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Post by wulfie13 on Mar 20, 2013 18:49:09 GMT
Hollie climbed on the train. They seemingly had a carriage to themselves. Each if they wanted.
She sat down and took out the folder HQ had given her. She began to read through the Quest Info. She saw a small card attached to the front page, and decided to read that first.
"Hollie. This is Gamma. I have given you all the information I could gather on this variant. Unfortunately, we are still technically performing reconnaissance on this world, so our information is limited. I hope it will be useful..."
Hollie pocketed the card, smiling briefly while she did so, and began to read the contents of the file.
Strangely, the first page was a contract. It was in her name, and it said "Required.", but what it was contracting her to do was blank.
She placed that to one side, and began to read the world history.
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Post by Echo on Mar 20, 2013 19:11:59 GMT
Lexi found she had a similar card and contract and decided it leave them alone for a while as she thumbed through the rest of her pack of papers.
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Post by wulfie13 on Mar 20, 2013 19:26:39 GMT
Hollie first read the initial report. It seemed as though this world was an Earth variant, but HQ hadn't found anything that set it apart from the Standard Earth yet, except for a dense fog which appeared in certain places with alarming frequency.
Hollie moved on to the Quest briefing. "The Yaso-Inaba region is, according to our initial reports, one of the original locations this fog was encountered.
Five years ago, there were a series of murders which occured that coincided with the presence of said fog. They were referred to the hanging man murders, due to the position of the corpses upon discovery. We... obtained a copy of the official files. A suspect is in custody, but no official method has been reported, nor cause of death confirmed.
Within the last week, all members of the reconnaissance team were found in an identical manner to the victims of the Hanging man murders. Your task is to investigate the murders."
Hollie read and re-read the Quest info. She herself knew she wasn't exactly the sharpest tool in the shed. Sending her on this just didn't fit. HQ had something they were hiding. Still, they'd done that in the past, and it was always in her best interest.
Hollie signed the contract before beginning to yawn.
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Post by Echo on Mar 20, 2013 19:33:03 GMT
Lexi read and re-read the brief. This was one of the few times HQ had said with certainty that dead was almost definitely on the cards. 'At least they're being honest...' sighed the Voice. Lexi mentally nodded, sighed and signed the contract. "Any idea what's really going on?" Lexi asked, not convinced that they were being told everything.
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Post by wulfie13 on Mar 20, 2013 19:35:16 GMT
Hollie shrugged. "This is the first time I've been on a 'New world' since they recruited me..." She said. "And HQ haven't ever hid things from me unless it was important."
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Post by Echo on Mar 20, 2013 21:43:13 GMT
"Hmm..." Lexi considered for a moment. Generally speaking, she trusted the QA to keep her safe, they needed her after all. But they didn't need her happy or thinking, just able to follow orders, and that was what worried her.
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Post by wulfie13 on Mar 20, 2013 22:54:12 GMT
"Maybe we should finsih introductions, while we're still alone?" Hollie said, keeping her voice low. "It might be useful to know what each of us can do, given, y'know..." She gestured at the file.
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Post by Echo on Mar 20, 2013 23:41:16 GMT
Lexi nodded, the girl was good. "Alright then, what do you want to know?"
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Post by wulfie13 on Mar 20, 2013 23:45:05 GMT
"Well, given who we work for, what both of us are and are capable of seem like good places to start..." She said. After glancing up and down the train for any sign of a conductor, she continued. "I'm an Unseelie Sidhe. I'd prefer to have a bow, but given the restrictions, I'm left with just my short sword."
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Post by Echo on Mar 20, 2013 23:59:53 GMT
"Vampire-Elf cross" Lexi sighed "I usually have a bow and swords, and the ability to become properly Vampiric, but they've stopped me from doing that... Apparently it's too magical or something" she growled a little "anyway, I'm left with a couple of knives, basically." She indicated one of the foot-long blades strapped to her legs.
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