[Nexus] AMEN XLIV: Beware Falling Flowers

[Mindfreak]

Biolab

"They'll see a lot more of me than I will of them," Moff chortles. Unless Megan stops him, he will then leave the biolab to rejoin continuity in the interruption scene.

BioLab
Megan sighed.
And then she noticed the visuals from one of the Mechano-Panthers.
And saw all of the Moffs.
She sighed again and went back to working on her dusty red panther and finishing a sword.

[Ashen Lilies]

[Interruption!]

"I am insulted by your crass insinuations, Mr. OoC text!" Says Kal, momentarily infuriated. "I am no homo! (Heh heh, 'no homo') I am an equal opportunities Casanova!"
He shrugs.
"And hey, rules are rules. I didn't make them up, I just enforce them. And nowhere does it mention on the rules to make exceptions for a particularly hairy pair. See?"
Kal holds out a very official looking piece of paper with the 'rules' regarding toplessness within the base written on it.
...
In crayon.
...
By someone with a poor grasp of spelling and no handwriting skills.
...
At all.
...
But at least it's been stamped with AMEN's official seal, so it must be legit!
...
Oh, wait, no, that's a Hello Kitty stamp.
...
Man, they must be having some budget cuts down there in the rule making department.

[Asha'man]

[Interruption]

Oh Man.....What is this......I don't even.....!...?
"Chief, you are of course aware, that that that......... Ok I have no words for this."
He's mocking us, he's not even taking me seriously. Heh, I won't lose. Then through the mental link.
"Do it now. If we have to waste time I can at least make it so that only my time is wasted."
"Mkay, stay safe!"
"Affirmative. Spirit Realm open."
"Dream sequence start. Tel'alan'rhoid."
"I urge you not to say that. We'll get sued for copyright."

With that the seven excluding Damian is disappearing. They look dreamy and surreal. They are no longer in AMEN, at least not on this plane.

"Well Chief, there goes your excuse to bother me Mr. Casanova. Heheh."

With this Damian will try to walk past Kal, or as he calls him 'Chief', then maybe use some parkour skills to try to get past the Moffs on the ground.

[happyturtle]

Interruption

The Moffs are surprised to see 6 of the 7 sins disappear, but don't care enough to try to pursue, assuming they could even locate the spirit realm.

Instead, they let Damien pass, whether by parkour (though how that works in a crowded indoor space, I don't know ) or by simply pushing his way through. However, they decide to have the last word with the ones in the back who are sitting on shoulders pulling out tomatoes and flinging them at Damien.

Of course these are not normal tomatoes. They are enchanted to... oh wait, no. They are completely normal. Just over-ripe for easy splatting.

Splat!

[Lord Magtok]

MagOffice

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MagOffice

Knock knock.

I can't be damned to dissect a dictionary for any more alliterative arrays, so, yeah, it's the Cat Burglar knocking on Maggie's door.

"Hello?"

Magtok peers out from behind the door, raising an eyebrow at the person on the other side. Oh crap, it's...it's that guy. Whats-his-name. The AMENite who did that...the thing, or something. Gods, Mag really needs to pay more attention to these people and stuff.

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[Main Room]

"Oh, I have plenty of other animal friends elsewhere. Cedric here is simply my best friend. He's so helpful." Isabelle gives the freaky squirrel a little pat on the head, which produces a quiet contented purring sort of noise from him. "Cedric here is quite alive, as are all my animal friends. If I'm accepted as an AMENite, I would appreciate the space to bring in all my animals, of which there are quite a lot. However I realise that'd be asking quite a lot for a new member, so I'll be content to just bring in a few of my favourites, and of course any that could be of use to AMEN itself. Speaking of which, could AMEN do with any guard grizzly bears? I really like this idea, I think I'm going to make it my next project!"

Oh dear Maggy, you're giving the lady with the freaky squirrel ideas! But at least she's being reasonable about her animals.

Magtok squirms uncomfortably. More so than he already was because of Cedric being nearby, I mean.

"Weeeeell, we kinda already have guard mechanical panthers. Magical mutant grizzly bears might be a bit much."

And also a horrific accident waiting to happen. At least with the Mechano-Panthers, there's a chance of nonlethal weaponry being employed to take you down. Bears don't know the meaning of the word 'mercy', those terrible fiends.

"If you have anything that might be able to uncover and consume any sort of spying devices that might be around. We've had, quite literally, some rats around here, and a few intelligence leaks that suggest this couch might not be quite as secure as it should be. A thorough and intensive bioform and listening device search would be expensive, especially given how often we'd have to do such a thing, but a designated minion capable of dealing with both at once could certainly come in handy. Maybe a ferret, if Cedric's head is already too full to learn any more fancy tricks."

[Asha'man]

[Interruption--->Megan's Biolab]

Whatever is thrown at him is absorbed by his body most likely eaten. Now that the two senior AMENites let him go, albeit with tomatoes thrown at him, he heads to Megan's Biolab and knocks on the door.

*Knock* *Knock*

"So far Lord Magtok and Megan are the only ones who haven't decided to screw us over yet. Moff seems to be a Homo ninja, Kal is a hump everything hat moves kinda guy, and one more earlier that decided not to bother us."

A character by The Alexandrian I think. Anyway Damian ponders this out loud while waiting to see if Megan is in her lab.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab
The camera beside the door zooms in on Damien and then the door slides open.

Megan is holding a sword up. It's a katana with what appears to be a trigger on the side.
"So what can I do for you?"

[Asha'man]

[Biolab]

Oh hey a gunblade. Not that Damien knows that.
"Well you said if i was looking for weapons I could come over here, for a price.""If I'm lucky I might even get some armor. Biolab=Bioarmor?"

Damien looks around the Biolab and it seems spacious enough.
"Mind if I call back my group. I had to make them vanish for a bit earlier."

[Mindfreak]

BioLab
Nope. Not a gunblade
"Sure, I'll make you weapons, armor, whatever you want as long as you can pay the price I ask for."
"And go ahead, call back your group. I saw what was happening earlier. I don't like it myself but...kinda asked for it with a topless girl around the Moffs. They're...kinda crazy."
"Since I doubt you'll be able to get to any type of room, you and your friend's are welcome to stay in here. I have plenty of bunk beds for when I have...volunteers." she added a sort of evil chuckle at the end.
She's better with people when she's doing business.

[happyturtle]

Interruption

The interruption over, the Moffs disperse.

[Earl of Purple]

Biolab- Another Time

"Yes, but it needs to be able to stand up for itself. Pazuzu's airforce currently consists of biplanes, and He wants to upgrade His fleet and make them more up-to-date." Nephrim looks for a stool or something similar to sit down on. She'd prefer something other than a chair so she can keep her wings. "Pazuzu will be pitching these aircraft against aeroplanes designed and built by devils in the Blood War. Their capabilities have yet to be properly tested in battle, but a sudden flock of vargouilles joining the fray from every downed demonic craft should make the fight more interesting." Especially if a few have vrocks or succubi instead, which are larger and more powerful.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab - Another Time
Megan rub her temples, thinking.
"Okay. So let me get this straight, because I'm kinda getting confused..."
"He wants something for transport, that's also fast, strong, and has offensive capabilities?"
She was going to have to contact a friend for help on that.

Oh, and there's only chairs.
Really comfy ones though!

[Earl of Purple]

Biolab- Another Time

"Transportation and offence are the most important. Everything else is ideal scenario, but if it's impossible, or outside your experience, or makes the craft too expensive to put into production, or too impractical to implement, Pazuzu will understand and won't alter the payment." Nephrim morphs her wings away to sit down.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab - Another Time
"Okay...it's do-able. But...I'm going to have to bring someone else in on this."
"Now...can you tell me what this Pazozo has in his stash?"

[Earl of Purple]

Biolab- Another Time

"That's fine. Pazuzu's treasury consists of a large amount of treasure, some of it magical, and most of it gold or platinum. However, He is not planning on paying you in physical goods. He is a Demon Lord of the Abyss, the Master of the Skies, True Ruler of Birds and Lord of Air. His power rivals that of the Deities. He could give you immortality, flight, an altered body, or magical power. What is it you wanted?" The deities whose power Pazuzu rivals aren't very powerful deities, but they are still deities and they still won't risk fighting Him; if they lose, He gains their power, but if they win, they gain His.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab - Another Time
Megan thinks.
"Is it possible for me to get a single use unlimited wish that can't be used to get more wishes?"

[Asha'man]

BioLab
Nope. Not a gunblade
"Sure, I'll make you weapons, armor, whatever you want as long as you can pay the price I ask for."
"And go ahead, call back your group. I saw what was happening earlier. I don't like it myself but...kinda asked for it with a topless girl around the Moffs. They're...kinda crazy."
"Since I doubt you'll be able to get to any type of room, you and your friend's are welcome to stay in here. I have plenty of bunk beds for when I have...volunteers." she added a sort of evil chuckle at the end.
She's better with people when she's doing business.

"Thanks, we'll use the bunk beds. I don't really want to run in to any more senior AMENites."

With that he says an unheard word that notifies his team its alright to return. The air wavers at the call and a ghostly image appears and solidifies. The 7 are back together.

"So we're all here. Do you want us to do your job first? Or can you help us with the equipment first."
As he says this, he wonders why he should beware falling flowers.

[D_Lord]

Ilpholin Ilpholin I got a surprise for you.
I think you'll be interested in it.

[Ashen Lilies]

"Oh yeah!" Kal calls to the retreating Damian, following him to the threshold of the bio lab. "Just go ahead and define us using only our sexualities, because of course that's the only trait worth noticing. Real classy, guy. Reeeeaaaal classy."
Then when he enters the bio labs and escapes, Kal will go find one of the Moffs and high five him.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab
"What job? I never mentioned doing any job for me!"
"What, are you crazy or something?"
"Anyways, let's talk business. What do you need for equipment?"

[Asha'man]

Biolab

"You said for a price, that usually means someone has a job for us. If its money you want though...... we don't have any."

Damian explains his previous words. Then moves on to equipment.

"For equipment, only four of us need it."

Damian, Baronux, Zedinaih and Algian stay while the remaining three look for the bunk beds to rest in.

"I'll go first if you don't mind."

He means He'll be the first to demonstrate his powers to find what armor suits him.

[Gnrlshrimp]

[Main Room]

"I guessed as much. Sorry, new ideas for new animal friends to make tend to get me rather excited. A personal grizzly friend to keep me safe at night will be useful anyway."

Isabelle ponders the new suggestion of ferrets. She's never thought of anything to do with ferrets, but then she's never really had to worry about spying devices and the like herself.

"Once I've finished my work on an animal, making further changes is...difficult. That, and little Cedric here is my dear friend, I couldn't bear to have him wandering around the base and not at my side."

How would she ever get by without her hideous demon-squirrel of doom? Maggy! How could you suggest such a thing, you fiend?

"Well, um, the technology stuff in Nexus isn't something I'm particularly familiar with, so I might need a few pointers with this one. But it should be easy enough to adjust a ferret so its teeth are capable of biting through much tougher stuff, and allow its digestive system to handle such a thing. I'd have to improve its hearing too so it could listen in on conversations more easily. The major challenge I suppose would be giving the little thing enough of an intelligence boost that it can carry out such a complicated task. I might have to make separate ferrets for listening and rat-catching. "

[Reinholdt]

[Ilpholin's Office - Crocodile Karyana]

"Karyana cas Timoliir kynet Loarna," the vampire answers, smiling at Ilpholin, at least as much as she can with her facial alterations. "Technically, there's a fair bit more, but I think that can probably be skipped, if you don't mind."

[Ilpholin's Office - Crocodile Karyana]

Karyana. Dang it. She wasn't supposed to ever come back. Perhaps Ilpholin's note hint wasn't obvious enough, but she couldn't risk it being intercepted.

"Huh. I'm surprised to see you here. I thought you'd be living with your wives in the Nest? And... not looking... like that?"

[Ilpholin's Office - The Hatteress]

"Thanks. I owe you one."

Roxanne proclaims in an obsequious yet firm tone. She probably owes Ilphy more than one favor by now, technically speaking, but meh. Ilphy's probably already earned as much of Roxanne's fealty as she can without Roxanne assessing her treatment of her other subordinates.

Ilphy possesses the attitude and charisma to lead, Roxanne acknowledges. That's something that Roxanne can really get behind.

Roxanne seems distracted and distant for an instant before she resumes the discussion. This isn't readily apparent. With senses like Roxanne's, what seems in the eyes of others to be the blink of an eye feels like an eternity for her. It isn't like the distraction bears any major consequence anyhow. I'm sure that Ilphy has distracted masses of Nexusians with her costume. That might just be another reason why Roxanne is having so much trouble chatting with Ilphy, come to think of it.

"In ten years? I'd like to see AMEN controlling some sort of trade. A profitable one might be weaponry. People are always in need of bigger and better guns than their neighbors. We could easily create both the supply and the demand in that market. We'd need another department to attend to the business end of things, though."

"Apart from that, I'd like to see us as the toughest, meanest, and leanest junkyard dog on the block. I want all of these 'good-aligned' orgs to have had it beat into their brains that we're the best. And when you mess with the best, you die like the rest."

[Ilpholin's Office - The Hatteress]

Ilpholin's outfit is more designed to accentuate the real distraction.

"Alright. I believe that's everything I needed to ask. If you had any questions, feel free to ask. Otherwise, perhaps we should go see this invention you mentioned you wished to show me?"

Ilpholin Ilpholin I got a surprise for you.
I think you'll be interested in it.

[Ilpholin - Somewhere in Time and Space]

"If that's true, it'd be a real surprise." Ilpholin says, glancing at a random wall and waiting for the Eldritch Horror to continue.

[happyturtle]

Hallways

"Oh yeah!" Kal calls to the retreating Damian, following him to the threshold of the bio lab. "Just go ahead and define us using only our sexualities, because of course that's the only trait worth noticing. Real classy, guy. Reeeeaaaal classy."
Then when he enters the bio labs and escapes, Kal will go find one of the Moffs and high five him.

Kal gets high fived! ^5

Then Moff's face falls.

"We're probably going to be stuck in an elevator with that guy and forced to have a Very Special Episode about the importance of toleration, aren't we?"

[Mindfreak]

Biolab

"You said for a price, that usually means someone has a job for us. If its money you want though...... we don't have any."

Damian explains his previous words. Then moves on to equipment.

"For equipment, only four of us need it."

Damian, Baronux, Zedinaih and Algian stay while the remaining three look for the bunk beds to rest in.

"I'll go first if you don't mind."

He means He'll be the first to demonstrate his powers to find what armor suits him.

BioLab
"I have no idea what you mean by "going first." Simply tell me what you want and let us be done with it." she said with a frown.
He was being confusing!
"Anyways, for your price you're going to have to be outfitted to my specifications. And you'll only be getting your equipment after you complete the job, so no point in showing off now. I hate making something and then someone can't pay."

[Asha'man]

Biolab

Confusing? Ah whatever. He meant He'll show off first so you can see what armor he'll need. Nevermind.

"Simple we want Armor and weapons. Ones that don't break easy especially when we transform. Since We're new new here asking for the best you can make is out of the question but give us the best probationary members can get. We'll do the job no matter how difficult to pay for the stuff. If we die, we die, it just means we were to weak to survive in this world in the first place."

Translation give them your hardest job quest to pay for the best armor and weaponry probationary members can get.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab
Oh, they can get the best so long as they pay the price, probationary member or not. Heck, Megan sells stuff to people outside of AMEN. She then gives Magtok 1/3 of the profit as a thank you for the BioLab, 1/3 goes to Ilpholin because...well...because she feels like paying her, and then the final 1/3 is Megan's, which she simply puts away in a bank on another plane. This bank may or may not be Gringotts
"I can do that. Now about the job..."
"You'll be going into a jungle in another dimension. The time is not needed to be known. You've just gotta go in, get to the Mayan's doomsday machine, steal the powersource, and bring it back here."
"And all of this needs to be done dressed as Special Ops. members. So, guns or swords, fellas?"

[Asha'man]

[Biolab]

It was all serious sounding until Megan said guns.
"Swords."
Damian said, looking down to conceal the embarrassment on his face. His own team was snickering behind him. Even the ones who were resting on the bunk beds.

Einjelstein comments on this.
"Damian. Good choice. Projectile weaponry ill suits you."

"Ahem! We are ready to start anytime. At your command."
Damian really wants to get this scene over with.

[Mindfreak]

BioLab
Megan goes into the lockers and pulls out the uniforms, which is pretty much like a standard Umbrella Secret Service uniform, but with a U.S. Insignia.
She also gets them four swords and four pistols.
"While you're going to be using the swords, the pistols are for show. They're standard issue for the uniforms so they'll help people think you're playing the part right."
"The swords are just regular old adamantine-vibratinum katanas. They're sharp enough to cut through some of the weaker metals, and strong enough that it is extremely unlikely that they'll break."
"Any questions yet?"

[Asha'man]

[Biolab]

Andrellux asks the questions.
"1. Where is this portal? 2. Will we be given a map of the place or do we have to map the place. 3. In how many hours do you want this power source delivered?"
He is pride you know.

The team puts on the suit and weaponry. Zediniah looks at it skeptically wondering if the suit will break once she transforms. She isn't very powerful in half-beast mode.