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"Looks like we have a small welcoming committee. Nissa, once we get closer I'd like you to do a fly over and see if you can spot any hidden enemies/ambushers just out of sight of the dock. Theo, I'd like you to be the face of the group and see if you can hold their attention. I'm going to wait on the boat with Kai to see how things go." Verve glanced at Kai and said "Speaking of, how good are you at sneaking around and not being seen or heard?"
Verve looks out through binoculars as the ship approached it's destination.
Get a VPN Tarren. It's pretty dope for lots of reasons, including accessing netflix stuff from other regions. @Nissa: There used to be a bar that would do Friday night showings of The Big Lebowski on their projector and sold white russians in the city I used to live in (which still might be going on, cause I haven't been there in almost a decade).
"I feel as though having the wand they were trying to ship to an island on the island they were trying to ship it to is a bad idea. Honestly, we should probably destroy it, but I don't know if it's feasible/possible to do."
"I agree with Charles. Better to be safe for now, and take our time investigating the wand when we're in a more controlled environment."
I actually watched the first season of Umbrella Academy. I didn't know a second season was out (I cancelled my Netflix cause I realized I wasn't enjoying the content available, and they cancelled the marvel tv series, which was my reason for having netflix in the first place).
"Congratulations and I'm sorry about your new promotion Dr. Preston. Being the one in charge is never as easy as it seems." Verve then turned towards the assembled group and said "Okay, so our mission is pretty clear: go to a mysterious island and stop the plans of an apparently dimension-hopping group of meddlers. Seems simple enough."
"Unless time is fixed, in which case the wife always made the call and always erased the baby."
If you were going to use it to play a non-pbp game, I'd recommend Feng Shui - the system is really easy to pick up and it has time travel built directly into the main plot.
Verve arrives in her costume the next morning, fully geared up for their next mission. She declines to eat the proffered bagels and donuts and instead is eating a power bar.
GO TEAM VENTURE!: "You should be prouder of who you are. You're amazing." said Verve as she patted Charles on the arm. "I'm proud of you, at any rate. I don't think I could have gone through what you did and stay as good a person as you are."
At the Warehouse: Verve calls upon her power and uses it to push one of the androids into the assassin vine.
Okay, let's do this: leaving the side area, Verve allowed the cameras to see her then said "While the investigation is still ongoing, there are a few things I can share. I and my friend were alerted by Police to activity at this warehouse, which is being guarded by rather dangerous plants - we had discovered this during a previous incident and were keeping an eye out for further activity. The fine officers in the BPD alerted us to something happening here, and we responded." As she talked, Verve walked over, picked up the dropped tablet, powered it off, and handed it to police. "What caught our attention was that this warehouse was being guarded by this thing" Verve picked up a rock and flung it at the Assassin Vine to show it reacting.
What an odd turn of events: "Of course I will be happy to give a statement to the media, but first I need to question these alleged criminals." Verve pulled the two men into the warehouse and started with "Which of you owns this warehouse or rented it?"
GM and Charles: "Of course officers. Happy to help. I do have a few questions now, if you don't mind?"
Of my days and my nights!: "It's fine now. I'm sure these officers will be able to take things from here." calls out Verve, before turning to the man who was holding the tablet and saying "you're not planning on resisting arrest, are you?"
Charles in Charge: Verve sends the crystal she had floating above her hand into the Assassin Vine.
GM and Charles: "drop the tablet our I'll drop you." Verve said, one of her crystals hovering above her hand.
Team Not Nissa:
Charles and GM:
GM and Charles: Verve moved in unison with Charles, then opted to lift him upon onto the truck and sat him down quietly. She herself opted to move to the other side of the dock, away from the lethal plants. As the men argued, she cleared her throat and said "I'm pretty sure that those are illegal. Please raise your hands and you won't be shot." She then touched her hand to her ear as if listening to an earpiece and said "Oh, ya, our sniper and the giant shapeshifter would appreciate it if you didn't try to fight back. Personally, I hope you do; I need to blow off a little steam, as it's been a long day."
GM + Charles: Verve pays the driver and thanks him, then turns to Charles and says "Shall we?" She then exited the cab and put on her mask as she did. "Be careful of those vines. They have claimed several lives already. Let's start by seeing what's in the truck."
I had thought you were doing something else or I would have invited you Charles.
Charles and GM:
"Ya, I just got contacted by the police regarding something that happened earlier and was just about to go check it out. Why don't you come with me?" Verve responds to Kai's message with a text message: Charles and I are investigating something that came up before our last mission. We should hopefully be back shortly.
GM: "Thank you. we'll go check it out." She then looked around, and everyone was gone. Shrugging, she went and put on civilian clothes and went outside to catch a cab.
At Kai's exclamation, Verve made a small correction "Actually, what we do is jump into the worlds of fictional works, not actual historical periods, although it is possible to jump into a place that is very similar to some place in our past or future if a book was written about it I suppose." "They" Verve indicates the world 12 agents "actually ARE from another dimension. It's kinda like that old skyfy tv show Sliders."
Verve looks and Kai and says "It relates to what we're doing here. You do know that much, right?"
"Well, we should probably lock down that information, just to be sure. Also, I still don't trust Preston. He hasn't earned it yet."
"Once you have verified if the data has been accessed, we should destroy that card. Better that it's completely gone than having the chance of falling into enemy hands."
I had something similar happen to me when I first moved into my current apartment, and after about 2 months of internet dropping or being basically unsuable (Which was a non-starter for me at the time cause I was monitoring servers in the evenings as a side gig) I told them that I would be suing for breach of contract if they didn't fix the internet and that I wasn't paying if they had to have a technician come and fix it; they sent a technician, who found the faulty wire on like the 3rd try, snipped it out, and then replaced it. He then told me that I was the first Centurylink customer he'd ever seen that had his work covered by the company.
"We've secured the data card. What is the situation with Portly there? I sent Theo that way to see about helping." "Oh, and I recruited us a tech expert, as we were sorely lacking one."
"Okay, we have it secured. Let me update Nissa and see what's happening there." Nissa: Nissa gets a call request from Verve, and a text that says put in your headphones so they can't hear us talk.
"We should probably start with the newly bolted on stuff first then go from there."
GO TEAM VENTURE!:
Verve looks to Theo and says "Theo, I need you to take Charles and buy some time. Nissa is being harrassed by some soldiers." She then looks to Kai and starts to talk, and is then interrupted by a text and finishes her sentence "Kai, I know you just joined the team, but...I need you to come with me." Finally, she looks into the camera and says "Hold onto home." before ending the call. Turning back to Theo, Verve says "They're here. I need you two to stop them from taking Portly if at all possible, but don't actually attack the soldiers. I don't really want to be hunted by the American Government if I can help it." She then turns to Kai and says "I know it's short timing, but how fast can you make a scanner that can detect data cards behind solid objects?"
Nissa and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat: In the background, Nissa can hear Verve say "Theo, I need you to take Charles and buy some time. Nissa is being harrassed by some soldiers.", then "Kai, I know you just joined the team, but...I need you to come with me?" Both times, she is speaking to someone "off camera". She then turns back to look at the camera and says "Hold onto hope." before cutting off the call.
Everyone but Navi....err....Nissa:
"You can call me Verve. I was Escalation's sidekick. That pile of manliness is Theo, and this lovely young man is Charles. Welcome aboard." Verve's comm then rings and she answers.
Nissa: "How goes the unplanned and unsanctioned interrogation?"
Nissa's too good to hang out with us *Sniff*: Verve pauses then says "Charles has a good point. We'll need a technical specialist, as proven on the ship; Welcome to the team.....what was your name again?"
Yes, cause Nissa is busy talking to someone I would just beat up: Verve looks at the holographic display and says "This is really good work. Did you make this?" she passes her hand through it and adds "There's no image distortion. this is really well made." Verve taps her chin and rather bluntly asks "Do you have any powers?"
Everyone by Nissa, cause NYAH!: "We are indeed. It's an odd process, but it does seem to work. What project are you working on?"
Verve was about to say something, but then Theo speaks and she decides to let him lead the way.
"No idea. I went to take a shower and change and everyone is gone...interrogating people, it would seem."
Verve returned to the common room, this time dressed in her outfit. "Where is everyone?" she asked the first person she found.
Verve was quiet now. She made a follow-up call and thanked the voice on the other end, and then opted to take a shower. It had been a long day, and she wanted to get the dress she was still wearing clean before returning it. It was far too conservative for her tastes, and the gloves looked ridiculous on her.
Nissa and I literally just had a discussion about this =P
I think that as long as you're bringing something we don't have to the table, you'll work just fine, and it looks like you are. Besides, as the resident technologist, you can always use guns to balance out any perceived insecurities. "God made man, Colt made man equal."
GM and Nissa:
Verve looks pleased that they were able to save Nissa, and gives her a hug. Having said what she felt she needed to, Verve say no more on the previous subject.
As Theo comes rushing in, Verve smiles and says "We are just fine."
GM and Nissa: Verve lines up where Nissa's hands would appear and when the bombs reform she fires the rock at both of them, knocking them away from Nissa, even as the small woman dove to safety.
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