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[icequeen_aran]

Who: icequeen-aran, things-go-boom, pedaltothemetal, pkmachomega, noheroesinwar
What: TIME TO FIND METAL GEAR REX but what else will be found?
Where: ALASKA
When: DATE FLEXIBLE; let's say December 21st for now.
Warnings: Lash, Bounty Hunters, Alaskan Wolf Dogs and so forth.

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[things_go_boom]

Unbeknownst to one(1) Samus Aran, Lash had been installing a series of sniffers over the network ever since their spats with Capcom High had ended. Oh sure, now they had the whole exchange student thing going on, but it didn't mean someone from there wouldn't try to get into the network.

Which was her first guess, when something in her series of computers beeped loudly to announce to her that one of the computers on campus was being hacked. No one hacked into the network! No one but her.

"Nuh uh! Nice try, whoever you are, but I'm gonna be waaay better than you!" Commence furious typing action.

[icequeen_aran]

Hacking into Otacon's computer proved to be no easy task. In fact, Samus wasn't sure she was even half-way close when someone picked up her trail.

Shit.

Who was this hacker hacking her hacking? Hopefully not Otacon.

You won't stop me.

Samus began her own symphony of furious typing--dodging and evading this very determined sniffer in a virtual equivalent of a dogfight while pressing onwards for any old data on Otacon's computer relating to REX. She wasn't going to pull out of this so soon.

[things_go_boom]

This person was good. Really good.

"But I'm still better," she told no one but herself, glad neither Kumatora or Skarmory was there to see her. They might have accidentally gotten her out of this concentrated groove. "I'll give them something they'll really regret!" she added, pushing a few more things in.

Hey weirdo! Keep rummaging and I'll give you a real reason to start hacking!

[icequeen_aran]

Similarly, Samus was glad Falcon wasn't around--though she wouldn't count on that blessing for too long.

She would have preferred him to not see an skull-and-cross-bones with an afro pop up on her computer screen. What few people Samus suspected of trailing her were now quickly narrowed down to just one.

Lash, this isn't any of your business.

[icequeen_aran]

While Lash was being the bestest girlfriend ever and totally not doing the opposite of what Samus asked, Samus finished packing the essentials and plotting out a course.

Her initial plan was of course to fly the gunship over; it was fast, it had weapons that could probably take out REX with minimal collateral damage, or worst-off, she use the grapple-beam on the ship to move it somewhere else. ...But with Lash involved she was rethinking this for several reasons.

One; it was Lash, two; Falcon would no doubt question her about it/disapprove Lash's involvement, and three; a quick peak at the weather proved rather foreboding for flying craft, even one as advanced as her ship. A monster of a storm swirled around the Archipelago with thick clouds and dangerously high winds. At the calmer center was predictably Shadow Moses Island... but everywhere around it was perilous. Stakes were a little high in this one, and the absolute last thing Samus needed was a crash landing with a passenger on board, leaving them stranded in the middle of

[things_go_boom]

Lash on the other hand, had a pretty quiet preparation, post sending things out to be taken care of when she was gone and messages to boyfriends that totally didn't mean he should follow her (and she totally didn't have a canned, surprise face if he did. "Wow. How did he do that. I am sooo surprised.")

The method was transport was actually in her mind as well; part of her really hoped Samus was going to let her go into the gunship but she had a feeling that after this hacking episode she'd probably be afraid of letting her neat her more important stuff (sadly). They could take her transforming vehicle, but that was something mostly kept secret to only a few - an ace she most certainly didn't want to give in. Better let her fellow teacher drive (so to speak) as to what they'd be doing and with what vehicles they'd use.

When Samus got there, she would find one(1) afro wunderkind sitting with an oversize backpack, and dressed up in a wintercoat that looked to be itchy from the way she kept scratching her neck.

[icequeen_aran]

Driving so to speak, yes. Samus pulled up to Lash and motioned for her to get on.

At least she packed... well. And itchy. Samus had chosen to go with the leather jacket with the collar popped up and long sleeves under that. And Zero Suit under all that... just in case.

[things_go_boom]

Didn't have to tell Lash twice! With one swift motion, she jumped behind and...awkwardly held on to Samus.

Yeaaaaah.

"Okay I'm ready!" Scratch, scratch, scratch. "So...what are we doing exactly? Unless this bike can fly..."

[pedaltothemetal]

MEANWHILE, Falcon had most certainly heard the other bounty hunter come home, shuffle around for a short while, and then just as suddenly disappear again without so much as saying hello.

He waited until the bike engine was out of earshot before sneaking downstairs, and doing what any trusting boyfriend would do.

That is, searching Samus' computer (the two of them really needed to lock those things down properly). What he found was both confusing and frustrating. Warp pipe maps to...Alaska? Messages to Lash?

The Captain was kind of sick of all this.

There was only one thing he could do. He picked up his phone and called...

Claus.

[pkmachomega]

Well, there was a phone number Claus wasn't used to seeing pop up on his phone. Unfortunately he had missed it because he was checking his voicemail and didn't know how to switch over to call waiting. He called him back, though.

"Coach Falcon?"

[pedaltothemetal]

Well, this was awkward. There was definitely a reason why Falcon didn't make personal phone calls to students.

"Uh. Yes. Hello."

Pause.

"You're not in trouble. Did Lash tell you about a trip? Possibly to Alaska?"