The Labyrinth

[Renekin Skywalker]

"I'm not too fond of your chances either. When you say, Captain, travelling through time, do you mean, like, anywhen?" His voice sounds interested in the prospect. "I'll need to get his card, for after our business is done." By the sound of his voice, it looks like the masked man is ready to go with them.

[shiivster]

*Jeckle takes the phone and holds it away from her like its poison. then slowly she turns it over in the hand a few times as her panic finally subsides to something back to her normal working mind. She opens it, and then turns it off. once its off she looks at the back cover and frowns as she looks up towards Tiger and then gets the back cover off and examines it carefully before turning her attention to the guts of the device.

*as she focuses the mind on something other than her past and how she ended up the way she is. she narrows the eyes looking across the curiutry boards for something thats out of place and a little off. her mind ticking over the various formations they are and should be. if anything is out of place for the board,

*she's hoping she can find out what and where .. and if so hopefully find a way about it. she really doesn't want to believe she's been used or that someone in the group betrayed them to this Minataur person. then she finally clues in and snaps her attention to Tiger once again. she simply says ' ... oh ... wonderful ...' *and then sighs as he looks away and begins working if she has to, on the communicator.

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You requested that 4 rolls of a 100-sided die be rolled.
Roll them bones ... your dice are
Roll 1: 65. /66 - computer programming
Roll 2: 31. /61 - computer repairs
Roll 3: 31. /87 - electronic countermeasures
Roll 4: 80. /00 - in case it was needed

[Mierin]

Miranda silently agrees with Shroud's interpretation of the events and realizes that even though Tiger kept trying to make it seem like they had a choice, it was pretty much go with her or get killed, which really wasn't much of a choice at all. "Fine." Is all Miranda says in a quiet tone of voice. "Let's get this over with then" 'I'm so quitting this team the second I get a chance, assuming I live through this, which doesn't seem likely. Or if I get to keep any of my sanity, which seems equally unlikely.' she thinks to herself as she broods silently.
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[albatross]

The woman in the dark suit holds out her arm, "This way please, " she says politely. Its doubtful she even knows who she is working for, probably just someone in the Labyrinth who desperately needed work. Tiger limps after her, leaving a drop of blood every now and again.

She leads the way to an elevator bank which stops in a corporate health club section of the building. There are Men's and Women's locker rooms, each with an attendant.

The attendants present the men and women with an array of items, including soap, towels, razors, and even a full first aid kit complete with two different kinds of nano technology.

In the women's locker room, Tiger injects her self with one of each of the nanobots: one first aid, one surgical. Then she strips off her ruined armor and hits the showers. She can't wait to wash all the blood off her arm and leg and also to wake up a little after more than a day and a half of solid action.

By the time Tiger finishes her shower, the attendant has hung several sets of clothing in the women's locker room. In Tiger's size, there is an Australian Dress Uniform, with accurate insignia and rank according to her service record. And a killer black designer dress, sleeveless, low in the back, and short. In Jeckles' size there is also a military dress uniform and a dress with leggings, gloves and a shawl. In Wind Chill's size there is a military dress uniform and an amazing designer dress in vivid blue.

In the men's locker room there is also an attendant, and he hangs out tuxedos in each of their sizes, and also United States military uniforms. Patriot's is accurate, Dante's is a corporal. Charger finds an Australian military uniform has been laid out for him, with his rank accurate only in relation to his military service, rather than his secret service. Shroud also finds a military uniform, though his looks to be an Irish military dress uniform from the 1920s, around the time of the war of independence against Britain.






O.O.C.:

The reason Jeckle's number is known to the enemy is not located within the phone. The logical conclusion is that the information was given to the enemy by someone. The source would likely have to have been someone at Omega Shield. Given the amount of information Tiger's father has on each (original) member of the team this shouldn't be too surprising.

[Dome]

Dante takes the opportunity to undress and shower. He carefully sets aside his coat. The guns he was carrying he sets to one side, and the night sticks he leaves hidden in his boots. When he gets into the shower, he showers quickly, then approaches the locker where he left his clothes. He sees the military uniform and the tux.

He locates the attendant and asks, "how are we expected to dress? I've never been in the military, and I don't know if it would be appropriate to dress as such."

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[Renekin Skywalker]

Charger says, getting a tux. "Thank-you."

Charger finds a private shower so that he can clean up without letting too many people know who he is. Charger steps out of the shower area with his red and black mask still on. "Don't laugh. I have a reputation to maintain." He warns the others. And he proceeds to get dressed into the tux, arming himself afterwards with his pistol and melee weapons. The rest of his black and red costume is safely stashed away, and his issue boots are on under the tux.

[Mierin]

Miranda politely thanks the attendant for the toiletries, and finds herself a shower and gets cleaned up, glad to wash the blood off herself from her earlier wound. Once she's done, she examines both the military dress uniform and the blue dress, not really sure which she is supposed to be wearing at the moment. She decides to follow Tiger's lead (ie, if she puts on her dress uniform, so will Miranda.) Once she is dressed, she'll wait quietly for the others to get ready.
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[shiivster]

*Jeckle puts the communicator back together and then hands it to Tiger. 'someone sold us out even as we left. i got a message. a disturbing one. so yeah, no wonder we were easy to trap'

*she moves off and limps off to the showers and gets cleaned up. she examines the laser burn on the leg and sighs. 'dang, thats gonna leave a mark. surprised it didn't tear more on the way up'

*as she stands under the water she rests her forehead against the wall and thinks briefly to herself ...o0(great. its a case of the blind leading the flippin blind. lord help me, not a lot of tissue left to sew together. scar tissue don't hold together much anymore.)

*when she finishes, she exits and realizes that her gear's been removed and looks at Tiger with a look of intense disappointment. 'guess its not your fault. they just totally disarmed me. i'm freakin useless now'

*she turns her back instead and reveals the scars on her body that have patches of 'good flesh' here and there before its covered up from view by the clothing. 'if its not too much of a bother, i really wouldn't mind getting my coat back intact. with all my equipment' *she's not expecting that small luxery yet and chooses to usethe nanobot technology to heal the laser burn on the leg

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[albatross]

The old man in the men's locker room smiles and puts his hands together while thinking about the question. "If you don't feel comfortable in uniform then you should wear the tuxedo. Although, I don't think the, ah, executives stand on formality so to speak." The man shrugs as if to put the decision in Dante's hands.


In the women's locker room Tiger considers the uniform longingly, but in the end she slips into the killer black dress. Of all the weapons and gear Tiger brought in, all but her Ruger's have been removed: her blasted body armor, grenades, ammunition, vibro claws and the pilgrim's gun have been taken. A clean holster has been provided for the Rugers.

At Jeckle's comment, Tiger turns to the woman in attendance. "Jeckle would like her equipment returned when it is convenient." The attendant nods.

Turning back to Jeckle, "They probably are cleaning it along with whatever they aren't throwing away from my gear. I'm sure you won't need toys or tools in a meeting, it probably just be a distraction - easier to work on something than debate I'm sure, but we will likely need your technical expertise at some point. That or your math skills."

"By the way," Tiger asks, "What exactly did the message say. It could be important."

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[shiivster]

'its not that important actually. just mentioned that my missing brother's been spotted. cam'e from a payphone. kinda strange considering that no one knew the number but you and whoever gave you the 'secure' units. thats all.

*she simple leans against the wall deciding to forego the dress uniform. while it might be comfortable, she figures that the dress might show her scar tissue more and give her team a better chance for 'shock' value.

*she waits and then gives Tiger a shrug and then sighs and wonders just what will be missing from her coat. 'wonder if they got a good eyefull of us while we were getting cleaned up? ... not a lot to see here. thats fer damnsure' *Jeckle gives a sour snort of humor and then watches the attendant's reaction as she gets her mind into 'photographic mode'

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[albatross]

Patriot showers, and he wears his standard costume, shunning the uniform and the tuxedo.

When the team is ready, the lady who led them to the locker rooms takes them all to a different set of elevators, where they can see out into the night as they ride the elevator to the top floor of the building. The Labyrinth is mostly dark at night, as there is little electricity.

At the top floor the guide motions them down a hallway where two sets of double doors lead into a Great Hall. Very nice artwork hangs on the walls, and the Winged Victory statue stands in the corner looking suspiciously old and authentic.

There is a long board room table with comfortable chairs and room for 50 people, a Persian rug underfoot. Five sets of double doors lead out of the great hall.

Tiger's father, and six other people wait in the room. Tiger's father is standing near the entrance, his black cape shimmering slightly. "Welcome," he says with a wicked looking smile. All of his subordinates stand respectfully as Tiger's father introduces everyone. "I as you know am Tiger's father. These are my associates:" He indicates the man who threw the knives, "this is Dervish, he is the only one of them known to Tiger I'm afraid all the old rest have grown too rich and retired. Dervish is a dozen years older now, and he is now my partner." He turns to the next man "our junior partner Fakir." He indicates a woman with a sweep of his clawed hand, "Nan, my apprentice." He points out the other woman this time, "TS, another apprentice." He points out a man, "Bell is Dervish's apprentice." Then he points out another man, "and last but certainly not least is Ivan, my newest apprentice."

All of his minions are extremely handsome or ravishingly beautiful. They are dressed in futuristic looking dress clothes, all black. They all seem fit and alert, certainly all of them have been hand picked as extraordinary people.

Tiger's father waves his arm expansively, "And I'm certain we have all heard of Patriot, though this is the first time we've worked together."

Turning away from Patriot, "Kris, pleasure to meet you," he extends his clawed hand to Kris, unlike his mere nod to Patriot.

"Dante," he points Dante out, "I know this is your first mission with my daughter, but I bet you two are already of the same mind." Its hard to tell if he is making a joke, or why it would be funny.

"Jeckle, welcome, welcome," he says, he nods approvingly, as if he is impressed she chose to wear the dress.

"And who is this fine beauty?" Tiger father inquires of Wind Chill, "Her name wasn't in the mayor's guest list."

Tiger responds, "Her name is Wind Chill. So the mayor's office leaked his own mission."

"No, not really, his wife has me over for drinks every few weeks and he never locks his office. The rest came courtesy of your employer's secure files." He turns to Charger, "Charger, I remember your file from Australia." He extends his hand to Charger as well, "Great mask." He says, sounding sincere.

[Renekin Skywalker]

Charger nods, shaking the father's hand politely. Partner? hee hee hee. They don't look like the couple type. He thinks to himself. Meanwhile, seeing as how they're all apprentices of a demigod, Charger decided to not to upset them just yet. "Thank-you" He says, nodding. "Though, to be honest, I don't see the pride in taking advantage of such a easy situation."

[Dome]

Dante ops for the tux, he takes the collapsible night sticks into his tux coat pocket, and folds his clothes and places it all on top of his boots. Before leaving he turns to the attendant, "any chance I'll be getting any of this back? They're my favorite boots."

As they meet with her father and his minions, Dante simply bows his head when addressed in a sign of respect. Although he is uncomfortable in this current situation, he remembers his manners from the days of fancy corporate parties that he attended with is parents. For a brief moment the loss of them both comes back up to the surface, but he quickly supresses it.

In thought, 'this is going to be a long night. I wonder why he says that about his daughter and I. He probably knows my abilities and thinks i am in mental communication with her right now. Unfortunately, I am so wiped from using my powers so much, I can't seem to use any of them right now. Maybe I will be able to slip into a brief trance throughout the meeting and get some mental rest.'

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[Mierin]

A bit uncomfortable in the dress, despite it's fit, Miranda nods politely in greeting at Tiger's father, and stays quiet as he introduces himself and the associates to the group.
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[dakota]

Feeling refreshed from the shower and obviously more comfortable in a tux than the other men in the squad, Khris shook Tiger's father's hand with a nod," The pleasure is mine, sir." He repliedith a respectful tone. He had dealt with powerful men before, so this wasn't a huge step, though it was the first time playing for the other team.