Dark*Matter: Discovery, The First Mission

[iwatt]

With the "away" team on the move, Larry takes over the wheel and drives to a nearbye diner. As they sit down to wait he asks questions about this whole oracel thing from Nick, at least to get a better understanding of what they'er dealing with. "So you guys think it was these vapor things that got her into soothsaying? If so, I'll be the first to volunteer for the Greek assignment. Thos beaches looked nice."

 

[Falkus]

Diego and Cade doubled back as Team Libra's van pulled away, and managed to get into position quickly enough to notice something very unusual.

A second black SUV turned onto the street at an intersection ahead, as the one that you had been observing pulled out of its parking place. The two black vehicles paused next to each other, and you could see the drivers windows rolling down, and the two drivers having a brief conversation, though it was impossible to make out what they were saying.

After about thirty seconds, the new SUV parked where the old one had been, and the old one continued down the road in the direction that your van went.

 

[industrygothica]

With the "away" team on the move, Larry takes over the wheel and drives to a nearbye diner. As they sit down to wait he asks questions about this whole oracel thing from Nick, at least to get a better understanding of what they'er dealing with. "So you guys think it was these vapor things that got her into soothsaying? If so, I'll be the first to volunteer for the Greek assignment. Thos beaches looked nice."

[sblock=ooc]Again, Nick may be an expert on ancient Egypt and the sort, but I'm not. Any knowledge he passes on about Egypt and the Oracles of Delphi or whatever will have to be through you, oh masterful DM. [/sblock]

"Or maybe a possession of sorts? Could she have picked up a mental hitch-hiker while they were there?" Nick takes a sip of coffee and boots up the laptop again.

"Obviously she is the real deal. I suppose now we just need to figure out where to go from here. And she did raise a few more questions. Questions about us. Maybe I missed something, but The Grey Man? Does that mean anything to any of you?" Nick starts typing while he's talking.

"And she says she's seen us before in her dreams, and that we're a focus. A focus to what? I'm starting to think we're part of a bigger picture here, and to be honest, I'm not really liking it. Although a trip to Greece would definitely be nice." He winks to Larry as he says the last part, and smacks the enter key on the keyboard.

Text message to Cade's cell phone:

[FONT=Courier New][COLOR=SlateGray]Got a way to feed us some video with those gadgets of yours?  I'd like to keep 
an eye on you if we can.[/COLOR][/FONT]

 

[Shayuri]

"To be honest...it seemed like a possession to me," Meredith muses. "Did you hear how she said she had a message? Like it was from someone other than her? And the way her voice changed... I'm no expert on paranormal stuff, but that seemed pretty possessiony to me."

"Maybe that's how Delphi worked, even in the past. The priestess would let some kind of future-knowing spirit in, by breathing the vapors. Maybe they knew of a way to expel the spirit later on...or maybe it just stayed with them. I don't know. We'll need to research that. If they could make the spirit leave, we might be able to 'cure' Carol."

 

[industrygothica]

"To be honest...it seemed like a possession to me," Meredith muses. "Did you hear how she said she had a message? Like it was from someone other than her? And the way her voice changed... I'm no expert on paranormal stuff, but that seemed pretty possessiony to me."

"Maybe that's how Delphi worked, even in the past. The priestess would let some kind of future-knowing spirit in, by breathing the vapors. Maybe they knew of a way to expel the spirit later on...or maybe it just stayed with them. I don't know. We'll need to research that. If they could make the spirit leave, we might be able to 'cure' Carol."

"Maybe. Or at least find a new host... " Nick trails off, continuing his research.

 

[iwatt]

Maybe I missed something, but The Grey Man? Does that mean anything to any of you?"[/COLOR] Nick starts typing while he's talking.

"Beat's me. I'm just the talking head, remember. I'll leave the heavy mental lifting to you folks with a degree. Only Gray man reference I can come up was from that sucky Dreamcatcher movie. think he was an alien." Larry orders a greasy cheeseburger and a side order of fries. He unconciously flirts with the waitress and then returns to the conversation. "At least I think we were succesful in convincng the parent's that she's normal. The boss men will be happy. Right now I'm more concerned with this number of the beast she mentioned. Sounds too ominous just to be poetic license. I'm just glad I brought the big gun."

 

[Friadoc]

"Nice," says Cade to Diego as he watches the original black SUV pull out, seemingly to follow their cohorts. "It seems with ruffled someone's feathers."

Pulling out his laptop, Cade quickly sets up a wireless webcam, on a secure feed, so that they can watch the house and SUV from out of sight. But, he does this after sending out a heads-up warning to the others.

IM to Larry and Nick: Heads up, people, the black SUV got a replacement here and I think it's heading your way.

When Nick's message his his cell phone, Cade laughs as he replies to Nick, via IM: Great mind's think alike, Professor. Done and done.

Cade will send the secure IP address for the webcam.

"Diego, think you're up for doing a walk-by t'see if we can get a head count in the SUV?" Cade asks. "If not, I can do it."

 

[industrygothica]

Nick informs the others of Cade's IM. If they are not at a table that allows them the best view of the parking area, he'll suggest that they move to one. Preferrably to one with a bit of cover if it's available. He's obviously not liking the unfolding events.

 

[kinem]

"Think it's safe? Ah fukkit, OK."

Diego tries to walk casually by the van, glancing around a bit and looking in the van very briefly. Just gotta relax. No problemo. I walk alone, I walk a ... my shadow, is the only one that walks beside me ...

 

[Falkus]

Glancing into the black SUV as he walks past, Diego can see two more men dressed almost exactly the same as the previous pair. The one in the passenger's seat seems to be typing on a laptop. They both watch Diego intently as he walks by.

The crew at the restaurant, after a short period of time, notice the first SUV pull up and park down the block, but it makes no obvious hostile moves.