[Mafia] The Aurora Project - [END]

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Voi was never really one for hugs. Never really got them, never really was open to them, etc. So, she just watches the hug pile from a reasonable yet not too distant, well, distance.

[KungFuCutbug]

[Sherry looks up at the others in the hug, as well as Dubhe and Voi, and manages a very slight smile.] "H... haha... At least I'm... not alone... Si estás solo... estás jodido..."

[Caret]

The Sylveon manages to let out a small chuckle. "Heh... at least I still have friends like you..." Bow has managed to stopped crying, but her mind is still clouded by somber rage."Maybe... I'll go curl up in bed and take a nap before the daily assignment starts... some warmth would be appreciated right now."

[KungFuCutbug]

[Sherry slowly—s l o w l y—releases the hug after hearing what Bow has to say.] "Aye, you go do that. I... could probably use a nap, myself. Anything... to spend some time away from this. Away from here."

"...Guess that means I'll be in my bedroom, then. If you wanna talk to me for... whatever reason, that's where I'll be. I'll probably be open. ...Nos vemos." [She weakly gives a wave, then heads back to the cabin and passes out in her bedroom.]

[Caret]

"See you later, then." Bow politely waves back at Sherry. "If you want to talk to me, then I'll be laying in bed. Don't count on me being awake, though." She departs for her bedroom and then curls up under her bedspread. The warm fluff proves to be an efficient distraction to the Sylveon, as she quickly drifts of tosleep.

"Zzzzzzzzzzzz..."

[wingedcatgirl]

Dubhe floats back up into a standing-ish position and drifts off aimlessly.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Voi's just pretty stiff and motionless. You could probably draw on her face and she wouldn't notice.

[Oggy123]

Nintendo then sits down, though obviously slightly concerned about the others' states.

[PointMaid]

[As soon has Ruby realized that Russell was innocent, she started screaming and sobbing I'm so sorry , and had to be dragged to the escape pod]

[Cassie]

After Ruby is put into the escape pod, the pod itself teleports out of the place with her, a warping noise briefly accompanying it, before all that's left behind are passing winds.

[Kennifer]

Holly returns to the others. She looks like she's trying, and ultimately failing, to regain her composure.

"I'm sorry I left, everyone, I... I thought the kid deserved a proper burial, especially after what he'd done for the other fallen yesterday, and..."

She looked about ready to break down again.

[Magolor]

The Pianist flinched after the attempt on her head, and looked rather dejected, side-eyeing the entire rest of the following PSA.

"...well, after you guys rest up, mentally at least, we still have a project to keep running. While Heeko's..." She glances to the small child trying to beat up the tired director or whatever. "...out of commission, I'll just tell you the plans for today.

Heeko said that his superiors got a call that some animals are going to come here. And we don't mean as workers, we mean as enemies. 'Pretty big nuisance to the Project,' as he said. So let's vent our bloodlust at these things! Or maybe you can do it in a pacifist way, I don't care."

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1. 'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.
   
2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!
   
3. The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!
   
4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.
   
5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.'
   

Suddenly, the snow starts blowing, a bit more than normal. It's a friggin' snow storm!!!

"Well, that's just GREAT, isn't it!?"

(OOC: As usual, ~72 hours)

[wingedcatgirl]

Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.
...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!
The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!
Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.
Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.

Step 1: Revert to alien ice cream form
Step 2: Binary Fire

... Dubhe glances over its instructions once more and decides it's just going to repeat this for every phase. Who needs a plan when you can just blast the animals?

[Oggy123]

"Oh dear!"

1. 'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.

We need to gather up some food. Maybe if Nintendo use something tasty, such as fish,  he can lure the bears away. Are there any bear sprays? If they become hostile, Nintendo can use it against them. If that is not an option, find a tranquilizer dart, dart them, and move the bears away with a vehicle, or just finish them off with a gun.

2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!

Maybe Nintendo can use loud noises to scare them off.

3. The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!

Nintendo will look for tasty plats around, then try to lure the goats away from the camp with it.

4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.

Good thing Nintendo can fly! He needs to wear gloves find a wagon or similar container to load them, and move them away.

5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.'

Are there any tranquilizer darts? Nintendo can use the darts to tranquilize the leopards, and then send them away into their habitat with a vehicle.

[Caret]

Bow's Plan

1. Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.

> "Ewwwww. First, I'll move our food into some secure containers in case those bears get into the cabin. Next, I'll Moonblast them right in the eyes, as the harsh moonlight should be enough to scare them away."

2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!

> "Easy. I'll just use Disarming Voice to scare the birds away; however, this snowstorm is pretty loud, so I should probably use a megaphone, huh? I'll search Storage, then the Armory for a powerful megaphone."

3. The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's
anything appealing for them to lick off of!

> "Could those... ummmm... goats... be hungry? Hmm. I'll find a crate and fill it up with leaves and fruit. Using the crate, I'll then lure away the creatures from the walls and into the woods. Oh, and I should make sure to grab a flashlight, Just to be on the safe side... do we have any bittering agents I can spray on the walls to keep the creatures away? If so, then I'll do that after shooing them away, or perhaps... let's try that while the creatures are still licking the walls.

4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.

> "Uh oh. First of all, I'll use a flashlight to draw attention to myself from a distance and use Charm to pacify the foxes. Don't want to risk getting attacked by them. Then, I'll tie some fruit onto a stick and very slowly lead them off the pond using the fruit. If the ice breaks, have some towels and blankets at the ready so I can dry off the foxes (and myself)."

5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.

> "Again, I'll use Charm to pacify the leopards, but instead of simply luring them away... I'll fir a Moonblast right in their faces! That should teach them not to come near our base."

[Kennifer]

The snowstorm and the concern over hurting the animals has broken Holly's spirit even more now. She takes a while to compose herself and bundle up against the weather, then...

Holly's Plan

'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.

Oh no, bears? Okay. Avoiding getting mauled is good. Is there some food that is close enough to spoiling that none of the group will miss it? Yeah. Get that and YEET it as far the fuck away from the cabin as possible to try to lure the bears away. Then put any garbage that's outside in a more secure place so it doesn't draw any more bears. Secure the food and stuff inside the cabin, too. And get any bright lights going on to help repel them.

...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!

Holly will pick up some rocks; she'll throw these into the air or trees near the eagles to shoo them and scare them, hopefully not actually hitting them in the process. Cleaning the bird poo can wait until after everything else.

The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!

She will construct some salt licks, and hang them in the trees away from the building. She hopes this will lure the goats away with something more pleasant to lick.

Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.

She'll throw snowballs at them. Just... straight up regular snowballs, hopefully it'll startle them into running before they fall into the lake without hurting them.

Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.

She'll construct some sort of barricade between herself and the snow leopards, then try to shoo them peacefully from there. Will this work? She's got no idea, how straight she's thinking at this point remains to be seen. But just... throw something in the distance away from them to startle them into running. Whatever the first noisy thing she grabs that won't be missed, she will YEET.

[Cassie]

Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.
...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!
The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!
Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.
Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.

Step 1: Revert to alien ice cream form
Step 2: Binary Fire

... Dubhe glances over its instructions once more and decides it's just going to repeat this for every phase. Who needs a plan when you can just blast the animals?

"...so that's what that funky tidbit of info on her sheet was." Heeko remarks seeing Dubhe straight-up reverting to her ice cream form.

Dubhe rolls 6, 4, 3, 7, and 2, yielding 22 points. Lets see what positive effects resorting to firepower will yield...

Quite a number of misfires from the snowstorm, but nonetheless the bears have had enough of getting shot at by this freaky icecream, eventually running away.

The goddamn eagles take a while to be deterred by the laser because you couldn't hit any with the blinding snowstorm...and one of them shits on you. Oof.

...welp Heeko's not gonna be pleased, your firing led to slight amounts of both goat and building gore peppering the buildings like the herbs on a dish.

SOMEHOW the lake does not break from all that firing, and eventually the foxes flee.

OOF. The mountain lions chase you for quite a while because of this (and the fact that they decide that ice cream looks tasty), and only after that do they get out of the way (ignore the extra goat gore)

For...basically resorting to using projectiles of harm towards deterring the animals (-2, -2, -2, -2, -2), Dubhe's final score is... 12 points!

[Cassie]

"Oh dear!"

1. 'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.

We need to gather up some food. Maybe if Nintendo use something tasty, such as fish,  he can lure the bears away. Are there any bear sprays? If they become hostile, Nintendo can use it against them. If that is not an option, find a tranquilizer dart, dart them, and move the bears away with a vehicle, or just finish them off with a gun.

2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!

Maybe Nintendo can use loud noises to scare them off.

3. The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!

Nintendo will look for tasty plants around, then try to lure the goats away from the camp with it.

4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.

Good thing Nintendo can fly! He needs to wear gloves find a wagon or similar container to load them, and move them away.

5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.'

Are there any tranquilizer darts? Nintendo can use the darts to tranquilize the leopards, and then send them away into their habitat with a vehicle.

Nintendo rolls 1, 6, 4, 4, and 4, yielding a total of 19 points.

Shit couldn't get any worse for Nintendo in this. All he could find for bait is rotten fish, the pepper sprays do nothing but amplify the bears' aggresion (OOF, rip Nintendo's hat and bow tie and OW poor guy got scratched in the face), and so does pretty much all the other methods he could think of, not helped by the snowstorm.

Nintendo finds a funny set of amplifier speakers (oh SHUT UP they TOTALLY have nothing to do with FNF /j), and as he tries to reattach his joycons from the failed bear deterring, one of the clicking noises goes through the amplifiers, making a loud C L I C C that manages to shoo away the shitting eagles, if oddly delayed in reaction.

Man, these tree leaves Nintendo found are kinda shit (then again, it's a cold peak so plants are sparse and there's also the snowstorm), resulting in a great amount of...corporate gaming persuasion required to get the goats to stop licking and fuck off.

Oof. The wagon's not really effective, given that the foxes keep jumping out of it, and you end up having to use the wagon itself to make noises to get them away from the lake, which is hard when a snowstorm impairs your field of view.

Just as the vehicle of tranq'd mountain lions starts going off following the successful tranquilizing, they wake up, and start trying to burst out of the vehicles, making a bumpy ride all the way.

For being evidently very resourceful and going for as many methods as possible to get the bears away (+2), going for loud noises is nice but pls specify (0), trying to use plants in a climate and weather where it'd be hard to get them (-1), thinking that foxes would stay still as they get shoved into the wagon (-1), but a neat way to get those mountain lions away (+2), Nintendo's final score is...21 points!

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Voi's Plan.

1. 'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.

Voi...Voi's never seen a bear before in her life. A real one, at least. She's seen them as mascots and toys and shit, but never in real life.

She tries to recall the little she knows about bears...they use them to sell soy meat, right? Honey-glazed soy meat, right. So uh...they should like that, right? She decides to leave a trail of meat for the bears to follow.

2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!

Oh, birds! Voi knew these. They were just like those pigeons in the city. Those were easy to deal with.

Voi just straight up tries to grab the Golden Eagles.

This is a great idea.
3.The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!

Wasn't that the name of some classical musician or something? Fuck. Whatever. Voi just yells at them to fuck off. They at least seemed harmless enough.

4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.

I thought you didn't want to deal with them?! If they're in the lake, they won't bother you-alright. I'll deal with those fucking foxes.

Foxes, uh....Shit. Voi didn't know anything about foxes either, other than advertising mascots. Makeup! Yes, foxes appeared on makeup advertising and such. Something about being a vixen or something. Maybe she could lure them away with makeup?

This is also a great idea.


5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.'

Oh, you said the mountain goats lured them here? Easy! Just cause a distraction until they find the mountain goats. And then you can let them go from there.

[KungFuCutbug]

Sherry's (very reluctant) Plan

1. Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.
> They came for food, you think? Then give them food! Find some raw meat in the kitchen and put it somewhere away from the cabin. Easy enough.

2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!
> Ew. Um... first, find some tranquilizer blowdarts (not the tranq guns though, you hate those) and use those to subdue the birds. Then, grab 'em while they're unconscious and just sorta chuck 'em into the forest—hey, not like it'll hurt 'em any, right? Once the birds are gone, clean up the shit they left behind. Thoroughly. THOROUGHLY. Stepping in bird shit is embarrassing as hell and something you'd wish on nobody, not even the dumbass bosses or those murderers.

3. The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!
> You sure there isn't? Look for a salt lick or something similar in storage before doing anything else. If you find one, great! Set it out somewhere away from the buildings. If you don't find a salt lick... make your own! Grab a decently large stone and some kosher salt from the kitchen, absolutely smother the stone in the salt, and then set that out somewhere.

4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.
> ...Well, first, tap on the ice with your foot and see if it's too fragile for you to walk on. If it isn't, great! Just run up to the foxes and scare them off the ice yourself before carefully heading back to the shore. If it is and it breaks under your foot... well, try shouting at them and see if that scares them away. If it doesn't, well, they're screwed.

5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.
> Take the leftover meat from the bear lures and use it to bring the snow leopards over to the mountain goats. ...What? You said the goats are what brought them here! Might as well let nature take its course, aye?

[Despair's Archon of Memes]

The Pianist flinched after the attempt on her head, and looked rather dejected, side-eyeing the entire rest of the following PSA.

"...well, after you guys rest up, mentally at least, we still have a project to keep running. While Heeko's..." She glances to the small child trying to beat up the tired director or whatever. "...out of commission, I'll just tell you the plans for today.

Heeko said that his superiors got a call that some animals are going to come here. And we don't mean as workers, we mean as enemies. 'Pretty big nuisance to the Project,' as he said. So let's vent our bloodlust at these things! Or maybe you can do it in a pacifist way, I don't care."

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1. 'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.
   
2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!
   
3. The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!
   
4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.
   
5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.'
   

Suddenly, the snow starts blowing, a bit more than normal. It's a friggin' snow storm!!!

"Well, that's just GREAT, isn't it!?"

(OOC: As usual, ~72 hours)

Plan

1: Lure them out with some (but not too much) of the food. That's what they came for, right?
2: Fire a few waves from your lunar blaster at the sky to shoo the eagles
3: Kill one of the goats using an eye laser to the eye. And then try to mind control the goats out of the place, or, failing that, grab a long object and swing it akin to a flyswatter
4: Lure the foxes out using a flash signal with your eyes using your wave manipulation.
5: Use the corpse of the goat killed in Step 3 as bait to lure the Leopards out.

[Magolor]

Voi's Plan.

1. 'Get the bears away from the cabin, something tells me they've come here for whatever food's inside.

Voi...Voi's never seen a bear before in her life. A real one, at least. She's seen them as mascots and toys and shit, but never in real life.

She tries to recall the little she knows about bears...they use them to sell soy meat, right? Honey-glazed soy meat, right. So uh...they should like that, right? She decides to leave a trail of meat for the bears to follow.

2. ...Oh goddammit. We've got some Golden Eagles straight-up unloading all of their crap everywhere. Shoo them off!

Oh, birds! Voi knew these. They were just like those pigeons in the city. Those were easy to deal with.

Voi just straight up tries to grab the Golden Eagles.

This is a great idea.
3.The mountain goats are freaking...licking the walls of the buildings! Shoo them off, I don't think there's anything appealing for them to lick off of!

Wasn't that the name of some classical musician or something? Fuck. Whatever. Voi just yells at them to fuck off. They at least seemed harmless enough.

4. Mountain foxes have...oh god what're they doing grouping over the frozen lake! What if the ice breaks and they drown!? Someone get them away from there.

I thought you didn't want to deal with them?! If they're in the lake, they won't bother you-alright. I'll deal with those fucking foxes.

Foxes, uh....Shit. Voi didn't know anything about foxes either, other than advertising mascots. Makeup! Yes, foxes appeared on makeup advertising and such. Something about being a vixen or something. Maybe she could lure them away with makeup?

This is also a great idea.


5. Snow leopards!? Oh great, the scent of those damn mountain goats must've been what brought them here. Find a way to get them away from here without getting attacked by them.'

Oh, you said the mountain goats lured them here? Easy! Just cause a distraction until they find the mountain goats. And then you can let them go from there.

Voi elegantly gets a 5, 8, and three 1s. That's an initial 16 points. No comment.

The bears seem somewhat deterred by the presence of people, but the trail of meat seems more inviting than the dwelling reeking of people. They snatch up the slabs of meat but... eat them in place, leading to some time before they clear out.

...Voi manages to gently snatch the eagles from midair. Who knows how high they were flying, or how fast, but she does it. Wow. Maybe it has to do with her own aquiline nose.

The goats not only completely ignore Voi, but the head of the pack decides to reproduce the tragedy of Goat Simulator. Expect a sprained leg or something.

Makeup. Make. Up. Most of the foxes just ignore you, but one tentatively tries on the lipstick and vanity items. It looks so hot with the eyeliner smeared all over, the ice immediately bursts into flame, resulting in some wet canines. WHOOPS!

Voi can hardly tell where the snow leopards are, especially due to the reduced visibility, but the snow leopards certainly knew where the goats were. And her little incident with them lead to an animal coalition just to knock her into another snowpile before the carnage ensued.

A reasonable sacrifice of food and therefore a peaceful way to lead the bears away was nice (+2), but trying to grab flying birds mid-air? (-1) and just yelling at goats? (0) Then there's the LIPSTICK idea... (-2) but despite all this, using the goats as bait for the snow leopards is really the safest option, I'll give you that (+1). With the point bonuses, Voi gets a final score of 16 points. Ouch.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Voi limps back to the cabin, with a couple of exposed metallic parts and multiple cracks in her plating. Well, more cracks in her plating. Her entire body is covered in snow. She is also carrying a golden eagle in one arm.

...Their name is Pax. If any of you assholes even lay a hand on them I will not hesitate to throw you off this fucking mountain.

[KungFuCutbug]

[Sherry takes one look at Voi and just drops her jaw practically to the floor.]

"...Okay, two questions. Uno, how the fuck are you not dead from that? Dos, permission to pet the bird?"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

I'm almost dead from everything fucking else. That's just luck for you. And yeah, sure. Pet them. They fucking deserve it.

She holds out Pax the Grabbed Golden Eagle to be pet.