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The Legion [Mods] ([personal profile] letsgolegion) wrote in [community profile] legionmissions2017-01-15 07:55 am

SILENT HORIZON - [Part 2: Facing the Faceless/Escape] [modplot]

Who| Everyone in Silent Horizon plot
What| Fighting the Faceless, a perilous escape, and a chance to have a breather
Where| In the In-Between, the Silent Horizon, and then the Legion Cruiser
When| Chronologically, only hours have passed in the outside world from when the team disappeared, but it's up to players whether their characters perceived it as being hours or days
Warnings/Notes| Gore, blood, body horror, all the usual


They hear the voice again, calling out to them. Not the Faceless, not the dark whispers of this world. It's the same tinny voice that warned them, that told them not to give into the Faceless' offer. It's the voice that told them their Phalanxed teammates can still be saved if the Faceless is killed in time before they die.

It calls out again. Wherever they are, whatever the landscape is doing, they can hear it.

"I know you have no reason to trust me. I know you've been probably hearing lots of voices in this place, telling you all kinds of things. But I'm trying to help you. There's a way to end this, to stop the Faceless. Just follow my voice. My language synthesizer is broadcasting in the telepathic range like telepathic earplugs and I've managed to reconfigure it to broadcast through the entire In-Between. You should be hearing it wherever you are and you should be able to use its broadcast strength to navigate. I think I've managed to secure it from the Faceless and his Phalanx but there's no way to be sure."

How loud the voice is changes as they get closer or farther away. They can use it to navigate, albeit very crudely. And now that it's clearer, it's far more recognizable: it's the voice of the Robotican in the horrible footage that played before they were taken -- the one that had his head knocked off.

"My name is N-45LEN/Keth Series. My organic crewmates call --" He pauses, and sounds distraught. "--called me Lenny. I was a crew member of the Silent Horizon. This entire dimension is called the In-Between. It's made up of the body of the Faceless and I'm currently trapped at its core. I can see you Legionnaires from here through...what appears to be some kind structure for processing what equates to ocular stimuli for the Faceless. If any of you get lost, I can see enough to guide you here."

If they need it, they'll find that he can give them individualized directions, no matter what the landscape does, and he can give them to multiple people simultaneously. Having a complex processor for a brain has its perks.

"My organic teammate and I managed to discover the core of the Faceless and its nature, but I'm currently incapacitated and Bob...he just lost it. He nearly destroyed what was left of me and ran off before we could stop the Faceless. I saw him eventually accept the Faceless' offer and turn. If you make it here where I am, you may be able to destroy the Faceless' body enough to kill him, save your teammates, and destroy this dimension once and for all."

A pause.

"And if you could maybe take me with you when you leave, uh, I would appreciate that. Like, a lot."

[ooc post here]
ghost_bait: ([Resigned] Nothing Gold Stays)

[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-01-19 02:02 am (UTC)(link)
Miku, likewise, doesn't like, enjoy or want to think any further about what today has been (aside from a nightmare she would like to immediately wake up from). She's missing a boot, her uniform is filthy and she's glad that she's managed not to lose Victor this entire time.

She climbs up onto Victor's back, quietly thankful she doesn't weigh much. Luckily, her uniform is more or less still decent and the worst of the gore has been deflected by her shield. Her head aches like the worst thing, and it makes Victor's face weeble-wobble in her vision. She takes a deep breath of the foul, fetid air and the shield closes around them. "Ready... Ready when you are." She closes her eyes and prays she won't fly off his back somehow.
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[personal profile] strangebargains 2017-01-21 09:57 am (UTC)(link)
There's a skittering noise and an inhuman, bird-like screech as Stephen drops out of a teleportation circle right in front of them.

It was almost laughable to see how little humanity remained of this creature. Tattered rags, a ripped red cape, lain over a ragged cloak. His skull-like bird-head peered at the 'victims' in front of him, blood dripping off him in steady drips.

He was dizzy, the blood loss was immense and it was a miracle he hadn't passed out already. The spider-like body under the cloak and vaguely human torso skittered on many legs forward, as he tried to slash at them with his scythe-like bone-arms.

[personal profile] the_real_sir_prize 2017-01-21 12:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Victor's already rising to his feet, making sure he has a secure grip on Miku's legs, when some horrible shrieking thing appears in front of them.

It also appears to be one of their teammates.

Victor shrieks in response, hop-skipping backward as the bony blades scrape against Miku's shield. Then he narrows his eyes and backs up another few steps so that he can launch himself forward with his powerful legs, carrying Miku and her shield with him.

He really hopes she can keep it up, because otherwise this is going to go very poorly.
ghost_bait: ([Stare] I don't think this is a good ide)

[personal profile] ghost_bait 2017-01-23 06:04 am (UTC)(link)
Her head is killing her, and she wants to rest, but she digs her fingers into Victor's shoulders and hangs on for dear life. The good doctor hits the shield with a satisfying thunk.

"If- If- we knock him out, do you think he'll be OK?" she asked as Victor backed up and prepared to zoom along.