At the gym

-Dufh... Dufh... Dufh...
-Hi, Sport!
-Hi, coach.
-Take a five, I have something to tell you.
-Ok.

-So, listen kid...
-Yeah?
-I know you have been drooling to get in to the team, but...
-BUT WHAT?!
-Hey sonny, don't get all riled up. You know I'm on your side, just listen what I have to say. They will not pick you to the running team.
-OH F***! THOSE SONS OF...
-HOWEVER, you get to go to Helsinki.
-But how?
-As a part of the service team.
-GREAT! I get to wash dirty underwear, just what I always wanted.
-Be sensible now. Your leg is not in mint condition yet. Just ask yourself, why is it that you are here punching bags, while other guys are running on the track?
-Eh, give it a rest coach...
-Sorry Sport, but I have to put it like it is. You are in no condition to compete against the best in the world. Give yourself time to heal, there are more World Championships coming in the future.
-But I'm better than half of those guys!
-Only half of them, Sport, only half of them...
-Yea, yea, drop that Yoda crap.
-Yoda?
-Uh, nevermind...
-...
-So what a service staff does anyway?
-Simple, you have to go there in advance to do some information gathering. We have to be able to get enough supplies, in case something goes wrong with supplylines. You get a list of stuff that the team needs and your job is to find places, where to get those supplies mentioned on the list.
-Well, it doesn't sound that bad, really...
-Told you Sport, also you get to be there and gain that important international experience.
-Hey! I hear that those Swedish girls are from some other planet, yummy!
-Helsinki is the capital of Finland.
-DUH!
-Come to the office after shower and we'll go through the paperwork.
-Ok... Finland... figures, just my luck...

Reconnaissance

-This venue is perfect for our needs.
-Yes, the location of the tower is optimal in correlation to the oval formation.
-Cosmo.
-Yes?
-Helsinki 2005 is the last of these small scale operations for us.
-...but I thought that...
-So does he, but after this we are braking off. We are going to step up our game.
-...but what about the...
-Leave that to me Cosmo. I have just the thing we need.
-...but how can we...
-Let it go Cosmo. I have seen it written in the stars.
-... this is hardly...
-Cosmo, you are starting to piss me off!
-Maybe I should check their security system.
-You should, but wait for me, I am coming too.
-By the way, Nabo. The way you handled the world record was just stunning.
-I told you that Powell is our pick, he is a true Scorpio and his date of birth gave it all out - 11th of November, just think of the possibilities. Now we just have to play the situation into our end of the table.
-I can't wait.
-But wait we must. Come on, let's go.