On the morning of December 24th, the Arachnos Commander awoke to find his email icon flashing on the screen of his private computer. He thought nothing of it as he walked to the shower. He emerged 15 minutes later, refreshed beyond all belief.
For the most of the world, tomorrow is Christmas. But not the the Commander... not anymore. After spending the past 166 years in the body of a 26 year old, Christmas came and went. He felt no need to celebrate the holidays since everyone that he cared for died long ago.
The Commander entered his vault and walked over to his suit of Armor.
He thought, "Is it time to just give this up? Is it time to let go of everything and run off? I've been fighting for Lord Recluse for over 160 years... what have I accomplished? I don't think I can fight anymore."
The Commander thought about how great it would be to have a family once again. He thought about it many times but gave up after realizing that no one could ever cope with a husband or a father that never aged. Now he's thinking differently. For the first time in over a century he's thinking about love.
He picks up his hood and tells himself that this will be the last time he does so. He places it back down and walks over to the mirror. This is the first time in years that he's actually looked at himself, that he's studied himself. Not only does he notice the determination in his eyes but he also sees sadness. As he drops his glance to the floor, he swings around and walks past his military uniform, walks past his battle armor and walks over to an area of the vault he's rarely been in.
He opens the hidden door and stares in at all of the regular business attire he's collected over the years.
He starts to put on a white button down dress shirt. He tucks the shirt tails into a black pair of dress pants. He reaches down and grabs a pair of black dress shoes and puts them on. He grabs a tie that he's never seen before. It has an image of a Christmas tree on it. He grabs a business jacket and walks over the mirror, once again, to put on his tie.
As he's tying it around his neck, he notices that he's smiling. For the first time in many years, he's smiling at something other than destruction. He's smiling because of the the hope and joy he knows will come with the decision to walk away from this horrible place. He puts his jacket on, makes on final tug on his tie and walks out of the vault.
He knows that he has to leave this all behind. He knows that he will become the most hunted man in Arachnos history. For he has been the right hand man of Lord Recluse since the days of the old "Arachnos Posses" of the 1800's ((visit http://ww3.ArachnosElite.com/about/ for the backstory)). If he's not careful, he'll be dead within hours of them realizing that he's deserted the Arachnos.
As he is preparing to exit via his secret teleporter, he remembers that flashing email icon on his monitor.
"This will be the last official piece of Arachnos business I'll ever deal with as the Arachnos Commander. Tomorrow morning I will once again be Bair Adain."
He clicks on the email and sees that it is from one of the many business partners of the Arachnos. This company is called SoftNC. This is odd, because SoftNC rarely contacts the Commander. You see, SoftNC is a computer software distributor that the Arachnos funds to spread their propaganda within the software they sell. This is how the Arachnos recruits some of its younger members.
The emails subject line reads, "Town of Evil Website Contest Results." This is the code that they use when they are talking about important information regarding, not the Arachnos in general, but the Arachnos Elite. The Commander is well versed in this code so he has no problems deciphering it.
The Encoded email reads, " Thank you for participating in the Town of Evil Website contest. We appreciate your entry into the contest but have decided to choose someone else as winner. In fact, we have chosen quite a few others to be placed in a higher level than yourself. We're sorry, but you haven't even received an honorable mention. Thank you, once again for your submission. Better luck next time."
As the Commander is reading this, his heart begins to pump faster. He's becoming dizzy with all of the thoughts whizzing around in his head.
The deciphered email basically states that the Arachnos Commander has been set up. Someone is planning on making the Commander look like a fool in the eyes of Lord Recluse, and that someone resides somewhere inside the leadership of SoftNC. They are planning on making all of the Arachnos Commanders accomplishments look like they were done by someone else. And this person plans to destroy the Arachnos Elite and take over in place of the Commander.
He knows that the leaders of SoftNC have chosen the "Nemesis Council" to be their army. He knows that from now on, the "Nemesis Council" will be seen as the best of the best. He knows that SoftNC is trying to make people forget that the Arachnos Elite is just that.. Elite!
Now, the Commander knows that this would be the perfect opportunity to step down and fade away into the depths of existence. He is thinking, "Just walk away and this "Nemesis Council" will take the place of the Arachnos Elite and in time I'll be forgotten. I'll be able to live my immortality the way I please."
The Commander knows what he should do. He walks over to the Teleporter, types in a destination and is about to hit the Teleport button. His finger is within inches of pressing it, yet he is frozen. He drops his arm but he is still staring at the transport. He backspaces the destination which he just typed... " Paragon City. " He is debating on if he's willing to type in another location.
Footsteps are heard walking away from the transporter, as we focus on the terminal and the blinking red Transport button. The view slowly views into the blinking cursor that is to the right of " Enter Destination: "
The cursor stops flashing as typing beings.
" Enter Destination: Mission Map - SoftNC Headquarters "
As we pan focus out, we see a black, armored glove extend to a large black and red suit of armor. The red Arachnos Emblem is glowing on the chest plate. As we pan up, we see the face of Bain Adain. There is no longer a smile on his face, for what had just transpired seemed like a distant memory. There is a look of anger, a look of unadulterated evil now flowing through his eyes.
He raises his battle helmet, places it over his head and locks it onto his armor.
He looks down and swiftly hits the Transport Button. Within seconds he is standing inside the lobby of SoftNC. He grabs his communicator and calls for his Soldiers. His mercenary, Mayhem descends from above. His soldiers, Slaughter, Axxis and sYnn appear from out of nowhere. His Special Ops, snYper and Demon repel from ceiling.
The Commander is thinking, "So SoftNC thinks that I'm just going to back down? They think I'm going to step aside and let the "Nemesis Council" be number one? They really think that the Arachnos Elite can be beat?"
He turns to his troops and delivers an order to them.
"Let's give these punks a Christmas they'll never forget. Defeat the leader and his guards and spare no one along the way."
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats Arachnos Commander: actually, I am pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^ Arachnos Commander:
On the morning of December 24th, the Arachnos Commander awoke to find his email icon flashing on the screen of his private computer. He thought nothing of it as he walked to the shower. He emerged 15 minutes later, refreshed beyond all belief.
For the most of the world, tomorrow is Christmas. But not the the Commander... not anymore. After spending the past 166 years in the body of a 26 year old, Christmas came and went. He felt no need to celebrate the holidays since everyone that he cared for died long ago.
The Commander entered his vault and walked over to his suit of Armor.
He thought, "Is it time to just give this up? Is it time to let go of everything and run off? I've been fighting for Lord Recluse for over 160 years... what have I accomplished? I don't think I can fight anymore."
The Commander thought about how great it would be to have a family once again. He thought about it many times but gave up after realizing that no one could ever cope with a husband or a father that never aged. Now he's thinking differently. For the first time in over a century he's thinking about love.
He picks up his hood and tells himself that this will be the last time he does so. He places it back down and walks over to the mirror. This is the first time in years that he's actually looked at himself, that he's studied himself. Not only does he notice the determination in his eyes but he also sees sadness. As he drops his glance to the floor, he swings around and walks past his military uniform, walks past his battle armor and walks over to an area of the vault he's rarely been in.
He opens the hidden door and stares in at all of the regular business attire he's collected over the years.
He starts to put on a white button down dress shirt. He tucks the shirt tails into a black pair of dress pants. He reaches down and grabs a pair of black dress shoes and puts them on. He grabs a tie that he's never seen before. It has an image of a Christmas tree on it. He grabs a business jacket and walks over the mirror, once again, to put on his tie.
As he's tying it around his neck, he notices that he's smiling. For the first time in many years, he's smiling at something other than destruction. He's smiling because of the the hope and joy he knows will come with the decision to walk away from this horrible place. He puts his jacket on, makes on final tug on his tie and walks out of the vault.
He knows that he has to leave this all behind. He knows that he will become the most hunted man in Arachnos history. For he has been the right hand man of Lord Recluse since the days of the old "Arachnos Posses" of the 1800's ((visit http://ww3.ArachnosElite.com/about/ for the backstory)). If he's not careful, he'll be dead within hours of them realizing that he's deserted the Arachnos.
As he is preparing to exit via his secret teleporter, he remembers that flashing email icon on his monitor.
"This will be the last official piece of Arachnos business I'll ever deal with as the Arachnos Commander. Tomorrow morning I will once again be Bair Adain."
He clicks on the email and sees that it is from one of the many business partners of the Arachnos. This company is called SoftNC. This is odd, because SoftNC rarely contacts the Commander. You see, SoftNC is a computer software distributor that the Arachnos funds to spread their propaganda within the software they sell. This is how the Arachnos recruits some of its younger members.
The emails subject line reads, "Town of Evil Website Contest Results." This is the code that they use when they are talking about important information regarding, not the Arachnos in general, but the Arachnos Elite. The Commander is well versed in this code so he has no problems deciphering it.
The Encoded email reads, " Thank you for participating in the Town of Evil Website contest. We appreciate your entry into the contest but have decided to choose someone else as winner. In fact, we have chosen quite a few others to be placed in a higher level than yourself. We're sorry, but you haven't even received an honorable mention. Thank you, once again for your submission. Better luck next time."
As the Commander is reading this, his heart begins to pump faster. He's becoming dizzy with all of the thoughts whizzing around in his head.
The deciphered email basically states that the Arachnos Commander has been set up. Someone is planning on making the Commander look like a fool in the eyes of Lord Recluse, and that someone resides somewhere inside the leadership of SoftNC. They are planning on making all of the Arachnos Commanders accomplishments look like they were done by someone else. And this person plans to destroy the Arachnos Elite and take over in place of the Commander.
He knows that the leaders of SoftNC have chosen the "Nemesis Council" to be their army. He knows that from now on, the "Nemesis Council" will be seen as the best of the best. He knows that SoftNC is trying to make people forget that the Arachnos Elite is just that.. Elite!
Now, the Commander knows that this would be the perfect opportunity to step down and fade away into the depths of existence. He is thinking, "Just walk away and this "Nemesis Council" will take the place of the Arachnos Elite and in time I'll be forgotten. I'll be able to live my immortality the way I please."
The Commander knows what he should do. He walks over to the Teleporter, types in a destination and is about to hit the Teleport button. His finger is within inches of pressing it, yet he is frozen. He drops his arm but he is still staring at the transport. He backspaces the destination which he just typed... " Paragon City. " He is debating on if he's willing to type in another location.
Footsteps are heard walking away from the transporter, as we focus on the terminal and the blinking red Transport button. The view slowly views into the blinking cursor that is to the right of " Enter Destination: "
The cursor stops flashing as typing beings.
" Enter Destination: Mission Map - SoftNC Headquarters "
As we pan focus out, we see a black, armored glove extend to a large black and red suit of armor. The red Arachnos Emblem is glowing on the chest plate. As we pan up, we see the face of Bain Adain. There is no longer a smile on his face, for what had just transpired seemed like a distant memory. There is a look of anger, a look of unadulterated evil now flowing through his eyes.
He raises his battle helmet, places it over his head and locks it onto his armor.
He looks down and swiftly hits the Transport Button. Within seconds he is standing inside the lobby of SoftNC. He grabs his communicator and calls for his Soldiers. His mercenary, Mayhem descends from above. His soldiers, Slaughter, Axxis and sYnn appear from out of nowhere. His Special Ops, snYper and Demon repel from ceiling.
The Commander is thinking, "So SoftNC thinks that I'm just going to back down? They think I'm going to step aside and let the "Nemesis Council" be number one? They really think that the Arachnos Elite can be beat?"
He turns to his troops and delivers an order to them.
"Let's give these punks a Christmas they'll never forget. Defeat the leader and his guards and spare no one along the way."
((www.ArachnosElite.com))
pohsyb: so of all people you must be most excited about the veats
Arachnos Commander: actually, I am
pohsyb: I mean you kinda were one already anyways ^_^
Arachnos Commander: