Pistol looked to Elizabeth and cringed with laughter clearly aimed to belittle Mechano. "I've been working with the Countess for over three years and we're just good, but an alliance with you Edward?" she laughed, "no thank you old man, how about you let us take care of business and you just worry about your arthritis."
Edward chuckled, "not just an alliance with me Godmother Pistol but an alliance with the Court and the Corporation, surely even you can see that it would benefit you."
Edward smiled, "you have many men under your control but you don't have the science to go with it, sure you could kidnap a scientist and make him do something for you but if I know heroes well enough a rescue would be staged. The Corporation brings with it the man power and it's many contact you don't have, the Court brings with it enough magical might to smite anything in their path, you would bring to this organisation more man power, more funds and also contacts within the family."
Edward smirked, "you can try to belittle me all you want but I'm not the one having rotten garden produce lobbed at their home now is it...I apologise...I should not followed my baser instincts to return like for like...now, perhaps with my explanation you see the benefits of this alliance?"
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"Oh, but I can see that... I can also see that there is a good chance we end up in an all-out gang war too!", Elizabeth signed for the waitress.
"All I can offer at the moment is a 'stop fighting pact'... Take it or leave it."
She bowed down to the waitress and gave her the money for the drink including a very good tip.
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"Edward, I see that you mean well but these tools behind me are purchasable mercenaries. If I needed them to work for me, I'll just throw money at them. Besides, we have a long history of rivalry, an alliance is out of the question. But if you, Doctor, want to work for Liz and I, that's a different matter, your first job involves a bucket, dustpan, a brush and the Castle halls.
"I like how you think Alicia... yes... that would be a huge help indeed.", Elizabeth reacted with a aristocratic laugh.
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- Along Came a... Bug!? #528482
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- The Court of the Blood Countess: The Rise of the Blood Countess #3805
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"Point taken, Dr Mechano", cx answered in his flat, monotone voice.
"My only question is this; an alliance as in a 'non-agression pact' or as in 'we will divide and conquer the world'?" Cx arched an eyebrow at the scientist. The gesture only exaggerated the scarring of his face.
Alpha snorted, turning his cold, featureless glare on the Countess and Pistol.
"Even us 'Mercernaries' have morals. Besides, money is hardly an issue for us. Not when Omega here can blow vault doors clean off their hinges, and my friend the Captain doesnt even need to do that. We work for higher class clients than simple animals..."
Von Schaden nodded, the mask focussed on Bathory, remembering the day she had tried to get him to work for her, and not the Corporation. Once given, however, the Captains word was his bond.
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Edward shook his head.
"I will kindly refuse your offer...a genuis does not get on his hands and knees for the likes of people who are willing to throw perfectly good money at a problem until it goes away instead of finding another, much cheaper solution to things.."
He looked at all of them, "in that case, if a full alliance, which is both a shame AND a wasted opportunity to take what is rightfully ours, that item in question being Paragon City, is out of the question then I propose we atleast stop agression between the four of us, a non-aggression pact as CX put it...to cease all bickering and insquabbling between us, it wasted valuable resources keeping an eye on each other that could be used for better ends, such as keeping an eye on hero movements and what they plan for us..."
Edward shook his head, "it is such a shame to see that such intelligent people can't get over their own past and work together...Lords of humanity we are not..."
Edward smirked, "consider my attacks a warning then, as I said, if I could pull something like this off, what's to stop one of the heroes figuring it all out and going vigilante on our backsides, if I wanted to I could have blown up both Castle Bathory...and I don't mean the useless masonry fascade at the front, along with Pistols Manor AND corrupted every single data file in the Corporations base...but this was only to get your gathered attention..."
"As for what I would have brought to this now obviously failed idea of an alliance is my genuis, my detailed knowledge of Paragon and it's heroes and more importantly the only one to be able to manafacture Superadine outside of the family...a profitable venture if you ever saw one...not to mention free genetically engineered and completely loyal superbeings for bodyguards..."
Edward shrugged and finished his coffee..."oh well, atleast I can say I tried..."
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"Ed, in all honesty there has been little in the way of fightin' between our groups. Hell, Liz here didn't even know John wasn't around any more and he left a while ago.
Plus we can't sign a none aggression pact with Pistol's Gang as her alliances include that of the Marcone family, whom I may add, we've been at war with since our initial foundin' almost two years ago.
All we can offer you is an ear to your plea. Come to our base, speak with the full board of directors. Corp's no-longer about the the singular any more, is about the whole." Will grinned slightly "...plus we aren't askin' you to clean up the damage you caused. Dust pan and brush? That's not friendly Ed."
"What is the catch?"
"I do not belive you are willing to offer the Superadine nor these Bodyguards to us for free."
Cx turned to the two women "And I for one do agree with the good doctor, stop squabbling and get back in the game."
Pistol looked bored, absent-mindedly helping herself to a bottle of water.
Edward smiled and stood up, "I will definitely consider your offer William..." hands over a card, "That's my current address...no doubt one of your technical minded people has found it already...stop by for a visit sometime if I don't come to you first..."
Edward looked at the other two, "well it's been fun kids but obviously you lot aren't listening to reason...so do whatever it is you do and have fun..."
Edward stepped behind one of the pillars, there was an orange glow and a flash as he teleported.
He looked to the drone that had been overlooking the meeting the whole time, "Did you get their voices and managed to scan their bodies for a holographic projector belt to be able to project around me?"
The drone nodded, "be thankful you're the only one that actually showed me any courtesy William...the other two are about to be at each others throats..."
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((You do know TP is impossible in D, Doc? 
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"Wait" said Pistol. "Mr. Breaker, if the Corporation plans to support Mechano's raid on Paragon City, it'd provide me with an opportunity to return a certain favour to the Militia. I hate you all and nothing will change that, but consider me in on this project anyway. I doubt the countess would pass up the chance also." With that said, Pistol prepared to leave. "Let it be know however, that Paragon City belongs to no-one but it's citizens, there is no point in fooling ourselves that we can somehow forcibly win over control. Owning a city is as simple as becoming a part of it, go live there. Attacking the city with its heroes as our targets is better justified, I think."
((Ourbours portal isn't though))
((teleport is...but the Orange glow = Oroborous portal which isn't impossible))
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Spruk got up and wrapped his trenchcoat back on, still grinning. As he left, he looked at the group, "He's crazy, but there was a point there." and with that, he walked through the large doors and towards the Isles.
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Will rose to his feet and looked at Pistol for a long moment. He picked up the card Ed left and pocketed it before answering her.
"...We're not perticularly fond of you either, but should you wish to talk about Ed's....plan, we'll listen. We know how to hold a grudge Pistol but we also know when to forget. Especially when it benfits us." With that Will, turned to his own colleages to talk, and allowed Pistol to leave.
"How very kind of you Mr. Breaker, but you must appreciate my little predicament" Pistol mocked, her tone of voice heavily sarcastic and condescending. "That little predicament being Sharkshead Isle and your little rag tag crusade of thieves and robots, fuc**ing murdering my brothers, you half-cocked cun*. The day the Corporation surrenders this endlessly bloody turf war to the Marcone Family, is the day I'll stop contemplating your deaths and maybe, just maybe, I'll allow myself to forget you exist. Deal, or no deal?"
"That went well...", Elizabeth said while standing up. "I have some targets in Paragon to cripple too... Especially the Council and the Hyena's. Both have hunted me and my kind far to long."
"But I have to say to you all that an open attack is still not adviced. As I said... I promise a cease fire only. But you can count on me and my Court's support when plans are being made on these two targets."
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There was a quiet but pointed little hiss from Von Schaden at Pistols words, the noise of two well-kept wristblades sliding into position. It was followed by the metallic crick of Alphas robotic knuckles.
"We'll stop pounding the Marcones after they've paid us back for all the grief they've given us over the years, and after they've absconded from being Recluse's lapdogs. Thats all they were back in the day, and their nothing but an annoyance now. End of."
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Elizabeth threw a meaningful look at Pistol... Then with some doubt to Breaker. Completely ignoring the remark Ed had made.
"I once thought an alliance with the Corporation would be of use to me... as they have people in tech organizations I could use alsmede some high tech my scientist can't come up with. The meeting went not as planned to say the least. I am not keen on repeating that."
"As too what my resources are... They are more then you can guess, and less then I would like to have them."
She folded her hands together and waited if the others where to reveal more.
- The Italian Job: The Godfather Returns #1151
Beginner - Encounter a renewed age for the Mook and the Family when Emile Marcone escapes from the Zig!
- Along Came a... Bug!? #528482
Average - A new race of aliens arrives on Earth. And Vanguard has you investigate them!
- The Court of the Blood Countess: The Rise of the Blood Countess #3805
Advanced - Go back in time and witness the birth of a vampire. Follow her to key moments in her life in order to stop her! A story of intrigue, drama and horror! Blood & Violence... not recommend to solo!