WEEK 4 DAY 3: MISSION

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Mission: "Proliferate the feeling of courage."
Time Limit: Very Long
Noise Plane: Duet
Wall Instructions: No key walls; create walls at your own discretion. Seal off the school and dorm.
Wall Rewards: Voucher for a free mystery burger at Wild-Duck.
Reaped Rewards: Lolita Mic
Mission Rewards: 5000 yen

[This mission might seem confusing at first, although if you scan the crowds, in their minds certain keywords will crop up relating to having or testing one's courage. "Burger", "Karaoke", and "Horror House" are among them, the latter of which is apparently a game at the arcade. There also seems to be a war movie playing at the theater, or perhaps you have your own ideas about courage? Either way, there's a lot of options, but it seems that just doing one of them by yourself isn't enough. Somehow, it has to be shared by as many people as possible...]

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[andwesucceeded]

[Hmph. Foolish, making herself so obvious a target. Mewtwo descends from the sky to hover above the monorail, body motionless save for his eyes, which track her.]

[roadroller]

[Unfortunately, it's hard to think of yourself as obvious when you're totally invisible.

But Mewtwo is definitely obvious what with the flying and being a big purple kangaroo with reaper wings. Their eyes meet, but she won't waste time hailing him as she hurriedly gets off.]

[andwesucceeded]

[Without a word (of any sort), he summons a pair of Jungle Boomers, then settles into the air to watch.]

[roadroller]

[well she expected that. But she's been running from Noise all this time; what's the difference between a Reaper's noise and the strays? Rin figures as long as she keeps her focus and has a head start, there wouldn't be. Even if she is being chased by Mewtwo which she certainly did not expect even after meeting another pokemon.

But she's wrong. The boomers quickly block her way with their jumps and knock her to the ground. She lets out a cry of pain and shock. She wills her pins to aid her, but they don't. She can't escape. She's that vulnerable. Furthermore, she just lost Minato, her only tie to Mayfield. Her Len back there was 'erased', deleted from the vault, Zemekis himself had said so. Maybe it was never possible for them to live. Knowing that she can't fight on her own, her life flashes before her eyes as she pulls herself up.... and suddenly, she laughs at herself. It even takes the melodic tone from her voice. She sounds more human than ever.]

Damn it.... don't fuck with me! I can't be erased now. I have to come back - I need to exist in this world! Because!

[she stands to fight, taking out a dagger that will do her no good.]

Even if there's a Rin out there that's up to date and living happily with Len!

[she screams]

I'M the only Rin that's defeated Miku Hatsune!!

[the noise attack again. She dodges and scrapes one on her way, doing a whopping zero damage. But for what little she can do, she's going to try her damnedest not to be erased.]

[andwesucceeded]

[From his vantage point, Mewtwo smirks.]

Shouting your purpose is worthless. It only has meaning if you have the strength to achieve it. Without that strength, your only purpose is to fall here as a lesson.

[shinbunshinobi]

[Hey, Mewtwo. Incoming Pop Pendulums aimed at your face!]


[[ ooc: I figured he could dodge or block 'em without problem being who he is, but let me know if I need to change the tag. ]]

[roadroller]

Oh, I'm sorry! Am I annoying you with my shouting?! Maybe you should think about that before you attack a little girl! ♪

[she spits a retort as she continues to flee for her life, half tempted to just fling her dagger at his smug face. She doesn't know how long she can keep this up, but if her voice could be heard, by anyone -

And that's when the pop pendulums fly at Mewtwo. She remembers what Sasuke said about how Players stick together. It's truly great to see them. A smile flickers across her face, and she runs in the opposite direction from them toward the source.]

Man, you're late! I was almost a goner! ♪

[i-it's gratitude, honest...]

[andwesucceeded]

[He raises a hand, causing the attack to deflect off his barrier. He's too cagey to counterattack, even as his eyes narrow in fury.]

Another rescue. Do you Players truly believe that one is to be protected even at the expense of endangering all of you?

[shinbunshinobi]

You could have called, you know.

[Which is true. She's lucky he was in the area. He readies another pin to continue fighting.]

And as for you, Mr. Reaper. I don't see how anyone's being endangered here. The more of us around, the more likely we pass these missions, so I have to disagree with you there.

[And more so when someone as motivated to live as Rin is]

[roadroller]

Yeah, that's right! ♪

[she says from behind Sasuke. How pathetic.

Although now she realizes there's no one else behind him... she lowers her volume.]

Um, hey, is it just you? ♪

[andwesucceeded]

If you let no one fall behind, eventually none of you will cross the finish line. Your partner and you could have cleared the mission. Instead you waste your time here saving this weakling. Such is the arrogance of humans. You assume you are all so special that none of you can be lost.

[shinbunshinobi]

And what makes you think that we haven't been doing that? I think you're the arrogant one. You should keep yourself in check.

[Still he lowers his voice to respond to Rin]

For the moment, but I can call my partner at anytime, and she'll come running.