"...with fear as our cloak and death as our dagger, we will shape a new order!" added Hatesman, crushing the glass in his bare grip, "The blood of our enemies will run free!" he barked, as crimson wine dripped through his fingers.
It takes Chaos to move the world to Action.
With an inwardly swelling excitement the Dark Pistol uttered just one word, "excellent".
((We shall begin again on Sunday evening. Good play people, good play.))
Hi guys been following this for a while, just thought id add something.
The Opportunist
Four months prior to the breakout at the Zig
You say she got caught?
Yes she was apprehended on her way out of steel canyon
[He chuckles to himself]
she didnt even make it out of the district, ha, she should have known better, do you think she thought shed get away with it?
Who knows but Statesmen and his mob were on her soon enough, caught her on her way past the university
Probably trying to escape to Independence Port
When can I expect my money?
Were not sure sir, it seems statesmen is personally looking into the case
Do you think he expects anything?
[He steps away from his chair, he looks out over steel canyon from his office]
hard to say sir
Lets see where this goes, arrange a meeting with statesmen, well find out his intentions from this
Yes sir, sir if you dont mind me asking what should we do about the girl?
The girl well.. Nothing for know but dont worry Adrian she will soon find out that stealing from me was the a big mistake
One month prior to the breakout
I must say this is most irregular, I presume you want to know why we havent returned your money
It had crossed my mind
Well we mainly keeping onto it because we havent yet had a confession from our suspect, her ability makes sure we cant get anything out of her head
Her ability?
Some sort of force protection
So she is talented, so when can I expect my money back?
When we get a confession
Statesmen I want my money back and if you dont prosecute that little tart Ill take matters into my own hands
First of all I dont take orders from civilians second this money thats apparently yours has come from nowhere, weve seen your records, for you hotels, casinos, its impossible for this money to be yours, unless somehow three and a half million just failed to show up in your records.
Youre making a mistake doing this Statesman... Ill give you another chance to give me it b.....
MR TAIPAN YOU ARE IN NO POSITION TO DEMAND ANYTHING FROM ME
[Taipan rushed up from his chair, statesmen startled jumped up to]
Well then I guess were finished Statesmen
I guess so
[Statesmen leaves the office, and hooded man walks in from a side door in the office]
Well what did you get Taipan asks
Not a lot, he kept his head clear apart from one name, the name of the girl
And
Her name is Alicia Hunter
Ah the pistol, well this could be interesting
You want me to kill her
No lets see where this goes, monitor her, and find out everything, I want daily reports
You mean... you dont want her dead
No well...not yet anyway she may be useful, a women who has enough guts to steal from me, deserves a second chance, after all shes the first one to do it
One day prior to the prison break
Youre sure of this
Certain theres about half a dozen involved
well it seems our time has come, shell escape no doubt, but i want you and Adrian to get close, follow them, discover what she up two, wait till the time is right and call me when you have something
Very well sir
What about the others
if any of them get in your way..kill them, I want my money back and if we have to force a confession out of her then thats what well do
One day prior to the meeting
[Adrian is calling Taipan whilst the hooded man keeps a look out]
There forming some sort of alliance with each other sir, there planning on bringing down Statesmen
Are they indeed
Rozerem could get in there heads, long enough for me to get Pistol
No wait, let me talk to this group we could come to some sort of arrangement, we have similar goals
Yes sir
Present Day
"The blood of our enemies will run free!"
[Taipan walks silently in through a side entrance, Adrian at one side and Rozerem at the other]
[Taipan whispers to Rozerem]
Make sure they are unable to access their abilities, hide it there thick heads away from them
[Taipan walks forward, he notices Pistol sees him and is a little shaken]
well I must say ladies and gentlemen that Im very impressed, Ive been watching your progress for weeks now, and what fun youve all been up two. Tell me how exactly youre going to bring down paragon, because as far as I know your wanted criminals, and poor ones at that
[He moves through the crowd to where pistol stands]
Whats wrong Pistol after such an admiral speech it you be a shame if my presence has silenced you
[He stands in front of her. He grabs her arm. He pulls her close enough to whisper]
I could take it all away, your beauty, you smooth skin, all gone. Is there something wrong, are you trying to access your ability, not with my friend here, hes hidden it from you. Now tell me what you know, you owe me for taking my money
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Hi guys been following this for a while, just thought id add something.
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I think perhaps when you were following this you might have missed an important bit, where Pious opened up the OOC rules for this particular event and said:
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((Roleplaying in this meeting is by Moderator invitation only.
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With that being so, I won't mention the fact that the meeting ended 5 hours before you suggested you arrive, or the godmodding of determining what effect your powers have on others without discussing their defences, immunities, and gaining consent.
Its a nice piece of writing, kudos, but its not good RP.
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oh okay no problem thanks for letting me know
((I'm guessing you're new to RP Nereus, you made a few common mistakes on Friday. Nevertheless, you have a shiny thugs mastermind which means if you wanted, you can play with the Gang and Pistol also. Maybe even get involved with the LORDs community plots as and when it strikes. I'm very busy this week but maybe later, we can do something with Mr Taipan and Dark Pistol. Your above story, although an interesting read, has broken a lot of common rules of polite RP. We can talk about that later if you want, via private messages or MSN is most likely. For now, I will assume what you have written never actually occurred, for the simple fact that you misused my character, and without prior notification. The story even has me slightly confused.))
((We should now start the meeting on the 20th shouldn't we? I'm not sure if a venue was specified, so am assuming it was at the mansion again which would leave Pistol starting things off again))
@Romanov
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Conquering from the Shadows
Sunday January 27th, 5:53pm. A small conference room at the Sisarose Mansion. Again, the table is decorated with food, covered under stainless steel platers. Drinks and beverage are positioned near expensive silverware.
Alicia Barzini was dressed the same as the previous meeting, in a smart, black polyester trenchcoat with a high collar, hair neatly packed into a bun at the back of the head. She sat, giving silent orders to the footmen and waiting for more company.
The midnight black stretch Bentley slowed and came to a stop outside Sisarose Mansion.
In the back seat, attired in an expensive black suit and overcoat, Alex Romanov was concluding a conversation on his cellphone.
No, Mr King, this is no longer a negotiation. My people will have the paperwork to you within the hour. I suggest you sign it or you will soon learn how hostile a takeover can really be.
He hung up. The young woman sitting next to him was also dressed in expensive black. Her skin was pale and her exquisite features hinted at a meeting of European and Japanese in her heritage. Although an observer would guess there were no more than ten years between them in age that was far from the truth.
Thank you, father. I can handle things from here. As soon as the paperwork is completed I will see that the hostages are released and
Xenia, said Romanov, no trace of emotion in his voice. It is a common mistake of lesser businessmen than myself to release hostages. When Mr King signs on the dotted line take him to his family. Then kill them all. Personally. He placed his hand firmly on his daughters wrist. And the next time you think it necessary to bring me in on such trivial matters
start thinking also as to what your new career will be.
Yes, father, she replied as Romanov exited the car.
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
Romanov stood in the doorway for a moment and observed Alicia Barzini. On the surface he looked like he had stepped from the cover of GQ, his suit, hair and skin were immaculate giving no hint at the monster beneath.
He smiled and gave a respectful nod, before presenting his host with a bottle that seemed to just have appeared in his gloved hand.
Ms Barzini, it is a please to see you again. I apologise for not being the thoughtful guest last time but in fairness your invitation gave little away. Please, accept this gift given in thanks for your hospitality. Chateau Margaux 1787. Quite palatable or you may wish to keep it as an investment.
He took the same seat as last time. I had hoped to speak to you in person before today, but time seems to have beaten me. Having done a little research, I am glad that, in you at least, I have found someone worthy of an alliance. Such a pity you did not come to me first but
now we must play the hand we have been dealt, must we not?
@Romanov
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Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
Cap Au Diable. Slowly dusk sets in over the city. The universaty is completly deserted and people are going home to have dinner with the family. Only a few streets from this place of higher learning stands a large house of several stories high. The gargoyle faces on the wall look grim and dead, just like the house itself. Most people try to avoid the place, and those who need to pass it do it fast. Although not known to many this is the home of the Countess Báthory Erzsébet and her infamous court of demons, vampires, ghosts, werewolves and the likes.
Beneath the building there are rooms larger then on the top floors. And here we find the countess herself... resting on a large stone tomb in her bathroom. The bath filled with blood... blood streaming from the veins of a dead woman hanging on the branch of a small tree next to it.
Holding a towel in front of her she is washing of the blood with water and drying her skin. Casually she picks up an ancient goblet and catches the last falling drops from the dead woman who, on closer look seems to be a longbow officer. Elizabeth empties the goblet and throws the towel aside walking up to a closet to get dressed in a small black dress. Carefully she picks up her blood-red amulet and hangs it around her neck.
Walking pass her desk she quicly checks some notes she made, and looks at the small pocket watch lying there... "Almost six I see, It's time!", she thinks to herself. Slowly she walks up the stairs, almost like gliding. Outside she looks up at the sky that starts to turn dark, clouds casually gliding in front of the moon but with very few wind.
"Good flying weather...", she thinks to herself. And with that thought her body begins to change... fangs grow... leather wings forming from her skin... A giant bat with fur the same color as the countess her hair flies towards Nerva... towards Sisarose Mansion...
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It had been a trying week.
Lifting his thoughts from what susceptible mind to devour next, Lord Erebus had turned his thoughts towards politics. Which countries were at odds with who, which corporation had interests in which party, what conglomerate had their hands on the strings of which government. He had found it all terribly boring. Nonetheless, he had taken in a few board meetings, back room deals and golden handshakes, keeping himself invisible as he observed one fat, corrupt human greasing the wheels for another fat, corrupt human while treading on the heads of various underlings. Having decided which of the disgusting gentlemen he found the most loathsome during the week, he had then followed them home and consumed their family while they slept. It had given him little satisfaction.
Had he learnt anything useful he asked himself as he approached the mansion. Probably not. His compatriots desire to rule some patch of land on this godforsaken world meant little to him. But the chance to work uninterrupted, to have a whole nation of miserable humans to experiment with excited him. Perhaps when he had destroyed enough of their twisted little hearts, he might finally find what he was looking for
Still, there was a long way to go and there was much work to be done. His lesson in world politics might not have been fun but it had certainly been useful. When it had bored him, he had turned his attention to his other pet project.
Held under his arm was a carved box, made of blackened wood. He had waited for some time to use this device and it had taken a while to perfect but he considered that it would be a useful agent in achieving the aims of their little group. The guard at the door greeted him and requested that he may be permitted to look inside the box to ensure that what Erebus carried was not a gun or some other weapon.
Sighing impatiently, Erebus considered consuming the guard but opened the box so that the impudent human could look in. Seeing that the box contained nothing but a bottle of liquid, a glass slide and a pair of glasses the guard let the Lord pass, glad to be free of the gaze of his lifeless eyes. It was only when he saw the black clad gentleman enter the meeting room did he start breathing normally again.
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Elizabeth landed at the corner of the mansion, taking her human form again. Slowly she walked up to the door. Both the guards looked at her with some suspicion. "The countess Báthory, I am invited...", she said to them. Knowing full well that with her previous entrance she never passed these men.
"Ofcourse mylady.", said the first man... stepping aside to let her pass, while instinctivly staring a few seconds at her legs. "You like what you see, young man?", Elizabeth asked. While the second doorman already took a step back. "ehh... sorry mylady... it will not happen again.", he stumbled sweating. "It's oke...", Elizabeth comforts him while laying her hand on his cheek and kissing him... Directly followed by ripping open the young doorman's face with her claws leaving three long deep scarring wounds.
While licking the blood from her nails she enters the room... With a small gesture she greets Alicia Barzini. "I say good evening!", "and ofcourse to you too.", noticing Romanov and Erebus sitting at their former spots. Her own place at the table again had an old wine bottle obviously filled with blood. A table servant already was filling up a glass for her.
Elizabeth sat down slowly and with grace. "Good to see you all again...", she said while lifting her glass looking around... staring a moment longer then normal into the eyes of Romanov.
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Alicia blushed at the sentiment, gladly receiving the bottle of wine. As the gentleman spoke, Alicia prolonged eye-contact to enjoy his attention. "Its lovely Alex, thank you" she replied almost breathlessly, noting the arrival of the Countess. "You know, I am intrigued to hear what you have to say Alex, you should stay after the meeting..." Slowly, Alicia unclipped a button by her neck and the trenchcoat fell apart, revealing a smooth curve of cleavage. "...unless of course you're too busy planning a solo conquest"
Elizabeth looked at this action with fire in her eyes... "HepRxa!", she mumbles softly to herself.
*The ****! (Only for those who understand Russian)
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Romanov smiled at his hosts flirtation. I would be happy to stay and enjoy your company for a little longer, Alicia.
The words of Russian from the vampire queen caused him to tilt his head, reminiscent of a hawk choosing a target. Such an outburst was a breach of etiquette but it was the vampires fire was part of her allure.
Good evening, Countess. What have I done to deserve the company of two such fine, vibrant women? In fact my mind cannot help but dwell on the myriad of ways we three could entertain ourselves rather than exert ourselves in debate over conquest.
He turned to face Lord Erebus, holding his gaze for a second before raising a glass to him. But alas, ladies, I fear we must but aside such thoughts and wait for the rest of the circus to roll into town.
@Romanov
Nadja Romanov, Lily Pink, Little Death - The Cadre
Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
Lord Erebus nodded a welcome in response. The light flirting of the guests who had already arrived meant nothing to him, it was all so impermanent to him. He took a seat and watched the room, waiting for the other guests.
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There was a clunk as a robot landed next to the table with a start, having been hovering along a few seconds before. His movements were no different, his mannerisms were as cold and efficient as before, but somehow it seemed emptier, almost melancholy.
"Adam is currently occupied, however, he is eager to see our alliance does not falter, and sends us data-linked as a substitute, along with his sincere apologies." it intoned, before jerking awkwardly for a few seconds, and then speaking again.
"So... Where were we?"
ORACLE entered the room, looking demure and beautiful as ever, tonight wearing a long flowing red and black dress down to the floor with her black hair held high by a set of hair-pins.
"Hatesman is late." she stated as she took a seat, displaying the TLF symbol before her face via Holographic projection, as a proof of her identity. "Ms. Liberty seems to have ordered a Longbow Chaser attack on him." she sneered with distaste.
"Connecting Remote Conferencing..."
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Hatesman took an Ampule from his belt as he ducked behind a huge metal crate on the docklands. Throwing it into the air he then dive rolled back onto the pavement and launched himself skywards towards a Red and White hover-vehicle.
The small belt device extended wings and flew after him, revealing a camera in the nose cone.
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"...Visual Feed Confirmed... Engaging."
ORACLE held her hand up, shoulder-high, as if she was going to ask a question and then with a flash of light a red square of light was projected from the palm of her hand.
The screen showed the TLF logo which morphed into ORACLE's true Cyber-Virtual face, before expanding into a window which crackled with static and then displayed an image of Hatesman holding the pilot of a Longbow Chaser in his grip. The pilot had evidently lost his vehicle already and was about to lose his life if Hatesman had anything to do with it.
"My detestable allies, I ran into trouble..." he said adressing the camera hastily.
The pilot in his grip grabbed onto Hatesmans arm and tried to wriggle free, kicking his feet hard into the Hatesmans body where he could reach. "Who are you talking to!? You're insane!!" screamed the pilot.
"SILENCE!" bellowed Hatesman as he poured a massive burst of Electricity into the Pilot. With a flash of light the feed went down and ORACLE was left holding the TLF logo in her hand again.
Her face was filled with the look of disgust.
"...Feed Disabled."
It takes Chaos to move the world to Action.
Lord Borealis strode into the room with the eerie stomp of his mechanized suit that could be felt more than heard on the thick rubber soles. He completely ignored the doorman, striding directly to his seat but standing until ensuring all the ladies were seated.
In his left hand he carried a very large, old-fashioned leather bag. The kind with a hinged, metal reinforced opening and brass crasp. It looked as though it should be heavy, but he carried it lightly enough.
"Good evening", he said simply, his gaze traversing the group and resting suspiciously upon the robot he had not seen before.
"Is that here as XV's representative?" he asked of noone in particular and the room in general. "It looks disposable. I don't like it."
It would be pointless to scan the robot for explosives, since usually the power-core alone would be more than sufficient to destroy the room. "Does this place have any blast shields we could stick this oversized walkie toaster in?"
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Romanov rubbed his temple and gave out a barely audible why am I here sigh that might have come from Mozarts lips if he had been in line for an audition for American Idol.
Good evening, Lord Borealis. Im glad you have made it. As you can see other members of our fledgling union have failed to make the rendezvous. So robot in the room not-with-standing, we have also had two lines of communication into this building with no guarantee of security. One opened during an encounter with Longbow no less. Now, some of you may wish to enhance your reputations through association with myself but I certainly do not want to have to waste time explaining why I am in your company.
He sat back in his chair. Forgive me if I presumed that a secret society of world destroyers would at the very least be
secret. I will have one of my teams provide you all with a discrete and secure method of keeping in touch with each other. Until then I respectfully request that all communication be kept in person at these meetings.
@Romanov
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Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
Elizabeth stood up with a determined and slightly irritated face. "I wholeheartly agree on this. I want to add that the location of our future meetings also changes frequently. To enhance that same security and to remove any position of power that comes from being our host."
"Not that I doubt the intentions of our current hostess...", Elizabeth pauzed for a second... "...involving this alliance..."
"Let all who agree on these two proposals say 'Aye!', as they are essential for this alliance to work.", she says while leaning with her hands on the table.
"That said, I offer my home in Cap Au Diable as location for our next meeting!" Elizabeth looks at the robot... "At least no unchecked robots will be able to enter there. It has less open windows for instance!" And with that word she sat down again, wearing a wicked smile showing both her fangs clearly.
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Romanov stroked his chin as if in thought. "I have no issue with that suggestion.
"I am sure I will enjoy the Countess' hospitality just as much as Ms Barzini's."
@Romanov
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Estoque, Bastinado, Spidermonkey, Chic Doyle - The Militia
Miss Teen, Dead Reckoner, Dee Dee Diablo, Kaneko
"I agree" Borealis stated.
"Our meetings must be face to face, or via pre-agreed means and representatives. A secure plan must begin with secure planning." he allowed himself a small smile as he added, "A paranoid man thinks that the world is his enemy. We all know that the world is our enemy, because we are making it so."
"We must not assume that nobody can suspect anything. Not given the sheer number of fortune-tellers, psychics and mystics that Arachnos employ and place such faith in." he finished, with a look of mild distaste.
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"With this act I, the countess Báthory Erzsébet agrees to be part of this alliance!", Elizabeth proclaims while raising her blood-filled glass and emptying it.
"Let the world tremble..."
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