[21:17] <> [21:17] (I want the kosher meal...) [21:18] <> [21:19] <> [21:21] *** Roland is now known as Atom [21:21] (Pause.) [21:22] *** Chamelaeon sets mode: -v Atom [21:22] (¬_o) [21:23] * Skip sends his assassins back to the shadows. Mwahahaha. [21:23] ( *starts assembling a cast list for KH* James Woods is actually doing Hades. ) [21:23] *** Tim (yu-mei@AC9B11A9.ipt.aol.com) has joined #ATC [21:23] ( x_x ) [21:24] ( Really? Wacky. ) [21:24] (Waiting on Brett... KH?) [21:24] ( I have to wait until tommorow. Curses. ) [21:24] (Oh.) [21:24] ( Kingdom Hearts, wackycham. ) [21:24] (I have to wait until I have a job. Double curses!) [21:24] (I'm just a GM. Your acronyms scare and confuse me!) [21:25] ( And the first Caveman Lawyer reference in the last year. Have a cookie Cham. ) [21:25] ( Time out. Are YOU complaining about acronyms, you hypocritical bitch? ) [21:25] (*nibbles*) [21:25] (Um.... no?) [21:25] ( Slay Chamelaeon Immediately. ) [21:27] (Where the unholy @#$! is Brett?) [21:27] (Anyone have the 'slay - lizzards' skill? ) [21:27] (*snrk*) [21:28] ( I don't, but I would be very surprised if Todd and Calculus didn't. ) [21:28] ( Maybe he was fighting on an overpass and it collapsed under the weight of his own pretention. ) [21:28] (...?) [21:28] ( HAH! ) [21:29] (Dun got TIME for this. Way too much to get through tonight...) [21:29] MEANWHILE, WITHOUT HER SUIT, A STRAY BREEZE CAUSED ILLYANA TO HEMORRHAGE FATALLY. [21:29] ( ... Plausable. I vote you go with it. ) [21:29] (... c.c) [21:29] *** Illyana (vortex@AC960BEA.ipt.aol.com) has joined #atc [21:30] (There we go.) [21:30] ( What'd I miss? ) [21:30] ( One sec. ) [21:30] ( Isis and Tim delcared their undying love for one another, Chako turned into a penguin and Charlies is on fire. ) [21:31] (oh.. the flesh.. it burns.....) [21:32] ( o_O ) [21:32] <> [21:33] (Unpause, BTW.) [21:33] <> [21:35] <> [21:35] <> [21:35] <> [21:36] * Tim glances around idly. [21:36] * Charlie reclines slightly. [21:36] * Illyana peers up at the men from her wheelchair. [21:37] * Chako is sitting in her chair, back straight, looking directly towards the two men in front. [21:37] * Bradley is standing by the head of the table. He pushes up his glasses and grins. You recognize him from publicity stills as Richard Bradley, director of the Red Boston facility. [21:38] * Rohaus is sitting in a chair. Those of you in the ATC forces recognize him as Jaime Rohaus, general for this and several other ATC bases. [21:38] * Isis is observing Rohaus and Bradley with undisguised contempt. Her standard uniform apparently includes a real sword. [21:39] "Ahh, wonderful. You're all here. Miss Isis, Ms. Styrina, Ms. Ivanova, Mr. Fulzen, Mr. Larson." He nods delightedly. [21:40] ( *FACEFAULTS* I have a last name, you jackass. -.- ) [21:40] (He knows that.) [21:40] ( I didn't mean him. :P ) [21:41] Have you all rested up? We delayed this as long as possible. I'm sure your ordeal was tiring. [21:41] * Rohaus snorts. [21:42] * Tim hms noncomitally. [21:43] * Bradley frowns. "Be nice, Jaime. I'm sure whatever happened was still an ordeal for them." [21:44] * Charlie unconsiously glances at the others in the group. [21:44] * Tim raises an eyebrow. [21:44] * Chako says, "I'm sure we're all fine. You're not talking to recruits." [21:46] No, but I am talking to my employees, and it's in my best interest to make sure you're rested. As I'm sure you're aware, standard ATC policy is to debrief teams after missions. Today is your debriefing. In a little while, you'll go before a specially formed board for questioning. [21:48] But since you had to do more than we expected, we figured we'd best lay our cards on the table. Only fair. [21:49] * Bradley nods "Quite right." He sits down. "Now, as I'm sure you've surmised, ATC does indeed know about the presence of extraterrestrials in this universe. [21:51] And it would be ... unfair to say that we sent out expedition teams totally separate of our desire to locate them. [21:51] Quit farting around the bush, Richard. They know about the asteroid. [21:52] * Chako smirks. [21:52] * Bradley sighs. "You have no sense of delicacy." He looks you over. "Yes, we do possess the Messenger." [21:52] * Charlie shifts in his chair. [21:53] Not that we knew it for what it was. Truth be told, we can't get inside the damn thing. [21:54] * Isis raises an eyebrow. [21:54] But you know it's "the Messenger"? [21:55] We've had ample time to review all the files from your suits. Very invaluable data. Thank you, Isis, you performed your job magnificently. [21:55] * Rohaus coughs. [21:55] * Bradley looks startled. [21:56] * Charlie glances at Isis. [21:56] * Chako doesn't look anywhere else but at Rohaus and Bradley. [21:56] Oh, yes. I forget that none of you know. Isis here was sent along with your team with express instructions to locate any and all information she could on extraterrestrials. [21:56] I hope there are no hard feelings. [21:57] She was doing her job, like the rest of you. Any of you with a problem should take it up with me. [21:57] * Isis raises an eyebrow, and says as evenly as possible, "I am sure they are berating themselves for their stupidity as we speak." [21:58] * Tim nods to himself. [21:59] * Chako shrugs, and leans back slightly. [21:59] Now. ATC has suspected extraterrestrials for a while, but our only proof is the ... the Messenger. But there are other signs. The NeoHippies have shown a startling increase in weapons capability lately. [22:00] Damn Hippies keep one-upping even our R&D people. They don't got the brains to do it. [22:02] So for a while now, we've had a group called the Special Investigative Group on Anomolous Scientific Phenomona. SIG-ASP for short. It's three of these people that will debrief you today. [22:02] * Bradley looks at Rohaus. "Did I miss anything?" [22:04] * Rohaus shakes his head. "No. Let me add that from what I saw on the video feed of the combat, you soldiers did an excellent job in combat, especially at 3 Gs. Commendations will be noted on your record." [22:05] * Bradley looks around the room. "Yes, yes. Now, any questions before we bring you out?" [22:05] Who makes up this... 'special questioning committee'? [22:09] "Three members of SIG-ASP. The head of SIG-ASP, and two of the members of its governing board, specifically the controllers of the Anomolous Technology section and the controller of Xenology. Their names are ..." He flips through some papers on the table. "Frederick Montague, Steven Skipowski, and Eric Reed." [22:10] <> [22:10] Anything else? [22:12] * Chako says, "Nah, not from me." [22:12] None here. [22:12] * Tim shakes his head. [22:13] * Illyana shakes her head. [22:15] "Well, good then. I'm sure you'll be sick of questions after this is through. And just to let you know, once this is over, we will likely have another mission." He nods. "If you'll follow me, I'll lead you to the debriefing room." He stands and walks out. [22:15] * Tim stands and follows. [22:15] (ONE! LESS! WINDOW!) [22:16] ( *applauds* ) [22:16] * Illyana waits for everyone else to leave first. [22:16] * Charlie gets up to follow as well. [22:17] * Chako stands slowly, and follows, muttering, "And I was hoping for some time with the dogs, too." [22:18] (You there, Isis?) [22:19] ( No. I'm staying in the office. And playing Tic Tac toe!) [22:19] * Isis leaves. Which is sort of assumed. [22:19] * Illyana wheels herself out after the group. [22:22] <> [22:23] <> [22:23] * Tim frowns. [22:24] * Montague is an older man, balding and with salt-and-pepper hair. He's paunchy and pale, and is shuffling through stacks of paper. [22:25] * Isis makes a displeased noise in the back of her throat, lips tightening. [22:25] * Bradley goes over and takes a seat in the front row. He nods to all of you. [22:25] * Eric is middle-aged, with dark hair and a curiously concentrated expression. He nods once at your entrance, and finishes writing something in his notebook. [22:26] <> [22:27] * Skip is rather small and nervous-looking, greying hair frazzled, with thin glasses perched on a beak-ish nose. He keeps looking around, especially into the shadows. [22:27] * Chako whistles softly, and walks over to the chairs, sitting in the last one she comes to. [22:28] * Montague looks up, and waves his hand idly. "Please, sit down. I'd like to get started." [22:28] * Charlie picks any old chair and makes himself comfortable.. or as close to comfortable as possible in the situation. [22:28] * Isis chooses a chair and sets her sword in her lap. Why is she *carrying* that thing, anyway? [22:28] * Illyana parks her wheel chair at the end of the row. [22:29] * Tim has a seat, glancing at the audience. [22:31] * Montague leans back, and taps a sheaf of papers on the table. "Well, on behalf of ATC, we'd like to apologize for the guards and the audience, but this is secure, and we decided that it would be best if all of SIG-ASP got to see the proceedings." [22:32] First, we're going to go through the video feed from your suits. I know I have a few questions, and my colleagues probably do as well. So unless you have any immediate questions or concerns, let's get to it. [22:33] * Chako nods slightly, and scans the crowd critically. [22:34] <> [22:35] Now. Starting at the beginning, then. [22:35] ( Don't wanna start there. Couldn't we fast forward to the repair shop? ) [22:35] <