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Post by Rashn Rasmankar on Apr 9, 2016 21:07:20 GMT
Heads bagged, hands tied, everyone is rushed into airships by men clad in armor and wearing gas masks. Where they are brought, they don't know, but once the bags are removed and hands unbound, they find themselves in a large room with walls made of white chalk and accentuated by stripes of blackflint. The lights flicker occasionally, but the room is more than bright enough to make out the surroundings. Rashn stands firmly, alongside a dark skinned woman dressed in business attire who seems rather bored with the inter dimensional travellers. Behind small, rectangular windows, a city can be seen far below, alive with lights.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 0:18:03 GMT
Anna-Katrin blinks and shakes her head as the bag covering her head is removed. She rubs at where her left wrist was chafed by the bindings and looks around the room, her grey eyes coming to rest on Rashn and the woman standing next to him.
"Where are we," she asks, her voice thick, her throat dry. "What's going on?"
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Post by Sharsinn Von Lark on Apr 10, 2016 3:08:41 GMT
Anna-Katrin blinks and shakes her head as the bag covering her head is removed. She rubs at where her left wrist was chafed by the bindings and looks around the room, her grey eyes coming to rest on Rashn and the woman standing next to him. "Where are we," she asks, her voice thick, her throat dry. "What's going on?" "Amazing." The woman says, fixing her white gloves, and removing her jacket, "You weren't lying, they really do speak Arsci. Oddest accents I've ever heard, but it's most certainly Arsci." Approaching, with both confidence and a measured amount of caution, she studies Anna, Valentine and Blue. When her curiosity is quenched, she retreats to her spot beside Rashnn. "Hoffnung maybe?" He pauses on this, stroking his beard, before shaking his head yes in agreement. The woman curtseys and waves for Rashnn to leave the room. "Pardon my poor manners, I'm Lady Sharsinn Von Lark. You are in Citadel Extremity. It's really is a beautiful structure, an ode to an earlier and perhaps the most beautiful time in our history. The perfect hub for inter-dimensional travellers such as yourself. Don't take it the wrong way, to be housed here is an honour. The Librarian, despite your misbehaviour at the reception, is currently arguing on your behalf in front of all the major global power players. Hopefully by morning you'll be able to move freely, and we can see to getting you out of here." |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 10:54:30 GMT
Valentine kept his hands behind his back to improve his slightly hunched figure. This time, however, he decided to keep quiet and simply let the others do the conversation in the room while gazing curiously through the small windows, trying to make out what lies beyond them.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2016 14:46:53 GMT
Anna-Katrin returns Lady von Lark's curtsy.
"A pleasure, ma'am. Please, accept my apologies on behalf of all of us for our crude behaviour..." she turns to glare at Blue and Valentine before continuing. "I guess things have all thrown us for a loop. We're not exactly "inter-dimensional travelers," as you've put it...this is something way beyond my comprehension, and I'm sure the others feel the same. Quite honestly, I can't even remember what I was doing before I ended up here. And....HOW did I end up here? I'm so confused."
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Post by Blue on Apr 11, 2016 18:57:34 GMT
-Alice Promptly gets up & walks over to Anna & Lark-
Alice:"Quite honestly, I will NOT be apologizing, The Blade you so inexplicably defiled had allot of sentimental value & iconic significance, Secondly, I'm a soldier, not a bloody diplomat... Now gimme back my bloody boots already so we can get this show on the road!"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 20:16:08 GMT
Valentine decides to break his short-lived silence still focused on the view that lies beyond the windows
"Blue... just shut up already."
He looks at her with a stern gaze
"Can't you see that it is you and your stupidity that actually got us into this mess? I don't want to apologise either but hell, I wanna get outta here! Just keep your trap shut and do what they say and hopefully you will be reunited with your rascal soldiers soon enough, okay?!"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 20:22:09 GMT
Anna-Katrin throws up her hands in frustration.
"Mein Gott, will you two bloody well get over yourselves! For once, Valentine's right, though. We all want to get out of here, so just shut it and let's see what our hosts want from us and if they can help us get back home!"
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Post by Blue on Apr 11, 2016 20:49:15 GMT
After being told to keep quiet & chill her chips for the past 5 hours, something fundamental snapped in Alice, Standing there with her feet touching the cold icy floor, Not to mention having recently lost an artifact that her Dead father had left her & was probably the only thing She had left to remember him by, an aura of complete hopelessness & defeat loomed over her, This was it, She had finally reached her breaking point.
All sound drained away as she looked over at the others gums flapping in conversation, & almost in an instant, a white hot sensation fueled by Rage filled her lungs. Looking down at this Traitorous pirate filth who'm dared bark out an order at her & the stateless bean counter who'm she had forced to be accompanied by, coupled by the overwhelming passive aggressiveness & pompous nature of her forced hosts just became too much.
Without thinking, almost as if triggered by reflex in a blind hot earshreekking rage that filled her mind to the brim she grabbed Valentine by the color, hoisted him up till his feet where dangling several feet from the ground, in a singular fluent motion she lunged forward slamming him against a wall, her hands clenching in anger & her breath racing like a tank storming down a mountaintop, her eyes turned blood red, with her usual wimsical grin replaced by a blank haunting expression.
Parts & Skippy quickly ran towards her but mere inches away backed off, knowing full well what was going on.
Alice:" Say that again Pirate... Say that again, one... more, time... I Dare you..."
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Post by Sharsinn Von Lark on Apr 11, 2016 21:38:47 GMT
Unceremoniously, Sharsinn fires a single round for her revolver. She stares proudly at the wound in Alice's leg and yawns. "I hope we are all now at a mutual understanding. I don't know how they act where barbarians such as you come from, but in the immortal city, in the presence of Sudfellian royalty, you will either listen or be dealt with accordingly." Popping open the cylinder and checking the number of rounds left, she smiles, "This is a Model 1789 Hawksley Revenge. As 'old timey' as it may appear, it fires a fragmenting .55 round. More than enough to punch through armour, much less flesh and bone. It has taken dozens of lives. Only a handful are my doing, my uncle has a score list that will be hard to overcome. None the less, don't think for a moment I'm not eager to try and keep pace."
Pulling out earplugs, Sharsinn walks towards Alice, who is as stunned from the bullet as she is from the tremendous sound of the firearm, with a combination of eagerness and disgust at the sight of blood, before stepping around her and offering Valentine a hand. She waits for him to regain his composure after the attack and the sound of the firearm in a small room. "Now you must be Valentine. I apologize for my partners actions. Air Marines don't mix well with Corsairs here. But I can tell you aren't some uneducated, barbaric hired gun." Smiling at Anna, she points at one of the beds, "You'll find a change of clothes, and some shoes of course, under there. Don't want you all sticking out too much when we get you out. Their are bathrooms down the hall. I've ensured they have warm water available."
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Post by Rashn Rasmankar on Apr 11, 2016 21:53:44 GMT
Rushing in almost immediately after leaving, Rashn throws his hands in the air with dejection at the sight of blood. "I thought you said you had this! Now I'm going to have to have one of my medics patch her up. Waist valuable morphine, not including checking everyone else for ear damage."
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Post by Sharsinn Von Lark on Apr 11, 2016 21:56:47 GMT
"Oh calm down, they'll be just fine." She points at Alice, "I just grazed her to make a point." Then, patting Valentine on the shoulder, "And a man like this has clearly fired enough weapons to be used to the odd interior discharge. He'll be fine. I give the ringing an hour, tops." Sharsinn pauses on Anna, playing with her braid as she calculates her odds, "Maybe two hours for her? Nothing a shower can't fix though, no?"
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 22:11:03 GMT
What just happened, happened too fast for Valentine. For a moment he thought he could control the situation and steer it towards the faster return to Terra, but now...
Now, it seems, it'll take some time, at least least until the shock is over completely. He could still feel the tremors all throughout his body, hands in particular. Moreover, he could barely hear, let alone understand what their hosts are saying. His eyes switched to Alice for a moment, then back to Sharsinn and Rash and the cycle repeated for several times.
He kept his back against the wall, still unsure if he could keep the balance for now.
"Huh...", he concluded, his ears still barely registering the surrounding voices and sounds, "Not gonna try to reason with that crazy b**** ever again... -sigh- Sh!t, that was close. Two times today. I'm getting too old for this."
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Post by Deleted on Apr 11, 2016 22:23:50 GMT
Everything seemed to happen in slow motion. She saw Blue lunge at Valentine, grabbing him and slamming against the wall, saw the shock and surprise on Valentine's face, and then felt, rather than heard the gunshot that reverberated throughout the room. She stumbled backwards, grimacing in pain and grabbing her ears as her world went silent, save for an intense ringing.
"Goddess save me! What the hell!" She couldn't even hear her own voice, although she felt it vibrating in her own head.
She looked over and saw Sharsinn speaking; thankfully, she was able to read lips, and she knew that the woman was addressing her, saying something about the ringing in her ears and a shower.
"A shower would be lovely," Anna-Katrin said rather loudly, her voice rattling about in her head.
She looked over at Valentine, who stood in shocked disbelief against the wall. She could see that he was trembling. She made a motion to get his attention and gave him a half-hearted smile, then followed Sharsinn down the hallway to the bathroom.
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Post by Blue on Apr 11, 2016 23:11:04 GMT
-Alice Let go of Valentine, Having him fall flat on his buttox with a loud thud, The bullet graze seemned to have gone completely unnoticed by her, she Turned to Lark & with almost lightning speed grabbed the revolver from her person, holding it infront of her before slightly bending the barrel just enough to render it disabled then dropping it to the floor.-
Alice:"The next time you dare aim a weapon at me, You better shoot to kill... I also suggest not trying to force your definition of etiquette on a people whom's dinner gets cooked by technology that most likely run your most advanced war machines... "
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