Mission: Looting Temples for Fun and for Profit [CLOSED]

[killthepast]

who: Prometheus Salvaging Team (Kylo Ren, Roy Harper, Valkyrie) and hired contractors (Tony Stark 1610 and Tieria Erde)
what: Looting a temple for a precious artifact nbd
when: Early May
where: Beyond the wall, on the outskirts of the Abandoned City.
warnings: Likely nothing worse than run-of-the-mill sci-fi violence!

Welcome to the temple looting mission! Here's the rundown:

1. Pre-mission mingle: Drinking at some bar, on Prometheus's dime, a couple nights before the mission proper. Hey, it's a team building exercise! This can play out like a regular mingle. (OPTIONAL)
   
   
2. Temple adventures: Everything that happens from reaching the temple to finding the chamber that holds the artifact. You've got a lot of freedom to play this out however you'd like.
   
   
3. Obtaining the treasure: Wherein our mercenaries face the final obstacle to get their hands on the treasure. The treasure in question is a glowing orb called the "Heart of Merra." It's hanging from some tendrils in some creepy chamber. In reality, it is absolutely attached to some kind of giant monster that's a cross between an angler fish and a sarlacc. Fun fact, the temple was built on top of/around this slumbering giant. Guess what's going to wake it up. (This is the thread that will officially satisfy the terms of the mission.)
   
   
4. Shit hits the fan: Everything that happens after obtaining the artifact. Snatching the "Heart of Merra" will trigger two events: 1) everybody in the immediate area becomes infected with the emotions/mood/feelings/etc of whoever's holding the artifact, and 2) the subterranean beast will awaken and start to cause a ruckus. When the creature awakens, the ground will shake, tentacles will start lashing out from the ground and the walls, and there's the threat of everything coming down on the group. They'll have to run away or kill the beast-- either way, gotta get out in one piece, with the artifact in-hand. This top-level can include: awakening the beast, becoming infected with each other's emotions, outrunning (or killing) the beast, escaping the temple, etc.

Mission Gameplay: We're going to play this fast and loose and flexible! Start your own threads under the top-levels, for group or one-on-one interactions. You can assume characters are off to the side, or temporarily split up, or facing their own personal obstacles during the temple exploration. The only thread where every character likely needs to be present at once is when they obtain the treasure.

No posting order necessary for any of the threads. Just go at your pace!

Temple Tricks & Traps: So, what are we dealing with once we're inside the temple? Whatever you want-- within reason. There's your standard "fight the critters" and "evade booby traps" options, as well as mental effects and trickery. Since feeeeelings and empathy and unity are the main themes of the temple and the artifact, a lot of the temple's defenses should be based on that. Facing your inner demons and each others', echoes/manifestations of the past, shared hallucinations, etc.

Note: Because of this, psychic type characters will be able to feel low waves of psychic energy in and around the temple, growing stronger the further into the temple they venture.

References: Once they reach the site (source), it looks like a ruined temple that's been thoroughly picked over by looters over the years. However, Prometheus intel found the hidden entrance to the true temple, which will lead them underground.

• Going in
  
• Venturing deeper
  
• The deeper you go, the creepier it gets
  
• #aesthetics
  
• more #aesthetics
  
• Critter example. Large, aggressive bugs, reptiles, and amphibians (like the smaller cousins of the ones encountered in the floods) may also make an appearance.
  
• Basic idea for the boss monster. Just. Assume there's an anglerfish dangle on it, too.

Comments

[killthepast]

[ Ren furrows his brow, shooting Tony a look that clearly conveys his confusion. (And maybe a tiny bit of grudging admiration, since he can only imagine how useful that armor of Stark's would've been for somebody like Phasma...) ]

Who's Indiana Jones?

[ Somebody seriously needs to show him 1930s AU Han and watch the befuddled anger unfold. In the meantime, Ren doesn't get much chance to dwell on yet another pop culture reference to fly over his head, as he surveys their surroundings. Quiet, so far. No signs of the creatures that typically lurk beyond the wall, and no immediate signs of danger (though he doubts this place is as benign as it appears at first glance). Faintly, he can sense life around them, as if in the walls and ground.

Though he doesn't ignite his saber yet, he's ready to grab it at a moment's notice. ]

[inebriety]

[Unfortunately Tony has no idea how relevant that bit of pop culture reference was or he'd be milking it for all it's worth.]

You are seriously missing out, Karen.

[He brings up his scans and unsurprisingly they come up as inconclusive. There's signs of life and the temple runs deep neither of which needed high tech equipment to figure out.]

Unfortunately we'll have to fix that later, you don't want to know how much I'm charging Prometheus for my time. I'm not picking up any traps around here so we're good to go in.

[killthepast]

[ There's such a twitch in his expression at being called Karen, but Ren's at least in his element to some degree here, so it's easier to keep his temper at bay than, say, on the network (the site of so many of his tantrums).

Besides, Stark's right. Prometheus is paying him for his time, so Ren would rather not stand around wasting it. ]

Good. Then perhaps we can make this quick.

[ There's at least some note of wry humor in his voice, since he knows full well that these things are rarely as simple as they appear. At least for now, they can venture forward without any nasty surprises springing up at them. And as they start to move further into the temple, he casts a curious look at Tony. ]

You made that armor yourself, didn't you? [ There's an unspoken "Why?" in his remark. ]

[inebriety]

[The lack of tantrum is less entertaining, but better for the job and for all his purposeful needling, Tony is happier knowing that Kylo Ren is capable of staying focused. It was better to find out early if someone was going to be a liability.]

I had other people do the heavy lifting, but yeah. Women love superheroes and I wanted to stand out amongst the other billionaires with their sports cars.

[Iron Man weighed as much as a small car so there's absolutely no stealth possible as the group moved along. Anything small should be scared off by the noise he's making, but they'd lose the element of surprise against anything big.]