[RHat]

"Which means the only resistance we might have to worry about is drones on offsite control or running autonomously...  Think you can give me a street address?"

[Crossbow]

"No, but if take a drive down through the Tacoma docks, Sammy or I should be able to pick it out."

[HydroRaven]

"I'll let you put your gun away and forget this, Con" says Clem. "But the next time you pull a gun on anyone in this team, you better shoot because it'll be your last mistake."

When O'Connor puts his weapon away, she turns to the rest of the team and asks Fionn "Can you deal with drones or do we need to?"

[RHat]

"I should be able to deal with them.  Only reason I wouldn't is if they were setup to be completely EM-dark, which is fragging inconvenient for an unmanned facility in the middle of a major industrial area, to say the least.  Figure once I know which place it is, I can scout it out from my side and find out what sort of security we're dealing with, and maybe even who the place belongs to.  Hell, maybe we get really lucky and all we have to deal with is some locks and a really bad filing system."

[farothel]

"Heron and me can summon spirits with powers to make them crash," Sammy said, glad at least some of the tension was gone now and that they were concentrating on the mission again, "it's not as reliable as Fionn's powers, because a good rigger can work around it, but if really necessary, it might do the trick.  It might be a good idea to summon some spirits anyways, just so they are on standby in case of problems."

[RHat]

"Redundancies are always a good thing...  And if crashes are all were after I can call on a sprite to help with that too.  But given enough time, I could get any drones working for us and lock out whoever they belong to."  Fionn was just happy that between, well, just about everyone they'd managed to forcibly shift the conversation back towards the one thing that was forcing them to stay together.

"Now, if nobody has any objections, I say we get going."  Taking the reins of the van back, he made for the Tacoma docks - and then a thought hit him out of the blue, and he chided himself for not considering it earlier.  Damn, how the hell did I not think of that sooner?

"Something just occurred to me...  If we got grabbed and dosed way the hell out there, so many miles from the border...  How the hell did our very traceable stuff end up back in Seattle, and in a warehouse with no living security - what the hell sense does that make?  I mean, is it possible that the warehouse was provided by our employer to stash our stuff in case of, well, exactly what happened?  For that matter, what if this whole thing is actually some kind of test to see if we'll be able to make our way back in one piece, like some kind of audition for something bigger?  You know, see how we handle getting caught, see how we deal with odd as all hell circumstances...  What if we've been looking at this wrong the whole time?  They might'a known Coyote lived round where they dropped us, even, and figured on him giving us some kinda lifeline..."  He gave his head a shake to stop himself rambling yet again.  "I don't know; might be it fits the facts better than the way we've been assuming things went down."

[Necrogigas]

"Nothing about this job as made too much sense so far. Why would this be any different?"

[RHat]

"Somewhere along the way, a set of decisions was made that created the situation we're dealing with.  And what I'm saying is that maybe the reason it hasn't made sense is because we've been looking at it all wrong."

[HydroRaven]

"So you're saying this might be an audition?" asks Clem. "If that's the case, it would have to be a big payout for me to agree to this."

[RHat]

"If that's what this is, gonna guess we weren't told everuthing, you know?  Either way, seems that whoever has our stuff wants us to get it back. "

[Thvor]

"Well, it's a possibility, at least. Not sure I like it, though. I did ask a couple friends to feed me info on our...hosts during the flight; they may be able to come up with something sooner or later. And if we can get an address, I've got a guy who can give me the lowdown on who owns the place legally, at least. Of course, in our business, that often doesn't mean much, but still..." Sam shrugged.

[RHat]

"Yeah, but you never know what I might be able to turn that information into, given enough time to actually follow the trail..."

[farothel]

"If we're going to speculate like this," Sammy said, "it could also be a reality trid show.  I wouldn't put it past certain people in LA to come up with an idea like this and actually do it.  So smile, you might be on candid camera."

[Necrogigas]

O'Connor started to laugh, but was cut short by his ribs. He took a few labored breaths before speaking, "Please, let that be it. I'd really like to give some media exec. a heavy dose of reality."

[HydroRaven]

"While we're in the realm of fantasy, it could also be Dunkelzahn's ghost" said Clementine. "But seriously, Red does raise a good point. These people probably smuggled our drugged bodies out of Seattle, which would mean they have some decent resources, but just left our stuff in a sub-par warehouse? That doesn't sound right."