[WORLD TWO | JAILBREAK]

[spellbindmods]

[ Fifteen days ago, twelve members of the coven were selected to be captured and put under major scrutiny by the Shehui government. Today, they become freed.

Well, that's a pretty dramatic tag line for it all, but it's a dramatic moment isn't it? The coven members who have been taken have been subjected to some pretty hideous conditions, and their captivity and abuse has been reported to their fellow members via telepathy. With this information, and even just the knowledge that coven members have been taken at all, a plan of attack has been orchestrated.

Whether or not you're actively involved in this plan, the effects will likely be noticed immediately -- but it's up to fellow coven members to decide just how wide spread their pandemonium is. SImply put, there will be distracting forces and also those who go in for attack. Helpers and fighters. It's up to you what hand you have in helping your fellow man! ]

( ooc: Since there are a lot of different roles that can't be subsidized to their own prompts, the main given prompts in the log will be for pre- and during the jailbreak. You can have multiple prompts that take place in both situations in the event you have a multi-tiered role.

pre-jailbreak: Anything not directly involved with the government porthole location OR something leading up to the onslaught at the porthole.

during the jailbreak: Directly at the porthole and/or inside of the government hall, so labeled Lower Admin Hall C with a large connecting and locked door in a room that leads to Lower Admin Hall D. )

Let it be known that the monitors won't go down without a fight. No upper level government employees show their face, but when attacked monitors will indeed go in for the kill. However, they are initially taken by surprised. They aren't aware that their technology can be hacked, or that they have a large force that's about to come in against them.

If a monitor is felled, it's possible to take their ID card and use it to break prisoners free. They will all have clearance to access holding rooms, as well as testing centers and interrogation rooms. Use these keys to find coven members -- but characters will also find more monitors as they go through the hall.

Because this is a lower level administration area, searching the place won't find much in the way of information. This is something of the equivalent of a government prison. Weapons, medicine, files on ALL coven members (which can be taken), and similar items can be found. What's certainly more interesting is found in Lower Admin Hall D.

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hacking results: Capable hackers like 9S will be able to hack into the entrance of the government building eventually, which allows for an easier flow of movement in and out. This won't be the only reward reaped from the hacking: there are tons of locked archives that are concealed within the Shehui mainframe. Most are boring, governmental gobbledygooks, aptly named things like watersystem//upperdeck and the like. Three offer some intriguing information, titled contrabandlist//highlevel, adminhalld//accessrequirementoverride and notefile//banned//writtenrecord.

The first two archives are much easier to crack open and give information as follows (with irrelevant information omitted):

contrabandlist//highlevel

Four (4) small bone fragments, electrical in nature. Dangerous ##04. Contraband Room 5.

One (1) inanimate golden box. [MODIFICATION: When collected, box was magic in nature. Expended Three (3) smooth black stones predetermined to be filled with void magic in opening said golden box for investigation. Not currently deemed dangerous. Contraband Room 1.

> RETRIEVAL: One (1) body from inanimate golden box. Still living, suspended animation. Held in Contraband Room 4. DO NOT INCLUDE OTHER CONTRABAND. CONTRABAND ROOM 4 NOW OFF LIMITS FOR NEW MATERIAL.

> DETAIL: Clothed. Height: [measurement translation to 6' 3"]. Weight: Indeterminate. Dangerous ##77. Antima Formula RE5 inserted in constant IV. No obvious name, planetary association.

adminhalld//accessrequirementoverride

This archive contains a program that can be transferred from ID card to ID card. Anyone who has this .exe in their ID card can give it to someone else. This will grant access to all Lower Admin Hall D rooms, including contraband rooms -- there are six in total. These rooms can also be looted! All magical items within these rooms won't be immediately obvious in how they are magical, but there are plenty of items there that may be looted.

notefile//banned//writtenrecord

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new objective: jailbreak qri Utilizing this new information, coven members have the opportunity to find Qri and her golden box. While the box does seem somewhat non threatening and useless, unbeknownst to coven members it does contain void properties that allow Qri to use it as a space pocket for all the coven's shit. If you left it in the box, then you're shit out of luck if the box doesn't come to. Qri is surprisingly light, but still unconscious. Because of her size and condition, it will likely take more than one person to move her...but her body may potentially be a good meeting point for coven members. The room is isolated, and she's somewhat awe-inspiring being a large, albino-alien lady.

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post-jailbreak There's certainly a hullabaloo going on in the government building as the coven members try to fight to take their monitors. One thing is for certain -- there's no going back, now.

After a while, all coven member IDs go black -- including those belonging to uninvolved parties. For some, this is only temporary. Shehui is watching, and they know who they can potentially make loyal. However, anyone involved in the break-in, as well as the Chosen 12, their IDs will remain black. All credits have been taken and their capability to unlock any door will be removed.

Suddenly the fuzzy black cards begin to emit a high-pitched noise. All monitors still underground and alive will immediately freeze at the noise. The black ID cards will begin to flash a very blinding, red message:

TRUCE
ALL STAND DOWN
PEACEFUL EVICTION INITIATED: [TRANSLATED DATE: 20TH]
NO MORE HARM WILL COME TO YOU HERE

No matter where they are, monitors all standing completely still, hands up in surrender. Take a few more shots at them if you dare -- they won't defend themselves. Though your credits may be frozen and your identification marked, this is a war you've won. This war anyway. This war, here. ]

Comments

[inspiteful]

[ Jusis please, Skylark can tell you're not that fine. He can't really tell how good (or not) the guards were, considering he had to depend on the rest of the infiltration team for that.]

Have you already seen a medic?

[allbroea]

There are others who require far more urgent care than I do. When they've been seen to, I'll get my injuries looked at.

[ he knows where this is going ... because he's usually on the opposite side of things, but it's true their resources should be focused where it's most important first. ]

I'll thank you for the concern, but I'm in no danger.

[inspiteful]

[ A part of him thinks to offer, what with being an apprentice doctor and all, but he also gets the feeling that Jusis would just try to direct him to the others in need of more urgent care...which he doesn't have confidence he'd be able to do right now. ]

...If you say so.

[allbroea]

[ if a medic came to him, he wouldn't turn them away, exactly, but he's not going out of his way.

regardless, jusis is most comfortable speaking about others. ]

I'm more interested in why you're here. I know you didn't come all this way to check on my well-being.

[ he got the general overview from roy, but that didn't include every member involved in the infiltration team, or anything. ]

[inspiteful]

I, uhm. Helped to break into the building.

[ He's sure somewhere his mother is judging her son for this. And well, he did partially agree to help since he knew Jusis was one of the people taken. Partially because when your magic is 'unlocking locks', you want to feel useful and honestly, a part of him isn't exactly surprised that things turned out this way. This city made him uneasy from the start.]

[allbroea]

[ not where he wanted skylark to be, but he seems largely unharmed, at least. still, he raises a brow. he didn't have him pegged as someone who could break in by force, but he's learned a lot about appearances from being roomed with julius and noctis. ]

You did?

[ teach him your ways. ]

[inspiteful]

I, uhm. My magic lets me unlock locks, so I volunteered to help.

[allbroea]

[ handy magic, and handy info to keep in mind, too. ]

Then I suppose I owe you my thanks for that as well. [ giving him another once-over with this newfound knowledge— ] You were uninjured in the assault?

[ you know, just to keep an up-to-date list of disgraceful behavior from the government. ]

[inspiteful]

Yeah, I'm fine. The...rest of the team covered for me.

[ He can't help but feel a little ashamed that he had to rely on them to stay safe. Skylark know he isn't a fighter, and he knows there isn't really anything wrong about that, it just sucks to feel like he's imposing on them somehow.]

[allbroea]

Good.

[ he does crack a small smile at that; the less injuries the better, and the coven working together is a good sign besides. it is short-lived, however, replaced with a more serious expression, and he lifts his blackened id. ]

I assume you've also been blacklisted by the city, then?

[inspiteful]

[ It's good to see that Jusis can still smile after everything, is what Skylark thinks. When Jusis asks though, Skylark digs through his pocket and pulls out his ID too, just as pitch black. ]

I'd be surprised if I wasn't.

[allbroea]

[ he's resilient, if nothing else, and he tries to avoid showing his distress to—well, anyone, but especially those younger than him. skylark doesn't need more to worry about.

still, jusis turns his attention to the card in his own hands. ]

Even if we're still permitted into the apartment, I'd rather not return.

[ at least in this respect, it's hard to hide he's more affected than he lets on. he'd been warned about the apartment's lockdown functionality, but having it used to horrific ends is ... different. ]

[inspiteful]

[ You're a good friend Jusis, even if Skylark would protest this if he knew what you were thinking. ]

Honestly, it sounds like a bad idea for us to go back.

[ At the bare minimum it was incredibly awkward, considering everything that has transpired. ]

We've found a place to hide out in for now, instead.

[allbroea]

[ right. he had briefly discussed that with roy, now that he thinks about it. ]

What's it like? I can't imagine it can be much more than camping out in the wilderness.

[ still better than living under monitor surveillance, but lacking in luxury. ]

[inspiteful]

Pretty much. We've got some supplies to last us, but its kind of hard to find a place that can fit a dragon otherwise.

[allbroea]

Right.

[ geir is ... conspicuously not around, but he's hard to forget. jusis folds his arms, but he's a little more delicate about it, careful not to aggravate his wounds. ]

It's not ideal, but it is preferable to being under the monitors' thumbs. I'd like to leave this city before our eviction date, but that depends on when Qri will wake.

[ at least they found her, though. ]

[inspiteful]

I can't really say I look forward to camping out either, but...

[ At least it was less uneasy than having to deal with being watched by the government. Like, he knows even back home there were people and factions with eyes and ears everywhere, but it wasn't like...this big overseeing power. That makes him uncomfortable. ]

I don't think we can leave this world without Qri, so hopefully she'll wake up soon.

[ Nevermind that he doesn't really want to know what happens after the authorities evict someone, besides. ]

[allbroea]

[ he's doing his best not to add to skylark's worries, but he can't exactly ignore the reality of the situation either. ]

Lest we find out what lies beyond the city limits.

[ the void of space? uninhabitable wilderness? something entirely mundane, but nonetheless shared by people branded criminals? none of it is very comforting. he tries to soften the blow, at least. ]

Whatever awaits us in the future, we must persevere together, just as we did today. [ his classmates really did a number on him with the teamwork thing. ] If you encounter any trouble during the rest of our stay, don't hesitate to ask for help. It would be improper not to repay your aid.

[inspiteful]

I, uh, kind of wondered about that since we first got here. Since it's basically inside a shield, you know? Makes you think if there's something outside that it's supposed to protect the city from.

[ Or maybe it's to keep people in, though he considers it a little less likely considering how the system seems designed to encourage and coax people into considering staying instead. ]

But thanks, Jusis. [ Whether he'll actually take up Jusis on his offer is a different question entirely, given that Skylark is a dumb teenage boy -- not that Skylark realises how stubborn and petty he can be sometimes. ]

[allbroea]

[ keeping people in isn't too far-fetched, given what jusis has learned about their government, but there's not much he'd put past them at this stage anyway. that they're hiding plenty is plain to see, but he can't pinpoint why.

the acknowledge of his offer gets a nod, but the matter of the shield prompts a similar direction of conversation. ]

I suspected the same. They would avoid mentioning as much to the citizens to prevent panic, and it would warrant the thorough defenses.

[ for a moment, his frown deepens, but he makes no effort to continue the line of thought. ]

We should prepare for the worst. Can you defend yourself?