Dark*Matter: Discovery, The Delphi Paradox

[Friadoc]

oO Gee, ya think? Oo thinks Cade as he moves up to search Dorine quite handedly. Although he is very thorough, or attempts to be, Cade is very professional about the search and while his hands do not linger inappropriately, they do not shy away from making sure his team is safe.

"Spittin' is just foul, man," says Cade in a down home fashion. "Low class and bad for the genepool."

OOC

+5 on Search and +3 on Spot

 

[Shayuri]

Meredith blinks a bit at the spit, but doesn't even wipe it off her face. She keeps the sword where it is, her eyes never straying from Dorine.

"Relax guys, it's not like it's acid or poison here. Spit, I can handle. You can't be a reporter and not handle spit. It's like janitors and vomit. Comes with the territory."

To Dorine she says nothing, figuring the sword and unwavering attention is probably all that needs to be communicated.

 

[Falkus]

In Dorine's backpack, there was a kilogram of C4, enough to bring the tunnel down on all your heads. Fortunately, disarming it was as simple as removing the detonator.

Larry held the detonator, and beginning viewing its history of ownership. The first few images are of Dorine, but then there's a vision of a military type man in some sort of armory in what appears to be a military base, and he's handing it and the bomb over to Dorine.

 

[Friadoc]

"Hey, Doc," says Cade as he looks over at Nick. "I think you should keep the plastique and the detonator, okay?"

"You're the demo expert," adds Cade with a grin.

 

[industrygothica]

Nick is looking at his hands, studying them, and a little more than surprised that his spell worked. I really can do it he mouths to himself. He'd thought the others might be a little more impressed, too--but they hadn't really seemed to notice. [/i]Maybe they can't see it like I can?[/i]

Hmm, he shrugs, and Cades words seem to draw him from his trance.

"Wha... Oh, yeah. Not a problem," he says as he reaches for the pack and secures the detonator and remote switch in another compartment.

[SBLOCK=ooc]Nick is an expert at explosives--I, obviously, am not. If storing the detonator and switch in a compartment on the same bag is bad, I'll assume someone'll let me know ooc so that I can make Nick look smarter IC. kthx. [/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

"Nick," Meri says. "There was a flash or something when we went for her. Did you see it? Was it something she did? I only saw out of the corner of my eye."

 

[Friadoc]

With a sincere smile, as Cade hands Nick the C-4 and detonator, he adds, "Nice shot, Doc."

"I swear, I'm starting to feel like the normal one around here," jokes Cade with a chuckle.

If possible, Cade will keep the conversation away from Dorine, once she's secured, since she doesn't need to know that any of Team Libra's skills are new and untested.

OOC

So long as the blasting cap is removed from the plastique, you could set it on fire, or shoot it with a gun, and it won't explode - God Bless modern science.

If you like, I'm sure you could wiki the snot out of demolitions topics and learn enough to sound convincing.

*grins*

Myself, I spent way too much time as a boom junkie as a kid and my time in the Marines helped.

 

[iwatt]

Disconnecting himself from the vision, Larry signals the rest that he's ready to go. "I'll go see to Ryland and maybe try to make some damage control."

Once he finds the Archaelogist, he tries to calm the man down, and then tries to explain what happened. "Doctor Ryland, I was hoping we could have captured her without causing such a ruckus. If we could speak privately, I'd like to explain." Once they are alone, Larry continues with his explanation. "As I'm sure you're already well aware of, there is a lot of unscrupulous private collectors out there that would love to get their hands on anything new you would find. The people funding this dig felt that maybe some extra security wouldn't be out of place. I'm sorry they decided to keep you in the dark, but they felt that revealing our true purpose might have been a distraction. There's also the issue on a unaccredited security force working in a foreign country, but there definitely is a feeling that the local law enforcement isn't 100% trustworthy. I know this is a lot to take in, but I still feel it would be best if we kept these things quiet from the rest of your people. It would only serve to make them nervous, and make our job more difficult."


[sblock=ooc]
Bluff, bluff, bluff

Industry: I was trying to make our team sound like badasses, so I didn't want to go around and ruin the mood in front of our captive by waxing all fanboyish Just wait or some alone time.

[/sblock]

 

[industrygothica]

[sblock=ooc]Industry: I was trying to make our team sound like badasses, so I didn't want to go around and ruin the mood in front of our captive by waxing all fanboyish Just wait or some alone time.[/sblock]

[sblock]Wasn't really fishing there, or at least not intentionally. I can't help but think that if it was a real situation though, that someone might turn a head at the sight, despite the things that we've already seen. I know I would. In any case, sorry if it seems like I was fishing for something.[/sblock]

"Nick," Meri says. "There was a flash or something when we went for her. Did you see it? Was it something she did? I only saw out of the corner of my eye."

Nick shrugs, still trying to let it soak in. "Yeah," he says absently. "There might have been something."

 

[Shayuri]

(I didn't see it that way at all...I was grateful for the reminder ...I figured Meri was so focused on Dorine she just didn't see what had happened.)