xavier_institute_logs | Hellfire Club: The Mission [CLOSED]

Hellfire Club: The Mission [CLOSED]

WHO: Nightcrawler and those selected for the mission.
WHAT: The Hellfire Club infiltration mission
WHERE: Manhattan
WHEN: Late evening
WARNING(S): Could get violent.

Team One was already on the ground, infiltrating the party. The rest waited in silence aboard the Blackbird, hovering in complete stealth mode high above the island. Back at the Institute, Professor X closely monitored the communications of the team, ready to give the signal when ready...

It was go time.

[[ OKAY HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO GO.

Top levels will be going up for each mission phase. Each phase will, OOCly, go on simultaneously so no one has to wait for another team to complete their task. Players have freedom to play as they like, but the mod characters in each team (Feliks, Shindou, Reimu) will most likely lead the action in the direction it's intended to go. The mod account will pop in for NPCing every now and again.

Have fun! ]]

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"Not that I know of - "

Which meant that their best bet was to break off from each other and scope out as much of the facility as they could before anyone realized it'd been infiltrated. And, since Laura had already claimed her group and Toushirou seemed to have the right idea about how to split the rest of them, he moved over to Aqua's side and looked her way. After a brief beat, he nodded back for Rin to join them as well. They'd split up evenly that way, and with any luck Rin's powers would help them deal with any defensive tech they had to handle without Takane.

"We can branch off this way," he suggested, tilting his head back towards the exit leading past the computer terminals. They did have the squad's second hacker, after all. "I mean, if that works, Miss - ah, Master Aqua?"

Aqua nodded. "Yes. Stay close to me, both of you, and if you see anything that we need to be alert to, let us know, don't just presume we've seen it. If you both are ready, let's get moving." She rolled her shoulders, shifted her grip on her Keyblade, renewed her focus on the powers in it, then nodded and led them down their path, glancing back to make sure they were following.

Rin's attention had been drawn by the cluster of computer terminals, her inner dialogue carefully restricted as she considered the kind of information they might have access to—but, when nodded to, she met Shindou's eyes and nodded back. I'm ready; let's go, she answered, all but stepping forward without waiting for Aqua, her thoughts forcefully routed back on track.

[An automated door slides open to admit them past the few computer terminals stationed outside...to an absolute treasure trove of them waiting on the other side.

This must be something like a control center for Shaw Industries' more heavily classified projects or for internal security or something. In any case, the room is dominated by computer set-ups, all locked and facing a wall taken up entirely by an electronic display. Video feeds show numerous sections of the building's operations: the party going on several floors overhead, a warehouse-like space containing rows of deactivated, black-and-white robots...and Laura's team, elsewhere, under fire from two decidedly more live models. Several other video screens are blacked out with no indication as to why.

Shaw isn't here, but there is an apparent wealth of information ready at the group's fingertips and no obvious resistance coming at them. Whether to press forward or see what they can find remains up to them.]

Seeing the screens Aqua made a hold motion to her team then aimed a mental thought at the leader of Laura's team, through the connected web. "We found what may be what we are looking for, but we see in the screens that you are having difficulty, should we remain here and gather the information or come to your aid, and then all return here together?"

In other words, were they in trouble enough that this team should abort to come to their aid.

"Stay within mission paramters. Attempt to discover Shaw's location. We are fine."

"Understood, inform us if the situation changes." she sent to Laura, then to her own team, "They'll be okay, let's get this done, so we can get everyone out of here safely. I'll guard while you two get what we need."

Which made the most sense, given her ineptitude with technology.

Shindou, sadly, couldn't claim to be a genius with computers, either. But he could at least see how far they'd be able to get before they ran into a wall. Stepping over to one of the central consoles, he tapped two fingers across the touch screen, getting it to flick alive -- to a locked display screen, complete with audio ringing from the overhead speakers:

"ALERT: Submit optical and fingerprint scan now for security authorization."

He frowed and turned back towards Rin. That didn't sound promising.

"Do you have a way to get us past this?"

Great. Looks like there's no time for us to play around. Setting her hands on her hips, she leaned over to take a look at the terminal's screen as well—then ducked downward, pressing her palm flat against the main body of the machine and groping as though trying to find something by touch. Yeah, maybe. You don't have to meet those requirements if you can make a machine think they've already been met.

With a little help from her mutation, in this case. Brow furrowing, she pushed the sounds of the video feed and the other thoughts inside her head aside as best she could, focusing on getting just enough energy running through the silicon hidden inside.

[With a little careful work, Rin will be able to convince the system that its access parameters have been met. The lock-out screen drops away, replaced by a control set-up for the video feeds running overhead. With those unlocked, she'll be able to switch on any of the presently blacked-out screens. There appears to be a control scheme for the facility's security system accessible from here, too, but any attempt to activate it just brings up an entirely new layer of required passwords and clearance. Breaching that one will take some more time...

And the team might not have it, because the doors at either end of the room slide back open at that point. Standing in each one is a vaguely humanoid figure, their black, mesh frames hardly concealing the wiring beneath. But the smooth, glinting metal along their arms will be familiar to anyone who's seen the cybernetic implants the Friends of Humanity have recently been using.

One whips its attachment in the direction of where Rin and Shindou are standing, sending a sudden, hissing blast of air their way, easily strong enough to throw a grown adult off their feet. The other, coming in from the doorway the team entered from, picks out Aqua and rushes towards her to throw a punch with one heavy, metallic hand. It's fast and packing enough force that getting caught by the blow would be a seriously bad idea.]

Aqua glances back just enough to see the one bearing down on the others. "DOWN!" she ordered them. Rather than take her own advice, she phased out, using the borrowed power of intangibility. The inspiration hit her when the blow would have. She didn't know if it would work, and if she messed up it would HURT... but she had to finish this quick to get back and help the other two.

As the hand moved through her, she slammed a hand into her arm to activate her armor. Then as she had practiced when she took the power, she pulled the intangibility off of the armor. Trapping, she hoped, the arm in her armor. It would need to be repaired. And then, if it all worked... she called upon another borrowed power, and sent electricity along the outer surface of the outer armor, as she stepped back out of it. HOPEFULLY the thing would fall fried...

The more delicate of a touch she needed, the greater the chance Rin would misstep and fry the machine altogether. Better to take the simplest option first and work from there, then. Straightening, Rin lifted a hand to switch on the other monitors—only to be interrupted as the doors slid apart behind them.

"Damn—!" Automatically, she shouted as she dove to the ground, her hand already buried in the pocket of her uniform before she hit the floor. With a swing of her arm, she sends a piece of quartz skidding across the floor, the crystal bursting in her robotic attacker's path with a thunderclap of light and sound. Hopefully, that would be enough force to unbalance it, but—

Shindou had only a split second to hit the floor as the blast whipped their way, flinging everything not bolted into the computer terminals straight for the far wall. Crouched behind a desk, he leaned around to look in the direction of their assailants. Some kind of cybernetics? Aqua appeared to have taken care of the one easily enough, but who knew how readily the one that had attacked the two of them would go down - or how many more of the things might be coming after it?

For now, chancing his power boost cutting off communication was still too risky, but they had to act fast.

"Rin, take care of the computer! We can handle this one - " he insisted, rising off the floor and bolting out in front of the second construct's path. If he could take its aim off Rin and the computer bank and distract it long enough for Aqua to take it down, maybe...?

[The mesh 'bot swinging Aqua's way doesn't get a chance to react. Its blow meets only air as she phases through the punch, and then it gives a jolt as its arm is locked into place. An instant later, electricity floods back across it and the ill-concealed wires within its frame begin to spark and smoke. It doesn't drop to the floor, but it does waver on its feet, unthreatening, as though it's barely keeping itself together. Soon enough, its interior is steadily catching flame - including the arm trapped inside Aqua's armor.

Across the room, Rin's projectile is enough to stagger the second 'bot, throwing it back towards the door, but not to take it off its feet. It rights itself with a creaking, clicking noise, and then that changes into twin, shrieking whistles as its arms snap forward to throw a pair blast, aimed in Aqua and Shindou's direction.]

Once the 'bot started sparking up, Aqua withdrew her armor and delivered a kick to the thing's midsection to knock it away, spinning in the kick so she could see the other situation.

No time to knock the thing aside, she dives for Shindou, trying to knock him to the ground, trying to land atop him, to shield him from the blow. Retaliation could come after.

Scrambling back to her feet, Rin felt her teeth grit together, but even as thoughts of I can overload it, if I just get close enough flitted through her mind, she did as told. This wouldn't be the first time others had covered her back while she went to work, after all.

First thing was first, though. All the monitors went on, Rin flicking each option in rapid succession. With that done, she immediately dropped into a crouch again, neck craning back to watch the screens above as her hand slipped along the machine below.

"Ah!"

Aqua hit Shindou before the blast could, and they toppled to the floor together right as it gusted over them. Even then, with the thing wielding both of its arms at them, the resulting wind was nearly enough to threaten to pick them up from the floor and fling them for the nearest wall. Shindou pressed himself down as firmly as he could, letting loose a tense growl.

Damn it, that hadn't been any good. He'd barely been able to distract it, and now he was in no position to fight back...!

[All of the monitors light up as one, revealing the entirety of the floor of the complex that their team is one. There's no direct sign of Shaw, but Rin will be able to watch as Laura's team faces off against a distressing number of robotic guards and as Toushirou's runs a gauntlet of mechanized traps. Without access to the security controls yet, however, there's little she can do but watch...

And the remaining 'bot doesn't feel like letting her get any further. As soon as Aqua and Shindou hit the floor, its attention turns again, and its arms began to swing, as it prepared to throw a series of rapid-fire gusts her way.]

As soon as Shindou was down, Aqua triggered her armor. onto him, then sprung up to try and crash into the last 'bot. Arms out for a tackle, she launched herself at it, pulling the keyblade into herself. She focused on not phasing out, but let the electricity run rampant across her flesh, and hopefully in to the bot.

Rin, for her part, jerked away from the terminal as the robot turned towards her. Couldn't throw something its way with that wind, couldn't clear the distance to short it out herself in time—she'd have to weather the gusts. She hit the floor again, putting her back to the machine behind her in an attempt to keep herself from being blown about like a rag doll.

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