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"I'll head to the evac center." Rosa said. "I... think I can help there."
The one with the assault rifle nodded. "Private Schonherr? You wanna take the Terror Ship?" He asked the other guy. "I'll take these guys to the Evac Center."
The other soldier nodded. "Got it. You guys, follow me. We'll take care of it." He straightened his balaclava and helmet, then checked the ammo.
The Evac Center was a short walk away from the fenced off area. There was a short walk down some stairs into a courtyard with tents that had been set up. It appeared that the evac center was a converted mall, if the signs at the entry were to be believed. Entering inside of the building proper, past two more guards. You were assaulted by...
Yellow.
It seemed the Interior Designer really loved the color yellow. However, the place was packed. People sat on folding chairs, and doctors in lab coats and body-armored soldiers with a new patch walked around the area, making sure people were okay.
In the area, there was a young woman in a police uniform standing around watching the crowd, as well as two lab coated scientists in a back corner, talking quietly. Rosa had gone right to work at tending several wounded in the area.
@Takumi @york @Evac Zone
JD made his way over to the two scientists quietly, intending to listen to their conversation before making his presence known to them. He wasn't entirely sure if what they would say would be useful or related to whatever was going on, but who knew?
@Minerva
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@Crash Site
@Mason Moretti @Jeremi (Howlett) @Atomyk @Kaykay @Verite
One of the marines that was closest to Howlett nodded, waving a hand at the rest of the squad, which quickly parted a little, giving Shichika and the others an opportunity to slip by, and into the depths of the crash site... He appeared to be the one leading the squad of marines... Well, the squad that was presumably supposed to be getting into the thick of this crash site.
The vehicles that brought them here appeared to hang back, and as Howlett stepped into this strange organic substance, he immediately discovered why; it was incredibly viscious. Though traversing on foot was not going to be too much of a hassle, it certainly would be difficult to get vehicles through this stuff.
Nonetheless, Shichika, Seisa, and Mipha, would be able to sneak in without being noticed, for the time being... As the creatures wandering around appeared not to have noticed them; they did not have functional eyes, and in fact seemed to "see" through a mysterious method, involving some sensory tentacles sticking out of their chests. Considering that these creatures would likely rush them the moment they made some noise, it might allow the others an opening to get in.
As they got closer to the crash site itself, deep assortment of growls emanating from within, and for the most part... They could see some sort of saucer-like structure, covered entirely by this strange, browning biomass... And what's more was that they could even hear something writing from within... A mass that even protruded a little out of the top of the saucer.
Hmm, but out of the corner of his eye, Seisa spotted that there was one of the smaller mutated creatures carrying what looked to be some sort of rocket launcher... Something that may help distract them.
In the meantime, the marines that had accompanied them seemed to be staying with Dorian and Howlett who remained behind, evidently waiting for their move before they too advanced. Looks like they were keeping an eye out for any creatures lurking about in the site, waiting for the two who remained behind to make a move...
@Terrorship (Backup)
@Fallen Hope @thatguyinthestore @Jeremi (Danielle)
The guards at the gates seemed to gesture towards one of the marines who appeared to have accompanied them, who instead of a helmet, appeared to have some sort of cap... A sargeant maybe.
"That. Is where we come in." He said, looking over those who had decided to gather around him.
There was a moment of silence before he pointed towards the bottom of the "terror ship", at roughly the center of the saucer-like ship's hull, where there appeared to be some sort of blue, circular beam if light extending somewhere inside the ship.
"See that grav lift up there? If we can clear it of bogeys... We've got a good shot at taking that ship out!" He continued.
A sudden, sharp whirring noise could be heard in the distance, followed by a hissing noise, like a high powered laser was firing, causing the Sargeant to wince a little before he continued.
"Once we take the lift inside, we find that ship's reactors... And toss a couple of these badboys in there..." He paused briefly on that note, raising some sort of grenade up to a level where everyone that intended to head to that terror ship.
"And then? We get the hell out and run like hell. 'Cause that ship ain't gonna be flying no more! Got it?" He said triumphantly.
Another explosion went off in the distance near the terror ship, as if to seal the deal, before the Sargeant quickly put the grenade for now, and picked up a rifle... Running towards the Terror ship, where all the fighting seemed to be going on.
Looks like he's got a solid plan, but one that would likely require some carefull execution to pull off, so it would be advised to stock up on grenades, and whatever else they may need.
There also appeared to be a good supply of assault rifles laying around, free for taking, juuust incase.
One also might be able to find a wider assortment of weapons at the terror ship itself... If they were willing to take them from whatever creatures may be weilding them there.
@AA Batteries
@Midnight Maiden @Otto @Takumi @Gummi Bunnies
In his search, Wes stumbled across a rather large weapon as he was searching for something to defend himself with... In fact, it looked quite heavy come to think of it.
This behemoth of a weapon might be manageable, but from what it looked like, it was some sort of laser, granted one that might take a few seconds to charge, but something that would definitely deal some major damage, were he able to keep it steady....
Connor in the meantime, while he didn't exactly find any "armor" per say, he did find what looked to be a sniper rifle, with a few ammo clips laying around.
While the clips could only carry four rounds each, one could imagine that one or two shots to an enemy's head would usually do a fine job of finishing them off... So perhaps that was enough?
A2, on the other hand found a more close ranged weapon... Perhaps one that better suited her agility in this scenario, as it looked to be a shotgun of some sort.
This one was capable of holding 12 shells in total, but operated on pump action, and appeared to neccessitate a the manual loading of each individual shell... But on the other hand, there was plenty of ammunition piled up around.
However, there was not too much time for everyone to get acquainted with their weapons, as stomping could be heard in the distance, followed by a high pitched whine, as something charged up... Before the loud blaring sound of a large laser being fired permeated the area... And the group saw the tanks at the front lines being demolished by a bright green laser... It's source?
An eye-like device at the front of giant, quadripedal behemoth of a machine... Looks like this was the "Covenant Armor" that Amelia had identified, and it sure didn't look happy to see them...
In the background though, they also noticed three massive cannon emplacements, made of a similar purplish metal as this behemoth. Evidently those were the AA batteries they were supposed to demolish, but... Really, the question here is; would the group here even make it to those batteries to even attempt to destroy them alive?
@Afterlife
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The blue haired woman sighed, shaking her head towards Dio, looking quite upset that he was still so adamant about getting his revenge...
"There is no time to fight amongst ourselves... Our window to escape will not last forever..." She said quietly, turning as she headed out of the building, gesturing for the others to follow.
"However... We must be on guard, for I do not think the artifact will be left unguarded..." She added.
Then, hopefully with everyone else in tow... She headed towards the wall-like structure in the distance, leading the way for everyone else, and as they got closer, they noticed that there was a tall mountain protruding at the center... And that there was a large gaping hole they were walking towards, where there once might have been a gate.
However, like the woman had predicted (sort of), it would appear that the area was not unpopulated, and there were multiple mannequin-esque creatures wandering around... With jerky movements.
In fact, upon noticing the group in front of them, they began to shamble towards them at alarming speeds, with evident hostile intent. This caused the woman to suddenly raised her arms defensively, but she did not appear to be casting an offensive spell this time... In fact, suddenly, Dio, despite having lost access to his stand for the moment appeared to feel himself able to move faster than before... And while he may not be able to maintain the speeds he once had at full strength... He still had enough strength to smash these creatures, assuming they were no less delicate than mannequins anyways.
"It would have been crueler to let him live."
The words still echoed through Rui's mind even now; even after Azuma had been sent away and the world had shifted and fallen apart around them all, leaving Noembelu, Birdie, Blaze and a number of others who had fallen behind... All in a matter of moments. It was a painful thing to be aware of, that the world kept spinning and everyone on it kept going on with their lives as though someone- multiple someones -hadn't just lost theirs. It was a sobering experience, one that made it hard to focus and make her body move at this point.
But... Maybe Shichika was right.
But no matter how many times his words replayed in her head, her heart couldn't bring itself to listen. Still, with a shuddering breath, she forced herself to climb to her feet and take a step forward. And another after that, and another after that... Soon enough, she managed to get herself moving again. Her feet felt like they had weights attached to them, holding them down, but she still prevailed, aimlessly heading towards the AA Batteries. Slowly, she gained steadiness to her movements once again, dainty hands wiping away her tears as she moved. She couldn't let this all bring her down. She needed to focus. To make sure those left made it safe. Otherwise, all of this death, this loss, this.... devastation. All of it would be for naught--
"...Quit your mopin'."
The interjection was sudden, the footfalls right behind her leading up to it having been completely silent. But Rui didn't visibly startle. Instead, she blinked, glancing over her shoulder at Wes only fleetingly before turning her eyes forward again silently without a word. To think she was typically so talkative, where now, she hadn't a word to be uttered. Which, unfortunately, meant Wes was going to have to fill in. A pain, but considering that Rui was one of few he viewed as kin... Well, he supposed that she was worth it. And so he spoke without terribly strong emotion, shoving his hands in his pockets as he walked.
"S'weird, seein' you all depressed. Ain't like you. Isn't... fitting," he muttered, frowning faintly. "'Sides, what's the use gettin' so worked up now? It won't change that they're gone. Won't change where we're goin' or how we get there. So isn't it better to... I don't know, focus on keeping moral up, or some shit, for those who are left? Isn't that what you'd tell m--" he rambled reluctantly, almost grudgingly with clear awkwardness, only to be cut off before he could finish his words by a sudden embrace from the redhead at his side. This led to him briefly tensing but, in the end, reluctantly removing his hands from his pockets and less than enthusiastically half-returning the embrace.
"...Thank you, Wes. I'll..- I'll try."
At first, the only response the female received was a scoff, Wes retracting his glove hands and awkwardly allowing them to dangle, before he finally spoke. "...Yeah, don't mention it. Just grab something so you aren't completely defenseless and let's figure out who here we gotta take out," he mumbled, grateful when Rui finally pulled away and gave a small nod before turning to look through the weapons.
....She had no idea what to go for.
@york @Otto @Takumi @AABatteriesSquad
"Tch, guess we'll have to fight that... somehow..."
A2 commented in her usual tired tone, silently registering the shotgun she picked up into her weapon system. It was hard to say on how to deal with the situation, but the android knew that they were dealing with a machine threat, a threat that she was programmed to eliminate. It might take awhile, but the sudden objective to destroy the Covenant Armor was popping up now.
"... say, if that thing is going to be a problem... I can vouch as a distraction, buy you all time to do something while that big machine is busy with me..."
Well, they had to plan out something, because even A2 knew that instantly going out there was akin to suicide in this case.
@york @Midnight Maiden @Otto @Takumi
Shion watched as the covenant armor obliterated the tanks, going through whatever weapons were left he glanced towards the covenant armor every so often to gauge what they had to take out on the large machine.
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