WEEK 5 DAY 7: MISSION

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Mission: "Avoid the Gorgon's petrifying gaze."
Time Limit: Very Long
Noise Plane: Solo
Wall Instructions: Place walls all throughout the city.
Wall Rewards: Long Live The Rock
Reaped Rewards: Spider's Silk
Mission Rewards: Adamantite



[Like many of her preceding Officers, it seems the GM has decided to go for a showdown with some wiggle room. Unlike them, however, it's not about survival, but more like hide and seek - if she spots every player, it's game over. But on the other hand, since only one Player needs to complete the mission for everyone to survive, that one Player can hide while the others fight her... if that is what they wish to try.]

Comments

[suicidoll]

(Today, Kreutzer is far too restless to man a wall. With the taboo noise all about, she's making it a point to not stay in one place for too long; that'll only make it easier for them to find her.

Speaking of finding, the doll maker certainly looks like she's on the hunt for something...and that something (well, someone) is the GM. The Taboo Noise have been erasing player and reaper alike for days and they haven't heard anything from the higher-ups. Was this another glitch in their system? Was this planned for the entire time? Kreutz had to find out...she just had to. And the only one she thought who could have at least some answers was the GM herself...)

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[The GM is dutifully searching the area, both for Players and Taboo Noise. Her pace is steady and her manner reserved; she blends in well with the crowds of Manhattan. It would be hard to pick her out as the GM by looks alone... fortunately, when she spots a Player, Kreutzer can witness her power firsthand as the poor young man suddenly stops in his tracks; rocks bind his body, and she raises her hand to aim a thin ray of red light which erases him instantly.]

[suicidoll]

(Well then...that certainly made picking her out of the crowd much easier. Apparently, she doesn't waste time...that's for the better; maybe she won't give the runaround instead of a straight answer.

Kreutz approaches shortly after the GM erases the Player.)

Quite the interesting week this turned out to be, hasn't it?

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Well, that's one word for it.

[The GM continues walking as though the Player had never existed, and though she doesn't stop for Kreutzer, she'll at least beckon her to come with. As before, the young lady's face looks rather melancholic, although her gaze is often turned somewhere else in her search.]

Hmm... did you want to ask something?

[suicidoll]

(And so Kreutz does accompany her, glancing over at the GM all but once before simply keeping her eyes focused on the immediate area.)

The new noise...the higher-ups have mentioned nothing about them since their appearance. I'm sure they're aware of them by now; do they know what they are? Are they planning anything in response?

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I've been conducting my own investigation on the Taboo Noise. They now know what they are... not that it's been any help to me, [she mutters.] It seems cleaning the streets while trying to identify the cause of the Noise is all that can be done about it at this point.

[In other words, it's only been 3 days, so they're scrambling for answers as much as anyone else.]

[suicidoll]

(Taboo Noise...so that's what they're called...Unfortunate that they have no answers, but if even the higher-ups are figuring it out as they go along, then this might be more serious than she thought.)

We can only keep the streets clean for so long...we're losing time and manpower and I doubt something this destructive comes about unintentionally.

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And when this day ends, we'll most likely be spirited away to another place, in which case we'll be back to square one. I made this mission like hide-and-seek for a reason.

[She's seeking more than just Players.]

[suicidoll]

(Kreutzer nods.)

If someone is controlling them, then it's highly likely they want everyone dead. A new location will give the perpetrator a chance to start over if we don't find any leads before today is over.

...Though I don't suppose it's impossible to force them out of hiding, is it?

[poppetstrings]

[The GM might be hunting for players, but Xion is hunting for the GM. She hasn't bothered to use the Taboo Noise at her disposal, but if things get rough, it's definitely a possibility.

Gorgons gaze, huh? Xion will have to be careful.]

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[Of course. The GM is blending in reasonably well, but she's keeping a vigilant watch, turning her eye in all directions. To the careful observer, her behavior could stick out - and she's not looking only at people, so it seems she's using her own mission partly as an excuse to continue investigating. If Xion used taboo noise, there is no guarantee that it'd go unnoticed.]

[poppetstrings]

[Xion is a very careful observer. It's a good carry over from her days in the Organization, and it serves her well even now.

She's following the GM, waiting for her chance to strike, but making sure to keep her gaze downcast.]

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[Eventually she gets what looks to be a chance. The GM's turned her back and hasn't looked Xion's way for a while...]

[poppetstrings]

[It screams trap, but it doesn't stop her from acting and activating her pin for attack, the beam of light crashing down where the GM is-]

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[Only a trap for those foolish enough to try to melee. She's caught a few people that way, but this time she catches a bit of the attack, although she quickly swerves out of the way to avoid the rest of it and look behind her. Assuming Xion has taken cover, she will wordlessly rise into the air, and all of a sudden the ground will begin shaking - not the minor tremor from when Cerynitis Cantus transformed, but a full on, violent earthquake. She's trying to force her out, although this should also disrupt her focus on psychs.]

[poppetstrings]

[She has taken cover. The easiest way to win this fight will be to not be seen. When the earthquakes start, Xion stumbles, fighting to stay upright and not fall over.

Not to mention she has to stay hidden as best she can because of the disruption the earthquake has on her focus. She's trying hard not to make herself an obvious target, but all she can really hope is that her time in the organization, and all of the stealth missions she's been on come in handy now.]

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[She didn't see anyone running away, but there was no counterattack. The GM clicks her tongue.]

Hmm... you have good footing, whoever you are. But that won't be enough.

[The earthquake continues as she transforms into her noise form, Gorgo Cantus. At first it might seem like she's only becoming a taller, blue-skinned version of herself, but soon the hair hanging to the sides of her face morphs to snakes and springs up, hissing. The rest of her hair follows suit until she is truly a Medusa-like figure. If Xion wanted to move positions, this distraction was her only chance. After that, she'll start summoning huge boulders to drop on anything that looks like a hiding spot.]

[poppetstrings]

[It's rather hard to keep your eye on who you're fighting, dodge boulders and try not to be seen..

One wrong move and she'll be completely done for, and join her friends in erasure. She needs to think of a plan while keeping an eye no the now transformed GM.

If she uses Taboo noise, she could finish this quickly, over power her with little effort. But that will out herself, if anyone else is watching, and she's sure someone else most certainly is--

A boulder crashes near her, and Xion is too caught up in her thinking to realize. She's sent sprawling to the ground with a pained noise.]

[vexed_snake]

[Asakura has been thrilled with the way things have gone this week. He's ecstatic...even if he's fought a bit too long and too hard and isn't really in the greatest of shape right now. He's fought himself to the point of exhaustion a couple of times already but still managed to avoid erasure by slinking back into the mirrors to lick his wounds.

He's still roaming the area, looking for a fight, even if he could probably use a break. Rest? What's rest when he's having fun? The Taboo Noise have given the place a festival-like atmosphere, in his opinion.]