<Daedalus> Ayako enters the commons quietly, taking a seat by the radio.
<Balthazaar> Maria is already in there, her handler at her side
<Roget> Colonel Talin walks into the commons, and points to Maria, Ayako and Lloyd. "You, you, and you, come with me."
<Balthazaar> "Why?"
<Daedalus> Ayako nods and stands.
<Roget> "
<GraemeCracker> Lloyd hauls himself up from his seat in the corner. "Huh? Why, somepin up?"
<Roget> "We need Foundation witnesses."
<Balthazaar> "I don't get it…"
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<Roget> "You don't need it. You just need to come with me. I promise you that no harm will come your way if you do."
<Daedalus> Ayako stands next to the Colonel, ready to follow him.
<Roget> "You two coming?"
<Balthazaar> She shrugs and gets up
<Balthazaar> Her handler righ behind her, taking her by the arm to be sure she won't run off again
<Roget> Talin walks to the exit of the site, where the GOC military personnel who've been staging for the past few days are gathered, presumably with the three Psi-7 agents in tow.
<Balthazaar> Maria walks/ is dragged along by her handler
<Daedalus> Ayako follows obediently.
<GraemeCracker> Lloyd follows along, wondering what could possibly be up
<Roget> Talin gets into a black armoured car, and leaves the door open for the agents to get in
<Daedalus> She takes the seat next to him.
<Balthazaar> Maria climbs in the back
<Roget> Once everyone is in, the car leaves Site 19 through a back road, followed by the rest of the convoy. "Now, normally, massive UN task forces in the United States would cause some stir… but…" Talin chuckles. "Well, you aren't the only ones with forget-me-not technology."
<Balthazaar> "What's a You Enn?"
<Roget> "United Nations."
<Daedalus> "…" She looks around the vehicle, "That does not sound moral." She comments.
<Roget> "It's very moral. It's a coalition of all the world's nations dedicated to peace and collective security."
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<Daedalus> "Security over freedom is a very tenous argument." She replies, "But I do not object."
<Balthazaar> "I don't get it."
<Roget> "All the countries in the world are together combating global problems."
<Daedalus> "…" Ayako tries to see where they're going.
<Roget> and Branko was there the whole time
<Roget> It's dark out the windows
<TesKin> Totally.
<Roget> But it seems that they're moving through some kind of warp space, since the trees are going by unnaturally fast
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<GraemeCracker> Lloyd continues with the following.
<Daedalus> "May I ask where we are headed?"
<TesKin> Branko sits there, playing with his beard.
<Roget> The car stops, and Talin gets out, and you can see huge military hardware, artillary, tanks, even a plane or two above, soldiers decked out in heavy-duty gear with gas masks and all that shit. "We're here."
<TesKin> ~Yebat.~
<TesKin> "Impressive hardwar."
<Roget> In front of them is a huge entrance to a cave, with twisted trees, branches, and bushes in place of rock. Inside the cave, there is a large ornate door, with books scattered around the entrance. It hums softly, audible even over the hundred+ military folks in position around it.
<Daedalus> "…" Ayako steps out.
<Roget> The Psi-7 agents and Colonel Talin are about 100 yards back, behind the staging area.
<TesKin> Branko steps out. "What is going on here?"
<Roget> "This is our effort to rescue your Administrator."
<Roget> "You see, we don't /want/ to be running your Foundation. Pain in the ass and waste of resources."
<TesKin> "What took him?"
<Roget> "This is an entrance to the Wanderer's Library. It's an extra-dimensional location where all the knowledge is."
<Roget> "That is what took him."
<Daedalus> "Excuse me for saying, but this seems to be a terrible plan of action."
<Roget> "The entities you saw are called docents, and they are tough cookies. The Admin took one down when they tried to capture him, but three was too much."
<Roget> "How do you figure, sport?"
<Daedalus> "We have no idea of their numbers. They could have weaponry capable of destroying your army, from what we've seen."
<Roget> "No, we know they have no organized military capacity. We have weapons capable of turning even their ardent defenders into swiss cheese. There aren't more than a hundred or so docents in there, and the other entities are pieces of cake."
<TesKin> "Do we get armor? I can drive a tank."
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<Roget> "No. You are here only as observers."
<Balthazaar> "What should we do?"
<TesKin> "Watch. Just like the man said."
<Balthazaar> She nods and fidgets
<Roget> There's some shouting near the front of the assembly, as some soldiers affix blast charges to the door.
<GraemeCracker> "W-wait, you said the boss took one of them mouthless fellers down?"
<TesKin> Branko rests his hand on his Colt, watching the soldiers placing the charges.
<Roget> "Yes, somehow. He vaporized the bugger."
<Daedalus> Ayako leans against the car, lighting a cigarette for herself.
<Roget> There's a rather large KABOOM! noise, as the charges blow and the soldiers begin swarming into the Library. You can hear immediate gunfire as they enter the door.
<Balthazaar> Maria just fidgets a lot
<TesKin> Branko watches, impassive as ever. "I want to be in there."
<Roget> After about six seconds of soldiers streaming in, about fifty go flying out with a flurry of papers.
<Roget> Colonel Talin blinks. "Oh shit."
<Daedalus> "It is for the best." Ayako comments, noting the flying soldiers.
<TesKin> "Fire sir?"
<GraemeCracker> "That supposed to happen?"
<Roget> Underneath the two artillary pieces, streams of books blast out of the ground, throwing the pieces, their operators, and anything else that happened to be around gaily into the air
<Balthazaar> Maria laughs and claps
<Roget> Talin is just watching in shock, Branko.
<Balthazaar> Did you see that!?"
<TesKin> "Talin, call your troups back."
<TesKin> "They need to regroup."
<Daedalus> Ayako smokes apathetically, "I believe the English phrase is 'I told you so'."
<Roget> The doors burst open again, and a gigantic hand composed entirely of books and papers sweeps across the area in front of the library, crushing soldiers and equipment alike.
<TesKin> Branko sighs, shaking his head. "An entire batilion, decimated."
<Roget> Talin grabs a microphone on his lapel and yammers some angry words into it.
<Roget> Then, docents begin streaming out of the blasted entrance, throwing fireballs at any soldiers who haven't already been wiped out.
<TesKin> "Well."
<TesKin> "What is the plan, sir?"
<Roget> "Oh, fuck me." Talin runs back in the car. "Get in here, if you know what's good for you!"
<Daedalus> Ayako steps back into the car.
<GraemeCracker> Lloyd doesn't argue, and clambers right the fuck in.
<TesKin> Branko walks over to the car, making sure everyone else gets in.
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<TesKin> He climbs in.
<Roget> The car peels out of there. Behind them, Psi-7 can see fires breaking out, and people getting lit the fuck up.
<TesKin> "Seems they took my idea."
<Roget> In the car, Talin looks drained
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<Balthazaar> Maria looks out the back window of the car. "My handler's out there…"
<Roget> Talin just looks out the window
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<TesKin> Branko puts a hand on her shoulder.
<GraemeCracker> "You wanna go back fer 'im?"
<TesKin> There's not much to say at this point.
<Balthazaar> "No. He was a cunt anyway." She shrugs
<Roget> The car arrives back at site 19, and in origins-ic
<Daedalus> Ayako offers cigarettes to the rest of them.
<TesKin> Branko waves it off, opting instead for his pipe.
<GraemeCracker> Lloyd's got one in his mouth, but he sort of grabs that one and puts it there too.