Mission Report - #001

After a more lengthy stay in Moscow than originally intended, Ellen and I have finally returned to the Rain or Snow home base. This is my report of events pertaining to our first delivery, an exchange of physical copies of information, between one Miss Annalee and one Mr. Incognito.

We were first contacted on Sunday July 10th, by Miss Annalee, inquiring as to whether we had the means to exchange information between her and a 'colleague' in another country. Russia, to be precise. Once she was informed that we did have the necessary resources to do so, formal arrangements were made between she, Mr. Incognito, and ourselves.

Chief among these formal arrangements was the necessary agreement to secrecy regarding the exact contents of the information being exchanged between Miss Annalee and Mr. Incognito. It was established early on that, for our own safety and for the safety of the two clients, we would not in any way be privy to the exact details enclosed in each 'package'. This was, of course, what allowed Miss Annalee to get away with a bait and switch; the information delivered to Mr. Incognito was of no value to him, and was merely a note apologizing for the deception. Whether this is an error in our judgement or in the judgement of our clients is irrelevant: future negotiations will have to account for this incident and it should be considered when working on the terms of delivery on a case-by-case basis.

After the initial arrangements were complete, I chose the members of my team with skills most pertinent to the mission at hand; myself, for speaking fluent Russian and handing over the documents themselves to each party; and Ellen, for required security should the two of us find ourselves in any trouble. We did not anticipate any such thing, but one can never be too careful, hm? Clearly.

On Monday, July 21st we left home base for Miss Annalee's reported location in [REDACTED] in the middle of nowhere. The place was a dilapidated shack and we spent very little time there; Miss Annalee provided me with what she assured us was her side of the exchange. Obviously, later it was discovered that there had been some deception, and this explains the uneasy feeling between myself, Ellen, Miss Annalee and her companion, Danny Cypress.

Once that was done, Ellen and I boarded a plane for Moscow, arriving in the city on the morning of Tuesday, July 22nd. We followed the specific instructions given to us on how to reach Mr. Incognito's current location, and were invited in less than warmly to see him. Security precautions were clearly tight, and Mr. Incognito himself appeared to be greatly injured. We simultaneously handed over each part of the exchange, and then Ellen and I left. There was no fanfare for a job well done.

We spent a great deal more time in Moscow than we intended, enjoying our time in a country neither of us is likely to return to soon.

On Wednesday, July 23rd, it was revealed in one of Mr. Incognito's posts on Endless Corners that the documents given to us by Miss Annalee were falsified, lacking the agreed upon contents they were intended to have. Miss Annalee swears in one of her posts on It's Days Are Numbered that she will explain in due time. Damage control efforts were made on our part, but very little could be done besides defending our own actions from criticism. This seems to have worked in our favor. In the future, Rain or Snow services will endeavor to prevent this kind of thing from happening, if at all possible. It's being looked into.

We have chosen to withhold Mr. Incognito's side of the delivery from Miss Annalee, since her end of the bargain was technically withheld as well. It will be kept for our records unless Mr. Incognito comes forward to request it's destruction or that we hand it back over. Until such time, our mission is complete.

It has now been slightly more than one week since our first mission began. Ellen and I arrived back at our home base late on Monday, July 28th. End mission report.