[Date: Sunday, March 31st. Time: 10:00 a.m.] [It's been about a week since the capture of that hunk, Fredreich Stolt. Nothing real exciting has happened since then. Right now, the wards are in the rec. room.] [Start] ( Also, I need Heinrick in #Heinrick ) (Go Heinrick go!) * Luana is wearing her black slacks and a green T-shirt, doing pushups as usual. Her hair is slowly going through the rainbow, changing colors after every pushup. * Jamie , thanks to Rose's shopping spree, has new clothes! So instead of her dazzling array of nearly identicle white dresses, she's been wearing differently colored non-authentic Chinese outfits. Today's is green with white trim. She's also sitting on the couch, fidgiting and trying to watch the TV and Luana's hair at the same time. (That got cut off, didn't it?) (Nope.) (I'm impressed.) * Keiko has gone with blue dress and blue ribbon today, having more or less recovered from getting stabbed a few times. She looks slightly unhappy as her 4 metal plates float around her head and she lays against the back of the couch. She thinks at the other two, after a moment, ~I'm getting tired of sewing my dresses back together. She really needs to stop stabbing me.~ * Keiko brings a finger across her forehead. ~Just lucky I didn't get a scar.~ * Jamie looks at Keiko for a moment and then back at the TV. * Keiko swirls the plates around, and then moves one of them over to hover over Luana. ~Need some more weight?~ * Luana stops momentarily to smile up at Keiko. ~Sure, thanks.~ * Keiko smiles back a little as she plunks one of the plates onto Luana's back. ~You do them all the time... I figure it can't be that much work anymore.~ ~I'm surprised you don't do pushups while you're eating. Push eating.~ ~It's about endurance and speed.~ ~And I would if I could, but I feel like it would get messy.~ * Keiko half-smiles. ~Yeah, but think of all the time you're wasting.~ 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. * Keiko then sighs and stands up, thinking, ~I need to work on things too. The plates just aren't enough.~ [The PA system shouts: "Blue Team, report to briefing room #1. Blue Team, report to briefing room #1."] * Luana stands and grabs the weight as it slides off, holding it up for Keiko's brain to grab. "I'm thinking about trying ninety degree pushups." * Jamie gets up off the couch and goes to room #1. * Keiko picks it up and replies, "Ninety degree? What... pushup handstands?" (-"+~) * Keiko 's options spin above her head as she heads towards Briefing Room #1. ( Y'mean like stock options? ) (I mean like Gradius options. We've had this discussion before!) (You know what this game needs? Psychics. Psychics with frigging lasers over their heads.) * Luana walks along next to Keiko. "Sort of. You start out in a handstand, lower down till your body is almost touching the floor, then go back up." ( I think this game has plenty of psychics >.> ) It works a lot more than your arms, though, so I don't know if I can manage any. * Keiko winces and thinks back, ~I know I can't. That just... sounds awful.~ (But not enough with lasers over their heads.) [You get to the briefing room, where Lydia and Nene are. Gimme a.... Awareness roll, I guess.] ( Or sight. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. (make) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 9. 2d8-8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8-8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 5. (Make by 1.) (Guardians too?) * Roseli is already in the room. She offers gum to the girls as they enter. That's Rose for you. ( Yah ) (Oh, whups, wrong sense.) 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 3. (I wiffed that by miles.) (I made that by other miles.) * Keiko floats herself the gum, since her hands have the duck in them. * Jamie takes gum and is unobservant, yay! [Those who made it notice Nene looks kind of anxious.] * Luana takes some gum and pops it into her mouth. "Thank you." * Heinrick doesn't get offered gum because he is not a girl. However he does have his arms behind him and nods in greeting to Roseli before taking a seat next to her. * Roseli offers him gum because he's sitting next to her. Aha! * Keiko frowns and lets the gum trail after her, like the plates, as she sits down. ~I'm not liking this already.~ * Jamie sits on Rose's other side and waits for further orders! ~Is it just me, or does Nene look kinda...~ * Heinrick takes it for once and smiles before casting his sights on Nene. ~Worried? Yes.~ * Jamie looks at Nene, and still doesn't get it! [Nene glances at Lydia, who is considerably calmer, and who starts: "Good morning. Moments ago, we recieved word that Freidrich Stolt had offered some information in exchange for a lesser sentence."] [She hits a button on her keypad and a map appears, helpfully marked "Potstam". "As you may no, President Woltheim Schoener has been touring the country with Defense Minister Ludwig Bernstein this past month. They're wrapping up their tour in Potsdam, where you captured Stolt last week."] ( You may no, or you may know! ) ( And I can't seem to write Potsdam without putting an n at the end.] ) ["According to Stolt, he hired a team of hitmen to kill them both, some time today."] * Heinrick folds his hands together. "That's rather vague for someone attempting to lessen his sentence." (Note to self, not playing Keika, can't make mercinary comments. >.<) [Lydia nods. "It is. Stolt claims that he doesn't know when they will strike, only that it would happen today."] (OH, so we know, did we manage to get the virus?) (You leave it to others to make the sarcastic comments for you.) d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 1 for a result of 1. ( You did! One can remaining! ) (Schway.) (Yay for coin flipping.) * Roseli nods to the map. "Then we're guarding them?" ["The President and the minister are staying at the Royal hotel, here on Eckart street." An image pops up of a fancy/schmancy hotel. "At 1:30, they're going to leave by motorcade along this route..." a highlighted route appears along the city map, "... and arrive at City hall, where President Schoener will be giving a speech. We expect the hitmen to strike at one of these two times."] [Lydia nods. "There are security agents with them, but yes, that is your assignment."] Do they know this? (I'm having FFVIII flashbacks. That hit didn't go so well.) That is a good question... (Will the hitmen be teenage mercenaries?) (They're teenagers, you're teenagers! You guys can totally relate.) (Will the hitmen realize they arn't getting paid?) ( Just remember to leave the hotel before it automatically locks and you'll be fine. Otherwise you'll have to crawl out through the sewer.] ) [Lydia nods again. "They're aware, but they refuse to call off the speech. The topic of the speech is about how much the country's security has improved over the past few months, so naturally they're reluctant to show weakness."] * Roseli nods. * Heinrick sighs and looks down. "Which will make all the more impact if the hitman *do* achieve their target." [Nene scuffs her feet on the desk. "And watch out for Ludwig! He's not as young as he used to be! Don't let him hurt himself!"] * Heinrick glances up at Nene's outburst and somewhat stares at her. * Roseli blinks at Nene. (Fairy godmother? Seriously?) * Jamie rubs at one of her ears at the outburst. * Keiko replies, flatly, "Isn't the idea to watch out for all of them?" ~Well. That answers that.~ * Heinrick smirks slightly at Keiko's comment and closes his eyes with a smug expression. "Yes...of course." [Lydia ignores it! Instead, she hits more buttons. "The hitmen Stolt hired are fairly well known throughout Europe. They rode on the coattails of the Coffinmaker."] ( Gimme buisness (underworld) rolls! ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (I does not have that skill!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. (And I wiff) (Just make!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 10 for a result of 10. [Nene shakes her head. "You don't understand Ludwig. If he sees them attacking, he's liable to fight back instead of hiding."] (Swing anna miss) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. (Wow, dicehate.) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8) and gets a natural 3 for a result of 3. (I know a lot!) * Keiko blinks, then tilts her head and says, slowly, "Rid on his coattails?" * Heinrick also gets a serious expression. "Are they utilizing the same methods then? That would explain the lack of time..." ["Syphoned his business."] * Roseli looks between Heinrick and Nene. "I miss something?" [Lydia hits buttons, and a hologram appears. Visual arts (photography) rolls!] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (More hate!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Jamie (2d8) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 12. (Preach it!) * Heinrick turns to Roseli for a second. "Coffinmaker is an long-time assassin. He apparently set up an internet business under several different aliases." He shakes his head. "The authorities still have notoriously little leads." 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-1) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 5. (I know art!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8) and gets a natural 4 for a result of 4. (I do too apparently!) (I only know cultural arts!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets 16, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "My momma always said, you gotta take the good with the bad. Have a little bad." (... Let's hear it for team SCIENCE!) (There's a lot of art to SCIENCE) * Roseli nods at Heinrick. [The hologram is of a teenager, so yes, there's teenaged hitmen. She looks maybe 15, is only about 4'6", and is very pale. Her hair is short, done up in pigtails, and black, except her bangs, which are pink. In the image, She's wearing a cutoff tank top and a plaid skirt that's practically a belt.] [Some of you realize that it's not an actual image, but a CG. Luana, however, thinks this girl's got style.] [She's also got like a dozen piercings. Ears, eyebrows, nose, lip, belly button...] (... Lu's going to start wearting a bert under her trenchcoat, isn't she?) (A bert?) (Half way between a belt and skirt.) (Belt-skirt) (XD) ["Sadie Luvis. Don't let her appearance fool you. She's a vampire. Approximately 90 years old, and at least level 5."] (We have a criminal under the tutelage of Testuya Nomura!) (Holy shit! A use for the weapons that ate my CP!) * Luana blinks and changes her hair to black with pink bangs, then looks at Keiko. (Have we used the level system before or is this just random? :P) * Roseli shakes her head. "Time to bring a a few stakes." [She hits buttons, and this time a man appears. A 7 foot tall man. Tall, gaunt, dressed all in black. His eyes are a piercing blue. His hair is shaved along the sides, but the top forms dreadlocks, which are tied in a ponytail at his neck. All of his fingernails are missing. "Jonas Kraad." She looks at Keiko. "I believe you met him. He matches the description of the man in your February 23rd report."] * Keiko is looking at her, frowning a litle, and then Kraad shows up and her entire posture changes, a split second of apparent fear before complete neutrality comes over her features. "You are correct." ["Norweigian, approximately 41 years old. We're not sure what he is, but we don't believe he's human. He's well known as a sniper, but his other abilities are far more dangerous: He can absorb a person with a mere touch. He feeds on them this way. Also," She glances at Keiko and Jamie. "He has a preferance to absorb psychics. We believe he has an ability to sense them, but we are unsure of the range on that."] ( That get through? ) (Yes) * Keiko thinks at Jamie and Luana, bitterly, ~I hope he got brain cancer.~ Fairly high-end for hitmen. I presume this cost a fair sum then? [Lydia hits another button. This time, a plain looking man appears. He's average height and weight, blond and has a mustache, and his eyes are blue, but there's no real outstanding features about him. "This... thing goes by the name of Rudy Rogers. But he's not a man. THEY are a swarm of bees with a collective mind and the ability to camoflauge themselves to appear human."] ( Hope that got through. ) (Also yes. Also HOLY SHIT BEEES!) ~...Grenades. Definitely grenades.~ (It did.) [Lydia nods to Heinrick. "Stolt was well connected. Section one is working on tracking down all his suppliers." She pauses, then adds, "It's possible he wasn't acting alone. Blitzkrieg has been stopping a lot of terrorist activity lately. Other cell leaders may be starting to get desperate. Even Sherman's group has been fairly inactive."] * Roseli nods, looking to Heinrick and Luana. "You'd be best equipped to deal with them." She blinks, then turns back to Lydia and Nene. "Togo isn't here, so I'm going to ask in his stead. Can you outfit Luana with some clips of blessed bullets for this mission?" (Someitmes, I feel like I'm in a MGS game.) (*gives Keiko a box*) ["And finally..." 3 more guys appear. They're very non-descript and all look like thugs. "Bachmann, Bachman and Bawkman. Weapons experts, no known powers."] ( i.e. they're the goons. ) * Luana 's eyes widen and she looks very, very hopefully at Lydia and Nene. ( Methinks Togo will be here by the time this gets on down. ) (I want the shiny holy ammo anyway!) (And I'll probably miss it again, judging by past experience!) [Nene nods before Lydia can speak. "Yes, of course! Stop at the armory on your way out!"] ( It's going to be next week :P ) (Also, we really do want Togo. I can't throw normal stuff for crap, and grenades are best for swarms.) Thank you! (Luana: You are forgetting chemicals!) ( All I can say is, this ought to be an interesting fight. :X ) (Remember SCIENCE!) (SCIENCE!) (Yeah, watch as I turn into the human shield for the psychics.) (Grenades are awesomer!) (Pfft. Exploding vials > exploding green eggs with pins.) (And grenades wouldn't be possible without science. Science wins.) (Your arrow is pointing the wrong way there. :P) [Lydia speaks, "Of all the targets I just listed, Kraad is the most dangerous. He'll probably be sniping, so you'll have to watch the area along the motorcade route and at city all. But all he needs to absorb you is a single touch, so be sure not to get too close."] (It's fortunate that I just so happen to come with my own air force.) (Yay for wards with ranged fighting.) I assume he's not very good at hand to hand combat since he only needs to touch someone. [Lydia nods. "Likely the case."] * Roseli nods. Oh, you know what she's thinking. * Keiko pets her duck slowly, silent. ( Yep. But for the rest of you, remember that if you only need to touch, you get a -6 bonus :P ) ["There's one other thing you need to keep in mind."] * Jamie continues to watch silently. * Heinrick glances at Roseli for a moment, but then turns to Lydia in response. "Oh?" [Lydia hits buttons, and a picture of the two gov't men appear. President Woltheim Schoener is a balding man in his late 50s, with a big mole on his left cheek. Defense Minister Ludwig Bernstein is in his late 40s, and actually does have hair. In fact, he look uncannily like Conan O'Brien. "The President iis giving his speech in the square in front of City Hall. Meaning, it's going to be crowded. This is your first mission where you ( Hope that got through. ) (Where you) where you'll have to deal with the public."] (First mission where you) (Not entirely true! We had to deal with the public before.) (Ten and Hotaru got to try out a video game.) ( Not in the same context though. ) Assume you want us to stay hidden unless necessary. ["Don't attract attention. And avoid the media."] * Roseli nods once. * Heinrick nods as well. ["Are there any questions?"] * Jamie shakes her head. [As an afterthought, she adds. "I shouldn't have to say this, but protect the public. That means don't use them as shields, or toss explosives into crowds."] * Keiko frowns a moment, speaks up to say, "Since we need to do this, does that mean I can get a gun with a silencer?" [Lydia nods. "Stop by the armory."] ( What are you all looking at me for? I got killed by the crazier bitch!) (Is Ten *really* one to call anyone crazier?) (Back off, Ten, or I'll kill you again.) ( >.<) Will do. How're we getting there? This may not be the best mission to test it. Likely will be only effective with a select few. Still would be good to have at range. ["Helicoptor. You'll rondeveux with the President's men at the hotel."] (In the future they made up their own spelling of French words too!) (Burn.) ( France is the bad guy anyway. ) Very well. ["Any other questions?"] * Roseli shakes her head. [She nods. "Dismissed."] * Roseli gets up and leaves! To the armory! * Jamie follows her, for great justice. [Nene takes to the air. "And don't let Ludwig hurt himself!"] * Roseli glances back at Nene. "Will try not to, but he does outrank us." With that, she goes back to walking. (...) (She almost said, "He's a big boy now, Nene. He can make his own decisions.") (Well, no, but I WANTED HER TO.) * Heinrick leaves as well. (Ha!) * Luana stands and heads out, playing with her pink bangs as she goes. (He can wear big kid pants too) (This is why I neeeeeeed a snarky character.) d2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Brett (d2) and gets a natural 2 for a result of 2. * Keiko glances at Nene a moment, then follows out. ~Like the vamp look?~ ( Soooo... end or not end? ) (End, I think, if we're storming the palace next session.) (I'm fine with ending.) (ditto) [End!]