mission ♔ hachiōji

[lissatrinall]

WHO || Lis'sa, Lear, Alainn, Eric [closed]
WHAT || Infiltrating the yuan-ti underground
WHERE || A club, Hachiōji, Japan
WHEN || Mid-June (backdated!)
HOW || Actionspam

Parked out on the curb outside one of many buildings lining the downtown area, Lis'sa glances out the tinted window, surveying the scene, before looking back at the others. She's all glammed up in an elegant kimono-inspired red dress with her hair accentuated with two carved sticks. She turns back to examine the other women in the back of the car as well, as Eric keeps an eye out in the rearview mirror from where he sits drumming on the steering wheel.

"Are we ready?"

[ ooc; please do Disguise checks (Charisma based) -- and of course, Alainn's got the magic flowin' to add some reptilian features where needed! ... non dragony ones. ]

Comments

[attollores]

Alainn glances at the dude sitting right next to her. Um, personal space much? Her attention fixes on the announcer as he lifts the mic.

Her gut gave an expectant, slightly nauseous lurch in anticipation of what could possibly be under that white sheet.

[lissatrinall]

There are strange sss-ing sounds of expectation all around them, leering hungry looks affixed on the stage, as some of the other well dressed patrons lean forward in clear anticipation. The announcer's hand moves to the sheeet, eyes glittering.

"I'd like you to meet ... our very ssspecial guessst of honor." He withdraws it sharply, revealing a young woman, barely in her twenties, who is shaking visibly, bound and gagged, mascara streaked down her cheeks from crying. He runs the back of a finger down her cheek and she violently starts at the touch. "Doesn't she look tasssty?"

[attollores]

[Alainn tenses immediately, her eyes completely focused on the man on stage, silently preparing a spell in her mind to hold him if need be. She looks at Lis'sa as casually as she can manage, jaw tight and with a look of what she hoped passed as impatience only on her face.]

[lissatrinall]

[ lis'sa's eyes meet alainn's and she nods only the slightest bit, signaling that she agrees they'll need to act - even if it's two on however many are crammed in the room.

her fingers move idly to her necklace, which she starts toying with.

meanwhile, the host steps over to pluck a jeweled dagger off a red pillow being held aloft by an assistant, and looks back over the audience.

"Do we have a volunteer?" ]

[attollores]

[Alainn's hand glides into the air as casually as she can manage, eyes fixed once more on the host. She figures if she has control of the knife she'll be closer to the girl, and the closer to the girl, the easier it would be to save her.]

"I volunteer."

[lissatrinall]

[ "Excellent," he hisses, and gestures her forward, extending the weapon. "Have you ever killed a human before?" ]

[attollores]

[She steps onstage gracefully, taking the knife from him. Rage, hot and quick, flashes through her body, and she sneers at the man then turns towards the girl.]

"There'sss a firsssst time for everything" [she hisses loud enough for the audience to hear, gliding forwards a few steps. Turning, she once more catches Lis'sas eye.]

[lissatrinall]

[ as soon as Alainn is in arms reach of the girl, lis'sa nods... And hits the button on her necklace pendant. The sound it emits is attuned to a frequency only snake bloods can hear well - too well. There's a sudden chaos of shouts, screams, frantic glances about, and she gets to her feet, drawing a small taser out of her purse. ]

[attollores]

[The spell Alainn had been preparing silently in her mind is suddenly flung out towards the man on the stage, holding him in place. She grabs the frightened girl, using the knife to cut the ropes binding her, bringing her to her feet.]

"Stay close!" [She draws the girl behind herself, turning to assess the room once more.]

[lissatrinall]

[ the host fails his will save spectacularly and is pinned with a look of anger and horror on his face. the girl shrieks as the knife comes down close to her, but recovers quickly, gratitude mixed with the tears in her eyes as she's drawn up.

the room is in a panic state, but lis'sa wastes no time slamming the taser into a guard near the door (atk 21). he writhes beneath it as electricity courses through him ]

[attollores]

[Alainn takes advantage of the cleared doorway, dragging the girl off the stage and towards the stairs. Hitching her skirt up to her thigh, she grabs her Knight's issue Glock, handing it to the girl.]

Ever use one of these? [Her eyes suddenly turn from green to gold, alerting Fede to contact Eric, waiting in the car out front, to read the slip of paper she had given him earlier, all while waiting for the girl to answer. She's good at multitasking under pressure.]

[The note to Eric simply states "Start the car, we're coming"]

[lissatrinall]

[ the girl gapes, staring down at the weapon even as she takes it.

"I-- I--" it's clear from her hesitation that her answer is 'no', and lis'sa flashes them an annoyed look that clearly says 'hurry it up' as some of the snakeys begin to recover. ]

[attollores]

[Alainn fixes the girl's fingers correctly on the gun, while preparing another spell in her mind (Concentration check 23).] You point at anyone who isn't the three of us and shoot, or at least act like you will.

[Nodding to Lis'sa, she casts the spell she had been preparing to cut off the rest of the room from the three of them as they flee up the stairs, Lis'sa first with the girl between them. A wall of fire springs up after Alainn once her feet hit the stairs, trapping the rest of the snakey people in the room beyond.]

[lissatrinall]

[ lis'sa looks over her shoulder, as the flames rise up hot behind them. ] It's not going to be pretty up there.

[attollores]

I'm working on it, lets just get out of this stairwell. [Alainn follows as close behind the two as she can, her hands flashing in different patterns as she begins mumbling in Latin beneath her breath.]

[lissatrinall]

[ the door slams open at the top as the three ladies burst out onto the scene...

it looks as if they're evacuating, and there's a lot of confusion among the guests as to why, many craning their necks to look at the guards heading straight towards the door with heavy rifles slung over their necks. lis'sa mutters a curse and then rolls to the side (tumble 15), to get behind a table. ]

[attollores]

[Alainn follow's suit, pushing the girl down ahead of her (tumble 17). She casts confusion on the nearest guards and guests to them, immediately beginning to ready another spell.].

[lissatrinall]

[ as everyone around them begins babbling incoherently, alainn and the girl arrive behind the table with lis'sa, who instantly ducks out to snipe at a guard near the door, downing him. ]

[attollores]

[The next spell she casts is invisibility sphere , centered on her and including Lis'sa and the girl.]

"Okay, we're invisible to them now. Let's clear a path to the door, Eric should be ready for us."

[lissatrinall]

[ lis'sa speaks up with grim determination ] If we attack them, the spell will disperse. We'll just have to try to avoid them. Stay close. [ and that'll be a move silently check as they try to make it to the door. lis'sa gets a 15, while the girl has a 12 ]

[attollores]

Lis'sa, you go first, I'll prepare another spell just in case we need a big cover. [Alainn gets a 14 move silently check. She has Lis'sa take the lead, again keeping the girl between the both of them. She's praying the crowd is loud enough in all the confusion that they will pass unheard.]

[lissatrinall]

[ luck seems to be on their side in the chaos... until they reach the door. a very large shouldered snake blooded man stands directly in front of it scowling and looking past them for signs of trouble, a gun in his hands.

lis'sa hisses: ] Can you disarm him?

[attollores]

Yeah, give me a moment. [Alainn closes her eyes a moment, beginning another spell as she releases the one she had been holding. Looking at the guard on the door she first casts daze . Once that hits the guard she immediately casts mage hand on his gun, jerking it to the side and hopefully pulling his dazed self with it.]

[lissatrinall]

[ he failed the shit out of that fort save, so the gun is easily ripped out of his hands, as he's not maintaining a good grip on it anymore. unfortunately that means he's still standing right in their way. lis'sa hesitates, knowing she can't exactly overpower the guy. ]

Around him. [ she makes a break for it, pulling the girl in tow ]

[attollores]

[alainn hesitates briefly, distracted by the commotion and chaos taking place behind her. when she looks back lis'sa and the girl, are out of the building already. she leaps after them, startled enough to bump against the guard as she tries to dart past (dex 7).]