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Coral Restoration Log [closed to those in the teams]

Monday morning, bright and early, Station Master gathers those that signed on to help out, bringing them down via the elevator, before sealing it off, making it impossible for anyone to go up or down.

This is it. This is the day. We are going to fix the coral or... not fix it, really.

[ooc: please check each individual thread for more information. Also, as for the attack/defence part of the log, we are willing to play out the fights for you (apart from the NPC fight which will for sure be played out by us) however, we have given you the skills/attack patterns of the monsters, so if you'd rather, for the sake of speediness, play out the monster yourself, that is also fine, just let us know.]

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For the ones putting up the water barriers their job is in some ways the most simple and straightforward and in other ways, the most important. The water needs to be kept away from the coral where the engineers are doing their work. And as if that wasn't enough, it seems there is some trouble brewing.

Once the water has been drained away by those putting up the water barriers and the coral is clear and dry, this is where the engineering crew comes into play. Underneath a layer of quaint cobblestones, they will soon come across a layer of heavy duty cement. Hopefully you have some tools (or personal strength?) to break through. Once broken through the layer of cement, it will give way to an underground cavity. Most of the cavity is taken up by the 'roots' of the coral, burrowing deep into the rock. And on these glowing roots, various devices have been attached, with wires running deep into the core of the coral. In many cases the wiring inside the machines has been fried and needs to be replaced. Good luck.

It seems Station Master wasn't overly cautious when it came to setting up attack and defense teams. The mechanics have gotten to the roots of the coral when there is a sudden appearance on one of the nearby rooftops.

Thalassino.

She seems far more serious, far more driven than most have ever seen her, a staff in one hand. Her voice is loud (amplified by magic?) so all can hear her.

"I'm afraid I can't let you do that. I need this experiment to fail. Abandon these attempts now. I won't be holding back."

She doesn't give much time for discussion or even retreating. With a few intricate gestures of her staff, she aims at the water in front of the building she is standing on, and there rise three creatures, seemingly made from water. Each creature has a core, covered in ice, something bright and shining in the middle of that core of ice.

And without any further word, she attacks, aiming for one of the teams herself, while her creatures take on one individual team each.

The biggest of the three creatures heads for the west team. It is gigantic, misshapen, as if who had originally thought up the creature had no interest in aesthetics and only cared for raw power. Of the three creatures, physically this one is the strongest, using the odd, almost growth like protrusions along its body, to crash into its opponents, the barriers that are trying to keep the water away from the coral. Each of its strikes is hard, powerful, but what it gained in strength, it sacrificed in speed. Of the three creatures, it is definitely the slowest.

Its ice core, its only weak spot (how could you even think to injure water!) is in its chest, covered by the thickest layer of ice. Seems like this will be a test of endurance, a chip of ice at a time to break down this brute.

As big as the creature attacking the west side is, as small is the creature that takes on the east time. But don't under estimate it by its size. It's quick, the quickest of the three creatures. However its most important weapon is not its speed; it's its special ability. Occasionally the creature will divide, creating perfect clones of itself. With each new clone, the overall strength of each clone goes down, leaving their attacks weaker, but can you deal with this horde of creatures?

Much like the giant, it has an ice core, its only weak spot. The ice covering it is rather thin. One good hit and it could fracture. But where the water of the giant is clear and easy to see through, the water making up this creature is murkier, making it harder to spy the core unless you manage to mark the original copy in some way. Else you'll be stuck whacking down copies until you hit the right one!

The creature that attacks the south team falls in between the other two creatures in terms of size, but it is by far the most ferocious. Looking rather dragon-like, it is covered in spikes of ice that it will occasionally launch at its opponents. To add to that, when approached, it will attack with wicked looking water whips.

Much like its brethren, it has an icy core that is its only weak spot. The ice covering the core is neither thick nor thin. A few good strikes should take care of it. Hard to hit it though when it has this arsenal of weaponry. Luckily, in its ferocity, it also seems to be, well, put it mildly the dumbest of the three creatures. Perhaps a distraction is in order here?

The North team has the questionable privilege of being up against Thalassino. With a small flash of her staff, she lands on the water, standing on a small platform of ice. Her back is straight, her eyes hard.

"Run now and your lives will be spared."

Kill her, capture her, try and reason with her? The choice is up to you.

Percy sees the oncoming attack and almost abandons his post to join in the fight. But his job is important too, he remembers, and turns his attention to the task at hand, which he was well suited for.

In the water, he is stronger, and with ease can push the water away from the coral. But he can't hold it forever. He hasn't really had a chance to speak with the others assigned to the barrier, but he really hopes they can help hold the water back more stably.

Darkleer doesn't waste anytime once they arrive at their chosen spot. It's fortunate that he's already had to create a drilling machine for personal reasons, so he simply pulls out a large robot from his sylladex. Designed after a mole, of course, and clearly outfitted for getting through concrete and such.

"Unless anyone has any better ideas," he adds politely as the robot starts to rev up its drill.

"I don't care who you are, but we're more than just your experiment!"

The words heralded Daimon Masaru leaping out to strike at the water-like golem, digi-soul flaring around his fist. He threw a punch at the creature, which rippled through the water and caused it to "explode" out the back...

Fix the coral. Simple enough...and something he was familiar with. Well...the fixing things part at least. The part where he was working with a troll, a coyote and a pink haired woman was a little out of the norm even for him.

The Cleaner just look flatly at mole, "Hey...I'm not going to complain."

... and for the watery construct to split apart into two.

As Masaru stared, dumbfounded, the second "beast" whipped out with one of its vaguely formed arms, extending it outward and... well, grabbing Masaru by the face.

The street fighter let out a choked yell as he was thrown back into the nearest wall.

_{[Luckily for Demyx, he had been assigned to something more up his alley--combat never was his cup of tea, so keeping a barrier up was all fine and dandy in his book. Of course there was no way he'd be able to keep it up on his own, so he was thankful that there were at least a few other people to lend a hand.

This was his element. He could handle this--or so he hoped, anyway.]}

You guys holding up alright with this?

[Now while Jade doesn't happen to have a robot with a drill bit like her good buddy Darkleer does, she does have a fairly heavy duty drill in her sylladex for their area of ground.

That, and even if she's dissatisfied with the size of this drill, she is able to grow it with her space magic, carefully maneuvering the enlarged drill into the ground with this same space magic and keeping an eye on the progress. Don't want to accidentally hit anything important, after all.]

If you guys see anything off before I do, let me know, okay!

Tech circled the soon-to-be drill site, looking on the machines with vague admiration. Granted it was no plasma-cutting-drill-cruiser, but Darkleer clearly had a distinct sense of...flair. Flair was a way to put it.

"This seems as efficient as any of my immediate solutions. Carry on."

Dhaos doesn't waste words on the creature; whether it is living or merely a magical construct, it is an enemy that cannot be dissuaded from it's mission. He can't help but smirk for a moment at that. After all, he is almost the same in that regard.

He rushes one of the watery constructs, seemingly to try to strike it as well. However, instead of simply punching it, he slaps his hand to the ground near its feet, releasing a dome-shaped shockwave of magical energy to slam into the offending monster.

[Leo decides to try and help by pulling a big hammer out of his tool belt and lighting it on fire. The fire starts on his hands and spreads down the length of the hammer. After Jade has broken ground he starts working in the opposite direction she is, hoping the heat along with the already cracking surface will help them break through.]

Now this is some team work.

Edited 2013-05-07 04:24 (UTC)

Just like everyone else here, she's looking over the drilling machine and perhaps poking at it.

"It works for me. My way would result in molten rock."

"Masaru! You okay?"

He's probably fine, most of the people Maka is acquainted with are tougher than they look. She concentrates on the matter of the monster in front of her--the other man on their team attacked it, but it had split off into two before then. It's probably a ruse, a diversion to keep the ragtag team from getting at whatever will destroy it.

Concentrate... Maka's not certain how helpful Soul Perception would be in this case, but--

"What's that?"

She's not talking to anybody but herself, of course, but her attention is caught by something shining inside of one of the monsters, not present in the other. It's not a soul, per se, but she feels something from it regardless, a sort of living pulse, a spark of magic. Then--

"Attack the one on the left!" Maka readies her scythe to do just that herself.

He's old fashioned, so sue him. Unless it's on a spaceship, he doesn't see the reason for lasers everywhere, gosh! You're looking for Dualscar in that department.

The drillingbot looks as annoyed as a robot possibly can with Washu's poking, politely trying to swat her away just slightly before it began to get to work. It wasn't... elegant, by any means, but it was fast, drilling through the concrete. To make matters go through quicker for the others, Darkleer began to assist as well, moving entire chunks of rock out of the way. They had enough engineers on hand, clearly, so he would focus on using his more physical talents for now.

Someone had their wheaties for breakfast. Dwight just nods and backs out of the way of the bigger pieces of debris. He adjusts his bag and looks at Washu and Tech. "Any idea just what we're...drilling and clobbering our way into?" The question is towards DArkleer too but the big guy looks a might busy at the moment.

Hang on. Lemme try this on one of the cracks!

[A certain girl, who had caught up with the group just before they left, pulled a drill out, jamming it directly into the crack and starting it up.]

If this works, we'll be down in no time!

Edited (Hooray hitting enter too early) 2013-05-07 06:33 (UTC)

[Dirk doesn't get out any tools yet- with three people helping in the breaking up of the concrete, they're approaching the threshold for a 'too many cooks in the kitchen' scenario, in his opinion.

Instead, he stands close, occasionally flashstepping in and back away again when a chunk of rubble is broken off in a piece small enough to move, all the while keeping an eye out for any sign of mechanics.]

It's only likely to be a few feet at best, so careful where you're flailing things.

Still circling, Tech watched the robot and the troll do their work. Unless they came across a layer of metal, he had very little to offer here.

"The so-called heart of the coral, no doubt. I imagine it's going to offer some fascinating insights as to the nature of its construction--perhaps even answer some of our lingering questions." Naturally, that meant that he didn't really know, but such trivialities weren't going to tamper his enthusiasm for discovery.

Edited 2013-05-07 12:46 (UTC)

"I'm fine!" Masaru cried from the nearby wall, having protected himself from bone-shattering impact with his-digi-soul. Thankfully, Dhaos's attack kept the creature from holding onto him, so he was able to pick himself up unmolested. For the moment though, he needed to recover.

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Coral Restoration Log [closed to those in the teams]

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Coral restoration

Attack/Defense

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