Mission 01 - Recovery: Group 4

[cityship]

Worf, Kousaku, River, Billy, Javert, and Leon all set off in the direction that Leela had indicated. They skirted the deeper parts of the forest, and seemed to have pretty easy going.

Something had broken them a trail in mostly the right direction, but what?

Or perhaps a better question was: Who?

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Re: Trailing Along With The Pod Scouts

[governmentninja]

"Unusual by most any standard," Leon chimed in. He wasn't on point, but he was near the front of the group. "Something made this path... but I haven't seen any tracks to give us an idea of what did, or which direction it was heading at the time."

Re: Trailing Along With The Pod Scouts

[sonof-mogh.livejournal.com]

Worf, as the leader, was naturally in front, phaser in one hand and tricorder in the other. He glanced back over his shoulder, nodding his agreement with the sentiments expressed by Billy and Leon.

"We should be cautious. Although Stacy claimed there was no sentient life, this trail seems too simple. Stay alert."

Re: Trailing Along With The Pod Scouts

[asluciferfell.livejournal.com]

"Personally," Javert spoke up in a quiet drawl, "I'm loath to trust anything 'Stacy' says."

He's picking his way carefully through the damaged undergrowth, a pistol in each hand. Eventually the man will move beyond single-shot weapons, but today is not that day.

[anoldtrickster.livejournal.com]

Wednesday's 'voice' comes over the comm rings.

«Be careful, everyone. The tracks I'm seeing suggest much larger creatures than I'd normally expect in this terrain. Certainly not normal wildlife.»

[sonof-mogh.livejournal.com]

"Perhaps survivors from the escape pods?"

[governmentninja]

"Figures..." Leon muttered quietly under his breath when Wednesday's message came in. Leon always seemed to constantly get into fights with things far bigger than he is, for some reason.

«Acknowledged. We'll keep our eyes peeled and call in if we get a visual.»

He looked down the path, then back the other way.

"Assuming the crash site is ahead of us, any survivors would have made this path going the other way, away from the pod."

[morphitudinous]

"Affirmative. Which means it's within the realm of possibility that something could have moved or damaged the pod. Perhaps it's even waiting for us."

Billy's staring at the patterns in the broken-in terrain while walking, trying to calculate the scale of wildlife they might face. Could it be a creature with many legs? No legs? As big as an elephant? Skyscraper sized, on par with the after-effects of the monster growth spells he loathed so much? Or worse, even bigger.

Pushing his apprehension down, he reaches back and brushes his fingers against his morpher.

[asluciferfell.livejournal.com]

"It is better knowing something may be waiting than going in blind." He says, determined. "The forewarning is...convenient."

Javert, having been the only person here to not have fought anything but other people in his life, still seems rather calm and blank-faced.