<div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/QK49Oko.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Francis Whitespear<br/>(Optional)<strong>WEARING:</strong>Humble business suit<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Vancouver Institute -> Container Ship<br/><strong>TIME:</strong>Early morning<br/><strong>CONTENT:</strong>Briefing, Shadowhunters dispatched on assignment<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Kaspian Herondale, Melody Fairchild-Harrow, Kaleigh "Leigh" Keo, Michael Brightstar<br/><hr/><br/><div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/HRqhyNZ.png)</div><br/>It was early morning, a few hours after dawn, when Francis Whitespear summoned Kaspian Herondale, Melody Fairchild-Harrow, Kaleigh "Leigh" Keo, and Michael Brightstar to the Ops Center of the Vancouver Institute. The Ops Center of the Vancouver Institute was much like that of other Institutes, such as the one located in New York City. The head of the Institute had a projected holo display showing a container ship that seemed at anchor just off the coast, far enough out that it was within international waters. Francis had his arms folded when the Shadowhunters arrived, and gave them all a nod of greeting.<br/><br/><div align="center">(https://i.imgur.com/bks2dRH.jpg)</div><br/>"I'll keep this brief. We've had eyes on this container ship - the Song of Demeter - for a few days. It halted just outside Canadian waters six days ago, and sat there ever since. I'm told this is odd behaviour for a vessel of its size and type, and that it<em>should</em>be halfway across the world right now. The Coast Guard and Navy were monitoring the vessel until early this morning when they abruptly lost interest. They sent a small vessel out to investigate, and the vessel returned after brief contact with the Song of Demeter. I have eyes on the mundanes for now, but I want all of you to go take a look at the container ship. It's very likely there's something on that vessel that made the Coast Guard and Navy change their minds about doing something about it." Francis told the assembled Shadowhunters. "There's a helicopter being prepped to take you out to the vessel - it should be ready by the time you get to the airfield."<br/><br/>The Vancouver Institute had access to a handful of helicopters they maintained for all manner of tasks, and a few small, fast vessels for any maritime adventures they needed to get up to - such as excursions to any of the small islands just off the coast.<br/><br/>Once the Shadowhunters were kitted out with whatever they might deem prudent to take - weapons, certainly, but any other tools within reason they were permitted to requisition from the armoury - there was a Warlock ready to portal them to the airfield. And just as Francis laid out, there was a helicopter ready for them. It was a quick and efficient matter to get the Shadowhunters strapped in and ready to go. The pilot was a Shadowhunter himself, a fellow by the name of Juergen von Mainz. Juergen was quite adept at piloting the helicopter, and the ride there was swift and without incident.<br/><br/>The Song of Demeter seemed rather dead from the air. It seemed very still in the water, and there were no signs of life on the deck or in the bridge and accommodation unit. The shipping containers were packed tightly in place, and Juergen judged them suitable enough a place to set down. The touchdown was smooth, and the tightly stacked containers proved to a firm enough place for the helicopter.<br/><br/>"I'll keep the engine going in case we need to take off in a hurry." Juergen told the Shadowhunters once they were ready to get off. The Shadowhunters had a radio headset they could use to keep in touch with the pilot if needed.<br/><br/>There were obvious avenues to investigate: the bridge, the crew accommodation unit, and below decks. As the Shadowhunters proceeded, there were also a few shipping containers whose doors were open - these stood out because the overwhelming majority of the containers were sealed tightly.