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

[lucetimods]

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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[crisisrain]

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.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

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.

[crisisrain]

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.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

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.

[crisisrain]

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.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

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

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

[The mechanism activates.]

Lets go!

[crisisrain]

[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!

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[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!

[crisisrain]

[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!

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[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!

[crisisrain]

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.]

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[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.]

[crisisrain]

[The magic wore off just as they managed to step through the entrance once again. They could hear the traps being set off, the guards shouting strange things, and a load of other worrying noises behind them.]

Don't stop now! Keep running!

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[She continues to move, not looking back to see if anyone was pursuing them. This was a lot riskier than she ventured it to be, but there was no way to stop now. She could reactivate the mechanism again in another few seconds, but using so much magic already to fuel herself in battle was beginning to tire her out. Even so she willed herself to move and keep up with his pace, despite the dangers that lied just behind them.]

[crisisrain]

[Raven was aware that she was struggling to keep up, it's not difficult to tell when someone is clearly tired.]

Hang in there, kid. We'll be far enough in a minute or two, then ya can rest up.

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[She didn't respond, her continued persistence hopefully enough to say she wasn't giving up. Her magic was now being solely used to quicken her pace, rather than focusing on time freezing. Given how much she used on the latter, it isn't helping her with the former. It's a good thing this body supports her well, or else her heart would collapse from the strain of this fast running.]

[crisisrain]

[They were fortunate. The commotion caused had left the soldiers frantically searching their own base, unaware the thieves were already deep into the rainforest once again.

The moment Raven thought they'd reached a good distance, he leaned against a tree, stopping to catch his breath.]

Ok, I think we might be good now. [A deep sigh.] Phew... all this runnin' isn't much good for these old bones of mine. You alright?

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[Homura finally stops once he does and takes a moment to catch her breath. She really was overdoing it more than she should have, but tried not to pay mind to it. It takes her a little less than a minute to regain composure and slowly go back to normal.]

I'm fine. ...That was a lot riskier than I expected it to be.

[crisisrain]

I did warn you that it was an enemy trainin' camp! Did ya really think it was gonna be that simple?

[chronica.livejournal.com]

Admittedly, yes.

[She's raided much more high-tech military bases, stealing weapons for her arsenal. So why wouldn't she think this was going to be a piece of cake? If nothing else she was more than confident in this operation.]

[crisisrain]

We made it outta there without any trouble, so chin up! Even if it didn't go as ya planned, you can learn from that and be more prepared next time.

[That was his attempt to add some hope to that cold persona she displayed. But something still bothered him.]

Now, are ya gonna tell me a little about this time stoppin' you can do?

[chronica.livejournal.com]

[She nods wearily and lets her breathing slowly go back to normal, as he asks his question.]

...It was the magic I was given for agreeing to work for someone. That's all.

[crisisrain]

Sorry ta put it so rudely, but a little girl like you is someone else's tool?

[chronica.livejournal.com]

No, it isn't rude at all. You're exactly right about it.

[crisisrain]

Heh, that makes two of us then. Maybe that's why it didn't affect me? [Even if he won't admit that hearing such words from such a young girl is concerning.]

Then let me do ya little favor. [He takes his bow out once again, firing some magical syringes towards her.] That should heal any physical injuries you've got there.