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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!
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fintastic: (Default)

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[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ Bright eyed and bushy-tailed, Feferi is there early, as fast as she can arrive after the ping goes off, eager to get this show on the road. She listens intently to the briefing, glancing around her to gauge the reactions of others, but otherwise direly interested.

Afterwards, she turns to her comrades, juggling a tall double-ended trident and an even taller staff. It's cumbersome and awkward and it looks like she's about to drop both, but that doesn't seem to bother her. ]


We're finally getting something done!

[ Someone is a little too excited. ]
notthatjason: (Serious Moment)

open - I'll match tag style

[personal profile] notthatjason 2012-04-04 06:12 am (UTC)(link)
Jason stood, his face a mask hiding his inward turmoil. This couldn't be right. He was Roman, and he couldn't imagine fighting other Romans, even if it was centuries before. He was a son of Jupiter, the line of Rome continued in him and it just...no, after all this time why did their FIRST mission have to be to fight other Romans? It was like some sick joke!

He sighed, raking a hand through his hair and moving off to the edge of the gym. He needed to think, to process, and come up with some way out of this. Jason wasn't normally one to back down from a fight but he just couldn't find it in himself to go up against what was essentially his family. That couldn't be what the gods intended for him to do. 'Though they haven't exactly been answering your prayers now, have they' a little voice in his head reminded him.

Jason leaned up against a wall, rolling up his sleeve and looking down at the brand there: The Eagle and the letters SPQR over 12 marks. Marks that pledged him to the Roman Legion. He couldn't just abandon that, not after so long. There had to be another way. The others could train with their weapons, Jason wasn't going to fight until he could think of some other plan.
peachhat: (Flight)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 06:16 am (UTC)(link)
Looks like not all of you trolls are fools! I completely agree. It's about time.

[Tenshi had been equally quick to arrive, she had been looking forward to something starting. So excited that she had arrived flying on her own, without sitting in her usual floating rock (as it wasn't flying quick enough)]

Unusual weapon you got there!
fintastic: (aroo?)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:18 am (UTC)(link)
Which one?
peachhat: (Groundstab 2)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 06:21 am (UTC)(link)
Well, the spear with the different prongs.

[Tenshi pointed at her trident. She hadn't really seen one like that before. Not to mention double-ended]

Not that I'm judging, I have unusual weapons as well.

[she grabbed the empty air in front of her, somehow pulled some sort of red energy blade out of nowhere, and stabbed the floor in front of her.]
fintastic: (oh hell no)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
Uh...

[ She stares at the break in the floor and the blade, not entirely impressed. ]

Yeah! It's called a trident. This is Psidon's Entente, it's mostly ceremonial but it works in a pinch!
yakuza_otaku: (Sweatdrop?  What sweatdrop?)

Open thread, and totally okay with different tagging styles.

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-04 06:25 am (UTC)(link)
Kazumi was a little confused, and she didn't hide it.

"Are we really expected to accomplish much in a 24 hour period...?" she asked out loud, "That's not..."

She shook her head at that, it seemed kind of silly to have this kind of last minute training.

"Most people can't improve in any noticeable way that fast. This really should've happened earlier..."

[personal profile] septim 2012-04-04 06:27 am (UTC)(link)
Rome wasn't Cyrodiil, yet their languages, their cultures were analogous to each other, both empires who employed legions under the command of an emperor. He, Martin Septim, an emperor, asked to fight against who were, essentially, brethren.

The grip on his silver-alloyed gladius' hilt is ironclad, the discomfort a barely adequate, temporary relief from his thoughts. His face is a mask of neutrality, though the intensity his eyes carry betray his inner turmoil.

"The Senate and the Roman People." Martin reads too fast. He hadn't intended to peer at the boy who stared at the markings on his lower arm as if it held the answer to some problem. "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pry. Though I assume you're as uncomfortable with this as I am." Martin taps the hilt of his gladius once, fingers relaxing.
peachhat: (Salut)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 06:29 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, I see. Is your other weapon useful, then? Surely it can do more than poke people?

[Mostly ceremonial sounded somewhat boring to her, so she went right for the other thing Feferi was holding.]
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[personal profile] xiaolindragon 2012-04-04 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[Rai is standing not too far away with a nunchuck tucked into the belt of his robes.]

Tch, you can say that again.

[Hey, its another troll like his roomate. They've seemed nice enough save for that kind of creepy one he saw on the network. Also she sounds familiar, he's pretty sure they've talked. ]
fintastic: (blah blah blah)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:41 am (UTC)(link)
[ Of course, that's her cue to get right up in his space, right? ]

It's great! I was kind of getting bored just waiting around.
xiaolindragon: (i'm anything)

[personal profile] xiaolindragon 2012-04-04 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
[LKAJL Oh hello there. Not that he isn't used to people getting up in his personal space.]

Any longer and I would have considered a revolt just to do something.

[He's kidding. He probably wouldn't have, just for that. He's entertaining the idea of something though, if this whole operation goes south.]
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[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:46 am (UTC)(link)
I don't know what I can do with it, I only just got it. I haven't had a chance to train with it.
peachhat: (genuinely happy)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
Oh, that's a shame. Well, I suppose that's what the 24 hour training period is there for, no? Why don't you try it out on me?
fintastic: (you'll take it and like it)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:48 am (UTC)(link)
If they keep us waiting again, we can protest for more to do!

[ She only pauses a beat to change subjects. ]

You look familiar, did I talk to you on the network?
fintastic: (blah blah blah)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:50 am (UTC)(link)
I'm probably going to find some of my friends to spar with first! I know their styles and I know what I'm capable of against them, so it should be a good starting point, you know?
peachhat: (Haha)

[personal profile] peachhat 2012-04-04 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
It was worth a try. Well, good luck with that, try not to bully them too much.
fintastic: (i r smrt princess)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 06:53 am (UTC)(link)
No more than usual!
xiaolindragon: (pic#3003199)

Open!!

[personal profile] xiaolindragon 2012-04-04 06:55 am (UTC)(link)
[Raimundo has a bit of a bounce where he stands because he's been itching for some kind of fight for a while and now they're finally giving them something to do.]

Yo! I'll take a sparring partner! Come at me.
umadrobin: (✗ → It's quite deceiving as I'm feeling)

[personal profile] umadrobin 2012-04-04 07:08 am (UTC)(link)
Alright, then.

[ Red X takes a ready position, and mockingly beckons him. ]

Come on, kid.
umadrobin: (✗ → It's quite deceiving)

[personal profile] umadrobin 2012-04-04 07:11 am (UTC)(link)
Romans?

[ Red X would be heard before he was seen, leaning against a wall shortly after his spar above, his arms crossed, and his cape draped around his shoulders. ]

I don't suppose I get to keep the suit for this?
xiaolindragon: (that i see)

[personal profile] xiaolindragon 2012-04-04 07:12 am (UTC)(link)
[ Pauses. ] Uhh, I think so.

You're a troll, right?
fintastic: (pic#2241385)

[personal profile] fintastic 2012-04-04 07:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ She nods, ] Yep! you got it. I don't think I introduced myself before, I'm Feferi.
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Re: Open!!

[personal profile] checksum 2012-04-04 07:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Osprey approaches the young man, carrying a pair of gladii. He holds one out to Raimundo.]

It seems like it would be advisable to practice with the appropriate weaponry for our destination, wouldn't you agree?
xiaolindragon: (pic#3003197)

[personal profile] xiaolindragon 2012-04-04 07:25 am (UTC)(link)
That's what I'm talking about.

[Hey, a taker was a taker. His outfit kind of screamed evil, but like hell he was going to turn down a challenge. He fell into a stance for about half a second before he rushed forward, swinging a right.]

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