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*Black Hawk enters through the mirror with Boran*


*Ra sits up on the couch after being for gotten about*
Ra: Mmmm... Hello?

Waterson. Colonial Federation Department of Anomalies. I... suppose I'm this area's PR agent.
*Looks at Kara's silver skin*
Are you anomalous? How common is anomalous activity in this area?

Anomalous? No. I'm Kara, of the Qunari and formerly Qun Empire.
*extends her hand for Waterson to shake*
Please to meet you, Waterson. As for how common anomalies are in this area, that depends on your definition of anomaly.

*Shakes Kara's hand*
Any form of psychic, daemonic, or extrauniversal activity, or objects with physically or temporally anomalous effects.

Demonic? Apparently a rage demon had been here, but it is slain now. They're made of fire and anger, and only stop when they're dead.
*looks at Maiev for a second*

Are appearences like that normal? Apparently, it was killed with application of ice. Our termination and containment protocols for them have been adjusted.

It would have been the first rage demon to arrive here. And yes, ice is the most effective way to put a rage demon down. Anything with fire is not going to do anything against it.
*smiles*
That's why a mage is very effective against them, if they know how to handle ice.

*Maiev looks over Waterson cynically but doesn't say anything*

~

*Denny pulls Jake into an embrace, and muffles him in her chest*
*Too giddy to notice the rose*

Interesting. Now, my original question. How common are anomalous phenomena?

*shrugs*
Relatively common, but it's varied. Most of the things you would consider anomalies are helpful.

*Billy comes back from the kitchen, quietly closes the door to his room and pulls out his laptop and boots up Payday 14 on mute*


*Ra stands and walks over to the MiB with a look of suspicion across his avian features*


*Gharn is lying in the medbay, angry at the Pilot and himself*

*Rita inspect the titan wreckage, then returns to the main room.*
*She sits on the couch and quietly thinks.*
*Dt stands outside on guard mode.*

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*Jake doesn't notice the light either, he smiles happily, and let's himself be smothered.*
*He laughs into Denny's chest.*
*The rose hums with energy, filling the pair full of happiness.*

*Cal wakes and does his rounds, he has to stop Gharn from trying to walk and after a long and heated argument finally gets him in a wheelchair*


*Ra is still waiting to speak with the MiB*


*Iris staggers out of her and Horus's room grinning wildly and stumbles to the showers*

*Waterson turns to Ra*
B-Class.... biological anomaly, I assume? Yes?

*Ra shakes his head*
Ra: What is that supposed to mean? BX-Class?

Biological/Indeterminate. It's an anomaly classification code. The B-Class is the class for biological anomalies. For example, enormous creatures that move despite the fact that by all known laws of biology they should be breaking their own bones, or six-inch-tall sentient beings. Who are you?

*Ra crosses his arms and looks down at the MiB*
Ra: I am Ra, the Sun God, also known as Helios

*Leo yawns and rolls out of bed*

*She rubs her now half a foot long horns and smiles*

*To his credit, Waterson only drops his jaw and stares for a second or so*
...That would be a CE-Class Concept Embodiment. There are more CE-Classes in this Room than I have ever seen before. So... you're an actual god? What abilities do you have?

*Ra shakes his head*
Ra: No, I'm not a actual god, but I was worshipped as one by many cultures over the millennia. As for my abilities...
*His eyes glow yellow and rippling flames cover his body, they generate extreme heat but don't seem affect him or his clothes at all*

*Leo walks out of her room and heads to the kitchen for something to eat*

*She rubs one of her horns as she walks there*

*Waterson studies Ra for a moment*
No... not a god. Not a CE either. My guess is beta-psyker... the research teams will make the final decision. Anomalous heat resistance and energy creation.

*Ra puts the fire out*
Ra: Research teams? Just what do you mean by that?


*Quetz smiles over at Leo in the kitchen*
Quetz: Good morning Leo! How are you?

OOC:
I need suggestions for the second character to bring it. My plot arc for Milo is going to have him out of pocket for a bit. Was thinking either Taldeer or Andrea

OOC: Personally, I just like Andrea, but you could also bring in a completely new character too.
BiC:
*Gharn wheels himself out of the medbay slowly, with Cal carefully watching him to make sure he doesn't do anything stupid*

*Leo smiles up at Quetz*

Leo: I've been good. What have you been doing? I haven't seen much of you recently.

*Quetz shrugs*
Quetz: A little of this, a little of that. Reading, resting, enjoying life.
How have you and Scatty been?

The "other" men and women in black. Their job is to study anomalies. We just gather basic information and contain, neutralize, or terminate them. They should start showing up eventually. This Room is the largest concentration of anomalous objects we've discovered in years.

*Ra looks down at Waterson disdainfully*
Ra: Let me assure you, if you try to contain, neutralize or terminate anyone here...
*He leans down eye to eye and narrows his own threateningly*
Ra: You're going to regret it.

*Waterson unflinchingly looks Ra in the eye, the light from the ceiling tiles glinting off his neural implant*
We have already tried those three things. It went poorly. It would take hundreds of agents and robotic and Army assets to successfully contain this Room. Instead, all containment procedures have taken place on the ColFed side of the door, and we will instead study the anomalies of this room in their natural habitat, not in containment. Does this sound fair?