Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[Dusty Crophopper]

((One thing Shadow, night has fallen, so the twin moons are once again out. ))

Dusty - Tags: Shadow

Dusty saw her stop... then... reverse surprisingly up to him. He blinked, and started to follow again, noting more cars giving him clearance, though they didn't seem to like it. He sighed, and moved beside her knowingly. "I don't think that's true. Come on Shadow... you... you and I well... we care about each other... we can admit that... it's not a secret... so... I just get the sense that... yeah something is wrong." He was noting how the red and blue... formed this just... unnatural light to everything, including her black paintwork. It didn't look... anything like what he was used to, and Dusty looked up, trying to will that second moon away... he didn't want a red moon... he wanted it gone...

"You hesitated... considerably." He pointed out to her. "Want to... tell me what it is?" he asked. "I mean come on... I know you might not be willing to fully open up to me just yet but... there's gotta be... I dunno I just want to know, OK?" he asked now. "If there's something wrong, I'd like to know so I can help... in any way I can. Were you upset that I tried to set up an appointment? Was that it?" he asked uncertainly. "I mean... I just want answers... I'm like you with Axlerod... I can't just sit back idly and watch... I want to... get back at those who did this to my hometown... who continue to do this to me!" he said, more heavily here. "You... you understand... right?"

Oskar - Tags: Spray, Jigsaw, Rush

Oskar winced, but looked at Spray seriously. "So... one of our own is in jeopardy... I guess the question remains in that case Herr Krane: what do we intend to do about it? I agree that we need answers, but how to obtain them? The obvious answer... well first of all... what did your office say? I'm curious about that." Oskar stated, frowning. "You seemed... upset or irritated or something regarding it. But tell me... Agent Krane... they mentioned a name... Carew... how did that individual even know we were looking into him? We hadn't started doing so tonight! So... don't you find that suspicious?" the Komet asked voicing his concern. "I mean none of us mentioned it around dinner... did we?" he asked, looking from one to the other. "It's the first I've heard of this guy to be honest... so how did they even know? I mean... are we looking into him?" Oskar chuckled, an amused look crossing his features now.

Miles - Tags: Shinn

"No, no, no, I am NOT spending my time on a military ship, thank you! That'll remind me too much of prison, no offense!" he insisted here. "I want... ugh... I just want to feel alive again! I'm sorry but... I just... I really want to pay for a beach side hotel! I know it's not the best idea but... look I'll contact my security detail... I'm sure it'll be fine! I'll register under an assumed name and all!" he said to Shinn, almost pleadingly, his eyes searching him.

"Please... I just... I don't want to go into some drab gray cell again! I want... I want real LIFE! I can't... I can't tell you how much I want that! I want to wake up to the surf and the sun and just... feel alive again! Like I'm not... bound for a prison cell when this is all over." he sighed. "I wouldn't expect you to understand but... I just... please don't make me stay in a place that reminds me of prison... please." he begged, his voice having dropped here. "I would sell my soul to avoid that! Look!" he nodded at a particularly tall looking hotel just up the beach. "How about that place? I pay for the presidential suite or whatever they have... and I just get... a real night's rest. A night where I can listen to the waves... look out over the dark ocean and just... drift to sleep. Can you allow that?" he asked the fighter hopefully.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Tags- Dusty, Doc

As Shadow continued on, she received Doc's radio signal, frowning a little here. "Something's not right in that case..." She radioed back, her frown still present. "They want us off the trail... So there IS something to be investigated there...." She said here, pursing her lips. "That gives us enough reason and motivation to do so... Don't worry, we can figure something out... Did you find out who Spray was with?" She asked here, glancing to Dusty behind her again. "Let me know what you have" She said here, before focusing on her surroundings now.

The Celica had also noted the moons were shining brightly once again, and they filled her with.... an unsettled feeling. She didn't like it... She focused here on what Dusty was saying, noting he was at her side now, rather than behind her. She figured so maybe she couldn't hide her expression from him.. She was a believer that you could tell what anyone was feeling just through their eyes, which is why in these kind of situations, she tried to look away, or look down. She had let her guard down around Dusty... and she was now realizing how much she really cared about him.... in such a short space of time. She sighed here, more against her will, looking to the side that Dusty wasn't on, contemplating whether to keep quiet or to talk it out. She was more used to keeping quiet, so how well could she open up? The mention of Miles made her stiffen up, her jaw clenched.

"No... That's a different scenario" She said here, almost in a dark tone, her gaze snapping to ahead of her. "I know what Miles did, he was greedy and he was villainous.... He could have stood for those he supported in a better way... instead of knowing full well what he was doing was risking the lives of others and SITTING BACK and watching..." She growled here, her gaze now focused on him. "So I decided I would do everything I can to make sure he understood what he did and make sure that car kind was safe from him.... Though it appears I'm not ALLOWED to confront him. I'm not ALLOWED to make him see what he's done, cause everyone jumps to his d**** defense, like he's some innocent" She snapped here, halting now, letting the upset course through her for a moment, all her memories swamping her mind. The road was now clearing due to the nature of the moons, it was worrying others and making them retreat to their homes. Shadow grit her teeth a moment and closed her eyes, slumping slightly in her tires.

"I've had cars like that.... my whole life.... even my...." She spoke gently, her voice now low. She paused here, her gaze on the floor, contemplating what to say next. "My experience with cars like him has stretched pretty much since i was born.... I wasn't safe anywhere. I got away and vowed to bring those like them down because all they do is cause suffering and misery, even death.... That's why im an agent..." She spoke here, now biting her lip. "When... you seemed so desperate to see this guy... all i can imagine was... just how i was before i was an agent... I could be manipulated, i was in danger a lot... because... I didn't know what others were capable of. Just like you wont know what this guy is capable of... And... He could manipulate you. He could hurt you. And... I dont want that... I..." She said here, lowering her eyes once again, and twisting her tire toward herself a little.

"I dont want to lose you like i have others"

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Oskar, Jigsaw, Rush

Spray sighed. "HQ basically told me to back off because Carew is clean in the crime department. And... to be honest, it's got me worried." His eyes narrowed as he looked the Komet in the eyes. "And no, we didn't. That's why I'm agitated." He closed his eyes and let out a breath.

"Carew from what I know is the head of a major weapons conglomerate, but that's it, really. I only know that much and even then it's due to the news. Yet now this happens, and..." Spray trailed off as his ailerons twitched again. He opened his eyes. "That's why I'm so worried. What is going on here? Why don't my superiors want me to investigate this guy? And how does this tie into what Agent Dennison said?"

He was now starting to pace a bit. "Dennison said that he was ascended and that Dusty would soon be as well. And that he would be one of them. What does that mean? Why Dusty? And who are they?"

He was now getting a bit antsy as well. He looked back in the direction of Dusty's general location. "I just hope that Dusty's okay..."

As Spray said this, a familiar feeling overcame him and he began to feel a sinking feeling in his tank whenever his instincts were right.

((Hey, Dusty. Check your PMs on FF.net. I've been sending you them, but guess you mustn't have been getting emails about that. ))

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Shadow

"No, I didn't. As soon as I got the order to back off the case, I had to turn around and come back. I think Spray was told to back off as well, but I am not entirely sure. I was trying to contact the main FBI HQ, but I got St. Paul's branch instead. I think my transmission must have been re-routed to the St. Paul HQ instead of the main HQ." Doc replied. "Either way, I am headed back to your location. Don't ask me why, but I just feel it would be better if we stuck together this time."

Shinn - Tag: Miles

As soon as Miles began to freak out, Shinn winced. "Okay! Okay! It was just an idea! Geez! No need to panic!" Here, the MIG mix sighed. "If I had known that would set you off, I wouldn't have suggested it. Anyway, I was just trying to look out for your safety. If your security detail is fine with it, I suppose I could stay with you since I have nowhere to stay myself."

[Dusty Crophopper]

Dusty - Tags: Shadow

Dusty halted when Shadow did, and lowered his eyes here, his body language stating he was... saddened to hear her talking that way. But she... she was angry too... angry she couldn't take her vengeance on Miles... and yeah sure, he wasn't going to come in between her and that but still... she... she didn't want to lose him? Dusty raised his eyes now, and looked at her with... a twinge of amazement and sympathy. "Shadow... he's... he's not gonna manipulate me... I... I don't trust him at all! I just want answers! That's all! I just... I want to know... I want to know what all this red and blue nonsense is! And why he attacked my town... if indeed he did!" Dusty insisted.

"Look you're not gonna lose me, OK? I... I'm not going anywhere! We all knew how dangerous this was, but we're fighting for... well more than just one place now! Our whole world is apparently being threatened!" he pointed out to her. "I'm going to..." he paused as he heard his phone ringing and looked off to his side. "Hold on... I'm getting a call!" he raised the antenna on his side, and he answered. "Dusty, go ahead." he said, before stopping in place as he felt the oil freeze in his pipes as a very familiar voice drifted through to him on the other end.

"Hello Mr. Crophopper. This is Hiram Carew... I got your message and heard you wanted to meet me, yes? Well that's interesting..." The British voice floated to him through his speakers, and his eyes bulged with... intensity as he stared ahead of him.

"Have we... met before, Mr. Carew?" Dusty asked.

"Oh I think I'd remember that." he responded, Dusty detecting a smile in his voice. "But it's not every day a celebrity like yourself calls me and asks for an audience with me!"

"I thought... it happened rather frequently actually." Dusty replied dryly.

"Not me you see... I don't really surround myself with too many celebrities. But sure... come by tomorrow... how does 10:00 work?" Carew asked. "I'll clear my schedule... show you around."

"S-sure." Dusty stammered. "10:00 is fine."

"Good... I'm looking forward to meeting you... I'll see you then." The line went dead, and Dusty could only stare for a moment more, not retracting his antenna as he gazed forward, finally managing to bring his eyes over to Shadow.

"It was him..." he said now. "He... he wants to meet... tomorrow... at... 10:00." He said, voice dropping. "I... I can't... believe that... he wants to meet! This is... this is it... Shadow... he called me HIMSELF!" he said, turning to face her now, and not caring how many cars he blocked.

Oskar - Tags: Spray, Rush, Jigsaw

"A weapons conglomerate?" Oskar asked, frowning and blinking. "Huh... sounds... like quite the rogue to be up against if he's our nemesis. If your superiors don't want you looking into him... it's not possible they... have been compromised have they?" he asked. "Or even worse..." he gulped here as thought about it. "Are working with him?" he asked as his voice dropped here.

"Herr Crophopper? But what would they want with him? Ah! But he DID have a vision, did he not? That's why he's along with us, ja?" Oskar asked now. "Interesting really when you think about it... Huh... though I suppose we can't do much until tomorrow anyway when we regroup and get cracking, ja? Tonight we should uh... rest and get ready for the next day... though I don't know what's in store for us. It will be OK, Herr Krane. I'm sure Herr Crophopper will be fine." He reached out and slid his wing comfortingly along Spray's, patting it to try and help him relax. "I'm not sure where he is now, but I'm sure he's fine. I think he went off with Agent Carlisle into the town... so she can look after him, ja?" he asked, looking up to the taller plane here.

Miles - Tags: Shinn

"Well you don't have to stay with me since... well my security detail's going to catch on to the fact that I somehow have money... and that could be... well how about we say you paid for it... even though I'm the one doing so?" the Rover asked here. "How does that sound? I'll cover it but we'll tell those agents it was you who paid for it... even if it's not entirely believable." he laughed here, grinning.

He drove onto the street from the beach now, and shook himself to get the sand off of him, though a car wash would probably be needed for that to fully occur. Fortunately, he figured his room would have one. Honking happily, he began driving up to the tall looking building, and glanced back at Shinn here. "So... that OK with you?"

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tags: Shadow, Dusty

Doc managed to make his way back to where Dusty and Shadow were talking, having been only halfway to where Spray had been. "Something happen?" He asked as he drove up beside the plane and car.

Shinn - Tag: Miles

Shinn smirked. "Eh, why not? I don't mind. I think it's a decent cover." The fighter replied with a grin.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Oskar, Jigsaw, Rush

Spray narrowed his eyes and shrugged off the Komet's wing. He didn't need this little plane telling him what to do. But he did have a point. Even so, his words seemed to drive his sinking feeling even further into his fuel tank, and his stomach churned a bit in worry and anxiety. He was getting that feeling as well, and he knew he had to contact his team as soon as he was able. He closed his eyes and sighed.

"Yeah. I guess you're right. But... something tells me that it's not gonna be good when morning comes." He opened his eyes and turned to face him. "I'm gonna need some backup in the morning, so you're gonna be with me. Rush and Jigsaw can do what they feel is necessary, but tomorrow I'm not gonna leave Dusty's side even for a minute! Where he goes, I go."

He turned and prepared to head off, but as he did so, he suddenly stopped, narrowing his eyes again. They needed a place to stay... and the best bet any of them had was the airfield they had landed at. No cars and no planes from their enemy there.

His mind was already racing as he remembered some of the things his mentor had once told him. He closed his eyes and his mentor's advice filled his thoughts.

'The best place for any sort of base is an area that has plenty of defensive positions to enable you to hold it. While not very practical, it can be a useful strategy if used correctly. To have a base in a strategic area is one of the best bets any power can have in times of war. When up against someone that has more resources, to deny him the use of those resources is the surest way to victory,' the old warplane said in his mind.

And they had a key asset: the airfield. While they lacked the numbers, they could hold several key parts like the control towers and some of the major runways. It all depended on how they'd be able to do so.

"Rush, Jigsaw, I need you two to get to the airfield and see where there would be good spots overlooking the runways. And we need to know the location of the control tower. I have a feeling we'll be needing to hold that place and soon," Spray said. "Oskar, you're with me. I'm gonna need some backup if I'm right, which I hope I'm not."

He only hoped he wasn't right that he'd be needed with Dusty the next morning.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Tags- Dusty, Doc

Shadow managed to register Dusty as he spoke, though, she couldn't say that she was terribly convinced by his words, especially as they seemed.... unsure of himself. She frowned a little here, but had no time to respond until he got a call. Her eyes widened a little here, before she waited patiently, looking more to the side of the road. She registered Doc coming up some way away, and focused on her mirror for a moment, before Dusty seemed to be done. She pursed her lips as he spoke of his appointment, her eyes studying him for a moment, unsure of how to process the information. She moved over now as Doc appeared, and she sighed heavily.
"Dusty has managed to get an appointment with Carew...." She started here, her expression less than impressed. "Im not sure if this is such a terribly good idea... But what do i know, im an agent with a grudge" She said here in a flat tone, before looking to Doc. "He'll need someone with him when he goes. I would imagine Carew to be quite the character. Maybe Finn would want to go... If... he's not too busy... though last i know, he wanted his son around and that... could prove bad to take him to Carew... So i dont know" Shadow wondered outloud.

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tags: Shadow, Dusty

Doc frowned at the news. "I see. If you're so concerned, someone should go with him. However, I doubt sending Finn in with his son around is such a good idea. If this Carew character is really behind this, then we can't take any chances. Aeris could get kidnapped, and that would put the mission in jeopardy. Out of everyone here, only Finn and myself have the ability to disguise, and actually, out of the two of us, only I have a false name that I am actually under. I should be able to go with Dusty under my alias if that's okay with you." Doc said as he looked at Shadow. "I was trained by the FBI in car-to-car combat and I am armed with some decent weapons as well."

The Hornet hoped she would agree to this. If anything, it would be best if an unknown agent slipped in instead of a well-known one like Finn. "Actually, it would be best if I went because Finn is a well-known agent. If an unknown agent can slip in in his place, Carew wouldn't expect it, because he may not know my moves. He could possibly know of Finn's, considering his reputation, but not mine."

[Dusty Crophopper]

((Inside joke here that only my girlfriend would get I think. XD))

Dusty - Tags: Shadow, Doc

Dusty listened to the two, but rolled his eyes, and decided to put in his own thoughts. "Well, well-known agent in YOUR field perhaps, but not in mine! I didn't even know about him until now... and didn't you mention you were present at an attack Carew was also present at? That would mean he knows you... knows what you look like. Even with a disguise, he'd be suspicious I think." the plane pointed out here. "At least... that's just the impression I got." he said, looking away now and feeling like maybe he'd overstepped his bounds.

"So just... presenting that side too... look whoever goes in with me... maybe we could get the team to go? Huh?" Dusty asked, looking between the two of them. In fact, he was surprised Shadow hadn't offered to be the first to go with him... this was rather curious to the firefighter, and he could only speculate at it. He expected her to jump all over that but... she hadn't.

"Uh what about you?" he asked Shadow now. "I mean... you seem like you'd be qualified to go with me. And I mean come on... I can show up with 'fans' and 'admirers' or even 'assistants.' I doubt Carew would know the difference! I mean right? We could invent a cover story for all of you! Assistants... uh... hangers-on... um... you know stuff like that?" He gasped here, a thought suddenly springing into his mind as he went wide-eyed and opened his mouth. "We'd be... so posh it's unreal!" he exclaimed, looking directly to Shadow here knowingly, delivering it with a perfectly serious face, though inwardly he was trying not to laugh.

"A-anyway..." a small chuckle escaped his mouth here. "What do you guys think? We could all go! Strength in numbers and all that! Yeah?" he asked, suddenly seeming to get invigorated by this idea.

Miles - Tags: Shinn

Miles nodded eagerly, and drove up to the hotel's street-side entrance now, and headed for the front desk, tracking some sand behind him still. "Olá! Você tem suites disponíveis nos andares superiores?" he asked now, raising his brows and grinning. The concierge looked him and tapped out a few things on his keyboard.

"Sim senhor, nós temos disponibilidade nos pisos 20 e 21." he responded. Miles seemed pleased at his, and nodded happily. After exchanging a few more words in Portuguese, Miles seemed to ask to use the front desk phone, was connected, and began speaking to his bank that he had mentioned to Shinn. He spoke in lower tones though, looking around him as he did so and finally hung up, nodding at the front desk before reverting to Portuguese again. Nodding, Miles backed away after being given some room keys.

"So I've managed to get us two adjoining suites on the top floor! Security will have some room too if they want, though my agents should be staying awake while I sleep." he pointed out, passing out Shinn's key. "21st floor! Oh and uh... room service... they DO speak English here, but you have to ask for it, OK? Just say 'Inglês, por favor' on the phone. Got it?" he asked.

Oskar - Tags: Spray, Rush, Jigsaw

Oskar narrowed his eyes, and frowned at this. He wasn't sure what help he was going to be backing up Spray, nor why Jigsaw and Rush had to go and secure the airport. Surely it was already secure since they had landed there. Finn and the agents would probably be taking care of that... but it wasn't like their operation was huge either... they weren't bringing armies with them... so how secure exactly was Spray hoping to be?

"Um... Herr Krane... we don't have an army with us." he pointed out. "I counted maybe at the most 30 of us... it seems we haven't received any more than that that... we're doing our best with what we have I suppose. And... backup... for what?" he asked now. "I can't fly more than 25 miles on my tank before needing to refuel, and uh... while I will fight... what exactly... are we getting into?" he asked. He wasn't sure he liked this plane ordering him around but... perhaps he felt the need to take control of the situation now, he wasn't sure. "So... where are we going?" he tried now, looking upwards to the bigger plane.