Fantasy Code FERAL

[Sleipnir]

Bael was silent and listening for a time, and when the conversation ended, all he heard first was Cedar.


We're gonna go dog-sitting?


Bael listened to Simon, and immediately, the same thing as when they'd first lost Strong filled his mind. This wasn't fair. What about Callista. "We're gonna be dog-sitting for you?"


"Bael, you weren't suppose to say that out loud," Cedar said quietly, awkwardly glancing at the man.


"No -- I know. But this, someone's got to address this. Have you got some team figuring out what's going on? Why these rogues are sentient? I want to know. How are they able to maintain thought after their owner's death, sir? Do you know yet? Do humans have to die for it?" He paused, leaning over the table. "I knew you'd be sending at least someone to deal with finding Strong. That's a given. But I wouldn't leave it to an organization like this to deal with an issue like companions maintaining thought and sapience, because they might not do it. I mean, I can get sending someone more competent to find Amber Strong; I accidentally killed a wolf for god's sake -- but at the very least you could let us help deal with this -- this -- whatever it is that these rogues are doing to preserve theirselves. How is it even our job that someone's got a vendetta against a pink poodle? That's police work. I thought we were here to do more important things. Are we just supposed to sit back and listen to friggin' pop music while you all do something productive, while we watch someone we know devolve into a shoe-chewing animal?" Bael paused. "You know, it reminds me of grandparents. How when they start getting on in years, they just start... Slipping away. And suppose, just for a second, there is something dangerous about this mission -- which should have enough security that she should be fine in the first place! She's Gigi Canine, she can hire better guards than I could be! -- if something happened to one of us, we have to sit back, relax, and watch that happen. Only, much faster. And we have to sit right back and can't do anything because instead of finding a way to fix it, we had to go protect some pop star from something she should be able to deal with herself." He looked at the others, then at Agent Darcy.


Bael, don't. Sit down.


Cedar, you're acting like this isn't a problem. This is a huge problem.


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[DawnAntalios]

Zoe raised her eyebrow when Bael told her that it has nothing to do with training. It was a strange thing to think about since she considered those fights in the snow to be great opportunities for testing their reflexes and their mettle at the same time. Nevertheless, the boy seemed to have other things in his mind and he was looking at the door. Zoe then stood up and walked up to him, once again going dangerously close to him. She realized that she might intrude once again into his private sphere so she took a step back, away from him. She did not want an awkward, silent moment to escalate any time soon.


" It has been eerily silent, that is true. " she said " I am certain that if they need us then they will- "


" Zoe! " the voice of Eos booming through the corridor as he approached. " I have finally found you and... oh... "


He paused as he saw the girl standing close to Bael, Wednesday sitting in the back. The antlered elder hesitated a bit but after the venomous look of Zoe he decided to step closer.


" We have been called upon. A new mission is upon us. "


Zoe's eyes glinted with determination.


" Perhaps this will be our chance to rescue Agent Strong. " she said with enthusiasm in her voice " She turned to the others around her and with a nod she spoke again " All right, I am afraid the snow training has to wait. We have an ally to rescue. "


She saw Bael already darting off to the briefing so she walked back to Wednesday, gently grabbing her hand. She smiled at the girl - as good as she could - and noded.


" Come on! Let us waste not a moment. " she said as the three of them walked towards the briefing room.


@Sleipnir @Hel


When they arrived the briefing was already underway but it was clear to Zoe that they will not be going to rescue Strong. This infuriated her to no end and it appeared that it affected Simon too. She had felt that there was a connection between the man and the agent and now it was more obvious than ever before. She felt regret that she can not do anything... but she was not the only one who voiced her opinion. To her surprise Bael raised his voice and spoke... spoke with the innocence of a child.


" That is enough, Bael. " she said, her voice is dead serious, devoid of any emotion. Her cold eyes looked at the boy as she folded her arms together " Your anger is understandable, all of us here would like to go and rescue Strong. However, your ire clouds your judgment and prevents you from thinking clear enough. "


She sighed.


" As much as I want to go after her personally it is true that this team is not capable of handling a mission of that high importance. We are untrained, we are not a full team just yet - our failure at the wolf mission is a testament to this. We are not yet ready, that is for certain - especially if that is their goal to lure us out, using Strong as a bait. "


She turned to Darcy.


" That, though, does not mean that I condone this dog-sitting. Important celebrity she may be somehow I doubt that she is a key figure in this entire plot - that is, unless you are using her as a deliberate bait for an attack. But... " she frowned " As our superiors you do have the right to issue missions like this... no matter how mundane they are. "


Looking at Simon she knew that the man was angry - very angry at these news and she hurried after him.


" Simon, wait! " she yelled as she reached him. Her cold eyes softened as she looked into the eyes of the man but she was still determined to talk with him.


" I hate this as much as you do - I know not what bonds did you have with Strong but we can not allow this to make a divide between us. " she stepped closer to him " You and I are perhaps the only ones who worked in military before - you in The Watch no less. You above everyone else should be able to understand how important it is to band together. "


She saluted Simon and spoke.


" I make a promise to you here and now: I will help you hunt down those who have abducted Strong. Every last arrow of mine will pierce their wicked hearts and I will watch them bleed until we rescue her. But now... " she reached out with her hand to shake his " Now I need you to work with me. With us. As a team. "


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[andujarprime]

Rin followed closely behind Talon as they made their way to the briefing room. He listened to what Darcy had to say and sat in silence some more. He wasn't too surprised at Simon's reaction considering he threw himself halfway off a cliff to get to agent Strong. He was however shocked when the young boy, Bael started causing an uproar. "The fact that him killing the wolf was an accsident, is proof enough that he is not yet fit to facsse that danger." Haku thought to Rin as she adjusted herself. He nodded a partial agreement, but thought some more before speaking out. He wanted after agent Strong as well, not as bad as Simon maybe, but for Calista. "Is there really nothing else we can do to help with Agent Strong's case?" She managed to ask aloud before Zoe spoke up. "In all honesty, I don't think it would be such a good idea for everyone here to chase after her right away. Not when we only met such a short time ago, and have only done one basic mission together. First mission ever for most of the people in this room, we barely made it out alive the last time." Rin said agreeing with Zoe, hoping to catch everyone's attention without getting the anger directed at him, surely some of them could see his logic? "I'm not saying this dog sitting is the best use of our talents, but it would help us become more cohesive, more fluid before dealing with another ambush, or..." He trailed off silently, sinking back to his own thoughts as Simon stormed off.

 

[Flutterby]

Beth stepped back and waited for the elevator to stop. But as it did, she had to reach for the hand rail that circled it. The movement of the elevator was a little much for her head. When things had stopped wobbling, she walked cautiously out of it and followed the team into the briefing room.


Totus joined her, landing lightly on her shoulder and vocalizing softly in her ear. She gave a small shake of her head, and he settled down. She sat toward the back, mostly because she wasnt sure about the extra walking to the front. Totus hopped onto the table to listen.


@Lioness075


In all honesty, there was too much information being thrown around for her to get it all. Totus listened intently though, and scowled at the compartmentalization of the information. He watched, unsurprised, as Simon stormed out, and opinions were offered. He resented Zoe calling the last mission a failure; they had done well at what they had been sent to do, it was not their fault that there had been an unforseen attack. He was about to open his beak and say so, when he felt a rush of emotion from Beth.


The girl was staring at the screen, with obvious confusion, but also great sadness.


"Beth?" He murmured, turning his head almost all the way around to look at her.


"I didnt think we failed. We found them.. That was the job.. We werent sent to fight, we were sent to find and we did that..I thought I did good.." She said softly. "And now we are in the dark about what was learned and about Strong and her partner is still here with us when she should be allowed to look for her," She started to speak faster, without breaking, but no louder. "And now theres a new mission thats somehow related but I dont know how because no one will say in simple words because it might be the Rogues but it might not be and we're supposed to find information but then probably forget it because its classified which wont be a problem because I cant remember anyway but I dont even know how that," She vaguely pointed at the picture of Gigi Canine, "is taken seriously by anyone because she looks like cotton candy stuck on toddlers' clothing."


It didnt exactly register in her mind that what she just said was a little ridiculous. Totus looked at her with a mildly shocked expression, but he was struggling to hide his amusement.


"Beth, I think it might be time for another nap. You seem tired." He said, keeping his tone flat to avoid sounding amused.


"I dont feel tired." She said sharply, but Totus only nodded.


"I know, thats okay. Just relax and we will be done talking soon." Totus explained, and Beth scowled, but fell silent.


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[Sleipnir]

Bael gestured toward Simon as he left. "No, it's not enough," he insisted. "Look. This 'cohesion' crap isn't going to work if you have us leaving someone — a friend to some of us — to die. You don't really think watching a spoiled pink dog is going to help us get any better with each other. People tend to get bitter when you do crap like this. I get it. Some of you are used to following orders. Maybe you like being told what to do. Well, I don't. And I think it's a bass-akwards way to handle things like this. How can I or any of us trust you when you use us then tell us we aren't allowed at information we saved?" He looked around a moment. "How do I know I'm not on the wrong side here? If you've gotta hide something, how can I be sure I'm not wrong? You can't prove I'm not on the wrong side of this conflict."

 

[Lioness075]

Leandra listened intently to the briefing, leaning casually on her crutches somewhere in the middle of the standing group.


It was a lot of information to take in at once, but Leandra boiled it down to two big ideas. One, they weren't going after Strong and two, they were going to be acting bodyguards for the dog singer, whom Leandra had never heard of before. Man, she was out of the loop more so than she'd thought before.


Upon hearing Simon explode, not literally, Leandra glanced over at him and raised an eyebrow before grinning and looking over at Jimbo, saying sarcastically, "Well, that went well."


It was obvious by now that Simon had a very biased opinion about The Watch, though he probably had every right to feel that way considering he was being told that he couldn't go after his...girlfriend? Leandra was about 90% sure that Amber was or had been Simon's girlfriend. Though, she also knew that now would be a horrible time to bring it up.


Letting all of the impulsive and rash people get their speeches out of the way, Leandra was rather surprised when Bael spoke up. She'd fully expected Simon and Zoe to say something, but not Bael.


Hearing the teen mentioning how he'd accidentally killed a wolf, Leandra couldn't resist a short laugh, though she quickly covered her mouth and tried to casually hide her laugh with a cough.


With the accident in mind though, what exactly was Bael's skill set supposed to be if he couldn't handle himself in a fight? He didn't come across as a medic. Was he a mechanic like Simon? Or maybe a cook? Some fresh bacon around here would definitely be nice.


Blinking upon hearing Haku and Rin speaking up, Leandra glanced over at him, only to be distracted by movement out of the corner of her eye. Looking sideways at Simon and Zoe, Leandra couldn't help but laugh out loud when she saw Zoe salute Simon. What, was he an officer or something now?


Quickly clearing her throat and attempting her best serious expression in the moment, Leandra then nodded at what Rin added to the conversation. As much as Leandra didn't like it, it was true that the team really wasn't much of a team right now.


Sighing, Leandra decided to add her own opinion into the mix as well.


"Look, guys, as much as it sucks, it's true that we aren't working that well together. Now personally, I think we actually did pretty damn well in that last mission, all things considered. We had no idea the wolves would ambush us, nor did we know how bad of a condition the informant or his companion might be in. We didn't fail, we simply had to adjust accordingly and we suffered some injuries and a, well, heavy loss along the way. Not that I'm saying Strong is gone for good, just that it's a heavy loss that she's not currently with us."


Feeling that she was getting a bit off-topic, Leandra blinked and then cleared her throat before continuing, "Based on what I've heard in this little briefing, it sounds like that poodle-leopard-", overhearing Beth's description nearby, Leandra added with a smile, "-cotton candy hybrid is still a key objective in our overall mission. Regardless of who she is or what her role in society is, she's apparently important and helpful for us to get further in our mission. So, I don't know about you guys, but I think we should be a bit more willing to follow the lead. Especially since it's better than nothing and being told to just sit around here and wait for more news to roll in."


Unable to think of anything else to add, Leandra leaned back a bit on her crutches and cautiously looked around the room to gauge how everyone felt about what she'd just said.


@zCrookedz @SilverFlight @Flutterby @Hel @Sleipnir @crucialstar


After exiting the elevator, Manjano let out a big sigh of relief, as he'd felt extremely claustrophobic in there, especially since it'd only been him and Beth.


Staying to the far back and in a corner of the room, Manjano crossed his arms over his chest and then leaned back against the wall while closing his eyes and relaxing.


Listening to the briefing, Manjano also felt irked about their dog-sitting job, but it was't like shouting and being emotional was going to change anyone's mind about whether or not they had to dog-sit some celebrity. The fact that it was a dog was seeming utterly ridiculous in Manjano's mind.


Glancing up in between the speeches and arguing, Manjano raised an eyebrow at the picture displayed of Gigi. Why did celebrities, human or animal, always have such extreme and ridiculous aesthetics?


Shaking his head, Manjano scowled at the display while thinking, This is going to be a long mission...


@SilverFlight

 

[zCrookedz]

As Simon got up to leave, he picked up on the others disapproval fro the mission. He was to angry to try and stop and listen to any of their reasoning, which to any emotionally calm person was justified. Simon had his one good leg already out the door when he heard someone calling after him. He stopped for a second and was surprised to see Zoe behind him.


What surprised him him even more was what she said next. Given how the previous briefing had gone, Simon hadn't expected to hear so much talk about teamwork coming from Zoe. It struck him as odd, making it grab his attention. When the girl finished, Simon looked down at her hand. His eyes flicked up at her under his brow and then around to the others who had voiced their own opinions as well. He shifted on his crutches a little bit uncomfortably as he felt himself calming down. He suspected Jimbo might have something to do with his anger abiding, and he was glad he had that kind of influence on him. Simon sigh once more before he lifted his hand and leaned on the crutch to support himself.


"Look Zoe, I know you all mean well and good. Teamwork is important, I know that, and part of that team work is taking orders even when you don't agree with them. Hell if the tables were turned, Amber wouldn't waste a second to follow orders. She's so much better at following orders than I ever was. I just......I almost lost her once.....I don't want to lose her again."


Simon reached fro Zoe's hand and gave it a shake. Before he let go he did say one last thing to the girl in a bit more of s serious and hushed tone.


"Be careful what you promise Zoe. Sometimes, promises are harder to keep the more dangerous things get."


Simon released her hand and turned on his good foot back towards the room. Jimbo had made his way over to the door and was know standing beside him with a concerned look. Simon leaned on his crutch and gave Jimbo a pat on the shoulder before he made his way back to the table. Simon looked over to Bael and then to Leandra as she spoke up. She was right, and Simon knew that. He knew it even before his little outburst, hell he knew they wouldn't be going after Amber directly to begin with. He just didn't want to face the truth. Now it was all around him, and when Jimbo nudged him with his shoulder Simon finally caved in. He sighed and looked around the room to the others as he spoke.


"Leandra's right. Obviously I have my own biased opinion about how to approach the situation. But that shouldn't effect what any of you think about The Watch, or its methods."


Simon then looked back down the table to Darcy and fixated on him once again.


"But I swear, the second we start heading in any direction that doesn't feel like its getting us closer to Agent Strong, I'm going after her myself."


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[SilverFlight]

Alec and Duik simultaneously winced as Simon kicked the door. Alec got it. This was by no means what any of them wanted, but he decided at least to hear what the others had to say. Callista looked like she wanted to go after him, but Zoe got up first, speaking softly and as soon as Jimbo got up Simon surrendered and made his way back to the table.


"We did fine Beth." Alec soothed, trying to keep her in good spirits as her head dealt with the damage it had taken. "There was no way we could have predicted what happened in Kootenay."


@Flutterby


Now that the team had settled again They settled back into listening.


Duik snorted critically after a few of the comments. "Hey, what's with everyone calling her 'dog' and being all insulting man? Rude much? Gigi's a companion, she's got a human just like the rest of us. And she's an artist." Alec put a hand on Duik's soft head and he receded into a pout.


Darcy inclined his head to Zoe, thanking her for stepping in, before fixing Bael and Simon with pensive blue eyes.


"I can understand your frustration, but its not your call and it is no longer your fight. It was a fluke that our new rookie team stumbled upon such blatant Rogue activity. You don't need me to tell you how dangerous they are, and sending junior agents in for a delicate extraction could get the lot of you killed, agent Strong included. That's not what you want is it?"


He sat back and shuffled the papers in the dossier he held.


"At the same time I don't want you to underestimate the difficulty of the task you have been set." Darcy said carefully. "Gigi isn't just a pampered star. She's one of the leading advocates for animal rights. Not many companions are happy with the inequality that still exists in policy and law and Gigi is a big influence promoting a pacifist's approach. Having her go missing could be disastrous for the entire affair, if one of the most peaceful speakers is abducted and pro-human groups blamed it could start riots. It may even push more animals to join the Rogues and turn to terrorism." He pulled out a file and slapped it on the table for anyone to pick up.


"You won't be body guards on paper. You'll be going as winners of a contest, the prize being to shadow Gigi Canine for a weekend and stay in her lavish town house in the middle of Paris. You'll accompany her to all her events, her rehearsals, dinners and meetings. As such you'll be expected to hide your weapons. We've worked out a deal with Gigi's security team and her human companion. They'll be the only ones who know what's going on."


Alec was pretty sure Duik stopped listening at 'stay in her lavish town house'. The hyena's eyes were sparkling.


Through all of it Calista sat quietly, absorbing the information and the reactions. When she finally spoke her voice felt forcefully restrained.


"Then we go to Paris. Keep Gigi whats-her-face from getting snatched and see if we can find any links between this group of baddies and the thugs to took Amber...Fine. When do we leave?"


To people who knew her well they would read her tone as saying this was very far from fine, but the fact that she was trying so hard to contain her emotions was a big tip-off to the fact that she was also forming a plan. She caught Simon's gaze with a meaningful glare that said 'Don't screw this up and we'll figure something out when we get on that plane.'


A faint smile played on Darcy's lips. "One hour. We have the jet ready and waiting. Finish up what you need to here, change, gather your equipment and be on it at 16:00."

 

[DawnAntalios]

When Zoe looked in the eyes of Simon her determination got overtaken by memories for a second when he was talking about nearly losing Strong. As they shook hands she nodded and talked with a silent, yet serious tone.


" I never go back on my words, Simon - and I was serious. " she said, looking in his eyes deeply " Agent Strong is a strong woman, she will endure and wait for until we arrive. Once we are in position I will rain down death from above on top of all of our enemies. They will pay for hurting us - for hurting you. "


When they parted she whispered.


" I know more about loss than you can possibly know, Simon. " she said as he sat down, now calmed down, ready for the mission ahead of them.


@zCrookedz


Zoe sat down and listened to the others. Rin - to her surprise - agreed with her about being more cautious, the boy showing more wisdom than she anticipated but it was a pleasant surprise nonetheless. Beth and Leandra were discussing that their mission was not actually a failure - and partially they were right. The mission criteria was fulfilled, that was true, but they fought as a disorganized bunch of warriors, not as a team - and they paid the price for that. On top of all that the alpha wolf escaped, allowing it to recuperate and regain strength, its lust for vengeance not subsiding after the loss of its pack.


She, however, knew that running after them would be folly and only because of this did she agree with this dog-sitting mission. As Darcy explained the rest of the details for the mission: it seemed like a spying mission as well as a guard duty - so she accepted it in the end.


" Understood. " she spoke after the briefing was done " We will ensure that that... thing will be safe, no matter what. "


She could not understand why Duik liked that strange dog so much but this was not the time to contemplate on something like this. The mission briefing has reached its end and she watched how Darcy had finished the spech. With that she saluted Darcy and she walked up to Bael, her eyes seething with rage.


" Bael, I would like to talk to you before we depart. " she leaned closer, her angry expression not waning. With that she walked out from the room, heading towards the main hall where she turned right into her room, preparing her stuff for the mission. Eos bowed his head and followed his companion without a word.


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[Sleipnir]

Bael didn't feel any reassurance from Darcy. "That's not good enough." His voice was dangerously quiet. "I want to know the truth. You didn't answer about why we can't know what's happening." But it felt as though the time for arguing was done. Others had laid down and accepted the task completely and, hands shaking and jaw clenched, his brief sense of injustice-induced confidence was fading rapidly, replaced with a sickening sense of resentment and anger. But it was becoming clear once more, just as it had always been, he was completely powerless to do anything. Great. Just what he had wanted: Another chance to be powerless to change anything.


He turned his attention to Zoe when she approached him, much unlike his previous demeanor and awkward stance, and stared back at her with no small measure of a challenge in his expression. "If you want," he said coldly.


@DawnAntalios


He then shared a short look with Cedar and, with a scowl, turned to look at Duik. "I'm sorry," he said with a surprisingly genuine tone. "I... It's wrong to put her down like that. I — none of us should use the word 'dog' demeaningly." Then he shot another venomous look at Darcy. "I imagine I wouldn't be a loss to you if I didn't show up." And, meaning it fully, he turned to go. He was seriously considering leaving. If he wasn't allowed to know what it was he was fighting for, he wasn't sure he wanted to. There was a lighthouse and a family waiting at home for him. A girl he might like. A life to attend to; one without worrying if he was killing people who were fighting for something he should be supporting. He realized his faith hadn't been with the watch. It had been with Amber Strong.


@SilverFlight


After Bael left he immediately headed to his designated quarters, hands still shaking. He didn't want to talk to anyone. He didn't even know if he would show up for that plane. He didn't want to spend weeks in Paris with a spoiled dog — no, singer; dog shouldn't be used demeaningly, he reminded himself — cramped up in a too-big townhouse with nowhere to go, away from the mountains, and likely not even any danger at all. Well — that could be nice.


But it would leave him nothing but time to think. He knew better than to let himself do too much of that.

 

[Lioness075]

Leandra was mildly surprised when Simon turned around and came back into the room only to agree with her. With how rash he can be, Leandra was really surprised that he was able to turn around so quickly.


Still, she figured it would be good that at least someone had some kind of experience with The Watch. Biased opinion or not, it was better to have some knowledge rather than none at all.


Seeing Alec speaking to Beth, Manjano's curiosity spiked, since he was just out of earshot of anyone speaking softly, but he bit his lip and stayed put instead. He'd been staying by her side so much lately and he knew he was getting close to her. He couldn't keep risking everything by falling for the first quiet and cute person he saw. Wait, cute?


Shaking his head at his thoughts, Manjano redirected his attention to Darcy in time to hear his response.


Meanwhile, Leandra could hear Alec's words loud and clear, leaving a faint smile on her face to hear his kind words amidst the frustration seemingly building in the air around them.


Overhearing Duik's complaint of referring to Gigi as a dog, Leandra blinked in surprise, as she hadn't once considered the wording to be taken as rude or inappropriate. It was Gigi's species, what's more, Leandra had called her a poodle, among other things, and not just a dog. Plus, she'd been joking around. Hadn't that been clear enough?


Feeling a bit deflated after hearing Duik's possible misinterpretation of her own words and especially her jokes, Leandra kept her mouth shut for the remainder of the briefing.


Hearing Darcy's explanation of any attempt the team may make at heading recklessly in to try and save Strong, Leandra sighed, as she knew that Darcy would take that side in a heartbeat. After all, it's what the person in charge would want to hear, right?


As Darcy got into further details of their mission, Leandra was interested to hear that Gigi played such an important role in animal rights. She never would've guessed that about someone like, well, Gigi. It wasn't often that one heard of a celebrity actually deeply caring for something other than their own career or personal life.


Better yet, they were going to be pretending to be winners of a contest. So, Leandra was essentially going to have to pretend to be a fan girl. As stupid as it may sound, Leandra actually felt a bit excited at this prospect. Considering the way she and her brother had grown up, they'd missed out on having a favorite band or going to concerts or even getting overly excited to see their favorite celebrity in town. Now Leandra was going to get the chance to do such things.


Once everyone finished speaking, Leandra nodded at the mention of their departure time and quietly, well not so quietly while on crutches, crutched straight towards Simon.


If they were indeed leaving within the hour, Leandra had no proper time to recover, which meant she needed that injection that Simon had gotten. And probably needed someone to hold her down and keep her quiet until the initial side effects wore off.


Clearing her throat once she was close enough to Simon, though not too close so as to make things unnecessarily uncomfortable, Leandra then spoke up to the clearly still-riled man, "Hey, uh, Simon? Do you think you could help me get that same injection you were able to receive? Considering we're already getting ready to leave for our next mission, it would appear that I don't really have the luxury of recovering in due time."


@zCrookedz


Listening to the detailing of their new mission, Manjano couldn't help but scowl in the background.


This was ridiculous. Whether or not this was actually going to provide them with valuable intel, they were going to be pretending to essentially be fan girls or boys. Are fan boys even a thing?


Shaking his head at such thoughts, Manjano began pushing off of the wall while Calista spoke up.


Once Darcy explained the departure time and the final details, Manjano was already at the door and leaving the room.


Despite his lingering desire to possibly, and most likely fail to, try and console the clearly concerned and even a bit hurt Beth, Manjano was determined to double check on Falarion and make sure he was doing all right.


It would appear that Falarion was going to have to start walking today instead of resting for another day or two.

 

[zCrookedz]

As Simon sat back down, Jimbo slapped a hand on his shoulder as they both listened to the rest of the conversation. The more Darcy spoke about the mission, the more and more Simon realized.....he was going to have to listen to a poodle sing. His expression became one filled with much more despair as he listened to how they were going to be staying in some kind of summer home, for a poodle. Simon looked over to Duik, who was obviously about to have a stroke from pure joy after hearing this, which made Simon smile.


What perked up both Simon and Jimbo was when Calista began to talk. She was straightforward, calm and collected. And planning something. Simon glanced back to Jimbo who was wearing the biggest smirk and shaking his head at the little Civet, who was now throwing glances at Simon.


Simon was relieved when the briefing sounded like it was finished. He used his crutches to once again pick himself up off the chair and made his way around to Jimbo. Before he knew it, Leandra had made her way over and asked for his help. It was true, if they wanted to be effective, the two of them would need to get better. Simon's leg had already stopped itching and the muscle spasms had eased off as Simon used his crutches to get his work out when he went to change cloths. He smiled at Leandra and nodded towards the door.


"Sure thing Lea. Maybe this time you can bench press me. Lord knows I deserve it."


Before Simon made it out the door, SImon heard Darcy mention the group gathering their gear. He looked around at the others, the only one who had any kind of weapon on them during the last fight besides Jimbo and himself was Zoe, and it didn't look like that had changed yet. Simon smiled at Jimbo who gave him a concerned look.


"What are you smiling at Simon?"


Simon continued to smile at Jim as he lifted up his crutch from the floor and tapped it on the glass table to get everyone's attention.


"Jim, I think we all need to go see Doctor Jones before we head out. Don't you? Why don't you lead the way and Leandra and I will catch up?"


A slow smile crept over Jimbo's face as Simon hurried past him motioning to Leandra so the pair could limp their way back to the infirmary to get her squared away. Jimbo looked over the rest of them still smiling and waved a hand for them to follow.


@SilverFlight @Lioness075 @DawnAntalios @Flutterby @Hel @Sleipnir @andujarprime @crucialstar

 

[DawnAntalios]

Eos was curious about this Jones Simon was talking about but he also wanted to stay with Zoe at the same time. The girl however was not this torn about the situation: she looked at her noble stag and pointed in the direction where Jimbo was leading the others.


" I know you wish to join them, and you should. " she said.


" But... you... " Eos started but Zoe silenced him.


" It is fine. I am a grown up girl, I can handle situations like this myself. "


Eos nodded and slowly he started to walk with Jimbo, curious about what he wanted to show them. Zoe watched as the form of her companion faded in the distance and then she released a heavy sigh. Her task was not yet done... she had an unsettled business to finish with Bael. Somehow words did not come to her easily, for she understood the plight of the boy - but she knew that this had to be done so she got up and started walking towards the room she had seen the boy enter.


When she arrived she did not step inside at first, she waited patiently, her mind preparing for the coming strife. She had been preparing for this scenario over and over again, the outcomes in her mind were racing endlessly, making her to rethink her intent every time she contemplated on this. Still, she knew that she had to be over with this. Stepping forward she knocked on the door and asked:


" It is me. May I come in for a moment? "


@zCrookedz @Sleipnir

 

[Sleipnir]

Bael had been staring at maps and considering what it was he was going to do when he heard a knock on the door and Zoe's voice. He huffed, irritation flaring in his chest.


Don't be like that, Cedar grumbled from where he was laying in an adjacent room.


She doesn't need to bother me.


Of course she does. What do you think the logical assumption for your next move is gonna be?


Everyone loses a huge burden no one wants to deal with?


Only when you have to fight.


Bael stared at the wall a moment. Then, after a long moment, he went to the door and opened it a bit sharply, immediately locking his bright green eyes on Zoe. "...Yeah?" He didn't sound any less than agitated and a bit cold, though not outright hostile. He was just in a mood, and with all the stress, he didn't think it wasn't justified.


@DawnAntalios

 

[Flutterby]

Beth felt relieved when Leandra agreed that they hadnt failed. It comforted her a little, even though she was still troubled. Did the others think she had failed? Her question was answered, in part, when Alec spoke to her softly. It occured to her, in some distant corner of her mind, that he was being overly-gentle and sweet to her right then, to soothe her, but it didnt rise to the surface. Instead, she smiled and relaxed in relief.


"Thank you, Alec. That means a lot to me." She said, blinking her forest green eyes at him once before settling back in her chair to listen and watch the rest of the meeting.


@SilverFlight


On some level, she knew she was missing most of what was going on and being said. But mostly, she found that she had a craving for sour gummy worms. Totus, on the other hand, paid very close attention to everything. He would have to explain it all to her later, he knew. When they had first met, she had been concussed, so he was familiar with her behavior in this situation. But he let her be until it was time to move. His intention was to take her back to the infirmary for a short bit of rest, but as they stood, Jimbo motioned the group as if they should follow him.


"Beth, I think Jimbo wants us to follow him," He said from her shoulder, pointing a wing in his direction.


"I wanted gummy worms," She whispered, her eyes following the retreating Manjano, who was headed back toward the infirmary.


"On the plane, dearest, this could be important." Totus consoled, and she complied by moving to Jimbo's side with a shy smile. She had never been so close to a gorilla before, and had never realized how big he was.


@zCrookedz (@Lioness075)

 

[SilverFlight]

Duik seemed to recover finally from his fanboy-induced coma and padded up to Simon with a curious look. "Who's Dr. Jones? Besides a character in an Aqua song?"


"And Counting Crows." Alec said, finally feeling like he understood some of Duik's musical references.


"That's Mr. Jones."


"...Oh." Fail.


Both Alec and Duik began to follow Jimbo quietly.


@zCrookedz


Calista hung back, watching Bael storm off and Zoe go after him subtly. She followed too, but made sure not to interfere for the moment. She knew the kid was taking it pretty hard. While she waited she laid out more options in her head on what to do when they reached Paris.


@DawnAntalios @Sleipnir


((Sorry for the mini post :3))

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe shoved away the hostile reaction of the boy as she stepped inside of his room. She wandered around for moments, gathering her thoughts - and then she eventually turned towards him and with a hard, angry expression she started to speak.


" You act like a spoiled child, thinking that everyone and everything is against you. " she began " You think that this is a conspiracy, that they want to let Strong die and that they want us to pay attention to matters with lesser significance. That, however, is far from the truth. "


She looked away for a moment as she whispered.


" You said that you have tackled with death yourself... that you have fought for your own safety. But believe me that the pain is nothing compared to the one you feel when you first see tragedy strike and you are powerless to act. "


She reached deep in her pockets and pulled out a single, black petal of a rose. She showed to Bael and then stared at it.


" My sister was a senior member of the organization I was part of. She fought hard for truth and justice, never wavering, never straying from the beaten path of honor. Then one day they stepped to me and handed me this single petal, telling me with a cold voice that she and her entire squad died. I was mortified, stood there paralyzed in terror and fear and only then did I understand what it meant to be alone. "


She grasped it in her palm as a single, warm drop of tear rolled down on her cheeks.


" Yet despite all this I watched helplessly as my entire squad died around me. I held their lifeless corpses in my hand, the ones I have treasured as allies were no more, their empty, glassy eyes staring infinitely into the dark abyss as their dying breath escaped their mortal prison. They all died and I could do nothing to prevent it. "


She put away the petal and with a mixture of pained and determined expression she walked up to Bael, staring deep into his eyes, her finger prodding the boy.


" So listen to me Bael: I have watched my beloved sibling AND my 'friends' die on the battlefield, their bodies still warm when I tried to help them. They have died because they were not prepared for the horrors to come - and if you THINK for just a single moment that I will let that happen AGAIN then you are gravely MISTAKEN. I will not allow YOU to rush headlong into your death and neither shall The Watch! "


Her expression softened as her voice faded into but a mere whisper.


" You are an important member of the team. Your knowledge is valuable and your strength has only just started to blossom. You are invaluable for us... "


She hesitated, her last words were literally lost in the wind so silent they were.


"... for me. "


She only now noticed Calista sneaking up on them, the civet probably wanted to check on Bel if everything was all right. She nodded at her and her eyes wandered back to Bael. She did not want to talk to Calista, not knowing how she would react - after all it was she who caused the first ruckus back during introductions.


@Sleipnir @SilverFlight

 

[Sleipnir]

Bael stood by and took the reprimand at this point, jaw clenched, and stared her in the eye. But a harsh exterior didn't mean it didn't hurt. He said nothing until the end, at which point he turned sharply and headed back toward the maps and pictures he had pulled from his suitcase. He stayed quiet awhile before finally responding. "...I'm sorry." He looked at one of the maps for a moment more, considering his options briefly again and flooded by everything Zoe had just spilled out to him. For her. She thought he was important to the team. Something about it seemed painfully silly to Bael -- he had never even managed to intentionally win a fight. He was far from a necessity. They had others for healing -- and usually, medical supplies. "I... Just..." Another hesitation followed. "If I'm killing sapient beings, I want to be sure it's for a good reason. I can't stand this 'classified' crap. Look at what we're fighting. What's the likelihood we'll survive long enough to tell anyone? And y'kno', I'm not upset that we aren't going after Strong. We shouldn't. I shouldn't anyway. But -- if she's really gone -- if we can't save her --" He turned to look at Zoe again. "What about Calista?" There was another long pause, and Bael just watched her. It almost seemed he had said the last of his little speech. He picked up a framed picture. "...I should just... Go home. Maybe I can't do this."


He looked up again when he noticed Calista coming up on them, and nodded to her, feeling a bit guilty after his belligerence in the briefing and considering leaving.


@SilverFlight @DawnAntalios

 

[SilverFlight]

"You want to know why the Watch chose you kid?" Those were the first words she spoke as she padded quietly into the room. "I know because I picked your file myself. Out of hundreds of candidates I might add." Her small black eyes were soft as she looked up at him.


"What happened in Kootenay wasn't a situation you were adapted to dealing with. So don't use it to judge your future potential. Bael, we picked you because you think. You're a problem solver. You also feel more than most do, you listen, you analyse. Your role in the team will become more obvious the more missions we have. So listen to a veteran will ya? The team, needs you."


She placed a paw gently on his shin, an attempt to comfort him, and in part herself. "We'll get Strong back." She promised. "She's alive. She's got to be, or I'd be finding it hard to find words right now," She winked at him cheekily. "But I can come up with at least 14 different ways to insult you right now, so I'm going to say the 'feral' isn't setting in."


@Sleipnir @DawnAntalios

 

[Lioness075]

Leandra rolled her eyes and laughed at Simon's comment about bench pressing.


"I think I'll pass. I never was that big of a fan of lifting weights anyways. I'm probably just going to try and hobble around everywhere in a vain attempt to run."


Smirking at this thought, Leandra jolted slightly when Simon tapped on the glass table with his crutch.


Glancing over at Simon, Leandra then tilted her head to the side upon hearing the mention of someone by the name of Doctor Jones. Who was that?


Yet, before she could get an answer, Simon mentioned her again and then signaled for her to follow him back to the infirmary. Looked like she was going to miss out on meeting Dr. Jones. Oh well.


Crutching after Simon, Leandra joined him in an elevator before asking, "So, who's this Dr. Jones person you mentioned just now? Why would we all need to go see him before leaving?"


@zCrookedz


Meanwhile, Manjano was oblivious to anyone watching him, as he headed straight for the stairs and quickly began making his way to the infirmary.


Once there, Manjano was pleasantly surprised to find Luness awake and off of her IV, resting on the bed by Falarion, who was also sluggishly awake and off of his IV.


Perking up at the sight of Manjano, Falarion then said with a slow and confused tone, "Man-jano! You're back! I, uh, thought you had left me! Or something..."


Rolling her eyes, Luness then looked over at Manjano and said calmly, "They gave him some strong pain meds for when he's moved to the plane. Consequently, the side effects involve him becoming rather confused and sluggish. Mostly sluggish though."


Raising an eyebrow at this, Manjano walked over to Falarion's side and carefully hugged the maned wolf, mindful of his shoulder injury that had been cleaned recently, much like Luness' wing injury had been.


Grinning at Falarion, Manjano then thought, Thank god, you're okay, mate. You had me worried there. It's time for our next mission, too.


Falarion's ears perked up at this and he grinned before exclaiming, "Brilliant! It's adventure time once more!"


Shaking his head in amusement at this, Manjano stood back up and crossed his arms over his chest before his neutral expression returned. Glancing over at Luness, Manjano then tilted his head to the side, as if to ask, 'when?', or something akin to that.


Understanding Manjano's expression and action despite no words being spoken, Luness instantly responded, "You can go whenever you want, but the doctors actually advised for Falarion to start walking on his own. I think they gave him some kind of injection. He was crazy hyperactive for about five minutes before crashing again. Either way, his injury is healing far faster than before so he shouldn't feel too much pain right now. He'll just mostly be sore."


Raising an eyebrow at this, Manjano instantly understood that they'd used the same injection on Falarion, as they'd used on Simon earlier. Did that mean Simon might crash soon?

 

[DawnAntalios]

Zoe nodded, stepping closer to Bael.


" You need not to kill if you don't want to. " she said, now softly " War - despite how it looks - is not decided on the battlefield alone. Soldiers can run ahead and die if they wish but if we have a coordinating unit behind our backs I am much happier and I feel safer as well. "


She let a faint smile show as she looked at Calista's tiny paw.


" Calista is right. You mistake raw power with true strength. " she sat beside him, trying to soothe the boy. She knew not exactly how to do this, she only remembered it how her sister used to do before fights. She would caress her, kiss her forehead and prepare the girl for combat. Zoe knew however that this would not only be awkward but perhaps uncomfortable for the boy so she decided to just talk " Strength with a weapon is but a physical manifestation of one's martial prowess. But raw power can not substitute true strength. I may be good with a bow and I may be agile but you and I are not as different in this matter. It is true that you use no weapons but despite that you are almost as strong already as I am. The difference is that your strength comes from here... " she pointed at his head " ... and here. " she put her hand on his heart.


She then looked at Calista with a serious look.


" Calista, since you were the one who recruited most of us I will always treat you as our superior. Because of that I wish to swear and oath, one that I did to Simon as well. "


She knelt down before the civet.


" My unrelenting vengeance is at your command. I shall never yield and never stop hunting those who have hurt Strong and by the blood of my father I swear that my arrows will pierce the black hearts of our foes, their suffering will be endless and they will pay dearly for their transgressions. Know that I will not rest until you and Strong are reunited - even if it ends up with me perishing in the process. "


When she was finished she rested in that position for a moment before she got up and turned to Bael.


" Oh, one more thing. " she said, looking at Calista briefly before she returned her gaze towards him " Back on the battlefield... you gave me a gift, allowed me to test a secret method, one which was rumored to help someone regain their strength. It indeed helped me calm down and put my mind at ease, it was better than many medicine I have tried before. " with a faint smile she stepped closer " Now I wish to return that favor - and I hope Calista will be discreet enough not to tell this to anyone. "


With that she opened her arms and gently wrapped them around Bael, holding him close. It felt strange, a tiny warmth formed within her stomach and she said nothing just held him, hoping to help with it. And this time she did not let go.


@Sleipnir @SilverFlight

 

[Sleipnir]

Bael managed a bit of a smile at Calista and nodded, listening to them both. He didn't move away when Zoe hugged him, and just stayed put quietly, feeling a bit worse about his considering leaving. Calista had a reason to choose him, surely. He nodded after awhile and lifted the civet up onto his lap on the bed. "...I'm sorry," he said quietly. "We should get going and find the others. I... I wouldn't want to miss our flight." He was still not terribly happy with the situation but couldn't bring himself to argue any further. He felt that he couldn't possibly let Calista or Strong or Zoe down, and if he gave up, that would be exactly what he was doing. He looked over at Zoe for a moment, then stood up abruptly. "I'm ready now, I think."


@SilverFlight @DawnAntalios

 

[zCrookedz]

Jimbo lead the way through the large open hallways to the the central hub and then lead them back towards the Eastern wing. Jimbo and the group were a bit further behind Simon and Leandra, but when Jimbo stopped at one of the massive elevators they completely disappeared from sight. Simon entered the elevator after Leandra and pushed the button for the Infirmary floor.


"Doctor Nigel Jones. Head of the R&D division. Smartest guy I ever met, way younger than you would expect. He and his team pretty much develop every fancy gadget they got in this place. He's the one who made my gauntlets, calls 'em "shocklets". Real weirdo, but a really smart weirdo. He's probably been working on gadgets for everyone before we even got here."


By the time SImon had finished talking, the elevator doors opened up and he followed Leandra back to the Infirmary. Once inside Simon looked over to Falarion, Luness and Manjano and smiled.


"Hey look who's awake. How ya feelin Falarion?"


@Lioness075

 

[Lioness075]

Leaning against a wall of the elevator, Leandra tilted her head while listening to Simon's introduction of Dr. Jones. He sounded odd, but brilliant. Someone who was definitely a big asset to an organization such as The Watch.


Curious to know what kind of gadget she'd get, Leandra decided to try and hurry up with their little side mission. Perhaps they could get back in time to meet this Dr. Jones and see what gadgets they were going to get.


Once the elevator doors opened, Leandra led the way back to the infirmary and was about to ask Simon what kind of gadget he thought she might get, but was distracted when she saw the trio in the infirmary.


Smiling at Luness, Leandra crutched ahead to the bedside before offering an arm to Luness, allowing the phoenix to climb up her arm without using either of her wings. Once Luness was comfortably perched on one of Leandra's shoulders, Leandra moved her arm back to her crutch and then cautiously glanced up at Manjano, who was still standing on the other side of the bed.


Manjano glanced up when Leandra and Simon entered the room, raising an eyebrow curiously at Simon, as he wondered why the man had tagged along with Leandra.


Sadly, considering Falarion's current state, there was no way Manjano was going to be able to properly relay any information or questions to the maned wolf.


Upon hearing Simon asking about him, Falarion gave him a goofy grin before saying, "I feel great! Well, a little tired...but okay!"


Feeling himself beginning to wake up a bit more, Falarion spontaneously decided it was okay for him to jump down from his bed.


In doing so, Falarion unceremoniously ended up face planting and letting out a surprised yelp.


Quickly dropping to his knees, Manjano made sure Falarion was okay and let out a sigh of relief to find that Falarion had merely surprised himself more than anything. The pain meds were definitely at work right now.


Helping Falarion to his paws, Manjano then stood up beside Falarion and scratched at the back of his head, as he felt rather anxious about Falarion pushing himself too hard too soon and re-injuring his shoulder.


Letting out a small gasp of surprise, Leandra almost rushed over to check on Falarion, but restrained herself when Manjano calmly stood back up shortly after Falarion had, well, face planted.


Shaking her head in amusement, Leandra then said, "Right, well, we just need to get that injection and then we should be good to go."


Luness let out a small sigh before saying, "You're talking about the one they gave to Simon and Falarion, aren't you? Can we at least tie her down first? I'm not sure I can handle another erratic being, human or animal, after getting one of those shots."


Grinning at this, Leandra then added, "Oh, no worries, Lune. I won't be taking it until we get on the plane."


Guffawing at this, Luness then quickly responded, "Great! That's even worse!"


Giggling, Leandra then turned to Simon and said, "So, any idea where it is in here? Also, I'd love to find out what gadget Dr. Jones has in store for me."


At the mention of a 'Dr. Jones' and gadgets, Falarion suddenly perked up and, unsteadily, trotted over to Simon before stopping and wagging his tail.


"I want a gadget! What do I get? A new ball? Is it a ball?"


Rolling his eyes, Manjano face palmed in the background, as he realized that Falarion would probably murder him if he forgot to grab his ball for their next mission. In fact, it wouldn't surprise Manjano if Falarion tried to show off his ball to that Gigi singer.


@zCrookedz

 

[zCrookedz]

Jimbo led the group following him onto the elevator and hit the button marked R&D-1st. The elevator got them to the R&D department with ease and Jimbo lead the way back out and into the halls.


The halls were filled with people in white coats, no coats, and even one guy who was drawing crazy mathematic symbols on a glass wall and seemed to have misplace his pants. Jimbo shook his head before continuing on to the end of the hallway. There at the end, was a frosted glass door, with the words N. Jones. Jimbo lifted his hand and rapped twice on the door. Almost immediately there was the sound of a large pile of something crashing, and a voice that seemed to become buried under the noise quite quickly. Jimbo winced at the sound as the voice began to throw out some very colorful insults towards the group behind the door. The british accent became louder and louder until finally a young man with short curly brown hair, blue eyes, and a very peculiar patterned shirt with a matching tie, swung open the door wildly and stared blankly at the group behind Jimbo, and then to the big ape himself.


"Bloody hell Jim. You lot were supposed to be here hours ago. Well let's not dilly dally come in, come in."


Jimbo nodded towards the inside of the room and brushed past Nigel smiling up at him as he entered. The laboratory was an absolute disaster. Pieces of gadgets covered every inch of table space in it. Scorch marks from various explosions marked the walls and ceiling everywhere, and one particular window looked to be a tad crooked until one noticed it was a maje shift window frame covering up a hole in the wall. Jimbo chuckled to himself and shook his head as he knocked over something that looked important so he could climb up on the counter and watch the show.


Once everyone had filed into the lab, Nigel stuck his head outside looking around a bit paranoid before pulling the door too and locking it. He took a deep breathe before his head lifted up and he shouted.


"George! They're here. Get your tail moving!"


Suddenly as if out of nowhere, a different voice spoke up as if through hidden speakers, this one with a much thicker English accent.


"Oy, don't get ya knickers in a bunch. I'm goin as fast as my little legs can go Nigel."


There was the sound of little feet coming from somewhere in the room and then a click. After a small hiss, a section of the wall that was covered in scorch marks slid to the side and began to flip around. The sound of little feet once more sounded over the speaker and then stopped giving way to the little voice again, this time not over speakers but coming from Jimbo's shoulder.


"Oy, how ya been Jim. Long time no see!"


The little brown and white rat was perched atop Jimbo's shoulder looking over the group that had followed him in curiously. Before he could continue though, Nigel stepped back into the picture as the wall finished spinning around, nearly losing his balance and falling into a pile of rubbish as he tried to get in front of the group. After catching himself on what looked like a coat rack that seemed to have science fiction lasers attached to it, Nigel righted his shirt and tie once more before hold out his arms with a big smile.


"WELCOME!!! TO uh..my lab. I... am Nigel....Doctor Nigel Jones. Sorry bout the mess, it's actually not as bad as some of the other labs around here. Professor Linswik went missing in her lab three weeks ago under her rubbish, so yea it could be worse."


Nigel chuckled a bit to himself, throwing in a little bit of a snort before he cleared his throat trying to act a bit more professional.


"So! Darcy informed me that you lot are going on your first undercover mission!! Yay!" Throwing his hands up into fists and shaking them as he yayed, Nigel had lost his professional demeanor completely causing George to place a tiny paw on on the side of his face and shake his head."I am the head of our R&D division here, and I was instructed to get you "geared up" for your mission. So I took a look at your files, and your backgrounds, and pretty much anything else I could to get a fix on you lot. AND! I came up with these nifty little trinkets!"


Nigel threw his arms up to show them the items hanging on the wall. There were a wide variety of things hanging on it of all shapes and sizes. As he did so, his arm grazed on of the items sending it flying into the air. Nigel panicked for a second flailing his arms in the air trying to catch the object, only to catch it as he tripped over yet another cluster of pieces and parts lying in the floor. With a loud crash, Nigel disappeared behind a stack of boxes for a few short seconds before hoisting himself out of the junk pile covered in wiring and little bits of tubing.


"Right so at the risk of killing myself and all of you with me, let's get you on your way shall we."


Nigel looked down at the object he had knocked off the wall and turned it over in his hands a few times before looking up at Beth.


"Right so first up we have Miss Elizabeth Heartland. From what I heard you are quite the looker.Nigel stopped for a moment and made a series of weird facial expression and finger points as if trying to catch and bring back what he had just said as he stepped over to Beth.


"And what I ment by that is you being a scout and all.....also the gear......which I will exsplain the relation now."


Nigel took a breath and opened up the small box. Inside sat a brand knew pair of what looked to be glasses. Nigel picked them up and held them out to Beth by the nose piece.


" These are Any Time Optimized Monitoring Spectacles, or A.T.O.M.S for short. Came up with the name myself. These little beauties will let you discreetly view things in different ways to help you scout. Simply touch the side of the glasses with your finger and you can switch between Inferred, X-ray, Nightvision, Magnification and best of all......transition lenses for when you go out in the sun.


@Flutterby


After handing the glasses over to Beth and stepping back towards the wall, Nigel lifted a bit bigger box off the top nearly knocking more items off the wall before he turned back around and eyed Alec and Duik.


"Mr. Desrois, after a bit of perusing through your file I found your impressive firearms record in the military. So I came up with a pair lightweight pistols that I think will come in very handy in your undercover mission. Made out of a brand new synthetic metal that is as strong as steel but lighter than aluminum, you won't have any weight problems with these. Each one holds 15 rounds per clip, and the ammunition is a variety pack of fun. Special rounds like incendiaries and tranquilizers of course, with a few of my own creation tossed into the mix. Corrosive rounds filled with a capsule of highly potent acid and shock rounds that deliver a taser worth of electricity per round. "


Nigel slid the clip out of one of the guns as he showed it to Alec. Each pullet was a different color for its different feature. Red for incendiary, green for corrosive, and blue for shock. The case had a few boxes of extra rounds, as well as a stash of tranquilisers.


@SilverFlight


Once again Nigel spun around looking at the wall then back at the group and laid eyes on the stag that had accompanied them in. He lifted a small cylindrical looking device off the wall and walked over to the white deer.


"No one else in my report mentioned having a great white deer as their partner, so you must be Miss Illien's partner. She has a very impressive repertoire with a bow if I'm not mistaken. So I made her this, a compact case filled to the brim with a range of specially developed arrows for her bow. They are collapsable thanks to a high density alloy that allows them to stay strong, but malleable enough to telescope down the shaft to 1/3rd their normal size. The tips come with a wide variety of uses, incendiaries, poison, grappling, tracking, even a new one I designed myself here recently filled with condensed liquid nitrogen for freezing."


After Nigel stepped back over towards the wall he looked over the group once more before he took a deep breath and raised his arms and let them fall back down to his side. Jimbo looked up to his shoulder at George who returned the look with a questionable glance before chiming in.


"Uh, Nigel, mate, the others? This isn't the whole group. Some of the others will have to have theirs delivered."


Nigel's eyes went wide and he threw his hands up in the air as he spun around looking for something to put the rest of the gear in. Once he had secured a case he began loading the rest of the gear on the wall into it while speaking.


"Right!! Sorry bout that! Jim the other's gear I'll let you pass out. Each persons will be labeled with a detailed instruction manual attached to them. Little light reading for the flight." Nigel chuckled to himself as he closed up the case and turned to hand it to Jim.


"Right so if any of those explode, that would be a job for our legal department, and I will be happy to build prosthetic limbs if need be.........naw i'm just having a laugh.....kind of....don't let any of them get wet...."


Jimbo raised an eye to Nigel, even he couldn't tell if he was actually joking now or if he was serious. George made a sighing noise before climbing atop Jimbo's head.


"Tell ya what Jim, Imma go with you guy tell ye get the gear to its owner. I'll be able to exsplain it better than 'is instructions"


Nigel gave George a look through squinted eyes before smiling and patting his partner on the head.


"Good thinking Georgie, just get back here as soon as possible, lots of things to do."


Jimbo hopped off the counter hold the case and walking on one knuckle. H e motioned towards the group with his head before speaking up.


"Alright gang, let's get out of here before we get ourselves blown up. Thanks for the toys Jonsie!"


Nigel had taken to writing on a chalkboard with some complex numbers as Jimbo headed back towards the door.


@Lioness075 @andujarprime @Sleipnir @Hel