08-14-2013, 05:09 PM
Rune seemed to be handling the responsibility of leadership well; the few times he had worked with pairs or more of Atharim, there always seemed to be a struggle between them. These two seemed more more cooperative then most. Although he had some small suspicion it was simply more so that Aria didn't want to put up with Rune in a conflict of leadership. The girl was bull-headed, after all.
He still wasn't sure what to make of the two Atharim. How had Rune decided where the Rougarou were hiding? She could no longer rely on the GPS from the dead hunter's Wallet, but she seemed certain the old bath house was the right place. And Aria's certainty on the direction of, apparently two, civilians, somewhere beyond the thick concrete walls? Had they been provided with more information then he had been made privy to? Perhaps it was some sort of trade secret, and they wanted to try and keep him in the dark.
"You don't trip over your schlong on this one, and there's a 20 year bottle of scotch waiting."
He jerked his head at Rune, the comment being a payback for the beer thing, then knelt next to the door. He pulled a cable from one of his pouches and thumbed the side of his Land Warriors, wirelessly synching it to the camera snake. From another pouch came a small cutting laser; a very hard to come by peice of kit. It made short work of putting a hole through the door with minimal smoke or scent, and after a few moments for it to cool, the snake was slipped through the hole.
He scanned the hallway beyond, and a few deft flicks of his eyes and a blink later, the image popped up on Rune and Aria's goggles, giving them a sense of what the next room looked like. A short hallway and another door, likely to a similar sauna, this one with the door wide open, but the angle was such that they couldn't see in. And beyond that was what was likely a larger bath chamber. With nothing in view, he retrieved the camera and put the kit away, and the clutter on their Land Warriors blinked out.
Next was a simple matter to study the door in question. There was little hope it would be entirely silent when it was opened, but he didn't have the tools needed to get around something like that. So, in the end, it was a curt nod to Rune and Aria, then he readied to open it. Slow and steady was their best hope, and he eased the lever and lifted the door slightly in the frame to take some of the weight off the rusty old hinges, then started to slowly ease it open. It took nearly two full minutes to open it enough for them all to pass through, but asides from a few alarming squeeks, it was relatively silent. Patience was a virtue he had in droves when it came to mission requirements. Patience with people was another matter.
He still wasn't sure what to make of the two Atharim. How had Rune decided where the Rougarou were hiding? She could no longer rely on the GPS from the dead hunter's Wallet, but she seemed certain the old bath house was the right place. And Aria's certainty on the direction of, apparently two, civilians, somewhere beyond the thick concrete walls? Had they been provided with more information then he had been made privy to? Perhaps it was some sort of trade secret, and they wanted to try and keep him in the dark.
"You don't trip over your schlong on this one, and there's a 20 year bottle of scotch waiting."
He jerked his head at Rune, the comment being a payback for the beer thing, then knelt next to the door. He pulled a cable from one of his pouches and thumbed the side of his Land Warriors, wirelessly synching it to the camera snake. From another pouch came a small cutting laser; a very hard to come by peice of kit. It made short work of putting a hole through the door with minimal smoke or scent, and after a few moments for it to cool, the snake was slipped through the hole.
He scanned the hallway beyond, and a few deft flicks of his eyes and a blink later, the image popped up on Rune and Aria's goggles, giving them a sense of what the next room looked like. A short hallway and another door, likely to a similar sauna, this one with the door wide open, but the angle was such that they couldn't see in. And beyond that was what was likely a larger bath chamber. With nothing in view, he retrieved the camera and put the kit away, and the clutter on their Land Warriors blinked out.
Next was a simple matter to study the door in question. There was little hope it would be entirely silent when it was opened, but he didn't have the tools needed to get around something like that. So, in the end, it was a curt nod to Rune and Aria, then he readied to open it. Slow and steady was their best hope, and he eased the lever and lifted the door slightly in the frame to take some of the weight off the rusty old hinges, then started to slowly ease it open. It took nearly two full minutes to open it enough for them all to pass through, but asides from a few alarming squeeks, it was relatively silent. Patience was a virtue he had in droves when it came to mission requirements. Patience with people was another matter.