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The huge frosted beer mugs must have held a liter a piece. The ice barely melting as the one time Sorcerer Supreme and vampire use to be sipped the dark concoction Doc made ... somewhere in the brownstone. The beer had a nice foamy head on top of a dark earthy body, an almost roasted salty taste. "Christ, Doc. It's like drinking a porterhouse right off the grill." Glancing to his left, the vamp-blade sitting quietly in its sheath. Yeah that's right a-hole. Got nothing to say now that your under Doc's roof do you. Another sip and Hannibal felt his rage slip even farther away. Sometimes I think Doc makes this stuff just to take The Edge off.

Sorry Doc. I know it's not what you were hoping for but that piece of crap couldn't be in any better hands. Leaning in the dark seemingly damn expensive antique high-backed chair after taking another long sip. So ... let's see if I have this straight. In my world you were a movie and I fought things that bump in the night. In your world I was a movie and there were all kinds of things like the Avengers that were real, and there are comic books with versions of us that are nothing like us ... but might be real. Jesus I need another beer Doc."

It's at that point a bright white light shaped like a doorway appeared and a beautiful silver haired woman stepped through. Hannibal had never seen hair like that on a woman her age before but recognized her as one of Stillman's other Occult Specialist. Hannibal. Agent Coulson has been calling you. Hes not as patient as he once was." Making up a shifty excuse about the Doc's place must have wards or something blocking pagers, Hannibal says his good byes to Doc and leaves with the fiery eyes woman.

***

Strapping the dual shoulder rig of UV Pulse Pistols over his tank top Hannibal slips into the room just as one of the agents mentions Dune and a drug named Spice. "I read a couple of those books." Checking for stares. "Yeah I read. You can't look at the pictures forever."

"Kids were a bit messed up. Weren't they telepaths or something?"

"What the hell is a Wookie?"
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Aislynn

The young air bender leaned back in her chair, listening to the others talk about it. "So, no matter the source it's highly addictive and dangerous. That means to the right people, also very profitable." she summed up the situation. "Which means the local gangs and cartels are going to go to war over it if they haven't already done so. Because people are greedy and stupid."
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"Sounds worse than the average drug. Addiction and control of the populace that wants more. But that stuff gives you powers. Not the type that most might want, but for what it gives I'm willing to bet its not going to be hitting the streets anytime soon.

"Unless we're dealing with the first version - which to me sounds more like a generic term for drugs in general than something that would warrant the DXDO to get involved.

"So, Agent Coulson, don't keep us hanging, do tell..."
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Aislynn

"Doesn't Star Wars Spice come in a variety of different types? From what I can remember, there's even some that can give you powers as well. Not to mention, it's as horribly addicting as Melange."



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Nathan Long watched his teammates banter about.

He turns to a non-existent camera, "That's right kids, Kids, don't do drugs." he says poignantly, finger raised.
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Coulson weighs in after everyone's had a chance to talk. " I am talking about Melange. It's effects upon normal people and those with rigid mental training are known from the fiction and have proven to be true. There is an additional aspect to it in that it boosts already-present supernatural abilities. Give Spice to someone with Force affinity or psionic abilities of other kinds or even just the ability to use magic and it increases their powers twentyfold."

He pauses for a moment, then adds, " We still have no idea how it got here but someone appears to have a generous supply and has sold some of it to drug cartels and individual, affluent dealers....who, as of last week, have ended up dead."
A holographic projector springs to life, projecting the face of a nondescript but well-kept man in his late 30s. " Jason Hammond. He was, according to our files, a personal supplier to several Hollywood personas, chief among them Tom Cruise. Someone or something tore out his throat last Tuesday."

Another image, this one of an older, grizzled-looking man. " Thomas Stoltzfus. Worked for Wilson Fisk. Although Fisk was no user, he apparently saw a chance to supply some of his marginally powered crooks under his thumb and thuis increase their abilities. Stoltzfus was found torn apart this Monday in his apartment in downtown Manhattan."

The next image shows a younger woman, barely out of her teens. " Jessica Meadows. Rich parents, more money than they can count, huge allowance...used it to buy a package of spice and give it out at a rave. Yes, they apparently still do these things. She never got to it. Yesterday, someone stabbed her six times with a sharp, pointed weapon and left her to die in the street." He pauses again. " And that's only those we know of here in the US. Uncomfirmed reports speak of more incidents in Russia, the UK, Germany and the Middle East. We are still verifying those, though..."
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"The third killing sounds like a different MO than the first two." Nathan says with some confusion.

"But I understand that they have the broad tie-in of drugs and death." He adds quickly.

"Are we to stop the killings or the drug distribution?" he asks.
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Aislynn

"Powerful drugs like this tend to have a psychosis inducing side-effect. Especially if you aren't used to it." she considered. "Do we know who or what found it?"
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" I have to admit, the Spice trade was not on our list of priorities. It is too expensive and rare to be mass distributed and we currently have a lot more on our plate. But this presents an opportunity to find out where it actually came from, how it found its way from Arrakis here...and who is killing the people distributing it on Earth. So, the answer is pretty much: both."
Coulson does not seem happy to admit that the problem has only recently been tackled by the DXDO. Then again, you know that the drug trade pretty much exploded after the Merge. Blue Meth, Tempo, BTL-chips, Purple Haze, Sternenstaub, vampire blood...the list is pretty much endless. And, as usual, the criminal element was far quicker to adapt to the changing times than law enforcement.
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Aislynn

"Basic police work then. We start with the victims, their families, friends and customers and work our way out from there."
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Nathan's smile is crooked and wan. "Very little we do is 'basic'." he says with a shrug.

"Right-O. Do we need anything else? When do we start?" he says clapping his hands together.
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"Apart from these images, do we have larger case files and data available? I don't see a point to start by retreading what's already been done. Besides, when we start poking our noses around, it's likely to draw attention.

"Is there anyone to set any of us up as potential buyers?"


The onscreen face looks around the room,

"And before we go further in determining a course of action, although I`ve read the briefings, I have not had access to your personnel files, and I doubt you've seen mine... Personnel profiles are bland compared to the real thing... So... what are we capable of as a team? In our own words?

"My datasheet is bland in its description. Yes, I'm fast, tech savvy with some control over sound waves. But it neglects to say... Cybertronian."
The image shrugs and shifts.
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Aislynn.

"My name is Aislynn Finnigan. I just graduated from college, majored in Police Sciences. Coulson here, snapped me up pretty much as soon as I got my diploma." she grinned and a gentle breeze wafted around them, smelling surprisingly fresh and crisp. "I'm also an air bender." she shrugged. "I can also detect and speak with ghosts and understand pretty much any language. Well except machine languages."
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Hannibal figures the most likely culprit is someone from the Spice's home dimension, but if memory served the damn series was huge. Chances were if he focused on characters that distributed or manufactured the Melange from the books it might give him some leads for a APB. "All right then, my turn. I'm Hannibal King, ex-vampire turned hunter. Like Van Helsing but sexier."

"Now that that's over, anybody got a Kindle I can borrow? Until someone wants to hit the streets I have some reading to catch up on."
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Nathan smiles at the robot. "Mighty robots, mighty vehic.. No, Wait! that was Go-Bots, sorry... Oh yeah. More than meets the eye! Pleasure to meet you Torque."

"Agent Finnigan," Nathan extends a hand... from across the room, his arm lengthening with the faint sound like a balloon animal being shaped. "Top marks as an investigator AND an Airbender! It will be a pleasure to work with you."

"And of all the 'Hannibal's in fiction we could have recruited, you're one of the most badass!"
Nathan says to King.

Nathan raises hand and a perfect replica of a microphone forms itself in his hand. "I'd like to introduce a master of moulding, prince of polymers, yes, your stretchy special agent, Nathan Long. Yes, this mild-mannered prosthetics technician and native of Earth Prime suffered a strange accident that left him capable of great feats of morphability. He thought the best way to use these talents was to join a ploy-dimensional policing agency." That last was a little white lie but these people didn't need to know about his brother's military crippling.

"Don't let his rookie status fool you. We are all looking forward to great things from this field agent!" his hands come together to reform into a 1ft by 2 ft placard with large block letters reading 'APPLAUSE'.

He waits expectantly. Grinning.
"Something pithy this way comes."
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