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Interdimensional Managers ([personal profile] interdimanagers) wrote in [community profile] interstellar55552016-02-04 03:53 am

☆TRACK VII: IN REACHING OUT PT. 2

Who: Everyone in GHOST QUEST, for both Pride and Virgo.
What: Helping the ghosts save their ghost friends - and then, paying the price.
When: The evening of January 30th, 2055
Where: Pride and Virgo HQ.
Warnings: Violence. In the latter part, covering punishments, there will be even more violence, brainwashing, torture etc.

“But, she looked into your eyes,
And saw what lay beneath.
Don't try to save yourself,
The circle is complete.”

☆GHOST QUEST




Here we go. Below are the general outlines of what will go down for the break ins, based off of the plans put forward by each team. If your character isn't specifically named as doing something at any given point, you are free to assume they are helping in whatever means makes sense to you. Levels of injuries taken from brawls are also up to you.

People may start play in media res from the points specified in the write ups, under the header for each label. These will be single, free for all style threads with no posting order. If you have something to contribute, you may post at any time.

After that, this post will also be used for threading out the aftermath of this choice, if the players involved wish.

☆PRIDE RECORDS
Gradually, the group comes together, including a surprisingly tall stranger who claims to be a "fusion" of Tiger and Kido. Supplies are collected, and plans are discussed. Baryl will reveal himself to everyone sharing his Passion alignment, meaning that they will be able to see him even when outside of their bodies. Everyone else will just have to take their word for it. Baryl will opt to ride Mai to start with, briefly taking control in order to deliver his message to the others more directly. From there, he lingers in a passive role, providing what information he can about the building's layout and saying that he'll be around to give them a more direct assist when the time is right.

While others prepare disguises, Yuffie and "Tigo" work on seizing a key from some lingering guards. Using their invisibility, Tigo creates a distraction, giving Yuffie the perfect opportunity to put her thieving skills to work and pickpocket a key. For now, their scheming is going unnoticed. The two rejoin the rest of the group and get to business.

With everyone wearing face concealing clothing and armed with spray paint, they head towards the elevators. Tigo won't be able to cover everyone in their stealth effects, but they are able to take Tooru and Yuffie to the front to set off smoke bombs from a surprise location, just as the guards are beginning to close in on the suspicious looking masked Pride members. Everyone bolts for the elevator and manages to get on without guards on their tails, Yuffie using the key to send them to Lesedi's office. The guards attempt to cut power to the elevators on the way up, but Baryl will be able to override the electronics long enough to keep it going.

When they arrive at the top, there are more guards waiting for them. There is a confusing brawl as more smoke bombs are released, with Tigo cloaking Roy and Mai to get them to the elevator first. The guards end up getting stymied with spray paint to their eyes, though they manage to rough everyone up pretty good before it gets to that point. Before anyone can get taken out, Baryl exits Mai long enough to do some kind of magic ghost thing that knocks backs the guards, and everyone gets into the elevator and heads down. The power to this elevator doesn't get cut - presumably they don't have access to the controls.

Everyone enters the labs. While hiding from the anti ghost waves inside of Mai, Baryl is able to sense the source of the disruption, and leads the group there. Not long after they arrive, an elevator full of guards will follow them into the labs. Conflict will break out again just as they come upon the barrier, and see a blurred ghostly visage inside. Roy sets to using his tools to tear up the machinery supporting the spell with the help of a few people, while the others set to distracting the guards. Baryl (through Mai) will attempt to use some percussion magic to help fend them off, though it will cause the guards to focus on Mai as a target and she'll get tasered. Baryl manages to hop into Terry and continue, but his energy is running very low.

The barrier will begin to short out, and Lesedi Santiago appears in a blind rage. This is where we'll begin.

☆VIRGO ENTERTAINMENT
Those leading the group will get everyone together, giving Arpegius the opportunity to speak to them through Meril. He'll give them what information he can regarding the layout of the areas downstairs, and everyone can begin making plans. Arpegius will be sort of surprised to discover that everyone starts crossdressing, but will decide not to question it.

Arpegius is be able to help disrupt cameras in the area on the way to the basement, but it takes most of his focus - meanwhile, Luce and Nia start acting acting drunk in response to the first posse of guards they run across, distracting them as Keith, Cloud, and Marty strike. The cross dressing does manage to succeed at one thing, which is causing confusion. Unfortunately, it doesn't seem that it actually manages to obscure anyone's identities from the guards - or at least not from what the team can tell from their reactions. Arpegius manages to open the way to the basement, and everyone will manage to run inside, while he spends considerable energy finishing off the robot guards the others have been tangling with while possessing Meril. Everyone gets downstairs and drags the guards with them, and Arpegius locks the door behind them.

Once in the basement area, everyone stands guard while Marty pries open a vent and releases Ivan in the form of a small fennec fox inside, in order to get to the lab areas on the other side of the big mysterious door. It takes a while to do it, but eventually he emerges on the other side of the big door, into a pristine white lab area with tons of bewildering scifi machinery. He's able to open the large gates from the other side, which unknowingly send an alert to guards in the security office, though their reaction won't be as urgent as it would have been at a forced entry.

Everyone enters the labs, with Arpegius hiding inside of Meril and rapidly growing exhausted by the effort of holding on. The labs are filled with strange devices that look like they are meant to examine human bodies, as well as a number of tools that look like they are meant to affect the brain. There are many doors to other areas, but Arpegius will be able to point them in the right direction - until they come upon Stella in her stasis pod. In this form, she only looks like a ball of light.

Parker starts working on getting the computers to cooperate, while others work on strong-arming the actual machinery. Luce takes a ton of pictures of the area and hands them off to Ivan, who is still in his fox form and ready to flee. The pod is difficult to pry, but a combination of Parker's work and the bludgeoning will eventually crack it open...

Just in time for a new wave of guards converge upon the labs from the outside. The big doors open, the guards come in, and then are closed behind them - effectively blocking the only real avenue of escape. As the pod finally begins to open Arpegius is barely holding on.

And this is where we will begin.

“Hold your colours against the wall,
When they take everything away.
Hold your colours against the wall,
With me.”
snapcrackleburn: (to battle)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-04 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
[ Roy was nearly finished cutting wires and as hoped, the barrier starts to blink and destabilize. ]

It's going down! Hit it while it's weak! Tido get out of here now!

[ He takes a stand and gives the last section of wires and computer chips a hard kick, taking them out with a small spark. With the guards closing in it's clear they're about to get caught. At the very least they need to finish what they came for and as for Tiger, nobody wanted him sticking around. ]
tigermillionaire: (action boy)

[personal profile] tigermillionaire 2016-02-04 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Huh?

[Tigo has been distracted by keeping the guards busy – thought a combination of their stealth and their strength, they are capable of tripping them up more than most of the others can on their own. They are more athletic than either of their components have ever been, their long curls of green and yellow hair flowing behind dance-like movements.

The person that Tigo is resists the idea of trying to leave first. Their instinct is to protect and defend. Yet, at the same time...that protection extends to their individual pieces. They want to see this through with the rest of the team, but they can’t deny the need to get Tiger and Kido out either.

Somewhere within their consciousness, Tiger stirs with a feeling of guilt. Even if they could get out, how could he just leave them here? He doesn’t know what to do.]


Just give me a minute!

[They plant a foot into one of the guard’s backs, knocking them forward. These guys are way too sturdy to be normal humans.]
cleartranquil: (Confused: Huh?)

[personal profile] cleartranquil 2016-02-04 04:07 pm (UTC)(link)
Got it, Roy!

[Yuffie is actually on the back of one of the guards when Roy starts yelling, leg wrapped around the guard's neck trying to cut off air and get him to go down. That not working as fast as she'd like, she flings herself forward, using her momentum to flip the guard, and landing. She's functioning on adrenaline at this point. ]

Tido, you gotta move, now! We don't have any more time!

[Disengaging from the fight, Yuffie looks for something to use and settles for a metal chair, picking it up and moving to try and bust open the barrier as she runs, something sparks deep in her chest and she seems to glow for just a moment before the chair comes crashing into the barrier. Whatever damage it does to the barrier, it seems to have done a significant amount to the chair as well, leaving her with a chair leg in one hand and a particularly confused expression on her face. It would probably be priceless in any other situation.]
maipokerface: (yeah let's be clear i'll trust no one)

[personal profile] maipokerface 2016-02-04 04:29 pm (UTC)(link)
[What is it with everyone and chairs? Mai sighs out a breath in the brief moment where Baryl isn't trying to help fend off the guards. She feels vaguely useless at this point, though Baryl has been hitching a ride with her for most of the trek.

Whatever. A few more guards, a few more percussion blasts from Baryl that she can both understand and can't. And a few appropriately grumpy words from the violinist.]


Stop beating the thing with chairs and just open it already! These guards aren't getting any slower!
traumatizing: (pic#2003756)

[personal profile] traumatizing 2016-02-04 05:54 pm (UTC)(link)
[What is it with everyone indeed. Terry stops for a moment, stunned given he's fairly sure he just saw Yuffie glow, but he can ask her about that another time. He's gonna totally disregard Mai's words and grab the broken vhair so he can use it to pick up where Yuffie left off.]
worthlesspride: (you're going down)

[personal profile] worthlesspride 2016-02-04 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
What a complete and utter cluster fuck.

[Tooru is all but useless in melee combat, so he sticks as close to Roy as possible. Trowing what bombs they have left at strategic targets and offering suggestions on who to hit. He can see the weak spots in their defense.]

Terry, mind your two o'clock.

[He cuts his eyes to Roy] Are you almost done with that?

[Then Mai uses the percussion blasts and that's when the guards begin to converge onto her.]

MAI-CHAN WATCH OUT!
snapcrackleburn: (to battle)

[personal profile] snapcrackleburn 2016-02-05 12:07 am (UTC)(link)
The barrier is coming down! The instant he's out, we retreat! Someone get those guards away from Mai!

[ The blinking increases, and the intervals of the barrier blinking out start to grow longer. Roy looks for signs of the ghost inside, hoping he's trying to escape. Roy turns back to the guards in time to catch one of them breaking away and charging at Tooru and himself. Roy grabs a wrench from the floor, one of the tools he had brought, and hits the guard in the head. ]
maipokerface: (be a man about it)

[personal profile] maipokerface 2016-02-05 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[Converge is definitely the correct word for it. One breaks away for Roy and Tooru and a few of the others keep on their course for Mai herself.

She hisses out an annoyed breath, yelling now.]


Baryl, you better do something. Quick!

[Before anything can be done though, one of the guards proves a little smarter than the others. He has a taser and he puts said taser to very good use. Mai can only back up a step or two before before the taser shoots, hits her and there's little that can done on her end besides her muscles stiffening in protest. Mai herself bites back on the cry that she wants to let loose of.

She drops heavily the next moment and Baryl has to abandon her for a new host.]
traumatizing: (pic#9809504)

[personal profile] traumatizing 2016-02-05 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[It's a good thing Mai shouting at Baryl caught Terry's attention, he rushes over to grab Mai and get her away from the guards before they can get close enough to drag her away. He pulls her to her feet and gets an arm over his shoulder as fast as he can - even if she can't walk right now, it'll be faster to drag her over this way than trying to scoop her up.]

We really need to get through that barrier!

[He can take Baryl, but that's just delaying the inevitable if they can't get through that barrier.]
cleartranquil: (Fighter: To the Death)

[personal profile] cleartranquil 2016-02-05 01:15 am (UTC)(link)
[The broken part of the chair is something like a baton in her hand. She's continued bashing it into the barrier, metal zapping her as the barrier's begun to break down. But hearing the mess behind her Yuffie turns on her heel and throws catching a guard in the head and knocking them down before they can trip up Terry and Mai They hit the ground hard and Yuffie grins in spite of herself. This is horrible. Everything about it is horrible. They're outmanned, they're caught, and they're in so much trouble.

But she's not felt better in a very long time.
]

It's coming down!

[Yuffie really hopes, though she wishes it would hurry the hell up. She elbows the barrier again, hard before yelling.]

Tido! Roy! Somebody! Help me! It's almost done!
worthlesspride: (you're going down)

[personal profile] worthlesspride 2016-02-05 02:00 am (UTC)(link)
Mai-chan!

[He wants to run to her. Terry has her though. That's good. He looks over at the fusion and points at Mai and Terry]

Tido, Tigo, whatever the heck your name is, get them out of here!

[Probably futile, but it's okay. As long as he does his part he can go on with a clear conscious. They're screwed, but if they rescue the alien ghosts and Mai and Tiger gets out he doesn't give a fuck.

He feels a grin on his face.]


This is for the aliens!

[And he takes a few steps back an pulls out the newly purchased Volleyball out of the bag he was keeping the bombs it. It was supposed to be a cover for the bombs in case one of guards did a random search. Now it's his last chance to save the aliens. He drops the bag gently and throws the volleyball into the air. As it falls he runs towards it, jumps, arms spread out behind him like wings, and then quick as a whip he smacks the ball and with prefect aim it flies towards the barrier. Hitting exactly where it needs to with enough force to break it.]
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giglio_madonna: (sassybird) (to quote hamlet act 3 scene 3 line 92)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-04 09:55 am (UTC)(link)
[As one of the last people to help out in Project Fuck Technology Up, Luce is a bit lacking in having any particular tools on hand as the guards make their appearance. The good news: she's somehow managed to get one hand on a heeled shoe presumably from one of the guys, and in her other hand is an expensive looking microscope that's definitely not being handled appropriately.]

[Without really thinking about it, she's positioned herself on the front lines to both have a decent view of the guards and to try and hide the smaller members of their group- Parker, Haru, and Nia. Not that it will do any good, she suspects, but still.]

[It's hard not to look at wherever Ivan is hiding, small and with that important bit of evidence. She's so worried for him. At the same time, they all came down here for a reason. A duty. She won't be the one to ruin it for them.]

[Hoping that the others are keeping plenty of eyes on the guards, Luce turns her head to hiss towards Meril and Parker.]


Get her out, and then escape.

[Towards Meril, but not really to her. Arpegius and his sister are the important ones here.]
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nibelungvalesti: (sword drawn)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-02-04 04:21 pm (UTC)(link)
We are a bit short on ways to escape!

[She can feel Arpegius flagging and, worse, the quiet conviction that she ought to be able to DO something about that. Carrying a soul with her like this feels like the most natural thing in the world -- no, more than that, it feels like she is fulfilling a purpose she didn't know she had.]

[...except she isn't doing it right, and she knows it.]
costumechange: (I'm so angry at you)

[personal profile] costumechange 2016-02-04 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
{Haru's heart is cantering in her chest, a beat so audible she's thinking she could duplicate it on one of her drums later. She pulls back and swings the cathetometer in her hand harder, trying to mimic the long armed fully extended crack she remembers from the ball player cropping up in her dreams.

At Luce's order, and seeing the older woman take to the front, there's a wrenching feeling in Haru's chest. It's a tear straight down her center whether to follow orders or take a place at Luce's side, they both feel right, like she's made this choice before to follow an order or stand with someone. She cracks the metal pole against the case again, feeling the vibration of the connection down her arms.}


Concentrate on one thing at a time. If we split our attention individually we'll panic.

{She sounds far more in control of her emotions than she feels.}

One or two stand with Luce, the rest of us, keep working.
heymcfly: (12)

[personal profile] heymcfly 2016-02-05 01:08 am (UTC)(link)
[ Marty swallows hard. He's got his eyes set on a whole bunch of guards, who probably are pissed as hell right now.

He acts big, and he acts tough, but shit. Marty doesn't have any superpowers! He can't turn into a fox, or shoot lasers from his eyes or use x-ray vision to do whatever. Marty McFly is your normal teenage kid, who just has a huge passion for music. If he had his guitar, maybe this could be a different story. Never in his dreams would he consider it to be a weapon, but in this case, maybe?

But he doesn't have a guitar on him right now. Or anything, except for this weird ass uniform and a pod that won't open quick enough.

Marty's no stranger to trouble; he can't remember a time where he has been, but something inside him just knows. Weird chases, outwitting your opponents. He can't do any magical shit here, but there's another way he can be handy. ]


What if I chase 'em off? Or, ah, they chase me? [ He breaks his gaze away from the guards for one second, looking to the group. Marty tries his hardest to not look nervous. He doesn't want to look like a chicken or anything. ] Give me somethin' big and I can try and get them off of your backs!
sponsorigami: Rising Ivan profile (gift, dnt) (映画 Dawn of the third day)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-02-05 01:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ Being in the form of a tiny fox, Ivan knows he can't do much at the moment. He's crouched beside a desk corner.

During that memory-vision when he had been found out by Jake Martinez and Kriem... he had been going in for information to save people. And he got it. Injured or not, he got the much needed information to the people who could use it further. Luce giving him the task to make it out of here made him recall the another part of the story and cut off any intention of a protest.

That's what Ivan has to do now. He has to get this cell phone out, relay what has happened to Doctor, and possibly even shapeshift to show others objects he has touched while in this room. He darts to another protected area to brush against the strange looking machine, copying the physical form for later reference. He's also trying to get to the vent again, but the incoming guards make that a little difficult. Is he going to have to rush for it, or can someone create an opening?

Also, should Keith be close by, Ivan will whisper to him, "Mr. Goodman, keep Luce safe."
]
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agains: (king of HERO)

[personal profile] agains 2016-02-05 06:33 am (UTC)(link)
[ "You have my word. I'll cover you, Mr. Karelin. Please, run!"

Yeah, someone can create an opening. Keith will draw attention away from Ivan as best as possible, brawling with any guards who might be in the way. His punches are clumsy; he thinks he's been in bar fights before but he can't shake the feeling that his combat style ought to be more hands-off.

In particular, when he tries to elbow a guard in the stomach to knock the wind out of him, Keith finds himself... glowing. For just one second, an ineffective puff of wind accompanies the jab. It throws him off balance, making him prone to retaliation, and will likely surprise anyone who sees it.

But maybe it's enough to keep eyes away from the fox.

Maybe it's enough.

Were he not still reeling from his apparent ability to gain a blue aura and generate baby breezes, a rallying cry would be rising in his throat. Duty surges through him more than ever before. He should be fighting with a team. He should be doing his part. He will protect everyone. Or at least one person. ]
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giglio_madonna: (And rage the likes of which you)

[personal profile] giglio_madonna 2016-02-05 07:26 am (UTC)(link)
[Well.]

[This sure isn't how she wanted things to go. But the best laid plans of mice and men...]

[Whirling about, she shoves the microscope into Marty's hands, not really caring if he drops it or not.]


Pod, open, now.

[The tone in her voice says she won't take 'no' for an answer.]

[Especially because she's busy twisting about again, already with her other arm pulled back so she can fling the shoe in her hand at a guard at Keith's side. The hit to their head doesn't really do much, but it does see to catch the off-guard so that they don't take advantage of Keith's own instability.]

[Which is enough time for Luce to try and tackle at their knees.]

[Naomi's party was horrendous, but it did teach Luce one thing- getting someone off-balance and onto the ground is much easier than trying to bludgeon them. Hopefully someone will have her covered... Or Keith's other side.]
off_the_edge: (Attack)

[personal profile] off_the_edge 2016-02-05 11:58 am (UTC)(link)
Got your back, Luce!

[Shouts Cloud, as he brings up a fist and drops the guard to the floor by driving his bony elbow into his throat. His other hand is holding both of his stilettos, heels outward like ninja spikes, and the stockings mean he'd been able to run and slide up to her on the tiled floor. He knew insisting on being the prettiest girl would pay off somehow.]

[The feminine presence in the tank makes his mind flicker white - and it flickers white about flickering white, a lost memory within a lost memory. Those beautiful long-fingered hands, on the side of the angel doll's cheeks, fluid running from its mouth; and behind her is his Mother - but where's he in the picture? He can't remember where he was standing. He can't remember from where he was looking - ]

[A baton hits him in the side of the head, fortunately glancing off his skull, but snapping him back to reality. He darts the heels directly at the guard's eyes.]

Marty, now!

[Without understanding or being able to justify the feeling, he loves Stella for showing him some of her memories, for sharing with him her mind. Beyond reason or logic, he'd happily die for her right now.]
nibelungvalesti: (this will not stand)

[personal profile] nibelungvalesti 2016-02-05 04:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[Meril is small, but undeniably strong for her size, and the dwindling ghost inside her only fuels her strength with desperation and adrenaline.]

[Seizing the doors to the pod, she hauls backwards, putting the muscles in her backs and legs into the effort. Open, damn it, open!]
sponsorigami: Ivan looking like he's running for his life (絵 Devil takes the hindmost)

[personal profile] sponsorigami 2016-02-05 05:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ivan makes a dash for the vent he entered in, using the opening created for him. It's the only real exit for him to take. As much as he wants to make sure the pod opens before he leaves, he may have to trust in them to finish it while he's gone.

And he does trust these people.

He almost makes it to the vent entrance when a new guard closes in on him and kicks. Ivan gets knocked away and looses the grip on the cell phone in his mouth. Wincing, Ivan forces himself up and moving towards the phone again. He can't leave it behind.
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