Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[Dusty Crophopper]

((Zaft, Doc isn't in Shadow and Dusty's hotel room lol. Dusty and Shadow spent the night in a hotel and they're going to be heading to Carew's now as per the plan. However, I'll help you out, but just make sure you carefully READ about locations and surroundings from here on out OK? Also Shadow has very few external scars, and none on her wheels. Most of her scars are internal where parts were ripped out of her.))

Dusty - Tags: Shadow, Doc

"Well... I would imagine so..." Dusty trailed off here, solemn tones in his voice. He listened furtively, pursing his lips and frowning at her words as they started to... worry him in all honesty. "I... I see... left behind so like... you'd have to stay and... hold them of while I escaped?" he asked, gulping here. "Uh well... O... OK but... I... I'm not sure I could leave you!" he insisted. "Knowing you were in danger... I couldn't just leave you behind!" he said as they began to ride down to the ground level. "But... I..." He hesitated here, trying to think this through. "I guess... I guess I'll... I'll... follow your orders..." he said here quietly, though knew deep down he'd go after her if she was in trouble... no hesitation and no questions asked.

As they dropped into the lobby, Dusty rolled over to the desk, trying to look suave but overdoing it so it was humorous as he glanced back at Shadow. "Hello! Ola!" he told the front desk receptionist. "Dusty Carlisle, checking out!" he said. He'd registered under that name to avoid the rush of fans but also as a nice joke as well. Glancing back, he smiled widely, and raised his brows. "Ready?" he asked, dipping his wing towards her politely before heading out into the brilliant morning Rio sunshine. "Hoo! OK... not too shabby in terms of temperature!" he said. Of course, being in the southern hemisphere, it was now winter down here, though that didn't mean it was cold. The temperature hovered around 79 degrees, so slightly on the hotter side but not unbearably so.

Looking around, he saw Doc parked out front of the hotel, perhaps waiting for them. "Oh! Hey Doc!" Dusty called over to him. "You looking for us or something?" he asked, heading in his direction.

Miles - Tags: Calypso, Shinn

"Well not exactly... the police." Miles' green paint flushed a bit red as his engine heated up at this. "It's more like... a... uh... international uh... organization that... performs espionage!" he said, hoping he was vague but specific enough for her. "I... well yes! But it's because I was attacked in prison see by this very same group that's been... well... uh... you know attacking the rest of the world! Plus BECAUSE I have the unique situation of being both a well... former normal citizen and hero even coupled with being a villainous sort... they think I think like criminals and good guys so that's why they decided to utilize my mind on this. I mean not to blow my own horn or anything but... I do... have a good mind, as you just said so I suppose that's why they pulled me out!" he explained.

"I didn't twist anyone's tire or break a wheel to get out! They came to me, OK? Transferred me out of Belmarsh and that was that!" he insisted. "OK? That's... the truth!" he told her here. "Oh?" he asked in response to her saying she was living the life and that life was never better. "Oh..." he trailed off here. "Yes I'm... I'm sure it is." he said, voice dropping here, his eyes looking off into the distance as he stared at nothing in particular, reminiscing about the life he used to lead.

As Shinn came up, Miles tried to reassure the car, who he knew had never traditionally done well with... newcomers. "Oh! Yes! Yes I do!" Miles exclaimed, smiling. "I knew her from my childhood! We didn't exactly... grow up in the same circles at first, but as I came into my own money, we grew uh... closer you could say!" he explained. "She's from old aristocracy you see, a baroness! I'm nouveau riche as they say... new money! Shinn this is Lady Calypso Darrington and Lady Darrington this is Shinn Machwing... as he just said!" the Branford explained.

Oskar - Tags: Spray

Oskar waved his aileron dismissively at Spray. "Think nothing of it... I'm used to it, as said. I get it a lot... to know you're no different from practically everyone else I meet doesn't surprise me... no offense." He told him here, looking at him down the length of his short little nose. "We're all stressed... all emotionally stretched... you ready to head to Carew's?" he inquired. "I suppose I'll provide aerial cover if it's needed, as I'm not sure what else I can do." He shrugged his ailerons again here.

[ZAFTPrime]

((Fixed.))

Doc - Tag: Shadow, Dusty

"Just wanted to see if you two were feeling up to this mission still." Doc replied as he saw Dusty and Shadow emerge. "This isn't going to be so easy." After last night, Doc wasn't so sure if Dusty should continue on the mission, but he wasn't about to stop the plane if he wanted to go along with it.

Shinn - Tag: Miles, Calypso

Shinn eyed the female car before he spoke to Miles. "So you were 'new money'? That's an odd way of saying one is rich." Then his eyes went a bit wide when Miles mentioned she was a baroness. "Wow! Someone from royalty? That's not something I come across very often." He remarked with a bit of a grin. "Sorry about coming up so abruptly, your highness."

Then he glanced back at Miles again. "When I was abroad for a three month stint at another base in another country, I did see someone who was royalty, but as I was American Military, I wasn't allowed to go near them. In fact, the base wasn't letting anyone leave because it was in the Mid-East."

His red eyes landed on the car again. "So you know Miles from long ago, huh? Must be nice to catch up on old times."

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Dusty, Doc

His unsure tone and his manner of speaking made her sigh a little, knowing that as it stood, he probably wasn't going to listen to her. She put a tire on his pontoons to stop him moving for a moment, looking to him with a serious expression. "Dusty.... You HAVE to... ok? I'm not joking around... please... We do this to protect the innocent. If I tell you to go, you GO, you dont come back, you dont wait. You leave. Your life is valuable and it needs to be protected. You NEED to live. You would be missed by thousands.... and you cant risk to lose everything you have" She told him here, letting his pontoon go now, and following him out to the reception. She unwillingly smiled again after giving his name over.... Though his attempt at suave was actually pretty terrible. Still, even in her current state of mind, 'Dusty Carlisle' managed to make her laugh, and she shook her hood. "Yes.... I'm ready...." She said with an intake of breath. The heat hit her, coming from Britain, a milder climate, certainly had it's drawbacks. She scowled a little, hiding in Dusty's shadow. "Ugh... it's too hot!!" She complained here, before smiling to him, spotting Doc.

She drove ahead of Dusty here, nodding to Doc. "So.. you ready for this aswell?" She greeted him, stopping more in front of him. She gave him a quick smile, glancing to the sun for a moment. She became concerned that her paint would absorb the heat more now and what with her cooler.... not working correctly anymore, it had her concerned. She always tended to position herself facing a certain way, hiding a few external scars that bugged her. Most who saw them would guess they were scars from agent work. She had covered them time and time again, though there was a certain series of scars on her right side, due to a unfortunate position she was in during one of her parents 'harvest' sessions. Most of her scars, being Internal, would only be seen once the hood was popped. And they covered her parts, some parts now faulty, or not fitting right.

Calypso: Miles, Shinn

The Mclarens expression didn't show she was too impressed as Miles stammered his way through his explanation, rather hoping the car would have at least had a more confident exterior, much like he used to. She never considered the car to have been a nervous wreck of any kind, so this was news to her, but it also didn't lay well. She thrived on confidence. "Right, so you and your pals are on some secret mission of some kind.. I get it..." She stated, waving her tire to the side, as if to dismiss the matter. "I'm hardly proposing that you break the law again, but why not just leave? They obviously trust you enough, so what's the deal with that. Dont you want to feel free? Don't you remember what it's like to be free Miles? Us higher folk must....embrace that. We make freedom, we ARE freedom" She said here, almost as if trying to peer into his mind a little here. "Why are you helping those lower than yourself? That's not quite the car I remember. Remember the dinner parties! The lavish lifestyle..." She said here, smiling some more now, remembering their old times. Despite her statement about this life being better.... she missed her old one.

She looked over to the plane once again, rolling her eyes heavily at him, another bored expression. "That's all very wonderful. Well of course you wouldn't be allowed near royalty, you're nowhere near our class. Why on earth would you be associated with us?" She stated here, looking down the road now. "Yes, Miles and I go back, though we haven't managed to.... catch up as you put it seeing as we were.... interrupted" She said here, a somewhat strained look about her. She tapped her tire here, before clearing her throat quickly, turning to Miles once again. "Well Miles darling it was.... somewhat delightful to see you again... you must try and let me know how this... thing goes. If you can locate me that is" She replied now, her voice giving out a sigh, looking from the plane to her old friend. She looked ahead to the cars overtaking her. "You seem really rather occupied, I wish you the best"

[ZAFTPrime]

Shinn - Tag: Miles, Calypso

Shinn frowned at the way this car was speaking to him. The MIG mix didn't call her out on it though. Instead he just waited to see what would happen next, although the car sounded like she was leaving anyway.

Doc - Tag: Shadow, Dusty

Doc nodded at Shadow's question. "I am. Well, as ready as I'll ever be." He admitted at last. "I will admit, I am a bit nervous, as this is my first time doing an infiltration. It can't be helped though, can it?" Doc gave her a nervous smile. He then noticed the way she was looking at the sun and frowned a bit.

He didn't really notice much about her, save for the few scars on her right side. Doc was about to dismiss those as scars from her work as an agent, but his medical instincts were scream at him that those were not scars from her job. He didn't know why, but he felt he had to keep an eye on her to make sure she wasn't hiding anything that could endanger her life.

Looking back, he then spoke to her. "So, do you know where this place is?" Doc asked.

[Dusty Crophopper]

Dusty - Tags: Doc, Shadow

Dusty was about to respond to Shadow but figured it would be useless. Thousands... millions would miss him but so what? Didn't mean he was about to just sit back and let someone ELSE go down protecting him... especially someone he cared deeply about. That just wasn't going to happen. But as she overtook him to talk to Doc, he stayed more silent here, looking up and studying the sky, as if it suddenly interested him. He began saying a few things to keep himself occupied, singing a few lines from "Muskrat Love" until Doc asked if she knew where the place was. "I do... Carew gave it to me himself last night via email... though no idea how he got my email address... though I guess for him, it's a simple thing to do. Anyway... I know where it is... so does Finn since he looked it up. So... provided we're ready... we can head over there and meet the rest of the team." He commented.

And no way I'm going to let you sacrifice yourself for me... Dusty thought, looking right at Shadow.

Miles Tags - Calypso, Shinn

Miles could see Calypso hadn't changed much from before... she was still a snob and totally aloof from those she felt below her station. "Eheh..." he laughed sarcastically. "As much as I'd LOVE to just drive off into the sunset... they planted a bomb on me... darling. If I try and drive off... I explode... so no... can't do that sadly. I'm tethered to them... for better or for worse." He didn't exactly like how she was speaking to Shinn, but he wasn't going to interject just yet. She'd always been that way after all... and he doubted he was going to change her in a single stroke or berating. But when she seemed to hint that she was just going to leave, he started to panic. No! He couldn't lose her again after this! If she simply up and vanished... it... she was the only link to his past that he had!

"Wait! Why... leave so soon?" he asked. "I'm not... going anywhere important today so... we could... you could... accompany me. We could... catch up on old times and... well just catch up in general!" he suggested here, knowing she was judging him for being less than assertive. He hated that, but knew he couldn't do much to affect it right now until he he was truly free. "I mean what do you say? Why bother just... leaving when you can you know... spend time with me?" he inquired. He found her need to dash off... suspicious to say the least, but he couldn't put his tire on what it was about her that seemed off. There was something different... but it was lurking under the surface... bubbling just out of sight in the depths of her soul. He needed to find out what it was, and why it afflicted her so. "What do you say?" he asked a second time, forming a more confident smile towards her for show here.

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Shadow, Dusty

The ex-racer narrowed his eyes when Dusty said Carew sent the location to him via email. Dusty hadn't mentioned his email address, which was concerning. "I would be wary if he knew your email and you didn't give it to him. Who knows what else this guy may know?" Doc said. "We had best be careful if that is the case."

Doc then looked to both of them. "I suppose since we're ready, we can head over to meet up with Finn and the others."

Shinn - Tag: Miles, Calypso

Shinn noticed the way Miles was acting towards the baroness, but he didn't mention anything. Why ruin the moment between Miles and his old friend? So he just sat there, listening in and deciding to interject when he felt it needed his input.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Dusty, Doc

She took by Dusty's silence that perhaps she had gotten through to him, and that he would in fact listen to her. She knew he was the kind to never leave someone behind... but perhaps he understood the severity of their situation. "I understand how you feel Doc..... I remember my first mission myself. It CAN be intimidating but you gotta remember, YOU are qualified to do this, you know what to do and how to do it.. You just have to put it into practice... Trust me... You'll be ok" She reassured him here, gazing between Doc and Dusty. Shadow had picked up that he was talking to himself, until he piped up with the address, nodding in turn. "Right.... I'd agree with Dusty. Sounds like we all have someone that has the address so we CAN all meet up... So, do you want to lead the way?" She turned to Dusty here, giving him another smile. She noticed he was looking right at her, and a concerned look flitted across her face. "Dusty... are you sure you're ok?" She asked gently here, becoming worried.

Calypso: Miles, Shinn

The Mclaren bristled at Miles's tone, as if she were to KNOW about the bomb. She frowned, as she jumped to her usual habit of leaping to conclusions. "Well excuse me for not knowing. Though some part of me knew you weren't willing" She replied here, seeming disinterested now, becoming tired of being out in the open. She had sped up a bit here as she had spoken of leaving, though found herself braking a little here, looking to Miles as he reasoned her stay. No one had ever really expressed this much interest in keeping her around, but then... this was Miles. Their history had been friendly, but she had never known.... at what stage they were at. It always confused her. For a moment, her softer side come out, a side that others didn't see often, though Miles had seen several times. "Catch up? You'd.... like that?" She asked gently, letting his words sink in. He actually wanted her around? She let herself smile and relax a little more, but then spied Shinn again, straightening up a little, her exterior returning. "Well I don't see the problem with that... of course.... who... else will be there?" She asked, looking back to Miles.

[Alfor]

(Hey... I've gotten into a roleplay slump. If any of you want to RP any of my characters, feel free to. I may post every now and then. Just letting you know because there's a lot going on right now and I don't want to slow down the rp...)

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Oskar, Doc, Shadow, Dusty

Spray nodded. "Good idea. You can keep an eye out from the air for anything out of the ordinary."

He then turned and headed off towards where Dusty and the others were.

He spotted the trio soon after and headed up to them. "Hey guys. You ready?" he asked.

[Dusty Crophopper]

Dusty - Tags: Shadow, Doc, Spray

Dusty blinked and seemed to come out of his more serious look at her. "Uh... fine." He lied. He knew what he was going to do... if push came to shove and he needed to save her life. He put his life on the line continuously for others... this was nothing new. He nodded at her suggesting he lead the way, so he started up his engine, even as Spray headed over. "Yep! Let's go!" he said, moving down the road now and gaining speed so he could take off. It was a bit of a ride out to Carew's plant, as the enormous factory was situated in the rainforest, a short distance from Rio, and rather out towards Petropolis. As he gained speed, he took off into the morning sun and wheeled around to stay ahead of the vehicles on the ground. "You read me?" he asked. "Let's go!" He radioed down to them, and began leading the way over the highways that led out to Petropolis.

Dusty had been doing some reading in fact, and had found out that Carew actually owned a luxury condo in the Palacio Quitandinha. It was certainly the type of place he'd buy for himself, or at least from what Dusty knew of him so far. Still... he wasn't backing down from this! He was going to get answers... and he was going to get them today!

As he flew out to the factory, he could see it rising out of the jungle like a mammoth white temple. It gleamed in the sun, and looked impressive with its many tiered levels and stepped back design. Dusty whistled, and noticed a clear stretch of road for him to land on in front of the factory. As he lowered his landing gear, he bounced along the road and came to a screeching halt, powering down his engine as he did so. Blade and Finn were already here, and Dusty knew the others would be coming up fast.

"Well here we are..." Finn said, looking around. "How's everyone doing this morning? Anyone have any last minute concerns to raise before we do this?" the Faultless asked, looking about him.

Miles - Tags: Calypso, Shinn

"Yes yes! I do!" Miles agreed hastily. "And well... it's not like I have a CHOICE in the matter!" he replied in regards to the bomb. "Anyway... I'm not... going anywhere dangerous today! I'm actually staying back to monitor stuff! So it'd be just us!" Miles said, knowing Shinn would most likely be providing air cover in case Bandit Squadron showed up. "So what do you say? You could come with me to where I'm going and we could... catch up on old times! It would be just like before! Except well you know... I can't follow you if you decide to leave!" he half-joked, giving her a nervous grin. "So what do you say? Is it a date?" he asked, using a more... interesting term there for them.