guadalajara ♔ polishing a compass that I hold in my sleeve

[wynn]

♬ Grounds For Divorce - Elbow

WHO || Carol, Malina, Alex, Kali [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a ~mysterious crash~
WHERE || Guadalajara, Mexico
WHEN || April 19th [back dated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

With most of the team staunchly convinced that about to go check out Area 51, they head off to Guadalajara, Mexico, to investigate local rumors of a crash site outside the city. One of the best things about this little trip is that even in February, it's in the seventies, so there's definitely a vacation air to arriving in the bustling city. They'll need to rent a car and head out in the direction of the supposed crash in the flat countryside. It's a fourteen hour flight so get comfortable.

Comments

[hacker]

Whoa.

[ Skye looks awed and just a little excited. ]

Area 51 much?

[ She slows as they approach, leaning forward over the steering wheel, but with no designs on actually stopping. ]

[airforceful]

We're not letting anybody get prosecuted. [Carol leans forward to get a better look.] Doesn't look so bad, as far as sketchy government agencies go.

[ambitionist]

[he turns off charmed and puts away his phone as they start to approach, sorry peter :( ] We're just going in to get what's ours. Or, uh, his, as the case may be.

[bredinthebone]

[Malina just pauses as she leans forward to study the scene outside the window. They can't see the facility yet, but there has to be one in there somewhere.

To Carol:]

Do you think you can make another flyover without being noticed? I still think conning our way in our best bet but we should try and see if we can learn what the layout is.

[starprince]

[ with a 20 wisdom check, peter gets his mind off charmed long enough to frown out the window ] If it's a military base, they're going to be monitoring the skies closely. That's probably the easiest way to draw their attention.

[bredinthebone]

... Good point.

[and with that she turns back to the hawk in her lap, reaching over to roll down the window.]

Looks like you're up, big guy.

[Harry makes a pleased noise because YAY I GET OUT OF THE CAR. Malina smirks before glancing back to Skye.]

Think you can pull over while he has a look?

[airforceful]

On the other hand, means I can be one hell of a distraction if we need it. Maybe I should wait outside and do my flyby after you're in.

[bredinthebone]

[She nods as she holds up a finger in Carol's direction.]

That is also a good point.

[hacker]

Hard to argue with that.

[ Skye slows the vehicle to a stop, pulling over. ]

Do you have a way to signal? [ She looks at Malina for that. ] That we're inside, so she can take off.

[bredinthebone]

[She nods as she opens the door letting Harry hop up onto her arm for a moment. She lowers her arm and then lets him use her to push up into the air and investigate the area (spot 28).

Once he's heading off into the horizon, she'll turn back again.]

I'm sure one of the tricks up my sleeve will be of use. Right now I just want to get an idea of what we're getting into.

[Which means they'll wait there for a second for Harry to come back and make his report.]

[felidity]

[ under her breath, though she's still resting her chin on alex so it's not entirely inaudible: ] Death. Deathiness. Death like symptoms.

[ambitionist]

Can it, kiddo. It'll be fine. [diplomacy 19. wow. so many comfort.]

[felidity]

[ she doesn't seem soothed, but she keeps the rest of her comments to herself like a good little soldier. ]

[starprince]

Well? [ the bird comes careening back after doing an overhead swoop that allows him to see that there's only one facility in the very center of the field, with more fences around it and no visible personnel???? it looks pretty small honestly ]

[bredinthebone]

[She frowns slightly as she listens to the report.]

Huh.

[And with that she glances back to the rest of the group.]

He says it's pretty small. One facility in the center of the field, with a lot of fences and no visible people. You'd think if this was some kind of giant government conspiracy they'd have people everywhere.

[ambitionist]

Maybe it's all underground. Like ants.

[hacker]

Or maybe, [ She says it like she's excited about the possibility, ] It's invisible.

[felidity]

I think underground is more likely. Invisibility is kind of a waste if whatever is spelled doesn't move, 'cause once you've found it you know it's there.

Snipers are probably around to account for the lack of visible personnel. Fences are, presumably, electrified the further in you go, most likely warded with alarm spells and key cards and biometrics scanners at every gate and door. Lasers, motion sensors, silent alarms, cameras everywhere, though whether they're monitored or just recorded is up in the air. I would figure monitored just to be safe.

[ leaning back in her seat, she quickly scoops her hair up and secures it back into her ponytail. ]

[starprince]

[ peter raises his eyebrows as he looks over at kali like who ARE YOU but then turns to nod curtly, adding: ] Uh. What she said.

[bredinthebone]

[Malina nods as she takes that in, running her thumb over the nails on the fingers of her right hand. Yeah, that's not going to be easy.]

I can try and take out the alarm spells before we get there, and I could take a shot at taking out the electrical systems by overloading the circuits, but I can't really do anything about the snipers.

[There's a beat and she glances back to Skye:]

Could you hack the biometrics and the security feed?

[hacker]

Sure. Give me ... fifteen minutes?

[ Simple shrug. ]

I can loop the security feed, no problem. I could probably shut down any other security, too. Lasers, alarms—anything non-magical.

[bredinthebone]

Excellent. So then we just have to worry about snipers and magic, which I can handle.

[She pauses before glancing back to Kali. She seems to know the most, so let's put that to use.]

If you were putting snipers on this spot, where would you put them?

[felidity]

Within sight of every gate or door. But a sniper can be at the very least 500 meters away. A decent one can be up to 1000 meters. Guard towers would be visible and an obvious bet, but the roof and top floor are just as likely to hold a threat.

[ so what she means is literally anywhere. ]

If we look like we're meant to be there, which may be difficult in the van, they'll probably hold fire until they find out who we are. [ she makes a face before adding: ] I might be able to get someone in since I still have US government identification and they might greenlight that for diplomatic reasons. Or alternately get their hands on millions of dollars worth of military R&D.

[bredinthebone]

I can magically alter my clothes so I can at least look the part unless we want to go with another story.

[She pauses for a moment, rubbing her chin gently.]

We could claim we were undercover. It would explain the lack of credentials and proper government attire.

[She glances over the group for a moment, drumming her fingers against the side of the door and looking to Alex.]

How's your g-man?

[ambitionist]

[he stares at her a minute like is she asking me about my dick???? THIS IS A VERY INAPPROPRIATE TIME, MALINA before he realizes what's actually happening.] Probably at the best it can be since I just finished watching Criminal Minds.