Ch. 8 - Back in Action

[Takota]

When all the others move in to talk with the mercs Takota stays off to the side as short distance away keeping his team covered as much as possible should talk turn into fight as well as keeping an eye out for any other unwanted guests popping in on them.

He listens to the conversation going on between Tori, Janxi and the mercs and has to smile when obvious points are explained to the mercs. Though he doesn't look it he is the closest to a tiger they have around at the moment. Tori doesn't fit the description being much smaller than one of the large cats. Janxi looks nothing like a tiger. Even himself having tiger genes does not have the look of one.

Sense psychic and magic energy ~ 40% [dice=100]

Sense Supernatural beings ~ 58% [dice=100]

Track human-(oids) ~ 50% [dice=100]

Track Animals ~ 45% [dice=100]

Detect Concealment ~ 45% [dice=100]

Recognize/identify prey by sound ~ 76% [dice=100]

Judge distance and location of source of sound ~ 84% [dice=100]

Prowl ~ 70% [dice=100][rand=14463097625412047496245933230966334905700921081006530848993733525276]

[Mierin]

Sam smirk at Janxi, "Sorry, I missed it while taking cover. I'm sure you did great though." when Sam arrives to where the wounded merc is, she introduces herself "Sam Fraser. You heard what Tori told you, what say we help each other out?""

[dakota]

Det and Shep accompanied Sam as she joined the cats, with Scope not emerging to join the others, but a quick flash of a laser designator in Takota's field of view, followed by a double click of his mic gave Tak a rough idea of Scope's position. He then repeated the process with Kain.

The juicer made reply, he merely shrugged, then focused on the fallen leader again.

Another of the mercs spoke up. "Don't mind Shiv, something screwed up when they juiced him and he hasn't talked since." A headhunter by the look of him, the merc spokesman offered Sam a handshake. " Look, we got hired by some bunch of funny talking guys to track down and steal some big gun before the wrong people got a hold of it, which it looks like they knew had already happened anyhow. We ain't lookin for no trouble, and we're willing to work with you if you can get the old man to a doc. Heck, them funny talkers even said not to get in Coalishion way, but we didn't know you were out here until now."

Another merc, an ogre with oversized handguns on both hips and dressed like a cowboy. looked at Janxi. " So the Tiger's name is Tony? We called him Tigger after some lkid story Boss remembered. We ran into him 4 days ago, north of here. No offense, but he ain't takin orders from ChiTown like you cats. In fact he told us the only reason he wasn't killing us was weren't Colishion, providin we steer clear of him when he got the drop on us makin camp for the night."

[foxx]

"Funny talkers? How do you mean?" Kain asked.

He was not too keen on the idea of the rogue mutant cat being this close to their ongoing operation. From what he heard the kill cat was bad news already and did not like the CS in any shape or form. They didn't need him around participating in helping them still the gun or getting in their way to prevent them from getting the weapon back.

Then again, it could mean they could take him out and end his little reign of terror in this area. Sometimes it was tough helping for something to happen and knowing it wasn't going to be good for you in the long run.

[Tori]

Tori nodded as she heard about the funny talkers. "I'll bet them's the Germans, hirin' some muscle to get their tank back, 'specially if they said don't go gittin' in our way. We're already on tha same side."

Tori listened to the talk of Tony, tail swishing. Sooner or later, likely sooner, he would be giving them some trouble.

[Janxi]

Janxi gave the perturbed cat slow-blink. "We cats collect cat motifs. One izza awld-tyme tiger on a cereal box for human kiddies. Hizznameiz Tony tha Tiger. That's what we called this douchebag." Janxi's tail swiched twice and she yawned, just to show off her teeth.

"We know he's commin' at us for being Coalition, but more than that? Me and T are girls. Foxface is gon' think wif his dick, and we're gon be waitin..."

[Takota]

Takota hears the conversation going on where everyone is grouped together but he is not really listening to it. Instead his senses are still scanning the around them just in case something tries to surprise them with it's presence.

His ears fold back and he lets out a quick sigh. Standing around in a group, especially out in the open, is not something he likes doing unless he's in a safe area and even then only for very short times.

Sense psychic and magic energy ~ 40% [dice=100]

Sense Supernatural beings ~ 58% [dice=100]

Track human-(oids) ~ 50% [dice=100]

Track Animals ~ 45% [dice=100]

Detect Concealment ~ 45% [dice=100]

Recognize/identify prey by sound ~ 76% [dice=100]

Judge distance and location of source of sound ~ 84% [dice=100]

Prowl ~ 70% [dice=100][rand=8252794183790684670745172305032615372948581352837099819506984204]

[Mierin]

Sam nods at the merc and says, "We can get your man to a doctor, provided we work together. You be good to us and we'll return the favour. Otherwise.." Sam trails off and glances back and the cats and then back at the Merc with a mild grin on her face, not threatening out-right, but subtly mentioning they were capable of defending themselves if necessary. Sam is also curious about the comment about 'funny sounding' people so waits to hear a response to the question.

[dakota]

The mercs all exchanged glances, and each in their own way, acknowledged their agreement. The group spokesmen nodded to Sam, "Since them germans you call them wanted us to find and deliver this tank to your bosses, might as well if you can save Boss' life, we'll do it. What do you want from us?"

Shiv stood and walked up to Janxi. He looked at her for a moment, then pulled a bag from his pack. The cats could all smell what it was before he opened it and took out a hunk of cured meat and then offered the bag to the jaglion with a nod.

"Holy shit, he never shares." said one off the other mercs said.

The merc that had spoke for the group smirked, " Captain Sam, I think he likes her. He pulled out a pair of canteens and offered to share, " The boys that nabbed that big gun know what they are doin, but we ain't figure who they are though. Ain't the splooges, or they wouldn't be after it too."

[Tori]

Tori's tail swished when she wasn't offered a share from shiv. Anyhow, for said tabby,Shiv was just about her least favorite name, other than Desmond. She looked to Janxi expecting her best friend and partner to do her duty. She gave the angry cat slow blink.

"Yeah, Janxi's mama? She done paid her dues. She's badder thin me, Janx an' Silverface Tacky put together... I wish we had her for Tony."

Tori's little, white-spotted ears perked. "You mean the Sploogies ain't got tha gun? Them rats could have a chest of gold, and would try to eat it, thinkin' it's cheddar cheese."

[Janxi]

"Hey uh, officers and idiots..." Janxi gave Tori and Tacky a share of the meat, then looked to anyone else to see if they wanted some.


"Sirs and shitheads? This lil bondin' session been right fun, an' I wish we could do a picnic wif some ice cold beer, an' a barbecue, but like Thing No. 1 said, tha target's juss gone pass. An' to top it off, we juss blasted tha fuck out 'uv some serious muthafuckers, an' their friends are gon come lookin."

She looked her nose twice and looked at Shiv, giving him two slow blinks, and a gracious wave of her tail. "Thank ya right kindly. Yew got courage, an pride, an' I'll fight wif ya."

[foxx]

"They are right. We just blasted a probable search patrol, they go missing we will be dealing with a lot more of Atlantis vermin in no time." Kain commented.

"We should get going."

[Takota]

Breaking his usual habit of never passing up food Takota turns down the meat stuff and continues to keep watch while the two groups converse. He knows it is probably just his mind playing tricks on him but he can't get the thought that they are being watched out of his head so Takota is happy and a bit relieved when Janxi speaks up about their standing out in the open like they are. He was getting a bit twitchy just standing there after the fight instead of putting distance between themselves and the battle scene. Then Kain pipes in also to further press the decision to move out making him want to add a comment also but the point has already been made.


Sense psychic and magic energy ~ 40% 1-100

Sense Supernatural beings ~ 58% 1-100

Track human-(oids) ~ 50% 1-100

Track Animals ~ 45% 1-100

Detect Concealment ~ 45% 1-100

Recognize/identify prey by sound ~ 76% 1-100

Judge distance and location of source of sound ~ 84% 1-100

Prowl ~ 70% 1-100

[dakota]

Shep waved off the canteens, "Shags are right, we need to moved out. Tori have a look at hop along's foot, would you? If we're calling a dustoff, need to know if for one or two. Janxi, Kain, Tacky, have a look around, maybe we can get an idea which way to head."

The speaker for the mercs spoke up, " Why are your people doin all the scouting?"

"Because they don't have to figure out who is stay behind to either guard or carry your man." Shep said.

[foxx]

"Copy." Kain says and turns to carry out the assignment. Engineering being his specialty he'll look for any more signs of the big gun, without giving himself up to a sniper or Atlantis scout part. Over the radio he says, "Going fifty mikes out long the big path."

He would look for signs how the big gun was taking to the environment. Driving through all this foliage would be hell on even a mega-structure vehicle.

Perception: 1d20

Prowl: 1d100 /48%