Midpoint Mods ([personal profile] midpointmods) wrote in [community profile] midpointsaloon2020-05-08 08:33 pm

Welcome To Your Life (Jailbreak Mingle)

You find yourself in jail. An old-fashioned, dusty jail: three cells wide, six foot to a side and below ground level, judging from the tiny barred window half a foot from the ceiling, that looks out onto a flat expanse. Shimmering heat waves are already starting to form, the sun already burning hot, but your cell is comfortably cool and dry.

And empty. The only things in your cell are a sturdy plank bench, chained to the wall like a hammock, a solid-looking pillow and a hairy blanket sitting thereon. Any items you might have had on your person are sitting on the wall opposite your cell, nearly four feet away from the iron bars holding you: propped up on wooden shelves, hanging from thick metal hooks, or sitting on the floor if the item is particularly large.

Outside the occasional jangle of leather and metal, and the occasional chuffing breigh suggests that there must be horses outside, but otherwise the area is silent. Before too long, though, there's the sound of footsteps and jangling keys echoing from upstairs, getting louder and clearer as someone makes their way down to you...

I. Sooey Jail

The view from the windows drops off quite suddenly, about a mile past the bare scrubland bushes and occasional screeching roadrunner. In the distance, a plume of smoke is the only sign of a freight train rushing along its tracks, until the faint echo of its whistle hits the ear. While Inara Serra will likely be entirely unimpressed by the lacking cell, Daylight vis Lornlit will find it's far too small for him. Bucky Barnes is near silent as he dismounts outside.

II. Southern Point

The walls of the cells here are distinctly discoloured to nearly five feet high, an ugly brown with black mold growing in the cracks around the benches and corners of the room. The air is musty and damp, in sharp contrast to the hot, dry wind that blows in through the windows. Quicksword Irene will find her ever-present claymore on the wrong side of the bars, but Hajime Aikawa has company behind his - Ryo has come along, too. The sound of Fuwa tying his horse up is interrupted by a sharp yelp of annoyance.

III. Mountain Hole

The windows are cast in shade in these morning hours, which makes the cells distinctly cooler than the glimpses of clear blue sky and rolling heat waves suggest. Fully grown trees with needle-like leaves are visible outside, and the keen might just hear the echo of a chugging train. Taako will no doubt find the scene familiar; Yoda as well, if less sandy than some oft complained about; Jiro Azuma is undoubtedly the most confused here. Rocket and Groot can be heard outside, approaching and bickering.

IV. Dead Man's Doorstep

The higher the sun rises, the warmer it gets in the cells; even before midday it's unspeakably stuffy, and the hot breeze carries light waves of sand into the cells. The sound of ropes creaking, gentle and intermittent, under the strain of something heavy echoes through the cells, adding a disconcerting background noise to the already alarming context. Jo Harvelle will find sand in her hair; Sara Lance finds it everywhere else. Outside, Misty Day and Sam Wilson tie their horses together, and brace for their new teammates.
ragingwolf: (you see this? its mine)

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-10 03:58 am (UTC)(link)
"You can wait until after we do our damn mission," he says flatly.

(At least they've stopped yelling at each other?)

"Once we've done that, you can do whatever you want for the two weeks after. You can hunt down your Undead then. Alright?"
chalicejoker: (Normal Expression)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-10 04:00 am (UTC)(link)
Hajime crosses his arms. "I'm just saying, that depending on who it is they might come after me first and mess up your little mission then anyway."

(They're just such good, functional adults and definitely not overgrown teenagers.)
ragingwolf: (maximum effort)

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-10 04:14 am (UTC)(link)
"People are gonna come after us anyway. It's part of the show. So if they do come after you, that's no skin off my teeth." He holds up the keys. "So, if I let you out, will you at least wait for them to attack you, before you go running off and ruining this for us?"
chalicejoker: (Perplexed)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-10 04:16 am (UTC)(link)
"Okay, but if they can come after us, why can't I go after them?" Look, man, this just isn't fair.
ragingwolf: (i WILL fight you)

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-10 04:18 am (UTC)(link)
"Because our job this round is to guard this rich asshole's daughter," he says flatly. "Which means there's gonna be people trying to kidnap or kill her, and I'm not about to lose to a bunch of bastards like that - especially not because you decided to run off when you're supposed to be helping guard her!"
chalicejoker: (Default)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-10 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
Hajime frowns. "How old's the kid?"
ragingwolf: (you know what)

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-10 04:20 am (UTC)(link)
"A minor, that's all we've got."
chalicejoker: (Standard Expression)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-10 04:22 am (UTC)(link)
"Fine." Hajime shakes his head. "A kid doesn't need to get mixed up in this crap. As soon as we're done, then I'm going after that Undead."

Even if he is privately hoping they'll come after him first.
ragingwolf: (hell yeah)

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-10 04:28 am (UTC)(link)
"Good." Because that means he's unlocking the door now. Again. "You'll have to ride with me or her, though. There's no horse out there for you."
chalicejoker: (Just brooding)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-10 04:29 am (UTC)(link)
"Not a problem!" Ryo says proudly. "HENSHIN!" And now he's a pony standing there in the middle of the jail, because of course he is.

"We have it under control," Hajime says as though all of this is perfectly normal and not at all weird.
ragingwolf: (afk)

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-10 04:48 am (UTC)(link)
Okay the bug transforming into a dragon and then a horse and then this guy being some kind of weird undead RaidRiser is just. A lot. So Ryo gets a flat stare.

"...right." Okay. Sure. This is his team now. "There's a file upstairs, with all the information we're gonna get about this mission. Just start reading."
chalicejoker: (Creeper)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-10 03:39 pm (UTC)(link)
"Fine." Hajime mutters something else under his breath and turns to go upstairs.

Ryo turns to follow him. "Don't think I can fit upstairs!"

"So change back. You can do the pony thing just before we leave."

"Okay! Henshin!" The transformation word is wholly unnecessary, but Ryo likes saying it anyway, just as Hajime does. The pony turns back into a mantis, and he flits back to Hajime's shoulder.
ragingwolf: (Default)

/steals Gail's description

[personal profile] ragingwolf 2020-05-12 12:17 pm (UTC)(link)
All he does is follow Hajime back upstairs, for now. That mantis is fucking weird and he kind of wants to keep an eye on it.

The room above is smaller than the ones below, and consists of a single chair at a single big desk with a folder of papers on it, barred windows at each side, one door, and a variety of boxes and shelves with clothing, weaponry, and various other standard supplies waiting to be rifled through.

Fuwa moves to the desk and flicks open the file, skimming it dismissively. "Round eighty-four," he murmurs with open dissatisfaction, before he turns to Hajime. "You ever been a formal bodyguard before?"
chalicejoker: (Suspicious)

[personal profile] chalicejoker 2020-05-13 01:32 am (UTC)(link)
"Not formally." Hajime's skimming the file now. "But I should be able to handle this well enough." Wrecking anything that would hurt a kid at least comes naturally. He can work with that.

"Can't read so fast," Ryo complains, oblivious to the fact that he's weird and needs to be kept an eye on. "File needs more pictures."