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Luceti Mods ([personal profile] lucetimods) wrote in [community profile] lucetilogs2012-06-07 11:11 pm

MISSION #7 - The Flooded Valley

Who: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Gai Tsutsugami, Rick Doyle, Arthur Pendragon, Raven, Clove, Rei Hino, Gregor Vorbarra, Minato Arisato, Sabriel, Minako Arisato, Grune, Gold, Masaomi Kida, Fenimore, Silver, Adele LeBlanc, Sion, Raine Sage, Nami, Hamato Leonardo, Viral, Smoker, Precis F. Neumann, Roy, Nara Shikamaru, Hyuuga Neji, Kiba Inuzuka
What: MISSION # 7 - The Flooded Valley
When: June 7th to June 9th
Where: Sirry Craggs
Summary: A dam bursts thanks to the cultists, flooding a small hotel not far from the area. Lucetians have been rushed to assist the area, being the closest enclosure to the incident.


Last night, an urgent message went out to Luceti via the Malnosso Assignment and Reward Center. Twenty-eight volunteers were collected and the following morning, sent out. Hardly any time for preparation at all. There was no waiting time. No explanation of the situation. Merely a relocation Shift. Along with the dam came miserable weather. Harsh winds and rain blanketed the area and the Security Forces chopper that descended to drop off supplies could barely stay airborne. After dropping off the tents, medical supplies, and food they would need, the military officer in charge, Specialist Davis, yelled a few quick orders over the chopper's engines and the howling wind.

"The hotel is located five clicks from here, downhill and through nasty terrain. Those of you who signed up to look," he pointedly glanced at the survivalists, " You'll find most of them on the roof of the building. But there's eighteen unaccounted for. Bring them back here. In three days, we'll be able to pick you up. Watch out for sparties and baskers." Turning back to his pilot, he signaled him to take off. There was still a battle to be fought to the north, where the cultists were still waging battle. From that point on, the Luceti volunteers were on their own.

Among their supplies were the materials to set up lodging, tents, and more insulated shelters. With the rain and wind, it would be hell for the caretakers to put together, but they'd need to have it all set up before the survivors started arriving. In the meantime, the guards would need to stake a perimeter while the doctors prepared any space they could for the injured that would no doubt be arriving. It was utter chaos. And this time the Malnosso hadn't bothered to set someone in charge. They would have to work it out together.

Day 1 - The volunteers will have to set up the camp despite brutal weather and a lack of any powers or technology. Their starting location is in the mountains, above the valley, on a flat and stony surface with mountainous cover to the north and east of them. There is plenty of supplies and room to accommodate the nearly one hundred people that will be present there for the next three days, though the rain and wind means the risk of ruining supplies that may force them to ration some of it.

Most of the hotel staff and guests will be found on the roof of a three floor hotel. The first two floors are already flooded and the building itself threatens to be swept away. Fortunately the survivalists have been provided ample amounts of rope and cables to make their way to the roof from the nearby cliffs and trees. The remaining eighteen guests are lost in the wilderness surrounding. Among them, several will be injured, sick, or unconscious. At least five of them will have already died, three by drowning, one by head injury, and another ripped apart by Shift Hunters. For the duration of the day, the storm doesn't let up.

Day 2 - Around three in the morning, the storm will finally let up. Though it continues to drizzle and the sky is gray, the volunteers will no longer be fighting the elements. There may also still be survivors that need to be found. At this point, it will be up to the caretakers and doctors to care for the survivors and make the best of things. The food will need to be rationed, as several containers of it was spoiled in the downpour or stolen by wild animals over night. Flashes of light in the sky and distant explosions to the northwest will indicate a massive battle ongoing. A few military choppers may pass over during the day, but none of them will be stopping to help. At night, solitary Shift Hunters will be sniffing around the campsite and will need to be dealt with.

Day 3 - In the early morning, a small band of cultists will attack the campsite. A small group of twenty soldiers, they will provide difficulty for the guards, who have nothing but their own skill and steel to fight with, not to mention little sleep or food on their side. Once the cultists are dealt with, the day will proceed as normal, with sunshine breaking through the clouds. At about 5PM, a swarm of cultists will be spotted to the northwest, flying towards their location in a massive swarm. At this time, several transport choppers will be arriving to escort the survivors and volunteers away from the location. The volunteers will be on the last chopper to go and may be forced to fight off some of the cultists in the escape. Fortunately attack choppers will be providing cover fire to aid in the escape. By the end of the hour, the volunteers will be on their way home.

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The survivors are composed of civilians who may be part of the Malnosso organization, but occupy positions in divisions of the company dedicated towards more mundane tasks, such as taxes or dentistry and so on. However, they do possess some information that Lucetians may not know. They will not be willing to give up much, since they risk heavy fines for revealing information to people in enclosures (which they will state if pressed for information). Volunteers that attempt to press them for more information and interrogate them will be reported and receive a punishment Shift on return to Luceti. This may take the form of a kidnapping-like effect, typically of the more inconvenient or embarrassing nature (such as a loss of a sense, a gender swap, being shrunk, personality adjustment, etc) and not violent. These effects will last up to a full week, depending on how severe the charge is. People that are are unfriendly (or end up disliked in general) may find themselves reported anyway since the survivors might just be in really rotten moods and not terribly grateful.

If you would like to have your character try to interrogate them, use this thread to make your request on questions that will be ask



You can use this post for questions and plotting!
arturius: (Fetch my sword)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-09 02:21 am (UTC)(link)
[So there are more. Arthur quiets down as well. His sword remains drawn as he scans the forest around them for any sign of movement.

snap
endgames: (Wary)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-09 02:28 am (UTC)(link)
[Shikamaru turns towards the sound - off to the right - but there's nothing to see just yet. He turns down his radio as low as it will go, and points for the trees.]
arturius: (Battle)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-09 02:30 am (UTC)(link)
[The radio, right. Arthur does the same, though it takes him a bit longer. He's still barely used to the thing.

If there's a beast out there, they'll do better to flank it. Carefully he maneuvers himself away from the ninja and into position. Slowly. Each step deliberate.]
endgames: (Crouch)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-09 02:42 am (UTC)(link)
[Shikamaru moves in the other direction, until he's right under the tree. When he still can't see anything, he silently jumps straight into the lower branches, where he should still be visible to Arthur.

And there it is, coming up from the base of the sloped ground. He signals to Arthur, jabbing two fingers in the direction it's coming from.]
arturius: (Sword in the stone)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-10 02:07 am (UTC)(link)
[... well, that was impressive. He didn't usually see people jump like that. All the same, with the armor he's wearing, he won't be following. But upon seeing the directions he's given, he holds his shield forward, resting the sword over the top of it as he advances.]
endgames: (Serious)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-10 02:29 am (UTC)(link)
[And here it comes.

Shikamaru throws a hail of kunai at the creature to get its attention away from the direction Arthur's coming from. It's a combo that worked well last time, with that sword he's got there.

Nearly all of them strike home, and sure enough, the Shift Hunter growls in pain and bolts for the tree.]
arturius: (Attacking)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-11 02:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[It can run faster than Arthur. And as it turns out, has claws sharp enough that it doesn't merely scratch at the tree, but looks as though it may simple start to climb it. But its slower climbing than running. Before it can gain any distance, Arthur slices off one of its legs. It collapses to the ground and lunges. He blocks that with his shield and the creature with its size and strength knocks him to the ground, attempting to get a good solid bite at his face. Before it can do that, it has a teeth full of steel. Now he just has to wrestle it off of him.]
endgames: (Trees)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-11 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[Note: Wild shift hunters are better at climbing trees

Swinging off a tree branch for momentum, Shikamaru aims himself feet first to hit the creature in the side with enough force to knock him off. He's quick to leap out of the way, both to get out from between it and Arthur's sword, and to be bit himself.]
arturius: (Sword in the stone)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-11 10:37 pm (UTC)(link)
[An excellent save. Arthur rolls over, abandoning his shield, and hurls his sword over his head, before bringing it down over the beast's neck. One slice isn't enough to behead this one, it's only after another blow that the creature's head is fully severed. The amazing thing, for how vicious a creature it is, was how little it seemed to bleed.]

Thank you, friend.
endgames: (Bluff)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-11 11:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Sure thing.

[These animals unnerve Shikamaru some for that reason. Maybe because it seems so unnatural. Maybe it's because everything in anime bleeds excessively by comparison. Either way it's foul.]

We should get back before more show up.
arturius: (To business)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-15 02:57 pm (UTC)(link)
[Arthur takes the moment to clean his blade off. The creature bleeds little, but the foul gunk it leaves on his blade is disgusting.]

Agreed. Should we do anything with the corpses first?
endgames: (That so?)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-15 06:05 pm (UTC)(link)
This meat doesn't exactly look like good eating.

[Some animals would be warned off from an area, taking corpses as a warning. Shikamaru somehow doubts that would with this lot.]

Seen any holes around here we can stuff them in?
arturius: (God help me)

[personal profile] arturius 2012-06-17 01:06 am (UTC)(link)
No. But the cliffs aren't far from here. [Arthur reaches down to pick up the head of the beast. Disgusting as it is.] We'll let the flood waters deal with them.
endgames: (Uh-huh)

[personal profile] endgames 2012-06-17 07:16 am (UTC)(link)
[If you say so, man.]

So long as we can make it quick.

[And that leaves him with the body, nice. They're pretty heavy too. He's going to go grab the head of the first shift hunter for that reason.]