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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[domitrix]

( the delay is more than enough to ignore any claims that he's fine. from what she's seen of him, his reflexes are most certainly better than this.

come along, then. there's little hesitation in the way she reaches for his collar to tug him along into the medbay with her. he can try to fight back or swat her away, but she doubts he could do much about it in his current state. some part of him at least seems to recognize that he's in need of some care if he got most of the way here.

she'll even urge him to sit on one of the cots, taking him by the jaw to force him to look at her so she can gauge attentiveness. an easy-going smile will greet him when he finally looks at her. )

Obviously because I'm stunning.

( a dry comment, but not lacking in the slight lilt her voice takes to. a joke, but not a self-deprecating one. she's comfortable enough with herself not to think otherwise. )

I need you to stay awake this time. Can you do that for me?

[yuwon]

[ honestly, while he knows what's going on for the most part, it feels as if there is a clear disconnect somewhere, and even he becomes aware that it likely was internal. or in his head. but, he doesn't exactly want to think it through. with sensation still present, he does little to stop her.

his feet move automatically, somehow managing to match her pace before he's seated. his gaze still seems a bit unsteady, but he releases a sigh as he places a hand lightly on her elbow, as if to tell her he was fine. but, he misgauges a bit, placing it closer to her forearm.

he doesn't confirm or deny her words. it could be that he can't, but it'd be a lie to state that even his current state that he couldn't assess her as being objectively attractive. (why are webtoon protags like this... describes her as beautiful in his mind three different ways).

now that he's sitting, he does feel a bit better. or maybe it's just that he's not as concentrated on standing up. while there are some questions on the tip of his tongue, he decides not to ask them. it didn't exactly help him to display any weakness. no, he gets the feeling even now, he'd rather not do that. ]

Fine. But, are you qualified to be playing doctor? [ lol.

honestly, it wasn't important to him if she was, but ... sometimes you have to sprinkle a bit of difficulty in. ]

[domitrix]

Of course.

( - she's not, but she knows enough of the basics. when you're used to doing most everything on your own, you tend to pick up a myriad of skills somewhere along the way. not that she didn't have the option of delegating the task to another considering her abilities, but what else is she meant to do with her time? )

But you're not that lucky.

( the medbay is staffed for that reason, after all. so she'll hail down someone else for her request for supplies and a bid to get him checked. when asked if she'd like assistance for herself, she waves them off. so while another takes her place in checking his vitals and such, she's tearing at a sleeve to get at a burn underneath. )

And here I thought I was something special, but it turns out you're just difficult with everyone? ( he didn't seem to recognize her, so. ) I'm a little heartbroken, Yuwon.

( lmao, )

[yuwon]

[ there are definitely more than a few times where he tries to swat the medical assistant's hand from him, as if to silently state he was fine. but, the more he struggles to perpetuate this, the more he's swiftly realizing his stubbornness is just prolonging the inevitable. after a while, he just sits there.

he watches her hands carefully. honestly, now that he's stopped resisting, it's clear to him now his head is feeling a bit better; as if the pressure in his head was clearing up a bit. he doesn't know if it's his constitution that's finally kicking in to start healing him, or if it's just the fact that he's finally settled down.

maybe the reason his tension is so high is because... he really wasn't used to people being around at times like these. his brows furrow, before he turns to her. ] ... don't say words you don't mean. [ but, it's true, he didn't recognize her at first, but now it's becoming less hazy... sort of.

... and yet, he still doesn't want to give in, nor does he seem to want to address it. instead: ] You are special.

[ ... ] Because everyone else was content minding their own business. [ but, he also doesn't seem to hate it... ]

[domitrix]

It's what I do best.

( saying things, regardless of if her heart is in it or not. whether it is out of some longing that any of them would feel true someday to rid of that genetic malaise that haunts her kind, or just a simple jest to keep up with a conversation to keep him talking and responsive - who's to say? either way, a glint shimmers with muted amusement whilst she watches him finally settle. it seems they're more cut from the same cloth than he realizes.

the tending to her own injuries is clinical. she neither winces or pauses even as she cleans off the wound and dabs it with salve. it's only after the more noticeable injury is fixed up does she bother looking for others. )

You tend to keep to yours as well.( not that he can't play well with others if he has to, but she recognizes a lone wolf when she sees one. ) Though I will admit I'm a little surprised to see you this banged up. Bit off more than you could chew? Picked a fight with someone on base, perhaps?

[yuwon]

[ there's words on the tip of his tongue, ready to be deployed. but, even if he were to say that isn't true, and she's likely to be just as proficient in other things and other methods, he doesn't exactly what his words to be misconstrued. so he decides to just frown at that. though, maybe he's been frowning for a while.

clearly not fond of the idea of being looked after over what he deems as "nothing." the chemical smell is a bit foreign for him, if just because he wasn't exactly used to be treated so ... scientifically? in the tower, it was mostly herbs and other items that took the place of common medicine, and he can't help but feel even more out of place.

maybe it's his current state that makes him more dishonest and honest at the same time. ] It's less of a liability. [ but, at her questions, he almost has to laugh. did he really give that sort of impression? not that he can deny the fact he's sitting here right now. ]

Do I seem like I would do that? [ but, he doesn't wait for a response. ] I was testing something. What about you? Shouldn't you be looking after yourself? [ he says as he reaches and places a hand on her wrist as if to say that was enough. ]