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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-04-03 10:50 pm

open log » ❝ mission oo1 briefing ❞

Date & Time: 04.04.3312
Location: Training Gymnasium in the Initiative Hold.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: Everyone is summoned to a briefing and training, pre-mission for the very first mission.
Warnings: None.

There would come a demanding ping on every netbook at once. An urgent call to arms, a request for each and every transport to return to the Initiative Hold immediately. If ignored, the ping would continue until it reached its full volume -- overtaking the senses only until its owner complied, deafening in its insistence. At the Hold, there were several more Initiative attendees to rush each and every transport into a large training gymnasium previously unseen by all residents of the island of Exsilium. The auditorium was massive -- its walls whitewashed, its ceiling patterned with dim, purple ambient lighting.

There was a stage set up near the very back of the large room. A man, stern and young-looking, stood in the center of the stage and held a microphone in front of his pursed lips. Behind the stage was a set of time travel plates more populated than even the arrival room -- there had to be at least forty-five plates, all attended by a member of the Initiative, who stood beside the plate in wait and with a distant expression. Only once all of the transports were successfully congregated into their auditorium, did the astringent, black-haired man begin to speak. "This is a briefing," he began, his voice equally authoritative and matching the expression of great urgency on his angular features. "Tomorrow, we begin our very first mission. A mission into the past.

You will be sent to the year 115 CE, in the midst of a turmoil between the Romans and an Assyrian village. It is in both ours and imperatively your own best interest to help defend this village, and to send the Romans retreating to their own homes. You absolutely must comply with this mission. Not only for yourselves, but for your families at home in their own worlds. For all of us.

You will have twenty-four hours from this time to utilise this gymnasium. You will find an array of weaponry at your disposal, and will have access to your own chosen weapon. Use them. Train fiercely, as you have no choice in this initial mission to pick a different path. You all must fight. After your twenty-four hours of practise, you will be given your cloaking devices -- they will make you untraceable to the native people to the time in which you find yourself. Do not, under any circumstances, remove your cloaking device. It will not only be detrimental to you, but to your friends and your colleagues here, as well as your friends and family in their home worlds.

You will be summoned back from whatever your whereabouts at the success of your mission. Should you die during your mission, you will be summoned immediately and brought into the Initiative Infirmary and you will be healed. Do not die. Do not turn your back on your colleagues and your friends. Remain vigilant. The imperative nature of the success of your mission will be made clear upon your return to this world. There is nothing more that we can give than our word.

Finally, I will be coming with you. I will be your mentor and your guide during our mission and I will do my utmost to keep you safe, prepared, trained and informed. Slowly, our world here in Exsilium will become less and less enshrouded in mystery. Slowly, we are able to reveal our true selves, and with it we hope we will gain a much-needed trust. We do not withhold information easily, and it comes to us at a great cost. Thank you, everyone, and let your sessions begin!
"
feel_nevermore: (Delicate flower)

[personal profile] feel_nevermore 2012-04-04 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
[Raven came to stand in front of him, at a reasonable distance. She had her arms crossed under her breasts, because she knew he like this pose, but this wasn't an unusual posture for her either.]

Why wouldn't you? Because it wouldn't be fair for the others?

[There was a small smirk upon her lips. But it was obvious all of this was just an act for anyone who'd be looking at them.]
feel_nevermore: (Side glance)

[personal profile] feel_nevermore 2012-04-04 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven came to lean against the wall next to him.

"Why so preoccupied, Jason?"
stonefaith: (shocked | a whuh)

>B)

[personal profile] stonefaith 2012-04-04 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Man Bariyan only wishes he could turn things into piles of maggots. ALAS, HE HAS NO SUCH POWER AT HIS DISPOSAL. ]

Hello, Anders. Of course not.

[ He pauses. He hadn't thought this through, entirely.... Uh. ]

Will it be all right by you if I don't... tell you what will happen? It's not an attack, shouldn't be painful.
feel_nevermore: (Dubious)

[personal profile] feel_nevermore 2012-04-04 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Hand to hand combat or do you have other abilities?

[Raven easily falls into a fighting stance and waits for his answer.]
feel_nevermore: (Delicate flower)

[personal profile] feel_nevermore 2012-04-04 07:47 pm (UTC)(link)
Raven could sense how eager he was. Eager to fight, craving violence and something more. Deeper. It felt like hunger? If this hadn't been happening in broad daylight, she could have believed he was a vampire. But one thing was sure, he really wasn't the gentleman he pretended to be. Or rather he was but there was another side to him. A darker one.

"How are you doing, Mr Host?"

She smirked slightly, leaning against a nearby wall as she watched him make his martial art katas.
bedheaded: (fictitious defendants)

[personal profile] bedheaded 2012-04-04 07:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Jeff stepped back to give Martin room. "Don't let me get in your way."
bedheaded: (expert witness)

[personal profile] bedheaded 2012-04-04 07:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[without looking up] That's insane. [And then he actually looks at her.] What am I agreeing with?
theguideless: (◊ going going)

[personal profile] theguideless 2012-04-04 07:57 pm (UTC)(link)
Relieved and just a little bit encouraged, Martin's shoulders sagged, and he decided to at least give the guy a proper bow before darting off.

"Thank you, sir," he said in his exhale, hopping back into the hastened trot he'd been in prior to plowing into the man. Maybe he'd get lucky, catch one of those Initiative men before they vanished again. Maybe.
noble_nate: (Thoughtful)

Re: OPEN

[personal profile] noble_nate 2012-04-04 08:07 pm (UTC)(link)
After heading over to the stock of weaponry and adding a light-but-deadly longsword (it never hurt to stock up) to his existing arsenal of his trusty longbow and pair of daggers, he finally takes a look around him.

He'd planned on doing some training with his sword and daggers, since using ranged weaponry was definitely his strong suit and he could use the practice with melee weapons, but spotting the Queen by her lonesome at the archery butts is too difficult to pass up. Despite their differences, she was still his queen.

So he wanders over to her, watching her practice. "Not bad," he comments idly.
yakuza_otaku: (This is my default expression.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-04 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kazumi wasn't exactly taking part in the training, either. She took part in other training exercises before, but now she decided to socialize instead.

Of course, since Roslyn liked to text so much, Kazumi didn't recognize her. Not that it stopped her from noticing the taller woman (Kazumi is only 5'2) just standing off to the side and approaching her]


So, what do you think the chances are of them throwing us into a fight right away?

[That was one of the reasons she was holding off on training today.]
caligulas_aquarium: (69)

/no appropriate icons SURPRISE SURPRISE...............

[personal profile] caligulas_aquarium 2012-04-04 08:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Hey, wwait-

[His tone of voice just completely loses it's aggression as he takes a few steps forward, reaching out to grab her wrist.]

Hold on, I nevver fuckin' said...I mean...for fucks sake Fef, wwill you calm dowwn, I'm not...you're completely ovverreactin' here!

[Smooth Ampora. Real smooth.]
feel_nevermore: (Meditation)

[personal profile] feel_nevermore 2012-04-04 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
A mission. Now that almost felt like home. Raven was not eager, nor was she afraid of what was to come. She was perfectly detached. This training was interesting but there were other ways for Raven to prepare for a fight. Like meditation.

That's why possible sparring partnerss would find Raven sitting cross-legged and levitating a few feet above the ground, muttering a mantra under her breath. No need to waste her time in-between two spars.
fintastic: (YEAH YOU)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 08:27 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Good idea, grab at the girl with two pointy weapons in hand. She actually has to put more effort in not accidentally hitting him with them than she would have to just turn them on him intent, but such is life. She doesn't really want to get into that right now, as tempting as it can be at times. ]

Overreacting? Because I thought I could trust you of all trolls to be on my side against my ancestor who wants to murder me? Because I thought for a second that maybe, just maybe you had a scrap of dignity or compassion to your name?

[ She yanks her wrist away abruptly. ]

Go. Be her little lapdog, I really just can't care anymore. Abandon your friends just like you wanted to abandon us back then.

[ ...hey. Fishy princesses can be dramatic too. ]
peachhat: (Stomp)

Open to anything.

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 08:29 pm (UTC)(link)
"Bring it, humans or whatever else you are. Attack me head-on, show me what you got, if you got anything at all!"

Tenshi was standing in the air near a wall, and just jumped down, creating a small shockwave.

"Don't worry, I can take it, so try your abilities out! I'll respond in kind~"
peachhat: (Offering)

Re: Open thread, and totally okay with different tagging styles.

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 08:31 pm (UTC)(link)
"Want me to give you some focused, harsh training? That should help you to quickly get the hang of your abilities!"

Tenshi offered it happily. "You can learn one of those games of yours in less time, so it should work out fine!"
caligulas_aquarium: (54)

1/2

[personal profile] caligulas_aquarium 2012-04-04 08:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[The 'you of all trolls' part really gets to him. Did she really have that much faith in him still, after everything? He doesn't even consider the whole new mexico thing, or that she had a lot more time to mull it over...maybe, at least.

For him it wasn't that long ago, and the feeling that she was still sure he'd take her side over the empress, for a moment, felt great. It made everything else hurt a lot more than it would've, had she not said it.
]
yakuza_otaku: (Nyaaa~)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-04 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
"Ah..." Kazumi hesitated a little, "I think I'd rather take it easy. They might throw us right into the middle of a battle after this."
peachhat: (whaaaaaa)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 08:35 pm (UTC)(link)
"You always want to take it easy, though..." Tenshi said, slumping slightly. "Even now..."
yakuza_otaku: (Sweatdrop?  What sweatdrop?)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-04 08:36 pm (UTC)(link)
"That's not true."

A pause.

"I'll practice with you after the mission, okay?"
peachhat: (Defeated)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
"It's a promise, right? A proper promise. No going back on it!"
birdhousesoul: (Ser Pounce-a-lot)

I am a cat and what is this

[personal profile] birdhousesoul 2012-04-04 08:41 pm (UTC)(link)
While Anders is getting magicked by Bariyan, Ser Pounce-a-lot the cat comes wandering over to meow at the young woman who doesn't look very happy. Pounce is an extraordinary cat. Also, Pounce is annoyed that Anders isn't paying attention to him.

The orange kitty gazes up at Reyna and makes conversational mewings.

(Other than his Special Item Power Pounce has no special abilities, at least none the Initiative has yet unveiled what with their now we make you evolve SOMEHOW SOMEDAY technology. But try telling Pounce that. He thinks he can talk.)
caligulas_aquarium: (Default)

[personal profile] caligulas_aquarium 2012-04-04 08:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[But then he hears that word. Friends. Really? Were they his friends? No, of course not, they were a bunch of jerks who abandoned him because they didn't want to put up with him...well, he thought that at least.

Sure he'd spent a lot of the time itself making unwanted advances, but he gave most of the trolls and some of the humans a chance in the sense that had any of them put up with them, he would've stuck with them. He felt some form of companionship with Karkat and Kanaya, but the latter wasn't here and Karkat's interactions with him here just angered him.

He grows noticeably angrier as he considers all of this; it's unreasonable and unwarranted, but in his mind he's just that one guy noone wanted anything to do with. He really should just calm down and tell her he has no intention of running off to the empress to tell her, but he's too caught up in his own emotions to even consider that. His erratic and uncontrollable emotions.
]

Friends? FRIENDS? Is that a fuckin' joke or somethin'? The closest fuckin' thing I had to a friend before this wwas...no, you knoww wwhat? I didn't havve anythin'. Noone wwanted anythin' to do wwith me. They avvoided me an' made it seem like I wwas constantly some kind a fuckin' burden to be around.

I'd no good reason to stay on that fuckin' meteor an' you knoww it. In fact, you should knoww it cause as far as I remember you're one a' the first wwho wwanted absolutely nothin' to do wwith me evver since that game started. Moment your lusus died you didn't need me around anymore to feed her, wwas that it? The wwhole thing wwas a fuckin' sham in the beginnin' an' I wwas some kind a' fool for not seein' it in the first place.

So don't you start judgin' me on abandonin' friends, princess, wwhen you're guilty a' that yourself!
birdhousesoul: (magic attack)

[personal profile] birdhousesoul 2012-04-04 08:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[Anders ... has never been what one might call cautious. He makes a sort of bring it on gesture.]

I take it an attempt to barrier myself from your magic will spoil the demonstration, yes?

[He sets down Pounce, to be on the safe side. The cat promptly meanders away to harass Reyna.]


((it's ok by the mun as well for Bariyan to do whatever! though if you want to check anything or clarify you can plurk at me!))
Edited 2012-04-04 20:50 (UTC)
notthatjason: (Mischief Managed)

[personal profile] notthatjason 2012-04-04 08:51 pm (UTC)(link)
"I knew we would have fights. I didn't think the first one would be against an army like Rome." It was something he should have considered and now he would have to pay for it. Oh well, as long as he cuold come up with a way around it maybe no one would have to die. The mentor, or whatever, had made it sound like death wasn't a problem, but coming close to death had its own issues that weren't just physical. He knew some people here had done military service and other deeds...but the others, well, they weren't prepared for battles like this and that troubled him. 'I should have focused more on that. I should have known,' he mentally berated himself.

Too late now though, he had to think of something. He looked up at Reyna, smiling slightly, "Yeah...between our markings and maybe with a little show of power we can change their mind." Calling lightning from the sky had impressed Camp Halfblood, he could only imagine what it would do for a Legion of Romans. "If we tell them Neptune and Zeus are against the invasion maybe they'll back off." It wasn't the best plan, especially since the Legion might have its own demigods or those in tune with the gods who might challenge them. Still, it was their best bet so far.

"I like this plan, Reyna."
stonefaith: (awwwww)

[personal profile] stonefaith 2012-04-04 08:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Bariyan smiles faintly as he watches Pounce wander off. But the smile fades back to seriousness when he returns his attention back to Anders. ]

No, go ahead and try. It'll be good practice. Let me know when you're ready.

[ ooc: sweet! thanks so much *O* ]

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