Gendo watched impassively as Kaji frowned and ran a hand through his hair. "He's a pro," the agent said, shaking his head. "I saw it all in his eyes. He sized me up, specced me out and dismissed me as inconsequential. He knew I was carrying -- I saw his eyes tag *every* gun I had on me, and most of my knives. He was unarmed. I'm sure of it. And he *still* was certain he could take me down, and take me down *hard*. Dammit, who *is* he? Who is he working for?"
"It could be the Beansprout Liberation Army! Or ACROSS! British Library Special Forces! Knights Templar! Perhaps he's a Bane Sidhe agent! The Kolat! Autobot Intelligence! The RED Ribbon Army! The Four Sisters!"
"Perhaps he's SAFE?"
"Now you're just being silly... Oh shit! Do you think he might be working for..."
"Us? Hmmmm. It's possible..."
Damnitall, where did I leave that clip of Gryphon's secret-agencies-rant-list-spew from Warrior's Legacy...
Ahhh, here we are:
"What do you mean?"
"Well, so the OSI is basically history. Poof, gone. But! There are plenty of other agencies out there with black budgets. After all, they have to pay people like me. I'm sure I can help find you a position with one of them. If you're interested, of course."
I knew what Zoner was interested in. I shouldn't say that -- to be fair, he can be a fairly altruistic person -- but you didn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to tell he had an interest in her. Then again, she didn't seem to mind, and I couldn't particularly fault him for it.
He looked at me as if he expected me to join in, so I did. "Sure, let's see. There's NSA, CIA, MI-5, MI-6, IMF, FBI, ATF, Mossad, SAS, SBS, Secret Service, GSG9, Spectrum, Interpol, UNIT, UNCLE, CONTROL, DEA, NASA, NACA... " I was starting to build up steam.
"...TVA, WPA, SSA, FCC, FAA, NTSB, ICC, MBTA, BART, PBS, CBS, AFL-CIO, AT&T, ITT, MCI, IBM... " I seemed out of control by this time, but I knew what I was doing. "...NBC, ABC, OSS, MTV, VH-1, A&E, TLC, KFC, KLF, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NHRA, CART, NASCAR, W3O, OSF, FSF, SCO, Ext2, HPFS, CCITT, ITU-T, IETF, BGP(4)... " Now I was just being silly.
"...RIPv2, OSPF, ISIS, VLSM, BRI, PRI, SPID, TEI, B8ZS, AMI, TCP, UDP, ICMP, SPX, NCSA, RADIUS, TACACS, ACP... " Zoner was gasping for air and waving for me to stop. Meg looked both amused and confused. "...EIEIO."
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.
"It could be the Beansprout Liberation Army! Or ACROSS! British Library Special Forces! Knights Templar! Perhaps he's a Bane Sidhe agent! The Kolat! Autobot Intelligence! The RED Ribbon Army! The Four Sisters!"
"Perhaps he's SAFE?"
"Now you're just being silly... Oh shit! Do you think he might be working for..."
"Us? Hmmmm. It's possible..."
Damnitall, where did I leave that clip of Gryphon's secret-agencies-rant-list-spew from Warrior's Legacy...
Ahhh, here we are:
"What do you mean?"
"Well, so the OSI is basically history. Poof, gone. But! There are plenty of other agencies out there with black budgets. After all, they have to pay people like me. I'm sure I can help find you a position with one of them. If you're interested, of course."
I knew what Zoner was interested in. I shouldn't say that -- to be fair, he can be a fairly altruistic person -- but you didn't have to be Sherlock Holmes to tell he had an interest in her. Then again, she didn't seem to mind, and I couldn't particularly fault him for it.
He looked at me as if he expected me to join in, so I did. "Sure, let's see. There's NSA, CIA, MI-5, MI-6, IMF, FBI, ATF, Mossad, SAS, SBS, Secret Service, GSG9, Spectrum, Interpol, UNIT, UNCLE, CONTROL, DEA, NASA, NACA... " I was starting to build up steam.
"...TVA, WPA, SSA, FCC, FAA, NTSB, ICC, MBTA, BART, PBS, CBS, AFL-CIO, AT&T, ITT, MCI, IBM... " I seemed out of control by this time, but I knew what I was doing. "...NBC, ABC, OSS, MTV, VH-1, A&E, TLC, KFC, KLF, NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, NHRA, CART, NASCAR, W3O, OSF, FSF, SCO, Ext2, HPFS, CCITT, ITU-T, IETF, BGP(4)... " Now I was just being silly.
"...RIPv2, OSPF, ISIS, VLSM, BRI, PRI, SPID, TEI, B8ZS, AMI, TCP, UDP, ICMP, SPX, NCSA, RADIUS, TACACS, ACP... " Zoner was gasping for air and waving for me to stop. Meg looked both amused and confused. "...EIEIO."
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Sucrose Octanitrate.
Proof positive that with sufficient motivation, you can make anything explode.