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[A lot of things happened in the second foray into the dome under the Atlantic. But perhaps most interesting is that General Hetepheres brought something with her. Soon as the report was done, the whole place was a hubbub of activity, and maximum security measures were placed.
Because what was brought back appears to be an incapacitated PRAYER. One that looks something like this, and which the people in the mission swear is Kagura.
The thing makes no movement as it's placed under guard, behind steel walls and reinforced observation glass guard posts. It seems deactivated, and is only about half the size of a Genoace - positively tiny for a PRAYER. But nobody is taking any chances here.
However, it's severely resisting attempts at opening it for now. Whatever this thing is made of, it's going to take some serious explosives to get through it. And if the strike team are correct, Kagura is in there, somewhere, which kinda limits the more drastic options...]
[(This first prompt is for people to mingle and react to the mission, debrief, and fact that oh God we have a damn PRAYER in storage the guys at ESUN are going to flip their lid and who knows what GRAVEYARD is even going to say. And maybe suggest ideas to get through the Apostle.)]
[2 - A day later]
[The Apostle has been inert for a day already. Poking and prodding has led to nothing. And now it's late, and the guards are basically looking at it because it beats staring at the wall.
And so, there's some serious scrambling in surprise when the frame suddenly lights up. There's a sound like something being pulled, and the thing stands upright. All the guards and fire support get ready, aiming at the mysterious unidentified object as lines appear where there were none, and the center coffin starts opening.
And from it falls... what looks like a Spirit Kernel. A female, featureless, blue energy humanoid, that falls forward and lands on one knee, looking exhausted. Heatless flame seems to crackle around her, much like the core of Scarlet Queen so long ago. She turns shining eyes on the closes guard aiming at her, holding her own head as if having a terrible headache.]
Stop that before you hurt yourself, Williams. You're more of a danger to yourself than me with a shotgun. [The voice is strange, with a low reverb - but behind that, it sounds about what someone might sound like after running a marathon with a broken leg] Someone get me some warmth. I'm exhausted.
[Soon after, some heating is arranged. The humanoid figure lays down, immobile and resting. If anyone wants to try talking to it, before anyone else, now's a perfect chance.]
[A lot of things happened in the second foray into the dome under the Atlantic. But perhaps most interesting is that General Hetepheres brought something with her. Soon as the report was done, the whole place was a hubbub of activity, and maximum security measures were placed.
Because what was brought back appears to be an incapacitated PRAYER. One that looks something like this, and which the people in the mission swear is Kagura.
The thing makes no movement as it's placed under guard, behind steel walls and reinforced observation glass guard posts. It seems deactivated, and is only about half the size of a Genoace - positively tiny for a PRAYER. But nobody is taking any chances here.
However, it's severely resisting attempts at opening it for now. Whatever this thing is made of, it's going to take some serious explosives to get through it. And if the strike team are correct, Kagura is in there, somewhere, which kinda limits the more drastic options...]
[(This first prompt is for people to mingle and react to the mission, debrief, and fact that oh God we have a damn PRAYER in storage the guys at ESUN are going to flip their lid and who knows what GRAVEYARD is even going to say. And maybe suggest ideas to get through the Apostle.)]
[2 - A day later]
[The Apostle has been inert for a day already. Poking and prodding has led to nothing. And now it's late, and the guards are basically looking at it because it beats staring at the wall.
And so, there's some serious scrambling in surprise when the frame suddenly lights up. There's a sound like something being pulled, and the thing stands upright. All the guards and fire support get ready, aiming at the mysterious unidentified object as lines appear where there were none, and the center coffin starts opening.
And from it falls... what looks like a Spirit Kernel. A female, featureless, blue energy humanoid, that falls forward and lands on one knee, looking exhausted. Heatless flame seems to crackle around her, much like the core of Scarlet Queen so long ago. She turns shining eyes on the closes guard aiming at her, holding her own head as if having a terrible headache.]
Stop that before you hurt yourself, Williams. You're more of a danger to yourself than me with a shotgun. [The voice is strange, with a low reverb - but behind that, it sounds about what someone might sound like after running a marathon with a broken leg] Someone get me some warmth. I'm exhausted.
[Soon after, some heating is arranged. The humanoid figure lays down, immobile and resting. If anyone wants to try talking to it, before anyone else, now's a perfect chance.]
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...Okay, so...how are we going to kill this thing?
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"You told me," she says softly, "to stop pussyfooting around and shoot our problems in the face." She lays fingers on the butt of her gun. "I will do that...but not today.
She snaps her fingers. "Hang in there, Sergeant!" She shouts dramatically. "We're gonna pussyfoot you out of there!"
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[Izuru flaps his arms furiously, like a bird learning to fly.]
Major Kagura is inside!
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[Mizuki's eying that gun worryingly. Did Dido get training for that yet?]
Then again, she managed to get herself this far.
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Did she tell you she was in there? Did it write her name? Did it do a song and dance only Kagura would know?
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She coughs. "So what do you think?" She asks. "Is Kagura's Mistletoe form still buried in that PRAYER...or is she the PRAYER itself?"
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She still had some sense of herself in there. If that thing... is just her regular form now then that's how it is. I'm more worried about her state of mind than her body. What with what happened to the Ebon Court members recently and all...
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Did you read this report? This is a PRAYER we're talking about here, not a dog or a cat. It's a regenerating monster that can level cities. Just because it doesn't kill you right now doesn't make it your friend.
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[Sielje stares apprehensively. Can she even approach the figure without being burned? She does not feel the heat, but for now she keeps her distance.]
You came out.
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The knight. Still alive, I see.
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That shot it took-so what? Even if that would kill it, how do you know that would keep it dead when those things keep crawling back all the time?
How do you know it's not just playing nice so it can kill everyone later?
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I trust Major Kagura.
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Good question. I'll tell you when I find out.
[It sounds tired.]
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[Jen slams those papers down on the table.]
You don't get to undo death just because you miss someone! People don't come back because we want them to!
Good people, living people, are going to die because of this, do you understand!?
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And... I am not saying not to be careful. But if it's really the major, do you want to kill her?
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... You're like, a fairy?
A fairy that was in a tin can?
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I... think so, at least. Still myself enough to think I am. [The voice sounds like someone trying to think through a fog of exhaustion, like a person running on four days without sleep]
It's hard to think. I'm tired and my mind hurts. I had to fight hard to get out. Away from the praying.
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But it left that bit of me there. That was a mistake. I'm... not easy to deal with. I don't think it expected fighting back.
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[The reverberating voice doesn't come very loud, sounding more like three people talking at the same time with the worst hangover in the universe]
I don't really know what I am right now. Too tired to think.
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Just tired though, right? Not in pain or anything? In that first trip to the Dome stuff went really south in the end, so... yeah.