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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: (race beyond the earth)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-16 11:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ hunter is still basically breathing like he forgot how to, about to throw himself backwards and keep running with an arm attached to his leg just like winter predicted -- but he at least seems to clue in to the fact that it is winter in front of him, not belos. not any of the other golden guards. ]

Winter... I.....

[ he catches about half of what he's saying. and he does not want to sit still, actually. he wants to run away. what if winter finds out the truth? he's been nice so far, but... ]

You can't be here!

[ complete with a little voice crack. hunter does try to scurry away from winter, but it's very ineffective and he only manages about half a foot ]
icyspicy: (✨ 082)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2024-04-17 12:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ No, Hunter really doesn't get far. Not when Winter outmatches his stride by a wide, wide margin. ]

I am here. It's okay. Look at me.

[ Now that Hunter seems to be aware of his presence, Winter tries again to put a hand on Hunter's shoulder — one hand on each shoulder, in fact, moving himself to stand between the boy and the ruins of the ride. ]

Nothing will harm you while I'm here. I'm protected by magic. You understand? Let me help you.
newphew: ((not you hisoka))

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-17 04:26 am (UTC)(link)
[ he succeeds! hunter's staring wide-eyed at him now, and his attempts to get away are getting weaker. in fact, he stops fighting altogether when winter says the word "magic", though... maybe the words don't have quite the intended effect. he flinches. ]

[ but winter's not alone in trying to calm him down, because flapjack comes flying in to the rescue!! circling around the two of them, then specifically hunter, chirp chirp chirping ]


Flapjack? You.... You're here....

[ now he opens his eyes, flicking between winter and flapjack, who continues to apparently have a whole-ass conversation with hunter ]

No, I know it's Winter! And this... this isn't a mindscape, it's just... some stupid haunted house attraction.... but if Winter knew....

[ his breathing hitches. flapjack chirps again, and hunter actually addresses winter this time ]

I don't even know.... why you're trying to help me in the first place....
icyspicy: (✨ 013)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2024-04-18 01:02 am (UTC)(link)
[ If only Winter knew the spell Speak with Animals, but he certainly does not, so he can only guess at what Flapjack is chirping about. It seems to help, at least, and Winter lets it play out, his hands still on Hunter’s shoulders.

What does make itself quite clear is that Hunter has something he thinks he needs to keep a secret. If Winter knew… if he knew what?

When he’s addressed directly, his expression softens a bit. ]


Why would I not? You were in distress.

[ His eyes flick to the animatronic hand. ]

Can I help you with that now?
newphew: (if you guessed departure)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-18 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
[ what indeed. hunter is staring at winter with kind of a helpless expression now, clearly not comprehending his motives here. and absolutely not shedding any light on what he thinks he needs to keep a secret, or the specifics of what he and flapjack were apparently just conversing about ]

But you're always trying to help. Why? I've never.... I've never given you any reason to...

[ it's not a no, and flapjack seems to regard winter with a "go ahead" kind of expression, somehow. he also flies over to start pecking at the animatronic hand. that will do nothing, but it's the thought that counts, probably. ]
icyspicy: (✨ 058)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2024-04-20 12:38 am (UTC)(link)
[ This is a very vulnerable moment, so the only prying Winter will do is to get these mechanical fingers to let go of Hunter’s leg. One digit at a time, he slowly works them loose. With Flapjack’s indispensable help, naturally. ]

If someone truly wishes to help you, they’ll do it without reason. But if you must know… you remind me a lot of myself when I was a boy.
newphew: (so here we go)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-20 04:07 am (UTC)(link)
[ thanks to flapjack (and winter, a little bit), hunter's leg is freed from the animatronic hand. which looks so realistic, still. as soon as it's off of him, hunter kicks at it to get it away from immediate grabbing range. he's still breathing like he forgot how to, but he doesn't seem inclined to break down or run away or anything. success for winter! ]

[ flapjack chirps and lands on hunter's head ]


I remind you of.... you? [ this idea seems impossible to him. winter is so cool and mysterious, charming, and.... sociable. as far as hunter is concerned, they couldn't be more different ]
icyspicy: (✨ 076)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2024-04-20 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
Of me, yes. Is that so hard to believe?

[ It probably is. Anyway, since it looks like Hunter's not going to bolt on him, he gets up from his crouch, resting a hand on the boy's shoulder again. ]

I was orphaned at a very young age. I grew up on the streets, hungry and prickly and ready to fight anyone who so much as looked at me wrong. I had few friends and fewer people I could trust.
newphew: (if you guessed departure)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-04-30 10:50 pm (UTC)(link)
[ it is, actually. hunter's eyes flick between the hand and winter's face, as if trying to envision this. this does sound uncomfortably familiar, and he swallows, briefly. ]

So what changed?

[ he's at least starting to calm down a little, though he's reacting to every distant spooky noise in some way -- mostly stiffening a little ]
icyspicy: (✨ 104)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2024-05-01 01:04 am (UTC)(link)
Someone cared.

[ Winter isn't going anywhere, and gives Hunter's shoulder a little squeeze. ]

Cared enough to help me, when they had no reason to. When they could have left me or worse. It changed my entire world.
newphew: (into courage)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-05-01 05:36 am (UTC)(link)
[ he goes quiet, not sure how to react for a moment..... ]

Oh.... Oh, I see.

[ it's still impossible for hunter to picture winter like himself, a teenager on the run. hunter sags a little under the hand but doesn't try to writhe away ]

I'm.... sorry. [ is this a statement of sympathy for winter's past, or an apology for his behavior? mystery ]
icyspicy: (✨ 001)

[personal profile] icyspicy 2024-05-01 05:53 pm (UTC)(link)
You have nothing to apologize for.

[ On either count. ]

Are you and Flapjack ready to get out of here? I know I certainly am.
newphew: (bask in the sunlight)

[personal profile] newphew 2024-05-06 02:49 am (UTC)(link)
[ he hesitates, because they have a job to do!!! and probably with anyone else, he'd stubbornly press on. but with winter, he just.... ]

[ mumbles: ]


Yeah, let's go.

[ before he can really think about it. ]