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| Umbraflamma | Oct 30 2015, 06:08 PM Post #31 |
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"MY OFFICE! NOW!" Came a familiar slightly accented voice. Looking up they would see. "Idiot 1 and Idiot 2 front and center!" The man was the same, well a little older but the man had more fire in him than anyone else they had ever seen. he then quickly said in japanese, "Good evening saga-san it is good to see you again." He led them immediately into a side room with zero tolerance for anything. "If you babies need a bathroom break either piss in a bottle or wait for the briefing to finish." he said curtly to them, notably not looking at saga when he said it. He had a soft spot for her, always did. The room was filled with memorabilia from nikawa, they could even see the picture they took before the last fight. "Alright as you may know this is the full situation. We have a confirmed class 15 engaging persona users. We also have a member of 3-5 with some civilian persona users nearby. Confirmed civlian casualties and whole mess of other shadows in the area. We are having dificulty locking onto their position due tome kind of.... ECM deployed by an opposing faction, scrambling recon scans and communications. We have people on the ground, a body count and unknown factors galore..." he sighed looking ryo and leon dead in the eyes. "Just like old times eh?" ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryo had only one thing to say about this sudden change in the situation. "I wish they had shit like this in nikawa. Would've saved a lot of lives." he grumbled as broody as usual. however when isamu showed up he definitely had something to say. "Heh, still alive old man, i thought you would've had a heart attack by now." and like that he was whisked away with the rest of them. At the end of his speech ryo spoke up, "Yeah way too much like old times." |
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| wiggins | Oct 31 2015, 12:51 AM Post #32 |
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Zaeed heard the speech leon was giving as he was finishing the checks on his pod for all his required gear but was interrupted as Isamu came in to greet the crew in his usual fashion, loud and to the point. as the three were dragged away Zaeed checked and double checked his load out to make sure all his ordinance was accounted for before signing off on a clip board and giving it back to the forklift operator. Zaeed walked over to Isamu's room and knocked twice before entering. "sir, sorry for the intrusion but im about to start the guard mount briefing and i think it would be pertinent for these three to be their so they can at least grasp what is going on." Zaeed turned to leave and walked back out into the bay before climbing on top the briefing platform that housed a large projector and a screen. one of the advantages of being an ASW is not having to come up with power point presentations before hand so all he had to do was "think" and the images would be projected. "ROOM, FALL IN" the seemingly random chaos of the room suddenly came to a standstill as the unit members fell into place in a matter of seconds all standing at the position of attention "AT EASE" Zaeed voice boomed and echoed inside the massive chamber as everything was dead silent before he began. "all right, you guys know the drill. we have confirmed persona user activity against a class 15 shadow and a second smaller group that is currently engaged with lesser shadows but is currently in a "jammed" area meaning we cant open a window to get to them nor get a fix on that location. however with the group we have strong intel pointing that it is Lindsey Catarina with two other persona users and what ever is giving them issues will most likley be an unrecognizable black pulp soon, as im sure some you guys from Charley squad can attest to." A few cheers went up from Charley squad before the silence resumed. "so rather that dealing with the unknown we are moving right towards the known... We have 3 low tier users currently engaged with the Class 15 which will from this point be refered to as the Unrelenting Nightmare as per standard shadow classification. As of right now these users have managed to keep it engaged for a substantial period of time, which given their Tier is actually quite impressive, but we need to move ASAP to get to these guys and get them out safely." Zaeed motioned to the three vets up onto the plat form with him. "OK, now beginning the OP Order. As im sure you all know at this point given by Leon's speech you already, know these three so im going to skip introduction and go straight into the meat and potatoes of it. Given the direness of this situation ALL 3-5 squads will be placed on support standby." this announcement was greeted with the usual bitching and moaning that came with begin formed up and being told to stand by, but the silence just as quickly returned before Zaeed continued with the briefing. "The primary engagement team will consist of myself, Leon, Ryosuke, and Kimiko. Alpha Squad, you will be on standby for primary engagement if things go shit south. Bravo and Charley squad, Your teams will be in the jolly greens awaiting confirmation that we have a lock on the second group and will move to extract them when oracle gives you guys a window. Delta and Foxtrot squads, you are on standby for either mission group, i want you to prep for medivac since we have confirmed casualties of civilian nature. I want Delta and Foxtrot's fireteam leaders to remain. the rest of Delta and Foxtrot are dismissed to begin medivac prep." just as quickly as Zaeed finished that the 40 people that comprised Delta and Foxtrot dispersed to begin their assigned tasks. "Echo squad, sorry but since you are still not back up to full strength in manning you will not be partaking in this mission due to the strength of the shadow, your team is dismissed. you will get your turn next time." Zaeed scanned the remaining squads and Powered up the projector and showed everything what he had just reiterated in picture form with labels and call signs. "OK, call signs. all squads will be operating under SOP call signs. The primary engagement team will be operating uder the call sign Papa, with individual call signs being, Terracotta for myself, Idiot 1 for Ryosuke, Idiot 2 for Leon, and Cleric for Kimiko." there was a few snickers that came out of the mass of people before him, he found this a good thing since even he could feel the rising tension from what they were about to do. Zaeed shot the tree vets a smile before finishing off the breifing. "All right that concludes this opp briefing, if you have any questions direct them to your squad leaders." "ROOM AHTENSHON" (spelled phonetically) the remaining squads snapped back to attention with what sounded like a single resounding stomp. Zaeed did the usual group callout to get some of the guys blood flowing "I'VE BEEN TO HELL..." and the entirety of the building roared back "AND IM BACK FOR MORE" Zaeed beamed and gave a quick response back "Outfuckingstanding, FALLOUT" Zaeed turned off the projector and faced the three vets. "im sure you guys have a few question but let me get suited up and ill answer anything you have got for me." Zaeed jumped down from the platform and quickly began disrobing out of his civilian clothes down to waht appeared to be black compression shorts before stepping into the large pod that the forklift had brought out earlier. as he laid back the pod began to take care of the rest. first the pod ran over his chassis with an ultraviolet light that burned off any remaining synthskin and fully revealed all the required ports for interfacing with the combat armor. with the skin removed Zaeeds chassis was a micture of blacks and gold looking metals from all the ceramics that made up his base chassis. his body was covered in ports that were soon filled by individual hoses and connectors that began feeding coolant and linkages that kept him operating nominally. The coolant in this case was liquid oxygen and gave off a ghostly white mist as his reserve tanks were filled to the brim and began cycling around his body. while this was going on metal plates were being bolted and glowed red then blue as the overdrive system was tested and then engaged with mimetic energy. once the process was fished the external combat outfit was attached around him while his sensors and combat suite booted up. As the suite was brought online he was bombarded by countless streams of data and finally the combat suite was brought online making Zaeed fully combat ready. As Zaeed stepped out of the pod he was completely unrecognizable with the heavy duty armor that covered him from head to toe and the places where the liquid oxygen was stored had patches of frost already begging to form and flake off giving him what appeared to be an ethereal aura of white mist and smoke. Zaeed reached into the pod grabbing his rifle and slinging it over his shoulder before reapproaching the group, he stared at them throw his combat helmet for a second before chiming in a cheery inquiry. "so any questions" (his armor is in his profile, along with his weapon) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimiko was delighted to hear Isamus voice once again after all this time and cheerly joined him in his office, she was starting to feel like herself again as she saw the old pictures of that faithful day and even tho they lost many friends they were ultimately successful in saving the world. While she never quite held any survivors guilt she always wanted to make sure something like this would never happen again. for that exact reason is why she was here. "Isamu im so happy to meet you again, tho i do wish it was under better circumstances." Kimiko also giggled a bit and Isamu was always hard on the other two. but he helped build them all up to where they were now and she was sure every one here respected him. Kimiko's thoughts on reminiscing were interrupted as Zaeed entered the room and informed them that they would be needed for a briefing. (this post is fucking long....) At the conclusion of the briefing kimiko was about to ask Zaeed something about where the window was but she turned beet red and turned around as Zaeed began disrobing before stepping into the pod. she didn't turn back around till Zaeed had returned, but the words kimiko had for him were lost as she saw the large combat form of Zaeed in front of her left her not quite in fear but close to a state of shock with how intimidating his appearance had changed. she managed to stammer out a few words stung together in a mix of english and japanese that equated to "uhm, how will we be getting into the other world." Edited by wiggins, Oct 31 2015, 01:03 AM.
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| Bolt | Oct 31 2015, 03:20 AM Post #33 |
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Leon started laughing. So he still was going to refer to them by those old names? It felt nice knowing they still had an inside joke to use. Leon followed along to Isamu's office, taking a glance at the memorabilia once more to help strengthen his own resolve for what was to come. They were about to join the front lines soon. A chance was given to show what they were capable of. With the briefing Leon started stretching out his legs once more. While he did it to get his body ready, it was also something he did to keep his excitement down. Despite what he claimed, Leon did enjoy fighting. It gave him a purpose once more, one he hadn't had since he led his own gang in Nikawa. "Can say that again. Ever the hardass on us and the softy for Saga-san. Some things never change," Leon's voice filled with playfulness along with sarcasm. He had to laugh at his friend though, "Takuma-san didn't you say yourself that Isamu-san is too stubborn to die? I mean come on I can count a few times we thought he died and walked right in as if nothing happened. You are right though. If we had stuff like this back then maybe some things would have turned out differently." When Zaeed came into the room they were led off once more. Guess it was the actual mission briefing. Before he walked out Leon looked back in at Isamu. He was concerned about something else and figured getting it looked into while they were on the battle field was worth while. "Oh right before I forget. Narikama-san seems to be missing as well. Takuma-san said he heard she had gone looking for a friend of hers after the hospital. Dunno how Oracle locates anything in the Otherworld, but I'm sure we could give enough of a description for her to find Narikama-san or give us a lead. We can talk about this and my personal request after we trash this Shadow." Quickly catching up to the others his hands found his pockets as they went into a large room. The soldiers had gathered. Looking out into the crowd Leon instead saw the faces of the Persona Users from back then. Almost exactly like how they prepared for any major attack against the Dreamer. He could see certain faces in the crowd, those who were still alive. He glanced over and saw the main leaders of their group. Ryosuke, Kimiko, Rin, Senn and Himself. While he was reminiscing about the past Leon came back to reality when the moaning began from the squads being told they'd be on standby. And then he gave Zaeed a look when he mentioned their call signs being Idiot 1 and Idiot 2. He gave a look at Ryosuke that pretty much said ," Oh for fuck sakes." . He had to hand it to Zaeed, he was doing this quite well. Might have to let him do this from now on. Granted Zaeed was better with the military part, Leon still figured he'd have the better charm for the Persona Users when they started to grow in size. He waited for a pause in Zaeed's speech before butting in. While a good joke was good every now and then, he wanted to make them all clear about something else as well, "While I will respond to Idiot 2, if you want an actual call sign to use it is Knight. Takuma-san has his own which I forgot, but we'll still respond to Idiot 1 and 2. Just better to use our individual ones to avoid confusion." Leon was unphased by watching Zaeed climb into the pod. His interest was piqued when he came out in battle armor almost resembling a soldier from some of the western shooters he had seen. He was impressed, not really sure what to even say at it. Only three years, if just that, and this was reality. He had no idea how far along this technology was compared to when they were fighting back then. It really was inspiring. Once again his thoughts were interrupted, but this time it was Kimiko's speaking. It took him a moment to remember she was innocent compared to a lot of others and seeing Zaeed, even though he wasn't exactly human, getting undressed like that may be strange still. "That is a good question. I know you mentioned a forceful tear is made, but that's as far as we got. Even the files I had access to didn't give exact details. Almost like you summoned your Persona and got ready to battle already. Like I said you'll see how we prepare once we get into the Otherworld. During the Nikawa Incident we could get our combat equipment in our world, but that changed after we defeated the Dreamer." Leon grabbed the card in his pocket. It had been giving off no signs of life for years. Now it was starting to feel warm, as if knowing things were about to happen. He could swear he felt White Knight eager to be set free once more onto the battlefield. This was part of the drive Leon had. Another question came to mind as he thought about something else. They normally had someone in the back lines who scanned the Shadows for weaknesses to help take them down. Now, they had no such thing to help them. Tactical was the term they coined for it. This also made him wonder how a place that corroded equipment allowed them to communicate still. "Actually I do have one. How are we going to communicate. I remember Isamu-san telling me that things corrode in that world. So I'm assuming most electronics are out of the question. Unless you guys have devices that are resistant to the effects of that world. Or a Tactical Persona User we just haven't been told about yet. Unless that's what this Oracle actually is. Sorry I like speaking my thoughts sometimes. Helps me grasp things better." -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As the group left the room, Isamu would notice a new email popping up in his inbox. It would seem strange given the title of the email stated something along the lines of, "It's gotten worse hasn't it?" The body of the email was mostly blank expect for a few pictures taken of Zaeed, Ryosuke, Leon, and Kimiko at the hospital. It was clear they weren't threatening in any manner. The letters R and K were next to Ryosuke and Kimiko along with two question marks next to Leon and Zaeed. Below the pictures was a small paragraph. "So I met these two are the bar, go figure right? They told me a bit about Nikawa. About themselves. I'm still not coming back, but I am saying this. Thank you for taking steps to protect the town. It puts my mind more at ease about...Everything. Say next time you got time to spare, Drinks on me what do you say?" At the bottom of the page had no name. The email address was one Isamu knew, and only one person on the outside would know about these things. A small shruiken was all that was at the signature portion. It was Her symbol. 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| Umbraflamma | Oct 31 2015, 11:00 AM Post #34 |
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Ryo listened in on the whole thing. there was something about it that spoke to something deep inside him. Maybe zaeed noticed it. that change in his deamour and stance during his speeech. His increase in heart rate, as they got closer to the engagement he got more lively and enthusiastic. Perhaps he would have made a good soldier. "Scaith, it was my callsign. Gaelic for shield." He grabbed the warm card out of his pocket and his old friend stared back at him. "Fergus is back, baby." he smiled beaming with energy, for him this attitude these people, it was like coming home in a weird way. Perhaaps it was because deep down he was a warrior, like everyone else here. "Fuckin A. I shoulda joined up a long time ago." He said roughly. "Yeah we get our equipment there, i basically wear the same thing except it's got chain-mail backing." he said with a shrug. "So, my only question is how soon can we leave, I wanna force feed this thing it's own mask." ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Isamu smiled as he saw the email. he knew who it was even before the shuriken. "Fine by me, send me a time and place. I need a drink." |
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| wiggins | Oct 31 2015, 03:13 PM Post #35 |
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Zaeed spoke with a slightly synthesized voice "all troops are protected by what called a plume of dusk generator that lets them damage shadows and not let their equipment corrode, its the same thing that powers me actually and prevents me from corroding into nothing so each fire team has a radioman for long distance communications but most of it is done telepathically via a relay to oracle so we dont actually need radios as persona users. as for the call signs, blame isamu. if you guys have better ones by all means use em and we will add it to the roster if you choose to work with us. But sorry to jump around Oracle is an ASW like myself and she is plugged into a vastly complex mainframe to act as a purpose built tactical that can open and close windows to the other world. As for our ingress..." Zaeed threw his thumb over his shoulder pointing to a heavily upgraded black hawk. "Thats our ride. so if you dont need to do anything else we are wheels up in 5" Zaeed turned and grabbed a long green and black tube slinging that over his shoulder and a large green ammo can marked with an orange explosive sign stuck to the side of it. Once he grabbed these two items zaeed stuck his free hand up in the air and spun it in a circular motion with a finger extended "OK PEOPLE LETS GO. LETS TURN FUEL TO FIRE AND GET THIS SHOW ON THE ROAD." At the start of the hand sign all of the helicopters began to spool up one by one untill hte bay was filled with a tremendous amount of wind and noise. Zaeed sat on the side of the personnel compartment and attached a dring to the fast rope point before waving the rest of the group over. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimiko was still very taken back by how large the military presence was this time around and she felt like they really had a chance to do something that would make a difference early on. She drew her own card out and it levitated above her palm spinning slowly giving out a soft glow. "im ready to do some good how about you two. Lets just try to make sure everyone comes back alive." |
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| Bolt | Nov 1 2015, 12:02 AM Post #36 |
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Leon held out his hand in front of him as it waiting for something to appear. Ryosuke and Kimiko would know exactly what he was doing. A force of habit for him to do even knowing his sword would not appear in his hand while on this side. His normal smile had disappeared and his face turned rather serious compared to how it has been the entire time, mostly aloof. "I think its safe to say we're all good to go. Never flown outside of that plane to reach here so this'll be a treat. Though I do hope you can understand Japanese on the chance we start speaking our native language while moving about. Outside of that tip just stick to the plan. Keep back and let Takuma-san and I do the heavy lifting. Keep Saga-san safe along with whoever we rescue. Hopefully we can kill it or at the very least knock it back enough to where we can start searching for Catarina-san." Leon followed Zaeed, being a gentlemen and helping Kimiko into their helicopter, before taking his own seat and strapping in. Leon pulled his goggles over his eyes to help with the all the wind everywhere. This was all weird to him. They went in on foot and had to walk around everywhere. Had to pace themselves. Now they had vehicles that could withstand the Otherworld's effects that could get them from place to place. It was all...A giant relief. They had less to worry about when it came to travel. The only thing that bothered him was the noise. It was extremely loud and anything would hear them coming. Shadows may not be the smartest of predators, but they could be crafty and cunning at times. "With us on the scene if anyone dies Isamu-san will beat the living hell out of Takuma-san and I. Don't worry I'm sure we'll get everyone back safely. Who knows we may even detect traces of Narikama-san and Catarina-san as well while we're in there." Seeing that the other two had pulled out their own cards, Leon felt inclined to do so as well. His eyes moved between the three cards. Fergus, White Knight, and Zennyo Ryūō. Three forces that caused even the Dreamer to take caution even in the final stages of its plans. Leon had other things on his mind but decided to shelve them for now. He'd talk to Kimiko and Ryosuke later about his worries. For now he had to focus on the task at hand. "Alright! Let's do this!" ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The soft glow from her computer as she sat in her office, a half empty glass with ice and a dark liquid in front of the monitor. So it was as she thought. Those kids weren't lying. She had no reason to think so, but it was better to be safe. For now she sat back after clicking Send. She had already canceled her show for the morning claiming "One too many." The new email was just as short as His reply, "I'll be there within the hour through my normal access point. Surprised it still hasn't been discovered. I'll bring the Special Bottle." Shutting down the office and walking out she walked outside to a motorcycle that was sitting in the garage she had added onto the building. Helmet on her head, mantle on her shoulders, and her old military jacket to protect from the wind Sherry took off into the night. Too many questions she had to ask. And with an operation about to happen she had no option but to ask them now. |
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| Umbraflamma | Nov 2 2015, 02:17 PM Post #37 |
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Ryo got very quiet suddenly. Stepping inside the helicopter and taking his seat silently. There was a dark cloud slowly forming over his demeanor. Leon would remember this as Ryo "Releasing the demons" as he puts it. bringing out the destroyer he keeps inside himself. "I'm ready to roll." was all he said growing very cold and quiet. Leon and kimiko would know, this was his game face. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Isamu sat down thinking about the situation. he had watched these kids already lose a part of themselves in the last conflict. And now he was sending them off to do it again. It felt just as wrong then as it did now. however all of his tasks were seen to, his adjuncts had already put everything in order, so he was going to kick back as they monitored the situation. Part of him couldn't bear to watch it. |
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| wiggins | Nov 2 2015, 11:28 PM Post #38 |
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After the four of them got inside the blackhawk Zaeed slid the door closed behind him and plugged a audio cable into the back of his helmet to tell the pilot they were good to go, once completed the helo began to lift off had hover. "ok guys we are about to make the transition your gonna feel a wave of heat, and that's normal. id like to remind all passengers to keep their hand and feet inside the ride at all times, and in the case of an emergency feel free to use the cabin door closest to you to make a hasty exit. We thank you for choosing to ride Delta airlines and we want you to think of us for all your otherworld excursions." They couldn't see it but behind the metal plate mask Zaeed was smiling at his little joke but pulled it together to give them a small little briefing. "ok im sure you guys already know this but in the otherworld if you are a persona user you dont have to worry about bodily harm coming from physical damage, since im assuming none of you went through the 6 month air assault school at FT Benning. the easiest way for you is to just jump. i dont know if this is how things worked for you back in Nikawa but thats how it works here." Zaeeds hud started blinking a red light and he went to sit down and strap in. "ok boys and girls here we go" A wave of immense heat passed over them as a portal was ripped open in the bay and the helicopter was sent into the otherworld and to say the transition was jarring was an under statement but once they were in the ride was as smooth as silk. Zaeed squatted and hobbled his way over to the door since he was far to tall to stand in the crew compartment and slid the door open. the door swung free and locked back as zaeed poked his head out to survey the landscape. densely packed forest with very few landing zones so it meant they would have to be air dropped and would probably have to walk to an extraction LZ or make one themselves. "ok oracle we are in safe and sound, guide the pilots to the drop point and we will be in contact" Zaeed turned to the rest of the group "You guys ready to have some fun" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimiko bucked herself in as she got into one of the middle jump seats that sat facing the front of the blackhawk and muttered a short prayer, not one for safety or protection but one of banishment. she was clearly ready for action but her outward exterior remained eerily calm and almost serene even through the heat wave and jarring entry. She had a god given job to do so she made peace with herself and set her mind for what needed to be done. She stifled a chuckle at Zaeeds impersonation of a flight attendant in an effort to maintain her composure as a professional but a small giggle escaped anyway. As Zaeed unbuckled himself and got up kimiko also followed to try and get a sense of the area and thats when it hit her...something felt wrong almost perverse. the world felt like it was leaching into her body, gently prying away at her spirit, and almost sucking the essence out of her. it felt like a leach was latched onto her mind and was sucking away her very being. "No, this is wrong. this world is so wrong. its not like the danger we faced in Nikawa this is much much different." She felt sick to her stomach and almost felt as if she was being violated at a spiritual level. "Oracle can you hear me...Is this normal, whats wrong with this world can you tell us. it feels, not to sound overly zealotus, but a crime against the god themselfs. nothing about this world feels right." she turned to her two compatriots "do you feel it too, this sickness in the air. this very pox on our souls. it feels like a tremendous pressure. like something inside me feels like its trying to burst out while something outside is trying to claw its way in." Kimikos face was ashen with concern. Edited by wiggins, Nov 2 2015, 11:37 PM.
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| Bolt | Nov 3 2015, 12:08 AM Post #39 |
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Leon was more laid back compared to how Kimiko and Ryosuke prepared for battle. He went in calm to keep his mind focused and keep things from distracting him. He had no prayers, no mental tricks, or anything to prepare him. He just was ready to go in at a moment's notice. His reactions were normally a step above everyone else's because of this. Leon actually didn't get the joke Zaeed made right away. He had only flown once and rarely watched movies so he wasn't entirely sure what the joke was. It took him a moment to figure out it was a flight attendant and it made him simply cross his arms and close his eyes. When the heat wave struck Leon wasn't bothered. It felt like a nice summer day at first, but then even he showed signs of things effecting him. His eyes shot open and his face showed worry with a mix of confusion. He didn't know how to describe the feeling. When they went it the Dream World it felt natural, like a dream. Now it felt like they were walking into the pits of Hell. He could feel his card start to give off an unnatural feel to it, like it was about to explode. The area felt so far off that he wasn't entirely sure what was going on. His strong will was the only thing that kept him from freaking out or feeling too far off the deep end. However there was no question that his body and spirit was reacting very differently. He could tell this simply from the raw emotions he was feeling just from holding White Knight's card. Normally Leon had something to say for every situation, but this time he had nothing. He looked at Kimiko and grew worried. Her face caused him to grab his arms more as he pulled the goggles up over onto the top of his head. He wasn't worried about feeling anything from jumping when they needed to. It was the overwhelming pressure of the world. "No. This is nothing like the Dream World. This feeling....Not even the immense dread we felt at times fighting the Dreamer matches up to this. I feel like if I lost any focus I would parish on the spot. That losing hope at all would shatter my very soul. This...Is not right." Leon pulled his card from his pocket and watched it spin furiously in his hand. This entire world was just unnatural to the core. He had to hold the card still in his hand to prevent it from spinning and that was a task on its own. He could understand what Kimiko meant by what she said. He could feel something wanting to burst out. Whether it was to protect them from the world or something being forced out he couldn't tell. It just made no sense. "Feels like we're being invited by a shinigami to our final feast." It was quite possibly the first time Leon has spoken Japanese since he arrived in the US. Despite all the negative feelings that were arising in his mind, Leon was excited. He had always been able to keep himself from going overboard when a challenging foe was near, keep himself not even showing how excited he was becoming. It became clear once he broke out into a fight, but prior to that he looked the same as ever. "Feels like the aftermath of the Dreamer's final desperate move. All the dread and confidence erased from everyone's resolve. As much as it pains us, we can't let these people see us waver. Just be careful and call out if you feel anything amiss. We still have no idea what will happen once we begin using our Personas." Despite the front he was putting up, just by looking at him Kimiko and Ryosuke could tell even Leon's normally strong willpower was starting to lose it's strength. He had one last thing to check out before they arrived. Holding out his hand as if to grab something he begins to concentrate. Something glimmered for a moment where his hand was. After a few seconds a sheath started to shape with an orange handle sticking out one end. Leon grabbed his ever faithful blade and held it for a moment. This told him they were truly in the a Shadow infested world. "....So we really are about to join the fray once more...." Edited by Bolt, Nov 3 2015, 12:11 AM.
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| Umbraflamma | Nov 3 2015, 12:47 AM Post #40 |
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Ryo felt the heat and then the pressure the monstrously powerful feeling of despair and dread that permeated this place. It was a disgusting feeling to him. He was no stranger to emotions like this but there was something off and wrong. "Compared to whoever is doing this, the Dreamer was a conjurer of cheap fucking tricks." Ryo said as he stepped forward taking a deep breath and smelling in air. "Yup definitely a shitty situation. Makes the Dreamworld feel like a tutorial level." Ryo nodded as zaeed explained it. You know what they say about an infection Kimiko. We gotta cut it off." With that he stepped forward looking at the ground below. "Are those trees made of metal?" he asked as he looked ahead, seeing the heavily decayed Facsimile of Rockport. "Well this definitely feels more... REAL than the dream world too." he then locked eyes with leon, "I learned long ago that losing all hope is no excuse to give up fighting. keep that desire to survive there, and nothing can take it away from you." He then looked over to Zaeed, "so bucket-head, where and when are we jumping?" -------------------------------------------- Oracle responded however as they neared the mansion her "voice" was harder to make out. "Oracle to Cleric, yes this is normal, it's why 3-5 has such a problem with combat stress. PTSD rates in the unit average at a 150% higher than normal number. We have no information at this time however if you can help us figure this out it can increase our unit's combat effectiveness." |
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| wiggins | Nov 3 2015, 11:24 AM Post #41 |
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Zaeed moved over slightly careful not to shift his weight to much, fully loaded he weighted close to 400 pounds and would throw off the balance of the helicopter if he moved around to quickly. He switched into his no nonsense mode as he felt the mounting concern for the environment. "oddly enough i feel it as well. must be the world interacting with my plume of dusk. if you have are in this place from what we gathered all creatures who enter this world feel the same pressures but its almost all external for us, nothing internal. im assuming this is just standard discomfort or you you want us to send you back and scrub the mission. remember we still have guys on standby so if you want to try this under more controlled circumstances that's fine." Zaeed went back to scanning the horizon looking for signs of persona activity, he found it odd when he saw none but was more troubled as they passed over a mansion that completely fucked with his sensors and he couldn't hear much over the static. the wave passed as they drew out of range towards the last known position of the class 15 shadow. "oracle this is terracotta do you copy. i think i found the source of the jamming we passed over it. im sending you the grid coordinates now. I didnt feel anything when we passed over the building but there was something off putting about it. Whats orders from command? investigate jamming or move on to the class 15 last known?" As zaeed waited for a response he turned ot face ryo "yeah, this entire world is basically metal, i hope you guys got your booster shots for tetanus because even the plant life is basically barbed wire, and you will know when we get ready to jump because you will most likely see a large shadow. i mean unless you want to walk there yourself." Zaeed was momentarily distracted as he saw a few small moving quick shadows dart in and around the underbrush. "fast little fuckers aren't they," He barely got the sentence out before the areal gunners on each side of the aircraft started opening fire on the fleeting packs of shadows on their way to the LZ. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Kimiko also drew out her card and prepared herself. she didn't quite activate it yet tho she was trying to get a feel for the world even with how perpetually foul it was for her she needed to try and feel its essence to try and understand it but the pressure on her was far greater as leon had stated than in nikawa. She shook her head from side to side when Zaeed asked if he wanted them to scrub their mission. "No, we will manage. it just takes some getting used to." Kimiko paused as she watcher her card begging to rotate faster. little black tendrils began to creep in from all sides at the edges of the surface, she knew deep down that this was a terrible sign of things to happen but she aws not sure if it was the shadows in the area or if it was this blasphemous world itself that gnawed away at her. "lets just try to make this as quick as possible. i feel our energies are reacting differently to this world than they should be or rather what we are used to." kimikos thoughts were interrupted by gunfire as the two military members began to shoot at the smaller fleeting shadows. "those weapons? they works against shadows?" Edited by wiggins, Nov 3 2015, 11:24 AM.
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| Bolt | Nov 3 2015, 12:45 PM Post #42 |
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Leon laughed a bit at the tutorial level joke. It didn't seem far off considering what they were dealing with, but it made what they went through out too lightly. To compare it better it felt more like this was the assault on the final stronghold and they had just finished with the top lackey. Right now Leon kept to his seat and pulled his sheathed sword closer to his body. It wasn't out of fear. It was more to keep it out of everyone's way. It still was a rather large weapon to keep around in such a small space. As Leon's eyes locked with Ryosuke all he could do was grin, "When have I ever lost all hope? Then again the two of us just kept smacking our heads against the wall till whatever was in our path was destroyed." Leon couldn't fully prepare himself int he confined spaces of their ride. He didn't know how his stretching would upset the balance of the damned thing and didn't want to get in the way of anyone else. He agreed with Kimiko though, they had to get used to it for the effects to lessen. Hearing Oracle's voice in his mind made him jump, it had been so long since he heard such an effect that he was momentarily startled. Leon had noticed the mansion as they flew past it and took note. Zaeed had mentioned it was causing some kind of interference with communications. He had a small hunch about something else they had to keep an eye out for. Lindsey was in the Otherworld as well, however they had no idea where she was and could not locate her. Just a hunch for the time being though. "Hey walking is never a bad idea. Though in this case I'd rather use the momentum from jumping out and attacking the Shadow with my sword. Will say the feeling never gets old, and the rush is really there. Though....You did say Catarina-san was here as well right? $20 says the reason you can't find her is the interference from that mansion we just passed over. I'd wager more saying she's nearby. Which....Shit." Leon finally stood up and joined the others as they peered out into the world. It was a sickening sight, but at the same time Leon welcomed it. However that wasn't why he walked over to them. There were only a handful of things that could prevent a signal similar to what Oracle was doing. Leon was amazed he didn't come to it sooner, but it made sense. "Given what you've said about the Plumes of Dusk, I'd wager that there's someone else down here with a Persona and they aren't friendly. See if a powerful enough Persona User has the ability to scan the area, they can also jam the area. If my guess is right then there is a possibility one might be in that building. However I say let's deal with the Shadow before checking that place out. Unless we send Zaeed with the Persona Users we're rescuing while Saga-san, Takuma-san, and I deal with this large Shadow, then join up after. Just my, what is it the Americans say. My two cents?" Leon's sword was sitting in its normal spot on the left side of his waist. He decided not to evoke his armor yet. He wanted to wait till battle was about to happen, nor did he want to freak anyone out by summoning White Knight in the middle of the sky. "Their weapons are, for a lack of better comparison, almost like BB guns to Shadows if I understood things right. They can deal damage to them, but it takes nearly all of them focusing a basic Shadow to take it down. They have a few bladed weapons that work better, but you know the risk of that without a Persona behind you. Even with their armor and technology, they're still Humans against Monsters with magic and sharp claws." |
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| Umbraflamma | Nov 3 2015, 01:36 PM Post #43 |
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Oracle touched their minds again, for the veterans they would notice a surprising amount of gentleness that they didn't expect from a machine. "Actually Terracotta my assessment of the situation suggests that you clear the jamming. IF i can pinpoint the groups i can contact the persona users down there and coordinate them with you, allowing for a smoother exfil. the core of the jamming seems to be in the building underneath you. Remove them and i can provide better support." she said. "the weapons we use use memetic energy and emotions from basic humans and amplifies them, notice the special helmets and hoses connecting tot eh weapon's ammo feeds?" She took a deep breath. "After this is all over, i'd like to meet you idiot 1 and 2, and you too cleric. I don't get to meet the people im protecting very often." ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Ryo grumbled. "That glass over there seems to be a good start, I think i see movement beneath it." he said with a shrug. "So i think that's a good place to start... FERGUS!" with a wave he stepped off of the edge and fell forward plummeting down towards the glass, activating his persona and revealing his weapon. a massive Irish Claymore that shimmered in prismatic light. Angling himself he aimed for the front of the weapon aiming at a woman, his armored trench-coat flapping in the wind. "Fergus! INTERCEPT!" he shouted as he targeted the person being attacked and his persona guided him towards blocking harms way. The fight down there would be suddenly interrupted as a green clad man crashed in through the ceiling wielding a rainbow sword. |
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| Bolt | Nov 3 2015, 02:10 PM Post #44 |
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"God...Damn it Isamu." Leon simply shook his head and smiled. Well some things would never change. However now that they had a new goal Leon took a few steps back and watched Ryosuke jump out the helicopter. He heard the every familiar sound of their cards shattering. A sound he would never forget. Well he wasn't about to let the other Idiot go in without him. Leon wasn't far behind Ryosuke as he jumped out, pulling goggles over his eyes and shattering his card as he jumped out. "White Knight! It's show time!" A white overcoat began to form over Leon's clothing as a a giant white ironclad figure appeared next to him. A wave of light fell over Leon as a small electric field emitted from him for a brief second. Leon unsheathed his blade as he fell and let the sheath disappear into nothingness as he followed the path Ryosuke took. Leon's came in through following Ryosuke, his white coat fluttering in the wind. Instead of going for the giant armored Shadow, Leon's angle of decent went towards the sphere of light he had noticed while free falling. The people below would see Ryosuke first followed by a white light as Leon's sword slammed into the sphere. He was right. It was a Shell. Allt he figure underneath would see is Leon's determined look. |
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| wiggins | Nov 3 2015, 07:11 PM Post #45 |
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