Lancheng, China
October 25, 2120
X12
"Hey, you can't leave me alone in here," you hear Michael call out as you pass Dara. Clutching her kendo stick, she rushes into the bathroom. You hear a loud "Aw crap!" from within, followed by many loud cracks. She's already walking to the bunkhouse, broken stick in hand, as you reach it, a cannister tucked under her arm.
You find Carl in his room, his door open. He shows very little emotion.
"It was attempted. Doctor Johnson made a trip to China to help us," he says, flexing his hands. "There's nothing you can do." He calmly walks by you into the hall and towards the main house.
Master Wen is not at the tree, but you see him in the main house, sitting at the table and eating. Carl is heading that way as well. When you enter, Master Wen looks up. "Ah, what you want talk about?" Michael walks in after you, limping slightly. "You beat up by girl again?" Master Wen asks.
"Something like that," he mumbles. "Who the heck gave her access to those sticks?"
Raisa
Li, Dara and yourself end up in the bathhouse at the same time, Dara carrying her cannister of jerky along with her, leaving little doubt as to who won this morning. You get cleaned up and ready for breakfast with plenty of time to spare.
Kevin
You get the bathhouse to yourself and clean up, just in time for breakfast. Everyone is already in the main house by the time you arrive.
Brazilia, SAA
SAP Research Facility
As you set up the scanners under Anna's supervision and generally look around the area to get a good feel for the warehouse, the van arrives. Michelle, Johan, Monica and Rebound all join you in the storage facility. Soon enough, the EPIC Van is brought down by staff to the bay, looking humerously out of place, but its scanner is badly needed. It also shows nothing on its tracking system.
When they come down, Ms. Price is with them. She has some strange devices in hand. "These are auto injectors. There is an antitoxin designed to halt the progress of Anaconda within it. If you are exposed, the injection system will pump you full of the stuff. It won't cure you. That can only be done with time and several treatments, but it will halt the progress of the virus." She shows you how to wear the devices against your upper arm, and they can fit under your uniforms and armor. "I don't need to tell you that being exposed, even with these devices, will be a painful and debilitating experience," she says, handing them out.
That done, Anna and Rebound start examining the storage container and its blueprints, trying to find a physical way past its security system. Tara walks around the walls with Hoppy in her arms, running her hand along them as if feeling for something. Cosmo relaxes in the passenger seat of the van. Monica is dragging Sanjay off to the side.
We should probably plan for a few days of this, don't you think?" Cosmo says. "Set up watches and make a battle plan?" he says, looking at Michelle and SJ.
I'll need a watch pattern, watch duration, and if you have any specialized plans, now is the time to say so.
Sanjay
Monica drags you to the side. "So?" she says. "How was it? You better have saved some in the tank for me," she says, punching you playfully in the chest. "Tell me everything."