps look to the last draft's fighting post for ideas. Don't forget to use your handy dandy character tags. Go forth and conquer thine enemies!

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[Before she gets a chance to answer him the mechanism stops and reverts time back to normal. Only a second later does the hand grenade go off, creating a small explosion that engulfs the enemy ranks in the blast.]

There won't be any to come toward us once we're done with them.

[Or so she hopes. Witches never really chased after them, as much as Puella Magi chased after Witches.]

Hopefully not. There were people situated much further out on the front lines than we are right now, people scouting for their traps and camps.

[He relaxes a little, looking towards her.]

So, wanna explain what the heck just happened?

[If Homura is worried about that, she certainly doesn't voice it. She never had to worry about other people on a battlefield as she fought in a Witch's Barrier all the time.]

I used my magic to momentarily stop time. ...As for why you weren't stopped, I honestly don't know how it happened.

Using magic to stop time... Have you come across anyone else on the battlefield who wasn't affected? [He has to know if this is just an ally thing, or if he genuinely wasn't stopped for a reason.]

The other people from Luceti that I saw were also frozen. I think I only saw one other person who wasn't. [She was too busy working on taking down the soldiers to do a thorough check really.]

All right, thanks. [When she stopped time, he could see it as clear as day, the clock, the moment frozen. It felt familiar, the very formula behind it. He paused, his thoughts were racing.

But now wasn't the time. ~~Pun intended.~~]

There's a trainin' camp up ahead that these guys were using. If you need more explosives, or ammunition, I saw a few chests loaded up with that stuff.

Really? I wasn't aware of that. [She thinks.] Can you possibly lead me there? This jungle territory isn't marked up.

It's not far north of here. I might not have a map, but I've been runnin' around the treetops all day, I'll show ya where they are.

[And with that, he takes off, running in the opposite direction of her massacre.]

[...Huh. What a spirited person. Homura quickly moves behind, ready to use her magic if need be. It was lucky her guide was immune, for whatever reason.]

It's not far from here, just keep yer eyes open for any Third Party members. There were a few Shift Hunters around when I left.

[He keeps moving forward, jumping over logs, corpses, not stopping for anything. The training camp is heavily trapped, getting injured now would make this journey worthless.]

[She follows suit, ignoring anything but the obstacles in her way. How he even found such a base made her more curious than not, but she found no reason to not trust him. Even though, for some unexplained reason, he was not affected by her magic.]

We're almost there. [He slows down as they approach the entrance to the camp, switching to taking careful, but quiet steps.]

I don't know how many are here, or if there even is any left. They move fast, so be on guard. This is their territory.

[Once more she follows along with his steps, nodding at his words and then proceeding to quietly speak herself.]

Bombing this location won't work to our advantage if it draws attention. We'll need to snipe them.

We can either do this stealthy, or lure them out. The chests are inside the buildings. [He moves to the side of a tree, peering around to observe the inside of the camp. It's based in destroyed ruins, but there are clear wooden doors into small buildings, remains of a civilization now lost.]

It's your call, kiddo.

Stealth might be the best option. We may be ambushed if we call to much attention with a lure. [She looks down at the soul gem on her left hand, noticing how little it's been dirtied, if not at all.] You're affected by my time stopping as well, so we can sneak in together without them even realizing. I need a few seconds before I restart the mechanism once it ends, but otherwise we can be in and out very quickly.

Gotcha! Just give the word when yer ready and I'll show you where the supplies are. I guess my immunity to yer magic is gonna pay off fer something good. [Even if he is deeply concerned about it, now isn't the time to be thinking about the hows and whys. He draws his bow, switching it into it's sword form, ready to take out any immobilized guards in the camp if they cross paths.]

My time magic works up to one minute, before automatically shutting down. I'll warn you when the sand is almost gone.

[She looks down at the campsite and nods.]

I'm ready whenever you are.

You activate that magic of yours, and we'll rush it. I know exactly where we need ta go, I'm sure we can be in and out before it ends! [Straight forward enough, if any doors are locked then we've got the force power to smash right through them.]

I'm as ready as I'm ever gonna be.

I'll countdown. [She takes a small, but deep, breath and begins counting.]

3...2...1...

[The mechanism activates.]

Lets go!

[The moment he hears the word go, he rushes off, jumping down into the camp and heading straight for the largest remains of a building. He knows there might be traps around here, but for as long as time is stopped, then there's no reason they'd go off until after they leave.

Rather than push the door open, he kicks it, hard, swinging it open.]

Straight down! Third left!

[She follows right by him, quickly moving past the traps that have frozen in time as well. Once time restarts they'll all go off at once, but hopefully they should be in and out by then.

Homura goes along the path he shouted out, until they get to the room he was pointing toward.]

We have a little less than forty seconds left!

[He pushes the door open with great force. The room has several large crates and chests on the floor, some noticeably with large weapons sticking out. He remains standing by the door however, there's no point in him taking anything, he doesn't have the room.]

Any of these! They've all got weapons and ammo in. Just take everythin' you can!

[The larger weapons certainly catch her eye and she rushes for them, quickly taking whatever she can and placing them into the storage compartment behind her shield. She also takes some ammunition and quickly puts it in as well. Once she's done she sets her sights to her shield. The sand was almost gone.]

Only fifteen seconds, we have to go!

Then let's move it already!

[He starts to run back towards the entrance. Fifteen seconds was very minimal time, he knew they wouldn't be able to make it far out enough into the rainforest to prevent some kind of reaction, but they didn't have a choice. They just had to get as far as they could in the short time they had.

He jumped over the destroyed door, out into the damp mess once again.]

[She ran right by as well, counting down the seconds in her mind as she felt her barrier slowly fading. By the time they get outside only a few seconds pass by before she feels the mechanism click off and the last grain of sand fall into place.]

It's shutting off!

[No sooner does she say that does the barrier vanish with the gray world.]

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