[Day: Saturday, June 21th. Time: 12:00 p.m.] [While you were all relaxing, everyone else has been scrambling to find information on the Society's whereabouts. And by everyone, not just Blitzkrieg, but MI-5, too, and word has it that HESO and the United States have also been contacted for assistance.] (This is relaxing?) (We're not relaxing at all!) [Last you heard, Adela Moller found what could be a lead in one of Bernstein's notes, and was currently working with a team to follow through on that. This was a few hours ago, however. You haven't head anything since, but then again you're in the lower teir of the heirarchy.] [Meanwhile, much of the personel of Section 2 is still missing. Iris and Karin are still incapacitated at Section 3, with Iris unconscious and Karin suffering from deep wounds. Dr. Pasche is over there looking after them.] [I'm not sure if there was anything else I needed to say, sooooo....] (Yes there is. Where are we?) (And we're still off treatments, yes? What about the other wards/guardians?) [You're all in the cafeteria, because that's the place to eat. It's pretty bare, though. Only Stein the cook, Heidi the tech expert, Engelbert the filekeeper and a few guards are here.] ( What about 'em? ) (Well... are they also off the treatments killing them? Are they hangin' at the base?) ( They're at the base. As for the treatments, you don't know :P ) ( They're not in the cafeteria ) (We starting now? ^^) (I would think that Keiko would know if she's had treatments by now.) [Yah, Go ] ( Well, let's put it like this. Togo hasn't shot anyone, so Lu hasn't gotten treatments. If Lu hasn't gotten treatments, it's safe to assume Keiko hasn't either ) * Roseli is there. She's having a conversation with the chef, actually, about the possibility of his making her something she calls 'moqueca'. Wacky foreign food, no doubt. (Yes, but if her roommate has been getting them, she's not happy either.) * Heinrick is not having a conversation with the chef, as he already has his food. He is eating light as usual. Perhaps he really is a robot. (It's every two weeks, so she may not have gotten them over the past day regardless.) * JesseLman eats something made of meat. A fair amount of it. And possibly some potatoes. ( Togo does that ) (Togo!) * JesseLman is now known as Togo ( WHoopsie ) (I bet Jesse would also eat meat and potatoes.) (Or at least something that appears vaguely like meat.) * Keiko is sitting down at a table, not eating anything, leaning on her arms. She's in dark red today, still with the blue and green ribbons in her hair. (Which is more likely to be cafeteria food.) * Luana sits down with her spaghetti and an SMG on the table in front of her. She's been carrying the gun everywhere since Togo loaned it to her. (Just don't get the two mixed up when you're eating.) (I don't think Togo intended that.) (Yeah, that could suck.) * Togo has a stack of empty SMG clips next to him, in fact, along with a few boxes of ammo, and has been slowly reloading them while he chews. * Roseli finishes her conversation and approaches the table. "Afternoon," she comments as she takes one of the empty seats. * Togo raises a half-filled clip to Rose in greeting as he chews. Chewchewchew. * Heinrick doesn't look up as he messes with his food. "Hard to tell. Days just run together of late." * Keiko looks up slightly at Heinrick. "Get a watch." * Roseli snerks a little at that. She glances over the group. * Luana eats her spaghetti quickly and drinks a gulp of water after every few mouthfuls. * Heinrick half-smirks at Keiko. "I would, except I am certain they would confiscate it and put a bug on it at first opportunity." * Keiko shrugs. "Your loss." * Keiko then puts her forehead down on the table again. * Togo finishes off a clip, and stows it in his coat. Only six more to go. * Roseli listens to the silence for a little while, then sighs and presses one hand against her forehead. "I hate this," she says, for the second time that day breaking the silence first. A new record. ( Ho shit, Rose started a conversation! Run! ) * Keiko tilts her head up again, and manages to dryly say, "It could use some... color." * Roseli raises an eyebrow. "Color?" (Next thing you know, I won't be shooting to kill.) * Luana finishes off her spaghetti, takes another gulp of water, then slides over next to Togo and, with a large smile, starts helping him load clips. Was being funny. * Keiko licks her lips. "As if that was why you hated this place." Would be nice, anyway. Blue then? * Roseli folds her arms, leaning on the table. "Always liked green." * Togo ruffles Luana's hair. "Check the spring as you're loading, make sure it hasn't worn down." * Luana beams up at him. "Kay." Waiting does not really suit our style though. And the locale does leave somewhat to be desired. * Keiko glances over at Luana and Togo and then looks back at Rose and Heinrick. She then murmurs, "There are always things to do." * Roseli glances at Togo and Luana as well, then shrugs slightly. "Would suggest a field trip, but..." Waiting isn't too bad. I've been working on my target practice and e-mailing my siblings. * Keiko snorts and looks up at the ceiling. "Maybe we should visit them instead." My aunt wouldn't like it anyway. * Togo drops the clip he's holding into his food, and curses. * Keiko rolls her neck to look over at Luana, then half-smiles. "Too bad for her?" * Roseli blinks at Togo. She's never seen that happen before. * Togo looks down at the clip, looks up across the table for a moment, the mutters, fishes out the clip, and starts unloading and cleaning it. ( then mutters ) (Did he look across the table at anything in particular?) * Luana steadily loads in the bullets, pausing only for a moment to blink at Togo's mistake. "She thinks I'm a pyromaniac. She's treating the twins pretty well, though, which is what really matters." ( Tough to tell. No line of sight to follow. ) Sorry to hear that, Luana. We should go anyway. It's okay. That's how I ended up here, I got put into the system. * Luana shakes her head. "I wouldn't want to risk my aunt getting mad and taking it out on them." * Keiko is silent a moment, then murmurs, "Doesn't sound like she deserves them." * Luana finishes a clip and picks up a new one. "I'm sure she does her best." * Heinrick looks up slightly from the table to glance at Togo's mistake but doesn't blink or stare. He then replies, "I'm surprised that such regular contact is allowed." * Roseli nods in agreement. "Your e-mails censored, Luana?" Probably. I was told not to include any sensitive material, but I wouldn't want to worry them anyway. I'm mostly concerned about their grades and how their lives are going. * Roseli nods, rubbing at her eyes. * Keiko reaches over and puts a finger to Luana's shoulder, before saying quietly, "I think you should see them anyway. Soon." * Luana grips a bullet tightly before sliding it into the clip when Keiko touches her. "They've been coping pretty well considering our parents and house burned up and everyone knows I kept accidentally setting things on fire." * Togo stops in the middle of washing out the clip, frowns, and lays it back down on his trey. "This is a bad idea." * Heinrick looks over at Togo fully and up from his food for the first time. "What is?" Reusing this clip. I've got a few hundred more in my coat... just silly to risk not getting it right and jamming up in the middle of a fight. Could get someone killed. * Roseli reaches over, picks up the clip, and walks off to dump it in the trash. Thanks. *begins loading another clip* * Keiko exhales then chuckles softly and murmurs, "It's funny to have painted people I've never seen." * Luana smiles and sighs. "I get it. I'm just nervous about the idea of actually seeing them." * Keiko closes her eyes, thinking, then says, "Just have 'em meet you at school. Lunchtime. They have a lunchtime, right?" That sounds right. Once this is all done with, we'll find a way to get you all together. I promise. Keiko, they have rules against strangers on school campuses. Most schools like to avoid kidnappers and pedophiles while children are in their care. * Roseli returns, twisting at her bracelet. * Heinrick smirks. "How could we be kidnappers and pedophiles? We're Child Protective Services." * Keiko replies, "Telepath. I'm sure we can find a way around." The biggest joke of all, isn't it Heinrick. More seriously, I agree with Togo. We should find a way. * Luana smiles down at the clip she's working on. "Thank you." * Togo nods, then turns to Heinrick and Rose. "Have any of the higher-ups who're left communicated to you about what our status is here?" * Roseli snorts. "No. You?" Assumed no change for me. * Heinrick sighs as he looks back down. "Felix has been frustratingly absent for questioning. I tried to be proactive but he was never available." Well, considering recent events, I have a hard time believing they could be planning to keep going forward with this whole thing. * Heinrick looks up at Togo. "But apparently we are working with your side now." * Roseli raises an eyebrow. "'Whole thing'?" Whole thing. Wards. Control formulas. If they're working with my people and the other organizations out there, I don't see how they can continue. * Keiko rubs her temples and looks annoyed. * Heinrick snorts. "Forgive me for still being a tad skeptical." * Roseli ahs, finally reclaiming her seat. "Honestly?" Because I know MI-5 isn't a big fan, neither is HESO... Interpol is definitely opposed. They knew it was going on. * Togo nods. "None of them had jurisdiction to do anything about it. Besides, well..." They still don't. They have leverage. They've been called in to help. I know most of the major players, and I can't see them not cashing in those chips. Or at least trying to. * Keiko nods slightly, murmuring. "Don't wager against German sovreignty." And they will give up its position so readily? * Heinrick looks up at Togo evenly. "There are two possible outcomes. I *pray* you may be right, but if not, it will be bloody." * Togo nods. "That's also a possibility. I mean, cripes, a legit world domination plot came outta here. That changes the risk-reward." * Roseli rubs at her bracelet. "Scrapped and silenced," she says softly. * Keiko snorts. "Anywhere there is cowardice and ambition." * Keiko looks over at Togo. "I can't imagine this place is unique for that." ( brb ) 'course not. But it's something to present to the civilian decision makers who might not otherwise have the stomach to do what needs to be done. * Heinrick rubs his forehead. "Because the 'civilian decision makers' helped *so* very much our previous experience with them." Not everyone has somewhere to go. * Keiko puts her head down, before looking vaguely in Rose's direction, but not really. "At least the walls here won't burn easily." * Luana says to Keiko softly, "You never know until you try..." * Heinrick goes back to eating. Silently. ( Back ) * Togo turns to Rose. "Like I said before. My connections are at your disposal once we get to that point." * Roseli makes a vague sound in the back of her throat. "Will see." She stands, turns, and walks out of the cafeteria. Seems she won't eat lunch after all. * Togo finishes another clip, and stows it in his coat. [It's about now that you hear over the PA: "All teams report to Briefing Room One. Repeat, all teams report to Briefing Room One."] * Luana also finishes a clip and hands it over, then stands and waits to walk out with Keiko. * Keiko floats her way out of her seat, before threading her fingers through Luana's to head up! * Roseli , while walking out, hears that and casually makes an obscene gesture at the PA. But she certainly heads for the briefing room! * Heinrick looks up slightly as she does that, a little curious, but doesn't do anything further. Then at the announcement, he finishes up and then clears his tray and starts making his way towards the Room. * Togo gathers up his empties and his ammo, stows them in his coat, and gets up to head out. ( AFK for a minute ) ( Back ) [You head to the briefing room, where Felix awaits. Looks like Red Team beat you to there, too.] * Roseli nods to the lot of them before taking her customary seat. She was already out the door, so she's first. (Jamie show up, too?) * Keiko looks over at Pavla when she and Luana are there, before she sits down. (How does the other team look?) ( I dunno. ) * Togo grabs his usual seat. * Heinrick heads in soon after and takes a seat as well. He's being noticeably ruder by not acknowledging them before sitting down. * Luana sits next to Keiko. ( It's just Gert, Seb, Pavla and Fritz, as usual. They look ok. ) (Not stressed or worried or anything? Okay.) (Gertrude's straight out chillin', yo.) [Gertrude looks somewhat angry. In fact, as you walk in, she damn near shouts at Felix, "So that's it, huh? They get all the glory and we're left in the cold?"] [Felix shrugs. "It's not my decision." As the rest of you walk in, he explains. "You might be pleased to know that MI-5 and Section 1 have located the Society. You might be less pleased to know that we were just now informed of this information."] How long ago did they find out? ["Hours. We were just informed that the operation is about to launch. We'll be getting an uplink soon so we can "Enjoy watching the combined forces of Germany and the UK crush the terrorists."] * Roseli rolls her eyes, then looks to Togo. Well? It's kind of his people! ["You might also find it interesting that the one who told us was Commander Kranz."] * Togo facepalms. "The folks at MI-5 are pretty competant, so maybe this won't be the complete clusterfuck I'm expecting." * Luana thinks to Keiko, ~Hopefully, this means less work for us!~ (Wasn't that the giant Section 1 jerkface?) * Heinrick seems a bit shocked at that and then curses in Italian. "The arrogance of it all." ( Yep ) Let's hope they don't get brainwashed or something similarly stupid. That won't be much to worry about. Kranz doesn't have a brain. [The screen behind Felix blinks, and Sir Arthur Chamberlain appears in a small corner. "I say, I'll never get the hang of this rubbish new technology."] * Roseli nods to Chamberlain. [Shortly he's joined by the same people from last time, though in different windows. Much smaller windows, leaving a majority of the screen blank save for one word "Offline".] [The Chancellor nods. "Gentlemen."] * Keiko rubs Luana's hand and thinks at her, ~They haven't fought them before.~ ~If they screw up, maybe they'll learn from it. If they don't screw up, we don't have to handle the mess. I think it's a win-win.~ * Heinrick appears to be rubbing his chin and watching the screen, having gone strangely quiet at this time. * Keiko blinks, then thinks back with a faint smile, ~Suppose that's true. Body count could get high.~ [The PM nods back. "Word from the front?" The Chancellor replys, "Agent Kohler should be coming online shortly." As if responding to him, the black portion of the screen switches to a view of Klaus and some other Blitzkrieg and MI-5 troops. They're all in different enclosed rooms filled with computers and machinery. (Mechanics rolls!)] 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Roseli (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Heinrick (2d8-4) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 4. 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Keiko (2d8-2) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 7. (Oh wait. That's a 5 if it's not Micro) (Woo I am 3 awesomes.) ( Actually this could be a number of rolls, but I went with Mechanics. ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Luana (2d8) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 14. [Anyone who made it realizes that Klaus et. al. are in submarines.] (What other things could it fall under? Ah.) ( Boating, mil sci.... ) (Yeah, could've gotten it under mil sci. Oh well!) ( Are they... yellow? ) [The PM speaks. "Agent Kohler. Tell us again about the mission."] [One of the Germans mutters quietly. "Haven't we heard this explaination enough."] * Togo looks around to the others. "What're we seeing?" [Wilfred's eyes give the man a chilly glare, causing his face to fall. "Sir, I'll have you know that merely by acknowledging that there might be such a fantastical terrorist threat has already cost me any chances for reelection. If you don't mind, I'd like to hear once again what it is I'm sacrificing my political career for."] * Roseli folds her arms and looks back to Togo, replying quietly: "Troops and leaders." The term "leaders" is debateable. *softly* Can you tell where they are? (Someone else do it. I failed the roll!) [The man falls silent, and Klaus nods. "Sir. At 05:00 GMT, Agent Adela Moller found evidence of a money trail in Defense Minister Ludwig Bernstein's affects. This money had been taken from Zukunft through the assistance of President Schoener. Eventually, she was able to determine that it was being used to operate Site 749."] [The PM nods. "And that is, again...?"] * Heinrick replies quietly to Togo with an mm. "Underwater, it appears. Though I'm not certain if there's no coastal bases.. ["Site 749 is the name of the underwater Zukunft laboratory located in the North Sea. It was created in 2066, but due to the extreme cost of running it, was abandoned by the company. at some point, likely within the past few years, the Society reclaimed it."] [The PM nods. "And is Zukunft involved directly?"] [The Chancellor responds, "We don't know at this time. We'll certainly begin investigating the matter once this is over."] * Togo nods. [As Klaus continues, a blueprint pops up on the screen. "This is a map of the site, though it's from 2066. We don't know what changes might have been made since. It's a fully functional facility complete with laboratories, miniature factories, and even a desalination plant and vegetable garden. The Society could remain hidden there for at least a year if necessary."] [The PM frowns. "Assuming they don't launch a mind control sattelite before then."] [Klaus nods. "We won't let them do that, sir."] [The Chancellor says, "The Operation begins in fifteen minutes." Klaus nods to confirm.] ( And if nobody has anything to say, I'm FFing ) (Not much we can do but watch! Annoying!) [And so Klaus and the MI-5 agents defeat the Society. Game over!] ( Cool! ) (Haha.) [What actually happens is, fifteen minutes later, Klaus reappears. "We're beginning the operation." The Chancellor and PM nod.] [You get a view from outside the sub. Yay external cameras.] [It's not long after they launch that you see Site 749, thanks to the fact that it's all lit up and stands out in the darkness of the water like a beacon. It looks a lot like the Sealab in Sealab 2021 ] [That's because it is. They reused the same set.] [Klaus says, "Beginning descent."] [And then the screen goes dark.] [The Chancellor says, "Agent Kohler."] [No answer, so he says again. "Agent Kohler, respond. Agent Kohler!"] [Then there's some static. The screen flickers, but you don't see anything. Through the static you hear Klaus, though. ".... the sub... powered off.... non responsive..."] * Keiko murmurs, "Hotarus." * Roseli stares. "They didn't see that *coming*?" The fuck do we give reports for! * Togo facepalms. * Heinrick facepalms. "Seriously." He looks at Felix for a moment. "This is Schumacher. Did they even look at the *file*?" [The PM frowns. The Chancellor does too. "We'd better send in a rescue team. We'll try again with SCUBA."] * Roseli says a few choice words in Portuguese. (How's the red team responding?) [Klaus says, "Wait.... something..... happening..."] ( Like the GM's busy with all the other npcs. ) (Haha.) [The Red Team looks pretty stunned.] [Klaus says, "Something... coming..."] [Then there's just static. Bauer says, "Agent Kohler! Agent Kohler, respond!"] [The PM tries to contact the head MI-5 field agent, too, but to no avail.] [Then Chamberlain looks from something gravely. "Sirs... MI-5 has recovered partial footage."] * Keiko just watches with a flat expression on her face. [He puts it on screen. You're looking at an external camera on one of the subs. It's dark, and the feed is grainy and jumps a bit.] * Heinrick watches as well, with a curious expression. Most of his face is blank though. [But you do see a beam of bluish light emit from the facility. It fires to the right of the camera, then sweeps to the left. You hear explosions, and by the time it reaches the camera, you can see bits of metal flying about in the water. When it hits the camera, the feed is lost.] * Luana sighs. [The PM stares. "What the hell was that?"] [The Chancellor is on the phone immediately. "Agent Moller, get me answers."] [A minute passes, then his face falls. "My God..."] [The PM says, "What? What is it?"] * Heinrick stands slowly and looks at Felix. "I believe a better question is how are we going to respond?" [The Chancellor lowers the phone, looking grave. "I... I never thought... He looks up at the screen. "In 2068, Zukunft began work on a new type of weapon. The particle cannon."] * Roseli sighs. This is getting increasingly better. [The Chancellor scowls. "You're telling me my men are dead because of a weapon straight out of science fiction? And why didn't you say anything about this before?!"] ( That's the PM. ) * Togo double facepalms. [The Chancellor responds. "There was no evidence to suggest they'd ever completed it! In fact, all evidence suggested that it was impossible for even today's technology to produce such a thing."] There is now. Can we agree that Zunkuft is involved now? [The PM glares. "Well, obviously your evidence is highly unreliable." He stands up. "Great Britain is pulling out. We'll contact the United Nations and deal with this threat our way, since Germany clearly isn't capable." He cuts connection, along with the rest of the British. Except Chamberlain.] * Heinrick snorts. "Ah, the cries of the ignorant." He then gives Felix a dead eyelock. "I repeat. How are we going to respond?" We go down there and blow the thing up. [The Chancellor scowls. "I want all Blitzkrieg members working on this. I want the Society's heads, and I want them before the Brits or Americans or anyone else makes a move. I don't care how. See that it gets done." He hangs up too.] [Felix actually smiles. "Well." He looks at Togo. "I think that's precisely what we'll do."] Any ideas? Pretty sure Jamie and Pavla can counter the Hotarus, but... [Then he looks at Roseli. "Ms. Tavares, please find your ward immediately. I do believe this is where Section 2 will succeed where the others have failed."] * Roseli nods and gets to her feet, then says, "One condition." Coffee and hot chocolate allowed in the briefing room from now on. * Keiko looks over at Rose very oddly. * Heinrick can't help but snerk at that one. ["Pull this off and you can have a three course meal and a damn stripper bursting from a giant cake for all I care."] Will take up up on that. * Roseli walks off. (you up) (you up, yes.) (Fix that!) (I WILL) (Maybe.) [Chamberlain clears his throat. "I'm sorry for the way this worked out, but I believe catching the terrorists should be a priority. Let me know if there's anything MI-5 can do."] * Heinrick then turns to Felix. "Is this a mission that Red Team and Blue Team are going to work together on?" He glances at Red Team. "We could use all the assistance we can get." * Togo pauses, then stands up quickly. "... pardon me for a moment. I have to make a call." And he's gone as well! [He nods. "I want everyone on this. And don't come back without Cyra Koenig's head. No one betrays Blitzkrieg." He heads off, presumably to make arrangements or something.] (No one except the dude who was hanging out in the room who you knew betrayed them! So to speak.) * Togo walks back in after a couple of minutes. "I've got us rides." Hotaru-proof. * Keiko holds Luana's hand a little tighter, staying mostly still as she waits for Togo to come back, and there he is. * Heinrick raises an eyebrow at Togo as he comes back. "Oh?" * Togo grins widely. "Have any of you ever ridden a dolphin before?" * Luana laughs. * Keiko murmurs, "I don't know he was joking." I'm not. That's fantastic! This job is really amazing sometimes. 'bout fifteen years back, the prince-regent of Atlantis was kidnapped. I helped rescue him. They own me one. (owe.) ( Yes, that too ) That is... * Heinrick pushes his glasses up and smirks. "Unusual. I shall have to make certain all my equipment is water proof before we go." A good idea. *looks down at Luana* We'll do the same. Fire won't be much good, obviously. Yes, of course! ( Can end when you're ready ) (Yeah, I'm done.) (Yup!) [End!]