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Megatronus Prime ([personal profile] megatronicpolarity) wrote in [community profile] re_alignment_logs2013-02-11 02:21 am

The Worst Field Trip of All Time

WHO: Megatronus & the Badlands volunteers
WHERE: At the edge of Haven, then onwards to the center of the Badlands offshoot.
WHEN: Sunday/Monday
WHAT: Now that they have their assault team, it's time to put an end to the recent influx of monsters.
WARNINGS: Violence against robotic centipedes.

Whether they hear it from Megatronus himself or through one of his Acolytes, all of the volunteer fighters are offered the same information: a time, a place, and instructions on what to expect from the Badlands. More of the monsters, surely, and the Call of the darkness is an ever-present threat. Stay within sight of the group at all times or risk being lost forever.

The only thing left to do now is make it to the rendez-vous point.

[[OOC note: tag in under the two sub-threads already provided: a more relaxed one for pre-fight chatter, and the actual fight thread. You can participate in both, or just do one and handwave your character's involvement in the other.]]
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-11 10:31 pm (UTC)(link)
She gives a nervous little bow of acknowledgement, a tiny glimmer of a smile crossing her face.

"I-it doesn't matter what I want: this place needs to be protected." Therefore, her duty was clear.

But she can't hide her curiosity. "What kinds of dangers? Have you been there before?"
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-12 11:56 am (UTC)(link)
Melan frowned slightly. What she wanted didn't matter? Nonsense!

"It matters. What you want. It does."

It did. Even Marin always said so. If he had to do something away from her, he just promised to come back to show that she mattered.

"Monsters. Lots of them. And a voice that 'call' you. I never experienced it but I was warned about it." The Knight explained, landing close. "Do you have a way to get here? Do you fly?"
Edited 2013-02-12 17:13 (UTC)
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-12 06:41 pm (UTC)(link)
Hinata bowed her head. She had already disappointed her father. She wasn't the heir he'd wanted, and no matter how hard she'd tried,

"I just want to help others." She just hadn't known which side when she'd arrived.

"Monsters? Like the centipedes here?" She'd finally gotten over her fear of them. She hopes. She can take them. She can at least try.

"I, uh," she looks around, as if just realizing that everyone here was very different. "I was just going to run...?" Now she's not so sure.
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-12 07:06 pm (UTC)(link)
"I see. Well, I want to help too. May I stay with you? We will be more efficient if we work as a team."

Don't let his serious face fool you, Hinata! Melan is quite the sweetheart, and he wasn't about to let a young human go alone to fight giant monsters. He kneeled down to be somewhat at eye level with her, trying to be as reassuring as he could.

"Like the centipedes and other things, too. They can be quite different from each other, but I think today we will have to fight only centipedes. The other monsters should been hiding from them as well."

"You can't run there. You will be tired before the fight. I can take you with me. If you want. I won't mind."
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-13 01:41 am (UTC)(link)
Another flicker of a smile. "I'd like that." She always did work better with a team, knowing there were others to protect.

"We'll do our best." She always tried to, including not looking scared in front of strangers. What would Neji think if he saw her acting afraid? No, she would just tell herself it was training and the centipedes were Shino's.

"You can take me?" She looks at him, openly curious.
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-13 02:54 pm (UTC)(link)
Melan smiled back. He always fought better when he had a specific person to protect, even when this person knew very well how to fight. Plus Hinata defintely reminded him of the shy Moe, expect the young girl he was facing was stronger physically. Marin's best friend has always been very fragile, even though her courage often compensated that weakness.

"I can fly with you, yes. Do you want me to show you?" The Knight stood up, towering above the young ninja. "Have you ever flown before?"
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-16 03:14 pm (UTC)(link)
"You can fly?" It's hard to hide the wonder in her voice. Even surrounded by robots who could talk and fight, she still hadn't gotten used to it. She'd love to see, but she doesn't know if it's rude to seem too eager.

"I've...never flown. I've only been out of my village on missions." And those were travel on foot.
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-17 09:48 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes. Monomakias that can't fly are rare, in fact. Since some of our cities are up in the sky, we need to have wings, or at least be able to float."

The Knight deployed his wings with the usual "Whoosh" sound, allowing Hinata to look at them. He wouldn't even mind if she tried to touch them!

"It's a good experience. But I heard it can be scary at first."

Marin had certainly hit him enough on their first meeting to get this point across, thank you.

"But it's safe. With me at least."
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-19 02:41 am (UTC)(link)
"Cities....in the air?" She'd heard of villages in the winds, but he seemed to mean something quite different.

She starts back as the wings deploy, openmouthed. "I-I'm not afraid." Well, she is, but it wouldn't be the first time. She manages a smile. "I trust you."
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-19 08:06 am (UTC)(link)
"Yes... Some of us live in the sky." And Creis City was in the sky inside the planet.

Err... It was a little complicated to explain. Brigadoon was... Unique, in many ways.

"It is okay to be afraid at first. If I understood well, humans don't usually fly." Even though here, some could, like Ventus and his 'glider'. "But I am honored by your trust. I will not betray it."

And with that he deployed two of his tentacles to gently catch Hinata by her middle and lifted her slowly. He didn't want to startle her, bt he had no other way to carry her while flying. Once the young human was securely held against him, her back against his waist, the Knight took off, not to fast, for once. Since nobody was trying to kill him this time, he could make Hinata's first flight an agreeable one, unlike Marin's.
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-20 12:44 am (UTC)(link)
"That must be...beautiful!" She could only imagine it: living in the sky.

She gives a startled yelp as the tentacles wrap around her, but she forces herself calm. He wouldn't hurt her, not after being so nice.

Her hands clutched at them as he took off, two small grips which may have seemed stronger than normal, taking reassurance in the presence at her back.
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-20 05:40 pm (UTC)(link)
Hinata was... stronger than Marin. Her grip was just shy of painful on his sensitive tentacles, but Melan didn't comment. He had it wworse, after all.

The Knight allowed himself to fly just a tad faster, but still relatively close to the ground. He certainly didn't want to scare her by going too high too fast: she might try to hit him like Marin had tried to do, and Melan had that sneaky suspicion that Hinata would hit a lot harder than his Marin.

With a slight frown at that though, the GunSwordman looked down at his "passenger".

"Are you alright? Do you want me to slow down?"
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[personal profile] place_in_the_sun 2013-02-26 11:50 pm (UTC)(link)
Once she gets used to it, the hands release their death grip on his tentacles. She goes quiet for a long moment, feeling the air race through her hair, her sleeve cuffs, and seeing the ground whiz by, even faster than running. She's never gone this fast.

When she sees him look down, she looks back at him, beaming. "Can you go higher?"
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[personal profile] knightinbluearmor 2013-02-27 02:13 pm (UTC)(link)
"Of course."

With a graceful motion, Melan gained some altitude. The occasion to see the Cybertronians from above was rare, so enjoy the show, Hinata.

He flew this way a few minutes before turning to face the sky, Hinata resting on his stomach. Marin and Moe had liked to fly like that, looking at the stars.

"Do you like it?"