The Threat That Must Be Eliminated

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Name: The Threat That Must Be Eliminated

Participants: Hebika, Zackary, Shizuka

Location: Las Vegas

Difficulty Level: Extreme

Setting: NDE

Plotline: Over the last few months the spiritual and human worlds have been being thrown off by one thing or another. All of the factions have been moving about trying the best that they can to make sure that things lean in their favor. However, it seems that a new faction is on the rise. One by the name of Phoenix. Since the rise of UE the power in the human world has started to be divided more and more and this new organization just might divide the power even more so. That's why the leader of Xcution, Satsujun has sent his most powerful to eliminate Phoenix. It'll be up to the four weapons of Xcution to succeed and keep the power hold that Xcution currently has from diminishing.

Asmoskon Masurao has been appointed the task leader for the assignment and accompanying him is Hebika from the Corporation who has been nominated for advancement and now must prove her usefulness even in the line of duty and espionage. The other two are the greatest assassins in the human world both Zackary and Shizuka of the Seven Guns. All of them have received information from Asmoskon and will be arriving in a massive hotel room on the fifty seventh floor overlooking Las Vegas. It's 7 p.m. on Saturday night. . . the mission will begin shortly.

Estimated Enemy Strength: Class 1 (1-2 Class 0)

Estimated Time Until Completion: 4-5

Starts: When at least 2 participants have made intro posts.

Special Conditions: Please try to post within 72 hours.

[Hebika Nara]

Las Fuckin Vagas.

The city of light, wasted dreams, and destroyed marriages. Hebika couldn't have been more happy. A place so sullied and dreary as this, with bright lights and smiles in stark contrast to the fact that people were losing their livelihood to the sins. Lust. Greed. Madness. all of it was here. All of it was cheap, available, but in the end would suck your soul dry like a coked-up hooker. The very idea that they had chosen such an unsavory place for this operation was prof of it's ridiculousness. Sadly she had approved it.

What?
It was in the budget by a long shot, not only that but she needed to be there a day before in order to oversee a few deals with one of the larger casinos. The contract was already established, she was simply there to cross some Ts and dot some Is. As such she actually had arrived a day prior to the rest of the group, and had an entire 24 hours before the operation start to enjoy herself. Well.....enjoy herself in a manner of speaking. By that it of course meant she would be spending her time in a bikini at some indoor pool, smiling to herself as boys hit on her and she could think about Shizuka and how much better she was than them. Ahhh, this was the life.

But alas, work was still on the horizon, and as she started prepping for the briefing of the operation she, in her humble little hotel room on the other side of the city, found herself slipping into her normal hoodie and black pants. Actually she'd gotten into the habit of wearing black medical scrubs along with the hoodie. As it turned out, ever since her little....incident at the meteor shower, it had become apparent that she should probably do something with that vast intellect of hers. Of course with a little help from the company and some online studying, she'd managed to land herself a phd.

And with that Pretty Huge Dick sign on her ceiling she was more than motivated to get an actual degree. She hadn't told Sana yet, obviously, as she technically was going to graduate next month, at which point she would receive her official degree. She was planning on seeing if Xcution had any programs to train her as a "proper" surgeon (despite the fact that with the help of textbooks she'd already managed to perform a few.....under the table surgeries), it was all so very exciting.

With a sigh, Hebika looked in the mirror, smiling softly at herself as she reached up and gently rubbed at her eyes. How long had it been since she'd killed her? The quincy had started giving her weird dreams, and somehow.....she felt something. Far off. A link with that hollow she'd brought to life. Well.....she wouldn't worry about that just yet. For now she just shook her head and rubbed at her eyes, taking a deep breath and clearing her throat as she grabbed her back and slipped out of her apartment. Locking the door behind her she headed off toward the rendezvous point.

In little over an hour she arrived, half an hour early, for the meeting. Stopping at the door, she took a moment, looking around as she actually wondered if Shizuka was here already. Probably....maybe. Several months sharing a dorm room with Shizuka had certainly taught her that punctuality was not ALWAYS the girl's priority. Even so she gave a shrug and opened the door to slip inside.

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{Hebika's Stats}

Strength - 80 Points (60 Points)

Speed - 80 Points (60 Points)

Spiritual Pressure - 270 Points

Reiatsu Strength - 260 Points

Light Aura - 95 Points

Dark Aura - 5 Points

Instinct - 320 (640 Points)

Senses - 110 Points (220 Points)

Energy sensory - 0 Points (0 Points)

Healing Expertise - 250 Points

Total SP: 1,370 (700 from Class, 670 from Training)

•Pain Tolerance: 2
•Calm Mind: 2
•Battle Analysis: 2
•Damage Recovery: 2
•Anti-Stealth: 3
•Acting: 2
•Crafting - Life: 3

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"Evening, Ms. Nara."

His voice was sudden and probably unexpected, most likely surprising the Mod Soul who had just entered the room. Turning around she would see the Fullbringer, sitting at the one table in the room, lowering a iced cup of scotch down to the table. He was sitting back, his attention focused out the patio door and into the city below. How long had he been there, Hebika must have been asking herself. To be honest, perhaps about an hour now. Zack was punctual, deciding to either show up on time or incredibly early. In this case, while he had only been in the room for an hour, he had actually been checking out the building they were meeting in for a few hours already. He wanted to make sure that nothing about this seemed suspicious, or that three of Xcutions best were not simply walking into a trap.

He had inspected the buildings infrastructure, ventilation source, employee records, and various other things before checking the room itself for any poisons, explosives, cursed objects, anything. He wanted to be careful, and he was. He had gotten done early, so now he was relaxing a bit while waiting for the other members of Xcution to show up. Well, not truly relaxing. Zack rarely ever relaxed. His job ill afforded him such luxuries. It was nice to get in an hour of quiet time though.

Looking over at the Mod Soul, he inspected her attire and was disappointed, slightly, to see that she had forgone a suit. A suit was the symbol of professionalism, and truth be told Zack felt that Hebika would have looked great in a black suit. Platonically, of course. He was not interested in any sort of other desires with her; he only wished she had dressed more appropriately. But nothing could be done about it now, and his facial features failed to display his disappointment.

On the table, besides the cup of scotch, was an assortment of Zacks various tools. Two M1911s that he, during his waiting, had fully dismantled and put back together in order to make sure they were in perfect condition, the various ammunitions he carried for them, and a few other of his tools of trade. There was a larger briefcase on the floor beside him, longer than the one on the table, that no doubt carried the sniper rifle he was known to use so often. Lifting up one of the guns, Zack slid the ammunition cartridge in, pulling the barrel pack to make sure it would load properly.

"Any idea when Ms. Sanamizu will be joining us?" Zack asked, thought it sounded as if he was disinterested in the answer. It wasn't that he was disinterested, it was just the way he sounded right now. When he was done handling his firearm, he turned his grey eyes back to Hebika and awaited her answer. As well as Shizuka, they were also waiting for Asmokon to make an appearance as well. If the job required the presence of all four of them, then things would no doubt be interested.

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{Stats & Skills}
▸Strength - [200] = [100] Points

▸Speed - [300] = [750] Points

▸Spiritual Pressure - [250] = [150] Points

▸Reiatsu Strength - [300] = [480] Points

▸Light Aura - [50] Points

▸Dark Aura - [50] Points

▸Instinct - [150] = [225] Points

▸Senses - [200] = [150] Points

▸Energy sensory - [0] Points

▸Healing Expertise - [0] Points

Total SP: [1400] Points

• [Stealth] {3}
  
  
• [Martial Arts: MCMAP] {2}
  
  
• [Weapons: Firearms] {3}
  
  
• [Movement] {2}
  
  
• [Acting] {2}
  
  
• [Calm Mind] {2}
  
  
• [Battle Analysis] {3}
  
  
  

Total SKP: 17

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{Items}
x2 Utility Belts
x2 Pistol Clips
x4 Ammo Clips
x2 Large Pouches
x1 Carrier Belt
x6 Medium Reiatsu Orbs
x6 Large Reiatsu Orbs
x1 Storage Scroll
x2 UE2 Handguns
x2 Silencers
x30 Handgun Ammunition
x30 Poison Bullets
x30 Explosive Bullets Bullets
x3 Daggers
x1 ROOT
x1 Convert-A-Weapon
x1 Power Ring
x1 Stealth Cloak (Suit)
x1 Awareness Band
x1 Pseudo-Zanpakuto

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"A group mission? Why would all of us be called for something like that? It never happens."

Shizuka spoke to herself as she finished getting ready for the day. Having been flown in to Las Vegas the morning before via her family's private jet, the Fullbringer was spending some quality time at the casinos gambling with some of her fortune. Little did most of the people in these places know, she was heavily cheating by manipulating the souls of her cards, pool balls, slot machines, and anything else she tried her hands at. Shizuka wasn't exactly known for gambling, but she loved betting on something if she knew she'd win.

Still, despite all of that, she couldn't keep the money. It was going into a savings account for future purchases once she was completely on her own. She didn't want her parents to just hand her all of their money, but she was going to go about business her own way. It made her feel like she was contributing more than just her gun. Shizuka was a simple creature. She only wanted everything, but it was everything that was going to be a challenge to get. She needed the money to give herself a boost somehow, and why not just cheat the system? No one ever noticed.

Looking into the mirror she was using in her luxurious hotel room, Shizuka carefully and expertly applied her makeup, making sure each detail was perfect so that she would come across as friendly and professional, but not intimidating. Her hair was in curlers as she finished her masterpiece, admiring her work. All of that time being taught how to put makeup on properly was definitely coming in handy. The outfit, though... That was going to get to her. She dreaded putting that darn thing on. She much preferred her usual attire since it was more comfortable, but this would have to do.

Shizuka finished up and dressed herself, then walked herself downstairs and out of the building. Her signature shoes clicked against the ground with each step, alarming anyone who walked by of her presence. She wasn't really going for stealth here, but it was easy to be stealthy once her powers were released since she no longer had anything on her feet. She smiled her way down the sidewalk and to the meeting place. The hotel where they had to gather was just a few blocks away, but it didn't take long for the blonde to get there.

After arriving, she kindly greeted everyone who worked there and asked to be escorted up to the fifty-seventh floor. She checked her phone for the time and saw that it was only 6:42pm, which was good news for her. While Shizuka had a bit of a habit for being late to small parties, meeting friends, or other minor affairs, work was a different story. If she wasn't early, she was late. She hated the idea of being late to something like this because she knew she was in a place of power within her company. She respected Xcution's promptness and tried to reflect that.

Once the elevator doors opened, Shizuka thanked the man helping her and quickly scanned the room. She found Hebika and Zack almost immediately, which was good news for her. She effort she needed to put in to finding everyone was minimal, so that was great. With a wide grin across her face, Shizuka walked over to greet her two coworkers. Well, it seemed that way. She was really on her way to give Hebika a hug. After overhearing Zack, though, she changed her mind a bit. She preferred to annoy him instead.

"I'm right here, Mr. Jensen. Come on, you've known me for a while. Call me Shizuka."

Shizuka all but jumped on Zack as she hugged him around his neck from behind. Her right cheek pressed against his left as she showed her affection, but she was mostly doing this to irritate him. As she stepped back and presented herself to the two of them, Zack would especially take notice of the business-like suit she wore. She had on black, waist-high slacks on with a lovely white, long-sleeved blouse tucked in. It wasn't very tightly tucked, but it was enough to be fashionable. The neckline of the blouse plunged fairly deep, but showed just about an inch or two of cleavage. She wasn't trying to be too extreme with the boobs this time.

She smelled of apples and lavender and her hair was draped around her shoulders with loose, water-like waves reaching down her back. Her hair normally fell to just above her hips, but since it had been curled, it rested slightly above the center of her torso. Shizuka chose to stand instead of sit, wondering if there was something important keeping Asmoskon from meeting with them as early as they had been there. It wasn't like him to be "on time," so this was a bit strange. Still, if four Xcution members had been called for a mission, even this Fullbringer knew that it meant something was going on.

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{Shizuka's Stats}

Strength - [100] Points

Speed - [300] Points

Spiritual Pressure - [200] = [500] Points

Reiatsu Strength - [400] = [1000] Points

Light Aura - [60] Points

Dark Aura - [40] Points

Instinct - [200] = [100] Points

Senses [200] = [100] Points

Energy sensory - [0] Points

Healing Expertise - [0] Points

Total SP: [1400] Points

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{Shizuka's Skills}

[Analyzing] {3}

[Weapon: Gun] {3}

[Stealth] {3}

[Strength of Will] {3}

[Honeypotting - The art of manipulation to obtain information. Basically, a girl gathers enough information about her target - male or female, doesn't matter - and dresses accordingly or changes how she acts to be able to get them to do whatever she wants or tell her what she needs to hear.] {3}

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

As all of the other members of the elite squad gathered in the hotel room and seemed to be on friendly terms with one another Asmoskon entered into the hotel. It always seemed as if time itself grew less and less numerous after he had joined Xcution. Having the position that he did the Quincy hardly got a second to himself anymore. Day and night everything he did relied on responsibilities that he had. Whether it was being one of the two in command of Xcution's military or the leader of his family he always had something that needed his attention.

That's why as he walked into the hotel he was accompanied by two of his subordinates and family members. It took him a few minutes to actually get from the lobby up to the fifty seventh floor and then make it to the proper room where the team was assembled. The door to the room opened and Asmoskon walked in with a folder in his hands that he was reading. At the same time Cynthia was behind him on his left a pale skinned blue haired beauty that at the moment seemed to be jotting down notes. "Alright make sure that everyone keeps up with their training while I'm here. I don't want to arrive back at the base nor the house and find out that everyone was simply taking a break." Asmoskon commented as he began to get into the room further.

"You know I think you might need a break Asmo. I don't mind the extra work, but you keep pushing everyone you know what will happen. Not going to be anything for them left to push." Jingu smiled brightly as she tried to get the upper hand on her cousin. "Please you quit before everyone." Cynthia spoke not bothering to take her eyes up from the notepad. Jingu turned her head and looked angrily at her other cousin playing with the idea of shooting her. "Girls please. I need you both to look after the military and the family for the next day or so. Is that really to big of a request? You need to work together now stop your constant battle." Honestly it was as if he was a father already and two teenagers were doing all they could to ruin his mood.

All of them were wearing the military uniform of Xcution that Asmoskon had designed and crafted and then dispatched to all those under his command. Now though he was close enough to the others that his own problems no longer took priority. Nodding his head downwards to all three present Asmoskon made his way over towards the window. "Alright Cynthia go through the plans for the new compound and get everyone in top shape for the raid. Jingu keep everyone practicing their talents especially the Quincy and family members. . . that includes you." Both girls had already bowed their heads to the three present in the room and now did the same to Asmoskon and then turned around and made their way out of the room. However, if any of the others watched they would be able to see Jingu clearly shove Cynthia against the wall as they neared the door.

Asmoskon rubbed his forehead for a moment as he looked out the window. His family had already somehow succeeded in giving him a headache. Inhaling for a moment while he gathered his composure he prepared himself. "I apologize for all of that everything was suppose to be taken care of this morning. Now obviously most of you are wondering what is important enough that it requires us." Asmoskon made eye contact with Shizuka and Zack. He knew the both of them and how powerful they were.

However, the other girl he didn't know and was wondering more about her from what he could tell she was a Mod Soul, but beyond that he didn't have time to ponder. "Well it seems we've all been assigned to . . well . . kill approximately three hundred and sixty four people. All spiritually aware. Ten of which are essential and must be eliminated at all costs." Asmoskon then dropped the folder open on the table in front of him and the couch for the others to look at. Inside were files of Phoenix and their mission.

[Hebika Nara]

Hebika actually wasn't surprised at all. In fact, she completely ignored Zack as she continued to settle against one of the walls, humming softly to herself before at long last she spotted Shizuka arriving. Immediately she smiled, knowing that a hug infront of Zack would only cause him to be a lil bitch about things. So when Shizuka proceeded to hug him instead she smiled, giving her girlfriend a thumbs up of approval. Idly she leaned back and watched.

However it wasn't much longer then that she spotted Asmo's......little squad, coming in. She herself was not sure how she felt about his family more or less moving into xcution,or so the rumrs went, but she decided she could hardly go at it since she was with shizuka and all. Besides she was in corporate, the military officials were in charge of all that shit. Unless she suddenly started running the company, she had no reason to worry about it.

At the subject of the matter at hand, Hebika's brows raised. She'd seen a memo on all of.....that. Admittedly it wasn't in her department, but she had seen a few memos that the other workers at corporate had received. But apparently all those murmurs about 'economical strangling' had not worked out so well. So now they were going to go and kill all of them. She....would have wondered why the everliving fuck she was here. But then again she supposed she knew the answer to that.

Higher up had taken an eyeing to her ever since she'd killed a Ritter. A previously-unknown ritter, one hardly with any notoriety, but she had managed to kill a Vandereich non-grunt, so she'd received a pat on the back and no money. On the flip side, apparently her reward was now going to be in the form of new, dangerous assignments. She wasn't exactly sure how to feel about......that, but orders were orders.

"Approximately how many audit forms do you think it'll take to kill them?" She asked in casual jest. A round-abuot way of informing Asmo that she was no in the military section of Xcution, that smile of hers working it's creepy magic as always, that brilliant aura of hers slowly creeping outward and towards the quincys mind. HArdly a soul thing, something about her was just....warming. And as it turned out, that actually creeped a lot of people in Xcution out. Weirdly. For no reason she could possibly discern, but she wasn't going to jusge coughzack, people for that kind of visceral reaction.

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The sudden skin contact actually managed to elicit a surprised reaction from Zacks face. His eyes went wide for a second before he realized what was actually going on, his features softening and one of his eyes closing, the one closest to Shizukas face, as he simply endured her greeting. While it did manage to catch him by surprise, since he hadn't expected such an affectionate greeting, it wasn't really an annoyance either. Zack had learned by now that that was just how Shizuka was. So long as she wasn't trying to make a meal out of him, like Zack used to believe Pavel was going to do to him back in his earlier years, then it wasn't really a problem. Maybe it was just because it was Shizuka, someone he knew and at least trusted, to a degree, since he doubted he would have let many other people greet him in that way.

"It's nice to see you too, Ms. Sanam...Shizuka." If she wanted to be referred to Shizuka, then he'd refer to her as Shizuka. No reason maintaining professionalism when she herself didn't want to. Maybe Zack took this job a little too seriously, but considering the sort of job this was who could blame him? Also he was being paid, quite a bit, to be the way he was. He also noticed her attire, and couldn't help but be a little appreciative that she dressed for the job instead of arriving in scrubs. But women were women, they did what they wanted. Noise out in the hall caught his attention, prompting a slight turn of his head as his hand rested gently on the loaded firearm on the table.

When the door opened, he slid his hand away from the gun when he saw it was the Quincy that he himself has convinced to join this little organization. An eyebrow raised in question as he watched Asmokon actually bring his family matters to work. He remained silent as he listened, watching the four new bodies in the room talk back and forth between each other, before they were dismissed after bowing to the assassins. His eyes followed them as they left the room, before turning his attention back to Asmokon. He chose to remain quiet, as he figured Shizuka or Hebika were going to chose to say something snarky or witty.

Asmokon apologized to them, as Zack lifted his little glass cup of scotch to his lips and finished what was left in the bottom, waiting for the Military General to get on with it. It was then that Asmokon dropped the ball, which made the Assassin pause for a moment, before placing the cup down onto the coaster. Three hundred and sixty four people? Zacks mind raced, wondering what sort of group, as this obviously was, could have drawn the attention of Xcution like this. This many people, Zack began to get the feeling this was going to be Africa all over again.

He began wondering if yet another Hell Artifact was involved, or if it had something to do with that new religious group that was beginning to gain power. He didn't know what it was, having actually not heard of anything of late, but he knew Asmokon was going to at least explain the situation a bit. When the files dropped, Zack reached out and picked one up from the table and opened it, immediately beginning to read. What he read inside made him sigh. "And that answers it.." He mumbled to himself.

Phoenix. Why hadn't Zack thought of them? An organization of humans who were waging their own war against all things spiritual. Humans who believed that the human world belonged to humans, and everything in their world should be handled by themselves. It was a sentiment that Zack could understand and even get behind, however everyone knows how well it worked out for the Quincies. But something Asmokon just said made Zack pause. "If this is Pheonix, then how are their over three hundred spiritually aware individuals? Phoenix holds extreme views against anything with spiritual abilities, even awareness. They've always relied on technology to fulfill their goals not abilities. Has something changed?" Zack asked both Asmoskon and the file, continuing to read through the words on the white printed paper.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

The Fullbringer smiled and giggled at the approval from her girlfriend for her behavior. She always loved being a little spontaneous so the fact that Hebika was okay with that made her all warm inside. Shizuka never hated Zack, and actually found it hard to hate anybody unless they really did something bad to her. That doesn't mean she didn't get annoyed by people, though, but she was able to find some common ground somewhere. Shizuka's way of dealing with that was simply pestering them into loving her whether they wanted to or not and wouldn't stop until it worked.

Shizuka walked around the table and approached Hebika, moving her away from the wall to hug her from behind. Their height only differed by half an inch, but it was enough for the human to treat her Mod Soul friend as if she was a little shorter than that. She wrapped her arms around Hebika and rested her chin on the woman's right shoulder, smiling warmly at the embrace. Her greeting was sweet, and she didn't even say anything to Hebika, but the feeling was there. It was nice to be with her while they waited for Asmoskon to show up.

Unfortunately, him appearing happened way too quickly. There were these things following him around and Shizuka had no idea who they were. Her happy expression melted into pure annoyance at the girls, but there was no way she was going to say anything about them. Asmoskon probably knew them somehow or maybe they were related or something, but they were definitely his underlings. Not a whole lot of information about the other sections of Xcution was shared with Shizuka unless she specifically asked for it, but that was probably their way of not wasting her time. She'd meet everyone eventually.

As soon as the girls left, Asmoskon acted frustrated, but relieved. It seemed like he was glad the ladies left the room, but that meant they weren't part of the mission. Those who were not involved in missions distributed by Xcution were not permitted to know anything about it. If they played some part, that's all they were allowed to learn about. Shizuka had no idea what role those girls played and they probably didn't know anything about her own. She liked it that way. If she needed to know anything, she had her ways, but she wasn't about to bother them.

Asmoskon apologized and began explaining to the rest of them what was going on. After dropping a folder on the table, he allowed the Xcution members to review the details and get caught up on who they were after. The organization was called Phoenix and Shizuka actually had heard of them. She wasn't much of a fan. Despite being human, Shizuka and other Fullbringers, along with some special people who didn't possess those powers, all had special talents that made them who they were. Normal humans like those in Phoenix were biased and rude. What they wanted was terrible and unacceptable.

As she read through the files, Asmoskon mentioned that they would be killing a considerably high amount of people. The blonde didn't have much of a problem with killing anyone, especially if they were assigned as a target, but she did rather dislike hurting civilians. It happened from time to time but she learned how to care less, as bad as that may sound. She had no choice, though. If she was going to do her job properly, she knew she needed to accept some kinds of casualties. After he mentioned the numbers, Zack spoke up.

"If this is Phoenix, then how are there over three hundred spiritually aware individuals? Phoenix holds extreme views against anything with spiritual abilities, even awareness. They've always relied on technology to fulfill their goals, not abilities. Has something changed?"

Shizuka's eyes went wide as she heard Zack's comments, as if something hit her right in the heart. "They're using them. Us. Our kind. Asmoskon never specified who we'd be killing, but it looks like Phoenix has been abusing some of the spiritual powers of people around us." Anyone could tell Shizuka was getting a bit emotional, but she held it back. Instead, she looked the Military leader dead in the eyes with a piercing glare. "It's something like that, isn't it?"

Whether these people were really criminals or not, it looks like it was Xcution's job to eliminate them since they were helping Phoenix further their goals. Shizuka had no problem taking out targets since they were almost always heavy criminals or some kind of tyrant, but if she was right and these people really were just being used, she felt a bit of guilt at the idea of taking them all out. She wasn't ready to face facts yet, but she'd have to force herself to if all of this was going to go as Xcution needs it to. There was no other reason for the three of them to be summoned.

Zack was a master of stealth and never let an opportunity to take someone down slip out of his hands. His achievements as an assassin were admirable and incredibly unrivaled in terms of work ethic, which made Shizuka a little jealous. He had taken on more people than her, but Xcution was incredibly understanding about the girl's education. Until she graduated, her work was limited. Still, she was incredibly advanced when it came to strategic movement since her problem-solving skills and hyper-observance were her keys to taking people down, and her forms of interrogation were spot on. Then there was Hebika. That woman could slither her way into people's hearts and crush them like bugs because she was so dangerous, which just made Shizuka like her more. Her powers were ridiculously strong and she made a wonderful asset and perfect addition to the organization.

So with all of that, what was Xcution expecting them to do?

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

Continuing to stand there over the table that now had the files on Pheonix across it Asmoskon awaited the input of the others on this task force. To no one's surprise Zack was the right on the money with having knowledge about their target. Zack was a well informed assassin and Asmoskon knew that if anyone knew anything more than him about this target it'd more than likely be him. However, Asmoskon had done his research and gotten a fair bit more when he had been assigned to this task a few days ago. It seemed though that Shizuka was also more than informed and had a few good assumptions.

She spoke next and whether or not she was completely correct Asmoskon couldn't actually confirm all he knew was that she was in the right area of thought. They were more then likely using spiritually aware individuals in order to combat others. Hebika also though seemed to wonder what exactly the group was going to do with all of the information that Pheonix had been able to gather. "In all truth we have no such order to retreive information from Pheonix. However, if such an oppurtunity presents itself I'd prefer anyone of us to gather as much as we can. Don't place yourself in harms way to gather anything though. Succeeding in taking them out without any casualties is the main goal of this operation."

Asmoskon moved back over towards the window in front of him approximately seven miles away was a large skycraper that dwarfed the others around it. "That's the base of operation. It's more or less for show though. I've been able to gather information that the true base is underground. However, getting into the actual base won't be easy. There seems to be only one elevator . . . at the top floor of the building. It travels the entire way down and that's how we're going to get inside. I emplour teamwork, but if anyone of us feels they can find an easier way or more effective way in you have my permission to go ahead. Know though that you do so at your own risk." Asmoskon had turned around and was looking at all of the others now trying to make sure that they all got that he didn't want any of them to die, but they'd all be in danger regardless of what they did.

"From what I've learned both Ms. Shizuka and Mr. Jensen are on the right track. Pheonix in the past has only used high levels of technology to get what they wanted and because of that they have always failed. We've been lead to believe that they're now using what they hate to fuel the end goal of getting rid of it. Whether or not they're doing so by using spiritually aware soldiers or something else we don't know right now. Either way any entity whether they be human or machine is to be eliminated the moment that it's spotted." The breifing was coming to an end and it seemed that the movement towards Pheonix base was going to be the next course of action. However, there was a problem that was about to arrive. Something was coming on the elevator. Something that none of them could sense and would prove how far Pheonix had come.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

"Asmoskon, if I may, I'd like to offer a suggestion." Shizuka crossed her arms and shifted her weight to her left foot. "Zack and I are the stealthiest people you have. He's a bit better at it than I am with all of his tools, but in terms of natural ability, neither of us can be heard or seen by normal humans. Assuming their machines can't match our energy sensory, which I doubt they'd even come close, he and I could get in there."

Unfortunately, Shizuka didn't know enough about their target to make a super educated guess about what level of technology they have. Despite that, she knew enough about normal, non-spiritual humans to say if they could make it through on their own. The two of them were no joke when it came to being stealthy, especially Zack. That kind of talent is hard to come by and their abilities as Seven Guns dramatically outweigh most other people's. Hebika could always take over someone's body, but she wasn't as stealthy as Zack or Shizuka and they'd have to carry her Gigai, but it was a start.

Looking at her teammates, the Fullbringer felt a bit of excitement along with a mix of anxiety. Chances were that this was going to be a tough mission, but each one of them was strong. They were among the best in their organization and have proven that over time. Xcution wasn't anything to laugh at in the first place, but this was Shizuka's family. She wanted them to be okay, and she knew everyone else felt the same. Asmoskon was trying to come up with a fail-safe so that no one would get hurt, but even the blonde could tell that he was worried about something.

"Um, Asmoskon?" The Fullbringer approached her friend in a calming way. "Is there something you know about Phoenix that you're not telling us?"

Despite sounding calm and curious, Shizuka was a little suspicious. She knew that he wasn't evil or anything, especially after working with him for so long. The only thing was that he knew a bit more than they did and he was leaving some stuff out that was necessary for them to succeed in this mission. They were going to be moving out soon but everything had to be out in the open right now before anyone left this room. If he wasn't really hiding anything, that's fine, but Shizuka noticed his behavior and body habits. Those were typical movements of a nervous person.

Either way, he didn't have anything to be worried about. All of them were capable of taking care of themselves and she was ready for that. Now, it was time for them to formulate a plan to enter the building unnoticed, at the very least, and take some people down. Chances were that anyone who had any remote spiritual power would be kept underground, so starting at the top would be easy. And if they really were being used the way she thought they were, she doubted any of them would admit to their presence in the building. More than likely, they just want to be saved. So why did they have to be killed?

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

When Shizuka began to speak asking whether or not she could actually make a suggestion the Military leader of the operation simply nodded his head breifly. Afterwards Shizuka went about speaking her mind and pointing out that the two best assassins were herself and Zack and that more than likely the two of them could breach the building without being seen. When she was actually finished Asmoskon for a moment thought over whether or not it'd be good enough to send both of them, but almost immediately shook his head from side to side in disapproval. "We can't afford to take that risk with what we're more than likely going to face. I have no doubt in either you or Mr. Jensen being able to get inside. The problem is whether or not their security on the inside can pick you up."

Asmoskon knew how security worked for a multitude of reasons. It wasn't just that in his experience over the last few years he had been faced with security he wouldn't have thought about before, but also that he was a weapon contractor. Well that wasn't the offical title due to his ability to also bind fabrib and woven carbon for armor and other rather various fields, but he knew how to create security. From his knowledge and what he had already created for his family home he knew that sneaking inside of places such as Pheonix headquaters wouldn't be something easily accomplished. "For instance what is going to happen if on the inside they have infered sensors? Tempature sensitive flooring? I won't place your lives and this mission at risk just on the chance it might be easier in the long run."

That was when Shizuka asked if everything was alright and Asmoskon knew that he had been found out. He hadn't wanted to burden the others with thinking his mind was preoccupied, but there was something bothering him. "At the moment I have another objective once I get inside the building. A few days ago I sent one of my scouts ahead in order to gain the information that we have now. Since yesturday he's been missing. I can only assume that he was discovered and at this moment is either being tested on, tortured or is already deceased." Asmoskon was trying his best not to give his anger away however after he spoke he could feel the pain under his eye patch grow and knew he had to calm down. "Is there anything else?"

[Hebika Nara]

So sickly sweet was the irony of it all. Hebika's eyes drolled off to the side as the three decided to continue their conversation. Sad that her joke fell on deaf ears, and sadder still that such discussion was taking place. Why did it matter the reason they were infiltrating? Security? Complications? Hebika casually strolled over to the window, reaching out and placing a hand against the glass as she leaned forward, lightly eyeing the street below as she let out a soft little sigh to herself, so very light that likely none of the others would hear it as they went on.

She herself turned her attention to the building itself. Eyes lazily making note of the size of the thing. Wondering to herself. It wasn't even the target building. Jst some well-off srip club. She wondered how much money she could make if she could just MAKE strippers. She chuckled at the thought of her abilities being used for such. Abilities originally thought of by shinigami....well......inspired shinigami. Her mind going back to somethng she'd been told so very long ago.

And here she was with this mission. This Execution of every human in an organization. This....cleanup genocide of a people. What was there to think about? She let them talk over the details. Obviously there were assets here she was unaware of. Reasons, tactics, and all of that ridiculous.....demeanor. But of course she was probably the smartest. She had the best reactions. And her ability to process information far outpaced any of them. By a long shot.

"So which of you sucks the most at protecting yourself?" Came her question, raising her voice so that it cut them off. Looking over her shoulder for only a moment before leaning back, her shoulders now against the glass as she watched them. "I mean, that's why you brought me yes? You're all very accomplished assasins, blah la blah la blah. But simply put. I'm assuming that you don't need me to persuade the enemy to death. So that means one f two things." She noted softly, leaning her head back.

"Either A, you think I'm going to be of similar use as one of you. In which case you'd be sorely mistaken. As I'm a fucking accountant." She noted, rubbing her eyes before looking toward Asmo pointedly. "Or, maybe one of you knows more about Mod Souls than you let on, and know that if you swallow me, One lucky winner between the three of you gets to carry out this mission as a free spiritual body, and gets to leave your valuable, squishy human body in my hands. You know, me..." She paused, promptly ramming her fist into the wall next to her with enough force that there was a very audible crunching noise as she broke all the bones in her knuckles. A brief moment of air escaping her before another noise filled the air.

The dull crackling of those bones sinking back into place, her HSR rearing its sexy head to correct the injury. Originally she'd intended on cutting off a finger but she wasn't sure if Asmo or Zack got pass-outty at the sight of blood. "So....you know. You'll probably be fine. Aside from that I probably won't be of much use. Unless you need an exact replica of someone." She murmured in boredom. Was she selling her combat abilities short? Certainly. She could shitstomp people if necessary. But she was not as.....experienced as any of the people before her. She was in corporate. So whatever happened, even with her regeneration, she was going to need a partner.

Knowing Zack she assumed he would likely suggest that she not be paired with shizuka, given his knowledge of their relationship. And to be frank she had the same feelings. It wasn't that she didn't want to be distracted. She just didn't want to find out that Shizuka wouldn't distract her. She didn't know if they would. But that was something she was quite content not finding out just yet. Of course, she'd do as necessary in this mission. It was.....well..... was it her job? Technically speaking as a member of corporate she wasn't entirely sure if combat ops were an obligation. Zack would probably know. But for now it was safe to assume that at least for this mission she was expected to act as a combatant to as much a degree as she could manage.

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Zack was quiet. He simply listened, drinking in the information given to him. The skyscrapper across their little apartment room was the location of Phoenixes base? The skyscrapper reminded Zack of Xcutions old base of operations in Karakura, the one that was so painfully obvious and easy to intrude in that following the disaster of the Black Pyramid incident that they pulled nearly everything out of Karakura that was high priority. Looking at the building, Zack felt a similar thing was going to be happening to Phoenix very soon. So Asmokon continued talking, with Shizuka responding and asking her questions.

Asmokon turned down Shizukas idea of sneaking both herself and Zack inside, stating that there was no way of knowing whether or not the building had advanced security measures. He began to wonder about that himself, before stating something outloud. "Most underground facilities have a cover building on top, just like Xcution did when it was studying the Black Pyramid. The cover doesn't often contain the high level of security that the underground facility does, since it's possessing as a legitimate business. Xcution was posing as a telemarketer station, for example." Zack explained to them.

At that moment, Asmokon decided to speak up about something he was personally going to be doing. The assassins eyes narrowed just slightly, before speaking again. "Personal objectives do not take priority over the primary mission, you understand this Asmokon." It was then that Hebika decided to speak her own mind a little bit, explaining her little idea followed by displaying her own regenerative talents. It wasn't a bad idea, Zack thought, giving over one of their bodies to her in exchange for that healing ability. However, there was a problem.

"The issue with that is Fullbringers cannot use our abilities without our bodies, nor any of our individual talents. Unless you are able to tap into the abilities of your host, then by you possessing one of our bodies it's going to reduce our overall power by a large margin." Zack explained, looking about the room for a moment. "So, we need to figure out how to get Hebika into the facility when she lacks the skills that Shizuka or I have.." it seems that Zacks little errand he ran earlier in the day was a good idea.

Getting up from his seat and reaching into his briefcase to grab something, Zack approached Hebika and held out something for her. In his hand was a snake plush toy. "You shouldn't be a stranger to this." Zack stated, not really caring if she took offense to it. "Here's my idea. You don't need the body you currently have to use your abilities, so being in this won't affect your combat ability. You use this, hide with one of us, and we find someone whose body we can...appropriate for a time. It's either going to be this...or you trust one of us with your pill to find a body for you once inside." Zack stated with no hint of remorse or regret. He was telling, not asking, Hebika to either give up her current body to occupy a toy to sneak her inside, to find a new body for her, or to simply give them her pill for the same objective. With Hebikas lack of stealth skills, it was the only logical way they were getting her inside. Hopefully, and Zack was keeping this to himself, they could locate someone with authority and tenure...someone that Hebika would fit perfectly inside of.

[✠Asmoskon Masurao✠]

It seemed as if everything was going fairly well for the start of an assignment that was using some of the most powerful members of Xcution. Asmoskon normally wouldn't lead a mission like this for the simple reason that all individuals are vain. All of them had their own sense of pride and normally when entities got this powerful it only got worse. He had already gone through something much like this in the past where those on the mission with him felt they were stronger than him or smarter or simply just better and didn't need to listen to his plan. They could just get it done by themselves which always brought more problems to the table.

At the moment it was going so smooth all of them seemed to be getting along and Asmoskon had the feeling that this time there might be a chance to get everything done without extra baggage. Zack was contributing his knowledge of what normally happened in this situation with specifics of the past. It seemed that he didn't believe there would be high priority sensors anywhere other than the underground area. He could be right, but Asmoskon still couldn't risk losing a member of such a small elite squad simply by going with an assumption. Zack also was determined to make sure that the mission was on point by addressing the obvious. "Yes I know. Getting him back is a secondary priority. All of us at all times need to be on alter. If he's somehow being controlled as Shizuka believes than it won't be something to scuff off."

That was when Hebika spoke out and most of his hope for everything sunk. Hebika was simply thinking about herself and nothing else it seemed and why she was actually here. Hebika was addressing Asmoskon specifically after a bit and it seemed that she believed the only reason that she was in this mission was due to her ability as a Mod Soul to regenerate. She displayed the fact that she was one of the few that actually had the ability by breaking her hand off the wall. Asmoskon simply stood there unfazed for it was nothing different than any other recruit going off on a tangent about how they were either unneeded for the mission and didn't want to go or that they were to skilled and didn't need any help.

Asmoskon felt that she was somewhat correct to assume that Shizuka and Zack wouldn't be able to sustain high damage, but such a thing would rarely occur. Her healing made no lure of need for him it was something he had no use of. He hadn't been the individual to assign this squad only the one put in charge of seeing it through. He was about to address everything when Zack seemed to stand up and do it in his own way. Asmoskon stood glancing out of the window while he spoke to Hebika and about the problem of getting her into the building due to her lack of stealth. Asmoskon had one way of getting her inside of the building, but doing so would put the both of them at risk.

In the next moment though it seemed that the group meeting was ended by the outside source that was now outside the door. The door opened and walking into the room was a what appeared to be a young girl that couldn't be any older than fourteen. She had on a white dress with a grey hoodie. Long brown hair that reached past her shoulders and eyes to match. She looked throughout the room and then stopped realizing that there were already people in the room. "Oh I'm sorry I thought this was my room." She bowed for a moment and then began to step backwards out of the room. While it would catch all of their attention there wouldn't be anything outside the norm of the girl she had no reiatsu and pose no threat . . from what they could tell.

[Shizuka Sanamizu ✮]

Both Hebika and Zack were right. Shizuka didn't know if having Hebika act as a decoy was the best idea, and she was obviously here because she was strong. She didn't need stealth to do well in combat and they needed her explosive style. Almost no one could match Hebika on power alone unless they could outsmart her, and even Shizuka could attest to that (though she hated admitting it). Still, she only disagreed with Zack on one thing. She thought that Asmoskon's friend was valuable and knew he would be best back home and out of this organization's clutches.

The room was getting tense and Shizuka could feel it. Her darling Hebika was starting to act a little defensive, though the Fullbringer couldn't blame her. She was incredibly powerful, yet Asmoskon did not recognize that in her. He seemed to be getting ideas elsewhere and acting a little stand-offish towards the trio. Shizuka couldn't help but be suspicious of him, but it quickly died down as soon as a stranger entered the room. She was a young girl who appeared to be confused about where she was going, but Shizuka was the first to speak up after the child apologized for interrupting.

"It's okay, darling. You didn't know, and people make mistakes! Just be sure to find your parents, okay? Them or whoever else is here with you. I'm sure they're worried!"

She looked to be just a normal little girl with nothing special going on, but Shizuka didn't quite look past any of that. All she noticed was that it was odd to see someone randomly come into this room when it was obviously closed and private. It wasn't her business, but something caught her attention about that and it didn't really leave her mind for a while. Shizuka kind of hoped that one of her wonderful teammates would notice because she didn't want to act out of turn if she wasn't supposed to. Causing unnecessary damage wouldn't be good for their reputation and would probably annoy Zack, too.

Shizuka began briefly thinking about how important it is for them to get started. They'd been sitting there planning, and that was fine, but it wasn't going anywhere. What they needed to do was come to a consensus quickly and start making a move. For now, though, this girl hadn't left the room yet. Was she waiting for something? She apologized, which was fine, but that didn't seem to make her any more ready to get out of their hair. So what was this girl doing here? If she was lost, Shizuka thought it was about time she left.