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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2013-09-18 10:20 pm
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OPERATION SEXY MARIO: CONCLUSION

Date & Time: Sept 19th
Location: The UE Holding Compound, and surrounding area.
Characters: Anyone being rescued, doing the rescuing, or doing the distracting.
Summary: There have been some slackers freeloading off the UE for the past couple weeks or so, so let's go drag them home.
Warnings: Likely violence! Let a mod know if we should update this.

Those meant for distraction and those meant for rescue alike are both loaded onto the same stolen highspeed train. It's a great distance to cover, but the train manages in just under two hours, and deposits both groups three miles from the Holding Compound — a desolate and cold area, with rocky, uneven ground, small but jagged hills well-scattered and covered in scraggly trees — and there they part ways.

The diversion is sent away north, to draw United Earth attention and aggression upward, further into the continent, while the rescue team takes a much slower and quieter route to approach the Compound from the south, closest to Exsilium. The rescue team's orders are to wait a full half hour, to be sure that all forces who can be drawn out of the Compound to meet the sudden onslaught from the north will have already left.

The diversion team won't have an easy job of it. The soldiers are heavily armed, and trained to fight to the death before they surrender. They're grouped in organized squadrons, about 20 in each, and seem to outnumber Transports by three to one. Scattered throughout these soldiers are the Masked, the UE's special forces. These soldiers strike with a deadly precision, enhanced speed and strength, and highly advanced weaponry. Also, oddly enough, they seem to have a few smaller members among them, standing about 4 feet tall, and wielding strange powers… Those familiar with the powers of their kidnapped friends may see distinct similarities.

The Compound itself, when the rescue team makes their way in, will be very quiet. All prisoners had been forced into locked rooms (together or separately — whatever was most convenient) before the soldiers had left to face the encroaching threat. There are still personnel left to man the base, of course, and a few of them are armed soldiers — but for the most part it's scientists and researchers. Careful, though. Even scientists and researchers are perfectly capable of sounding the alarm to bring back the armed threats.

Once everyone is out of the Compound, the train will begin running a return trip. It will be kept as long as possible, while the distraction teams sneak back from the battlefield in small groups, but it can't wait forever. Those on the battlefield for the longest, the hardest hitters or the most dedicated fighters, might just have to find another way home. So… any Transports with relocation abilities feel like lending a hand?
paraleyes: (11)

[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-09-21 08:01 am (UTC)(link)
["Only apologize if you're sorry!" is what she wants to say. But she knows Kano. Of course he's sorry. This is just... his way of doing things, isn't it? If he admitted that outright, especially to her, that'd probably be cause for alarm.

But she's still frustrated. She can't be angry with him for what he did then, but it's definitely acceptable to be irritated with what he's doing now.

So all she can do is huff.]


That's not what I meant...
allucinator: (sad: upset)

[personal profile] allucinator 2013-09-21 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[He stares at the carpet. One of the cats is nosing against his ankle, Jack realizes dimily, but he doesn't move to push it away. He doesn't tug his hand away either; he stays silent for a while.]

I'm-- there's-- I'm--

[He swallows.]

I'm glad you're okay.
vimdicare: (pic#6239981)

shin gets all the loli

[personal profile] vimdicare 2013-09-21 08:02 am (UTC)(link)
[She didn't expect a kind greeting, honestly, after what he saw of her. Maybe it hurts a little but she brushes it off. Friendship isn't something meant for a person like her for this reason.]

I did. ...When we get back, please take your group as far from the Hold as you can. Find somewhere to hide. Ideally, you should bring provisions, though I don't know for how long you would need them.
moralperil: (relaxed)

bedtime for my bronchitis-riddled butt

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-09-21 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
You're okay too.

[Mahdi speaks with calm assurance, patting Jack's hand. He's glad he decided to come back and talk to him.]

You can tell me anything, I hope you know that. I'll listen, and I won't judge it.
duplicitoussight: (Wundt Illusion)

[personal profile] duplicitoussight 2013-09-21 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[But as she's pulling away he grabs her hand again, pressing in closer when he realizes that his chest hurts. It's been hurting since he's seen her, and this shallow, buzzing pain that squeezes his throat a bit isn't anything serious. He's fine. That's what he's spent this entire trip back trying to convince her, that it was fine, his time spent captive wasn't as horrible as she thought it'd been, she always did worry too much--

He squeezes her hand. It's felt like weeks since he's seen her, and he wants to hug her close and tell her that it'll all be fine, but he settles for clenching their fingers together tighter and tighter until it hurts.]
I didn't mean to break that promise. I'm sorry. Ah, but I'm back. I won't be leaving again.
paraleyes: (48)

[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-09-21 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
[Fine!!! She stops struggling around this point and finally closes her eyes. No one's going anywhere. That's right. Ah, but she'd always had a habit of stubbornly fighting sleep, didn't she? Even with her mother. It wasn't strange for her to come up with reasons she couldn't sleep yet.

But she's tired and out of reasons and awake on willpower alone.]


... It's okay... but only if it's a little nap...
copia: (we can't take it no more)

[personal profile] copia 2013-09-21 08:16 am (UTC)(link)
You don't have to apologize about that. I just hoped that if you were part of the rescue, that you'd be okay.

[ As she pulls away, she spots the bandages on Kido's thigh. It makes her shake her head, but there's a small smile on her face and a teasing tone in her voice. ]

Big sister, leading the Dan to rescue and beat up some scum, right?
affectate: (62)

[personal profile] affectate 2013-09-21 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Ah, that's a really strong reaction. Her smile actually drops for a moment or two, surprised at how sudden it was --

But no, it makes sense. Kido's gang was full of monsters like her, and made to help others, especially those who didn't feel like they belonged. In other words, monsters. So of course Kido has a strong reaction to the word. They're probably not all that different.

But Kido succeeded where she failed. She can react that way because she doesn't think of herself as a monster anymore, right? Not like Elaine, who gave up all hope of being regarded in any other way and embraced the title instead. It was just another descriptor to her, but for Kido, it's more hurtful.

Right. That was exactly why she disliked the idea of the Mekakushi Dan.]


It would be easiest to give you the names of those who have never referred to me as a monster! Is it somehow strange to you, Miss Kido?
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[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Her knuckles are white and her hand hurts, both from holding so tightly and his grip as well. But this time she doesn't pull back. He said it. He said what she was trying to avoid thinking about but she thought about it everyday.

When is Kido going to disappear?

Kido doesn't know what to say. It isn't enough, what he said. It doesn't help at all. He's a liar. But...

Her voice becomes very quiet.]


...That isn't... how you broke it...
duplicitoussight: (Forced Perspective)

C!

[personal profile] duplicitoussight 2013-09-21 08:18 am (UTC)(link)
[It's after he parts from Shintaro and Ene's company (with a new bruise) that he hears the slamming of the doors. Kano ducks behind a corner at first, wary that it's a soldier, when he recognizes who's causing the ruckus.

It's fitting, really, that he meets Rosette again this way. He peels himself from the wall, raising his voice.]


Rosette!

i am selectively generous you came on the wrong night

[personal profile] substitutable 2013-09-21 08:20 am (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't take the hand, but that's honestly okay. He blinks once, then takes his hand back to put it back in his pocket, shifting his weight only a little uncomfortably.]

Yeah I'm... I'm okay. Just tired, you know?

I didn't know you were on the mission too.
substitutable: ([solo] ( ̄◇ ̄;))

[personal profile] substitutable 2013-09-21 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
H-hey, snap out of it. Let me see that, I've got some first aid.

[He waves his hand, motioning to the kid to sit down and take that hand off his wound.]
allucinator: (reflective: serious)

sleep well!

[personal profile] allucinator 2013-09-21 08:21 am (UTC)(link)
I-- I can't.

[He shakes his head rapidly.]

It's too much, it's-- you'd never believe it, you'd hate me for it, you think you wouldn't but you would--
duplicitoussight: (Piece)

[personal profile] duplicitoussight 2013-09-21 08:22 am (UTC)(link)
[That irritation is something he welcomes. It almost brings back a sense of normalcy to the situation, letting him relax a bit.]

Ah, you're right. I should add some groveling in there, too. [A beat.] Don't fret over it. I'll get it done.
affectate: (62)

[personal profile] affectate 2013-09-21 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
I was on the battlefield! I did not see you either.

Ah, regardless, Mr Shintaro, if you're feeling tired, then you should sleep.

[personal profile] substitutable 2013-09-21 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
It crossed my mind. Unfortunately, instead of playing war and playing it smart, I'm tagging along on a girl's journey to play the hero today.

[As he says it, he straightens and spins around to take one sweeping look around the area and he turns right back around to Erika once he's satisfied with what he sees. Ayano and Ene are nearby enough.]

Who're you with?
duplicitoussight: (Stainer)

[personal profile] duplicitoussight 2013-09-21 08:25 am (UTC)(link)
[There's something terribly wrong with the way she said those words. It must be that expression and that tone, with how she treats it like a fact rather than a matter of opinion. It's unsettling, that's what it is, and it makes him wonder if this is how others feel when they see his smiles.

He scarcely has time to think about it when Elaine continues on. There's no way for her to know what went on between him and Kido. What she was asking was merely a result of his lie--if he backed off on it now, it'd certainly be exposed.]


... something like that should stay between those involved, don't you think?
duplicitoussight: (Glissando Illusion)

[personal profile] duplicitoussight 2013-09-21 08:28 am (UTC)(link)
... it wasn't me.

[It sounds like such a weak excuse.

If it quacks like a duck, if it acts like a duck, if it looks like a duck, then it's a duck. In other words, a monster who spoke like him, who acted like him, who wore his face like one of his many masks might as well have been him. It didn't matter who had seized his mind, who steered his thoughts towards that direction.

The fact of the matter still was that Kido saw Kano Shuuya speak those words.]


Kido shouldn't believe such an obvious lie.

[personal profile] substitutable 2013-09-21 08:30 am (UTC)(link)
You don't have to thank me. [He sighs, sliding down a little in the seat.] It's not really a sort of mission I want to be thanked for. [Gross, freaky, murderous pair of monsters he swears to god he's going to put jalapeno juice in the next thing Christopher and Erika put in their mouths.]

How'd your end go?
eyecaptivating: (and i see)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-09-21 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Right. Right! Kido's got the right idea, after all.

Momo sucks in a breath and hoists the gun backwards, then, imitating Kido, slams it against the soldier's neck with every bit of strength she can muster. When he crumples to the ground, she lets the weapon drop from her hands and goes after the next one, repeating the process.

With six more soldiers to go, she grabs for the next one, and the next one...]


Sorry, Mary! We'll be fast! I promise!
paraleyes: (30)

[personal profile] paraleyes 2013-09-21 08:34 am (UTC)(link)
Kano... you know what I mean...

[She says without specifying what she means. She doesn't want to push him too hard, and she's not really all that sure how to say it, anyway.

But he tells her not to fret, so she'll try not to fret. She just crosses her arms and looks as sulky and huffy as she possibly can.]


... Make sure you do, okay...?
duplicitoussight: (Subjective Cyan Filter)

C

[personal profile] duplicitoussight 2013-09-21 08:35 am (UTC)(link)
[Unfortunately, Kano's one of the dumb ones, and he politely declines her offer to heal him with a smile. With his eyes back, he's able to cast the illusion of seeming perfectly fine and healthy to an almost chipper degree.]

Don't worry about it. I'm sure you can find someone else to pester.
concealingeyes: (pic#6268601)

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 08:36 am (UTC)(link)
[She must be tired if she isn't fussing much. It usually takes leaning against Seto for her to agree to a nap. Kido soothes back her hair in a gentle gesture.]

Yeah. I'll wake you up soon, promise. Then you can see everyone.
concealingeyes: ([under my unbrella ella ella])

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
[He's right. It wasn't him. She told that to Kaede, too. She knows it wasn't them. They were controlled and influenced to do and say those terrible things that they never would say.

But... he had so many good points. Whether he meant them or not didn't matter. Kano himself would be too kind to admit what a burden she's become to him. It's better to just agree with him.]


Ah, you're right. You know I always fall for them before you tell me it's a lie though. But you just did, so... it's fine.
concealingeyes: (pic#6706660)

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 08:39 am (UTC)(link)
Strange?! It's not strange, it's-

[Horrible. Has that been her life? Has no one ever told her it's wrong to be called that, to be treated that way? Because she knows in an instant what being called that means, what sort of looks she was given - or not given, if they hid or ran away - or the pain they caused her, in every way that they could, that fear and-

No one... ever told her...?]


...Didn't anyone ever say they were wrong?