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

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.

[hand_of_judgement]

That would be great! And never awkward LOL

Is there anything specific that you'd like to aim for with either your character or what happens? :3

[bloodinbloom]

Ajhslsakjhsa

Nope! Nothing specific! I would say fend off a Kishin egg ambush attempt, but they probably can't reach the Medics...

[hand_of_judgement]

Nope, but there are madness affected animals that could happen, or we could NPC someone being heavily affected by madness that they have to deal with/help? :D

[bloodinbloom]

Either/or sounds good!

[hand_of_judgement]

Hmmm how about we just NPC someone who's heavily affected by madness and go with that this round? :D

I'm more than happy to have something attack, but Yuri would be fairly useless since he's still recovering from injuries he sustained in the last fight. Unless she notices the fact that he's hiding his injury and demands that she check on him?

[bloodinbloom]

Sure!

Well, Rosalia might if the NPC is flailing. Anyway, if he needs a Weapon at any time, she's a... ribbon.

[hand_of_judgement]

Haha well we can see how that goes! Unfortunately he won't willingly partner/resonate with anyone secretive and suspicious bastard, so unless he doesn't know he's about to pick up a Weapon, he won't OTL

[bloodinbloom]

Paranoia is so dangerous sometimes. But yes, we'll see how things go! Just be very careful; her ability is... infectious.

[hand_of_judgement]

Yes it most definitely can be LOL he figures it's safer that way though, in his opinion ;) LOL Infectious, huh?

[bloodinbloom]

But that's what drives people mad.

Well, to the enemy.

[aiursfavoredson]

He was already a little crazy before entering into SC, so it's nothing he isn't used to ;)

LOL well that's an interesting ability, and downright nasty the higher it goes!

[bloodinbloom]

Haha, well, that's good... I think.

Yeaaahhh, it's very unpleasant.

[hand_of_judgement]

lol yes and no, depending on the situation 8D he's more likely to hallucinate than anything else ;)

So it seems haha it sounds like she'll have quite the dilemma when she discovers it, nya?

Re: Yuri Petrov is in d'a Medic Tent!

[awokentospring]

lol would Yuri like his little assistant shinobi again? |D Obito will be doing not so much fighting this time as he'll want to just help handing out hot chocolate to any injured fighters that come back to medic in need of assistance (because screw going out in that kind of weather Dx )!

Re: Yuri Petrov is in d'a Medic Tent!

[hand_of_judgement]

He can always have his young shinobi there to keep him warm in the cold weather... Even with a certain Ghost acting territorial xD make sure that he doesn't get into trouble ;D

How is his injury??

what were you doing autocorrect?? OTL

Re: Yuri Petrov is in d'a Medic Tent!

[awokentospring]

Whoo-hoo~ SCREAM GHOST :3c Obito is the best at babysitting~

It was pretty minor to begin with, so he's pretty much healed up from it besides the scabs. |D

Re: Yuri Petrov is in d'a Medic Tent!

[hand_of_judgement]

Lolol well we can work something out! Want to also thread with his not girlfriend Kerrigan as well? Old eagle eye will be making sure Yuri doesn't do something stupid!

Yuri will be relieved to hear that! He is still recovering from his injuries, so he is still pretty sore xD

Re: Yuri Petrov is in d'a Medic Tent!

[awokentospring]

Yay~ Also, yeah! 8D Obito will remember Kerrigan from when he was first brought into Death City, too, so he'll be feeling confident that between the two of them Yuri won't manage to get away with doing anything dangerous~

Awww, well, Yuri did get the brunt of it XDDD Obito will have to make him tea and stuff, like a good kid, worried over an old man. :|b

[hand_of_judgement]

Haha then that will work out well xDD and would be hilarious! Yuri doesn't have a chaaance. Also, Obito needs to come around and meet Legend as weeeeeeell~~~

He will totally be grudging about accepting it, since he won't want to be impolite, but he also doesn't want anyone to remember that he is injured xD

[awokentospring]

Yes, Yuri is now forever stuck with two very persistent caretakers! |Dc Tee-hee~ YES, Obito got to talk a little with Legend over the communicators (and I'm slow but we're still threading that out) but they need to meet in real life! o9

ha ha ha, Obito is just trying to make up for being negligent in his take of guarding the medics and the med tent. 8|;;;

[hand_of_judgement]

Lmfao he is totally frowning in my head atm at the thought that he needs caretakers xD which I laugh at with all things considered haha! Oooh was totally not stalking that thread.... >.> but yesss to them meeting o3o it would be amazing! And put Legend's mind at ease to find out that Yuri actually has 'friends' xD

Eases he is so cuuuute! We can make sure that he does this time! And while doing it, get to know Yuri and Kerrigan more as well :D and them him xD

[awokentospring]

Pfft, he's such a silly man~ |Dc And I should have suspected that thread would be stalked~ D'awww Papa's worried about you, Yuri! ;u;

YESSSS It'll be great! :D I'm totally looking forward to it~~~

[aiursfavoredson]

Haha that he is! But so loveable as well 8DD and yessssss /puts on her stalker clothes and hides! D'awww he totally is T3T it's so wonderfully angst filled >_>

Me tooooo~~ it's going to be awesome!