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Post by Achtung Katie™ on Oct 26, 2009 19:23:44 GMT -5
Kat lifted her chin slightly, "You lose me, you lose Isaac. You lose Isaac, you lose Hawk. You lose Hawk, you lose Nick, and I'm sure Kane won't stick around. AFR is already gone, Eris will follow, and I won't presume to speak for Rose, but I can tell you she won't be happy either." She sat back in her chair, propping her chin up and resting two fingers along her cheek, "You really want to risk all that because you can't simply swallow your pride and ask if your soldiers, your so called family, would be willing to let you back into the fold?"
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 19:23:51 GMT -5
-Sanctus pauses ten yards from Hikari and Aubrey, then lowers his weapon, still ready to strike at any moment- I am Sanctus Diaboli, of the Shadow Clan and Blacksun Mercenari. You are trespassing on Shadow Clan grounds... why?
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-Aubrey looks at Hikari, then back to the paladin- Interesting arm you have there, Sanctus. Interesting name as well. A bit of a paradox, no?
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 19:26:57 GMT -5
-The shadowfyre flares out, and Armok slams a fist on her desk, staring at her with heat in his eyes and voice- Isaac might side with you out of a fool sense of love, but he remembers fighting with me against threats that made Mephisto look like a leave day. Kane will stand with me, and AFR as well. Rose will pick neither of us, and Hawk will listen to Isaac's opinion, yes, but she has one of her own. Sanctus will stand with me, even if because he wants to be the one to kill me, and last I heard he just rescued Aldria from Tanor, WHEN YOU DID NOTHING!
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Post by kane on Oct 26, 2009 19:27:27 GMT -5
AFR let his smile drop. "Well... I guess that's a good thing..." As in... not for him. "Who needs all that drama?" He passed it off as nothing.
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Oct 26, 2009 19:29:49 GMT -5
She nodded, putting her sunglasses back on. "Exactly." There was still a smile on her face. She was a practical joker, not much of a lover. Bianca really didn't do relationships.
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Hikari answered his question. "My daughter resides with the Clan." She took a few steps forward to get close to Aubrey. "I am quiet close to AFR if you need specifics."
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Post by Achtung Katie™ on Oct 26, 2009 19:31:07 GMT -5
Her voice was ice cold, though she didn't move or even jump at Armok and his fist slamming, "That's because I was here, busy fighting you. Tanor's soldiers slaughtered my own troops before they had a chance." She shrugged, "I've never presumed to be perfect, I just try my best."
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 19:31:29 GMT -5
-Sanctus studies the two of them, then sheathes Whisper- I don't need a sword to end you. And that isn't a threat... -He bares teeth in a feral smile- It's a fact. You two will come with me, until whoever the hell survived this can answer some of my questions, and find a place for the two of you.
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 19:37:09 GMT -5
Busy fighting me? You are as blind as you are inept. -He shakes his head- If you did not notice, I was wandering Russia and Europe blindly, killing as many of Tanor's foul minions as I could on my own as I found my way to inner solitude. Not one of your... -Armok laughs, rudely- Correction, not one of my soldiers fell to my blade since Tanor was ripped from me. Tell me, Kat. How many soldiers did you send to Aldria after your initial battalion was slaughtered by Tanor's? How many soldiers were sent to Moscow for rescue efforts? -He leans forward, in her face- You lost the crown jewel of the Shadow Clan empire. Your forces were dominated on the ground, and in the sky, of DARKMOOR, explain that to me. -He shakes his head- Perhaps it is best if I leave now, before I change my mind about not killing you here and now.
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Post by simplyKATEY. on Oct 26, 2009 19:39:03 GMT -5
Rose had long finished her shower and was leaning against the wall outside the War Room. Waiting. She wouldn't step in unless Armok made a physical attack on Kat. She hated this.
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Oct 26, 2009 19:40:10 GMT -5
Hikari looks at Aubrey as for an answer. She doesn't know yet whether or not to trust this holy creature. Tanor's grip had weakened for some reason, but her mind was far from clear or stable. Her worry was painted on her face and her body showed that it would not let up her wary stance.
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 19:42:22 GMT -5
-Aubrey nods to Sanctus- Alright, paladin. We'll follow you. -He sheathes his scimitars, then gestures for Hikari to ease up-
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-Sanctus nods- So be it. If you are lying about your intentions... They will let me kill you.
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Oct 26, 2009 19:43:50 GMT -5
Hikari doesn't fully trust Aubrey either, but it was either trust someone almost like her or someone with WTFPWN holy powers. She'd take the vampire. "I am not lying and my...partner here is just following my lead." FEH! YEAH RIGHT! She'd lie like a champion though.
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 19:45:47 GMT -5
-Sanctus leads them to a transport, where Tyrael and Tristain waited with the pilot. They saluted Sanctus and eyed the two stragglers warily- Load them up, we're going back to Brazil. -He straps himself into the transport-
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-Aubrey eyes Sanctus curiously, then shrugs- Brazil it is.
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Post by Karma Kayla!! on Oct 26, 2009 19:48:55 GMT -5
Hikari followed. She kept an eye on Sanctus and proceeded to stand near to Aubrey. She wanted to ask him a load of questions, but felt that someone could possibly overhear. Not only that, she was a bit mad at herself for not trying to get away from Aubrey. She didn't lie when she said she had no where else to go. This frustrated her more and more. Not to mention the sexual tension was crazy. It scared her more to think of what would happen if she went back out on her own.
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Post by Achtung Katie™ on Oct 26, 2009 20:46:51 GMT -5
"I think you have the order wrong. Tanor attacked Aldria, and then you were separated from him." Kat still didn't move from her seat, a small frown creasing her face, "I sent all the forces I could to Moscow, and I sent as much back up as I could spare to Aldria." So he didn't know what he was talking about, so there, "Kill me, Armok, I dare you. Explain to Rose that you don't trust her opinion enough to ask her who she would prefer to follow. Explain to Isaac why you felt that killing me was an appropriate alternative to talking to him. Tell Hawk, to her face, why this was your only option, your only possible course of action." Kat's expression hardened, "Death doesn't scare me. Nothing you can do would scare me. So I dare you."
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 21:00:11 GMT -5
-Armok chuckles, eying her with a bemused expression on his face- Killing you won't make you a martyr, Kat. It will make you a stubborn corpse. -He shrugs- I don't have to explain anything, to anyone. You have to explain to them, why you are no longer a member of the Shadow Clan. -Armok shakes his head at Kat, then shrugged once more- That still doesn't explain to me how you lost Darkmoor to Tanor. I bet you don't even know what is actually in the Forest of Shadow, do you? Did you even read the files you had access to, when you had my post? And, as a tactician, do you realize what a terrible mistake it was, sending all of your available resources to Moscow? Do you understand that is why Tanor decimated my home country? -He nods at Kat- Indeed, I have nothing to explain... but you have much to explain. Your poor military decisions resulted in the loss of our most strategic base... and the morale of my soldiers. I don't need to kill you physically... you've already killed your career as a military officer.
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Post by Achtung Katie™ on Oct 26, 2009 21:10:25 GMT -5
Kat let out a short laugh, "That's really funny, because it's been your generals that I've been consulting this entire way." She didn't have any military experience and she knew it, so pffft, like she wouldn't ask for advice. Stubborn though she may be, she wasn't about to send people to a pointless death, thanks. "Ask them, have them tell me to my face that they want you as leader, and I will gladly get out." Until then, she wasn't budging and you couldn't make her.
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 21:15:52 GMT -5
-Armok grins wickedly, then shakes his head- My generals left you when I first set out the call, when all this started. You were left with... well, not quite the cream of the crop. -He types a few buttons on his ComLink, then stares at Kat as he contemplates broadcasting a message right from her office-
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Post by Achtung Katie™ on Oct 26, 2009 21:17:11 GMT -5
Kat shrugged, "If you want to be stubborn about it, fine."
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Post by The Loathed on Oct 26, 2009 21:25:37 GMT -5
-Armok adjusts some numbers and features on his ComLink, then sets it to replay a message from about a month ago...-
Override protocol Alpha Sierra Charlie. Authorization code, "fuer grissa ost drauka." :This is Warlord Armok Everhate, Supreme Commander of the Shadow Clan. Brothers, sisters, I ask you but one thing--- I ask you to do what you are sworn to do. I ask you, to pick up your rifles, and to cast off the veil, and to walk the path less worn. You have heard many things in the past year, some true, others worse than you've heard. I will tell you this- I am alive, and I have returned to you. :You are the wolves of the universe, and it is take for us to rise up and howl as one. I have been told I am no longer welcome to my command, to my post, in the Darkmoor Headquarters, no longer welcome to the Shadow Clan united under the current High Marshall, one Katie Hatcher. :Why am I not welcome, to the very family I created? Because I waged war, on a country ruled by one of the maggots that destroyed my blood kin. I avenged a wrong done to an entire country, and for that, I am an outcast in my own kingdom. -He turns off his ComLink at that point- Even insane, more soldiers answered my rallying cry than you knew were even in the Shadow Clan.
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