Part One of Three: SEARCH PARTIES // HOSTAGES - Pre-battle prep

[nishimono.livejournal.com]

[You've all searched long and hard to get here--a strange manor surrounded by thick forests and right near the mountains that encompass Paradisa's castle. It's old-looking and you can't quite place the architecture...and it has an oddly empty feel to it. It certainly doesn't look like the place where a guts-eating monster would be dwelling, nor where she'd kidnap and torture people. But appearances can certainly be deceiving...

Now that everyone involved knows where she is, it's time to converge and figure out a battle plan.]


[[ooc; First off: PLOT TIME LINE
Second: OOC POST ABOUT TODAY
Third: BATTLE SIGN-UPS

These are all super-important!! Make sure you read these and join the plot chat: gonnabeanhero

Alright guys, go at it!

Hostages
Faildown (Allen & Dick exclusive)
Search parties
   Team 1 on route (groups can threadhop between themselves if you want them to run into each other. LITERALLY TAG ANYWHERE DIS JUST BE A GUIDELINE)
   Team 2 on route
   Team 3 on route
   Team 4 on route
   Air Support on route
   Misc. People involved who have no be officially placed in a team on route (Those in search parties are free to tag here & run into/pick these people up)
   Help via Castle
Everyone converges (you can comment here at any time!)
   Tim arrives with an important message!
   A rendezvous has been set!

Start commenting at your leisure! The battle post will not go up until later today. BACKTAGGING HERE WILL BE IMPORTANT]]

Comments

Re: TEAM TWO: Sylar, Ianto Jones, 7 (& a cat), Jr.

[heroslayer]

[miiiiight have taken to flying, even if he's not going any faster than the rest of his group can keep up -- it just makes him feel more useful. probably because he's convinced he can better see an attack coming if one does come or ... something]

[variare.livejournal.com]

[ is pretty grateful for having that extra high vantage point, since this isn't exactly the tallest team of them all. he's keeping a sharp eye out while they move, one hand on the holster of a gun ]

[heroslayer]

[calls down to him:] See anything?

[and no, he's not being a jerk and mocking Jr.'s height -- he's genuinely curious. probably not the smartest idea to start shouting if there's the potential of an attack, but ... if he gets shot at or whatever, he'll survive.]

[variare.livejournal.com]

[ shakes his head ]

Too many damn trees around here for something to hide behind.

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[7 takes Ruffian and explores ahead/behind/anywhere off their main trajectory to make sure nothing is missed. She may disappear from time to time, but never wanders out of earshot.

Hearing Sylar call down to Jr., she returns to check in]

Nothing, yet.

[[ooc: at work, so forgive my lag!]]

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

[the unofficial member of the team, Peter is currently totally ignoring Sylar]

I think a little farther this way. [turns in some random direction and pushes farther into the trees]

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[Taps Ruffian to guide him after Peter, heading a little farther ahead and tangenting off from time to time in different directions, checking everything]

Re: TEAM TWO: Sylar, Ianto Jones, 7 (& a cat), Jr. - thread jump is go!

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Sylar!

[Calling to him from his horse, having gone off a bit from his own group to see if any of the others have had better luck seeing something or found a better path (not that there were that many ways to approach]

[variare.livejournal.com]

[ looks over at ashura, remembering him from before, and wondering...WHAT ARE YOU DOING AWAY FROM YOUR GROUP MAN. just in case sylar can't hear him since he's kinda up there, he looks up ]

Hey man! You got a visitor!

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[It's kind of a thing from being a general. He doesn't stay in one place, and communication is key and since they don't have walkies or anything and he's not a telepath...

He smiles at Junior and nods.]

Jr., good to see you. I thought I'd come over and see if you guys have picked up on anything worth reporting back to my group.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

[um hey he knows this voice, so he butts in]

Ashura? You know Sylar?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[Blinks, recognizing the other's voice as well and offers another smile, clicking and shifting so his horse prances sideways for a moment so Ashura can clearly see Peter.]

Oh yes. I taught him how to ride a horse before all of this broke out. I hope we can continue the lessons once we've rescued everyone. He's a sweet man.

[variare.livejournal.com]

[ laughs ]

Teaching someone who can fly how to ride a horse? That's new! Horse riding is fun, though. Woulda been left flat on my ass during the expedition without one.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

[stares for a minute because "sweet man" and "Sylar" should not exist together]

..Right. Well, I think we still need to get closer; we haven't found anything, and I haven't been able to pick up on anyone.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Pick up on anyone?

[He cocks a brow, and he rather does think Sylar deserves to have sweet before his name, thank you.]

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

I can read people's thoughts. I've been trying to listen in and see if I can pick up on one of the kidnap victims. So far I haven't, so I don't think we're close enough yet.

[variare.livejournal.com]

Hey, whoa! You're staying out of my mind, right?

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

He seems a trustworthy sort, so I wouldn't worry.

[Smirks at Peter and continues to walk along, eyes scanning ahead of them, searching the shadows, listening for irregular forest sounds.]

Somehow, the fact you can't doesn't surprise me. She's made this hard enough to find already, so that she can shield the prisoners from your powers isn't that big a stretch.

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

[to Jr.] I usually don't listen in unless it's an emergency. Like in this situation.

[to Ashura] Sylar was having the same problem with his power.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Was he? He didn't seem like it, though I knew he could read minds. He showed me ~

[kinky-stopwatch.livejournal.com]

[Ianto catches up and looks curiously between the two before ending up at Peter.]


You normally read minds? Doesn't it get a little noisy?

[spongetastic.livejournal.com]

[blinks at Ianto] Eh... no. I usually turn it off.

But now it's not working. This woman has a lot of power to block mine and Sylar's.

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[7 and Ruffian checking in again. She glances up at the newcomer as she reports to the others] I'm going to scout a head a bit, try to expand my field.

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

Oh... are you a friend of Six's?

[brdskllwarrior.livejournal.com]

[This gets a small smile in these trying times.] Yes, we're from the same world. He has a knack for, well ... seeing things that others can't, in a way others can't. I'm still trying to figure it all out.