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Post by DelCage on Oct 16, 2008 14:57:57 GMT -5
Brief: The team has been sent to investigate a rash of disappearances (and subsequent reappearances) in and around Boston, MA. People have been disappearing and sometimes reappearing with severe mental illnesses. The CORE has reason to believe a mutant is behind this. The team is to obtain as much information as possible and prevent any more disappearances. Professor Claremont is also involved in research in the area.
Samson dropped them off in front of a hotel, rolling down the window and speaking to them with one elbow out.
"Your group could be here overnight, which is why we told you to pack a change of clothes [OOC: Assume your characters did]. Do your best, and stay out of trouble. If any hotel employees give you problems, ask for Niko, he'll help you out," explained Vulcan.
"If you need anything, call me, or Claremont. Good luck, guys."
Vulcan gave them an encouraging wave and a thumbs up as he drove away.
OOC: Pool your research, identify targets/pattern, try to prevent any problems. Sound good?
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Post by Sonic101 on Oct 16, 2008 20:08:24 GMT -5
Calvin woke with a slight jolt when they finally arrived at their hotel. There already? He stretched and rubbed his eyes a bit, getting out and grabbing his bags out of the back. He waved a Vulcan as he drove away and analyzed the hotel they would be staying in. "At least he got us a nice place. Better then a Holiday Inn." Quickly checking in for the night, he handed everyone their room keys. "Two rooms. I guess me, Drake, and Jin will room together, which leaves Mark and Roger to room together." He said, tossing their room key to one of them.
He ushered the group over to a secluded little section of the hotel lobby. "Alright, let's talk about what we found before we get too settled in here. Any volunteers to go first? Don't make me call on somebody." Calvin said sarcastically.
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Post by teamantisocial on Oct 16, 2008 20:16:41 GMT -5
Drake spoke up. "I didn't actually do research, but I did get these sick earpieces and microphones for us to use." he said passing one to each person. "Other than that I'm going on pure superstition and a Monster energy drink." he smiled and took another sip of the monster.
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Post by sifth on Oct 16, 2008 20:38:30 GMT -5
As a result of Jin’s powers he had to pack virtually nothing for their mission. If he wanted to change his clothing, all he had to do is transmute a few free towels into a shirt and jeans. Never the less he placed his unsurprisingly light backpack onto his bed and walked down to the lobby with the others. At Calvin’s request he took out a small map of the general aria. It was no surprise Drake didn’t do any research, it just wasn’t in his nature. “I’ve gathered a map of the entire aria and can make as many copies as we need” Jin told his friends as he passed the map to Calvin. “On top of that, I think I’ve found a way to beat Hear, if we are indeed up against him; as I told Drake already the key to beating that freak is pain”. “Any pain applied to the body of the victim while trapped in his dream world will cause to victim to awaken”. “On top of that looking back at the comment Hare made to me the night he hacked off my arm, I’ve come up with a therroy that he must endure the pain of his victims, in other words he cannot kill anyone in his dream world with killing himself as well”. “Of cores this is all a theory and since no one at the academy has a power even close to being similar to Hare’s it will unfortunately have to be tested in combat; never the less I’m 85% sure it will work”.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 16, 2008 21:44:10 GMT -5
Mark sat down in the lobby with his small bag, mostly filled with information and steak out food, "I found the three highest areas of attack that we should be aware of," He put a few of the papers onto the table, "A small suburb, a business district, and a neighborhood in the city," He leaned back and sighed aloud.
"Even if Hare is behind this and we can get a jump on him, I'm certainly not ready to risk getting my arm hacked off too," Mark said bluntly, "It's nothing against your condition, Jin, but we have to be serious about this. If we do find the guy responsible, none of us go in until we're all in the area, and we should call Claremont, too,"
The plan was probably too conservative and cautious to gather support amongst his teammates, but against someone like their opponent, an advantage in numbers could be another asset. Even at this kidnapper's best, Mark doubted he could invade the minds of six of them at once.
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Post by sifth on Oct 17, 2008 14:43:57 GMT -5
Jin turn to face Mark and smiled. “Do you really think I’m that stupid; I never expected to face Hare alone, even though aside from Drake I probably have the largest motivation to”. “Hare’s not the smartest man in the world, and I fully agree that he probably can only enter one or two minds at a time, which is of cores the perfect time to attack his body; in other words when it’s most defenseless”
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Post by Sonic101 on Oct 17, 2008 14:54:11 GMT -5
"The thing is though," Calvin cut in, "we don't know what his physical body looks like. He appears to us as a Wonderland character for God's sake. I don't think he's seriously a giant rabbit. We need to figure out who he really is, that'll give us a big edge."
Calvin thought for a few more seconds. "His powers can't have that far of a range, he has to be in this city somewhere, probably relatively close to his victims as well. We're just going to have to keep on the lookout I guess."
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Post by sifth on Oct 17, 2008 15:08:28 GMT -5
“This is of cores assuming it is Hare we’re dealing with, we still have no proof at all” Jin stated as he turned to face Calvin. “Unfortunately we know one thing and one thing only; someone in this city is causing people to either disappear or go insane”. “Thanks to both my and Drake’s past confrontations with Hare we are clearly jumping the gun; to make it simple we need more info, only then can we plan out a battle strategy to handle this situation”.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 17, 2008 20:30:30 GMT -5
"Defeating whoever is behind this is meaningless unless we can actually catch them first. It would be best to hit up this Professor guy to see what he knows about the situation," Mark spoke, rising to his feet. He grabbed his pack and wanted to get going now. A part of him was antsy--it was the first time that he got to leave campus in over a month.
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Post by sifth on Oct 17, 2008 22:18:08 GMT -5
“What makes you think this professor stands any chance at stopping Hare or whoever we’re dealing with”. Jin told Mark as he stood up as well. The time for talk was clearly over. “If he was capable of why send us in” Jin stated to his friend beginning to change his voice. “The answer is clear, assuming this is Hare we are the only team that stands a chance at beating him”. “We have a job to do, and I suggest we get started at the one place all investigations start; square one, looking for clues”.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 17, 2008 22:23:00 GMT -5
"Yeah, look for clues. So why shouldn't we just piggyback off the information the Professor's gathered on the city. It'll save us some time, and we don't even know what this guy's power is. Ruling him out and wandering around a large city will get us nowhere fast," Mark replied.
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Post by desuka on Oct 18, 2008 16:20:16 GMT -5
Roger listened intently to the group's speech whilst he picked at the ear wax in his ear and looked at it with his finger; there was a surprising amount of it in there. When was the last time he cleaned his ear drums out? Hell, when did he take a shower last? Even on top of that, where was he and what was he doing? He didn't even remember.
"So," Raines said, quite bluntly. "Who's Hare?"
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Post by Sonic101 on Oct 19, 2008 11:30:27 GMT -5
Calvin glanced over at Raines. He WAS the only person on their team that wasn't with them on that night. "He's the guy that attacked us a month ago, don't know if you heard about that. He has some form of dream like powers, we don't even really know the specifics yet." Calvin answered in the simplest answer he could think of.
"Alright. We should keep researching during the day. Just look around for clues, Mark you can look into what the Professors know since you seem so advocate about that.
"Tonight we do a classic stake out. Me, Drake, and Jin will wait in the areas Mark deemed the most likely for the next strike. Mark and Raines, I want you to be waiting in a place where you could quickly get to either one of us at a moment's notice. I want constant contact, I hope you guys have a fresh set of minutes on your phones.
"Alright, I guess we should throw everything into our rooms and get to work. If you find something, call or send a text or something." Calvin concluded, getting up and stretching a bit before grabbing his bags.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 19, 2008 13:40:17 GMT -5
"Just text or call me when you guys are hidden, kthx," Mark replied casually before putting on his backpack and heading out the door. As much as he would love to prolong the mission by spending days on end traversing the city for news, he wanted to end this quickly. Whoever was behind this gave a bad name to mutants everywhere.
Mark arrived at the area where the Professor was said to be staying and made a quick phonecall, "Hypno is here, report," He spoke into his earpiece, not even sure if Claremont knew the code names or of their team's arrival in the city.
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Post by desuka on Oct 19, 2008 15:35:30 GMT -5
Raines, seemingly nonchalant about the whole situation, took a lollipop out of his pocket and began sucking on it as he followed Mark out the door. He apparently was supposed to say with Hypno and wait until he was needed... or something.
"Castle Bravo, here with Hypno," Roger said into his earpiece, repeating after Mark.
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Post by sifth on Oct 19, 2008 15:37:59 GMT -5
“Understood captain” Jin stated as he picked up a phone and placed in everyone on his team in his phonebook. "Faust reading you loud and clear" Jin replied to Mark. Jin had lived his entire early life in the city slums, so he knew the ins and outs of city life quite well. The only thing that worried him was how his teammates would handle the situation. “Well it looks like the case is afoot” Jin stated trying to imamate Sherlock Holmes as he walked out the door.
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 19, 2008 16:49:17 GMT -5
Mark turned, a little surprised to see Raines trailing him. He knew they were supposed to stick together, but the rest of his team seemed more interested in cavorting about the city for information. Hopefully Raines would be of help on this mission, even though this was his first time really working with him.
"We've reached the rendevous point. Moving in to contact Claremont. Details to follow soon, over and out," Mark spoke into the earpiece before turning to Raines, "Do you know what the Professor looks like?" He asked as he examined the outside of the building. Claremont should have known they were coming, but Mark had no idea how to locate the man.
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Post by desuka on Oct 19, 2008 17:00:46 GMT -5
Raines pondered the question, biting down hard on his lollipop. Did any of them even know who the Professor was?
"Can't say I do," Raines responded, taking the treat out of his mouth and twirling it between his fingers.
'But he probably knows us, right?"
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 19, 2008 19:15:18 GMT -5
"It's possible, but I'd rather not spend all of our time trying to find him," Mark responded, fiddling around with the frequencies on his earpiece until he found an open channel, "Claremont, your status? Over," He spoke, hoping that the Professor would respond. They couldn't waste any time.
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Post by DelCage on Oct 19, 2008 19:22:13 GMT -5
"'Ey, if it isn't dem pups from New 'Aven," rang Claremont's voice into their earpieces. Apparently, Claremont picked them up. His cajun accent seemed almost exacerbated by the electronic communications, "Dis is Venom. We should rendezvous, mon amie. Where are you?"
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Post by MoogleSlayer1992 on Oct 19, 2008 19:30:20 GMT -5
"We're about two miles off from the hotel, near the shopping center," Mark spoke as he sat down on the nearby bench, "We'll link up there, over and out," He clicked off his earpiece. Given the accent, he was unsure how Venom had qualified as a professor, but hopefully he could help them somehow.
Mark looked over at Raines, "We should be on the lookout for a Cajun named Venom," He told Castle Bravo as he pulled a bag of chips out of his bag.
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Post by sifth on Oct 19, 2008 19:33:58 GMT -5
Walking through the streets of the big city Jin couldn’t help but feel a sense of nostalgia. Up until a few months ago, living on these streets was his life. As Jin walked up to the ally of the first disappearance, he wondered just what happened to the victim. Was he dead or was Hare or some other mutant using him as some type of lab rat. As Jin bent down to investigate the groud, he didn’t even realize he was being watched.
“Hey buddy, I got something you might be interested in” said a voice from behind Jin. Jin turned to face a man in a long trench coat hiding in the shadows. Jin could tell the man was an obvious drug dealer, but he had no time to deal with this type of scum. Suddenly before Jin realized it an idea came to him. “Do you deal here often” Jin told the man. “Only three days a week, I’m afraid someone in my profession has to change locations quite often”. “Now are you going to buy anything or not?” the man told Jin.
“That depends, were you hear on Saturday night two weeks ago” Jin asked the man. “I might have been, that all depends on how much you really want to know” the man told Jin in a voice as cold as ice. “I think you’ll find that money is of no concern to a man like me” Jin stated as a long smirk came over his face. What luck he had coming across a possible witness.
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Post by teamantisocial on Oct 20, 2008 20:21:32 GMT -5
"Shadow Stalker in position..." Drake said through his earpiece. He perched himself on a rooftop that over looked his area. There wasn't much happening tonight. The he saw a person run into a near by alley and get covered by the shadows. Drake tied the face mask he used when they ran into the renegade mutants around his mouth and leaped off of the rooftop. He rolled as he hit the ground, quickly recovered, and sprinted towards the alley to follow the person. He kept himself in the shadows so the person wouldn't know he was behind them. As he got closer he saw the person was a young male, around his early twenties. The man ran until they got to a fence. Panicking, the man tried to climb the fence but failed. Drake got close and grabbed the man. The man panicked even more. "W-who are you!? WHAT DO YOU WANT!?" he shouted weakly. "Shhhh...I'm a friend...for now, it depends on why you're running..." Drake said softly. The man calmed down a bit after hearing the word friend. "I-I-I don't know what I'm running from..." he said. His face was pale and he was sweating a bit. "It's more of a they...crazy people...they said they wanted me...wanted me to join them..." the man calmed down more and his breathing steadied. "Alright, well come with me, I'll get you to safety." Drake said pulling the man along. "Shadow Stalker to team...I have found a victim with slight trauma. I'm bringing him to my stalking point...someone meet me there." he said into his earpiece.
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Post by sifth on Oct 20, 2008 21:23:02 GMT -5
“This is Faust, I have a possible witness, I’m in the process of getting some more info” Jin reported over his ear piece. “I’m sure this might cover at least a few questions” Jin stated as he took out a quarter made out of solid gold from his pocket and handed it to the dealer. There were times when being a freak came in handy. “Is this some kind of joke, who goes around caring gold quarter” the drug dealer asked Jin as he bit into the quarter making sure it was real. “That shouldn’t matter, what should is just how many quarters you want” Jin stated as he took out a handful of golden quarters from his pocket and showed them to the man. “Alright what do you want to know” the man asked, quite eager at Jin’s proposal. “A man disappeared from this spot two week’s ago, what happened to him” Jin asked the man in quite a serious voice. The man somewhat hesitated before replying, but the prospect of more gold obviously changed his mind. “It was like nothing I’ve seen before; the man just went insane, he was screaming the words “I DON’T WANT TO BE PART OF YOUR WONDERLAND” like someone was attacking him even though he was all alone”. “Eventually he collapsed to the floor, alive or dead I can’t be sure, but a few minutes later some man came, picked up his body and carried him away. “WHAT DID HE LOOK LIKE” Jin screamed at the dealer as he grabbed his collar. “I, I don’t know, it was pretty dark, he was wearing a long black overcoat and had long black hair, but that’s all I can really remember” The dealer replied, quite scarred himself.
“Thanks for the help” Jin stated as he dropped the gold quarters on the floor and began walking away. As Jin walked out of the ally he heard the screams of man behind him. “No, I didn’t tell him anything important, No, NOOOOOOOOOOOO”. Jin quickly turned around, but the dealer was gone. “What’s going on” Jin thought to himself as he looked at the empty alleyway
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Post by teamantisocial on Oct 21, 2008 20:43:46 GMT -5
"Faust, are you there?" Drake asked. Then he heard a loud "NOOOOOOO." off in the distance. The guy that he had saved jumped and screamed a little.
"He's gonna come for me...I know he is..." the man said shivering.
"Can any of you get here quick?" Drake asked. "I'm gonna ask the guy some questions, one of you get here to help me..." he turned to the guy. "Ok now calm down man, I need you to tell me what you're talking about."
"I don't know his name...he just stalks us here in the city and snatches up anyone he wants. They become mindless slaves in his attempt to take over the city...He wants to build a kingdom..." the man said shaking. Drake got a bit of a chill when he heard this guy speak. "Well he can't hurt you now, not as long as I'm here..." Drake said to help the man calm down some more.
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