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Jun 7, 2017 23:59:53 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 7, 2017 23:59:53 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again While wandering through Izanagi, Naomi discovered an infiltration quest that required her to sneak in a building and take back some kind of intel for a client. Of course, Carlo came immediately to mind, so she sent him a message, asking him if he wanted to come along and to meet her near the base of the skyscraper if he was interested. They'd done some stuff together after they discovered their newfound relationship, but never alone as partners. Not since the last quest they took ended on a spectacularly bad note. Naomi was both apprehensive and excited. She didn't think they changed their dynamic just because they were together now, and she preferred the sincerity of that over some overly sweet and overly nice toeing around each other. Exchanging teases and light-hearted banter was more their style. The most important difference now was the fact that she could trust him with her life, and hoped that he felt the same. Any misunderstandings they had before were gone now, and they could work even better now that they were intimately close. And they weren't actively trying to rile each other up to an angry fight. Leaning against some other structure that was across their targeted building, she waited for Carlo to arrive. The cloak she wore was wrapped tightly around her as she rubbed her arms for warmth against the chilly rain. kingrex mission
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Jun 8, 2017 0:27:16 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 8, 2017 0:27:16 GMT -5
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Jun 8, 2017 5:02:19 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 8, 2017 5:02:19 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again Naomi looked up when she heard the sound of footsteps and saw Carlo approaching. She stayed silent for a bit as he moved to lean against the wall next to her, asking about the mission. With his hood over his head, she couldn't really see his face and figure out what he was thinking. His question was simple enough to understand, so she could only answer him as honestly as she could. "I'm pretty sure. I..." A slight tint of red appeared on her cheeks and she clasped her hands together, laying them on top of her lap and looking down as she went on. "I just wanted to do quests with you." Looking up at the building, she squinted her eyes at all the windows that reflected against the bright artificial lights of the city. "Anyway, the client said the intel is somewhere in the middle floors, though he couldn't determine which one specifically. What he could safely assume though was that it would be in a heavily guarded room. And that the intel itself will have this mark on it." She took out a piece of paper from her cloak and showed a unique looking symbol to Carlo. "I was hoping you'd take the lead here cause you probably know how to do these things better than me." Before this game, she would never have had to worry about trying to sneak into a building to steal something. "I trust you. And if things don't work out...I promise I won't blame you for it."kingrex
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Jun 9, 2017 22:00:49 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 9, 2017 22:00:49 GMT -5
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 | Rex laughed under a breath, “Well you picked the worse one...” He joked before leaning from the wall and moving to take his cigarette from his mouth after a long drag and drop it to be smashed under a wet boot. She'd get another look when she said she trusted him, which put quite a bit of pressure on his shoulder to make sure this quest ended far better than the last one.
Even though she said she wouldn't blame him, he still didn't want it to be a total disaster. Without saying anything he'd look away and reaching behind him to summon his drone, tossing the thing lazily into the air as it buzzed to life and hovered in a bobbing motion, “Recon protocol...” Rex muttered lowly, causing the drone to cloak and shift into a sleeker form.
The soldier turned his look again for the woman and the piece of paper she'd presented, taking note of the symbol as he moved his drone towards the building, “..Let me scan it and see what's up first...This looks pretty tough just for two people.” Carlo warned, moving his gaze upwards to track his drone. After a minute or two the thing would return to it's master, and provide him with a moderately detailed layout of the building...Sure enough the floor they needed was towards the center.
Again there was an awkward silence between them as Rex carefully looked over the digital layout of the structure, moving the hologram like display in a manner so Naomi could see it as well if she wanted, “...Alright I'm guessing there's two ways we can go about this.” He started with a small tilt of his sharp blues from under his hood on his lover, “...We can either find a way to disguise ourselves and breach from the first floor, which will be the quickest way there, considering the 'middle' of the building is actually ten floors...and our floor is the first of those ten...” Rex paused for a moment to give the building another look, “...But it's for sure going to have the most security and risk of getting caught.”
He'd nudge his chin towards the top of the building as he looked up a little, “Or we go down from the roof, and sneak in that way. It'll take longer, but we wont hit a lot of security until we get closer to the target...I hope at least.” he glanced again to Naomi, “You've got a cloak too right? Which helps...” Rex took a breath and adjusting his hood some, “Whatcha think?” Even if the girl wasn't familiar with combat operations, she was smart...Smarter than him, so he'd have faith in her advice.
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Jun 9, 2017 22:58:33 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 9, 2017 22:58:33 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again She watched as Carlo took something out and sent it flying into the air. The thing, whatever it was, began flying towards the building. "That's really neat," she told him with a smile. Her eyes tracked its movement as it began doing something - scanning, from what Carlo said. Fortunately it came back to them in tact and with no horrible surprises in store. As it showed them an image of the building, her eyes grew wide in surprise. Carlo began investigating the holographic layout as she leaned closer, reaching out with a finger to try and touch the image. It went through her hand easily without disrupting the projection. "You're just full of surprises," she teased. Switching back to a more serious tone, she listened attentively as Carlo explained what they could do to get inside. It all sounded simple and straightfoward enough. They had quite a lot of options to pick from, thanks to their abilities. When he asked for her opinion, she widened her eyes again. Giving the lead to Carlo, she had expected to just follow orders without question. The fact that he respected her own opinions to ask for them, even if she didn't really have any sort of first-hand experience for this kind of task, made her smile warmly, touched by the small gesture. "Come here you." She'd try to pull him in for a kiss. And if he responded, it would probably last a lot longer than she had initially planned. Once they parted, she took a deep breath to get her senses back into focus. "I knew I fell for you for a reason." She threw a small wink as she patted his chest. Regardless, she was more than happy to try and offer some suggestions. "If you're asking for my opinion, I think we should just head to the middle floors and enter through there. You know...like in those spy movies where you could cut through the window or unlock it and go in from there." She blushed slightly, wondering if it was a silly, childish idea like she worried it probably was. kingrex
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Jun 10, 2017 2:13:28 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 10, 2017 2:13:28 GMT -5
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| As always when Rex was trying to act like a hard ass, Naomi came in for the cheese, and he wouldn't possibly be able to refuse it. With a bit of a shocked expression Carlo did lean back somewhat before she pulled him forward and forced him into a kiss from under his hood.
At first he was a little stiff, but quickly melted into it, reaching a hand to grip at her hip and squeeze it lovingly. An entire arm had nearly roped the woman in for the embrace before she pulled away and the soldier reserved his greedy nature for another time. She got a flinch of embarrassment when she patted his chest, “W-whatever..” He'd mutter in response before they went back to business...
With a frown Rex tilted his sharp gaze away from the woman when she explained their third option, as dense as he could be sometimes he'd actually thought of that already....And didn't mention it for good reason, “...I think that might be to dangerous.” Carlo warned before tilting a corner of his gaze on the woman, “I'm sure that glass isn't going to be easy to breach, and even if we do get inside there's a real good chance this place has some kind of...lock down protocol.”
Rex again brought up his display of the building, sighing as he reviewed it a third time, “Which means they'd probably lock up the windows anyways...so we'd be forced to go up or down in the end.” He'd move forward then, placing a hand on her wrist as he stood rather close, eyes focused down on the rainy sidewalk beneath them, “If it was just me taking the gamble, I'd do it...but with you...Well..I'm scared, I guess.” He admitted weakly.
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Jun 10, 2017 4:57:05 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 10, 2017 4:57:05 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again "Oh." She frowned as Carlo listed out the things that could go wrong with her suggestion. He made good points, and she had already expected her plan to have a lot of flaws in it. Anything from the movies wasn't always accurate, and she wasn't about to put her life on the life on the off-chance that it did work. When she felt him touch her wrist, she looked down at it first, then up at him as he shared his worries. With a short laugh, she grasped his hand and squeezed it while she pressed her forehead against his. At least to anyone looking, they would seem like a couple of normal lovers out on a walk and trying to take a break from the rain. Not at all like two players who were about to enter a building and steal some intel. "Then I'm glad I'm here to make sure you don't get into too much trouble." At least he would be more cautious of staying alive rather than just getting through a mission and completing it, whatever the cost. Despite promising her before that he'd focus more on staying alive, he had a penchant for jumping into danger and getting hurt within seconds. "From the top floor then," she decided. "They wouldn't expect us to come from up there. And we're not in any hurry." Her wings slowly unfurled as she looked at him with a smirk. "Of course, if you're uncomfortable flying we can always go ahead and enter from the lower floor. It's your call. Whatever you decide, I'll back you up," she reassured him. kingrex
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Jun 11, 2017 4:24:19 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 11, 2017 4:24:19 GMT -5
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| The Commando was somewhat relieved when Naomi decided on taking the high road rather the blunt trauma path. It was crazy to think how caring about someone changed your entire perception on...well everything. He would of gone gun-ho right through the front doors if he hadn't been for her. She really was keeping him out of trouble...
The soldier grinned before leaning in to steal another kiss from the woman, it was sadly brief before he pulled away and finally reached to pull the hood from his face, damp golden locks covering his youthful looking features, “...Hey, if I can get use to you, I can get use to flying..Make sure you cloak yourself, alright?” Rex teased and answered back before wrapping his arms around the woman's waist, assuming she was ready for takeoff...
if she carried them upwards, Rex would activate his cloaking device, causing his body to slither away to a rippling mirror of the environment around it, masking his presence. They didn't want anyone taking a glance out of the windows to see a soldier and fairy, did they? She had quite a ways to go, too...
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Jun 11, 2017 10:27:05 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 11, 2017 10:27:05 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again After quickly and eagerly kissing him back, her hand brushed aside the wet, blond locks that stuck to his face, tucking them behind his ear while she smiled. "Don't worry, I will."The smile grew wider when he wrapped his arm around her waist, getting ready to go. He always did forget that with her ability, she could just as easily make the two of them fly without the need for close proximity. But she wasn't going to complain about how good it felt to have him hug her so tightly. Wrapping her arms around him, she spread her wings out, scattered her scales on him, then lifted them both up into the air. At the same time that Carlo used his cloaking ability, Naomi was turning invisible herself. It felt weird to hug someone she couldn't see, but she could still feel him in her arms, warm and strong. They flew up the building, going through all of the floors quietly. The rain was a bother, but it didn't slow her down too much, or affected Carlo's weight as she pulled him along. With no one to spot them, Naomi took both herself and Carlo up to the roof without incident. She landed them both safely on the floor at the top, and glanced around until she found the door to lead them inside. "Ready when you are."kingrex
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Jun 11, 2017 15:51:29 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 11, 2017 15:51:29 GMT -5
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| Rex kept his hold on Naomi even when they landed, strange to only be able to feel versus actually seeing that pretty face of hers. He'd flick his head to a side and inspect the roof quickly, laughing when he didn't see any security cameras, “Nice...no cameras, maybe they're a lot more relaxed than we're thinking...” Carlo muttered softly before gently letting go of the woman and letting his cloak fade off.
He'd head for the door, inspecting the heavy and bulky mass of metal with some kind of hand reader at it's side. The soldier reached to his belt to pull out one of those infamous little black squares of C4, placing it on the reader and arming it. Not explaining anything to Naomi probably had her nervous...Was he just going to blow it up and draw a ton of attention?
With a tilt of his head he'd give a wide toothy grin to the woman, “...I'm always ready.” He teased before pressing his det-trigger, though instead of the explosive going off in some kind of grand boom, it merely sizzled and burned with a powerful and quiet heat, destroying the reader and causing the door to unlock and push forward.
Because he'd activated his cloaking, all of Rex's abilities had been put in stealth mode, allowing him to stay discreet. A gloved hand reached to pull open the door and hold it for the woman, “Ladies first, right?” Rex smirked letting her in and then quietly following in behind the woman. He'd gather up his assault rifle from his chest, instinctively reaching to make sure the silencer on it's barrel was tightly fitted before he aimed it down the steps they'd be faced with.
“Let's just take these for as long as we can, if there's elevators in the building I bet we'll be pretty fucking clear for awhile, keep your eyes pealed for cameras or sensors too.” Rex whispered as he moved past the woman to take the lead, elegantly pacing himself down the steps all the while keeping his gun aimed at the edges of corners as they turned them...
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Jun 11, 2017 21:40:51 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 11, 2017 21:40:51 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again When he dropped his cloak, she dropped her ability as well, appearing before him just in time to see him attach something to the door. From her experience with Carlo, she suspected it was something like a bomb. Her eyebrows went up, but she bit back a word of warning or caution. She told Carlo that she'd trust his decisions, so that was what she was going to do. Carlo wasn't that idiotic to make the door explode loudly after all his talk of staying quiet and hiding from the guards right? It would be a major test of her patience not to start shouting angrily at him if he did call the attention of every single person in the building. She couldn't hide the flinch when the door suddenly fizzled, expecting a boom instead of the soft hiss. He opened the door afterwards and held it out for her with a smirk. In response, she let out a soft laugh and smiled as she inclined her head towards him. "Why thank you, good sir."The hallway was quiet and empty, probably because they were in the last floor. Naomi was well aware that the closer they got to the goal, the harder it was going to be. At Carlo's warning of cameras, she nodded and stayed close behind him as they began going down. She wasn't holding onto him, but she was within easy reach to use her buff if he needed it right away. "Or we could look for the emergency exit and fly down to the right floor," she pointed out. "Depending on how they built the place, of course." It would be, she thought, a quicker and simpler path than using the elevators. kingrex
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Jun 12, 2017 16:39:01 GMT -5
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Jun 12, 2017 16:38:29 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 12, 2017 16:38:29 GMT -5
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Jun 12, 2017 20:22:41 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 12, 2017 20:22:41 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again Still following Carlo from behind, Naomi thought about the still many flights of stairs they had to go down from and sighed. "No, I was hoping to jump down the stairs to our floor instantly. It doesn't look like that's going to be the case though. Let's just keep going." Though she did say that they had all the time in the world, she didn't want to be in this building for longer than they have to. The quicker they found that intel and got out, the better. So when Carlo suggested going through the vents, she bit her lower lip in serious thought. Crouching down, she peered into the dark tunnel anxiously. Carlo might have something to make light or have dark vision to help them inside, maybe. As for her, she would be going in blind. "I don't like the idea of going in when we don't know where it'll lead us." She didn't want to have to crawl back all the way here if they were wrong. Or worse, end up getting lost and taking even longer to figure out where they were. "It'll probably be simpler if we just kept going down the stairs," she said at length. "Like you mentioned before, we can go into one of these floors and find an elevator to get us all the way down there."kingrex
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Jun 12, 2017 22:45:44 GMT -5
Post by kingrex on Jun 12, 2017 22:45:44 GMT -5
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| Rex grinned and tilted his head to a side stepping a little closer to Naomi, “Ehh, you scared of the dark or something?” He teased lowly before he reached a partially gloved hand to ruffle her hair and slip past her for another stalk down the stairs, their brief flirt not lasting long enough to cause any problems hopefully.
“Flying down would be risky, we might catch someone's attention if-” He stopped as he heard a door crack open on one of the level breaks between twisting stairs, a couple of echoing male voices breaking the silence. The soldier didn't even waste a half second to shock or surprise, quickly pivoting around to grab Naomi and drag her backwards up a few steps until they were on another square of concrete that separated the layers of stairs.
He'd pull the woman into a corner wrapping his arms around her waist and pressing his lips as close as he could to her ear, “Cloak” He'd whisper in a hot breath, hearing the voices and footsteps grow closer as they climbed towards him. Hopefully if Papi was still calm, she'd have just enough time to activate her cloaking, and so would Rex before being spotted.
The two young men would pass by them shortly, “...Fucking elevator is down again today! I hate these damn steps man....” One of them complained before the other laughed under a breath, nodding, “...Yeah no kidding. It was suppose to be fixed like a week ago...At least we're burning some calories, right?”
One of them stopped not but a foot from them, would their cover last?
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Jun 13, 2017 5:14:44 GMT -5
Post by papilion on Jun 13, 2017 5:14:44 GMT -5
'cause tonight's the night
the world begins again "Ack!" Naomi grimaced as Carlo suddenly ruffled her hair. She tried to swat at him in return, but he'd already go past her down the next set of stairs. Grumbling, she brushed her fingers through her hair, fixing it up as she walked behind him. "I'm not afraid. I just don't want to crawl through dusty places if I don't have to..."She was listening to Carlo's explanation again, but before he could finish, he stopped himself and grabbed her without warning. Caught off-guard, she had no chance to protest or ask him what was happening as she went along and ran back up the stairs. In her haste, she nearly tripped over her foot, but she gripped the other tightly and pulled herself upright in a hurry. Heart thudding against her chest, she felt Carlo hold onto her and whisper an order. Without hesitation she followed, turning invisible just as she began to hear the footsteps and the conversation between two men - guards in the building, most likely. Her ears pricked up when she heard them talk about the elevator, but the interest was immediately replaced by fear as she sensed one standing right in front of where they were. Pressing her lips into a thin line, she hugged Carlo tighter as she shut her eyes and tried not to breathe too loudly, praying that they didn't notice the two of them hiding right there. Holding back the panic, she focused on her boyfriend's beating heart and his very presence, trying to imagine that they were anywhere else but here, simply hugging each other intimately. Hours seemed to slowly pass by, but it only lasted for a few seconds. Eventually, the one further ahead called out to his companion. "Come on slowpoke, break time's over. We still have a ways to go." The one standing near them groaned as he began moving with heavy steps, complaining and cursing as he joined the other and went further up the steps. Their voices and the sound of their footsteps slowly faded into silence. Still unsure whether it was safe, she waited for Carlo to make that decision for them. kingrex
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