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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?
ladyspitfire: (ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴇʀ | of hard nights)

[personal profile] ladyspitfire 2013-09-23 12:03 am (UTC)(link)
Elissa stands off to the side, holding up the rear guard. Her strength and stamina will be her best bet to put to good use, especially when they have far to go if it means getting Fenris out safely. With Merrill's magic gone, there's only so much power that they can draw on for the moment. Even Fenris' abilities must be hampered.

She steps forward to examine the lock, frowning. "I've seen something like this before. It probably needs one of those cards to read off of." Blaine has shown her something similar. But she doesn't know where to get one. Except... "One of the people in lab coats may have one. Or one of the guards. If nothing else, there may even be one around here specifically for his." She turns to Charles. "Does your world have locks like these?"
velveteened: (} what is the use of a book without)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-09-23 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
What are you talking about?

( it's easier to sound bemused with the newly opened up distance, awful as he feels about it. but still, sincerely — )

I knew you would come here as soon as you could, and you did.
ladyspitfire: (ᴄᴏᴍᴍᴀɴᴅᴇʀ | we've seen our share)

[personal profile] ladyspitfire 2013-09-23 12:13 am (UTC)(link)
[Splitting up at this point might be disastrous. Far be it from her to stop him - and she knows he can take care of himself - but the idea of something happening to either of them once they've come this far over a stupid mistake like this...]

Let's look for your friends first. Mine already have some help coming for them. We'll stick together.
ladyspitfire: (ᴅᴀʀᴋ | I must die for what I've done)

[personal profile] ladyspitfire 2013-09-23 12:15 am (UTC)(link)
[They couldn't possibly have prepared enough before now. She knows this intimately. If the Initiative had even an inkling... But what if they did? Her mind is abuzz with the information but she tangles two fingers in his hair and tugs so he'll open his eyes and look at her.

When she speaks, her tone is low and firm, almost dangerous.]


We are not going to die. We will find a way out of this, but none of us are going to perish. Not after we've come so far to free them.
moralperil: (ummmmm...)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-09-23 12:19 am (UTC)(link)
[Mahdi just nods, and follows. He clings to Stanley's arm when he can.]

So they're taking everyone home, right?
moralperil: (laughter is the best medicine)

[personal profile] moralperil 2013-09-23 12:25 am (UTC)(link)
[It might be the weirdest reaction ever, but Mahdi just beams, tousling Jack's hair.]

Okay.

But um... not here, okay? We'll go to my room?
retraced: (this is why we fight)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-23 12:28 am (UTC)(link)
I should have been here sooner!

[He'd tried, but he'd been stopped. Which, in hindsight a few days from now, he's going to realize was for the best. He definitely would have been killed if he'd attempted this sort of rescue mission on his own.]
strategic_guile: (Ahahaha fuck you~)

[personal profile] strategic_guile 2013-09-23 12:37 am (UTC)(link)
[There's a displeased noise at the tugging on his hair and he does indeed open his eyes at the pain. He isn't angry or miffed so much as mildly irritated that she chose that method to get him to look at her. He searches her face but his own expression doesn't gain much hope or levity.]

Is that a promise?
eyecaptivating: (cause everybody has to die someday)

[personal profile] eyecaptivating 2013-09-23 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[She knew from the beginning that something like this could happen. She knew it, she knew it, she knew it. But it still wasn't enough. It still wasn't enough to prepare her for the sound of gunshots again, still wasn't enough to keep her from thinking only of the last time she'd heard them. The time when Kido had...

And they'd come so close to her... So close. She could have easy been the one who was shot this time.

Breathing harshly, Momo lowers her arms again, then looks up at Tess.]


Y-yes... I'm fine. I'm just fine. I...

Thank you.
velveteened: (} little talks)

[personal profile] velveteened 2013-09-23 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
( most definitely for the best, and oz is glad for precisely that reason. he could point out also what happened of the team that tried to get there earlier, and did — as prisoners themselves; but doesn't feel that would reassure either. )

Gil. ( he pauses for emphasis, to give gilbert a chance to look at him properly. ) I meant what I said. Always, the whole time, I knew you would be on your way. You weren't late at all.
Edited 2013-09-23 00:45 (UTC)
strategic_guile: (Setting off my bullshit-o-meter)

[personal profile] strategic_guile 2013-09-23 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
Mine does, too. [Gordon was out there and Blaine assumed he was looking for Johnny, too, though maybe not specifically.]

We'll search until we find someone.

[Blaine checked his gun and his ammo as he looked towards where they were going next.]
soul_sister: (.....................................)

[personal profile] soul_sister 2013-09-23 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[... So if I tug Tempest's hood back violently.]
debtor: (LISTEN ★ there will be trouble)

[personal profile] debtor 2013-09-23 12:51 am (UTC)(link)
[Hm. This guy doesn't really look like a fighter.

Not that Allen's

one to judge.]
What happened?
ladyspitfire: (ᴅɪsʙᴇʟɪᴇғ | follow you close)

[personal profile] ladyspitfire 2013-09-23 12:56 am (UTC)(link)
Yes.

[Because Elissa has lost too much and come too far to let Blaine and his friends - and those she holds dear - perish. She refuses to give up and it shows in her eyes.]

This I swear.
charming_jerk: art by and-babel-fell.deviantart.com (the usual glare)

[personal profile] charming_jerk 2013-09-23 01:03 am (UTC)(link)
[That's just what he needed. He sighs tiredly. He's already halfway there. Now that he's somewhere relatively safe, he can relax a little.]

Didya take care of 'em for me out there? Slaughter a whole bunch?
reconnaissance: (♏ a runaway train)

[personal profile] reconnaissance 2013-09-23 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
( Ellie murmurs a quiet apology, hugs Steph closer, happy enough to lapse into silence. Eventually, though, she does speak up: ) I knew you'd get us.

( As much as felt awful, wanted to find her own way out, she knew Steph was smart enough to put it together. ) I was working on a way out, but you beat me to it.

( Teasing, just gently, but trying to reassure. She was okay. It sucked, but it was okay. )
debtor: (LISTEN ★ lay it on me)

[personal profile] debtor 2013-09-23 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[He notices the shift, but doesn't ask. His eyes fall on the bandages - they're not a welcome sight, but nothing shocking either. Battles generally end with them. It means they made it out alive.

Still, Link has no business worrying about him when he's clearly worse off.]


You'll go to the clinic when we get back, right?
strategic_guile: (Shhh! Talking takes concentration!)

[personal profile] strategic_guile 2013-09-23 01:10 am (UTC)(link)
[Blaine reached up to grasp the hand he could reach. It was a firm, brief squeeze, but he didn't hold her to that promise. There were too many things out of their control for him to honestly believe that none of them would die once the UE set its eyes on killing them for good. After they poked and prodded the information out of their captives, what other use did they have? He closed his eyes to hide his doubt and avert his gaze away from her determination.]
controlledvariable: (PB >> the stories are brand new)

[personal profile] controlledvariable 2013-09-23 01:17 am (UTC)(link)
[She's grateful for those words, though she lets her own silence linger for a moment longer before working out what she wants to say.]

Did you see the bats?

[The ones she left, carved into the walls and ceiling.]
strategic_guile: (Wistful looks into the past)

[personal profile] strategic_guile 2013-09-23 01:19 am (UTC)(link)
[He's gently rubbing Johnny's side in soothing circles.]

I did. Bodies everywhere.
crocodilesmiles: (☈ morph: canine (golden retriever))

[personal profile] crocodilesmiles 2013-09-23 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
< So we really do need to get you reprogrammed. >

( It's unsettling, making her think more of the Chee and how their own programming worked. )

< We'll get that figured out once we're back. Okay? Because it's stupid, having to obey such a stupid order like that! >
taggeda0: (pic#6160960)

A. AAHHH THIS IS LATE AND I'M SORRY

[personal profile] taggeda0 2013-09-23 01:47 am (UTC)(link)
[Unlike Asami and her empathetic proclivities, Nic has a job to do; one that's messy and wrong and just how he likes it. His response is clipped and simple: Stay.

He stands and slips around the corner, watching as the woman continues on her way; a little faster-paced but not panicked or running. His hand slips down to his katana as he nears, familiar and easy. He decides better of it at the last moment; clamping a rough hand around woman's mouth from behind and using his other arm to twist. She jerks against him once, then stills. He lays her down as quietly as he can in the empty hallway.

This isn't how he likes to do his job--it's too quiet, too simple, and it doesn't leave the right impact--but he'll do it, because that's his job.

He turns to motion Asami forward again. The threat's over; let's get moving.]
retraced: (or til we don't have the strength to go)

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[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-23 01:50 am (UTC)(link)
Oz...
retraced: (pile of woe and baww)

[personal profile] retraced 2013-09-23 01:53 am (UTC)(link)
[All that time, even when Gilbert had bickered with everyone, lost faith in himself, watched his self restraint crumble and the last bit of light in his world start to fade, Oz had believed in him through it all.

He leans forward again, but this time it's to hide his face in his hands and sob more genuinely. Forgive him, it's been a long couple of days.]
velveteened: (} i was not expecting this!)

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[personal profile] velveteened 2013-09-23 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
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