What's this about a new season? (Canon: Totally Spies!)

[samgoinggreen]

Yeah, ok, mundane. I know you think I'm a little dusty, but seriously? Once you're a spy, you're a spy forever. It's just like riding a bike! I think...

Besides, it's not like we can let Clover go into this all by herself! Because you know how it always goes. She gets warped unrecognizable, then Alex gets kidnapped, and then I have to go in and pull them back together! (At least, I think that's how it went? I can't exactly remember...)

Anyway. My point is, we've gotta stop over-thinking this stuff and just hop to it! There're tons of baddies out there that need stopping. So! Has Jerry given us our destination yet?

Not that I'm in any place to make requests, but it'd sure be neat if it was someplace foreign and exotic. Maybe someplace cosmopolitan? With lots of sites and relics...

Comments

[stillshinigami]

Kinda stuck on a formula, huh?

[samgoinggreen]

[What's that supposed to mean?]

I wouldn't say we're stuck on anything. [Hrmph.] It's just after years on the field, you get used to the more predictable points of failure, is all.

[stillshinigami]

Aw, c'mon. You just said that Alex gets kidnapped and the token blond gets turned into stuff.

If that happens all the time? It's a formula.

Or they're really inefficient at bein' spies. [He should know. That's part of his job.]

[samgoinggreen]

[Sam sighs, rolling her eyes and folding her arms across her chest. Maybe that's crossed her mind a few times, but she wasn't about to say it out loud.]

Or maybe you just haven't run into our brand of baddie. Did that ever cross your mind?

[Easy to point fingers when you're not there, pal.]

[stillshinigami]

And you wouldn't survive a day fighting my 'baddies'. And that's a fact.

[samgoinggreen]

Didn't realize it was a competition. [Boys.]

Let's just stick to you fighting yours and I fighting mine. No point in wasting precious time here.

[neverwavering]

Correct me if I'm wrong, but if you're a spy, then that means you shouldn't broadcast it to the world where these "baddies" can use it against you, right?

[samgoinggreen]

Oh, I wouldn't worry about that! My compowder's untraceable. [She flicks a wrist, shrugging her shoulders.]

Though I was told this place was pretty secure. [Flatstares.] Though it wouldn't be the first time Jer was wrong.

[neverwavering]

Uh-huh, right. Not everything's untraceable if you know how to get around certain things.

[ To that, she simply shrugs her shoulders. ] I wouldn't put your trust into others that easily. You're never gonna know when someone's gonna sneak up on you when you least expect it.

[samgoinggreen]

[Someone's a cynic. Sam could respect that, except when speaking about him.]

I trust Jer with my life on a daily basis. He's never failed me, and I've known him nearly all my life! [She plants a hand on her hip and frowns deeply.] And besides, I'm more than capable of putting up a fight if someone wants to try to pull one on me.

[neverwavering]

[ Not a cynic, a realist. Her idealism has been worn away by events. ]

Okay, okay, yeesh - there's no need to yell at someone that's just trying to help. [ To that, she holds up her hands in a mock surrender sort of way. ] But, that's good that you're not going to let others push you around.

[samgoinggreen]

I wasn't yelling! [Just squawking a bit.]

[eternity_8]

Excuse my intrusion. It appears that you're both right. I'm not familiar with this place, but I am willing to learn as much as I can about it. It appears to be a Nexus of sorts and I have to wonder, would equipment actually work here?

[Tachibana is looking around to see if there is anything familiar at all.]

My Alter would allow me to break through but I'm not sure how the reverberation would effect devices. Spy or not, she does have the right to her privacy. Sorry.

[neverwavering]

It merely comes from experience. [ That she says in a completely nonchalant tone. ] Though, I wouldn't see why not. I've got decent reception on my phone.

[ Though, the question is if she's willing to show the device firsthand. ]

I do have to agree to your statement, however it's best to think of all the variables and everything else so that you're not taken back by anything going wrong. Again, this comes from experience with my own line of work.

[eternity_8]

I see. If I may ask, what is your line of work? I wouldn't worry so much about people looking for trouble unless, of course, they make their intentions clear. I don't see that happening here.

[thatsmyyogurt]

[That...is not remotely professional. On so many levels.]

Seriously?

[samgoinggreen]

Yeah. I know.

[like_sofab]

Oh, my gosh! Really? Another season? I guess I shouldn't be surprised; I mean, who wouldn't want to watch us save the world?

[samgoinggreen]

Apparently this place is loaded full of skeptics, Clover.

[eternity_8]

Begging your pardon, but doesn't it seem a little odd that your team is getting into trouble if you're supposed to be skilled spies?

I mean no offense though I do have to question your training methods.

[Objectively speaking, of course.]

[samgoinggreen]

Consider yourself pardoned. [Eyebrow raised.]

You mean to tell me that you're immune to making mistakes on the field? What are you, some sort of super-being?

[eternity_8]

Not at all. Where I come from, mistakes could cost me my life and those in my team. It's not something that I can take lightly.

[It's times like this that Tachibana wishes that he could be a normal teen living a normal life. He envies you, Sam.]

[samgoinggreen]

Well, not to say that we're not risking our lives in this business, buuuut we have pretty spiffy back-up.

[Yeah, it'd be really awkward if Jer let one of them die. She would not want to be the one to explain that to the parents.]

What about your parents?

[eternity_8]

They're dead.

[He's showing a bit of sadness with his head turned to the side.]

It's not...I'm not...I'm sorry. I shouldn't talk about this to you.

[He falters in his thinking. It hurts to think about them when he could have tried harder to save them.]

[samgoinggreen]

Oh.

[That was awkward. Sam frowns sympathetically. That seemed to make better sense, though, even if she didn't like it all that much.]

No, I...I'm sorry for bringing it up.