Terra Bluster

[Billy-Rex]

Steven took a closer look on Jal.
"Aw, fine, now i can see ya. Hey you look much better than ya felt aroun ma neck."
He offered Jal a firm handshake.
"Ma name is Steven Trax, but most call me Steve-T."

[hallasaviour]

Ravess was trying to get used to the outfit she was wearing. Jeff had picked something that flattered her figure, she had to give him that, but the outfit felt a little tighter than what she usually wore. She looked over at him again. He looked extremely atractive in his outfit and she wondered if she'd be able to keep focused during the mission. Especially after that rather interesting kiss...

She brought her mind back to the present and focused on what he was saying, rather than what he was wearing. Ok. Adam and Keve. They were from Toledos on a break. She kept running the information through her mind making sure she didn't forget anything. By the time they'd reached the hangar bay she had everything down. She looked over the rides.

"Nice job. They look.... authentic."

[hallasaviour]

Jal shook his hand. "I'm Jal. Hired muscle. Well. Unpaid muscle at the moment." She stretched again, then sat down at a small table and put her feet up. "What do you do 'round here? Aside from getting jumped by me."

[bgjths]

The Air Skimmer III Ultra was for Ravess, it had the standard upgrades such as extra armor, stronger frame, more powerful engines and modifications to the wings to help keep the craft stable while the pilot aims.
Jeff had repainted one of his TS-1 skimmers. With a blaster cannon, a large anti-ship missile trapdoor compartment for the inner wing and a smaller anti-skimmer one for the outer section PER WING. The Air Skimmer EL couldn't hold a candle to those specs alone and that wasn't including the HUD, broader wingspan, surplus armor, radar and it's signature ability to switch between shielding and invisibility. Jeff had the wings, engines and nose reshaped a little so it didn't bear such a resemblance to the Switcblade.

[Billy-Rex]

Steven took his jacket out of a box, where he also put his backpack aways, and throws it over to Jal who was freezing.
"I don't want ya becom an iceblock, eh?"
He stood infront of the aircondition and turned it off.
"It will take a few minits till it's warm here." Then he leaned against a shelf.
"Well... I am sittin here, inventin and researchin stuff, ya know? Like these *points at his table* Radio earplugs. They ar able ta let 2 or more pers'ns communicate ova wide range."
Steven walked to his table, opened a drawer and gets a blue sheet of paper out of it.
"And tis is a footprint.. *shakes his head* uh.. blue prints. Dis are technic'l drawins where ya can see ev'ry lenght, ev'ry component and so on."
He was handing out the Blue Print to Jal.

[hallasaviour]

Jal shrugged the warm jacket on and took the blueprint. She held it up, trying to make some sense of it. "Uh... " She looked at it blankly, then looked at Steve. She put the print on the table and picked up one of the radios, turning it over in her hand. "Sooo..... How'd they work? They look way too small to actually do anything.."

[hallasaviour]

Ravess looked over her Ultra III again, then walked around to Jeff. "Nice job." She draped her arms around his neck. "Well, we should get going. Are you ready?"

[bgjths]

Jeff thought for a moment to make sure he didn't forget about anything. Last thing he needed was to screw up an important mission like this one. "Let's do this"
With that, they got on their skimmers and took off towards Terra Atmosia.

[Billy-Rex]

Steven took the other one of the earplugs.
"It's nat dat difficult. Just put dem in yar ear and dey are on. Me was clev'r. I let them induct the body temperature inta energy. they won't work dat good for meh, becos i have a too low temperature. I only can receive with dem." Then he pointed on the button on the backside, looking overt to Jal.
"Dey are pretty easy to handl. Just push dat button and yar able to send your voice ova de radio."

[hallasaviour]

She stared blankly at him for a moment, thinking about it. "Huh. That's.. pretty sweet." She put it in her ear. "They're pretty light.." She pressed the button a couple of times. "What's their range?"

[hallasaviour]

As she and Jeff neared Atmosia, Ravess started wondering whether their disguises would hold up. Especially when they reached the beacon tower. If they got caught trying to enter the tower, there could be a few... problems. She glanced acroos at Jeff. *He does look like a sky knight...* She smiled. *We can definately pull this off.* It's not like they have guards at the tower.*

[Billy-Rex]

Steven was surprised. The stopped smiling and his ears straightend up, leaving his eyes wide open. He didn't even thought about the range.
"Uh, well" He started to explain, "I nevar thought about dat, eh? But llet me think..."
He went over to the box he carried in, getting a sheet of paper out of it, walking over to his table and started some calculating.
"De range is depndin on the energy...." he mumbled to himself "the energy is dependin on.. the body temperature... so if...." As he finished, he gave the paper to Jal.
The result is: "r(t) = t^2 / 4"
Over Stevens face went now the "Yay, i got dat" smile, his ears hanging down again.

[bgjths]

There was Atmosia up ahead, it's beacon tower shining like a second sun. Nobody was comming out to fight them so the disguises must be working okay but there were still a few wild cards out there; the mentally unstable Carver for starters and then there were the Storm Hawks.
He didn't know what to think of the Storm Hawks, on one hand they beat the Dark Ace which was impressive but on the other hand they were a bunch of kids who seemed to have skipped school just to play hero.
As they moved in for a landing he hoped they weren't here. No matter what anybody said, they were still just kids and there was no way he was going to fight children.

[hallasaviour]

Jal stared at him for a minute. *That was cute.*
She scratched her head and looked at the piece of paper. "Uhh...."

[hallasaviour]

As they landed on the Terra, Ravess looked around, half expecting someone to start shouting Cyclonians and pointing at them. When they didn't she sighed, relaxing slightly.
"How about we get this over with? I keep expecting the Storm Hawks to appear."

[bgjths]

"I feel the same way" He couldn't help but agree.
As they made their way to the tower he kept a sharp eye out for anybody who might cause them problems. A few times he swore he caught a glimpse of a hooded figure in an alleyway looking at them.
As they neared the tower and made sure nobody was in the area he whispered to Ravess. "I don't know about you but I can't help but feel we're being followed"

[Billy-Rex]

Steven now showing his toothy grinn, being proud he studyied.
"I can tell ya what dat means. The range depends on de body temp'rature, called t. So if yar gettin hotter de range is more wide. But I can't say how far dat is."

[hallasaviour]

"I'm feeling a little... uncomfortable. But why would we be followed? No-one knows we're here. Or why we're here. Let's just get the shards and get out of here. Then we can spend some time doing more... important things." Ravess smiled at him, and started moving off towards the tower again.

[hallasaviour]

Jal laughed. "So... You sit on Terra Blizzaris and the range would be lower than if you sat on Terra Saharr? Hmm. Isn't there some way to adjust that? Like.... a portable heater or something? Or using some sort of crystal to... boost the range of it?"

[bgjths]

They went into the tower and carefully put the shards into a pouch similar to the one Dark Ace had on him when he did this. When the sunny sky quickly turned into a thunder storm he and Ravess sprinted out of there as fast as they could.
They had cleared the door and nobody was in sight at the moment. With the exception of Carver who looked like he was ready to kill someone at the drop of a hat.
Looks like Master Cyclonis wasn't the only one after the shards and he had a theory as to why he would want them. "Hi Carver, what brings you here" He couldn't help but ask.


(ps DUN DUN DUUUN!)

[hallasaviour]

Ravess scowled slightly and looked over at Jeff. "Do we really have time for this? We should dispose of him and leave before Atmosians arrive. Which won't be long." She looked back to Carver. He didn't look like he was here for a friendly chat.

[bgjths]

Carver may have been crazy but the skill part of his mind was still in one piece. In fact his skills seemed even higher due to the complete disregard for his own life he was showing.
The locals were going to be here any minute and he needed to end this and fast. So he let Carver hit him with a slash that went from from his left shoulder to his right rib area. This left him open where he promptly cut off his sword arm and round house kicked him out cold while he was screaming.
He and Ravess quickly cleared the scene towards their skimmers while he tried to ignore the pain he was feeling. It wasn't a lethal injury but it still hurt like Hell.

[hallasaviour]

Ravess looked over at Jeff while they made their way back to where they landed their Skimmers. The wound wasn't bad, and he didn't seem to be in much pain, but knew from experience that he would be. When the skimmers were in sight she stopped and made Jeff wait in a small alleyway while she made sure the coast was clear. Things could get difficult if someone saw two Sky Knights leaving Atmos with the Beacon dim.

She looked around the corner before stepping out of the alley, and carefully made her way towards them. Always looking around for any movement. She reached the Skimmers without incedent, but as she turned to signal Jeff, two people came around the corner. She managed to duck down behind her Skimmer before they saw her.

"I'm telling you! I saw two Sky Knights land here! They can deal with this!"
"Don't you think that perhaps they'll already be at the tower? Besides, we should just stay out of the way. We can't do anything."
"We're already here, we can wait and see if they turn up. If they do we can direct them to the tower, if they don't, then we're just here staying out of the way. We can't lose either way."
"I suppose you have got a point...."

*Damn....* Ravess poked her head around the Skimmer being careful not to be seen, and looked towards Jeff and shrugged. *We could certainly do with those damn radios....*


[OOC: It was getting a little to easy for them ;D]

[bgjths]

He tried to think of a way out of this. There were two people who could complicate things if they saw either of them.
While he was thinking of a proper way to deal with those two people he heard a loud horn of some kind and looked up. A carrier craft roared overhead and landed a little ways away. But what made him a little nervous was the Storm Hawks insignia on the side. That's it, he and Ravess needed to get out of there and now.
So he made one last check if the coast was clear, marched up to the two people, knocked them out cold before they knew what was going on and hid them in the alleyway.
When that was taken care of he walked to where Ravess was hiding. "My plan to get us out of here without being noticed is to fly beneath the cloud line. It's kind of dangerous but it's either that of risk having the Storm hawks noticie us. But we need to get out of here right now"

[hallasaviour]

"Not a bad idea. Just make sure you don't collapse on me with that wound."
She mounted her Skimmer and took off, making sure Jeff was close behind. As soon as she knew he was she dove quickly through the cloud, hovering until he'd joined her and moved ahead. She determined to stay behind him until they got back to the base.
*Well. That almost went completely to plan. At least we have the crystal shards... And the Storm Hawks didn't see us. Yet, at least...*