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[font="Garamond"]Elena pulled several flashlights from the backpack sitting next to her seat. She was fully in work mode now and turned back to look at Sandy. "You. This is strictly and observational mission for you, got it?" Sandy looked obviously unimpressed but could only nod. He may have been young but he understood the gravity of this situation considering that although there were veteran members of the team there were no fully controlled craft users on it, leaving them vulnerable in some cases, armed as they were. "Headsets in, please." everyone clicked in and she passed out the flash lights. "Avoid using these unless you have to. Jakobssen knows we are here. We don't need to give him any other clues as to our exact locations as we go through the warehouse. I know it's risky but we have to split up. Sandy you're with me, Felix and Sekeiri you take the floor, we'll head up the stairs there." "Right." said Felix as Sekeiri nodded her agreement. The group unbuckled in silence and stepped out of the vehicle cautiously, the three adults with their weapons drawn, the green laser sights zig zagging through the dark warehouse, cutting the pitch blackness. Silence greeted them. "Leave your headsets on at all times, if you hear anything out of the ordinary on the other end from your team mates, better go find them. He's more powerful the closer he is so there is a good chance he will be within sight if there is a strong vision and you will have a clear shot at him to take him down. Kid, you're my other set of eyes." Elena nodded at Sandy, gun raised and eyes scanning their surroundings. Felix and Sekeiri headed out onto the floor, covering each other's backs and Elena and Sandy headed right and onto the metal steps that would bring them to the series of connected platforms high above the warehouse ground. "You okay, Munchkin?" Elena called back softly to him as they reached the top level, her eyes continuously scanning the platforms ahead, the green laser sights of Felix and Sekeiri's guns flashing sporadically down below. "Mm." was all Sandy said in reply, concentrating hard on the area behind them, knowing how important it was for him to be on guard for Elena since he had no real weapon and had to be able to alert her right away. They continued on for some time, nothing out of the ordinary grabbing their attention. Sandy noticed Elena was worried because at random he would see sparks fly from her fingertips. He smiled a bit, glad he wasn't the only one feeling that way. **************** Felix and Sekeiri patrolled the ground floor swiftly and efficiently, checking each and every nook and cranny that could be a hiding place. A few times they swore they could hear rustling that sounded like someone's movement but nothing changed, and they could see nothing even using the flashlights, so they had to move on. At length they reached the end of the main warehouse building, a large door was in front of them. "Do we go forward?" Sekeiri asked Felix though the question was directed at Elena who was supposed to be listening to them through the headsets. Felix shrugged and moments later there was still no answer from Elena. "Elena?" Sekeiri called again. Felix's expression stayed the same though his body language immediately shifted, indicated that he felt nervous with the situation. "Felix.. do you think we're in a hallucination? Do we move to Elena or should we wait for her to come for us?" Felix didn't respond for a second as he thought it over. "I think that, either way, we'll meet in the middle. I think it would be best for us to go to them." Sekeiri nodded her agreement, her gut was telling her that it was not them being affected and suddenly she was worried for her teammates. They doubled back to the front of the warehouse, running as quickly as they could to the stairs. ******* "Craft user. I was hoping you would come." Elena jumped and whirled around to face the source of the voice. Sandy had been replaced. "Jakobssen..." Elena breathed. "What did you do with Sandy?!" She took a step toward him, gun aimed at his chest. He merely ignored her question. "I've come to put your little team out of commission. You'll cause too many problems for us, you know, if we let you continue." "..Us? Who is us?" Jakobssen only laughed and he raised his hand. Elena panicked and pulled the trigger, only to be greeted with silence. She looked down at her gun in surprise and then back to the other craft user. "You're playing by my rules here." Elena suddenly felt as though she was choking but she found herself unable to move or struggle in any way. She clenched her eyes shut and tried to conjure up some semblance of her power but still, nothing. ****************** "Elena?" Elena had stopped moving, though she still held her gun in the ready position. She didn't turn her head or indicate in any way that she had heard him. "Elena?" There was a little more urgency in Sandy's voice now, though he saw nothing else that should make him feel alarmed, her rigid posture was unnatural. He moved closer to her and tapped her on the back lightly. Nothing. He moved around her side until he was facing her. He looked up to her face and saw that her eyes were empty - far away from where they were. Immediately Sandy was paralyzed with fear. Jakobssen was still nowhere to be seen but Sandy knew he had to be close and so he tried to wrench the gun free from Elena's grip, but to no avail. Her mind may have been cloudy but her body was definitely still in agent mode. He was, however, able to rip the earpiece from her ear and as he fumbled with it, he shouted into it. "Something is wrong with Elena! Please come quickly! Please!" Sandy moved to the side of the platform and looked down as he heard the footsteps of Felix and Sekeiri echoing on the floor below. He turned back to Elena again, a cold sweat had broken out on his forehead. A figure was now standing in front of her, his hands wrapped tightly around her throat.[/font] I think I gave you enough to work with =P

[quote name='Lyndy' timestamp='1293303417' post='703283'] Happy Easter to you, too! [/quote] [font="Garamond"]Man, Arbor Day is my fave holiday time of the year :3[/font]

[quote name='James' timestamp='1293083443' post='703166'] [font="Palatino Linotype"]So, I've been thinking about starting a new RPG of my own for a while. I have had this idea for a long time about a mecha-type RPG involving high schools that double as military bases. Long story. Anyway, that idea hasn't ever really formed into something concrete, but as I've been re-watching my favourite anime series again recently, I started thinking that it's pretty ripe for the RPG treatment. I don't tend to like writing stories based on existing franchises because it's too easy to just produce a really vague and crappy imitation that tries too hard to have the exact same feeling as the original story. For me, I'd like to avoid the more enigmatic elements of the series (especially the more extreme emotional rollercoasters). I am more interested in the literal stuff - as in, the history of the Earth, how the Evas work and the struggles between the different organisations (as well as, of course, the Angel battles). I figure I'll throw this out there and just see if a) anyone's interested in this at all and b) if anyone has any ideas as to what the scope of the plot should be. We don't seem to have had an RPG based on this series since around 2005...so it could be well overdue. [/font] [/quote] [font="Garamond"]100% up to participating, 0 ideas on plot haha. I have faith in you ;D[/font]