Owner	Pose
Lucifer	Lucifer sends out a message to Nick letting him know that he and Nathaniel have some information that he might be interested in knowing. There might be an added thought expressed that he - he being Nick - should try to being Wade along with him. If the man's not busy. Contrary to what usually goes on when company is coming over...Lucifer has had many things delivered food wise so he didn't have to cook. Boredom takes the luster of cooking out of him. Not to mention he's really just wanting to go sink a submarine but he can't until Nathaniel's had his own way with the people on bored.
Sinister	It will be a thing, it will lbe epic, it will be a slo-mo walk-away-from-explosion moment, if it all goes according to plan. Even in the moments of lucidity where the prisoners below deck grock to there being a rescue operation that might involve them dying. Sinister has some gadgets to collect and some genetic samples to wire into their appopriate housings. And then, there'll be cooking with charcoal... "Did you figure out which locator spell is going to work best, my love?" it's asked whilst a preparation of whiskey is being doctored. This is an experiment involving a large jug and a lot of samples from various bottles, curated by a fine and delicate sense of smell. He wears his own face today, which may mean Wade gets more of a surprise than usual.
Nick Drago	Nick tends to get invited over to the penthouse a bit nowadays. Sometimes for dinner. Sometimes to look at something Sinister's working at. And sometimes it is to either be asked questions or have information given to him. But rarely does the invite really specify too much on the topic matter. But being that the invite indicated that Wade needs to know as well. The musician has a not so good feeling about it. Although, to his credit, the pair's arrival isn't too long in the wait. Well sure there's the matter of coming here the normal way. It seems that Nick is particular on when he takes people into dreams. But the teltale ding of the elevator acts as the announcing factor of the invited pair. The door parts open giving a glimpse of the familiar brown headed rocker and the slightly less familiar and somewhat taller blond rocker turned studio and label owner. As the pair gets off, Wade nods in greeting first to Lucifer, "Good evening Lucifer." Upon seeing SHINY-Nathanial, Wade stops, taking a moment to process what he's seeing before he boots back on business mode. Considering all the things he's been let on over the years, this seems on par. "Dr. Essex?" Nick looks over to Wade, giving a nod of confirmation before looking to the couple, and then to the variety food that has been laid out. Quite an assortment. "...How bad?"
Lucifer	"Well. I can't simply make one to tell me to find Hades cause... that'd likely just lead me to Hades and I don't really wanna square off with the guy right now." Lucifer offers. "Now. Find me big metal underwater Hades...that might get me somewhere." He says this while laying out over the comfy couch, head hanging over one of the arms. "Still working on it." Ding goes the elevator and he just lifts a hand in a wave. "Hey Nick. Hey Wade." In greeting before, "You'll want to direct your questions to the man with the ruby in his forehead. He put most the shit together. I'm just waiting to blow up a submarine."
Sinister	"I'll see if I have anything in the Arc that also says 'where to find things' -- My database is quite large, but that doesn't mean I can use what I have, even if I do have that. Sometimes the material just isn't conducive to useage in technology, more is the pity..." Looking over at the ding and then when addressed, down at himself briefly, he nods to the blond. "Indeed. I think, therefore I am, though that can occasionally be questioned." He holds up a pale hand, turns red eyes upon the man. "I think you've graduated. You might have seen bad press about me. It's all true, I'm afraid, unlike Lucifer who remains innocent of half of what he's accused of." The delicate whiskey concoction is sniffed, then a few shots are poured from the mix to each party. A large one of course, for the two immortals in the room. "You both have a hydra hitmark on your heads. Long and short of it and nothing beating about the bush. For some reason -you- are also a target Wade, not just Nick. Not /specifically/ Nick. There's a different designation... makes me wonder why they want you, other than perhaps you have a very useful purpose to them. Sorry, no punches being pulled today."
Nick Drago	Well, it is visibly apparent that Nick and Wade are two different individuals. But one could understand after observing the speed in which both of them halt to give their respective reactions to Lucifer's off the cuff comment- Well... They either share the same mind or they have spent a lot of time together. "Blow up a-" Nick starts before the taller musician holds a hand up to pause Nick. "That's quite a comment." Wade responds, "Are you about to tell us anything we're going to have to worry about getting subpoenaed about?" As Sinister confirms that any bad press about him is true. Wades lips thin out into a line. Well that sounds like a 'Yes'. Great. Just absolutely fucking great. There is an inward sorting of potential damage control steps going on in Wade's head as Nick looks over to Wade. "...He's not that bad now." He tries to reassure before looking to Lucifer and Sinister once again. If there's any veil dropping of this nature going on, the news in question is likely going to be bad. Upon the shots being offered, Nick takes his offered drink without question before using the other hand motion for Wade's glass to be taken back while the manager mind is operating and not processing the offer being made. The operation doesn't last long upon the very first sentence of explanation exiting Sinister's lips. Silence. Hydra? Wade looks over to Nick. "I thought- they got them already." Nick shakes his head, "There's more than one group in there. Guess someone ELSE had a project." Wade frowns, "Oh Goddammit."
Lucifer	"They're going to have to bury a TON of paperwork once we get done with that submarine. It's a starting point anyway. Also, Hydra has many heads, and likely many heads in many places and up many asses all at once. Which on the surface sounds like a good time but..." Lucifer waves a hand around. Finally the Devil sits up - at least a little - downs the whiskey shot offered to him. Tilts his head. Motions for another one. "This also means we aren't very sure WHO was the target in California. It could have been either one of you. It might have been the shooters lucky day getting a two for one special. Or something...either way...." He shrugs. Hydras aren't meant to be killed easily. He wonders if that means metaphorically as well. Who knows. But Lucifer's likely not helping in any regard. He just wants to blow shit up.
Sinister	"On the upside, the paperwork may be a whole lot of lies and scandal, misdirection and whodunnit, because I highly doubt that this vessel is in any way legitimate. It may be highly classified, but that just opens a can of worms I will /thoroughly/ enjoy getting my teeth into..." a malicious grin follows this, because taking on the USA government? Oh, that can be so much fun. Mind you, half of them he's also got in his pocket in one way or another. Certainly in military applications. And pet projects. "Goddammit is probably not the cuss you want to hunt for in this particular instance, it counts as an invite." A gesture is made then to Lucifer. The whiskey is refilled, a little deeper and taller than before. "There are several individuals in that particular sub though, that I have an interest in rescuing and rehabilitating. Some would be design, disappear. Some by intent, would seek revenge, which is a glorious thing to unleash on the many-headed. Makes things easier. However, the entire thing is a base of operations, a prison, a laboratory, a behavioural conditioning facility and division in and of itself. If it goes down, that will be quite a solid blow." Pause. "I admit, I'm curious as to which of you /was/ the true target that day, if not both of you. Chaos and unpredictability, followed by potentially replacing one of you with someone that reports to them. It's what I might have done, once upon a time."
Nick Drago	They were probably after Nick." Wade answers, not even a pause for consideration, "...That's who they were after last time." Nick shakes his head, "They went after you t-" "They were trying to kill me." Wade interrupts, shaking his head, "There's a difference...I may not have been clued in on everything but I was told enough to know that much." Nick lowers his glass, "...That was the other group." "Yeah but of the two of us, who has powers?" "..."
Lucifer	"Point is..." Lucifer interjects, sort of. "We're going to get as much intel as we can, grab the captured to..." He glances at Nathaniel then. "Question then set free?" As if confirming that thought. "And then I think Nathaniel wants a few of the crew lot for questioning." Which he doesn't use air quotes for but they are certainly implied. "And then the submarine itself will go boom." Which will make Lucifer happy... he also gets to torture people while captives are freed. So that will be fun too. All in all, a great time to be the Devil. Yes, yes. "The other other question is.... how many more heads will grow when we cut this one... and or... how many are left."
Sinister	"Well, I don't need them intact for questioning and frankly, picking the right ones might just do it--" Sin exhales, leaning against the bar to make another pitcher of 'a little bit of everything' whiskey with a splash of sours this time. It's left to just... lounge there in front of the wall of Ouisca-bahn. "Also, I shall prepare a laboratory bay. Such events as these have a tendancy to be messy. I like precision, but that isn't necessarily what will happen. And if I have to resurtect anyone, I do want to have enough bays available." Resurrect? Yep. "I do have to wonder at the hydra's ability to spawn itself. I just hope to make it hard enough to continue being a nuisance that they terminate the project."
Nick Drago	Nick frowns as he's reminded of the multi headed aspect of a hydra. "...The first round was..." Nick pauses as he takes a moment to look to his fingers, seemingly counting out something. "...three projects. Then the shelter attack was another one. So. Does this make it three or five?" Wade looks over to Nick, momentarily wondering how either of them are still alive. Nick more so with the other stuff. Anything but focusing on the talk of blowing things up. Oh please Wade. Don't remember anything that you can get supoeniaed for. And then the mention of not needing them intact reaches the ears. Wade brain. Forget this Part. LA LA LA LA. "It could be more that they just have so many people." Nick comments, "At least four of the projects I know about were recruitment related." Granted one wasn't directly tied to his troubles. He just was roommates with a product of the fourth one.
Lucifer	Lucifer lifts a single shoulder in a shrug. "Well. The main focus of this was to let you both know what we know up to this point. Of course, from here on out, if you wish to remain as outside of information as possible we can do that." He's looking at Wade in this moment. Perhaps an inkling of Wade just being caught in the crossfire a bit, or maybe there's a more pertinent role. He thinks it's likely his ties to Nick that makes him any worthy target. "We just want you both safe. You've come to mean a lot to us - or at least myself - for a few reasons. I'd like to keep you both around for as long as possible." He smirks then before shifting to make his way to the pitcher. No tricks this time. He's going to walk over to it and pour himself another.
Sinister	"He does this over the ages -- connects with individuals and then has to watch time march on, over and over..." There's a small ghost of a nod to Lucifer's words, his summation. But there is more from his perspective, not the least of which because he can 'hear' Wade. The man is given a long, penetrating scrutiny. "This is probably not going to reassure you at all, but it's very hard to be soepina'd for a crime that was never levvied against an entity that existed. Or was doing anything anyone but them knew about. It's not as if HYDRA works -for- people. People work for it. It has its own motivations - this will be part of the cost of doing business for thier ilk." There's a slow, deep breath. "And maybe I can release some of the potential that they've caged and entrapped. Someone /else's/ Nick, per se." He looks away then, to the rockstar irish-italian. "They clone you know. But they're not nearly as good at it as I am. I suspect, there isn't anyone on this planet, as good as I am. I don't get the Xerox paradox happening to me. It's a technique."
Nick Drago	Wade nods. "Anything I can rightly prepare for or prevent is fine. Potential security risks are important to be notified of so yes. Thank you for letting us know." He looks over to Nick, "However, anything I don't need to know that might lead to me getting summoned to a court of law over- I'm fine with not knowing." In the world of entertainment. Plausible deniability is king. "I'd also appreciate it if you didn't make him an accomplice to any plans that I'm trying VERY hard to forget at the moment." Nick frowns, "Well it's not li-" "Uh uh!" Wade interrupts, "Unless I need to know- Don't disclose." Nick bites his lip, looking over to Sinister as he provides a further explanation to Wade. To the mention of cloning, Nick frowns. "...What are the odds they got some of my blood from the first group that was taken down?"
Lucifer	"You want Nathaniel to do a small mind wipe on you? Then you won't remember anything." Lucifer offers with a grin. Even if that gets protest from Nathaniel himself. It's still something that could potentially be done. And if anyone is going to mind wipe MIB style, Nathaniel's your best choice. "Also. Don't worry. Thing like this never get Nick brought along to. Too risky you know? Some things we have to risk, mostly because we need him there for reasons. But I will never put him in harms way intentionally without purpose." Which may not comfort Wade - but it's the truth that Lucifer can offer. "In other news. How's the next couple months looking? Calendar wise."
Sinister	"Oh, mind wipe is not viable -- but there's something much better." Permission? This is a thing that other people are very insistant on. Sinister however, is more the sort that will say "You don't mind do you?" -- whilst having already done what he was going to do. The intense, penetrating look returns, his face looking disturbing in the way that inhumanity can convey, when viewed through the lens of a monster in sheep's clothing. Then he abruptly smiles and the entire insensible mask breaks to dimples and a mildly manic normality. "Only Kidding." Except that he isn't. Wade will remember, unless someone questions him, then the trigger will make him get horribly distracted with trivialities and confabulation. But forget? That defeats the purpose of being briefed. "Oh, he wants to visit the sets again, the thespian calls the devil. It's all that suffering for their art, or somesuch thing."
Nick Drago	Wade pauses, "What...things?" Nick sighs, "I'm sorry. I can't DISCLOSE that. Your request." There's a low mutter from the manager before Lucifer directs the conversation towards more agreeable topics. Like... potential bookings. Wade reaches his phone. "Give me a moment or two and I can let you know. I believe they're waiting for some warmer months for the outdoor scenes for the mov-" That look. Wade looks over to Sinister, brow raising as Lucifer's words register once more. And yet he feels fine. Wade relaxes a bit as Sinister tells him was kidding. "Oh- good one." He chuckles slightly before the mention of visiting the set gets brought up. "Ooh. That's a great idea." Wade agrees, "I'd prefer it if Nick's not by himself when filming abroad for long periods and having family there would be very helpful if something happens at the studio that requires me being there." There's a tap tap of the screen. "How do you feel about a family suite? You'd be able to have your privacy that way and still be nearby."