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initiates NPCs ([personal profile] initiatesnpc) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-10-17 05:36 pm
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MISSION: SALT THE EARTH

Date & Time: October 17 - October 23
Location: Southwest Russia, 1223 CE
Characters: ALL; tag yourselves in
Summary: The Initiative sends all of the Transports on a mission to fight troops of the Golden Horde.
Warnings: war, violence, npc death (notify a mod if there's cause to add a particular warning!)

It is a warm day when the Transports arrive, a breeze blowing and sparse clouds in the sky. Before them is an expanse of flat land interspersed with some short, rolling hills. There are sparse trees, but for the most part it is grassland. It would be ideal for farming, but has not been utilized as such yet. Several miles in the distance is a small town, and the troops of the Golden Horde have made their camp just outside of it. There are about a thousand soldiers present, and the mission is simple: send a message that this land cannot be claimed. They will do this by defeating these warriors who are feared throughout the medieval world. They will then punctuate this statement by ensuring that this land cannot be farmed for centuries.

It is a small expanse of land that the Initiative has their eyes on, no more than ten miles in diameter. But for some reason, they have deemed it to be of a deep strategic importance.

The Transports arrive in the early morning, escorted by several Initiative officers, whose presence is meant primarily to keep things organized while the actual battle is to be left to the Transports. Under the guidance of these Initiative officers, the first order of business for the Transports is to set up a camp of their own. The battle will commence in the late afternoon, six hours after their initial arrival.

The battle will take place halfway between each side's respective camps. Many of the Mongolians will fall in combat. On the fifth day, the remaining soldiers will retreat, surrendering the area. Once the region has been secured, the second portion of the mission will commense, in which the Initiative will oversee the dispersement of a chemical agent over the land to ensure that no crops may be grown there. It will be harmless to all humans and animal life, and some weeds may even be able to take root, but the grain farming that would have otherwise taken place on this land will not be able to be undertaken. The land outside of this ten mile radius will be unharmed, but this small region will be barren, seen as cursed when the legend of the defeat of the soldiers of the Golden Horde is passed on.

A week after the mission's commencement, the Transports will be sent back to Exsilium. Their mission will have been a success. But the fallout of it will remain to be seen...
hostage: (snarky ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 08:52 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, nah, I don't need to. I got this, too.

[He pulls his jacket back to flash his other gun, tucked into the waistband of his jeans. It's an AMT Backup - a tiny little pistol, aptly named.]

I just don't like killing people.
priceofpower: (pic#4791475)

[personal profile] priceofpower 2012-10-21 08:53 am (UTC)(link)
[It's always the blasted medic that gets into trouble, and while Vasja may not care much for her fellow transports, even she would agree that letting the only people that could patch them up was less than ideal. And when she hears the stranger cry out - not a Jedi, she has to remind herself, though the power the woman wields seems unsettling similar; she doesn't carry herself as one, doesn't have the saber - the small robed girl is immediately sprinting to her side.]

[She hits the warrior with a sharp jolt of lightning, to distract him, stun him in his tracks. And not a moment later she shoves a searing end of her lightsaber through his throat.]


Say it louder next time, maybe you'll draw even more attention to yourself.
payback: (calculated moe hair tuck)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 08:55 am (UTC)(link)
[That gets him an absentminded pat on the arm. Good Jesse, good meth dealer.]

That's good. I guess this mission is a big deal if they're sending everyone but some really aren't suitable...
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[personal profile] raisedbybirds 2012-10-21 08:56 am (UTC)(link)
[She easily recognizes the pleasant voice and accent of the metal smith, duly noting the new glow his mask is sporting. She's content to continue to hide under hers.]

...Mn.

[It's a non-committal grunt of a greeting, but a greeting none-the-less.]
payback: (sass; did I mention I'm a teenager.)

wweh wweh so alone

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 08:58 am (UTC)(link)
[She can't even help the little roll of her eyes.] I'm Rin.

[If he does not buttonhole her she will just keep walking, GOD Eridan she cannot even deal with you.]
sidecar: (Have fun storming the crime syndicate.)

[personal profile] sidecar 2012-10-21 09:07 am (UTC)(link)
[Even filtered through his own rage and frustration he hates seeing Barnaby this upset, but it's still the most honest reaction Kotetsu's gotten out of him in a while. That has to be worth something, right?

He holds his ground, looking Barnaby steady in the eyes.]


So why are you doing it now? You talk about living your own life, but you're here a couple of months and you're already falling back into line, doing just what Maverick would have wanted!

[personal profile] ex_bandai157 2012-10-21 09:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ There's barely a pause before he pulls an arm back, curling his fingers into a fist, and aiming it at Kotetsu's face. ]
hostage: (overseeing ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 09:14 am (UTC)(link)
[What a strange thing to be congratulated for. Or is she comforting him? Reassuring? Whatever. He's not used to war. It's strange to him that she doesn't question why he came to the Initiative already armed, strange that anyone would find him unsuitable for committing murder when it feels like that's been his main duty for the past year. Then again, no one on the outside ever really did realize how sick he was.]

Are you okay with it? Fighting out there, I mean.
payback: (feline; ten thousand ravenous enemies.)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 09:18 am (UTC)(link)
[Congratulations on being a good person, Jesse! Sort of a good person. A not-flagrantly-murderous kind of person. Close enough for Rin.

It's just that nothing is strange to her anymore. People who could always carried weapons around at home, anyway. So why wouldn't Jesse? That's the smart thing to do, right? Carry a weapon.

No one asks her these questions either. A pause.]


I don't know. They're just soldiers doing what they were told to do. I can't say I like it.
hostage: (surrendering ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 09:25 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah. Yeah, they're just like us.

It's different, you know. Like if it was the guys that bombed us, sure. But it ain't.
payback: (heard this story one too many times)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 09:28 am (UTC)(link)
I want to be able to do things and help people but I don't want to kill people to have to do it. It seems like, couldn't we just try to scare them off or something? But I guess that wouldn't work and these people say that we have to do it, and it'll help somehow... I don't know what I really believe anymore about anything.

[That was kind of more than she really wanted to say. Rin blinks and shifts away a little.]
hostage: (hassling ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 09:37 am (UTC)(link)
I don't think you should kill anybody if you don't want to. I mean, who really cares about the Initiative? Right?
payback: (sun; warning or delight depends on time.)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 09:42 am (UTC)(link)
I wish there was a way to not kill anyone ever. [Like that's ever going to happen in her life.] I don't know. Other people like us... outworlders... are going to need help. What do you think the Initiative would do if we all died here? Just take us home? Would it be easier to do that then just pull in new people?
seamend: (oh.)

[personal profile] seamend 2012-10-21 09:58 am (UTC)(link)
Aileen has been managing to keep mostly quiet, but its becoming an increasingly acute awareness that she can't keep her health hidden from everyone. Even still, she would never abandon the medical tent for selfish secrecy, or for something silly like rest, either.

When she sees Artemis heading toward her there's a momentary hesitation. The fae of her own world cannot get sick from normal means, and while she isn't sure what kind of faerie Artemis is, she knows there's nothing normal about her condition. But then she takes in the sight of him, the blood and his hand, and puts aside her fears to gesture for him to sit down on a nearby stool.

"Was the weapon iron?"
hostage: (downcast ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
I dunno. I mean... I guess they chose us the first time for a reason. Us, out of everybody they coulda picked in all the universes. It's gotta mean something. Just... Yeah. I dunno.
sithiche: (cause I could use some friends)

[personal profile] sithiche 2012-10-21 10:06 am (UTC)(link)
Artemis is surprised by how relieved he feels when she gestures for him to sit down. He's not sure how deep her distaste for his kind goes, and it's a relief to see that her own good nature apparently takes precedence. He moves to sit on the stool as indicated, removing his hand from his shoulder to reveal a cut that has begun to heal, but will likely take several days to mend itself completely. Regardless, the bleeding is not likely to stop any time soon without medical assistance.

"Yeah. Most of them are." It hadn't been much of a problem at first, since he had been able to avoid their weapons altogether thanks to his own abilities. But he had apparently grown overconfident, and his own inexperience in battle had shown through in the end.
payback: (slightly strained)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 10:08 am (UTC)(link)
[What a depressing topic. Rin tries to grab the conversational bull by the horns and swing it around.]

Too bad you aren't somewhere there's a town, right? That was actually fun for a while. It was nice being able to go around and eat and do nothing.
hostage: (unimpressed ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 10:12 am (UTC)(link)
[He'll gladly follow her cue.]

That's what I'm doing anyway.
payback: (titter; but the future's not here yet.)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
Haha! But we aren't by the seaside this time. You're unlucky.
hostage: (mediating ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 10:40 am (UTC)(link)
Ah, well... Maybe next time.

But Russia, that's pretty cool anyway.
hornedomen: (uncertainty)

[personal profile] hornedomen 2012-10-21 11:17 am (UTC)(link)
[In contrast, Ico was staring at her although it was over the fact that she was still bleeding. However, he became less worried and more fascinated as he watched her wounds close.]

Then treat your horse better or let it go. It won’t survive more of this.
payback: Rin looking a tad embarrassed touching her face. (caught; gosh golly gee señor.)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 11:52 am (UTC)(link)
How is it cool? You can't swim or walk along the beach or anything. [She's a little leery of touching usually, but. He has a gun that puts people to sleep and an avowed distaste for bullets. She reaches out and steps by him, giving him a gentle push with her free hand as she does. She's done training for now and ready to start walking.]
hostage: (cheerful ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 11:55 am (UTC)(link)
[He actually laughs when she does that. She is literally pushy. Okay, well, he starts walking just like she wants.]

I dunno. I always wanted to travel, so it's kinda my chance. Seeing the world or whatever.
payback: (wat)

[personal profile] payback 2012-10-21 12:03 pm (UTC)(link)
[Hey, hey, are you accusing her of having a pushy personality? Excuse you, Rin is a demure Asian princess. One wide-eyed look.]

I guess you're seeing it... even though there's nothing to do here... [Besides prepare for a giant battle, which shall go unmentioned.] Well, maybe you'll get lucky and we'll get to steal another pirate ship or something.
hostage: (mischievous ☣)

[personal profile] hostage 2012-10-21 12:07 pm (UTC)(link)
I bet there's some pretty awesome stuff out there, just waiting to get stolen.

- Not that, you know, I do a whole lotta stealing usually. I'm just saying... Vodka. And those fuzzy hat things.