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

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

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])

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[Xion will receive a fully powered Curaga, but the rest of the group will only have some pain relief and minor healing as long as they're still in the elevator shaft.

The elevator shaft seems to be gasping for breath at this point.]

[Dark Pit winces, and allows himself to slide down a bit so he's near the door. He then launches himself at the opening, pulling in his wings and not caring if he smashes into anything. As long as he gets in and doesn't kill himself on something, he'll be fine.]

[Next it's Sheba's turn - she shimmies down the cable, pausing every so often to readjust her grip when it seems like it's getting too loose. Once Dark Pit is out of the way and the path is cleared, she jumps for the ledge and the open door.

There's a slightly panicked look on her face, like she's afraid she won't make it, but she lands on the ledge and scrambles in through the door. Her arm is still killing her but she can't help the undeniable relief that courses through her once she's on solid ground.]

Whew... [Then she pokes her head out through the doorway.] Ion, Luke - we've got a door open! ...Yu, are you going to be alright while they get down here?

A-alright!

[Ion's shaking like a leaf by the time Sheba calls up to them. He had been so afraid that he would fall when the cable began to twist and jump underneath their holds, and he couldn't help but feel guilty seeing how much trouble it had caused them when he had freed himself.

If Sheba had fallen...

But she didn't fall. And he couldn't afford to think about that right now. Ion takes a deep breath, and begins to shimmy down the cable as the others have before him--if considerably slower as he tries to avoid the slick patches and keep himself from losing his grip and slipping entirely.]

I'll try to be quick!

[His tone is apologetic--he doesn't want to hold up Luke or anyone else. Eventually, he makes it down to where the door has been opened, and shifts his body to face it.

From here, the gap between himself and the door seems to go on for miles. Ion's heart is hammering painfully and erratically as he swings to get a bit more momentum, then jumps--

--and almost doesn't make it. His torso hits the edge and he scrambles in a panic with his arms to claw up into the opening. Fortunately, Sheba and Xion are both quick to grab him by his sleeves and pull him in the rest of the way.]

Thank you--I'm sorry...

[Feeling like he's made of jelly, Ion crawls on all fours until he has enough space in the door to wobble to his feet.]

[Luke's descent goes more slowly than Ion's does, as he has to deal with both the slick cable and having the use of only one arm. Not that he doesn't try to use said arm anyway, looping it partially around the cable as he goes down.

He stops above the doorway, waiting until there's no one in the doorway before he jumps. This jump is a lot safer than the last one, and he manages to make it in.

Doesn't quite stick the landing though, and stumbles as he lands, driving his injured shoulder into the doorway.]

Agh! Ow ow ow ow...

[Xion watches, her face getting more and more frightened as each of them leaps and lands in the doorway. Finally, Yu's the only one left.

Xion turns back to the others.]

Sheba, can you use that spell again? The one that let us float? Yu hurt himself falling past us and it might help him make it across.

[That being said, she turns back towards the empty doorway and tries to think of another way she can help. And with a sudden burst of inspiration, she throws herself forward against the ground, hooking her knees and ankles behind the elevator door, her head level with the edge of the platform. That way, if it looked like he might fall, she could try to catch him.]

Luke!

[She looks away from the Fon Master once Ion is safely up, and then Luke jumps - that didn't look pleasant at all. She goes to help him up, her expression concerned. Redheads needed to stop getting themselves hurt and killed in front of her.]

Are you alright?

[She looks to Xion when she speaks up and then nods. That easing of pain had probably come from her, then - that must be how she knows to tell her to use hover. Sheba stays in the doorway and closes her eyes before casting out her hands as she gathers her Psynergy.

I hope this works, she thinks, and that we can get him in here before whatever's making that breathing noise decides to swallow him up or spit him out. The strange noises the elevator shaft is making makes her nervous - it doesn't bode well for any of them, and the sooner they get somewhere safer (though Jason's lab may not be safe at all, and it may be more of an out of the frying pan and into the fire situation), the better.

The wind gathers around Sheba before slipping into the chute, and Sheba hopes desperately that her power is enough to help Yu make it to the door - or if not that far, within Xion's grabbing range.]

[He doesn't answer Xion, busy untying the fabric around the hand he can reach the best (well, what's left of the fabric) so he can bite down on it. The bit of pain relief helps, as he tries to climb a bit higher on the cables to give him just a bit more room to move. Who knows, it may even be the difference between life and joining their comrades below.

Once Luke is clear and the wind picks up, he swings his body weight toward the door and lets go, jumping the best he can and reaching out for the others.

'Don't grab me if I miss-!']

[The spell is greatly weakened in the elevator shaft--his leap is more of a somewhat slowed fall than anything else.

He'll reach the ledge, but very close to the edge, and it would be easy for him to stumble back and fall head over heels.]

[Thankfully, Xion isn't about to let that happen. As soon as she figures his trajectory out, she's scrambling up and back, to give him room to land. She only manages to make it back onto her knees before he reaches the platform.

He's closer to the edge than she would like, and even so, she isn't about to let him fall, no matter the case. She can't grab his arms, so she does the next best thing - wrapping her arms around his upper legs and pulling back. It's definitely an awkward position (and Xion has no idea how awkward), and they both might end up falling backwards into the ward if nobody catches them, but they will at least, be safely out of the shaft and inside the room itself]

[Well, it's at least better than the first landing in the TV-

Okay.

Suddenly a lot more awkward than the first TV Landing, too. Yu blinks, half-red from slight embarrassment at how he was grabbed and thanks to gravity and his body kind of agreeing with Newton's laws of physics (unlike her original's hair), he wobbles a bit, and thanks to Xion, is kind of beginning to lean into her.

If someone really doesn't catch them, this is going to be even more awkward-

Scratch that, with the sudden music playing and voices chiming up in his head saying how some of his social links leveled up (wait was there a new Fortune in there?) and the social link with Xion just maxed out, this is almost at the point where he is not going to speak to them for a few moments because way too embarrassed to words.]

[She's relieved when Xion pulls Yu up the rest of the way. Every member of their team who had survived the fall had made it - even if they were a little worse for the wear. That's good, and--

They're falling, though this time it's towards them, into the hallway. Sheba acts quickly. She knows she won't be able to catch them both with her bad arm, but in the hallway her powers are working, so she stretches out her good arm and there's a rush of wind.

The wind catches them in her stead, cradling the both of them before gently pushing them back to their feet.]

You two alright?

Edited 2013-08-03 03:03 (UTC)

[Dark Pit, who by now has moved away from the door, speaks up, tone serious. He doesn't have memories from the captain of Palutena's guard for nothing. He just doesn't generally have a need to use these kinds of memories - Pit didn't really go for formal stuff anyway.]

One of my arms is out of its socket and I think there's some serious damage to my other wrist. I think we all have at least some kind damage. We need to heal and think of something while we still can before going forward.

[Just bury his feelings for now. He can deal with those later. Much later.]

...I agree.

[Ion's glad to see that they've suffered no more casualties between the falling bodies and lowering themselves down into the room. But, although he didn't suffer any notable damage himself (mostly just feeling incredibly sore and tired and shaken), doesn't want to ignore the injuries that the others are suffering from.]

I can't heal anyone, but Asch--[It hasn't escaped his notice that the redhead didn't make it. That he hasn't seen Asch since the young man jumped. A small lump forms in his throat, but Ion chokes it down.]--gave me some bandages, if we need them.

[As well as some food for energy, but he doubted anyone would be able to stomach anything at the present time, so decided not to voice that information quite yet.]

[Once Xion feels that they're no longer in any imminent danger of falling, she releases Yu's legs and backs up, getting to her feet.]

I... I can heal us too, like... like I did a bit ago. It's not as good as some, but... It's all I can do. [She looks at Dark Pit] I think I can help your shoulder too. I got my shoulder dislocated when I first got here. I think I remember how the droids fixed it.

[She walks over and reaches a hand out for the arm he dislocated.]

Edited 2013-08-03 04:34 (UTC)

[Yu is more than grateful when she lets go, a bit of the awkward subsiding when he stands up and mutters a thanks to his friend.]

I wasn't designated the healer on the team back home, but I have a few Personas capable of healing... [There's just one tiiiiiny problem.] -but can someone help pull these back into place?

[Darn broken elbows.]

...here, let me try.

[Sheba reaches up with her good arm, and then something occurs to her - she pauses, her hand hovering over his right arm.] Oh... I have a Djinni, Breath. I usually used it when I got hurt in battle. It would keep me going long enough for a healer to actually help... it numbed wounds. I'll use it before I try to pull it. It shouldn't hurt as much that way...

[There's a pause as Sheba concentrates, and then a small, glowing orb of light emerges from her chest. It circles around her once before darting across to come to a rest on Yu's shoulder and taking the form of a small, silver-and-purple creature.]

Breath? Yu needs your help. [The Djinni makes a small cooing noise before hopping up and circling around Yu this time, unleashing a shower of purplish sparks. They don't harm him on contact - rather, when the sparks touch his elbows, they'll go numb. Even if he were to move around there wouldn't be too much pain, which is fortunate, because now Sheba's working to pull his right elbow back into place. She looks up at him anxiously after she does so.] Was that alright? [If he says yes, she'll move on to his left elbow.]

[He tilts his head, almost if asking "really?" silently before she summons it.

...

His first thought is along the lines of "It's a good thing Kanji isn't with us" for he would want to pet it and distract everyone from their goal. The second is along the lines of how useful that the little fella was to have. Also oh gods it's cute.

He just wordlessly nods a yes because oh my god the cute ~~whoops silent protag is still a thing~~]

[Luke, much like Ion, isn't able to provide any sort of healing to the party. But unlike Ion, he doesn't have any medical supplies to contribute either. He's been sitting as far from the elevator shaft as he could while still being near the group, his injured arm in his lap with Asch's slightly bloodied tunic.

Until Xion and Dark Pit catch his attention, anyway, and then he's scooting over that direction to see what they're doing.]

[Dark Pit just grits his teeth as Xion pops his shoulder back into place. It's hard to stop himself from screaming, but he manages to contain himself with just making growls of annoyance.]

[When it's finally done he moves his arm around to make sure it's connected right, and then concentrates for a moment, a golden glow shimmering over him for a brief second. It's not a complete healing. It's not even enough to take most of the pain away. But it's a start.]

[He spreads his wings and starts checking them for damage. ... Everything seems in order, minus a few clipped feathers. They're visibly shaking, though, so he folds them up again so the shaking is less visible.]

[Sheba smiles, clearly pleased that she was able to help, and soon enough she's got his left elbow sorted out as well. Luckily, Breath's numbing effects don't fade away until after both elbows have been set.]

There you go. I'm not a healer, so you may want someone more experienced to take a look at that... but it should do in a pinch.

[And speaking of - she's got a bad arm to try and work with, as well. She steps back from Yu and closes her eyes, and somewhere within her Breath switches from standing by for summoning to being set for unleashing. Another moment passes, and the Djinni emerges again to numb her arm. She bites her lip and tries to pull her arm back into place.

...it's easier to do on someone else, she's starting to realize. Oh, well. She looks up from her arm to see how the others are. Dark Pit and Xion are working things out themselves... she looks to Luke and Ion.] Are you two alright...?

[He winces for the last one, but nods.]

It'll do. Thanks, Sheba-chan.

[Speaking of a certain social link maxing out again, he takes a few steps further from the elevator doors before focusing with all he can right now. With the familiar blue light being a little less than normal, a Justice Arcana shatters and transforms into Sraosha. The blue demon unrolls its scroll as a healing magic rises and forms around Yu. Well, that'd at least fix the tendons and keep it held together for now. He'd also be able to summon normally again, too.

With that out of the way, he also turns to Luke and Ion.]

Do you need healing...?

[Ion starts a bit when Sheba and Yu address him and Luke. He smiles faintly in an attempt to be reassuring, and shakes his head. By now, he's eased himself down against the nearest wall.

The boy definitely looks pale, that's for sure. And he can't deny that he can't stop his knees from shaking.]

I'm fine...I didn't really get hurt. I just...need to rest for a moment, if that's alright.

[Ion looks at Luke, concerned.]

But, Luke, you hurt your arm as well, right?

Edited (Luke, not look, self.) 2013-08-03 06:30 (UTC)

[Well, Luke was going to try what Xion did with Dark Pit and try to pop his arm back into it's socket, but an aborted attempt due to pain convinces him it's not a good idea.]

Yeah, I...my shoulder's dislocated, I think. The right one.

[Xion looks up at Luke's words. She hadn't realized he'd had a dislocated shoulder too]

I can help with that too. It'll hurt though, I'm sorry.

[There's something... expressionless, almost wooden in her face. It's like everything that just happened is finally catching up with her, and she's having trouble processing it all. However when he lets her, she carefully, or as carefully as she can, at least, pulls it until she can pop it back into its socket. Thankfully Dark Pit's gave her practice so she's quicker about it this time.]

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