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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?
affectate: (19)

[personal profile] affectate 2013-09-21 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[She doesn't understand. If someone's already on that line of thinking, why wouldn't she encourage it? If he (or they, she doesn't know this Mary) wants to call himself that, then isn't it only right for her, as a monster, to encourage it? It feels wonderful to be reviled as a monster alongside your friends.

But, well. She wasn't his friend, was she? These people were. So, she guesses in a surprising display of awareness, it's not really her place to try bringing him over to her side. Even as a "monster," he knows what being human is like far better than she does. He's still more than she deserves.

And then there's the issue of Kido.]


What do you consider yourself? What makes you so certain that I'm deserving of your friendship, Kido? Why is it all right?

[The most straightforward she's been since she got here, complete with an honorific drop. Between Kido and Kano, she's more honest and straightforward, as their leader. She doesn't seem like she'd let the subject drop with a plain joke and laugh.

So Elaine asks honest and straightforward questions. There's no reason she deserves to be Kido's friend and there's no reason it's all right, so if she's predicted right, the conversation will stop there. And she can stop feeling like this.]
senseandcecilbility: (doubt)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-21 06:52 pm (UTC)(link)
[He approves of her procedure and...he can also see where her thoughts are heading.]

...I...It is not a turn of the phrase, though I have been...retired for many years.
soul_sister: (Vitality)

E. AWYEAH MAKING NEW LETTERS. On the train home. | OPEN TO ALL

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-09-21 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[Rosette flops down in a seat nearest the window, far, far happier now that Chrono has been healed. She drags him over next to her, not relinquishing the hold on his hand, no matter how tricky it made nursing his bloody nose.

Those with her, those who have seen hell through the windshield of a car driven by Rosette at 110 miles an hour over uneven terrain through an active battle field, shuffle in, pale and uncertain that there is a god.]


Ahhh! HOMEWARD BOUND!
affectate: (14)

[personal profile] affectate 2013-09-21 06:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Yes, that's right.

[But man, that second bit sounds familiar. She knows it's not by this point, but on pure reflex she still says ]

-- Ah, I'm -- is it me...? My apologies, I'll leave --
concealingeyes: ([i understand your kokoro])

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 06:59 pm (UTC)(link)
Yeah, it's a really stupid idea.

[She smiles, because she understands completely.] But Chrono needs you. Right? So... who cares if it's stupid. Just yell at him for getting in trouble and get him out yourself.
soul_sister: (CHU!)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-09-21 07:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[She drops Chrono into the passenger side seat and closes the door, muffling his protests.]

Take the back. I'll drive. [She gives Chrysos a winning smile.]
velveteened: (} long days)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-09-21 07:05 pm (UTC)(link)
( he pauses long enough to take in a breath. losing his composure isn't going to help anything, it's true. )

Project Chimera. On the first day, one of their scientists, that's what she called it. She said it was only possible because of us, and that we didn't make sense. Tests haven't been the same for everyone, it must depend on what they can do. ( helplessly, ) They were interested in the contract, but I'm sorry, I couldn't...

( not many, not any real avenues for resistance. he still hasn't let go yet. )

Everything is like clockwork, they don't understand why we aren't like that. It just confuses them. I only saw that one lab, but it wasn't the only one. The level of technology at their disposal is more advanced than I've ever seen.
crocodilesmiles: (☇ eyeroll with a small smile)

[personal profile] crocodilesmiles 2013-09-21 07:07 pm (UTC)(link)
( Collette hangs on to Stephanie as best she can, which starts off responding a little slow to everything, but ends up being sturdy enough. )

Gil's gotta help you with Oz, you know he'll go nuts if he can't find him. Any more time with the two of them away from each other's a disaster!

( She tries to laugh, managing for a few brief seconds. )

Steph's strong, if she needs a break, she knows she can set me down and do what she has to do. Plus, you're both too stubborn to not get things done. So we should do that!

( The rescue, the other people needing to be pulled out -- )
boundbydevotion: (classy)

[personal profile] boundbydevotion 2013-09-21 07:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Frowns at him a little for not answering his first question, but he supposes it's not his job to needle him]

If you're certain it isn't necessary.
soul_sister: (A little hard work)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-09-21 07:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[She ducks her head, never one to be able to deal with embarrassment well, she converts it to bluster, pushing up her sleeves.]

I'm going to shake him until his eyes fall out. Nine days of eating Flynn's cooking. NINE!



...

Kano's in there too, right?
strategic_guile: (There's that chip on my shoulder again)

[personal profile] strategic_guile 2013-09-21 07:12 pm (UTC)(link)
[Blaine let his eyes close and just concentrates on the feel of her hands in his hair. He lets the silence wash over him for a while before he breaks it to ask.]

What do you think happens now?
devotedtothecore: (smaller up close.)

[personal profile] devotedtothecore 2013-09-21 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ A winning smile that sends, like ice water on the back of one's neck, the ominous tingle of A Very Bad Feeling About This down Chrys's spine.

(Chrono's yells still audible through layers of steel and glass.)



....

He takes the back.
]
soul_sister: (That's because I was there)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-09-21 07:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[She glances at him out of the corner of her eye, considering. She nods, a little, to herself.]

You really are going to lose that bet.
concealingeyes: (pic#6211904)

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 07:16 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah- Yeah... Shintaro will save him. He promised me he would.

[She wants to go. She wants to see him so much. But she can't leave Momo and Mary alone for much longer either.

Ah, it's not fair at all. Kido looks down slightly.]


...If you see him, though, tell him I miss him, so he has to come back. If he doesn't come back soon, then any stupid, reckless thing I do is all his fault.
senseandcecilbility: (He made their tiny wings)

[personal profile] senseandcecilbility 2013-09-21 07:17 pm (UTC)(link)
Oh? ~ I would not be so confident if I were you, sister.

[At least, there are no one-winged angels in the Bible.]
soul_sister: (Mine mine and mine)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-09-21 07:19 pm (UTC)(link)
Tell you what. I will find him. And I'll kick him for you, and drag him back here by his ear if he's not already with someone else.

And you can tell him yourself.
ladyspitfire: (ᴅᴏᴡɴᴄᴀsᴛ | and drain it dry)

[personal profile] ladyspitfire 2013-09-21 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[Don't dwell on it, she tells herself. She's glad Zevran is not with her as they move on to the next door. She can't linger, she can't think about it. She just has to keep moving. Like always.

Elissa follows him to the door and outside, to the next row of hallways. There's a sign to the side that points to the holding cells...but she can hear commotion. People are being moved. She takes off at a run.]


Come on.
lazyinlove: (w)

[personal profile] lazyinlove 2013-09-21 07:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It doesn't hurt.

[Which is weird, right? It seems like it should hurt.. But it barely even stings

And then he realizes that he should explain something. It's probably not the something you'd like him to explain, dude.]


I didn't get kidnapped. I'm here for the rescue.
ladyspitfire: (ᴀᴡᴀʏ | and the moment to lie)

[personal profile] ladyspitfire 2013-09-21 07:21 pm (UTC)(link)
Now? Now we wait.

[Wait for the United Earth to come down on their heads. They'll figure it out, it's inevitable, and they will come after them. She knows this.]

Their revenge will be cruel, I assure you. Perhaps they'll find another world to kill.
concealingeyes: (pic#6268601)

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 07:22 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kido blinks, then smiles brightly.] ...You're really amazing, Rosette. Thanks. I know if you say you can do it, you just can.

Uhm... need your gun back for it?
charming_jerk: (facepalm)

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2013-09-21 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
Android? No idea. But he had me and the others mind-controlled or somethin'. You know what that asshole did? For two days before I went to the compound, he fuckin' made me sit around and play guitar for him. [He shakes his head and lets out a quiet, rueful laugh. It was so absurd.] If I see 'im, I'm gonna break him into pieces.
wilder: (I volunteer as tribute!!)

[personal profile] wilder 2013-09-21 07:24 pm (UTC)(link)
[a shrug!]

What can I say? I hate rope burn.
devotedtothecore: (he's being a noodle again.)

[personal profile] devotedtothecore 2013-09-21 07:25 pm (UTC)(link)
[ There is certainly nothing like a god in this world, and what Chrysos Kineas can remember of the last three hundred and twenty nine seconds of his life (did it even count as being alive) is proof of it. ]

. . . . .
concealingeyes: (Default)

[personal profile] concealingeyes 2013-09-21 07:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I would've done it anyway. [She smiles slightly.] It's like thanking you for looking after sis, you know? But... you know, it shouldn't surprise me anymore how reliable you can be. Maybe it's because you were pretty pathetic when I first saw you. I think you're becoming a good person after all, Shintaro.

[It's partly teasing but partly true. After their fight, after hearing how he wanted to run away, her view of him changed. And, just like that, it's changing again. He's trying. She honestly believes he wants to try his best.

He's not an entirely admirable person. But he could be someday. That sort of person fits well into their family, huh?]
overclocking: (look at your life、look at your choices)

[personal profile] overclocking 2013-09-21 07:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[Horror morphs from indignant anger to miserable resignation in amazingly short order. Chrono begins his customary scan of everything that looks even moderately suitable for a handhold- in every direction.

Tightly, to the uninitiated in the back;]


Hold onto something.