Honor and Money

[shiivster]

* Jeckle looks at Tiger and then at Khris and finally comments 'i'll go with you Tiger. i'ld rather go where i'm gonna feel needed as opposed to feeling like a hinderance and dead weight, but that's me'

*she settles back and simply states 'any part of the conversation you want heard again? .. i tried to get it all .. but i may have missed some of what got said, due to me talking to Ivan. he's a strange cookie, and i don't trust him. gives too much information away in simple conversation'

*gives a simple smile and taps the fingers against each other again a couple of times as she prepares to demonstrate her talent. it could be she feels nervous about being in a group where nearly everyone else is a meta, or has a twisted sense of loyalty or maybe something else. whatever it is, he position is stated as she looks at Khris and then at the other Meta's in the group before looking at her hands and seems to be thinking ... as she records the conversation here now

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[albatross]

"What exactly did they say about the unfinished recovery mission?" Tiger asks, curious to see what Jeckle's perspective on the conversation. She wondered how much she herself had projected onto the possible mission and how much was apparent to everyone.

[Mierin]

Miranda remains quiet as she waits for Jeckle to answer Tiger's question. She does stand a little bit apart from the rest of the group, having not decided what she was going to do. She still had no reason to trust anything Tiger told her, as Tiger had shown more than one face and Miranda had no idea which one was sincere.
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[shiivster]

*jeckle looks up and then seems to blink once and then points with a hand and her voice takes on a faint tone of Minotaur as he starts to relay the information. the hand points to the various people that had something to say after that.

each time the hand shifts, its an uncanny semblance to everyones voice ... and then she pauses and looks at Tiger .. ' ... uhh .. is that what you wanted to hear? .. '

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[dakota]

Khris chuckled. " You're pretty good at that. If I taught you how to count cards, we'd make a killing in Vegas."

[shiivster]

*makes a kissing sound at Khris 'no thanks ... been barred from there already. i think it was about 5 years ago ... '

*she goes back to looking at her nails and waits for the next comment from anyone to that comment

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[dakota]

" 5 years ago, huh? Didn't know they had any junior tables." Khris sniped back. " You got to be 21 to get into the casinos."

[shiivster]

' .... so ... i'm still barred. doesn't matter if it was years or months or even flippen decades ago .. its still the same result. but whatever. its not that important. trust me, this is more a curse than a gift. comes in handy when i concentrate on it, so you're all safe, it's not active now ... '

*frowning, she looks down at the fingers tapping together again .. and regains her composure from loosing it even briefly to Khris. he got under her skin, and she NEEDS to fucus now to be of help or use to Tiger, and the frown fades and she re-assumes her peaceful expression again.

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[Renekin Skywalker]

Charger levelled the rifle and fired the trigger. The explosively charged bullet shot out of the barrel and floew towards his target hitting home. 5 mississipi... 4 mississipi... 3 mississipi... 2 mississipi... 1 mississipi... The target's chest exploded from the charged bullet even as his body-guards turned to look.

It was funny... the police here... if you could call it that... had been looking for a new, advanced explosive round. They'ld never find it, who makes it or sells it. But man, would it cause a tizzy in the underworld as everyone else rushes to get one. More money for me Charger thinks, snickering.

[shiivster]

*having regained her composure again she addresses Tiger 'personally i'll stick with you. other than the ... my past nightmare coming out to stop my thinking, you haven't exactly led me wrong. heck, its a case of 'when in Rome ... '

'i don't see you as selling us out, i see you as trying to keep us alive actually. but what do i know? .. people confuse the ... the stuffing outta me most times. i'ld rather work with machines myself. they're honest and straight to the point. people? .. they go off at half mast about the smallest details'

*she looks about at everyone and mutters 'no offense meant to anyone, but your reacting like they wanted. easier to win if the army facing you resorts to bickering and in-group fighting. but again, what do i know? .. i just build things'

'i might not know the waters right now, but i do know that when yer a guppy in a tank of sharks ... stick with the one you know. safety in numbers and all that. besides, you haven't exactly bitten my head off yet, so maybe you don't mind a yakky annoying ... crow about you ... ' *grins at Tiger and then studies the fingers tapping again, not wanting to look up at anyone else

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[Dome]

Finally speaking up Dante says, "I really dislike the idea of going to work for a criminal. Getting this item and turning it over to your father has to be a mistake. No way that something good can come of it. At the same time, this city hasn't really brought me any lasting happiness, so staying here is not something I would like to do either. So forgive me if I am a little torn as to what to do since we have been given so much time to sit and digest the whole situation."

Aside from what he says his body language, his posture and facial expression all relay an internal battle going on within him.

"As easy as it can be to blame you, like I said before, I don't. We're alive because of your relationship with your father. It just hard to swallow. You just seem so quick to accept this mission. I think you want out of Century Station almost as much as I do. I didn't want to accept this mission in the first place, and I don't really want to accept the one you are proposing, but I think I just might. Someone has to keep an eye on the rest of the team. I will do everything I can to help you complete the mission, but the team and their safety comes first."

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[albatross]

"Agreed," Tiger says nodding. "Well, I think we would all like to get out of here. Why don't I see if I can get Charger back?"

Tiger steps back into the conference room to speak with her father. He smiles, "So, do we have a deal?"

"I will take the mission," Tiger says. "Offer a contract to Charger if he wants in. Patriot will be your liasion. Send the briefings to Omega Shield." She pauses, "Thank you. It was fortunate we were able to meet again."

"You are always welcome," Her father says warmly.

[albatross]

Charger finds three posters each held down by a large crystal and a bulky folder full of paper.

The first poster is of a tiger, and the folder is a three year contract to work for Omega Shield.*

The second poster is an old movie poster for a movie called The Labyrinth. Inside the folder on this one is two piles of paper, one is another contract for Omega Shield and the second one is blank.

The third poster just reads : You are Here -> and the paper in the folder is blank.


O.O.C.:

* the Omega Shield contract has a $100,000 signing bonus, a salary of $4,000 per week ($200,000 per year) in addition to any mission bonuses earned.

[Renekin Skywalker]

Charger looks at the weird floating contract things. "Oooh. Magic. Oooh. Show off to the hick assassin." With a shrug he packs up the rifle. "If you don't have the dignity to come to me, you don't have the privilege to offer contracts." Looking around, he makes sure the coast is clear and heads out.

[dakota]

Khris smirked as he saw Jeckle's discomfort. " Donna worry, Jeckle. As long as you keep making toys like that scope, I won't be teasing you too much."

He folded his arms as he waited for the results of Tiger's call.