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 hands hers over, though she's not sure how much it'll hold up to scrutiny. Still, it's legit, and better than nothing. ...sorry Skye and Peter.]

[starprince]

What she said. [ peter looks a little smug as he nods at kali and malina (diplomacy 20) how do you even make a diplomacy check about being a smug bastard #starlordlife ] I must have left mine in my other spaceship.

[ the men exchange looks, unreadable, staring at peter before they look back at kali. the man in charge lifts a device from his pocket, waves it in front of each of their IDs, a red scan bar tracing across each and producing a beeping sound. he turns it around, examines the results, then reaches up to his earpiece and says: "Identification relayed."

for a moment, they just stand there staring at each other, but then the far doors open, and a woman emerges, latina and wearing a white dress and heels, instead of the military outfits sported by the rest of them. in spite of this, the men all snap to attention, clearly indicating she's in charge here.

"Stand down," she says, her words slightly accented, as she surveys the lot of them. ]

[felidity]

[ kali straightens, ponytail back to swishing around her shoulders, and waves her hand at the others like "y'all can put your hands down".

in the deferential tone of a soldier, though she does not stand at attention, she addresses the lady in charge with a nod of acknowledgment. ] Ma'am.

[hacker]

Ugh!

[ As the woman barks for her men to stand down, Skye gives an audible scoff, looking fairly offended by the sight of her. Disgruntled, she shakes her head and cuts a sidelong glance to her ... well, they're neither friends nor teammates, but here we are. They're her something, and she's glancing uneasily at them. ]

Sorry, it's just— The whole sexy, evil ... It's embarrassing, okay? She could at least wear the uniform like the rest of them. [ She gestures vaguely to the woman in charge, then drops her hands with a marked scowl. Walking straight into an underground government base to collect a spaceship, and she's getting offended over military lady's choice of command attire. Yep. ] You look like you just crawled out of an '80s Bond movie. I'm sorry.

[ambitionist]

Hey now. Maybe she wanted to dress like that.

[starprince]

[ beside from passing a cool look in skye's direction, the woman clearly doesn't feel the need to justify her outfit choices, affixing her attention on kali.

"KAL-510, is it?" she says, looking her over. "I thought that the Pegasus operatives were all considered KIA." she arches one eyebrow smoothly, the question clear. ]

[felidity]

Advantageous, don't you think? If we're all considered dead, no one will expect us. Like the uh, the uh. [ she makes a face, obviously struggling to come up with a reference that is before her time. ] Oh! Like the Spanish Inquisition, ma'am. I'm told no one expects that.

[ ur welcome. ]

[bredinthebone]

[Malina uses up all of her will save power to resist making a face at Skye because, well, she's supposed to be an alien after all. Aliens totally know Bond movies (will save 14).

Unfortunately, it's not enough to cover the flicker of a smile across her face and the huff of breath that was trying not to be a laugh at the Spanish Inquisition reference. A+, Kali.]

[starprince]

[ "And these other operatives?" her gaze skates across the rest of the rabble, lighting on malina's momentarily amused expression. ]

[ambitionist]

We're the best around. [BLUFF NAT 20 I CAN'T MAKE THIS SHIT UP OK DO YOU WANT A SCREENCAP OF MY PHONE]

[felidity]

They're my team.

[ she watches the woman with her wide, guileless eyes, pleased with being able to call them her team tbh. they are the fucking best. ]

[bredinthebone]

[♫ I had to, leave me alone.]

[Malina is just going to nod her agreement, before raising her eyebrows at the way the woman was appraising her. Yep. That's right. What are you going to do about it?]

[starprince]

[ "That's not what I was asking." her attention shifts like alex like is this guy 4 real. "Who is your superior? Who ordered you here?" ]

[ambitionist]

[a typical reaction to alex's existence tbh ... ] That's classified information.

[airforceful]

All due respect, ma'am, but that's hardly important right now. [Carol steps forward, posture rigid and attentive like the soldier she's always been, even before she became an Avenger, though she doesn't salute (diplomacy 19).] This gentleman here had his property confiscated and he'd like it back. It's a pretty simple situation.

[starprince]

[ she doesn't seem impressed by carol, nor by peter when he chimes in: ] Yeah, maybe you all subscribe to the universal rules of finders keepers, but I think when a guy wanders off to find a bathroom and comes back to find his ship gone, that falls more into the category of straight-up stealing. [ the woman's expression remains cool as she responds:

"You're telling me that this man piloted that ship here?" ]

[ambitionist]

You got a problem with that?

[so ... helpful ....... ]

[hacker]

And woman.

[ Skye raises her hand. ]

I'm with him.

[ She points to Peter then, shrugging. ]

And that's why you don't let a man drive. Totally allergic to directions.

[bredinthebone]

If you don't believe him, why not have him prove it?

[Malina is playing a hunch, but they know it's Peter's ship and Peter knows it's Peter's ship - maybe this could be the bluff they need to at least get close to it.]

If he flies it regularly, he's got to know his way around.

[starprince]

[ the woman looks at malina like maybe she's grown another head.

"That was never my question," she says simply, and she looks back towards skye, eyes narrowing slightly. "I've some questions for these two separately." she gestures sharply to one of the guards, who steps forward, gesturing for skye and peter to move ahead, with his gun. ]

Are these the kind of 'questions' you get asked tied to a chair with a single lightbulb overhead? Because pretty sure I've seen that movie.

[bredinthebone]

Whoa, whoa, whoa.

[She steps forward. Not much, but enough to be in the way.]

So what, you can just snake this out from under me? No. One of my people has to go with you.

[hacker]

[ Skye looks over at them, concern flashing in her eyes at the way Malina bites back. Under the barrel of all these guns, Skye's not liking their chances, and it shows. ]

Guys. [ She urges in a soft voice. ] We'll be okay.

[ Cooperate, pleads her gaze. She doesn't want any of them getting shot trying to take care of Peter and Skye, and she clearly doesn't think these guys are messing around. Lowering her hands, she steps forward. ]

You gonna take us to your leader? [ There's a briefly sassy look targeted at the hot latina boss girl, deliberately undermining in its snark. ]

[airforceful]

That sounds like a terrible idea. [No offense, Skye. No really, the offense is mostly directed at Peter, who is better at getting into trouble than getting out of it.

She steps forward as well, mostly because she's most confident in her own ability to get shot and come out okay than in anyone else's. If there's going to be a fire fight, she wants to be the one getting shot at.]

We've promised these two safety, and so far I haven't seen much to make me feel all that trusting. Massive amounts of guns have that effect.

[starprince]

[ "The last I checked, you're the ones who marched into our territory, making claims that you've yet to be able to substantiate, and tried to make demands," she calmly replies, turning on her heels to start walking back towards the doors. "Those two are with me. The rest of you will be escorted to a safe waiting area. You'd better hope we can find someone who's willing to claim responsibility for your team." peter glances at skye, then at the others, yanks on his coat, rolling his shoulders, and saunters after her, assuring them before he does so: ] We can handle it.

[ambitionist]

I don't like any of this.

[JUST THOUGHT YOU SHOULD KNOW.]