MISSION: RELEASE THEM BACK INTO THE WILD

[initiates]

Date & Time: April 27th - May 1st
Location: Wollongong, Australia, 2464.
Characters: All voluntary transports + maybe a few drafted ones.
Summary: Make those stay-at-homes leave their nerdcaves! My god, do they even know what sunshine looks like???
Warnings: none planned, will be updated accordingly!

The city is old, dark, and very, very quiet. A good deal of the buildings are crumbling and old, but the ones that are actually inhabited glow like candles in the dusk the Transporter has dropped you into. All of these buildings are infested by wiring pouring in from every angle, ensuring that each inhabitant in his or her little block of a room has every modern convenience available in 2464.

There is no one on the streets, no public transportation, and even cars look scarce. But that doesn't mean there's no movement. Maintenance drones, controlled remotely, run deliveries or work repairs. Armed law enforcement drones patrol on rounds through the city, although their mechanized attention is mostly turned outward. Still, they might come to investigate a ruckus within the city limits. And if the persons causing the ruckus don't respond to peaceful attempts to get them to cease, the drones might attempt to subdue them with paralyzing technology and haul them in for a night in the city jail — another dark, unused place.

If you get hungry, there are entire warehouses dedicated to the production of foods. It can't be that hard to sneak in and collect a meal, right? Or you can hack into the system and order whatever you want, if you're good with that kind of thing. Or you can just scavenge—or fast for four days, maybe—if thieving and hacking aren't your style.

And somewhere around here, in those glowing, secluded towers, behind the legions of automated drones, live the reclusive citizens of Wollongong. The methods are up to you, as long as you can get them to come out and breathe the fresh air somehow.

[[ ooc; Mission details are here! This will run from 27th of April to May 1st, with those on the mission returning to Exsilium at the same time that the new arrivals show up. It's an optional mission, but if you'd like your character to go along that would ICly sit it out, feel free to say that the Initiative drafted them for this one.

There aren't any teams or structured threads to this one, so go wild! ]]

Comments

[concealingeyes]

Huh? Like what?

[Kido is always eager to hear new and creative ways to use her favourite thing in the world.]

[bloodyashes]

Coordinating military operations, mostly.

[Sorry Kido, if you were looking for fun uses, this is not your guy.]

Use them to transport verbal orders instead of having sealed, written ones, for example - it's harder to imitate a voice, for most people, than it is to imitate handwriting.

[concealingeyes]

[Well. It isn't the sort of thing she was hoping for but it's still pretty cool! And practical.]

That's actually a really good idea. Who are you giving them to? Are some of your soldiers here?

[bloodyashes]

[He blinks a bit - good on you, Kido, figuring that one out fast - then shrugs.]

It's just a hypothetical. I don't have anyone here to command to do anything, unless it's trying to make Elliot do the dishes.

[Ha, that's so happening.]

[concealingeyes]

[She can't help snorting out a soft laugh. That's one way of putting it.]

I could probably make mine work like that if you needed to reach me off the network sometime. It's good to have back-up plans.

[bloodyashes]

Hopefully, we won't ever need it.

[And hey he's not above leaving notes under people's doors and stuff anyway. Hell, he could probably break in in the absolute worst case scenario.]

[concealingeyes]

Still better to have a plan. Ah, yeah, speaking of that. The Dan's been using the catacombs under the city as a base. If you want to check it out sometime, you're more than welcome. We haven't fully explored them yet but there might be something of worth to it.

[bloodyashes]

[Catacombs? He hadn't even known about them. Still, he lived underground in Daath for years - sounds like his kind of place.]

I'll have to take a look sometime, then.

[And busting open another crate - this one's full of the large, over-ear style of headphones, as opposed to the smaller earbuds the ipods came with.]

[concealingeyes]

[She looks in and smiles a little.] Some people still like this type better. I like my earbuds best but you know, these kind have their place, too. If you're just listening to music at night in your room, they can be nice because the sound quality is usually better.

It's what's on my hood, too. [She pulls it up to show Asch the design on it.]

[bloodyashes]

[He nods and then, after a moment of consideration, snatches a mostly grey and black pair out of the crate before closing it. Better sound you say? He likes the sound of that.]

Well, I'd say we're about done here, unless there's something else you were looking for.

[concealingeyes]

I'm pretty good now. Where are you hitting up next?

[bloodyashes]

I was just going through the warehouses for the moment. Hopefully, I can find something to put a temporary patch over that leak.

[But in the mean time... He smirks, looking over at the door to the warehouse, and slides his hand to the sword at his side.]

No point in making a quiet exit.

[They are here to cause chaos, after all.]

[concealingeyes]

[She grins.] I haven't got abilities like that but I'm pretty curious what you can do.

[The magic show before was already cool enough-]

[bloodyashes]

Just stand clear.

[Let's bring the fire this time. A murmured incantation under his breath, and then -

Boom. There goes the door.]

Let's get out of here.