Detcc 2040

[qube]

(It may take until next turn for the Ninja god who wants the 18 arts to learn all she can. (Or he) Yoshimitsu should already have stealth, I think.)

((he (Yoshi is male - Kumiko (who's currently being lifeless) is female).
oh, and thats all right. no hurry. note how most of the skills are things he already knows (7 of them are fighting, and there's also horsemanship, water training, ...). the problem is with area/language dependant skills (meteorology, geography, espionage, ...)
ooc: Yoshi will train until the next 'event' (until they leave for siberia, or something big happens) ))

So Yoshi follows a strict schedual, switching between physical exercises - honing his skills with his sword, fist and shuriken, honing his stealth and acrobatics - and mental exercises - learning russian, siberian fauna, flora, geography -
to improve the chances on success for our lord's commands

[Fan]

Biorn bored witrh waiting forever walks right past the guards, and into the compound looking for wherever he is suposed to sdubmit his specimen.
He will jump over the gate if he has to*.

((*If there is a tangible gate.)

[ArlEammon]

Soon... Bjorn discovers that all he needs to do is let them shoot a microscopic needle under the skin.

[Midboss]

James woke up at one in the afternoon. Yesterdays training combined with the hunt had quite exausted him. Also, it was getting harder everyday to wake up, as if his body clock was telling him that this was the wrong time. Maybe he was becoming more of a nocturnal creature. He sure hoped he wouldn't have to sleep in a coffin buried in the land where he was born, otherwise, that was going to be quite a problem.

What was he going to do today ? He had learned surprinsingly fast the art of marksmanship and could shoot at a level olympic shooters reached with years of hard training. This was quite frightening indeed. If these other people he had met were anything like him, then the whole thing was quite big. The DTECC leader had a lot of power under his command. That fact was a scary thought. He had to contact his superiors to asses the situation.

Cyberbrain interface.
Activating Kaamelot.exe

The interface of a flash game showed itself in front of him. It was one of these strategy minigames you found by thousands on the net. He went into the cheatcode menu.

Enter cheat: Pendragon.
cheat accepted
...
...
...
Activation of operative ID.
Use comm channel 253.222.559.45
Comm channel active
....
Type message:
Tatus report: Communications blockade at the DTECC has ceased. Info available says that it started after a failed attempt to assassintate Jacob Blair. Exact details on attack are unavailable but perpetrator is believed to be a being refering him/herself as V. Nothing else on it is known but it is believed hostile. It is believed that this V is the person truly behind the DTECC projet. Its goals are unknown. Me and other individuals have been requested to participate in an operation against agents of V in Siberia. Previous attemps, by elite forces, have so far failed apparently.
Request instructions.

Message Sent.
Dectivating Operative ID.

He turned off the whole thing and went back to the present. It might be some time until an answer came. What was he going to do with the rest of the day ?

Spoiler

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Could I have a quest, please ?

[ArlEammon]

(you are all assigned to go to the quest assigned first at the palace. ::Those of you who asked for one.::)

[Beans]

Joshua Talin

Joshua gives her a wide grin. "Ah, miss Penryck! So glad you could come!" He looks around the room at the other students. "So, firearms! Firearms, eh? Firearms! Fiiiiiirearms. Firearms, firearms, firearms, firearms, firearms - I hope you're getting this all down!" As several students in the class jump, Joshua laughs.
"Now, on to business! Who can tell me the laws of safety around a firearm? Anyone...?"

"Keep the muzzle in a safe direction, keep guns unloaded when you're not using 'em, your gun's safety is a pansy---don't rely on it, be sure of your target and the stuff beyond it, use the right ammo, handle it with care if it fails to fire, wear eye and ear protection, keep the barrel clear of blockages, have it serviced regularly and don't modify it, and learn how the damn thing works and handles. Oh, and people that look down their own gun's barrel are basically asking for it."
She grins in abject terror, displaying her unnaturally-sharp teeth. Her heart is throwing itself against her chest; its beats are thunderous in her ears, and she suspects that it can be heard from across the room.

[ArlEammon]

(You all gain a skill that allows you super human skill in the courses you ahve all been taking.)

Mini Quests begin soon.

[Raz_Fox]

Joshua Talin

"Correct, James! However, that was some sound advice from miss Penryck as well. Thank you.

Now, let's learn how to use these things as safely as possible, shall we?"

Talin's teaching style is erratic and eccentric, but it works. Talin learns the subject matter alongside them, guiding the students into teaching themselves and everyone around them. Most of his students that day walk out knowing exactly what to do and what not to do with a gun.

At the end of the class, Talin takes off his reading glasses and slips them into his coat, picking up the few manuals and books on the subject that he'd brought. On second thought, he looks around to make sure that no students had stayed behind.

[Fan]

Bjorn bored looks around for some hand to hand training courses, or prechance a non fire arms based arms class. Not fencing, but something not for show... Like Judo, or Jujitsu.

[ArlEammon]

(Side Quest)
Stepping into the Transformer, the team members assigned to the mission are briefed by teams already there that the planet, an alternate Earth, has been discovered by extra-terrestrial beings. According to them, they are negotiating for a deal to have portions of the planet to themselves.

Nothing violent seems to be happening yet.

[Krrth]

Gus


Right. I need more information about this world, and about these aliens. What are the differences in this Earth from our own, and any and all information we have on the aliens.

Gus is currently fiddling with the computers and the sensors. He's looking for any trace of microbes, parasites, altered brainwaves, unexplained signals, viri, mind control, mutant puppies, ninjas, ninja mutant puppies, and coercion./

[Fan]

Biorn Ofgeir walks through the compound in his nosy way looking for anyone, or anything interestingly awesome.

[ArlEammon]

The computer fulfills Gus'es request.
The planet is the maximum size for a planet capable of sustaining large quantities and varieties of life. The planet is thirteen times the size the of Earth, and contains extremely rich veins of material that an alien race might need. According to the computer, the xenos that want parts of the planet are called "Shadows".

[Krrth]

Gus



Right. Rich veins of some minerals. we should get a sample and run analysis on it before we agree to anything.


Hey, Guys? What do we know about these "Shadows"? The name doesn't exactly inspire confidence, you know?


Armin: What's the gravity like? At 13x Earth, I'd expect it to be significantly higher.

[ArlEammon]

Gus



Right. Rich veins of some minerals. we should get a sample and run analysis on it before we agree to anything.


Hey, Guys? What do we know about these "Shadows"? The name doesn't exactly inspire confidence, you know?


Armin: What's the gravity like? At 13x Earth, I'd expect it to be significantly higher.

Further inspecting through the computer suggests that the gravity is the same, as strange as that would be.

[Krrth]

Gus


Oh, and Guys? I'm getting a strange feeling about this place. This planet should have a much higher gravity than it does. That might be worth investigating.

[qube]

Should he go with the others, or should he keep training for his lords mission? choices choices ... with these thoughts Yoshi went to sleep ...

The next day

Yoshimitsu

Kumiko is no where to be seen ... where is she? ... Oh well, a new day, a new training schedual.

6h - 8h breakfast + warmup + practice acrobatics
8h - 10h morning class advanced russian (since he studies russian for beginners the previous couple of days)
10 - 12h using the gym room to practice taijitsu (unarmed combat)
12 - 14h lunch during russian social studies
14 - 16h training kenjitsu (swordfight) outside
16 - 18h studing all types of maps of siberia (road maps, city maps, meteorogical maps, ...) and a small meal
18 - 20h practicing sneaking and shurikenjutsu in the forest
20 - 21h studying a siberian dictionairy (to learn the dialect) and a small meal
21 - 22.30h training some more taijitsu and kenjitsu (in some park)
22.30 - 23h meditiating in the same park.
then going to sleep.

and between classes, practicing sneak methods, going from place X to Y without being seen ...


Kumiko

That night kumiko sneaks out to follow the others - apperently Yoshi cound't decide what to do, so he did both -
floating through the transformer, she exclemates
"oooh what a nice planet. I wonder if there are fairies here ? And why are they calls shadows? And would shadows have shadows?"

[Earl of Purple]

Will

Will, now that he's completed his gun and explosive courses, is starting a course on swords, in case he's too close to use a gun or a bomb. He's doing a mixture of fencing, with an epee, and other types of fencing too. He's actually quite good and is picking it up quickly.

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Next miniquest, Will shall join. If he may (and it's not at the bottom of the sea/the big quest has started

[Beans]

Joshua Talin

"Correct, James! However, that was some sound advice from miss Penryck as well. Thank you.

Now, let's learn how to use these things as safely as possible, shall we?"

Talin's teaching style is erratic and eccentric, but it works. Talin learns the subject matter alongside them, guiding the students into teaching themselves and everyone around them. Most of his students that day walk out knowing exactly what to do and what not to do with a gun.

At the end of the class, Talin takes off his reading glasses and slips them into his coat, picking up the few manuals and books on the subject that he'd brought. On second thought, he looks around to make sure that no students had stayed behind.

Ilja steps out of the room and begins to head home. Today was pretty good---she got to shoot things, and Mr. Talin's class was interesting to listen to.

[Smiley_]

Sparky

Ugh...The teacher was enthusiastic about what he taught, but it seemed to him that he had never even handled a gun before. Hand to hand training was something else entirely. His four foot stature betrayed the power behind his unique body. He slid sitlently through the corridors of the Academy. He wasn't trying particularly hard to be sneaky, such things just came to him naturally. Maybe he should take some related classes on that as well.

[Savant]

Nathan

Finishing up his notes, Nathan packs his laptop up in a backpack and dresses casually, sport coat and jeans before walking to compound.

"If trained properly, this talent could have untold possibilities.." nathan said quietly to himself, his mind a flutter with ideas as he arrived.

"Now to find some related training, possibly athetics or some such thing.."

[ArlEammon]

(CLEAR!)
O.k. All characters receive a jolt of OOC juice... bringing them back to life.

They all advance three skills to advanced levels.

The planet that has been discovered is teeming with strange insectile life ont he surface. However the insectile life is now docile.

[Krrth]

Gus


Insects? This planet looks almost young.


*looks over at the other members of the tream*


Anyone gotten me a sample of that ore yet?

[ArlEammon]

We don't know why you would need it." They say... handing some over.

[Krrth]

Gus

If these Shadows want it, it's for a reason. It would behoove us to find out what that reason is. It could be useful to us.


*Gus starts running tests on the ore, to see what he can find. energy potential, strength, density, and the like. He's trying to figure out it's properties and what it can be used for.*

[ArlEammon]

Gus

If these Shadows want it, it's for a reason. It would behoove us to find out what that reason is. It could be useful to us.


*Gus starts running tests on the ore, to see what he can find. energy potential, strength, density, and the like. He's trying to figure out it's properties and what it can be used for.*

Through Gus'es portfolio somehow activated, he discovers that the metal is somehow a fusion of organic and inorganic material.

[Krrth]

Gus


Interesting. Do we happen to have a biologist on staff somewhere? We really need to figure this stuff out. Somehow, this metal is alive.

[ArlEammon]

Gus


Interesting. Do we happen to have a biologist on staff somewhere? We really need to figure this stuff out. Somehow, this metal is alive.

No one can help with that for now. You think it might somehow be natural.. as unlikely as that seems.

[Krrth]

Ok, this is really strange. Let's get as much of this stuff as we can back through the gate for later study.

[ArlEammon]

Ok, this is really strange. Let's get as much of this stuff as we can back through the gate for later study.

The men do so, hurrying with canisters to the other side of the gate. When they reach the other side, they discover that the living material seems to have animal sentience.