Alice Seraphim
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Feb 15, 2023 11:32:46 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 15, 2023 11:32:46 GMT -5
A brief timeline of events so far. 1am Air Traffic control at Ashford Isle airport picks up an flight that was unexpected. Then loses the radar contact but does pick up a distress call. 1.15 am : Officer Seraphim finds duty can call at any time. In this case during a good dream about her boyfriend. 1.45am : Alice Seraphim gets to the Security Services HQ building waiting for the OSE representative. You can't rush in without a plan or knowing the situation. There's also coffee and croissants. Alice had gotten on her light grey trouser suit and would pick up her service pistol later on before the search started. Without knowing the downed crews standing orders who knows what they'd do? It was just as well she was a morning person and already the diplomatic people were also trying to defuse this. The priority for Alice was to find the crew as this was search and rescue; preferable alive before the brown stuff hits the fan. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Feb 16, 2023 12:19:43 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 16, 2023 12:19:43 GMT -5
Ugh work. He did not like it but he knew it had to be done but today Ace happened to be in a particularly good mood. Being an OSE rep was also hard work because you had to take into account that every oddity and even human was going to treat you differently. He gathered himself in his usual attire which was a basic tee and jeans and met up with the security rep. "Are you waiting for me?" he asked as he eyed her. "Any idea what caused this to happen?" If he could get any information out of her it would be good, if not they still had to get the job done. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Feb 16, 2023 13:24:32 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 16, 2023 13:24:32 GMT -5
Alice looked back at the man facing figuring he'd been dragged out of bed too. The meeting room had been set up with a laptop, a pair of paper maps, her radio handset and the pot of coffee and plate of croissants at the other end of the table. Time was of the essence so they might not even have the chance to do a first light search. She started by introducing herself. She would be professional if nothing else. "Lets start by introducing myself. I am Alice Seraphim of the search and rescue team. What I do know for sure isn't much to start with". She pointed out a location on the general isle map which was on the north east edge and jutted out into the sea like a finger of land. "The airport picked up a radar signal and a distress signal after they lost the radar blip. This was at 0100 hours. The general area is known as Blackrock Cove and the flight might have even ditched at sea. If it landed the potential search area could be wider. The priority is to find them hopefully alive" she added moving to the more detailed map. That showed the cove and it surounding geography including the coast line. "Its more of a treking path than a beach area" she enlightened. "Do you know many crew and possible passengers were on the flight?" she then enquired. There were further questions to ask but an idea of numbers would help for now. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Feb 17, 2023 18:24:32 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 17, 2023 18:24:32 GMT -5
Ace had always tried to like people but it was so hard, so damn hard as he watched her and he shook his head. "Ouch," he said under his breath. She was a people person for sure but none the less he had a mission to do. "I"m Ace," he said as he shook his head. "Now that we have all of those formalities out of the way, let me be honest. I am just here to keep everything under control and see what exactly it was that happened. People do stuff and think that they can just get away with it when that is not fair but that is neither here or there." Blackrock cove? He had always wondered what it was like there and now he was able to find out. He nodded and then spoke once more. "Four crew and I think they said five passengers so we are looking for a total of nine people and I agree on the hopefully alive part. Would hate to deliver bad news to anyone after a while." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Feb 17, 2023 18:49:19 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 17, 2023 18:49:19 GMT -5
So that was one question answered which led to another one. "Ace, I've told you all I know. Perhaps there was an OSE vessel which picked up more information than the airport did? I know about helicopters as I grew up on a US army base. The national guard air cavalry unit which was based there told me a few things over the years. They were told if they went down to stay with the chopper as long as they could. They were sometimes also told when somewhere was considered hostile territory. So do you know what they would have been told? I don't want to be shot at while we're doing this". She considered the possibility that an island resident had brought the chopper down given Ace's vague statement but it would have to remain a theory. Mechanical failure was possible but still also a theory. They needed hard facts since speculation was like throwing gas on the fire. It would only make things worse. "A cause won't be known without a flight recorder. So given facts are sparse you'll have to ask the pilot that. Which leads to another question? Do they have a portable radio set as part of their survival gear?" Alice didn't like the possibility of nine armed soldiers thinking they were going to have to fight their way out. That would affect anybody living in or around that general area too. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 18, 2023 10:31:09 GMT -5
He took a second and then spoke. "All they really had to add on was that if it's possible we need to bring them in alive. I do not know why because I do not ask too many questions. I actually like my job and if you work for them and start asking too many questions I am not sure that they will not kill me." He might have worked for the worse of guys but he knew the deal. "We should be able to find out a little more on our own and if we can not I will see if I can get in touch with my contact and see if they know anything else." "I would assume there should be a recorder around here somewhere," he said as he leaned down and then began to dig as he still heard her. "Get to digging it's not going to find itself," he said. Ace was by far the worse of the Nottingham cousins, just rude and obnoxious for no reason at all at times which normally did not bode will with new people whom he had never met before. "You are not going to get shot, don't you know how to defend yourself?" Hell now that he thought about it she might get shot but he'd be fine. "Come on, help me dig. The sooner we find something to help us the sooner we can be done and do not give me that shit about being a woman and not getting dirty. You knew what your job might require when you signed up for it." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 18, 2023 11:14:51 GMT -5
Now what the fuck has just happened. They'd been in a meeting room looking over maps and now they were somewhere else. Alice wasn't going to freak out over it but given how weird the island was there had to be an answer somewhere. She now knew a bit more about the rescue and not having to bring them in alive sounded ominous. Didn't the OSE care about their people? Judging what Ace said you didn't ask too many questions. They were now at a crash scene and looking for the flight recorder but it didn't make sense and Ace was being a doucebag. Something she didn't stand for no matter the persons reasons or bad habits. She looked back at him and firmly said "I didn't get a chance to grab anything. Not even my service pistol so I don't want to be shot either. Nor should you and stop being a fucking asshole". She joined him looking for something resembling the black box but had no tools to dig with. So used natures own tools and used her hands. It was softish sand which made it a bit easier. She could see a downed crew member but others moving round them as well. With nothing but the suit on her back this was totally unexpected and very weird. Something did catch her attention as she dug. It looked out of place for starters. The broken of tail of the Huey wasn't grounded. It was also upside down and it clearly wasn't right. Just floating above the sand. She pointed this out to Ace. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Feb 19, 2023 9:04:28 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 19, 2023 9:04:28 GMT -5
He had seen a lot in his time but for the scene to change in what seemed like an instant was even something for Ace to have to take more than a few simple seconds and adjust to it. They were just taking the time to talk about an event that had happened and now, he was digging. It was almost on instinct like he felt as if he had to do it but..the only question that remained for him was how. He had thought that perhaps he had came alone and maybe the agent, Alice was her name had gotten left behind but nope it was not long before he realized that he was not so lucky. The island it always seemed to have something going on and a lot of it he had read about but this was the first time that he could say that he was experiencing anything as he stopped digging and took a minute to look around. Something that even he did not quite understand just from looking at it had happened. The crash..he took a minute to look at Alice and he turned his attention to where she was pointing. He took a minute to blink because he had always heard that the island was strange but even this was almost too much. "What in the total fuck?" he said. He hated cussing but he had no other way or idea of how to express it. "Let's look around carefully, we were just talking about this so the fact that we know a small amount of information should help us be more aware." Yep that was it, screw this island. "I do not have anything either. I mean if we get where we need to use our abilities let's hope it is enough." Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Feb 19, 2023 15:07:47 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 19, 2023 15:07:47 GMT -5
Now they did seem to be back on track despite the weirdness of what was going on. She had different priorities to Ace as the medical kit from the crashed chopper caught her eye despite the darkness still round them. At least they could kind of still work together. "Yes its weird and that goes with the territory round here. I'll get the med kit and check on the wounded for starters. I can see one already and if you can find the pilot it'll be quicker than digging. They're the one person who can tell you what happened" she replied in a calmer voice now the tension was broken. So off she went thankful for wearing flat shoes tonight dashing towards the med kit. Time was off the essence as while the craft was on fire it hadn't blown up yet. As she'd nothing herself just like Ace she'd have to depend on her mind, courage and abilities. She didn't even have a phone with her. She could still see the rest of the soldiers in the distance as dark outlines and so far nobody was being trigger happy in this chaos. Reaching the man who was truely down she checked his pulse with a practiced skill. It came naturally but this was the first time using her first aid in the field. She still knew the tone of command that the army nurses used back in Jacksonville and hopefully this would help here and get them help in return. If the soldiers couldn't pull themselves together not many of them might make it out of here alive. "I'm with the search and rescue people" she said to the closest soldier. He'd lost his helmet for starters and looked shook up. Then added "tell the others to get far away from the chopper. I don't know when its going to blow". She couldn't leave the wounded man who needed to be moved first and she then looked at his leg that looked badly broken and at a horrible angle. It looked like she'd have to get him out first and then deal with the leg. Something basic first aid hadn't covered. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Feb 20, 2023 15:03:37 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 20, 2023 15:03:37 GMT -5
He blinked because he did not think that things like this were possible. By everything that he had ever learned and not, it was not and yet here they were standing in some sort of thing where nothing made any sense. Science. It had to be science didn't it? Though depending on who you asked he supposed that it could also be magic but he did not believe that magic existed at least not like that. "Okay I say this with everything that I can muster but we must be extremely careful. I mean aside from the fact that neither one of us knows what is going on I am not even sure what this is." He did not even know if it should be reported should they get back where they were. Still as much of a hardass as Ace was he did feel a little guilt seeing the soldier. "I'll see if I can find it," he said. He blinked looking around. He knew that now was not the time to be amazed as he looked at Alice. "I will help you move him. I think if we carefully shift him up we can get him to a safer spot and that would be great, or least dangerous for him. I can find his helmet after," he said as he got himself into position. "Ready to see if we can lift and then move him?" Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Feb 20, 2023 16:49:47 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 20, 2023 16:49:47 GMT -5
Alice did get to listen to what Ace had to say to her. "Yes we should but I think the tail of the helicopter is important; I have this gut feeling although I have no idea what is going on". Ace did end up joining her as the soldier she spoke to went back to his squad. Hopefully to get them out of the way before something really bad happened. So with the first aid kit in their possession at least Alice agreed with Ace's plan. "We can leave him with the rest of the squad for now. I've never seen a leg as bad as that before. Perhaps one of them knows more first aid than I do. Either way he's going to need proper hospital treatment". She got her arms under the mans upper body and felt his body lifting slightly already. "I'm ready when you are Ace" she confirmed. Flight would only hurt him more so they'd have to do this the old fashioned way. Then once the injured man was out of danger they just might be able to answer the other questions. Like Ace she did wonder if her superiors would even believe her if she told her story. She still would if they got out of this situation. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Feb 21, 2023 11:35:19 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 21, 2023 11:35:19 GMT -5
He was trying to remain calm because he felt like if he freaked out it might mess up whatever this was and that was the last thing that he wanted. Still Helping Alice with the person helped. He did not quite know how to work well with others but it did not mean that he would not fake it until he made it. "Let's move on a three count pace, foot over foot." If he was sounding like a drill sargent it was not that he meant too. "I am sorry this is just blowing my mind at the moment and I am not sure if I even believe what is happening." It had though. They were discussing it but that was before they were apart of it. Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Feb 21, 2023 12:21:43 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 21, 2023 12:21:43 GMT -5
Now they were moving away from the helicopter with the medical kit resting on the soldiers chest. Others would need it later on once they got him back to his comrades. Slow and steady won the race as they dropped him off at the feet of the guy with the sergeants stripes. "He's all yours sarge" she said then could turn her attention back to Ace. With her mind on the mission she was less likely to be annoyed. "Thank you Ace but no harm was done. We got him back" she calmly replied looking back at him. Her way of accepting an apology. If the clouds would part they'd at least have more light to work with. So what else could they find. She looked as if she was concentrating as she tried to hurry a memory up; what did a typical soldier carry in with them along with a rifle and bayonet? She could't recall if a flashlight was part of that gear. Two heads would be better than one. So she had a question to ask and also to reassure him. "Tell me about it. My boss won't believe me either but I might have an idea. Does anybody know the time right now? We know the time we had the meeting at before this weirdness started." She also addressed this to the sergeant she'd just spoken too as she didn't have a watch on. To figure this out they'd need all the information they could get which probally wouldn't be that much on scene. "Also does anybody have flashlights?" A guess on her part but she did have hope. Ace Nottingham
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Ace Nottingham
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Feb 22, 2023 17:21:13 GMT -5
Post by Ace Nottingham on Feb 22, 2023 17:21:13 GMT -5
He knew that it was terrible but there was a small part of him that was amazed by this. To be somewhere and then sort of "go" where you had just been talking about? He had no idea if anyone had even informed the ashfords of anything like this being even remotely possible on the island but he knew that if anyone had the last name of Ashford he most certainly was not telling them. Maybe he would speak to the secretary girl that always seemed to be with them. At the moment he could not recall her name but he would know her face if he seen it. Making sure that the people got to safety was always going to be the biggest concern of his even if it were of a fault all of his own and he would hope to catch them later. "I have no idea, but maybe we can use the light or the amount of light left to get an idea of a round about time. That way at least we have something to work with even if it is not exact." It was not like technology had always been as advanced as it was in the present. "Maybe we can get a flashlight from one of the rescues, shall we head a bit south west to see if we find another?" Alice Seraphim
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Alice Seraphim
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Feb 22, 2023 17:59:56 GMT -5
Post by Alice Seraphim on Feb 22, 2023 17:59:56 GMT -5
Ace had suggestions too but the sarge chipped in to. "Sir, Ma'am we only crashed a few minutes ago. Our electrical systems died over the sea and the pilot did well to get us down here. Then the engine died before we crashed. I can't explain why but the bird was checked before our courier flight took off". This was helpful information. Then Alice looked over at Ace. "I mentioned that RADAR contact was lost at 0100 hours before we got weirdly transported here. We started our meeting at 0145 so we could have time travelled backwards as well". She posed what seemed to be impossible but you couldn't ignore what evidence you did have to work with. No matter how weird things sounded. There had to be an OSE rescue team coming in. That was commonsense so she nodded back to Ace. Speaking to both men she asked "did the bird have survival gear on it as standard?" She knew most choppers carried at least a first aid kit which had been already recovered. Military choppers also had two survival rifles. "Anyway as its burning we might not be able to access it. Lets try and find a search team going south west" she replied. Without a compass it might be tricky and the clouds hadn't broken yet to go looking for the north star. In the meantime the sarge gave Ace his flashlight as he usually had the map on missions. So they now had one for starters. Ace Nottingham
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