A.I.M.E.D. - Child Espionage RP

"Daniel Smith", the Welsh boy said after the other introduced himself. "How do you do."

Wei was a year older than him, though that detail didn't matter as much as the fact that he was obviously not new to this business. Either way, he thought it best to treat Wei as a superior of some sort, though as always with Daniel, it would be hard to tell the difference.

So although he was tempted to ask whether Wei was in fact from China, he decided against it. Instead, he asked, "Who exactly is this Julia everyone's going on about?"

Wei nodded. "I'm fine despite the clusterfuck and being somewhat bruised by some bullet impacts. My recovery since the hospital discharge is finished, plus there are girls around my age. The redhead and the raven haired one...show promise. You want to be my wingman, Dan? We'll split the shares, you could use some company." He added, a thin smile forming in his face in stark contrast to Daniel's.

"Julia, huh? I don't know much myself, other than I take orders from her, she's pretty obscure, and a lot of the others also take orders from her. So chances are she's high up or the one responsible for the program in first place." He paused. "Well, this is spy stuff, so it's supposed to not be all crystal clear."

edited 16th May '14 5:44:14 AM by AtomicNut

Sophia's head swung around and she hit Wei with a patented death glare. "Split the shares!?! she said in a voice that would simultaneously pierce steel and freeze lave. "We are not commodities!"

edited 16th May '14 6:04:48 AM by tricksterson

Daniel raised his hands as if to say that he would have no part in whatever argument was about to ensue. "I'll pass", he said simply. He didn't really fancy any of the girls in his company, at any rate.

Well, there might be one he'd make an exception for.

Wei's smile turned into a slight frown. "Fine art is a commodity, is it that bad that I consider the female company one of the finest arts nature has yet to offer, but for all its scarceness and grace, should be sought as a treasure to be found, as a mountain to be conquered and as a hard prey to be fought?" He paused. "Is it really bad that I am willing to let my comrade in arms partake in such a self-fulfilling task?" He shrugged.

"You might have gotten wrong here, commodities don't imply possession. A fine sun setting on a tropical beach is a commodity, but it belongs to no one.That is part of the beauty. Same with women's company." He added.

edited 16th May '14 6:21:17 AM by AtomicNut

"You talk pretty but it's still sexist bullshit," Sophia said. "I guess we're all on the same team but don't ever expect anything but a professional relationship from me. At best."

Charlie turned around, her attention caught by the "raven haired one". I show promise? Well, I'll show him promise. She walked up to Wei, rolling up the sleeve of her lacy top. "Got a knife?" she said with a grin. "I'll show you how good I am."

Sophia didn't want to let go of Mouse but Charlie sounded like she might be on the road to Crazytown.

"Charlie?" She wan't quite as anxious as she made herself sound but a bit of it was genuine.

"Ouch. That wounds me." said Wei with fake hurting to Sophia's comment. He scratched his head at the prompt of the other girl. Great. One thinks I am just someone who uses women as objects and the other seems a bit mental. He decided to take it in stride.

He waved his hand. "Maybe later. First we are going to see Julia then you can try to teach me a lesson or something." He added.

Sophia's muffled words echoed in Mouse's mind, but references to the new guy distracted her from reflection. Mouse could hear little more than the words "sexist bullshit," but that was enough to rouse her courage. She almost readied her second flash grenade, but memories of the last attempt stopped her from making another mistake. For better or worse, she would not attack this stranger directly.

Mouse moved away from Sophia and blindly supported herself. "So where do we find the jerk in charge?" she asked, though she hardly heard her own voice.

Once Mouse was standing on her own Sophia took a step away from her and towards the old moan. "Sophia Doone," she said, "But I'm sure you already knew that and the rest of our names as well. I take it you're the monitor for this little exercise?"

"No, in fact, I'm just the driver, believe it or not. Joey was meant be your monitor and the attack from the black jeeps was meant to be a secret, evidently. I nearly got a heart attack when the black jeeps arrived. I should get more for this." The man sighed, but didn't seem to annoyed, as if this was a recurring problem and complaint. "In any case, let's get you loaded up in the jeep. Boys, you don't get a seat, you're hanging onto the sides. That's for your comments to the girls and because your upper body strength needs building up, Julia will like that."

Getting into the driver's seat, the man started up the engine. There were three seats at the back, and one next to the driver, the girls having a choice.

"Now hold on a second." Wei said, raising his right hand. "There are four seats, and only three girls. And the comments were my fault entirely. I think Dan should take the fourth seat." He added. He paused as he got the helmet and put it back in.

"Upper body strength, huh." He commented. "Fine by me... but do me a favor." He paused. "Drive as fast as you can." He emphasized. "I want to test my true limits after the rehab, and right now we're in a training exercise so it's the proper place to force things without serious consequences."

He did a small curtsy motioning to the girls. "After you, ladies."

edited 21st May '14 12:29:08 PM by AtomicNut

"I agree, Daniel was blameless," Sophia said. She then turned to Mouse, How is your vision? Do you need help getting in?"

edited 21st May '14 1:03:46 PM by tricksterson

Daniel stood without a word and nodded once, relieved that he was off the hook. He waited for the girls to choose their seats first. He'd take whichever one was left.

Mouse nodded absently and felt her way to a seat. Most of the conversation had been drowned out by the ringing, but she understood enough to get in the jeep.

Sophia, if there was one and it hadn't been taken already would take the shotgun seat. She wanted to observe this "driver". No matter what he said, she thought there was more to him than he would admit to. If not she would sit next to Moues, still feeling protective of the younger girl.

edited 22nd May '14 11:26:36 AM by tricksterson

Shrugging, the driver's replied, "Your choice girls. And don't worry, the other one's not going to be so brave after the ride, we're still driving through woods, and there a lot of tress and narrow paths. He might just accidentally hit something."

Reversing the jeep before turning it into the right direction, they set off once more, again through some woods that Wei would be hard-pressed to avoid. In an attempt to start some small talk and get to know the kids better, he asked, after a few moments, "So what are all of your powers and niches then. Apparently each of you had a special ability and a role to play in missions."

Wei rolled his eyes. Hard pressed, huh? Seems fine by me. This whole clusterfuck never got me to warm up even. He thought to himself as he focused once more, a stern gaze from beneath his helmet, as his body performed small, minute corrections, apparently in full sync with the Jeep he was just riding.

And there it came, a myriad of branches. He inhaled, and then exhaled. Gripping himself tightly, he began his exercise. Dodge the branches he could, parry with his free arm and leg the ones he couldn't.

"Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!" A quick succesion of energetic grunts announced the rythmical beating of his limbs. Just like he exercised his postures and plank-breaking back at the temple. His mind concentrated even further. There was no jeep. No driver. No other kids. Just his incessant beating and dodges of the branches. He even imagined himself in monk robes.

<<"Side change">> He announced as he hefted himself on top of the jeep, and within a fluid movement, switched sides to train the other side of his body. It was then when his timing faltered, causing his legs to give in and dangle from one side of the jeep, a branc aimed at his helmet.

"TWACK" the sound was certainly audible, but Wei did not falter. This was something he had brought to himself. Gritting his teeth and muttering something, he managed to recover in time to block more branches.

"Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah! Hah!" He continued, not giving much heed to the small talk that was happening. Focus, discipline, calm. Those were the tenets he had adquired during his 10 year long training.

edited 22nd May '14 12:47:32 PM by AtomicNut

From the back seat of the struggling jeep, and with her slowly recovering ears, Mouse barely heard the driver ask a question.

"What'd he say?" Mouse yelled to Sophia, who sat diagonally in front of her.

Sophia turned her head around. "He wants to know what we can do, why we were picked." she turned back to the driver. "I think that if Julie wanted you to know she would have told you. Either that or you already know and are testing us. What was your name again?"

"So you're observant, intelligent, a leader figure and careful. I see why they chose you." The driver replied flashing a smile at Sophia. "But really, all's I was trying to do was make some conversation, drivers do get lonely you know. And bored sometimes, so that's why, occasionally, I like going fast. Especially as I am getting bored of bored of these trees."

The jeep accelerated, but remained relatively safe, the driver seeming to know the woods like the back of his hand, and being expert at it. The swerves did become more jarring and sudden however, giving Wei a harder time of avoiding the trees.

"Flattery may or may not get you somewhere," said Sophia tartly. "I belted in so unless you're so bored you head for the trees I'm not worried." She turned her head and shouted back, "I hope everyone else belted in too!" As for whether or not the driver was more than he seemed she still thought he did, especially since he had avoided giving her his name, but plainly pushing him on this wasn't going to get her anywhere so she wouldn't.

Wei gritted his teeth as every part of his body was rattled and jolted with the sudden speed up. So, you still had this in your sleeve? You old bastard...He thought to himself as his rythm became erratic. And there it came. The unavoidable branch. He had no time to parry or dodge, the leaves suddenly invading his field of vision.

The sound of Wei's helmet tumbling was muffled by the sound of the branch breaking, as a couple of blood droplets stained the window. It seemed like at any time Wei's body would fall too.

Except it didn't. Instead, a cantonese curse was heard. <<That was close. I think I should stop now">> Wei said to himself. He had broken the branch with a kick, only for it to spin and hit his head, knocking his helmet off and scratching his cheek. He focused on staying on the vehicle's side, without overdoing it.

Daniel looked around at the trees whizzing by. The simulation by itself was pretty intense. If that plus whatever Wei was doing was a sign of things to come, then he might just start to regret signing up for all of this.

Then again, did he sign up, or was he drafted in? Sometimes he wasn't quite sure.

edited 26th May '14 4:47:59 PM by KylerThatch