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[Caellath]

((Can you let us try to get some information before attacking him? >.>))

[Dwarmin]

((Sure Cael, my actiKILLons alrKILLeady chaKILLnged. ))

[Caellath]

((Sure Cael, my actiKILLons alrKILLeady chaKILLnged. ))

((I meant wolfchild. ))

[wolfchild]

NOt gonna kill him but my character is also not a trained cop

[Fniff]

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Ambrose had kept silent up until now. She wasn't a trained police officer or part of a family line who did this sort of thing, she was just a normal biochem student who happened to be a werewolf nowadays with serious relationship problems due to that. She didn't know how to question a potential suspect. She did, however, know when something was horribly wrong here. He was very obviously a suspect and even Eric and Kathryn seemed ready to pull their guns. The wolf was telling her that Harker had to be put down. However, she tempered it. The wolf wasn't innately evil, it was simply a very chaotic and uncontrolled version of herself, at least that's what the Aesir Initiative said about it in one of their manuals. The wolf would want Harker dead. Ambrose wanted him alive.

"Mr Harker, I do not know exactly what it is you are doing, but it is something dark." She said, with surprising clarity. Usually whatever she was talking about usually degenerated in growls at the end. She rapidly transformed into a wolf, leaped across the desk and grabbed Harker's neck in a tight grip.

"Holy shit!"
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Eric stood up. He was surprised, but he kept calm.

"Ambrose, get off him."

Ambrose (Or the wolf that was Ambrose) whined, then grudgingly jumped onto the floor, letting go of Harker who was terrified out of his wits.

Deciding that at this point, cutting to the chase was a great idea, he pulled out his handgun.

"Right, mister Harker. It is the time for honesty, it seems. We are not from the FBI, correct. We are from the Aesir Initiative. Whether you know that name or not is of no consequence, since we will most likely wipe your mind if you are not the man we seek. Now, you are going to explain whatever the hell you are hiding, or you are going to wake up in a dark room, and you are going to experience tortures that the guys at Guantanamo Bay would shit themselves hearing about. You may not have heard of us, or any other supernatural creature besides us if you ARE the man we seek, and may think that you are on top. Let me just say one thing: you are very very wrong. Now... explain."

The torture line, Eric knew, was bullshit. They didn't torture people, the Aesir Initiative knew that was ineffective and useless. They had other, better methods.

Harker stared in utter fear at Eric, and then came a rush of "Oh God"s and "I don't know anything"s.

Eric began to wonder if Harker knew anything at all, and if this was a false alarm by James...

James, as if on cue, stood up and then closed his eyes. Green runes, one by one, appeared around him.

Ulyoath, Aretak, Tier, Garii...

A green energy fired towards Harker. He momentarily spasmed, causing the energy to pull back, then he succumbed and relaxed, causing the energy to flow in.

"Now, would you mind telling us exactly what kind of supernatural creature you are?"

"... A necromancer." Harker looked and sounded dazed. What had James done?

"Did you want those people who were killed intentionally dead?"

"Yes."

James smiled at Eric.

"What did you just do there?"

"That, my friend, was me when I want answers." James looked at Harker. "Uh, he may be slightly... brain damaged."

"What?"

"Listen, I'll check. It's a sideeffect, this part of my kind of magic has a habit of ignoring the body and focusing on the mind."

James held up his hand in front of Harker, then slapped him.

Harker pulled away.

James smiled, and nodded. "He's fine."

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Searching around in the basement, Bakstur found an amulet that hurthurthurthurthurthurthurthurthurthurtssssssssssstopityouybastastastard made the Angel react in an odd way. The amulet was a red, metallic sphere that felt like a live battery. He put it on.

Again, he felt that same feeling that could only be achieved through meditation, though it felt... fragile, as thought something was actively clawing against it. Nodding, he walked up the stairs and headed for the office. He opened the door.

"Hey, I found somethin--"

When he fully opened the door and saw the scene, he was silent.

"... Wrong room?"
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Operation Complete!

Aesir Initiative Interrogation Summary: Harker has been certified as a necromancer, and was attempting to cause a Lich Conversion, but oddly not of himself. He was in fact attempting to convert his former wife who had died in 1843, who had been preserved in a large glass jar of necronomically enhanced blood, causing her to have the same appearance as the day she died, preventing any rot. What his sentence is will be decided in one week by the Aesir Initiative Supernatural Laws and Upholding Committee.

The Aesir Initiative has decided that this mission was favorable, but suggests that Operative Merrel get training in both combat and interrogation, as well as being less ready to "Jump the gun" as it were, possibly by getting therapy to help prevent any further incidents if this was related to her supernatural status. Operative Bakstur is commended for exploring the police station fully, and has been designated as the group combat operative due to his proficiency in it. Operatives Lowe and Lynch are also commended for their professional handling of the mission.

James Harkinsaw has been judged as unknown as a potential recruit at the current time of writing, but this may change.

The team has been promoted from "Trainee Operatives" to "Full Operatives", which includes an apartment in New York. It would be suggested that the Operatives move to the address, which is Ryanheart Street 467, at Melbourne Heights, as the Aesir Initiative would like the team to get to know each other personally.

It is optional, but suggested that an operative give his/her/it summary of how they thought the mission went.

Spoiler: Author's Note (click to show/hide)

And that's the first mission! Well done guys! Give opinions OOC and IC please, but again, it's optional.

[wolfchild]

I will, just not right now I had to re-install windows because of problems my computer was having and i am still feeling the residual stress from when i thought my computer was dead-dead-dead

[Fniff]

That's cool, I know how stressful those kinda problems can be. Take as long as you need!

[Dwarmin]

Agent: Operative Kathryn Lynch

Testing. Is this on? ... Good.

I've been asked to record a summary of the mission while my memories are still fresh...

Turns out the exsanguinated bodies were being used as fuel for some sort of Lich Ritual. Not surprising. Necromancers need alot of spare parts...

I wonder why the killing was so 'cinematic', though. Did Harker really not fear any sort of suspicion? How many of the people in this town knew or suspected? I'd be willing to bet a few. But as long as he kept doing his job, and didn't hurt their families-well, they could look the other way. I just hope he didn't take on any pupils.

...

In the end, it seemed he was just trying to bring back his wife to some state of undeath. Was it a twisted kind of love? Or something else? If she was also a Necromancer, he might have been bringing her back for darker reasons. It doesn't bother me much-whoever that woman was, she deserved a proper burial.

Necromancers. They are all ultimately in denial, I believe. Why can't people accept that somethings are lost forever? Why they can't move on?

...

Ambrose showed me her true side. She wolfed out-the equivalent of someone pulling a gun, I guess-but she also backed off when Eric ordered her too. It pretty much took the steam out of whatever Harker was going to do...

...

Bakstur creeps me out, okay? He's got the voodoo eyes. It's that thing inside of him-mostly. I get the feeling he's watching me, sometimes-and something in him is watching me. It's...how can I describe something so horrible? Because it's a bad vibe I'm getting. Sometimes I feel strange. Not bad. Just strange. Like I want to be with him.

I'm going to shoot him if he tries anything. I swear it. You can put that on the record.

...

I like Eric. He's very professional...I don't know how he deals with it. It's alot of pressure, him being leader of a sorts. I'll be sure to ask.

...

All in all, the Mission went fairly well. No one was injured, died or worse. We subdued the target with speed and minimal interruption to the populace. We made a fresh contact.

I feel like we hit a homerun, but I know all he threw was a slow ball. Pitchers getting warmed up. I know it's going to get worse.

[Caerwyn]

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Hey, I loved it. It felt sort of like a choose-your-own-adventure movie. Everything rolled smoothly from one part to the next, but nothing felt seriously "Set up". Can't wait to see what future adventures may bring! Sorry, though, I'm not good with the whole role-playing thing.

So...What next?

[Fniff]

We're going to have a brief period where our characters buy stuff, get check-ups/therapy, read about stuff on the official Aesir Initiative Wiki, Aesirwiki, that may or may not be important, and other stuff I'll explain later. You all get a set allowance for the buying of stuff. Then, we will move onto the next mission which may be chosen at your leisure since you are now full operatives.

Also, thank you. I tried my best to make it fun to read and informative. I read Let's Plays and After Action Reports in my spare time, and I love when it includes a story to hook you in to boot. Sometimes you get stuff that would be worth your money if you bought it at a bookshop.

[Caerwyn]

Alright! Well, I need an early sleep tonight, but I'll check up ASAP.

[Caellath]

Simply put, I liked it very much and I'm going to post all the in-character shenanigans here later.

Spoiler: Action Report (click to show/hide)

Agent Eric Lowe

Report of the first mission acting with a team composed of: Eric Lowe, human male, 20; Kathryn Lynch, human female, 24; Bakstur, possessed human male, 20, and Ambrose Merrel, female afflicted with lycantrophy, 19.

We moved in to examine the corpse of the latest killing. After examination of the corpse and discovering violent, animal-like tearing of the stomach, bullet wound and markings - as explained in the secondary relatory to be sent in short order - we found a man in black watching us from afar.

We gave chase to the man and I was attacked by him. He escaped after conflict and got to his car, when we continued our pursuit in a SUV. Using aggressive maneuveurs, he hit his vehicle against ours. No one was seriously injured in the event and we left mostly unscathed. Bakstur attacked him - or to be more precise, the creature inside him did, in a cruel fashion - after we started to move into question him. An attempt to tamper with my mind was noted, but my attittude seemed to convince him it would be better to drop his threats and quirks.

In short order he demonstrated more abilities based on eldritch powers by repairing both damaged vehicles and we shared informations before following his best clue, Harker. Almost our whole team moved in to question the suspect but Bakstur wandered on his own, with another occurrence of his "Angel" taking control of him for a short period of time.

We pressed Harker and with the help of Agent Merrel's intimidation, interrogation tactics from both me and Agent Lynch and James' powers, we got our kill.

Detailed informations may be provided upon request.

...

Follow up notes about each person involved in the mission:

> James: Strange individual. Seems to have taken a small liking to the group and to my way of doing business. He seems aggressive, although his first attack enacted upon me either didn't have the intention to kill or was too sluggish. His antics are somewhat unpredictable even if he showed an investigative side during a good part of the time we spent togetehr and his powers seem particularly effective with tampering with minds. Possible talent for recruitment, but an in-depth examination should be in order.
> Ambrose: Therapy may be less needed than a good and friendly shoulder. She is still a kid in many ways, and she showed the ability to control her feral side in a way few more mature werewolves I have seen are able to. She seems more lonely than anything and a bit of social interaction may brighten her up.
> Kathryn: She demonstrated a professional behaviour throughout the mission and was able to follow my flow of interrogation and persuasion tactics. Her experience in the police contributed towards the achievement of our goal. She may be facing slightly adaptation problems, but they are bound to be lessened and disappear in due time.
> Bakstur: This one could have a whole chapter written on him. Although he turned out to be helpful in at least two occasions, there are problems that must be noted. There are no issues of trust related to the human, but he seems to have little control over the entity inside him, and said entity sometimes surfaces even in occasions where violence or any extreme reactions aren't needed; the "Angel" inside him is a real threat and should not be trusted even if the human host happens to be a honest person.

I took note it seems to be driven by primal instincs, not only of violence, but lust as well. The thing inside him seems dangerously charming/seductive and causes the human in itself to appear more attractive to its target when needed. The "seduction" does not seem to be limited to a human level, being based on subconscious subliminar or mental techniques that make the target drawn to Bakstur.
- Conclusion: His interaction with females should be kept at a minimum. Total withdrawal may provoke violent reaction, but avoiding sexual contact whatsoever may be advised due to the unknown objectives of the creature inside.

His appointment to combat operative is worrying to a certain point due to his unstable mind, which seems to flick into that of the entity's without any warning.
- Conclusion: Combat operative or not, both weapon's training and the equipment issued to him should be kept in check. Constant and prolonged combat training should be discouraged due to the possibility of enhanced weapon's proficiency added to the thing inside him turning him into a killer more efficient than we may need or even desire to have by our side.

> Eric: My mind was apparently tampered with by James. I may need to take a deeper look into it, but it seems the effect may have been only temporary. I'll still check up on my reactions and take some time to relax.
- Conclusion: I am searching for artifacts of my family or buying ones in the black market. I may need something more efficient than simple lead to take down what we may find from now on, and those may also work as ways of keeping Bakstur's inner demon in check.

I am also going to take extensive combat training. I'd rather have my soul burned out in the blink of an eye by an otherworldly abomination than to be shot due to lackluster mastery of the weapons I carry.

Finally, I'm taking the team out to get to know each other better. Yes, even Bakstur, it's not his fault he has something living inside him. That is sorely needed in a group such as ours, with little time together and some minds disturbed by what happened in the past. God knows the lives of a good amount of people like us are usually short, painful and miserable and each of us needs to lighten up and have some fun before we have to face the world that goes on behind the curtains once again.

[Caellath]

((Double post for bump and question: How will acquiring equipment work, such as Eric wanting to search for an artifact or relic to help him in his missions?))

[Dwarmin]

Kathryn had little time for leisure, so she believed. She would spend most of the time looking for patterns, keeping her mind and body sharp, and busying herself with fortifying their new place.

She would also request a somewhat drastic measure due to her recent experiences-going into the Aesir Battle Meditation program. Which consisted of 100-year old Monks bombarding you with harmless (but exposing) psychic attacks, digging out your secrets, testing your level of resistance and shoring up your weaknesses. All in pursuit of keeping your mind strong against those who wanted to break in.

Actions Between Mission:

1. Checking the Aesirwiki, looking for patterns related to our last case.
2. Undergoing Battle Stress Programs to harden my mind against hostile intrusion
3. Exercise and firearms training routine to keep fit and battle ready
4. Moving into our new apartment and establishing defensive measures, mundane and magical

@Caellath: I think our GM will give us funds for that...I'm posting my action right now, anyway. Also, feel free to open  an RP Cael about our team time together, and I'll pitch in.

[Caerwyn]

((Double post for bump and question: How will acquiring equipment work, such as Eric wanting to search for an artifact or relic to help him in his missions?))

((Good question, I was wondering it myself. Are there any shops around, and can we see what our budget is?

And, finally, - What level would you say that "Magic" (Or whatever similar) is in this universe? Low-fantasy, a la seers, gypsies, premonitions of the future, slight abilities like telekinesis, etc, etc...Or is it more high-fantasy, a la fireballs, lightning bolts and potions of healing?))