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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synflux2024-04-02 08:13 am

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!


cranekin: (pic#15439438)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-03 05:44 pm (UTC)(link)
...

(He's considering it. He's thinking about it. )

Mhm. Let's go.

(Just like that, he's skipping over to him. Aki wins. )
lifeprice: (pic#16920221)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-03 05:46 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Either Aki is lucky, or he is learning to read Tsurumaru well.

He's not sure which one he prefers.

Nodding, he steps away and starts to head towards the internal centre of the park, as good a place to start as any. ]


Have you seen anything unusual yet?
cranekin: (pic#15469903)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-03 06:14 pm (UTC)(link)
(He walks by Aki's side but his steps are slow, like he's focusing on something else. After a while, he closes his eyes and hums,)

It's hard to tell.

(And he crosses his arms, opening his eyes and frowning,)

There's metal all around us.

(Which seems very obvious.)
lifeprice: (pic#16452000)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-03 06:20 pm (UTC)(link)
It's a theme park, so most of the rides and other places are going to be made of metal.

[ Obviously. That was kind of a basic point to make, Tsurumaru... ]

I should've made better contracts before coming here. Some kind of scout, perhaps.
cranekin: (pic#15469809)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-03 06:28 pm (UTC)(link)
I know that!

(Please. He might be a Ye Olde spirit but he can use his eyes and see the rides and buildings are supported with metal. And he taps the ground with his foot... which is really just him skipping ahead a little,)

There's metal under us too.

(Which would make sense... wiring and whatever structures are needed to help this park run.)
lifeprice: (pic#16920236)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-03 06:31 pm (UTC)(link)
Under...

[ Aki frowns, pausing for a moment. ]

There were lots of walkways for staff to use to travel across the park. I wonder if we could find what we're looking for down there.
cranekin: (pic#15469966)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-03 07:04 pm (UTC)(link)
(He doesn't know about secret underground staff tunnels.)

Eh, is that what it is?

(He really cannot tell. All he knows is he can feel metal under his feet.)

It doesn't feel like a lot. There's a lot more up here. (Above ground but if Aki thinks this might be a lead then...) Do you want to follow it?
lifeprice: (pic#16452011)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-03 07:11 pm (UTC)(link)
It could be. I think they had to stay in costume all the time, so if they had to go then the tunnels were it.

[ Aki shakes his head, starting to lead the way. If they can find some kind of staff exit. ]

It's one place to start. Do you have a better idea?
cranekin: (pic#15469503)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-04 05:15 pm (UTC)(link)
(Truly cannot believe this metal detector skill is coming in handy. He walks ahead a bit and stops. However this works, he's trying to concentrate but there really is so much around them that the sense si all muddled. He crosses the length of the street from one end to the next goes ahead a little more.)

The easiest way is under this street.

(It's half his senses and another half intuition. The street long main street is already a natural path. If there was a secret underground passage, it would be easiest to follow the natural layout of the park.)

We can follow it and if we run into something more concentrated, it'll be easier to tell.

(He needs a bigger source to really get a feel of things clearly. This, unfortunately, also means... a lot of just walking around on the main streets above to see what they can find up here, too.)
lifeprice: (pic#16920239)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-04 07:30 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aki follows after him without hesitation, like following some kind of police dog on a scent. He trusts Tsurumaru enough to lead the way for now, so he doesn't feel the need to complain or anything like that. He's happy enough with this, since he has no other idea of where to go.

Nodding, he crosses his arms and starts to make tracks. ]


I didn't know you could sense metal as well. Is that part of being...

[ He motions at Tsuru.

A sword-thing...? ]
cranekin: (pic#15474087)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-06 11:27 am (UTC)(link)
(Crossing his arms and scrunching his face up in deep thought,)

It's hard to explain.

(For someone who usually knows exactly what he wants to say or should say but insists on being vague, unclear, and dodgy with his words... he's telling the truth this time.)

I can just tell. It's the same with fire, too. Maybe it's because of how I was made?

(Forged from steal with fire.)

Ah, don't worry. I don't sense any fire.

(Reassuring???)
lifeprice: (pic#17068475)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-07 12:30 pm (UTC)(link)
It's fine. I understand.

[ Aki is used to people having odd and unique powers that they don't want to share or only just understand. That was the nature of having Devil contracts, since sharing them could sometimes be a negative rather than a positive.

Shaking his head, he wishes that he had something... More. If he was stronger, or better. ]


That would make sense. If you do sense fire, let me know.

[ A little twitch of a smile. He's got you, bro. ]
cranekin: (pic#15469461)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-07 03:21 pm (UTC)(link)
(Head held up high and letting out a sing-song-y sort of laugh,)

You'll be the first I'll tell!

(Since they're paired together for now. And for all of their chatter, he really is trying to follow whatever trace he can get. It's difficult when he can't really hone into anything right now so every now and then, he just stops and tries to go in a different direction only to come back.)

Have you ever been to a park like this before, Aki-kun? What was it like?

(He just assumes he has.)
lifeprice: (pic#16920221)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-07 03:42 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn’t really have the time for it.

[ Aki shakes his head, frowning as he looks around. Maybe when he’d been younger he might have managed to find his way to one, but that wasn’t ever really on the cards for him. His brother…

His brother had always been too sick, so Aki was never able to go.

Frowning, he keeps moving, ignoring the sour taste in his mouth. ]


I was preoccupied as a child, too.
cranekin: (pic#15469807)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-07 04:01 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah.

(Just, "ah." He'd assumed Aki would have more experience. So many of the other Outsiders had had plenty to say on their way up here. He'd figured Aki would be just another one like them.)

Did you have other hobbies? (He looks over him, up and down...) Let me guess...

Table tennis.
lifeprice: (pic#16452031)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-07 04:04 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Aki chuckles softly. ]

No. I liked to play catch, sometimes.

[ When his father had time, or when he was at school, or- he shakes his head, hand flexing a little.

If only it had been something as simple as table tennis. ]


Baseball, too, I suppose.
cranekin: (pic#15469963)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-07 04:18 pm (UTC)(link)
That's the one with the club.

(The baseball bat. He means the baseball bat. But something is in the air. He can tell that he's treading on something and he comes a little closer, leaning down to try and look up at Aki. He wants to study his face.)

Aki-kun?

(Is he distracted?)
lifeprice: (pic#16452029)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-07 04:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I didn’t join a club at school.

[ After his family died, the only thing he has cared about was learning to be a Devil Hunter and get his revenge.

Shaking his head, he sighs softly. ]


Sorry. Let’s focus on the mission. Lead the way.
cranekin: (pic#15469499)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-07 04:33 pm (UTC)(link)
(Luckily, he doesn't really understand enough about the modern school system to know how unusual this is.)

...

(Strange. He isn't oblivious. He can feel that he's stumbled into something but it isn't his place to push,)

When this mission is over, we should have some fun.

(If they can. He wonders if they can get any of these attractions running.)
lifeprice: (pic#16451998)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-07 04:37 pm (UTC)(link)
What kind of fun?

[ Looking over at Tsurumaru, his expression tightens a little in suspicion.

What does he mean by fun, huh… ]


Be more specific.
cranekin: (pic#15469481)

[personal profile] cranekin 2024-04-07 04:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Don't worry.

(Worry.)

I'll figure it out.

(Definitely worry.)
lifeprice: (pic#16293274)

[personal profile] lifeprice 2024-04-07 04:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Will we?

[ Aki lifts his head, looking around the park. There’s really nothing unusual going on here at all, is there? ]

I’ll leave it to you, then.