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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[The moment the door bursts open, Xion's senses go from overwrung and exhausted to alert in an instant. She backs away, hand reaching towards her opposite hip, and pulling the other significant object she brought with her - the Stone Mask. She slips it on and, remembering suddenly, reaches down to pick up the Great Fairy Sword from where she dropped it.

She looks around quickly and realizes something very important - they have to move. They'll get cornered at this rate, and that'll make everything worse.

... and then she hears that voice. She yells to the others - because stealth is pointless at this point]

We have to move!

[That done, she runs up the ward towards the doorway and the units, keeping an eye out for any sign that they can see her. She isn't foolish enough to think that the Stone Mask will work on retrieval units, but she hopes it will. Gathering an Aero spell into her hands, she launches it at the retrieval units. With any luck, it'll toss them into the air and they might be able to run past. It's escape she's aiming for at this point, not victory.

Even so, as soon as the spell is cast, she's on the move again, away from where the spell originated. She's not going to give them a chance to find her the way the monsters did.]

Edited 2013-08-03 10:01 (UTC)

No, wait--

[This is all happening fast. Dark Pit shoves her aside and she hits the wall; then there's the laser and Xion is on the move and--]

Magic doesn't work well on them! Don't try to fight them, just--

[And Jason's voice-- And there are others on the team who are still tired from the descent or unused to combat or both, and if he knows they're here, then they've accomplished very little in spite of the losses they've already suffered and that's not acceptable--]

Just don't die!

[...which is, ultimately, easier said than done. Though her powers are disabled, she falls back and spreads her arms to try and shield Ion, who she knows doesn't do much fighting, and Luke, who she doesn't particularly want to see die because she's seen enough redheads die today, thanks. She would shield Yu, too, except she's sort of a cruddy shield, considering that the only member of the group she's taller than is Dark Pit.]

[Unable to see Xion's spell coming, the retrieval units are thrown into the air. They seem unable to pinpoint Xion's exact location, though they follow it in the general sense when she shouts.

Jason is coming down the hallway, now, flanked by two more retrieval units. He looks at Xion--apparently having no trouble himself even if the retrieval units seem oblivious--and looks sidelong at the group at a whole.]

Some of us are trying to get work done.

[It all had happened so fast. Ion had only been half paying attention while everyone continued to try and heal one another and close the door and Sheba had gone over to inspect the glass. He was still sitting, his eyes clenched shut tight against the brightness as he held his head between his knees and did everything that he could to try and clear his head. He couldn't afford to be out of energy now--couldn't let his weak constitution get the better of him. The stakes were too high and they had gone through and suffered so much in such little time.

It was a relief when the lights seemed to go back to normal--but then, all at once, the mood had shifted to one of extreme chaos. Ion's head snaps up. Somehow they had wound up in the middle of a war zone and Sheba...Sheba stands in front of him, protectively. He knows he can't stay down there--they might have to try and run at any second (it seems like this is already being attempted to some degree), though he doesn't know where or how they could manage to dodge the retrieval units. ]

No...

[It's all he can think to do, or say, and it's little more than a whisper on his breath. He isn't sure what the wisest course of action would be to take...and knows that any attack or support he attempts to make at this moment will merely incapacitate himself. Ion makes it to his knees--and suddenly he finds himself clutching his pendant with one hand as he rises even higher, shakily, to his feet.]

[No powers. He has his weapons, but he's in serious pain. He looks around, and spots Sheba. She hasn't got a weapon. He backs off for a moment, shoving his staff into her hands.]

[Then, he has an idea. It's a crazy idea, but a crazy idea is what busted open the portal enough. A crazy idea is what's kept them alive so far.]

[And if they're going to do any damage, a crazy idea is what they need.]

Fuck it.

[He lifts Sheba, turning her around and putting her on his back. He then pulls out the two halves of his Silver Bow, holding them like daggers.]

Hang on!

[He grins at Jason, and starts charging towards him.]

What--?!

[Well, that was unexpected. Don't fight them! she says, and then Dark Pit is handing her a weapon and pulling her up to fight. Then again, she supposes they're attacking Jason and not the retrieval units, so he was sort of listening to her.

The weapon feels unfamiliar in her hands but she gets a good grip on it and holds it as if it's a lance, keeping an eye out for sudden movements. If something comes at them, she'll do her best to either bat it away or stab it outright.

...she's probably going to regret this later. Oh, well.]

Sorry, Jason, but we've got work to do too!

[The aero worked. It worked. And even though Jason's coming towards them now, maybe, maybe they have a chance, because as long as those retrieval units are wind-tossed they can't do anything. It's enough that even the sight of Jason staring right at her can't completely overcome the sense of triumph.]

Everybody go! Run!

[She breaks into a sprint immediately, trusting them to follow her. If they all move, maybe they can find an escape route, lose them, or something. There has to be a way.

And so she runs, down the hallway, shooting a momentary glare at Jason as she goes, trying to get past him and his two units if the hallway is wide enough. How's this for learned helplessness?]

Edited 2013-08-03 10:47 (UTC)

[The retrieval units in front of Jason move to block Sheba and Dark Pit's charge--it will be the equivalent of slamming into a brick wall--and for a moment he seems so unable to believe what the two are attempting that Xion passes out of his notice completely until she's gone past him.]

Where are you going? [Jason snarls, but blocked by retrieval units, he can't get at her. On top of that, he's no longer looking at the rest of the group.

Aside from the hallway Jason is standing in front of, there is a hallway to the left and the right.]

[Xion hears the snarl - not the specific words, but the general feel and shape of them, and glances over her shoulder briefly with a huge grin of triumph before turning forward and continuing to run, as fast as her legs will carry her.]

[Ion doesn't have to be told twice--not when there are no other options. Not when this chance will likely never come again. He takes one look at the distraction Sheba and Dark Pit and Xion have altogether caused and bolts to toward the hallway to the right.]

Luke! Let's go! [He tries to sound strong, like he knows what he's doing, as he calls to his friend over his shoulder and hopes that the redhead follows.

The Fon Master doesn't have time to be tired. He'll run with all the energy he has to give and more, if that's what he has to do. And even if it doesn't account to much, he'll pray to Yulia that the rest of his team can make it out as well, whether or not they take a different path; he can't afford to stop and see their decisions.]

[Splitting up is the smarter option, and Dark Pit grudgingly thanks Medusa that she sent Pandora after Pit, since his small athletic body can take a good amount of pain. He's reaching his limit, but adrenaline is keeping him moving, so he makes sure Sheba's still hanging on.]

[He takes off running, heading the opposite direction from Ion. He doesn't know where he's going or how much longer he can last, but he's got to keep going.]

[... And, of course, deliver one last shot.]

Smell ya later!

[Slamming into the retrieval units takes the wind out of her, but luckily Dark Pit is supporting her well enough that she doesn't fall. This means she has a chance to catch her breath as he darts past Jason and down the left hallway, and as he runs she turns to stick her tongue out at Jason.]

Better luck next time!

[Once they make it a little further down the hall, Sheba shifts so that she can jump off of his back. It would be poor manners to make him keep carrying her, and she's fully capable of keeping up - she was pretty fast, and journeying to save Weyard had left her in much better shape than she'd been in while she was Babi's bargaining chip.]

You, [She says to Dark Pit with a wide grin.] Are a genius. Now let's see what's down this hall!

[In hindsight, Luke probably should've helped cause a distraction. He didn't have much--well, nothing in terms of longe-range magic abilities, but he still had a blade. He'd had one hand on it soon after Sheba stepped in front of him, seeminly forgetting about it to watch the chaos after that.

Ion's presence is assumed nearby, until he's suddenly further away.]

...Got it! Right behind you, Ion!

[And he's running off down the right hand hallway as well.]

No time to talk, then.

[He runs after Xion's voice, evading the retrieval units the best he could as he reached for the sheathed sword still hooked to his belt. Speaking of evading...]

Odin, go!

[The large purple deity floats behind him as he runs, casting Masukukaja on the splitting up party because let's face it, they could use the extra speed and evasion boost right about now.]

Ugh, you can't even see her, can-- [Jason pauses in berating his two retrieval units for their failure to take Xion into account to turn and see the entire group scattering in three different directions. With two retrieval units at his side and two still in the air, he growls in increasing frustration and swipes at the air to call up a floating screen, fingers tapping rapidly against it.

The lights of the floor flicker, and a computerized voice speaks: Deactivating local Glamour System...

All glamour is disabled entirely. For a moment, everything goes pitch black--and then the area is bathed in red emergency lights.]

I will not have rats wandering around! [Jason's voice sounds strained and unnatural, suddenly. There's something inhuman, rough, and muffled about it, though he certainly shouts loudly enough.]

[One pair of rats scurried down to the right.

One pair of rats scurried down the middle hall.

And one pair of rats scurried down to the left.

Have fun trying to catch them all, Jason.]

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