D.I.C.E(Game Thread/PM to Join)

[IFS]

Shaking Simon's hand Garath replied "Garath Heller," taking note of how quickly Simon had adjusted his illusion he added "you're a fast learner, and I'm sure you can keep the illusions going, I'm just a lazy bastard who doesn't like wasting effort."

He saw that Isabelle had started to lead the group into the woods, "Guess we'd better head out, why don't you apply your glamour to the group and I'll stack my modification on top, that way if we get spotted I can drop my effect and the blur can take effect."

 

[Ultraman950]

"Oh I'll go to the complex!" Lara chirped jumping from her seat and grabbing the tablet computer from the floor, where it had fallen when she was asleep.

Sophie managed to stop herself from rolling her eyes as Lara came up behind her, but never took her eyes off the door.

"So far, it looks like it's just you an me," she said. "I assume you know how to use that? If not, I hope you're a really fast learner."

 

[ToxicPiranah]

Nodding to Gareth, he turned and began following the rest of the group. Simon jogged up to each member of the group, His foot fall barely increasing in volume rendering him almost silent. He moved into each members vission before briefly touching an arm, a shoulder or another easy to reach appropriate part of the body.

As he came into contact each member he extended his glamour to them. Each member becoming a blury smudge, as an after thought he adjusted the illusion to allow each of the team to see each other through the illusion. He considered moddifying their preceptions but without warning and practice it could disorientate them, also if he was to drop that sort of illusion it could be more dangerous to them. He dropped to the back of the group walking next to Gareth. "Done, I'll add anyone else who join's the group."

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Eliezer was dismayed that he hadn't got the door open or thought of a devious bargain that would trap Richard to his word before the plane landed, the Lieutenant walked over to him and opened the door. Well at least he could leave without going splat.

"Half of you need to proceed into the communication facility now. Any of you that have skill in tracking, go into the woods. We need to see if any of our other units survived whatever happened down their. I'll let you decide who does what. Though...do it with haste if you can. We're kind of on the clock"

"I'm going for a walk,"He said to the Lieutenant, "It's been a while since I stretched my legs, oh, and only my friends call me El.

He headed in the direction of neither the forest or the facility and hoped to get as far away as possible.

 

[FinalDream]

Captain Lara Reid, PhD - Sector 14

She had been so engrossed in her tablet Lara had almost forgot about Sophie. The built in sensor was beginning to boot up and she was impatiently awaiting the first readings. When nothing returned, she frowned, and decided the range was far too short on the sensor to pick up anything from here. She needed to get closer and for a moment Lara wondered if the facility had a wifi network she could crack. It seemed unlikely, but she lived in hope.

Lara turned to Sophie.

?Err? Which way do the bullets come out again?? She remarked flipping her P90 around with a smile on her lips. After a moments pause she resumed. ?Don?t worry, I am a trained United States Airforce Captain after all! Plus I have my EPG.?

Lara pulled out her sidearm from the leg holster. It looked like a bulky tazer without any markings. ?It stands for Electronic Projectile Gun, it?s never been field tested, granted, but it fires a single electrical charge, intended to overwhelm the electrical brain activity and nervous system of a target. In worst case scenarios it can actually induce a coma."

She was about to explain the inner workings in every small detail, when she stopped and grinned. ?Sorry, I can get carried away sometimes.?

 

[DarkRawen]

Richard was walking a little behind Isabelle when Simon suddenly was in front of him and touched his arm, but before he really got the time to react, the man had already ran ahead, well, Richard couldn't see him at least. People around him turned blurry.

"What the..." Richard looked around, confused. However, as fast as it had happened, the people got clear again. "Interesting," he murmured, mostly to himself. "Some kind of illusion?" He turned around, finally spotting Simon again. He had to be the one behind it, but a good camouflage wasn't a bad thing, especially considering it would give Richard the time to examine what he wanted.

Behind them he could see Eliezer leave in a different direction, alone. "Guess he didn't want to help out then." He thought about calling out, but stopped. Eliezer should be able to decide for himself for once, and his had seemed intend on running away since Richard had first met him. "I should probably focus on what's around me," he decided, and looked after whatever he thought could be useful as he walked.

 

[Ultraman950]

Sophie snickered at Lara's joke, a half-smile on her face. "Airforce, eh? Soooo many ironic jokes I could make..."

She actually seemed fairly interested in the EPG. She raised an eyebrow when it was being explained, at least, but still never looked away from the door. "Huh. Could'a used one of those in the Marines. Anyway, push comes to shove, shoot the nearest demon in the face."

A pause. "Nearest full demon. I don't know how much more my face can take. Anyway, I don't suppose you can hack the network in the building with that thing, maybe get some cameras under our control at least? Or is it down?"

She started slowly making her way to the door, sweeping her eyes and bullpup around, looking for anything even remotely out of the ordinary.

 

[IFS]

"Done, I'll add anyone else who join's the group."

Garath nodded, concentrating he applied his modification to the group, they would be nearly invisible now even when moving through the forest. Now he just needed to avoid making too much noise, it would be hard for someone to rationalize the wind as having snapped twigs underfoot.

 

[deathbydeath]

She started slowly making her way to the door, sweeping her eyes and bullpup around, looking for anything even remotely out of the ordinary.[\b]
*thump*
A headless humanoid demon collapsed to the ground behind Sophia, holes in its temple, heart, and stump of a neck.

In order to prevent the inevitable bullet storm from two twitchy DICE agents, "Don't shoot, Aaron Pertition is currently located behind this tree!" True to his word, Aaron was exactly where he said he'd be. He approached the scientist and the soldier with hands (and knife) in the air, making himself look as much like a human as possible.

"My apologies for the sudden intrusion, but when the plane landed and people went and did whateverthefuck, I decided to head to the compound and meet up with others there. On the way, however, my way was constantly being blocked and interrupted by random demons that I didn't want to shoot with extraordinarily loud firearms, and stalking then silently killing humanoid demons then hiding their bodies (usually in trees) is a very time consuming process. So, I've basically been meandering through these woods, murdering any hostiles, and attempting to head towards the compound ever since I disembarked from the plane." He paused, letting the silence fill in after his story. Then he remembered to sheathe his knife.

"Anyway, what's behind that door?" He asked.

OOC: I hate capchas.

 

[Ultraman950]

Sophia immediately whipped around to aim her gun at... a corpse. Feeling somewhat relieved, she set about trying to find whatever killed it, only to find...

"Don't shoot, Aaron Pertition is currently located behind this tree!"

She didn't lower her gun, but she at least kept it moving. "Nice work, but next time, try not to scare the crap outta me."

She listened to him, always keeping her bullpup on the move, her light-sensitive burning eyes taking in every detail they could.

"Anyway, what's behind that door?"

"Our objective. If you're looking for the woods group, they're over there," she said, motioning with her head. "If you think you can help fix our comms, just fall in behind me. If not, stay hidden. We'll call in an evac when we're finished here. Got it?"

 

[FinalDream]

Captain Lara Reid, PhD - Sector 14

?Oh, you should see what we cook up in the labs.? It was too late, Sophie had done it, she had got Lara overexcited. Reaching around into her rucksack she produced an unusual translucent P90 magazine, tinted with a dark shade of red. ?This is a pyro magazine. The bullets, twice the size of FMJ rounds, are actually hollow and contain a small amount of white phosphorus! They really pack a punch on demons but are hard to manufacture so we don?t have a great deal. This is my only magazine. Of course we tried building cryo rounds, with liquid nitrogen, but they had a habit of jamming the gun and, well, exploding in the barrel.?

She seemed to remember where she was, and that she had gotten carried away again. ?But yes, I can hack the network, I wrote the decryption program myself. I?m hoping for some power in the building, so we can get in, but the range on my sensor is pretty short so we need to be a lot closer before I can tell.?

She double checked the tablet. Nothing.

?You see it?s a power issue, the bigger the transmitter and receiver the more battery life it consumes. We had to??

She was talking again. Her bad habit. Probably alerting their position to every demon for miles.

?Ok I?ll?? Lara kept quiet keeping her P90 levelled and ready for trouble as they headed for the door.

Thump. Something hit the ground. Lara jumped at the sounds.

"Don't shoot, Aaron Pertition is currently located behind this tree!"

 

[wilcoblackflame]

They'd landed.

Under a pile of a equipment in the cargo bay, Crow rocked from side to side in the containment unit, trying to dislodge the pile.

He was successful in making some noise, but that was about as far as his luck went.

Resigning himself to further waiting, he settled in, humming a little tune to occupy himself.

 

[FinalDream]

Captain Lara Reid, PhD - Sector 14

She sighed at the sight of Aaron. Calming herself down a little. ?You know they make silencers, right??

She lowered her P90 a little. ?As for the door; I hope it?s something good!?

 

[deathbydeath]

"If you think you can help fix our comms, just fall in behind me. If not, stay hidden. We'll call in an evac when we're finished here. Got it?"
"Christ, do I really look/act like a rookie? I might not have had the extensive military you had, Miss Marshall, but when you jump straight from no prior job experience to being a freelance demon hunter, and then attract the attention of DICE, and remain in the profession for 8-ish years? I have an idea as to wipe my ass, Sophia." Aaron pulls out his magical folder o' information and flips through it. "Three quick questions, Sophia Marshall: One, You are 28 years old, right? Two, you are a Marine, right (which I respect). Three, the Marines' minimum enlisting age is 28, correct? Just saying, please don't mock the older gentlemen." Despite his protests, he followed her orders, leveling Irony and Despair over her shoulders as Laura, Sophia, and him prepared to enter the compound.

"Say, I feel like I forgot something important in the cargo hold. Never mind, it was probably just my breath mints."

EDIT: "You know they make silencers, right?"

Yeah, but they're a ***** to install on pistols that you didn't buy/commission, and also when you have no idea how your family legacy/a couple of pea shooters can hold their own with an M4. Each."

 

[Ultraman950]

As he continued, Sophia's brows furrowed more and more as her eyes glowed brighter. "You're so fucking lucky I'm on the job, asshole. I don't care what you've been doing for eight years, I ain't takin' any shit from anyone, least of all some condescending jackass that thinks he can talk down to me just 'cuz I am what I am. So shut the hell up and get in the damn compound before I decide to use you to check the rooms by shoving you head-first into them."

She turned back around and started towards the door again, a bit more quickly than she really should.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle lead the forest team from the front, keeping an eye out for any signs of trouble, but also for any survivors. She then felt a slightly strange sensation, as the Fae/Human hybrid Simon touched her on the arm, making her briefly see everyone except Vayle as being blurry.

"What in the..." She said to herself sounding very much confused when everything came back into focus. "Hmm, an unusual ability, will have to note that down once back at the base." Isabelle thought after blinking a few times. "Must be some kind of perception filter, or possibly an illusion. Judging from magical nature of the Fae, likely to be the latter."

"Anyone seen anything yet, any signs as to where somebody might have gone?" She asked the group quietly, hoping the illusion would cover sound as well.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Anyone seen anything yet, any signs as to where somebody might have gone?"

Richard shook his head, regardless of who noticed. He was a bit occupied with trying to figure out what the eerie feeling he felt was. Pretty much everything looked undisturbed, apart from some bushes. Suddenly, the reason for the nervousness hit him. Surely, the group before them should have encountered some demons this far into the forest, right? In that case... why was there no demon corpses close by? Actually, there were no signs of a fight at all. Also, from what he knew from trips into the woods when he was younger, a forest wasn't usually this... quiet. It was unsettling.

Surely none of this was important enough to actually report, but still, he felt his hand grip the shotgun harder, and he kept looking around, expecting to see anything.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Well at least I'll go out in style. So mind explaining who you are and how you got those demons to stop chasing me?"

The man chuckled at Mikihail's question.

"I am just a good samaritan. And as for those demons, well...even beasts know when they are out classed. They wont come any closer provided you're standing next to me. However..."

The stranger tilted his head in the air and took in the scents around the area.

"I cant say the same for the rest of the people here"

Merely a few yards behind them, Ghost was stealthily approaching their position.
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The team in the forest were well hidden with the combined illusions cloaking them. No one saw any imidiate danger, which was odd for a place the Lieutenant described as a high demon area.

Those with good enough eyes could see someone in the distance. A soldier, in the standard Division 3 garb, was leaning against a tree clutching his M16. Blood poured from his right temple, and he was shaking violently.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Wandering through the countryside until he found a settlement wasn't the best plan, neither was trying to trick Raguel, but he did have his freedom back and no one had even tried to stop him. In hindsight he should've volunteered for field work years ago and just walked away, but hindsight was never his strong suit.

It was strange, the Lieutenant had said there had been a demon attack, so where were the screams of terror and cries of pain? Where were the corpses of dead mortals? He may have been out of the loop for the past few centuries or so, but demon attacks were rarely stealthy.

Ah well, that didn't concern him, let them fight their fight. He wouldn't be able to do anything for either side until he found Raguel.

 

[Malyc]

Ghost was following the trail, keeping to one side of it so he didn't mess it up with his own footprints. These guys weren't even trying to hide... Musta been in a real hurry. It wasn't too much farther before he started to hear voices, and he shouldered his carbine and cautiously walked up on the two men, or at least what appeared to be men...

"I am just a good samaritan. And as for those demons, well...even beasts know when they are out classed. They wont come any closer provided you're standing next to me. However... I cant say the same for the rest of the people here"

"Let me see your hands." Ghost said, firmly but quietly as he stepped from the shadows, M4 trained on the figure who's uniform he didn't recognize. "Are you with the group who was supposed to be operating here? What happened to the rest of them?" He asked the guy who appeared to be from Division 3, like himself.