<> <> ( Meanwhile it's DunnoFish that's kind of like eggs. ) (ATC supports Dunno! You should too!) <> ( All bow to Rondure. ) <> (*shoots a three pointer with her core*) * Threnody is sipping green tea out of a little ceramic cup he probably had to throttle someone to get. * Rochelle walks on in and flops into a chair. Her nails are a sparkly purple, which she immediately starts to pick at. * Ian has been sitting here for a while, holding a notebook and alternating between writing a few lines and staring off into space. He nods to Thren and Roch in greeting. * Vera gets there. She pulls out a seat and leans back, swinging her legs up and resting them on the table, ankles crossed, hands folded behind her head. * Ian nods to Vera as well. He's on a roll! * Fitzroy wanders in also. (Ian's a bobble head.) (And Roy! Yes. Yes he is.) * Threnody sips, eyes closed. Ohm. * Katherine comes in too, looking slightly damp. She sits down in a chair and rubs her upper left arm with a slight wince. * Ian raises an eyebrow. "You okay?" * Fitzroy finds a spot so sit after standing around for a bit. * Katherine looks over at Ian and lets go of her arm to rub her temples. "It's just exercise. After your body's been... essentially doing nothing it can be slightly painful." * Threnody implodes! * Threnody actually just sips more tea. Ahh, I hadn't thought of that. I guess I should exercise, too...at least it would help keep my mind off things. * Threnody puts the mug down and responds to Ian without opening his eyes. "Consider tai chi." <> "Whew. Sorry I'm late, the lube took a while." <> * Ian raises an eyebrow again. "Good idea! Thanks, Thren." * Vera shrugs. "I been fine." Yeah. Low impact sounds just about right for you... (Kat's inner dialogue: "ACtually, HEAT sounds about right for you." *muzzle click*) (Hey! Don't tell them that.) * Ian nods to Ronnie. (DOesn't take a telepath, lady.) (Hmph.) * Rochelle looks up to see Ronnie, then goes back to picking at her nail. <> "Well. Higher rate of masochists than I thought. Not complaining, though. It beats the hell out of having to go on my own and leave Vernon in charge.>> ->>+") * Katherine looks over at Ronnie with a slght grin. "You had to know it was coming." * Threnody sips tea, oblivious to the robomatic housecoated candy raver. (*facefault*) "Yeah, well." <> "So, you're ready for your all-expense-paid vacation to the Land of the Lost, then?" ("Eiko. I am the [Rave Existence].") (Wasn't that supposed to be a week or something?) As ready as I'll ever be, anyway. (She lied?) (Move on already. Ź_Ź) * Katherine now frowns at Ronnie. "Something go really wrong last night to change your mind or did you just decide a week was too long to rest?" "God knows what could happen in a week. We've barely got time as it is." <> "Maybe another day, if you're really itching for some downtime." * Threnody blinks his eyes open, looking around the room a bit, then shrugs. "I'm ready any time." * Rochelle looks up, scratching at the side of her neck with two fingers. "I'm not goin'." * Vera shrugs. "I'm cool." * Ian blinks. "Roch?" <> "Excellent! So. We'll ... eh?" * Katherine rubs her arm and says after a second, "You're probably... er... right." She looks over at Roch. You said you can give us those band thingies and ship people out of here, right? <> "You want out, huh?" Don't see why you need me to talk to the Egg. * Threnody gives Rochelle a curious look for a moment, then frowns and sips his tea. "Well, it'll be a shame to lose you. We sure could have used you when we get to TC." To be honest, I'm not so sure I wanna go there either. I had my fill of lizards. You got something else I can do? * Katherine peeeers at Roch, narrowing her eyes slightly. * Threnody continues to do a lot of what he did last time, which is wait for people to complete their sentences. * Vera had just spoken, and so doesn't say anything ATM. * Ian blinks. (Sorry, parents called.) ('s okay.) * Rochelle doesn't seem to care. "So, can you do it?" <> "Sure. I'll just have to get you set up with some dampening haloes." <> "You wanna go with her, huh?" * Katherine suddenly frowns. Sure. Sounds like my kinda thing. * Rochelle sits up straighter, still looking at Ronnie. * Threnody tilts his head to the side. * Ian frowns and leans back. "Hmm..." Well, beats another trip to the lizards. Rather not eat any more rats. * Katherine says at Roch, a hint of tightness in her voice, "Going home, then?" I dunno. I heard that they could get anyone we wanted, right? Friends or family or whatever. * Threnody says, a bit testily, "There are humans living there, you know." <> <> "The haloes will be waiting. I'll just set you up with a nice round ten." Then you can't. * Threnody pauses, briefly, glancing at Ronnie with what is unmistakably fear, before saying, in a quiet voice, "I can't go." <> "Can't what, Rochelle?" * Fitzroy scratches his head. * Katherine glances over at Ronnie, then Thren, then says, "Can't help her. There's no way Roch and Vera will be able to punch in and out of TC if it's full-on crazy." * Rochelle shrugs. She's still looking at Ronnie. "Can't get them out of Twilight City." <> "... no, I can do that. I can get you in, and out. Silently, calmly." <> "We've got Luanne sitting around doing nothing, you know. It's about time we had them earn their keep." * Rochelle nods. Piece of cake. * Ian raises an eyebrow. "...wow." * Katherine frowns. "No it's not. You've got to find Zak too." Yup. * Threnody knits his brow, excuses himself under his breath, and walks out into the hallway. * Vera shrugs. "And?" * Katherine looks after Thren, then says, "And nothing. You're going to need more force." She turns to Ronnie. "Send me in with them, Rondure. And send Thren at Sleythin." * Katherine smirks thinly. "If anyone besides Isis can pull information out of the Egg, it's him." If we needed force I'd ask for a rocket launcher. * Rochelle picks at her nails. * Katherine looks at Vera and says, "You need force, dammit. I'm the TC expert. If even one percent of those gangers are alien controlled, that's, like 500 people that REALLY hate you, and a more than ten thousand that just sorta hate you." <> "Look, I have no clue about this person's status. He could be possessed or not, or dead or not. I also have no clue about the status of the Sleythin. I know which one's more important to me at the moment, and I need force I can trust on Sleythin. Are you going to stick with my plans or not, Katrina?" I'd...better go with the Sleythin group, I think. I can do undercover, I can do combat in a pinch, but... Twilight'd eat you alive, Ian. * Ian nods. "Sorry, but...yeah." * Vera looks at Kat. "I do this for a living, 'kay?" * Katherine frowns. "It's KAT. Dammit, Ronnie, don't try to pull rank on me." She looks back at Vera and says hotly, "How long have you spent in TC? How long, Vera? Fuck, you don't even LIKE Roch." No, I don't. And that's why I should go. The last thing I need is for you to come and get all emotional and get us killed. * Katherine snorts. "Coming from a woman who doesn't even know when she started what she's doing. Couldn't even remember that there were GIANT EXTRADIMENSIONAL ALIENS." Yeah. How 'bout that. Funny, though, I remember you agreeing with Ronnie up until the point Roch decided not to come. Now suddenly you've had a change of heart, eh? * Ian looks between Kat and Vera for a moment, and then scoots his chair back and rubs his temples. * Katherine smirks thinly. "Funny, I seem to remember you doing the same thing. But unlike you, I actually know TC." * Vera gets up. "Forget it. I don't mind going to TC, but like hell I've got my heart set on it." She walks out. "Oh, and Kat? Go fuck yourself." <> "Excuse me." * Katherine snorts and looks over at Ronnie. * Ian sighs. "Oh, for..." And he looks for another package of ramen. "Christ, Kat, you really haven't grown up at all." (In Red Atlanta...) * Katherine glares at Ronnie. "Still better than Chako. Christ, Ronnie, Sleythin can't be that bad, and unless you're sending us in heavy suits, we couldn't do anything if it WERE in trouble." * Threnody walks back in! He's been crying. A little. (Did Vera already walk out?) (I think she did.) ( Yep ) * Ian looks up at Thren. "Are you okay?" (Uh.. if she passed Thren all he was doing was sitting up against the wall looking sniffly and not talking.) * Threnody nods at Ian. "Yeah." "The same could be said for Twilight. Look. I need you and I need Thren, and whoever else, to go to Sleythin. I need firepower there and I cannot trust Anders or his team yet." <> "Welcome back." * Threnody shakes his head at Ronnie. "I'm going with Rochelle." Everyone in Twilight doesn't out-mass us by--what? * Rochelle keeps picking at her nails. <> "Thren, I'm afraid I really have to insist. You've lived on Sleythin, and you're the only one who has the background knowledge I need." * Threnody tilts his head quizzically. "What about Taluun?" (I mean, I think an actual Sleythin trumps me.) (*SD Taluun graphic* "I WIN!") (Yeah, but he's busy. ^^;) "Taluun is busy, with the rest of the Europa Team, putting down uprisings. The tactical advantage of the suit more than his cultural value as a Sleythin. Besides, the Egg is rather contemptous of his own people." * Threnody sighs and closes his eyes. "Ronnie..." He pauses. "I know you probably better than anyone in this room, save maybe one other... haven't you ever wanted to do anything for yourself instead of following your programming?" "Christ yes. I don't have the fucking luxury, however." * Katherine grits her teeth. And still looks angry, even as Kat talks. (Er, Thren talks. Ha.) * Threnody opens his eyes again. "Sleythin can wait. It waited six months, it can wait three days. I just want to do one thing of my own will, and keep one promise. That's all." * Rochelle stands up. "Back later." She walks out. <> "I'm going to fucking kill Vernon if he ever comes out of that coma." * Ian perks. "If?" (Bad Calc. No meta.) (Is not meta!) * Katherine watches Roch go, then sighs. "Christ. It's like..." she shakes her head. "He'll wake up. He's Vernon fucking Marcus. Ronnie, what do you really need out of Thren and I? Just lay it the fuck out." Beat. "Because I'd rather have Thren with Roch than fucking Vera." * Threnody blinks as Rochelle exits, then has a seat. "I need basic muscle, and I need the culture. I need two humans. Anyone else is fluff." * Threnody tilts his head. "Well, that's not a problem, so much." He glances at Ian. "I could probably teach him everything he needs to know if I was careful about it." (WOO! BRAIN DATA FEED.) (...I know Sleythin-Fu.) (... you wish.) As for basic muscle, th... * Threnody glances around the room and then at Roy for a moment, then falters. "...there's always mercenaries." "I can't trust mercenaries. The Sleythin are practically helpless without the Egg, you know that." "At the moment, anyhow." * Katherine smirks thinly. "Besides. She needs muscle she can trust." * Threnody says, huffily, "She can't trust you. You keep cheating on her." * Ian smiles for the first time in a little while. * Katherine smirks. "Nah, I've been on the straight and narrow since before I met her." She looks over at Ronnie. "Christ. I hate leaving them to TC, but... you're right. I'm muscle and damage control. Just give me something better than paper to go in." <> "Christ. Days like this I wish I was dealing with your goddamn parents back in the day. Hippies were nothing compared to this." * Katherine frowns, but doesn't respond other than saying, "Well?" * Threnody actually shoots a rather irritated glance at Kat for a split second. "Give me a second. Accessing." <> "Okay. I'll get you outfitted with a suit. One for Ian too, since he's apparently going. Thren, we'll need you in another part of SIG-ASP later today, we're going to read brainwaves while you think about Sleythin. Ian, you'll be scheduled for some elective cyberware, if you want to do this the easy way." <> * Threnody smiles. It's a very nervous smile, however. * Katherine looks over at Roy and rubs her temple. "What about you, Roy? Going home or with us?" (Also, you forgot Roy.) (Roy hasn't SAID anything. >_>) (*snickers* Since he didn't strongly express an opinion, I ask!) (Roy will be the new SIG-ASP mainframe.) (It'll be like Tron EVERY DAY. *throws light frisbee*) * Ian raises an eyebrow. "...okay with me, I guess." (I haven't had any input. I don't really know what you guys are talking about.. One sec.) * Fitzroy looks over at Kat. "Well, I know my way around TC, but I can go wherever." * Katherine smirks thinly. "Then you're coming with me. Like hell I want to be alone with Ian. Mom warned me about weird people like him." Hey now! <> "Then a suit for Roy it is." * Fitzroy snickers. I do have a lightweight suit with my car.. wherever that is now. * Ian tilts his head at Kat. "Does that mean our date's off?" "We'll get you a new suit. A better one." * Fitzroy nods. "Say.. do you know where my car is?" * Robin (Yu-Mei@ACA464C8.ipt.aol.com) has joined #ATC2 * Katherine snorts at Ian. "Date with you? You're way too old for me." * Threnody leans his arm on the table and puts his chin in his palm. "That leaves the question of Vera..." He pauses, then says in a slightly odd tone, "Well, one of the many questions of Vera." "Back where you left it, in RNYC. I think." <> Yeah. * Katherine frowns. "I still don't like it. She said she hated Roch before we left. Guess you and Luanne will have to keep her in line." * Threnody doesn't look satisfied with that answer. "I guess." <> "She has a while to decide. She seemed rather intent on just leaving entirely. We'll see. At the moment, however, we are agreed on a plan?" * Threnody nods. "Sounds that way." I think so. * Katherine nods, chuckling to herself. "Went pretty well, too." * Threnody snaps his fingers. "If you could have some sort of really, really strong sedative available in about four hours when it all comes back to me what I just did, that would be great," he says solemnly. * Katherine snickers and stands up, walking towards the out. "I could just hit you over the head with a bat." <> "Good. Kat and Roy, get down to the quartermaster in the barracks. Ian and Thren, there'll be someone outside to guide you to the cyber labs." "I am going to go try hard to discover an alcohol program." * Fitzroy nods at Ronnie. * Katherine looks back at Ronnie and says, "Good luck." * Ian nods. "Good luck, indeed." <>