[encrypted] The Espionage Squad Job

[leverageintceo]

[Remember that button that popped up before the second part of Kid Quantum's debrief became available? It's back now. Time to scan your fingerprint or input your ridiculous password or scan your eyeball again, at least if you want to see what this is about.]

[On the other side of the security measures, Parker is not in the ventilation system. Instead, she appears to be sitting on a table in one of the many conference rooms on Legion World.]

Since Kid Quantum has made the announcement already: Hi, I'm Payback and I'll be leading the Legion's Espionage Squad. Talk to me if you're interested in joining. I'm not about to draft anyone who doesn't want to be here.

Comments

[unrecovered]

I'm in.

[leverageintceo]

Yep.

[private]

[leverageintceo]

We've got a few people who seem like they're people you know from home. Thoughts on their suitability and skills?

[vata]

[Payback. Oh what a familiar, welcome face.

Sombra holds up the little bear she'd last been given in their prior interaction, tucking it under her chin and lifting a little stuffed arm so that it waves in artificial greeting.]

Do I get bonus points for calling shotgun?

[leverageintceo]

[Okay, maybe she was lying a little when she said she wouldn't draft anyone. But there's no way that Azúcar wouldn't volunteer anyway, so what she said was basically true.]

[The bear is a nice touch though. Parker grins.]

Having someone riding shotgun is always nice.

[i_got_this]

Hey. I can do stealthy shit.

[leverageintceo]

What kind of stealthy shit?

[Parker is one of the Legionnaires who reads everyone's files, so she's got an idea of what Switch can do. Still, since they've never interacted before, she'd like to hear how she sells it.]

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[goddamngrenades]

You know I'm in.

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[leverageintceo]

I'd be sad if you weren't.

Is Delta coming too?

[agnominal]

Signing up.

[leverageintceo]

Great! Do you have a particular preference in regards to roles you can play?

[steelandtemper]

I was quite literally made for this.

[leverageintceo]

Then I hope I can provide you with something fun.

as he copies and pastes his exact response to q

[fantasmaniac]

Reaper here.
Strengths lie in special and covert ops.
Give me a team, and I'll lead.

[mylawn]

[ughHHHHGHHGHhhh]

[leverageintceo]

["Didn't you try to kill some people when you got here?" Parker carefully doesn't ask.]

Enthusiasm noted. My background is in theft; what we're doing here may call for a combination of skillsets.

[mylawn]

I hear you need people who know what they're doing.

[leverageintceo]

Goes without saying!

I'm going to need less you-pointing-guns-at-me though. Unless it's part of someone's cover. You have preferences on what you'd like to do and where you'd like to be on mission?

[isthisapidge]

And you're sure you've got the teamwork part down?

[deafleppard]

I tried hacking once. It was a lot harder than the movies made it out to be.

The sneaking around stuff I could do. And you know, beating people up.

[leverageintceo]

Well, yeah. If it were easy, we wouldn't need hackers. Which we have. So unless you want to learn how to hack, you shouldn't have to.

Everyone on this team can beat people up. What are your sneaking-around preferences?

[rushing_by]

I'm good for stealth, a quick getaway, running through walls, and I can brute force combination locks and passwords through superspeed as long as any alarms won't be set off for getting them wrong.

And also punching people. Lots and lots of punching people.

Plus, I'm a CSI back home, so I know how to avoid leaving evidence that anybody in that line of work could pick up.

[leverageintceo]

This is a super hero team. Everyone is good at punching people. Unless you're talking about a background in martial arts or something.

Have you familiarized yourself with the CSI techniques here too?

[isthisapidge]

I'm so ready. If you need hacking and espionage, I'm your paladin.

[leverageintceo]

Great! I can always use a good hacker.

Are there other things you're good at that are relevant to these sorts of jobs?

[wallsofjericho]

[ Joey eventually followed the button and set up a video feed so he could sign. ]

Hi, Payback! I'd like to help, if you don't have too many volunteers. I guess you could say I used to work for a mercenary agency, and my mutant power's - handy, for things like this.

[leverageintceo]

[ Oooh, sign language. Note to self, everyone needs basic ASL training and they should at the very least work out some gestures to pass information silently. ]

If you're good, I can use you. Tell me more about your mercenary history and your mutant brain.

[ Okay, he didn't say anything about his mutant brain, but Parker has had a lot of education in sci-fi in the past couple years. Sometimes assumptions get made. ]

[prettycoolguy]

Reporting.

[ Parker's seen him in the field, and now the set is complete with him and Cortana. ]

[leverageintceo]

[ Well, sometimes you need a big guy to come in and kick the door down. ]

Great. I know you and Cortana work well together.

[short_changed]

Definitely interested.

[leverageintceo]

Glad to hear it. What are your strongest skills and/or where do you prefer to work in this sort of situation?