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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!
"
yakuza_otaku: (This is my default expression.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-04 08:08 pm (UTC)(link)
[Kazumi wasn't exactly taking part in the training, either. She took part in other training exercises before, but now she decided to socialize instead.

Of course, since Roslyn liked to text so much, Kazumi didn't recognize her. Not that it stopped her from noticing the taller woman (Kazumi is only 5'2) just standing off to the side and approaching her]


So, what do you think the chances are of them throwing us into a fight right away?

[That was one of the reasons she was holding off on training today.]
boughtabookstore: (neg: do not impress me)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-05 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ She recognizes Kazumi, though, from various posts on the network, and eyes her as she approaches. She wouldn't mind knowing more about this particular person. ]

Minimal. If they have any brains at all, they'll know better than to do that before giving us more time to gel as a field unit.
yakuza_otaku: (Nyaaa~)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-05 07:23 pm (UTC)(link)
A-ahaha... well, we don't know whether they have the aforementioned brains.

Though, you're probably right. Still, we don't know what they're thinking, really.
boughtabookstore: (working)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-05 11:24 pm (UTC)(link)
True.

But I do think they would be extremely foolish to put us directly into a fight, and doubt they will.
yakuza_otaku: (Sweatdrop?  What sweatdrop?)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 02:08 am (UTC)(link)
Unless the idea is they don't want us to win to begin with. It could be some elaborate setup.

... though, there's better ways to go about this if they really are secretly against us.
boughtabookstore: (Default)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-06 09:22 am (UTC)(link)
There would be no point in bringing us here simply to purposely sabotage us. Far too much energy would be wasted in bringing us here.
yakuza_otaku: (Nyaaa~)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 09:26 am (UTC)(link)
Yeah, I guess so. Still, there's something about how they're not telling us everything about what's going on that's suspicious. Why do they have to keep it all "enshrouded in mystery" right now?
boughtabookstore: (working)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-06 10:07 am (UTC)(link)
It creates an atmosphere of suspense in which they hold all the cards and therefore all the power.
yakuza_otaku: (Big eyes small mouth.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 10:10 am (UTC)(link)
That doesn't make them seem any less suspicious...

Anyway, I don't think we've met?

[She bows politely]

I'm Kazumi Hagino.
boughtabookstore: (neg: resigned)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-06 10:16 am (UTC)(link)
It doesn't in the slightest.

[ and just... not returning that bow because how does politeness work. ]

We've spoken on the network. I know who you are.
yakuza_otaku: (Sweatdrop?  What sweatdrop?)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 10:21 am (UTC)(link)
We have...?

[Give her a moment as she reflects on the people she's spoken with... or texted with, rather]

Agent Small?

[That was the only person she's interacted with that she couldn't identify with either seeing or hearing, after all...]
boughtabookstore: (neg: do not impress me)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-06 10:24 am (UTC)(link)
[ one raised eyebrow. ]

Hello.
yakuza_otaku: (Can't see a damn thing like this.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 10:25 am (UTC)(link)
Hi!

It's nice to meet you in person!
boughtabookstore: (neg: do not impress me)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-06 10:39 am (UTC)(link)
[ beat ]

Sure.

You planning on training?
yakuza_otaku: (This is my default expression.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 10:41 am (UTC)(link)
Not really. I'm saving my energy just in case.

Unless you wanted to train with me?
boughtabookstore: (neg: what are you on)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-06 11:01 am (UTC)(link)
No thank you. I'm observing.
yakuza_otaku: (Big eyes small mouth.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-06 08:25 pm (UTC)(link)
Observing what?
boughtabookstore: (Default)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-08 10:45 am (UTC)(link)
The others here. What there will be to work with on the mission.
yakuza_otaku: (A good day for a new release~)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-08 07:35 pm (UTC)(link)
Are you going to form an FBI task force with people you think you'd work well with?

[Couldn't you have just called it a team, Kazumi?]
boughtabookstore: (neg: resigned)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-10 10:44 pm (UTC)(link)
[ have an unimpressed face and as few words as Ros can use. ]

No.
yakuza_otaku: (Sweatdrop?  What sweatdrop?)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-11 03:18 am (UTC)(link)
Ah...

[She pauses awkwardly, before pulling out a small box and holding it out towards the agent]

Pocky?

[She's used to it being called pocky...]
boughtabookstore: (neg: what are you on)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-11 04:19 am (UTC)(link)
[ Ros looks at it, back at her, back to it, and then raises an eyebrow and turns her attention back to the rest of the room. ]

No.

[ Way to be polite, Ros. ]
yakuza_otaku: (Big eyes small mouth.)

[personal profile] yakuza_otaku 2012-04-11 04:21 am (UTC)(link)
Oh... okay. I'll leave you to your observing, then.

[She pulls out a stick of pocky mikado and starts chewing on it, before starting to wander away]
boughtabookstore: (neg: your life choices)

[personal profile] boughtabookstore 2012-04-11 12:16 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Barely paying any attention to her leaving.

Kazumi's probably better off without her.
]