you're in the jungle, baby / you gonna die

[lucetimods]

Who: All draftees
What: Fighting the Third Party... and perhaps the wildlife.
When: June 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th. (Characters will be pulled out at 11:59 of the 6th.)
Where: An as-yet unmapped by the Malnosso tropical rainforest.
Summary: Here are your details. Try to stay alive, won't you?
Rating: Anywhere from PG to R

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Days 1-3

[fallenambitions]

Day 1/2: For the most of the first day, Alexei and Casey are taking some precautions will generally be staying close to the base. They'll be defending non-combatants and Alexei will be checking his journal, just to hear on how the situation is going out there. They will have started traveling through the rainforest by the second day. There is a short period where Alexei looses sight of Casey, so there's a bit of backtracking to locate her, but that won't take too long.

Day 3: They have found their way up to one of the abandon tree houses and have been traveling along from above when possible. Both of them will likely be taking out any enemies flying above or down below.

Extra note: People can come across and interact with either Alexei or Casey or both together.

Day 3

[oda_hates_me]

[Sanji's been doing fairly well for just sticking to himself, or to any friends that need a lookout and companion. The terrain is unfamiliar, and that makes him all the more wary.

But the Third Party knows this jungle well, and it becomes evident when a group of soldiers tail him mercilessly. They're grunts, thank luck for taht, about ten or so, though there might be an elite mixed in with them. Sanji hasn't bothered to check. The only reason he's running is for a more spacy clearing, as each time he tries to turn around, trees, animals, and all other manner of obstacles make battling that much harder with just himself. He's tired of nearly getting his foot caught in a vine.]

Shit-- Fine. [But it's not getting him anywhere, either. No more running then. He spins on his heel to turn and face them, keeping his back close to a cluster of trees in the hopes of narrowing down the angles they can come at him. Though he could really use a helping hand.

Anyone? >_> Well, fuck it, he's launching himself at two of the bastards anyway.]

[divinearrow]

[how about a suddenly volley of arrows from above nailing a few of those pesky soldiers?]

[oda_hates_me]

[Yeah, that'll do it.

The rain of projectiles are a nasty surprise for the Third Party fighters, none of whom expect a sneak attack on their home turf. Casey's attack nails three of them straight in the wings and torso, and they go down with curses and howls. And when the formation breaks in the confusion, Sanji jumps straight into the middle of the fray, landing on his hands and stretching his legs out to take out another four. Those that don't want to deal with his feet take to the air in the hopes that some distance will restore their advantage]

[divinearrow]

[she watches a bit impressed before resuming her support. just because they can fly doesn't mean they can escape her arrows.]

[oda_hates_me]

[Then it's doubtful those in the sky will last long. After Casey takes out the ones ignorant enough to fly, that leaves the area clean of Third Party members... for now.]

Tch. Damn bastards. [Sanji straightens back to his feet, rolling one of his shoulders]

Oi, thanks - whoever's up there.

[divinearrow]

[she makes sure the area is clear before looking over where she was.]

No need for thanks, but I'm glad I was able to help you in time.

[oda_hates_me]

[Oh it's a lady - well in that case, he looks far more happy than before]

And I extend my endless gratitude for such help~! [He jumps up to her level] Are you watching this area alone?

[divinearrow]

[slight raise of the brows as she steps back to give him more room to land. impressed that he made it up that high.]

I'm with another, but for the moment I'm keeping watch on this area.

[fallenambitions]

[Whether he meant to help or not, Alexei was casting a spell down to the enemies below that were chasing after Sanji. A huge blade crashes into the heavily concentrated area of third party members as he uses Thunder Blade.]

[oda_hates_me]

[Sanji feels the electricity before he sees the attack, and for a brief moment wonders if Nami has descended from the heavens just to help him.

... Wait, no. Definitely not Nami. He'd know if she could call righteous blades from the sky.

In any case, once the static is cleared, he launches right back in for his own attack - far less stylish than Thunder Blade, but kicking Third Party members into trees still gets the work done.

Unfortunately, their enemies brought friends in the treetops and shadows. What started as ten, then dropped to three, suddenly becomes ten more as they all abandon their positions to join the fight. It's just two Lucetians, right?]

[fallenambitions]

[Aye, just two Lucetians. For a split second he thought he could see someone fending them off down there, but he doesn't have time to properly check. About three of those newcomers are now trying to knock him out of the trees.

He swings his blade while using Apocalypse Toll to attach a bomb onto them before one of them successfully knocks his sword out of his hand and sends it flying towards the ground. It'll probably nick a few of the soldiers on the way down.

Don't let any Elites get it Sanji! D:]

[oda_hates_me]

[The hell, fuckin swords - that almost nicked him]

Where all these shitty swords coming from!? [The closest bastard who tries to grab it gets his nose crushed by Sanji's foot] That's not yours!

[It's not his, either, but Sanji yanks it out of the ground all the same and -- ... just hangs onto it. Don't judge him; he's not a swordsman. And as this blade is not teeming with lightning and disappearing in his hand, the chef correctly assumes the owner is nearby.

There's unfortunately little time to spare in the way of searching for said owner. The best Sanji can do at the moment is hold onto the weapon - a rather awkward obligation for a guy who fights with his feet - and indeed, keep the current Elite in his face away.]

[fallenambitions]

[Better Sanji than an Elite holding onto his most precious blade there.

The soldiers Alexei was dealing with explode behind him as he makes his way around to try and get back down to the ground. He's gotta get that sword as quickly as possible. He soon hears Sanji's voice from down below and recognizes it. Sure enough, there was Sanji, holding onto his False Dein Nomos.]

Get back! [He prepares another spell, giving Sanji some time.]

Come forth, o avaricious netherworld and crush the evil before me, Violent Pain!

[dark energy will rise beneath the Elite harassing Sanji, entrapping it in it's dark grasp.]

[oda_hates_me]

[No need to tell Sanji twice. He backs up a healthy distance, sword still in hand, and watches as darkness seemingly eats the unsuspecting Elite.

Violent Pain indeed. He doesn't bother sticking around to see if the Elite recovers. There are still enemies afoot, and Sanji figures Alexei would like his sword back. He jumps and uses a tree as a spring board further up, until he's on the same level as the other man.

False Dein Nomos goes back to its owner. Sanji gets his hands free. It's a fair trade, and they'll need it - the next wave is coming in fast]

[fallenambitions]

[Violent Pain sadly won't end the Elite's life, but it'll hold it down long enough for Sanji to get to Alexei.]

Thank you. [He gladly takes back the sword from Sanji. The Elite down below had fend off the attack and commands the incoming second wave that were slowly coming to view. More were coming from above as well. They won't be able to keep fighting like this forever.]

I have an idea, but I'll need some time to prepare the spell. We'll need to keep the Elite distracted as well so it doesn't catch on to what I'm doing.