You are now a part of a new task force, the very first Shadow Vipers. You have been called in to meet your teammates and a mission briefing. You walk into a dark room where Chief (your supervisor) is waiting for you at the ShapeSifter (magic glowy sand table).

"You two," He says with the tone of a gameshow host announcing that you didn't get the grand prize "are late. But lucky for you, you aren't the only ones. Take a seat." he says, gesturing to the chairs positioned around the ShapeSifter.

This is the part where one of you guys does something.

Hopper walks up to the closest seat and hops up onto it. (He is very short after all)

Nerra walks into the chamber, brushing her long blond hair back with a hand. She glances around, noting that they are the first to arrive. "Can't be too late." She quips with a shrug. "Still the first two after all." Moving to the chair indicated she takes a seat. She wears the customary jumper suit, standard for one of her skills.

Hopper leans in towards the ShapeSifter: "Well, Chief, where's the rest of 'em?"

“Only one more” Says Chief before a figure stumbles out of nowhere surrounded by a thin mist. The figure pushes his glasses up his nose and you realize they don’t have lenses.

”You’re late” Chief says again.

”Or, was I always here and you just didn’t know it?”

“No, you’re late”

”yeah, I’m late. Hi, I’m Tetch. Hijacker, support, guy in the chair.” Says Tetch, holding his hand out to greet you.

I stand up on the chair and reach out to shake his hand. "Pleasure to meet you, I'm Hopper."

You feel a slight burning sensation that doesn’t hurt but does cause you to pull your hand away.

“Give the otter his stone back” Says chief

”why does he have a stone in  his armpit anyway? I never understood that. Why do you have a stone in your armpit?” Asks Tatch as he hands you back your favorite stone.

"I-You-Wha-GIMME THAT! How'd you even take take that!"

Lenora Lash enters the room with a flourish of her cape, rapier and smallswords at her side. She is female, likely, but has a somewhat androgynous look to her.

”This is the mission briefing?” She takes in the others in the room, not the sorts she typically works with. “I take it I will be under non-official cover for this assignment?”

She tilts up her sword hangers as she takes a seat in front.

“Where are my manners. You may call me Lash. Lenora Lash.” She rises and executes a short bow, before returning to her seat.

"er- hello Lenora."

*Turns towards Chief*

"So is this everyone?"

“It should be” Chief says, looking at Lenora like she has three heads.

Chief shook his head and turned to the ShapeSifter. With a wave of his hand, the table came to life. A miniature version of a mansion appeared on the table. “Your first mission is a relatively simple bug-and-go. This is the house of the baron Vintor. He has been bribing officials to look the other way as he forces child labour, unsafe working conditions, and faulty products. We are getting a case set against him, but we need evidence, which is where you come in. You will infiltrate the mansion, plant the bugs that Tetch has made, and get out. No casualties. If you are spotted, non-lethal force only. They can’t know we were there.”

"Nerra." Nerra says as introductions are being made. She would not shake the hand when it is offered, meerly nodding her greeting.

"Seems straight-forward enough." She says as the mansion is brought up on the table. Heer blue eyes narrow as she turns to the chief. "So what are you not telling us. Nothing is as straight-forward as that. Guardians? Security? Why has no one done this before?"

“It isn’t that simple. Vintor has a private army guarding his estate, which is usually heavily protected by enchantments. But he is hosting a party for his daughter’s sixteenth birthday, and so most of these enchantments will be lifted. The party is invite-only, highly exclusive. So you and Hopper will enter through the roof. There is a cliff here, which should offer you a good vantage point and jump pad. Lenora will run interference and make sure that Vintor stays at the party. Tetch will open doors for you guys.” Chief says, expanding the map to show the cliff

”No one has done this before, because they have more important things to do. So you guys get a huge chance, pull this off, and you can get even better, harder jobs and become heroes. Fail, and we can’t build a case, and your careers are pretty much over. Ant other questions?”

"Where do we enter, and where do the bugs go?"

“You will enter here, through the skylight.” Says Chief, indicating a now-flashing part of the roof.

“The bugs will go in all these places” He says, now indicating a bunch of flashy red dots scattered throughout the mansion.

“The ones in the main hall and dining room will be placed by Lenora.”

“I have a set of goggles that will upload the positions for you.” Says Tetch holding up some goggles.

"Nice, are they adjustable?"

"What kind of goggles aren't adjustable? But you don't need to adjust them yourself, they're magic so they naturally adjust to your head."