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5 yrs ago
Current Today I reached the conclusion that, if presented with an exact duplicate of herself, one of my characters would DEFINITELY hit that.
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5 yrs ago
They're not LONG chapters; but the fact I've managed to right 2 meh and 4 half decent ones in 4 days makes me very happy with myself.
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5 yrs ago
Wow, I just realized it's been a full year since the Avadon incident.
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5 yrs ago
Decided to half-ass nanowrimo by doing a RWBY OC fanfic I've been thniking about for ages. The fight scene I'm working on rn just feels.... right.
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5 yrs ago
According to the scale i just weighed in on I'm down to 313 from a starting point of 330 when i started going to the gym a little ovver a month ago
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@KatherinWinter

Since Argus has been with the agency for awhile, would it be alright if I reference some real world events as being related to the agency's work as past missions? Figure it might be nice for him to be able to reference things that have happened during his tenure as an agent.
@KatherinWinter
Ah, right. I getcha.
@KatherinWinter

If you've got NPC mages or the like that's fine by me.
Also I just realized if they're being placed under a mage for training that means Rost is gonna have like four students following him around.

He can probably pawn Amaya off on another agent with powers more similar to hers though; probably Richard or Argus as they're in that same "conduit of raw maagical energy" sort of class.

Mason, once his binding has been put up to the next level, can work with anyone since Rost won't have to constantly monitor it.
@KatherinWinter

Some information you can gather from backstories;

For the moment at least Griffin, Rost, and Argus seem to be the highest ranked agents in play.

Rost theoretically holds the highest rank of those three as he is both a field agent with seniority holds a special title as the head of research and development.

Griffin is the most senior agent but holds no known special titles; he is a representative of the vampiric court but that does not seem to hold any specific weight within BOSA other than his presence as an agent being a deterrent of open conflict between the two groups.

Overall I would give Rost and Griffin a tie in term of chain of command with who is considered the most senior agent depending purely on context.

Argus has the roughly same level of seniority as Rost but falls at the bottom of the totem pole for senior agents because he was on working probation for the agency until recently.

I can't pin down when precisely Richard joined but he doesn't seem to be brand new; of the newer agents he is most likely the highest in seniority but has not been with the agency long enough to be trusted as the lead for more complex cases just yet. His prior military experience would make him a candidate for early promotion once he has undergone field evaluation by a more senior agent.

Amaya and Mason are both brand new additions to the agency and thus hold no seniority; they are rookie agents still within what you could call a trial period. They have no prior military or police experience and do not have many skills which would qualify them for specialist titles.

Basically, they're interns.

Astra is a special case as far as seniority goes; though she has only just been activated she was reprogrammed to be loyal to the agency and possesses skills and abilities that could easily earn her a specialist rank to bump her further up the ladder than those with comparable time served.

Digi's characters are new to BOSA but do have prior experience with a comparable organization. Under most circumstances this would put them in the same boat as Richard, but since they have ties to an active organization with which BOSA does not have a treaty or alliance they would likely be placed under the supervision of a trusted individual within the agency to determine whether they are spies or legitimate allies.

By the way I read WAY more military fiction than I probably should.
@KatherinWinter

Something I've been musing about for a few days and figure I'd suggest, if you wanted to get a better sense of forward momentum for the story you could put together a formal in-universe ranking system for agents (similar to the organizational structures of real world organizations) based on specializations, seniority, and mission clearance ratings.

Not in any way a necessity, just thought it could be fun.

EDIT: for an example, the current CIA organizational chart:


Anything you put together could be simplified of course; BOSA isn't nearly as large of an agency as the CIA.
Could even be a joint effort; one team keeping them alive while another tries to find out who sent it and why so they can stop it.
Fine by me.

Agents being assigned to play incognito bodyguard for a civilian that's being hunted by some flavor of supernatural assassin could be interesting.
Looks like we're all agreed then. With that, we can go ahead and get to the next round of missions I believe?
It predates the current age and originates from a period where humans, angels, and djinn living in that region weren't on such... hostile terms.

As a species, the Djinn are quite good at keeping records; they rarely forget things.
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