Mission Update

[lucetimods]

The Flooded Valley - June 7th to 9th (Note: This mission will not appear to characters in game until the evening before.)
Guards: Obi-Wan Kenobi, Gai Tsutsugami, Rick Doyle, Arthur Pendragon, Raven, Clove
Caretakers: Rei Hino, Gregor Vorbarra, Minato Arisato, Sabriel, Minako Arisato, Grune, Gold, Masaomi Kida, Fenimore, Silver
Doctors: Adele LeBlanc, Sion, Raine Sage, Nami
Survivalist: Hamato Leonardo, Viral, Smoker, Precis F. Neumann, Roy, Nara Shikamaru, Hyuuga Neji, Kiba Inuzuka

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HEY HEY SURVIVALIST PARTY OVER HERE

[endgames]

YO GUYS. So I ran into a lot of conferring above about what the eight of us might want to do? Now that we know the task they have, we should be able to work something out.

So here's what we're working with:

Survivors
-Most are on the roof of the (flooded) hotel
-Eighteen are unaccounted for
--Five of this number are already dead

Stark (Viral's mun) mentioned that it'd be cool for the survivalists to pair into tag teams of two to search. I'm all for this, though I don't know about the rest of you. I know CC mentioned Smoker will be wanting to do things on his own at first before getting roped in to working with people.

In regard to the tag teams, I don't think we have to have a set buddy system. There'd probably be an order, but not one we need to talk out, I think. So feel free to switch up survivalist partners.

But if everyone's for that, I kinda had an idea here of how to work things out:

Day 1
- Four (or more) survivalists work from the nearby cliffs and trees to rescue the people on the roof
- The remainder work on tracking down the Missing 18 in the wilderness
- The rest of the group starts on that after the hotel survivors are dropped off at camp

note: with the weather, I imagine many of the survivalists could get stuck out there overnight, if anyone wants to play with that (like me >>)

Day 2
- More searching for the Missing 18**
- Survivalists near camp after most of the civilians have been rescued should probably split off to do some hunting for everyone, with the ruined supplies

Day 3
- Assisting where needed.
- CULTISTS
- DO WHAT YOU WANT PRETTY MUCH

**From the sound of the log, most if not all of these survivors should be rescued by the second day. No later than the morning of Day 3, if some of you want your character to be away from the base for the morning cultist attack, which is cool. Just figured we should be on the same page about when they're done.

Other stuff:
- There will be radios. For now I'm assuming they work, but I asked the mods if Shifts would take them out so don't bank on that just yet.
- During the 10% gap where abilities do work, I know Neji can spot survivors with his special vision and Kiba can track them. All the Naruto ninja can walk on water too. And I saw Viral is a good swimmer (plus half-shark?). Let me know if anyone can do anything else specifically well-suited here.

....I'm sure there's other things but THERE YOU GO.

Re: HEY HEY SURVIVALIST PARTY OVER HERE

[rocketpunch]

OKAY. Reading all of this, I think Precis will be like this?

Day 1:
She'll be in the wilderness doing search and rescue.

Day 2:
Again, in the wilderness. After they've found the 18 (or what's left of them?), she won't be hunting. Precis will be collecting edible plants and compounding them. Basically, she'll be looking for herbs and flowers she can grind or drain or press or cook to make medicine or relief supplies from. She'll probably find something to work with, right? I'll ask.

Day 3:
Assisting where needed. She's going to be useless in battle without her machines, so she'll be guiding civilians or whatnot. She may need to be guarded, if anyone wants to play with that? That said, she is hotheaded enough to try and attack a cultist if someone else is in danger. She will likely use a wrench. That might be fun to thread out, too.

So if anyone wants to do anything with her, pair up with her...let me know?

[blessingone]

So, if you don't mind a not entirely competant rescue, Fenimore will be hiding amongst the civilians, but she would do her best to drag away someone sticking out their neck like that. Her first inclination would be to try to get her and whoever she is rescuing (which, honestly, could be Fenimore herself in that she is far more likely to be trying to dodge than fight back) to run away until they find someone stronger, but if necessary she can help in actually fighting off and/or killing the cultist.

[rocketpunch]

Oh, gosh, I'm sorry for the late reply! That sounds like it could be a lot of fun! If Fenimore or one of the tourists were in danger, yeah, Precis would totally try to wrench them. And those things hurt. We could play with that!

[blessingone]

Psh, no worries, I'm generally incredibly slow myself, so one day isn't going to worry me. And awesome. I suppose that, since Fenimore is on the rescuee side for the wrenching, I can start it off. If you have any preferences, let me know! Otherwise, I'll just figure something out to set up the scene for the wrenching.

[rocketpunch]

Nope! Go ahead and set up Fenimore in distress, Precis will bring down her wrench, and they can run or wait for help or fight. We'll play it by ear. Do you have someone in mind to rescue them?

[blessingone]

No one in particular in mind! If it comes down to a dramatic rescue, I'm sure we can find a volunteer.

[rocketpunch]

Okay! At one point during the log, even if it means we have to bring in a second cultist, Precis is going to get hurt. Nothing major, just enough to make her housemates worry.

[blessingone]

I will keep that in mind! Precis getting hurt might even be a good motivator for Fenimore to fight back against the cultist instead of just running -- even if it ends up being just enough to slow down the cultist enough for them to get away. But, yeah, we'll play it by ear and see how that fits in.

[brandnewday]

Wrong account since I'm doing other tags, but since I want to be able to start Precis's after-mission interactions, I'm just going to assume she fractures her radius at some point during the log! So no major injury, she'll just have to take a hard hit to the arm at some point.

[blessingone]

Roger that. Yeah, I imagine it will be a while before we actually finish the thread (I am not the fastest tagger ever), so it's a good idea to figure that out in advance.

Re: HEY HEY SURVIVALIST PARTY OVER HERE

[keepitcanine]

Here's just a very vague itinerary about where Kiba and his giant dog will probably be. Feel free to comment and WE CAN PLAN STUFF OUT. I can change stuff, too if circumstances call for it. I'll tag in to the log tomorrow once things are more solid.

Day 1: Kiba (+Akamaru) will be wilderness bound to try and track down survivors. I can see him getting stuck there overnight because of the weather, as that sounds fun to play out, but he could easily enough make it back as well.

Day 2: Ditto with the wilderness. Either going back out into it, or continuing his search come early in the morning, etc.

Day 3: ...Unless someone pulls him out in the wilderness, he will probably be fighting the cultists, because Kiba usually isn't one to turn down a fight. Otherwise, he will just be doing whatever.;

[endgames]

Hey hey. Want to be overnight buddies stuck on Day 1? 8|

[keepitcanine]

Sounds good!

[endgames]

NOTE: Got word from the mods that that the radios will work the whole time. Shikamaru will be bugging you all regularly. 8|

---

Here's what I got for Shikamaru so far, and I will roll with whatever

Day 1 he'll start off with the hotel squad, since he's both a good climber and inventive enough to come up with some good methods of getting the survivors off the roof. If anyone wants to play with that.

Afterwards he'll be doing the wilderness search. I plan to have him out there overnight, guarding two survivors who he'll bring in in the morning, when the weather improves. Someone can hop in on that with me if we go with tag-teams? 8Da

Day 2 he'll be back in the wilderness still searching, on zero sleep but surprisingly well-functioning. Might start feeling on the sick side later in the evening.

Day 3 he'll be at/near the camp unless people are still unaccounted for. Probably helping the guards take out Shifters until the Cultists show up.

UM. What else. I talked about him working with Viral and Smoker too, maybe?

Besides that, he'll also be wanting to bring back the dead people that are out there. Plan to have him find at least one, drowned corpse himself. Maybe more if no one else is willing.

[rocketpunch]

I'd actually like to have Precis find a corpse herself. Just throwing that out there. I don't know who her partner would be at that time, though.

[endgames]

Noted! If you get no one else interested, I can have Shikamaru tag-team it with her?

[rocketpunch]

It looks like Shikamaru is with Viral on night two, so if you want to thread out him and Precis finding a body on night one or handwaving it or whatever, that works for me.

[endgames]

Well actually like I said above, no one's stuck to one partner for a whole day or anything. I actually have more room for him to do other things on Day 2 (Day 1 he's at the hotel/stuck out overnight with Kiba), and I already have him bringing back a body that day, SO.

Whichever you like!

[rocketpunch]

That works for me, then! Sometime on Day 2? Precis'll probably annoy Shikamaru by grabbing a plant here or there since there will be some light, but she'll still be working pretty hard.

[endgames]

Works for me! And gosh, Precis, so troublesome. 8|

Love you man~

[no_compromise]

It's correct that Viral does have shark DNA as a part of his make up, though it should be noted that he takes more from the feline and humanoid parts of his composition. While he is indeed a powerful swimmer, he cannot breathe under water.

I've just been winging it, but this is helpful.

Day 1 has Viral mostly out in the wilderness searching for the missing 18 people. At some point he takes a request for aquatic assistance from Smoker. It's highly likely that he won't sleep this night (because he still thinks that his immortality and perpetual insomnia are still unaffected by all of this), and will continue working with minimal breaks.

Day 2 has the effects of the conditions start to build up for him, but he powers through despite lack of sleep. He continues his search and rescue, eventually teaming up with Shikamaru. He returns to camp late in the day, to assist with duties there and possibly do some hunting. He will sleep this night.

Day 3 sees him moderately rested and throwing himself into the thick of things once combat breaks out. He will be trying to protect those less able to fight during this, and will likely take some damage because of his carelessness. Again, his unnatural healing is affected here. All damage will be neutralized once conditions stabilize or when he returns to the enclosure.

It should be noted that he's armed with his cleaver this entire time, has animalistically acute senses, and will be hunting with a bow and arrow during the times he's back at the encampment. He's not much of a talker, but he will be reasonable over the radios, maintain regular contact, and will work well in a group. Just don't be surprised if he's not the nicest guy around.

[fearless_leader]

Day 1:

Leo will be helping the hotel group. He's good at climbing and jumping. He'll work well in the bad weather too. After that he'll be heading into the wilderness to track down the rest. I'm up for him staying out all night, or going back to camp.

Day 2:

He'll be back out searching for any stragglers they didn't get on day 1. Or just helping to retrieve corpses. More than likely on a lack of sleep, because Leo's a light sleeper and with fighting going on just over the horizon, he'll be more likely to stay up. After that, he'll probably be hunting to help with the food shortage.

Day 3:

He'll be helping where he's needed. Which includes the guards taking out the cultists. When everybodies leaving, he'll try to be one of the last to leave, and provide cover for those leaving.

[falenanthief]

DAY 1
Just general searching in the wilderness and being stuck there overnight!

DAY 2
Still in the wilderness and powering through it. At least the weather lets up by then. Find the remaining Missing 18 and returns to camp, hopefully.

DAY 3
ASSISTING. He have a tri-nunchaku and ain't afraid to use it.

More or less.