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Race Against Time: Ongoing Mission

Once the training is over people can get to work pretty quickly, there is plenty to be done both out in the world and back at the hub for those not too keep on jumping straight in to a strange volcanic planet with creatures that probably want to eat them.

Hub

The underground hub is a centre of activity. It turns out there isn't all that much fuel for shuttles to get back up to the space station so trips are rationed, they will hold villagers and lindusi until they have full shuttles and then send them up. So the hub is busy with scientists, lindusi in holding pens and as the week goes on villagers who may not be too impressed with the evacuation.

There is food, usually large pots of soup that can be reheated whenever people are around. Though some heavier meals are provided at set times the people leading the evacuation are keen not to let any of their helpers, or those they are rescuing, starve.

Sleeping rooms hold bunk beds, usually around eight a room but as the hub fills up space gets limited. Sharing beds or sleeping on the floor may become necessary.

For those hanging around the hub as the week goes on there is plenty to do, small jobs, entertaining village children, logistics, communication. Or they can find a quiet place to rest before going back out on their mission.

Red

The skies are heavy with debris, both from space and the volcanic ash and rocks from the planet itself. The fighter craft are not difficult to pilot but nor are they easy. They cannot be piloted by one person, unless that person has four arms and space in the cockpit is tight for two people.

It's difficult work and it is probably good for everybody that the craft only fly for six hours before recharging, it means they have to work in shifts, and rest when they are not in the sky. The pilots from the world are generally friendly, if very focused.

Purple

Flying bubble pods around what seems like an apocalyptic wasteland may seem surreal and that's before they even get to the villages. The villages are mostly underground, bunkers where groups of people shelter. There are a range of ages. Some villages come easy, some do not. Diplomacy is key.

Watch out for falling rocks, rogue lindusi and angry villagers, all are threats that have to mitigated. As the week goes on the villagers get more stubborn, the earthquakes get more frequent and the villagers that are waiting to be taken off world get more impatient. It's a tough job.

Orange

The lindusi are scattered across the island. Mostly as far away from volcanoes as possible though there are a few that seem too curious for their own good.

The trucks to hold the lindusi in are kept in a central point in an area whilst the groups go out to try and round as many up as possible. The voidtreckers are encouraged to stick together as they don't know the area or threats very well.

Blue

The Blue team are to protect the scientists, both those collecting plants and other life samples and those with Orange rounding up Lindusi. Once they have the hang of the shield devices it's just a case of sticking close by, keeping both eyes open and being quick to activate shields whenever there is a threat.

There are plenty of threats, it's one thing this island has in abundance.

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Fighting debris

By now he'd gotten a good handle on both flying the space fighter crafts and the weapons system. He'd gone out a number of times with the pilots from the base and he appreciated how focused they were. When he was with someone from the Voidtreckers, he tended to be the pilot to make certain they came back in one piece. There were a few exceptions to this, of course.

Improving/ Tweaking the Technology

Leave it to Feanor and Tony to come back from six hours of grueling work, arguing. Fortunately this specific argument wasn't because someone was in someone else's personal space but how to best improve the fighter craft and weapons. Instead of going to rest, Tony went and found a set of tools before joining Feanor back at the fighter craft they just used.

"I'm telling you, it's the fuel injectors that are causing that annoying shutter! If that wasn't there then the ride would be smoother and would wear less on the pilots and the rest of the system. They don't need a different crystallized fuel source!"

Resting

For the first day or so, Tony pushed himself to do more than one shift in a row but between the pressure that put on his body and the nagging from his friends and boyfriend, he relented and started taking proper rest breaks.

He sat at one of the tables in the base with a hot- well, he wasn't sure what it was- drink in his hands. He was guessing it was tea/ sports drink of some kind, but he was really missing coffee about now. That mixed with the dried mix he'd brought from the train, he was doing his best to use as little of the base's supplies as he could. He kept looking toward the hanger, waiting to see who of the Voidtreckers would come back from their mission before he went to find a bed.

Edited 2019-11-10 21:33 (UTC)

Being one of the Voidtreckers trained in both fighter-piloting and gunnery, Light's roles have tended to shift depending on who she ends up in a fighter with. When she arrives in the bay, hair damp from the fastest shower she could manage after she was woken up by radio chatter in place of an alarm, she squints at Tony. She wonders if he's slept yet.

She wishes she hadn't been gone so long that she can't tell anymore.

"Got a preference?"

Fighting rocks in tiny flying tubes was not something she had ever thought she would be doing. Mostly because she had never known it was a thing that could be done before. But here she was, ready to fly up into the sky and fire beams of light that exploded rocks and other debris. It was amazing. And terrifying. But she is focusing on the amazing.

She's been up a few times and she's getting used to the controls, she hasn't tried the actual flying yet but she is getting good at shooting. You needed quick eyes and quick hands and she had both.

She arrived in the hanger, still rubbing sleep from her eyes and grinned when she saw Tony. "Do you be needing a partner?"

Hub
When she's not out rounding up lindusi or dead-to-the-world-sleeping, Eva is back at base. Most of the time, she's hunkered down with food. Princess is with her and they both devour food like it's going out of fashion as Eva pours over maps of lindusi locations, focased on the large ones. It's noticeable, though, that she is avoiding anything related to coffee. To the point she's willing to skip a meal. Princess isn't, and Eva isn't shy about what her companion devours.

Night finds her sleeping as if she is dead to the world. She sleeps where she must and without complaint, to the point she'll offer children her bed rather than allow them to sleep on the floor.

It's fine. She's done it before and no matter where she ends up sleeping, Princess is curled up by her side. Odd, given she typically pokeballs him at night. Of course, anyone who approaches Eva herself while she's sleeping will quickly learn why: The pokemon's sleeping habbits don't match Eva's and Princess is a very light sleeper. He's also quick to growl in warning at any who approach.

Outside of that though, she's checking in with everyone; bunkmates, Orange Team, the other teams. Eva needs to keep active when not out doing her job.

Orange
Eva's done her best to coordinate her team when it comes to the larger Lindusi and herding them towards a central location. But, at the same time, she knows that can't always happen, and regardless of where she is, there's an air to her, now. Gone is the easy-going person, relaced by a young woman with a look of grim determination.

A woman who knows what she's doing.

"Unless you want a nap, cover your ears now." It's the only warning people will get from the woman. They will not she is standing behind her pokemon as well, Princess* settled back on his hindlegs, vestigal wings flared for balance. "Princess, Sing!"

At the same time she gives the command, Eva plunges fingers into ears as the fairy-type pokemon starts to Sing. The air in front of him shimmers with a purple energy directed towards the Lindusi. Should they come into contact with it, they will most likely slump to the ground in a slumber. Unlike the demonstration she did some months ago, this time the song keeps going until all the Lindusi are sleeping. Any breaths Princess takes short, to the point and above all, timed perfectly.

But, just because it's not directed at people doesn't mean the song won't put someone to sleep for an hour if they hear it. Eva did warn everyone...

((OOC: Middle one!))

"You look like a mother fox," Eva says as she drops into a chair near Tony, what passes for a mug of tea in hand. But it's not like she has much room to talk when she's been doing much the same, especially with her team.

Princess is noticeably absent. "So far so good, yeah?"

(a: the hub)

[ Having proclaimed himself to be a master entertainer, Inigo has volunteered to move back and forth to accompany the villagers they're evacuating to the hub and then go back to pick up more. It means he sure is doing an overload of work, but honestly, Inigo wouldn't be Inigo if he wasn't secretly working himself to the bone.

Sometimes it gets a little much though. Like right now, for example, when he's trying to entertain a group of kids that have been evacuated to this place, only to have the group suddenly turn on him and start having fun with him in their own way. If you happen to be in the hub too and spot him, you may see Inigo with at least two children climbing his back and another one having grabbed his legs, with a small group of children cheering them on. ]

Ah, please-- Hang on a moment!

[ Someone please come rescue the brave warrior.. ]

(b: the villages)

[ Or maybe you're also on the purple team, out in the underground villages and trying to convince the people to leave. It's what Inigo is doing right now - he seems to be talking with a man taller than him, but even without overhearing them it's obvious from their body language that the man isn't going to give in to what Inigo is trying to convince him of, no matter how friendly Inigo's trying to smile.

Suddenly the boy turns his head, looking around, and that's when he spots you and quickly waves you over. ]

Ah..! Please, do lend me a hand over here for a second..!

Edited 2019-11-11 10:23 (UTC)

Thankfully, there's refrigeration on the ship.

Joss had called his blood 'medical supplies,' and even though he'd gotten a few strange looks for having a backpack full of O+, at least they'd let him borrow a corner of their kitchen to keep his meals fresh.

After that, it had just been a matter of sneaking off into a dark, isolated corner of the hanger and drinking a bag.

Now that those immediate needs have been taken care of, he wanders back into the mess. Blood keeps him alive, but he still wants solid food. Even when the solid food is something indistinguishably brown that looks partially digested already.

He grabs a bowl and sits down near Tony. There's a smear of ash on the boy's cheek that he doesn't know is there, and his normally immaculate clothing is somewhat singed, but at least he's still in once piece.

"Holding up, Stark?"

Purple: Animal Planet

"Damn it, give that back," Dread growled at the lindusi. 'That' was his hand and wrist, which the reptile had clamped down on, and was attempting to back away with. Dread, both still attached and unwilling to give ground, had planted his feet quite firmly, turning the tug-of-war into a stalemate for the moment. He was pretty sure he wasn't supposed to punch these things to death, but he was rapidly re-evaluating his options.

All: Hub Excitement

In the midst of all the excitement, with activity flurrying around and chaos rapidly expanding to fill every available spot, one place stood fast against the tide: a circle of children, who had claimed a spot mostly out of the way to pay rapt attention to a Roegadyn that probably weighed more than every single one of them put together. Dread was telling them a story.

"So Inspector Hildebrand came down the staircase dressed as the bride. Wedding dress, makeup, and everything!"

More than one adult was drifting closer, trying to overhear this too.

Sarai...wasn't helping. Well, honestly, she was helping, but for the moment, she wasn't helping her husband. There was a literal pack of lindusi around her--a smaller size compared to many, but they dwarfed her. Not that that seemed to matter, as she sang softly to them, and hummed and crooned and generally had them pacing around her and gently settling into positions of rest around her. One--the largest and clearly the leader--even deigned it safe to place her head in Sarai's lap and have her head stroked.

"Who's a good Lindusi?" Sarai asked the leader, even as she dragged her claws lightly over the reptile's head.

"Dread, could you please stop playing with that big one? We need to get these into the transport and back to the hub..." Preferably as soon as possible--there were more to collect, after all. She paused, then. "Do...do you need help?"

There are other folks talented with cooking on the Voidtrecker, but one of the things Sarai's talented with is food that travels. Her hardtack isn't tooth-shattering, her jerky is actually on the proper side of tender, and both are delicately flavored and sustaining. Nor should they harm Princess, should the Pokemon get curious about what his trainer is eating.

She also has a mug filled with something hot and steaming and not coffee--it's red, for one thing, and smells slightly of fruit, but with a peppery tang that teases the nose.

"Crimson cider," Sarai says, as she offers the mug to Eva and a smile to Princess, even as he growls. He's only protecting Eva, so the Au Ra is neither angry nor afraid, and reacts accordingly. "Yes, if she says it is all right, you may have some food too!" The packet she offers to the trainer has both the travel bread and some salmon jerky in it, as well.

"Of course!" the diminutive Au Ra says cheerfully. She wastes no time in trotting over, though she's a bit dusty, presumably from wrangling livestock or lindusi onto the transports.

"How might I help you gentlemen, then?" She includes the other man in her sweet-natured and charming smile, and offers them both a bow, tail twitching slightly as Sarai straightens.

Inigo looks so incredibly - and noticably - relieved the moment she actually walks over. His charm has worked to help convince some people, but others truly seem too stubborn to be moved at all. And this man he's talking to right now? That's definitely one in the latter category. So he could use all available help, really.

"Thank you. I was just trying to convince this gentleman over here--" He gestures in the direction of the man, figuring keeping up Sarai's figure of speech is probably the best for now. Catch more flies with honey and all that. "-- that it truly is in his best interest to leave, but he doesn't seem fully convinced."

That might be the understatement of the year, judging by how grumpy the guy looks next to a (semi-nervously) smiling Inigo.

Sarai's got no clue as to how to tweak the technology. What she can do is make certain that both males can have something like a proper meal while they do so. Sarai has had no problem secreting some of the train's supplies down with her, and she's availing herself of them to try to help stretch the ones down here.

So it's more crimson cider for Tony and Feanor, and what looks like soup. Bean soup! There's also some fresh bread to go with it--it's not leavened, so it's more like pita bread, but it is recently made.

"Time for your arguing break, Tony! Both of you need to wash your hands and eat!" Mama Sara won't take no for an answer, either!

Dread stopped pulling back against the beast long enough to give his wife the flattest look imaginable.

"What part of this," he said, gesturing with his free hand at the jaws clamped around his wrist, "screams 'everything is according to plan'?"

Romeo is on the blue team but he is close by helping shield everyone from rocks and scared lindusi and other threats. He has been mostly sticking close to Elfnein, to make sure she stays safe. He isn't far from Eva when she shouts and he clasps his hand over his ears pressing down hard. He doesn't want to go to sleep!

He has been pretty interested in Princess, he's not sure what he is. But he is a very helpful creature, especially since he can put the lindusi to sleep like this!

I bet none of you can race me over to that table over there! [Romeo had spotted the dilema and came to the rescue. He's due to go back outside again soon but he can take a moment to rescue the man who was getting climbed on!]

Ready! Set! Go! [He began running and sure enough the two little ones clambered off Inigio to race after him. He tries to run a way that doesn't involve them crashing into anyone!]

Blue/Orange

Romeo and Elfnein combo if anyone wants to tag them both just indicate in the subject!

Romeo can mostly be found by Elfnein's side. He had missed her a lot in the month that they had been parted and now he wanted to make sure they stuck together. It felt good to be with her again. She had been a constant in his life all the time that he could remember and he had felt strange and lost without her. But now she was here and they were helping people and being a good team and it all felt right again.

"Over there!" He whispered, pointing into the distance where there was a group of three small lindusi. "I think they are only half of your size..." Maybe. It was a bit tricky judging but he didn't want Elfnein getting hurt! It was best to be safe, even if that meant only collecting the really small ones!

Trouble

"Run quickly, get out of here! Line!" There are currently two shields in front of Romeo, the shield from the device he has been given and a borderline behind it for when the first shield drops. Behind the shields is a huge lindusi! Big and toothy and very angry looking.

"Look we are just trying to help you! You don't want to get all burned by volcanoes!" He glanced around, hoping that anyone nearby had ran away! He was just trying to hold this lindusi back until they were all safe.

Hub

He can be found around the hub whenever it is his turn to rest, not quite resting. He helps out with the cooking, can often be found tidying up or looking after some of the smaller children, telling them stories or playing games to stop them being scared. Sometimes he can be found curled up on a chair, sleeping, having worked so hard he crashed before finding a bed.

Edited 2019-11-13 06:05 (UTC)

[ Finally. After all these wild children, there's finally a child who seems to respect a bit of order going around. He breathes a sigh of relief as he's able to finally probably upright himself again - and even wincing a little as he does so, because by Naga, now his back hurts. Who knew children could do this much damage.

He still lingers on the spot though since he wants to make sure the kids are still alright. Including the one that lead the two away from him. So he just stands there, watching Romeo and the kids running around. ]

Oh--! Watch out for that guy over there! [ He says as one of the little kids is about to run into a man. ]

Tony snorted a laugh and stuck his head out from under the fighter craft's main underside panel. "Did you really just mom at Feanor and I?" He asked, as if this was the most ridiculous thing he'd ever heard. His hands were stained with metal grease and some soot that had gathered on the outside of the ship. He wiped some sweat off his brow, leaving an unintentional smudge.

"You sure you don't want a hug first?" He teased, stretching his arms out. It was to pretend he was reaching for her but really his muscles were just sore having been cramped on the fighter craft for the last few hours. To the elf, he joked, "I bet our next task is elongating this bottom part to give you more leg room. Should I go confess to Ignis after how close we had to sit?"

Tony looked up from where he had been adjusting a few settings and flashed his teammate a smile. He moved toward the edge of the craft and offered her a hand up. "Coming to join me, Light?" He remembered that first mission where the two of them had fun beating down the giant gorilla who had taken over the mountain pass.

"Well, if you don't, I'll take the guns. Just try to get us back in one piece, okay?" He teased.

"If we start with the small ones then the rest will follow"

Or at least if they were the kids or other smaller members of the lindusi, it would be natural to assume the others would follow in that situation.

Oh no! [Romeo looks over to see one of the little ones running full pelt towards a man. Romeo moves quickly, jumping across to where the man stood using all his shinki lightness to make it a big long jump and lands just in time to spread his arms out in front of the man. The little boy runs into him instead but he catches him, wraps his arms around him as they both went tumbling.]

Are you alright? Did you get hurt?

"Do you think so?" It sounded likely and Elfnein knew lots of things so Romeo had no reason to doubt her on this. "I guess they would want to go where their kids went!"

He stuck close to Elfnein, ready in case he had to shield her against anything.

[ Inigo is halfway through stepping forward to try and stop the inevitable collision as well, even though he knows it's kind of a lost cause since he's too far away from the kid to be there in time.

But then Romeo.. jumps. Like, really far. It makes Inigo do a double take, rubbing his eyes as if they're what's malfunctioning here and making him see things.

But then he decides there's more important priorities here right now, and instead he quickly steps over to Romeo and the boy. ]

Are you both alright? [ Romeo just got the brunt of that charging little kid force, after all. ]

Hub
For the first few days, Danny spends as little time in the hub as possible. His conscience kept nagging at him that every moment he slept eating or eating here was one less person evacuated from the planet.

But even ghosts needed to sleep. He finally crashes and sleeps for a few hours before blearily dragging himself out to a table to eat.

Purple
Danny wasn't sure whether it was his experience with driving his parent's more interesting vehicle shaped inventions or all the hours he'd logged on space shuttle simulators, but it hadn't taken him too long to pick up on the techniques for driving the bubble pods.

Now convincing a group of angry people to evacuate when they really, really didn't want to leave? That was a different challenge altogether.

"You are surrounded by volcanoes right now, if you haven't noticed. Isn't it getting a little too hot to handle?"

Purple, Slightly Later
Any plans Danny might have had about not showing up as a ghost here immediately get abandoned when he spots an enormous lindusi stampeding towards some arguing villagers. He tosses off some excuse at his teammates and quickly ducks out of sight and transforms, reaching the villagers just in time to throw up one of his strongest shields.

It holds, barely.

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Race Against Time: Ongoing Mission

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