Location: Downtown or Uptown Witzend, any new development found in the city.
Requirements: 2-4 agents, you may be powered but it is suggested that you enter as civilians to keep from drawing too much attention.
Debriefing: One of your own has been captured by the enemy! You don't have a lot to go off of but there's been reports of squatters in the new apartment developments and sightings of tents
♠️STEP ONE:
Turns out there's a lot of new development happening in Witzend and you'll have to pick an area to start.
One player must roll 1d4 to determine their location:
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1 - After some deliberation, you decide to check out the new development where there's rumored to be a lot of tents popping up in Uptown Witzend. 2 - You chose to explore Downtown Witzend, where new businesses are under construction. 3 - Not far from the Crimson Hotel is three or four half finished complexes, you decide to explore there. 4 - Having heard rumors about some squatters, you decide to check out the string of development that leads up to Downtown Witzend.
♠️STEP TWO:
Now that you've picked your location, it's time to start your search. You're hoping to find information that'll help you reclaim your captured ally, or even find them, but you'll take any information at this point.
Each player must roll 1d6 to determine if they find anything of interest:
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1 - There's construction tools that look abandoned and you find an worn, orange safety helmet but there's nothing interesting. 2 - You find what appears to be fresh footprints in the soften ground around the building. Curious, you decide to follow them. (Quote Nuxaz) 3 - A mouse skitters past you. You're startled but no worse for the wear. You find nothing interesting. 4 - Lighting isn't so great once you're inside and when you turn the corner every part of you is on high alert. Someone is right in front of you! In a panic you lash out. It turns out to be someone you came with. Whoops... (You run into the person who posted above you!) 5 - Entering one of the buildings you make your way into a room, there you find a collection of items. Most of it is trash, but there's some blankets and half eaten food. Upon further inspection you find that most of it is fresh. (Quote Nuxaz) 6 - As you're picking your way through pieces of lumber, concrete, and construction, you spot a white cat. (Quote Nuxaz)
♠️STEP THREE:
For the most part the search isn't exactly helpful and you're all starting to get frustrated and antsy. Still, you keep searching.
Each player must roll 1D6
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1 - You found someone! Oh wait, it's just a drunk...who slurs at you and throws their empty bottle at you. 2 - You spot a tent that's moving around a lot. Upon investigation you find it filled with rats who promptly bite you. Ouch! (Lose 2 HP) 3 - While you're scouting you catch sight of someone who looks like they match one of the descriptions filed in the reports. You know glamour likes to trick you and you decide to take a chance and confront them. (Quote Nuxaz) 4 - You find a room with a set of chairs and ropes. One of the chairs looks like it's been smashed and that there was a struggle. While you can't find any other evidence, you make note of it to check the surrounding area. 5 - You hear voices as you climb up unfinished stairs with care. Hold on...Could it be? (Quote Nuxaz) 6 - For one reason or another you find yourself alone and suddenly someone is shouting at you. Before you can react, you're hit and knocked out! (Quote Nuxaz)
OOC
At the conclusion of the mission, please have 1 character fill out a mission report. You may simply fill out the form in the mission hub or write a solo/reg for it. If you hit 0 HP at any point, Quote Nuxaz for a special interaction! Successful completion of the mission earns you tangy crumpet (This may only be used once to regain 4HP) and may be claimed TWICE.
4 - Having heard rumors about some squatters, you decide to check out the string of development that leads up to Downtown Witzend.
It seemed the enemy had not been idle: Someone from the strike team was missing, and now it was time to find them and retrieve them. Or avenge them. Time would tell which one.
Once more, Lt. Tetrahedrite found himself working with Noctua, though this time with the addition of another lieutenant. A small, soft-looking young man code named Fettelite.
Granted, Tetra was powered down, so at the moment he was Gansükh, and they were their own unassuming selves. Looking at the other two made Gan feel a bit like he was watching after a couple of students from the University out on a trip somewhere. Made the whole thing seem much more surreal, somehow.
They had several leads of places, but ultimately they had to pick one. Let others inspect the rest. Some squatters taking up space in commercial development seemed like it had potential.
The area itself was not terribly interesting. It was like most any other construction site you'd find in the western world. Lot of stuff piled around, most of it useful but a lot of it trash.
"Hopefully," Gan commented softly to the others, his slight accent being marginally more obvious when he tried to be quiet, "They don't bother with security guards in construction sites."
Something that, until very recently, Gan would not have given a second thought to crossed the edge of his vision not long after they arrived, and he looked in that direction. "Cat," he announced (still softly) to the others, gesturing in that direction.
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6 - As you're picking your way through pieces of lumber, concrete, and construction, you spot a white cat. (Quote Nuxaz)
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Nux says we can all roll now, but we can't do step 3 until the "quote nux" roll(s) get(s) resolved.
Gan had picked the spot, and Gisela was along for the ride. After their half-success at the rose garden, she was only too happy to team up with the silent giant again. She stuck close to him, regarding the other addition with vague uncertainty. She never had been one for strangers, and certainly not strangers who had yet to prove themselves useful.
The construction site was barren for the most part. Odds and ends of a job site such as a bright orange helmet or discarded wrench. Sometimes you just lose track of the wrench...
Gan's low announcement drew her eyes and elicited a small smile.
"Excellent..."
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4Total: 4 (1-6)
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4 - Lighting isn't so great once you're inside and when you turn the corner every part of you is on high alert. Someone is right in front of you! In a panic you lash out. It turns out to be someone you came with. Whoops... (You run into the person who posted above you!)
So far in these adventures in this foreign town, December had done nothing of note. Both of his missions had failed, but atleast one good thing seemed to come out of them... He was still alive.
In fact, he hadn't once been in a battle, and he was incredibly relieved at that! He wasn't much of a fighter, or someone confrontational, and that bundle of nerves he always had yet to go away. Maybe that was the reason why he was suddenly paired up with a much stronger young woman and another lieutenant who, though was the same rank as December, certainly seemed alot more put together.
It was clear that the two had some sort of familiarity with one another, especially with how Gisela kept to Gan. Oh, he hoped he kept their names right, he was never any good at them. At some point he had gone in the wrong direction when he had gone about, eyes pointed at the floor. December had become separated from his team!
Every inch of him was on high alert now, panic bubbling so near the surface, and in that moment where he turned the wrong corner too quickly and noticed the shape right before him. Before he could stop himself, he lashed out, hand reaching out to shove the person he bumped into as far away as he could in a moment of fear and adrenaline.
... And yet it wasn't the enemy, or a stranger who would have hurt him, but his teammate, Gisela.... Oh no...
"I-I'm so sorry!!" He quickly whispered to her, scrambling backwards in case she found it necessary to hit him for his mistake. "I got lost and then w-with the case where people are getting kidnapped, I panicked... I'm really, truly very sorry!"
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:03 am
The cat's ears twitch, head turning to look over it's shoulder and in the light, it's eyes flashed.
With a twitching nose, the sight of something peculiar on it's forehead is possible but the cat is turning quickly and running off.
It appears to be unfriendly. Despite any attempts to keep it in sight, it disappears.
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Posted: Fri Apr 12, 2019 11:37 am
After letting the others know about it, Gan moved carefully to follow the cat. He didn't want to spook it...just get a closer look. As he approached, he thought he caught the sight of something suspicious on the cat's face.
His eyes widened slightly, involuntarily, and he hastened after it as it turned to scamper away.
It took only a few seconds before it rounded a corner, and a few after that when he arrived there and...
Gone.
He had a few choice words to say to that. None of which were English.
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I figure a round of reactions and then the next roll~
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Posted: Sat Apr 13, 2019 10:14 pm
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Gisela had seen it too. A strange marking that may have matched their own cats' markings. But as Gisela was moving to get a better look, she was sent careening forward, suddenly unsteady feet clattering noising in the debris of the abandoned construction site.
She spun, teeth born and fingers crooked into wicked claws as she readied a strike on her attacker, but saw no one. No one except for a bumbling and apologizing boy.
Gisela twisted to watch the cat dart off and fought the urge to curse. Instead, however, she took her frustration out on the unfortunate lieutenant who had mistaken her for an opponent. She dug her hooked fingers into his collar, careful to make sure that she dug them into his skin as well, and yanked him so close her nose nearly touched her.
"Lock it down or go back home."
The vitriol in her voice was nearly palpable. Rage burned in her eyes clear as day and she held the young man's gaze for a moment before she shoved him away and returned to Gan's side.
"Where did you even find him?"
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3Total: 3 (1-6)
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3 - While you're scouting you catch sight of someone who looks like they match one of the descriptions filed in the reports. You know glamour likes to trick you and you decide to take a chance and confront them. (Quote Nuxaz)
A breath had caught in December's throat as Gisela pulled him close, the stinging feeling of those nails scratching his throat that was only just beginning to heal sent a shot of pain straight down his spine.
He wouldn't cry. He really, really wanted to, but he wouldn't. That's all he needed, to have someone report him and have another session of beatings and broken fingers the moment he returned back to Destiny City.
Maybe she had noticed the panick in his eyes, or how quick he was to close them when she came too close, flinching at the immediate contact. Or how he breathed a sigh of relief when he was let go, stumbling back and muttering one last apologize before he kept his eyes pinned to the floor.
The knowledge that he was more than a little sub-par was there, and he couldn't deny it.
A thought crossed his mind... It'd be better if he didn't stay with him, wouldn't it...? While Gan and Gisela only proved further he had no place here, December took another turn, catching a glimpse of someone who looked pretty familiar...
Wait... Wait, wait wait.... Wasn't that someone who fit the description of what he was looking for..?
He didn't wait for them, not when it was already clear he wasn't wanted, and he figured that by approaching the stranger, he could figure out whether or not who they were. If they were the person they were after, then just maybe, he could give his team mates a better opinion of him. A moment more of hesitation passed, then he took a deep breath and rubbed at his quickly reddening throat and approached the stranger.
"E-excuse me..." His voice came out a half-whimper, eyes still watery and upset from Gisela's coldness. "I kinda got hurt.. Exploring the area... I-I know, dumb kid wandering around like a idiot... B-but you don't happen to have a bandage or something, do you...?"
To emphasis his injury, he pointed at his throat and the bits of raised skin that had come from Gisela's nails. If it was the person he was looking for, great! If now, maybe he'd finally find someone nice here..
Gan shrugged noncomittally at Gisela. “Cut the kid some slack,” he suggested. “This place isn’t exactly...well lit, and he looks like he’s seen some s**t, honestly.”
Speaking of seeing s**t, he checked around a corner and almost immediately spotted somebody. “Hey!” He called out, only for the...well, obviously homeless man to whirl around and chuck an empty bottle in Gan’s direction, causing him to duck back behind the wall while the drunkard grumbled something incoherent.
“If that is one of our targets,” Gan commented, “Then they are worse off than we think.”
"Softie," Gisela poked at Gan, her lips curling into a small smile. The limited time they had spent together had caused her to grow fond of him, and she had made a silent promise to fall in line behind him as well when he ascended the ranks.
"Maybe you're right. We've all seen s**t though. Kid needs to grow up if he's going to get jumpy at shadows..."
Still, Gisela didn't dwell on the subject. If the lieutenant wanted to let the kid go with a warning, then Gisela would let him go with a warning. However angry the warning had been...
Said kid seemed to have seen something, but Gisela figured that he and Gan had the issue under control. The person fit their file description. but it was only one person, so she figured that they could handle it. Plus, Gisela was certain she'd heard some muttering up these stairs...
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5 - You hear voices as you climb up unfinished stairs with care. Hold on...Could it be? (Quote Nuxaz)
Nuxaz rolled 1 4-sided dice:
2Total: 2 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 3:21 pm
While the person looks startlingly like the people you're looking for, it's very clear once they turn towards you that they're high out of their minds.
Eyes are unfocused as words seem to fall on deaf ears and their facial features look rather gaunt. You're almost convinced that they're just acting ******** off," the person slurs, swaying where they stand and moving to shove December back and away. "Do I look like a medic, bug off!"
Behind them you think you see someone in an outfit that looks eerily like a senshi's...
Hm, maybe you should pursue them instead!
((Please R1D4, if you roll evens please quote me!))
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1Total: 1 (1-4)
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Gisela would hear a bit of arguing.
"I told you they were getting close!"
"But--"
"We don't need to hang around any--- Wait, what was that?"
They seem to have heard Gisela coming up the stairs despite her diligence and when she makes it to the next floor she can spot two figures taking off.
They're on the second story and while it's not unbelievable that a civilian can make that drop and keep running you're suspicious anyway.
((You may choose to pursue or to attempt to alert the others. Regardless of your choice, please R1D4, you must roll a 2 in order to successfully pursue, otherwise you're derailed by drunks)
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4Total: 4 (1-4)
Posted: Mon Apr 15, 2019 5:53 pm
December hadn’t expected such hostility, and readily stumbled backwards from the drugged out man.
Flashbacks to his home, his family’s legacy, came over him for a split second, and that fear started to well up in his belly once again.
What quickly brought him back though was the glimpse of something off... and he hurried after them, thinking it was a Senshi, and someone who could help him.
“W-wait, please!” He tried to softly call out, tripping over his own feet in pursuit.
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Gan gave her a wan smile and a small shake of his head. "It can be difficult," he replied, "But don't forget your humanity in all this insanity. I may be...new to this, but ultimately, War is War, and it does terrible things to people, regardless of how it plays out."
Just like he was back in the University, giving some minor lecture. Actually, possibly a bit less stressful, given he didn't have to worry about multiple other jobs at the same time. Though there were still a few details about that he needed to work out...Not something to think about right this moment, though, so pushed it out of his mind.
As the others advanced and looked around, Gan kept an eye on them, thinking it would be best to keep track of them properly. Hopefully less bad surprises that way.
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