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

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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

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[His eyes narrow and he assumes the manner of a general, of a man who has known war, blood, the cut of sword through flesh and the screams of the dead and dying]

Quiet, child! I know you want to save your friends, but running in there aimlessly will do nothing but see you all dead - or worse!

Now calm yourself down, or I will see to it that you remain back here with our support groups. I understand your feelings, but I cannot let you endanger everyone because of your recklessness.

[variare.livejournal.com]

[ waves a hand. he's also used to plenty of war, and leading, but you know...different methods from the pretty boy there ]

Okay, okay. Bitching and moaning at each other isn't gonna get us anywhere. You're both right. We need to figure something out, but we need to do it fast. We don't have enough time to sit around planning out a complex battle strategy.

If we can't sneak up on it, we'll just have to take our shot at frontal assault. It's not the smartest move, but we've got numbers on our side. Allen and Batman actually seemed to last awhile with just the two of them, so with all of us I think we can take it down.

With enough people distracting the Big Bad of the month, a smaller group should try to get the hostages out of there. We need some people staying in the back because I'm betting a lot of people are going to need support spells and healing before long.

[heirdom]

[just gonna pull his hand away from Cass and look at Ashura. Hey, cool, he knows that stuff too.]

I don't take orders from you, and I'm trained to handle situations. I've dealt with giant ugly monsters before. YOU do your job, I'll do mine.

And I am not a child.

[but just gonna fold his arms and pout to listen to Jr.]

[wishmadeinfire.livejournal.com]

[Ashura nods to junior.]

We had best figure out who is good at what too - the different forms of combat. We can't have everyone muddled together and having people with long range abilities suddenly thrown in close. It won't work if that happens and she'll gain the advantage, because I doubt what we saw in that video is the true depths of her power.

[And the look he throws Damian is scathing. Deal with situations you might, but not well in his opinion.]

And we'll need volunteers for going in for the hostages, since that will probably be the most dangerous. I, for one, am wiling to remain out here and deal with the 'big bad' as you say.

[heirdom]

[rolls his eyes. Dude, you look so gay, and he's not taking orders from someone dressed as gay as that. SO THERE]

[ino]

[WOW PRETEND LIKE SHE SAID THIS AFTER DAMIAN SAID HE WASN'T A KID OKAY, I AM SLOW. firmly] Damian ... I know you know how to handle a situation like this, but we need to work together efficiently.

[but she sighs, glancing towards Jr. and Ashura. WHERE IS SHIKAMARU TO MAKE A GENIUS PLAN, GOODDDD]

Jr. and Ashura are right. We should definitely assume that nobody's going to have a chance of sneaking up on her. I'd say we should start by getting the people who think they'll be able to put out enough power to hold her off - the heavy hitters - and people who think they'll be fast and efficient enough to get the hostages out as quickly as possible. I'll stay behind with anyone who can heal or support long-range.

[variare.livejournal.com]

I think I'm with Ino on this one. I've got a feeling we'll need a lot of healers close by.

We got some people here who can fly, too, so that should come in handy. That'll keep the tentacles distracted, hopefully.