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exsithstential ([personal profile] exsithstential) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2015-10-16 07:37 pm
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Boys and girls of every age, Wouldn't you like to see something strange

WHO: Imports
WHERE: Helix Station, Maurtia Falls
WHEN: Evening of 10/16
WHAT: Swear-In Ceremony, with a bonus Haunted House!
WARNINGS: Violence and other spoopy stuff.





The Festival


An orange moon slowly burns into life as the sun begins the last few moment's of it's descent, washing the sky in beautiful splashes of fading twilight hues. The white walls the Helix Station glow in the warm autumn light as throngs of costumed children and their families parade through the large front gate and into the festively decorated courtyard within.

Laughter and squeals of anticipation and delight ring out from the gaggle of children in a never ending chorus as their attentions dance between the kitsch decorations of gremlins and skeletons, to the ImPort Heroes in attendance. But at least the parents and guardians seem to be doing a good job of keeping the beaming or bashful kids from bothering ImPorts too much as you make your way into the facility. Though do be prepared for an autograph request or three. Unlike some of the previous Swear-Ins, this is no media circus. While there may be a reporter or two in the crowd, asking for a few quick shots with imports and their adoring fans, this gathering is for you and your new rosy cheeked best friends. Just a bit of seasonal fun and the added benefit of helping a local children's hospital by contributing to their charity.

STALLS

Colorfully decorated stalls line the exterior of the courtyard, offering the attendees a wide variety of activities, entertainment, and gifts. While most of the stalls are managed by groups or individual imports contributing with their time and goodwill (mostly), several also offer refreshments and snacks manned by droids or volunteers from the hospital staff or children's family.

A few honorable mentions of ImPort run stalls:

-Hazel and the Doctor's Face Paintings
-Kanaya and Helena's Fangtastic Bobbing for Apples
-Manolo and Sabriel's Performance Cake Walk
-Stan's Photo Booth of Terror (And extortion)
-Lucifer's Mystic Magic Mirror of Mystery
-Fraiser and Kowalski's Totally Scary Puppy Petting Zoo

And of course there's also a stall with informative pamphlets and a chipper Government representative ready to register any willing imports and talk about the benefits inherent to doing so.

There are also plenty of open stalls if you want to add to festivities!

HAUNTED HOUSE

Just inside the main building, the lobby area and adjacent rooms open into the main area of the Haunted House. Despite the spooky imagery and haunting ambiance, this floor is rather tame. There may be a few motion sensor activated skeletons that pop up and startling the careless, but otherwise it's all kid friendly.

This however is NOT the case with the upper floors. Which prohibit native participation completely. If that doesn't chill your blood then the fact that you have to stop by a booth near the elevator to "check in" and received a warning that only those that are seeking a true test of terror should enter, might.

However the droid representative will NOT offer any additional information to imports, save that all participants will be given thirty minutes to escape before "time is up". They will NOT be telling anyone that:

-Immediately upon exiting the elevator, you will find yourself seeped in power dampening fog, leaving you de-powered.
-That the upper floors are inhabited by wandering animatronics with monstrous appearances that are programmed to hunt the imports trying to find their way out.
-As the thiry minutes tick by, the animatronics will become faster and hunt the imports with more tenacity and ever increasing perception. Early in the hunt it's possible to hide or avoid most animatronics. This becomes less effective as time goes by.
-Any imports that are unable to escape the animatronics will NOT be hurt. When an import is captured they will be hauled to a secret exit which ends in a shoot that deposits the character outside, near Stan's Photo booth. (Who might just have a series of photos depicting your character in various compromising states of terror.) However the participating imports will be unaware of the lack of danger they are in until this happens. Which means you might even see some imports being hauled off kicking and screaming into the darkness.

Imports that manage to evade the animatronics long enough to find their way out of the maze of corridors and rooms will find themselves in the haunted house lobby, where they will be presented with a plush version of one of the monsters that had been hunting them. Not so scary now, huh?

Attack on Helix Station

Just after midnight as the festivities hit full swing, several masked men slip over the wall and into the facility. While mostly concealed, to any ImPorts sharp enough to notice them, it quickly becomes apparent that these men are armed to the teeth and full of bad intentions. Moving with precision, skill before any import can alert the others, the gunmen take up positions to cause as much damage as possible. However as they ready their weapons an alarm blares through out the facility. In that brief moment of confusion the gunmen hesitate. And in the span of that hesitation, several security droids suddenly march out into the facility through side doors hefting snub nosed weapons cradled in their arms.

An electric blue flash suddenly illuminates the courtyard as a blast from one of the droid's stun weapons strikes one of the gunmen, who crumples.

And then chaos erupts.

Seeing them as the clear and present danger the gunmen focus their fire on the advancing security bots, but as several defense turrets pop out from concealed slots in the walls, their position quickly becomes untenable. While strong in numbers, the gunmen scatter into groups through out the facility to take cover. A few of them drop smoke grenades to cover their escape, but the blinding cloud is short lived. As contaminates are detected in the air, several purifiers cleverly disguised within the decorations will activate, drawing in the smoke and laying the terrorists' movements bare.


As the gloom recedes, Revan stalks forward out of the smoke, a sheathed katana clenched in one hand
and his expression blazing as he marches towards the nearest group of soldiers.

"WE ARE UNDER ATTACK!" his voice booms strangely loud, carrying over the entire courtyard with the force and command power of someone used to leading warriors into battle. "IMPORTS!" With a fluid motion he withdraws the sword and tosses the scabbard aside.

Little did these bastards know that they were ready. With a small army of Imports, comprised of RISE and volunteer security forces, at his back Revan gave a flourish of his blade before dashing forward.

"TO ARMS!"

[ooc: More info as well as plotting posts can be found here!]
bindsthedead: (action)

attack

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2015-10-18 03:20 am (UTC)(link)
Kaneda! [Sabriel's choice to wear her armor and surcoat turned out to be a good one. There are Charter marks dancing over her blade, and when she strikes a gunman with the flat of her blade, he goes still- his chest rises and falls, but he doesn't speak, or move a muscle. With little gentleness, Sabriel drags him aside, to rest against the wall like an odd Halloween decoration.]
rassera: (This is the coolest thing)

[personal profile] rassera 2015-10-18 03:36 am (UTC)(link)
[Now there's a voice he recognizes. Kaneda looks over from where he's got a henchman's arm behind his back, watching as Sabriel (in what looks to be pretty badass armor, if he says so himself) does her magic with that blade. In both the figurative and literal sense, because whoa. Even the hitman is a little surprised as they watch, meeting eyes with each other before Kaneda headbutts, sending him down into unconsciousness.

It doesn't take him long to hurry over, dodging a bullet in the meantime. Thannnnk you good luck.]


Sabriel!!

Heh, we've got to stop meeting like this. [Or at least on better circumstances.]
bindsthedead: (Art-Notice; Almost a smile)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2015-10-20 04:45 am (UTC)(link)
I know! [There's equal amounts of exasperation and amusement in her voice- it's easier to keep up the levity when she hasn't felt anyone die.]

You're not hurt already, are you?
rassera: (Goggles)

[personal profile] rassera 2015-10-20 04:52 am (UTC)(link)
[That smile's matched, and he holds up his hands in defense.]

I'm good, I'm good! [Look, he'll even flail his arms to show you they're working correctly.]

Can't say the same for my mood, though. Cause these guys are seriously pissing me off.
bindsthedead: (art-pensive)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2015-10-20 05:26 am (UTC)(link)
Every other swear-in, something happens.

[Sabriel grimaces.]

Still, this isn't as bad as August- no one's died yet, but we need to get everyone inside the main building, and stop these- these idiots.
rassera: (You're joking right)

[personal profile] rassera 2015-10-20 07:05 am (UTC)(link)
[You know, he's starting to think she's right. It seems they have an on-off relationship with these things. Maybe he'll prepare himself for December. He watches as non-imports seem to be scurrying around, frantic from all the chaos.]

It takes a lot to top August.

Still, need a hand? I wouldn't mind shoving it into their faces.
bindsthedead: (action)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2015-10-21 07:21 am (UTC)(link)
I wouldn't object. Let's make sure they understand how insufferable it is to attack people who can't fight back.

[Sabriel's gotten sick of innocent people being casualties in attempted assaults on imPorts. She hates watching people get hurt, feeling them die... And while she has no intention of killing anyone, there's no gentleness in her voice or movements- just controlled anger.]
rassera: (sassy face)

[personal profile] rassera 2015-10-21 08:23 am (UTC)(link)
Was hoping you'd say that!

[Give Kaneda a minute to roll his shoulders, giving that neck a little crack as well as stretching his fingers. It's like he'd been waiting for Sabriel to say that since they met up. And to be honest, it's kind of a nice side to her. Not one he wants to be on the wrong end of, but...

Man, she can sound like a force to be reckoned with.]


After this, we're doing something that isn't a Swear-in bashup.

[He gets in step by her, rolling the cuffs of his gloves up.]
bindsthedead: (art-breath)

[personal profile] bindsthedead 2015-10-22 05:28 am (UTC)(link)
Really? [Sabriel's already rounding on another man, reaching into the Charter for another set of marks- and the man's rifle flies out of his grip, landing near Sabriel, who ignores it as she lunges forward sword first- stopping with her blade inches from the man's throat.]

Put your hands in the air. As a member of RISE, I'm placing you under arrest.

[The man complies- and then goes completely still as Sabriel touches his neck, laying down another mark of immobility, before she turns back to Kaneda.]

This is hardly the time to be making plans, but I wouldn't object.
rassera: (I've got an idea...)

[personal profile] rassera 2015-10-27 03:38 am (UTC)(link)
[Kaneda simply watches, bending down to pick up the rifles and look them over while Sabriel handles the dirty work. Certainly not his usual weight, but he wouldn't object to having the item along if no one's going to tell him different. Slinging one around his shoulder, he inspects the other, giving a small smirk at hearing the authority in her voice.

Hate to be arrested by her, that's for sure.

When he's immobilized, he looks back at her, cocking that same lopsided smirk.]


After, then.