TEAM ETHANOL LOG

[recollecters]

TEAM ETHANOL

After that strange Retrospec post, you may be wondering how to contact this "technician". Luckily, your phone or whatever device you have handy to check the network chooses that exact second to go haywire... Team Ethanol roster: Almedha, Augustine Sycamore, Chuuya Nakahara, Heine Rammsteiner, Izumi Sena, Kazuma Kiryu, Nui Harime, Peko Pekoyama, Rosalind Lutece, Weiss Schnee, Yukiko Amagi, Zaveid. On whatever device you use to view the retrospec application, you may note the following scrolling on the screen instead of the usual options: ALERT: CRITICAL TIME-SPACE ANOMALY ACTIVE. SEARCHING FOR ADMIN... SEARCHING FOR ADMIN... DESIGNATED ADMIN CANDIDATE: EMPLOYEE #91962 M. MAHONEY PLEASE INPUT AUTHORIZATION CODE. The prompt does not seem to be for you, however, as the text prompts continue to scroll, this time with some input. > ********************** ACCEPT ADMIN STATUS Y/N? > y DESIGNATE PROGRAM TO RUN. PLEASE BE ADVISED WE ARE SYSTEM CRITICAL. > run subroutine designation echolocation-alpha CONFIRMED. EMPLOYEES ACTIVE IN AREA: 2 > list employees EMPLOYEES ACTIVE: M. FITZWILLIAM LEVEL 0 ACCESS, INTERN M. MAHONEY FULL SYSTEM ACCESS, ADMIN > search for alternative assets CONFIRMED. SENDING ALTERNATIVE ASSET LIST. Names scroll by on the screen. and look, there goes yours! It seems like someone is manually picking and choosing from a list of every Retrospec user who didn't disappear into the void, and several names queue up. > initialize support team CONFIRMED. TEAM DESIGNATION? > ethanol CONFIRMED. TEAM ETHANOL MISSION PARAMETERS? PLEASE BE ADVISED SYSTEM ENERGY LEVELS ARE CRITICALLY LOW. > make contact with sysadmin > contact point entrance 6 > temporary access level 1 granted CONFIRMED. MISSION PARAMETERS SET. TEMPORARY ACCESS LEVEL 1 GRANTED. The screen clears itself, and instead of the familiar retrospec logo, there is simply TEAM ETHANOL as a designation. the application will refuse to show anything other than a map, with one point highlighted in red. it is, of course, up to team members to decide whether or not they approach the access point. Team Ethanol's access point is in the Recollé Graveyard. Team members will find the grave of "G. Mahoney" will move aside to reveal catacombs so long as they approach it in groups of two or more team members. Only Team Ethanol team members can see or enter the catacombs at this time. Please see the Objective 1 toplevel for more information on what they can see when they travel further down the tunnels. This is the Team Ethanol Event Log. You are free to toplevel and thread as you choose on this log, but only team members may utilize this log. Important links to mod toplevels are: Mod Questions & Participation Reporting. Please be aware you are responsible for reporting your own participation & objective completion efforts with links; the moderators will try to keep up with threads, but as we are currently running several teams with participation, we require you to keep us up to date! Please read each of the toplevels and instructions! The schedule for Team Ethanol is as follows: WEEK 1: Objective 1; CLEAR: M. Mahoney WEEK 2: Objective 2; IC mission briefing; CLEAR: W. Guo WEEK 3: Objective 3; IC mission briefing 24th: Objective 3 closes (8PM EST), Final city-wide log posted (9PM EST) Objectives will be given in mod toplevels to this post with instructions; please check the log currently for Objective 1 to see how this will work. NPC interactions will be rnged from your team roster once per week, and toplevels for those will also be posted, although all team members can hear/see these interactions!

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zaveid and chuuya vs demon wolf; week 3

[sivard]

[Maybe he shouldn't wander off from the group, but sometimes you just have to wander around unreality to see what you can find. At least he has a companion with him right now, right? Clearly nothing can go wrong.

Thank god he remembered the sword.]

...Forgot to ask, you have any weapon on you in case we run into trouble?

[With how weird this place has been, you never know.]

[doublesmall]

[chuuya pulls a pretty damn big knife from its sheath at his side, twirling it casually.]

'Course I do. [paired up or not, it's apparently best to assume this place is dangerous until proven otherwise-- but honestly, he's had this thing on him from day one.] There's this thing, and then there's breaking the laws of gravity, so- don't freak out if that happens.

[at least he gets a warning... it's a step up from just pulling someone sideways onto walls.

speaking of walls: a faint sound echoes along them, further down their chosen hall. was that a growl?]

[sivard]

Good, good.

[..Well. Maybe not the breaking the laws of gravity.]

Wait, what?

[And then he hears the growl and freezes listening carefully. He takes all of one step towards the noise when there's a loud, ominous howl from somewhere ahead of them.]

[doublesmall]

[he's about to find out about that gravity thing, because at that howl, chuuya hops up-- he lands upside down on the ceiling, knife still in hand.]

I'll try to get the drop on whatever the hell that is.

[sounds like it already knows they're there, though, but hopefully it's not expecting an attack from above.

there's a faint light ahead as it draws closer to check out the source of the scent it's picking up, and chuuya nods down at his companion.]

I say we don't let it make the first move. You in?

[sivard]

[He looks up at the guy, open-mouthed, looking kind of amazed, but it's short-lived, because there's another growl, as apparently the creature has finally decided to charge, thankfully not immediately launching into an attack.]

Sounds good. You want to get the jump on it?

[...Apparently Zaveid is offering to be bait.]

[doublesmall]

Hell yes I do, if you wanna get its attention.

[chuuya grins down at him, shifting a bit to the side to make himself a little less obvious; his grip tightens on the knife as the wolf creature finally makes its appearance, and holy shit, that thing is Not Normal.

it snarls and lunges forward at zaveid, and chuuya will be ready to jump down onto its back once it's distracted with its new prey!]

[sivard]

[This is probably really stupid, considering he has absolutely no abilities of his own, and only relies on the sword, and even that isn't much-- but good god, he doesn't think he needs actual magic to know he needs to stay the fuck away from the terrifying wolf creature with... are those tentacles? Christ.

He jumps away from it, sword raised.]

C'mere, Wolfy!

[To which the wolf responds by shooting a fireball out of its mouth that Zaveid has to somersault out of the way from.]

Holy hell, this thing isn't messing around!

[doublesmall]

[holy fuck it shoots fire?? okay. okay, this is more than chuuya expected.

but now that it's distracted, he jumps into action, dropping heavily onto its back with an audible thump that sounds louder than it should. the wolf makes a pained little yowl, then snarls loudly as chuuya's knife slices through several of those tendrils on the back of its neck.

now that it knows he's there, though, a few of those tendrils lash out at him, one wrapping around his left arm and shocking him with that black lightning.]

Shit-!

[ow. okay, fuck this wolf. after he's had a moment to catch his breath from the shock, chuuya calls down a little breathlessly:]

Watch... watch out for the tentacles!

[sivard]

[Well this is significantly not good, so Zaveid does about the only thing he can do, and readies his sword, trying to lure it back to him. He's not sure what he can do about this, but by god is he going to try.]

I'll do my best!

Damn, how the hell are we supposed to kill this thing?

[doublesmall]

Fuck if I know! Stab it a lot?

[that comes as he slices irritably through the tentacle that shocked him, and he goes to work trying to cut off more of them; there are a lot, but if he can make enough of an opening to drive his knife into the wolf's neck...

meanwhile, it's smacking him around with them, trying to wrap them around him, and he's focused on slicing the ones coming for him.]

Get it in the stomach or the chest or something!

[sivard]

On it!

[It looks like the wolf is distracted, so Zaveid does the intelligent thing and charges right at it. Maybe they'll get an advantage if it's distracted by an attack from two fronts?]

[doublesmall]

[chuuya, meanwhile, is still busy with those tentacles-- he uses his free hand to grab a few in his fist and yank, shifting gravity to pull harder on them and tear them out. the thing howls angrily and twists to the side to try to bite at the enemy on its back, chest glowing again as more of those tendrils shock chuuya for his trouble.

he can probably get a hit or two off before this thing shoots fire again, though, especially since it's not aimed directly at zaveid at the moment! go forth and stab.]

[sivard]

[Man, he feels bad about this.

Sorry, frightening-looking wolfy. Maybe if you weren't tryin to kill them. So stab he will! It probably won't hit the wolf's heart, but it is definitely going to feel the sword stabbing it, uh.

Hopefully he can get away in time!]

[doublesmall]

[there's another loud, pained howl, and the wolf turns its attention toward zaveid! definitely time to get out of the way before it unleashes that fire.

chuuya's definitely worn down from that second shock and the tendrils smacking him, but when its attention shifts, he quickly drives his knife down into the thing's neck now that he's cleared some of the thick bunch of tendrils blocking him from its hide. it doesn't quite stop the wolf from firing, but the blast goes a little off-target, so if zaveid wasn't fast enough he may just get grazed by it.

it'll try charging again after that, but it's getting worn down as well from having its weird tentacle things ripped off and also being stabbed, so it's not quite as fast.]

Just-- hang on a sec, alright, I think... I can get its eyes--

[sivard]

[Zaveid lets out a loud curse, managing to dive out of the way at the last minute. His shirt is a little singed, but he's alive, thank god.

His sword is... gross looking, but at least he still has the thing.]

Let me know if I need to get another strike in.

[He's breathing heavily, but this is... well. Exciting in a way it probably shouldn't be.]

[doublesmall]

Yeah, sure-

[he's not going to waste his breath on talking too much, busy clambering up towards the thing's face; its eyes don't seem to be in the right places, making it a bit harder, but he manages to reach forward and drive the blade into an eye-like spot, then another.

which seems to work, at least! the remaining tendrils lash out at him harder, shocking him with more crackles of dark lightning, but it's also hurting enough that it rears up, exposing more of its chest and underbelly.]

-now!

[he's clinging desperately to the knife embedded in this thing's face, please kill it before it throws him off]

[sivard]

On it!

[He rushes at it, trying to hit the center of the creature's chest, hoping his aim is true.

It really doesn't seem like they're going to get many more chances.]

[doublesmall]

[there's another howl from the creature, almost keening this time, as it starts to light up again... then it starts to slump down. looks like that hit got it in the right spot, and chuuya rolls off the thing as it falls to the floor, still crackling and smoking.

once the body dissipates, his knife is left behind, but he doesn't make a move to get up and grab it just yet. give him a minute, lightning sucks.]

Not... not bad. You're pretty decent with that thing, huh?

[sivard]

[Give him a moment to catch his breath.

Damn, that did not go exactly the way he was expecting. At least they're both okay.]

Took kendo for a while. Not that I was really using any actual moves, but it... helps.

[He lets out a loud sigh.]

I'd really like to know where the hell these creatures are all coming from.

[doublesmall]

Beats the hell out of me. The technical stuff behind all this unreality business isn't really my thing, you know?

[chuuya picks himself up with a groan, picking his knife back up and sheathing it, then leaning against the wall to prop himself up.]

Long as it keeps coming, though, guess we just have to keep killing it.

[sivard]

You and me both. I don't really care about the how and the why so much as I care about how the hell we put an end to it.

[Another sigh.]

At least that's over with, I guess. Hopefully we're not about to run into another one of those things.

[doublesmall]

Don't jinx us, geez...

[he shakes his head, with a breathless little huff of a laugh. please don't go summoning more tentaclewolves on them.

-and then he winces, because ok, laughing is a bad idea apparently. thanks, wolf.]

Shit. I'm gonna go see if Yukiko's busy. Watch your back out here, alright?

[sivard]

Yeah, will do.

[They really don't need anything else to go wrong.]