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exsilium MODS ([personal profile] initiates) wrote in [community profile] exsiliumlogs2012-04-03 10:50 pm

open log » ❝ mission oo1 briefing ❞

Date & Time: 04.04.3312
Location: Training Gymnasium in the Initiative Hold.
Characters: Everyone.
Summary: Everyone is summoned to a briefing and training, pre-mission for the very first mission.
Warnings: None.

There would come a demanding ping on every netbook at once. An urgent call to arms, a request for each and every transport to return to the Initiative Hold immediately. If ignored, the ping would continue until it reached its full volume -- overtaking the senses only until its owner complied, deafening in its insistence. At the Hold, there were several more Initiative attendees to rush each and every transport into a large training gymnasium previously unseen by all residents of the island of Exsilium. The auditorium was massive -- its walls whitewashed, its ceiling patterned with dim, purple ambient lighting.

There was a stage set up near the very back of the large room. A man, stern and young-looking, stood in the center of the stage and held a microphone in front of his pursed lips. Behind the stage was a set of time travel plates more populated than even the arrival room -- there had to be at least forty-five plates, all attended by a member of the Initiative, who stood beside the plate in wait and with a distant expression. Only once all of the transports were successfully congregated into their auditorium, did the astringent, black-haired man begin to speak. "This is a briefing," he began, his voice equally authoritative and matching the expression of great urgency on his angular features. "Tomorrow, we begin our very first mission. A mission into the past.

You will be sent to the year 115 CE, in the midst of a turmoil between the Romans and an Assyrian village. It is in both ours and imperatively your own best interest to help defend this village, and to send the Romans retreating to their own homes. You absolutely must comply with this mission. Not only for yourselves, but for your families at home in their own worlds. For all of us.

You will have twenty-four hours from this time to utilise this gymnasium. You will find an array of weaponry at your disposal, and will have access to your own chosen weapon. Use them. Train fiercely, as you have no choice in this initial mission to pick a different path. You all must fight. After your twenty-four hours of practise, you will be given your cloaking devices -- they will make you untraceable to the native people to the time in which you find yourself. Do not, under any circumstances, remove your cloaking device. It will not only be detrimental to you, but to your friends and your colleagues here, as well as your friends and family in their home worlds.

You will be summoned back from whatever your whereabouts at the success of your mission. Should you die during your mission, you will be summoned immediately and brought into the Initiative Infirmary and you will be healed. Do not die. Do not turn your back on your colleagues and your friends. Remain vigilant. The imperative nature of the success of your mission will be made clear upon your return to this world. There is nothing more that we can give than our word.

Finally, I will be coming with you. I will be your mentor and your guide during our mission and I will do my utmost to keep you safe, prepared, trained and informed. Slowly, our world here in Exsilium will become less and less enshrouded in mystery. Slowly, we are able to reveal our true selves, and with it we hope we will gain a much-needed trust. We do not withhold information easily, and it comes to us at a great cost. Thank you, everyone, and let your sessions begin!
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boughtabookstore: (low: i'm worried about you)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-10 10:51 pm (UTC)(link)
[ taking his hand and... giving him a firm handshake. ]

No problem.

[ pause. oh god why is she asking this. ]

You got anyone looking after you?
thleepy: (hugs?)

[personal profile] thleepy 2012-04-11 12:50 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nik grins. Handshakes! He likes handshakes. They're not as good as hugs but probably the only thing in the world better than hugs are juiceboxes, sometimes. ]

Uhm... uhm I'm not sure, miss. [ He scratches his chin thoughtfully. ] I don't think so....
boughtabookstore: (pos: pride)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-11 02:37 am (UTC)(link)
[ Slowly, she grins back. Interacting with kids has never been necessarily a strong point of hers, but his enthusiasm is hard to resist. ]

Do you have someone you can stay with when they send us on the mission?
thleepy: (Q^Q)

[personal profile] thleepy 2012-04-11 03:01 am (UTC)(link)
[ Nik decides that Miss Agent Small is not that scary after all. And she's not mad at him! What a good day! Except. ]

They didn't tell me anything about that. I think... I thought that I had to go on the mission, too. Do I?
boughtabookstore: (neg: do not impress me)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-11 03:16 am (UTC)(link)
I think you do have to come. [ Which she is supremely not happy about, but she's doing a pretty good job of not showing that! ]

But one of us can look after you. Make sure nothing bad happens.
thleepy: (Q^Q)

[personal profile] thleepy 2012-04-11 07:43 pm (UTC)(link)
Okay! I'll stay close! I'm not... going to fight anyone though.

[ He sets his mouth in a frown. Nope. Not happening. ]
boughtabookstore: (low: i'm worried about you)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-13 12:08 am (UTC)(link)
I'm not going to fault you for that. You shouldn't be fighting anyone.

[ She's not that thrilled at the prospect either, Nik. ]
thleepy: (UvU)

[personal profile] thleepy 2012-04-13 01:33 am (UTC)(link)
Good! Because I can't... I can't fight anyone. [ The frown slowly fades away. He blinks and looks slightly abashed, before solemnly nodding to her. ] Thank you, miss.

[ Very good. Miss Small obviously understands his dilemma, and that sets Nik's mind at ease, just a little. Now he knows that if worst comes to worst, he has at least one person that he can count on. ]
boughtabookstore: (pos: pride)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-13 08:59 am (UTC)(link)
No problem, Nik.

[ And an actually sincere smile. She's going to have to speak to people about making sure he's taken care of. ]