Mcmolly

NCQuest: Smith's Rest

Everything happened too quickly, Eli was hardly aware as she retreated from the decimated tank. The explosions couldn't have all been from them, a few had come from beyond the cloud, and only when she was clear did it don on her what Madison had done. She felt her stomach twist itself into a knot.

"Oh my god," she whimpered, and was immediately thankful that she hadn't been broadcasting. At least, not on the main line.

"What happened?" came Vera's cautious inquiry. "Lizzy? Is everything everything okay? Is everyone--"

Eli cleared her throat, nodding her head as though the girl huddled up on the other end of the radio could see her. "Everyo--everything's fine, Vera. We got the bad guys."

"You did! Hah! I knew you would. Don't stand a chance against my big sis."

"Y--you know it Vi. I've gotta..." Eli had to hold back the urge to curse herself for the way her hands were shaking. She couldn't take her eyes off of the wreckage of the tanks, knowing that somewhere in there, the Mad-E was stalled. She listened to the Captain talk, giving them new orders, and from Vera's silence Eli knew the girl was listening as well. She wondered if Vera could pick up on the Captain's strained voice, the girl was clever, she could recognize worry fairly well.

Eli turned her attention to Swarm. Joe was still alive from what she could tell, but from what he said and just from the brief scan of his NC, she didn't have faith that he would be doing much for the remainder of the mission.

That done, she nearly headed off towards team B's location without a second thought before passing the wreckage brought the pit in her stomach back to the front of her mind.

"I gotta go for a bit, Vi," Eli said, slowing down.

"M'kay! Go kick some more ass--butt!"

As the connection cut, Blur veered off to the side back towards the wreckage, and she opened comms once again with the team/HQ. "This is Blur to NC Mad-E, requesting pilot status-report."

Eli didn't expect a response, but casting out her line was worth the shot. She wasn't sure if she was on a clock or not, but just as had happened with Bishop and Rook, Eli feared there was some sort of dead-man's bomb within the tanks as well. If Mad-E was still in there amidst the smoke, then she was still in danger.

Forget her. You have a mission to complete. I'm not leaving. You're disobeying a direct order. We can't afford to lose an NC, I'm salvaging Smith's Rest property. You're being soft. Eli ground her teeth together, clenched the controls so tightly she felt her hands might split around them.

As Blur was once again consumed by the smoke cloud, she found her targeting system, as fine-tuned as it was, had no luck in spotting anything wreckage or otherwise, she'd have to rely on her eyes. Or rather, Blur's eyes. The air was thick, too thick to make out any solid shapes, but a small distance away she saw firelight dancing, albeit faintly. Drawing closer, Eli spotted the remains of the tank, and her urgency grew. Now she too was close enough to be caught by any after-grave explosives, and even if there wasn't anything to tell her she was running out of time, there was no way to ignore the creeping danger.

Coming around, it was easy enough to make out the smaller form of the Mad-E nearby. Blur got in front of her, placed her hands upon either of Mad-E's shoulders --careful not to press too hard-- and slowly began to move out of the cloud using the boosters on her back. The process took a good minute or so, but she didn't want to risk trying to air-lift the damaged NC, in case the cockpit was loose, or something volatile fell. When at last the two would emerge out into the open air again, Blur tried not to linger too long overlooking the Mad-E's damage.

It's fine, it's what the armor is there for. I'll bet the inside is in perfect condition. Cute.

"Blur to NC Mad-E, respond if-- shit, forget it. Command, this is Blur. Madison isn't responding, I think Swarm might be right. Please advise."

Eli sat back for a moment. quiet, before radio static snapped her back again. She expected the Captain's voice, but instead, once again, it was Vera.

"Maybe you should go get her, Lizzy," the girl said, and Eli made a mental note to make sure the radio was off the next time she meant to cut the connection. Vera went on. "Y'know like get out an' see if she's actually alright in there. I mean... if you can get inside..."

Get inside? Eli didn't even know where to start with that. Then again if Madison really was hurt, staying inside a damaged NC likely wasn't doing her any favors. "Thanks Vi," she said. The idea was fairly outlandish, but if push came to shove, and Madison needed medical attention, getting just her back would be far faster than transporting the Mad-E as a whole. Eli decided to wait for further orders, and then act from there.

NCQuest: Smith's Rest

I thiiiink Maddie might be unconscious, doubt she'll be assisting with the team B thing XD

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

@Phantomlink959 Sounds good

NCQuest: Smith's Rest

@ADParis
Not anymore! huehuehue

Plague-Hunters 2

Willo

Willo couldn't help but grin wide at the pub's interior. So many people, so many things happening, all of them varying degrees of entertaining, but entertaining all the same. A wave of cheering took over the room and she found herself whooping along with the other patrons, but her excitement took on a devious edge. She saw drunken arguments forming, bubbling up onto the cusp of confrontation, and couldn't resist the urge to egg things on.

"You gonna let him say that?" she'd chime to one, and "He's gonna swing!" to another. Whether the voice of one girl amidst the sea of shouts and hollers would make any difference, she didn't stay to find out. Instead she kept close to Ramone and Aelar, and eventually found herself meandering over to the counter.

"Just a cup'a water for me, thanks," she said to the tender, plopping herself down into an open seat. She drank in quick sips, as though she was more interested in wetting her tongue than actually hydrating. "This was a good idea. Ramone, you have good ideas, you know that?"

Perhaps it should have been difficult to spot Lazarus in the chaos of the pub, but the fact that he was more or less secluded in addition to having seen him nearly every day for years took away most of the difficulty. From her angle she couldn't see the one-eyed woman, but it did look like he was having a chat with someone. A friend? A girly, maybe? She always wondered what sort of folk interested the statuesque man. But it was more than likely some contact or another, maybe regarding their mission. Being close to the castle, someone was bound to know something worthwhile about Bloodleaves, aside from the fact that it was super spooky.

"'Ay guys, look," she said, nodding towards their teacher. "Who do ya think he's talkin' to?"

RWBY AU;Heroes of a Different Story (Mission terminated. Wishing you all well.)

Sure thing, have guests at the moment but will hop on the doc this evening.

Akame Ga Kill - Creeping Shadows

Fair enough, I'll work up a CS and have it in soon! Would you like it posted here or PM'd?

Akame Ga Kill - Creeping Shadows

Would like to throw out my interest in case y'all are still accepting!

NCQuest: Smith's Rest

Blur rocketed away after the first tank went up in flames, and with good timing too. No sooner did the tanks deploy their smoke and evasive maneuvers was Swarm hailing round after round of missiles down at them. There was simply no way she could try to move in and engage the last tank through both the fog and the rest of the explosions, so instead she prepped more demo charges and once again took off in a wide arc around the mobile cloud of smoke.

"Moving into the tank's estimated path, watch your fire."

It took a while to clear enough of a distance to get an idea of where the tank was going as well as where in the cloud it might be, and the latter was more of a shaky guess than anything. As Swarm's artillery continued to rain down, she set a row of charges on the ground crossing the cloud's path. That done, she tore off again, this time taking to the sky to get a better vantage point. If the tank veered off its current path, her plan was foiled, and even if it didn't she'd have to guess when to detonate the charges once the cloud passed over them. Not a great plan, but given the circumstances...

Plague-Hunters 2

Sounds good, will do!