lostcarnival | ⇨ POLARIS 3.0

Who: Everyone!
When: Day 115
Where: Polaris
What: On the morning of day 115, a couple hours before the technicians would come to pick up the test subjects, the escape plan will officially come into effect. If your character has been left out of the loop up till this point, feel free that someone hastily explains the plan during the initial phase! The meat of everything else will be played out via megathreads and any private toplevels people want to make.
Warnings: Probably violence.

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The plan starts with getting everyone out of their cells. Childermass is going to be using his Gilded Mark to enhance his shadow movement abilities, unabling him to teleport himself and other people out of containment. If your character has other ways of escaping they are free to pursue that, but on a base level, it can be assumed that everyone gets out thanks to Childermass. (Thanks Childermass!) Once everyone has been removed from their cells by some means or another, they will be forced to split into teams as swiftly as possible, as the moment people start breaking out, negative attention from the staff will start building. The area is poorly guarded at first, but as people become aware of the breakout, more will arrive.

Gild, speaking on behalf of her inside plant, will say that those that 1) want to get their stuff back, 2) want to find Ignatius, should get the assistance of their allied Deltas to access sector A5. From there, they will have to access Polaris's storage in A3, a neighbouring sector, and find access to C2, the station where Ignatius is being held. They should expect to be met with armed resistance, but with any luck allies will be there to assist them.

In general, characters will be most effective if they back one of these major objectives:

► TEAM LOOT: This team is trying to get back the items and pets that were confiscated when the group was brought into Polaris. Their objective, according to their allies on the inside, is to get to A5, and then make their way to A3. The important thing is being able to locate their stuff among a sea of other items, and to make it through security in order to reclaim it. Gild's plant has said that they will assist with this. After getting these items, Team Loot may wish to merge with Team Rescue.

► TEAM RESCUE: This team's primary focus is to get to A5 and then make their way to C2. If desired, they may wait for or join with Team Loot, or they may strike out ahead in order to take advantage of the element of surprise. The key factors are obtaining a way to access C2, as well as being prepared for armed conflict with the technicians guarding it, as well as possibly the Mother of Invention herself. Though, the ideal is that Gild will be distracting here at that time.

► TEAM DISTRACTION: This team can do their thing wherever they please, as their main intent is to sew general discord and distract the staff from the teams doing more important things. They should be prepared for armed resistance, but what tactics they pursue beyond that point are highly variable.

► TEAM FORTRESS: This team is attempting to set up a protective base of operations in the original sector in order to survive the conflict and protect their noncombatant comrades. How they accomplish this is also highly variable.

Other objectives may exist, of course, and can be made with their own separate top levels. Chunks of these megathreads will have to be played out in summary form, so when characters are simply trying to get from place to place and specifics aren't necessary, feel free to stick to that format. Assume that everyone is already out of their cells for the purpose of the megathreads.

Here is a shitty map of how the sectors connect, from a side view of the central Polaris hub.

Flat | Top-Level Comments Only

"Steven did?" Ah... "Hmm. That's good then... ...For the most part, we are in the midst of regrouping," Gongenzaka explains. "Those of us who were granted power from Ignatius have been returning it- it appears that in doing so, his own strength is enough to lessen the block which the Mother has imposed as well," he continues...unaware of whether or not Yuuya has already been told this.

"Auh...in addition however..." He points to Yuuya's suit. "...We must remove that. We have acquired the outfits of the staff, for the meantime."

Yuya hasn't, but it reminds him the access to his power he's felt. So he can return to Ignatius now? He'll have to do that afterwards.

He nods, once, making an attempt to pull off the fabric. "Yeah--I have the rest of my armor in the egg dimension, I just need a way to get the suit off so I can put it on."

And he looks expectantly to Gongenzaka at that. If his is off, he must have found a way.

"HNnnn..." There is a grimace, but he nods. "Very well then, we must move quickly. Our best efforts have been made with the enchanted blades- the Rose Queen's saber, as well as Steven's 'Angel Blade'." He'll lead Yuuya to wherever one or the other can do so, but Gon was absolutely not the one handling those.

Yuya follows his lead, pausing when he faces the blades himself. He was thinking, like, a knife, but the sword is the best option they have before Childermass' iron knives?

He picks up the angel blade, cringing at the size of it. "I really have to cut it off with this?"

That seems like a good way to lose limbs.

"Indeed." That said.

Uh.

"...Shall I, the man Gongenzaka, perhaps hold the blade?" Buddy,

"I think that'd help?" It's a big blade. But first. "Uh, can you find a Supervisor and get the rest of this armor?"

He gestures to the elven bracer on his arm. "And I'll... find a room to change in." At least, he hopes there are rooms or places that he doesn't have to strip out in the breezy open.

"...It would certainly be easier than attempting to take the sword to your suit on your own..." he mutters dryly. However. "I, the man Gongenzaka, can certainly do that however."

Yuya nods, and when Gongenzaka starts to depart for that, he turns to make his way around the Delta area until he's outside the apartment area. Peeking into the first one, though, reveals a couple bound and unconscious Technicians. So Yuya closes it and moves on to the next one.

Incredible.

Well, Gongenzaka will be back in a bit with that armor at least- it doesn't take long, and he knows what Yuuya's stuff looks like. He has Suzu at his side by this point as well, rather than in a ball.

"Bff."

"Yuuya?" Alright where are you,

"Gongenzaka!" Yuya waves from in front of an apartment area that seems to be empty. Maybe it was one of the carnival member's before things went to shit.

He looks a little relieved at him and Suzu as they bring the armor over, then pushes the door open and drags the sword in with him. "Okay, let's do this."

"Hmn! Hold still then.."

It's going to be really awkward, and really tricky, and Gongenzaka will go completely silent to work on cutting. He aims to only make a few strong slits- unfortunately it has to start at the neck- but if he gets enough going, Yuuya should be able to just peel the rest off.

Yuya removes the few pieces of elven armor he was wearing and then holds extremely still, not wanting to accidentally get cut form squirming. It helps that it's Gongenzaka doing it, because he trusts him to take care and be as gentle as possible. He wouldn't want to hurt Yuya, either.

Once enough is cut down and it's safe to move, Yuya starts peeling the suit apart. It takes a bit of force, but he's able to start rolling the material down in pieces... but he stops as he reveals a shoulder and his arm, and more of those glowing specks are seen on his skin.

That's right. He hasn't had a proper look at it until now. He's a little afraid to see how far they go.

Gongenzaka will help a bit- with arms, fingers, that sort of thing. It'll be hardest to get sleeves off he's pretty sure. But he catches Yuuya's pause and stops himself, blinking. "...Yuuya?"

He can see the glowing specks- he's trying not to comment, however. "...Are you alright?

"... Yeah." Yuya shakes his head before looking up at Gongenzaka with a distant smile. "Just my first time seeing it is all."

The results of his trial. There's a faraway remembrance to the pain of having them all injected into him, leaving numerous scatterings in clusters around his body.

He scrambles to pull at the rest of the suit. The sooner, the better.

"Aaauh..." He doesn't press. Instead he helps to pull off the fingers of the suit so that Yuuya can just roll down the rest and be done with it all. Once Yuuya reaches the last bit, he'll get the armor and cloth from Suzu- tadaaah.

Yuya pulls on the armor quickly, sparing only brief glances to where the dots are in himself: his shoulders, chest and up the front of his neck, the crooks of his elbows and knees scattering down... there's little on his back, probably because that's how he was bound on the table.

The armor doesn't exactly hide his arms, though, so he doesn't really get to put all of it out of sight or out of mind. He tests his joints, then twists a little. "I'm going to need new clothes, wherever we go."

Armor is weird.

"Aaauh... ...it does not seem especially comfortable either," Gongenzaka observes, Suzu herself pawing around to sniff. "For now at least, it will be better than being 'shocked', yes?"

Yuya makes a face and nods, before absently rolling his shoulder. With that done, he picks up his staff again and looks up at Gongenzaka.

"I'm going to return the power Ignatius gave me. Do you know where he is?"

"Aauh, I do. I, the man Gongenzaka, believe he is resting in the back-most room of the shop...somewhere hidden from sight."

⇨ POLARIS 3.0

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