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"Huh...?" Nephilim looked over from one of the pillars that was now holding up the roof when she heard Trafalgar mention about her cards. "Yes, I use spellcards. I've even used a number last year," she replied as she walked up Drogan to look at the card's back. "Blank backing... So the 'card' that this may or may not represent is unknown..." The Celestian finished as Eve continued to look around. The Crucible sounded like something she come across before. But then, considering a number of her own weapons were considered WMDs, her memories could be called such an object.

Zorlo entered and looked at the card. "So, someone who uses powers possibly like yours is here, Neph? That's terrifying," Zorlo stated with a smile as he moved towards the group. "Yo, Trafalgar. How was your break?" he asked, smiling. "But all of that aside, things sure did start out excitingly this early in the year. Makes me almost worry. ALMOST!" the Engineer said with a smile as he began to look around. "But at least we've got the team together again."

Nephilim looked back at the Black winged Celestian and she eyes lit up. "Saber!!" Nephilim cried happily as her large wings opened wide and flapped hard. But that was more then enough to launch the small, light Celestian across the space between them to tackle-hug Saber hard enough to nearly take them both out of the door behind him. "Saber, how are you? I haven't seen you in so long. Did everything go well for you last year? And sorry about not finishing the training with you," Nephilim said and continued with as Eve watched before gliding over to Zorlo.
"I remember she did that to you too after your recovery. Does she always greet friends like that, Zorlo?" the Nasod asked.

Zorlo laughed and nodded. "Yes, she does. It's how she shows affection. I don't think she quite knows her own strength, however. When I was in my biometal body... well, more biometal at least, she nearly took my arm off once. She's just highly excitable and very caring. She shows that through hugs, but because fo her massive wings, she can create massive bursts of speed for tackle-hugs. For anyone without wings, they wouldn't do much, but with mighty wings like that, she can crush most normal folks into nothing. That reminds me, I wonder if Seiko and Mira are here yet?" the green-haired man said as he looked around. "Or are they more likely where that huge blast was, I wonder..." the man asked, resting a hand on his chin to think.

"Anyway, Eve, be careful that she not see you for too long. You'll be being rebuilt if that happens," Zorlo joked to her with a smile.

"I think the team won't be what it used to be gang, James is being sent back to new yark to one of our medical facilities, but dont worry, we're getting a temp" said Drogan as he approached them, "And as for the Crucible, it's in a safe place so dont worry about it, all we have to do now is get the vehicles into the mech hangar and then wait for the temp" he added, "So where is it?" asked Seiko, "like I said somewhere safe" replied Drogan as he started a jeep, Seiko then took out her motorbike and followed.

"The skies are clear today" she thought, the female Inquisitor was busy packing her bag, apparently she was needed at the Boshane branch, as she packed she looked at a picture by her bed, it was a photo of her and a brown haired man who was smiling and holding a baby, "happy days" she thought, but those days are over, and so she finished up and went down the hall, she peered into a room with the name "sally" written on the door, "She's asleep" she thought, she then went to the kitchen and posted a note on the refrigerator the left quietly through the door, moments later when she woke up the girl couldnt find her mother, "Mom?" she called, she walked to the kitchen and saw the note, "I'm sorry dear, I'm going to be away for a while so I asked Mikhail to come over, if you need anything just ask him, I'll be back soon I promise, love mum", it said, however it was the last part that caught her attention, "I'll be back soon I promise", "that's also what dad wrote, and he never came back", she muttered.

Trafalgar shook his head and smiled. Some things never change, still rushing off without a word in response to whatever we said and going off to do Paladine knows what. He rested a hand teasingly on the hood of the trans am. "I'll figure out who you belong to later. I'll see the rest of you at the mech hangar, right? Or at the SDF office, whichever, I'm going to pick a couple things up from my smithie before heading there."

Trafalgar hopped up to the top floor of the garage before gliding to his forge. He pulled on a breastplate, coated in bronze so that it wouldn't throw off his style. He also grabbed a bag of parts before gliding down a hole in the back of his storeroom, which led to a back entrance to the mech hangar.

As they arrived in the hangar Drogan got off the jeep, Seiko couldnt help but notice all the Mobile Suits they have, then she spotted her RX-0 Unicorn "I better get some upgrades soon" she thought, Drogan then tapped her on the shoulder and faced her, "I'm sure you want to know where this book is, I wont lie to you, here" said Drogan pointing at his head, "You know where it is?" asked Seiko, "Nope, its in my head" he replied, "So what are you some kind of index?" asked Seiko sarcastically, "In a way" he replied, "you didn't think the Imperium would be just stupid enough to keep it locked up in one place did you?" he added, "no, but I just didn't expect that it would be in your head" she replied, "anything else you keep in there?" she added, "other books, most of them share the same nature, they all hold knowledge of certain things that can prove disastrous, that's as far as I'll go I'm afraid" he finished, Seiko then saw Saber and called out to him, "Hey, long time no see Saber!".

"So when will the replacement arrive lord Nyxos?" asked Mira as she faced a computer screen in the SDF office, "few days time, you'll have to hold out on your own for now" replied the old Inquisitor, "By the way do you have any clues as to who did this?" he added, "not much my lord, only that the attacker is female and uses spell cards, I'm guessing we're dealing with a magician, but what puzzles me is why would a magician want a holy relic like the Crucible?" she replied, "She could be a mercenary, or maybe "they" are starting to use magic as well, if its the latter's case then I'm allowing all of you fifth freedom to deal with them" he replied, the monitor then shut off and Mira wondered who could this intruder be.

Trafalgar lighted down on what had to be the head of a mech, although anything more specific was impossible to tell because the drake had the machine covered head to toe in hundreds of meters of cloth. Where he had gotten the oversized cloak, probably only he and Drogan knew. "Hello down there. I finished the repairs you wanted, in record time I might add, and I'll be finished with the upgrades in a matter of hours." He flew to another mech to begin working on the aforementioned upgrades and stopped to take a second look at the group before engrossing himself in his work. I thought for sure Mira'd be here, oh well, Seiko's here so it's not a total loss.

"Eh? What Repairs?" Asked Drogan Puzzled, "probably maintenace" said Yuno as she came in with a van, "you know I'm always wondering where to buy a car like this" she added as she got off, "if you like I could call a friend of mine, he runs a car dealership back in new yark" suggested Drogan, "I dont think my budget might agree with you on that one" replied Yuno, "dont worry, its all third hand" he said, "Drogan, dont you mean second hand?" Asked Yuno, "No, third hand" he replied, "No thank then, I think I'll just stick to the Bike" answered Yuno.

"We're approaching Particus Ma'am" said the shuttle pilot to the female passenger, she didn't reply, she just looked out the window, as soon as they touched down on a landing pad near the mech hangar she stepped out and was greeted by Mira, "Welcome Inquisitor.... Uh, I'm sorry the one who knew your name is in that stretcher over there so um-", "It's Mina Hazuki, just call me Inquisitor Hazuki" she replied, "Oh, well then welcome to the Particus cell of the Imperial Inquisition, Inquisitor Hazuki." replied Mira nervously, "well then, where shall we go off to? I dont have time to dawdle." snapped Mina, "first lets proceed to the mech hangar, two of my colleagues are there" said Mira, with that they proceeded to the hangar while James was loaded on to the shuttle, Mina turned to take a look at the man on the stretcher but was too late as the shuttle took off.

(Sorry, distracted.)

As Drogan & the others went one way, and Saber & Trafalgar wen about their own business, Nephilim returned to Zorlo & Eve's side. "So, what have you two been out to?" the pink Celestian asked cheerfully as Eve tossed her a room key. "Huh?"

"I got us our room keys. You're in your old room and I'm roomed with you," the ancient Nasod replied as she started back. "I'm going back to get situated."

Nephilim smiled as she put away the key. "We're sharing a room? That's pretty lucky," she said.

Eve paused as she thought about the Diablon girl she'd ..."convinced"... to trade rooms with he earlier that day and chuckled quietly to herself. "Yeah... Lucky," Eve agreed as she glided off.

Zorlo looked between the two and recalled vaguely something, but paused. "Probably not important," the green-haired Erdgeist stated as he crossed his arms and smiled. "That reminds me... I need to find Seiko and ask her an important question... unless you'd like to go on a date tonight," Zorlo said playfully to Nephilim before patting her on the shoulder. "I'm kidding, of course. I wouldn't want to do that to you," the green-armored man stated as he looked around. "Now that I reflect on it, where did everyone go?" the weapons master asked as he started looking around.

Mira led their new temp to the SDF office, "rather small" said Mina, she then sat on James' desk and began unpacking, Mira then left her to get back to Drogan and Seiko in the mech hangar.
"...And so I said no and then Kira was like yes-" gossiped Drogan as Mira interrupted him, "there you two are! Quick to the SDF office, the temp wants to see you both" said Mira as the two complied.
In the administration building a new student was filling out her forms and paperwork, "okay then, Name?" asked the teacher servicing her, "Clarissa, Clarissa Contzen" replied the Girl, "this is going to be easy" thought Clarissa.
in the new Indies a squad of Mobile suits were heading to segmentum Pacifica, "whats the destination again sir?" asked a Pilot who sounded like he was spacing out, "Particus!" replied the Squad leader getting annoyed, he's already repeated it five times for him...

"Date...?" Nephilim paused as she looked back at him. Even though he said that he was joking about it, it was more the way he'd said it that made her kinda curious. "Right, thanks. Everyone's probably on edge still from last year's mobile suit fighting. I heard that it continued for a while even after you...." She fell silent a moment, not needing to, or wanting to finish that statement. "But anyway, Seiko & the others are probably getting ready for more fights, just in case. Maybe you should help them again?" she finished. She was joking, of course, but she wanted to know how he felt about it, since he never spoke on it.

"OF course I'll help them. After all, death isn't a permanent status for an Erdgeist. We die and are rebuilt. We're a lot like toys in that matter... but that's neither here nor there. I can't let my friends or anyone else get harmed for any reason. We have to be prepared for whatever comes, so let's do our best. Well, that and we can't let Seiko and those guys have all the fun," the green-haired man said with a smile as he crossed his arms and looked at her.

Well, Trafalgar hadn't exactly been called like the other two, but he wanted to meet this "temp", so he lighted off the top of the mech and followed Mira at a glide. Besides it was at the SDF office, as a responsible member of the SDF he should keep appraised of what's going on in there. If this lets him keep an eye on a long haired beauty or two well that's a nice bonus.

as the group entered the office they caught their first glimpse at their new temp, "so these are these are your controller's..... Subordinates" muttered Mina as she looked at them disappointingly , "I am Inquisitor Mina Harkins, you may refer to me as Inquisitor Harkins or Ma'am" added Mina, "for now be at ease, I shall go check the equipment for now" she said as she left the room, the students cant help but feel a sense of dread from her.
name: Mina Harkins
gender: Female
class:N/A
Major:N/A
Race: Human
app:
bio: A temp sent to replace the incapacitated James who gives off a rather strict vibe, she was recruited into the Inquisition over her unique ability to energize objects and weapons along with her intellect, recently divorced from her chauvinistic husband, she views men with great disdain while hints on a liking for women.

"I've been wondering what our equipment looks like too. Don't worry Mira, I have no intention of running away with her. I save all my feet sweeping for you." Trafalgar said grinning before ducking out of the SDF room. "Hey, Mina, slow it a step." He didn't need to see her face to know he should correct himself, but he didn't he just continued with his genial tone, "I'll be following you. Trafalgar Shivan, blacksmith. I have my own concerns about the equipment. Probably bought off the rack mass produced garbage. Which reminds me, is there anything you would like me to smith for you? I'm always looking for an excuse to practice making things that resonate with their owners, making a thousand swords exactly the same is only impressive from a statistician's point of view. I can make anything as small and simple as a plate or plaque to anything as large and complex as a mech."

"Oh, he's fast. And even though that unique air of... what I can only define simply as death... it makes her mysterious and unique. And yet... she isn't as exciting as I was hoping," Zorlo said as he crossed his arms and looked at Mira. "And why are you so glum? What, did she steal someone you cared about or something?" Zorlo interjected suddenly, cracking his neck with a sigh. So far, all of the women he'd been surrounded by had found themselves of interest for different reasons. "Or is there something else about that lady that bothers you?" he inquired, simply observing at the moment.