[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

[alae]

[Dark Pit keeps going, whining a little from pain and exhaustion, but he keeps pace with Sheba just fine. He's not sure if they're going up or down, but he'll let Sheba take the lead - it doesn't matter to him either way.]

[animusnpcs]

[The retrieval units keep up tireless pursuit, but they seem only able to move as fast as a regular person might without the glamour aiding them.

The spiral staircase opens into a large mess of a library. There are books as far as the eye can see, covering countless shelves and cluttering the floors and tables. The room itself is a messy one, with blood and gore often puddling in neglected corners and smeared on the sides of bookshelves.

From the top of the staircase, it's clear there's a door directly ahead on the north wall and one on the east wall, although getting to either will require navigating a maze of bookshelves.]

[seekinganswers]

[She tries not to pay too much attention to the blood and the gore; she's busy running, and she doesn't have time for queasiness. The books are more interesting to her, anyway.

Things they don't have access to in the upper libraries, perhaps...

She doesn't like the odds of trying to lose the retrieval units in the maze of bookshelves, so after darting far enough down the stairs that it looks like the distance isn't too great, she uses the staff Dark Pit gave her as a makeshift pole-vault, hoping that it, coupled with the momentum from running, will allow her to jump high and far enough to land on top of the bookshelves.

She's so glad that they stopped to heal once they'd all made it out of the elevator shaft. It'll make grabbing the top of the shelf - or trying to latch onto the shelves themselves, knocking books out of the way to create handholds and footholds - much more manageable.]

[alae]

[He'd cast another healing spell on himself but there's no time. He takes a leap and tries to scramble on top of the bookshelf, using his daggers to make handholds if he has to. It doesn't matter what the books are at the moment - it'd take him too long to read - but the size of the place is kind of suspicious.]

[animusnpcs]

[The books are mostly various medical texts--most of them are illegible, in strange languages, but what is understandable reveals they're knocking the books off of the neurosurgery section.

The retrieval units shift, leap onto the railing of the spiral staircase, and leap after them.]

[seekinganswers]

Next shelf!

[Jump to it, she means - there's not much time to say more, because with the retrieval units leaping after them it's do or die. When she sees them leap, she throws all her weight into the bookshelf to try and knock it over, or at least make it unsteady - and then she jumps to the next shelf over, grabbing onto the top and sweeping up three books at random from the second shelf as she pulls herself up and gets back on the move.]

Keep moving! Go for the door - either door! [She doesn't really care whether they go north or east; she just wants to get to whichever is closest. She'd say they should split up, but she doesn't like the idea of being down here alone.] Whichever is closest, just go! [If it turns out that they have to split up, though, she'll keep going. She wants at least one of them to come out of this alive.]

[alae]

[Dark Pit kicks out behind him, intending to knock over bookshelves and hopefully make a domino effect. If nothing else it'll annoy Jason, so points in their favor.]

[He heads to the north door - that tends to lead towards progress, at least in his game. Then again he abruptly realizes that they're not in his game or anywhere even close to that rating, so after heading north a bit he abruptly cuts to the right, heading towards the east door. Hopefully it'll throw them off enough.]

[animusnpcs]

[The retrieval units skid to turn, which slows them down a little and gives Dark Pit and Sheba some more distance. They'll have to get off of the bookshelves to get down to the door, but they might have time to do that now, if they're quick.]

[seekinganswers]

[Sheba clutches the three books to her chest and glances over her shoulder. They're slowed - now's a good a time as any, she supposes. So she jumps down to the ground, bracing herself for the impact and running as soon as she lands.

It's a small distance, really; but with the retrieval units behind her, it feels a lot longer.]

[alae]

[He leaps down, following her, and grabs her hand so he doesn't have to slow himself down. He races for the door and attempts to shove it open and close it behind them.]

[animusnpcs]

[They exit into a dark hallway, with stairs leading up and down. Beside the door is a label: "RESIDENTIAL-JASON".

A moment later, the door slams shut behind them. Muffled, a computerized voice can be heard from inside: Area sealed.

It looks like they're locked out, but the retrieval units are locked in. It's silent.]

[seekinganswers]

...! Did we...

[She stares at the door for a few moments, then at the label. She turns away, looks at the hallway, looks at the stairs. Then she looks back to the door and tightens her hold on the books.]

Do you think the others made it out? [But they need to keep moving. The retrieval units are on the other side of that door, and who knows how long they'll stay that way once Jason realizes they escaped his area.] ...we... we should go.

[alae]

I don't know and I don't know. We need to move, though. Neither of us are in any shape to hang around. Come on.

[He's just gonna hope his powers come back soon... and that they can find an exit.]

[animusnpcs]

[As they step away from the door, the glamour turns back on. Their abilities return to them. They can either go up or down.

It's eerily silent.]

[seekinganswers]

[She sighs in relief as the glamour returns and she's not looking at a wireframe when she looks down at herself anymore. Then she eyes the staircases.]

Up or down? You lead; I'll follow. ...we have to get back up somehow, but... will the stairs go the whole way?

[alae]

Up.

[They can't think about whether it'll go all the way - they just have to try.]

You um. Don't have any healing spells, do you? Mine don't heal that much.

[seekinganswers]

No... the closest thing I have is a Djinn that can numb pain. Is something hurting you?

[She asks the question as she starts up the stairs.]

[alae]

[He heads up with her.]

Oh. My wrist still hurts a lot. I can deal with it.

[animusnpcs]

[As they travel upward, there are two more doors labeled as Jason's before one labeled CONTAINMENT.

The staircase seems to be growing steeper, though it doesn't seem to be becoming any more difficult to actually walk up.]

dead zones with no receptipn succckkkk

[seekinganswers]

I can numb it if you want...

[She stares at the door labeled CONTAINMENT and her footsteps slow. The curiosity is nearly overwhelming, but she's already said she'll let Dark Pit take the lead. Still, it can't hurt to ask.]

Do you think we should try and see what's in there?

((ooc: i'm going to be in a car for a few hours and then I have a shift at work so feel free to assume Sheba is following/using any of her powers that Dark Pit requests if you want to keep moving!))

[alae]

I can deal with it.

[She might need that power later, so. He uses another healing burst - one left.]

... Probably not, but let's do it.

[He goes to open the door to peek inside.]

[animusnpcs]

[The door opens to a small, empty room with one more door beyond--but there's a cacophony of shrieks, growls, and wails coming from that second door.]

[alae]

[YEAH NOPE. Dark Pit is closing that door right away.]

Let's keep going.

[seekinganswers]

[Even Sheba's judgment isn't questionable enough to try and read the minds of whatever is making those noises, though not knowing what was causing them will likely bother her for a long while to come. Oh, well.

She steps away from the door and continues up the stairs.]

I hope these go all the way up...

[animusnpcs]

[The stairs appear to be looping--they pass CONTAINMENT three times.

Then, suddenly, the whole world shifts and they're standing beside RESIDENTIAL-GENERAL.]