OPERATION SEXY MARIO: CONCLUSION

[initiates]

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?

Comments

[duplicitoussight]

[Not mad?

But that wasn't entirely true. Shintaro was mad. Ene was. Mary, despite whatever might've been done to her, didn't seem to be the type to stay mad at him. It would've been fine if she was wary.

Kano breathes out a soft sigh.]

Of course, of course. I'll apologize to everyone. Otherwise I'll be locked out of the apartment, won't I? It'd be rotten to sleep outside on my first day back.

[paraleyes]

["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...

[duplicitoussight]

[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.

[paraleyes]

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]

[He can't help it. He laughs at that expression of hers, rude as it is, not even bothering to try holding it back.]

I will, I will! Otherwise you'd freeze me in my seat, wouldn't you? I've gotten beaten up by enough girls for today.

[paraleyes]

... Yeah.

[She doesn't want to. not with people around, but if he interprets it as a viable threat (he doesn't, he's just playing with her, isn't he?), then it works.]

Yeah! If you don't apologize... I'll freeze you.

[duplicitoussight]

[He holds up his hands at that.]

Uwah, don't be so scary! I'll follow Mary's orders, promise!

[paraleyes]

[She smiles triumphantly. IT'S HER WIN SHE DID THE THING.

... She hopes playing around like this helps him cheer up.]

Good.

I'm going to see everyone else now... so feel better, Kano. Don't forget.

[duplicitoussight]

[Seeing her smile like that is a good sign! He matches it, even giving a silly salute to see her off.]

Yeah, yeah. With a threat like that, I'll be sure to remember.

[A beat.] Don't get lost again.

[paraleyes]

-- I-I won't get lost!

[She doesn't usually care to have the last word -- it doesn't really matter. But he tacks on "again" and she puffs out her cheeks for the billionth time this conversation and

it's nice. If things can go back to being just like this, like they used to be, that'd be nice.]