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Gregor Vorbarra ([personal profile] vorbarra) wrote in [community profile] maskormenacelogs2016-02-18 03:18 pm

} spyjinks prep

WHO: Gregor and Kitty & Miles, Nicolas, Cordelia & Aral. Separately.
WHERE: The park in Heropa, then De Chima #007.
WHEN: The night the coup began (February 16th?).
WHAT: Gregor decides to go undercover with Kitty. Well, more undercover. Some other people have some things to say about that. Also, they rope Nicolas into going along.
WARNINGS: None so far.
keep_nothing: (by the flickering candle)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-02-18 08:45 pm (UTC)(link)
[ She's still awake at this hour, and Gregor would be able to feel her surprise cutting through the book she was reading, the graveness of his mental tone enough to make her even straighten up in bed.

It'll take just a second, love. I'll have to poke Aral awake. A faint, bemused flash of a discussion they had a few days ago accompanies her reply, showing Aral protesting her teasing and going on about certain luxuries he couldn't have as Regent. ]
use_everything: (Neutral)

[personal profile] use_everything 2016-02-18 08:59 pm (UTC)(link)
[It is, as such, a little bit before they're both downstairs. Aral looking a bit rumpled besides the hadn't-slept-yet Cordelia, but sharp and alert nonetheless. She'd been clear about the tone.]

What's happened?
dendarii: (solpadeine110)

[personal profile] dendarii 2016-02-18 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
[ As always, Miles follows along at Gregor's heels. His new bracers have put a spring in his step; he doesn't have to work quite so hard to keep up with Gregor's strides. ]

At least there's no risk of this place getting dull?
use_everything: (Happening things happening)

[personal profile] use_everything 2016-02-18 11:11 pm (UTC)(link)
[The last dregs of sleep burn off at that. The first thing he does is a quick check along the connection on Miles... After the last attack, it was no small comfort to find it there and without the thrum of adrenaline or panic.]

Of course. So, you've decided on your course of action.

[There was no point in it being a question.]
dendarii: (yes yes i am the best)

[personal profile] dendarii 2016-02-18 11:42 pm (UTC)(link)
Admit it, you would hate it eventually too. I liven up your life considerably.
dendarii: (cocky lil bastard)

[personal profile] dendarii 2016-02-18 11:49 pm (UTC)(link)
[ Ha. A little tendril of pleased smugness floats across at that. ]

Perhaps we'll get something more entertaining next time.
use_everything: (The tools of intent)

[personal profile] use_everything 2016-02-19 12:16 am (UTC)(link)
[Aral straightens up, his expression darkening.]

I'm following.
keep_nothing: (and where do you think you're going?)

[personal profile] keep_nothing 2016-02-19 12:27 am (UTC)(link)
[ Cordelia, for her part, crosses her arms and frowns at the news. But she doesn't protest it. ]

Go on.
unwiseheart: ([35])

[personal profile] unwiseheart 2016-02-19 12:45 am (UTC)(link)
[ Talk about a strange request to get in the middle of a Soviet takeover, but he didn't decline. He'll be there, although Gregor may not hear him approach. ]

Greg?

[ His voice comes from behind, which is where the man had approached from, eerily quiet just before speaking. He may as well have appeared out of nowhere. Though, appearance-wise, he's certainly looking less put together than usual (and even the usual wasn't that great to begin with), but that's what happens when you skip a few days of visiting the gym's showers. ]
Edited 2016-02-19 00:45 (UTC)
use_everything: (Given due)

[personal profile] use_everything 2016-02-19 02:10 am (UTC)(link)
[His jaw sets and he lets out a deep breath.]

Deep cover agents, to my knowledge, tend to be both disposable - no family, few friends - and regard themselves as such as well. They also tend to already be engaged in the behavior that makes them suitable for placement.

I don't see how you fit either.
use_everything: (It sounds downright Jacksonian)

[personal profile] use_everything 2016-02-19 02:48 pm (UTC)(link)
[Aral's expression slams closed at the derision of being regulated to diplomacy "many times." His lip curls and his tone is baldly sardonic.]

Nothing you can add but that...

Do you really believe that? That what you may do - have done, in waiting, has been so much less in value than immediate action?
use_everything: (Given due)

[personal profile] use_everything 2016-02-19 03:15 pm (UTC)(link)
Work to unify imPort action and create a centralized resistance. Prepare for the likely-to-be enormous backlash that will be centered on the Russian operatives and the United States government. One for any cruelty laid on us in the name of control and the other for any persevered inaction real or imagined. Rallying the locals to defend their own homes, as they have also been isolated and subjugated.

Your vision is narrow.

You don't have to be Emperor. You just have to be convincing.
unwiseheart: ([05] call to duty)

[personal profile] unwiseheart 2016-02-19 03:26 pm (UTC)(link)
I am? [ It's feigned ignorance, which is something he's typically good at, but the day has been an ordeal. There isn't quite as much honest surprise behind it as there usually might be. Even so, he offers a shrug, offering a: ] Sorry...

[ Mumbled as it is. To the rest, he shifts his weight from one foot to the other uncomfortably, but waves the question off. ]

No, no, nothing. It's fine. [ At least he doesn't have any errant foliage in his hair, right? ] What did you want?

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