Book Two, Chapter Three: The Dragon

[albatross]

Tiger's eyes clouded. "I'm sorry about that. I was worried about you and I wanted to speak with you myself... about the Pilgrim, but you already know about that now...."

"We can speak freely now. What would you like to talk about?" Tiger's eyes are calm. She is open to discussing anything.

[albatross]

When the day breaks over the island, the woman still hasn't returned.

Upon returning to the camp, only the soldiers who are required to be on duty are 'awake' though most of them appear red-eyed and sleepy. The rest of the camp is passed out asleep or dreadfully hung over. No one pays any attention to Steelfist, Dante and Jeckle's return.

At noon, the appointed meeting time, Tiger goes to the plane. There is a spring in her step that has been subdued since the encounter with her father and she is determined to solve the mystery of the creatures.

She sits in the plane, waiting for everyone.

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O.O.C: I'm assuming Kris and Tiger have a long conversation or two, and I will keep that "off screen" for now - mostly for timing purposes. If I ever cut off a good conversation, you are welcome to ask for a thread to continue it in as long as you pay attention to the continuum. Or via private message. Thanks!

[dakota]

[np, can live with a ff]

Khris arrived at the plane shortly after unusually early for him. His mood was visibly lighter too, " Morning. I'm guessing we're taking the go-bot and his lizard with us?"

[Dome]

Dante stays put with Jeckle and Steelfist all through the night until it is time to meet. He then turns to Jeckle and says, "leave the sensors in place, rig them to call you should anything happen, and lets get going to meet the boss."

While she completes the task he calls the Tiger, "Hey boss, do you want me to have Steelfist join us or leave him here?"

[shiivster]

*jeckle yawns and then asks

'guess i could. know their wave length? i'll have to piggyback their signal to carry it to camp, man i sure could use a nap.'

*she sets down the scanner and pulls out a small walkie talkie type of item from her coat of gadgets. after a bit of twiddling she attempts to get the 2 items to work properly.

Rolling "1d100" 3 times
1 : 71 = 71 radio basic /91
2 : 45 = 45 elec engineering /71
3 : 37 = 37 mech engineering /66

*even yawning and blurring eyes seem to do the challenge of skills easily. why this is, isn't really known. either she's a meta of sorts or she is just darned good at what she does or she's got a mind that defies logic and is filled with things that it shouldn't be.

*either way, she's not talking about it. she stands up and then straightens up. 'right .. later then' *then she's gone, moving silently. there is more than meets the eye with this one, and she's not talking.

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[after FF skip]

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*shows up at noon exactly. its clear that she's got her things with her and then leans against the wall with a simple yawn and looks at the scanner doings its merry little job. she checks to see if the woman showed up at all or not. she gives a half aware nod to Tiger and Shroud as she works.

[albatross]

[Morning]

Tiger answers her phone, "Invite him to join us, if its alright with his superiors of course." Its clear by Tiger's tone that she has already spoken with Steelfist's officers that part of her answer is merely a formality.

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[Noon]

"Good morning," Tiger responded warmly. "I think its best if they join us. They might have some insight to add to the conversation that we haven't thought of." As usually, Tiger keeps more than half of her thoughts unspoken, but it was true she wanted Steelfist's input.

"Hopefully he won't expect us to have lots of answers," she grins.

[Dome]

Dante can't help but watch Jeckle walk away. He shakes his head to clear the cobwebs and approaches Steelfist. "Let's go bub, the boss wants us at the plane. You can stop and talk to your CO if you want, however I think you'll find you've been reassigned."

[Marcethus]

Steelfist nods as they make their way into camp, "From my understanding Tiger is the Commander of this camp. So that makes her orders take precedence over anything my CO's may have said. Though I will check in with them to let them know what is going on."

Upon arrival at the camp he will check in with his CO.

[shiivster]

*Jeckle seems to be half aware of things. maybe its the dark glasses or maybe its all an act? she finally looks up 'h'lo boss. scanners are quiet. she never went there. maybe its a one time deal. and when you loose them its sealed to you again?'

*she hands the scanner over without a word and takes the glasses off to rub at the eyes. while not red, its clear she didn't sleep well or long enough. without her 'toys' to occupy the mind or hands. she's now developed a small habit of touching the ring and spinning it on the finger.

*she crosses the arms and seems to fall asleep standing upright. she is in fact centering her mind to 'record the meeting' to disect later.

[dakota]

" Good thing we offloaded all the supplies then, tinman's got to weigh a bloody ton." Khris smirked as he took a seat. " Where are we headed next, anyways?"

[albatross]

Tiger take's in Jeckle's appearance and nods, she wasn't really expected the woman to return to the cave.

"I have some ideas, but I want to hear everyone's input before we make any moves." She says.


Steelfist's officer smiles and tells him he has been assigned to be Tiger's camp guide. He hands him a packet of papers from intel which basically instructs him to secretly keep an eye on Tiger and her troops but there is a handwritten note atop the pile from the base commander stating: Ignore and assist.

[Dome]

Dante leaves Steelfist to visit with his commanders, and heads for the plain. Upon arriving he says, "What's up everyone? The tinman is off speaking with his commander. Will probably be along any minute. So what are we going to do now?"

[dakota]

" That's two votes for changing his name to Tinman. " Khris laughed. " well, if we all get to weigh in, I vote we fly down to Varadero, grab a couple cases of twelve year old and sit in the sand until... What?" He stopped when he realized the others were looking at him.

[shiivster]

*Jeckle states 'i guess it will be fine if we change his name .. if we change yours to .. Potty Mouth? .. how about Venom Tongue? no? .. hmm, point made i hope?' *she sighs and lowers the glasses to look at him. the action and expression is from someone that should be years older and chastising a child.

*the glasses get pushed up and the arms cross again as a smirk shows briefly. then its gone and she yawns and stretches slightly before settling in for the reaction.

[if and when Khris decides he's gonna do a 'hands on' approach with Jeckle, she'll twist/flip and touch his nose when he's on the ground with a 'i'm not a fighter, but that don't mean i can't make sure i'm not hurt. next time i wont hold back' [[ big time bluff]] ]

[dakota]

Khris looked at Jeckle for a moment, his good mood fading in an instant. He walked forward and glared at her, his voice not much more than a whisper. " You, little lady, are lucky for three reasons. One, I like you for some reason so you can get away with alot. Two, I have never struck a teammate before, and as long as I'm a team player, I never will. Three, getting physical with you would be the same as kicking a puppy. " He turned his back on her and walked back to his seat, flashing a wink and a smirk at Tiger to let her know he wasn't serious, then added as he turned back to face Jeckle," mebbe I should help you find this brother of yours just so I can slap him around for teaching you to respect your elders."