Naughty Kitties (Closed)

[ragnarsson]

who: The team assembled for the mission (Ivar, South, Sif, Aeacinos, Ronan, Shiro, Osomatsu, and Lauren)
what: The Pride of Pestilence mission
when: Nowish?
where: Out in the farming area
warnings: Animal violence, human violence



When it came up that there was a group of predators wreaking havoc out in the farmlands just inside the secondary fence, it was clear something was going to have to be done. The animals had only been attacking farm animals and pets thus far, but if they got a taste for human flesh, things could turn disastrous. So a team was swiftly assembled to deal with the problem.

After some observation, a few simple facts emerged. There were three females and two males, plus three cubs. While the cubs didn't present much of a challenge, the pride of cat creatures did. They were highly territorial and difficult to deal with. They were also intelligent, making it hard to predict what they were going to do next.

It was clear something was going to have to be done about these creatures. Let's just hope the team could manage to work together long enough to subdue them.

(OOC: Feel free to tag into any of the parts written up below! It's just rough outlines of what's to be done, feel free to interpret that however you see fit!)

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[igotusout]

As Lauren could defend herself, but not actively disable any threat, she was paired with someone more capable at fighting than her. Which could be pretty much anyone. Almost anyone. She lagged a few steps behind so she had a better field of vision to throw her shields faster. Being limited to what she can see was unfortunate, but her powers were already impressive without being able to influence beyond that field.

Still, first mission for the Guard, she's a little nervous, go easy on her. Whoever her partner is.

[lionunchained]

Lucky for Lauren, she basically had two partners. Shiro, another member of the Guard in Orientation Support for the most part, and his robotic lion. When the team had split up into smaller groups, Shiro had gone with Lauren. She was still newer to Quarantine and the Guard so he wanted to make sure she was okay on her first mission. This was rather daunting one.

For the observation, Shiro had left Black back a few paces. A robot that could practically put its head on his shoulder was definitely tall enough and loud enough to attract attention. The lion was still close though; if they needed him, he could come to their aid.

He moved slowly so as not to make a lot of noise. Still she was behind him and he glanced back at her.

[igotusout]

Lauren Strucker seemed to be giving the large robot lion his space. Mostly there was this thing, with robot spiders used to attack her and her family. So that was in her head along with it being a large robot lion that could definitely kill a person.

He was also somewhat distracting, as she kept glancing back at him, it was not a curious look. Still, Lauren was good at staying quiet in the woods. She didn't have a lot of practice but she was used to being hunted. Any noise was her being distracted by glancing back at the lion.

[lionunchained]

Shiro hadn't realized Black would be so distracting. Whenever he caught a glimpse of Lauren out of the corner of his eye, she was looking back at Black even though the lion was staying to keep from attracting attention. He knew Black could be intimidating, but he wasn't being threatening as far as he could tell.

She was also making noise because she kept looking back at Black. After a moment, he paused, waiting for her to stop as well. He stayed quiet for a moment, listening. He couldn't hear anything at the moment. Finally he leaned in a little closer to her so he could keep his voice low.

"Black's not going to do anything. He's here to help us."

[igotusout]

"Sorry," honestly she was wondering if she'd be better off partnered with any of the other people. As opposed to the one with the robot lion. Maybe she should have mentioned the issue earlier. Of course, it helped that the more she watched it, the more obvious the differences were. Sentinels were... well, creepier. They jerked in their movements and had very little problem losing parts.

"I'll keep focused." This lasted, remarkably, four whole minutes. Before she quietly asked, "So... where'd you get a robot lion?"

[lionunchained]

It was making her uncomfortable, but it was only for a few hours at least. Black was staying back at Shiro's request, both to not attract attention, but also to not make her more anxious at the moment. Lion was friendly, but size didn't necessarily help. He was rather large.

"No, it's okay, honest. He's a big guy and not everything is normal for people."

He's not going to question why she's concerned about him. It wasn't his business. If she volunteered, all well and good, but not his place to ask.

He smiled at her when she said this, turning back to the direction ahead of them. It was still quiet luckily, but Shiro was cautious. When she spoke, he turned back to her. He was okay with talking at least at the moment. Another reason he had brought Black was because the lion could help determine where the creatures were and if they were getting too close.

"I'm his paladin from home. Usually he's much bigger than that and I pilot him. When he came here, somehow he was shrunk in size."