epidemiology | [Open] Meeting

CHARACTERS: Ahad, Glee, and OPEN!
DATE: December 2nd
WARNINGS: Will edit as necessary.
SUMMARY: Icebreaker and Infodump Meeting

[ Due to a number of ALASTAIR agents going suddenly missing, a text was sent out postponing the information-gathering meeting until today. Hopefully you were paying attention to your communication device and caught the update. Unfortunately for those in prison, no amount of notifications about postponement will help you actually attend. Perhaps a helpful member of the group will take notes?

For those of you who have arrived at the red warehouse between the commoner's district and the outskirts at sundown, the atmosphere is rather grim despite a few festive touches. There's a variety of sausages on sticks (garlic! spicy! breakfast?), plus a few other appetizers for the less meat inclined. Drinks are mostly kept to ciders, with a smaller section marked off for drinks of the alcoholic variety. Expect a few wines, along with a bottle or two of spirits strong enough to challenge the sobriety of anyone after one drink. All of the music was picked by Dean Winchester; blame him if it's entirely made up of classic rock.

There's time for everyone to circulate, before the meeting officially starts. If anyone is searching for their hosts, Ahad and Glee can be found near the center of the room. They'll speak to anyone who approaches, but when the number of attendees reaches a sufficient point, Ahad will nod to Glee and modulate his voice to be heard over the crowd. ]

Good evening. Shall we begin?

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[ Loki's made herself at home, eating a stack of breakfast sausages off of a stick. there's an elegant cross of her knees and a lean back on the chair as she takes a survey of everyone who's entering and leaving and occasionally giving little waves. a majority of their colleagues were in jail, awaiting execution for treason against Chantes (despite how absurd that sounded). it gave her an unreasonable sense of satisfaction that she had managed to save both Thor and Dean from the confines of the small prison cell in the police station, but she kept that to herself.

it was time for something. despite whatever they gathered, they were still at a loss for what ALASTAIR wanted from them and what their goals really were. with all things that dealt with fate and destiny, Loki was dubious.

now, it was just time to wait for everyone to get a little loosened up before the briefing began, but it wasn't just the briefing that interested her: it was also the abilities of the supposed new recruits. ]

Coin for your thoughts?

[Nico arrives a bit early to the warehouse. She doesn't really like getting up early, but she wants to get there before there's a chance of someone noticing how many people are going to the same warehouse. After all, between the brawl back in October and the arrests just earlier, it's clear that some members of ALASTAIR are becoming persona non grata amongst the humans. If she gets associated with them publicly, that's the kind of scandal that is game over for her attempts at becoming popular as an idol here. She even disguises her face with dark sunglasses and a mask, in the hopes that no Chantes citizen might identify her.

Too bad her disguise looks like this in the end. Yes, she hasn't changed her hairstyle. Yes, those are the same ribbons she almost always wears when she's not in a specific stage costume. No, no one has ever pointed out to her how bad an idea this is before. She's not as sneaky as she thinks she is.

She mostly wallflowers for the meeting, keeping to the edges, her brow furrowed in what is either concentration or a bad mood - probably both. She doesn't really have any information to give and she doesn't have the right mindset for processing this kind of information or making the sorts of plans they need to make. Honestly, she feels entirely out of her depth. But she is here and she's listening.]

[A1 and A2 are both here. A2 is there mostly to provide information; A1 is there to record what's provided. Both of them can be seen only consuming water; it must be an Android thing.

Speaking of A1, she'll just be here in the corner, writing in a book and sort of talking to herself.]

Recording.

The situation in Chantes has taken a rather troublesome turn. A number of ALASTAIR'S recruits have been arrested by the ruling powers, accused of high treason. It seems the further we pry into affairs here, the more difficult we make our own situation. I suppose that's the price of progress, however.

As a side note, the entity known as Brother One appears to be nowhere in sight. Perhaps ALASTAIR finally recognized the threat his presence provided. I doubt it, however.

[ OOC: Summary of what was shared. ]

Edited 2015-12-07 03:15 (UTC)

The sausages are only slightly above mediocre.

[ He's only passing by to retrieve another glass of wine, but he's not one to resist that kind of opening. Who could resist maligning Loki's sausage? ]

[ Ahad hasn't made it a point to speak with everyone who shows up, but he'll at least acknowledge them in some way. Even if that means giving their 'disguise' an odd look, before shaking his head and deciding it's not worth the effort.

He will nod in her direction, though. ]

[ Ahad will approach and listen quietly for a moment. He'll only interrupt when it seems like she's come to a natural pause. ]

Will you be taking minutes, then?

Recording paused.

[She shifts her head a bit.]

If you wish to put it like that, yes. Recording is one of our primary functions, after all.

[ It's not always easy to tell people from the journals in real life, but when he nods at her, she realizes this is probably the guy who was talking to a lot of people on the initial announcement of the meeting and seemingly one of the organizers.

Initially, she just nods back, but, after a couple of minutes, she sidles up to him in a way that someone who doesn't really know how to be sneaky would think was sneaky - in other words, way more obvious than not sneaking at all. ]

Hey. Uh, are you sure no one's going to notice a bunch of people all gathering into an abandoned warehouse?

[Open] Meeting

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sorry, my RP time died while visiting family for the holidays