[Massive Infiltration Plot] || [Semi-Open]

[great_king_of_evil]

Characters: All the characters who signed up for this infiltration, too many to write them all here. Characters who stay behind and do not infiltrate can tag into the mingle thread.
Setting: The Cafeteria, then the Elevator's Shaft and finally the Administrative Floors. The 29th of July, in the morning.
Format: Action most likely.

Summary: A month ago Ganondorf planned an infiltration to go and pay a visit to Riki's floor-- Given what has happened these last weeks, the 'Evil Alliance' has accepted to allow Enoch and the people he gathered to use the infiltration in order to do their own thing. Namely, retrieve scientific instruments from Jason's laboratory, so as to study the Collar Fluid. The infiltration will begin on the 1st floor, the Cafeteria.

The first thread is a traditional mingle thread, happening before the infiltration and briefing begin; anyone can tag into it. The second thread is a quick briefing before the infiltration starts, where Enoch and Ganondorf will explain to everyone what to do and what to expect in case they don't already know. Then there are the seven group threads, one for each individual team infiltrating.

The OOC post is here for more information. If you have signed-up but didn't pick a group yet, please do so here. While the infiltration takes place, the villains who stayed behind are unleashing a distraction on the tower and those who don't go.

Warnings: Administrative floors, danger, death, horror. Anyone tagging here is probably going to die, or at the very least meet with a terrible fate.

Mingle || Briefing || Meanwhile, in the Cafeteria...

Group 00 (Ganondorf, Sephiroth [OU], Veigar, Ocelot and Jin)
Group 01 (Enoch, Lancer [AU3], Patrick Dawn, Tohko, Raven and Ryoji)
Group 02 (Xion, Fon Master Ion, Yu Narukami, Asch, Luke, Jonouchi Katsuya, Dark Pit and Sheba)
Group 03 (Nesir Aeser, Zett Takajo, Kain Highwind, Solas and Minato Arisato)
Group 04 (Kyoko Sakura, Amelia, Shepard, Homura Akemi, Terra, Sephiroth [AU2] and Labrys)
Group 05 (John Egbert, Rose Lalonde, Naoya Toudou, Dave Strider, Riki [AU3], Sora and Riku [OU])
Group 06 (Zelda, Ruler [AU1] and Saber [AU5])

Comments

[fragileprophet]

Can you see anything?

[His question, like Sheba's warning, is also directed at Dark Pit. From where Ion's suspended, he can't very well tell what may or may not lie beyond the lights: he's simply hoping that the winged boy might be able to clarify from his lower position.

The more they stand in the tunnel, the more apprehensive Ion begins to feel. He tries not to look down--as safe as he is right now, that's a long...long way to fall.]

[alae]

It's a whole lotta dark.

[Still, he tries to make out anything in the gloom.]

[ambassadorasshat]

Let's try sending that one thing down again to light it up like last time.

[Luke's also examining one of the walls, though pointedly on the opposite side of the shaft Asch is.]

[animusnpcs]

[Sheba's wind will die on the other side of the ring of red lights--Pit will plummet as soon as he passes them.]

[alae]

Augh!

[Dark Pit spreads his wings as far as they can go to get them to act like a parachute, attempting to slow his descent. He braces for impact, and realizes his healing skill won't work. Welp.]

[animusnpcs]

[His descent is slowed to some degree, but he falls far past where he can see his groupmates at all. Eventually, the cables reappear, though grabbing onto one will take good timing. There does seem to be a handle of some sort sticking out from the cables, though.]

[alae]

[Fortunately, he's from a game where timing isn't crucial but it is important. He reaches out to grab the handle, aware that this is gonna hurt.]

[animusnpcs]

[In reality--though there was no way to tell in the dark while falling--it's a woman's severed arm. His arm strains and pops out of its socket, but after a moment the arm comes free from its tangle in the elevator cable and he will fall again, with the arm. The cable whips about violently in response to the sudden pull.]

[alae]

[He screams in pain, but tries to reach out to grab the cable with his other arm.]

Come on come on come on!

[animusnpcs]

[His arm tangles in the cable, but he holds on. His wrist pops and cracks, but the fracture is hairline--he will hold on, as long as he doesn't let go from the pain.]

[alae]

[He gasps for breath, and pulls himself up the best he can, bracing against the side.]

... Yeah don't do that!

[ambassadorasshat]

...He fell? Sheba, what--

[Wasn't Sheba holding him up? Probably had something to do with the red lights, since he didn't fall until he passed them. But he was still alive, since he could still be heard, just not seen in the darkness.]

...What happened? What's down there?

[seekinganswers]

I didn't-- I didn't stop the Psynergy! He just... fell.

[She eyes the red lights a little more warily and frowns. They could hear him - indistinct echoes of whatever he was saying, distorted by the elevator chute and the distance.]

...but he's alive down there. [It's plain to see on her face that she wants to go check on him, make sure he's alright. He's fallen while she was supposed to be supporting him, after all; if he was hurt then it was her fault. But if she's holding the others up here - she curses under her breath.]

Yu... [She glances at him. He'd said either name was okay to use, and "Yu" was a lot easier to say than "Narukami," so she's going with that for now.] You said you could probably hold people with your Personas. Could you keep them above those red lights while I go see if he's alright?

[She looks nervous - if someone wanted to make the drop with her, she wouldn't be opposed to it, either. But if they didn't all want to fall at once, then she couldn't just carelessly shoot down the shaft after him.]

[fragileprophet]

Sheba, wait--[Ion speaks up quickly, trying to contribute his two cents before anyone makes any rash decisions.]--if he fell when he was supposed to be supported by your Psynergy, won't you just fall, as well?

[Ion looks concerned. He wants nothing more than to go and try to help Dark Pit--who's cries sounded painful, to say the least. It just doesn't seem like a good idea. If Sheba got hurt and stuck, too, they'd just be in an even worse situation.

And that was saying a lot.]

[seekinganswers]

I probably will, yes. [She bites her lip.] But he lived - I might live too. I have good luck when it comes to long falls. He's down there alone right now, and...!

[And if it's because my Psynergy failed, then it's my fault. She takes a breath to try and calm herself. It doesn't help.]

Someone has to help him... he could be hurt. That looked like a really long drop.

morning everyone

[bloodyashes]

Just hold on!

[He's upset at losing one, surprised that he's upset - but he's not going to let any more make the drop like that. If Sheba's close enough, Asch will be angrily grabbing her cloak about now.]

Don't be stupid and just drop yourself. We still don't know what's down there.

[Although it probably wasn't the bottom that Dark Pit had caught himself on, considering that he was still conscious enough to call out.]

And he had wings to glide with - you don't.

[seekinganswers]

[First Luke, now Asch? Maybe grabbing her cloak was just a redhead thing. Sheba shoots him a disgruntled look and tries to tug her cloak out of his grasp.]

What are we supposed to do, then? He's down there alone because I wasn't able to keep him up here! And I don't think all of us falling down there at once is going to help anything at all - we'd be falling all over each other!

[pitiedthefool]

[He sighs at the others arguing.]

Calm down. [He shakes his head, holding onto his soul's Arcana as they discuss what will be inevitable.] Blaming yourself when we knew the risks of trying to get this far with our powers isn't going to help him. We'll have to go one at a time.

[He crushes the card in his hand, Izanagi-no-Okami appearing in the blue lightshow - of which he'd apologize for briefly blinding someone but right now is not the time for apologies. Because at least the god of creation defies all gravity.]

Did this before with Kohryu in escaping Ruana's area. Climb on.

[As for him, he's grabbing his Persona's hand and being seated on its right shoulder just next to its helmet. As for the creation god, he crosses his legs in a seated position most unfamiliar to him for the sake of more room for the children of man to sit on.]

handwaving Ion does this before Jou

[invisible_friendship]

Just be careful. [The sounds that came from below were anything but comforting. After Ion join Yu on the persona, Jonouchi stepped onto one of the crossed legs.]

and bonus handwaved redheads

[bloodyashes]

[And here's Asch, annoyed, pulling on Sheba's cloak a bit before taking a seat on the edge of Izanagi's leg.]

...Don't go anywhere without me.

[And on that note he's taking a minute to undo his belt and peel off his tunic, shoving it in Luke's direction before strapping his weapons back on.]

Slow your fall with that. If you hear me yelling, don't follow.

[Hopefully his super jumping skills will coming in handy - one deep breath, and off into the black he goes again, once more grabbing onto Sheba's cloak - this time wrapping his hands in one end of it for a more secure hold.]

[seekinganswers]

[Sheba watches carefully to make sure that everyone makes it onto Yu's Persona, waiting until Xion, too, is safely aboard. And then she looks to Asch gratefully, because though she'd been willing to make the fall alone, she hadn't particularly wanted to.

Asch has an idea - her cloak may be enough for them, but the others didn't seem to be wearing the same kind of clothing. Sheba bites her lip before loosening the cloth that makes her belt, readjusting her cloak, and then pulling off her own tunic. It's oversized and fwooshy, and though she doesn't know for sure if it will help, it's better to give them something to try with. She hands it off to Jonouchi.]

Like Asch said... maybe you can use that to slow your fall. [Then she reaches back for her cloak as Asch wraps his hands in one end of it. She knows enough of the wind to know that letting it billow out as a parachute right away won't work - she'll be holding it close for the moment. Her gaze wanders to Asch briefly before she looks away.] ...thank you for doing this with me.

[Then she takes a breath and makes the leap when he does, watching as they fall past the red lights. This isn't her first long fall, and at this rate it wouldn't be her last. She keeps her eyes open and her senses as alert as she can during the fall, and part of the way down she keeps her grip on her end of the cloak firm, but allows the rest of it out to catch the air currents to try and slow her fall.

She hopes this works. Part of her knows that there's a chance - probably a big chance - that it might not, with two people - but she's done her best to release the parachute not too soon and not too late.]

[animusnpcs]

[As soon as they pass the red light, all superhuman abilities are disabled--they'll begin plummeting. They'll fall a long way before the cables return again. Hopefully they don't slam into Dark Pit as they fall.]

[bloodyashes]

[A muffled swear that's lost in the wind whipping past them and the noise of the fabric expanding, half a breath to adjust to the feeling of falling - it's not too terrifying, with all the jumping he's done in the past.

And then the cables. It's his left hand that Asch frees from the cloak to grab on - it's the one closer to the cables as he falls, and if something happens, better that his sword arm still works. There's not enough time for that thought to consciously cross his mind, though - he just grabs. Hopefully the leather of his glove will at least save him from the worst of the rope burn.]

[alae]

[Dark Pit hears them coming down, and does his best to swing across to the other side to extend the cable for maximum grabbing range.]

[seekinganswers]

[Sheba makes a grab for the cable as Dark Pit swings across - though with the cable across the shaft and the cloak acting as an impromptu parachute, it wouldn't be all too surprising for someone or something to get tangled. She does her best to angle herself so that she doesn't slam directly into him, hoping that her sense of timing isn't that bad, and makes a frantic grab for the cable - her left hand still wrapped in her cloak, her right hand free, but both hands going for it - she doesn't think she has enough upper body strength to support herself with just one hand.]