Hellfire Club: The Mission [CLOSED]

[astonishing_xmods]

WHO: Nightcrawler and those selected for the mission.
WHAT: The Hellfire Club infiltration mission
WHERE: Manhattan
WHEN: Late evening
WARNING(S): Could get violent.

Team One was already on the ground, infiltrating the party. The rest waited in silence aboard the Blackbird, hovering in complete stealth mode high above the island. Back at the Institute, Professor X closely monitored the communications of the team, ready to give the signal when ready...

It was go time.

[[ OKAY HERE'S HOW IT'S GOING TO GO.

Top levels will be going up for each mission phase. Each phase will, OOCly, go on simultaneously so no one has to wait for another team to complete their task. Players have freedom to play as they like, but the mod characters in each team (Feliks, Shindou, Reimu) will most likely lead the action in the direction it's intended to go. The mod account will pop in for NPCing every now and again.

Have fun! ]]

Comments

[the_black_king]

That was an interesting sort of statement -- and made Satomi sound like she knew something worth knowing about. The woman slipped a little closer to her through the crowd, looking at her with renewed interest.

"Things are always changing, my dear. You have to know where to look, for the right opportunities..."

[voracist]

"That's half the reason to be here, isn't it?" said Satomi, that cat-like smile on her face. "Besides the company, of course." Flattery never hurt. "But I hear the king's getting ready to make a move, and if I had to choose a side, well..."

[the_black_king]

"Well?" she prompted, a shrewd curiosity in her eyes. It always served you well, to know where everyone stood when you started moving.

[voracist]

"The winning one is the best one to be on, isn't it?" she said with a smile, a hand indicating the room. "And well, our host isn't exactly the type to invite losers, is he?"

[the_black_king]

"If you think there's just one side at play here," she said, with a wry look of amusement, "you're in for a shock. Everyone's in it to win for themselves."

She liked that, personally.

[voracist]

"Oh, I know," Satomi assured her, smiling smoothly. "But do you think he's not going to be on the winning side out of those? As someone close... surely you know that."

[the_black_king]

"Well, of course," the woman agreed, with a toss of her hair, "but he's not exactly easy to read. You have to watch close, to know where you really want to be standing."

[voracist]

"A sort of 'keep your friends close and your enemies closer' deal then?" she suggested, considering it. Certainly, it always got to those circular games of "I know that he knows that I know" once you rose to a certain level of betrayal. "Without letting them know which are which."

[the_black_king]

"Something very much like that." Her smile, for a moment, was sharklike and predatory. "You don't want your enemies to see it coming, do you?"

[voracist]

Satomi's return smile was a more subtle thing - amused, indulgent and serpentine. "Only once it's too late for them to escape."

[the_black_king]

She laughed outright, leaning back and taking a sip of her drink.

"You're alright. You might make it around here, after all!"