[Day: Wednesday, Oct. 18th. Time: 6:20 p.m.] [It's dusk, with the sun half set beyond the horizon as the van arrives at Alys's bookstore, which she can describe for herself in a bit. The lights are on, the place hasn't blown up or been torn apart, but it's also empty. Lukas beings to stir as you pull into a parking space. Think that's it.] [Session Start] * Togo is in the back seat of the van, in a fair amount of discomfort. The local anesthetic he injected himself with is taking the edge off the pain, but still... I mean, geez. * Lukas stirs next to Togo! But without a spoon it's a boring type of stirring wherin he just lets out a small groan and shifts. * Ten sits on an armrest next to Lukas and Togo. "Hey, like, I think he's waking up! You okay Lukas?" * Alys gets out of the van as quickly as possible and runs into the bookstore. "Alex, Alex!?" * Griff_Khalil is flying along above the van, mostly because the wings would be INCREDIBLY cramped in there. He's looking very solemn as he flies through the air. And probably still has the bad taste in his mouth. [Togo's phone rings.] * Togo grimaces as he starts to get out of the van, then pauses and pulls out his phone. *gruffly* "Yeah?" * Lukas says in a half-mumble, "Ask me tomorrow..." * Griff_Khalil lands after seeing the van is parked and hisses. "Slow it down." Figuring Alys probably won't listen, he runs after her. (Gruffly? Shouldn't he be soprano? ;) ) [Alys gets no response.] * Ten tries to shake Lukas's arm, but given the difference in size, she's not very effective at it. "You gotta wake up!" (The bookstore is full of -who would have guessed it? - books. Anyone bothering to look at the titles or authors would discover that if they're organized, then it's in a system that makes no sense. There are books and papers laying out on some of the shelves with messy handwriting on them, and there's a front desk near the door with an extremely old cash register.) "Hey. Where the fuck were you?" (The desk and most of the shelves are covered in the kind of doodles that Alys usually draws on her limbs. There's a bathroom and a storeroom in the back, and a set of stairs.) * Lukas groans again. "Uhf... why the hell is... shit, Mikaela." He tries sitting more upright. "What the hell hap--oh, that bitch." * Alys runs through the storeroom, still calling her brother's name, before running up the stairs. * Griff_Khalil keeps up with Alys as best as he can. Allah knows she's probably running into an ambush. Uhm, we kinda didn't find Mikaela, an we're pretty sure she wasn't there when everything blew up. [The TV attacks Alys! Attempting to turn her into a zombie! "Down with books! Down with imagination! Muahahahaha!"] * Lukas 's eyes widen, then he slumps against the seat. "Fucking christ, Ten." [Ok, that doesn't happen really.] "Volt got kidnapped by some fuckers pretending to be HESO. We got him back, but not his sister." (There's a small room with a TV upstairs and an equally small kitchen. Alex's bedroom is very neat except for stacks of papers on his desk, and Alys's bedroom is covered in clothing. There's a photograph of her and her brother on her nightstand, nest to Syla and Herman's mug.) * Lukas says sarcastically as he checks himself to see if he's not dead. "So let's see. Putting together the trend... you're about to tell me that my legs got cut off and I can't feel them yet." * Alys looks around helplessly, pausing to give the TV an odd glance, and runs back to Khalil, frantic. "I can't find him, he's not here!" * Ten nods. "An we can't even ask them anything 'cause they all got beat up an then their boss blew most of 'em up! But Alys's dad got away, which is kinda good! And your legs are still here!" Which is even better, you know? "Yeah. Meet us at the meeting room when you can. We'll be heading back there to regroup soon. Oh, and we met Alys' long lost father. He apparently works for the bad guys." * Lukas gets to patting down his legs. "Yeah." Beat. "Alys' dad? WTF?" * Griff_Khalil puts her hands on her shoulders and growls out. "Calm down." He lets out a breath and looks to the side. "Okay. He's not here. Did you find anything as to where he might have gone?" "They got her mom and brother too." No! He's always here! He has no freaking life, he loves this store, he- I dunno! * Alys is starting to hyperventilate. "This is so stupid, he's not here, I don't know what to do!" ( Note that "WTF" is common slang in 2062 ) * Griff_Khalil lets out a long deep breath. "I *mean* did you find anything as to where they might have taken him." He looks around. "Or *who* might have taken him. We don't know that." * Lukas rubs one of his temples. "Fucktastic. Where are we now? I--I've got to get back to the bike." He glances to Togo. "Back to work, since we don't know where the fuck she is." No, I mean, I was just looking for him, not clues, I'll start looking for clues. And get a hold of yourself. You are not cra--you are not the type to get easily frazzled. (Truth in comfortizing.) We're outside of Alys's place 'cause they were gonna take her brother too! * Togo hangs up. "I'm gonna get every source I have on it, Volt. We'll find her." Well, no one's ever kidnapped my fucking brother before! He's all I've got, he's the only person who didn't leave, and he has to be safe or I don't know! Ten, did you recognize that guy in the hologram? * Griff_Khalil nods and walks with Alys. "Lead me to where he last may have been. I may be able to see or smell something you do not." Oh, and do you have a piece of clothing he used to wear? (Brett?) * Lukas closes his eyes. "Yeah. Sure. HESO betrayal. Should be cake to track, especially if you're going to stomp through your goddamn sources." ( ? ) (Any clue on who that guy was?) Not HESO. Definately not HESO. * Alys yells, "Don't you dare talk about him in the past tense!" but she runs into Alex's bedroom and brings out a T-shirt before running downstairs. * Lukas says snappishly, "Togo, whoever the fuck they were they infiltrated the HESO communications chain." * Ten shakes her cute little head. "Nope!" * Griff_Khalil blinks. "It was--an error. I am sorry." He takes the T-shirt from her and walks after her. [Togo's phone rings again!] Don't know who yet, but I'm almost positive they were posing as HESO. They were either part-demon or genetically mutated, and HESO doesn't do that shit. *frowns* Can you describe him? The voice sounded familiar, but I couldn't place it. (He was the man inside your coat, Togo.) * Alys stops next to the front desk. "He's always sitting here and writing. He, he wants to be a novelist, but he has trouble finishing stories. We have to find him." Right. But first, I have to learn his scent. (Answer your fucking phone) [Togo's phone continues to ring!] * Togo picks up his phone while waiting for Ten's answer. "Yeah?" ( Sorry. ) (ANSWER THE CHRIST DAMN THANK YOU) * Griff_Khalil, with that, puts Alex's dirty laundry next to his beak and takes a deep inhale, memorizing his scent. He then tries to smell the air, to see if he can trace the pattern of where her brother was. * Lukas swallows, and then is silent. * Griff_Khalil tosses the shirt back to Alys when he's done and starts sniffing. "Ashley. We got Volt back, but his sister and Alys' brother and mother are still missing." * Lukas sighs to himself. "Bookstore where Alys' brother works. Alys'n Khalil're trying to see if they can find a trail. We're heading back to the meeting room soon, unless they find something." * Alys catches the shirt and starts fidgeting with it. Then she picks a book off the desk, throws it at a shelf, and goes back to fidgeting with the shirt. 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 0. * Ten nods at Lukas. * Togo puts away the phone. "Ten? Can you describe the guy in the hologram?" * Griff_Khalil takes a sniff and wrinkles his nose. "Odd." What? (Or the area above his beak. I don't think you can wrinkle a beak.) * Griff_Khalil turns to Alys. "Your father was here." * Ten nods. "An old Asian guy, like, in his sixties, spiky hair an uncool glasses, he didn't even go for the thin lenses. An the labcoat? That's like so a hundred years ago." There are also some *sniff* chemicals. * Griff_Khalil tries to follow the chemical scent. 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8-6) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 1. ... shit. I knew I recognized the voice. * Alys looks murderous. "I'll kill him. I'll kill him, and maybe mom too if she doesn't have a good story, and they'll never do this to us again. What kind of chemicals?" * Lukas chuckles to himself and says sarcastically, "So who's after me this week?" I... don't know... * Griff_Khalil starts to look a little unsteady. * Ten looks at Togo. "Like, tell us!" Asahara. It was Shibamura, their head guy. I saw him in Mariah's memories when we were getting our souls swapped back. That's not cool. Ah, fuck. Why not? Everything else involves getting cocked up by giant organizations. * Lukas pauses a moment, then adds, "Next week is already booked, by the way, so try not to rack up someone else." 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Griff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 13. They prolly took them someplace local... fucked if I know where, though. Only lead we have that's within pissing distance of Asahara is that Covenant base. Which would be a fucking stupid place to take a HESO operative. * Lukas rubs his neck. "So that's clearly where she is." Like, got anybody you can ask? * Griff_Khalil turns to Alys, still looking a little woozy. "I think--they might have drugged your brother. Chloroform, maybe? I cannot really detect what kind though." * Griff_Khalil tries to follow Alex and the other's scents. Lots of people. But if they knew about any Asahara bases in the area, they already woulda called me. I could try the old man over at the Dancing Fiend... if anyone knows, it's him, but getting him to answer is the issue. * Griff_Khalil follows the smell downstairs. * Ten checks Lukas's contacts list for anybody that seems promising. (They're already downstairs, by the front desk.) * Lukas says in an annoyed tone, "God. Why the fuck do they need her?" He sits upright. "Can we get moving? Or at least get me to my bike while you sleep off being mostly dead?" (Then Brett's confused. :P) * Griff_Khalil heads all the way to the door and peeks his head out, then looks back in at Alys, shaking his head. "That's about it. They took off. Both of them." He takes in a deep breath. "At least I have their scents. Have you found anything they left behind?" ... you're right. Sitting here isn't doing any good. I'm gonna ru- well, hobble over to the Dancing Fiend, see if the old man can help. Head back to the meeting room, 'cause Herman and Ashley are meeting us back there, and we'll figure out where we're going from there. Er. I wasn't really looking, I was... god, I need to get a grip. Okay. If I can't get anything outta the old man, our only option might be hitting the Covenant base and hoping they have something in their computer systems we can use. * Alys looks around properly for any sort of clue. * Lukas looks at him funny for a moment, then says, "Guess you're in because it's Ashara, huh? You've got a hard on for that sort of crap." * Griff_Khalil sniffs around for anything with the Bad Guys' (TM) scent. * Ten pouts. "This sucks." * Togo pauses from getting out of the car, looking back at Volt. "I understand you're freaked right now, Volt, but fuck you. I'm in this 'cause they've got your goddamn sister. I've got a sister too." ( She's eyeless just like me. Here's a picture. ...ewww.) * Lukas looks back at Togo for a moment, not responding, then starts getting out too so he can get around to the front seat. Like, Alys and Khalil are still looking around an stuff. * Togo stares at Volt's back for a sec, then gets out and starts moving as best he can towards the Dancing Fiend. Hopefully, he can get a cab, because he ain't walking too well. * Lukas nods a little and says, "Don't worry. I can use the rest. But damned if I'm letting her drive. Didn't I just almost die once already today?" A long pause as he goes around to the front and opens the door, then he says, "It is still today, right?" * Griff_Khalil looks up from his searching and shakes his head. "I have found nothing. How about you?" Yeah, It's been 'bout an hour an a half since you went out. * Lukas sits in front and closes his eyes. "Great." * Alys shakes her head. * Griff_Khalil takes in a deep breath. "I think we should go. There is nothing else to see here." We *will* get him back though. Count on it. * Alys nods and hurries back to the car. She sees Lukas sitting in the driver's seat, says nothing, and just gets into a back seat and curls up. * Griff_Khalil knocks on the window and calls into the van. "You are conscious enough to handle the driving?" * Lukas looks back to Alys for a moment, then to Khalil. I've been worse. I have to go get my bike and we're meeting up at the office or some shit. Togo decided to head off on his own. * Ten climbs down off the arm rest in the very back seat and walks around to where Alys is. "Hey." * Alys doesn't look at her. "Hey." * Griff_Khalil nods. "I will be on the roof. I am tired of flying." With that he hops up and there's a light thunk sound from up top. * Ten puts both hands on the seat, pulls, and then swings a leg over to climb up on top. "We're gonna find 'em, and then get 'em back. Me'n Lukas are real good at gettin' stuff! (YES!) * Lukas pauses for a moment, then chuckles to himself and mutters, "Now that's a unique way to pimp the fucking ride." He turns the key and heads off. (LOVE ME LONG TIME!) (Griffin-mobile! New for the 21st century!) (The ultimate in hood ornaments.) * Alys nods. "And if we come across my dad, I'm going to kick his ass. I've just got to think about getting Alex back, right?" She's speaking very quietly. We're gonna get Alex an' your mom back! 'Cause we're awesome like that! I don't care about my stupid mom. I just need Alex, and then it'll be okay again. But that guy said he's got your mom too and that's how come your dad was being a baddy! My mom and my dad -both- left us. I just. Need. Alex. [Shortly, you arrive at the office! Herman and Ashley are already there.] (Any spinning head sweep?) * Ashley sips at his latte. For the record? He looks like a damn beatnik goth. "Kerouac wrote On The Road, a marvelous glorification of the beatnik generation. Think Hunter S. Thompson without the drugs." (Ashley has out awesomed Ten on dressing ;_;) (Ten needs to accessorize with a goatee.) (Eww, no facial hair for me!) ( Everyone needs a goatee! ) (Ten, the Awesomely Cute Bearded Doll?) * Lukas gets to the office as Ashley is reminiscing. Ha ha! Motorcycles. He looks, unsurprisingly, in a piss-poor mood. * Herman is sitting at the office computer, in his leather and forcibly spiked hair glory. One arm's resting on the back of his chair as he addresses Ashley. "Huh. So he's... beatnik, okay." * Alys walks into the office and settles herself into the corner, watching everyone. * Griff_Khalil walks into the office slowly. "Where is the sink?" Beat generation, technically. The beatniks weren't till a little later. * Ashley is either blissfully unaware that everyone else is pissy or purposefully ignoring it. Who knows? * Ten looks at Khalil. "I bet there's one downstairs!" * Lukas shrugs at Khalil's question and glances between the two of the talkers, ruining Ashley's ignoring. "You two having a damn fine time too?" * Herman looks up at Khalil. "The bloody hell happened to you... bathroom's downstairs." I am not on a plane to Milan, and I am not loaded to the gills on Columbian blow. In a word, yes. * Griff_Khalil looks around for a bathroom nearby, then glances at Herman for a moment before dropping his head quietly. "I must pray." * Griff_Khalil then turns around and heads for the bathroom without another word. * Herman lets out a breath after Khalil leaves and looks at Lukas. (To the porcelain goddesses!) * Lukas smirks to himself and says, "Too bad. Probably would have been more fun than Ashara part n+1." Spent all day getting yelled at by my father. Hope it'll be worth it. (No. Boo, no one gets to see Khalil act obsessive compulsive.) * Lukas pulls out his laptop and lays it on the desk, since Togo isn't here. "What crawled up his ass today?" Yes, I rather imagine it would be. Who is Asahara, again? They own stuff and are evil and stuff. Succinct, but pointless. Thank you Ten. Welcome! * Lukas smirks. "She's great at such things. Try to put a few more connections in there and try again, huh Ten?" * Lukas look down and starts typing on his computer. Asahara? Sounds Japanese. No, really, that was fine. I don't care overly much, anyhow. Kay! They bought out some of the companies that make all the tech we've been fighting an Togo said they keep trying to end the world and get mixed up with supernatural stuff. Bully for them. No office in Milan, I take it? They might! But, like, I don't think they've got all the people they've kidnapped today there yet. Too easy, I suppose. * Ten beams and shows off a perfect set of plastic teeth. "Yep!" * Ashley frowns and peers. "Been nipping into glasses of water on nightstands, have we?" Nope! And I need to clean up, but my backup clothes and the repairkit and everything are back on the bike! An that door thing messed with my batteries! That's so not fair! * Lukas says idly, "You'll be fine." * Griff_Khalil walks silently back into the room. Most of his feathers, especially the ones around his head and neck, are still damp. He turns and bows his head, starting to mutter in Arabic. Anyone listening might hear the name Alex in it too (among other things.) * Alys looks up wearily at Khalil. "What are you saying?" He's praying. * Griff_Khalil doesn't answer. Instead his eyes are closed as he lowers down and prostrates himself. There's lots of "Allah Akbar's" in there too. Oh. Thank you. * Herman shakes his head. "So, what happened?" ( Next game Muslims will be able to pray online, and instead of Allah Akbar they'll have Allah is t3h awesomesauce. ) * Griff_Khalil finishes by turning his head right and left and wipes his face before rising. "I was praying that we find your brother." He pauses and then adds more reluctantly, "And for that woman's soul to rest." My parents left me and Alex nine years ago, my dad showed up today to kidnap Volt and my brother, and we're getting him back. My brother, not my dad. ("To praise Allah, press any key. ... where's the any key?") * Alys says sincerely to Khalil, "Thank you. Really." * Griff_Khalil opens his eyes and looks at Alys. "I am sincere." * Lukas glances to Alys and Khalil and then back to his computer, not responding. * Alys stands up and hugs Khalil. * Herman has nothing to say to that. Why would he? * Togo hobbles into the room, half-dragging one of his legs along with him. "Shit outta luck. Old man's out of town 'cause Halloween's coming up, and apparently London's the big Halloween gathering place for the supernatural crowd this year." * Ashley sips his latte. * Lukas does respond to Herman, though, after a moment, "A bad knock-off of my sister actually kidnapped me. Mikaela apparently got taken at the airport..." * Griff_Khalil responds by blinking. His arms look very awkward out to the side like that. * Alys lets go and goes back to sitting in the corner. Which is gonna be a whole assload of trouble, but that's a coupla weeks down the road. Right now... * Griff_Khalil looks at Togo. "You were gone by the time we exited the store. Can you analyze chemicals? * Herman frowns at Lukas' comment and nods. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 0. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 6. No, but I know people who can. Whaddya need analyzed? 2d8-1 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-1) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 11. I am not certain there is enough left to detect, but there was a faint chemical smell at Alys's shop. It made me nauseous. Perhaps they left traces. We need ta find em! * Togo frowns. "Doubt there'll be enough to test, but I'll call my contact at Scotland Yard, see if he can find anything." Beyond that, there was not much. They got in a car and drove away. Alys's father was there too. Shortly before we were. In the meantime... all I got is hitting that Covenant base and hoping we get a Hail Mary in their computer systems. * Lukas says idly, "I'm working on something. But it's only been a few hours. They can't have gone far." * Ten nods. "Yep!" Yes, but if they have access to aerial transport, they can probably get it faster than we can. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 5 for a result of 0. * Togo nods. "Keep trying. In the meantime, I'm gonna go into the bathroom and use my nano-medpak before this anesthetic wears off and my goddamn balls swell to the size of my head." * Griff_Khalil winces and looks well away from Togo. * Togo hobbles off to the bathroom! In the unlikely event, I offer my services. * Ashley sips at the latte. * Lukas peers at his computer. "Uh, wild guess, Alys. Your dad's Alan?" Yeah, you found something? 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-3) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 10. * Lukas says, "We're working the van angle. 'Kaela got nipped at two-thirty... dammit, 'Kaela..." his jaw tightens slightly as he continues typing. 2d8-5 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-5) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 1. * Griff_Khalil looks around. "Also be aware that they are in possession of something that Ten and I cannot approach." He turns to Ashley. "I suspect, somehow, the same will be true of you as well." * Ten says sulkily, "They cheat." Mmm. * Alys blinks. "God, I'm a fucking idiot. No, it was just a ward, I should be able to take it down if we find any. I was too, um, upset to notice really, before. I'm sorry." * Ten perks back up. "S'allright! We got Lukas out and none of us got blown up!" Make certain that you do then. That is a plus. What kind of corporation would blow up their own people? * Herman sighs and leans back in his chair. He picks up the pipe and starts turning it in his hands. "What kind of corp would mindwipe their own people?" Kinda the same thing. One that sucks! I suppose so. Although that at least lets them live some kind of life afterwards. * Lukas peers, then snaps, "Germany. That sounds familiar." It is a country in Europe. ( El oh el ) Often confused with Austria. They speak German, there. And Dr. Himmel was from there too! * Griff_Khalil stops and looks down for a second. "Wasn't German what that one doctor we encountered spoke?" * Lukas glances up to the three of them, then snorts and snaps, "Hilarious. They were heading out of town on a country road." North into the country. * Togo comes out of the bathroom, walking with a slight limp, but overall moving a lot better than he was before. "Okay. Got anything?" Yeah. * Herman nods at Khalil. "Think so." * Griff_Khalil looks at Ten after her comment. * Ten looks away from Khalil. * Ashley finishes off his coffee and the mug disappears. * Lukas gets a nasty look on his face. "Fuck, if they're doing that to 'kaela, we're gonna have a problem." He looks over to Togo. "We've got Alan heading north out of the city." * Griff_Khalil blinks, confused, and turns back to Herman. "I think we are finding a connection." Like, can we get an airplane or a satellite? Like now? No! No more planes today. * Griff_Khalil sighs and says tentatively. "I can fly..." * Herman looks back at Khalil. "Looks like. And you can't fly *all* of us." We've just gotta find out where the van is before it parks and he's gotta big head start! * Lukas frowns down at the computer and then says, "Ten." I am not sure. Have you calculated the weight? * Griff_Khalil thinks. "Herman." Less weight and more you don't have enough bloody limbs. What? It is...tedious, but... 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-3) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 6. If need be, could I not fly just you, and you could come get the others via the doorway? Or does it not have that sort of range? Fly me there and then I open- yeah. No, I can do that. I just need to know where I'm going. * Lukas gets a growing grin as he types. * Herman glances at Lukas. * Griff_Khalil turns to Togo. "Togo? Should we go?" If Herman can 'port us to that van, yeah. I'm still sore, but I'm functional. 2d8-6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-6) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 3. * Griff_Khalil nods and then waits for Lukas's directions. (Busy hacking national security mainframes. One moment.) (Now loading. Please wait.) (Volt rocks my multi-colored socks!) * Lukas grins. "Got it. Still going northwest. Shit, why doesn't British Intelligence just let me sit on their sattelites for the next couple hours?" Because it bloody queers the orbits. If we had something to keep in contact with Lukas in the meantime... * Lukas says, "I'm not staying. I can't just watch the sattelite. They'll whine." 2d8-7 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Lukas (2d8-7) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 4. * Ten nods. "They get kinda mad when their toys don't work right." Herman, you got any spells that can stop a van without blowing it up? I've got a phone. That work? And no. * Herman pauses. * Lukas typs a number of extra commands and then closes his computer and rattles off a lat-long. "I'll be going on my bike. Think of it as a backup." Actually, I *can*, but you gotta give me a few minutes. And it'd crash. So probably not for whatever it is you want. * Lukas stuffs his computer away. "Someone wanna tag along ground-side?" Glance to Togo. "Who isn't suffering from elephantitis." That'd be bad! They blow lots of stuff up! * Griff_Khalil nods. "How do you wish to be carried then?" Short pause. "And why am I sudddenly a courier service lately?" * Togo shrugs. "Was hoping, if we were gonna port ahead of the van and try to stop it, that you had a better way of stopping it than my 'machine-gun the tires' option." Because you can fly! I'll go. * Griff_Khalil looks at Ten. "...yes. I'm not proud of it." How severe a crash we talking about? * Lukas nods slightly at Alys and says, "Right. I can phone on the bike, so... yeah. I'm heading out. Niece?" He heads for the door. * Alys stands up, tells Togo sternly, "A crash that doesn't hurt Alex!" and follows after Uncle Volt. * Ten goes with! We can decide that on when the van has less of a head start. * Griff_Khalil then turns to Alys. "I do not think your father and Alex are in the same van." * Ashley stands up, dusts off his clothes, and follows teh leavingses. * Herman stands and picks up his pipe, looking to Khalil. "Well, let's get going." More coffee. I'll be back later. * Herman nods at Ashley. * Griff_Khalil nods. "Talons or held?" Whichever lets you keep a better grip. I've got leather; I can probably handle some clawing. * Togo nods. "If we can't stop the van cleanly, no point in 'porting ahead yet. So yeah." *heads out* * Griff_Khalil nods again and goes out to open space where he can get a good takeoff. * Herman heads after him. [Session End]