Angry mob plot: Tuesday the 4th meeting

[mustlovedogs]

Characters: Anyone and everyone
Setting: Floor 32
Format: action is probably easiest here, but go for what you want
Summary: Everyone gather 'round and find out what those signs were about
Warnings: Nothing much for this one, just language.
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[This is the sign you have almost certainly seen around the tower, they're all over the place, really. Each with worse writing than the last. But that's not important. No one questions a guy who's about 6'2" with a scary face and muscles that aren't at all hidden, especially when he's carrying a metal pole, right? Right.

Regardless, on Tuesday at 1pm on floor 32, chances are anyone who's showed up saw the sign and was interested. Whether they thought it was for a fight between them or figured out what was going on - or something else entirely, they showed up, and Mondo was going to try his best to recruit them.

He waits a while after the designated time to make sure everyone who's planning to come has, before making an announcement.]

Alright, listen up, no good at explaining shit, so don't make me say more than I got to.

Everybody's pissed off at these admin guys, right? Don't care if you been here for a day or a year or whatever the hell, fucking sucks. Treat people like some kinda experiment and don't tell us nothing! Killed my best friend 'cause they turned me into some werewolf looking to kill people. ...Nah, ain't just that, ate him, y'know?! Who the fuck makes somebody do that?! Other people keep disappearing, now there's graves up there with their names on them! But they don't tell us nothing, so we don't know shit about it! Are they dead for real or what? What'd they do to them? Say they're trying to save us 'cause the world ended, but d'you really believe that? We don't know anything, they're just messing around with us for fun! I'm fucking sick of it!

Don't know if anybody knew him here, but Majima, yakuza guy, made me part of his family and all, so, guess that makes him my old man. He's gone, but we were gonna do this together. Round up a bunch of strong people who're sick of it like us, see what we can do. Those guys with the red collars and the ones without a colour, it'd be fucking stupid to fight them on your own, but if you got a bunch of people together, it'd work. Maybe we could get information from them. Maybe we can take down enough to make the guys in charge give us some answers. Don't tell me that kind of stuff don't work, don't care if you heard about the Crazy Diamonds or not, but I'm their leader! Biggest motorcycle gang in Japan! I'm used to this shit, I know how it works. I've been in prison, I fought cops and other gangs and shit. Nobody beats me'n my gang in a fight 'cause we know what's up! Anybody's gonna be a good leader for this, it'd be me.

Not gonna make you do it, if you wanna leave, go for it. Anybody that wants to, it'll be tomorrow, same time. Meet up here and go down together.

Comments

[puppy_lancer]

[Lancer silently listens to Mondo's rant. There's definitely some incorrect parts, like how Ruana did tell them quite a bit. But he's not averse to the idea of shaking the drones for information. For now, he'll just listen to what everyone else is saying.]

[doctor_dismemberment]

[Richtofen's seated on a large, flat rock, one leg crossed over the other (because he is the picture of manliness). He had his hands folded in his lap, but after Mondo's speech is concluded, he raises one hand in the air.]

Question!

[He sounds pretty laid-back, all things considered. He definitely can't hold a candle to Mondo's fiery outburst.]

When you say that we can try to get information out of them, do you mean by any means necessary? Like, say... [He gesticulates with the hand he raised, waving it about as if he's looking for the right words.] ...if we were to capture some and immobilize them, would anyone be opposed to it if we were to torture them?

[He glances around at the others who are gathered there, then presses a finger to his lips. It does nothing to hide his smile.]

I am just curious.

[mustlovedogs]

[Why are you so creepy, roommate...

He rubs his neck, thinking about it for a minute.]

Don't see why not, I guess. They're the ones trying to keep us in line and shit, their fault for doing it in the first place. We got a right to know, they don't want to let us, tough shit.

[culbutiri]

[Nesir was nearby almost curled on a rock, trying to keep her bare feet off the snowy ground. Why did this stupid meeting have to be outside?

She was again impressed with how Rochtofen could be confident enough to speak of such things openly.] I do be thinking it is probably the only way we will be getting the information.

[surpassthelimit]

Good at gang wars, huh? Fought local law enforcement too? [A whistle. Yes, that's sarcasm.] I'm guessing you never got around to actually growing up.

This type of thing you're planning is a whole different thing, kid. I don't care if you were leader of Baby's First Gang, you're walking people into a world of hurt.

I'll tell you what. You've got two minutes to give me a plan that doesn't involve 'punch the nearest bad guy and hope for the best'.

[scorchedchivalry]

[Saber is leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, listening to everything Mondo was saying. The whole plan stunk of dishonor, so she made no move to speak.

Yet, when Axel spoke up, the knight nodded once and then focused her gaze on the gang leader, waiting for his answer.]

[mustlovedogs]

[That certainly strikes a nerve. He's used to being told he's just some punk kid and all that, but he's not okay with the gang being looked down on.]

You wanna think about that again, asshole? Guess you don't know shit about zoku 'cause it ain't some kids' gang. I had guys die, had them get as close to it as you can get, beat all to shit. My own brother died 'cause I was fucking stupid, know what I'm doing. Anybody that comes's probably gonna die, yeah. But you don't stay dead here and something else's gonna kill you eventually. You wanna just sit and watch and let these bastards do whatever they want to you? Ain't gonna stop you. Go for it. But if you got an idea, go ahead and say it.

[puppy_lancer]

Hey, I think this is a pretty good plan. I can see some damn strong people here. Also, always did wanna test out how tough those little "drone" shits were.

[But he has to snicker a little at the "baby's first gang" thing.]

[alephbet]

It's a terrible plan.

[Aleph speaks plainly.]

Drones aren't people. They won't give you any information, and threatening them won't do anything but tick off the administrators.

What can I do to talk you out of this?

[mustlovedogs]

Good, I wanna make them mad. Maybe they'll get the picture then, y'know?

[lightofhumanity]

[chaos, being a helpful person, had come the meeting wanting to see what was going on, but the more he heard, the more he regretted it. This plan was a recipe for disaster.]

I apologize in advance..but this plan is doomed to failure. Attacking the..drones will not help us. It will not give us any new information in order to get back home. It will just be a useless suicide mission. I am against the experimentation and torture as much as you are..however, this will not help. You shall be throwing away your life for nothing.

It does not matter how strong you are. You shall still be throwing your life away. [After all, if they were strong enough to pull him, KOS-MOS and Wilhelm here without a clue, then this boy was no match against them.]

While I do not mind offering up my medical skills, I hope you reconsider this plan. It will merely get you killed. It shan't provide any new information. It shall be a massacre.

[mustlovedogs]

That's no big deal around here, nobody stays dead long. Died at home already, died here a few times, I don't give a fuck about me, just the people I wanna help. Know there's lots of people here that think the same thing.

[cutestprogrammer]

[Chihiro's initial thought when he saw the 1st sign was that the handwriting seemed familiar. Then after seeing more of them... Could it really be? Why does he have a bad feeling about this?

So he goes to the meeting place to take a look and gets there before Mondo makes his announcement.]

Oowada-kun...? ... what are you doing?

[mustlovedogs]

...Fujisaki?

[Well, crap.]

Nothing! Why, you need something?

[Act casual, yup.]

[neverbeamemory]

Hmph.

[Sephiroth had indeed seen several of these notes around the last couple of days. At first he had disregarded it as simply someone else's attempt to get people into one place for training purposes, but then he'd caught a glimpse of the guy putting them up. At first glance he certainly didn't seem the type to be going around being charitable, in fact he looked more like a thug.

Curious, and eager to get away from the routine he recently found himself falling into, Sephiroth hung just outside the gathering of people with his arms folded. He listened to Mondo and then to each whom had their own opinion; forming his own behind gleaming eyes and a carefully held blank expression.

Just who did the guy with red hair think he was? Spouting all this 'wisdom' about wars and battle - a true warrior doesn't need to cause such a scene. He was quickly getting the impression that most here were about stopping the proposed 'raid' out of fear of death or fear that it would all be for nothing.

What pathetic people. To be expected of course.]

[swordofzero]

[Suzaku saw the posters and his eyes narrowed. It did not sound good. So he turned up at the meeting to find out what was going on.

It was definitely in the realms of not good. Suzaku understood why people would be tempted to lash out against their captors, he had done so himself a few times. But it changed nothing. It just made things worse. For everybody.]

And what happens when they take your fighting as an uprising and decide to punish everyone. There are children in this tower, and those that can't fight. Do you wish to cause them more pain then they already live through?

[mustlovedogs]

Not an uprising if it's just a handful of guys. They're not stupid. I'll take the fall for everybody.

[justabignobody]

[Riku follows the invitation, with a foreboding twist in his gut (though at least by now, it appears people have realized that the network is not a good place to call for meetings. Small blessings). He crosses his arms, eyes narrowing as he listens to that rant... this is potentially worse than calling to request punching Jason over the network.]

The only thing you are going to accomplish is getting yourself killed. Oh, and pissing of the person in charge. If the nutrition bars down in the cafeteria are any indication that's Jason this month.

[He has no idea how many people around here have been around for how long... for long enough to realize this, or to have had closer dealings with Jason, but if they had and still consider this, then perhaps it's better to spell it out anyways.]

Jason is petty. He won't differentiate between you and any of us that were smart enough to stay out of this. If you go through with it, the consequences will hit all of us.

Perhaps, consider that before you jump ahead and fight and die for nothing.

[He, for his part, would rather not like losing access to food - even if it's just nutrition bars - quite this early into the month.]

[handstands]

[the signs were certainly interesting enough - the Tower almost feels dull when you aren't being dismembered or killed by it also Terra has inferiority issues about strength whoops but now that he's here and quietly listening...

Terra, standing somewhere in the back with Riku, arms folded, can't help but snort derisively and silently agree.]

You have no clue how bad an idea this is, do you? We have to fight back, but not this directly, and not when we don't know how and where to hit them.

I've been and gone, so I can't see some patterns like some who've been here longer, but we need to use those patterns to find weakness to exploit. I don't know 'Jason', but the food getting strict tells me that we're not headed for anything good.

[myblueskies]

[Romeo turned up at the forest, even though he wasn't what anyone would consider strong. Still he stood listening to the adults, to their arguments and opinions.

Finally he spoke up, he knew why people would be angry and want to fight the workers, and he knew why people would not want to and how mister Jason would be mad and hurt them all.

But his biggest problem hadn't been raised yet.]

Sir? The people with red collars and no colours in their collars... they aren't really like people. Well they are and I'm sure they will be really sad if you hurt them but they wont tell you anything. They just do what the bad people say and I don't think the bad people care about them at all. I don't think the bad people are good bosses.

So all you gonna be doing is hurting people who are prisoners just like us. Like... when the bad people do things to us and we hurt our friends I think they are like that but all the time.

[He pauses before adding] And being a gang leader and being in prison doesn't mean you know everything sir! I was a gang leader and in prison once and there's lots of things I don't know!

[warriorscribe]

What he's trying to say is... They're "people" enough that it wouldn't be right to attack them unprovoked. This situation isn't a dire one like the case with the switched bodies. Killing them senselessly, and with Jason overseeing us...you'll only be successful in being killed and then likely punished in his usual style. If you're trying to get someone's attention, then...if you must do it this way, wait for Riki or Dax.

[yougotthatwrong]

[He's there. He's there and just listening to all the valid concerns about this plan and to be honest, they pretty much covered what he would've said to the guy; the thing is, he's not sure if they realized that when Mondo Oowada was motivated, he is motivated and cannot be stopped.

It was kind of obvious in that sense when he realized the lengths the guy had to go through to do... well, that. Back then, but still...

After everyone except Mondo left, he's going to approach him.]

...Hey.

[mustlovedogs]

...Oh, what's up, Naegi?

[He hadn't noticed him among all the people there, mostly because there were so many who were so vocal...]

[friendlyfiend]

[A'kin arrives just barely in time for the speech, having had to backtrack to the workshop after realizing exactly where the meeting was being held. The rapidly falling temperatures in the Tower were uncomfortable enough even with the innate ability to warm himself; on a magic-suppressing floor, it could potentially become lethal. The yugoloth is a comical sight when he finally shuffles in, swaddled in layer after mismatched layer of impromptu blankets.]

...Do you really believe anything much will come of this, my friend? I've not spoken to the red-collared entities, but the blank-collared ones seem to know little beyond their functions; they can't shed information they don't have, no matter how you squeeze them.

[mustlovedogs]

[...Oh man is that a dog. Oh man. He's cute and he can talk and this is awesome.

No, don't think about that now.]

The red ones pretty much just come out when you start doing something they don't like or somebody dies. If you wanna get to them, you gotta try it out, right?

[colorfulbrilliance]

[Meiling had arrived on her own and stood near the back, wanting to at least listen to what was being said. She was still fairy upset over what had happened that one day, even though she would not show it anymore. She had been looking for a way to strike back without saying anything to anyone who would possibly stop her. She nodded along to the speech, even though there were things said, she had no idea what they were or meant.

She glanced about the area, trying to see who all was there that she knew so far but made no effort to walk away from her spot. She was trying to think ahead to an apology that she was sure she would need after this.]

[boxingemperor]

[Akihiko acts on emotions, and listening to Mondo's speech, he's stirred once again. If they really meant to save them, they wouldn't experiment on them or kill them for kicks. And what's worse, one by one he's had to watch his friends disappear from the tower. Shinjiro's disappearance hit hardest. He knows that he may not be able to bring him back to life, but if he can't prevent others from disappearing, he'll take action.]

I'm in. I don't want to see more of the people I care about in pain, or worse.

[mustlovedogs]

[Mondo grins and gives Akihiko an approving nod.]

That's what I like to hear! Not gonna sit around without taking a shot.

not here shhh

[silentsacrifice]

[He's lurking nearby, having cast a cloaking jutsu over himself so that nobody (with the exception of ninjas from his world) should be able to see him. He's just going to mentally shake his head at the mob for trying to attempt something so clearly pointless. He'd try to talk them out of it, but nobody's attempts at doing so seem to be having any effect.

He just hopes the resulting damage won't be too catastrophic.]

[sawthelockdown]

[Asako shows up to the whole mess, interested. Strength? Causinng a ruckus? Sure, why not. -- and so she shows up with Norn and Garuda, her companion demons, in tow.

After Mondo's rant, she claps eagerly and grins.] I'll be there!