Whistling in the Dark - Mod Plot [Log Post]

[letsgolegion]

Who| Everyone who signed up!
What| Whistling in the Dark Plot. The gang has to deal with threats around Legion World and the possessed
Where| Everywhere!
When| After Ferro's post on the network
Warnings/Notes| N/A

Everywhere around the ship things start to fall apart. Aside from the juddering as it shakes, lights start turning off, life support starts failing, the artificial gravity starts malfunctioning, and strange bursts of energy from the ship's engine causes electronics to stop working. And that's not all: it seems like every possible system that could be acting up is acting up.

In short, Legion World is a mess. And all they know so far is that some of the support staff may be responsible and that they're also possibly possessed by some kind of alien infestation that occasionally makes their eyes flash black.

It's time to get answers -- something that will be difficult with all the threats they're facing on the ship. Not only do the Legionnaires have to survive, the support staff will occasionally need rescue, too.

With the rate that systems are failing, the odds are not in their favor, especially since these malfunctions caused the escape pods to automatically launch without any crew in them. They'll have to work fast to stop the threat before everyone on Legion World dies.

Comments

Re: Team 5 - Sparkle Bright and Tadashi

[the_civilian]

Tadashi barreled down the hall, over the heads of the evacuating staff, pulling on the transuit one-handed as he let the internal sensor mapping program Brainiac 5 had 'ported to his omnicom guide him toward danger. He could feel his pulse pounding in his throat, and it felt like he might choke on his next breath at any minute, but nothing seemed to be on fire yet. Hopefully, he could stop anything from catching on fire when he got there.

He hadn't had to dodge anyone yet, and it made sense that the hallways were build to allow for both foot-traffic and flight. Still, he was taking the corners a little faster than was perhaps prudent...

Re: Team 5 - Sparkle Bright and Tadashi

[nomoresparkle]

Normally, Sparkle Bright was good at flying. She'd been doing it naturally for practically ever, and since arial acrobatics always made good news footage, the Super Patriots Inc had always encouraged her to be showy in her flying.

But here she'd lost her natural flight ability and had to rely on the flight ring which was not quite the same. Close enough for her to sometimes forget though. Like now, when she'd zoomed down a hallway towards the supposed danger. Normally, she could stop or change direction practically faster than thought. But having to rely on the ring made the reaction just a hair slower. Not a problem normally, but now she wasn't able to stop before crashing into Tadashi.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry!" she said, trying to disentangle herself and get back into the air. "I'm not used to flying with this thing, I couldn't stop"

Re: Team 5 - Sparkle Bright and Tadashi

[the_civilian]

"No, my bad, I was going faster that I should have been," Tadashi said, doing what he could to help untangle the two of them. He flashed the young woman nervous grin. "It's good to know that I'm not going to be handling whatever this mess is alone this time."

Once they were untangled, he resettled his helmet and took to the air again.

"You're the one with some experience in this sort of thing, right? Sparkle Bright? Any tips for a total newbie?"

[nomoresparkle]

She followed him into the air, easily keeping pace. "We need to find these things first, and then disable them enough to figure out what they want." Lesson number sixteen of 'How To Deal With An Alien Invasion'. That had never been one of her better classes, but she remembered the basics at least.

"If they're really aliens, like alien-aliens, they may not realize they're harming us."

[the_civilian]

"Yeah, they don't seem like they're actively hostile," Tadashi agreed. "The one Ferro encountered didn't attack him, he was completely focused on what he was doing. If he hadn't flipped the switch when he did, Ferro probably would have been able to grab him."

He grimaces.

"Which isn't to say that grabbing these people is a good idea; we don't know that they're not either super-strong or unfamiliar enough with the bodies of the people here that they won't hurt them using their muscles at full capacity."

He's talking too much. Tadashi takes a deep breath.

"You do light, right? And I do fire. They might read us as pretty hostile, if they like cool and dark."

[nomoresparkle]

She takes a moment to think that over. "That makes sense. Do we know if they're limited by human... humanoid perception? Because if we can figure out where they are, I could maybe sneak up on one." And do what exactly, she isn't sure. But it at least seems like the beginning of a plan.

"If nothing else, maybe we can figure out their capabilities. So we can fight them better. You have a tracking thing for them?"

[the_civilian]

"I don't know what their perception limits are," Tadashi said. "They've probably got access to however whoever they're possessing senses things. They might have some other other way to see us coming--"

The corridor groaned around them and the lights flickered.

"--But I'm not sure we have the time to test it too much." He checked his omnicom again. "We're close. I can distract them so you can try your sneaking plan."