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middleofsomewhere2020-07-13 05:43 am
voidtreckermods) wrote in middleofsomewhere2020-07-13 05:43 am
Entry tags:
- !mission seven,
- masumi sera [ou],
- quatre raberba winner [ou],
- seto kaiba [ou],
- taiki [ou],
- tidus [ou],
- zelda (oot) [ou],
- ~x~alice liddell [ou],
- ~x~arataka reigen [ou],
- ~x~curufin [crau],
- ~x~dyme graydon [ou],
- ~x~feanor [ou],
- ~x~minako aino [ou],
- ~x~samata mahto [ou],
- ~x~webmind [ou],
- ~x~wester mazaki [au]
Onward: Orange
A Stormy Night
The night of day six of Grasshopper begins to get blustery, and rain begins to fall shortly after the sun sets. Just after midnight they are facing a full-on storm. It’s quite interesting to watch, for those who need a break from investigating. Especially up on the top floor, where the glass roof gives a good view; all the instruments are set up to monitor weather patterns and are operating perfectly, a fascinating watch for those interested in such things.
It’s a little noisy, but not too bad for those that want to sleep; it’s just another distraction along with the perpetual light. Still it is, for the most part, a peaceful night.
Lights OUT
Peaceful, that is, until about an hour before dawn on day seven, their third day on-world. A large clap of thunder booms overhead, a massive flash of light brightens even the sky around the station… and something hits the facility so hard that it seems to rock. The lights go out.
Every single light and screen in the building go dark at once.
It’s only a few moments before the machines whir back to life. Monitors and equipment rebooting, a cascade of beeps and whirrs and start-up tones. The lights, however, do not come back on. Clearly emergency lighting has never been a concern for a people that can see in the dark.
It’s a concern now. From across the facility, everywhere there was an orb, there are now monsters. A lot of monsters. Grey, long limbed and ready to attack.
Luckily for the Voidtreckers, the monsters on the very bottom floor have found something more interesting than hunting them. Within moments, they smash through the grates along the floor, and begin clambering downwards.
Downwards seems to be through some kind of service shaft, though easily big enough to fit a person in. They skitter down into the darkness, if any of Orange try and follow they can. It will be a steep, treacherous descent; they may need to break out that climbing gear to descend safely.
Something Approaches
Back in the facility, the monsters that didn’t descend are instead attacking anyone they find with mindless savagery. A little while after the attack starts those near the top floor will hear a siren, ringing out into the darkness. It is not constant, rather it peaks and fades. Anyone who goes to investigate will find it comes from a black metal machine on the top floor, its screen showing a now constantly flashing, wavy green line and the words SIGNAL FOUND. As time passes, the green wave on-screen grows taller.
Luckily, they only have to last the remaining hour until dawn and when the sunlight shines through the glass of the facility the monsters shatter. In their place rise familiar orbs. Any monsters on the sub-levels remain active whilst the facility is in darkness.
The alarm subsides during the day. The machine’s wave remains the same size, pulsing only occasionally. Once night falls on the third day (Grasshopper 7), it shrills, and the wave continues to grow.
The night of day six of Grasshopper begins to get blustery, and rain begins to fall shortly after the sun sets. Just after midnight they are facing a full-on storm. It’s quite interesting to watch, for those who need a break from investigating. Especially up on the top floor, where the glass roof gives a good view; all the instruments are set up to monitor weather patterns and are operating perfectly, a fascinating watch for those interested in such things.
It’s a little noisy, but not too bad for those that want to sleep; it’s just another distraction along with the perpetual light. Still it is, for the most part, a peaceful night.
Lights OUT
Peaceful, that is, until about an hour before dawn on day seven, their third day on-world. A large clap of thunder booms overhead, a massive flash of light brightens even the sky around the station… and something hits the facility so hard that it seems to rock. The lights go out.
Every single light and screen in the building go dark at once.
It’s only a few moments before the machines whir back to life. Monitors and equipment rebooting, a cascade of beeps and whirrs and start-up tones. The lights, however, do not come back on. Clearly emergency lighting has never been a concern for a people that can see in the dark.
It’s a concern now. From across the facility, everywhere there was an orb, there are now monsters. A lot of monsters. Grey, long limbed and ready to attack.
Luckily for the Voidtreckers, the monsters on the very bottom floor have found something more interesting than hunting them. Within moments, they smash through the grates along the floor, and begin clambering downwards.
Downwards seems to be through some kind of service shaft, though easily big enough to fit a person in. They skitter down into the darkness, if any of Orange try and follow they can. It will be a steep, treacherous descent; they may need to break out that climbing gear to descend safely.
Something Approaches
Back in the facility, the monsters that didn’t descend are instead attacking anyone they find with mindless savagery. A little while after the attack starts those near the top floor will hear a siren, ringing out into the darkness. It is not constant, rather it peaks and fades. Anyone who goes to investigate will find it comes from a black metal machine on the top floor, its screen showing a now constantly flashing, wavy green line and the words SIGNAL FOUND. As time passes, the green wave on-screen grows taller.
Luckily, they only have to last the remaining hour until dawn and when the sunlight shines through the glass of the facility the monsters shatter. In their place rise familiar orbs. Any monsters on the sub-levels remain active whilst the facility is in darkness.
The alarm subsides during the day. The machine’s wave remains the same size, pulsing only occasionally. Once night falls on the third day (Grasshopper 7), it shrills, and the wave continues to grow.
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Quatre followed after him. "That does sound like it would work, but probably takes a lot of energy from you as well."
As they emerged on the floor, where the monsters were, Quatre paused, glancing around cautiously. As his eyes readjusted to the light, he noticed a door that was partially open. It looked like it might have been a storage closet. Maybe there was something in there they could use.
Quatre waved a hand to make sure he had Curufin's attention and then pointed to the door, silently asking if they should check it.
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And as for the sorcerous method of monster-killing: "It does take a lot of energy. But then, I have a lot of energy." Another smile.
He responded to the waved hand and the pointing finger by looking towards the storage closet door that was cracked just a little. He nodded to indicate his agreement, that they should check it.
He went silently across the floor with Quatre, his sword in his hand. They reached the door. He stepped back a little and indicated that Quatre should pull it open.
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In the darkened room, Quatre crept carefully across the room with Curufin, carefully brandishing his temporary weapon. Luckily, it seemed quiet at this time, but gosh if this didn't feel like a horror movie scene. Most of this probably qualified, but this in particular felt like a horror movie.
Once they were at the door, Quatre glanced over at Curufin, seeing the indication to open it. He nodded his head once, moving to one side so that he could pull the door open easier and then pulled.
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It did feel like a horror movie! Curufin had seen a few, and this had that same creepy atmosphere.
As soon as Quatre pulled open the door, out jumped a monster. Curufin had prepared a vision in advance, and it was a Light Dragon from Kaiba's pack of cards. He flung it directly into the creature's mind. From the monster's point of view, the dragon flew at it's face, shining blindingly. The monster disintegrated.
Unfortunately, it was a big closet. There came a rustling sound from the back of it.
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Quatre was startled first by the sound of the monster as it rushed out of the closet and then by the light dragon that Curufin suddenly summoned. When they weren't in mortal danger he would HAVE to ask him more about that!
Quatre quietly shifted so he was no longer shielded by the door. The door was safer, but when had that ever stopped him when there was danger afoot?
He looked down at his SCA, suddenly remembering there was a light on it. Probably not the best light, but maybe it would work for what they were doing so he turned it on, adjusting it so that it shined into the room so they could both see what was in there.
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Curufin looked down at his own SCA, then thought that maybe he should not stop practicing using it for this monster-destroying purpose. Good to have more than one technique.
"Let's hit it with both our SCAs," he murmured to Quatre. "It's going to come out of there in a second."
And the monster, still hearing human voices, rushed out. Curufin put out his left arm and clotheslined it. It flailed, but the strong Elvish forearm was flush against its neck. With his right hand, Curufin swiftly shined his SCA directly into its eyes. If Quatre did the same, the thing might shatter too quickly to get its claws on Curufin.
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As it suddenly surged at them, he put one foot back to brace himself if it did actually ram him, but it was stopped by Curufin. As Curufin raised his SCA to shine it in the creature's face, Quatre did the same, causing it to shatter the same way the other had when Curufin attacked it.
"Well, that seemed to have worked."
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He stepped cautiously further into the room, shining his light around to see if there was anything of use in there.
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"Does that look like it might be a light?" he asked, keeping SCA focused on it.
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"Oho! Yes! This is something we can use."
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"Great. We should see if we can get it power. It would be helpful for defeating the monsters and also can let people still search."
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He scrambled around in the rucksack and pulled out the coiled cable. "Now all we have to do is find an outlet. Maybe over there by the desk?" He started in that direction with his SCA light shining.
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"Yeah, let's check." And he would take the light with them, holding onto firmly. He was going to take care of this light with his life since this would help so many here. They might even be able to arrange it so that monsters trying to come through the door got blinded by it, thus so much more efficient.
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It would make a good shield that way if it worked.
Okay if we consider this a wrap?
Works for me!