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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]
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[personal profile] mylawn 2017-01-28 04:36 am (UTC)(link)
"Good."

Lena being injured, of course, the last thing he wants, even though he's the one who did this to her in the first place. The red flashing light on the chronal accelerator doesn't go unnoticed, and with his mask off, it's easy to see his eyes flick to it.

He's silent for a long moment, and it's clear he's not quite sure about how to proceed. The hardest part is starting.

"I'm sorry."
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[personal profile] zippity 2017-01-30 11:26 pm (UTC)(link)
"You ain't gotta be sorry, Jack," Lena responds in kind, perfectly sincere in spite of the way she frowns. Its a brief expression, immediately replaced by a cheeky smile. "You did try to warn me. I just didn't listen. And besides -- you only had me for a second there, yeah?"

Its not entirely accurate -- she took the order as it was given to her the first time, but she hadn't left him behind when she had found Sombra. She knows what he's trying to do though, and telling him not to be sorry won't help. After second of silence, she instead offers forgiveness.

"Its ok, love."
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[personal profile] mylawn 2017-01-31 04:54 pm (UTC)(link)
He doesn't have to, sure, but he's going to be remorseful anyway. Hindsight is twenty-twenty, and he's always thinking about how he could have done something differently. Better. This is no exception--he should have been truthful with her from the start. Not all of it would have been avoidable, but perhaps Lena would have been better prepared. Maybe they could have figured something out.

Jack sighs, shoulders sagging.

"All I'm doing is apologizing to you."

It feels like the only thing he's done since she arrived.
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[personal profile] zippity 2017-02-02 11:28 am (UTC)(link)
To that, Lena shrugs, finding the nearest surface to pull one of her legs up against. Everything was in the aching and cramping stage, and there wasn't much to be done for it except moving around. Or maybe it was just nervous energy.

"You are doin' an awful lotta that," she replies, still holding that sincere smile. She actually seems to be fighting a small chuckle -- just because its rude and she knows Jack is upset. "Just goes to show you ain't changed all that much."

Everyone made mistakes, everyone made bad decisions, but everyone also had a chance to understand their errors. The apology is what counts, and Jack always has one for her. So what if he's a bit of a slow learner?
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[personal profile] mylawn 2017-02-05 09:18 pm (UTC)(link)
It all comes back to the fact that he just keeps failing her, which he thought maybe he'd be used to by now. But, no, it hurts just as much this go around, and he doesn't expect it to stop.

Of course, he could just take extra care not to let her down, but he doesn't trust himself not to screw it all up every time. They all deserve so much better than what he can give the. What he gave them in the first place. He shakes his head a little, sighing, but doesn't disagree.

"Not exactly like the good old days, huh."

Just generally speaking, not that Lena was really around for the true golden years of Overwatch, and not that he can really compare anything fairly to that.