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Wilson nodded to Jordan as he arrived. “Hey.” He smiled at Cass. “No problem. I’m always glad to help another person out.” He turned to focus on Bree while he listened to Cass clue the three of them in. Her last word caught his attention. That was rather flat. Wilson crossed his arms as he pondered this. Did Cass not like ghosts? Wait. There must be a memory of this in his head somewhere…

“I see. Okay then.” He gave Dakota a look before he turned away. Dakota would always be Dakota, after all.

"Don't rely on what you've experienced too much," Aria cautioned. "There are as many different kinds of ghosts as there are cats or dogs. Some will start off with the basic tricks, then completely blindside you with something different. While it's good to be familiar, don't be expecting it." In the other chair, Bree seemed to shift uncomfortably. Then her fingers began to tap faster as the hunter seemed to take on a sudden interest on what was on the screen.

The Mist Division leader looked down at the paperwork in front of her, then she picked up the pen. The motion was stopped half-way as she looked up again, one eyebrow raised. Cass was still here? Did she dismi- what was she doing. "Cass?" She inquired, "What are you..." she trailed off as the first of the other trainees came in. Then another. And another. And another over the course of several minutes.

Instead of speaking, Aria took the opportunity to study the trainees that came in. She had seen them before though she had only spoken to one personally. And even then that wasn't exactly a conversation. The division leader carefully put her pen down and took a deep breath, fighting against her initial urge.

"Not quiet." The division leader gestured towards Bree. "According to Bree here, there are a couple houses with noted paranormal activity. Under normal circumstances, we would send in an experienced small team to check it out and clear anything out. The circumstances of these places are rather... unique."

Aria paused, studying the assembled hunters in front of her again. They would do. She hoped. "The area is in the middle of the suburbs. Monsters prefer the less populated areas towards the edge where no one is around. These have taken residence up in the middle of one." Aria gestured to the folder that was in front of Cass. "Study the map, if you will. There are four sites in all. All of you are going to take one house. Bree and a few others will cover the other houses. Your's is site Indigo Alarm."

If anyone picked up the folder they would have found a map of the neighborhood, site "Indigo Alarm" circled in purple. "Standard American suburbia neighborhood complete with white picket fences. A majority of the houses nearby have families in them. With you lot..." Aria gestured towards Bree.

The other hunter put her tablet away, flashing the intermediates a grin. "We get to be hooligans. Let's take Aria for instance. What would you do if you saw her slinkin' around your backyard?" Bree paused, looking at Aria and considering. "Personally? I'd either ignore her to start to wonder what the hell she was doing there in the first place. Then possibly call the cops. In neighborhoods like this, you have no idea how snoopy and nosy neighbors are. Some sit at their windows clenching their phones with nine and one dialed, just so they could be first to report something and have bragging rights."

Bree twirled her hand in a circle, the gesture aimless. "Now, let's take a look at me. Dark hair, neon highlights? You know what's going to happen? Get off my lawn damnit!" Bree sat up a little straighter, pointing towards Jordan. "You've got it right, though your color's lookin' a bit faded there. And you -- you have a gasmask, right?" Wilson had her attention now. "While those are worn in raves, I'd advise against it. The more you lot look like a bunch of teens throwing a party in an abandoned house, the easier it is to use that excuse when your fighting against Halloween causes a ruckus."

"And given the location," Aria chimed in, "Chances are you might attract attention. Try to take care of things quickly and quietly. If things get too hot, pull out. All of you are more use to Deus Ex alive than dead."

"So instead of blending in, we're looking like we're up to something," Jordan said thoughtfully. The trick would be to look unusual enough to fill the role, while not looking alarming enough to get the cops called on them immediately. A couple of minor alterations in attitude would help immensely.

He shrugged out of his coat and tied the sleeves around his waist, flipped one side of his bangs over his face, and let himself slouch into a posture that spoke of boredom and laziness, sticking his hands in his pockets. "Haven't had a chance to redo the red, the last couple of months we've had," he said, one corner of his mouth turning up in a smile.

Dakota stretched as he looked over the map as well, choosing not to say anything more as Aria and Bree debriefed them and gave them an idea of just what they were doing.

Ha, Partying like hooligans.

"Not hard for me to do...." He too grinned, tucking his hands in his pockets and bumping shoulders with Jordan...."We going to go shake the neighborhood?" He peered at Cass, "Your the Boss woman Cass, Lead us right Babe..."

HAUNTED HOUSE YAAAAAAAAAAAAY :'DDD

Cass ruffled her hair and shrugged. She wasn't exactly an experienced hooligan, so she'd have to..eh.... try a little harder, she guessed. But it seemed like she'd picked the right group for this. If she'd asked Jerry to come along, well...

he would have made... a...very poor....hooligan. Just the mental image of his attempt made her imagine more of an awkward escaped prisoner from the white-collar crime block than a hooligan.

Still, she'd have to take a few minutes to work on her hooligan-look as she lead the way after Bree, continuing to ruffle her hair as she did so and shifting how she wore her jacket. Overall, her 'clean' appearance was still somewhat suspicious as it was. Not something most people would wear from day to day, after all.

It seemed their destination was as adorable and quaint as she'd expected it to begin with. Or rather, it was 'quaint' and it kind of made her feel sick for some reason. She was waiting for people wearing suspicious hats and coats to suddenly start doing construction on everything.

Where did you get the red sign...?

"Just over down yonder then? Thanks, Bree." Cass nodded to the older and more experienced hunter before she moved to start heading down the way they'd been instructed, still retracing that map in the palm of her hand as she looked around. A few lingering night-owls to watch them. Somehow she wasn't surprised.

The house itself, however, caused Cass to slow her pace ever so slightly, frowning - a look that grew darker and more bothered the closer they got to it. Possibly haunted, possibly haunted, possibly haunted..... Haunted House! BOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

She looked back to the boys for a moment before she looked back into the house and stepped inside of it, wincing at the groan underneath her feet. The shadows didn't bother her as much as they once had, but her entire demeanor seemed to have become entirely unsettled the more steps in she took.

It was more apparent to the boys than it would have been to Cass that she looked uncomfortable in that environment. But she still looked between the rooms. Four open doorways, four of them..... Nope, she wasn't going to let them split up.

She crossed her arms before looking to her 'team'. "As easy as it would be to split up, I'm going to suggest we at least stay with one other person, for the sake of a buddy system." she suggested.

As the team began to discuss their options, the house... did nothing. It did not creak nor groan encouragingly. The only thing that seemed to happen was that a car drove by outside.

"I can do that too." Cass agreed. "Maybe I'll osmose the ability to do some Death-like-sneaking from proximity. Otherwise, I'll Moon or Sun or..moon or sun....."

Cass was a very poor Life, sadly. She wanted to play with their fun gadgets, y'know?

"Alright then. Our 'buddies' are set." Cass nodded. "Now, we should pick who is going where." she suggested, but she didn't seem like she was too sure about just..barging into anywhere. Still, they had a few directions to pick from.

"Either way, I don't care what happens, don't split up with your partner, alright? Not even for a minute or thirty seconds or a potty break or anything." It was really hard to take little Cass seriously when she called it a potty break. It was like she was in kindergarten.

"Now, you guys can pick first if you want. Unless you have somewhere you're just jonesing to snoop?" she added, looking to Wilson.