mission ♔ chicago

[rationalizes]

WHO || Gar, Kat, Mark, Dumage, Martha, Myri, Buffy, Sven, Spike [Closed]
WHAT || MISSIONY SHENANIGANS
WHERE || Chicago.
WHEN || Monday Feb 27th -Saturday Mar 3rd
HOW || Actionspam

Did you all think you were going to get to spend your whole mission time just watching Dawson's Creek and going to bars and reading trashy romance novels and watching cats fly while Gar did all the work all week long?

Nice try.

Various duties are below - your characters will be dragged along on some of them over the course of the week. Feel free to pick and choose what your character might have volunteered (or been "volunteered") for.

Comments

[nosdacaraid]

... I guess that would get kind of sticky.

[slays]

Very sticky.

[nosdacaraid]

Ok, then. Alternate. Disneyland.

[slays]

Oh, please. Such a cheap-o answer.

[bigbad]

Oh, look at that. Magic. [Perhaps more useful than he'd thought! His leg still hurts but... he's okay. He snaps his book shut.] This wasn't helping anyway.

[nosdacaraid]

Maybe if you've been there before.

But right. Creativity. [He screws up his face, reaching into a bag of peanuts propped in the cup holder.] On a zeppelin.

[thebetrayer]

[Now that he's up, he'll walk over to the fire and stomp it out. Since apparently no one else was planning to ... ]

It's not like we were going to get anything done. [come on y'all let's be real here.]

[slays]

[ She wouldn't know if she's been there before. :( Thanks for reminding her, dick. ]

Is it a Mickey Mouse zeppelin?

[shootfirst]

Hey, that is not the right attitude to take, Mister. [She'll pick up her laptop again and then flop onto the couch cradling it. Where none of you can touch it. And after typing a few seconds, she'll read:]

"The Hoffman Institute is an independent “think-tank” organization. Founded in 1917 by Tomas Hoffman and Itohiro Nakami, the Hoffman Institute is officially devoted to developing new technologies, particularly in the field of alternative energy. The Hoffman Institute has three divisions: the Administrative Division, the Analytical Division, and the Archives. These divisions take care of the organization’s day-to-day operations."

[... A spot check of 20 might get a glimpse of the fact that she's just reading this from Wikipedia.]

[nosdacaraid]

A what who zeppelin? [Yes, this is really happening]

[bigbad]

[...NAT 20. Spike looks over her shoulder and can... pretty much read the words right along with her, his spot check was so good.]

...resorting to Wikipedia? Guess we're not the only ones failing here. [....But Kat didn't set anything ON FIRE.]

[thebetrayer]

[Yep, Sven's not even going to bother expressing the smugness he feels in this moment. He leans over to get a look at the laptop screen.]

Are there any pictures?

[shootfirst]

Hey! It's more than I've seen you do. [She'll just... jerk the laptop off to her right hand side as if she's going to only show it to Sven now :| Yep. And read the rest. ]

"Headquartered in Chicago, the Hoffmann Institute has major branches (200–250 employees) in Barcelona, New York City, El Paso, Philadelphia, Portland (Oregon), and Tampa, with satellite offices (75–100 employees) in Aspen, Baltimore, Lima, New Orleans, Mexico City, Minneapolis, Paris, Phoenix,and Jakarta. Each office houses a fully equipped library, forensics lab, sample storage, morgue, armory, detention area, employee cafeteria, gymnasium, and motor pool. If a sample defies analysis at a branch office, the NYC head-quarters has an even more advanced laboratory available, fully staffed 24 hours per day."

[She clicks on a link and brings up this picture] And here's the man himself. Gar's boss and founder of this place. ... Looking pretty young there for a dude who's gotta be over a hundred.

[slays]

... Mickey Mouse? [ A beat. ] You picked Disneyland and you don't know who Mickey Mouse is?

[nosdacaraid]

Oh, that Mickey Mouse. [/awkward laughter] Yeah, I... I know that one.

[slay]

... Right. How many Mickey Mouses do you think there are exactly?

[nosdacaraid]

I didn't watch a lot of TV as a kid.

[slay]

Or any, apparently. How do you not know Disney? I don't even know my own birthday and I know Disney.

[nosdacaraid]

I know Disney. The Lion King's my favorite movie. [s-so affronted]

12, aren't you glad Martha fails slightly less than the dumb boys?

[aproperdoctor]

[If there's one thing Martha's learned from all those years of med school, it's how to do research. Well, okay, two things, right after...being a doctor and all. She turns up sometime after the fire catastrophe and starts going through books like someone who's actually on task.] The Talisman doesn't have a Wikipedia entry, does it?

[aproperdoctor]

[So Martha is probably one of the worst choices possible for this, but Gar told her to go do it anyway. Or, you know, she asked nicely and Martha figured it was best to listen to her. Something like that. The point is, this uniform is really ugly and it's kind of annoying. Also itchy. And too large for her.]

Yeah, we really look like a couple of elevator repair people. This is a brilliant idea.

[bigbad]

[Yeah, Spike's not even pretending to research anymore. He's just making sarcastic commentary.]

I'd say it sounds too bloody easy, but it seems to be the only approach that's given us anything.

[vantol]

[Yeeeah Sven's out, too.] The books and papers gave us a nice campfire for us to roast our smores.

[witchwoman]

[Don't worry, Martha. Myri is an equally horrible choice, if not the most horrible, so you will obviously look awesome in comparison. How did Myrilandel end up here? Dumage kind of scares her, but... all she knows is that she was told to put on some strange clothes and is currently standing beside her fellow squire, looking uncomfortable.]

I'm still not sure I understand what an elevator is...

[Oh boy]

[witchwoman]

[Myri stands awkwardly beside Gar, waiting for the right moment to clear her throat and make her presence known.]

Ahem...

[Once she has the woman's attention, she smiles shyly.]

I'm not certain how I can help, but I'd like to do what I can?