The Mouse Needs Hands (Jack Rand)

[Nimue Stormson]

As nice a place as Zeltros was you could look under any rock and find a little hint of corruption deep within. While often presented as a paradise-like planet to get away from all the problems of the galaxy and relax, the truth was that the troubles followed anywhere and everywhere you went as well. The elected officals of the government of the planet were not as clean as many would want to believe. In fact some could argue that they bullied their way int through the same means that kept them in position for the time they were.

One such offical had secretly been funding a local crime gang on the planet known as the Sun Raiders. They were a ruthless bunch of smugglers and raiders who attacked the Zeltros cargo and traiding ships while making off with whatever goods were needed. Some they left alone, however, which was all part of the plans by whoever was behind it to fund their campaign to "take down" these criminals. Of course sacrifices were made on both sides with the Raiders giving up a small portion of men and stolen goods now and then while the offical would need to continually deal with any and all charges of how their plan wasn't fully working. More assurances had kept them in-line.

Mouse, the viglante slicer, had been investigating this case for some time. The proof was in the cracks behind the truth, but not everyone could see. And even those who did were powerless to do anything. What Mouse needed was hard enough proof to take down whoever was behind this and the Sun Raiders. The question was who would be foolish enough to want to undertake that sort of task?

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

[member=Mouse]

"FOOLISH" ha, Jack would show them he was just as cunning as the rest of them, no one could play him without his knowing. He walked down the street filled with confidence, all the while eyeing some of the Zeltron beauties sending pheromones of love his way. Surely this was the most pleasurable planet in the entire galaxy, with beautiful people man and woman roaming everywhere Jack wished he could spend at least one night away from the office, but alas, that wasn't meant to be.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Monitoring the cameras on the streets of Zeltros Mouse, scanning through, had picked up someone that stood out from the rest. A human male. Not too odd to see on Zeltros, but the way about him seemed different. He would do for what she needed. The only thing now was trying to get him somewhere private. For now she continued to monitor him, gowing from one camera on any surface to the next. Hopefully, wherever he was off to, it would be secluded enough to try and get a message through.

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

Jack made his way back to his apartment, trying to ignore the beauty and voluptuousness of the Zeltron people. He went into his apartment and waved to the camera, they had him on probation after his last... spree. He went into the refresher and took off his clothes and went into the shower to get ready to head back to work in a few hours. It wasn't a fun life, but one day he would be admiral and he could do whatever he wanted.

[member="Mouse"]

 

[Nimue Stormson]

A camera already sinked into his apartment. It was almost like they invited Mouse into his place. Easy enough to hack into by the end. She watched him and waited until he was in front of his holo T.V. She didn't much care about him showering and all. She wasn't....that type of girl. When [member="Jack Rand"] had finally settled down she began to hack into his screens. To him all he would see were some static visions before an augmented symbol of a mouse was on his screen. From where a voice, augmented to where it was hard to say if it was male or female, began to speak to him.

{Mr. Rand, is it? I'm Mouse. And I think I'm in need fo someone like you. I'm here to offer you something of a....proposition.}

 

[Jack Rand]

Obviously Jack had been working to hard, because as soon as he had gotten out of the shower and sat down in front of his holo tv some lady was telling him that she needed his help. He rubbed his eyes to make sure that it wasn't fatigue setting in, causing him to hallucinate. Nope it wasn't, she was still there. Jack let out a loud sigh and tried to talk to her. "Alright I'm listening."

[member="Mouse"]

(Aww I wanted to use this)

 

[Nimue Stormson]

His sudden agreement to help had suprised Mouse a little. She gave a small {Oh. Well....that was easier than expected. Here I thought you'd go off on a whole tangent wanting to know who I was or why you were picked. Guess that just saves time for both of us, right?} After that she'd cleared her throat and asked {Tell me, Mr. Rand, are you familiar with any of the poloticians currently running your planet? Any that would gain fro working with a local gang called the Sun Radiers?}

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

Jack got more and more confused with the girl's speech, he had thought that she was sent by his superiors to inform him of a new mission. Something didn't sit right with Jack, but he needed to please his superiors. "Uh no not really I'm new her... Wait are you from the Republic, sent to send me details about my next shift?"

[member="Mouse"]

 

[Nimue Stormson]

{If this was Republic information, do you think I'd bother with hacking into your cameras and holonet feeds?} she rehtorically sked him. {This is something more...grand than that. Besides you and I are something of the same fashion. You deal with the unwanted element in the galaxy, and so do I. Only I'm not as much a public face about it as you are. Does that help you understand where I'm coming from?}

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

[member="Mouse"]

Jack was getting tired of listening to this and he shouldn't even be communicating with this girl, hopefully no Republic officers were watching. But then she began going on about grandeur and then he began listening to him. "So then what your saying is I get a chance to look like a hero in front of millions?" Jack felt a smile creep across his face.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

{Basically.} she said, seeing the growing smile on his face. {Best part is you take all the credit. Anyone asks, you can say it was your own skills and intuition that helped you out of this mess.} Obviously he was the glory seeking type. That and all of this publicity would hopefully go well for his image in front of his superiors in the Republic. {So what do you say? We have a deal, or do I find some other image seeking glory hound to for a favor?}

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

[member="Mouse"]

He was so excited that he practically looked like an idiot... oh wait. He stood up from his couch with determination in his eye, brimming with overconfidence. "You got yourself a deal, now if you don't mind I'm going to get dressed." Jack left the room and deked into his bedroom, but then leaned out. "Oh and I'm doing this for the people, not myself." A line which he both meant and didn't mean, don't ask how.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Even though he had just a towel on Mouse rolled her eyes and him pointing out the need to dress. If he was trying to impress her, which he may or may not have, it wasn't working. Not her type of guy. In fact just not her type in general. While he did dress she called to him and said {You should know you're going to need more than my false clerances to get into the records files of all the poloticians in this city. You'll need to be discreet. And careful. And, not going to lie, you might need to try some...persuasive means to getting into certian places.}

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

He got out of the room and shot two fingers towards the screen in a geeky, but somewhat charming way. "So how do I look?" He walked towards the screen and half listened to what she was saying, he went over to the door and grabbed his coat and holo-earpiece to keep in touch and then looked back at the screen. "Don't worry it won't be the first time I've charmed myself into a place I'm not supposed to be." and then with a wink, he exited the room and went down the elevator and left the building.

[member="Mouse"]

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Another roll of the eyes before [member="Jack Rand"] had left. At least he kept an earpeice with him, meaning she would be able to keep in contact with him the whole way through. And, from the sounds of it, most of this wound't be anything too unfamiliar for him. She just hopped he knew what he was doing as much as she did on her part. As he walked she said {I've uploaded garbage files to the offices systems. Unless you know anyone there , it'll be like you never even walked in the door.}

 

[Jack Rand]

[member="Mouse"]

As he made his way through the office he kept his head down and put his hat over his eyes. "Yeah about that, I've... been with at least half the guys and gals here." It was about time this came back and bit him in the ass, but he tried his best to sneak by everybody.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

Though he couldn't see it Mouse had a facepalm moment. She needed a moment to let that sink in before saying {Fine. But you're going to need some sort of excuse. Otherwise there's going to be a mountian of evidence pointing you to all this. The sort that might get you killed if the wrong people find out. The whole idea is getting this stuff out before any of that can happen.} She was silent for a moment before asking {DO you have any 'personl' friends? And I mean 'personal'. Someone you know you can trust?}

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

[member="Mouse"]

He was feeling more than slightly embarrassed at this point. "I mean, there's Ray Gerrick my ex-boyfriend, but we're on good terms." They had broken up not too long ago, but they were still good friends. Still though, might be a little bit awkward.

 

[Nimue Stormson]

{And where does he work?} she asked, while the wheels were turning in her head. {If anything you might be able to use him as an allyby. Say you needed to talk with him or spend some alone time with him. Then, from there, hopefully I can scamble any and all feeds and records of you being anywhere but where he was. That's IF you don't draw too much attention on your way to the records room.}

[member="Jack Rand"]

 

[Jack Rand]

[member="Mouse"]

Jack continued down the hall towards the records room, hoping that Ray wouldn't be too upset about being used as an alibi. He was able to get into the records room and talked to the voice in his head. "Okay I'm here, what am I supposed to do now?"