A Zone of Excursion [IC Thread / Closed]

[Saurisisia]

Carl listened to the helicopters fly over the convoy and disappear in the background before the convoy turned its lights back on and started moving again. As the truck the two Reptiles were on were moving before it took a left turn, Carl listened to Lucy state that they were indeed away from Pripyat. He glanced at the tank following the truck before glancing at Lucy who was checking to see if they could jump. He easily figured out that would be impossible without breaking bones if they managed to avoid getting squashed to pulp by the tank.

Sighing, he asked the Dragooness "So, what do we do now, Luce?"

[Ruskarkand]

Lucy shrugged, before putting the lit stone back where it once was.
She took her glass of vodka from the table and quickly downed the rest of the drink, a cold shudder going down her spine from how strong the drink was.
She closed her eyes, before shaking her head a small bit, her mind was getting slightly clouded.

"Well, no idea as to what to do to pass the time." she said, as she refilled the glass with Vodka from the flask and put it on the table.
"My plan however is to see how many glasses of Vodka are left in this Flask, doesn't seem like much is left though."
She took out another glass, and filled it with Vodka, barely half-filling it before it ran out.

"Oh, well there you go." she said, smirking.

[Saurisisia]

Carl sighed again as he watched Lucy put the stone back where it was before downing what remained of her Vodka in the glass cup she had, noticing her shudder. He then grabbed the bottle of whiskey and took another sip of it, before noticing that it was almost empty. Shrugging, he drank the last of it before setting the bottle down.


He nodded at Lucy as she refilled the glass with more Vodka and then setting it on the table. He then watched as she filled another glass with more Vodka, until it ran out, halfway through the glass. The Ceratosaurus chuckled at Lucy's comment before saying "Yep!"

[Goldsaver]

"Bah. Vinch, we will work this out once you recover. We need to advance on CNPP."
Solom turned in the direction of the plant.
"We are not going for the Wish Granter; somewhere, in that plant, lies the answer to the mysteries of the Zone. What lies inbetween us?"

[New Twinleaf]

Anna continued to watch from afar but decided to follow the dragons and when one dropped her heart sunk and then she saw the other one go after him.

She continued to follow until the Dragon stopped at a ruined house.

Anna stopped behind some cover and watched.

While she watched she thought she saw Ten and some others come to the house.

[Ruskarkand]

Sasha shrugged, taking her hands off of her hips and following Solom's gaze to the plant.
"Monolith, maybe the Military as well, and a couple of mutants."
She then lowered her gaze, looking at the stadium.
"Oh, and the stadium, a danger in it's own right."

---

Lucy held the half-filled glass of vodka close to her chest, staring to the roof of the covered supply truck.
She was well and truly tipsy, her thoughts were all over the place.
The Dragooness looked to the glass of vodka in her hand, before letting out an audible sigh and forcefully slamming it onto the table.
She rubbed her eyes with her clawed fingers carefully, before leaning her head back and thinking.

"So, were you headed for the NPP itself, to seek the wishgranter?" She asked, before turning to face him.

[Saurisisia]

After he finished the Whiskey, Carl stared out back, at the tank following their truck. He sighed, enduring a buzz from the alcohol he had consumed and was thus a bit woozy. He then stared at his legs and tail before Lucy asked him a question which caused him to look at her and ask "Hm? What's that?"

[Ruskarkand]

Lucy frowned to Carl.
"You haven't heard?"
She shrugged, before she began to speak.
"Rumours speak of a mystical crystal deep within the heart of power block four of the old NPP, a crystal that is guarded by the Monolithians, these Xenophobic zealots."

The Dragooness paused, taking a quick peek out of the back of the truck to see where they were, before carrying on.
"They say that the crystal is extremely powerful, and should any stalker approach it, it will grant one wish, but it will ask for something in return."
She smiled, before she went on.
"Of course, nobody has been there and come back, nobody knows what it wants, but this is an opportunity to find out, an opportunity to gain ANYTHING that your heart could ever desire!"

She sighed, scratching the back of her neck gently.
"That's why they call it the Wishgranter, but as I said, it's guarded by Monolithians and the like."

[Saurisisia]

Carl listened to Lucy talk about the Wishgranter before saying "Well... no, not really. I just came here to see if I can get away from my shitty life back home."

He then sighed before thinking it over, the thought of one wish, something he wanted so badly to be granted by one wish made him feel joyful just thinking of it. He grinned before saying "Yeah, we could go there, Luce."

[Strykla]

Durzahg awoke slowly, upside-down. He vision blurred then came into focus; At first he couldn't tell what he was looking at and then it resolved into the ground. He looked up at the trees, seeing the grappling hook stuck. He tired to reach for the 'RELEASE' button but couldn't. He sighed and looked about.

Surprisingly, Durzahg saw nothing. No Psuedogiant, well, there was the Psuedogiant but it looked as though it had been through a meat grinder - It was mashed on the ground. Durzahg also saw several pairs of tracks on the ground going in the direction of the power plant, but Durzahg decided that these things would probably only grow in numbers as he got closer to the plant. Chernobyl was a no-go, so his other objective was to scout. Durzahg was able to his the 'REEL-IN' button for the grapple, so he quickly ended up in the tree-tops. He saw in the distance several lights, maybe helicopters or planes. They were either hovering, coming towards him, or going away. Durzahg decided he wanted to see them a little closer, so he jumped the the forest floor and ran in their direction. Durzahg alone was able to run short distances at about 90 kph, and with the suit he could run for long distances at 95 kph, which far outstripped anything else. It made up for not being able to fly. So Durzahg went in the direction of the helicopters.

His rangefinder had told him the helicopters were about two kilometers away, so he'd get there in about one minute and thirty seconds. Not hard at all.

[John Richard Wright]

Dr. Z heard something behind him, and quickly turned to see the weird alien thing start to escape. He quickly drew and fired his Encore at it, but missed. He growled as it ran away through the treetops. He then turned to Nathan, and said, "There is no way it's running that fast. It must be wearing some sort of powered suit or something. At any rate, I'm going to get my car." Dr. Z turned and reloaded his Encore, while quickly sprinting toward his Defender.

[Yuktova]

"Does it have room for two?" Nathaniel asked. He then turned to look at the creature running, and wondered where he could get a powered suit like that...

[Ruskarkand]

The Dragon who was hidden amidst the forest floor was startled as Durzahg ran by him at a very quick speed, he moved to the side and craned his neck to see the figure disappearing.
He gave a short growl, irritated; but the majority of two humans beat the single one, he craned his head back and stared at the two humans, his sleek, black scales shining as the moonlight touched the scales.

The Dragon immediately burst out of the woods, Ferdinand looking to the Doctor, who was spriting towards his vehicle.
He gave a ferocious roar, before immediately charging after the Doctor, enraged; he did not want the Humans to escape.

---

The convoy stopped at the edge of the forest.
As the supply truck ground to a halt, the Dragooness got up and brushed herself down, picking up the small, burning relic and putting it into a compartment on her suit.
"Well, we're going in the opposite direction then."
She stepped over the many crates, before going to the exit of the supply truck and promptly jumping down from the platform to the ground.

Lucy sighed, stretching her wings out wide, before she rolled her neck around and let out a silent yawn.
The sky was dark, the convoy had stopped for some odd reason, one of which that the Dragooness did not know of.
She looked to the helicopters that were moving into the distance, their blinking lights headed quickly towards the Nuclear Power Plant.

Lucy then turned her head about, to view the Red Forest.
She froze, a roar echoed on the gentle breeze, one that was similar to when she was in the Red Forest with Carl.
"We should go, the road to Pripyat is clear, and exploring the Red Forest at night does not sound that good of an idea."

She then turned around, observing the long, desolate road to the ghost town.

[Yuktova]

"Is...is that Ferdinand?! Hey! Ferdinand! I haven't seen you in a long time! You don't look to friendly..."
Nathan pulled out his Gauss Rifle, and yelled to the Doctor, "Careful, you got a Dragon coming after you! Don't shoot it though! It'll only make Ferdinand more pissed off!"

[Strykla]

Durzahg slowed to a meager 50 kph and activated his camouflage. The camouflage was a phased-array system, it used nanites on the surface of his armor to shift the armor's outer skin in a way that bent the light. The refractive technology made him technically invisible, but it was still flawed. The refraction created a distortion in the light, very similar to how heat made shimmers in the air, or how looking through a glass of water made the image on the other side distorted(Though the armor made it less pronounced and noticeable). The active camouflage worked wonders at night, but in daylight it wasn't nearly as good. Durzahg still cast something of a shadow, and the light made the nanites work more, which decreased the life of the refractive coating and decreased the effectiveness.

Durzahg saw a convoy of vehicles and cursed. He slowed down, but didn't have room enough to halt completely. Durzahg was slammed against one of the trucks and rebounding into the dirt. Aww, jeeze, He thought. Why do I keep hitting things?

[Legital]

Ten stood, flipping Vinces knife in his hand. "Well that was a productive hour and a half." Ten said to Vince and Solom concerning the questioning.
Ten walked over to Vince and handed him his knife back, "Here, we'll find you a weapon later."

[New Sheoth VI]

"Maybe a 50 cal, or one of those bad ass gauss rifles."

He then accepted his knife back.

"Were can i find such a weapon? Kill a monolitian?"

[Ruskarkand]

Sasha sighed, looking to Vinchenzo.
"Only preachers carry them, their aim is guided by an anomalous presence, they are crack shots, it takes extreme fortune to kill one."

---

Lucy checked her equipment, she still only had the Lee Enfield and the RPG-7, a hardly suitable loadout for the zone.
She looked down and observed the suit, the avatar that the infamous Monolithians donned.
The Dragooness looked back, she heard a severe crash, tipping her curiousity, she opened her mouth and called out.
"The hell was that?"

She squinted slightly, the feint red glow of her eyes granted a basic nightvision, but she could not see anything.
Lucy reached into one of the many pockets that were on her suit, and drew out the small crystal before closing it in her hands.
She breathed a small lick of flame onto the crystal, igniting it, creating a bright but relatively harmless flame, illuminating a short area around the Dragooness to compensate for her lack of a suitable source of light.

Lucy began to take a few steps forward, she was on edge, it was night and she was next to a forest that contained many a creature that would dwell in the darkest regions of the zone, unspeakable creatures at that.
She also wondered where the Freedomers were, surely they would not leave their convoy unattended.

The Dragooness called out once more, expecting a reply from anyone.
"Is anyone there? Freedom?!"
There was no activity from the vehicles what-so-ever, a dark thought began to creep into the mind of the Dragooness, why the convoy had stopped in the first place, but she disregarded it, before continuing for her search of the source of the disruption.

[Goldsaver]

Solom sighed.
"Those two shouldn't be taking that long. I'm going to go see how they're doing."
Solom began to walk in the direction of the flare.

[Legital]

Ten ran to catch up to Solom, "Hey! I'll come with you." He looked to Vince, "Feel free to come along, we might be able to get you something."

[Saurisisia]

As Lucy checked her Lee-Enfield and RPG, Carl checked his own loadout: the MP5 and the M91 pistol. Both of which were fully loaded. Sighing as he stared at the MP5, the Ceratosaurus overheard the loud crash. He shrugged before replying "Dunno, though it doesn't seem good."

He then watched as she took out the stone and lit it with her fire breath, allowing both Reptiles to see better in the dark, despite their limited night-vision. He let the Dragooness move forward cautiously, before beginning to follow her close behind, clutching his MP5 while scanning their surroundings for anything that came within his range of sight.

As the two moved forward slowly, Carl whispered "Jesus, it's quiet."

[New Sheoth VI]

"Bring me sometihng back, remember my ribs are broken."

[John Richard Wright]

Dr. Z noted the stupid little alien thing cloak, and escape. He growled slightly, but stopped short when he heard Nathan screaming at him about a Dragon.
Especially the part about it being right behind him. Dr. Z turned, and sure enough, there was a Dragon bearing down on him. He sighed, and was about to take a shot at it, when he heard Nathan tell him not to. Dr. Z sighed again, and put his Encore away. However, he did take the liberty of sidestepping the speeding Dragon, and continued sprinting toward his car, hoping against hope that it hit something and was stunned, to give him enough time to escape into the forest to lose it.

[Strykla]

Durzahg was screaming, though nobody could hear him in his suit. He jumped up, his camouflage flickering. It didn't do too well when subjected to big crashes, and it didn't help that the thing was still a little glitchy.

He nonetheless remained pretty much invisible in the dark. He layed still on the ground as something lit up. It wasn't a smart move; making fire in a dark area decreased you visibility to only a few feet, and the eye was still good at night, assuming it had time to adjust. His eyes could do so immediately; humans eyes, however, took a while.

Durzahg slowly stood up but remained quiet. He heard a feminine voice say, "Is anyone there? Freedom?!" Durzahg wasn't sure what it was talking about and didn't care. Durzahg slowly approached the front of the nearest vehicle until he stepped on something that wasn't nearly as solid as he might assume. Durzahg fell, crashing into the ground and likely letting know the things that were looking out that something was there.

[Goldsaver]

Solom heard the noise of Ferd in the distance.
"Fuck, Ten, hurry up."
Solom burst into a sprint, going to see what was happening.