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Rown

Friendly Hunter

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 9:57 pm


External Missions
User Image - Blocked by "Display Image" Settings. Click to show.Survey Mission 4C
Location: San Zhi Resort
Images:: x, x, x.
General debriefing: There has been the stirring of something that scares even the locals: a rumour has it that in the evening, the lights turn on several of the odd pod-like buildings. Music can be heard from within before the light flickers off. This investigation must happen, due to this claim, in the evening after dark.
* C class difficulty level (must have a team of three, at least one of them must be an intermediate trainee)


MECHANICS

* MECHANICS: RP assembling a team, as necessary, before heading towards the Lighthouse portal to request a portal to Survey Mission 4C. Once there, roll a 100-sided dice and match the roleplay to the results below, as well as any reactions. Players can continue rolling until any of the players roll a INSANITY ENCOUNTER, in which case the BATTLE PHASE begins. See below for battle phase mechanics.
1- 20: The darkness combined with the fog make it extremely difficult to navigate. As you move your flashlight against the ground all you see is the crackled pavement, the pods obscured from sight -

- As a skeletal face carved right into the cement leers at you -

- And disappears. It was just your imagination... right?
21 - 40: Tattered pieces of fabric seem to be hanging from a few smashed windows. Upon further investigation you realize it is actually strips of skin peeled off some hapless creature.
41 - 60: You take a look at the pods again. They look normal enough, though none of them have the odd flickering light. Well that's a relief. A strange jarring noise interrupts you and as you look back, the order of the pods have changed, from location to colour.
61 - 80: You hear music playing in the background, a sort of wailing, foreign music. It seems to be coming from right above you, but nothing is there. Only you can hear it.
81- 100: BOSS ENCOUNTER:
- As you continue walking down the sidewalk you hear a large crack, followed by another. A strange gas explodes from underneath, making you extremely dizzy, as you cough to figure out what is going on, fighting for air now. You have exposed your entire team to a hallucinogen, making everything more terrifying than ever as your vision swims and hops uncontrollably and your hearing becomes muted. Something creaks, groans, lurches underneath you, but is that your imagination?

- BOSS MECHANICS: This boss is a mob that has collective 100 HP. Every time you attack it (following the general battle rules), you TAKE 8 damage. AS you can't really see the boss, most of it will have to be dependent on what you can see, if anything at all, from strange faceless figures lurching, half-hopping towards you to the smiling dead coming back and swiping at you. Make sure to tally the boss's total HP (the damage you did to it) at the bottom of your post as well as your total HP and the damage you did that round. If the boss's HP hits 0, you have defeated it, and your team can now take the portal back.
* 4 mission reward points for completing this successfully
PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:02 pm


Another mission, another mission? Yes, yes yes - Ofelia had liked how everything happened, how everything went well enough, and Rue was pleasant and happy...enough. If going out and fighting, success or not, meant Rue was off her back then she was more than willing to get it done and done right. A trip to the mission board had her looking for something else, something that could have been fun, and she settled for ones about pods.

The problem was it was a three man mission . . . again, and Ofelia didn't know who to bring with her. Many people had beef with her, or she had beef with them, and so the teen just wrote down information and started towards the commons. Maybe she'd bump into someone along the way and get an idea?


MoonKitsune
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Rown

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Dangerous Hunter

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:31 pm


Between training and doing mission reports, Jake's life on Deus was... kinda dull. Or at least really repetitive. Of course, there was the occasional spar here and there, and the oh-so-great interactions with some other hunters. Mostly retarded female hunters with no regard for personal space. Yup.

At the moment, he was only wandering the halls, stifling a yawn.


Jake didn't bother answering, because as usual, Chester was right.


Rown

MoonKitsune
PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:34 pm


Ofelia was ready, more than ready, she wanted missions. It needed to happen, she was practically on the prowl, and woe be to anyone who got in her path.

Like a certain Death trainee whom she knew hated her guts.

Whom happened to be in front of her.

He couldn't and wouldn't get away.

"Jake, get yer gear together, we're goin' on an external mission."


[A.V.]

Rown

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[A.V.]


Dangerous Hunter

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:37 pm


He wouldn't of even noticed the redhead and would of bumped into her had she not spoken out.
His head snapped up when he heard his name called, and upon realizing who it was, he only narrowed his eyes and frowned.

"The hell do you mean we, I ain't going anywhere with you."


Rown
PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:43 pm


"Shut up an' come on. This is yer chance ta get some brownie points in wit' the bosses, an' ya pull this off right it gets ya advanced. Who knows, do well 'nough on this an' they could even promote ya pass me." The teen was totally blowing smoke out her a** but there was no way for Jake to know - he was completely fresh from pod (in her mind) and she was close enough to becoming a hunter that she could practically taste the promotion.

Well, not really. "Ya do wanna get stronger than me an' put me in mah place, don'tcha?" The redhead knew what buttons to press, every single one of them, and she touched them with a hammer instead of delicate fingers. Jake hated her, she didn't care. She needed bodies to get this mission done and even if he returned a corpse - she had a body.


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Rown

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Dangerous Hunter

PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:51 pm


...Brownie points. Right.
Just like how well their last task went.
The prospect of being advanced sooner did appeal to him though.


Jake grumbled. He hated when Chester was right. Which was... almost all the time.
He swore he could feel a smug grin forming in his head.

"...Fine. But I swear, if this ends up like that minipet task..." he gave her a threatening look. Or, at least as threatening as a trainee shorter than her could give, "I'll let Caelius roast YOUR head on a stick."


Rown
PostPosted: Sun Dec 02, 2012 10:57 pm


Ofelia responded to Jake's unhappy taunt by patting him on the head, the same way a sibling would. . . or a person would to a puppy. Which one Ofelia thought of him as was up for debate, but she'd gotten him: hook, line, and sinker.

"Now all we need is a third person an' we're good ta go. Ya got anyone in mind that came come along?" She seriously doubted Jake had friends.

Ofelia was such a pot calling a kettle black, though she'd prefer to think of herself as a brown one.


[A.V.]
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Rown

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PostPosted: Mon Dec 03, 2012 1:40 pm


Rown

[A.V.]


Melvin was walking past the labs and had finished making a run to one of the techs in another department who needed some data from the life labs weapons projects sector. He'd been doing simple jobs to wind back down from the mission with Rin and Rep, and had found himself back at a nice equilibrium where he wasn't so shaken.

Moving slowly, he checked his phone and glanced when he saw a bit of red. He decided just to give Ofelia the cold shoulder, not saying a damn thing as he passed.
PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 4:46 am


Too bad for Melvin that Ofelia had long since gotten over her side of the hissy-fit between the two of them, seeing as she'd managed to survive getting killed by Caelius, and the teen glanced up just in time to see him pass. She already had Jake, that was one body, and now with someone else in sight she was not going to let him go either.

"Melvin, get some gear. Ah could really, really use someone dependable like ya fer a mission that Jake an' Ah are headin' out towards." She spoke loudly, more like shouted it as Melvin passed, pretty sure he was doing that whole 'I am ignoring you' thing people did a lot to her in school. All the grades of school. She could and would get louder if he continued to ignore her, there was no shame in Ofelia's body (not today anyway) and she pulled her phone out, ready to text him if he felt the need to not respond at all.


MoonKitsune
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Rown

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MoonKitsune

Romantic Exhibitionist

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:30 pm


Rown


Melvin stopped after being shouted at, adjusted his goggles, and turned about to look at Ofelia. It was not even remotely a warm look that said he was happy to see her. His eyes went to her and briefly to look at Jake. He'd only met the man once for a few moments and it hadn't been a nice encounter.

"Why would I want to help you?"
PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:25 pm


Oh that was right - Melvin still hated her. Ofelia seemed to just be a champion when it came to finding people on the island who hated her, or at least were still pissed at her, and she sighed. Getting Jake to come along had been really easy, Melvin would basically be like pulling teeth, and so she said what was on her mind.

"Because if Ah happen ta die on the mission ya can come back an' tell people it wasn' yer fault? Because Ah need someone other than Jake ta watch mah back an' yer hella dependable? 'Cause it's off the Island an' will give ya a chance ta get out of this island?" She ran a list down on her fingers, actually counting it off as she went, and the bracelet she wore on her arm jingled with the movement. It was a strong contrast to Rue's busted chains, and it served as a reminder that Ofelia had no problems with others, or dying for others.

She seriously doubted the other two cared about that, and she really needed a third person. "Plus ya can work towards promotion, or learnin' sommin' new? Or ya can come along ta get me ta shut the hell up, jus' like Jake is doin'. Right kiddo?"


MoonKitsune
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Rown

Friendly Hunter


MoonKitsune

Romantic Exhibitionist

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:30 pm


It wasn't as hard as pulling teeth as Ofelia had thought. She hadn't listed a reason such as friendship or pleaded and only stated things that would benefit him. When she presented it that way, he didn't mind as much. It was business, not friendship. Not when he still was bristling over her behavior during Thanksgiving.

"The first excuse I won't take. You know as well as everyone else that everyone is responsible during a mission if someone dies. I couldn't come back and say it wasn't my fault if I was on your team and it's not something I actually look forward to saying. For all the other reasons, sure. I've already been on one mission. I can do another."

He regarded Jake with the sort of curt nod that acknowledged him, but not in any friendly way. They both knew they were here for a mission, not to hold hands and sing songs.
PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:38 pm


Oh, great, pansy-face. This mission was SURE to go up in flames now.
At least Ofelia had been right about Jake not watching his back. If she weren't careful, he might end up stabbing it... or something.

He responded to Ofelia's question with a snort, and gave Melvin a cold look.
Whatever. Sooner they get this over with, sooner he could ditch these two losers.

"Whatever. Lead the way, oh illustrious leader."
Hopefully someone would die on this mission.


Rown
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Rown

Friendly Hunter

PostPosted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:45 pm


"Okay then, this mission has ta be after dark an' it's evenin' now - likely there too. Get whatever runics yer certified fer - two'a 'em, an' meet me at the lighthouse. Wear sommin' fit fer humid weather an' abandoned buildin's. either'a yer asses get tetnus an' Ah'mma laugh." She twisted the bracelet on her wrist, really hoping this wasn't going to become a habit (that would suck) and she turned away from the pair.

A pair of runic torches and bandages was grabbed (she really liked those weapons) and her flipflops were switched out for knee-high boots. She also grabbed a flashlight with good batteries, it was going to be dark as hell and being with only one eye sort of didn't help with night time things.

Eventually she made her way to the lighthouse, where she waited.


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