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"Hi, Adam!" chorused the twins.
"Hello," said Lexi.
"Ooh, brownies!" Jackie noticed them just before Diane did because she was first through the door. Both of them took a deep breath, then looked at Adam. "May we try one?" asked Diane.
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[I] Okay find out what's going on. I doubt I can get out just to talk.[/i] She looked at the window making plans to escape.
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Sandra went back to doing her normal work. She was more action person than planning. Mildly she wonders why so many people order pumpkin spice lattes as well as the pumpkin muffins. Must be the gimmick of a limited time.
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2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
A man walked into the coffee shop. He is slightly shorter than most other humans and a bit skinny with short black hair and blue eyes, wearing casual clothes.
He went over to take his place in the line of people, waiting for his turn while somewhat suspiciously glancing around the coffee shop. It might even seem he was looking for something or someone.
"Yes. Your mothers said you may have one each." Adam responded. The girls cheered as they scampered over to the kitchen's bar cutout and clambered up into the stools. As Adam walked into the kitchen, two more arms grew out of its lower torso. Its upper arms prepared plates on the bar as the lower arms reversed their joints and stretched out to remove the second batch of brownies from the oven behind Adam.
As it chatted perfunctorily with the girls, Adam established a direct link with Lexi. [i]We wish to know more about your previous work with this group 3A. May we view the records of your jobs?[/i]
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The files Lexi sent to Adam were fairly complete written reports, with personal information about those she'd worked with and details of their security arrangements being redacted. That her first job was, essentially, to break into a police evidence warehouse, was still evident, as were the lengths to which they were prepared to go to avoid casualties among those working there. So were the efforts of the 3A permanent staff to stop the slaughter that their competition seemed to take for granted...
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Sandra looked at the new customer as he walked to the counter "Hello, welcome to the Daily Grind. How may I serve you?"
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[I] so this 3A group is kind of cloak and dagger stuff? Not sure my energy blasters are stealthy. I'm kind of the blast things apart type.[/I]
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Lexi replied to Simone's question. [I]Sometimes stealthy is needed. And sometimes things need to be blasted apart. Both of my trips overseas with 3A only required not being spotted as unusual until it was time to start punching. I can ask what this mission is likely to involve, then let you know.[/I]
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He looked at Sandra as he approached the counter. "I don't want coffee at the moment." He gave her a slight smile. "I'm looking for a... 'job'." He put special emphasis on the word job, as if it meant something more than a simple job in the coffee shop.
Adam read through the files at high speed, memorizing their contents as it served the brownies to the girls along with a small dollop of french vanilla ice cream.
[I]We do not understand the purpose of sections of the text being marked over with black ink. Please explain? [/i]
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"I take it the temporary job offer? Now where is that" She makes an act of looking for an application "somewhere here is the 3A form... now where is it? Oh well, you need to speak to management." She smiled and motioned over to them. Figuring they would have over heard her.
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2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Jayde did overhear, in fact she was heading towards them. She said not a word, but motioned to the skinny man to have a seat at the table where Roxi was parusing the tablet. She had finished the breifing with the others and was now sitting alone again.
Steel was watching everything with protective stares, and then spoke up to sandra. "you joining the fun?" asking if not she was intending on heading out with the others.
[I]Those are areas that are not my secrets. Many people, of all varieties, have things they would rather others did not know. Sometimes it is just a personal preference, sometimes there are people who would use the information against them. Sometimes they are secrets that should be revealed, if only a way could be found that wouldn't endanger others. But just as I do not reveal their secrets without a good reason, they will not carelessly reveal yours either, should they learn any.[/I]
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The guy nodded and walked over to the table where Roxicon was sitting to sit down next to her. "So where are we going? And more importantly, what are we doing?" He looked at her, then at the tablet his facial expression becoming more serious now.
Roxi studied the stranger quickly, and said nothing. Steel spoke up behind the stranger "First of all, That is Roxi, I'm steel ....the rest will come after the contract is laid out." he stood there a moment then stepped back a few paces as Jayde came from around the counter.
Roxi had said n othing for about five minutes. She was eyeing up the stranger across from her. Then she finally spoke up" More formal introductions are in order i believe"..shefinally formally introduced herself and the other members who were sitting close. Then asked "and you are???"
[i]We understand. We will assist you with this task. When do you wish to depart?[/i] Adam asked, now quite curious about what they would be doing and where.
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"Very well." The man smiled once again. "You can refer to me as Faux. To put it simply, this is not my real appearance." He motioned with his hand across his face. "Would you also require my real name?"
[I]After this batch of brownies are done will do; Mama Marianne will be back about then to keep the twins from too much mischief. I'll send a message to let them know we're interested an will be over in about a half hour. Simone, I'll also let them know we might have someone else who might like to help, see if they object to my telling you what the job is when they haven't met you yet.[/I]
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The text to the number Roxi had given her read, [I][font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] and one other will be there in approx. 30 minutes. Possible third person interested, as well.[/I]
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Roxi looked away from the stranger and down at her data pad. A slight smile peered through her visage and she sent a quick reply to Aiko...'ever been to bermuda?...pack your bathing suit'......is all it said. Having had Aiko on teams before she knew she could trust and more importantly was glad to have her assistance. She then excused herself, and walked over and whispered in Jaydes ear. jayde smiled and then said.. "c'mon muscles, we got a gig" as she grabbed steel and headed out the door.
Roxi then sat back down with the skinny man and said, "ok Faux, where is it youd like to help? Miami or bermuda?"...then she looked at her pad again....and what is it you're looking for in return?"
As jayde hopped in a silver audi SUV parked out front she hit a button on the dash as she pulled away with steel. Aiko's phone started to ring....
"Well, if you would describe to me what needs to be done in each place, perhaps i can tell you where my talents would be more useful." He had an almost smug smile. "And seeing as how this was described as a job, i'm looking to be payed money."
[font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] answered the call internally, so as not to let her sisters hear; the sound not actually being vibrations in the air until the signal reached Jayde's sound system. It also avoided the problem of having her mouth full of brownie. "Hello Jayde. I understand 3A has a project going on. Can I make this a conference call?"
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Miami or Bermuda? Most people would be happy to go to such locations. Lush beaches, salty air, bright sun, and the atmosphere. Most people aren't a composite of space born silicon based lifeforms acting as a collective intelligence. All Sandra Rose was thinking was salt, wet air, and ocean. Okay so Sandra was Hydrophobic can you blame her water and ice was something that can harm her. Then there was the salt oh the salt that can build up in her and cause well basically short circuits in the matrix of her being. " Miami or Bermuda? As in beaches, oceans, saltwater..?" She said and shook her head trying to focus on her 'Day' job.
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1.) Nothing goes as planned.
2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
"conference call?" jayde replied to Aiko, "Hell hun, i was sent to pick you up".....she said as she drove the suv hastily towards thier destination. "um by the way, where are you?" she asked as she ran through an intersection a little too fast. "we'll breif the team in the car on the way to the airport. " she turned a sharp corner. "anyone that you vouch for is ok in our book, so tell me where to gather the troops ok ?" she pulled up to a small shop and right before she hopped out she said " i mean tell steel, i gotta run in here a sec" ...
she left the car running to not drop the call, and ran into a little botique store she had pulled up in front of.
"looks like shes doing some last second shopping " steel continued the conversation while staring at the shop windows. There were all different colors of bikinis and other beach apparell on display. "Hopefully she wont be long"...then he muttered "can't see them covering her weapons well, or anything else for that matter"...
Roxi sat a second and then turned to Faux," actually im going to send you wth jayde and the rest to bermuda." she then slid the tablet over so he could see the figure on the screen. "thats what will be waiting for you in an account in the caymens when you complete the job, " she looked at him again "agreed? if so then hop a taxi and meet the group here " she touched the screen and an adress of a private airport showed up.
Faux looked over the figure twice, then said "Agreed." then glanced at the private airport address and memorized it. "Got it, but I won't need a taxi." He sat there for a moment waiting to see if Roxi had anything else to say.
"OK, Steel, whenever Jayde gets done, come pick up me and MIMIC at the corner." A pin showed up on Jayde's sat nav display, not far from JDHS in Old Bradford. "But Scattershot will need info to convince her dad to release her from the grounding, or to convince her it's important enough to tell him she's going anyway. One moment..." Steel would hear the ringing at the same time as Simone heard the ringtone she'd assigned to [font=lucida bright]AIko's[/font] "superhero business phone".
Meanwhile, Lexi got out a box of bags and started bagging some of the brownies that had cooled for a while. She also texted Adam, [I]Steel and Jayde will be picking us up down the street in a bit, I'm finding out what the job is and checking with Simone.[/I]
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As Lexi was bagging, the oven dinged and Adam turned around to remove the second batch of brownies. It then turned off the oven and cleaned the girls bowls after setting the brownie pan on a cooling rack. [i]Should we bring anything with us or alter our appearance?[/i]
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Simone picked up the phone line "This is Scattershot, what's the situation?" she figure it might be best not to let anyone else listening in know about the text messaging going on. She also headed downstairs muting the phone's mic "Dad can I go and save the world it's like important!"
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"Scattershot, meet Steel. Steel, Scattershot and MIMIC worked with me when those mind-controlled cyborgs attacked Alexandria a few weeks ago. So, where are we going and what will we be doing?"
[I]I'm thinking Kurt Russell when he played The Computer, but dressed like Jack Burton.[/i] Uncle Val had rented both movies recently, and recommended them as "appropriate for this family." So they'd all watched them. The twins had been laughing all the way through both...
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Though Adam still had trouble grasping the concept of humor and had spent most of both movies confused, it had paid very close attention to all of the details. With a ripple, it took on the youthful appearance of Kurt in [i]The Computer Wore Tennis Shoes[/i], but lost some of the youth by adopting Jack Burton's mullet and stubble. It's t-shirt and dark jeans changed to the white tank top with the 'Asian' motif, light jeans, and boots Jack Burton wore in [i]Big Trouble in Little China[/i].
Adam turned to face Lexi. [i]Is this acceptable?[/i]
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Lexi nodded. [I]It looks good. The stubble is a nice touch.[/I]
Diane commented on the change. "Looks too young to be Jack-"
Jackie interrupted. "Unless your trying to not quite look like him. Maybe-"
D: "A costume party? No, then you'd want to look just right. How about-"
J: "A trip to the Danger Room at the Maul? No, you wouldn't need to change for that. Maybe-"
Both: "You're going on a mission?"
Lexi sighed. "Sometimes I don't know why I bother trying to keep secrets from them."
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Steel greeted the newer faces and gave lexi a smile. "Good to see you again" Jayde did the same then they headed off towrds the airport.
While in transit she breifed them. "heres the situation, Blue and Glen went to miami to check up on some gun runners that we know." she turned a corner and stopped at a light,
"these runners actually work with us, delivering arms where we need them to, and that all i can say on the matter. However when a shipment didnt get to its proper destination, Blue took Glen and decided to check it out. "....they dissapeared . She paused..."we recently received a coded message from one of them that just said one word , Bermuda"
She motioned to steel to hand everyne thier data pads. "we're heading to bermuda, while the others " she was referring to heart, syl, lilly, "they are going to miami first and start at the last known location of blue and glen." she pointed ahead of them. "theres the airport"
She drove through a gate and down a long road to a hangar . She then hit a button on her visor and the hangar door slid open, quite fast for a door that size. When she took the car in it closed just as fast.
She hopped out and motioned to a table near a small office like structure inside the hanagr. "ok we're going under the guise of wealthy , spoiled , young tourists" she walked up and displayed the items on the table. There were sunglasses, jewelry, clothes, bags, shoes..all the itmes were high end. "Plus "she said, "everything has dual purposes.
She grabbed a Coach brand bag saying "oo this is cute" and brought it over. "this bag has a transmiter for one way signaling, plus concealment pouches for these" she then produced her pistols, two brand new walther ppq 9MM , max capacity. "It can even be scanned and it will hide them" then she smiled, "plus it goes great with these" she grabbed a pair of Coach sandals. Everyone equip as you see fit, for weapons see steel, oh and go in and get your id made with him as well. Steel was heading towards the small office room.
[font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] followed Steel into the office. "Who are we today?"
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Eric looked at his daughter "Heroes are always saving the world. What's so important that I let you out of you being grounded?" Simone pouted "Okay there a group AIko worked with before called 3A or something. Some of their agents vanished and there some gun runners. Face it daddy, the Children of Science are more resistant to guns then some squishy people."
Sighing he tapped the phone cutting into the phone connection AIKO had with Scattershot. "AIko, this is Monitor as you know she's grounded. If you want her to join this trip with the 3A group fill me in. Missing agents and gun shipments aren't something she been designed to handle. As you know she's the groups heavy arms range. So why should I let her out to go to who knows where to save some agents?"
"DAD you can cut into my transmissions? That's... that's unfair." He smiled "It's called being a Parents we aren't fair we are protective."
Pouting again "Steel sir? Can you fill in my Father why he should allow me to go to Bermuda?" "WHAT? Bermuda? As in my teenage modeled android going out of the country to a tropical Island when she's technically not even a year old? This better be WORLD ending stuff if I allow that!"
Given the line was open to Steel as well the whole Father daughter discussion was sent.
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Sandra came over "Roxi what shall be my assignment. You know my issues with water..." shivers. "However I shall perform with my standard level of effectiveness depending of humidity levels in the air."
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Steel did his best to inform Eric of the details. He explained, the weapons, the possible links to terrorism, and the fact that if blue and glen arent in communication regularly, there is something major going on. Not being the best at this, he hoped was convincing enough.
A few moments later Aiko walked in and asked her question. Steel turned to her and basically said, "whomever you want to be" he directed her to a small machine hooked up to a laptop. "pick a name and identity", there were loads that could be mismatched, from college kids, to young entrepeneurs. "just make sure they fit someone who would be arriving on a charted flight". He was referring to the Gulf stream jet also in the hangar . The luxury plane, loaded with amenities, and high end items was to be thier transport.
Roxi had thought awhile before responding to sandras question of where she was needed. Then she finally spoke up..."i could use you here, in this town."
She handed her a tablet to peruse about the last infop blue had sent in. It showed bank accounts, warehouses, business fronts, and a few odd names. Some of the names were familiar. A few officers they knew, and a local politician. "why dont we check these leads out here?" she asked sandra. "I was gong to do it myself, but could use a person with your talents". After letting sandra read everything on the tablet, she asked "what do you think our first move is?" she spoke softer..."i say we check out here" she ponted to a building on the tablet, It was an office building with multiple business on each floor. It was also mentioned more than once in the breifings.
Adam, still unsure about what to do or how to conduct itself on an operation of this nature, had quietly followed AIko into Steel's office. It looked over her shoulder at the list of identities. "Perhaps the third and fourth names on the list? They are siblings?" It asked, having noticed that the identities had the last name.
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"Monitor, that is why I copied the text to you [url=http://cityoftitans.com/comment/101667#comment-101667]earlier[/url]. If you decide it is not important enough, then she doesn't go and we will hope that her absence is not critical. My parents have met the people who comprise 3A, if you want to ask their opinions..." (If Steel is still in earshot of [font=lucida bright]AIko[/font], he may notice that he's only hearing it on the phone ^_^)
To MIMIC she replied, "Those could work. Perhaps we should wait to decide, until Monitor decides whether Scattershot will be joining us..."
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"Very well but you are in charge of her AIko she's still technically grounded. No sightseeing or visits to the beach. Mission only got that?" Eric said as he got up and headed for the van. "Get your things Simone, I load up the defender battle armor. No, flying with that one you be grounded in more than one way. AIko I'm sending her with a new combat mod it's has a stronger force field generator system that can provide protection for more than just her. The downside is the power for the enhanced field generators reduces total combat offence and there was no room for flight systems. You would need to stay near her for some of the more advanced fields."
As Eric loaded up the combat system she packed her bags and came rushing downstairs. "Ready we meet you at the Airport AIko and Mimic! You to Steel."
It wasn't long after that he pulled up to the airport and Simone got out looking every bit like a teenager going on a holiday. Eric sighed "So not what being grounded should be." He got out and walking with his canes went to the back of the van opening it was a large trunk. "Will one of you help with this. The gear is heavy... and I trust that 3A group folks have means of getting special equipment past security?"
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2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
After Monitor made his decision, [font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] made hers. She sprinted over to the nearby hangar where the Gooney Bird was being vacuum-proofed. Security on the hangar was much better than it had been when that lupine female had broken in and stolen a portable fusion generator, but being on the access list made it easy to get in. She came back with a box in time to help unload Scattershot's trunk and to assure Monitor, "Oh, yes, it shouldn't be a problem."
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"aye lass, " steel said loudly..."no worries there". Steel continued on outside to meet Eric face to face for some more assurances. Jayd had walked out of the office , and then continued to gather a few more items from the table. Not only was she bringing her PPQs, her new pistols, she also started loading mags for her old favorites, the FNfive seven.They were her old trustly weapons she used time and time again. she loved the high velocity of the 5.7 HV rounds it used. As she finished her last mag, she said quite loudly "WHEELS UP IN 10"...so everyone could hear. Then she asked anyone around her," anyone unsure of what to bring weapons wise?" she looked around, "if so , grab one of these, " she motioned to the glock 9 and beretta pistols "reliable, accurate, and uses very common ammo if needed to scrounge".........She then walked over to a locker near the office door, and opened it up. In it were three assault rifles. Some of her personal collection. she thought a moment and then grabbed one. HK g-3. She slung the wepon over her shoulder and headed to the plane "wheels up in 8" she said as she glanced at the time.....
Simone went to get the Glock and her papers. As soon as she was out of sight Eric went around the van and Steel would catch him with tears in his eyes. He brushes them off seeing steel "That girl got too much of her mother in her. She always wanted to go to Bermuda, guess in a way she is. I don't give a rats ass about your people or some cloak and dagger operation. Before she died she had a bucket list, on that list was Bermuda. Take care of my girl, believe me if something happens to her you will need an army to stop me."
Eric then climbed back into his van "Just ask AIko, or Tinker Belle if you want details of what a mad robotic scientist can do when angry."
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2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Once Simone was out of sight of Monitor, [font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] opened the box she'd brought. Inside was a western-style gunbelt with two definitely non-western pistols in the holsters. "Electrolasers, in case you want a non-lethal option. As effective as a taser, out to about a hundred meters."
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Jayde sat in the cockpit going over pre-flight checks. Steel had just nodded to Eric and tapped the van as it drove away. He then looked over at the group of people coming with them. A smirk came over his face as he watched the young ones go over weapons, papers, and the other equipment. "not very threatening looking" he muttered to himself as he kept going over in his mind how young everyone looks. "perfect for this" he said outlod again to himself. "we all ready?" he said alot louder hoping everyone had heard. "breifing on the plane "......
After choosing an identity, Adam moved over to the gear table and packed a bag with clothing it wouldn't actually need. It stepped behind a partition with the bag and another set of clothing. Making sure no one was looking, its appearance rippled and changed so that it was wearing the board shorts, swim shoes, and Hawaiian shirt. It then shoved the actual clothing into the bag and headed to the weapons table.
Adam picked up several weapons and examined them, but with more than just its fingers and eyes. It subtly extruded streams of nanocells that crawled into the machinery of each gun so that it could learn how each one worked, allowing it to mimic them. For show, it packed two of the Walthers and ammo into hidden pouches, then headed over to where the rest had gathered near the plane. Adam migrated to where AIko and Simone were, nodding at Simone in greeting. It established direct links with both of them. [i]We hope we are performing well.[/i]
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The plane was in air in no time. The taxi it took seemed rushed and as it took off everyone felt the g forces pushing them into thier seats. As it leveld to cruising speeds, steel left the cockpit and came back to the passenger cabin. He immediately started handing out tablets to everyone. "as you see here" he held his tablet up and then enlarged a screen, an over view of bermuda, " this place is a paradise" he cleared his throat." we're goin under the guise of spoiled rich tourists to try and figure out whats going on and why the last transmission we received from blue said bermuda. Roxi did some digging and found out that these three hotels are owned by the same people we were dealing with in the arms deal. Offshore holding companies of course, but all roads leading back to them. " the three hotels now were circled in red on thier pads. they were the Sea Turtle, Golden beaches resort, and the Wind Sailor. "all of these is where we are going to start. the problem is" he paused " we dont even know what were looking for"....he handed eacvh of them another small pouch. "In these is 5 thousand cash and two gold cards apeice"....the passed the last two out. " that should complete the guise. Now again we don't even know if its the right play, to act like spoiled tourists, but its the best idea we can come up with. mainly because if ask odd questions and throw some cash around it will seem more normal than not. " he waited for them to take it in. "any questions? or any ideas?...we're all ears"
[font=lucida birght]AIko[/font] made a copy of the data in her own memory. "Will we all be at the same hotel, or will we be splitting up until someone finds something to concentrate on?"
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"Separate hotels? That's kind of dumb. Think about it one teenager going to Bermuda on their own? Not very logical, however three teens going are more likely, more so with a guardian. Right Steel?" She looked back out the window "Flying like this is kind of boring."
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"aye lass" steel agreed, "we're booked into the Golden beaches resort. Jayde and i will be sharing a room, and the three of you will be in a suite".......he looked at them and smiled, "and yes we will be posing as your guardians". With that Steel made his way to the cockpit and peeked his head in. "This thing has such nice handling" jayde said when she knew he was there. "So much different from the stuff they usually make us fly"..she laughed slightly to herself. Steel laughed along with her for a second than returned to the seats with the rest. "we'll be landing soon" he said flatly. "so who wants to do what first?" he asked jokingly, as if they were actually tourists.
"Charter a boat, or rent jet skis? There seems to be even more coastline than back in Titan City..."
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The plane had a normal landing, and they were met by the standard officials checking documents and such as they arrived at the private terminal. Once lceared, they were wished well, and told to have fun and enjoy themselves. The standard greeters of young people, tan and such handed them fliers, and offered suggestions for restaurants and the like.
"Jeebus" steel muttered, "its like they wont go away".....jayde just smiled and chuckled to herself alittle. "you'll have to excuse our grumpy elder here.".....she said to the next group of well wishers and greeters. "he has't had his bran today".... after that she walked over to Aiko and said..."Now dear, why don't you and your friends go have some fun" she tspped her pad real quick. "this place looks like a great place for a nice cocktail or two, and its on the beach." She had sent a beach bar location to Aiko and was pretty much askiong her to take the others there and check it out. "Now remeber, unlce Trent should be around, hopefully we can catch up with him. " she was referring to an alias Glenshadow used, along with the name she sent Aiko information on his credit cards, and such. She knew if anyone could acess the system to see if they were used and maybe even by who, it would be Aiko. "grumpy here and i will get our rooms together, your key will be att the front desk ok hun?" she played the part well, even giving aiko a little kiss on the cheek. "Go have some fun now ok?"...
[font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] nodded, and began scanning for Wi-Fi nodes and other radio communications hubs. Some of them would be unsecured, others would be less secured than their users thought, and some would have good security. It was one of the latter that provided access to a local bank, which would then let her access the credit card companies... She was scanning the records before they arrived at the beach bar.
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Simone took some of the offered fliers and hummed to her self as she followed AIko. Once the were closer to the beach bar she pulled off her shirt reveling a bright yellow bikini top. "I always wanted to come here it was on my bu.. " she stopped "where did that thought come from." Shaking her head "Think we can sweet talk the bar tender for something that has a kick?"
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The Wifi links Aiko was able to acess, even the difficult ones, seemed innocent enough. The millions of transactions recorded seemed to offer no clues. Then she came upon an odd thing. Aiko, for the best of her abilities, could'nt acess one of the links. It was as if everytime she tried, she would be shut out again.
The small street leading to the bar was filled with tourists. The little shops bustled with customers eager to be there. People passed the group and some waved, nodded, other walked right past. People here seemed happy and friendly, just glad to be here. The girls were even propositioned a few times. The crowd wasn't unbearable, but did make the journey a little longer. As they approached the bar, 'Low Tide Lounge' , they saw another group of what appeared to be college kids , gathered en masse all around it. They were drinking and talking loudly, slapping each other and laughing. Typical young people ruckus. As the group got closer, they were waved to, called over, and even approached by two girls in bikinis. "Hey there " they said in almsot unison then laughed a little about it. "You're Gamma delta Gamma right?" they asked excitedly. "what chapter, or school?" one of them spoke up fast. The other waved to someone else, and a frat guy ran them over three cups full of some tropical cocktail. .....
Steel, after flining the suitcases on the beds, turned to Jayde and said, "Whats our play here?".....he looked at jayde, "you trust the younger ones at the bar alone?"
Jayde replied plainly...."two of them i don't know, however, i trust Aiko. She has proved herself many a time, and she trusts the others. "......she said it mater of factly, like there should be no more discussion on the topic. Steel spoke up" i wasn't saying what you're thinking, Im asking do you think they can get it done?, and should we be with them if ther shit hits the fan."........Jayde looked at steel and smiled "while you old softy you.....you worry about the kids like that."......."I remeber a time when it wouldnt have been a second thought"......."Aye, times have changed" he said back to her, his hand subconsciouly going to a small medalion he had in his pocket. The medallion was tiny and all it had on it was a shamrock and an emerald colored sword.
In three of the four of the previous times [font=lucida bright]AIko[/font] had run into a firewall she could not slip through, another AI had been acting as SysOp: ESSI at JDHS, her counterpart* at Ephesus, and M.A.N.D.I.E. somewhere in the Rocky Mountains. The fourth might have been an AI, or maybe a cyborg, or possibly a technopath, and hopefully the death toll could be kept down the next time he showed up... Physical entry might be required if they found any evidence that the link was connected with the disappearance of Blue and Glen.
"M.I.T. I'm Emily." Lexie accepted the drink. "Thanks!" She drank it slowly, as if she was not used to alcoholic beverages. She analyzed the mixture as it went down, the water to be extracted and separated, the remainder - including the alcohol, which was a majority of the remaining liquid - to be stored for eventual elimination. "mmm, tasty. Guava?"
*Whatever name the devs may decide to give to the Ephesus school computer.
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Adam had been fairly quiet, focused on observing its surroundings as they walked to the beach. When Simone had suggested getting something with a kick, it established a direct link with her. [i]We do not see the purpose in that action, since it will have no effect on our artificial bodies. Furthermore, said action could attract the attention of the resort's security forces, thereby hampering our ability to participate in the operation. That seems highly inadvisable to us.[/i]
At that moment, two females approached, talking and giggling. They were soon joined by a male, who passed out drinks. "Sup brah!" he said to Adam, grabbing its free hand and going in for a bro hug. Adam returned the greeting. "C'mon, I'll introduce you to the brothers! Name's Devon, by the way."
"Cody." It said in reply as Devon practically dragged it over to the other guys.
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[i] for someone who very being is designed to blend in. You aren't very good at it.[/i] She smiles taking one of the cocktails "I'm Janet. Janet Rice. I'm kind of a psychology major. More to the point AI psychology. That why I met Emily here she's the techie and I'm the one that tries to under stand how the tech thinks. It's kind of a new form of psychology given how AI's are now getting so complex you can't tell them apart from humans thinking. With how the whole ALX androids mess Norton Robotics had a few years ago it's kind of needed."
She smiled and drank her drink "But I so didn't come here to talk about school. What are the best clubs? You guys have been around long enough to scoop out the night life right?"
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The firewall Aiko couldnt get past was determined to not be from this location. She was able to triangulate it somewhat, or its source rather. The odd thing was, it was out at sea, not on the main island.
"Hi emily" the young woman in fornt of her had said, "nice to meet you"..... "M.I.T, huh?"..she paused..."that means you're really smart."..she said all this as she was trying to lead Aiko to the bar for refills....
"Yo bros" Devon spoke up to a group of guys, "this is Cody".......a few of them turned and gave the 'whats up' nod , some came up and offered a fist bump, and some either ignored him, or were too drunk to care. "yo Cody" one yelled , "you Ball?" he shouted as he held up a football......it appeared he was trying to get a game of beach football going.......
The girls stood staring at the one who introduced herself as Janet for bit, trying to comprehend what she just said..."wow..over my head sweetie" one spoke up with a slurred speech. "need a refill?" she then asked.
"I thought I was, until I got there... But I do a bit of tutoring in math and computer science on the side for some of the Harvard students." She smiled broadly. "The 'statistical probability' tutoring can be quite profitable if you can conceal your own tells." As she euphemistically referred to games of chance, [font=Lucida Bright]AIko[/font] sent the approximate coordinates of the offshore node to Steel and Jayde, with a query about satellite resources available to get pictures...
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Adam looked over at the one with the ball and nodded.
"Yes, I have played before." it said, telling a little white lie. The mothers had played catch with all of them to hone hand-eye coordination and Adam had played with Jackie and Diane. But the practice had been with a tennis ball and the play had been with a racquetball. This would be the nanoswarm's first experience with a football.
"Awesome! Go long!" The one holding the ball called out.
Adam took a half-second to process the command, then hared off down the beach, looking over it's shoulder briefly to calculate the trajectory of the ball. It had been overthrown and Adam wasn't sure it would get under it in time.
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"Still say you cheat that last game Emily." She smiled "Sure I take another. How about a margarita instead?"
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2.) If it goes as planned it's not good RP
Jayde was sitting at the table in the room when Aikos message came in. She looked at the cooridinates and then turned to steel. "looks like were going fishing"....She said this as she sent a reply to Aiko. "Can you meet us here?" her reply contained a pier number and dock.
Emily came back with two really large margaritas....and handed one off. "These things knocked me on my ass yesterday"....she laughed.
The overthrown ball came down at an arc that Adam would have to use special abilities to catch.........
Adam made a dive for the ball at the last second, but it landed a few feet from its fingertips. It flipped over and did a kip-up, then trotted over and grabbed the ball. Adam tossed the ball into the air a few times to get a feel for its weight and aerodynamics, then threw a perfect spiral to Devon, who had trotted up the beach so they formed a rough triangle.
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