Post Tenebras Veritas (Planes/Cars RP)

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Shadow, Dusty, Finn, Doc

Spray flipped down his visor and brought up the HUD, the e-mail icon flashing. As soon as he brought it up, his eyes went wide and he gasped. "That's... deep in the Thai jungle!" he blurted.

He closed out of the e-mail and his visor flipped back up. "Guys, I'm really worried now, and to be honest, I'm kind of scared as to what Carew is really capable of." He then sighed. "I mean... how can we fight against magic?"

The plane turned to Finn. "We can't go all at once. We might need a plan now. And one that can allow us to find info on Carew... without him finding out. If that's even possible given what we've seen," he said seriously.

Radar - Blade

Radar's eyes went wide as soon as he checked the coordinates. A brief tour to Thailand on shore leave a few years ago emerged in his memories, and he gulped a bit as he contacted Finn. "Finn, Harrison-1 here. If I recall correctly from a brief shore excursion to Thailand a few years ago, the jungle is too thick for planes of my wingspan and size. I'd recommend sending the smaller vehicles and planes to Thailand while some of us act as backup."

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tags: Finn, Shadow, Dusty, Spray

Doc noticed her fear upon the explanation she gave them. Whatever had happened, it scared her big time. When she mentioned Carew called it magic, Doc was skeptical about it, and it clearly showed before he realized she had accepted his offer of being examined.

He made his way over to her. "You say he threw you across the room without physical contact? Did you impact any sort of surface when he did that?" The ex-racer asked as he drove around her, checking her for any sort of impact points. This also gave him the chance to see if she had any scars that were unseen previously before this whole thing began. He didn't see any real damage in terms of scars, but he had the feeling she had some and had them covered so no one would know about them.

The ex-racer's mind was fully focused on Shadow now, and he didn't want to be disturbed under any circumstances. Distracting him was not something Doc appreciated, so it was clear in his body language to not mess with him while he was examining Shadow.

[Dusty Crophopper]

"But it's true!" Dusty insisted as Finn gave them a skeptical look at first. "He threw Shadow across the room and I... I couldn't move as I tried to advance on him! Spray's right! We don't... know how to fight this just yet!" he said, seeing Finn finally appear to open up. "So... the coordinates are in Thailand?" Dusty asked Spray.

"They are." Finn confirmed, trying to digest this. Dusty and Shadow wouldn't be lying... they couldn't be... but what WAS this? What exactly were they facing here?

"It's true!" Dusty said again. "Carew possesses powers beyond any of us! Frankly I'm surprised no one's noticed sooner but... maybe Miles was right! He was hiding his true self until now! I think... this place the Green Eye... maybe it'll tell us something about him." he speculated. "I mean he clearly wants the Galac Stone for... some purpose we don't know yet... but if we find it and take it to him... we get answers... but might be opening up a can of worms, like Shadow said." he nodded at her.

"I don't see how we have much choice at this juncture." Finn murmured. "We have... no idea how to fight against such an opponent but you're right, Dusty. We MIGHT get some answers at this Green Eye, depending on what kind of place it is." he stated. He pulled it up on satellite, making use of CHROME's ability to hack into almost any satellite on the planet for their own personal use. He drew a square around the jungle region, and blew it up further so it could be projected on his HUD display for the rest of the gathered vehicles to see. "What... is that?" he murmured, noting a large stone structure that was... unlike anything they had seen before.

It rose out of the Earth like a massive crocodile's jaws, open and faced towards the sky. It was blasted and weathered, and in the "maw" of the mouth was a spherical type stone building. As Dusty studied it curiously, his eyes went wide, and he gasped. "No way! I mean... it doesn't look... exact because... well OK it doesn't look ANYTHING like them but... that structure... the stone... it resembles... the rocky buildings in my vision!" he exclaimed. "At least with the stone type!"

"It does?" Finn asked here. "But that's... unusual. Why would it look anything like that?" He mused aloud, spinning his wheel a bit to try and zoom in further, but that was the closest he could get... and high-def though it was, they couldn't see it from a horizontal angle.

"Yes! That's the same kind of rock I saw in my vision!" Dusty said insistently. "I think at least! I could be wrong but... won't know until we get up close to it!" he stated now. "Doc! Take a look!" Dusty requested, nodding at the image. "What do you think?"

As Spray suggested they gather info in a more discreet way, as well as Radar suggest they leave some of the bigger planes behind, Finn nodded with a thoughtful frown. "I don't know... if we can pull something off like that Agent Krane." Finn told Spray reluctantly. "I am tempted to try but... I feel we need to consider our options very carefully going forward. Affirmative on the bigger planes staying back to provide aerial support Horizon-1. It's just... this plan to gather more intel... we'd need extremely talented hackers to break into his mainframes remotely... and he doesn't seem like the type of car to keep this... secretive information on his mainframes anyway. If Axlerod's right about him only revealing his true self now... then NO ONE would've known about this." he pointed out. "So I'm not sure we'd get anything anyway. Whatever this... Green Eye is... I feel we should focus our talents and abilities on it. We don't know anything about it after all... or what's lying in wait there for us."

Miles - Tags: Calypso

Miles could detect the rising panic in her voice, and he moved to stop her from escaping him. "Wait!" he quickly drove in front of the door here. "That shouldn't frighten you! I mean yes it's scary but... we... we have no choice but to fight!" he informed her. "You can't... just... leave me again! Not after all this time! Please! I'm sure we could... use your abilities or talents somehow!" he pointed out here. "I mean come on! You can't just leave! I would never run from this... you can't either! What... what do you mean you're... bad for me?" he asked, confusion sown into his features now. There was something... she wasn't telling him... something she was hiding... and the rather brilliant Branford had a few good guesses as to what it was... but he wasn't going to confront her with it just yet. He wanted to wait and see what she said... if she'd offer him anything he could use.

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Doc, Dusty

"It's true Finn. I didn't want to believe what he said... it's a load of rubbish i thought! But no he.... he didn't touch me....." She said here, clearly still in some form of shock. She had always been used to hard evidence but now..... She shook her hood, noticing Doc was circling her now. She looked down some more, unsure as to whether getting examined was a good idea now. She knew of her secrets, and was unsure she wanted Dusty to know of the past she had lived. Her gaze followed Doc as he made his way round her, trying to think of her damages. "Yes, i hit the wall on my left side... though I dont think much damage was caused. I don't feel as if there is any damage at least..." She said here, moving a little to the right, once again shielding her right side as she had before. She gave him a smile. "But say, thinking about it, I feel fine Doc! I don't think much damage was caused!" She said here, presuming the next thing he was going to ask was to pop her hood, to which she would have to explain a few things.

She listened to what Dusty had to say, no longer coming as a surprise to her as that this was also another clue in Dusty's vision. It was all too real now, despite the magic element and Shadow didn't like it. She wanted facts and figures, not some 'magic' or 'extended abilities'. She sighed a little now, unsure how she was going to be much help at present, but continued to listen to Dusty's and Finn's exchanges.

Calypso: Miles

Him blocking her gave her an instant 'fight of flight' reflex, somewhat flinching here. It was something she was accustomed to doing, perhaps being rather skittish now, more so then what she used to be. "I dont have any skills that can help you Miles. I...I don't help others. I'm only out for me" She spoke here, trying a different tactic. "I'm bad because..... " She stopped here, perhaps about to confess? No, she couldn't. "I only think of me" She relented here, a somewhat tired appearance about her now. This was going to haunt her for life, she had better get used to it!! She looked up in a rather distracted manner, though no loner backing away from him. "I know you want me to help darling but I don't think it's something that I'd be very good at. I'd... like to help in a way, but other than money, I dont know how to. I'm sorry" She admitted here, casting her gaze down again.

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc -Tag: Finn, Shadow, Spray, Dusty

Doc looked at Shadow with a critical look as he eyed her left side. "It doesn't look like you have any real damage from what I can see. But I can see a small dent. It doesn't look too bad though." He said before he noticed her trying hide her right side. The midnight blue racecar frowned at this. "Oh no, you're NOT getting out of this until I'm done!" He added with a growl.

The ex-racer then made his way to her right side, hoping finally get some answers. However, Dusty calling him over made him stop and he sighed, frustrated at the sudden interruption. "I'm busy right now!" Doc shot back before he continued to approach Shadow's right side. He peered over, but couldn't really see much. However, his blue eyes landed on a few scars that were somewhat visible. "I see you have a few scars on your right side." He noted with interest. "Care to tell me how you got those?"

Now Doc was in no way unaware as to what was going on. During his time in the medical profession, he had heard quite a few stories about how some cars got scars when they had received them in other manners, the most common one being abuse. Doc was no fool. He knew abuse scars when he saw them. The question now was, would Shadow tell the truth, or try to cover up her scars with a story?

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Doc, Finn, Shadow, Dusty

Spray let out a small growl before sighing. He hated to admit it, but Finn did have a point. His eyes flicked back to Dusty. "You say that kind of rock was in your vision... And that the buildings were made out of it... That's a bit of a clue right there!" he suddenly realized. "Maybe that can give us a bit of a lead as to where that place you saw in your vision is!"

He looked at Finn. "CHROME can hack into satellites, right?" he asked, seeing that the visual currently up was from such a source. "Can you try to hack a military spy satellite? That may give us a better visual."

Radar's voice came back over the comm to Finn.

Radar - Blade, Finn (over radio)

"Right," he said. "We'll meet back with you at the airfield once you have a plan in place."

[ShadowWolfCelica]

Shadow: Doc

Shadow watched him warily as he noted her side, making her move again, though was blocked by his. Having now seen her side, she grit her teeth for just a moment before she cleared her throat, laughing lightly. "Oh that? That was something that occurred a while back. Bad run in with some lemons. Was utter carnage. Finn was there, he'll tell you!" She smiled at him here. She hoped her attitude would throw him off, noting the others weren't paying much attention to them anyway. She tried to face him again, offering another smile. "You know how it is Doc! Us agent types... we get into all sorts of scrapes! You as a doctor would surely see that right? I mean, what can I say, i'm good at getting into trouble!!" She grinned here, another laugh. It was perhaps too forced that time, and she cursed at herself to reel it in a little now. "No but.... yeah they were caused when some lemons tried to... injure me from below. I was on a balcony type thing, and they kinda you know, aimed guns and stuff" She said here, looking away now.

"No biggie"

[ZAFTPrime]

Doc - Tag: Shadow

Doc didn't really buy it, as it showed clearly on his face. "Yeah? If that is the case, then the scars would be more at an angle and the trajectory would be upwards. I know bullet wounds when I see them, and those are not it. I treated the town sheriff back home more than once for bullet wounds before. Those look like marks made by a sharp object." He growled.

He was now becoming concerned and a bit pissed she was lying to his face when he could clearly see the scars were not what she claimed. "Agent Shadow, these are clearly not bullet marks. What are they? I need to know if I am to help you." Doc pressed, his tone becoming more gentle. If what he suspected was true, then he would need to proceed with a gentle approach.

She seemed scared of him finding out for some reason. Well, if she didn't answer him truthfully again, he would drop the matter for now.

[Dusty Crophopper]

Dusty frowned as Doc outright snapped at him. His nerves were still incredibly on edge from what Carew had done to him and Shadow, and now he was acting as if his job was the only one that mattered here. Grumpy old race car! He didn't need that from him right now! Some bedside manner he had!

Snarling, Dusty glared him. "I was just trying to help! Fine! You know what? I don't need any of this!" he snapped back, giving him a dark, hurt, and angry look. "Some doctor you are! Really good bedside manner there!" he said with ire. He could feel the tension of the room now, and realized he might have gone too far, but his nerves were shot, his mind was going at a million miles a minute, and he turned to head out of the building. "Jerk!" he said as a final thought, loud enough for most everyone to hear him, and he pushed his way through the doors and out into the small town around the factory. He wasn't sure where he was going, and he didn't know what he'd do from here, but he just wanted to get away and maybe... maybe just break down for a bit... after all, they were dealing with something he didn't think they could possibly fight at the minute.

And what was with Shadow hiding what were clearly not bullet marks? It made him uneasy... that she'd think she needed to hide, but then again... she was an agent... she would probably have to hide a lot from him... and that sunk in as well, just another weight pushing down on him as he headed away from Carew's establishment. But wait... maybe it was because they were IN the building. The thought had occurred to him... but why bother hiding? Carew could clearly access their minds in such a way that had never been proven outside of science fiction so far so... Dusty wasn't usually a vindictive plane, but he just felt terrible in general right now, and needed to calm down somehow. So he picked a street, and began heading down it...

As Finn watched Dusty go, he frowned, and killed his HUD for now. He shrugged off Shadow's asking him to confirm if it was true or not. Doc wasn't an idiot... he could clearly see through that, so there was no point lying for her. "That's what I was using." Finn informed Spray here. "Even they don't have horizontal views. There is no street view of this place obviously... no street runs out there it seems." Finn commented. "Anyway... I think we're all a little on edge due to what's just transpired... perhaps we should reconvene back in the city?" he suggested now, looking to the secretary behind the desk.

"Um... I take it Mr. Crophopper isn't going to be a booking a return appointment?" she asked, to which Finn glared darkly at her.

"We're coming back here... but your boss already knows about it." he responded tartly.

Miles - Tags: Calypso

Miles furrowed his brow at this, frowning deeply as she said she only thought about herself. That couldn't possibly be true! She... she had to think about... others! That had to be true! He knew her... she was different from all those other snobs he'd come to know throughout his life! "Hold it... you're telling me... you only think about yourself? But that can't be true! I don't believe that for an instant!" he snapped, giving her a toughened look as he tapped his tire on the ground. "Look there's got to be SOMETHING you could do to assist us! I mean come on! If someone like me could be recruited, you could too!" he insisted. "Please don't go!" he pleaded with her, still blocking her path. "Please just stay... a bit... longer?" he asked, his eyes searching hers desperately.

[Titanic X 21]

Spray - Finn, Shadow, Doc

"Right..." Spray's voice trailed off as he watched Dusty leave. He didn't know why, but something clearly wasn't right, and it made him worried. He discreetly tapped out a signal for Radar and he got the reply back. He watched as the big AWACS peeled off, heading after Dusty but keeping as if he were sightseeing from the air. Radar had plenty of fuel... or rather he hoped.

He turned his gaze back to Finn. "For once I agree. The sooner we get outta this place the better. And I suggest as far from this building as possible," he said, turning and leaving. He wasn't sure why, but his head was starting to hurt a bit. He figured it was because of the tension he was feeling right then.

Once outside, Spray let out a huge sigh of relief and flexed his ailerons, trying to work some kinks out. He spotted Blade circling overhead, along with the smaller Komet. And he wondered what they were going to do next.