Open Sesame

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 2:21 am

Tosh paced around the War Room, occasionally stopping to suggest something to Sam but not following through.

"Robbing the Mint. Robbing the Mint. Robbing the Mint," he muttered under his breath.

"Uugh! Crime is haaard," he whined as he dropped into a chair, looking up at the ceiling as he swiveled in a lazy circle.

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 6:28 pm

"It's not a crime, it's a rescue," she insists.

"I can impersonate a guard or someone else if we can get close enough."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:04 pm

He perked up. "And I could impersonate an I.T. guy!" He groaned. "Crap, I'm too young to pull that off."

"Intern? ...wouldn't get that assignment..." he said, trailing off.

"Okay, we need more brains on this."

by **Narrator** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:06 pm

The external layout of the facility was pretty clear from satellite imagery, even if the street view stopped short of their final destination, presumably for security reasons.

A barbed wire fence surrounded the property, along with several prominent security cameras -- other security systems were presumably in place as well. Train tracks ran behind the facility, nestling up to some loading docks on the back side of the building. This was all inside the security perimiter.

That's not to say the entire facility was off-limits; just secure. There was a reception desk, a visitor car park, goods deliveries -- high security, not impenetrable.

Obviously, the exact security details of the facility were not public knowledge, but old news reports indicated that ex-military specialists and experts with ties to MI6 were regularly employed by the printing company -- making the world's money is serious business.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 8:12 pm

"Hey guys!" Nailah's voice rings out through the room as she walks in, towel slung over her shoulder. She looks like she just came from a training session in the Danger Room. "What's up?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:55 pm

"...Will's in trouble," she says, not looking up from the layout.

"Or rather, he's still in trouble, but now we know where he's being kept."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sat Feb 04, 2017 11:58 pm

"Oh? Where is he? Some kinda secret prison?" she asks, wandering over and looking at the images up on the screen.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:53 am

"No. It's the... umm... Royal Mint..." he answered, "We could actually re-e-eaaally use your power on this one."

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 12:55 am

"...it's a long story."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 1:52 am

"You wanna... rob a bank? Wait, why's he in there anyway? Is the Mint keeping him prisoners? Is that actually code for some kind of toothpaste-themed villain?"

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:16 am

"Remember when I time-traveled and met legendary Irish warrior Finn McCool? Finn McCool put Will in the money. Oh! Right. He's immortal. Crazy and immortal and locked up downstairs," he rambled.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:34 am

"He put him... in the money." she says as if she's sounding out the words to try and make them make sense. She fails. "What?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 2:59 am

"He ah... melted Will down into tallow and sent him to the Royal Mint."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 5:52 am

"That just raises further questions..." Nailah points out, though she seems to be willing to just go with it for now. "And this... uhm... seems like it'd be pretty, you know, illegal."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 8:11 pm

"You think we don't know that? I for one am scared shitless. But we can't let this happen to Will and, by the time we did it through proper channels, he'd be impossible to recover."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Feb 05, 2017 9:43 pm

"Well... you can't really put a value on somebody's life. And it's not like we'd keep the money, right? They can just print more of it."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:47 pm

"It doesn't matter where he ended up. We'd rescue him anyway."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 7:54 pm

"Alright. I'm in! You guys got a plan yet?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:29 pm

"I was planning on impersonating people until we can get close to him. Tosh's plan was... 'Crime is hard," I think?"

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:39 pm

"I'm trying! I'm an engineer, not a master thief."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Feb 06, 2017 8:48 pm

"That's a start! We could figure out who works there and Sam could get in that way. We'd also need a way to get back out. And to find Will. And a get-away vehicle!"

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 12:57 am

"I could hack the security system, but I'd have to get in first."

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:12 pm

"Are we talking hack-hack, or Bruce-sucks-on-a-light-socket hack?"

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:47 pm

"As in make the system roll over and beg... what would that other thing even accomplish?"

He started looking over an X-Team member list for useful people and blinked at a name in the reserves list.

"When did she... Okay! If we don't want me glued to a screen and be otherwise useless, I know just who to ask... assuming she isn't too sane for this."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 8:50 pm

"Are you gonna elaborate or is this a mystery guest?"

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:08 pm

"She's a friend from the Institute who is apparently here now. A technopath. Between the two of us, that system is as protective as a wet paper sack."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:15 pm

"Cool, that'd be good. Sam can get us in and that'll keep us from showing up on all the cameras, yeah?" Nailah nods. "I... kinda don't have a plan for how to get out, but I'm pretty sure I can make it happen once we get to that point. Like... almost definitely." she adds awkwardly, realizing how this must sound.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:18 pm

"...make it happen?" Sam quirks a brow.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:24 pm

"You know, improvise. It'll come to me when the time is right."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 9:59 pm

Tosh typed up a text as the others talked.

<Surfshark616> Hey Nat! When did you get to XU? Did that other school not work out?
Their loss. Our gain though. We could actually use your help on something.

<Surfshark616> By "we," I mean the X-Men. I joined the X-Men. Bruce finally wore me down.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:06 pm

"That reminds me. Is coordinating things telepathically going to be a problem?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:09 pm

"Maybe... Probably? I don't know..." Nailah admits a bit awkwardly.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:16 pm

"That's going to make it harder, then. I'd gotten used to doing that on missions."

by **Nailah Weaver** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:28 pm

"Right... Sorry, I guess that makes it more complicated."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Tue Feb 07, 2017 10:35 pm

Toshiro Narumi wrote:Tosh typed up a text as the others talked.

<Surfshark616> Hey Nat! When did you get to XU? Did that other school not work out?
Their loss. Our gain though. We could actually use your help on something.

<Surfshark616> By "we," I mean the X-Men. I joined the X-Men. Bruce finally wore me down.

<NatalieSoft> I knew there was a reason I liked Bruce. I'll see what I can do. Where should I meet you?

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 12:57 am

<Surfshark616> He really is the nicest shark monster.

He sent Natalie directions to the War Room.

"She's on her way."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:54 am

Luckily, Natalie wasn't far away, having been tinkering in one of the labs at the Point. She bounced into the room and grins at Tosh, "Hey, Tosh. What are we looking at?"

by **Samantha McManus** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 1:56 am

"This is where Tosh says something that will sound really crazy and you freak out for a few minutes."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:13 am

"Everyone, Nat. Nat, everyone."

He stood up. "So... yeah... there's this guy Will..." he began. Immortal interdimensional shapeshifter! Kidnapping! Monetization! Immortal serial killer! Faerie apocalypse! Time travel b-plot featuring dinosaurs!

"So that's why we have to... rob the Royal Mint."

by **Natalie Denisov** » Wed Feb 08, 2017 2:21 am

Natalie moves over to look at the map for a moment, "Cool. That'll be one hell of a security system. And a lot of it probably wired as well. That'll limit my range a bit."

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