2019.06.24: Pest Control Pt1

Pest Control Pt1
Ildar gathers a group of Cliaths and Kinfolk for a training mission to clean out a fomori nest
IC Date	June 24th, 2019
Players	Aaryn, Elowyn, Erin, Ildar as ST, Logan Jackson, Nevada, Ratsputin
Location	The City
Spheres	Gaian Garou Kinfolk Fera

Once the troops have been assembled Jake give them a detailed briefing of the Fomori he and Journey discovered in the woods and the exact location of their 'Hive' which is the target of this 'search and destroy' mission. With that done the Wyrmfoe looks from face to face, expression quite intense. "I have every confidence in you all. Just keep cool and think logically and follow Ildar's orders. Remember, you are a TEAM and there is no I in TEAM. Watch each other's backs. I want you all coming back safe and sound. These Fomori are NASTY and the chance of being poisoned is always high so clawing is usually better than biting and try not to let any of their blood get on you." He pauses for a moment. "That said, I want to offer a little extra protection for everyone. Gather round." He waits until everyone is close enough then he expends a Gnosis, activating the Gift Inspiration on the group. Once that is done he closes his eyes to concentrate, mutters something to himself (or perhaps the spirits) in an attempt for everyone to be blessed with Strength Of Will and sends them on their way.

Ratsputin stands there dressed in all black duster gloves shirt and pants and combat boots, over his eyes are pair of black shades. He is ready, his hand clenching in the leather gloves as he looks back and forth at each of them."Elowyn stay close to me, I got your back darling." The voice is soft and then he nods to the rest of them as he waits for the next order."So a normal sweep clear and kill, got it."

Having left his trench coat and bondage pants at home, Logan is wearing a pair of black BDU's, a simple black shirt and a loose black hoodie. He has some steel combat boots, and a gun holstered on his hip. He is rocking back and forth on his feet, rubbing at his shoulder. "What type of intel do we have? Do we know how many Spirals there are? Do they have a Totem bound that will engage in combat? Have we scouted out the terrain to gain a tactical advantage? Holding them down with long ranged weapons from an advantage point would give them a handicap and an element of surprise."

Stepping closer as Jake asks for it she takes a deep breath this is her first Hive and going on another type of mission than before. No prisoners she looks to Kringer a moment "Don't bite" she reminds the panther besides her as they step up close. She looks to all the faces before she asks "So hmm is everyone here a shifter or anyone rather squishy like me?" did she just call herself squishy?

Aaryn Stands among her teammates, arms crossed over her chest, nodding at Jake's instructions. Her posture is erect, her head held high. When Logan speaks, her head swivels to look at him and she smirks, "thought your plan was to just hide behind the 'Meat Shields', Glass Walker?"

Nevada is there, dressed in black as one does for tactical murder missions. It's tradition. His arms are held loosely behind his back with the occasional shift in his stance to adjust the weight on his feet. He's unarmed from the looks of it, save whatever Gaia gave him. The Theurge remains quiet for the most part, listening to what the others say or ask, and his eyes turn to linger on Aaryn when she speaks. "When the meat shields fall, it's good to have actual intelligence to go on. The right intelligence can keep them standing."

Elowyn purses her lips as she looks back to where her car was left then back to Rats. "Okay...." The petite red head actually seems to be wearing....something...different than she normally does. Donned in a pair of black leather pants a black jacket she smiles slightly. Staying quiet while Jake does his thing she seems to be deep in though. El then looks to Erin as she speaks up, raising her hand. "No...Glass Walker kin here...."

Erin rocks on her heels maybe a little nervously as she looks around waiting to see if anyone is going to need a little extra when Elowyn speaks up she steps over to her "Ok, this will help in case someone tries to hurt you" she takes a breath and closes her eyes as she starts to softly mutter under her breath and seems to draw something over Elowyn "Father oak please put your protection over her, protect her from head to toe" Erin does a little dance kinda behind Elowyn or did she just hop on one foot it's kinda goofy but then puts her hands on the woman's shoulders and those that can sense magic totally feel that Erin just did that. She gives a smile and then walks back to Kringer. She looks towards the other faces chewing on her lips and then starts rocking on her heels again. She had too much coffee probably.

Ildar listens to Jake as he'd explain the situation, then joins in with the others to get the blessing of the spirits. With that done, he smiles a little to himself, nods, then looks to the others, an extra moment to eye Logan with that. "Alright guys. As you heard Jake say, it's a two story building. Two floors, one basement. We've known for sure there's activity there. So we're going to clean it out. I'll be on the forest edge, making sure that nothing comes in to add on to whatever is inside. You guys will be going in and putting down whatever you face." He makes a little motion. "You'll also need to make sure that you cover the Umbra too. These things are dual natured. Any questions, or shall we head that way?"

Ratsputin stands there as he listens there is no question yet, his hands deep in the pockets of his duster. As he watches Erin and then Elowyn with a nodding of his head."Thank you, for that. I would love her to come home in one piece Erin."

Parking himself against a tree, Logan pulls out a sleek phone from his back pocket, then launches a small window as his thumbs begin to rapidly move along the screen, tap-tap-tapping away. "Two stories, one basement. So, /team/." He says as he spins the phone about in his palm to a new direction, tap-tap. "Let's find out how many entrances this place has, that way we can stagger choke points. The last thing we want to do is single file our way into the building. The most efficient manner of contesting is to create a distraction to pull them out of the building. That way we can pick and choose our targets and split their defenses."

Aaryn Takes a quick look around her, assessing those that are gathered. Her brows furrow and she tries to determine who's In Charge <tm>. She arches an impressed eyebrow at the Glass Walker's stepping up and nods, perhaps in some respect. For her part, she regards the others... Logan and Ratsputin, she knows, are Ragabash... Erin and Elowyn are Kin. "Nevada, what is your Auspice?"

"A Theurge." Replies Nevada to Aaryn without looking up, his attentions focused for the time being on the map that Logan is working on pulling up. "I'm here to assist with the Umbra as well as healing anyone that may need it. I can also Cleanse, once the site is clear." To Ildar's question he gives a slight shake of his head, though his primary focus is on what the Walker Raggie can discover.

Erin gives a nod to Ratsputin and gives Elowyn a little nod before she pets the panther. She looks around as people begin to plan. She looks like she might be thinking, well that's scary.

Elowyn gives Erin a warm smile, nodding to her. "Thank you...." At that she just looks back ahead. Pursing her lips she pulls her smart phone from her back pocket and starts tapping on it. Glancing to Rats she gives him a smile then looks back to her phone in thought.

Two Theurge, Two Ragabash and Two Kin. Aaryn nods to Nevada, "I can heal as well" she affirms, letting the Glass walker Ragabash pull up the 'intel' they will need.

Looking around before Erin offers up a little bit quietly "I can heal too if need be" she offers as she waits to see what the plan is.

"Okay, see anything Keyboard Warrior." Rats starts to walk towards the man, his hands at his side as he looks at the group."I would love to get a better look, and a plan of action. Also Umbra side I will go with you, I can help on that front if needed."

As he looks at the picture, Logan launches his photo editor to enhance the photo a bit. He zooms in a bit with a few more pinches. "Two entrances. Main and side. So, my skill-set involves computer hacking and I can open any door I want, even locked ones. I am not one of those new moons that can turn invisible." He glances to Rats. "What can you do? I know what Nevada can do. What about you, Aaryn?"

Sliding his laptop out of his backpack, Logan parks himself against a tree, then slides down it. He takes a dongle out and attaches his phone to it. From there, he goes about setting up his VPN's, firewalls, and blacklisting his IP. He hums as he works, pulling up several windows as well as the grainy photo.

"I can fight, do rites, and a have good stealth skills." Rats watches the man with a nodding of his head, and then he rubs his neck softly."I think, I will be best in the front, standing besides Aaryn."

Aaryn looks down at Logan's images, resting one hand on her hip and tugging at her lower lip with the other hand. "I'm very adept at healing" she says. "And... I'm tough in a fight" she chuckles. "An umbral team superimposed over a material-plan team would be best, don't you think, Logan?"

"Nope." Logan says in regards to the Umbral plan. "Here's why. Spiral haven, right? What do they fortify their place with? Banes, maybe their pack totem. Without an Ahroun of rank or any type of defensive gifts, we'd be at a serious disadvantage, especially myself as I am more Weaver attuned. I'd get ripped apart like paper. Buuuut, Nevada can summon spirits. We can probably have a spirit hide us, illusion maybe if a Chimera was feeling super friendly. My idea is that we can cause a distraction at the front. Hell, I can do that. Then that leaves us the side door. I'd rather see how many come out into the open though, get them out of their turf which gives them the upper hand. We don't know if they got traps inside."

Ildar frowns a little, then shakes his head slightly. "We're going to have to deal with Umbra. We can't ignore it. Ignoring it is the same as sticking your head in the sand. It's something that will just have to be dealt with. But we'll see what's there. If I'll need to come forward, I can, after all. Or we can withdraw to get more people."

Nevada glances skyward with a quiet sigh as he leans himself against a tree. "Damn a city that never sees rain, otherwise I'd just ask the lightning to turn the building into a candle. Not impossible, but normal people might look sideways at a freak storm cell. However, if it's connected to the power grid still, I could see about sparking anything they have inside. Bit of a power surge may help flush them out."

Aaryn listens to Logan, and the weighs Ildar's words. "Ildar is right, Logan. We need to address the umbra." Nevada's words draw her attention skyward and then she nods, "good idea" she affirms, "Plan B, if Logan's plan fizzles out."

Moving over to Aaryn first as she looks at her "Since you're going to go into battle kinda first do you want extra protection?" she asks then she looks to Nevada "I can set the building on fire?" she offers.

As his fingers drill along the keyboard, several lines of code is appearing on the screen as Logan flicks his tongue ring against his teeth. Click-clack. "If they got any type of networking on the building, I can probably gain access, create an electrical feedback and discharge it through the outlets. You can talk to the spirits to help 'motivate' them to create a bigger explosion. From what I see, place is a dump. I wonder if they even got electricity. It's probably just a shit hole hangout spot you know what I mean? Bet they're all whacking in the basement." He clicks his tongue ring a few times. "We'll address the Umbra after we assess what we have to go up against. We are not equipped to deal with an Umbral run of combat. Who here has fought a psychomachiae before? I got some video of one if you wanna see. They are like Freddy Krueger on steroids."

Tugging the dongle out of the computer, Logan yanks the battery out of the bottom of his laptop as he flips it over and pulls the switch. "Okay, so, security is too tight right now. Let's just put eyes on that shit and go from there. Autobots, roll out." He says as he spins a finger in the air, then points at Erin. "You are definitely gonna set it on fire. Good idea. Set the shit on fire, we watch from afar, see how many come out, then we pick off a few stragglers first."

Aaryn nods to Erin, "Yes, I appreciate all the protection you can offer Thank you." She says with a nod of head and stands quite still as the kin does her work. She frowns gently at Logan, but his strategic battle tactics, so far, are impressive. She looks to Rats and lofts a fist out to him.

"Thank you." Ratsputin nods slowly as he bumps her fist with a wicked little chuckle."Thank you Erin, you're the best." His voice is soft as he looks back and forth with a little chuckle.

"Benefits of keeping a Metis like me around," Nevada says over to Erin with a snap of his fingers. "You never need a lighter." As Logan gives her the go ahead, he gives a 'go ahead' wave of his hand towards Erin and then rises up from tree-leaning. He falls quiet again as they make their preparations to move out.

Ildar nods a little as Logan would bail on trying to hack the satellite. Straightening up, he would start off, keeping in homid in respect to the kinfolk with them. "Eyes on the place, we'll see how this goes down it seems."

"You can both set the place on fire. The hotter the better." Logan says as he bumps his shoulder to Nevada's, giving him a grin. "Welp, I'm out of ideas now. That was pretty much the extent of my leadership."

Erin starts with Aaryn and gives a little nod "Ok" she starts off kinda like she did for Elowyn only she is skipping around the woman "Father oak, father oak, come on over and put your bark so that she won't get hmm bit yeah" probably why it wasn't that great but just as before as she touches her the magic comes to life. She takes a breath and walks over to Rats and seems to scribble around him as she does some kind of silly little clapping, doodling and turning "Claws hurt, so father oak come put some wood on this fellow so he doesn't bite" she shrugs a little bit as she finishes the magic then looks kinda a little embarrassed as she walks back to Kringer. Then nods to Nevada "Yeah no lighter" she moves to follow Ildar looking back a little before she looks at the panther "Stay out of sight for now"

Aaryn follows along behind Ildar, to his right side, moving as quietly as possible. As she moves, she begins the transformation to Glabro.

"Okay, so we got a plan it seems. What are the officially teams, who with who?" Ratsputin watches them looking from Ildar to the rest of them with a little chuckle."I want us to all be on the same page is all, you know." But he is starting after Ildar now with a quick motion.

While most stick to two-legged forms, Nevada does not. He moves stiffly enough, so any extended walk requires the benefit of four legs. The reason for it is evident in a glance once he's in Lupus, with the Lord's gnarled lower back and two full tails. He quietly activates a gift as he goes with a twist and flick of his ears and a touch of Gnosis.

Shifting to his Hispo form, the large 'dog' trots after the group after tucking his laptop bag and devices behind a tree and covering it up with thick leaves. Keyboard Warrior lets out a soft chuff.

Erin speaks up looking thoughtful as she walks beside her panther "So sounds like the plan is for Nevada and I to set the building on fire and then see who comes out.. Though we have two exits.. Shouldn't we block one exit and take them out as they come out the other? "

Guides-The-Dead says, “you could set the fire strategically, at one entrance”

Elowyn stays quiet as she follows along with Rats. Pursing her lips she folds her arms slightly after putting her phone up. Licking her lips a bit she seems to be in thought still, still listening to the others.

"Okay sounds good, then let's burn it and kill." Rats watches them as he moves towers the others now watching them shift, he stays next to Erin and Elowyn though with a looking around taking it all in."Decent plan, now to get the execution right."

Minutes To Midnight gives an agreeing chuff as the plan is discussed. << There are a few options. We set fire to one, drive them to the other. Or we set a diversion to make them think we're coming in one door, draw them there, only to come in behind them. >>

The group gets closer to the location, that building looking kind of dingy. It even smells wrong. Or maybe that's the bone gnawer. Who's to say? Either way as they get close, there's the vague sense of movement within the building. Ildar would get low, drawing that bow as they face that back wall. Graffiti and trash is piled up against it, but no windows on the ground floor, just one on the second.

"Alright. I'll be tracking you guys from here. Do what you're going to, for trying to set it on fire and cleanse it. We'll see what happens. Hopefully this side of town the fire trucks will take long enough to not make this worse."

Minutes To Midnight is not the stealthiest creature on the block, and there's a few times there's a distinct hitch in his rear step like something had cramped or kinked which rustles leaves and twigs. The Metis just keeps on going with the group, and as they come within sight of the building his head comes up and his ears begin going back and forth and side to side like radar dishes. << At least one on each floor, looks like three floors. Hard to tell from here, but could be as few as... three, many as perhaps ten. >>

"Now then, I'm going to make sure I do the best job on the stealthy front. I'm go scout it and then come back>" Ratsputin gets down low as he becomes that odd hairless dog form of his cover in those skin spots. With that he gets down to the ground trying to blend in and then he is off with a quick motion of his body. He is a little better hidden this time but not all the way, but is already gone.

As he sneaks about, Keyboard Warrior flicks his ears forward. << Three as many as ten? That's an all over the place number. >> He huffs as he gives a glance towards Minutes and Erin. << Erin should set fire to the front door, force them through the side. Are you able to do it and not get caught? >> He asks Erin, then looks to Nevada. << You set fire to the side door. That way they will have to burn on the way out no matter what. It will cause panic. Thoughts on this plan? >>

Erin looks around "I'll go up and see what I can see on the upper levels" she pauses as she looks to keyboard and nods "Yeah totally can sneak in and set fire to the front door so they can't go that way. " she nodsnods "Do you not want me to see what I see up above first?"

Elowyn just watches the others around and then purses her lips a bit. Part of herself if wondering why she's even here for this. Sighing a bit she looks to Rats as he shifts, watching him before. For now she just stands out of the way. Last thing she needs to do is get in the way.

Minutes To Midnight hunkers down lower, though it's more his front half than his back, and there's a low warning noise that isn't quite a growl. << Movement on the roof. >> A sharp glance is send aside to Keyboard Warrior. << I'm a wolf, not a bat. Noise echoes. Let's see what she sees first. >>

Guides-The-Dead Considers Logan's Plan. "If we set fire to both exits, then that prevents them from being forced out of one. We will have to still cover both exits. Is that what you want to do?"

Keyboard Warrior lets out a chuff. << You close off both exits, they burn to death inside, or need to come out burning. >>

Minutes to Midnight had mentioned there was movement above. But not everyone knows wolf. So that's most likely the reason why whoever it is up there is able to get to the edge of the roof and take a pop shot at Erin!

That red hair it must be the red hair because she was like the quietest to make out of here. Erin doesn't know wolf at all, maybe she can learn but then no one said anything to her so as she stands there waiting for someone to say yes she can go up or not she gets shot and she turns to look "Son of bitch!" she reaches back to raise her hood now and grumbles something as she reacts and sets the guy on fire or at least she hopes so

At the sound of the gunshot, Keyboard Warrior hits the ground, flattening himself to it as he lets out a chuff to them. << Burn it, burn it, burn it! >>

Dragomir's words ring as loudly in Aaryn's ears as that gunshot. She hunkers down to one knee and breathes deeply. Now was not the time to question her own leadership! She looks to Logan as he chuffs to burn it and... Stays quiet. Again. The Glass Walker's strategies had been sound so far.

The man on the roof is suddenly engulfed in flames! Screaming, he'd drop backwards, his rifle clattering forward off the edge of the roof to the pavement below. The movement within the building picks up.

Ildar frowns, looking Erin over briefly to make sure she's ok, then he'd split off to the side. "That's going to bring trouble. I'll keep it back. Get in there and take it down, however you're going to do it! Quit pausing and go! For Gaia!!"

Onward it is then. << Get up, let's go! >> Bulking up into his Hispo form for some added durability and power, Minutes to Midnight breaks his cover and sets off on a quick lope for the closest door.

No one had to tell Erin twice to burn it "Burn, baby burn, for what you have done, do no more" as she stands in one leg and chants before well that guy went up in flames. Hey it worked she looks a little surprised but then she's hopping on the back of Kringer. So burn it, Erin looks at Ildar at his whole about taking it down and stop pausing. She looks to the others and urges Kringer to go up. Looks like she's pissed off and is about to take on the roof on fire. Oh by the way she doesn't look hurt at all, she must of put armor on too before coming.

The Adren's words seem to be all Aaryn needs to move, move, move! She breaks out into a run towards the same door as Midnight, switching to her war form mid-stride. Once there, she plants herself just beside the door, on her back, lying in wait for the first piteous fool to open the door.

With a howl of rage, and a fury Ratsputin it is changing quickly from a little wolf form towards the building south wall, he is massive now with a wicked howl of rage into the air, it is was go time. They had been seen now it is time to get his claws red, and his teeth to gnash he stands by the door waiting his eyes locked on to it.

Two more guys, with pistols, burst out onto the roof. They try to help the burning guy.. who isn't really rolling around anymore, with that fire. One of them spots the flying Erin and takes a shot at her!

Ratsputin looks up at the roof, and then he crouches down with a rage of nothing but fury as he is launching himself up into the air, and then he is landing there with a wicked howl of rage, as he looks at them watching the burning corpse, and then the dude with the gun not in his hand, the other one is fighting to put out the flames, then he is launching into the man with his claws with a wicked roar of rage it is go time.