KAIJU FIGHT #3

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KAIJU FIGHT #3

CONTENT WARNINGS: mind control, parasitic worms, gore

▶ 001. POSITIVE THINKING.

The aftermath of the last kaiju battle, has had LILITH researchers scrambling to find an adequate way to combat the aftereffects of the kaiju discovered in the desert. While their research is still very much a work in progress, for now… it’ll have to do. In the early hours of the morning, a message will appear on everyone’s oculars, asking them to suit up immediately and meet at the given coordinates, which will act as the Outsiders rendezvous point. These coordinates lead to an abandoned hotel within 1 mile to the outskirts of the strip.

"The system is updating…

The system is updating…

Downloading: ⇓"

A new update awaits each Outsider on their oculars. There is no option to decline, and right away it prompts you through several steps. This update was all in part thanks to the various dreams that the oculars have been reacting to. The researchers for LILITH figured out a way to combat these pesky mental side effects by forcing the mind into a state of equilibrium. In order to do this, Outsiders will be asked to think of their happiest memories. Perhaps, due in part to everyone downloading this update at the same time, people will automatically feel an odd sensation as they think back on these memories, almost as if their mind is connected to a collective. These memories will leave each Outsider feeling fulfilled, or even a temporary sense of high as the download continues. As a result, Outsiders may feel giddy or a sense of calm. Some may be motivated to talk about their happy memories with others the first time they do this.

▶ 002. BREACH OF THE CITY.

Once the download is completed, there’s zero time to rest. It looks like whatever they found in the desert isn’t interested in just sitting and waiting. They’ve come to the city with clear intentions of gradually infiltrating its borders. Who are they? Why, the missing people of course.

Apparently, as part of the kaijus life cycle, it lays eggs, which then hatch into younger worms, similar to actual earthworms. These young worms, unable to protect themselves, control the minds of other living entities in order to do their bidding and keep their own bodies safe. Once infected, their hosts become vicious and hungry for meat, attacking any living thing in sight and trying to eat its flesh to nourish the parasite within.

It’ll be up to the Outsiders in order to scope out these young worms controlling the people of the desert, while simultaneously knocking those individuals out of commission. In some rare circumstances, there will be no turning back for these individuals; if the young worm actually burrows themselves into the bodies of the controlled, they are no more than a reanimated corpse, and will need to be eliminated immediately. The longer these worms exist within these people’s bodies, the larger they grow, and by extension, the more influence they can exert over a larger net of people.

Instead of the camper vans, LILITH has provided other sleeker vehicles in order to quickly traverse the city. The vehicles are equipped for speed and are meant to assist in getting to the various coordinates LILITH sends out to everyone’s oculars. The coordinates all mark where these “controlled people” have been seen via drone footage.

▶ 003. WORM ON THE MIND.

While the attention will be focused on destroying the monsters that have come up to the city, there will be occasional tremors that can be felt that seem to come from far below— almost as if they were cries from the old city that lay forgotten below. Unfortunately, it’s much worse.

In the middle of staving off the attacks from the mysterious creatures, there will suddenly be the sound of the defense alarm blaring, and without any additional warning, something breaks through the center of the city. This will first be punctuated by the sounds of the building around them crumbling, followed by the clear visual of the large serpentine creature they’ve encountered in the desert. The large sand worm doesn’t even pause to regain its bearings. As soon as it recognizes the presence of other organisms, it begins glowing a fluorescent shade in varying indefinable colors—

Thanks to the updates on the oculars, there will no longer be hallucinations that follow any contact with the worm, however, if one stares too long, they will still be met with splitting headaches and a pressing sense of agitation, so Outsiders are cautioned against prolonged exposure. That said, it won’t always be easy to take a breather against such a large creature.

█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: ALITTA VIRENS
HEIGHT: 400 metres
WEIGHT: 1,900,000 kg
CLASS: Extremely Dangerous
LOCATION: Las Vegas, USA
ABILITIES: Mind control. Although full details are UNKNOWN, its young can take control of human and animal hosts. Once under their control, the hosts will become aggressive and hungry for meat, which is theorized to feed and nourish the young worms until they are ready to emerge.
EXTRA NOTES: According to what the researchers have surmised, similar kaiju have appeared on a much smaller scale and are susceptible to water poisoning and electrical shocks. LILITH has not found a way to fully free the hosts from the parasite, but they can be stunned after receiving multiple electric shocks.

"
YAMAKAWA: Angels of LILITH, please be advised of your roles moving forward. With the city already infiltrated, we will need to be quick."

A brief is sent along with her message.

█ █ █ MISSION ROLES:

✖ GROUP ONE: Those who fulfill this role will need to be equipped with brute strength and the ability to survive the attacks in a city that is the midst of being destroyed. They will also need the stamina to keep the worm at bay as the others complete their tasks before also gathering to exterminate the kaiju.
✖ GROUP TWO: With strong mental fortitude, these individuals will be expected to clean up the group of controlled individuals; not all will be able to be saved, and the ability to make that distinction is imperative for this role. Those who appear too far gone will not be able to regain their senses. They will need to be killed.
✖ GROUP THREE: This group will be concentrated on being able to property evacuate the citizens that remain in the city of Las Vegas. Preferably those who are quick on their feet, or are able to stealthily circumvent the dangers in the city in order to get the people to safety would be ideal for this role.
✖ GROUP FOUR: Those with support skills or a medical background will be expected to assist those in the other groups, whether by healing, additional abilities, or by assisting the other groups as needed.

Note: Roles can be decided by the characters themselves as to what they figure is appropriate and most fitted to their skill set. Everyone will eventually fight the worm (so this does not affect the fight mechanics of the worm itself) and people can also jump from one role to another.

▶ 004. LET'S WRAP UP.

The areas the worm has traversed leaves the ground above it weak and unsteady. Due in part to this, those who have evacuated will need to remain in the shelter until further notice. As a result, it’s up to the Outsiders to clean up the city. Aside from the large gaping hole in the center of the city that they can’t address immediately, they are first expected to get rid of the carcasses of the larvae.

Each Outsider will be provided with a suit and will even be given hover packs to scale down the side of these large holes. They will also be given traditional ropes and lines for those who want to get creative with scaling, or who simply didn’t make it there quickly enough to grab a hover pack (with the destruction to the city, some supplies are still in transit). They will be expected to review each carcass and tag which ones can be sent to the lab for further review, and which should simply be discarded as being unusable.

A coordinated effort is needed to adequately dispose of the largest kaiju. The alitta virens will need to be cut into several thousands of pieces, and so work needs to begin immediately. It’s not like the people can return to everyday life with a giant serpent-like entity laying on top of their city. Outsiders should be particularly cautious with it; even when dead, as it still seems to have strange tendrils inside of its body that appear to be writhing even after its death.

▶ 005. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our third kaiju log!
Feel free to NPC your characters' fights with the smaller kaijus. The main fight with the largest one will be determined via a HP-based system (See below). Feel free to ask any other questions below!

All tags on this log are worth 2 points.

EVENT BREAKDOWN (CLICK TO EXPAND)

1. POSITIVE THINKING: LILITH has updated everyone's implants and encourage them to think of their happiest thoughts to give the technology the mental boost they need. Some characters may feel high or giddy and want to express their happy memories to someone else.

2. BREACH OF THE CITY: The worm larvae have a parasitic nature and are taking over the bodies of civilians. Outsiders are tasks to seek out those affected, killing worm larvae or civilians with parasites who are beyond help.

3. WORM ON THE MIND: The largest worm breaks through the ground in the heart of the city and Outsiders are encouraged to attack within their arranged group.

4. LET'S WRAP UP: After the sandworm monster is killed, Outsiders will be tasked with clean up efforts.

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Comments

[bemist]

I'm not old enough for my mind to start going and I'm not weak enough to be unable to handle forty of these things. [ Gebura retorts this immediately, adjusting a pair of black gloves over her hands. She doesn't need to dismiss her blade right now, but who knows about afterwards, and Mimicry rests on her shoulder a few seconds later. She's got the location, so-- ]

Keep your head low. I'm moving out.

[ "Be careful," maybe, but she's taking off at a run shortly after. In heels, yes. ]

[transmit]

[ Ma'am, he can handle like… [insert reasonable number here], at most, less considering he has his flag on him—he really isn't slighting you!! But he gets the sense that his words would fall on deaf ears so he simply smiles beatifically. You OP types are something else, my goodness. Nonetheless, he believes her; she doesn't strike him as the sort to ask for help, but he does trust her not to be, well, stupid and self-sacrificing. ]

I'd say you too, but you stand out far too much for that.

[ Unlike Elysium, who remains light-footed and sticks to the shadows during combat. At least, their intelligence seems limited, so he is able to scale rooftops with less concern.

Sometime later, a message for whenever she's finished up: ]

Status update, Miss Gebura?

[bemist]

Area secured. Nothing's managed to breach.

[ Funny, how much like her work this reminded her of. At least these (poor) people die and the things possessing them don't just become dormant, ready to strike again at a moment's notice. She's got a few new injuries, all shallow, and she can ignore them just as easily as she could if they didn't exist at all. The current problem's been handled and that's good enough for her. ]

What did you want, Elysium?

[transmit]

Good to hear. And how are you holding up?

[ … Meanwhile, on Elysium's side of it, the destruction left in the wake of the attack isn't unlike being in the epicentre of a Catastrophe. It feels like—and was—just the other day that they were all living up life on the Strip. It's no time to contemplate how long it'll take for the city to return to normal, if it ever will, but there is that thought in the back of his mind with every collapse and death he's made to witness.

Alas, Elysium wouldn't be where he was if he were distracted by such things. What matters is salvaging and mitigating what they could, even if were to just slightly increase the probability of that happening and to prevent it from occurring elsewhere. ]

If you can help me relocate this group located here, [ another map pin ] to Shelter J as indicated on the map, I can focus on this last group before it's time for us to reconvene.

Remember when I told you that I'm used to supporting from the sidelines? That doesn't merely include battlefield communications. I should be able to bolster your hits just as well.

[bemist]

[ There's no point in telling him she's fine. If she wasn't fine, she wouldn't be bothering to communicate with him, and he can likely figure that out for himself. There's more important things to worry about right now--not that she'd call it worry-worthy. Just more to contend with.

She takes a moment to study the map, gauging the distance it's going to require, and rolls her shoulders back. So it does come to relocating, after all. ]

I'll move them. And then what, you want to help increase my fighting capabilities? If it doesn't involve anything complicated, sure.

[ She doesn't think he's messing with her. He's capable of keeping the jokes and flirtatious and narcissistic comments out of the way of an actual serious situation, from what she's noticed. ]

[transmit]

[ damn… the donowall… he just wanted to hear how she was doing? but okay. though he's capable of inferring, it's nicer to hear it directly from the person themselves. :(

anyway. ]

Rather than boost your fighting capabilities specifically, I believe I can both slow its movements and lower its defenses for you to get some solid hits in. So, you won't need to change much on your end—just coordinate with me. Fifteen second windows are easy peasy for you to take advantage of, yeah?

[bemist]

[ Sorry, Elysium. We don't communicate well in this household-- ]

I'm not really into wasting opportunities, no matter how short or long the duration. So don't worry, I'll make full use of it.

[ She is really not the bragging type. At all. But confident statements she can follow through on are different, because to her, at least then it's just the truth. ]

Are you going to need to get within range?

[transmit]

[ If she were in proximity, he'd whistle in admiration. There's always time to be impressed by someone's confidence; it's probably a good thing that she's spared from his theatrics. ]

Yup, within about a ten metre radius of it. No worries though, based on its current location, I can think of a couple spots that should provide me with both coverage and an escape plan if it decides to shift its attention.

I'll send a request to switch this to a call as soon as I'm finished up where I am. ETA, 20 minutes.

[bemist]

[ Thank goodness for these small blessings like not having to be within earshot of said theatrics. ]

Fine by me. Enroute to this group for relocation.

[ Off she goes!! Again! ]

[transmit]

[ She's about to be on call with him so is it really a blessing… she isn't escaping the theatrics for Long.

But now that he doesn't need to actively use his voice to ferry evacuees, he does do exactly what he'd promised and rings her up. She can take her time to get back to him, he'll just be sitting tight and keeping an eye out on the perimeter of the Alitta Virens while he waits. ]

[bemist]

[ And sooner or later, he'll get a call. ]

Group relocated and secure. You're in position?

[transmit]

Long time no hear, miss. I'd like to hear it from the person herself how she's doing first and foremost.

[ Is now the time for it? Yes. He's listening incredibly intently for any audible cues in this respect. ]

[bemist]

[ And what he'll get?

Is a sigh. It's more exasperated than tired or strained; she's been a Fixer and a combatant far too long for things to really give her pause now. ]

I'm fine. Nothing's broken or sprained, no real blood loss. Visibility's also fine.

[ She can see! This time! Delightful. ]

[transmit]

[ He knows you types if he doesn't doggedly check in on you, he'll never hear anything ever.

"No real blood loss," she says, on top of nothing bring broken or sprained. That says it all, and there'll be something of an exasperated sigh on his end to the tune of "oh, you." Still, definitely nothing too crazy to not proceed on. ]

Much obliged. But yes, in position of the target and ready to go on your signal. I'll start disabling it the moment I see you move.

[bemist]

[ Let's be real, she'd be ready to go even if she had one arm barely attached. Thankfully, though, she's fully intact and prepared, and he'll likely catch sight of her soon enough. The crimson of her ponytail stands out, if nothing else. ]

All right, then. Let's make a dent in this thing.

[ And there she goes, sword at the ready as she charges it. ]