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VoidTrecker Express Mods ([personal profile] voidtreckermods) wrote in [community profile] middleofsomewhere2022-03-21 06:09 am

Swirling Consequences Ongoing



SWIRLING CONSEQUENCES: ONGOING



QUICKSAND 11-13 ~ TEAM OBJECTIVES ~ LOCATION INFORMATION ~ OTHER DETAILS
COMMS ~ ASK QUESTIONS ~ SHENANIGANS ~ TEAM PLOTTING ~ MISSION TASKS/REWARDS





OVER THE YELLING HEIGHTS...
As they arrive at their destination, the Voidtreckers are quick to get to work into the various jobs that need them. The Blues have slowly but steadily been doing their best to fulfil all three of their tasks. They've worked to locate locals and to get them aid after being cut off, and have been searching for those from other worlds. A few helped with the dralite work, but took priority in helping people and leaving the dralites to others.

Orange have largely focused on collecting herbs, doing some work to help farmers relocate their animals, but only a few helped the dralite with their nests. At least there will be plenty of potions, teas, and craggy leaves to hand out, with the leaves sure to help the stressed out animals yet located.

For the Purples, they've been working well to clear the roads and ruined layouts of farms and villages to give better access around the Yelling Heights. A few have helped in escorting their fellow team members and the locals in getting around.

As for the Reds, they did what they do best: going on the offensive. They've been working to get rid of the voidblobs, but don't have much interest in setting up safe perimeters. A few voidtears, however, have been located, and hopefully that will help everyone push forward in the next few days of the mission.

Overall, the farmers are thankful for the help so far, and a good decent have been assisted. They will help Voidtreckers as they need it, and have tools on hand that can be borrowed. They will be willing to assist with the voidtears, if only able to push back any voidblobs, or to make sure Voidtreckers get back somewhere safe afterwards.
  • The storms have increased, changing the spotty but sunny days into more rain and wind. The choral singing can be heard more, even if one isn't near a voidtear, causing an increase in animals becoming stressed and spooked. Fortunately, transgates - quick travel gates - have been set up between the Weary Wanderer (near the forest and scrublands), one in the largest village on in the farmlands, and one can be accessed around the scrublands. These will help with some of the travel.

  • Animals are scattered around the scrublands and fields between farms, some unfortunately perished over the first few nights, but also some safely brought back to their appropriate farms. Adult dralites will be more hostile around people, spreading out father and bothering farmlands, screeching up a storm that stuns most people even from a distance. Their young can still be found, alive or not, and they will leave with either, though with wails for their deceased child. Even capturing them and leading them back into the forest will do some good.
    Prompt: There's a farm not too far from the Weary Wanderer that Albany asks for people to go to - some earmuffs can be taken along to help with the sound, along with earplugs. The reason becomes clear as soon as Voidtreckers approach it, where dralites can be circling around it. A woman greets whoever comes - "Thank ya for coming out here, I know you're working hard" - and leads them to the cause.

    There's a ditch where trees have fallen, their farm bordering the forest. The cries of younger dralites can be heard, but the adults are squabbling amongst one another, and people who try to approach the fallen wreckage can thwapped at by the adults.

    What will be the best course of action? To bruteforce the paralsying wails and peckings and to get at the trunks? Or to pacify these disagreeable winged things? Voidtreckers can also come here and find a displaced person or two taking shelter. (B2, B3)
  • While a good portion of the roads have been cleared and managed, there are areas away from the Weary Wanderer that need help, where the Ciyesia mountain suffered its damage and plenty of the farm animals and more secluded farmers have been cut off from help. The great chinchillas and the voidblobs are taking advantage of the ruined roads to kill and take animals (the chinchillas), or just to ruin them as they're found (the voidblobs).
    Prompt:"We're gonna need all the hands we can get. Can some of your folks come with us 'round Ciyesia? We're having trouble to getting to some of ours in a tricky part, and the animals that way - oh, they're nasty."

    There's a trail - or most of a trail - that goes around the side of the Ciyesia mountain, leading over to a smaller collection of hills. While good work has been done on clearing up, around this area there's still a fine slide of rubble that's scattered over the walking paths. Those with sturdy arms are necessary to clear the wreckage, but also to deal with the voidblobs, great chinchillas, and even the dralites in this area, with the latter preferred to be pushed back to the forest. The farmers coming with the Voidtreckers will help to round the animals, but they'll need help dealing with the trouble along the way.

    Doing this will help them gain access to a few farms, grateful to find visitors, though their families will be around, trying to deal with trouble. Find them on the road, with animals or in a troubling situation with a voidblob, and do what you can to help. (P1, B1, R1/R3, O2)
  • While Voidtreckers have worked hard to get rid of them, larger voidblobs have been spotted, and are becoming a bigger issue across the community. Further perimeters will need to be set up to keep them away from the farmlands scattered around, using good coordination to cover as much ground as possible. The voidtears as a result are easier to find, as blobs can be easier to spot if people are on watch, but are tougher than the result blobs: as tall and wide as a newsagent storefront, they will take more than one or two people to deal with them. Their speed can be unpredictable, and they're sturdier than the smaller variants, having a more gelatinous ability to move - even to rise high or to spread out.

    It is advised stronger Voidtreckers deal with these - coming in with little experience or just a blade will be dangerous.
    Prompt: "We're seein' some of those big boys out around the fields. I'm telling ya, they're fast bastards. Think you can help us get rid of 'em? Anything you need, we've got your backs."

    The locals of these lands are doing their best to help the Voidtreckers, as well as each other. Getting word out to the farther communities is hard, but they have set up a system - flags. Flags made out of any bedsheet that can be found, then put up on wooden logs. They're a call for help, being used especially if they spot voidblobs. It's a desperate attempt at communication, but the voidblobs are troublesome - and more so their larger variant. No fence or barricade works to keep them back, and the best the farmers can do is hope they won't come towards their homes when they roll into their lands. It's also worse if there happens to be a voidtear nearby...(R1, R3)
  • Finding displaced people will be all the more important, though some have been put forward to aid. Glowing marks around the Yelling Height's forest have been put on the tree trunks to help guide people out of the forest easier from different spots, and another Voidtrecker has been encouraged to create crystal trackers, that can be picked up. These crystals will glow the closer they approach a non-native, nor non-Voidtrecker sentient being - which means both displaced people, and the voidblobs.

    Sending people home will require the same anchoring technique used during Jinnjar, Diagad, and similar to the recent events. It only takes one Voidtrecker to return someone to their world, hand in hand they will cross a metaphysical void river, seeing flashes of the visitor's world and life. And Voidtreckers will be just as exhausted as they were getting their own returned to the train... Probably best to share this burden out between as many who are willing.
    Prompt: Some displaced people have found their way out of the woods, found around the escorts for those keeping check, or even making their way to Albany's inn or a nearby farm. The locals themselves can't help send them home, but they're used to helping outsiders, warming them up and getting them fed. Some will accept help easily, but others are less keen on approaching unknown houses. (B2)
  • To approach a voidtear will be a challenge, but as they're found, planning a route straight to them that minimises time will help. Closing a voidtear will require more than one person, a small group even - with each getting under a voidtear and then pressing their anchor button. They will need to focus on keeping themselves grounded and to resist the pull of the void, as they offer their own energy in stitching up the tear. For smaller tears two people should be able to close it but more voidtreckers will be necessary for the larger ones. Colours and music entice them, to just give up, let themselves float into the void... They will need to support each other to keep steady.


  • OOC NOTES
    OOC Post ~ Questions ~ Shenanigans ~ Tasks Check-In & Mission Rewards

    Notes: A conclusion post will go up on the 26th. Feel free to put toplevels put up at the end of the start log here! Or to re-use portions and to put up fresh posts here. Or to just link them here, have a blast.

    Here is a TL;DR of the above tasks: Dralites are everywhere, more aggressive and hostile; farm animals are more scattered and harder to reach, being attacked by chinchillas and voidblobs around scrublands; displaced people need to be found and sent home, and voidblobs now have a larger variant; the voidtears are becoming easier to find, but the effects of the storms are worsening, closing them will be a priority.

    Please have your tasks submitted by the 25th to help determine the conclusion of the mission! We will start to count mission rewards around this time too.
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    Nia | Xenoblade Chronicles 2 | Purple team

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-21 06:34 am (UTC)(link)
    Get yer potions
    [Nia has set up a stand near the Weary Wanderer inn, passing out potions and salves to any who ask. Anyone who's particularly injured may find themselves on the wrong end of a good talking to.]

    Into the woods
    [Occasionally she's forced to close shop when supplies run too low. On these occasions, she can be found in the forest, swiftly picking Fruit Cups and effortlessly climbing trees to get Purple Stars. Although, she seems to have a bit of trouble getting down from said trees...]
    10billionpercent: (Avoiding Emotions)

    Senku Ishigami | Orange Team

    [personal profile] 10billionpercent 2022-03-21 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
    Animals Lost - Quicksand 11

    [ Senku's return from visiting people who were displaced by inaccessible roads does not lead to an easier time. The farmers are pleading for help.

    He's not sure he's that great at animal rearing, and he's certainly not a veterinarian but he's not the kind of person who can ignore the pleas of someone in need. Although clearly, he must just want to go for a walk.

    So, find any surviving animals and bring them home. He could do that, possibly, although he's not terribly strong. He probably needs a hand. Whether he's found wandering off on his own, or trying to negotiate with livestock to come with him, Senku's likely in a bit of a pickle. ]


    Dralites, Dralites Everywhere - Quicksand 12

    [ He hasn't really realized just how close the dralites have gotten to the people around them until he hears it, that piercing screech that sends him stumbling into the nearest building. ]

    Fuck me!

    [ He covers his ears as it screeches again for attention and he manages to stay on his feet that way, although he feels somewhat lightheaded. When he thinks the creature is finished, he whips his pack around and pulls out the trusty earplugs before shoving them into his ears.

    Okay, two problems. One, they have to move that creature so it didn't keep screaming at people and for another...apparently there were still babies to find out there. ]


    The Lost Dralites - Quicksand 13

    [ By this time, although they haven't all been located yet or secured into a safe place, the odds of finding living dralites is getting dimmer by the moment. Coming upon a nest could lead to optimism or heartache.

    Senku crouches down to look in what was once a more pristine nest, but the dralite that remains is completely still.

    He frowns, that's unpleasant, but from what he's heard the parents still want the body back. The news is likely more grim this day. ]


    Wildcard

    [ Senku will be spending a lot more time dealing with dralite issues partly because they're that aggressive and demanding at the moment, but grab him for anything. ]
    mystic_mongoose: (Default)

    Into The Woods

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-21 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Aaaand sadly, someone's spotted her in her predicament.]

    Hey, are you okay? Stuck?
    yondu: (2 3 8)

    Yondu Udonta | Blue Team but general tasks

    [personal profile] yondu 2022-03-21 07:02 pm (UTC)(link)
    FENCE MENDING

    RED: It's becoming increasingly obvious the farmsteads need defenses, the more beat up or fallen animals he comes across. Unfortunately he's just one guy, so he spends a good solid couple of hours finding stocky souls around the villages to come help set up perimeters. Yes, there are VoidTreckers that can help. It's also true that they don't know everything about this land, who owns what, and numbers always help more. He puts a call out for crew and starts a more organized effort to build perimeters around those farmsteads.

    He's pretty sure the ones that could do it the most quickly have their hands full of trans-dimensional jelly monsters right now.

    The storms are going to get bad, and the aggressive animals are worse. He's in a foul mood as he ties off some temporary fencing with rope, his ears still ringing from the last time one of the dralites did its level best to rattle his brain clean out of his skull. He's pretty sure he felt that right through the wires of his fin. But now that they've been run off (for the time being) the civilians can come out of hiding and they can do a quick job of this fencing. Maybe if he's super lucky he can shout out to someone that can magic up or superpower some materials.

    At least maybe more people to murder the giant rats (chinchillas) or run off the Dralites would help.


    CHINCHILLA HUNTING AND DRALITE WRANGLING

    ORANGE and PURPLE: Once fencing in a few places has been set underway he sets out to clear the territory of aggressors. The hardest part is probably finding some of those chicks. The furry and slimy bastards really did a number on them. And he guesses there's just the one way to get rid of them that's not outright killing them (which seems to be the frowned upon option so he's doing his level best to not do it).

    They can't effectively manage the other tasks with the these big aggression issues going on, so here Yondu is trying to find and rescue some of these damn chicks, or what's left of them, which he should have figured wouldn't be as easy as he suspected because babies are made to be hidden.

    He's lucky that he has a weapon that he doesn't need hands for, but that doesn't make it easy when he's finally got his arms full of cantankerous birdchild and a fluffdemon comes along to be a very hungry inconvenience. "Ah, come on. The hell you gotta make my life hard for?" And the frightened chick? Already squalling bloody murder.


    WILDCARD

    [Hit me with whatever, I'm good with action and prose.]
    Edited 2022-03-21 19:03 (UTC)
    healerscorned: (What the bloody 'ell)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-21 08:33 pm (UTC)(link)
    I can get down on my own just fine, thank you very much. It's just that climbing down is tougher than climbing up, is all.

    [She is making progress, though that seems to trail off when she reaches the end of the branches. Given this is a Purple Star tree, that's far too high above the ground for her liking.]
    mystic_mongoose: (Mina5)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-21 08:43 pm (UTC)(link)
    I might be tiny, but I can give you a hand if you want!

    [Unless she plans to drop…]
    healerscorned: (That's another win for me)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-21 08:55 pm (UTC)(link)
    It's fine, I've got this.

    [Nia locks eyes on a nearby tree with branches that go further down. She shifts her footing, adjusts her weight, and leaps for it. She sticks the landing, giving Mina a smug look. All in all, it looked very much like a cat making a difficult jump.]

    See? I know what I'm doing.
    mystic_mongoose: (Mina5)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-21 09:03 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Mina can’t help but laugh and shake her head.]

    Okay, okay, you got me! Sheesh, like the cat who caught the Flicky.
    healerscorned: (Riiight)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-21 10:59 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Nia hooks her arms around a low branch and swings to the ground with a "hup!"]

    I've been climbing the trees of Gormott for too long for one like that to trick me up. Only having high branches is child's play.
    mystic_mongoose: (Default)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-21 11:09 pm (UTC)(link)
    Well, you’re better than me in that regard. But!

    [And Mina uses her super speed to run up the tree and land on a branch with ease.]

    I got my own way up and down.
    healerscorned: (You bloody idiot!)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-21 11:31 pm (UTC)(link)
    [Nia jumps to her feet and glares at Mina, once again looking much like a bristling cat.]

    Hey, that's cheating!
    mystic_mongoose: (Mina3)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-21 11:35 pm (UTC)(link)
    I know, I know, but I can’t help it! It’s so much fun!

    [She can’t help but laugh.]
    healerscorned: (Smug cat)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-22 12:09 am (UTC)(link)
    Ah whatever. You're not faster than Boreas, so I guess I can't complain too much.
    mystic_mongoose: (Default)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-22 12:10 am (UTC)(link)
    Oh, really now?
    renegadeprince: (flying 01)

    Fence Mending

    [personal profile] renegadeprince 2022-03-22 12:43 am (UTC)(link)
    It really felt there wasn't an end to this all. For every voidtear they closed two more popped up. For every voidblob they killed four more appeared. Honestly, it makes Vegeta just want to burn the entire place away, but, well, considering he already brought down a chunk of the mountain... he's not going to follow through with those thoughts. He's done enough damage as it is. And while he's been using his new form earlier to deal with both tears and blobs, for now he's restraining himself back to his normal form, or Super Saiyan as it is needed. No point in wasting energy if he doesn't have to.

    He's happy to help out Yondu as part payment for the help the other man had given him on the first night, helping to move heavier items others cannot and of course killing or driving off anything that gets in their way.

    Right now he's taking his own mini break as he keeps an eye out, chewing on something that may had one point been one of those chinchillas that had been attacking them at one point... but at least it's cooked and looks like food. He's learned many really don't like the idea of just eating anything that was one living if it doesn't look like food... whatever that means. It's dead, it's food, that's good enough for Vegeta, as he is aware to not go through too much of the VoidTreckers supplies. That first night really drove his hunger into overdrive...

    He'll help out again once he's done, but for now he's floating 'seated' cross-legged high enough to keep an eye on everything, but within speaking range of Yondu as well, since he enjoys the company.
    wewillwewill: (ard-smug)

    Elidibus | Red Team (with Red, Purple, Any goals)

    [personal profile] wewillwewill 2022-03-22 01:40 am (UTC)(link)
    [OOC: Elidibus is working in a 'team' with Emet-Selch and Pahja. While they may not be in a scene, they might be nebulously 'around' or brought up in a conversation. Elidibus took this step in part to cover his current weakness with potential backup, purely in a 'just in case' situation.

    Most of Elidibus's aims won't be much different during Quicksand 11-13, but where he's helping to protect/train/establish perimeters will start moving toward the cut-off and far flung communities and he will be doing less search and rescue as there are others able to work on that; he'll be more interested in tracking down voidtears. I've adjusted the prompts below to affect this though much will remain the same. Will be dating efforts based on tag subject date (Quicksand 7-10 / 11-13) or actual tag start date (March 13-20/21-26), whatever makes sense. Let me know if you have a preference!]


    Quicksand 7-10 TL Here
    Most people might look at Elidibus and think he's fully recovered. Outwardly he's fit. The near terminal seeming exhaustion had melted away by Platform Day and he'd been seen in the training room regularly before the start of the mission. Internally he is still operating at a diminished capacity; obvious to anyone who saw him before the events of the prior month and could sense the well of potential he'd had then compared to currently. It's slowly trickling back, but it'll take some time. Some who know Ascians might suspect he could take advantage of the world they're about to go aid and it would be perfectly reasonable to harbor such suspicions.

    Elidibus won't be; other than what the world might naturally impart of its aether he has no intention of bringing further harm to it, even if one were to set aside the destablizing nature of voidstorms and the other very practical reasons why this would be a bad idea. Why? Well that's certainly a question and one the Ascian won't go out of his way to share.

    Suffice to say at any preliminary gathering, after collecting the supplies, Elidibus professes his intention of focusing his efforts on the Lowland farm regions, for the sake of making sure the fields and future harvest are guarded as much as they can be. After all once the Voidtreckers leave, life will need to continue on and they would do better for it if their food supply was intact.

    Quicksand 11-13
    Elidibus has been pacing himself well. While he moves around a little too often to be found at the Weary Wanderer, he did stop by at least once to deliver the tracking concept crystals so they can be picked up by those doing search and rescue of beings pulled through the void. Also he can be easily reached on comms.




    I. Perimeter Guard and Defense Construction - (Red)

    Most of the time, Elidibus is fighting off threats to those working on the actual strengthening of perimeter defenses. Scaring off the chinchillas and goats, killing the voidblobs and making sure they're no longer a threat. Possibly with fire but definitely with whatever has been found to be a safe disposal method.

    But there'll be times he puts in labor on the defenses themselves or finding advice to give to the natives about their tactics or patrol schedule. With the establishment of the Transgates he moves around a little more, attempting to organize other Voidtreckers and natives into a more concerted effort in building and repairing defenses. Particularly with the increase in storm intensity and the size of the voidblobs, it's become imperative to have something for even the Teams to fall back behind for safety.

    Elidibus may be found in the fields still or at a far-flung village that's suffered heavily from being cut off by landslides, voidblobs and wild animals. If approached for a task he'll ask a simple query.

    "What skills do you have?"


    II. Bigger, Badder Voidblobs - Lowland Farms/ Lowland Region (Red/Purple)

    The last time Elidibus took to the field with more than a couple people around, it was the battle with the birds. And with a sword and shield. But he's been able to commission an axe from Q'uila some months ago. And this particular vessel he's using, even if it was train made, still has the build and muscle memory of a warrior.

    For the Ascian, who is closer to mortals than he has ever been before, every advantage should be taken.

    The style is designed to present a strong vanguard to shield others, wide and generous attacks to draw the focus of the beasts. Elidibus won't chase what is driven away though he has no problem striking down what remains stubborn. There's a lot he can do with weapon and aether alone, but he still has few pieces of armor. Things he might have borrowed or scrounged; the bottom line is no matter how skilled, he definitely needs support when the numbers grow large.

    Like one leaping at his back while engaged in a wide sweeping arc toward three in the front; the Ascian will begin to turn around to try and counter, but he's a few moments too late.


    III. Voidtears - (Any)

    Elidibus will be looking for Voidtreckers to aid in closing one of the voidtears- whether one found early on and guarded or one recently found doesn't matter; it's imperative to get these closed before they become worse. Its size is.... alarming and worse is the storm raging around it.

    "Remember to concentrate on closing the tear," Elidibus advises. His voice rings clearly over the storm's furor. "Not the song that calls to you. If you feel the effects of sickness, don't hesitate to take a break. Some of you must watch for these signs in those focused on closing the rift."

    He would be among the first to focus their energies; in this case it won't be a matter of letting others do the work while he observes. Elidibus seems to be wholly invested in helping to save this world from the effects of the void storms.


    IV. Wildcard Lowland Region (Any)

    [OOC: Have another idea? Corner him for a chat or catch him on the road? Voidtears also a possibility. One might even find him at the Inn for conversation before going back to his duties. HMU, either contacting me about a prompt or pointing me at your own TL!]
    healerscorned: (Default)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-22 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
    Oh yeah, guy could go from one Titan to another in the time it took you to blink. Only does it when food's on the line, though.
    mystic_mongoose: (Mina6)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-22 03:23 am (UTC)(link)
    Oh, is that so? Heh, I'm nowhere near that speed. I mean, the two that are faster than me, I'm not even sure what their limits are...

    I'm not sure I have any limits.
    healerscorned: (Default)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-22 03:33 am (UTC)(link)
    Come on, there's got to be some limit. Only guy I know who was faster than Boreas could move at exactly light speed and no faster. Control over all elementary particles is complete Ardun shite as a power, but it still had to answer to the laws of physics.
    mystic_mongoose: (Mina4)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-22 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
    Either my friends are weird or the laws of physics bend to their whim. They practically ran a black hole backwards to save my world. Granted, they ended up lost in space and they were using magic to amplify themselves...

    Okay, I think it's the latter.

    [Look, Archie Sonic physics are shite!]
    healerscorned: (Is this really Elysium?)

    [personal profile] healerscorned 2022-03-22 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
    The hell? What kind of crazy energy source are your friends hooked up to? Only person I know that could do something like that is such an outlier I didn't even count her. Pyra was hooked up to a source of literally limitless power that didn't even exist fully within our dimension and could rewrite the laws of physics on the fly!
    mystic_mongoose: (Mina4)

    [personal profile] mystic_mongoose 2022-03-22 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
    [And Mina brings out one of the Chaos Emeralds she asked for from the train]

    Chaos energy. I'm still trying to figure this out, but the power it holds is... crazy.
    yondu: animated (3 1 0)

    [personal profile] yondu 2022-03-22 05:57 am (UTC)(link)
    He's glad to see that he's doing alright. But he doesn't bring it up. Yondu knows that Vegeta wouldn't have wanted people to see him out of control. So he didn't do that to him. He would have hated it if the situation got more out of hand, but they'd done what they could. Yondu was glad that he lasted just long enough for back-up to arrive, in any case.

    And now here he is, doing his level best to pretend none of it happened despite every bone in his body still hurting even after being patched up. Or maybe that's cause he's just goddamn old now. He's lucky like that.

    "We need some more debris to make spike traps to ward off the pissy goats. But they ain't gonna do nothin' against the temperamental goo. ...Goddamn, I guess this is what happens when we go free-range, huh? Get turned all around." And no one giving much of a shout out about what they're doing.

    "You got a good view up there. Any weak spots we're gonna need moren' a fence for?" Meaning they look like they're gonna be more prone to attack.
    persona_non_ratta: (Hernando)

    Bruno Madrigal - Encanto- Blue team doing Orange things

    [personal profile] persona_non_ratta 2022-03-22 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
    Egg collecting- Orange

    It wasn't raining as hard as it had been, but that didn't mean that Bruno wasn't grateful for his blue rain gear. The weather was worrying, but he had more immediate concerns. Like keeping the dralite eggs he'd been collecting reasonably warm and dry. They were significantly easier to handle than the chicks, but also heavier and more easily damaged.

    Currently, he had two of them tucked up inside his hoodie, held against his chest in an attempt to warm them as he carried them to the sheltered spot where he'd been collecting them. The positioning may have garnered him a few confused glances before he explained, but if it worked, it worked. Hopefully, it would be easier to look after them or distribute them back to safer nests if they were in a single location. He just hoped they all hatched safely after all this...

    Animal Wrangling- Orange

    Bruno was no Luisa, able to effortlessly gather up multiple donkeys. But a little lost lamb and his mother? That he could certainly handle. Well at least the lamb, in terms of carrying them. The ewe followed along behind him, unwilling to let her little one out of her sight.

    When he heard the bleating of another lamb nearby, though, he followed the sound to the edge of a ravine. The poor little thing was at the bottom, and while it didn't look hurt, it also didn't look like it could get back out on its own. And its bleating was bound to attract predators eventually. The problem was, climbing down there to rescue it would mean leaving the lamb and ewe he'd already found unattended and similarly vulnerable, and also risked them running off if something spooked them. He could sure use a hand right then...

    Patching a crack- All

    He'd been told this voidtear was small. It certainly didn't look small to him, but he'd been assured that two people would be able to handle it. If patching the cracks in the Casita had been scary, this was downright terrifying. But it needed to be done.

    And Bruno? Bruno needed to do it. He couldn't let the others shoulder all the danger, not when they'd been so kind to him. He couldn't be his usual cowardly self. The people here had called him a 'Void hero'; he needed to live up to that. He just really wished he had some salt on him. Or that there was some wood near enough to knock on.

    As it was though, he could only take a deep breath and quickly cross himself before pulling his hood down a bit further. If there was ever a time to bring out 'Hernando' it was now, and when he spoke, it was in Hernando's dramatic voice. "Well then," he said to the person with him, "let's get to this voidtear!"
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    Hunk - Voltron

    [personal profile] ironchef 2022-03-22 01:21 pm (UTC)(link)
    Bringing out the big guns

    PURPLE and ORANGE: Hunk had, for the most part, been on herb work since usually mixing ingredients was his jam. But the moment someone told him that the chicks weren't faring so well, and he saw how upset the parents were, he decided to refocus his efforts on protecting the nests.

    He's been out finding chicks and returning them, or joining others in their efforts. He probably, for the moment, doesn't look like the type of guy that could provide adequate protection, and he certainly has his bumbling moments. He's even been trying to make casual conversation about the mission and the culture of the place as they walk.

    They're interupted by a huge voidblob that rolls into their path. It's then that Hunk pulls out the disc he's carried around since the beginning of the mission (his bayard) from the back of his belt and it forms into a massive energy gun about as long as he is tall. "Get behind me!"

    He doesn't have his armor but he's faced worse with less.


    a siren song

    RED: Hunk's had no experience with the void tears or any of the void's effects outside of the sickness, thanks to his blessed newness. He has, however, felt subconcious pulls and resisted powers drawing him like a lure. He's gotten better about it, smarter, the effect is easier to recognize. All that experience does ground him, the past memories of having to be the voice of reason to keep friends from being lured in.

    That said, that was always a monster or a psychic influence. A rip in space time or... or whatever the void is? That's a little intimidating.

    He gulps hard as he looks at tear, trying to swallow swelling apprehension, following it with a deep breath and sigh. "Okay... Okay... I got this... sort of. Who am I kidding? I have no idea how to do this."


    WILDCARD

    [For whatever other antics. I'll take action or prose.]

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