The Manalands

[Crazienous]

Jon brushed himself, straightening as he'd gotten the 'weight' off his arm, gathering up his previous composure as he did, though the corner of his mouth twitched up for a second, creating a look of semi-amusement, though bland concidering his face was otherwise unchanged from the lazy look on his sleeve, wondering if it had stretched or not.
"Concidering the girl's here for a book and the bone head's..." he paused for a moment, having taken a glance at each respectively, though his eye stuck on Necro for a while longer, brow raising ever so slightly as he stared, soon peeling his eye off of him as he shrughed grimly, "quite the load there, and..." returning to a blank frown as he glanced at Seth, as if he'd continue the cycle, but without a word spoken of the thought running through his mind, though his eye seemed to glace over, not as eager as for the other two, sifting towards the eyepatch for a moment as he moved his sight to the table, hand checking if it had moved any.
"as I said, my talents aren't people friendly, but they have their uses. of course, the place isn't very people friendly either after all?" he added as if in thought, though seeming to be mulling over thoughts of something else while moving his hand behind him again.

((*flails because words escape the words required to make sence of*))

[Crow]

Necrosis' White eyes flashed towards Jon as he spoke. Not a glare, but more or less a surprised look. He couldn't help feeling like this guy knew more than he should, something Necro would move to remedy if he began to think he would endanger The mission his boss had set for him. He looked over at the Feline after filing away Jon as a potential threat in his head. The girl was after something..? Good she would be a good distraction.. what was that Crow always saying? Girls are always the best distraction when you want something from another guy..

Necro shook the idea from his head. Even thinking about advice from that guy was head-ache inducing. He looked over at Seth with a grimace. "I'm afraid My Boss doesn't take to being talked about... He'll introduce himself, I feel. When the time is right.." Necro scratched the Bone on his neck again, same nervous reaction. Most people had trouble dealing with The Boss' apparent lack of tact... or regard for most other peoples feelings for that matter. "So, if you don't mind taking anonymous funding, I'm sure we can come to some form of an agreement..."

[Dregan]

Seth let out a deep sigh, placing his forehead into his palm. He let out one long, shakey breath. Up to this point, though becoming annoyed, he'd at least sat there quite straight faced through it all. It seemed to be getting now to a somewhat more visible point.
"You see..." he spoke, "You see... the problem I'm having here is... I seem to be expected to entrust myself, and this expedition... to people who seem to up-front refuse to tell me the most basic things."

There was another short pause. It hung in the air, unpleasantly, like a spiderweb too thick to clear.
"You..." he began at Jon, "You keep telling me how 'useful' you are, how 'helpful' your talents may be. Yet when asked HOW you can be useful, HOW you will be helpful, all you tell me is 'Yes. Yes I will be helpful.' I am waiting for evidence of this! I am waiting to know HOW you'll be helpful WHAT you'll bring to them team! Teling me how good you apparently are, and then having nothing to back it up with does NOT instill confidence in you."

He let the point hang in the air. He felt he'd made it many times already in this meeting, and yet, noone was listening. Maybe now he'd had to raise his voice somewhat, Jon would get the picture?
Turning now, he set his attention on Necrosis. This one seemed to be trying his hardest to avoid giving anything too relevant away.
"You," his gloved hand pointed for emphasis, "You should probably be aware I'm the head of Dragon Corp. This means I have enough money to run this without anonymous resources. This also means however, I have many rival companies, some who would probably be quite happy to see me out of the way in another company. As such, you might forgive me for not quite liking the idea of having a representative from an individual who will give no information on himself tagging along with the prime resource being something I don't technically need."
Technically, as far as Seth was aware, he technically was not the target of any companies sights at this moment in time. Still couldn't afford to be too careful, and this deal seemed far to dodgy to go on as it was.

Lastly he turned to Delphie. She seemed pretty relaxed really for the tense aura.
"And as for you..." Seth paused briefly, realising, at this moment in time, technically she had not done anything all that wrong, "You... keep it up." He paused, nodding to himself, before turning back to Jon.

[cyborgfox]

Blue orbs slid to rest on Jon's form, widening slightly at his statement about her. How did he know her intentions? Shuffling through her memory she didn't remember ever talking about the book to any of them. The mobian kept the rest of her emotions locked up. It was pointless to cause a scene when no one decided it was coversation worthy. Moving away from the wall her tail swished after hearing Seth's comment. It pleased her to know atleast someone knew how much of a good girl she could be.

Silently she smiled at him before shifting her attention back to Jon; deep down she was extremely unsettled with the way he seemed to read her mind. Wiping the smile from her face she frown slightly, did he also know of her plans for him? Possibly, she concluded. Twitching her ears she had to rethink her plan she'd plotted previously.

(I know it's short)

[Crazienous]

((-denied unless is going to go out of character and pull a minigun out of his rear, wich I don't think is happenig anytime soon... cherios~ *goes bash head into cactus till next round*-))

[Crow]

Necrosis couldn't help but chuckle under his breath a little. Seth had apparently completely overlooked everything Jon had just said, this was good news for Him, since Jon had commented on his mission. It took only a second for him to process what Seth had said to him in response to Necro's dodging the questions about the organization He worked for. He began to think It would be all right, if he only talked about the front of Freedom. The weapons contracts.. or Maybe the Bio engineering. Either one would suffice...

"I see, you're not a person to be tricked it would seem" A fake smile came to Necrosis lips and he chuckled. "My Boss is called Vayne, he runs Freedom industries. We're big on our Bio-engineering. If I'm permitted to join, I'll be bringing back samples for our scientists to study.."

[Dregan]

Seth blinked for a second. 'Bio-engineering' eh? That was... interesting. Curious. A coincidence perhaps? Maybe, maybe not, though most people didn't know. If that's what they wanted to find though...
"Fine," he spoke up, the hint of a smile on his face, "You may join."

Slowly he turned to Jon. It didn't look like anyone else was coming... Still, he didn't want the potential of dead weight. Nor the potential of dead.
"Jon... you're leaving me quite in the dark about your... 'supernaturalisms', I'll call them. And I'm beginning to get the idea it's going to stay that way..." he placed his fingers together in front of his face, "As such, if you wish to join me on the trip, but can't evidence me your use through that, we'll compromise in finding a talent in the more mundane within reason for me to take you..."
Slowly, he leant back on the chair. Two shoes lifted themselves onto the table as Seth thought.
"Okay... any one of these things... any one and you tell me..." Seth stroked his chin, "Are you capable of cooking, navigating, climbing, interpretting data, mapping unusual terrain, managing team spirits, collecting and storing samples, building and crafting basic structures, or demonstrating and applying any basic survival techniques for a desert or wilderness environment?" He seemed more hopeful than anything. Any excuse would do.

[cyborgfox]

Taking a step towards Seth the feline swished her tail, "While I might not be the best, I'm rather fond of cooking things," she announced proudly. With her ice abilities she felt also useful in the survival field, after all, one could only go so long without water. Ice was just frozen water particles, she concluded silently and felt her palms surge with magical energy.

Her ear twitched at the name Freedom, the name seemed familiar. Still thinking over where she'd heard that name from Delphie frowned. Had someone mentioned it to her? Instantly she connected the two together, she'd heard it while talking with some other mobians awhile back. As she recalled not much had been revealed about the company, all she got from it was that they made weapons.

(Yep...)

[Crazienous]

Jon nodded in agreement.

((derp de derping derp derp derp. they see me trollin', they hatin'...))

[Crow]

Necrosis Nodded, apparently fine that He was allowed to Join in on the expedition. He couldn't help looking around the room, unaware if there was anything else to say.. He couldn't help noticing the reaction his companies name had on the Girl. He hadn't bothered looking into anyone else who might have joined, perhaps he should have done so.. It might cause trouble if She let on to this guy if She knew What Freedom's actual job was. His eyes swiveled around to Jon, who seemed less than enthusiastic. "Seems we have a couple of Cooks... I'm fine with data Management and sample storing.." He couldn't help but chuckle again..

[Dregan]

((Started typing. Computer deleted. Hate computer forever. ;-; ))

Seth looked from person to person. Well, apparently they all had some use... even if the uses in some cases were rather unclear. It was a team of sorts.
There were problems. Lots of problems. Whether in terms of trust and secrecy, or in skills and reliability, it was evident each and every person here had something for Seth to take issue with. In all honesty, he would have much preferred a different team. Unfortunately at the same time... that door didn't look like it was going to be swinging again. He was gonna have to take what he'd been given, and work with it to the best of his ability.
"Right... all of you..." Seth paused for a second, thinking, "In a weeks time, all four of us shall be travelling to the Manalands. This gives you ample time to make preperation. I intend to spend two weeks in the Manalands itself collecting data, with your assistance. Dragon Corp., under my supervision, is supplying all our basic needs - tents, food, water, all of that. However, you will have to provide your own clothes, as well as any extra personal items you either wish or feel the need to possess on the journey. Though if you are bringing anything extra, don't forget that we have limited space. We won't always have to carry everything - we'll be using our mode of transport as the main base when we get there, so things can stay in there if need be. Tents and things are only for when we journey outwards from this central base for longer than a single day. The meeting place shall be outside this building, one week from now, at exactly 2pm, so make sure to bring what you're wanting to take with you then. We aren't coming back for anything once we've set off."
He paused for a short while, allowing the information to sink in. He knew he'd just told them a lot in one go, but he believed it to be easily understandable.
"Bearing in mind how small the likelihood of us encountering each other in the space of time between now and next week, does anyone have any questions they wish to bring forward to me now?"
Just as he was when they'd first entered. Calm, formal. If there was still any forms of stress there, it became evident he was becoming rather good at controlling them.

[cyborgfox]

Frowning slightly at his absence of praise she crossed her arms. Twitching her ears the feline processed the information given to her. She had a week's time for preparations, which means she'd have a bit of time to talk with her "compainions". Perhaps this was the best time for her to speak with Jon in private once they left the room. It could be harder to find the skeleton once he left but she was confident she'd find him wandering about. As for Seth, he was a part of the company, which meant he'd possibly be here for the time.

Calculating eyes stared over at Jon as she wondered what course of action she should take. There was always the possibilty of catching the wolf's attention or even so much as dragging him out of the room. Both would cause suspicion in the other two's eyes she concluded and was left in silent thought.

(Doesn't know what to type... Dx)

[Crazienous]

"not that I'm one to say, but you're already being suspicious, lass." Jon said under his breath, leaning slightly in Delphie's direction as he did, as if telling a child not to touch the cookie jar. he glanced at the other two with a slight bow of the head, soon after moving towards the door without another word, dissapearing out the hallway he had come.

((short, but atleast I can have my 6 am shot of "less than eager but still able to"-post))

[Crow]

With a chuckle, Necrosis couldn't help taking a last glance at Delphie. She was acting rather suspicious, and what was this about a book Jon had said earlier..? The girl warranted caution as well, and he had a week to gather information on these four... traveling companions. There wouldn't be a single secret he didnt know about them, He'd ask His Boss to let him use Freedom's resources to help him on this. With a bow of his head, Necrosis turned towards the door himself. "See you in a week, stay safe now~"

(ewww... Uber Short post for me...)

[Dregan]

Seth watched silently as Jon and Necrosis made their exits. He gave a seconds pause, leaning back and laying his feet atop the table.
"Well then..." he spoke, more to himself than anyone else, "I supposed that means neither of them have any questions..."
He tapped his fingers rythmically against the table a few types. A hard tapping.
"Any questions of your own Miss Cross? If not, we shall leave it here, and see each other in a weeks time."