Operation: Gigas Freedom Event Start

[bravenewmods]

True to their word the Seekers lead the teams discretely through the winding streets of Gigas and into service entrances, gaining them admittance into the heart of Gigas’s political compound. Bringing them stealthily along the catwalks, the Union infiltrators were brought to the inner sanctum, close to the captive Gigases and their mission.

Sharp-looking soldiers in fatigues holding machine guns patrolled diligently, although their demeanor was not especially tense. It seemed no immediate operations were taking place at this time as no engineers were present. And in their enormous cages, the Gigases slept. Waiting.

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[actsmagnificent]

Haruka is frowning at said screen, but it doesn't make much sense to her. She'll wait for everyone else Michiru to chime in, but she also places a palm against the console. "We're low on time."

Those who have worked with Haruka before - who can see through her Brilliant Divine Defense Force Disguise, as well - will recognize this stance as preparation for Earthquake. Unless her partner tells her otherwise, she's going to attack.

[no_love_potions]

Whoah. Okay, now, usually Harry's all for blowing things up, it's what he excels at in fact, but it's usually on the way out and preferably when the alternative options have already used themselves up. As such, he stepped forward.

"Wait a second. We still don't know how that thi-- how the Gigas in there is going to react to us showing up, but we can be sure that blowing holes in the walls is going to bring every guard in this place down on our heads. We're short on time but we still have enough to play this smart."

He walked up to the glass, looking through at the massive God on the other side. His own gut was reporting the same thing as Rei's, that something wasn't right here. He didn't want to dive in headfirst just yet.

"It looks like we're the Gardevoir Club here today. A couple of us should be able to teleport in there, get an idea of what we're dealing with and we go from there." He looked back, sparing a glance toward Lash who had been eerily silent on this journey, the elegant Gardevoir bowing her head, and then looked to the rest of his team. "If it checks out, then we can start blasting Gigas' junk to pieces. Sound good?"

[faithfulflame]

"I'm in agreement with you, Harry-san. We really don't want to end up with the entire garrison on our backs. We're tough, and we have our Gardevoir's shields but...I don't know how good that will be against concentrated fire..."

[incousinswithyou]

A light hand on Haruka's elbow, and then an intrigued glance at Harry. She could be down with that. Unless something happens, it would only take a couple of minutes at most.

"Do we know anything about how they're being held like that?" She's examining the console, hoping that something might be labeled. If blowing up the console does nothing, then destroying all that machinery will take longer than they've got.

Gardevoir drifts towards her Trainer, sensing a job for her to do.

[bnw_void_npcs]

The light in Celito's hand dies, and he does look a bit sullen.

"All right, well, figure it out then I guess."

The console itself is unmarked, but does possess a keyboard interface and a strange, corded item with two buttons on the top that, when jiggled, brings light to the monitor that displays login information and moves a cursor along the screen.

[no_love_potions]

"Not sure. I've dealt with Gigas a lot but I've never seen anything like--" BLIP!

Focused on the task at hand, Harry hadn't quite noticed Lash floating up to his side. Or her reaching up to lightly touch him in mid-sentence before the tall wizard suddenly blinked out of the room entirely.

"-that." Harry blinked, disoriented for a moment at his new surroundings before sensing a great big something behind him. Slowly, he turned around and found himself gazing straight up in the Gigas' great, great big eyes. "Um. Hey... big guy."

Lash smiled faintly.

[actsmagnificent]

Haruka nods - mostly at Michiru, as she's the one who'd be traveling by Gardevoir. "We'll manage."

Or, well, if she's on console duty, she'll do what she can. Starting by trying to figure out how to control the cursor. This object, right? Haruka puts her hand on it and moves it around. What happens if she presses this button on the left?

[incousinswithyou]

Michiru offers Haruka a smile, and then turns to her Gardevoir and offers her hand. Gardevoir takes it, and then they disappear.

Floating in midair in front of the giant only makes her feel small. It takes her a moment, but she manages to tear her eyes away and start trying to make sense of the machinery.

[faithfulflame]

Technology not being her thing, Rei ignores the computer and goes to stand next to Harry, staring up at the gigantic Pokemon. That sure is big. One of the biggest she'd ever seen, honestly. It's impressive. And just knowing it's being controlled bothers her intensely.

She tries to meet it's eye, smiling in what she hopes is a reassuring manner.

"We'll get you out of there."

Brrreeep Bahreeep

[arachnocide]

There was a soft crackle, and the warp band flares to life.

"We suspect the console has something to do with the perimeter's controls, and it's protected by some kind of code or password, but if you can get pass that, you should be able to change the regulatory systems. If you can't figure it out, link the console to a warp band and we can attempt to brute force the password."

Kurapika stated in a clipped tone, relaying the information as quickly and professional as possible. "Look for anything unusual on the console, it might give you a hint."

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[bnw_void_npcs]

(This thread is OK to continue as you figure out what you do with the console)

[no_love_potions]

Harry is perhaps less awed than some of his allies might be at being in the presence of a god. There's another term for what he's feeling right now. Freaked out. Yeah, that's it.

Fortunately, that feeling is quickly replaced by supplanted by something else completely beyond the understanding of his mere mortal mind. His brow furrows at his Warp Band as Kurapika's speaks a string of words that, individually, he understands just fine but put together in that order somehow sound like some bizarre, arcane language.

"Cool." He says after a beat. "So, somebody go ahead and do... that."

Lowering his arm, he looks at Rei and Michiru.

"Let's take a look around. See if we can figure anything out on this side."

[incousinswithyou]

Michiru simply nods and continues looking, getting closer to the machinery and trying to make sense of it all.

[actsmagnificent]

Code or password...a place to input.....there, maybe? Haruka moves the cursor and tries each of the buttons in turn until she gets the screen she wants. She also checks out the console itself for anything unusual. Would they really leave a clue?

She'll give herself two or three tries of possible passwords, at most. Anything beyond that and they're wasting time - while members of their group are risking their lives on the other side.

[faithfulflame]

"Sure," Rei says with a nod to Harry. She has no freaking clue what to do with a machine, so she starts walking along the walkways towards the giant god, looking for something she can do. A lever to release it or some sort of information panel? She has no idea, she's mostly just asking her psychic intuition for a clue on what comes next. Maybe a lingering password?

[no_love_potions]

At least their presence in this chamber seems to have gone unnoticed for the time being, so that's something to be grateful for at least. He can only hope that the other teams are having an equally quiet trip.

Still, each second they spend here makes the odds of just that happening go up so there's no time to relax. He'd fought Gigas his entire adult life and seen plenty of their toys in action but this setup is beyond him. No, that's not entirely true. Whatever the scale things have to work a certain way, right? So, that means....

"There has to be something powering all this." He says, pressing a hand to one of the large machines and feeling the energy running through it. "There should be a box somewhere running all that, might have a little lightning bolt picture on it. Or a guy getting zapped by one. We find that, maybe we can shut the whole thing down from in here."

[bnw_void_npcs]

Haruka's password attempts fail to yield any results, and in fact lock the terminal on the third try. Unfortunately no psychic intuition seems to be taking hold, all that can be discerned is that the terminal will need to be unlocked from another area.

That would take time, and likely time is not what the team has as suddenly the enormous Gigas lurches suddenly, sending shockwaves through the building and causing it to shake violently.

"That can't be good," Celito says, looking genuinely concerned.

[actsmagnificent]

"It noticed us?" Haruka wonders aloud - but the Gardevoir team haven't even really gotten answers yet....

No time, though. And the terminal's gone nonresponsive, so she shoots a glance at everyone joining her at the console. "Stand back."

And please, Michiru, try to convince the god they're doing this for its own sake....

She takes a deep breath and, unless someone grabs her arm or knocks it astray, Earthquakes the machine.

[incousinswithyou]

Michiru's eyes widen for a moment, her Gardevoir holding tightly onto her hand. And then she smiles.

"We're trying to free you. Any suggestions would be appreciated." Just in case, Gardevoir psychically sends the message along, as well as lingering feelings of trust and protectiveness for her Trainer.

[faithfulflame]

Rei feels the shift and does her best to clamp down on the sudden panic. That's not good, that's...not good at all. She steps back several yards, knuckles white around the bow's grip.

"This is...it shouldn't be moving. Should it?"

She sounds unsteady, uncertain for the first time in a long while. Were they going to have to fight?

[no_love_potions]

Oooooh, crap, that is not good. Harry wobbles a bit as the shockwave rolls through the building, shaking the floor beneath his feet. No, Harry doesn't hold much regard for gods, but he does recognize power when he sees it and right now he's standing in the presence of a being that shook this entire complex to its core just by moving a little. For a second, all he wants to do is turn and run and run and keep running until he finds a nice bed to jump into with some blankets to pull up over his head and hide under.

He glances back, sensing Rei backing up and he can hear the fear in her voice and see it in the death grip she has on her weapon. She's scared, and he can't blame her. She's still young, capable, brave and strong but young all the same. And Harry's the oldest in the group... time to start acting like it. His expression hardens.

"They're doing something." He turns back to the Gigas, scanning over the machinery. "We have to... to...."

There's another boom in the next room as Haruka's Earthquake goes off in the next room and he rolls his eyes. This is getting them nowhere, time to do some damage.

"Oh, screw it. FORZARE!" His voice booms and he thrusts his staff forward, unleashing his own building-shaking blast of raw, psychic energy. Not at the Gigas, but at the machinery holding it.

[bnw_void_npcs]

The webs of machinery fall away under the powerful attacks, but the Gigas continues, its eyes glowing blood red as it begins to slam its arms into the bindings.

Go, humans! I cannot control myself! Not while he stands!

The Gigas continues to thrash about. Below, you can hear the screams of Gigas soldiers and scientists who just arrived on the scene to investigate. As the Gigas continues to destroy everything around it, scaffolding begins to fall from the rafters, several large pieces sure to crush the Gigan forces should they remain unaided.

"Damn it!"

Celito begins charging light in his hand but stops short, his eyes wide.

"What is she... wait! NO!"

It's unclear what he's seeing, but at this time he is too distracted to take action. Looks like it's up to the others.

[actsmagnificent]

It didn't do anything? And their leader's out of commission, and the wrong sort of cavalry's arrived. Haruka grits her teeth, swerves, and barks a command to her Reuniclus. "Flight!"

The tiny Psychic Pokémon zooms above the Gigas forces, hoping to cast a strong enough Reflect to, if not completely keep the wreckage at bay, slow it down long enough for others to get the Gigas citizens to safety (see, Rise? Michiru? She remembered the plan). Outside, Uranus receives similar instructions: to try and help anyone in the area who's in danger from what's happening underground.

"Retreat!" she snaps at the others, figuring she doesn't have to tell them to help try and keep the whole place from caving in in the process (they are from Union, and all).

Celito, however? She is letting fend for himself. That whole situation smacks of something that isn't her business.

[no_love_potions]

Oh, crap, that was not the right move to make at this particular juncture. He drops the attack as the towering beast begins swinging its arms and smashing the chamber apart. He winces when he hears the god's voice booming through his head and glances downward at the screams from below.

"Defendarius!" His hand thrusts forward again and a barrier of telekinetic power springs to life in time to intercept a few pieces of heavy debris from crashing into their place on the catwalk. The wizard grunts, grits his teeth and holds the shield in place and yells back over his shoulder. "Lash!"

His Gardevoir arches an eyebrow and looks downward with a look of open disdain on her features. Flippantly, she raises a hand and sends her own Psychic downward to assist Haruka's Reuniclus in protecting the soldiers though she's clearly not putting much enthusiasm toward it.

"We're not winning this today!" Harry shouts back to the two young women there with him. "Move! I'll cover us!"

[incousinswithyou]

A quick mental report from her Noivern, and then Michiru sends it along to help out Uranus the Salamence.

Meanwhile, her Gardevoir pulls them off to the side, away from the falling machinery. From the looks of it, the god didn't need their help after all.

In quick secession, Gardevoir sets up a Reflect for the team while Michiru uses Psychic to help keep the soldiers from getting crushed. All bets are off, however, if they start to attack.