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Post by Vaan Shepard on Sept 21, 2012 11:00:07 GMT -5
Vaan spoke up, "There's a terrorist using the name the Network to commit crimes against humans in order to further Otherborns."
"Yes," Mikhail nodded, taking out his phone and getting on the web. "It took some digging...but Ashe and I caught a break. When we were scoping the streets we saw a delivery truck, the one for the company "Sinatra Tuna"? The one that has that commercial with the fish acting like Frank Sinatra...?"
Silence and he shook his head, "Nevermind, anyway we spied one of their delivery trucks shipping packages to one of their warehouses a bit ago."
"Okay..." Vaan said, now as confused as Roxas, "What does that mean exactly?"
"Sinatra Tuna has been out of business for years," Ashe said, "The warehouse has been empty and unused, so why would a a delivery truck for a closed company be making rounds?"
"Could they be starting back up?" Vaan suggested.
"We looked into that," Mikhail shook his head, "The company moved to Europe and planned to do no more business here, those people were not a part of Sinatra Tuna. So we stalked the place for awhile, finally hitting a break when we saw a grey Ford pull up and guess who stepped out?"
"Dovahkiin," Vaan said, Mikhail nodded in confirmation.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 21, 2012 12:15:36 GMT -5
I raised an eyebrow. "Their cover is an out-of-business tuna company with a lame mascot and they think we won't find them?"
"It's even more important than that!" said a familiar redhead as he plopped down in a seat. "Sorry, but I couldn't keep from overhearing and it seemed important." Izzy gave a grimace. "Who do they think they are? And least have the decency to use a real shell corporation if they're doing it that way! Or, if not a shell, at least a real company! I mean, if they're going to do things in our name and mess up our reputation, they might at least have some dignity while they're at it!"
I gave a small chuckle; Izzy was the soul of genuine indignation, which was probably because he'd been one of my Network's founding members. A lot of the technological and monetary workarounds were things he'd set up - and he had an odd sense of pride.
"Especially since that website? Yeah, I looked into it. It's an exact copy of ours; everything down to the accesses and signatures I built into the code myself. It's exact. Whoever it was that got that stuff was a damn good hacker for sure, to get into the programming and copy it thoroughly like that. Either that or I gave them the code, which I know I didn't do."
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Post by Vaan Shepard on Sept 21, 2012 12:34:19 GMT -5
The three of them looked at Neku and Izzy, Mikhail gave an uncomfortable chuckle before he said, "They watch too much TV don't they."
"Must be." Vaan shrugged.
"Not everything is done like it is on TV," Ashe said, "To be honest...are they really hiding? I mean, your home base is a bar that anyone can walk into and you're hidden well? Both Networks are not really hiding, not from their crowd, just the humans."
Vaan flinched at the human bit, but said nothing: Ashe was still unaware Vaan was not Otherborn.
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Post by Aqua on Sept 21, 2012 12:56:21 GMT -5
Aqua catches that flinch and drops her anger to give Vaan a kind smile, "Be as that may be... What are we going to do with this information? Storm the place."
When he son Sini shouts out a "yeah!" and fist pumps she turns her gaze onto him. It reads like this: Sit-down-or-so-god-help-me-you're-worse-than-grounded! So he sits with a cheesy smile as Aqua adds one last thing, "Though I don't doubt we can... can take care of things, I'm worried that we might just be falling into a deadly trap." And that's one thing she won't drag her children into...
She looks around the table...
...Not any of her children.
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Post by Shiki on Sept 21, 2012 13:33:11 GMT -5
Shiki stepped into the room, listening in on the conversation for a few minutes to catch up on what she'd missed. After gathering that they'd found their target she took a seat next to Aqua, nodding at what she said. "Everything that's happened has been planned out carefully. Rushing in like we did before doesn't sound like the greatest idea. Dovahkiin may just want us to do that."
She sighed and looked around the room, "Then again, we can't just sit and do nothing..."
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 21, 2012 14:07:17 GMT -5
"I agree with Aqua and Shiki," I said, shooting Izzy a glare to keep him quiet. "Sure, he may not exactly be hiding - but using an out-of-business company's trucks? That's begging for attention. I think that's what Izzy was trying to say. Even normal people would notice that. It has to be a trap."
Izzy sighed, then shrugged. "Even if it is a trap, we still have to investigate, right? We just need to be careful. And figure out if they know that we know it's a trap. Since they set it up to be an obvious trap, it;'s probably a devious trap because if they're not stupid, they do know that we know it's a trap. We just need to keep them from knowing that we know that they know that we-"
My hand shot out to cover Izzy's mouth.
"Izzy," I told him, "I already have a headache. You're not helping." I removed my hand, still shooting him a death glare.
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Post by Ashelia McGuiness on Sept 21, 2012 14:53:39 GMT -5
"An all out assault was not my plan," Mikhail clarified. "Besides it's not just Sinatra Tuna."
"What?" Vaan asked.
"When the Dovahkiin left the warehouse we followed him," Ashe explained, "following him led us to a few more places. Wheat Valley..."
"A bread factory?" Vaan asked.
"King Louie's Lager," Ashe also listed out, "A Motor Sports store...and the All-Mart."
"All-Mart?!" Vaan coughed, "the supermarket?!"
They nodded and Vaan looked at them incredulously, "What the hell does he want with a Tuna corporation, a bread mill, a brewery, a motor sports store and a supermarket?"
"Not starting a chain-market that's for sure," Mikhail said, "Ashe and I theorized they may be separate divisions for their group, rather than use one whole place where they're sitting ducks they use many: keep in close contact with each other...like a network."
It still did sound like a trap, but it also was strange that there seemed to be so many places these people were hiding. "So what is the plan?"
"Ashe and I have a theory the All-Mart is their source for something big, they shipped a lot of trucks there and the store is big enough to hide something."
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Josh and Sophie
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Post by Josh and Sophie on Sept 21, 2012 19:41:09 GMT -5
"So, what you're proposing is that we stakeout All-Mart," Josh so blatantly asked. "--Or at least have a couple people at a time, so it wouldn't look suspicious," he quickly added.
Sophie glared at him, though it wasn't a "you need to watch what you say before you say it" sort of look.
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Post by Riku Nomura on Sept 21, 2012 23:06:50 GMT -5
That's when Xigbar decided to pipe up.
"Then it looks like you could use my help. I'm pretty good at stakeouts as well as telaport so it wouldn't be much trouble so if anyone wants to take along fine just don't drag me down or I'm leaving without ya."
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Post by Shizuo Heiwajima on Sept 22, 2012 11:51:39 GMT -5
Shizuo had received a message saying that everyone was meeting up at the Veil. Shizuo had assumed that it was something to do with the whole dragon and terrorist thing, so in he thought it in his best interests to actually show up and see what was going down. Walking into the Veil with his fists dumped in his pockets, he took his usual position beside Aqua with a frown on his face as he caught on to the tails of the conversation.
"So we're doing stakeouts now..? Great. Can't say that sort of thing's my strongpoint to be honest."
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Post by Aqua on Sept 22, 2012 12:36:58 GMT -5
When Shiki has sat next to Aqua, Sini had scooted over a little to let her, smiling to her the same time his mother did. Now when Shizuo comes over and ends up standing behind Aqua because Midori isn't budging, the blue-silver haired boy glaring up at dyed blond. Aqua meanwhile leans back so her head is touching Shizuo and she mumbles something before actually speaking.
"If we're gonna do this we're gonna need groups... People whom can work together with out causing too much of a fuss..." She places a hard, but motherly stare around the entire table, including to those whom she barely knows or knows nothing of, her old persona returning in full blow. "No one should be watching something dangerous alone after all."
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 22, 2012 12:41:45 GMT -5
Now.
What Aqua just said is what I live for.
Or at the very least is my job. Glancing around I wait to see what everyone else thinks, already developing a plan and routine in my head. I may not know everyone, but for the most part I got this one in the bag.
What's the verdict, Boss?
"We may not be, Shizuo, we haven't decided anything yet," I glance to Neku before glancing around the group, knowing its more of a vote thing than anything.
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Post by Neku Sakuraba on Sept 22, 2012 20:26:14 GMT -5
You're the coordinator, I replied.
"We've got a coordinator here," I said, putting a hand on Nami's shoulder. I think she's got a plan - let's listen to what she's got to say."
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Post by Namine Joy LeBeau on Sept 23, 2012 0:36:53 GMT -5
[Wresie already knows this is gonna sound stupid... I never do things without more information... And am really nervous regarding me and Nami's final idea for the suggestion/plan thingy... Please bare with me *ducks head*]
Taking a deep breath I nod, "Its not so much a firm plan as it is a suggestion. We need to know what's going on and we have the firm belief that All-Mart may be the big one, but that doesn't necessarily mean anything... I believe that what that boy-" I point to the one who suggested the stake out thing- "may have a good idea, if applied correctly. We'll need to truly stay on task so the usual buddy system will be changed." What? I have a usual buddy system, don't mock me!
Shifting I make sure to keep meeting everyone's gaze, taking another silent breath before continuing, "But we'll return to that later, my fear is that we'll discover nothing from just watching, I'm suggestion infiltration. A few people whom won't stick out so much - sorry Aqua and Riku, not natural hair colors especially given your age - to actually try to get behind the scenes. And maybe not just All-Mart either, but these other places as well... Its best to be thorough... But never the same person twice, nor someone well known such as Shizuo." I glance around to them all again, finally feeling that shift inside myself and begin to hear a steady confidence in my voice. "This is a choice, we don't have to do this, but we do need to learn more... Which brings us back to the stake out idea... There isn't a doubt in my mind this can be useful-" and calm the nerves of people a bit if they get to assist- "for us..."
I pause a moment, "The real question is who would work with who... We need to be compatible, but not to the point where it gets in the way of the task at hand..." I glance at Neku when I say this, meaning him and myself for the most part before my eyes go to drift quickly between Ashe and Vaan. Then I chew the inside of my cheek, loosing the confident. "... So, everyone?"
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Post by Roxas on Sept 23, 2012 12:32:54 GMT -5
"I'll do it." Roxas said with a small shrug as he scratched the back of his head almost casually, his eyes still dull with the loss of human life. He still couldn't quite get over the fact that a woman had died earlier in the day. He looked across at the blonde coordinator somewhat sheepishly, he'd not been in the Network long and he felt like he was thrusting himself into the limelight somewhat, but if the shoe fits...
"I mean, as far as I know I look normal, nothing about me particularly stands out and I'm pretty sure barely anybody here actually knows my name so we don't have to worry about that front. As for compatibility... Well~ I don't really know you... So that could be a potential issue..." He chuckled loosely.
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