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𝚂𝚢𝚗𝚏𝚕𝚞𝚡 𝙼𝚘𝚍𝚜 ([personal profile] synfluxmods) wrote in [community profile] synflux2024-08-10 09:43 pm

KAIJU FIGHT #4

KAIJU FIGHT #4


CONTENT WARNINGS: natural disaster, acid rain, destruction of city, blood, gore

▶ 001. BE READY.

Despite having two targets, LILITH struggles to get a trace on them. Reports of sightings come in and often follow the same trend: They always appear before heavy rain, can be spotted dipping in and out of the heavy clouds, and always disappear by the time the sun comes out. Gradually, they can paint a more accurate idea of what they’re dealing with as more witness reports start to come in.

What starts off as reports of a large serpent-like creature in Seoul and Busan evolves into definitive reports of pair of dragons. Both are reported to be blue in color before they seem to fade to a dark gray or green color into the clouds. Based on reports, LILITH believes they may be able to camouflage themselves which would explain why they have been difficult to track.

However, LILITH’s Korea branch announces that by tracking the weather patterns and tracing them with residual rift energy, they can predict when the kaiju will appear next. All agents are told to be ready to mobilize at any moment. This means practicing timed emergency drills and sleeping in shifts so they can be ready to move out at any moment.

LILITH Korea decides to save time and reduce workload, they’ll have their own military assist with civilian evacuations. They will work with LILITH Japan’s agents to track the kaiju and provide support while the “specialists” (Outsiders) take care of the main threat.


▶ 002. KAIJU FIGHT - SEOUL.

In the early morning hours, agents in Seoul will wake up to an alarm telling them that an anomaly weather pattern has been detected and a kaiju is due to appear at any moment. Because the kaiju is airborne, they will be sent to one of the highest points in the city: Seoul Tower on Mt. Namsan and Lotte World Tower in the center of the city. Outsiders will be granted permission to go up to the rooftops to strike the dragon.

LILITH Korea will provide air support through nearby Incheon Airport and Seongnam Airbase. Should any Outsiders want to join in, they are welcome to if they can provide credentials… or manage to take a plane.

Eventually, the kaiju will be downed. It will crash into the city and deal heavy damage to buildings as it thrashes around on the ground at first. It will begin to run across the city at high speeds and climb whatever buildings it can. Anyone stationed at Lotte World Tower will have to evacuate quickly as it tries to bring the entire building down. However, it looks like the city is so densely packed, there’s no room for it to take off into the air.
█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: IMUGI ♂
HEIGHT: 1000 feet across, 30 feet high
WEIGHT: 2000kg
CLASS: Extremely Dangerous
LOCATION: Seoul, South Korea
ABILITIES: Control over weather conditions, including summoning of heavy storms, lightning strikes and hurricanes. Can fly up to 1000 feet. By flying amongst the clouds, Imugi releases chemicals into the atmosphere that bring about acid rain. Armored scales, sharp teeth and claws.
WEAKNESSES: Piercing it in the gaps between its impenetrable scales. There is also a particularly weak spot under its chin that will deal significant damage if pierced.
EXTRA NOTES: Despises humans and hunts them for food and sport. The scales on the male Imugi also seem to have a different color sheen to their scales, but only under a specific type of light.

* Due to its appearance in Japan, as well as Korea, it does have other names in the database.


▶ 003. KAIJU FIGHT - BUSAN.

Meanwhile, Outsiders in LILITH will have to deal with less assistance from LILITH Korea. With the railway out of commission and their air forces focused predominately in Seoul at the moment, there’s just not enough to share with Busan right now.

All seems quiet for now. Civilians and agents tune into broadcasts for updates from Seoul. As they learn more and more about the growing destruction in the capital city, everyone can’t help but wonder… There are two kaiju, right and one of them was last seen in Busan… so where is it?

Finally, around evening, the kaiju appears not in the sky but in the mountains outside Busan. It’s strange but LILITH will order the Outsiders to move out. If it’s on the ground, it may be injured so exercise caution. The mountains are difficult to travel through but eventually, they will find the Imugi.

It is extremely violent and will thrash out at anyone who gets close to it. It downs trees, spits acid, and summons lightning strikes to keep the Outsiders away. It uses it’s camouflage to escape into highway and railway tunnels. Outsiders may be able to infer that despite being unable to fly, it is trying to travel to Seoul.

To make matters worse, Outsiders may run into… traps. It looks like someone has tried to set out hunting traps out here. They drop electric nets, shoot tranquilizer barbs, and more. Is this what has been keeping the Imugi down? Who put them out here?
█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: IMUGI ♀
HEIGHT: 1000 feet across, 30 feet high
WEIGHT: 2000kg
CLASS: Extremely Dangerous
LOCATION: Busan, South Korea
ABILITIES: Control over weather conditions, including summoning of heavy storms, lightning strikes and hurricanes. Can fly up to 1000 feet. By flying amongst the clouds, Imugi releases chemicals into the atmosphere that bring about acid rain. Armored scales, sharp teeth and claws.
WEAKNESSES: Piercing it in the gaps between its impenetrable scales. There is also a particularly weak spot under its chin that will deal significant damage if pierced.
EXTRA NOTES: From its initial appearance and behavior, specialists believe that this female Imugi could be in preparation to give birth or may have recently given birth. This appearx to be the female counterpart to the kaiju in Seoul— despite them both being the same type of kaiju, likely derived from the same rift, this kaiju seems slightly more agile and openly aggressive.


▶ 004. NO TIME TO REST - SEOUL.

It’s a two-front battle in Seoul and Busan.

Finally, in the late evening hours, the Seoul Team will successfully defeat the Imugi. Lotte World Tower collapses to the ground, bringing down more buildings with it. The water systems in the city are damaged and the streets begin to flood, mixing water with kaiju blood and turning acidic. Some of the evacuation centers were attacked in the chaos so Outsiders will have to rush to evacuate them again.

While it all seems like a standard aftermath, there is no time to rest. Scavengers emerge and try to plunder goods from the destroyed stores. They go into dangerous areas to retrieve luxury goods and expensive electronics they can resell for more Kryptos later.

However, some people have come and are trying to pick the Imugi corpse. They collect blood, rip off scales, hack off claws, and try to take whatever they can get their hands on. They may try to bribe an agent for an organ or to just look away while they pick at the remains. Some agents accept the bribes and others seem to be participating for themselves.

There has always been a black market for kaiju but this is a dragon. Anything they can get will surely sell for a lot of money.

▶ 005. NO TIME TO REST - BUSAN.

Meanwhile, in Busan, since the battle started later. It is still ongoing. Fortunately for them, they don’t have to worry about buildings collapsing on them. However, around evening, something happens. Everything goes still in the mountains. The air becomes electrically charged, the clouds grow darker, and suddenly the kaiju takes off into the air.

It lets out a loud, high-pitched screech that summons a sudden heavy downpour of acid rain and the sky flashes with lightning that touches down all around the outsiders. The air becomes heavy and some Outsiders may recognize it as a Rift opening up. They may also notice that the Imugi in the sky… is growing? It grows longer and larger and it looks down on the Outsiders with glowing eyes before it disappears into the Rift.

The female kaiju has escaped.

The mountains have been heavily exposed to the Rift which means characters can fall to Rift poisoning. Exposure to the Rift can result in increased headaches, vertigo, irritability and impulsiveness. They will be ordered to retreat for their own health and safety.





▶ 006. DECISION.


With the fight in Seoul completed, and the other Imugi having escaped, all Outsiders will be prompted to return to Seoul in order to regroup. Agents in Busan will have to tend to themselves and make do with what they have until help arrives. With the rail destroyed, aircraft will arrive from Seoul to provide aid and pick up agents in Busan. They will swiftly return to Seoul. With parts of Seoul devastated by the attack, there won’t be much time to relax in leisure, especially as the higher-ups within LILITH seem to be under several discussions on their recent failure in allowing the second kaiju to escape. While it is the Outsiders who risked their lives on the front line, it isn’t to state that they’re only met with appreciation from the general public.

The branch in South Korea seems to be firm on the Outsiders and all borrowed LILITH operatives to remain in the city and help. Not only has the kaiju left ruin to a lot of the infrastructure in the city but crime has skyrocketed as a result of people trying to capitalize on the destruction. Without assistance, the entire city could fall into anarchy. On the opposing end, the Japan branch wants to prioritize tracking the kaiju while they are still able to, especially considering the Imugi's natural ability to camouflage and move stealthily from one country to another. They fear not acting swiftly will result in losing whatever trace they have.



A few hours after team Busan touches down in Seoul, all Outsiders will receive a message on their oculars. It will briefly explain the current situation and ask each Outsider to cast a vote on their next steps. There are two options that will be settled before them, either to: ASSIST the city of Seoul as best as they can before moving onwards, or to immediately CHASE after the recently escaped Imugi.

While that is happening, Seok Dang will have also disappeared. Considering his long history in the country, he naturally has the most connections. As a result, he is ordered to go out and seek specific pieces of information that the Japan branch isn’t privy to as a whole. While he’s firm on publicly stating he is staying around for a specific idol event (that is most definitely canceled), it’s clear he is attempting to look into the LILITH operatives that have been found dead in South Korea.

While those Outsiders in Busan were hit heaviest by the rift effects, the instability of the dual nature of two kaiju coming and going from Seoul and Busan have led to the presence of rift poisoning in Seoul as well. Because of this, Outsiders will be prompted to sit tight and await further orders while their peers recover.

▶ 007. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to fourth kaiju log!

Below will be two choices available, either to stay and ASSIST the city in its efforts to stabilize, or to CHASE after the escaped kaiju. Both results have their own pros and cons. Please keep in mind, this would be an IC decision, and so please keep that in mind before casting a vote. If you have multiple characters, you may cast a vote with each character. Additionally, while this does impact the aftermath or the following log's contents, it will not impact the general schedule. Voting will close at 12:00 AM GMT on August 22nd, to allow mods enough time to draft the next log.

As there are two kaiju, please comment below in the correct thread to get your hit in! In fairness, since only one kaiju is defeated, the final hit winner will be from Seoul, while two of the heaviest hitter will be from Busan, and one from Seoul in order to keep the numbers even.

All tags on this log are worth 2 points and will count towards August AC.

EVENT BREAKDOWN/RECAP (CLICK TO EXPAND)
1. BE READY: The kaiju have been identified as a pair of dragons. Outsiders must participate in training drills to be ready at a moment's notice.

2. KAIJU FIGHT - SEOUL: Outsiders must take to the air or other high places to bring down Imugi (male). If they can use it, they may have access to aircraft. When the Imugi is brought down, it will take down Lotte Tower with it. The battle will proceed on the ground.

3. KAIJU FIGHT - BUSAN: Outsiders will track the Imugi (female) to the mountains outside Busan. It will not take to the air but Outsiders will run into odd traps that may deter their progress.

4. NO TIME TO REST - SEOUL: After being defeated, scavengers will try to raid the destroyed buildings and remains of the Imugi (male). Some law enforcement, including LILITH agents, seem to be involved.

5. NO TIME TO REST - BUSAN: A Rift opens and Imugi (female) escapes. Characters may be effected by Rift poisoning.

6. DECISION: Outsiders in Busan will sit tight until aid comes by air from Seoul. Busan Outsiders will be transported back. LILITH South Korea wants the Outsiders to help with recovery and keep the peace. LILITH Japan wants to pursue the Imugi (female) while they still have information.

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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-18 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
[ ...Well, he did figure this would happen. It's a shame, because it really did look like she was having such a pleasant nap. Hopefully, he doesn't get hit for this when he was just trying to help.

Kabru puts on a warm smile, trying to come off as disarming as possible. ]


You were sleeping so soundly, I didn't want to disturb you.
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-18 12:23 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ... ... Is-Is the goddess quaking? She most definitely is. Is her face red? Yep, absolutely! Why, her cheeks are starting to emit so much heat, at this rate she won't feel as cold as a corpse any more! ]

C-Calm down, Ereshkigal...

[ She's speaking to herself, ignoring the words the man just said. She has to. If she doesn't get that incoming panic attack under control, she's going to blow up! It's happened before, both in her homeworld and Neo Tokyo. S-She can't allow for it to happen again...! ]

It's not the first time you dream of a mysterious stranger carrying you away to a happy ending... [It's a recurring thing. It's in her books, it's in her daydreaming and why, it's in her actual dreams when she sleeps! That leads to one logical conclusion:] Y-Yes, it's just a dream...!

[ Yes. Yes. A dream. It's not delusional at all to believe this is a dream. It's not a way for her to delay the inevitable explosion of emotion. It's a dream, it makes sense. That means she can stop panicking!

... So why won't the panic go away? Her eyes are starting to get all spirally. A dream. A beautiful dream. That's all it is. She's most definitely not being romantically bridal carried by a fellow outsider where everyone can see it happening!! ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-19 10:23 am (UTC)(link)
[ With a reaction like this, she must not be very used to touch. He could put her down, but this is kind of fun, so he'll keep things up and see where they go. That doesn't mean he isn't still looking for a more comfortable place she can sleep, because she honestly does look tired. ]

A dream, is it? [ This isn't a dream, but there's no point contesting that. She can figure that out on her own. ]

What kind of happy ending are you hoping for?
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-19 05:42 pm (UTC)(link)
[ I-Is her dream questioning her...? That's new! Usually characters in her dreams know exactly what she wants and desires, they don't need to ask! Or usually when they do, it's part of their evil ploy to bully her.

(yes, even her dreams bully her every now and then) ]


T-They'll take me away from the Underworld... I'll live a human life and we'll be happy.

[ Hasn't he heard that before? That may just sound the slightest bit familiar. ]

We'll... We'll know love and freedom at last. [Why is she sounding so distant and absent?] The Gallû Spirits will sing. [Sniff. She likes that mental image of her spirits singing so much!] The spear cages... T-They will ring.

[ Yes, those are pretty much the lyrics she was singing earlier. ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-20 12:58 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So she's either deceased and revived or some kind of zombie or apparition, or something else entirely. When his apprehension around inhuman beings, Kabru's smile drops just a smidge as he tries to understand the situation. She isn't human, but she certainly looks that way, and that makes her easy to read. It's because she's easy to read that he can't sense any malicious intent from her. A person with malicious intent would never let their guard down enough to fall asleep against someone else. Still, it takes a bit of investigating before he can fully trust any being that isn't human, given the upbringing he's had. So he'll continue to assess the situation.

Once he decides how to act, he puts on an easy-going smile once more. ]


Aren't you living a human life right now, in this place? [ They aren't completely free, but it's nothing like being locked up. ] Let's find you somewhere more comfortable to rest.

[ With that, he'll start moving toward a nearby bench. ]
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-20 03:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ He sure knows how to force her to face her contradictions for a dream! S-She doesn't remember any dream ever being so articulate before... Nor does she remember their touch feeling so real. In fact, she can't remember having ever questioned her dreams while she was in them. ]

I suppose I am...

[ She buries her face n her hands. She must face reality. She can't lie to herself any longer! ]

I-It's not a dream, is it?

[ She's never going to recover from this... It's all over for her. Thus ends the goddess Ereshkigal, she lived a long and dutiful life until shame killed her on this fateful day! ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-24 12:06 am (UTC)(link)
[ In the face of her apparent despair, Kabru continues to smile warmly. He tries to keep his demeanor disarming, but it's hard to hide the amusement in his tone when he speaks. He caught her in a vulnerable state, and now she's so embarrassed she doesn't even want to look at him. That's adorable. He almost wants to push some of her buttons, but he'll wait and decide if that's going to be too cruel or not. ]

Nope. All of this is real! Sorry I couldn't be the man of your dreams, but I would be more than happy to take a beautiful woman out for tea?

[ nvm he's going to push some buttons

Anyway, he carries her to the bench and gently sets her down. ]
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-24 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ The man of her dreams...?

A-A beautiful woman???

T-That's... Is she supposed to... What is... What...? H-Huh...? ]
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-24 01:39 pm (UTC)(link)
[ By the time he sets her on the bench, she's passed out. Again. Please don't mind she's passed out with her eyes open, swirly eyes and her mouth open. It's normal.

The Ereshkigal software in that Rin hardware is just rebooting. ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-24 01:48 pm (UTC)(link)
Ah ... [ Maybe he went a smidge too far, because it looks like her system has completely fried out. Kabru sits beside her, waving his hand in front of her face to see if she will respond. ]

Hello? Are you still there? [ If this keeps up he's going to start being genuinely concerned. ]
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-24 07:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

Ere long, her eyes and mouth close once more. She's fallen asleep, again. And this time she's in for a long night. At least he's managed to move her? ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-24 09:57 pm (UTC)(link)
She's gone back to sleep ...

[ She must have really been tired. Hmm, he isn't the sort to stay idle, but he can't leave a defenseless maiden asleep in public alone, especially not with the unrest right now. She might get robbed or -- frankly, worse. She's an Outsider as well, and he wants to gain favour with his teammates as far as possible. If she wakes up alone, she might remember that he abandoned her there.

This wasn't the plan for today, but maybe he can sit here and wait a little longer just to keep an eye on her. She might wake up soon. He'll look through the mind library in the meantime and see what he can learn. ]


You must have been tired. We did have a rough mission.
Edited 2024-08-24 21:57 (UTC)
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-26 12:11 am (UTC)(link)
[ An hour passes...

Two hours... ...

Three hours... ... ...

Four hours... ... ... ...

... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ]


Ah...

[ Finally after the fifth hour, the goddess starts stirring. Unlike earlier, she's been very quiet this time. No singing, no talking. Just peaceful, restful sleep. Though she appears to have (temporarily) forgotten about the kind boy who helped her earlier as she comes to.

She blinks confusedly a few times. Is she on... A-A bench? ]


H-Huh...? Where am I?
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1/?

[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-28 01:13 pm (UTC)(link)
[ So many hours............

By the third hour his butt is cramping and he's ran out of things to do. There's only so much entertainment you can get out of sitting on a park bench with a sleeping girl. He's binged a few episodes of trashy reality television, read up on Korean history, bothered a few people through text, and he's really running out of things he can do.

Many times during her nap, he's considered waking her or walking away. However, every time he tries to, he gets a glimpse of Ereshkigal's sleeping face and finds it too sweet to bother. She must have been so tired from everything. This could be her first nice nap all month. There's no way he can ruin that.

By the fourth hour he considers taking a nap also, but Kabru is too much of a guarded person to simply fall asleep and leave be vulnerable in public like this. He has to endure this. Being idle isn't easy. ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-28 01:15 pm (UTC)(link)
[ By the fifth hour he's starting to wonder if he can con someone else to fill in for him? Maybe an Outsider he's met before and knows is trustworthy might wander by. It's fine, right? As long as they keep the girl safe. ]
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done

[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-28 01:19 pm (UTC)(link)
[ But oh, she's awake!

Kabru feels a little guilty for his train of thought towards the tail end of her nap, so he compensates for that by ... putting on a sweet smile, and trying to leave a good impression. He's just not someone who's very used to being idle. ]


Welcome back. You dozed off just now. Did you have a nice nap?
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-08-29 02:14 pm (UTC)(link)
[ ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ... ...

O-Oh no... Everything comes back to her. The shame, the sleep, the shame, the bridal carry, and even more shame. And apparently, she's gone back to sleeping? She is such a terrible goddess! What a kind man, how long has he stayed by her side all to protect her. ]


I-I believe I did... Please accept my deepest apologies.

[ She sits down and bows as much as she possibly can. Sniff. She's horrible, isn't she? ]
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[personal profile] peoplewatch 2024-08-30 10:10 pm (UTC)(link)
[ It looks like she's fully awake now. Thank goodness. Sitting around and not doing much is so difficult for someone like Kabru who feels like they need to be moving and buzzing around constantly. Now he gets to learn more about her and maybe build a connection too, so that's good. ]

Please ... lift your head. There's no need to be sorry. I'm just happy you managed to get some rest.
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[personal profile] queenofkur 2024-09-01 02:03 pm (UTC)(link)
T-Thank you...

[ She lifts her head and looks away awkwardly. S-She needs some time to put herself together, she doesn't like being seen just as she awakes. Less so when she slept on the person who sees her! ]

I shall find a way to properly reward you for your kindness after this mission is over.

[ Flowers, the answer is always flowers. ]