Swiftly passing by in the other direction on the parallel movealator was... himself. Another Chin Hon-to with a single untidy forelock of hair, wearing thick-framed glasses. The other him was talking with an alien had six eyes and goat-like horns, both were dressed in a standard uniforms. Only a snippet of their conversation could be heard as they sped past.
"...is shot, there's got to be something you can do about it." the second Chin said while pointing at a diagram of tube of some sort.
"Of course there is, but I don't have the time today you'll just have to wait for—" The goat-alien did a double-take as it saw the real Chin Hon-to pass by, looking back and forth between the two.
Too Orky For You
Sollux Captor was walking towards the walkalator with a rather disgruntled expression on his face, muttering under his breath, "ii had two wake up at two iin the gogdamn morniing becau2e an iidiiot couldn't fiigure out how two re2tart a computer." His annoyance was clearly displayed in the small red or blue sparks that were leaping out from behind his glasses as he took his place next to Chin, "hey, CN how2 iit goiing?"
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Will you make a contract with me?
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Chin sighed and motioned to his double to get towards his position with Sollux on the walkalator.
His eyes glared at his double, indicating that he meant business.
"Good day to have cold weather in Hong Kong." He told Sollux as he stood on the walkaltor while it moved down towards the center of Agency HQ. "Though if we're called here today from our day off means that there's something going on."
Chin had less of his Hong Kong English accent with more of his neutral English accent thanks to English classes the Agency placed him in after he was recruited to ensure his accent was made minimal.
edited 19th Nov '14 6:15:55 AM by Ominae
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Maybe this wasn't such a good idea.
As Nathan Drake walked through the enormous building, he could almost touch the enormous amount of bureaucracy that would be required to keep a place like this running. He could also almost touch the unattractive lady behind the counter who was sorry, but was going to ask him to wait for a few more minutes at the DMV (Not that he'd ever been there).
Well, it wasn't all bad, there were certainly lots of neat technologies and strange alien species. Maybe he could convince one of them to take him to their planet, and then get some sweet alien loot...
With a sigh, he noticed two Chinese men who... looked the exact same. Huh. Weird. His curiosity piqued, Drake approached them and said, "Hey, uh, this might be a strange question but, are you twins?" While Drake was not the type to go along getting into other people's businesses (although the same couldn't be said for ancient ruins), the twins looked EXACTLY the same. It was creepy. Besides, he was stuck in a bureaucracy, for now at least. Might as well make some new friends out of it.
edited 19th Nov '14 5:46:54 AM by SherrifLee
If amerca is to fall it will be from within. Or ninjas. Abroham Wincoln
"Twins? That natural cloning thing humans do?" The goat-alien's keen ears scanned the small group of figures growing smaller.
"It's totally a human thing and oh dear, I've been going in the wrong direction this whole time! Just bill me, Chin Hon-to, for the repairs when you can get to them." The double jumped over the railings separating the two displacalators and, once the other alien was far enough away, ducked down to shapeshift back into her generic silver-haired human female form. Completely missing the creeped out human janitor only a few feet away, she shifted into a track stance and surged forward, running at nearly 45 KPH to reach the group of people she'd passed not long ago.
Arriving in under a minute, an athletic looking woman with silver hair, suspiciously familiar glasses, and an aluminium baseball bat approached the group, chatting up a storm once she was within earshot.
"Are you the people I was supposed to meet? Oh no! I hope I'm not late! This place is enormous and the meeting room was locked and I couldn't get in. I didn't think waiting around would be a good idea because no one else was there, but then again I was early, maybe if I'd just waited a bit longer. But... you're all here and not there yet which means that I would still be waiting if I had stayed there. So it was probably a good idea that I tried to look around for someone to unlock the door, but then I got lost because once I went to the meeting room the white plastic thing deleted itself. Well, not itself, but the meeting room that was on it, so I thought maybe if I stepped away it would come back. Then it didn't and I got lost someone said that they could add a map app, whatever that is, and I didn't have the money. So it's super lucky that I found the group I was supposed to meet with on these moving floor things..." [she keeps going on until interrupted]
The Blinder
The lights flickered on and off, one man's computer puffed out a spray of sparks. "Sorry!" An immensely tall man carrying a long wooden staff and a smoking Iphone. He was covered in a long black duster. "Really sorry...I'm not good with tech..." He sighed, continuing to walk over."Sorry I'm late. This thing wouldn't work." He explained. It was Harry Dresden, The Winter Knight. He looked down at the girl that was carrying on about...something. He stood silent and grim for about a minute before looking at her, It was the Elderitch Abomination/teenage girl, which, thanks to the mantle of the Winter Knight...Yeah. He looked at her. "Any idea why we were called?" He asked.
Good to be back
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
"I think the agency provides the apps on our issued phones for free, Ms. Nyarue."
Chin told the young girl, who had used her shape shifting abilities to turn into an exact image of him.
The Agency should really tell her not to use that ability around, even if we're not on duty yet.
The ex-SDU officer faced Harry and replied. "I take it that you entered HQ through the portal on someone's computer." He saw the technicians already removing the busted computer. "Like I said to Sollux, if we're being called on our day off means a big case to follow up on."
Chin decided to walk for the walkalator to stop. Since it was on the move and that they passed the offices for Agency officers, R&D and the motor pool, it meant that they were headed for the briefing room.
"I guess this means briefing first."
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
The Blinder
"Yeah...Can you work on those portals?" Harry asked. He followed Chin. "I'm pretty much resigned to the idea that a day off doesn't mean anything."
Good to be back
Too Orky For You
"tch, and you're not even the guy they call iin for tech 2upport every 2iingle tiime 2omethiing goe2 wrong wiith theiir 2hiit. iimagiine how liitle tiime ii actually get off." Sollux griped as he warily eyed the obviously tech-hazardous wizard.
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Will you make a contract with me?
The Blinder
"You do know I am never able to understand what you're saying, do you?" Harry asked the Grey skin creature, making sure not to accidently explode any more computers just by being around.
Good to be back
Too Orky For You
"how the fuck can you not under2tand me? ii'm 2peakiing perfect alterniian over here and 2iince alterniian and your world'2 englii2h are near enough iindii2tiinguii2hable you 2hould be able two under2tand me quiite well. ii mean CN here under2tand2 me, don't you, CN?" Sollux stated, one eyebrow twitching dangerously as he glared at the wizard.
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Will you make a contract with me?
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Before Chin could offer a reply, the walkalator was approaching one of the briefing rooms. As such, it began to slow down.
"Guys, don't fight in here. Save it for the enemy." He was the first to get off to a short path that led to one of the briefing rooms. They were guided by Agency personnel with gray ballcaps, tac vests and drop leg holsters that had their holstered sidearms, which indicated that they were security officers. They also had radio microphones clipped on their vests.
A Caucasian security officer stood guard near the entrance of said briefing room. This was the only indicator for agents to know if a briefing room was being used or not by the presence of armed officers.
"Good morning, sir." The security officer stood at attention and greeted Chin, speaking with a Singaporean English accent.
"Morning, Jack." Chin greeted back.
"Deputy Director is going to be here in a few minutes." The security officer debriefed the agent. "Make sure you have your ID ready."
"Understood." Chin got his Agency ID ready and placed its printed RFID barcode on the scanner.
The automated voice acknowledged the barcode on his ID. The sliding door opened to the right. After he went inside, the door closed behind him and locked itself up until another agent opened the door with the barcode on his ID.
edited 20th Nov '14 5:29:49 AM by Ominae
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"Drake followed the men into the room, first showing the security guard proof of his identity.
If amerca is to fall it will be from within. Or ninjas. Abroham Wincoln
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
"Thank you, Mr. Drake." The guard decided to take Nathan's ID and put it on the scanner to read the RFID tag. The door then opened up.
"Please wait inside the briefing room. I'll get the Deputy Director at once." The guard gave the ID card back to the archaeologist. He then got to the radio mic and called for the Deputy Director to come to the briefing room at once.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Too Orky For You
Sollux walked up and presented his own ID, obviously rather impatient to get inside and get everything taken care of.
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Will you make a contract with me?
The Blinder
Please work. Please work. Luckily, The Machine worked for Harry, the gaurd gave him the card and the wizard walked inside, shoving the card deep into his pocket.
Good to be back
The door remained shut. "What!? Still!?" Nyarue wiggled her ID card back and forth trying to get the scanner to work.
"At least it didn't sound the intruder alarm like last time."
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Jack greeted Harry as he was the next one to go in.
"Thank you, Mr. Captor." The guard took his ID card on the scanner to read the RFID ID tag. Once the door opened up, he gave it back to him. "You can head inside now."
After Nathan and Sollux were able to go in, Jack got baffled on why Nyarue had trouble getting inside.
"I can help you there." Jack got the ID from Nyarue and went to the scanner to read the RFID ID tag.
The briefing room's layout inside looks very similar
◊ to the one seen in most North American colleges and universites with seats that had foldable tables on the side. They were positioned on various descending platforms. The only difference was that a huge HD TV was seen at the back with a podium in front.
"We're a bit early." Chin took the nearest seat and sat down. "Seems like the Deputy Director hasn't arrived yet."
An East Asian man in his 30s with a gray Agency uniform walk on the walkalator. He wore a sherwood green beret of the Australia Army's 2nd Commando Regiment as he approached the briefing room. In addition, he also appears to have a small scar near his chin.
"Deputy Director Chong." Jack saluted the man as he began to work on Nyarue's ID on the scanner.
"I hope nothing is wrong." The Deputy Director asked the man.
"Nothing, sir. Just the agent's ID is having a problem with the scanner. Probably the RFID ID tag is not registering properly."
The scanner beeped again properly, which acknowledged the agent's ID.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Too Orky For You
"iit would appear 2o, at that. now CN ii'm perfectly under2tandable aren't ii? explaiin to the lump over here that iif he can't under2tand me, then perhap2 e needs a remediial course iin hii2 own fuckiing language!" Sollux grumpily stated, keeping his erstwhile glare fixed on the tall wizard as he took a seat.
edited 20th Nov '14 11:54:38 PM by Gladonost
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Will you make a contract with me?
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
Chin stayed silent when he heard Sollux's rant.
He was only fortunate that he made some friends from R&D. They were able to help him by teaching him some of the leetspeak and other lingo used by hackers and others who hang around the net. It's not a lot, but only to understand what they were saying in a conversational pace.
I wish the Deputy Director would arrive sooner.
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
The Blinder
"So...What's the problem?" Harry asked, trying to get the conversation back on track. He sat down, laying his staff in front of him on the desk.
Good to be back
Nyarue saw the guard salute and followed his example.
When the scanner showed her ID she waited for the door to open, frowning as it moved slowly, with a shower of sparks and the smell of burnt wires.
"Is it supposed to do that?" She shrugged and walked into the briefing room, not looking to see if the door closed behind her. She studied the tall guy who went in before her without hassle before finding a seat near the others.
edited 21st Nov '14 5:14:00 PM by justanid
Organized Canine Bureau Special Agent
"Gentlemen!"
Deputy Director Chong's voice was heard as soon as he got inside through scanning his ID's RFID tag.
"Sir." Chin stood up from his seat.
"Good to see everyone is accounted for." He placed a small earpiece on his right ear and turned it on. "Apologies for being a bit behind by a minute." Chong then saw Chin stand up. "No need for formalities. I'm a minute late."
The Australian man went to the podium and spoke to everyone inside the briefing room. "Before we start the debriefing for today, there's some thing that I need to spell out first regarding the future of this Agency."
"What does that mean, sir?"
"It means your next mission and its results will depend on how well we can resolve this without getting into any... antics."
The ex-commando then added. "You may as well sit back and enjoy the air conditioning in the meantime. So you guys want to hear the good or the bad news?"
edited 21st Nov '14 5:37:32 PM by Ominae
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"
Too Orky For You
"might a2 well hear the bad new2 fiir2t, 2iir." Sollux replied, taking a seat.
edited 21st Nov '14 5:58:29 PM by Gladonost
／人◕ ‿‿ ◕人＼ Will you make a contract with me?
The Agency. Officially known as the Supernatural Countermeasures Department...
A multinational black ops agency that took on supernatural cases when law enforcement and the government are at a loss on resolving a situation beyond their resources. It was established in the 1950s when the Cold War was starting to get very hot afters aliens made contact with a secret meeting at the United Nations Headquarters. Initially made under the direction of the United Nations' Security Council, the leadership soon broke away during the 1970s when they realized that the West and East had attempted to use its personnel and resource in order to turn the tide for either faction.
Despite this decision, the Agency still protected the Earth from aliens and supernatural forces alike. However from the 1980s, it has taken on stopping alien/supernatural cases caused by criminals and terrorists alike with cases of out-of-place artifacts being uncovered by various factions near the end of the Cold War. There has been, on the other hand, a few case where alien/supernatural events were used by criminals and terrorists as cover for their activities...
Former Senior Inspector Chin Hon-to, an ex-operator of the Hong Kong Police Force's Special Duties Unit, was in downtown Central in Hong Kong Island on a Friday afternoon. He was seen with a black windbreaker (with hoodie), jeans and black combat boots since it was cold, especially with the temperature being 14 degrees Celsius.
Right now, he had some time away from the force to contemplate on his relationship with Senior Inspector Chong Chuk-wah of the Organised Crime and Triad Bureau. After the hijaking of the cruise ship, in which the inspector's parents were involved and his near death experience of taking out one of the criminals who had threatened to destroy the ship with explosives, she decided to end their relationship. This was due to their positions in the force, which would not be good if one of them got severely wounded or killed in the line of duty that their relationship would suffer.
Figures. I can't do anything to sustain a healthy relationship. Chin mused as he walked back to see couples and families enjoying the weather. He began to wonder if he'll have a problem in the near future in maintaining a relationship.
His Apple Iphone 5S began to vibrate on his belt clip. He unclipped it and answered the call.
After he listened to the automated voice message, the portal app came into life. It showed a map of the Central MTR station...
Should've known that the Agency has some custom apps built into the phone issued to us agents. If anything, we've been summoned for another case.
He began to walk down the steps of the Central MTR's Chater Road entrance. Chin then scanned the station and noted that the phone app showed the portal's location in the Island Line subway platform.
Here goes. Chin paid to get through the security barrier via Octopus card. Afterwards, he got inside the nearest phone booth and closed the folding door behind him as mentioned. The portal appeared and he literally went through it.
Chin appeared at the Agency's Headquarters when he stepped out of the portal. He still remembered the first time he went there... And he was still amazed that the place was so big that he can't see where the ceiling is.
He was standing still on a walkalator and it wasn't moving yet. In the meantime, he saw numerous personnel working round the clock. They comprise of humans and aliens. Regardless of their origin, they wore the standard gray uniform jacket and pants with black boots. Except for certain alien species that don't need the latter two.
The others haven't arrivd yet, I guess.
Right now, our characters are heading to Agency HQ via portal system. They're issued Apple Iphones as their means of contacting the Agency with some apps to help them out. Basically, this means that they can find a portal in the most likely and unlikely places, such as an unused phone booth or a toilet stall. You can get creative on where your character finds his/her portal. Unless the character is in HQ, which defeats the whole thing.
edited 21st Nov '14 5:52:15 PM by Ominae
"Exit muna si Polgas. Ang kailangan dito ay si Dobermaxx!"