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

[airforceful]

[Carol holds on and leans forward, trying to get a good idea of the surroundings as they drive by (spot 15). She's a superhero. Breaking into a secure government facility is just Wednesday for her.]

[starprince]

[ as they drive up to the gate, peter puts his blasters away and leans up between the seats, saying urgently: ] Wait, wait, wait. [ he stabs the eject button with a finger, rescuing his tape and holding it up triumphantly, glancing at skye as if he's holding a gold bar ] ... Just in case. [ something happens to your van/home ]

[bredinthebone]

[Malina just glances over her shoulder, raising an eyebrow back at him because really, but will then return to the focus to the matter at hand, checking the road ahead of them for any sign of guards (spot 8). The sun is probably in her eyes or something because she's not getting much.]

[hacker]

Wow. Seriously?

[ Scandalized by his lack of faith, Skye is too distracted to really sweep the area (spot also 8). ]

[ambitionist]

[don't worry, alex is picking up the slack for all y'all basic bitches (spot 21).]

[starprince]

[ there's a tiny guard house attached to the gate but there doesn't seem to be anyone in it??? but alex would see an intercom. ] Better safe than sorry, alright?

[hacker]

You know, that is excatly the kind of motto that would have left you to recover your own stupid spaceship.

[ambitionist]

[oh goody. an intercom. /andres ptsd flashbacks. (not really) he clears his throat like ANYWAY CHILDREN.] There's an intercom next to the gate. Guess we'll have to get someone to buzz us in.

[felidity]

[ rollin' down the window, she leans almost all the way out of it bc she's tiny and stretches her index finger to press the button on the intercom. BUZZ. let us in. ]

[starprince]

[ there's no response for a moment, before a dull, flat female voice says: "Clearance code." ]

[ambitionist]

[alex makes his way to the front of the van so he can lean over kali and work his lie magic. or, uh ... "magic", since his bluff was only 32. (ikr ~only~ 32 THAT'S LOW FOR HIM OK)] Uh, we ... lost the clearance code.

[hacker]

[ Skye slaps a hand over her face like oh my god are you all new at this. ]

[starprince]

[ the voice repeats, unperturbed: "Clearance code." ]

[felidity]

[ kali just falls back on instinct. ]

Pegasus Operative KAL-510. Clearance code: [ she rattles off a series of numbers. idk. her former security code. ]

[bredinthebone]

[Malina looks back at Alex for that bluff too, because really? But then Kali provides her old one and she hopes that this isn't going to trip up some kind of alarm or other form of badness.]

[starprince]

[ the pause is so long that peter starts to glance around, his leg bouncing in place as he clearly begins to think they fucked up. but finally, a different voice comes on, an authoritative male that says: "KAL-510, please state your business here today." ]

[hacker]

[ Nonchalance is overruled by heavy curiosity as the answer crackles over the intercom. Skye's head pivots steadily for her eyes to lock on Kali. ]

[felidity]

[ strange little martian kali who doesn't know ziggy stardust is neatly packed away almost instantaneously as she's referred by her impersonal former classification, all business, fingers curling around the steering wheel again. ]

My unit received a call regarded a strange airborne object that we were sent to investigate, covertly. [ hence the van. ] I believe we have one of your puzzle pieces, sir.

[starprince]

[ another pause, followed by a simple curt: "Stand by, please." the intercom goes dead again, and an uncomfortable silence falls. ]

[felidity]

[ kali is very obviously tense, staring straight ahead as she mutters: ] Any one repeats that designation outside of this mission and I will punch you in the throat.

[bredinthebone]

[Malina glances over at her, before giving a bit of a shrug.]

What designation?

[She's already forgotten it.]

[ambitionist]

You really are an alien if you think I'm gonna remember that shit. [he goes back to sitting in the back and not sprawled over kali so she can drive.]

[airforceful]

We've all got pasts. [And it would take someone supremely dickish to dig into one that clearly makes her uncomfortable.]

[hacker]

Oooh, big surprise. [ Skye's here with color commentary. ] The spooky, secret agency that wants to keep the alien ship crash a secret also keeps secrets from each other.

[bredinthebone]

[The less polite response she had to that particular jab gets packed away under the guise of professionalism (will save 23) but she will turn around in her seat to stare down Skye because no.]

People have a right to their secrets and they have a right to their privacy. Not everything is meant for the world to know, so unless you have something useful to contribute or would like to have your past aired out for everyone to hear? Keep your commentary to yourself.