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Post by Evangeline on Jun 17, 2008 22:33:36 GMT -5
I'm thinking of some foreign power that might be a little jealous of the advantages that humans might potentially provide, and they might be, at the very least, sending agents to sniff around. That's one of the reasons why CIA people might be hanging about, to serve as a deterrent to such elements.
I could see an expeditionary force coming together to see what's left. Such things take time to put together on a large scale, so a time jump might be involved.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 17, 2008 22:45:52 GMT -5
A foreign power say like Russia or China? Either of these two could be the jealous foreign power.
And I want to wait until IPD comes back before we timejump and see what she has to say about it.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 17, 2008 22:58:18 GMT -5
The Russians aren't quite the machine they used to be, but could be troublesome enough.
The Chinese tend to be more subtle, and have the wherewithall to infiltrate an area more effectively. They can also manipulate leftists and academia into carrying their water, or outright bribe people. One cop or local political leader with a few problems could provide them with a crack.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 17, 2008 23:06:20 GMT -5
China would be a good bet then for the jealous foreign power. I would think that they would somehow hear about Stephanie's shapeshifting abilities and the fact that she's a human that they come up with the idea to kidnap her.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 17, 2008 23:09:50 GMT -5
China also has its various factions jockeying for advantage. One group could be doing things without the knowledge of the others. That also provides plausible deniability for the top levels of the government.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 17, 2008 23:17:16 GMT -5
That could also provide some room for spies and the like who would want to get a piece of the action, I think...
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 18, 2008 0:46:02 GMT -5
That sounds pretty interesting.
I'll just need to figure out how Phoenix is going to fit into all of it.
Maybe have a couple of the kids that seem 'different' disappear as well like maybe Artemis and Gryff as well.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 18, 2008 8:28:18 GMT -5
That sounds pretty interesting. I'll just need to figure out how Phoenix is going to fit into all of it. Maybe have a couple of the kids that seem 'different' disappear as well like maybe Artemis and Gryff as well. Artemis hasn't shown her empathic abilities yet as they currently have a block up on them. Don't know how the spies find that out unless Ebony talks about it or something. Maybe she could help track the missing kids down and the Chinese spies get a dose of retaliatory magic as punishment for kidnapping the kids. As for me, I just need to figure out when to do the shapeshifting thing with Stephanie when she copies her mother. Wonder how Phoenix is going to react to that?
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 18, 2008 11:01:11 GMT -5
They could overhear, Ebony could be asking Phoenix about the block.
And Phoenix would be more than glad to give them a bolt to the bumper.
And Phoenix would wonder if Lynx found the wolf pup, confuse her for a bit until she figured out who it was.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 18, 2008 11:22:00 GMT -5
That sounds reasonable. I like it.
Although, there's one more little problem. Something or someone's gotta get Delfina to shift into her wolf form so Stephanie can copy her and then wander off where Lynx can find her.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 18, 2008 11:36:25 GMT -5
Maybe a quadwolf sneaks up on them riding horses and Delfina shifts to scare it off.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 18, 2008 11:38:55 GMT -5
That would work.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 18, 2008 18:58:22 GMT -5
For now, they wouldn't be letting a three-year-old ride a horse anywhere but on a lead line in an enclosed area, at a walk. Maybe, as time goes on, Stephanie gets impatient when she sees that the nomad kids residing at the complex are already galloping around and they're not much older than she is.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 18, 2008 19:06:24 GMT -5
Hm, maybe they be doing something else then, like the family is having an outing or something together.
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Post by Evangeline on Jun 18, 2008 19:12:52 GMT -5
That would work, definitely.
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