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KAIJU FIGHT #1

KAIJU FIGHT #1

CONTENT WARNINGS: thalassophobia, natural disaster, drowning, body horror, violence, blood & gore.

▶ 001. SEAS THE DAY.

On the morning of the 1st, sirens will blare, forcing every Outsider and Neo Tokyo civilian awake. While it hasn't been activated for a while, every citizen within the city knows this alarm all too well - it wails through the city whenever a Kaiju has been detected, ordering everyone to return to their homes immediately and stay there until they receive further information. Outsiders gazing at Neo Tokyo will see the armored city in its full technological splendour for the first time today. Once the civilians have returned to their homes, machinery within the buildings will work like clockwork, sinking each and every LILITH-augmented building beneath the ground. Just in time, too, because the waves are starting to roar again, crashing beyond the shore and flooding the city once more. Observant Outsiders may note that not every building has been modified. The older ones remain standing, vulnerable to the impending flood. Does anyone live in those buildings? The answer is yes, but that's not a priority at the moment.

Every Outsider will receive a summon, ordering them to prepare for battle. The Kaiju has been identified and located. It's show time.

"Angels of LILITH. We have located the Kaiju coming from beyond the sea. A full mission brief including the information we have gathered will be sent to you immediately. For now, make your way to the bay where your transport will be waiting. Be prepared for anything, but mostly, be prepared to swim."

Waiting for the Outsiders at the bay appear to be ... expensive-looking, personal yachts? This has to be a mistake, right? It's no mistake. Through intel LILITH has exchanged with international companies, it appears that this particular Kaiju has a fondness for overturning civilian yachts, and there's no better way to attract it than to leave it its favourite bait. The goal is to attract these Kaiju towards the boats and then attacking.

The ships may look like they're outfitted for a fancy yacht party. In fact, some exploring down below deck in the lounging room, one may find caviar on fancy ritz, oyster tower, little finger sandwiches with the crusts cut off and bougie smelly cheese that nobody in LILITH's pay grade can identify. On another table, there is fancy ramen spoons filled with microgreens, crystal jelly vinegarette, and a thin slice of parmesan cheese. Some further looking may find some fine aged wine, but you're not here to drink and party, you're here to fight a Kaiju! Right? Right.

Despite the fact everything about these yachts just look like... fancy yachts... they are actual warships that are mounted with naval artillery such as swivel guns, missiles and torpedos. Spears, harpoon guns and fishing nets can also be found and used if an Outsider is more comfortable getting extremely close to the monsters. There's no time for a proper seafaring course, so Outsiders will be given a quick run down on how the controls work, and be sent on their way. They will also be given a special jewel-like implant that attaches to the skin, right along the forehead, and told to wear it if they need to go into the water. "Don't worry about it," the LILITH crew says. "But it'll be one hell of a ride if you use it."

Alongside the crew, Seok Dang seems to be also assisting (?) though he's gotten a hold of the reception food down below. Did he smell like fine wine? Possibly. But that's definitely a fancy, half eaten cracker in his hand. He's also got on a bright, neon life preserver. Maybe someone doesn't know how to swim.

"WHOOO HELLA YEAH, MOTHERFUCKERS. Don't know how to swim? Don't'cha worry. Daddy Dang has got you covered. I know CPR! I give the best CPR! 💖 I'll rescue ya. TONIGHT, WE BALL!"

Nobody uses that phrase anymore, but you know what? You do you, SD.

▶ 002. WHALE WATCHING.

Minutes into their ship's course, the boats will rock violently, as if those already violent waves have somehow come alive. There is something in the water! The mission brief would have been shared with them sometime during their trip, but maybe Outsiders want to pull up on their implant the image and debrief shared once again now that there is some action. The orca-like Kaiju trying to reach the shores of Neo Tokyo is called Shachimon, and she's been the cause of the violent waves and flooding we've seen for the past few weeks. Alongside of her and are her children orca who love to mimic everything their mother does. The biggest one, the matriarch of the pod, is over 60 meters in length - large enough to swallow a boat whole. The younger ones are smaller but just as ferocious, spanning from the size of a car to the size of a bus. The youngsters are a size small enough that they can leap out of the water, sometimes crashing down onto people and ships. Beware!

Shachimon will be fighting to knock over boats, or climbing on boats with their amphibious legs. Once they get their hands on humans or Outsiders, they pull them into the water, tearing them limb from limb to feed. Their control over the waves are no joke, either. With a powerful swing of their tail, they can conjure up tsunamis capable of overturning ships. The matriarch, if left to her own devices, seems bent on submerging Neo Tokyo to make food of all its citizens.

█ █ █ MONSTER DEBRIEF SHEET
NAME: Shachimon
HEIGHT: Younger whales are 4 - 18 metres. The matriarch is 60 meters in length.
WEIGHT: 1500kg - 5000kg
CLASS: Highly dangerous.
LOCATION: Large bodies of water
ABILITIES: Use of sonar to detect any water movement. Fast swimmer. Very sturdy body thanks to all that whale blubber. High intelligence - commonly works together as a pod to take down prey. Capable of creating tsunamis that overturn boats. The largest Shachimon can sink a city if not stopped.
WEAKNESS: Electricity (since it will be inside water), dissection, spearing its eyes or blowhole. Loud vibrations within the water can stun or confuse it.
EXTRA NOTES: Dislikes and will attempt to overturn civilian yachts. Carnivorous, eating marine life and human flesh. Sadistic personality, may play with their food prior to eating.

█ █ █ MISSION OBJECTIVE:
✖ Lead the Shachimon away from the shore.
✖ Extermination of Shachimon in the water and if they reach the shore.
✖ Protection of nearby fishermen's boats and civilians within those boats.
✖ Teamwork to destroy the matriach Shachimon.
✖ Bring back specimens (live or deceased) for research purposes.

█ █ █ ATTACHED PHOTO:

As a note, Outsiders who wish to remain on land and help civilians there may do so. There are waves flooding the city, and some of the smaller, quicker Shachimon will have made it to shore. They will need to be taken care of before they can terrorise the city.

▶ 003. OCEAN GEMS.

Shachimon are most deadly in the water and their go-to strategy is to pull others into their turf, where they have the advantage. That's where those jewel-like implants come in. These implants, called OCEAN GEMS, when attached to the skin, temporarily modify the body. Once activated, nanobots will invade the bloodstream and alter the user's lungs, giving them a set of breathable gills. Their legs will also be altered, giving them fins and the tail of a fish. This is a recent invention by LILITH ever since the first Shachimon was spotted a few years ago, and the technology is still experimental. This means that the transformation process will be significantly uncomfortable, feeling a bit like being asphyxiated and having your legs sewn together at the same time. Deactivating the gem and turning back feels just as uncomfortable, and being experimental technology, it can take a while before the user can successfully revert back. Those who want to fight in the water and lack any weapons or abilities that can be used can request Seok Dang for a weapon. There's a limited supply, but they will be given a special trident. Directly driving the spear into one of the kaiju will electrocute it, giving a higher chance for higher damage. These tridents will be handed out to those who want to use their Ocean Gem and ask.

It's up to Outsiders whether they want to use this new technology or not. Being able to fight the monsters on their own terrain is certainly an advantage, so LILITH would highly encourage it.

▶ 004. MEDICAL BAY.

Healers and those with medical experience will be placed on the warship with a red flag on it. Dr. Spim & Alex will also be present on this ship to assist any major injuries to both LILITH and civilian fisherman alike. This ship is bigger than the others, and while stocked up with the same artillery, it is also stocked with beds and medical supplies. This will be the Outsider's naval medical bay during the siege on the Shachimon and all injured Outsiders or civilians will need to be transported there. This ship will also need to be protected heavily, because once the Shachimon catch on that all the injured, vulnerable prey are being transported to the larger ship, they will start to target that ship in particular. Characters that need immediate medical help should be transported to this ship via a dataportal. Each yacht has a dataportal that can teleport anyone instantly to the medical ship. The dataportals are also located down below deck to prevent them from getting damaged.

▶ 005. THE CALM AFTER THE STORM.

It's a bloody, soggy and gruesome battle and the seas' waves begin to calm down, the sea filled with kaiju carcasses. LILITH's clean up crew is working hastily to collect these corpses, but with the Outsiders' occupied and recovering from their fresh battle, help is limited. Search and rescue scavenges the sea to find any civilians who didn't make it or may need medical help. Meanwhile, the valiant teamwork and effort has paid off. After many hits from many different weapons, artillery, natural abilities, etc. the matriarch kaiju has been downed and sank to the bottom of the ocean floor. LILITH's team will work to retrieve the massive carcass, though it will take awhile. Those who put in notable effort will receive praise and a little extra payout. Outsiders will see an instant transfer of funds to their account: 340,000,000 KRYPTOS. This is roughly about 2500 USD.

The intense battle will have lasted several days and Outsiders are free to go from land to sea as little or as often as they like. It is all over, though, and Outsiders will be called to return to the MAIN BASE for rest and recovery. LILITH will also be searching for the rift where the kaiju came from while Outsiders recover. A message from an unknown voice will pop up an hour or so after all Outsiders have returned to the MAIN BASE. Outsiders may use this time to socialize in a commons area, wash up in the showers, get a meal in the cafeteria or rest.

"Good work."

▶ 006. AFTERWORD.

Welcome to our first Kaiju log! All prompts are highly encouraged but OOCly optional. ICly, characters can choose to fight in the ocean, on the ships or stay behind on land and protect the city. At the end of the siege, characters who accepted an Ocean Gem will be asked to return it. It's experimental technology, so LILITH will need to do more tweaking before they can properly release it. Outsiders who use the gem may have whatever fish tail they like, as long as it is a sea creature.

Feel free to NPC your characters' fights with the smaller kaijus. The main fight with the Shachimon matriarch will be determined via a HP-based system (See below).

Please note that all tags in this log count for 2 reward points each. Ask any further questions below!

Below is also the month at a glance. We understand the CALENDAR has been a little inconsistent, but the mod team is sorting all of this out. Expect a FEEDBACK POST this month as well so we can check in with the playerbase and make any adjustments to the game. This log, even if the time stamp says JANUARY, will count for FEBRUARY AC.

FEB 1st: Kaiju Fight Log in LOG COMMUNITY
FEB 15th: Text Post in NETWORK COMMUNITY
FEB 25th: Mod posted MEME COMMUNITY; FEEDBACK POST is live.

Thank you all for being a wonderful and understanding playerbase!

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bon voyage

[ ishmael seems... very different when one spots her on the ship's deck. instead of her skintight plugsuit, she's donning a certain uniform reminiscent of a ship's captain, the tips of her hair a dirty green. it's also hard to miss a number of luminescent glowsticks sticking out from her back either. but most importantly, her commanding presence fails to hide the manic gleam in her eyes. in truth, ishmael didn't want to use Blind Obsession this soon, and she's all too aware that if she stays in it for too long--

well, she trusts that the people on this ship will stop her if that happens. ]

I'll take care of steering the boat from here on out. [ she says if anyone asks, pressing buttons and shifting gears and levers with the experienced skill of a sailor. even if the seafaring orientation was brief, most ships are the same thing to her anyway. ] You go clear whatever comes aboard from the waters, then wipe the deck with them. I'll get you as close to the Whale as possible --

[ a thundering crash from the deck interrupts her, signaling the arrival of orca children washing up aboard. ishmael grips the controls with a shaky hand, taking a deep breath before turning to bark at whoever has joined her in this neverending hellish voyage. ]

What are you waiting for?! Go! Keep your communication lines open, too!

your mermaid's setting sail

[ at some point, ishmael inevitably joins the fray. the anchor she's wielding may be a bit bigger than her, but the way she swings it about may as well weigh next to nothing for her. so far, so good -- she left the boat on autopilot for a while, and despite the amount of orcas coming in to attack them, the boat has suffered no casualties so far.

all except ishmael's poor mental state, that is. feeling her own sanity slip with every swing of her weapon is familiar and almost welcoming, but she isn't sure how her fellow outsiders can handle her. it's a risk she calculated from the start, and yet... and yet... ]

No... I can't...

[ one can find ishmael at the edge of the ship, gripping her head. the pupils in her eyes shrink into pinpricks as she tries oh so hard to fight off the E.G.O she's wielding, but it's futile. it's a WAW E.G.O, after all.

she then looks up, smiling maniacally at whoever catches her in this very moment. ]

...I have to go. I trust that you can fight me off, too.

[ her final words before she falls backwards into the water. the ship continues to stir itself, and the orcas don't stop coming and they don't stop coming. it may have looked like that ishmael has willingly drowned herself for a moment there too.

but then, something else zooms past the ship. it's another orca-like creature, this time in dark turquoise, with the same glowsticks sticking out of its back and the unmistakable mane of orange hair that the sinner's well-known for. it charges at the matriarch head-on, and with a swing of its tail it sends a throng of glowsticks at it to electrocute the kaiju into submission. the kaiju cries, and while it's far from defeated, it looks like matriarch has taken significant damage.

but ishmael isn't done yet. it immediately turns around and heads for the boats, the sound of her own deranged laughter echoing through the tempests as she leaps forth to attack her own allies -- even the person reading this. though she did mention that she has to be fought off, right...? ]

full speed towards your heart

[ AND THEN SMASH-CUT to the aftermath of the kaiju attacks. even after being smacked back into normal, it's not going to deter her from dealing even more damage to the kaiju. after swearing that she won't be using her E.G.O after all that, she's going to use the experimental ocean gem to attack underwater, her legs turning into eight thick, orange tentacles. it's weird, but she's able to swing it with ease and --

well, that's over and done now, or so ishmael thinks. but apparently after taking the ocean gem off, her legs haven't gone back to normal? and after bitching off the other LILITH staff about this mishap, she's come to accept that she's gonna have to live with this for a few days. like wtf.

so! ishmael is going to be seen all over the base wearing a long dress that fails to hide the tentacles that leaves a trail of water on the ground as she walks. she's REALLY trying to make this work, but she can be found in the cafeteria kitchen attempting to cook herself a meal (ignore the incessant banging of pots and pans as her tentacles insist on helping her out with the food prep), or at the pool of the recreational area, sitting at the edge of it to keep her newfound appendages moist. ugh. ]

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[ CRYING this got way too long. feel free to wildcard the third prompt; i wanna tag out with that one anyway. BUT YE lmk thru dms if you want something more specialized hehe. ]

Edited 2024-02-02 04:02 (UTC)

( fancy meeting you here...

here being the relatively vacant recreational pool despite their recent monster encounter. perhaps most don't want to see any water at the moment (valid), but the thought of it draws in izou, thinking that maybe a quick soak to wet his leftover gills might help with the occasional raspy cough that makes it sound like he's going to throw up, or the shaking fits when he tries to breathe but can't figure out which way to do it. even now, a day later, he still isn't used to it, uttering a shallow breath as he braces himself against the entryway before walking inside.

that's when izou notices ishmael, and he steps back, hesitating, like a hound startled by something, the vision of her ferocious form gliding smoothly through all the chaos of those churning waters still clear in his memory. a beast of the sea, terrific and haunting. things he hadn't known about her.

here, though... that hair of hers shines off the calm water of the pool like liquid gold, and the wild laughter that reminded him of his own is long gone, and while he wants to be left alone, is better off left alone, there's something about ishmael. their butting heads thus far. their team-work. that alone makes him swallow his reluctance and stride over to the pool's edge. )

Somethin' in there catch yer eye?

( like, there isn't fish in there or anything, right? it's just a pool...

izou's usual scowl is plastered on his face, though it's noticeably a little more strained than usual. he's wearing... casual attire for once. )

[ whoa, it's izou wearing something that doesn't make him look like an out-of-place hobo for once. that scowl of his tells her that he has yet to recover the events that transpired even before the fight, but the aftermath of that fateful day at shore with the octopus that messed up her nervous system a little. it was just another day for ishmael, but she imagines that it's not the case for most landsmen. ]

Hm?

[ the tentacles curl into themselves, a few of them seeming to wave at izou from the water. it's her way of greeting people now, apparently. ]

Nothing, really. [ she shrugs. ] Octopus tentacles can't really afford to stay dry for too long, so I have to go here every other hour or so. It can get annoying for people who aren't used to the water.

[ so, you know. she's all too used to it. ]

Also, it's ironic that I got these with my gem out of every sea creature out there. You know, what with that thing we fought last time. [ she sighs. ] How about you? KRYPTOS for your thoughts?

[ izou worked hard out there, so he should have some money of his own now. wao. ]

( excuse me... ma'am... shitting on my unkempt traditional wear?

he eyes the way her appendages flex ... not with disdain, but uncertainty. it really is ironic, and no one else on base seems to have something similar, or at least, none that he's noticed. )

That so. Huh. Sure you didn't piss off some deity layin' low in one of the shrines scattered 'round the capital here? 'Cause at this point, I'm startin' to think you're cursed.

( he says it with a light-hearted half-smirk, but here's where things start to feel awkward to izou, almost as if revealing the reason for his visit is a sign of weakness in itself, a hand hesitantly raising from his jeans pocket to press a finger or two lightly against the shirt covering his ribcage. it's difficult to discern if izou's winces are caused by pain or not, but... after everything they've been through this far, he really is starting to trust ishmael. trusts ishmael, and so he matches her gaze with a tired one. )

My thoughts... ( what people rarely cared to hear, but ish— ) aren't much different from yours, probably, and in the battle, I...

( his words conclude with another awkward, trembling exhale. )

... went and had that gem forced on me, real pathetic-like. Thought if I took a dip in here, it might help me breathe some. I've got these weird, fishy cavities stuck to my sides.

▶ 001. SEAS THE DAY.

▶ 002. WHALE WATCHING.

▶ 003. OCEAN GEMS.

▶ 004. MEDICAL BAY.

▶ 005. THE CALM AFTER THE STORM.

▶ 006. AFTERWORD.

ishmael / limbus company

towards the ❤️ ...

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full speed, fish wife....

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orcamael... this got long, i'm sowwy

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bon voyage;

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full speed with bon voyage for set up

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wildcard, hot pot time 🍲 [text first]

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you know what i'm here for.

for me? 😳

here for my mermaid friendly fire

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towards your heart, cafeteria

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