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Leave Me Breathless [active]

Character(s): Nemo and anyone who agreed to help him in his MB post.
Content: Nemo lays out his pest control plan.
Setting: Paixao Central Station--possibly to other parts of Paixao as well.
Time: Afternoon, week 42. After this MB post.
Warnings: A few cracks in the wall?
Note: Nemo will have given each person who responded to his MB thread a different time to meet him. This will be done party style, with the times serving as the header. I'll add more sub-threads depending on how many people agree to help him.

It seemed his message had gathered some attention. Good. Any little bit helped, and he really couldn't thank them enough for their aid. It was a little difficult to make sure everyone managed to get their own personal meeting with him, but it would be well worth it.

Even if a small group of people might disagree, no one wanted pests to remain unchecked, did they?

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Terra arrived right on time. He wasn't sure what to expect from this meeting, the man's request seemed innocuous enough. (Though, that line had gotten him in trouble too many times) buy the boy warned him to be careful, so careful he would be. If anything suspicious happened, Terra would stop it.

"There you are!" Nemo said, arms spread in welcome as approached Terra. "I should have expected you to be the punctual type. Sorry again for not giving you the details on the network, but I wanted to spare at least a little caution. It's hard to know who to trust here. You didn't seem to match the description of any of those Organization members I was given, so I thought you would be safe."

"So what, exactly, are the details?" Terra asked. The man seemed to consider the Organization the enemy, so this couldn't be that bad, right.

"Straight to business. I like that. I'll keep things simple, too. I've occasionally been hearing some strange, mechanical noises in the dome walls at certain locations. The seem to be in areas between the gates, so you can see why I'd be a little suspicious. The more I think about it and how these Organization members are keeping tabs on us, the more I'm starting to think we're being watched," he explained.

"So, all I need you to do is get a good crack at a particular location of the dome and take a look at it. If there's some kind of machine there, go ahead and get rid of it. If not, it's just a small crack--an easy fix. I'll even help clean things up as a gesture of good will." Nemo shrugged a little. "I would have done it myself, but I don't have the strength to get through without considerable help. The quicker we get this done, the better, right?"

Twilight was not only on time, but even a minute or two early. She was a little wary, however. This human seemed... weird, and definitely not the good kind of weird. She might have shrugged it off at first as a "human thing", but the more she had been around them, the more she was finding they really weren't any different from pony kind.

She was still only guessing that she had understood what he'd meant. The only other kind of "bug" that she knew of was a kind of listening device or listening spell to "bug" a room. That was the only other 'bug' she knew of, and the way he was acting seemed to suggest that's what he meant.

It... was a pony. Great. Frankly, Nemo wasn't sure whether he should be happy that he wasn't quite as out of his mind as he thought, or if he should just chalk this up to another annoyance. Well, as long as she (he guessed it was a she) could do the job, it really wasn't all that important.

"I didn't expect anyone to come early," he said, walking up with a small, cool smile.

No. He was not going to let the fact that he was talking to a purple unicorn get the best of him. He had a job to do.

"So, I just have to help you look for anything that the Organization might be using to spy on us? Is that all?" It was a somewhat odd request, but Terra didn't really see the harm in it, not in the long run, wouldn't making it so Xehanort couldn't keep tabs on them be the right thing to do? This whole problem was partially his fault, after all.

"Exactly. It's a small request, but something tells me it's a small request for big risks. ...Still up for it?"

"I'm up for it." Terra replied as he summoned Ends of the Earth to his hands.

"Am I too early? I mean, I can always leave and come back," she offered, although being only a minute or so early wasn't really that big a deal. She just hadn't really been doing anything when he'd asked her to come, so it had been hard enough making sure she wasn't ridiculously early.

That was an interesting weapon there. The kid must have been some kind of Hero. "Good! Good. I've got a few other people helping me out, so I'll just send you out to one. Less work for you, and a quicker check. It should be somewhere in the vicinity of I3. You should get there quicker if you take the train to Aiche's Memorial Hospital."

"Not at all. What's a few minutes less? It just helps us both take care of this problem quicker," he said, waving a hand dismissively.

"Right! So, what is this problem?" Twilight asked, looking up at the human. She generally felt small in this place, as everyone and everything was a large larger than she was used to, but this human really made her feel especially tiny, though somehow it wasn't just his height.

Yeah, there was definitely something creepy and kind of intimidating about him.

"You've heard of the Organization, haven't you? I have reason to believe they might be spying on us, using some kind of device in the walls of the dome. I've heard a few mechanical stirrings within the walls from time to time. It might be whatever they're using to control the climate, or..." He let the sentence hang.

"In the walls?"

Twilight's gaze drifting toward's one of the dome's distant walls. It did seem like they did want everyone to stay in here, didn't it? As much as this guy creeped her out, there was some logic to his suggestion.

"Okay... that does sound kind of suspicious. What do you think we should do about it?"

Nemo shrugged. "Nothing too drastic. Just opening up a few locations in the walls--a crack or two--and taking a peek. If there's something there, we can take care of it. If it turns out there's nothing to worry about, I'll personally help with fixing the damage. I just can't get through it on my own."

Terra nodded in agreement. "That sounds like a plan. What should I do if I find something, then?"

"Go ahead and get rid of it. It might be good to let people know that it's there, too." The second sentence was more of an afterthought than anything else.

Given that first he had to set about closing shop for a moment, and then deal with making sure that he still had everything he'd need for this, Cid arrived a little late. Not so much so as to make look like he hadn't been trying to arrive on time, but all the same, he wasn't there exactly on time. He didn't much care though. If the guy he was supposed to meet was gonna be that much of stickler about time then he could just elsewhere. Wasn't like he was all that interested in whatever was lurking in the walls.

Edited 2012-07-20 18:28 (UTC)

Nemo didn't really mind his help being late. It wasn't as though he was on a strict schedule or anything and he had asked all of them to volunteer on short notice. And he had other ways of getting what he needed if things fell through.

"I didn't think I'd get so many volunteers this quickly. You people really are a helpful bunch."

Nemo stared up at the domes with a small smirk. He was a little behind schedule, but that wasn't too much of a problem. His volunteers had surely completed their tasks by now and really, he couldn't thank them enough.

He held his gaze on the domes a moment longer before turning and walking away, seemingly satisfied. The architecture was nice, he thought as he began his trek to the fields. Inside and out, it the city of Paixao was a sight to behold. Artwork of precious gems and glass, gatherings of people from infinite worlds, a style of city he hadn't seen in decades...

It was almost too bad. But, sacrifices needed to be made. As he had said on the network, there were pests to be gotten rid of, and the exterminator had come.

Nemo's usual smirk became an out-and-out grin as he pressed the button on the detonator to the explosives on top of the dome, bought in the Netherworld, placed by hired Winged demons. "Boom."

And then, weakened by various battles held within its walls and the cracks those kind, kind volunteers had made, the dome began to crack...

And crumble.

"Well... I guess checking out a few spots wouldn't hurt," Twilight replied, now looking thoughtful, pondering how to best do it. She didn't want to cause any damage, after all.

"It ain't like there's much else to do in the city," Cid answered. "So I ain't surprised you got a good couple of people answering."

Hell, he'd answered, and he had his own share of things to do. He hadn't really been making any sort of progress on his various projects, but that didn't mean he didn't have them. Even the shop was something to keep him busy, for all that he didn't exactly have a whole lot of customers.

"Oh, you don't need to check out that many. Just one would be fine. I don't want to inconvenience anyone." Maybe the spot near Niflheim would be better for this one.

Nemo grinned. "Whatever helps pass the time... Not the best policy, but as long as it gets you by, right? Well, whatever your reason, you didn't come here to hear me talk, did you? Shall we get down to business?"

"I'm listening."

Maybe not without a certain amount of skepticism, but he was listening all the same. Besides, hadn't that been the point of them meeting in the first place? To talk about whatever it was they were supposed to be talking about.

"As I said before, I think there might be a few bugs in the walls. Not many, and probably positioned between each of the entrances to make sure they keep a close eye on everyone. I'm not looking for too big an operation here, just for a few people to check certain areas--a crack in the walls and a quick check. If there's nothing there, we'll just patch the walls up and everything will be fine," Nemo explained.

"I just want to make sure that Organization I've heard so much about doesn't have their fingers where they don't belong."

"Guess I wouldn't put it past them," Cid answered with a vague sort of shrug. "Can't say I'll find a damn thing for you, but hell, I can get a couple of cracks open for you. You got a place I'm supposed be poking?"

After all, the city was a damned big place and it wasn't like he was gonna try hitting everywhere. A few places, sure. But not everywhere.

"That's not really a problem. I wouldn't say finding nothing's a bad result, would you?" And that much was true, at least. "Somewhere in the I8 area should be good. I have a few other people checking some places, so that spot should be good."

"Sure. I'll see what I can do for you."

Hell, maybe knocking a few holes in the wall will actually turn out to be somewhat therapeutic. After all, the place isn't exactly being any more tolerable despite the length of his stay. If anything, it's getting worse and he still doesn't have the access to the sky he'd like.

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