[h2]Alessa Heather: PRT Headquarters[/h2]
'You know what, if Decoy hadn't said it, I would've,' Alessa confirmed, sending a pointed glance toward Elliot as she spoke. After that, she was fairly quiet as the Tinker explained how the neatly-wrapped gifts worked, unwrapping hers without much hassle and examining the device as he went through its functions. And Heavens, wasn't that all very fancy? Standing still, plus two extra customisable settings... and so light! Frankly, it wasn't surprising that both Lily and Lyn were happy with theirs; heck, Alessa herself was smiling fairly widely as she examined them. Not to mention, they’d have a great opportunity to test them later on.

'They're great, Decoy. Thank you very much.' She couldn't think of much else to say about the item that wouldn't just be unnecessary extension of her thought processes, so instead she listened in on- well, mostly Lily's various rapidfire questions. Heh, but she was adorable at times... what, what was that about Alessa smelling nicer than the other Wards? How would- ah, enhanced senses, that was probably something she had relating to her abilities, of course. And they had hugged each other at least once since that night Lily had slept in her bed, so even without...

Oh, there was something important to confirm, actually! 'Just so we're sure, Decoy,' the white-robed girl asked, 'my holograms do include my light mask, right? I figure it's not something you'd miss, but I figure it's worth asking anyway.'

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[h2]Raymond Haywood: Icehouse Hideout[/h2]
Well, at least Jason could gather up the goods as necessary. Of course he could, nothing would necessarily be too heavy for him. And as it happened, Chatterbox did in fact possess the means to gather the right materials for the job, at least what Ryan didn’t already have, not to mention all the contingencies necessary to ensure the plan went off smoothly; however, Jason’s mention of the PRT did bring to mind the possibility of Protectorate forces showing their unwelcome faces. If other capes were around, that threw everything off, whether or not they were planning on stopping them directly, or simply seizing the crates for themselves. Inkcraft would be a bad foe to fight at close quarters, frankly - and unless he happened to be willing to lurk outside the warehouse proper and a suitable position presented itself, close quarters would certainly be where Headhunter would find himself.

Since nobody else was answering Ryan’s questions, Raymond did: ‘Frankly speaking, we can’t necessarily plan for any specific cape beyond doing research on all the parahumans who might be present aside from ourselves. I believe Noble and Morales are still out of commission, but somebody like Inkscape or Protean could be extraordinarily threatening even alone, whereas somebody like Sabotage may be somewhat less concerning...’ Completely coincidentally, Raymond imagined the Tinker/Mover would make entering into the warehouse an extraordinarily easy task, but with so little time before the actual insertion, it was hardly worth trying to contact her even if she’d be willing to work for them on a contractual basis. Bah.

‘In any case, I would assume going in loud is the least ideal option for all of us,’ he remarked, ‘since we have plenty of superior options. Adding to both points, in fact,' he decided, turning to "James" once again, 'is there any chance you might also be able to figure out if any particular parahumans will be guarding the warehouse during the rally, Chatterbox? I’d rather take them out first, if they’re most likely to raise an alarm.’