KAIJU FIGHT #1

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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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[blindspotting]

[ He spares a moment of concern for Bakugo even as he tries to brace himself behind the gun as well, but he's just going to have to trust that he can take care of himself. He's not wrong that Shion is their main line of defense right now, so all of his attention is going to have to go to that. Senses as expanded as they can possibly be out across the water, he's going to have to trust Bakugo to tell him when the others are in safe place as well. There's only so much he can focus on at once.

For a long moment, everything is quiet.

And then the ship underneath him nearly pitches completely sideways as the massive shachimon bursts out of the water. Shion is already firing before it finishes breaching, catching it just to the side of the eye, but anything else falls to the side as Shion finds himself gripping onto the gun for dear life to keep from sliding off. ]

Bakugo!

[blastedass]

[Don't spare him any damn concern! There are other people who need that attention more than him! Luckily Shion doesn't follow through with that and Bakugo's able to turn his own attention to the medical staff trying to take cover on the boat. He shoves off the deck and in a flurry of explosions, arrives at and snatches one of the nurses out of the air right before she goes over the railing. One armed blasts send the two of them zigzagging through open space before he lands back on the deck, skidding on the wet surface. His arms pulse with an internal scream of pain and he drops them to his side.

Bakugo snarls at the woman to get going and she's off in a flash, rushing towards the deck door to get down inside the gullet of the ship. The blonde turns towards the gun where Shion is, just in time to feel the world pitch under his feet. He slams onto his side, ramming his ribs into a mounted pulley on the deck, and grabs on as the ship struggles against capsizing. Bakugo! Red eyes flare as he jerks his head to the side, staring at the breaching-now-falling shachimon coming down towards the deck. With Shion trying his damnest not to fall off the boat.

Shit.

He doesn't think. Just slings his hands back and forces it out of his palms. Explosions spit and ignite in a roar as he blitzes across the deck of the ship. With one arm, he snags Shion under the arm, fist crunching into his shirt to yank him clean out of the artillery seat. And since there's no time for landing, Bakugo shoves his free arm behind him and detonates another blast without slowing down. It changes the course in a 90 degree angle and he twists around, keeping Shion in front of him as the young hero deliberately crashes his body into the shachimon's falling side. There's no way he's checking the damn thing out into the water like some pint-sized (comparatively) hockey player, but with Shion's added weight (OOF! against his chest) the two of them impact its blubbery hide and send it tilting askew as it falls.

Which also serves the dual purpose of having it scrape down the side of the ship, tail and fins smacking onto the just-visible keel and catching onto the railing respectively, and drag the ship right side up to avoid capsizing.

Bakugo fails for the railing and snags it with his hand, jerking himself and Shion to a stop before they can follow the monster into the ocean. But considering how close he's holding the swordsman, Shion's going to hear that wet pop as Bakugo's shoulder wrenches out of socket.] FUCK!!

[blindspotting]

[ There's a lot to try and process as he's suddenly pulled off from the gun and sent hurtling through the air. From there things are a bit hard to track but in what seems like no time at all, they come to an abrupt stop and the sound of Bakugo's shoulder dislocating is far too clear in his narrowing perception. That certainly makes it clear what the priorities are.

With no time to explain, Shion grabs hold of Bakugo's good arm with one hand and reaches for the railing himself with the other then plants his feet against the side of the ship to push off sharply to use the momentum to flip them both up over the railing and back onto the deck. ]

How bad is it?

[ His eyebrows draw together sharply as he tries to herd Bakugo back against the railing to brace his back. Shion may be no healer, but he's dealt with injuries like these often enough and he's not going to let Bakugo just go back out there without seeing to it. Especially not when it happened while trying to protect him. ]

[blastedass]

[Priorities for them both are slightly different. He's keeping his hand locked around the railing and the other fisted in Shion's shirt to keep them from falling into the water below. The shachimon crashing into the waves runs the risk of dragging thir bodies down with it if they're caught in the rushing water filling its downward plunge. He can't feel his fingers, just the pain racing through his arm as he hopes his hand's going into a pseudo death grip.

Bakugo grits his teeth as that hand grabs onto his arm, trusting Shion to do what he's going to do when he reaches for the railing. A sudden rush and the world rotates as they're kicked upward, swinging over the railing. The pressure on his arm eases up and he lands on his feet, immediately going down onto his knees with heavy thuds as the metal guards hit the deck. Shion's fine, so he lets go immediately, reaching for his shoulder amid a seething curse. Fuck...]

It's fine, dammit! [Totally not fine and they both know it. He's not that hard to push backwards and grunts when his back hits the railing, ending up with him sitting instead of kneeling. The jolt yanks another snarl of pain out of him and he tries to keep his arm from jostling too much.] Make sure that thing's not trying to get back up here.

[Bakugo's going to try and put his arm back into socket if he can help it. Unless Shion surprises him with offering.]

[blindspotting]

It's not.

[ Said with absolute surety, despite Shion's focus seemingly entirely on Bakugo. He's unsurprised when the other starts reaching towards his own bad arm and smoothly intercepts to grab hold of the dislocated shoulder instead. He doesn't bother to give a warning, instead smoothly snapping the joint back into place with the ease of practice. ]

You'll need to have that looked at later. [ It's not the best way to deal with that sort of injury but it will do for the moment, and he's already well aware of the response he'll get if he tells Bakugo to look for medical aid now. Instead, he pushes back to his feet to give Bakugo some space to put himself back together, turning to frown off at the water. ]

There are more coming, I think.

[ With all of the currents being kicked up, it's hard to tell what's a wave and what's a creature. But best to assume they're all potential enemies. ]

[blastedass]

[As weird as it is for Shion to sound so assured despite his face and attention being on Bakugo, it's hard to disbelieve the guy when he's displayed so many feats of being knowledgeable, spot on, about his surroundings. Besides, he's a little more focused on his arm and the sudden interjection of Shion's hand between his hand and his shoulder. There's a momentary growl, warning the man to back off, before finding himself suddenly getting handled with a sure grip and-]

Ngh!

[-his arm goes right back into place. Not some jerky, half-assed attempt, but a skilled work that's smooth and immediately eases the pain in his inflamed joint. Heat melts down his arm like lava, but not the bad kind, and Bakugo grits his teeth as he wiggles his fingers a few times to test them and the muscles in his arm.]

No shit. So long as I can move it, it's fine. [Shion's smart in not telling him to leave to deal with it now. He won't abandon the guy, especially not after having dove off the boat to grab him midair. Bakugo stands up beside the swordsman, glaring at the horizon and the kaiju in the bay.]

Fucking never ending. They won't stop until the bitch is dead.

[blindspotting]

It seems that way.

[ There's a deliberate mildness to Shion's tone that says he isn't any more pleased with the situation than Bakugo is, but his options are significantly more limited. From what he can tell, Bakugo has a much larger range of movement, and he tips his head a little in consideration.

Without knowing exactly how Bakugo's abilities work, it makes it difficult to plan. But there's a lull for a moment at least, so really no better time to at least put some ideas together. ]

If we could lure the matriarch closer, would you be able to damage it? [ Shion himself can't do much unless it's almost on top of him, and even he can tell that seems like a terrible idea. ] I can cover you from here, much as I can.

[blastedass]

[While Bakugo doesn't consider Shion as much a deadweight as he would other people, the reality is, the guy is limited in his range of attack and ability to move to other footholds. Despite that uncanny sense of his, there's no telling if he'll be able to get to another yacht if this one goes down. And the kaiju aren't going to make it easy for him to go at them with his sword alone. Bakugo narrows his eyes as his thoughts run through scenarios, finding that staying near Shion is a better option for now.

Then again, he doesn't know all of Shion's abilities either. "Just" a swordsman doesn't seem like the whole story. He's just never been one to ask someone to regale him with a ream of their skills.]

I attacked that bitch earlier and didn't do shit to it. The hide's too thick to blast through. I'd have to aim for her eyes, blowhole, or get inside her mouth.

[It annoys him to admit the ineffectiveness, but that's the reality they're dealing with right now.]

Right now, she's distracted by some other Outsiders. We'll have to pick her apart in stages while defending the ships.

[He glances at Shion.]

What else do you have asides from your sword and manning the guns?

[blindspotting]

[ The curve of his mouth goes decided wry at the question. ]

Not much, I'm afraid.

[ All the agility in the world will do him no good over the water, something he's become all too aware of. And putting himself at risk will only distract others, and what would that help? Better to be brutally aware of his shortcomings, in a fight like this. ]

I can handle the smaller ones well enough, but I won't be much help against matriarch unless she's in close. [ Putting them both in even more danger. Lose-lose, really. ]

[blastedass]

[Phhht, seeing that reaction on Shion's face is amusing as fuck. Is the samurai pouting?]

You know enough to man the guns. Anything to damage her is good. [However the fuck Shion could see. Bakugou rises to his feet and rolls his shoulder. It aches, but feels better regardless. Tch. He heads for one of the stationary guns, then looks out into the water again. There are plenty more targets to deal with.]

There are five more, smaller ones, to the west. Let's take them out.