Event Coordination: Mission 156

[soul_mods]

Hot on the heels of the first one comes the second of three missions to destroy the Madness Emitters producing the worst of the Madness outside the city! And where the first one took your characters to deep, dank caves, this one will instead see them far, far above the ground.

The second of three Madness Emitters is located in Lake Tahoe, just on the border of Nevada and California. Specifically, it's been placed on the summit of Heavenly Mountain, which is home to a ski resort that was closed down less than a year ago due to suddenly unmanageable weather conditions. These effects were thought to be due to the rising levels of Madness everywhere, but now it's clear that it's because it was actually turned into an epicenter for the Wavelength.

Once transported to the slopes via mirror, the mission's objective is simply to reach the top by any means possible, defeating any hostiles along the way, and to destroy the Emitter proper.

The mission at a glance:
► The second of three missions will take place on the IC/OOC dates of March 27th/September 28th. This day change will last an entire week, to allow players the time to finish threads without having to rush!
► It will be classified as a 3-star mission, but like the last one, there will be a place for experienced and inexperienced pairs.
► Unpartnered fighters are welcome to join the fight again, and will be given mundane weapons to use if they don't have their own. They'll be able to take down threats that are NEITHER kishin eggs nor Witches, but will be ICly required to stay off the higher slopes.
► There will be a thread specifically for medics, and as always, they are free to act as runners/back-up muscle if they wish.
► Kishin eggs may be either NPCed by the player, or there will be volunteers available to stand-in if requested. See below!

What can my characters expect to face?
► Very snowy conditions, and an unnatural temperature of 15° F (-9° C) which will approach levels below 0° F (-18° F) the further you climb up the slope. Heavenly Mountain is at a base elevation of 6450 feet, with the mountain itself rising some 3500 feet on its own. Characters unused to high altitudes may find themselves tiring easily.
► In addition to the usual fauna that's been corrupted by the high levels of Madness (bears, mountain lions, and small pack of coyotes in this case) you can expect to find kishin egg yeti on the higher slopes. The almost tank-like yeti will be very difficult for inexperienced pairs to take down on their own, so these characters will be ICly required to avoid them (but not necessarily OOCly required…)
► The snowstorm itself is as much an obstacle. Visibility will be low, of course, and it tends to make some people see things that aren't actually there. The intense levels of Madness will only exacerbate the problem. The slopes are dotted with abandoned cabins and resort buildings to find and take shelter from the storm should it become unbearable, but watch your step -- there are no guardrails!
► There are several ways to get up the slopes: you can use the series of old lifts, if they don't look too rickety from disuse. You can play it safe with snowshoes. Or if you manage to stumble across one of the snowmobiles the ski patrols used to use and get it to work, that'd certainly do the trick…
► It's been confirmed that there is a Witch helping guard the summit, in response to the first Emitter's capture. The nature of her powers is currently unknown, but she is to be considered a major threat and avoided accordingly. Characters will not be able to go toe-to-toe with the Witch should they encounter her; the only option will be survival. Good thing your fearless leader's going to be joining you guys on this one, right?

Rewards:
3 Meister points / souls (for Meisters and Weapons, respectively)
750D$ per person
Weapons may choose not to eat their souls, but they cannot be traded amongst each other.
In order for your characters to receive the awards, you must at least provide a summary of what happened on the Mission Board (apologies for the confusion on the last discussion post!) A direct link to the thread you should reply to on the Board will be provided in the comments below.

You may use this post for pre-log plotting, putting together temporary pairs, and for volunteering to help NPC kishin eggs. Happy plotting!

Comments

QUESTIONS

[soul_mods]

Re: QUESTIONS

[sayatakagi]

For those who are partned up, can they still get a mundane weapon? I know they won't work on Kishin and Witches, but if during a battle the pair gets separated, having a mundane weapon would still give them some protection, at least towards the mutated animals (i may be plotting something like that to happen, so I need to know.)

KISHIN EGG NPC VOLUNTEERS

[soul_mods]

Sign up here if you'd like to help NPC for us should we need it!

[adun_toridas]

I can do the Kishin NPC again!

MISSION BOARD

[soul_mods]

[HERE]

All characters/pairs planning to attend the mission must sign up here. Be sure to use the new "Game-Wide Missions" form provided!

Yuri Petrov is in d'a Medic Tent!

[hand_of_judgement]

So Yuri will be going again to help out, regardless of the injuries he's still healing from the previous emitter mission.

Anyone want to get some CR with my boy?

Also, he'll be available to anyone who wants to get their characters injured as well!

[bloodinbloom]

Hello! She'd like some CR... That being character related shenanigans and not CR... Oooh geez that sounds awkward.

[pure_lineage]

Sephiroth will be going. He'll be both fighting with Cloud (once they get beyond the crazy critters), and fighting by himself.

Anyone want to run into the loveable ex-General?

[motherofthesun]

Now that I think about it HIIII!

[aiursfavoredson]

There's no show without a ten foot tall alien now, is there?

He's an unpartnered Meister who has the Soul Speak ability. Anyone interested in temporarily partnering up with him for this battle? :D

[topgun_textiles]

Kanji and his partner Tifa are there! However, the weather conditions could lead to his getting separated for potential pllllots.

Lezard is an unpartnered Weapon, a spellbook capable of granting his Meister the ability to cast spells of a certain element depending on the nature of the soul. This includes fire, which could come in handy, but he needs a really 'fiery' Meister to pull it off!

[pishirogane]

Potential plots you say?

[pishirogane]

Naoto will most likely be going with Minato, but there are potential openings for plots.

Amaterasu is fluffy and in charge... and I don't know who she's going with (Waka??).

Rosalia is new and most likely not going. She'll be helping the medics though.

[halfbakedfruitcake]

derp I'm not failing at all.

Anyway. I wouldn't mind Waka going with Ammy, but I'm sort of interested in forcing him to experience Madness this time, so... Either they get separated or meet up later?

Also uh... Do you still want to backtag the old mission? I'm just kind of trying to catch up with everything and start new things...

[feelsgoodinyou]

Yami Bakura will be having his hands full with not only a lazy Weapon who'll want to get carried all the time because it's cold outside of Weapon-form, but also a broken snow mobile and maybe also a Yeti to top it all off. If you'd like to run into him (or him and the other Bakura since they're going together again what is that sanity thing you speak of ) let me know!

Hades: Will be going on his own. Anyone want to rescue a freezing Weapon out of the snow? He's a Meteor Hammer who can resonate with almost everyone with the small drawback that doing so will make the Meister hypersensitive to their fears.

[shiromadoushi]

Hey hey hey, he's not lazy! It's self preservation with the crazy way Bathead drives! And practical to save a step in case they crash into encounter a kishin! Jerk!

Truce, what truce?

[crs01]

CR-S01 will be with the medics unless plot surfaces that would pull him away from that. He is a Meister, but he has not discovered his abilities yet.

Winters....I have no idea XD His Meister isn't around at the present. He may or may not go. Killing would do him some good though.

[adun_toridas]

I have both Zeratul and Barricade to throw out there!

Both will be fine with a temporary partner for the mission, but Barricade'll wind up being kind of useless if it gets too cold. Robots and extreme cold don't really mix well!

[3rdbest]

Matt is an unpartned Weapon. His Weapon form is of a Portal gun, who can shoot regular bullets and his weapon ability is forming Portals.

[silicomb]

insert inappropriate/appropriate gun innuendos here

sup stripes

[timelessummoner]

Raidou will be going with Alucard, but if anyone else wants him, I'm open for stuff!

I'm not sure what Waka will be doing, but I'd be interested in getting him to experience Madness this time, since last time he had Ammy protecting him from it. I think that might make the war a little more personal for him and thus get him more involved.

[ih8spiders]

Kurapika will be at the medic tent! And... actually could I ask the volunteers to sound off here... or ask for their opinions on turning the medic subthread into a mingling more like trial by fire thing for the newcomers... I know that Yuri, Rosalia, and CR-S01 will be there. Anyone else? :D

[ghostofaqueen]

Sarah Kerrigan will be there, less a medic and more a guard considering what happened last time. She's good at nerve pinching patients so they lay relatively still too :|

[nofarplaneyet]

Auron is an unpartnered Meister who wouldn't mind a temporary pairup with a Weapon or if you just want some old man to hang around during the mission let me know.

Alucard will be paired up with Raidou fighting yetis but is also up for plotting in other threads.

Zero is an unparternered Weapon, a Beam Saber, who would want to fight! He just might slide way more on the ice and snow as befits all Mega Man series characters.

[morecowbell]

Nanami is very interested in trying out a mission, she'd be looking for someone to partner with who seems seasoned and well... Auron seems to fit that bill pretty well!

She's a scimitar with speed and agility abilities. Let me know if you'd like to team up!

[iceontheground]

Second mission, same(ish) as the first! Gray is totally up for going on another one, especially since this one is on a SNOWY MOUNTAIN! Expect to see stripping. He's still unpartnered, so he'll be staying around the lower areas.

[aiursfavoredson]

Hey! Would you be interested in temporarily partnering up Gray with Tassadar for this mission? :)

[scribes]

Disciple will be coming along on this mission. She will eventually find Flora and they are going to be perma partners down the line, but given that Flora's weapon for requires speech Disciple will be unable to wield her then.

So if anyone would be interested in a temp partnership, or to just come across her let me know :>

[redhairedknight]

I'd like to have Erza get involved with this, given that most of the time I tend to not see the posts announcing these missions. She's an unpartnered Weapon, so she'll be stuck to the lower slopes, but I'd like to find a temporary partner for her if at all possible.

[ritsu_kouyou]

I plan on Akiha getting separated from her partner at some point thanks to the snow she's not used to dealing with. She can cross paths with Ezra while searching for Sion and perhaps temporarily partner up for a short bit of time.

...I don't think they'll resonate well as Akiha is like the most difficult Meister ever, but it'd be fun.

[computations]

Sion and her partner Akiha will be going on this. Sion has no idea how to deal with snow thanks to living in the middle of the desert in Egypt. Akiha probably has a better idea but hahaha, not all that much better.

Both of us are up for plotting stuff.

[ritsu_kouyou]

They need to get separated at some point when Akiha loses grip on the staff thanks to the ice and cold. And, like, lose her down an embankment or something that puts them out of reach.

[heretic_hamlet]

Oh hell yes. Lookin' to pass around Ramza for this one too! He's a polearm/battle standard, currently without an official meister. If anyone wishes to run across him or wield him, I'd love to get some more CR going!

[hand_of_judgement]

Hmm the only options I have are Tassadar (Meister) and Sephiroth (Weapon) out in the battlefield, unless Ramza gets injured, then I have Yuri Petrov over in the medics area xD;

Interested in any of them?

[splinterstrider]

Dirk here is an as-of-yet unpartnered Meister who I'd love to get a temporary partnership for this mission. Any Weapons who want a partner for this one, ring me up!

[recreant_pride]

Cybele is definitely going on this mission. How could she refuse beating up a Witch?

I'll be throwing her around at people rather than having her own thread. If anyone wants anything specific, hit me up here. Otherwise I'll be tagging any open threads I can with her o/

[ninjainviolet]

Throwing Sheena into this.

She's an unpartnered whip-type Weapon with an unknown elemental ability.

However, I'll probably have her down below with others whacking away at the dangers with the sword she carries for the Watch. Cold really doesn't bother her too much initially, but if she's out in it too long, even she'll start complaining.

[prosecutory]

Edgeworth is going on Mission Numero Dos and is relieved that he does not have to be in a bunch of tight underground caves.

He will be going with Genesis as usual, and we'll just be locking in a summary. BUT if any of you guys need Edgeworth, just give me a holler.

...

All that shouting of his may or may not cause a minor avalanche. Don't worry, no one will get hurt (except Edgeworth's ego and earthquake phobia because OMG THE GROUND IS SHAKING oh that was only the snow).