A Sinister Legacy [PART 2] [OPEN]

[astonishing_xmods]

WHO: Students and faculty of the Institute, plus some unfortunate SHIELD agents caught in the crossfire
WHAT: Sinster did something, ah... sinister... to Martha, and now the school security systems are attacking anyone and everyone that might interfere with his um... sinister... plans.
WHERE: The Institute
WHEN: STILL ON THE 25TH. TRUST US.
WARNING(S): Violence hooooo

As a reminder, there are THREE ways to be involved with this event:

1. Help the SHIELD agents on the front lawn survive against the school security systems! This will be combat heavy and will involve NPC assists from Nick Fury

2. Help protect other students, and those who can't fight, get to safe places! Not every section of the school is as automated as others and there are places that Sinister's infection of the security systems hasn't reached. This can be combat heavy or not at all, and will involve NPC assists from Storm

3. HELLIONS your girl No Girl needs help. Also the Professor and Logan. Your job is to head to the sublevels and break in to the most heavily secured area of the school and stop whatever is causing things to go haywire, and possibly stop Sinister himself from whatever he has planned. As usual, you will be assisted by Emma.

Comments

[spes_phthisica]

[With more tactical training, maybe Souji could be made to focus his powers on the 'eyes' of the canons as well - that is, if he knew where they are. As it is, he only has aggressive retaliation for whatever is fired at him.

But it's not as if the heightened state he's in makes him incapable of critical thinking - in a very specialized sense, it's rather the opposite. The further he pushes his power, the further he realizes that he can see large parts of the battle, all of it hanging together like machinery.

He just doesn't know what to do with it. So he does the one thing that comes most naturally to him, landing next to Hijikata after taking a leap off a canon. Giving his sleeve a tug, he mutely points out the weapons that are going to go off next close to them, one after the other.]

[koukai_kirai]

[Part of him, irrationally overprotective, wants to scold Souji for being out here.]

[But really, shouldn't he be? The threat out here isn't human, and Souji's always more of a threat to the things around him than vice versa. He's about as unlikely as anyone to get hurt, and his strength could be of real use. This is no place for his personal feelings.]

Get around behind them and take them down. Go.

[He, meanwhile, stays more or less where he is -- anticipating and dodging the shots, but keeping the attention of the motion sensors on him.]