Strangers in A Strange Land

The flight from Seattle to Morningstar Field in Portland is short and bumpy, leaving the team with that slightly disoriented feeling common to air travel. As they wait their turn in line to see the Customs and Immigration officers, they notice quite a few deadly-looking elves with equally deadly-looking weapons close at hand.

Not a welcoming sight; welcome to Portland.

Created By: Double Take GM [View Previous Comments]

>>>>>[ Quinn looks around for the others on the Tir side of the archways. We're short a person. He turns, looking through the crowd to see where the missing person was while drifting through the crowd towards Hathaway. ]<<<<<
- Adrian Quinn (15:37:51/11-08-2061)

>>>>>[ The 'missing person' is Blue, who had handed her papers to the customs agent with a smirk that was supposed to appear confident, but becomes quickly evident that it is actually covering nervousness and fear as the customs agent takes an unhealthy interest in her.

"Blue skin color. I've never seen a blue elf before," he says, squinting at her as he uses the needle and takes a blood sample.

"So, I'm a true blue elf...," she attempts with a nervous joke. It isn't winning the agent over, especially when the computer makes an urgent bling bling bling! noise instead of blips and boops.

"But not to Tir Tairngire. Guards...," the man calls, coldly. Two men seem to peel themselves out of the wall itself, each of them at equal to or dwarfing her size as well as stopping power. Her jaw drops, then she shuts it quickly, taking a step back. Unfortunately, in Tir Tairngire, that's evidence of 'evading and resisting arrest'. They pull their weapons, one even firing at her feet while the other says, "Stop or we'll shoot!"

She does an excellent job of freezing right on the spot; her cyberware hadn't been reactivated yet, and it didn't look like it was going to be anytime soon. The two nice, burly men soon have her under their power, her arms bound tightly behind her in heatfused plasteel restraints. The look she throws the team as she's led away reminds one of a deer caught in the headlights.

Whatever it was that had set off the bloodtest, it looks as if the team is now short some muscle. ]<<<<<
- Double Take GM (22:21:24/11-08-2061)

>>>>>[ Alpha's first instinct was protest. Blue was a teammate and a friend and she was now in the arms of the Tir authorities. But in this job you don't act on gut reactions unless you want to die painfully, so he holds back. There would be nothing he could do, not now. Especially given that he was the human of the team. Pulling away from her look with a pain that was heavy on his heart, he gathers his papers and moves on. ]<<<<<
- Alpha (22:26:03/11-08-2061)

>>>>>[ Kes's mouth falls open as she watches the scene unfold before the rest of the team. Her eyes quickly move from Alpha's face to Hathaway's, trying to get a feel for their reactions, half expecting them to be dashing over to Blue's side, but not quite. By the time she looks back, the guards are already dragging Blue away...."Holy shit, this is not good... There's got to be something you can do Kes.. think damnit.. think!" ]<<<<<
- Kestral (22:46:20/11-08-2061)

>>>>>[ Quinn looks on the scene dispassionately. He turns to Hathaway, tucks his screamsheet under his arm and simply says, "Let's go." ]<<<<<
- Adrian Quinn (22:48:48/11-08-2061)

>>>>>[ As soon as the alarm bings during Blue's bloodtest, Connor's attention is swiftly elsewhere. He doesn't watch as the guards step up, doesn't flinch as the warning shot is fired at her feet, and doesn't see as she's dragged off. By the time everyone else has turned to gauge his reactions, Connor's three long-legged strides away. Fighting down the waves of panic that crash over him -- "She talks, we're dead." -- the Elf is doing his best 'walk like you're in a hurry, but not like you're running from The Law' walk. ]<<<<<
- Connor Hathaway (12:16:18/11-09-2061)

>>>>>[ Quinn's a step or two behind Hathaway, heading for the exit. Now was definitely not the time to get caught. ]<<<<<
- Adrian Quinn (12:41:59/11-09-2061)