Investigate Anaconda: Breach and Pray (Kokuto/Alastair)

Kokuto and Alastair would find themselves arriving in the streets of the small town of Anaconda. It was a pretty large town built so very close to the base of the mountains. And they themselves were only a few blocks from the facility itself. A fairly small building. Two stories tall and about half a block in area, it was hard to believe that it was a base of operations for anything. As Alastair had pointed out, Ehefra had managed to secure scans of the building itself, and both men would have with them, aside from the small squad of 5 Soldat, a small floating companion capable of projecting the layout of the building. They also had a pre-programmed ability to generate a person-sized reishi panel to be deployed as needed, be it for cover or any other reason that they might have for it.

The bottom floor was one large atrium with a set of stairs in the center. It was, however, generally entirely empty, and even looked abandoned and run down in the scans. The ACTUAL area of operations was up on the second door, accessible only by the large broken escalator in the center. Thanks to the scans, they would know that they could expect about 4-5 people in the upper level. There was an open area where the Escalator led up into, and then a hallway with about four rooms on either side. These rooms were in much better shape and seemed to be the actual space where this group operated.

A Secondary entrance was in the rear of the building which led down into the basement level. Unlike the other entrance, this one was more fortified and the scan had identified a number of storage areas as well as two to three targets. This area was ONLY accessible through the rear entrance short of making a new one. The details were a bit fuzzy, not the best since they had had to be a bit rushed given their limited timeframe, but it was still something.

Not only that, but each little Floating Companion also had a digital timer which counted down. Theirs read that they had about five minutes to figure out who would be assigned to which entrance, as well as how the soldat would be distributed between them. All five of them were assorted males with determined faces, though one or two of them seemed....anxious about the operation. It was all that could be spared as the rest were busy quietly evacuating the rest of the town.

All the same, a soft voice would be heard from the little cubes following both ritters.

"Please make your way to your positions, the operation will begin shortly. Once the Evacuation has been completed, additional Soldat would be rerouted to support you if necessary. Your Companion Cubes will also alert you of any updates or hazards. These cubes can be switched from voice notification to text by tapping the Companion. Good luck."

The little cubes would then resume floating in orbit around the pair, the timers continuing to tick down for when they were scheduled to begin. Enough time to come up with a strategy and move into position.

The Soldat looked from one man to the other, their gazes a mix of steely, nervous, and somewhere in between, including one who seemed to be frequently in the direction of Kokuto. All the same, they seemed to take Alastair's warning to heart. The pair had made their plans, split the group, and made it quite clear that their objective would be simple: Go in and blitz the targets. That's what they were here for weren't they? All the while, all around them other members of the Vandenreich in civilian clothing were in the process of setting up for evacuation as discretely as possible. Already a few hushed conversations were going on around them, and people began looking around, some of them even looking at the group with confusion as they were moved off the streets as calmly as could be managed.

All the same, with the splitting of the Soldat, each of them moving to rally behind their perspective Leaders, they seemed to be ready for the operation to begin! Some of them gripped their quincy crosses, others stared straight ahead and focused on the task ahead of them. One young man in particular took out his wallet, glancing at a photo in it with gentle earnest, as if hoping that he would see whoever was there again, before tucking it away and bracing himself.

Both groups were primed and ready to start moving. The two men had been fairly clear about their plans, and now all that was left was to head to the actual positions themselves. And as they spoke, they would notice that the timers were getting considerably low. The operation would be starting soon. However, the cubes both Pinged quietly before that familiar voice chimed in. Please proceed to your entry points as soon as possible. It chimed, contrary to the timer which read that they had a minute or two left. It seemed they would need to pick up the pace.

Off in the distance, a dull roar was heard. A hollow was somewhere out there.

With both teams in position, it was quick work for both Kokuto and Alastair's squads to make their ways to their respective breach points, And as that synchronized execution was carried out, those entry points would promptly be blown in.

The door in front of Alastair and his squad was almost immediately crumpled in, a poorly made chunk of wood that caved almost TOO easily as it was broken to pieces and scattered over the floor inside as the Coordinator and the squad all rushed into the building! Just as expected, the space ACTUALLY just opened up into a large atrium! The space was clearly very old and not well kept, and as the quincy charged up those stairs and began to head to their targets, Alastair would find that the floor suddenly crumpled beneath his feet, the rotted and aged wood simply breaking as the rest of the stairway creaked. But after that it was a straight shot toward the upper floor! At least at first.

Following the sudden loud noise, voices muffled in the distance could be heard upstairs. Voices that sounded panicked and surprised. Very suddenly, three men would burst from the doorway with weapons drawn. Two sidearms and a rifle pointed toward the group. "What the fuck they weren't supposed to come here! Take em out! VSM!" One man in particular cried out, the other two promptly yelling out 'VSM!' as they opened up, and suddenly the three raised their weapons to open fire on the group that was charging toward them. The three of them moved... like one would expect from perfectly normal humans. None of them particularly fast, honestly the only dangerous thing would be the bullets that soon would be heading their way! At least it seemed as much.

At the very same time, a shadow shot out from another door and leapt clean out and over the ledge! The man was shrouded in a vest and plaid shirt as well as what looked like heavy duty work pants and boots. A cowboy hat sat on top of his head and a gas mask obstructed his face. He was very clearly moving well beyond normal limits, setting himself up as probably the most dire threat.
Twisting in mid air and turning toward the group.....seemingly in slow motion? His body simply seemed to slow down as he peeled two sidearms from beneath a leather vest. He promptly fired at the group from the side! Even more the bullets didn't seem to slow down in the same way that the man did, adding to the number of rounds that were sent their way, the bullets fizzling into little plumes of blue reishi flame on impact, as if designed to burn through armor. Alastair, with the man's durability, would find that these rounds weren't designed to plow through bodies like one would expect, they would barely penetrate and honestly some might even be stopped by thicker materials, but the plumes of reishi flames would quickly begin to eat through material and start to burn flesh, even growing hot through his blut if he had that defensive layer active. While it wouldn't burn through immediately if left stuck to his body they would soon start burning through that defense!



As Kokuto burst through the basement door and launched his attack with his Chains, he'd hear a soft CLING as metal sounded off, thin wire catching on his chest and waist as he moved clean through a pair of trip wires. Two small cylinders would pop from the sides of the door itself, spinning briefly before they both promptly burst in a sudden deafening POP, one of the Soldat behind Kokuto knocked clean on his ass with an OOF as pennies shot from the explosives promptly would pepper Kokuto from both sides and bludgeon his ears with that loud bang! Of course, a man of his durability would find that the penny shrapnel was hardly lethal, especially since there was not TOO much force in the explosives themselves, but all the same he would likely feel the spray of hot heated metal pepper and likely even embed in his flesh as his sudden rush into the basement was met with abrupt repercussion.
"FUCK EM!" Came a shout from deeper inside the room, as son as those bombs went off, Kokuto would NOT find any open targets, and instead would find two large metal sheets of metal with eye slits welded into them, as well as ports through which rifles were poking out. The man would have a few seconds to react before the pair began firing on him, though he would find that if he launched his chains at the men themselves, those sheets of metal would keep them well protected from those cast chains. It seemed that of all the groups he had barged into those that were most prepared!

As per their orders, Alastair's Soldat charged ahead! Bows were drawn and promptly charging forward! While the Soldat weren't anything special, they WERE much faster and tougher than normal humans! In no time, they were upon the small group of gun-toters and there was a brief spray of bullets! One of the Soldat dropped, knocked flat onto his back by the rounds which thankfully didn't seem to be the same type as the ones from the pistoleer. The other two set upon the small group of goons and attacked! One Soldat even peeling out a Seele Schneider and slicing clean through one of the weapons before knocking them to the ground! Soon the Soldat were struggling with the goons, slowly but steadily beginning to subdue them as their superior speed and strength won out!

As for Alastair's target, the man suddenly seemed to speed back up into normal time after somersaulting, landing deftly on his feet before spinning around and then flinching a bit when that arrow from the man went off! However that gas mask seemed to protect him from being blinded, and he raised his weapons. There was as soft crackle of green light from the man's shoes before suddenly WHOOSH! Alastair would find his personal space suddenly and aggressively invaded! A knee launching up to try and catch him in the center of his chest! The man was....slightly slower than Alastair, however the sudden burst speed of that crackle had been more than enough to disorient and potentially even cause a success in an attack aimed to knock the man over! Those twin pistols raised up to try and fire another spray of burning rounds into the Quincy at close range following the attack!





At Kokuto's end, that door would be peeled from the side and moved in JUST in time for that sudden aggressive spray of gunfire from the assault rifles to begin peppering it! One of them slowed, firing in small bursts aimed at Kokuto's feet while the other kept a fully automatic spray aimed straight at center mass to try and keep Kokuto from lowering the door to protect his feet!

Just as instructed the Soldat rushed in to file behind him! Notching their bows and using the man as a shield! However once Kokuto managed to launch those bursts of flames that spread across the floor, the two men behind the guns seemed to lose interest in staying behind their shields! Panicking, the paiur suddenly leapt away from their safe spots! One of them promptly getting nailed by an arrow,, knocking him to the ground where he yelled in panic as the flames burned him slightly! Even if they were low heat, it was still very unpleasant!

The second gunner managed to turn and bolt to the side, abandoning the guns tethered to the shields and promptly rushing to a wall, prying a little panel open and then spinning around! A small SMG in hand as he promptly began firing at the group with a yell, attempting to put on a last stand! Alas, while the man was fully armored just like his companion, based on his motions Kokuto would very quickly see that the man didn't seem very fast, downright he wasn't even fast for a normal human! And a loud huffing and puffing belied that the man was also a bit out of shape despite his bulk. It seemed that even though they had laid a trap, these were.... just normal humans!