Fall From Heaven Chapter Two - RPLOG
From Flexible Survival
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Date
13/4/2012
Log
The sudden appearance of a much larger swathe of wreckage beyond initial appearances creates quite the stir among the people gathered at the scene; where it had been about one city block of ruins, now there's about four! The team is called in by the Zephyr officials, and Malikai and Solixis are evac'd for different reasons: the first to be checked for feral influences, the other to give a comprehensive report on what's happened so far. It doesn't take more than a few minutes before a vehicle pulls up with two new agents to take the place of the others, and this time, the crowd of neophyte agents makes way for the arrivals.
Anbessa stands waiting by the wreckage, his back against one of the many twisted and wrecked pieces of metal, having chose to wait out for the new agents. As he sees the large crowd of people begin to part, he slightly grumbles something unable to be heard as he watches the vehicle, awaiting for the new people to come on over. By his feet lays alot of different computers that were not so badly damaged from the wreck.
Onris sloshes her way towards Redd guessing the increase in scope will bring an increase in orders. She moves cautiously thoug it's not obvious if it's due to gryphons or the fear of falling in an unfamiliar form.
Still somewhat bitter about the komodo having torn apart the first potential captive, Redd was somewhat glad to see Malikai evacuated. "That lizard was more trouble than he was worth. Should have known better to come without eating first." He waves to the approaching vehicle, hoping they'd stay long enough to load some debris onboard.
CaseyRune mantles ontop of the vehicle, unslinging their rifle from their back. They brace themselves on the vehicle and peer through the scope at the surrounding rubble, muttering a small "Damn." before reslinging their rifle back onto their back and hop off the vehicle. They make their way toward the other agents "So what in the burning hells just crashed into the city? Zephyr higher up are acting like they just got a red-hot poker up the ass, and according to the what, 4 blocks of leveled city, whatever it is is damn big."
Xon looks up from her latest notebook, a small green plastic one. She smiles gently and tucks it into the inside of her coat, nestling it amongst the 39 other booklets. "Oh, so this is what's occured...hmm strange dealings indeed." she looked around slowly and nodded. "I do hope it's exciting, maybe a new strain...or maybe some form of giga-chimera...hmmm strange things indeed." she mumbled to herself absent-mindedly before hunching over to ovserve the ground first.
Smokie sits beside Redd, her forepaws between her hind, her tail resting on the ground before her. She sighs and closes her eyes for a moment as she sees the vehicle. Man, that turned into a mess, but it wasn't like she could do much to help. She was inwardly cursing herself for leaving her rifle behind, too... Hell, she didn't have -anything- at all on her, just her claws and teeth. How useless! She sighs again, but a little thought of the twitching, gurgling gryphon makes a little smile cross her muzzle. Been there, done that.
The scent of blood hangs in the air, largely centered around the fallen gryphon that had been partially devoured by the departing komodo. For the time being, things seem relatively stable, though there's a lot more ruin to explore than there was previously. As the replacement teammates greet the previous ones, there is a hint of resentment among the crowd of neophyte agents with a tinge of 'why can't we be the ones to go in there?' while the more experienced ones seem content to answer with 'you saw what they did to pros, stand back and watch, maybe you'll learn something'.
Anbessa blinks as he spots a familiar agent step out of the vehicle, him smiling as he pads away from the wreckage and up to Xon, almost immediately wrapping his arms around the Quetzalcoatl in a nice hug. "Hi sweetie. Welcome to the mission." He says, wagging his tail. Though the Talakai does indeed show partial damage, some of his outfit slightly ripped from the beaks and claw scratches from the Gryphon. He then looks over to the neophyte agents, listening in to them for a moment before he looks to a few of the other guards. "Get some of these scavenged items into the vehicle and send em back to Zephyr. Might be somethin' worth it inside of those harddrives." He says in a stern voice, his eyes scanning over the crowd quietly as his tail idly sways from side to side.
Onris starts chatting up one of the guards that occomanies the vehicles keeping volume low so words are indistinguishable but her body language shows flirtation.
"Could I get your names? That'll make life easier for all of us." Redd directs this question at the newcomers, before throwing a glare over at Onris. "And Onris, please take a more solid form, else you might be stuck in a bucket the next couple hours."
CaseyRune sighs, of course. "Rune, Casey Rune." They draw their USP, switching the mag of .45 rounds for a mag of Tranq rounds and repeating their question "What the hell hit the city? Its not exactly a very subtle new addition here."
Xon looks up and kisses Anbessa happily, her turqious arms wrapping around the talakai gently. Smiling she looks beyond him to the wreckage. "Well... they did say it could be interesting. I suppose that's what drove you here, isn't it Anbessa?" she said playfully to her mate. Her suddenly stood up straight, a hint of crimson red as she blushed due to her PDA. "Oh..umm..well...not very professional was that? I'm..I'm Lilly Xonlic, Xon if you prefer."
Smokie helps herself up onto four paws, shaking off the road dust from her pelt and giving a soft sniff. Blood, too strong to really smell much else. At least she knew where the gryphon-smell from earlier came from. She looks up at Redd, and nuzzles his leg, before she begins to sniff around again...
Apart from the occasional gurgling of the gryphon on the ground - which, one might note, Zephyr simply left to die or recover on its own - the area is silent. Even the protests of the crowd of agents have died off, aside from the occasional hushed whisper from one or another. The group certainly is the center of attention! Occasionally, there is a hint of motion from deeper within the rubble of what looks to have once been part of a city, but very little else. This area, at least, appears to be secure...and Zephyr officials move in, cordoning off the area accordingly.
Anbessa chuckles gently as he kisses back Xon. "Well I was called up by Zephyr to do this too, so I got here a bit back... At least the crowd got out of the way when you came here, since you got a ride here in a frikkin' vehicle. Lucky." He teases, patting Xon's shoulder before looking back towards the wreckage... Then back to Xon, "By chance know any way to hack harddrives? I found a few of em in the wreckage before the gryphon flock went wild." He says, still seeming quite calm at this time... Though with noticing how the entire crowd is just watching them all, it is quite awkward.
Onris rubs against the guard, and possibly kisses him though no one can prove it. She steps back at the orders snaped at her, quickly writing something on the guards hand. She flashes one last seductive smile before turning to join the group, proudly carrying the guards assault rifle. As she approaches she shifts into a gryphon matching those that attacked not long before.
The air chills slightly, with nanites going into standby. "That should give us a one up on who or whatever is out here. We've got weapons, they don't." Redd's voice has a small tremble to it, as if he weren't completely sure if he was making the right choice. "Mind, we have to be more careful because of this."
