"After These Messages" finale

[letsgolegion]

Who| "After These Messages" plot finale
What| Facing the Executive and getting the page
Where| The Affiliate's Headquarters
When| At the end of the plot
Warnings/Notes| N/A

This is a multi-pronged attack, which means the Indies are engaging the Affiliate's security shock troops, the Censors, to draw some heat away from the Legionnaires.

There's only so much they can do, though, which is why the team has to split up slightly to accomplish their task. There are three teams:

Distraction Team

This team is going to engage the Executive directly and try to destroy it. If they can't defeat it, they need to at least keep it occupied long enough for the other teams to do their work, and then have to cut and run.

Stealth Team Alpha

One stealth team has to infiltrate the Affiliate's headquarters to steal back the piece of Metron's throne, currently disguised as a page from the Book of Magic.

Stealth Team Beta

Another team has to cut off the media feeds so that the Executive can't feed on them for strength, and try to cut off the Affiliate from broadcasting them to the public.

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Distraction Team

[letsgolegion]

Thanks to the Indies, they manage to get where they need to, and only face the occasional battalion of Censor troops on the way.

But facing the Executive is going to be a major trial. Until the many media feeds all over the Affiliate's headquarters are cut off or destroyed, it'll be nearly invincible and even after, it'll be a force to be reckoned with.

[unspeakablyevil]

Believe it or not, that last battalion of Censor troops they encountered actually came in handy for something. Aku is now sporting some new 'duds' and a weapon stripped from one of the troops. He's also taken on a more human-like shape to fit into the armor and he's adopted a new 'persona' based on the original owner — namely her voice. Yes, 'her'. Hopefully, this disguise would fool The Executive long enough to allow them to get into the office and kill it.

Soon, the doors to said 'office' are in view. Aku is unsure what to expect on the other side of those looming, gold-plated doors but he is very eager to see that it faces justice for its crimes. The foolish creature would RUE THE DAY it humiliated AKU on live television! Behind the helmet's tinted visor, his eyes narrow at the thought of the tribulations he's been forced through over the last few days and he suppresses the urge to blast through those doors screaming 'REVENGE IS NIGH!' Instead he raises a fist and pounds on the door before pushing his way in.

"Sir," he announces in the borrowed, matter-of-fact voice of the female trooper. "These individuals were found breaking into the complex. They claim to have an important message for you regarding current events."

He then steps aside promptly to nudge forward whomever has agreed to play the role of 'captive'.

[captainbuzzkill]

The Executive is wreathed in shadows at his deck, unable to be seen but his presence is still somehow obvious in the room, filling it with a greasy feeling of foulness. He's silent at first as the fake captives are dragged in.

Dipper is playing the part of rebellious prisoner well. He keeps tugging at the deactivated power inhibitor like he's desperate to get it off, and is being stubborn about letting himself be dragged, acting almost like a feral animal in his fake attempts to pull away and run.

But he stays silent. Somebody else who isn't poised on a precipice of a ragey temper tantrum is probably a better choice for keeping the Executive distracted long enough to launch the trap.