Operation Silver Lining [Event Thread] & [JE]

[Claws of the Tundra]

Participants:

Hoarfrost Imp Defiant Titan of Stone Ranzu Jotün Kamyuja Not Loki

[Claws of the Tundra]

"Frosted Conclave"

As the chilled early morning weather gently breezed throughout most parts of the region; most of the Land of Snow is unaware of the level of vengeance, and might being conjured undetected. Ever since the already damaged land had one of its last remaining safe havens stuck by an annoying blight of a dilemma. The tolerance for such problematic issues has been dwindled to the last straw in the cup. It was currently, 4:37am on a Thursday dawn. For most the day is only just now starting, for some it never ended yet, and for others they are blissfully unaware of the actions going on during such early hours.

For a select few people; this is the average working hours on an average Thursday. Regardless of what the implication is that they are even awake that is. Many of those very people tend to be the veteran members of Yukigakure’s Anbu Divisions. The silent warriors of the land they are indoctrinated to protect and serve. One of those few is a humble yet, ferociously reserved Anbu Captain of the Dragon division. Her days tend to be knee deep in operations as serious as the one she is currently twisted up into.

Her breathing was very quiet behind her old, but still sturdy mask of decorated anonymity. Keeping to herself as she walked through the reinforced halls of the old Yukigakure owned war bunker that is located far outside the walls of the ninja village for various reasons. This relic has served countless commanders, and VIPs over the centuries of Yuki history. Multiple intel gathering, and passing as been dealt here. Today is no different. A big outpost such as this that is carved into the large mountain cavern has many uses. Its underground facilities are just as secure as the ones on the surface.

Its level of security is high as well considering the amount of Yuki forces that are inhabiting the place. This outpost was under the strict command, of the very Dragon Captain that entered it only a few minutes ago after returning from the tenth over night patrol she went on. Upon her presence being noticed the staff, and colleagues around her all straightened up if they haven’t done so before. Even some of the other captains couldn’t help but want to show the utmost respect. Her name holds that much respect within the hearts of the people here. Way different than someone who is as politically known as Lana DeThorne whom is a former mentor for this captain.

However all of that was irrelevant. Today is a call for action. The once silent bunker, is to once again be used for what is crafted for, and today it expects multiple visitors whom may or may not understand its history and culture. Not that it matters too much. Thought the grand scheme of things is that the operation being established today is of utmost importance and only a trusted few are being given the call to carry it out. Even those outside of the Land of Snow.

Those very people have been given precise coordinates to the location of this bunker. When they arrive at whatever time they do, they will notice a set of large wooden double doors within a huge hollowed out entryway. In front of the doors would be three armed Yukigakure security guards watching the entrance. They would be the ones to identify all the authorized participants of the ongoing operation event.

Bunker Entrance


“Identify yourself, and state your business here.”

Upon receiving a question; each expected participant of the mission was to be given a code to say beforehand, along with a metal token with a wolf’s claw carved on it to present to confirm their authorization. Once authorized they’d be granted access inside the building where escorters would be waiting to take them to the briefing room where they could wait, mingle, and expect a further explanation of the mission details. This is where the aforementioned AnBu captain woman, would be waiting for them currently behind her desk viewing over the operation files.

Briefing Room

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YUKIGAKURE DATABASE

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Accessing Operation: Silver Lining Files...

L o a d i n g . . . L o a d i n g . . . L o a d i n g . . .

Username and Password Required*

• Username: ************
• Password: ******

L o a d i n g . . . L o a d i n g . . .

Access Granted!
Mission: "Silver Lining"
Authorized By: Yukikage Kahimi Inuzuka Scirocco
Tracked by: AnBu Dragon Division

Lead by: ADC Tsubaki "Onēsan" Onigami
Type: Semi-Open OP w/ Tsuchigakure Forces
Briefing: Disclosed
Location: Yomazu City, Yuki no Kuni
Dated: August 23, at 12:24pm
Status: Ongoing
Objective: Eliminate the terrorist threat GRIDLOCK and key targets: [REDACTED], [REDACTED], and [REDACTED] from Yomazu control. Secure the area. Search and Rescue VIPS: [REDACTED] and [REDACTED] from captivity. Deadly force and tactics authorized on IDENTIFIED threats only.

Authorized Personnel

Yukikage
Yukigakure AnBu
Yomazu Police Battalion
Tsuchigakure Identified Personnel
Hired Foreigners

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[Titan of Stone]

The neko quietly grumbled under her breath as she flew through the cool skies heading to the area she was supposed to meet at. After a moment her gaze fell to a stone structure and she lowered herself towards it glancing at the AnBu before flashing the coin. "I don't really care for all this white but I suppose if snow needs a tiger who am I not to oblige?"

Krystal inquired in a mock fashion as she delivered her password before passing forward into the base and finding a place to lounge. After a moment she would make herself comfortable and wait allowing her hair to fall around her body for the moment awaiting the meeting.

[Hoarfrost Imp]

Summoned to the summit of sorts Juniper made her presence scarce for the time being. Strapped in with her Battle Cloak and dull off-white dress, she was rather unremarkable save for her blue skin and the set of arms she kept very well concealed within the confines of her coat, her walk to suggest they never even existed. Her eyes were bright, sharp, so mirror like with their blue it was hard to stare into sometimes.

Stark white hair made her look much like a frost giant had a grotesquely small child. Approaching the guarded door of the bunker she stared the first guard in the face. "Moxt devil." Sh muttered, not even bothering to wait as she stormed by them with her eyes cast forward. The briefing room looked simple. Plain and ugly in a way. The AnBU woman had her attention but Juniper stood just inside by the door in the closest corner she could shove herself into.

The hulking amazon woman didn't escape her sights but this was a mission and anything that meant protecting Snow meant protecting Kahimi and that was final. On the inside of her battle cloak she harbored one slot of senbon and one slot of small marbles.

[Defiant]

Gwyn strolled to the location with a sour expression on her face. She hated the morning, and being up this early was not something she was accustomed too. "I shouldn't have even gone to bed,' she thought to herself with a sigh. She tugged at her cloak and wrapped it tighter around her frame for warmth. When she reached the entrance to the secret bunker, she presented the coin that had been delivered to her with directions, and a secret code. AnBu delivered, no less. An AnBu mission was worth getting out of bed, and getting all of her gear on at 3:00 in the morning. She brought her Over-sized Katana, Wakizashi, and Tanto, her climbing rope, silk rope, caltrops and marbles in belt pouches, and even her gauntlets for the off chance things get absolutely wild. She also brought flint, a compass, a multi-tool, and a flashlight tucked away in her tactical vest. Gwyn pushed her tinted goggles up onto her forehead to reveal her clear green eyes. With her left hand holding the token, and her right hand revealing the symbol of Yukigakure, she spoke quickly and clearly. "Gwynevir Verona, Crimson Fury, Reporting for Briefing." She nearly flicked the token through the air like it was a Ryo, but caught herself just before she made the launch. She cleared her throat a little and stuffed the token into a pants pocket and followed the guard to the briefing room. It was warm in here, Gwyn thought as she ran her fingers through her thick white mane and looked around the room. It struck her for a moment as a little odd that windows were streaming in what looked at first to be real sunlight, even though Gwyn was positive they had just entered a mountain bunker. She considered being in here all the time, however, as she looked over to the monitors, and realized that simulating the outdoors probably stopped whoever had to be here all the time from going insane. She noted the piano, the bookshelf, and the fact that there was no where to sit down other than the short steps that separated the room. Gwyn strolled over to the piano in the corner of the room, and sat down on the stool. She closed the lid and leaned on the surface as she stared, hazy eyed back out into the room. She was so tired the woman didn't even notice anyone else in the room with her, and she began to drift off to sleep.

[Ranzu]

The land of snow lived up to its name which made Zeki quite happy that he had prepared for it. The cold did not bother him one bit thanks to his unique constitution but the snow did when it came in contact with his body. It would melt and mix with his sand to cause great discomfort to the Sadojin. So to combat that he simply brought a umbrella along so that the falling snowflakes would not pose any problem while covering his feet in a thin layer of earth to insulate then from the snow on the outside. It was a effective combination that allowed Zeki to function in such a snowy landscape.

However the umbrella was not the only thing that he had brought with him, he had his usual goggles that had night vision, thermal vision, camera vision, condition vision, x-ray vision, substance locator vision, with zooming function and bundled in anti-flash lens. Furthermore he had a small sized gourd filled with sand on his side, though that was just more of a extension of his body then another item. A bit unusually for the Sadojin though was the fact that he was wearing a utility belt that held a medical diagnostic scanner and a cryobag bundled up in there. He came expecting trouble that his slight medical expertise might be able to help.

He approached the bunker doors and stopped a couple of meters from it. He lifted the token up to show the guards at the door before saying the password given to him, "It is a nice night today, isn't it. Almost morning. Soon the sun will be coming over the earth's horizon to light everything up. I bet the land is quite beautiful when that happens." before walking forward, as the guards moved to lead him inside. Soon he was in the room with the others, noting quite a few familiar faces. However no one seem to be really interacting, so he decided to do the same and moved to stand off by himself in a corner of the room.

[M$]

It was cold -- to a foreigner like himself, unnaturally cold, and yet even the slicing winds of the Land of Snow could do little to prevent the sweat from slowly trickling down his prey's face. It was not the temperature that caused him to sweat, but the fear and anxiety of having his mind invaded, or maybe the effort put forth in an attempt to stop it, or perhaps maybe it was both of those things combined that caused the perspiration to fall. Regardless of what, the Uchiha would not stop his probing.

He was unsuccessful in his attempts at finding the whereabouts to Yukigakure, but the power of his eyes would reveal to him something that perhaps would aid in that endeavor. The only way to be sure, was to investigate further. The tomoe in his gaze would spin in mesmerising fashion and the man before him would find his torture had come to an end, and he would at first feel drowsy before his eyelids closed completely and he fell into a deep slumber. When he awoke, he would remember nothing ..

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Kaka'rot arrived at the designated coordinates, using both his World Map and compass as guidance. It would seem the information he got from the man was not false, and underneath the hooded ebony black cloak that adorned his person, he fiddled with the metal token, which in conjunction with the code he had received, would allow him passage through the guards at the front door. He eyed them innocently as he approached, yet he did not smile nor show any emotion.

"Persona Grata", he'd say, simultaneously flashing the token with the wolf carving as well. When allowed, he would proceed inside.

He carried with him his usual equipment: caltrops(32), kunai(10), senbon(114), shuriken (15), and explosive tags of fire (80), binoculars with night vision and the capability of 5x zoom, a gas mask, one rebreather, a compass, and a scroll map of the known world, which all were hidden in his number of butt bags and utility pouches, strapped to his tactical chest rig beneath his cloak.

On his left arm rested a Melody Arm, a sound based weapon, and much too large to be hidden under the confines of his cloak and so it was out in the open for all to see. He carried with him two blades, both strapped horozontally across his back with their hilts facing opposite directions; the first and most special was Ouken, a Kyuushi blade, and the second had no name, but it was the shape of an average katana, and its' blade was laced with a deadly poison.

Entering the briefing room, the Uchiha would glance around at all that occupied it .. At first sight, none of them seemed remarkable. He only hoped they felt the same about him. His face was naked, no mask, yet he was sure that none here knew him .. not even the people of his own village truly knew who he was.

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Part 1 of 2

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Hours. . . That is the time that vapidly allotted by while, the current commander-in-chief of the operation waited for most of the hired people on this mission showed up. Nearly two hours to be exact. The rendezvous time started at four o'clock exactly. She entered the room at 4:37 in the morning, and now it is exactly 6:00am. Everyone arrived at different times, but thus far it was enough to keep her somewhat satisfied in the punctuality.

After looking over the details of the mission once again; the AnBU Dragon Captain would exit out of the terminal program, and shut down the monitor device she was using. An almost drab muffled sigh, exited from the masked woman as she pushed herself upward using her hands. The office desk making a faint creaking noise as her weight pressed down on it as this happened.

In that one simple movement the masked woman, would now be standing upright with a view capable of allowing her to see everyone in the room individually no matter where they were located as long as they are visible, and she pays attention. Similar to one an instructor general use to be able to keep track of their students. This however is no class. This is a prelude to destruction.

Kaka'rot had entered the briefing room fifteen minutes before the captain arose to begin. Yet before she did her head panned from left to right with ease in a slow and methodical manner. She was counting the number of visible bodies in the room excluding herself and her two subordinates. (Observation Check: 100) Along with this counting she was also attempting to get a general read of their mood, a fix on how they might operate or level of interest. Results vary from there obviously. (Sense Motive: 75)

Though all of that should be fine and dandy until she came across a simple irritation. Two of the hired members of the team were missing, which means they are late, and if they are late they are already endangering her sense of authority and trust in their worth. At least enough to be annoying.

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Rolls Made

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Observation Check: To Locate everyone in the room, and take note of their general positioning. (Rolls is against stealth checks only.)
Difficulty: Trival
Skill: 100
Modifiers: Favorable Conditioning -10

Sense Motive Check: Trying to discern on how every individual feels currently.
Difficulty: Very Difficult
Skill: 75
Modifiers: Hunch

NOTES
quino & Krissi — Inuzuka Yasei you still have time to join the event ICly.

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Part 2 0f 2

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She'd grimace behind her mask, slightly gripping the edge of the desk with her gloved hands before letting it go. Deciding she rather stick to getting a move on than wait. Thus for the first time she'd announce herself in front of her new and temporary "teammates".

"Alright people eyes up, ears open, and minds clear; lets get this whole thing wrapped up, and set to go. My name is Captain Akane Fujioka. Refer to me as either Captain Fujioka, or Captain in general nothing less please." she'd begin in a very straight forward and upfront manner. Though as she did this, she'd  do one of two things:

1.) If Gwynevir hadn't woken up from her sitting nap over at the piano Captain Fujioka would gladly go out of her way to walk over during her introduction to not so, kindly nudge the woman once with her hip in an effort to wake her out of her slumber. Whether or not she actually woke up or liked being nudged so suddenly would be of no concern to the captain. Instead she'd simply keep walking. Circling all the way back to the desk, and stopping in front of it so she could stand in the middle of the room once again.

2.) However if Gwyn was awake then she'd do none of those things and stay put to continue her "greeting". Happily not having to move in order to make sure someone on her team is at least awake to hear her ramble on about some details not even SHE feels like talking about, but the captain has to suffer? Damn well the rest of her teams does to...at least a little.

"Now then, you all are here for one reason or another so that means we will be working together in one way or another. I was put in charge of the overall planning on this strike mission so I'll be briefing you on the general plan. The boss up in HQ isn't very happy about Yomazu getting ransacked by a bunch of crooks, so its in our best interest to see to it that this goes well. Any questions before I begin?" she'd ask in a way that doesn't exactly hint that she cares about questions, but doesn't reinforce that she won't answer them either.

[Titan of Stone]

From her spot Krystal visibly floated and her did as well like a purple an aurora around her body, granted that made it quite obvious she had nothing on her of significance. Although given the early time if she was inspected, an obvious tone of tiredness would hang around her given the cat's usual sleep schedule and her black tiger stripes may seem to shift like fire or a shadow. Beyond that her aim was to help protect Snow as an ally.

As the white haired woman entered Krystal had to blink almost taking her for Kahimi for a moment before meeting her gaze with a wave of her hand. When the next person entered Krystal glanced over having to blink again, did most people in Yuki have white hair?... Regardless this one seemed to trudge in ignoring the others so the cat shrugged. Next as Krystal peeked up toward the door she saw Zeki enter and waved in the same way as toward the first girl, granted the eye contact was different as she was thankful for his aid.

The last however entered with heavy clothing and a holey gauntlet, which Krystal vaguely remembered having something to do with sound given her own preference in weapons. The jet black hair however made the back of her head itch like something on the edge of her memory. Regardless she would respond with the same wave preferring to be polite with the people she may be working with. However she did keep an eye out for any identifying factors to tell who they were affiliated with.

As the AnBu spoke up Krystal looked towards her but her body language didn't change as she found the whole meeting slightly tedious rather than just sending in shinobi with kill orders. As the captain introduced herself Krystal raised an eyebrow at the straight forward approach. "Got it Cap."

Krystal waited as she spoke, not exactly disrespectful but not very... 'fall-in-line' like. Regardless of which approach the AnBu took to continue her briefing Krystal did little else besides listen as her cat ears flicked around. When the time came to ask any questions Krystal raised a hand, more for the gesture than to insinuate she needed to act like a child.

"I assume we're all allies of Yuki considering what the mission entails, I'd like to know why everyone is here." Krystal asked straight forward having already glanced at each person in the room. "I'm from Stone, the Tsuchikage is particularly close with the Yukikage so I see this as aiding a dear friend."

[Hoarfrost Imp]

Through the whole procession Juniper just stood still with eyes open, bright things, mirrors of light, her lips set in a thin paper line. The busty amazon spoke up but no matter what was spoken here Juniper could only understand half of it at best. Half of every sentence, her mind only getting pieces to a puzzle she was trying to put together.

She did know what the tall one meant but she wasn't budging on that subject. Friend of the Yukikage? BAH! The truth of that statement would make itself known throughout the days they worked on this mission.

Working her little jaw Juniper rolled her wrist and twirled a finger. "Go, go, time wastes." She spoke at the commander. The sooner they got on this the better. She needed to undo the threats to Yuki.

[Ranzu]

Zeki returned the greetings given to him by his kage with a small incline of his head as he went to his spot, but didn't react in any other way. He really didn't like the land and how much frozen water it held, and so was in a pretty sullen mood so to speak. Which is why he was happy when the lady started talking about their mission finally.

The Sadojin listened to her with a quiet focus, watching the masked women's every move. Calling her captain, a obvious figure of authority over him, did not really sit well with Zeki but he wasn't being paid to discuss his feelings on the matter anyways. So he just quietly resolved to have as little interaction with the woman as possible, which shouldn't be too hard if he let his kage do most of the talking it seemed.

When the masked woman asked for questions all Zeki did was shake his head and shuffle in place a bit. He did not really care if this place was ransacked or not anyways. He just wanted to get this job done and get out of the frozen water as quick as possible. Zeki just couldn't shake the feeling that all of it would suddenly melt and wash him away when he was out there in the snow.

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Post 1 of 2

Captain Fujioka took momentary glances at most of the individuals in the room again as the briefing took a temporary pause. Moving on with the operation is top priority, but she immediately noticed that a lot of these people seemed very...unresponsive. A heavy sense of second thoughts weighed in on the commander as her general faith in the group’s efficiency took a dive. At this rate she’d prefer taking a bunch of fresh recruits out on a trail run for becoming candidates for AnBu over sorting out the good and bad. Luckily she knew better than this. There is no use complaining about it now. At least a few of these strangers seemed to be awake, which is better than nothing.

When it came around the time for the others to ask questions only, the catlike one seemed to be the only person to have any. The progress from that question stopped dead in its tracks as soon as it started, which is about as awkward as it gets. Upon seeing this Fujioka could be heard sighing in her mask before moving on which the younger one seemed to be most interested in. “I suppose further introductions will have to wait. Fair enough; we shall continue onward. Danbo get the lights please.” She’d say in which the tall and generally large AnBu wearing the Bear Division mask would heed her request. Once the lights were dimmed down, the monitor screen behind her would be lit up by a projector machine displaying the city of Yomazu in map form. Captain Fujioka now equipped with an extended pointer stick, began to explain their mission plan further.

“Due to the level of the threat, Yomazu right now is in a High-Security Lockdown sequence. The The outer perimeter is secured in order to keep anything that isn’t accounted for outside, and anything that isn’t check inside the city. This means the citizens of Yomazu that haven’t escaped or been evacuated yet are stuck in the heat of the problem. The center of the city has been completely taken over by people aligning under the name: “Gridlock” Relatively all of them are dressed similarly, and most of their numbers are armed and dangerous.

Reports state that this Terrorist Organization is a group that is formulated into a united syndicate of three gangs that used to try taking control of Yuki no Kuni on their own. Now it seems they have combined whatever strength that had left after the Yukikage hammered down on all of them to try one last reach for power. Somehow their plans slipped past awareness just enough to cause all of this trouble. And as you can all see this so called Gridlock has zero regard of anything that isn’t helping their agenda.” She’d explain while the images displayed multiple evidence of damaged property, graffiti, and conflict with Yomazu police.

Evidence:

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Collateral Damage to Yomazu Property





Conflict with Yomazu Police

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Post 2 of 2

As the captain paused, the screen would be switched out with different images, that the projector displayed clearly. These very images now displaying the wanted targets, and ViPs of the operations.

“Okay here is the important part. So far we have established a blockade within numerous key pathways that are now being used to box the terrorists in the center of the city. However as a unit we can’t risk pushing in another further at least not without a clear opening to strike. The reason being, some other places have not been so lucky to escape getting captured. The Grand Hall in the northern part of Yomazu for instance has been overrun.

The word is they have Mayor Hashimoto held hostage as well as the Daiymo’s grandson who was visiting kept there. Princess DeThorne is helping with efforts to keep in contact with Chief Baile who is leading his special forces the best he can to keep the blockades stable along with the Yukikage’s deployed ninja. My sources have been able to finally identify the key players of Gridlock which will be these three right here which were all leaders of former gangs.

The general plan is to infiltrate Gridlock’s stolen territory to safely retrieve Mayor Hashimoto and the Daiymo’s grandson. Once that is securely accomplished we will strike on each and every leader of Gridlock with brute force once we find them.

The Yukikage has given us an all clear to eliminate any Gridlock identified target with deadly force, however watch for civilians. I didn’t take the lead on this operation to have my own people get put in the crossfire by morons. With that said I think we can set out and get this done.

I’m sending you all to Outpost A which is right outside the Yomazu front gates. Captain Tiano can give some more insight on the situation out in the field if you need it. By then you are on your own. Good luck.”

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Gridlock Key Targets

I.B.U ex-Leader



The Jackal's former Co-Leaders

[Hoarfrost Imp]

The silence in the room hung for what felt like forever but Juniper just kept her eyes peeled. There were a few people who didn't respond. The traitorous one who tried to bolt her in the stomach... and the black haired man. Setting her lips Juniper jumped her eyes around a few times and settled in for the briefing. The silence from some was welcome. Others? Not so much. The moment the lights dimmed and heads turned to peer at the briefing she pulled her energy into herself and split off into two, the second coming to life behind her though with a very uncanny ability to make herself just... unheard and unfelt it'd take thrice the amount of time to notice her and her location as of current.

The clone split then immediately cast seals for invisibility within the cloak it wore to cast invisibility and all it's sounds, sights and smells were masked. While the original watched the briefing the clone snuck around to the dark haired shinobi well into the briefing and made a very pointed and covert frisking attempt to check him for all the items he had hidden on his person.

Meanwhile the original took note of the targets faces and names/locations presumably within this fortified area of the lockdown.

-Attempting Frisk. Skill points and details sent to GM-

[Ranzu]

Zeki stared at the masked woman who wanted to be called captain with intense gaze. It was partially a lie though, as his focus was more on where he was than what was happening but he knew looking disinterested would only provoke hardship from the people he was interacting with. So he looked interested and did have one ear to what she was saying, but was mostly focused on inwardly grumbling about the snow all around him.

Finally the masked woman would finally end the lecture and Zeki felt that he had the gist of things. Part of the country rebeled against the current leadership, mostly the criminal elements this time. Not too different than what happened in the village of stone if he was honest.

Shuffling forward a bit, the Sadojin pauses for a few seconds before asking, "And, if someone were not to know the layout of a city they have never been, what could that someone do to get to Outpost A?...captain." taking on the captain part almost as a afterthought.

[Defiant]

Gwyn's eye's half opened at the beginning of the captain's greeting, but lacked the strength to stay that way until a sharp nudge snapped her to alertness. Her eyes darted quickly around to take in everyone the room with her. 'Hm....' she considered scanning them with her sharingan, or using her sensory abilities to see if any of them were potential double agents, but she decided against it; people often revealed their nature without much prompting in tense situations, and this was surely tense for the foreigners. 'Being in a foreign military base with no backup? Must be intimidating.'She chose to remain silent for the rest of the briefing, even avoiding the introduction offered by one of the attendees, though she couldn't help a snort as she stifled a laugh at her suggestion. She chose to focus instead on absorbing more immediately important information; why they were all here in the first place. She wasn't quite expecting so much information, however, and it took her a moment to consider it all. 'Gridlock...' she thought to herself. She considered their enemies position, trying to put herself in their position. 'High profile hostages, but no demands? They're either running low on resources, or out of connection with their leadership,' a wry smile crept across Gwyn's face. 'Or they think they're going to lose,' and if they thought that, they have lost already. Gwyn hopped off the stool, suddenly very excited in contrast to her lethargic demeanor prior to the briefing. She was about to turn to leave the briefing room, when she overheard one of her teammates ask a question. A question that made her break her vow of silence. "It's outside the front freakin' gates. Literally the front door." Gwyn couldn't help herself. She wanted to say sorry, but she couldn't help but feel her answer was justified; had he not been paying attention? She began to walk across the briefing room and as her position had been in the far corner, it allowed her to cross paths with each member. She looked them each up and down as she spoke, but didn't break her stride. "When we get to Outpost A, we'll tell each other about our skills. Our Strengths and how best we can cover each-other's weaknesses. And maybe if we have time-" she slowed her pace just a little as she got to the dark haired woman, "then we can trade origin story's." Gwyn said with a churlish smirk and unbroken eye-contact. She turned her head away with a flowing swish of her silver mane and headed for the exit.

[Claws of the Tundra]

Pick Pocket Results: Successful with no contest.

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Over the course of the briefing, Juniper's clone making its move on an unsuspecting figure, would have the aid of invisibly, darkness, and incredible sleight of hand skills to her advantage. On top of this no noticeable response ever came from Itada, whom was either mentally checked out all of a sudden or too involved with the briefing to catch on to Juniper's deeds.

Due to this the thieving child would be able to make quite a score on the man. His weapons, gadgets, ryo, and soul were all endangered here. Free for the taking by a wee child with a knack for taking things. (Itada Successfully Pick Pocketed.)

Beyond that interesting string of events, it would seem that the general call to action was over. Having given her piece of information Captain Fujioka took it upon herself to set out for departure on her end of the mission. Her colleagues doing the same in response to the ending of her lecture. The big guy with the bear mask didn't do anything other than move to pick up a big black, and dark green duffel bag that looked to be packed up with gear. His other free arm was tasked with holding open the door for everyone else.

The other AnBu masked woman dawning a bear mask of her own shut down the projector. Then waited nearby Captain Fujioka while watching everyone hopefully be moving to take their leave. By then Zeki asked his question in which the answer was stolen right from the very mouth of the captain, by Gwynevir who has been rather quite and out of the limelight until now.

Leading the charge in taking her leave, she seemed to be the most eager to set out on their assignment despite being too tired to stay awake in the beginning. This sudden change in pace honestly served to humor Fujioka enough to laugh a bit. Although only for a short while as she'd then speak to answer Zeki's question even though Gwyn made her point.

"Scared of getting lost? Then take this..." She'd say while pausing before reaching behind her to one of her pouches retrieving a plain brown scroll of medium size. With this in hand she'd give it to her colleague whom would usher it over to Zeki.

"That is a local map, with Yomazu circled on it with black ink. Head Northwest from the front door of this base, and go West along the paved pathway once you find it. There should be a big red torii gates every other mile with a signs on them leading you to the city. Any further questions will have to be asked to Captain Tiano, me and my AnBu have business elsewhere. Godspeed everyone."

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Money is no longer participating in this event thus is to be considered MiA after this post. Itada will be placed outside the base through physical movement by an NPC due to sudden "unresponsive" behavior.

(EDIT NOTE: Items Stolen shall be distributed in PM.)

[Titan of Stone]

The lack of responses from practically anyone sapped Krystal's mirth as her features became more stoic. Although out of the corner of her eye she noticed an outline shift by, taking a moment to look at it Krystal noticed the hazed copy of the girl that growled earlier. However as the copy moved over to the black haired man a faint smile played at the edge of her lips seeing the girl 'dive' into his pockets seemingly without notice. Althooooooough since he was of no consequence of Krystal's she looked back to the screens taking in the info that was being presented to the group.

While most of the information was absorbed from the pictures and what they were told she noticed two of them leaving. After Zeki got up as well the neko would shrug and rise from her place as she heard the sand man ask about the entrance to the city. However the outburst from the teenager drew Krystal's gaze as the shaded parts of her turned from dark to black. Was she really snapping at a foreigner who was asking directions when they had never been here before. The faintest flicker of red static played across Krystal's right eye before she breathed out.

As the brat crossed the room and the captain spoke once more offering Zeki a map Krystal glided past the teenager before she opened her mouth as her violet hair shifted quickly and flowed across her body becoming a one piece leotard by the time she reached the desk. As the map was offered Krystal reached out to take it as faint arcs of electricity raced across it for a moment before she handed it to Zeki while speaking under her breath. "If you feel uneasy scratch it three times."

Afterwards she would wink at and blow a kiss at the captain to feign that she was flirting before heading out as well and taking to the sky. If their own AnBu weren't handling something like this she was beginning to have doubts about her important this actually was.