| Project Integration Debriefing |
[24 Feb 2008|10:33am] |
Friday, February 25, 2012
9pm
Thunderbird Museum
Nellis Air Force Base, Las Vegas, Nevada
For the occasion of the Project Integration debriefing, the hanger had been transformed into an auditorium of sorts. Dozens of chairs stood in neat rows in the shadow of out-of-commission aircraft, symbols of antiquated American might. At the fore, a stage had been built with a blue curtain behind it. There was a podium with a microphone alongside an array of flags. The seal of the Department of Homeland Security was emblazoned on the front.
It would've looked like a press conference, were it not for the absence of media. No cameras or recording devices of any kind were allowed, save for the memories of those attending. They were instructed to enter via the security gate on Tyndall Avenue, where a sentry was posted to verify identification against a list. Once inside the grounds, attendees were filed through a series of what looked like metal detectors, but were actually high-tech x-ray equipment, such as might be seen scanning luggage at an airport. Wherever the shape of a weapon (artifical of course) could be made out, the attendee was asked to step aside and place it in a locker of sorts. It could be retrieved afterward. The scent of government magic was heavy on the air. It smelled a lot like ozone. The spells made certain that any attempts at a physical altercation were met with paralyzing numbness.
On stage, several Federal Agents were in place. Agents Dahlia Rimes and Jack Ballantine were near the podium. She spoke to her colleague with a hand placed over the microphone, never entirely trusting that the equipment hadn't been turned on yet. Other familiar faces could be distinguished in the crowd of suits-- Agents Daniel Sparrow, Thomas Purvis, and Wendell Jenkins among them.
Slowly the supernatural crowd began to filter into the hanger. There were humans who had been blessed (or cursed, depending on perspective) with unusual abilities, and some humans who were simply hooked into the supernatural underground and considered good fighters or sources of information (i.e. potential hunters, informants or spies). There were hybrids, too... Beings with one human and one demon parent, or who had simply been infected over the course of their lives. There were also demons there, who the government had researched and decided might be good candidates for Project Integration, because they might be inclined to serve, once they'd heard of the benefits of joining and the consequences of not doing so.
Agent Rimes had every intention of waiting for the crowd to thicken before she began. Anticipating that some would not report on time, she planned to give them about ten minutes' grace time before she had to start the address.
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