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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:15 am
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He didn't quite know what he'd expected in response to the report he and Tam had submitted but he'd expected more than what boiled down to 'that's nice dear'. The lacklustre response frustrated him, yes, but more than that it made him suspicious. So far as he saw it either a) this was seen as 'too big' for a pair of Agents and was being investigated further without them or b) whatever was out there belonged to the Team but was above their clearance level. The only possible answer of course was to investigate further, to bloody well investigate until they found some answers or were explicitly told to stop.
They had a plan, another plan that was, and this time it involved ghosts. As they alighted on the beach Aulus climbed off Red's back, turned to Tambery and nodded, his mouth set in a thin serious line. "Right, it's going to be a little different this time. Hopefully." He'd had Puck for over a year now and thoroughly trusted the Gengar in the field on her own, she might not yet be as powerful as his older pokemon but she was tough enough and quite able to look after herself. He hoped. Maybe he should have loaded her up with defensive moves but it would have been a real pain to have to have her re-learn all her current ones for the sake of just one mission. One potentially dangerous mission.... But she'd be invisible and incorporeal, she'd be okay.
"I don't like this," Aulus added to Tambery after a moment. "It's... fishy, and not just the mystery out there," he waved his metal hand at it, "I mean the reaction to our report.... What's your take on it?" He hadn't wanted to talk about it too much on base, call him paranoid but it had seemed like it might be bad for their collective health.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:08 am
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Tambrey petted Pygi's neck as she dismounted; sure it was probably quicker to have Lasi 'jet pack' her around but Aulus was flying Pidgeot, and Pygi was a lot less... visible than a bright pink Crobat. It was also much more comfortable to fly by Pidgeot than by Crobat, in her opinion.
She lifted her goggles up onto her forehead after dismounting, and reached into a hip bag to retrieve her glasses.
The scientist gave a wary smile, nodding, as she palmed Gauntlet's ball; it was difficult to have a take on it; her mind was somewhat occupied by the idea that a shark had... died by being dead, and there was a weird foggy something out there shooting missiles. "Well... They, um, don't always respond to lab reports either." She pointed out, but then gave a more obvious nod. "But given Asgard was greeted by missiles, it does seem somewhat, uh, less of a response than I might have expected?"
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 8:14 am
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 12:05 pm
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"Mhm. I think, um, we need to be somewhat careful though. We know they have missiles and, uh, some /kind/ of cloaking capability, with that fog... But we don't know who they are, how many, uh, people they have, the pokémon they have or anything... I don't want to drop it either but, uh, I think we should caution Puck and Gauntlet to flee from any substantial trouble..."
She knew Gauntlet would just... follow the leader to be helpful unless he was informed to retreat, and so by giving them that kind of directive, he, at least, would remember what he was told and press the issue
Gauntlet joined Puck after Tambrey gave a nod to Aulus' question, hovering cheerfully beside the Gengar.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:33 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 1:47 pm
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<> chimed Gauntlet, helpfully then looked surprised at Aulus. He felt like he'd better fact check that with his fellow ghost. <> and then Rose 'translated'. <> He tried to continue being helpful and inform the fighting type of his mistake.
"Mmhm. You know what you need to do. Take care of each other and, uh, Gauntlet, you stick close to Puck, okay? Remember don't let yourselves get into too much trouble... Good luck, we'll, uh, see you in a bit. I'll have a chocolate bar waiting, okay?"
<> The promise of a chocolate bar meant Gauntlet realised the sooner they went, the sooner they could be back and he could have it.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:29 pm
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<< WHY WOULD YOU WISH TO SMELL THEM LATER? CAN YOU NOT SMELL THEM NOW?>> Gauntlet inquired, rather confused by the expression. He followed suit when Puck vanished, following her, and staying close, along the direction she'd pointed and taken off in, making sure he could sense her as much as possible. He'd been told to stay close, after all, and it did only make sense. He just wished /she/ made sense... <>
"I know..." Tambrey sympathized, but let Aulus continue with his speculation. "I'm not, um, entirely comfortable with the whole thing either, but... it's mostly because of that Sharpedo..." She followed Aulus gaze "They can... make a Sharpedo did with no sign of how... and if we connect the Sharpedo to our, uh, mystery fog bank... Well, they also have missiles. Whether it's, uh, 'us' or not, it's probably not going to be an overall pleasant time finding out..."
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:01 pm
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<< I DO NOT POSSESS AN EXCELLENT OLFACTORY CAPABILITY. IF YOU ARE ALWAYS SMELLING THEM PERHAPS YOU PHYSIOLOGY IS ABNORMAL?>> He crackled slightly as he processed Puck's next comments, looking ahead to see if he could spot the fog there were supposed to find, but his mind on the other ghosts' odd words for the moment. << I DO NOT BELIEVE IT IS EXCREMENT THAT IS FIRING MISSILES.>> Interestingly, he didn't argue against it being possible, however. <>
"Hm? No. You go ahead." Tambrey smiled, then looked at the sand. She didn't bring a blanket to sit on... Well... It was only sand... She'd probably be finding it for weeks whether she sat or not. And so, she sat. "I'm, um, going to let Franklin out. I didn't bring her bucket and spade, but she'll still enjoy the sand, I think." She felt it was better to give a warning; sometimes Franklin just decided she was interested in everybody else instead of playing quietly.
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:08 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:44 pm
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Gauntlet chose not to comment on Puck being 'super special'. Why would he? He didn't know if she truly was or not, and if she thought she was, then she probably thought so for a reason. He was content to take her at her word.
He, thankfully, understood 'got it?' as a question, and responded appropriately, unfortunately he didn't really seem to have any variation when it came to volume. << I UNDERSTAND! I WILL STAY QUIET!>>
Back on the beach, Tambrey'd decided to pull out her covered 'dex and read through a few notes and things she'd taken. Unless you really knew the subject matter, it would probably look like a strange collection of symbols, squiggles and the occasional chart, with blocks of text that often ignored grammatical rules; in short, even if anyone had turned up on the beach they were on, and by some miracle managed to look at her screen, they more than likely wouldn't have a clue what they were seeing. She wasn't worried about studying it in public then, especially on the stretch of beach they were currently on, where they'd met no one before.
While Franklin had swooped about for a while, called 'Hi!' a couple of times in play, and then settled to play in the sand, building up a 'mountain', Tambrey continued to read until Aulus mentioned her birthday. "Oh! Uh... I don't know. I don't, uh... Really do things for it. Hallowe'en anyway. So, um, always something else going on."
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:51 pm
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 4:40 pm
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The Rotom, knowing he'd agreed to keep quiet from this point forward, silently followed the Gengar into the fog. He desperately wanted to comment on how much he couldn't see... But he knew he'd agreed to stay quiet, so he didn't.
"I... guess." Tambrey agreed, she hadn't exactly answered the specific question. "There's usually a Hallowe'en party to go to anyway though, and I quite, um, like that. It's like having both a birthday party /and/ not having a fuss. It's good." She explained "But, apart from that it, uh, might be nice to have a small get together or something, I guess..." She did like the fact that, technically, now she did have friends she -could- hang out with, even if... almost entirely.. they happened to be from the team. She snorted slightly, seeing Aulus taken off guard, but was sure he probably didn't mind; it meant that Rose was doing well at fighting, and she was pretty sure he'd know she wasn't laughing at him maliciously or anything.
Franklin decided to pipe up. << I like cake!>> Cake happened at birthdays; she liked cake.
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BlackFireKitsune Vice Captain
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Posted: Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:15 pm
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