[D20 Modern]Department 7 (IC)

VanorDM · Dec 17, 2009

You have received a email invitation to show up at 185 South Street, at 10:30am for a job interview. However you were not expecting the interview to take place at a rather fancy townhouse. But after checking the address again you walk up to the door and ring the bell.

You are greeted by an attractive blond woman in a no-nonsense business suit and skirt, who speaks with a hint of a British accent. She invites you in and offers you a seat in the main sitting room. She offers everyone something to drink, coffee, tea, or water and waits for everyone to get settled.

ThWatcher · Dec 17, 2009

Rodny Steinwick 6/6

Rodny Steinwick put on his black pants and shoes, the white, short-sleeved shirt he had just bought, and the tie he got several Christmas's ago from some relative. As he headed for the interview, he wondered if he really wanted to work for someone else. [No choice I guess. Can't live with mom forever.]

In a short while, he arrived at the address from the Email and stood there looking at the 'fancy townhouse'. [What kind of business is run from a 'fancy townhouse'? Well, there's at least one, but what would they need me for?]

Rodny continued to mill around outside the house till he saw someone else approaching. They walked along, checking addresses and a paper in their hand. When they got to Rodny, they looked at him, then at the address on the 'fancy townhouse', then back at Rodny. Next, they gave a little smile, shrugged their shoulders, and walked up to the door and was soon admitted.

Seeing the lady who answered was dressed business like, Rodny decided he better at least try to get this job. And since someone else was coming up the street, he better get going before anyone else got in line in front of him.

Upon being seated and asked what he would like to drink, "Water, thank you."

Voda Vosa · Dec 17, 2009

Checking prices of original swords on internet, and sighing lightly as he realizes he can't afford not a single one, Ming is about to shut down the PC at the coffee, but then, a sly ring calls his attention. "You have mail"...
Two hours later, our chinese man is dressing in the bests of his clothes, and moves his big frame towards the exit of his appartment, feeling stupid. He deslikes the formal clothing.
Ming lowers his sight to read the paper again. Yep, it is here.
The big man Ming is, has to bend over a little to avoid hitting the door mark when the hot chick opens the door and invites him in.
Ceremoniously, Ming sits and upon the offering he raises his finger and says in a very accented english. "Tea please."

OnlytheStrong · Dec 18, 2009

Diego arrives at the door of the townhouse wearing his usual black jeans with holes in them, a black t-shirt with a yellowish-white cross on it, and a black trench coat. He knocks on the door then nods at the young lady that answers it.

He wouldn't of shown up at all, but things seemed... interesting. He checked his email maybe four times a year, the odds of this being there on a day he decided to look... Well it was enough to make him journey to the place.

Diego finds a seat with it's back to a wall, where he can view the others and the doorways. He distantly heard the young lady ask if he wanted anything to drink, and shook his head in reply. He was busy scanning the layout of the room, the distance to the door, how many windows there were, and what general direction would he be able to disappear in.

VanorDM · Dec 18, 2009

Once everyone has been settled in, Ms Johnson takes a cup of tea and sits facing the group.

Thank you all for coming this morning. First off let me introduce myself, I am Ms Johnson, and I work for a group known by most people as the Department for Archeological Studies, however that is a bit of a code name, the real name of the DAS is the Department for Arcane Security.

It is the goal of the DAS to protect the world from threats that most people do not know even exist, and would laugh if they were told about them.

Each of you have been asked to come this morning because you are all what we refer to as Awakened. That means you have been exposed to the true nature of the world we live in and understand what is really out there.

Each of you have been exposed in one way or another to something most people would refuse to accept, and believe are only fairy stories. However you now know that things like Magic and Monsters not only exist but are quite common.

It is the job of the DAS to protect people from things they won't and perhaps can't admit exist. It is us who hunt down vampires and trolls, and who train fledgling mages how to use their power. All the time we do this with the people around us never aware of what we are doing or what we are protecting them from.

We also strive to not only protect them, but also allow them to go about their lifes with out ever being exposed to the real world that they don't believe in the first place. She pause to take a sip of her tea.

Each of you have talents that can be used with those goals in mind...

She takes another sip of tea and looks you awaiting your answer.

VanorDM · Dec 18, 2009

The two story townhouse looks Victorian on the outside, but the siding and trim outside all look fairly new. Like the house was built recently and made too look like a old Victorian townhouse but doesn't have all the drawbacks of actually being a Victorian era townhouse.

Outside you saw a large 3 perhaps 4 car garage off set from the house itself.

Looking around the room and having seen a bit of the rest of the house on your way to the sitting room, you notice the following things.

The whole place is Very posh. All hardwoods and rich looking rugs, the trim around the window, and crown molding all look to be real hardwood. The banister leading up the stairs also looks to be real hardwood.

The windows look fairly modern however and quite thick, thicker then you'd expect to see in a townhouse of this nature.

Off to one side of the sitting room you see what looks like it could be a library of some sort, you can see lots of shelfs with row upon row of books. There also some tables in the center, and it looks like there's some kind of glow coming off the table, like perhaps there's a monitor set in the table itself.

Voda Vosa · Dec 18, 2009

"You speak of talents and abilities. However, how could a casino guard from china be of any use against... Trolls?" Ming says, not beliving much of what the woman says.

ThWatcher · Dec 18, 2009

Rodny Steinwick 6/6

When Ms. Johnson pauses for questions, Rodny hesitates a moment before asking, "Ms. Johnson, I assume that DAS is not just a 'small time, one building operation'. May I also assume that if we accept jobs with DAS, we will be given information, maybe even trained, on how we can do the tasks you want us to do? Will we have access to the entire DAS library, or just part of it, or just info about whatever task we're assigned?"

"Will DAS provide us with the equipment we might need to get the tasks done? I ask, because I don't have any weapons or anything else that I think would help very much."

Rodny lowers his head a little. "I just graduated and, well, this would be my first real job. One that pays a decent..." He lifts his head and looks to Ms. Johnson. "This is a paying job, right?"

OnlytheStrong · Dec 19, 2009

Diego looked at the other two men in the room. What in the hell do I have in common with them? he thought to himself. A casino guard and a freaking grad student. Diego pushed the thoughts aside, they would answer themselves soon enough he figured.

He leaned back in his chair, seeming at ease although he was far from it. This "Ms. Johnson" made him uncomfortable. Or maybe it was this place. Or it could of been that he was reasonably sure that there were more eyes on them than just Ms. Johnson.

Diego became lost in thought until he heard the more European looking man ask about being paid. Money changes everything, it always has.

VanorDM · Dec 21, 2009

Let me answer the easy question first. Yes you will be paid. She smiles

In fact you will be paid quite well. The DAS takes very good care of it's people. I won't go into figures quite yet, but you can count on being quite comfortable if you go to work for the DAS.

She take another sip of tea then puts the cup down on it's saucer.

As to the other question, about what we expect of you training and equipment. Again I can say that you will receive everything you would need be it equipment, training or information, to give you the best chance possible to carry out the tasks assigned to you.

What all of you have, the one skill that can't be trained, is the the fact that all of you are Aware. Most anyone can be trained to fire a gun or hack into a computer... Some may be better at it, have more natural talent. But most anyone can be trained given enough time and dedication.

What can not be done is to make someone Aware, Norms, can not be made Aware. We've tried on a few occasions and it's never worked. It seems that if there's even the tiniest bit possible explanation the human mind will latch on to that no mater what.

So any agent we have must be Aware, and there are few people out there who are. So when we run across any who are, and show the slightest bit of talent or interest in being a agent we do everything we can to help them. This is especially true if someone shows any talent towards the arcane.