[Mafia] The Aurora Project - [END]

[Cassie]

"What on earth - that's a wild eagle! You sure you can handle that!?"

[KungFuCutbug]

> pet Pax while giving a defiant middle finger to Heeko

[Caret]

Bow stares blankly at Voi.

"Ummmm... how were you able to catch that Bird-type... I mean Pax?"

[MadameButterflyKnife]

I jumped and I grabbed them. Like you grab a pigeon.

[Kennifer]

"I hope you've studied proper bird care, then. They are quite majestic looking."

is Holly still conscious to say this after her results come in? hopefully lol

[KungFuCutbug]

"...what's a pigeon."

[Magolor]

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."

Bow gets a nice old 3, 5, 3, 8, and 8. That's an initial score of 27 points. And that's good.

Well, at least the containers are open. The bears get too close before Bow can stuff the foodstuffs in them! In the end, some supplies lay in pieces, and the bears finally flee after that "intimidation" tactic.

The megaphone isn't very mega, but Disarming Voice seems to project through the snow. It's hard to really scare off all the eagles, in the end...

There's not a ton of vegetation, but the goats still seem somewhat interested. The subsequent attempt to make the walls less appealing only served to irritate the goats' eyes! Although, this does seem to work, as the goats stampede away.

The flashlight makes the flashy pseudo-fox flashier than ever. Charm also seems to... work. Let's hope these foxies don't feel too hot in the winter air tonight! Whatever the case, they seem to be calm and comply with the Sylveon's lead.

Again, the leopards get entranced. At least the male ones. The rest, however, scatter just as easily once Bow demonstrates her lunacy. Or is it affinity with the moon? Whatever.

Protecting the supplies is always a good idea, at least making up for scaring the potentially violent bears (+1), and simply annoying the birds and goats makes sense (+2), and more kudos for the bittering agent (+4); enchanting the animals seems risky, but it worked, and consideration for the water deserves further merit (+3). Damaging the leopards isn't advised, however (+1). With all these considerations in mind, Bow gets 38 points.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Type of bird. They're fuckin everywhere in the city. They're the only wild birds left, probably. Some richies go out and keep these colorful "peacocks" or "parrots" or something. They're everywhere and sometimes I have to grab them and move them away so they didn't bother others...

[Cassie]

> pet Pax + flip a bird

Seems like Pax really likes the petting. Heeko, ignoring Sherry flipping the bird, asks the following:

"I-...I don't think a wild pigeon could even be plucked right out that easily!"

[Caret]

"But... you would need a extra-bouncy trampoline if you ever hope of grabbing a... Pax from the air! Do you know Bounce or what?"

[KungFuCutbug]

"Oh, I've met plenty of birds myself! Parrots and peacocks, aye, but... ooh, there's ones called kenkus that get as big as a human person and can mimic voices spot-on! They like to hang out with the nagas and snakefolks in Punta Ceniza."

[Magolor]

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.

Holly rolls a 6, 2, 10, 8, and 5, which adds up to an initial 31 points!

Huh, turns out most fare in the cold mountains is preferably imperishable. Nonetheless, the more unsavory canned goods look bad enough to open and toss out. The bears seemed attracted by the sloppy throw, and quickly backed out of the Christmas lights Holly put out. Hey, wait—it's not even Thanksgiving yet!

One: don't piss off eagles. Two: DON'T piss off eagles. Holly pissed off all the eagles and proceeded to discover just how sharp their talons are. Given her stern stance on sanity, she remained pooped out and pooped on for the rest of the challenge.

Hey, look at that! Salt! Goats love salt, and now they love her too! Holly gets stuck in a licking party many feet away from any warmth besides the goats'. At least they seem happy.

Holly misses, thankfully, and the foxes growl before running off. Hmm, there's not a lot of satisfaction to tossing one snowball, but it went according to plan.

It turns out that barriers aren't great during snowstorms. Well, at least it serves at great ammunition to toss at starving snow leopards. Another day, kitties, another day.

Containing food and gently coaxing the bears away was cool (+4), but tossing rocks at eagles? Seriously? That's just asking for pain and frustration (-3). Some nice salt makes perfect sense, and keeps the goats alive (+2), but a snowball isn't very fair play (-1). Shooing doesn't really work well against big cats, and a barricade isn't going to help when they can just... run around. And yeeting stuff at them? n o (-2). This is a total of 31 points, again, for Holly.

[Kennifer]

Holly is just... gonna go take a hot shower.

[MadameButterflyKnife]

Really? Damn. Only thing back in Helium City that comes anywhere fucking close to that are like, those people with crazy body mods and shit. Lots of kits for those are sold in the city. Good amount of people inherited some mods, so I guess that shit counts? Feel bad for some of them. Living with the fact your parent wanted to look a bit closer to their fucking fursona.

[KungFuCutbug]

[That elicits a giggle from Sherry.] "Aye, I'm dating a naga and one of my best friends is a lindwurm! Neither of 'em got that way with body mods, though. The lindwurm gave himself some hind legs 'cause he didn't have any but that's it."

[Magolor]

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?

Sherry gets a 2, 8, 4, 3, and 2, totaling around 19 points at first.

The bears distrust Sherry's m e a t y offer and prefer to break in like the scavengers they are. Not so nice is the fact they also steal the meat on their way out.

Sherry snipes them birds with with the darts and brutally tosses them into the trees. Ouch. Those birds aren't going to soar the skies anytime soon. I mean, there's nothing left behind, at least. Not a single piece of evidence, you cruel mujer.

Sherry makes a rather plain-looking salt lick. Snow gets on it, so it gets all wet, but at least some of the goats take notice. The results are at least something.

Cracks. There's cracks everywhere, and her body weight slowly produces more. Without a care, Sherry presses harder, and then shouts, resulting in all the foxes jumping and cracking the ice wide open. Nice going.

The leopards shy away from her new m e a t y offer, and promptly observe. After a while, they decide to take the risk and pounce on Sherry, knocking her down before running at the goats as promised. Screw the running of the bulls, it's the running of the leopards now.

A passive way to lure the bears (+1), a DECIDEDLY NOT NICE and also NOT EASY way of "disposing" of the bird poop (-4), using a salt lick for its very purpose (+2), a rather basic and risky way of warning the foxes (0), and and a lure for the leopards (+1) net Sherry of a total of 19 points, again.

[Caret]

Bow shrugs her feelers in confusion. She doesn't have any idea what these "nagas" and "lindwurms" are, but nonetheless remains intrigued at Sherry and Voi's accounts of the future. "Heh. You know, I never thought about what's out there until just now. Who knows what other worlds have to offer? ...Just something to consider."

[KungFuCutbug]

[...

...I think Sherry might have hypothermia now.]

[Caret]

"..." Bow immediately shifts into panic mode and starts carrying some blankets for Sherry to use.

> grab some blankets and wrap them around Sherry
> drag her to the fireplace if you can

[MadameButterflyKnife]

....

...Voi's just speechless as she helps.

>Get some towels onto Sherry and bring her to a warm place. probably near the fireplace

[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)

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.

Reisen gets a 2, 6, 6, 1, and 9; a total of 24 points for now!

The bear pack splits, like it's a Fire Emblem battle or something. Critical hit on the food! Critical hit on Reisen's food! And a small scratch on her clothing.

The eagles get shooed, until Reisen has to stop. The remaining few frustratedly carpet bomb the Touhou girl with more feces, unsuccessfully.

It's dead, wow. Mind control works, though the goats end up toppling over the edge of the mountain under Reisen's control. Thankfully, they stay alive and break free before falling anywhere dangerous.

The foxes completely ignore Reisen, until she ends up melting the ice with all the light blasting. In which case, they stare at Reisen in horror and accusation before becoming sea canines.

The leopards ensnare the corpse and leave quite satisfied. Wow, even the blood gets licked away! The bones end up buried from the activity, so there's nothing to dispose of.

Sacrifice for a peaceful resolution against the bears (+2), or a violent one against the goats (-2), peacefully scaring those eagles (+1), non-physical scaring of those foxes (+1), and actually appeasing those leopards (+1), Reisen gets a total of 27 points.

[wingedcatgirl]

Dubhe, back in human form, is flopped on the floor inside.

"That was harder than my usual jobs..."

[KungFuCutbug]

[Sherry weakly, silently nods to Bow and Voi for the assistance, shivering like a maniac. Hopefully she'll be back in commission before the night's over...]

[Cassie]

> towels and fireplace

Man, that was a close call. That might've not been as gentle as favorably wanted when treating someone suffering hypothermia, but atleast Sherry's warmed up now.

[KungFuCutbug]

[...Alright. Sherry seems at least stable now.] "Th... th-thank you..."