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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!


newphew: (you're absolutely right)

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[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-16 06:00 am (UTC)(link)
[ here they are again, hanging out together!! this time in disneyland. while most teenagers might be a smidge excited about this, hunter is stalking around so seriously, giving the speakers playing "it's a small world" a disgusted look through narrowed eyes ]

Must be some form of torture...

[ looking for traps is no big deal for hunter. he's great at finding them! and not just by walking into them. he's had years of experience in both of those areas. so he gives ryoji a perplexed look when ryoji sticks his arms out ]

What? No, let me go. I can find the traps.
memors: (017)

[personal profile] memors 2024-04-17 05:54 am (UTC)(link)
[ Meanwhile, Ryoji is already humming the song over and over — despite not knowing any of the words, it's pretty catchy, isn't it? And makes him vaguely think about world peace, or something.

...There's definitely no peace to be found here, however. There's already a tripwire shimmering up ahead, but Ryoji doesn't seem to have noticed it yet, still waltzing his way towards the tunnel like he's taking a walk in the park. ]


It'd be better if we both look for them, wouldn't it? Two sets of eyes are better than one.

[ ...As he may be about to demonstrate, if Hunter notices the tripwire before he does. He's on the lookout for more obvious traps, but...traps aren't really supposed to be obvious.

(He's not very good at this.) ]
newphew: (spread those angelic wings)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-18 02:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ now ryoji is torturing him... hunter grumbles at him as he hums it, but doesn't say anything. he can withstand torture!! he has in the past ]

[ anyway, about the traps, he normally might agree, but unfortunately for comedy, hunter does notice, and grabs ryoji's arm ]


There's one right there!

[ yanking him back!! ]
memors: (0008)

[personal profile] memors 2024-04-18 07:17 am (UTC)(link)
Wh —!

[ It's only as Hunter grabs his arm and Ryoji goes stumbling back that he notices the trip wire that he almost just boobied right into. Oh...

His eyes widen, hand slapping to his forehead. ]


Whoa, my bad! Thanks for watching out for me. See what I mean?
newphew: (awaken as you plant)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-19 03:15 am (UTC)(link)
[ hunter holds onto his arm, both to brace him (though ryoji's about half a foot taller), and also because he doesn't trust ryoji not to go rushing ahead. it would be very funny if they both tipped over into this tripwire but i will leave their fate in your hands ]

[ hunter... sighs, though ]


Look, just let me go ahead. I know how to look for traps.

[ he'll protect you, ryoji.... ]
memors: (0012-004)

[personal profile] memors 2024-04-19 06:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ I put it into the hands of god (dice) and the combined effort of Ryoji trying to charge ahead and Hunter attempting to hold him back absolutely backfires on them. His balance was still off in the first place, so — ]

No, I insi — ack!

[ They trip and fall right into the tripwire. For a moment afterwards, there is complete and utter silence...

...and then from the tunnel in front of them, the sound of rushing water. ]


...Oops, ahaha...
newphew: (YOU JUST TRY AGAIN!!!!!!)

1/2

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-20 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ perfect comedic timing. hunter is underneath ryoji because it's funnier, struggling to push him off (by the face, sorry ryoji), spluttering and turning red!! ]

Do you have any idea what you've just--
Edited 2024-04-20 01:02 (UTC)
newphew: (for tomorrow!)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-20 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ and then comes the sound of the rushing water. and the water. ]

[ oh shit ]


Move!

[ okay he's properly trying to shove ryoji off now, (not by his face, even) but now it's to get him out of the way of the large wave of water coming for them! ]
memors: (007)

[personal profile] memors 2024-04-20 07:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Well. He has some idea what he's just done, because he can hear the water rushing their way, any curiosity he has about why it's a small world after all superseded by the need to not drown.

Hunter won't have to shove him for to long, as Ryoji is quickly rolling off him and scrambling to his feet as the water careens towards them. He's quite a bit taller than the other boy, and since this is pretty much entirely his fault, he has to make sure that Hunter gets to safety —

By trying to pick Hunter up in a football carry and breaking into a run. ]


Don't worry! I-I'll protect you, no matter what!

[ Kind of ironic for Death but okay. ]
newphew: (NO MATTER HOW MANY TIMES)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-30 11:06 pm (UTC)(link)
[ he's going to die here, with that song blazing in the background, drowned by this flirty scarf guy who just fell on top of him. ]

[ or, well, fate has other plans, because he's being scooped up like a football as ryoji runs. the water's right behind them, but he's got a headstart for now! ]

[ except hunter is flailing at him. it's clear this situation has never happened to him before and he has no idea how to deal with it. he's flustered and yelly. ]


I don't need to be protected! We're both going to drown if you do this!!

[ --he squawks, ineffectively, from ryoji's arms ]
memors: (15)

i'm crying abt that icon

[personal profile] memors 2024-05-02 06:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ The only reason they're both going down is because he's flailing while Ryoji is trying to carry him?!? But even if he wasn't, Ryoji's plan wasn't exactly well thought-out. His human arms aren't all that strong, and even if his legs are long, they can only get them so far when chased by water.

...Which is to say, it isn't long before the deluge catches up with them, sweeping Ryoji off his feet, both of them tumbling into the wave. Welp. ]


Can you swim?!?

[ CAN HE SWIM??? ]
newphew: (spread those angelic wings)

im so glad also where is my sad ryoji threads huh

[personal profile] newphew 2024-05-06 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[ so he cannot, and as a special bonus: rain and water are known to be boiling where he comes from! like, to a potentially lethal extent! so hunter is screeching in panic!!! as his response to ryoji!! while he stops struggling to get out of his arms because he's trying to shield both their faces with his hands!!! ]

[ which of course, is not helping, because now it's harder for ryoji to see what the fuck is happening ]


WE NEED TO GET OUT OF THE WATER!
memors: (0031-003)

marinating in my heart

[personal profile] memors 2024-05-07 03:05 am (UTC)(link)
[ It goes from bad to worse, and as Ryoji realizes that Hunter can't swim — and to be fair, he doesn't really know how to either — he's left really only with one recourse. Hunter saw the other side of him once before, during their interrogation, but he'll have to hope that that was enough to temper his expectations.

Because all he's getting as a warning is: ]


Hold on! I'll fly us out!

[ Before Ryoji is transforming into his true form, taking on the guise of Thanatos. Even in the depths of the water, there's a flash of blue flame, and as soon as he's changed form, he's grabbing Hunter once again. The football carrier is much easier like this! And he has no trouble flying them up and away from the deluge of water. So long as Hunter doesn't struggle, they should be out of danger...for now. ]
newphew: (except for the opening stinger)

tenderly holds ur heart....

[personal profile] newphew 2024-05-07 03:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ hilariously enough, even after the transformation, hunter's first priority still seems to be trying to shield both their faces. though he can probably no longer reach ryoji's head in thanatos form. also there is a low likelihood that thanatos would even need protection from boiling water in the first place... ]

[ but uh, then they're up in the air and hunter starts to calm down a little ]


It's not... boiling? Did you get burned?

[ he is still completely unphased by the thanatos form. too busy panicking about water being DANGEROUS, apparently. ]
memors: (29r)

[personal profile] memors 2024-05-10 08:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Look, his priorities are in order…why worry about being football-carried by a giant spooky monster when it could be raining?

He can’t exactly emote while in this form, but there’s a puzzled tone in his voice while he looks for a safe place to land below. ]


Boiling? No, if anything, it’s just a little smelly… [ Who KNOWS where that water came from. Ryoji doesn’t want to think about it. ] Are you okay?

[ Why is he so worried about the water’s temperature? ]
newphew: (embrace the sadness and pain)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-05-12 09:33 pm (UTC)(link)
[ giant spooky monsters are yesterday's news!! rain is where it's at. hunter's now just limp and confused under ryoji's arm like a soggy (probably smelly) cat ]

Right... this place is probably like the human realm.... the rain here isn't boiling.....

[ there's a bit of context. but then hunter looks grumpy...ier.... when ryoji asks him if he's okay. seems like he's returning to normal. he twists around to try to meet his eyes so ryoji can appreciate his grumpy expression. he really is completely unphased about thanatos form, like it's normal for ryoji to look like a huge scary monster ]

I'm fine. Why were you being so weird about letting me look for the traps?

[ geez!!! ]