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KAIJU FIGHT #2

KAIJU FIGHT #2


CONTENT WARNINGS: electrophobia, body horror, death/injury, gore, violence.

▶ 001. IT'S A SMALL WORLD AFTER ALL

On the 1st of April, Outsiders will be rudely awakened by the sudden voice of Captain Yamakawa:

"Angels of Lilith. I require your immediate attention. Through your efforts at extracting information from our captives, and intel collected by our intelligence team, we have located the culprits who have stolen our specimens and are conducting illegal experiments. Your mission briefing will arrive shortly. Take caution, however. The Neo Tokyo Meteorological Agency is reporting strange abnormalities in their readings. We will look further into this. For now, stay sharp and be prepared."


The alarm will sound in the base, urging all Outsiders to suit up, bring their weapons and get ready for the mission. A location pin will then be downloaded into their implant, along with an associated mission briefing. The location will lead to an abandoned amusement park that might be familiar to some - Tokyo Disneyland. The brief will report that according to intel, there is an unauthorized research facility hidden within the premises. Outsiders are to locate it, storm it, and seize any lab specimens they can find.

To get to the theme park, characters will be able to take trains to the edge of Neo Tokyo where they can then be transported by armored trucks through what remains of old roads. Eventually, when the terrain becomes too destroyed and overgrown with brush, they’ll have to travel by foot the rest of the way. However, they will have to be careful because it looks like someone has laid out traps. Some of them are designed to capture animals but others are clearly booby traps meant to deter intruders.

From the outside, nothing looks out of the ordinary in this old park - there are classic attractions such as Cinderella’s castle, the Haunted Mansion, Alice’s Teacup ride, the Western River Railroad, and many, many more. While most of the rides are weathered down and no longer functional, there are plenty of old gift shops and carnival game booths with prizes to take home for free (if you don’t mind a really old Minnie Mouse doll).

LILITH was not able to pinpoint exactly where this secret laboratory is hidden within the enormous park, and it’s now up to the Outsiders to find it. All implants will be fitted with a heat-seeking function to allow Outsiders to detect anomalies within the park.

The first part of the mission is simple: Scour the rides and attractions and find the entrance.

Outsiders may encounter more booby traps while searching the park. Traps will range from making parts of attractions and buildings collapse on intruders to more elaborate and high-tech ones like electric fields or explosive traps. Players are more than welcome to come up with their own traps so long as it fits the setting.


▶ 002. BOO WHO?

Eventually, Outsiders will find themselves drawn to the Haunted Mansion, where there appear to be several abnormal signs of life. While the mansion would hardly have been scary to anyone but children several hundred years ago, centuries without any sort of maintenance have turned the place into a real nightmare. Pitch darkness, decrepit fake graves that look like they could be real ones, and the mysterious chatter of – is that a ghost? There are flickers of life within the old animatronics, and ever so often you might see a skeleton or zombie twitch. They might even take a swing at an unsuspecting Outsider.

The deeper into the mansion you travel, the more power it appears to have, until the Outsiders reach a door that appears to be heavily guarded by a group of humans holding vicious chimeras on a leash.

Once LILITH receives this intel, the next order is given: Storm the lab immediately!


▶ 003. LET'S GECK-GO!

As the Outsiders infiltrate the lab, the air buzzes with electricity and everyone's hair begins to stand on end not from fear but from the sheer amount of energy generated. There may be a lot of machines generating a lot of power and some of it may be spilling excess electricity into the air but this feels different. It feels more potent.

Suddenly, the park comes to life. Old generators buzz to life, staticky music begins to play on the worn out speakers, and the lights begin to flash. From the overgrowth surrounding the park, trees begin to topple over. It is obvious that something is approaching and whatever it is seems to have a lot of energy. From the trees, a giant, gecko-like creature emerges. The air around it sparks and each step it takes generates a wave of electricity that follows the many wires and systems laid out underground.

The energy at the park seems to be drawing the unknown kaiju towards the park and more geckos appear from the forests behind it. They move quickly through the park and climb over the buildings and attractions. When they see a hybrid or a person nearby, they will stun them with their electric fields and try to eat them. As they begin to swarm the park, they go into a feeding frenzy that infects the air around them. Rides begin to spin faster, the music grows louder, lights explode, and the more electricity and power the geckos absorb, the bigger they become when they shed their skins.

One gecko in particular grows faster than the others. This one will keep growing with no apparent end in sight and begins climbing over the highest rides until they topple under its weight. Outsiders will have to avoid collapsing rubble and climb over ruined attractions to take down this kaiju while also stopping the other geckos from growing to the same size.

After dealing with the gecko kaiju for some time without any information, a report will finally come in:
█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: Yamadenki
HEIGHT: 3 metres- unknown (does not stop growing)
WEIGHT: 1,500-70,000 kg
CLASS: Dangerous
LOCATION: Kanto, Japan
ABILITIES: Stores electricity within its body. Uses static electricity to climb up and stick to objects. Can use electric shocks to stun and injure prey. The more energy they absorb, the bigger they grow. When close enough to a human, it kills them by biting into their flesh and absorbing the electrical currents within the cells, disrupting the heart rate and nervous system. It then eats the flesh.
WEAKNESS: Attacks to the head and body. Ice and extreme cold (they are cold blooded).
EXTRA NOTES: Can regrow appendages. Their severed appendages and bodies can retain electricity for an unknown amount of time so proceed with caution.

█ █ █ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
✖ Cut off the supply of electricity at the park by disabling all generators
✖ Bring back the Yamadenki (alive or dead) for research purposes
✖ Bring back the hybrid specimens
✖ Capture all suspicious persons for interrogation

█ █ █ ATTACHED PHOTO:

The Outsiders will have to cut off all energy supplies to stop feeding the newly named Yamadenki and then defeat them.


▶ 004. A RIFT IN SPACE-TIME

"MAYDAY, MAYDAY! Unknown energy signal detected! Reaching maximum output! Our sensors are detecting a breach in the inter-dimensional fabric!"

An hour into battle, Outsiders will receive a sudden warning signal, urging them to complete their mission and eliminate the Yamadenki before it’s too late. All that concentrated energy generated at the park is being corrupted by the Yamadenki, and it’s not long before a rift bursts through from beneath the Haunted Mansion, causing a huge explosion and a rain of rubble and mysterious energy. It’s the first of its kind. A rift has never opened this close to Neo Tokyo!

Energy from the rift seems to affect anyone standing too close to it, transforming any unprotected human into a snarling, groaning, human-reptilian hybrid. These hybrids have electrical qualities similar to the Yamadenki and are just as ferocious. The plugsuits issued by LILITH should protect characters against any nasty transformations (unless there is some damage to them or they have taken them off), but exposure to the rift can still result in increased headaches, vertigo, irritability and impulsiveness.

The rift is growing larger by the minute, and from the other side of it - the growling of a number of unknown beasts can be heard. Even the higher ups within LILITH are anxious about this. The only way to stop the rift is to cut off its power supply.

"Angels of LILITH! We must act fast! Disable all generators and subdue the Kaiju before it’s too late!"



▶ 005. AFTERMATH.

As the Outsiders shut down generators and take down the Yamadenki, the rift shrinks in size until finally it closes. Everything at the park goes still now that there is no more power to run things. Some of the corrupted humans and hybrids still linger and will have to be taken down or captured but they are in weakened states now that the rift has closed.

Outsiders will be tasked with capturing the Rift-infected humans who will then be transported to LILITH base for treatment... if they can be treated, that is. Outsiders will also need to report for treatment. Characters may experience the lingering effects of the rift such as the vertigo, headaches, shorter tempers, and impulsive behavior. The LILITH medics aren’t sure what to do other than prescribing bed rest and maybe offering some medication for their headaches. The worst cases may be prescribed sedatives.

Normally, LILITH would order the Outsiders to retrieve specimens from the field but given the events that unfolded, they are told to standby until a special research unit can inspect the area for contamination and give the all clear.


▶ 006. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our second Kaiju log! As before, all prompts are highly encouraged but OOCly optional. ICly, any characters suffering negative effects from the rift will recover within a week, though you are welcome to determine the severity of their symptoms during that time.

Feel free to NPC your characters' fights with the smaller kaijus. The main fight with the largest gecko will be determined via a HP-based system (See below).

All tags in this log count for 2 reward points each. Ask any further questions below!


queenofkur: (kaa 049)

it's a small world

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-03 11:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ Aha! This goddess is a specialist in such castles. Especially Cinderella's one. How many times has she read the story, dreaming herself up as the young woman who is given a chance at leaving her horrible home only to meet a handsome prince who can change her life? Ah... If only those stories humans wrote could come true!

Sure she is technically a queen... But that doesn't feel like it most days. ]


Such castles are not meant for defense against an enemy. [She lifts a finger.] They are typically featured in tales of romance where such defenses would be of no use.

[ It's much more important they look pretty to enhance the dream-like aspect. ]
cranekin: (Default)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-03 04:59 pm (UTC)(link)
(He's listening to her explanation and once he takes it in... he lets out an almost dreamy sigh,)

A country where you only need to fall in love... can you imagine it?

(He sounds wistful,)

What an impossible place.
queenofkur: (daf 153)

1/3

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-04 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
Unfortunately...

[ Is it really unfortunate, though? Yes, that sounds like a dream. A truly wonderful place that can exist only within their dreams. But would it be a good thing if it could exist in the real world? ]

Though... It would be boring, wouldn't it? A happy ending is only so as the result of the suffering and tragedy that were overcome. [She shakes her head.] Why, such a place would not even allow for the existence of more passionate forms of love, where one decides to go against fate and the world itself to save their beloved. True love may require for one to become a villain and use evil as a weapon to find happiness.

[ And isn't that the most romantic, when your lover loves you so much, they're willing to destroy the universe itself? Why, even willing to capture you if you think this is going too far! Such passionate forms of love couldn't exist in such a fictional country. ]
queenofkur: (dab 030)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-04 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ... ... ...

... Wait. ]
queenofkur: (kac 102)

3/3

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-04 01:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ S-She just said all of that aloud, didn't she? ]

T-That was just hypothetical, of course...!

[ Please don't read too much into what she just said, she just reads too many weird romances, that's all! ]
cranekin: (pic#15469893)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-06 12:21 pm (UTC)(link)
(Her reaction is so flustered but Tsurumaru only smiles. Crossing his arms, he only considers her words, turning them over and taking them in,)

That's how it is. There can be no light without dark, no joy without grief, no love without hate.

(In fact, this is something quite personal to him and he while he seems perfectly pleased, his eyes soften and the edges of his smile fall. This sort of kingdom is no place for a crane. Because a crane's love requires sacrifice and this kingdom promises too much without price. He doesn't belong here.)

Well said, Eresh-chan.

(There's no reason to get so worked up and to help make his point, he continues as if nothing had happened at all!)

There's no point dreaming now. Shall we search for the villains?

(They have work to do, after all.)
queenofkur: (fab 128)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-07 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wow... How wise and cultured! He's not mocking her, nor is he laughing at her. Instead he totally agrees with her opinion! She's pretty sure most people would have called her a weirdo for it... But no, instead he recognizes that a true romance needs to include things most people would never associate with romance.

Drama! Tragedy! Obsession!! Good means nothing without evil. For love to truly reach its peak, one needs to know the depths of despair first, as she has. Otherwise, love would be bland. Colorless and tasteless, for one cannot appreciate its flavor unless they've known the worst. ]


R-Right...!

[ Gosh. A florist, a connoisseur in what makes true love, an affinity towards death! Could it be... Does... Does the perfect person exist? Has existence peaked in this individual?

Unfortunately, her precious little grape already holds that title. If her dear friend didn't exist, then perhaps he would be the most perfect person. But alas! ]


Let's...! We cannot allow for their transgressions to last any longer.
cranekin: (pic#15469484)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-07 03:16 pm (UTC)(link)
(If you aren't ready to take your loyalty kink to toxic extremes and bad end for the one you love, is it really love, Eresh?

He looks back, cocking his head with a friendly smile.
)

We're like a pair of heroes. (He's just having fun now,) Saving a perfect kingdom from the no good rats in hiding.

... Ah, but I heard this kingdom also has a mouse king so maybe that's offensive.
queenofkur: (aac 020)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-08 11:42 am (UTC)(link)
[ Wait, what? That's a critical piece of information! ]

A mouse king...? [That in itself isn't that unusual, truly. No, something else here.] But I thought the ducks were in charge here...

[ S-Shocking! She looks down at the Scrooge McDuck plushie she picked up earlier. Had that man been right, was the duck truly irrelevant to the lore of this place? T-That's so sad!

Besides mice are creepy, why should they be in charge? ]
cranekin: (pic#15469776)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-08 05:18 pm (UTC)(link)
Mister McMouse, I think. (Mickey Mouse. His name is Mickey Mouse...) And his true love, Chibi Mouse.

("Mini." That's Minnie Mouse.)

Ah, I've noticed a lot of ducks too... do you think they could be friends? Maybe they share a court.
queenofkur: (dab 007)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-08 11:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Considering the nature of this place, I suspect so...

[ McMouse... That's such a stupid name!! "McDuck" sounds dignified and noble, but McMouse just doesn't have the same ring to it. ]

I wonder what led humanity to worship such entities.

[ Because clearly this is a place of worship. If that McMouse is the chief deity, perhaps Scrooge is their local god of death. That'd explain why she finds his plushies so cute. ]
cranekin: (pic#15469499)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-10 04:08 pm (UTC)(link)
Well, you know... the mouse is an auspicious symbol.

(It really is.)

Despite its small size, it's clever and resourceful.
queenofkur: (dac 005)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-11 10:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ Is it...? They're usually associated with Ninkilim, and she can't say she has much of an opinion on him. ]

I suppose...

[ The goddess sounds unconvinced. ]

The ducks would be better in the reigning position though.
cranekin: (pic#16834547)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-12 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
...

(Glancing,)

Do you like birds more?
queenofkur: (daf 133)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-12 11:28 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... Does she? She never thought of it. Why, she hadn't even really linked ducks with birds in her mind. That demands for a moment of silence while she considers his question. ]

... I-I suppose I do. Their wings represent freedom and possibilities.
cranekin: (pic#15469920)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-13 07:18 am (UTC)(link)
(...!)

Me too!

(He raises his head,)

Mostly, I think they're cute. (He's simple like that.) But when they fly... it's so impressive. It seems like they could go anywhere or carry anything with them!
queenofkur: (kaw 025)

[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-04-13 12:39 pm (UTC)(link)
That's right!

[ Birds are cute and fluffy, that is indeed a point in their favor. ]

But those poor ducks... They can't fly. [Their freedom has been taken from them! They're so similar.] It's sad.