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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Comments

[yuwon]

[ to be honest, when it came to the market price of mithril or adamantium, he probably knew more about their costs than he did... fine wines. it's a strange thing to admit, but he guesses that'd be standard for anyone who had lived in the tower as long as he had— in his prior timeline, that is.

though, to be perfectly honest, it's clear the items displayed weren't exactly cheap. it was... obnoxiously opulent, and so he doesn't exactly blame nanami for having an interest beyond just sustenance. if the caviar was originally packaged, it probably was okay to bring along with them, but spread on toast ... hm.

when the man finally takes a bite, he looks back to him. ] How was your first taste of breaking the rules?

[ but this doesn't stop yuwon from being contrary, but he also picks up one of the glasses and drinks from it. honestly, alcohol doesn't have any effect on him, but he did enjoy having a drink with a meal. he holds nanami a glass as well, as if to ask him to try it. ]

[stresspoint]

[ Even though he deliberately took the bite himself and he knew the whole time what he was doing, having Yuwon ask him that question makes Nanami's back straighten and his expression tense in order to hold back his embarrassment. It is breaking the rules, and it's also actually delicious.

Being asked directly is enough to make him flush at least a little. He has that much shame. ]

...It's good.

[ He can't help it. He's really enjoying the chance to eat something he normally wouldn't indulge in that much himself. It's only because he doesn't want everything to be wasted that Nanami is convincing himself they are doing the right thing. He even takes the glass, because he's already committed the crime, right? Just one drink. ]

They shouldn't have brought it and laid it out like this. They knew we would be hunting.

[yuwon]

I don't think one drink will really make a difference. [ though, obviously he has no real horse in this race; no real stock behind his words. but, regardless, he figures it's a good enough point to punctuate. besides, nanami didn't strike him as the kind of person would become needlessly reckless off of a single alcoholic beverage.

he seemed much too controlled.

he seemed to know his own limits, for better or worse. naturally, yuwon was all about pushing past limitations, so it's ... different to encounter someone who really reined themselves in. ] They probably figured any less wouldn't be able to draw out the kaiju. [ or...

it could be nanami's favorite guy a work here, seok dang. ]

[stresspoint]

That's not the point.

[ This is probably the most heated he's ever sounded. The yachts are all well and good, but Nanami definitely has a soft spot for the quality food and wine LILITH has collected. ]

All of this is expensive! If they were going to throw it away anyway, they could have saved it for people to eat after the mission. Now we're probably going to lose most of it when the fighting starts. That bottle isn't even open!

[ He's already convinced it's Seok Dang's fault anyway. Nanami drinks down the glass of wine almost belligerently. This one won't go to waste! ]

[yuwon]

True. Makes you wonder who funds all of this. [ which is definitely a thought yuwon's had. for a city under strife, there were a lot of interesting details if one dug deep enough. but, of course, they're all speculation on yuwon's end, and he had always been the type who was naturally more cynical. though, perhaps life in the tower just installed that sense of distrust in him.

but that was neither here nor there. instead, he's surprised by the amount of passion heard in nanami's voice. ] Maybe he genuinely planned on drinking it all. [ does that make it better or worse.

but, he also grabs the same glass from nanami, waiting for him to pour him a drink in turn. ]

[stresspoint]

[ That question, even if Yuwon only raised it idly, gets Nanami's attention. He's right. LILITH might be government sanctioned, but it seems to be a privately owned group, and who is supporting such advanced technology? Even the world around them, futuristic and strange as it is, doesn't seem to have anything close to what they can do. Porting people across lands and modifying them into weapons isn't widely accepted as part of the current society.

Nanami picks up the open bottle and pours Yuwon's drink, taking it to the top like a bartender leaning on generosity. He can't waste the bottle. ]

He should have kept them on shore for that.

[ He's really going to mourn this good wine. ]

There must be businesses who want to make use of us. And the other technology they are using... maybe the monsters themselves. We should be careful about following orders too easily.

[yuwon]

[ he watches him pour the drink all the way to the top and he supposes he should be grateful that he doesn't get the normal buzz people do. without much prompting he drinks it down. he drinks about 3/4ths of it quietly before passing the rest back to nanami as if saying he's had more than enough.

he supposed sharing a drink like this once in a while wasn't too bad and was a bit remnant to home in some way. at least, the home he knew before his regression; granted, the alcohol in the tower was specifically meant for their high stat bodies. almost as if pushing the idea away, he thinks about the other man's words and gives a small curt nod. ]

It wasn't my idea to be here that long, but as since that isn't within our power to decide, you're right that it's better to be cautious. [ compliant to some vague degree, while they clearly mark their own paths. ] How far would you go for orders?

[stresspoint]

[ He almost isn't expecting Yuwon to actually drink. Part of Nanami was assuming he was being teased and that Yuwon would take the bottle and leave him whatever he poured into the glass just to get a reaction. But Nanami does have to admit, at least a little, that he's enjoying this moment of eating and drinking the yacht's supplies while they wait. This isn't actually that bad of a mission compared to his previous work.

He might not be more than human, but his tolerance is high enough to manage this much alcohol. He takes back the glass, frowning more at the question that follows it than the wine he now has to do something with. ]

How far? [ What an uncomfortable question. ] I won't allow those who don't deserve it to be targeted. Otherwise, I'll do what's necessary.

[ He feels obligated to follow their orders for the protection of others, but Nanami is aware that certain things absolutely pass his idea of acceptable limits. ]