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As he spoke Suzumi took the weapons out of her dufflebag, lay them on the table and disassembled them. One by one she put them back together, careful to clean and oil each piece as necessary. Close quarters, shotgun was a good choice. An M4 would also have been good, perhaps even better, but she did not have time to return to her hotel room. A pity.

The plan was pretty solid, she thought as she finished up on her sidearm. At least her part was. She liked it when it was fairly simple. The more complicated you made it, the bigger chance something would go awry.

She put on her body armour, which had filled the rest of her bag. Resistant vest and protectors for her joints. And her mask. He did say discreet. Master Exploder explained her gadgetry as Suzumi did this. As far as Suzumi was concerned the ear-piece acted as a communicator. Master Exploder would be taking care of it's other capabilities.

Suzumi usually didn't speak much while she was preparing and today wasn't an exception. There was something profound and relaxing to her about gearing up. It was as if she were finding her muse, the spark that lit the fires of her life. That this was the first true operation she was taking part in only made the feeling deeper. This was to be her first masterpiece.

After all, combat was her canvas and Suzumi was an artist. She was ready.

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I was working. I have two days off now, I can post

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To be honest I think he would work better as frontline or infiltration with that bloodline.

I mean he is basically King McGuyver

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"Because of the disguise thing?"

"Nyet", she responded. "<Because gypsies are thieves who cannot pass up a chance to liberate possessions from someone's care. You are, by your own admission, a kleptomaniac>"

Suzumi listened carefully to the general strategy he laid out. It was rather simplified - the details would obviously be later - but she got the points well enough. Suzumi thought to herself for a moment.

"<If we are assuming we have superior firepower and the element of surprise on our side, that is a good tactic. We must be careful though. If they see this coming they will have a significant terrain advantage>"

Any response was interrupted by a knocking outside. Another Butei gave a rather well hidden message in a simple sentence, something you would instantly understand if you knew the secret. It was good to work with professionals. "If you would excuse me, my fair lady." the Boss said, rising to open the door.

Suzumi snorted, smiling at that. Regular princess she was.

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She supposed people would find Mister Talks' power scary. Suzumi understood that fear but it didn't quite hold to her. With focus and will you could fight or at least resist such a power. However...

A sniper. That was interesting. That was scary. Snipers were strange people. Suzumi had no idea what to think of them. They were both reassuring and terrifying at the same time. On one hand they had your back. On the other hand they had your back. Suzumi didn't mind the idea of taking out an enemy who never saw you coming, but only when she was the one who was doing the taking.

The idea that one day she might be walking down the street and was suddenly dead is scary. All her training, all her skill, completely irrelevant in the face of the bullet she never got the chance to avoid. A bullet she never knew was coming.

Suzumi had a healthy respect for those who lurk behind the scope. She often didn't like them, but she most definitely always respected them.



Herr Doktor spoke up. Germans were also interesting. Especially German doctors. She half expected him to be a cackling madman in his spare time but he seemed okay. She didn't catch his bloodline but it might be something she knew. Was he perhaps the descendant of a World War doctor? Suzumi's knowledge of world history began and ended with the second World War. Something to look into later maybe.

The Doctor was followed by The Facestomper. Khan. Genghis Khan? She wondered if Facestomper ever considered professional fighting. Did professional fighting syndicates check for Bloodlines? She knew they didn't in Russia. At least the less reputable ones didn't.

Suzumi did not have a clever nickname to give the man calling himself Deuce. He had said a lot but had not given away much information. That seemed like a good skill to have for his kind of role. From the way he spoke it seemed as if this was not the first assignment for some people. Suzumi had been under the impression everyone here was fresh, excepting maybe the Gypsy Boss. She would keep an eye on Deuce but she did appreciate his personal professionalism; if Suzumi were captured and tortured a skilled interrogator could glean information from her - but she would have nothing to give them on this Deuce man.

Her brain broke down trying to comprehend all of the driver's speech. She did understand the woman was a driver at least. That was good.



Suzumi raised her eyebrows as the man beside her began speaking in Russian. "<I can speak and understand English, it is only the nuances and turn of phrase that elude me>" she explained. "<If you have something you need to say to me personally, Russian or Japanese would be good. You offer is kind, but I shouldn't need an actual translator unless someone overloads with pop culture or strange English colloquialisms>"

She took another drink of her water. "<So, Gypsy Boss, do we have a tactical plan yet or are we working on it?>"

Suzumi froze as she realized she'd called him Gypsy Boss and not his actual name. Crap

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Cheers mate

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As the others spoke it dawned on Suzumi that "icebreaking" was not literally meant. It was an English figure of speech. These things were going to take some getting used to. She wondered idly if any of them spoke Japanese.

Mister Talks, Master Exploder, Gypsy Boss and Bullet Whisperer all introduced themselves. Some of them stood up. Suzumi did not feel like standing up at the moment. She would speak though.

"I am Suzumi Kalashnikov. I am of Assault specialization", she began. "It should be of your notice that I am of Russia. English is not my first language. Please forgive any errors of my speaking.

Although I am of what you call a Bloodline, I am a simple soldier. I will be of trusting you to handle details just as you will be of trusting me to handle the shootings."

Suzumi looked around at the other Butei for a moment. She didn't exactly know what else to say. Social interaction wasn't her strong suit, having grown up almost entirely alone. Even in the Academy she was often too swamped with classes to actually talk with other students. She feared this was more testing of her than the actual firefight would be.

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Suzumi is willing to talk, she is just confused is all.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear-powered_icebreaker

English is her third language

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Oh, updates up. I will have to edit my post

EDIT: Done.

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Suzumi nodded in sympathy. She also did not like the mind-games and other past times of the intelligence corps. Superiority and posturing meant little to her. The important thing was that the other Assaults were good enough to have her back covered - if they could manage that then she was okay with them.

"So, what pieces did you bring along?", the other asked. "I've got an M4 in the bag, my Beretta on me and a knife in my pocket. Got a shotty and a few more pieces comin up too, a G36A2 and a pretty fresh AK-74 too."

Suzumi raised her eyebrows. "If you were of wanting an Avtomat Kalashnikova - an AK weapon - it is simple to ask of me in future. Mikhail Kalashnikov was my great-grandfather. His weapons it is of greatest of ease for me to procure."

She took another sip of water and checked the time. She lowered her voice. "I am of travelling lightly today. Saiga automatic shotgun. Two SIG sidearm. Knife. Little pistol of darts. I get that one because I am told we are not usually of shooting everyone."

People around the coffee place stood up and moved to the windows. Supposedly there was something going on outside that was attracting everyone's attention. Suzumi scowled.

"This is not of boding well"

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The management - who turned out to be Butei - kicked everyone out of the store except a handful of people. These would be of course her team mates. She supposed this was a good thing. She hadn't been watching intently but no one outside of her and perhaps the Bullet Whisperer were obviously agents. Maybe this meant they were good at their jobs. Pipe dream maybe more than a dream.

Holograms appeared. Suzumi didn't care much, that was not interesting. At least until it showed a blueprint of the warehouse. THIS was interesting. Suzumi carefully studied it, only hearing the words "lethal force is permitted" in the speech.

She did not particularly care about whatever plans they cooked up. They would tell her what to do and she would do it. But the blueprints were important.

"Well, we have a few hours to prep. In the meantime, we can do the usual introductions and icebreaker thing."

Suzumi looked at him with visible confusion. Icebreaker? As in the nuclear boat?