gonna_shoot_it: (You've got five seconds...)
Sergeant Calhoun ([personal profile] gonna_shoot_it) wrote2013-01-19 03:32 pm

1st Quarter Alert [Action/Video]

[When Calhoun awakes, she finds herself facedown on a table in what must be Tapper's. The wood is slightly sticky under her cheek and smells of root beer, although when she moves a hand around stiffly, there's no mug anywhere to go with it. Which is strange.

What's also strange is that she's in Tapper's when she's supposed to be leaving Sugar Rush. That was the last thing that happened, right? Wreck-It had finally gotten his butt moving and they were going back to where they belonged before...

Stiffly, Calhoun sits up and looks around. And her eyes narrow. This isn't Tapper's. Wherever this is, it isn't the familiar watering hole filled with other arcade citizens. There isn't a single familiar face anywhere. And her gun is nowhere to be found.

For that matter, her armor isn't anywhere to be found. This is a plain white dress. What in the seven levels is this dress.

Calhoun is not amused. With a low growl, she gets to her feet - hits her head on the low-hanging light over the table - and takes another glaring look around the bar. Definitely not in Sugar Rush anymore. This isn't saccharine pink enough. There is, however, a thick journal with her name on it. She knows better than to leave a key item like that behind. After flipping through it quickly and deciding it's infinitely TL;DR, she takes the impatient route and just pokes at the transmission options a few times before she finds the video function.]


Anybody care to share what the flying fairydust is going on around here? Short version. I don't have the time to go through this whole cheat guide here.

[Aaand end transmission.

Alright. Now. First things first. She has to find her scanner, then her gun, then her armor. Then she can figure out what happened.

And somebody is going to get smacked for this.

Calhoun can be spotted slowly making her way through the main part of the village, looking almost like a lioness on the hunt at first as she tries to sniff out any kind of threat. Once she's made her stops into all the stores and found what she's looking for, she'll be a little more at ease, but no less irritated-looking. She's still got this place to scope out and figure out.]
not_a_troll: (whelp)

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[personal profile] not_a_troll 2013-01-19 11:32 pm (UTC)(link)
[Sure, Loki can do short versions.]

Aye! Pay attention as I will enlighten you in the most short way possible.

[He takes a deeeeeep breath.]

This is the land of Luceti and you are one of the many test subjects of these scientists called the Malnosso.

Just like everyone here, you see? Such a tragic fate...

[Loki shakes his head.]

Those wings are not meant for flying.
gonnawreckit: (from behind)

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[personal profile] gonnawreckit 2013-01-20 01:31 am (UTC)(link)
[Guess who has two thumbs and spends most of the day oblivious of the sarge's presence? This guy, that's who.

The same lummox who is all to easy to sneak up on as he walks through the square. In fact, Calhoun may be stalking him just in time to witness him trying to sneak a scratch onto his posterior.]
gonnawreckit: (nervous)

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[personal profile] gonnawreckit 2013-01-20 02:13 am (UTC)(link)
[The voice instantly makes him flinch. And a part of him feels wistful. After all this time... he's kind of come to miss it.

He stops mid-scratch and slowly turns to face her.]


Sarge? Is that... you?
gonnawreckit: (cramped and awkward)

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[personal profile] gonnawreckit 2013-01-20 02:34 am (UTC)(link)
[Calhoun's a familiar face alright. A horrifying, commanding familiar face, but a familiar face all the same. He feels all the smaller in her presence as he panics to answer her question.]

Oh! Well... Uh! The kid's... [He pauses for a moment and counts on his fingers, as if this were a question that required math to solve.] somewhere. And... everyone? Oh, Felix! Is he with you?

[Some odd joy slips into Ralph's voice. He hasn't really realized how much he misses the little guy.]
sugarglitch: (I'm a winner and I'm adorable!)

[personal profile] sugarglitch 2013-01-20 02:56 am (UTC)(link)
[When in doubt, go to the bakery was Vanellope's new thing. Rapunzel hung out there a lot, plus the cupcakes they had were always to die for. Figuratively, of course. Anyway, she's decided to take a few from the bakery to take back to the apartment and her route takes her right across the plaza. She's tiny enough that people don't really give her a second look, so she can peer around at everyone without getting noticed... And woah wait that's a familiar, ridiculously tall bombshell blonde!

She races on over, careful not to drop her goodies.]


Sarge!
gonnawreckit: (errr awkward hello)

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[personal profile] gonnawreckit 2013-01-20 03:02 am (UTC)(link)
N-no m'am. I'm guessing, if he didn't come with you... he's still back at the arcade. [He doesn't know why that sounds so disappointing to him.] I don't know if you noticed, but we're kinda in a whole different game, now.
sugarglitch: (it was this big!)

[personal profile] sugarglitch 2013-01-20 03:32 am (UTC)(link)
[Well, that's sure to make her grin even wider.]

Yup, that would be me! Ooh, it's so cool to see ya here! Maybe now the Stinkbrain'll believe me when I tell him I'm the president!
gonnawreckit: (huh)

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[personal profile] gonnawreckit 2013-01-20 03:48 am (UTC)(link)
Kind of hard to explain, Sarge. I mean... this game is really different than any other we've been in before. I mean, really different. Like its magic or something. It's called Luceti and it's... kinda like one of those life simulator games? But we're also trapped here by scientists, and no one is self-aware. They all say they've been taken from their own worlds, and apparently there's war minigames? Plus we've got wings as our life meters.
sugarglitch: (let's shake on it)

[personal profile] sugarglitch 2013-01-20 03:55 am (UTC)(link)
[She shakes her head.]

It's worse than that! He doesn't even remember savin' everyone! Last thing he remembers is falling into Diet Cola Mountain. [Scowling because it was a lame thing.]
daisy023: (Stand down)

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[personal profile] daisy023 2013-01-20 04:11 am (UTC)(link)
[A person in armor walks around the village when she notices an unknown presence.

Her helmet perks towards Calhoun... and looks up. And up.

.......

SPARTAN-023 realizes how her shortest friends feel around her.]
eightlazylegs: A set of wings and a few orange tentacles on the surface of water (Wings)

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[personal profile] eightlazylegs 2013-01-20 11:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[And while she is making her way through the doors, she may come across a shelf with a winged octopus sitting on it. He's got a purple cashmere hat covering the top of him and several of his tentacles are wrapped in reinforced leather.

He's attempting to open a packet of fish.]
daisy023: (Above)

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[personal profile] daisy023 2013-01-21 05:11 am (UTC)(link)
[SPARTAN-023 returns her mind to the task. She was human military, and more conscious of the situation. This makes things easier.]

New here, ma'am? ... I think you'd use more than a dress in winter.

[She knows it.]
gonnawreckit: (um yeah whatever)

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[personal profile] gonnawreckit 2013-01-21 08:03 am (UTC)(link)
I don't really know first-hand. But from what I hear, it's like these wings're all set to insane mode or something! Really easy to hurt them, and if you take em off? It's game over. The respawn process sounds like a real pain, too.

[He slips into a casual tone. It's refreshing to finally be able to talk with someone who knows what he's talking about.]
fierybluebird: (thinking)

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[personal profile] fierybluebird 2013-01-21 08:08 am (UTC)(link)
Welcome to Luceti, don't touch the wings on your back, it'll hurt.

Everything's free, relax, have a nice day, and wait until the shifts or drafts happen.

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