[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 looks to Sheba. He's no good at diplomacy, he's good at hitting things. What do?]

[seekinganswers]

[Sheba flickers back into view as Dark Pit looks to her, and she bites her lip as she considers their options. On the one hand, Zo's one of the nicer administrators; on the other, he's... still and administrator.

...but he's also the one most likely to help them, and so she nods, clearing her throat to get his attention.]

Zo?

[She keeps her voice soft, not wanting to startle him.]

[animusnpcs]

[Zo does look startled, though--he nearly drops his drink as he whirls around to face the dining room.]

Go back upstairs!

[He sounds plaintive, really.]

[alae]

At this point, I think we would if we could.

[Though if they can raise more hell for Jason along the way, sure, why not?]

[seekinganswers]

Oh! Sorry...

[She looks apologetic for startling him, but then she nods in agreement with Dark Pit as she tightens her hold on the books.]

We'd like to do that. We're sort of... lost, right now. [Well, that's one way of putting it.] Which is the fastest way up from here?

[animusnpcs]

How'd you get down if you can't get back up? [Zo seems edging on some sort of personal panic.] I can take you back up. You'll really just go?

[alae]

We kind of fell.

[It's true! Also. Sort of.]

... Yeah. You okay?

[He wouldn't be concerned, but if one of the administrators is panicked, then something serious is going down.]

[seekinganswers]

It was sort of an accident...

[Like Dark Pit, she notes Zo's panic; and, like Dark Pit, she is concerned.] We didn't mean to scare you. We'd just really like to find the way back up, if that's okay.

...are you alright, Zo?

[animusnpcs]

I'm okay, but--you're down here! [He pauses to calm himself down a little.] I'm supposed to punish you, if I find you. But if you just fell...?

[He seems confused as to how they fell, but doesn't seem to want to ask.]

I can take you up, but--you didn't see me, and I didn't see you, and I didn't know you were down here or how you got down here or anything.

[alae]

Heheh. You got it, kid.

[seekinganswers]

[Somehow, she doesn't feel a full-scale invasion of the administrative levels - because that's what this was, really, when you think of how many were involved - counts as "just falling," and she feels sort of bad for leading Zo to believe such.

But they have to get out of here and survive. They have to, or else the people who didn't make it out... their deaths would have been for nothing... She bites her lip nervously before nodding.]

...yes, exactly. We were never here, so there's no way you could have seen us or helped us get back. We won't tell anyone. [A warning glance to Dark Pit - she means it. From February, she knows the administrators keep tabs on them visually; there's no reason why they couldn't hear them, too. They can't tell anyone about this.]

[animusnpcs]

Alright. Okay--okay. [He smiles a little.

Then he tears a hole in the air, and the cafeteria is plainly visible through it. His eyes glow white around the edges, haloing his irises.]

Just walk through. You'll be okay, I just broke the boundary between here and your cafeteria.

[alae]

[Dark Pit looks at the portal, then Zo, then Sheba, then the portal again. He pushes his fear down and walks into it, trying not to think of other portals he's been through.]

[seekinganswers]

It's okay. [She meets Dark Pit's gaze with a reassuring smile.] You'll be alright. And I'll be right behind you.

[As he walks through, Sheba looks back to Zo.] Thank you... you saved us. We owe you big time, and we won't forget it. [That said, it's time to go. She takes a breath, readjusts her hold on the books, and steps through the tear.]

[animusnpcs]

[They arrive safely in the cafeteria. Zo waves at them, and then the portal closes as if it was never there at all.]