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Luceti Mods ([personal profile] lucetimods) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2012-04-17 10:49 am

MISSION #5 - Cargo Run

Who: Trafalgar Law (2nd Officer), Sanji (Cook), Azusa Miura (Cook's Mate), Adele Blanc (Doctor), The Hulk, Daisy, Anakin Skywalker, Asbel Lhant, Buffy Summers (Marines), Arsene Lupin III, Selphie Tilmitt, James Norrington, Mikage Celestine, Rogue, Nami, and Kurt Wagner (Sailors)
What: MISSION # 5 - Cargo Run
When: April 17th to April 21st
Where: Open Seas
Summary: A group of Luceti volunteers join a crew upon a massive ship headed out to sea, into cultist-infested waters.


It may have been nine in the morning when the group of Luceti volunteers were transported out through the tunnels, but at the shipyards the time difference meant that it was nearly midday already. A meek member of the Malnosso lower management led them along the docks, avoiding and scolding people as they got in his way, as he tried to go over the same details already present in the mission description. He was a rather pathetic looking little purple man with drooping ears, a hairless head, and webbed fingers. He apologized for his slipping over words. He explained it was difficult thinking straight in sunlight. Whenever he would stop to try and think, he'd look up to see The Hulk, shrink away a bit, and then hobble on quicker to the ship.

He was visibly relieved when he found Specialist Davis didn't look too busy, allowing him to pass off the Luceti volunteers and allowing him to get on his way. He's a new face to this particular group, but not to Luceti in general, having worked with them previously on the incident with the third floor. This odd looking group doesn't seem to have him looking too impressed. Especially when he looks at the ones who don't even seem to be fighters. But he directs his attention to Trafalgar with a few short words: "You. We'll talk once we're on board. You get your people settled for now."

With that, he and a group of other MSF Soldiers went to board the ship. The Tyr's Revenge was far larger than the ship than the one on the draft over half a year ago. It was a sailing ship, but despite its antiquated look, there was a central cooling tower in the center of the ship, which it derived its steam power. Where it used this thrust was not immediately obvious without a look at the back of the ship. (They would find out later that it was enough to propel the boat in a calm and was simple enough to avoid being blocked by Shifting, but was not as effective as a good strong wind.) Despite being crewed at around five hundred men and women, it was at least spacious enough for the crew to put in pairs. As a second officer, Trafalgar was afforded his own cabin, but the rest were sorted away into small rooms with two sets of hammocks on each side. The Luceti volunteers were kept together and it gave them some privacy, though each were pre-assigned rooms and the Malnosso didn't seem too picky about who ended up with who.

They had about an hour to get comfortable. In an hour, they'd be casting off.

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Okay, time for your notes. First off, you will be able to interact with Specialist Davis for the mission. He won't be very talkative (unless you're his second officer), but he might answer some basic questions. He'll be around during the fighting too. Although he prefers to use firearms (think something like a P90), he'll demonstrate super strength and advanced reflexes (think Spider-Man) in battle. Some of the other MSF Soldiers will display some slight superhuman ability like him, but the vast majority of them are normally powered highly trained soldiers. For the most part, they won't talk to people from the enclosures much and prefer to keep to themselves. In general their only duty is security, so they won't be doing much in running the ship unless absolutely necessary. There will be about one hundred and fifty men and women. Most will be human, but there may be a few deviations among them (like odd skin colors, weird hair colors, eye pigmentations, pointy ears, and so on). Although a good number of them will use guns, some out of them will be using melee weapons like swords and spears. All of them will have some secondary weapon in case of a Shift that jams their guns.

The people from Luceti, along with the volunteers, will be doing the day to day work of the ship. The volunteers will be as they are described in the Nitpicker's Guide. For the most part, they're not nearly as skilled at fighting as the people from Luceti or the Security Forces, so when attacks come, they'll defend themselves but not be very good at it. Most of them will be human, with a few variations. Very, very few of them will exhibit any special abilities. In general they'll be friendly enough, though some from different enclosures may be more jaded and bitter. There will definitely be talks of escape and mutiny among some of them, whereas others will be more cooperative or too fearful of attempting a mutiny.

You can use the volunteers and security as NPCs for whatever purpose you like! That means you can give them names and maybe a bit of a personality (that's consistent with the above) and let them get killed or need help or what have you during battles with cultists. There are also droids to be found in parts of the ship below decks. They will more or less remain stationary, but they will intervene if people poke their noses in the wrong place. Or try to mutiny.

The captain of the ship won't be seen much, but she's an older lady (late fifties) that is relatively plain and unassuming in appearance. She won't talk to the volunteers and will relay any orders through Specialist Davis, but the people from Luceti may see her about the ship to see how things are going. Most of the time she will be in the captain's quarters doing paperwork. She'll look seasick for the entire voyage. Her name is Mrs. Eugenia Fruthers, Manager 2nd Class.

Note: The volunteers are sorted randomly, so it's up to you players to figure out how you want to work that out! The Malnosso aren't too picky if a man and woman end up sharing the same quarters. (How shameless!)

Here's a run down for events on the ship over the voyage

17th - Cast off, strong wind, heading east. A fair weather day perfect for sailing.
18th - Open seas with a fair wind and cloudy skies. A land mass can be briefly seen to the north. An island of some sort.
19th - Open seas with a fair wind, darker skies. The cultists make their first attack run. About mid day, four flying ships. The Malnosso use no cannons, but prefer to immediately fly en masse once in range. However, it is necessary to bring these ships down, as the cultists are fond of going kamikaze with them. Each of the four ships carries about one hundred cultists each.
20th - Open seas with powerful wind and stormy weather. Another raid will occur early in the morning, while most of the crew is still asleep. Three more cultist ships will attack and some of the cultists will make it below decks. Mid way through the battle, the ruckus will attract a monstrous kraken from the depths. The crew will be forced to fight off the remaining cultists while a great tentacled hell beast attempts to drag the Tyr's Revenge to the depths.
21st - The last day of the voyage will see the ship needing repairs after the attacks. About half of the crew will have been lost thanks to the cultists and the kraken and they will finally make port (in the same place as the ocean draft.) In the evening, the volunteers will be returned to their respective enclosures.



You can use this post for questions and plotting!
redjacketthief: (though danger lies)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He didn't have a chance to register the effects of the enraged beast--one moment he was pulling her through, the next he was knocked breathless and seeing stars. Lupin gropes blindly at debris pinning him and groans.

Hopefully this didn't wreck Nami's assistance.]


Goldie. Are you--?
redjacketthief: @ starkxravingxmad (attention-- keen observation)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 03:34 am (UTC)(link)
...I know, Captain. I'm a lucky bastard most of the time, but I've also almost met certain death on jobs. Luck can only hold out for so long.
fleurdesel: left, tired, serious (Need to breathe)

[personal profile] fleurdesel 2012-04-24 03:37 am (UTC)(link)
[Adele rolls off of Lupin as soon as they hit the ground, bent double and coughing. Breathing was difficult for the moment, habit has her moving to pull the broken bits of wood and debris off of Lupin before she considers her own well being.]

Just fine Pateesa- [God Damnit now was not the time to slip up like this.] Never better.
selphie_t: (another smile)

[personal profile] selphie_t 2012-04-24 03:46 am (UTC)(link)
He'll just get mad at me again and like he does every time. Getting hurt's just a part of the job though. If it happens, it happens. You just pick yourself up, dust yourself on and keep doing your best.
mythmaker: (A little down)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2012-04-24 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I can keep up just fine!

[She follows right after him...or so she thinks. She looks back up at the attackers before running into the door. Her feet shift lightly as she does, so when she turns around to start running again...

...she runs right past the door and down another hallway instead.]
mythmaker: (Promotions)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2012-04-24 03:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yes, I saw him once...but I didn't get a chance to speak to him. [She'll need a whole army of Sanjis, then.] Would you mind leading the way, then?
redjacketthief: (he'll be just fine)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 03:57 am (UTC)(link)
[He's all ready shoving the debris off--and he might need to throttle Adele later for not taking better care of herself. Though a skinny bastard, he's also damn lucky. This wasn't Cagliostro. This wasn't Cagliostro!]

Goddammit, Adele. Don't lie to me now!
deathsdoctor: (Pleasant | Peaceful)

[personal profile] deathsdoctor 2012-04-24 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
[The grin turns softer.] It's an idea, anyway. I trust you'll have him cheerier one way or another.
redjacketthief: (facepalm)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Right. Just keep a steady pace and we--[wait.] Oi! Azu-chan!

[He chases after, silently telling himself that he was really going to have to carry her at this rate.]
mythmaker: (Feverish)

we should thank masa for it more often

[personal profile] mythmaker 2012-04-24 03:59 am (UTC)(link)
Nami, that doesn't even begin to describe it. Sanji and I were so worried. [She's fishing through her bag now, ah...here it is! A water bottle, still somewhat cold.] Are you alright?
fleurdesel: right, tired, serious (Beaten but standing)

[personal profile] fleurdesel 2012-04-24 04:02 am (UTC)(link)
Bruised, but breathing. I'm fine. [As far as she can tell. A little bruising on her shoulder, her wings are dusty but fine, arms, hands, torso- all clear.

Of course once she pulls on his wrist to get him out from under the hatch a sharp knife of pain brings the one injury to her attention. She stumbles backwards, swears, and glares down at her leg. That has a two inch long shard of wood embedded in the front.]


Fuck!
mythmaker: (They say if you wear a wedding dress...)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2012-04-24 04:03 am (UTC)(link)
Right, right. One nightcap, then, coming up. [She means...a paper cup with a shot's worth of vodka, right? That's the best she can do.] ...It's been a long week, hasn't it?
mythmaker: (Waifu Material)

[personal profile] mythmaker 2012-04-24 04:04 am (UTC)(link)
My, my, where did...Ah, Lupin-san!

[Look, she found a door. Another door. All on her own, one that probably leads the same way.]

I was wondering where you went...I think we can go in here.
redjacketthief: (tell me this is a joke!)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Not arguing, not arguing...

He plasters a grin on his face to match hers, not believing that a girl this adorably ditzy and clumsy could really exist. There was Grune, but Grune was special. And had magic. She could kill him with her eyes closed with that thing that makes her fingernails glow.

This girl, though...]


Yeah, this works too. [he grabs her wrist again.] In we go~
withnofear: (pic#3058862)

[personal profile] withnofear 2012-04-24 04:08 am (UTC)(link)
[That he can agree with. He hasn't been here as long as Lupin, but being out of the barrier was still nice. It was already starting to feel restricting to him.]

Is this your first time out on one of these missions?
withnofear: (pic#2666557)

[personal profile] withnofear 2012-04-24 04:10 am (UTC)(link)
[He hesitates a moment before answering the question.]

...for the most part. And yourself?
fleurdesel: left, smile, smirk, flirty (Think but don't talk)

[personal profile] fleurdesel 2012-04-24 04:12 am (UTC)(link)
Recovering.

[From what, she still can't quite say. It was...strange. To see him. And feel protective. feel fond.]

The sudden quiet was overwhelming.
selphie_t: (wink)

[personal profile] selphie_t 2012-04-24 04:13 am (UTC)(link)
I'll think of something that won't have him glaring me out of existence.
redjacketthief: (and he gets angry)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, fuck me all to hell!

[Saying little else, he tries to brace Adele as best as he could. With the difference in height and his own wounds, it wasn't easy]

I don't know the way from here, Dellie. Keep it cool and tell me.
fleurdesel: left, angry, serious (I'm fine)

[personal profile] fleurdesel 2012-04-24 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
[Deep, even breaths. Adele leans against the nearest stable surface for a moment, just. Breathing. Listening to the thrashing above. They need to move before one of the tentacles either breaks through the bulkhead on this level or works it's way down the hatch. Focusing on that, on Lupin's voice, she swallows, nods, and forces herself to stand. It doesn't hurt to put weight on her left leg. She'll live.]

I'm fine- I'm. It. It's this way.

[She loops an arm around his waist to hold him up as much as to keep herself stable as she walks through the hall, counting under her breath while her eyes scan the roof for the next hatch.]
justicereigns: ("......")

[personal profile] justicereigns 2012-04-24 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Smoker starts to stir in time to see the wood falling around. He grabs a hold of the orange haired girl and wood respectively, clinging on so he doesn't start sinking again as they fall to the water. He's about to thank her -- except she's tied to something and starting to slip under.]

Fuck...

[His voice is as hoarse as if he swallowed the cigars, even if it's just the seawater, but he grabs her by the collar to try to pulls her back to the surface with one hand. He's still groggy, but it quickly becomes clear what the problem is. At least it's not a kraken tentacle, he's not sure he could fight it off like this. He does have enough strength to snap the rope, but too bad that took two hands, because he's lost grip on the wood again, just as more waves buffer them away from the ship as the kraken starts to fall, having finally been defeated by those on board. For now he's conscious though and grabbing at that wood as quickly as he can.]
redjacketthief: @ starkxravingxmad (attention-- keen observation)

[personal profile] redjacketthief 2012-04-24 04:32 am (UTC)(link)
[He can walk, Adele, but he's not going to complain at this point. Not when adrenaline was starting to flag, not when that shoulder was starting to scream at him if he jostled it too much. That landing was rougher than he would have liked, but at least he was mostly clearheaded.

It was only the panic over the octopod itself that kept him jumpy and his heart beating too fast. This was no different from Mamo, from Himuro, from all of those monsterous reflections of human greed that he's met over his career.

--okay. It was very different.

He looks warily up at the ceiling, wondering if this was why rational men started to pray.]


Just keep going. Just keep it up.
deathsdoctor: (Pleasant | Is this for me?)

[personal profile] deathsdoctor 2012-04-24 04:42 am (UTC)(link)
Again. Bless you.
howsmashing: (bet I'll survive)

[personal profile] howsmashing 2012-04-24 05:13 am (UTC)(link)
Just do it already.

[You're just launching him into enemy ships. NOT THAT BIG OF A DEAL GUYS.]
mikangirl: (oh please)

[personal profile] mikangirl 2012-04-24 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
[Yeah...Nami just facepalms. But hey, gold star for effort?]

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