The mission A TOTAL KARMA COMPRESSOR SYSTEM CALLED "GARLAND" was a success! The log can be read here.

The canon Hellsinker is now complete! For real this time.

Participants:
Kagura
Hetepheres
Willis Clades
Kei Kugimiya
Mizuki Onodera

Notes:
-The underwater dome contained an ancient, reality-altering computer known as GARLAND. The giant sword was the key. Permission to access Garland was given even though we had no authorization. Perhaps kernels of the defeated PRAYERs making a brief (but friendly) reappearance had something to do with that...
-We broke the six rings that metaphysically bound GARLAND, and it was released. The computer deactivated, and with it - the threat of PRAYERs is gone forever.
-We have received "lost property", which turned out to be a cat. An ancient, talking cat. We also recovered pods with bodies of four dead children, who were used to power GARLAND. With the computer freed, they too are now finally at peace.
-Everything was weird and there are more questions raised than answered.
The mission will happen on Monday October 26th, at 3 PM CDT/8 PM GMT.

Participants:
Kagura
Kei Kugimiya
Hetepheres

A lot of open slots left, and I hope we see more people on the mission!
A TOTAL KARMA COMPRESSOR SYSTEM CALLED "GARLAND"

A final return to the underwater dome. Its secrets, and the origin of all PRAYERs, await for awakening.

Canon: Hellsinker (true canon finale)
Characters: Kagura, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Planned
Schedule: This mission will take place on Monday October 26th, at 3 PM CDT/8 PM GMT. Do note that the UK and continental Europe will switch to winter time (GMT and GMT+1 respectively) by that time, but not the US yet.
Please respond if you want to participate, as usual.

Expected length: 3-4 hours
A TOTAL KARMA COMPRESSOR SYSTEM CALLED "GARLAND"

A final return to the underwater dome. Its secrets, and the origin of all PRAYERs, await for awakening.

Canon: Hellsinker (true canon finale)
Characters: Kagura, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Planned
Schedule: This mission may take place between Thursday October 22nd and Tuesday October 27th. If you'd like to participate, please respond below with preferred times and dates.

Expected length: 3-4 hours
The mission RESHAPE ONESELF FOR ONCOMING ASPIRANTS was a success, though also not the finale thanks to player actions.  The mission log can be read here.

Combatants
Hetepheres
Kagura
Kei Kugimiya
Sielje

Important Notes:
- The return trip to the dome led us to another fight with the Rex Cavalier, but also with a new PRAYER called an Apostle.  Turns out that after being defeated last time, that's what Kagura got turned into.
- Thanks to the power of friendship, Kagura as able to exert her companionship and camaraderie in spite of her transformed state, making the Apostle pull its punches, and ultimately even protect others from the Cavalier's attacks and join in the beatdown and ultimate destruction of it.
- In the wake of the battle, the Apostle went unresponsive and has been brought back under tight security to try to see just how thorough the changes to Kagura have been.  The Dome's also curiously still proceeding with business as usual, and we will have to investigate it to determine what more there is to it.
The mission RESHAPE ONESELF FOR ONCOMING ASPIRANTS will be held tomorrow not at noon CDT, but instead at 1:30 PM CDT.  I apologize for the abrupt change, but whoever told me my schedule this week did not read the sheet properly.

If this day does NOT work for anyone, please notify me.  Otherwise...

Combatants:
Some Cubey character
Hetepheres
Some Terra character

We have a lot of room for people if anyone else wants in, ideally at least two more.

RESHAPE ONESELF FOR ONCOMING ASPIRANTS

The dome still remains.  Better prepared and with a comrade to avenge, the Unity Group returns to the undersea anomaly to bring an end to the PRAYERs once and for all.

Canon: Hellsinker (finale)
Characters: Up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Underwater dome on ocean floor
Schedule: This mission will take place Tuesday, September 1st at noon CDT.  If you would like to participate, please post below.
RESHAPE ONESELF FOR ONCOMING ASPIRANTS

The dome still remains.  Better prepared and with a comrade to avenge, the Unity Group returns to the undersea anomaly to bring an end to the PRAYERs once and for all.

Canon: Hellsinker (finale)
Characters: Up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Underwater dome on ocean floor
Schedule: This mission will take place between Friday, August 28th and Wednesday, September 2nd.  If you would like to participate, please post below with your preferred dates and times.
The mission SPIRIT==OVERLOAD was a failure. The log can be read here

Participants:
Kagura
Hetepheres
Walt Schmertz
Calvin Eldred Edwards
Roy Garnette

Notes:
-The dome turned out to house a familiar (for people who were in a Shaft before) environment, with a giant garden - and an enormous sword in the center. It was also defended by a swarm of drones and two PRAYERs.
-Once Quiet Minstrel and Glorious Symbol were defeated, the last guardian of the place - Rex Cavalier, came out. It turned out to be both the largest and most powerful of all PRAYERs encountered so far.
-During the fight we received several cryptic messages from either the PRAYERs or whomever created them. They were not receptive to any kind of response.
-In the end it turns out, it was all a trap. Kagura was lured in to be turned into a PRAYER. She decided to suicide herself on Rex Cavalier, going out in an explosion rather than allowing herself to be converted.
-We were forced to evacuate from the dome, so its mysteries still remain unexplored. And high chances are, the PRAYERs will return soon unless something is done with it.
The mission SPIRIT==OVERLOAD will happen on Sunday August 23rd at 11 AM CDT/4 PM GMT.

Participants:
Kagura
Roy Garnette
Hetepheres

A few more participants wouldn't hurt. See you on the mission.
SPIRIT==OVERLOAD

The source of whatever is inside Kagura was located - an unidentified dome under the Atlantic ocean. Exploration probably won't be too safe.

Canon: Hellsinker
Characters: Kagura, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Underwater dome on ocean floor
Schedule: This mission will take place on Sunday August 23rd at 11 AM CDT/4 PM GMT. If you'd like to participate, please respond below.

Expected length: About 3 hours.
SPIRIT==OVERLOAD

The source of whatever is inside Kagura was located - an unidentified dome under the Atlantic ocean. Exploration probably won't be too safe.

Canon: Hellsinker
Characters: Kagura, up to 8 other combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: Underwater dome on ocean floor
Schedule: This mission may happen between Thursday August 20th (American time only for Thursday) and Wednesday August 26th. If you'd like to participate, please respond below with preferred times and schedules.

Expected length: About 3 hours.
The mission Impact Again was confusing and mysterious. Unfortunately, we failed at our main objective. The log can be read here.

The canon Hellsinker turned out not to be complete at all!

Participants:
Setsuko Ohara
Kagura
Kei Kugimiya
Willis Clades
Selena Recital + Albhard Bailaran
Ken Torao
Raquel Manora

Notes:
- The man responsible for the fake messages turned out to be a mysterious masked individual called Black Charisma. He also wants the universes to fuse into one. What exactly he means and how he wants to accomplish this, remains a mystery, because he fled with the use of a time-space anomaly.
- The woman who is helping Asakim Dowen is named Xine Espio. Her taste in piloting suits is questionable.
- Members of Unity Group present during the mission suffered a bizarre shared hallucination. Considering that it was triggered by Kagura's apparent "death", this might have something to do with her. But what, exactly, we're not sure.
The mission Wheel of <<Paradise>> has been successfully completed!  Bam, no more PRAYERs to worry about and the Hellsinker canon has had its finale!

The complete mission can be read here.

Participants:
Hitachi Izuru
Kagura
Leos Klein
Walt Schmertz
Asagi Toshikazu

Important Notes:
- What had intended to be just a basic recon operation to look into the enigmatic "Cardinal Shaft"... turned out to be a very frantic struggle for survival when everyone sent there became trapped and beset by the Shaft's defenses.  Fortunately, they survived and managed to destroy the enigmatic entity that's responsible for rebuilding PRAYERs.  They're gone.  For good.
- Kagura very nearly got killed though in the final moments of the battle though.  And in the wake of that, we've all gotten to find out that Grumpbot T-1000 is... in fact one of Graveyard's mistletoe fairies.  Oh the irony.
- Graveyard's chief Executors aren't pleased by the Unity Group going it alone like this, to say the least.  The results we, though, mean about the worst we're getting from them are some passive aggressive congratulations and similar messages.

The mission  Wheel of <<Paradise>> will be run tomorrow at 12 PM Central/noon.

Combatants:
Some Corel character
Hitachi Izuru
Kagura
Walt Schmertz
Some Tengu character
Alexandra de Witt

Still room for two more people if anyone wants in!

WHEEL OF <<Paradise>>

A new lead has been discovered in the efforts to combat the Prayers: data gathered from the battles against the Sunken Bishops that speak of a "Cardinal Shift" and a location off in the mountains.  Unfortunately for us, Graveyard's upper brass are hesitant to act on this information without knowing more.  Unfortunately for them, not all of their subordinates agree...

Canon: Hellsinker (finale)
Characters: Kagura, any seven combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: A desolate mountain region
Schedule: This mission will ideally happen Wednesday, December 10th at noon Central time.  I say "ideally" because I may be picking up more shifts at work this week (which I actually sorta hope since I'm only working two days).  If anything happens I will try to adjust this and possibly run it on Friday instead.  At any rate, if you would like to participate, please post below.
Escalation

For months now, Autobot City has been in development, meant to represent goodwill and acceptance for all, along with refuge for those with nowhere else to turn.  But such a target is all too appealing for the Decepticons...

Canon: Transformers
Characters: Optimus Prime, any seven combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: Outside of the semi-finished Autobot City
Schedule: This mission will happen some time on either Monday, December 1st, Tuesday the 2nd, Thursday the 4th, or Friday the 5th.  If it is on held on Thursday it'll need to be on American time, and if on Friday than either European or Malaysian time.  If you would like to participate, please post your preferred dates and times in the comment below.

Note: Additionally, although the Hellsinker finale will not be until next week, the fact we're building up to it IC means I might as well put up the scheduling post for it too, especially considering how lax my schedule's been recently.

WHEEL OF <<Paradise>>

A new lead has been discovered in the efforts to combat the Prayers: data gathered from the battles against the Sunken Bishops that speak of a "Cardinal Shift" and a location off in the mountains.  Unfortunately for us, Graveyard's upper brass are hesitant to act on this information without knowing more information.  Unfortunately for them, not all of their subordinates agree...

Canon: Hellsinker (finale)
Characters: Kagura, any seven combatants
Type: Planned
Setting: A desolate mountain region
Schedule: This mission will happen some time between Sunday, December 7th and Saturday, December 13th.  If you would like to participate, please post your preferred dates and times in the comment below.
The mission Field of Ancient was more than a touch confusing but it was a bountiful success!  The complete mission log can be read here.

Combatants
Argos Team
Willis Claudes
Izuru Hitachi
Kagura
Ryuichi
Ataru Suruga

Important Notes:
- The PRAYER tied to this particular Shaft was a peculiar many-bodied organism Graveyard dubbed the "Sunken Bishop".
- The Sunken Bishop's extremely aggressive and territorial tendencies enabled us, along with over half of the Graveyard's compliment of Executors, to draw the bulk of the PRAYER's forces far and away from the Shaft, thus enabling a small team to break in and gather as much information as possible.  Fruits of this exploratory mission may take some time to be fully realized, but it's a huge win for our defense against these things, all thanks to offscreen Graveyard ace Minogame!  (Protip: if you want to make Kagura grumpier than she already is, bring him up!)
- Gold 4 and Kagura both suffered pretty severe damage with their outer shells warped and partially melted over the course of the battle.  Nobody else sustained severe damage.

The mission Field of Ancient will be held tomorrow at 6:30 PM Central time.

Combatants:
Argos Team
Izuru Hitachi
Kagura
Ryuichi
Ataru Suruga

We currently have room for three more combatants if anyone wants in.

Field of Ancient

Another Shaft appears, bringing with it a PRAYER unlike any that has ever come before it.  Extremely territorial, massive, and aggressive, if it's a sign of changes to come we need answers to get a sense of what's going on.  But additionally, we're going to need distractions... and guess who gets to be the distractions?

Canon: Hellsinker
Characters: Kagura, any seven combatants
Type: Spontaneous
Setting: Off the coast
Schedule: Alright people, I know this is very, very short notice for this and I apologize, but I'm hoping to run this mission on Tuesday, June 24th.  Ideally it'll start at 6:30 PM Central time, though if this is a bad time for people I'm willing to adjust, so if you'd like to participate please post below, and if there is a preferred time for you.
The mission "AN AWESOME PRAYER IS CONFLICT WITH US" was completed successfully.  Everyone's dignity status is kept barring Leos's, and the mission log can be read here.

Participants

Toshikazu Asagi
Russel Bagman
Hitachi Izuru
Kagura
Kei Kugimiya
Leos Klein
Yuuya Bridges and the TSF team.
Ataru Suruga
Kanae Ootori

Important notes:
- Some upstart hacker tried to take advantage of the crisis by hijacking a number of police-use Shaldolls.  This complicated what would've otherwise been a fairly routine operation against the Scarlet Queen, but fortunately everyone was able to protect the police-turned-hostages both from their own machines and the PRAYER's drones.
- A portion of the city's been damaged in the wake of the fight and all that bullet-hell.  Repairs have already begun, and fortunately there was no loss of life recorded.
- The hacker was killed by none other than Hustler One, the top Raven who just so happened to be passing by.  When Leos attempted to kill him afterwards, Hustler One easily defeated the Pale Rider and disabled it before leaving.  It's going to take two weeks for it to be repaired, but Lana's also locking it down for the time being until Leos can mature.
- Red Five also took quite a bit of damage from the battles, and will need a week for repairs.

[It happens in less than a minute: without warning suddenly a gigantic, cylindrical tower is right there, out in the open in the outskirts of the city.  A Shaft... that which a PRAYER comes from... and in spite of the tremendous low probability of one appearing near a population center... it just did.]

Well, well... of all the places in all the countries in all of the world, it just happened to materialize here.  For those of you who haven't looked outside, if you gaze off to the east you will see our fair city has obtained a new, and rather unfortunately dangerous landmark.

I have already spoken with our liasons with the Executors, and things are about as open and shut as can be.  Our lovely killbot Kagura has it in her power to destroy Shafts and the PRAYERs permanently, so all we have need of is to send her and a small team to destroy it, while the rest of us and the local police help maintain order and help evacuate endangered areas in the city.

Time is of the essence; the operation begins in one hour.
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Okay, OOCly the mission AN AWESOME PRAYER IS CONFLICT WITH US begins tomorrow at 6:15 PM Central time.

Combatants:
Toshikazu Asagi (tentatively)
Kagura
Leos Klein
Kanae Ootori Gargantua the Moving Mountain
Izuru Hitachi
Ataru Suruga

Got room for two more combatants if anyone wants in.
AN AWESOME PRAYER IS CONFLICT WITH US

It's that time again!  A Shaft materializes not too far away from the Sakihama Base and the surrounding city, and although this means a lot of people are endangered, it also means we'll be able to react all the sooner in what should be an open-and-shut mission.  Unfortunately, a certain individual with more skill than sense seeks to capitalize on the crisis, attracting unforseen elements to the operation.

Canon: Armored Core 1, Hellsinker
Characters: Leos Klein, Kagura, any six combatants
Type: Planned (but not yet)
Setting: In the outer regions of the city
Schedule: The mission will take place on Monday, May 12th at 6:15 PM Central time.  If you would like to participate on this mission, please post below.
AN AWESOME PRAYER IS CONFLICT WITH US

It's that time again!  A Shaft materializes not too far away from the Sakihama Base and the surrounding city, and although this means a lot of people are endangered, it also means we'll be able to react all the sooner in what should be an open-and-shut mission.  Unfortunately, a certain individual with more skill than sense seeks to capitalize on the crisis, attracting unforseen elements to the operation.

Canon: Armored Core 1, Hellsinker
Characters: Leos Klein, Kagura, any six combatants
Type: Planned (but not yet)
Setting: In the outer regions of the city
Schedule: Okay people, Monday is the only day that works for this an both required characters are cool with this.  However, the starting time for this mission isn't set in stone so please post your preferred choices for that below.
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