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capeandcowllogs2013-05-30 05:00 pm
dead_reckoning) wrote in capeandcowllogs2013-05-30 05:00 pm
Everyone won’t be treated all the same
WHO: Everyone involved in the Reckoning plot
WHERE: NOHoPE and surrounding grounds
WHEN: Backdated to the fourth day of the takeover, the morning of the 27th. The following takes place between six AM and seven AM. Events occur in real time, except for the part where they’re backdated.
WARNINGS: Violence, references to torture
SUMMARY: After a grueling siege, Reckoning’s takeover of NOHoPE comes to its end with a daring rescue.
FORMAT: Present-tense prose to start, whatever works for you in your threads after. Separate sections will be posted for each part of the rescue, split into different threads and groups within those sections however you like. There will be no tags by the Reckoning NPC account in this log, so control those NPCs as you see fit!
After four days of siege, a grim routine has been established within NOHoPE. The guards patrol, the prisoners are fruitlessly interrogated, the rooftop sentries continue their vigil over the police and news crews outside, the hostages are monitored and fed. Sweeps are conducted for the elusive Jack Bauer, who slips away again and again while periodically snatching food and information.
At six in the morning, there is nothing at all to indicate this routine is going to be broken, save for the news that a hostage is being taken out of her cell due to the promise of having important information on Bauer. When the time comes for NOHoPE to be liberated, Reckoning’s takeover falls apart as suddenly as a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
It happens almost in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, the pale white light of the corridors is washed in red, the low drone of a siren becoming audible. In the cells where hostages are being kept, it's much more alarming: all doors and windows in the room are blocked as armored barriers drop into place, effectively sealing any possible exit points.
At the same time, Reckoning's access to their hostages are blocked.
The PA system crackles to life sharply, a young woman's voice speaking calmly but briskly.
"NOHoPE's power dampening system is now offline. You have fifteen minutes before the system resets and the building is no longer on lockdown. I repeat, you have fifteen minutes."
She doesn't presume to instruct the heroes on how to do their work, so she leaves it at that, moving on quickly.
"Reckoning: whatever quarrel you have with Jack Baeur, the civilians you've taken hostage have nothing to do with him. No one needs to die today -- lay your arms down and surrender yourself to the authorities. These people are innocent. By hurting them, you're no better than what you claim to stand against."
Her voice, which has been steady enough until this point, hitches a little before she can continue.
"Violence isn't the answer to violence. We can find a better solution together. So surrender. *Please.*"
The system stutters a little, and then the message calling for Reckoning's surrender starts looping again, broadcast all over the hospital until the lockdown lifts.
As Yako’s announcement goes out both on the Network and over the intercom, the assembled police units outside need no further encouragement. Once the veracity of the statement is confirmed they are mobilizing, snipers drawing beads on the rooftop sentries, tactical officers loading up in their vehicles, paramedics preparing to receive casualties. Everyone knows this is the best chance they are likely to get. The rescue is on.
WHERE: NOHoPE and surrounding grounds
WHEN: Backdated to the fourth day of the takeover, the morning of the 27th. The following takes place between six AM and seven AM. Events occur in real time, except for the part where they’re backdated.
WARNINGS: Violence, references to torture
SUMMARY: After a grueling siege, Reckoning’s takeover of NOHoPE comes to its end with a daring rescue.
FORMAT: Present-tense prose to start, whatever works for you in your threads after. Separate sections will be posted for each part of the rescue, split into different threads and groups within those sections however you like. There will be no tags by the Reckoning NPC account in this log, so control those NPCs as you see fit!
After four days of siege, a grim routine has been established within NOHoPE. The guards patrol, the prisoners are fruitlessly interrogated, the rooftop sentries continue their vigil over the police and news crews outside, the hostages are monitored and fed. Sweeps are conducted for the elusive Jack Bauer, who slips away again and again while periodically snatching food and information.
At six in the morning, there is nothing at all to indicate this routine is going to be broken, save for the news that a hostage is being taken out of her cell due to the promise of having important information on Bauer. When the time comes for NOHoPE to be liberated, Reckoning’s takeover falls apart as suddenly as a thunderbolt from a clear sky.
It happens almost in the blink of an eye. Suddenly, the pale white light of the corridors is washed in red, the low drone of a siren becoming audible. In the cells where hostages are being kept, it's much more alarming: all doors and windows in the room are blocked as armored barriers drop into place, effectively sealing any possible exit points.
At the same time, Reckoning's access to their hostages are blocked.
The PA system crackles to life sharply, a young woman's voice speaking calmly but briskly.
"NOHoPE's power dampening system is now offline. You have fifteen minutes before the system resets and the building is no longer on lockdown. I repeat, you have fifteen minutes."
She doesn't presume to instruct the heroes on how to do their work, so she leaves it at that, moving on quickly.
"Reckoning: whatever quarrel you have with Jack Baeur, the civilians you've taken hostage have nothing to do with him. No one needs to die today -- lay your arms down and surrender yourself to the authorities. These people are innocent. By hurting them, you're no better than what you claim to stand against."
Her voice, which has been steady enough until this point, hitches a little before she can continue.
"Violence isn't the answer to violence. We can find a better solution together. So surrender. *Please.*"
The system stutters a little, and then the message calling for Reckoning's surrender starts looping again, broadcast all over the hospital until the lockdown lifts.
As Yako’s announcement goes out both on the Network and over the intercom, the assembled police units outside need no further encouragement. Once the veracity of the statement is confirmed they are mobilizing, snipers drawing beads on the rooftop sentries, tactical officers loading up in their vehicles, paramedics preparing to receive casualties. Everyone knows this is the best chance they are likely to get. The rescue is on.
PRISONER RESCUE- Jack, Jane, Bond
He had also finally rid himself of the hated NOHoPE tracker around his ankle, discarding it on the first day out of fear that Reckoning would be able to use it to locate him through the systems they controlled. It was a violation of his release conditions, but right now Jack was completely past caring. If anyone wanted to criticize him for what he did to evade terrorists with assault rifles, they could do so after he'd made it through this.
Jack would never have expected that Yako of all people would be the one to announce that their precious chance had come, but he’s good at nothing if not acting swiftly and decisively on short notice. He’s in the closet when the lockdown begins, and it only takes a few seconds for him to calculate what he needs to do. There’s a chance this is a trick, that Reckoning has coerced Yako into making the announcement to draw him out, but it’s a risk he has to take. As per the plan he established in his earlier post, rescuers should be swooping into liberate the hostages on the third floor right now.
Jane and James are another matter, though. Jack’s prowling over the last few days has led to him learning that they’re here, that they’re being kept in the isolation rooms separately from the other hostages, that they’re being tortured. His inability to do anything for them has been digging at his conscience, a pang he’s had to endure helplessly while in hiding. Now he can act.
Jack takes a deep breath, then bursts out of the closet with his handgun raised. He sweeps the hall left, then right, sees two Reckoning gunmen turning to point their rifles at him. He’s a fraction of a second faster, firing at their unarmoured heads. One man drops dead with a bullet in his forehead as something pink and unspeakable blows out the back of his skull. The other falls forward bleeding from two rounds tearing into his throat.
Jack runs over their bodies to the nearest stairwell, keeping his pistol ready. The lockdown will have sealed off the isolation rooms like the other wards, but if their interrogators are in there with them, Jack and Jane may still be at risk for execution. Jack is not going to let that happen. He gave his word.