[Game Opening, Part 4 : Mission 5 - Taking down Twin Trouble]

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Who: Naminé, Minato, Maya, Simon, Raidou, Sissel, Misery, Naoya Toudou, Kohta
Where: Middle of the E8 in Gemini; Power Plant
Summary: Gemini Mission
Warnings: Third Wise Men Appearance



When you arrive, the situation already looks dire; this is where the main explosion you heard in the city hall came from. There's a fire that needs to be put out and people rescued from the blaze on the left. To the right, the remaining part of the Power Plant is being attacked by a bunch of armed men.

The current police and firemen force assembled there is doing a commendable job, but it is clear they are overwhelmed. As your vehicles touch down, there is always a a barrage of fire sent your way. One of the army men comes close to your group contact you on the Government COMP Codec number and patches you in.

"There ain't much time! At this rate, the plant's gonna blow up in twenty minutes if the central area isn't cooled down. We need that fire put out, don't care how you do it, as long as it can't spread out even more!"

Another voice breaks in, although you can barely hear anything due to the static.

"....wise ma...tak.........hosta....went down alone........get him back..."

"Damn it, figures he'd go down by himself to stop this. I need a group on his ass ASAP. He'll be able to recover the power with you."

A few scientists are standing outside, being covered against the ask and they warn you that the explosion removed some of the gates keeping a horde of zombies being researched on from escaping. They might be everywhere.

Just be careful not to get infected.

Problem was, right now, you first had to be able to carve a path to yourself into the Power Plant.

[OOC: As with every log like this, you are free to start your own sub-thread and have your characters stop swarms of zombies on your own. Don't forget to write your character's Persona awakening as well!]

Comments

[misery_hates_company]

"Idiotic! What do these fools even stand to gain from destroying something like this?" Misery didn't care for these people, but simply killing them is a waste of resources. And that's not even regarding this power facility itself! Is the aim of this terrorist group truly so simple-minded as to destroy such a vital power source for their own pathetic whims?

She turns to one of the firemen, barking. "You there! The largest body of water! Tell me where it is, and where a suitably large vessal for holding liquids is now! Unless you think you can truly handle this entirely yourself!"

[aboyandhiscat]

Raidou looks to the others, and pulls out a summoning pipe. "I have a demon with ice magic, I'll have him try to clear us a path." He volunteered. "anyone else got anything?"

[punchedoutdestiny]

"Two fists and a drill," Simon answers, resting the cone-shaped drill on his shoulder. His face was serious as he surveyed the situation, grip tightening on the handle of the tool. "I'm a bit out of my element here - but I can cover people better-suited to dealing with the fire."

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"Miss!" The fireman looks at her without questioning her looks, his own Persona lumbering above him (it looks like a giant eight-legged Dalmatian) and points to the far right. "There's part of the main city's river that runs 'bout five minutes away from here. We're using that to combat the fire but the thing's going up way too fast..."

[misery_hates_company]

"Then clearly you're not fighting it fast enough! You should be thankful I'm here to help you, then!" she snarls. She looks around. "Oh, never mind. I'll locate something myself!"

She vanishes at that moment. Literally. One minute she's there, the next she's not. Where did she go?

[fools_journey]

Well, Minato's weapon is completely useless for putting out fires, but the zombies he can deal with. "I can cover people, too," Minato therefore volunteers, though he pauses for a moment to think (and to adjust his, ah... laser/flamethrower in his arms). "We should probably split into two groups. One to combat the fire, one to go into the power plant itself."

[maxlevelweaponmaster]

Zombies, z-zombies... ZOMBIES?! What the hell?! And he thought he had left those back at home! No matter, this was WAR! And he didn't have to hold back with the zombies right?! This was his field and he was gonna show them what's up!

First of? He'd take out groups of stacked zombies with his Boombox. That's right, his fucking badass boombox full of rockets that is! Well four rockets but still! He made sure to pick groups that were far from anyone that could be harmed as well as areas that might catch on fire.

Whoooosh! the first rocket left the boombox before BOOM! zombie parts flying everywhere.

"OH YEAH!" he could feel the power of the weapon in his hands, he grew giddy at the feeling of it and aimed again, letting another rocket go and devastate the ranks of the walking dead.

He then placed the boombox aside, wanting to save the remaining rounds in case something big showed up and pulled out his rifle instead. He climbed to a spot where he could be secure and had a steady placement for the rifle so he could take out high danger targets or help those that were getting swarmed.

"BRING THEM DOWN! I'll cover!" and the first barrage of rounds was sent blasting through the walking corpses with precision. The excited almost maniacal grin on his face never faltering. They were just zombies right?

[punchedoutdestiny]

"...well, we need to be able to actually get in without catching on fire, first," Simon comments, then snaps his fingers. "I might not have any fire-fighting abilities, but maybe I can make theirs a little more effective!"

Simon breaks off, and barges his way to one of the firetrucks, and yanks his Core Drill necklace off while on route. Once he gets there, he yanks the driver's door open. "I NEED TO BORROW THIS!"

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya steps forward with one of her pistols in hand, her expression one of firm resolve as she watches the flames continue to mount. She can feel that her Persona has changed, somehow, since coming to this place, but...

"My Persona had water magic before I was brought here. There's no reason it shouldn't now, right? It might not be enough, but it's a start -- especially if I pair it with Raidou's ice."

[aboyandhiscat]

Raidou tips his hat, nodding, as he whips out the pipe - a green web-like light flashes and soon a figure appears. Maya and Minato would recognize it as a Jack Frost, but it's wearing a uniform similar to Raidou's.

"We got a fire to put out."

[fools_journey]

That interests Minato.

"You've had a Persona before," he starts to ask, but then Raido's Jack Frost shows up, and that distracts him. "That's -- ... Jack Frost?"

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"Hey kid! You can't just get in here! We're trying to put the fire out!"

[punchedoutdestiny]

"I know that! I'm gonna help you out, just trust me!" Between the tone of his voice, that cocky look on his face, and the faint pulsing green glow coming from that drill-shaped charm in his hand, it's clear that this 'kid' has some kind of plan.

[itswhoopasstime]

"I have -- oh!" Maya smiles a bit as Raidou summons Jack Frost, and she offers the demon a wave. "I know him! But enough of that -- you're right,m we've got a fire to put out!"

She fixes her gaze on the flames, though something about the sight itself makes her stomach twist into knots. The feeling alone was almost enough to make her recoil, but she couldn't afford to do that now. They had an important mission, after all. She took a cleansing breath, forcing herself to remain focused on the blaze as she clenched one hand into a fist and laid it over her heart, before thrusting it forward, fingers splayed.

I am thou. Thou art I.

"Persona!"

The creature that emerged above her appeared inorganic in a way, the figure itself both feminine and partially obscured by the full robes that flared out around her legs, eyes hidden from view.

"Maia! Go!" Maya instructed, causing a deluge of water to put out the patch of flame nearest to them.

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"..." Alright you win, the man is stepping out. You better not make this explode.

[aboyandhiscat]

"I'm not just a Frost, I'm hees succe-"

"That's enough - it's time to act - Mabufula!" The Devil Summoner cuts him off, pointing at the flames.

"Oh Ho... You got it!" The fairy creatur spins in place as three large balls of ice appear over sections of flames, the ice instantly melting from the heat, adding to the deluge. "Don't make me get too close, Raidou, ho!"

[fools_journey]

Right, no - now isn't the time to get distracted by things like Jack Frosts in costume - nor by Maya's Persona. But even with the adrenaline of this situation and worry about his friends sent on other missions, he's still having difficulty staying entirely on track. His sleepy-grogginess hasn't entirely worn off, even with all the excitement and fire.

But he has a task. He hasn't quite found a way to reach his own persona yet, and given what he can sense through the blurry fuzz in his head, he's not sure it would help, anyway. The persona he thinks he hears never had any ice or water skills, and healing and hama wouldn't do anything helpful against fire, either. So he turns his attention from the flames to scan behind and around, looking for any enemies to pick off with his laser.

[misery_hates_company]

We really hope you brought your raincoats kids. Why raincoats? Because all of a sudden, there's a massive waterfall from above, dumping down directly on the flames.

If you can peer through the smoke, you can see the source: a certain blue-haired bwitch, chanting a spell which seems to be keeping an ENTIRE TRUCK CONTAINER LEVITATING IN THE AIR, dumping the last trickling bits of fluid.

It vanishes again for a bit, along with her.

[punchedoutdestiny]

"Thanks!" Once the firefighter's out of the way, Simon hops into the cab. And upon getting a look at the cab interior, boggles for a moment. This...is really complicated.

However, he's not here to utilize the truck for its normal uses. Oh no. A quick glance around, and ahah! There's a spot in the steering wheel that will work.

"Alright!" Simon tosses his Core Drill in the air, and catches it by the handle-part with a smirk before dramatically plunging it into the horn area of the steering wheel. "SPIN ON!"

The truck's cab is suddenly infused with an immense amount of green light, pouring out of the windows. In fact, the whole machine seems to turn green for several seconds, and is forcibly reconfigured into a humanoid shape...

At least, mostly humanoid - the front half of the truck has turned into the upper half of some sort of red, white, and silver fire-hydrant themed robot with no head, but a face on its torso. Immense cannons rest on its shoulders with tubes that lead into the thing's water tanks.

"Alright! LET'S GO--" The machine jerks as Simon speaks, but doesn't move from its spot. In fact, it looks down at itself, visibly confused. "Wait, what the hell?! Why didn't it make legs?!"

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"...did he just turn our truck into a giant robot?"

[punchedoutdestiny]

Yes, yes he did.

"Screw it, no time to worry about details," Simon says, broadcasted through the robot's loudspeaker. "Time to fight fire with burning spirit!" The mechanoid crosses its arms in front for a few moments, and there's a whirring noise coming from within it - the sound of a lot of pressure being built up all at once.

Then the arms are jerked back. "TORRENT CANNONS, FIRE!" Twin swirling jets of highly-pressurized water burst from the shoulder cannons, and focus mostly on a smaller area of the fire, both to put it out, and hopefully drench it enough that it won't easily reignite - gotta give people a way to safely get in.

[aboyandhiscat]

SPLASH! Raidou thanked Yatagarasu that Gouto was not here right now as he got soaked in the splash. The demon sputtered and shook.

He grits his teeth and looks at the cleared section. He'll have words with her late. "Let's go!"

[itswhoopasstime]

Maya sputtered briefly, wiping water from her eyes with the back of her hand after the downpour has subsided. Well, better soaking wet than on fire, at least! She looked to Raidou as he urged them forward, giving a decided nod in reply.

"Right! We have a lot of work ahead of us!" she agreed, starting towards the path they'd cleared. There would be more flames to douse up ahead, but fire be damned -- they seemed to be in good shape as far as dealing with it, even if it was one patch at a time.

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[chainofmemories]

This was literally the worst situation Naminé had ever encountered.
She had no idea what to do with herself or what even she was expected to do in this situation, and was thus huddled in the corner with an extremely terrified expression.
"I-i..."
She tries to call out to someone, anyone, but they all seem too busy getting out the fires or battling back zombies. Clutching her quill pen weapon in her hands, Naminé sinks to her knees in fright, trying to cover her head and block out whatever was going on.

[punchedoutdestiny]

Once Simon had finished dealing with the borrowed firetruck, and the thing had reverted back to normal, he stumbled around the immediate area, looking for some of the other group members to see where he might be needed next. And emphasis on the stumbling - apparently transforming that thing took more out of him than he thought.

He spotted Naminé shortly - he recognized her as being in the transport on the way here, and having been milling about the little party earlier. He moves over to her corner, and stoops down. "Hey, what's the matter?" His voice implies urgency, but there's a good deal of concern in there as well.