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Charlotte Burke. GALATEIA. 21. Ordnance/Weaponry ° * ✩ * ° ❝ –– Here we are, don't turn away, now, We are the W A R R I O R S, that built this town. From D U S T –– ❞

[kaya-scodelario]

“Now I’ve told you. Now you know.” 

— Freddie McClair

[agent-i]

“I’m not holding it against them,” he shrugged, good-naturedly. “Can’t blame them for wanting to be as cool as we are.” Poseidon smirked. “It’s a good cover ID. Plus, Alessandra is a beautiful name. Being pretty with a pretty name makes things easier for a spy sometimes. Comes with it’s own set of challenges, though.”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Guess I can’t blame them for trying to achieve that. Maybe one day I’ll achieve that. Though, at this rate, I kinda doubt it, ❞ Galateia chuckled slightly as her usual stoic demeanor broke. ❝ Well thank you, I really did put a lot of thought into it. I think I’ll be willing to take the challenge. I do have to mention that the one time I left base, some guy threatened to kill me if I didn’t help him dispose of the bodies in an alleyway. Some shady shit is going on in London. ❞

[catalinaxsilva-blog]

“You’re telling me. I usually like the odd ones, but he’s a banker, which is a whole new level of evil. That’s very feminist of you. I’m into it. I would love to punch him, but I would rather not get barred, or blood on my shoes. Either way, it’s negative.”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ A banker? Let’s just avoid that all together. But we’re living in the twenty-first century, I think feminism should be acknowledged one way or another, even if men happen to be rather taken aback by such words. –– Oh well, what more can you do, might as well wait and see if he can take a hint or if ignorance really is bliss. ❞

[catalinaxsilva-blog]

“I wouldn’t ask, but this is the only bar that I can drink at around here that isn’t a total dive. See that guy over there? I might have let him buy me a drink or two, and now he thinks we’re going home together. So I’m just going to sit here until he gets the message and buggers off, okay?”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Oh –– wow, hell of a guy you’ve managed to get yourself there, but sure. The more the merrier right? That and us women should be looking out for one another, so yeah just pretend you know me and I’m sure he’ll get the message. If not, well, you could probably punch him in the face or something. ❞

[agent-i]

“Ah, what can you do? They gotta learn one way or another who the Kings are.” Still, he was in agreement. Too many people had tried to impress him with their sob stories and “experience.” “Alessandro? So you like your guys classy and sophisticated, huh. Cool name, and, heh, yeah, it does go with your cover ID.”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Well the hard way is usually the more entertaining way. I mean, why waste time trying to impress the Kings? I think we can all agree that respect is the higher ground we all want to take. But I mean hey, I don’t think telling sob stories is gonna cut it –– overheard a couple of the other newbies back in the rec room the other day talk about their experiences. ❞ Coming from a military background, she always believed that respect was the key to everything. ❝ Yes, Alessandro. Let’s not forget I’m tapping into my Italian roots here, Po. Alessandra and Alessandro. Hell of a way to go. ❞

[agenturania-blog]

“ oh, no. no, no, no, no. i am not fucking with whatever’s at the bottom. i mean, it’s freaking crazy, and i want to know, for science mostly, but shoot—ignorance is a bliss in these kind of scenarios. what if they’re not even animals? have you seen pacific rim? how the hell are we supposed to fight kaijus? that is something the UN should fund, and that olympus should specialize in. how COOL would that be, ah? ”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Well you’re definitely not wrong. But I mean I’d still like to know. I mean, even with superpowers like super intelligence, I wonder if they could answer all the unanswered questions the universe poses. But yo, I’d love to see some kaijus. I’ve watched Pacific Rim, so I think we’d be able to take them on to some degree. You know, given if we can find someone that we can link to on a personal level to operate the jaegers. C’mon UN, we’re all rooting for you. Start up the JAEGER PROGRAM. I’m living for it. I want to be a part of that. This could be some boss ass Pac Rim stuff. ❞

[agenturania-blog]

“ that’s exactly IT. you know how much i love space and that gravitational waves were finally detected, but only 5% of the ocean has been discovered AKA, we know how much there is to explore yet—in a way; we would know for sure had it been already discovered. and remember that horribly boring movie people had to sit through about piranhas? imagine finding prehistoric aquatic bloodthirsty animals and waking them up from their eternal slumber—imagine gazillions of weird/scary looking fish eggs hatching and reading to tear our limbs apart, to feast on our pretty eyes, galateia. this is fuckin’ crazy, i’m telling you. i love sharks, but the shit they’ve seen? kinda suspicious, if you ask me. ”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Might as well petition for this. I’m sure there are people who are willing to sign it. I mean, really, think of all the fossils we could find. Could it answer the unanswered questions the universe has decided to thrust upon us? Quite possibly. We’ll never know until we get someone –– cough –– the United Nations, to fund that. And they might not even approve of it, which is sad because I kind of want to see some prehistoric aquatic bloodthirsty animals. Then again, what kind of prehistoric animals weren’t bloodthirsty? Dragonflies used to be h u g e, and then you know Darwinism, and survival of the fittest and all that. ❞

[satyrhater]

“ah, well…can’t say fer certain if that was him, but ya know, it’s a possibility.” he cocked his head as he thought. “did he sound like me? ya know, irish?” it never occured to saytr that his brother would be masking his accent. “i don’t think that’s what anyone meant when they told ya to get out more…” he ducked his head as he laughed- a rather infectious one, so he’d been told. “ah, i could use both, really. back up and eye candy. can’t go wrong with mixin’ the two…” he paused and shrugged. “charlie thinks he can get away with anything…and, well, so far he’s been right. guess he won’t be changin’ until someone proves him wrong.”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Now that I think back on it, he did sound Irish. Trying to ridicule me for bad manners, p l e a s e, ❞ Galateia scoffed. ❝ It does benefit me on my part, though. If anyone else tells me to go out more, I could just hit them with that and just reside in the shooting range. I see no harm in that. I spend more time in there than in my own quarters –– wow that sounded kinda sad, but who cares? ❞ Her lips twitched slightly at the blonde’s infectious laughter. ❝ I would offer my services as being a mix of both back up and eye candy, but I’m quite attached to the shooting range. Good luck trying to get me out of there, ❞ she shrugged. ❝ I feel like someone should just really prove him wrong, and quick. We can’t have more people die because he decides that he can be as reckless as he wants. Please, this is for the greater good. ❞

[sharedmemory]

[kaya-scodelario]

Twenty8k (2012)

[agent-i]

“You’d be surprised. There’re a bunch of young punks who think they can go toe-to-toe with the kings.” He and Zeus hadn’t pulled anything fun since the move to London. With a dull pang he felt for the only slightly more innocent days on the Mountain. “Does that have a name?”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ Well then those are definitely the cocky ones who really need to be taken down a peg. I’d love to see that. So if or when you and Zeus get around to that, make sure to invite me. I’ll be there, with popcorn, ❞ she attempted to joke. In her opinion, she thought most if not all of the newbies that set foot into Olympus needed to be taken down a peg by any means necessary. ❝ And as a matter of fact, I do. This is Alessandro. I know, it sounds like a pretentious name. But hey, how do you think I came up with the name for my cover? ❞

[outcsted]

When he informed his return to Olympus he was given numerous amounts of data to fill him in. That included some of the new agents (”new” dating back to since he had gone), there was many and his memory was kind to him. He recognized the face but the name was lost somewhere. He played along with her cover because the last thing he wanted to do was put her into danger. A few blonde locks fell over his forehead when he nodded his head. He tucked them back into place and gave her another curious look.  ❝ Coursework is stressful. ❞ He admitted with a shrug, he wanted to test her a bit (the mentor in him was still strong)  ❝ What is it that you’re studying? If you don’t mind me asking. ❞

[agentgalateia-archive]

She couldn’t help but glance at the older man curiously. As observant as Galateia was, there was something in her gut instinct that was telling, no practically screaming at her that this was a test. Then again, every obstacle she’s faced so far in her twenty one years of existence have been a test. ❝ Very much so. I mean at least the quarter’s practically over. Not sure if I’ll have the time to relax yet, but soon, ❞ she shrugged, her estuary accent prevalent. ❝ And well, it’s mainly political science for the past year and a half at Uni. I was thinking about doubling up on criminology as well.❞  

[outcsted]

It’d been years since Hypnos had emerged from his hiding. Years of never seeing or speaking to anyone he knew personally and had a close bond with. His loyalty to Olympus was rooted into his blood and he was deeply trusted by Chronos himself but even with that, Hypnos needed to be alone and heal after he was faced with the most bitter betrayal. When Olympus was attacked he knew he had to return, he knew they needed him more than he needed them. He’d been ignoring the tower for some time now, very few agents were informed about Agent Hypnos’ return. He wandered the streets of London freely. He’d been pronounced missing and assumed dead for some time now, if caught by the wrong person he could easily play it off. —-  ❝ well you certainly look like you’ve seen a ghost. ❞ He asked with a bit of worry in his tone.  ❝ Are you alright? ❞

[agentgalateia-archive]

Galateia wasn’t exactly in the initiative long enough to know how the infamous Agent Hypnos looked like. Three years may have seemed long to a couple of the newcomers, but it was nothing in comparison to those who have been there from the start. But she’d overheard a couple agents talking about it back at the tower and figured she’d probably meet him sooner or later. ❝ Oh, sorry, love. ‘M fine, really. I am. Probably just spent a bit too much time working on coursework, ❞ she offered the man a smile. It was obvious to her that she was keeping her cover up. It’s what usually happened when she stepped outside the tower, even if there were a select few in the public whom she would just love to punch in the face. 

[agentpalioxis-deactivated201808]

“Sounds fun.” A new, exhilarated sort of smile appeared on Palioxis’ face– she was always up for an adrenalin rush. She looked down at the guns the brunette put out, finally setting on a sniper rifle and a smaller semi-automatic. 

[agentgalateia-archive]

Galateia outwardly grinned at her friend’s choice of weapons before picking up her own. It was the usual Glock 26 that was strapped to her thigh holster as well as a M4A1 Carbine rifle. ❝ Then let’s get to it. ❞ She quickly stored all the weapons before leading the way out of the room and to the shooting range.

[agent-i]

“I always thought it was because people were too scared to take our shit, actually.” It was maybe the slightest bit disappointing that it wasn’t fear and respect that kept people’s hands off his favorite firearm. “Good lookin’ out.”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ It could be a contributing factor, I mean honestly. Who would dare take the weapons of two of the most powerful gods of Olympus? But thank you, like I said, I do try my best. ❞  She would be lying if she said she didn’t have a certain bias towards which weapons were checked out by each agent the most.

[agenturania-blog]

“ just think about this for a second—we still don’t know what’s at the bottom of the ocean. ” and somewhere in the united states of america, her mother is tripping over the fact that she still talks with her mouth full. but the realization ( or rather, the reminder ) popped in her mind all of the sudden, and it had gained her full, undivided attention; that’s why reaching out to the nearest person to discuss became the mission she intended to accomplish. “ i have freakin’ goosebumps and my heart’s already tryin’ to get out of my chest—it’s insane to think about. but, by all means, think about it. ”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ We really don’t, but isn’t that what’s so mysterious about the ocean. Here we are, rooting for NASA to keep funding in order to send more ships into space. Clearly the fundings should be spent on deep sea exploration, though, I guess in a sense, maybe the ocean is just i n f i n i t e. Like space, ❞ Galateia mused with a small shrug.

[agent-i]

“That’s sweet of you, Gal, I appreciate it.” Poseidon hoped she wasn’t the traitor. She’d always been such a reliable agent. “You noticed the little trident I scratched into it, did you? Did you find the one Zeus claimed? Has a lightning bolt on it.”

[agentgalateia-archive]

❝ I do try my best, Po. And yeah, I noticed the trident etched into it. That and I also found the one Zeus claimed. Why do you think it’s always available whenever the two of you need it? I kind of may or may not have told people you two already called dibs. ❞ Despite the fact that she really should be carrying her suspicions with everyone, she’d probably never doubted Poseidon’s loyalties. After all, he was here from the start, she had no reason to doubt the older agent.