"we will be arriving at shore 30 minutes" one of the operator announce to Clair.
the 2 inflatable boats cruise off west as the 2 helicopters turn back for the amphibious assault ship the night sky is gleaming with stars as .
they sail through the rough sea that get shallower and shallower every minute soon they arrive at the beach and hop off the inflatable boats while each one of them goes to complete the task given.
"so... what now?" Clair asked one of the operator.
"were going to wait here and pack up the 2 inflatable boats while 2 of our men are going to get some info on the locals" operator 1 answered while taking off their swim suits.
"so we are waiting for the 2 to come back with information?" Clair asked while standing and watching the operator packing up their equipment.
"correct" operator 1 answered while putting on some casual clothing that they have been given.
"what are we going to do with the info?" Clair asked again.
the 2 operators that went out earlier came back with information and pictures of the local area.
"jackpot!" operator 2 cheered.
"you already changed?" operator 1 asked while walking to the two before their face morph from a blank wooden face into a normal human face similar to those in the pictures, his voice also changed from plain to something more fitting for the shaped he morph into.
all of the other operator follow suite and morph into something more fitting for the surrounding area.
"i forgot they were mimickers" Clair whispered as she watch while the operator gathered up to form a plan on how to execute the plan that they have been given.
one of the operators signals to operator 1 that they are good to head out into the local area.
"i didn't know mimickers can mimic emotions" Clair confessed while they moved up the beach toward a town.
"that's because we can't, we make our own emotions that would fit the person that we morph into" operator 1 responded.
"so... what's the plan to infiltrate's the enemy defenses?"Clair asked as they carefully walk in the town, its far pass midnight and there isn't a lot of people active in the streets.
"the plan is starting a company, first major step is getting permission to open a shop "operator 1 answered "also, have any suggestions for names?" he asked.
"for the shop or...?" she questioned.
"for us" operator 1 answered.
"lets gather information on the culture and language of this nation before we make a name for ourselves" Clair responded.
"lets try and do this quick, the sooner we can spread around the world the better" operator 1 uttered as the other operator spread out to gather information on what's going on in town.
Clair pulls out her wallet to checks how much money they were given.
"... 10 pure gold coins..... i didn't expect him to give this much for this mission" Clair commented before pulling 4 slip of small paper from the bag that has the number 100 on it "what is this money and where the hell did he get them???!" Clair questioned before putting the money back into her wallet and decides to take a stroll around town.
back at the Castellum at the palace ground under a gazebo, Aelithys is holding a pencil like a cigarette with a puzzled look, the jester behind him is frowning while both of them are looking at a piece of plotter paper, a maid behind them is standing beside a table with drawing utensil on it and 2 wooden puppet holding a paper steady on a piece of plank.
the jester looks like a normal jester but dressed in black, gold and purple and posses 4 arms, their face is covered by a mask that is split into 2, one side black and the other is white with a eternal wink.
the maid is wearing a formal modest maid uniform and is wearing a mask with one third of the mask is covered by a white a pink checkered pattern.
"what the f***" Aelithys mumbled, the piece of paper looks like a uncompleted map with only tiny drawing in the middle.
"nothing matches with the reports from all the gates" he added as the jester behind him just nods.
"maybe they are all in completely different places" the jester suggested as Aelithys gets a idea.
"Good thinking but how far are they separated from each other?" Aelithys pondered.
"what if they are separated by the diameter of the Castellum?" the jester proposed.
"that would mean each gate is separated by 712 kilometers" Aelithys added while drawing a big circle on the paper.
"now it make sense... but.. why did it expand from the original gate layout?" Aelithys pondered while looking at the map.
"the real problem here is that the military don't know this yet" the jester announced.
"oh can you inform them to confirm their locations?" Aelithys asked as he look at the maid that is standing beside the drawing utensil.
the maid nods as she turns toward an another maiden whos holding a tray with a telephone on it before picking up the phone and dialing the number in.
"high command announcement, map updated, each gate is currently suspected to be separated by 712 kilometers, requesting aerial scout squadron to confirm via flying to the opposite direction of your respective gates" the maid announced before hanging up the telephone but it rang and she picked it back up.
"moshi moshi, ... alright then" she put the phone back.
"north gate and northwest gate cannot report their position via aircraft due to being in a heavily mountainous area, they will report back soon on what they see via ground vehicles as for west, south west, south east and east gates, they are completely surrounded by water, further reports are to be given in a few hours after their missions are completed" the maid report back to Aelithys as he puts a dot every 45 degrees on the circle.
"considering the north west and north gates are mountainous area it will be a good area as a main base of operation especially if its connected to the sea, as for the gates in the sea for now tell them to disable those gates as they are a double edge sword, being hard to defend considering you cannot build a stronghold on it" Aelithys commented as he crossed the dots that corresponds to their respective gates.
over at north west gate, the area is surrounded by mountains and the gate is at the start of a massive fjord, the gate looks out of place and abnormal given the gate look like a massive door placed in the middle of no way and leads to nothing but instead the inside of the gate leads to the Castellum leaving a weird look, the soldiers are preparing a couple of LT 35/10 (light tank that looks like the soviet light tank T-50 but with flatter side armor and bigger turret equip with a weaker 35mm cannon but with a stronger 10mm machine gun instead of a 7.62) the soldiers are also preparing light boats and motorbike that has Raptor written on the side of the fuel tank, as other soldiers are towing a helicopter out of the gate to scout from the air, the helicopter is warming up its engine before taking off the helicopter looks like a upgrade mil mi-1 upgraded with a bigger engine and fitted with a contra rotating rotors.
the soldiers are wearing different uniforms, the biker wearing a German 1939 helmet painted in grayish green, their uniform of that of soviet unions infantry and they are wearing a gray mask with one third of the mask painted green and black in a checkered pattern.
the LT-35/10 crew are wearing soviet tank crew clothing and have one third of their mask painted light blue in a repeating triangle pattern and the commander is wearing a German tank commander uniform colored in gray.
they set off to scout out the fjord area that their gate had been transported to.