[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]

[Ion has no idea whether they'll be able to find an exit through this new room or not--but as it stands they have no choice but to move forward. To go back would be to face the retrieval units.

He stumbles inside, hands and legs shaking as the adrenaline starts to catch up with him, and narrowly avoids a knife as it whizzes by his shoulder. Crying out in alarm at the table following suit, the Fon Master spins around behind the other side of the door, frantically, to avoid it and waits for Luke to pass through it, as well.

The second the redhead is inside, he intends to shove the door closed as fast as possible. Hopefully cutting off the drones--though he has no idea whether or not it'll even help to slow them down.]

[ambassadorasshat]

[Well, that idea was better when Luke first thought of it. He probably should've pushed it towards them instead. He's still holding several tools in one hand, and he throws that arm up to cover his face when the tools go flying.

It works somewhat, in that it does keep some of the sharp pointies from embedding themselves in his face, but a couple knives graze his arm and something sharp embeds itself partway in his side, causing him to yelp in pain.

Fortunately, though, he manages to slip through the door before the tablet hits him as well, helping Ion pull it closed when he does.]

[animusnpcs]

[As they run past row after row of containment cells, out of the corner of their eyes it appears there are people--children--looking out at them, watching their escape with large, frightened eyes. Of course, looking directly at the cells reveals they're still empty.]

[fragileprophet]

[As soon as the door has closed he continues running, glad that Luke isn't behind him any longer. Ion's breathing is starting to come out much more heavily. Glamour or not, his body can only take so much.

He looks around frantically, panic rising once again at the children he thinks he sees--his immediate instinct to stop and help, causing him to stumble as he realizes they aren't really there. Ion tries to ignore them now, and focus on finding an exit--anything.]

[ambassadorasshat]

[Luke whimpers as he pulls out the knife stuck in his side, tossing it aside. The pain's not nearly as bad as the dislocated arm, but it still hurts. It's not a fatal wound, though.]

Should've stayed upstairs, instead of coming down here. Last time I agree to do anything for...eh?

[In the midst of his complaining, he notices the children out of the corner of his eyes.]

H-hey, they're keeping people down here! [A turn of the head reveals otherwise; they suddenly vanish.] ...Huh? I just saw them...

[animusnpcs]

[The retrieval units slowly begin closing the distance; they don't seem to have to handle exhaustion at all.

There's a sharp turn in the hallway ahead--though it seems to appear out of nowhere right when they have to take it, with the vision of the hallway ahead of them vanishing and revealing a wall instead. They're in danger of slamming into the wall.]

[fragileprophet]

[Ion thrusts his arms out in front of him when the wall appears--twisting the hand holding the saw away from his body so he doesn't stab himself--he knows immediately he can't stop in time, but he figures he can take the force of the blow with them and stop himself from being too badly stunned.

Still, the force of the sudden impact forces him to stop for an instant--which at this point could be crucial with how close the retrieval units are getting.

Ion pivots on his foot, the saw scraping awkwardly against the wall as he turns, ignoring the way his lungs and his heart and his everything feels like it's hammering for him to take it easy and barrels onward head-over-heels so it looks as if he could tip over at any second.

He can't afford to waste any of his rapidly dwindling energy to speak, even if he wants to.]

I got a 4 for...not smashing into the wall?

[ambassadorasshat]

[Dammit retrieval units, that's not fair at all. Nor is the wall.

Suddenly it seems like a really terrible idea to have grabbed a handful of sharp objects, what with a wall looming in front of him. He can't stop, that's for sure, and he can't put his arms out to stop himself--he'd probably stab himself.

Times like this make him wish he were quicker on his feet, as he attempts to slow his feet down, waiting until he's nearly on the wall to attempt to pivot on one foot away from the wall.

It nearly works...until he trips over his own foot and stumbles sideways.

[animusnpcs]

[Ion, if he's quick, will manage to continue off down the hallway, because when Luke stumbles, the retrieval units are on him, pulling him back.]

the dice betrayed me :(

[fragileprophet]

Luke!

[Alarmed for his friend, Ion turns his head to look over his shoulder. It turns out to be a fatal error, as the action causes him to completely lose balance. The boy falls heavily against his chest. The saw goes clattering out his reach--and now that he's off his feet, he knows immediately that he's going to be unable to get back on them.

Still, he tries to scramble to his hands and knees, huffing and weak with exhaustion as his small frame feels. A fruitless effort maybe, but an effort nonetheless.]

[ambassadorasshat]

[This situation isn't entirely unfamiliar to Luke--he always attempts to skip his collar checkups and has to be dragged in physically. So his immediate reaction is to struggle, try to get away. It's harder with his abilities disabled, and the retrieval units have ahold of him in such a way that he can't reach his sword (were the units even harmed by the film weapons anyway?).

Most of the surgical knives he grabbed fall from his hand in his struggling, but he attempts to stab at his captors with the remaining few.]

Rrgh...let go!

[animusnpcs]

[The retrieval units snap Luke's neck without seeming to react to being stabbed at all, though the knives do embed themselves in the film of their bodies.

Dropping Luke's body, the retrieval units advance on Ion, to grab him next.]

[fragileprophet]

No!

[Luke...

Ion can feel tears welling at the corners of his eyes--even though he knows Luke will come back. Even though they didn't drag it out. Even though he hardly looks like Luke without the Glamour active.

But it hurt--it hurt more than any normal pain he could imagine feeling--to see the life snap out of one of the people he considered his closest friends. It didn't matter that it wasn't the Luke he knew from Auldrant. He wasn't supposed to be dead.

Ion manages to flip himself over, and as best as he can he crawls backwards on his hands and his feet--hardly seeing and feeling so much anguish and fear and mental and physical exhaustion that his mind can't keep up.

All he can do is scramble backward as fast as his tiny feet can take him--trying to regain his balance so he can run, even if he doesn't feel as if his legs would be able to support his weight if he tried.]

Stay back...g-get away...

[The plea is so quiet and so pathetically desperate. He wasn't like the others--hadn't been here long enough to stomach anything that was thrown at him. Didn't want to have to face death with his head held high. Not like this.

Nobody should have to be so afraid.]

[animusnpcs]

[The retrieval units grab Ion by his legs and tug him back over, pulling him over top of Luke's body. Then they snap his neck, too.]