Post by Ria on Jul 21, 2015 3:25:42 GMT
10:29:55 [Velpis] Space. Just space, for as long as the eye can see. It is beautiful, dangerous and can allure even the most dangerous of men to her treasures. I can hear her whispering in my ear...find more she says, explore my heavens and show what mankind has yet to find. I have found one of her treasures and even though I hear her whispers of temptation, I must resist. My vengeance comes first, not last and if I am correct...not on schedule! A frown appeared on an older mans face, goggles over his eyes as a long sigh was heard in the bridge. The long ship, the Black Heart was merely sitting in space and the captain did the same except in his chair. The four fingers on his right hand slowly hit downwards repeatedly onto the side of his command chair, looking down at his two officers, the only ones left to be on the bridge. "What is taking so long? The Winterhold should be here by now..." One of the two officers turned around, having a worn out uniform and longer hair. "Perhaps they stayed on the resort world?" Velpis shook his head, the goggles going down to his mouth as he put them on his forehead. "No no...something happened. We will wait half an hour then we will leave." Velpis leaned back into his chair, looking out at the stars from the cockpit and slowly put two of his fingers between one of them. As I look into space, I realize something. Life itself starts and ends on words, actions and consequences. What if one was removed, how would life continue? E
10:36:09 [DG_GM] .:What had happened to the Winterhold was was a mystery, for the ship had left the resort world, there was no doubt about that according to the records available on the D-Net. What had happened to the ship after was unknown, but since the resort world was on the edge of the Frontier, there was really no way to know what happened, though it was likely the work of other pirates or even one of the enigmatic and dreaded Naer`Daedri raider clans. Whatever the case, the ship had vanished, and would likely to not be found for a while if ever.;.<E>
10:45:26 Velpis started to whistle now, bobbing his head up and down as Velpis had some light music playing. A small ding was heard as his eyes snapped open. "Still not here...Alright, get the jump drive ready." A small timer appeared on the cockpits screen as Velpis waved his right hand in front of him, a small holo interface as he examined the map. "Alright. We either have a gravity well issue somewhere between here and the resort world. Got two worlds I think also between here and there so Mr. Ven, plot a course for Nikakav II." Fast typing sounds were heard, Velpis giving a small groan as he remembered that this ship still needs a few upgrades internally. The timer gave another ding as the jump drive was ready. "After this sir, we will need to use the Star Gates since it has to cooldown." Velpis nods, giving a small motion with both his fingers as the ship made a small lurch and shook hard then suddenly nothing but white space.Within the hour they would arrive and take a look.
11:19:18 [Velpis] "Jumping out Sir in three...two...one." The sudden whiteness of space vanished and instead was replaced by a ships large hull straight in front of them, a piece of something to be exact. "EVASIVE! PULL UP! PULL UP!" The ships reactor went into overdrive, the green power core going faster as the noise make a very distinct whine as the ship was pulled up very easily and almost runs into a different ships hull. ""RIGHT! HARD RI-" The ship attempted to turn right and instead grinded into the other ships hull, a sickening creak on the outer hull as Velpis fell out of his chair. The Black Heart then turned just right to get out of the situation though still had damage as the corvette class ship went up slowly. "Ow...Ow...OWWW!!!...Stat...us report?" Velpis slowly got up, stumbling as his vision was slightly blurred. "Ships hull was slightly breached on deck three, they are already in repair process and turret two is offline. Sir sensors indicate we just ran into some form of ship graveyard." Velpis groaned as he walked to the command chair and sat down carefully, sliding down it. "Splendid...any known sig-"<B> A loud whine was heard throughout the ship, like a loud musical horn whine. Velpis looked around as his vision returned as he heard something really bad. <U>"Sir...unknown ship in the area. They are powering up weapons."<U> Velpis can only say one thing before his ship got hit with something bad. <B>"Shit..." A large beam streaked through space and hit the edge of the corvette as the sirens went off again, Velpis yelling again as he turned on a holographic display. "STATUS!" "Deck Two and One was hit but hull is holding! We had a grazing shot!" Going through records, he looked at the design of the ship as he turned it a few times as he muttered a curse. "Here there be demons..." E
11:20:18 CommanderCaedras had spent some time organizing the small Federation fleet over Ptolus after the second attack in as many days. A large number of Federation vessels had been caught in the crossfire, many carrying supplies and personnel to assist in rebuilding or in aiding the hospitals that had been close to overflowing. No word had come from the emperor in some time, and the growing silence became more than frustrating. Reports had come in of a range of mountains being leveled by certain peek energy signatures that the Caledonians had been patently avoiding near the capitol. As it stood, Governor-Ambassador Caedras took his fighter craft topside to wait in the palace to have an audience with the Emperor. Hours drove on by, and the uniformed Federation commander remained in contact with his fleet, issuing orders and verifying reports as he did so. He looked well, now; his lost hand replaced, injuries mostly patched up and damaged implants swapped out for newer models. There was an adjustment period, of course, but his retinal implants worked well enough to remained logged onto the Net. Caedras remained seated in the vaulted sitting room of the palace, for dignitaries and officials of high rank seeking audience with the emperor or the next best thing. Aurelia's message, Ashrienne's disappearance and this so called mysterious faction were no joking matter. If war were to come to Dragonstar as a whole, divisiveness would ruin them before the first real shots would be exchanged.
11:21:15 [Kisharra] << " No.... N-no way! I-I'm n-not g-gonna... I'm too adorable to be.... Nommed like a kitty-muffin " She snarled; while trying to stop herself from being the local wildlife's dinner... Seriously - shit had quite obviously hit the fan.. Someone or something was throwing a massive fit while other people were obviously.. Well.. Doin' something... This left Kisharra suprisingly bored; and as such, she had wandered off.. Now though; she was wrestling to stop a giant carniverous freakin plant from eating her " You don't wanna.. See me... Mad! " Snarled the feline; who simply grinned wider and it appeared... She was having fun.... >>
11:42:27 [Israh] It was another day and another job in the wilds well done for Israh. Today she was making her way back from her most recent expedition towards that of Ptolus in order to turn in the device which approved of her completion of the assignment she had been sent on as well as to go make a visit to the palace in hopes of getting some information from the big man himself. Along the way she heard a strange feline like yell. Shambling through a small bit of brush brought her directly into line of sight of the cat like female in danger. A female she recognized from before. “Well would you look at that.” Israh mostly stated to herself and wandered forth a few steps. Head tilting to the side only to squat down and tilt her head. A few silent stares and her hand finally worked to touch the ground. From there, her ability to pull on the weave began to activate and just as the massive plant like creature opened it’s maw in an attempt to roar …two large rocky fists erupted instantly from either side of it quickly slammed into the side of the head to press forth and meet fists, thus crushing the large plant like creatures head. If looked upon, one would take notice that a strange golden like glow was formed at Israh’s collar of her current compression based armored outfit. She didn’t look like someone from these lands no doubt, but she was working on trying to get some clothes and a new weapon made for her that would make her seem a lot more local. With the deed done, her hand would rise up and eventually meet to her knees before speaking up. “I saw you in the city the other day, didn’t I?”
11:54:02 Velpis breathed slowly as the ship made another whining sound as it waited beside a large piece of metal, scraping against it. Velpis breathed slowly as Ven yelled at him. "THIS IS NUTS! THIS IS STUPID! WE NEVER USED BOTH AT THE SAME TIME! THE REA-" Velpis looked and yelled back, his eyes wild as the goggles fell back onto his eyes. "I DO NOT GIVE A DAMN! DO IT!" The Black Heart fired some of the impulse engines on the side as the large piece of metal moved, the center of the ship making a large whirring sound as it aimed right at the side of the Demons ship, sprouting some form of long limbs and a large ball in the center. A ding was heard a a distant whine as the demonic ship tried to turn. "Fire." The center of the ship powered down for a moment as the ship shook as a long green beam went through multiple parts in a small valley and joined together as one as it fired a large beam at the center of the demonic ship. The demonic ship would survive the blast but the beam made a split cut, effectively destroying two of the limbs and part of the main core. "Open channel." He waited as something spoke out in a harsh yell as Velpis yelled back. "You listen here you gutless freak...If you so dare turn that ship towards my direction I will f&*^ing shoot you again and after I am done with that, I will drag whatever is left of your pathetic ship and let it go down the damn atmosphere of that molten planet, let it all burn you up and as your corpses lay there, smoking I will dump our sewage all over it! So get the hell out of here before I so do it myself!" There was a silence as he merely waits, breathing slowly as the ship slowly moved away. Ven turns around as he spoke. "Sir we are inoperable for the next hour. We need to re-jump the generator." Velpis breathed slowly, sliding down his chair as he spoke in a muffled voice due to his goggles falling to his lips. "Splendid..."
11:58:17 [Kisharra] << Kisharra was getting bored of this now - sure this shrubery was kinda violent, did sort of remind Kisharra of herself; and yet, the feline was clearly in a whole league of her own [ So she says anyway ] With a light yawn; she blinked, hearing the brush nearby rustle before she " Oh seriously... Can't get a moments peace from you people... I mean Hi miss show off! " She vocalized as the plants' mouth went into vice mode " Ehh? No you don't " She whined; tightening her grip and trying to force open the.... <KILLSTEAL> The feline freaked the hell out and managed to tumble out of it's mouth before manuevering herself so that she was facing Israh " Hey, hey, hey! Not funny " She spoke; pouting angrily " You are a bad person! Stealing someone elses fun.. I was totally fine... You know, aisde from it being a giant, killer fuckin' plant " She whined before rolling her eyes and standing herself up; only to turn away from her " What'dya want, Ms Killstealing Show off? Have you come to put this kitten in her place, cause I don't have one " She hissed; pressing the backs of her hands upon her hips " Tch.. Just cause you think you're tougher than me... That gives you the right to stop me having fun " She turned upon her paws and stuck her tongue out at the woman " You are mean and should go pray or... Somethin'... SINNER! " She yelled; pointing a finger at Israh in an accusatory manner >>
12:11:56 [Israh] Listening and hearing was something Israh was pretty good at despite being an obvious show off. As such everything the feline female had stated was taken in, though one thing of all of it stuck out to her. When the felines back was turned to her for that short amount of time, Israh began to make a slow paced walk towards the feline and by the time the girl turned around to stick her tongue out, she would notice that Israh was in fact much closer than she had been before. She still had a few more steps to draw in close but it did not look at all like Israh was raring for a fight or anything like that. Instead, if allowed Israh would wander up, raise up a hand and just pat the top of the shorter felines head with a small grin. ”No place to go eh? Well if you want you can hang around with me a bit. Always a lot of fun at the bars and taverns I go to. I think the only rule they ask inside the city with bar fights is not to kill people.” Which was a LOT harder to do than one would think. Killing someone was far easier than just knocking them unconscious with how much strength someone like Israh had at her disposal. Never the less Israh would not stop there for long. Instead she would wander by the female and raise both her hands up to lock in place behind her head and almost lazily continue walking on. “Gotta make a few stops before I hit up any bars, but you’re more than willing to stay the night with me also. Get some good rest and good food in your stomach. Even booze~.” The word booze was stated almost in a sing song manner, as though that were the most important part. If Kisharra chose to follow, then back into the city they would go. If not then it was just Israh herself who was making her way into the city and then eventually off towards the Palace itself for her first stop. She wanted to talk with a certain Emperor in order to get some information on who she might go to in order to learn a few things.
12:19:00 [Kisharra] << The feline made a face when she was patted on the head -- oh she hated that... Made her feel small and insignificant. Her fingers pressed against the palms of her hands before she grumbled a series of words under her breath " And what if Ser Beardsley is still trying to god-mode my cute behind? What am I gonna do then? " She responded; turning a moment to look at her... What, the hell, just happened? Kisharra was slightly baffled, despite not showing such. Even as Israh continued walking off, the feline stood there, bewildered at the moment before " Heeeeeyyyyy! Don't leave me here, meanie! " She turned quickly and dropped onto all fours; as this was somewhat more comfortable to travel long distances as. Easily catching up to the woman she turned her head and blinked; catching sight of her own tail that swayed about lazily behind her " But.. Where's the fun in that? If you can't kill anyone... I mean... You know... Stupid human lookin' people.... " She huffed under breath before shaking her head casually " Why're you trying to be nice to me huh? You think I'll just change, cause I won't... I don't change for no one! Nope, not me! " She grinned pleasingly at this before yawning and at the mention of food - [ Stomach Growl ] If the woman was gonna buy her food, then win! And as such, Kisharra decided she might as well ' play nice ' if only to get fed. Pushing herself up, the feline now casually strolled beside the woman; purring as they travelled.. >>
12:22:59 Velpis waits there in space as his ship floats through space in the graveyard of ships. "Sir I found the WinterHold...it is destroyed. No life forms Sir." Velpis sighs loudly as he slid down his chair again, the goggles at his neck. "Well we know what happened to it now. We are not getting any prizes for staying here and knowing the demons they will come back with more ships for what we just caused. Get us to a known sector of space. " "Well we have a location but you will not like it. The Star Gate nearby will take us Ptolus. It was the site of a recent battle yet we believe they have already moved." "Very well, take the Star Gate to the system." The ship moved rather fast for what it was, the reactor finally jump started as it went to the Star Gate and a small moment later, a FOMP was heard, the ship going straight through it. Within a few minutes the Black Heart arrived and hovering near space, notices the Federation Fleet as communications opened as Velpis growled loudly as the ship had to be powered down. "Fuuuuuu-" E
12:33:08 [Israh] It wasn’t until Kisharra caught up and continued to speak to her that the sudden feel of a playful smack to her rear would occur. “You let me deal with ol’ Brennus. He’s a good and smart man. All I gotta do is talk to him and he’ll listen. He might think you need some sort of punishment still but I can at least try to get you off the hook depending on how you act.” She then turned to look to Kisharra. “In any case, the whole thing about not killing idiots is simple. Idiots still have things you may want. What’s the point of killing them if you can instead use them to benefit you? Some of the bars let you gable, plenty of stupid people there who have plenty of this world’s money. Sure, it may seem more ‘fun’ to do one thing, but me? It’s more thrilling to get their money and still do it within the laws of this land. In order to get over that need to beat something to a pulp, I take up other jobs. I’ve become a Hunter, someone who goes out to the wilds and goes jobs to kill or capture creatures for money. Now THAT is some fun stuff. Gonna do it until I make enough to pay off my new gear I’ve got commissioned and then to get the money to build my own Tavern here.” She looked down to Kisharra and grinned. “You like to hunt right? I’m sure there are PLENTY of things. Creatures and People who you can hunt for good money out in the wilds.” This was all discussed on the way to the city and then to the palace. Once at the Palace she would speak to one of the guards and thumb back towards Kisharra. The guard would look to Israh like she had lost her damn mind but Israh would just smile and pat the guard on the shoulder. “Just go, god. We’ll go to the waiting room in the meantime. I’m sure he’d be more than willing to listen to me if I talked to him about it all.” This would hopefully cause the Guard to wander off and leave Israh to turn to look at Kisharra and wave her to follow along. Once done, she would simply wander into the waiting hall that Caedras would be found sitting in. Yes, high ranking and important officials, and here Israh just fucking strolled on in, looked to the strange male and gave what could only be considered the most common two fingered salute she could to the man. ”Yo. You waiting to talk to Brennus too?” Wait, did she just call the Emperor by his first name as though it were some sort of informal thing? DAMN RIGHT SHE DID!
12:38:22 JohnGrimes looked at his Engineering officer like he was mad. "Look," the officer said, "It's quite simple. The mining laser vaporizes the target element, and the transporter beams lock on, digitize, and tranport the element into the cargo core. Now, just as when we transport a person, the subatomic pattern is locked into memory. Accessing this allows us to reassemble the element from the core using a replication transporter. The condensing of the cargo into digitized patterns allows us to hold literally entire mines, the entire deposit of any one planet." The engineer stopped for a breath. "Now, you didn't fire at a planet, you fired at goddamn Titan class Super Dreadnought and the process is the same. We literally stoled entire out decks, gun emplacements, armor, and ...the remnants of the crew hit by the laser." Grimes shook his head for a moment. "So, your telling me that using the mining laser as a weapon drew down the power so bad because they fired the transporter function as well." The engineer rolled her eyes.
12:39:28 CommanderCaedras observed as Israh entered, his hands flicking aside the digital display on his lenses with a twist of his wrist. He frowned a little, but he shook his head. “The Emperor is not in at the moment. Reports indicate he is off outside the city. Leveling mountains,” he answered, his voice dripping with disapproval where his scowl didn't. He returned Israh's barebones salute with a crisp nod, at least, and when his eyes alighted on Kisharra, his fingers flicked just a few times to bring up something on his retinal HUD, letting the local security channel be aware that she was present. He wasn't aware of her current status, considering the murder of several hospital patients, but best to keep them appraised that she was here. In the sitting room of the Emperor. Just in case.
12:40:45 [Kisharra] << The feline squeaked - actually squeaked when she was playfully smacked on her tush " Do that again, and I'll bite your fingers off " She responded before narrowing her eyes slowly.. She hated being touched by people she didn't know.. Barely tolerated being touched by people she did know.. With a heavy sigh, the feline yawned and listened; seeming to sort of hear it, but pay no attention to it... Geez she must love the sound of her own voice. Once they arrived at the big ol' castle up on yonder way; Kisharra snapped back into reality, only being here because of the prospect of incomming food. As such, when they approached the guard; Kisharra, in her infinite majesty would elevate her hand, extend a single finger towards him and gave him an adorably sweet smile that almost made her want to puke " Bai bai! Yeah! Go pout, I win! " She mused; lowering her arm back to her side.before they continued on.. Once they arrived in the waiting room, Kisharra stared at him; and in turn, he looked at her " Ugh.. " She whined in a disgusted manner while facepalming herself in a befitting manner " Everywhere I go.... I'm somehow reminded of my first day... That was no fun... Ganged up on... Then abandoned... Ugh... I mean seriously... Do you people even know how to show a girl a good time? " She muttered; laying herself upon the ground and flicking her tail over herself " Tch, you're all slaves to rules... Me, I'm not " She grinned and nodded in an approving manner; all the while, still staring at him " So that's were Ser Beardsley wen off too... Hmph... He's Kamehameha waving mountain... WAIT WHAT!?! " The feline widened her eyes at him - was he freakin serious? A mountain... Y'know, the rocky type of mountains? >>
13:06:01 [Israh] “He’s what?” She tilted her head to the side a bit and gave a slight shrug. “Welp, there goes some places that’s fun to be around I guess.” She was originally from a mountainous terrain after all. Made her feel more at home when around mountains. No matter, she would eventually look back down to Kisharra and give a slight smirk. “As I recall, you thought I was showing up to gang up on you…but all you did was call me a show off and began flirting with me about how you were trying to turn yourself on or something.” She moved over and took a seat on the floor right next to Kisharra and then looked over to Caedras with a half grin. “No matter, I guess we can wait for him in the meantime. I need to talk with him about a few things. Found this cute one here in the wild and she’s obviously able to handle herself. Want to see what it would take to get her clear of the obvious charges in the city against her and have her work with me on my own Hunting team. Sure as hell beats the people who I’ve worked with in the past.” She leaned back a bit and began to pull her boots off so they were free and wiggled her toes a bit before looking back to Kisharra. “Mind you, it won’t be a forced thing. Never gonna force you to do what you don’t want. I just know someone like you would make for a great partner in hunting and I’m never one to turn down a golden opportunity to keep someone as adorable and dangerous as you by me.” She smiled and finally lied herself back against the ground and placed her hands behind her head as some sort of pillow. “My names Israh by the way.” Oh! Introductions finally for the both of them!
13:12:26 Emperor_Winter-Wolf sighs from the doorway, having arrived in time to catch part of Caedras's and Israh's conversation as well as hearing Kisharra's own comments. He stepped into the room "Hardly leveling mountains, I just went to an area where there was nothing living there to vent my rage so that I could calm down, and it was better to do it in private, though there are no doubt new ledges and ridges where I was" as he shrugs. He then looked at Caedras "Also, thank you for the report Caedras, I do apologize for not responding, but it was better not to, and why I had to go and calm down" as he shrugged apologetically. He then looked at Israh and Kisharra "What did you two wish to discuss with me?" as he looked at him. While he seemed calm and collected on the surface, there was an undertone of weariness that meant he had expended a great deal of power during the venting of his rage.<E>
13:22:53 Velpis was talking through the communications against the Federation Fleet, the ship whirring slightly but silently. "Listen I just told you I am here to deliver news of the Whiteh-" "One you most likely destroyed. Lower your shields and perpare to be boarded, this is your final warning before we blast that...whatever it is out of space!" Velpis looked down at Ven nodded, giving a thumbs up as he looked right back up at the screen. "Ok then...we are lowering our- SO LONG!" The Black Heart used the jump drive again as it got away into space and for a few minutes away as Velpis finally asked. "Uhh where are we goi-" They dropped out as they saw six different fleets, a small gulp as it was beside one of them as Velpis sinks back into his chair. "Second thought...I would rather take the Federation then the FU*@NG VIKINGS!"
13:27:43 CommanderCaedras did not at all seemed thrilled about the idea of charges being cleared for a madwoman who blatantly murdered innocent civilians but this was not his planet, not his people and currently, not his problem. He simply gave a polite nod and turned his gaze towards the Emperor as the man entered. A sharp salute was given. “No need for thanks, Emperor. My duties are clear and to be expected.Regardless, those energy signatures were spotted. From orbit. Hardly minor. I will keep in mind to calculate for tantrums, should we ever require updates from the Caledonians as to how to proceed in your airspace. Frankly, Emperor, your people need you and matters must be decided. Two assaults on the capitol in the same week, Ashrienne kidnapped by Aurelia and the Kalleans claiming data logs were tampered? One terrorist group starts a conflict between the vikings and yourself, then this? If you cannot keep your cool now, how are your people to have faith in you when they need you. Again?” CommanderCaedras wasn't exactly angry as much as he was a little disgusted and disappointed at the towering man. He shook his head, his newly replaced mechanical hand squeezing shut for a moment. “The Federation ships in orbit require repairs and resupply. This enemy must be found and hostilities between the Kalleans and Caledonians must be stomped out before they begin again. That war would be too costly for all. By the stars, have any of you ever considered speaking before opening fire on one another?” He took a steadying breath and stood at attention. “Your orders, Emperor?”
13:36:31 [Kisharra] << Flirting she wasn't Oooooooohhhhhh... Comments... She sighed and faceplamed again " You took that literally? " From beneath her head she rolled her eyes and passed out a muffled sigh before listening to the words spoken by Israh.. Now who was flirting? Still the feline smirked proudly and lowered her hand, allowing that smirk to be shown to the pair " Now whose flirting with me " She retorted casually before remaining in her spot.. Wait.. Didn't she mention getting paid for hunting? Paid for killing? Her smile widens and the cat jumps upon her back paws before smiling " Think of the food I could get... Ya ----- " She sniffed and blinked - sensing that subtle aroma of Body Oder and Superiority again ".... Oh no..... He's behind me isn't he? " She mentioned; lowering her hands... [ This scene is in slow motion ] She turns her head; a stray blink offered, when she catches sight of him; her eyes widen, face contorts into one of... Something... Kisharra swallows, mewls, hisses and hiccups in sequence before throwing herself over Israh and cowering behind her " Don't let Ser Beardsley try hypnotizing me again... I dun wanna become a worm - all squiggly squiggly, slimy slimy... Travel on the floor and eat dirt wormy.... " Ahh Kisharra; always the amuser >>
13:46:49 JohnGrimes looked at the engineering officer. "Alright, then recalibrate the Mining Laser, to operate in weapons mode, without the bloody transporter beam functions, and we save power for the shields. I am not going to take such damage from that oversized tub of a Titan again." Grimes started to walk off but turned slowly, "remember I am a Master Psionist, so quit thinking of me as a club-wielding ape in a red cape while we converse." He made his way out of engineering, to his quarters. The massive round room had never been so full. 6 Lords, and their guards and seconds, had beamed over from their respective orbships, and left their fleets at yellow alert. The Warlord of the Viking recieved the bows due him, and merely nodded in response. "My good Lords, welcome aboard the Hreikal. Having recently skirmished over Caledon, you'll forgive the disarray of repair work still on-going. The Lord of the Ghambar fleet looked at Grimes. "You speak of this skirmish with Imperials as if it were just another raid.
13:46:59 [Israh] A brow quirked up upon the entrance of the Emperor and gave a wide smile. While many saw Brennus on some sort of podium. Israh herself respected the man more as a warrior than an emperor and as such treated him how she would treat any proper warrior from her own world. As a comrade as opposed to some sort of high ranking official. True, in a large group she might work to call Brennus emperor but as it stood, there were only a few in the room with her now. So Israh would work to raise a hand up from her laying down position and give a soft chuckle while waving. “Perfect timing! God you’re scary with that stuff.” She finally worked to sit up and pressed the soles of her feet against each other. Legs stretched out butterfly style on themselves while staring at him. “So! Came in to talk to you about two things. One of which is mostly about if you know someone who’s considered best around these parts with a spear.” She paused for a moment and then looked down to Kisharra before lifting her gaze up to look at the man who began to speak up in regards to reports. No doubt he was an official of the military. Whatever the case Israh would simply shift to rest an elbow against her inner thigh and then left her cheek to an open palm while listening to the other man speak up. The attacks that had occurred were luckily done when Israh was out in the Wilds hunting, and thankfully the guild itself did not take damage because jobs were still coming in for those of her kind. More so now that other hunters had to halt their own progress for personal reasons due to the jobs. It was when the mentioning of a kidnapping had occurred which caused Israh to quirk a brow and tilt her head to the side. A kidnapping? Hmm…this might be the perfect thing to get what she wants! Her gaze shifted once more back to Kisharra for a moment and then after Caedras asked for his orders, Israh would speak up once more. “Well shit…looks like you got your hands full with a lot already but…I’ve a nice little idea Brennus.” She finally moved to a stand and then slipped to the balls of her feet to stretch herself upwards. Her muscles needed the stretch at this point in time anyways. Once she had finished she would fall back to her heels and plant both hands on either side of her hips and watch the reactions from Kisharra only to turn, grasp the feline about the hips and then turn back around to where Kisharra was now facing Brennus. “So I want this one…” she points to Kisharra. ”…to help me with my job as a hunter. She’s obviously got a lot of potential and I want someone like her as my partner on the job. Problem is I know she dicked up big time in the city and she should be punished somehow. So…I figure why not put her to work with me on a little job for you to help you out.” She gave a small grin and rested her chin atop Kisharra’s head. “I could help get you back this kidnapped person since it’s obvious they’re important and I will do it on your terms. If you want the kidnappers brought here…I can make it happen. If you want me to go about it in a peaceful way, consider it done.” She would wait to see if her possible idea would work. “I’m pretty damn good at the whole ‘surviving shit that would kill anyone else’ kind of thing.”
13:47:25 [JohnGrimes] The full might of the StarViking cannot withstand the full might of the Empire. You may well have doomed us all." Grimes poured a drink for himself, and let his slavegirls attend his uniform. "Aye, and well I know this. We have nothing the size and caliber of the Imperials flagships. We have not the numbers to meet them in full," and Grimes raised his glass, "thus we never must allow them to bring their full fleets against us." He grinned as he downed the scotch. "We will not relent in our raiding of the wilds, and are the only fleets to even enter those mysterious places in the galaxy. If Imperials are found hunting us, then we must use cunning, to strike only smaller task forces, destroy what you can, and leave, as we do any planet or station in the galaxy. We StarViking are Raiders, not frontline forces. We hold no where, we conquer nothing. We merely hit them where they do not expect us, and then run." Grimes own second touched his comm a moment then looked at John. "An unidentified vessel
13:48:00 [JohnGrimes] has just dropped out of hyperspace, right in the middle of us. Sensor scans indicate some malfunctions in the drives attentuation." Grimes smirked. "I'd hate to be that poor bastard. A full six fleets scanners could fry components aboard him." John then told the second. "If the ship is small enough, tractor it into our ship bay. If not, then order them to dock with my flagship, under penalty of being blown to Em Cee square in a nanosecond." Grimes then continued his meeting with the other Lords.<end
13:57:31 Emperor_Winter-Wolf looks at Caedras "I understand and appreciate your concern Caedras, thank you, but unfortunately, in the state of mind I was in, it was better to go into the mountains and vent rather than try and stay to think clearly, now that I have vented, I am calm again" as he smiled. He then considered the issue about Aurelia and Ashrienne "I am sure that Aurelia will return with Ashrienne to try and work things out peacefully, but the fact that someone manipulated the sensor logs and made the Kalleans think that we fired on them first is troubling, and it also points to the fact that they used technology, rather than magic, since it was only the Kallean ship that was affected, but your right, whoever this group is, they will need to be found and dealt with immediately" as he looked at Caedras. He then smiled "You will be in charge of a task force comprised of Intai'sei and Caledonian military elements, as well as military intelligence and force recon units to investigate and find... this mysterious group" as he looked at him. He then looked at Israh and Kisharra, his eyes narrowed "That doesn't change the fact that she killed innocent people, but I will have it set that her punishment is to work for you until she can prove herself redeemed, as for learning the spear, I believe the one to speak to would be Icarius Balras from what was once called the Aeyostan City-States, they were the second Nord nation formed on Caledon in its past, and was the second behind the Dievethians to found the Caledonian Empire as we know it today" as he looked at her.<E>
14:00:41 Velpis looked at the screen as the orders were pretty simple. Dock with the main ship or under the penalty be blown into Em Cee Square...atomic formula for the atomic bombs. The corvette was somewhat a large ship, nearly taking half the length of one of the battle cruisers in his fleet though technology wise it was out of date in some areas though the weaponry was a bit beyond some capacties including the engines and the jump drive technology. "Alright...dock with the main ship. Just have your weapons on you just in case." The ship flew rather fast for the design, going next to the docking port and docked completely onto the flagship. The Black Heart as ship was named still looked a tad beat up from a previous fight as Velpis moved his trench coat around. "You know they will be pissed...we have nothing but food. Slowly the docking clamps finished as he carefully if allowed was able to move though the tube sections to be on board the main flag ship. Not catching her name any, he merely moved till he was stopped as his two pistols were out in the open as they were of older slug design. The two pilots Ven and Nev was with him as well, escorting him as primary liasons in case he did not understand anything. E
14:07:14 CommanderCaedras blinked a little at the orders. Still, he saluted the Emperor. “As per your orders, Emperor. I will need serious authorization for the level security I will be entering, let alone access to other nations and their security access. I would like to pick the teams myself, if that were possible. Security is not my strong suit, Emperor, but I will take the small fleet with me to investigate, should it take me out of the system. Keep me appraised of any changes or other information, sir. I will do what I can. I will elect another to act in my stead in Federation space until then,” he answered. It seemed, however, that Israh, Wolf and Kish had their own matters to discuss. Thankfully, he had things to preoccupy him more than Israh stretching about. “Anything else, Emperor?” he asked, clicking his heels together and saluting. If there were nothing left, he would about face and briskly leave. There would be much work to do.
14:14:39 [Kisharra] << The feline blinked and remained quiet - which for this situation was something of a good thing.. When she was spoken about [ Didn't like military dealings... Hated it ] Kisharra made the cutest face possible as Israh set her chin upon her head; using her like a damn headrest. Oh she wanted to.. Do something... The fact that she was pointed at was bad enough, but being touched by someone she didn't know - and despite calling her a show off; didn't even like.. She hated these people... So... Tied up in rules... So.. Eugh.. Proper... It made her want to puke, but she restrained herself and kept quiet as an arrangement; without her having any say was made, and thusly she couldn't tolerate it anymore. While Israh had her hands set lightly upon Kisharra's hips, the feline balled up her hands and shuddered; angrily " I better not have just become a fucking slave... I will flip my shit if that's the cash.. I'd rather friggin die than be chained up like an animal... I do what I want; when I want.. There isn't anything wrong with that.. It's you people and your rules that are wrong... Punish Kishy-Kat for being free in her own way... Waaahh put some clothes on you! My fur counts as clothes! " She muttered; to herself while rolling her eyes and folding her arms against her chest " Tch... Oh no, you can't look like that and have a normal life... People just wanna screw you cause of... Reasons?!?! " She sighed and lowered her head before shaking it " Why me? Why did I have to come to this place - get involved in this... " Guilt mode activate >>
14:18:11 JohnGrimes concluded the meeting, while the crew of the rogue cruiser was brought to the large round quarters of the Warlord. Any vessel operating privately was no enemy of the Viking, and not worth firing a shot on, really. However, any private operations in the galaxy had useful information. However, as Grimes stood nearly 7' as presently garbed, and this Captain Velpis Coral was a short, stocky, sort, Grime's was discordial enough to turn to one of his slave girls and remark. "How's he reach the pedals?" and then resumed a more professional demeanor and welcomed Velpis. "You weren't expecting to all into such a problem as this I am sure, Captain. Sit, and tell the girl what you would have to drink." Then Grimes settled in the huge chair that broke the circle of couches about the fire pit. The command chair's console lit and Grimes was able to see the scan reports upon it. "Hmm, we can fix your ship for you, for a price of course."<end
14:28:07 [Israh] “Hmm…” She hummed slightly at the response from Brennus’ comment before giving a smile and a nod. “…I can deal with that. Just let me know if you come up with an idea on how to get her to redeem herself.” Her gaze flicked down to Kisharra and smiled. “I personally think she’s got a lot to offer.” She once more looked up to Brennus when the conversation then changed to the regards of her initial question. “Icarius Balras eh? Just gotta learn how to get to these city-states then. Not a big issue.” Then Kisharra began to finally speak up. Israh would blink a bit and look down (though she was unable to see Kisharra due to where her chin rested). She could feel the movements of the feline and the vibrations from her speaking through their current form of contact. In the end Israh would just smile, release Kisharra and walk about her. <i>“Slave? Nonsense. I’m making you my hunting partner. ‘Partner’. While I am in charge of getting the work we need to make some good cash. “Slave? Nonsense. I’m making you my hunting partner. ‘Partner’. While I am in charge of getting the work we need to make some good cash. All you do is come with me when it’s time to work, hunt, kill and bring back proof of said kill for money.” A single hand was raised up with her index finger pointed to the ceiling. “What you do with the money and what you do on your free time is for you to choose. Rules are set though to protect those who can’t handle themselves here. You know what? It would be better to explain this sort of thing in another place.” She smiled and turned around now to look back towards Brennus. “Thanks for the information and the help.” She stated and opened the door for Kisharra to go through if she so chose. If she joined, Israh would close the door and then wander out of the palace. “Alright, first things first. Let’s get us some good food. I’ve the money to pay for a good big meal for the both of us, just as I said.” She turned and looked towards Kisharra for a moment. Then shot her sights back in front of her while they made their way through the city and to a nearby restaurant. Once inside, she would take herself a seat and wait for Kisharra (if she did follow) to join her. “So you’re known as Kishy-kat eh? It’s cute.” She leaned back and waited for a waitress to join them. If Kisharra had clothes on or not, it didn’t matter to Israh. She had other things to worry about right now more than that. “So what do you want to eat?”
14:28:47 Velpis merely watched the tall human being. While Velpis was quite small, he knew how to find weaknesses in most people by merely watching their movements and their reactions. So far he can tell the man has a taste in a few things, likes female company and prides himself of what he has. Slowly taking the mans offer, Veplis sat down while he waved away his two officers as they go back to the ship. "Yes...not expected it at all. Dry Gin shot." Watching the girl go away, he merely looked back slowly to the male. Hearing they can fix the ship, he knew they meant extortion in some high rate but at this point, he had no choice. "We will be able to pay for the ship with information...tell me how would you like parts from one of the demonic ships near the Rift or better yet some maps relating to the Rift itself?" Velpis merely stared right at him seriously as he wore an odd ring, one most likely the male has never seen before as it glowed an odd tinge of yellow currently. E
14:37:18 [Kisharra] << So she figured that she wasn't a slave, good, sorta.. And that she was being employed; in a way... Ugh, a job... Normal person... Could be worse right? Least she hadn't been told to wear clothes... That would have been a huge drag... Following Israh out of the room, she walked beside her like a person would normally do while the woman explained about the whole process of stuff.. Delightful, she'd have to follow rules, what a pain in her ass right? Rolling her eyes slightly she would; eventually take a seat, once they arrived in the restaurant and blinked " To people that I let use it.. Otherwise.. It's Kisharra " She finally spoke out before looking around and listening to the question offered by Israh " I see food all around me.. You look yummy, can I eat you? " She asked with a devious smile before giggling stupidly at her own comments.. The feline rarely wore clothes, considering in her mind, she was clothed already. Sure it didn't look like it to other's but to Kisharra; who really didn't give a damn about people's opinion on her appearance. She was just fine with how she was " Uhh.. I'll uhm... Just have... Whatever you decide.... " She spoke after a little bit of thought >>
14:39:14 JohnGrimes sat and watched the fellow. He was confident, but not cocky, and Grimes ever respected the first and dispised that later. His temples pulsed slightly as he spoke, "Our knowledge of the Rift is growing, and information was the price I have in mind." Grimes tapped the holoscreen. "Orders for my people to supply parts needed for your ship, done. If you will order your officers to transfer that data, unencrypted?" He would wait until the simple and swift transactions were complete and he recieved confirmation of the trade. "You may have noted my own Flagship bares a few damaged portions? I had a scrap with an Imperial Titan class a few days ago. While the Empire claims some third party is trying to start the war and that they attempted my assassination. Some seperatist group is working within the Empire." Grimes then pointed his finger, and Velpis's ring hand was telekinetically raised upwards. "Whatever that ring is doing, turn it off. You are under no threat here." <end
14:41:52 Icarius was currently in the Aeyostan city of Cymida, where he made his home and living by training promising spearfighters. Like most Aeyostan cities, the style of the architecture would be called Greek by anyone from Earth. The former Aeyostan City-States were located to the east of Ptolus, which was generally a three week period of travel by horse. However, there was public transport available, mainly bus, or airship travel between the major cities on the planet. Cymida was a smaller city, located south-west of Theodyrna, the largest and most powerful of the Aeyostan cities. If Israh intended to travel to Aeyostan, it was as simple as asking a City Guard for directions to the nearest bus or airship terminal.<E>
14:52:36 Emperor_Winter-Wolf looks at Caedras "I'll make sure you get the necessary security clearance, and I was going to allow you to choose your teams anyway, that is all" as he smiles. Once Caedras left, he would walk over to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked towards the sky "I don't know what your goals are, but I swear that your agenda will fail" as he eyes narrowed. He was of course refering to the mysterious group that had caused the brief skirmish between Caledonian and Kallean forces.<E>
14:52:37 Velpis breathed slowly as he nodded as he slowly tapped the side of a communicator as he told Ven and Nev to transfer the data unencrypted as he put it back down to listen to this man. Hearing about a scrap with an Imperial Titan somewhat reminds him of something he just ran into. Attempting to speak as Velpis slowly leaned forward. "Funny...just ran into a Federation fleet in Pholos and had to jump away from them which lead me here." The hand of Velpis gets shot up as the ring glowed still yellow as he sighed. "This is not a weapon, that is the ship talking to me of her condition. She is Docile right now and not to happy as this ship has a small intergrated Artificial Interface unit. The ring just came with it. " If this answer did not satisfy him, he would slowly explain the ship. "The ship came from the border of the Rift and Eastmarch Quadrant. A passage I had was destroyed near that sector and I landed on an unknown planet I have never heard of before. I found the ship in a ship graveyard numbering hundreds and after replacing a few fuel rods and intergrating a new AI unit from a rather sassy ship, I got it started and took off. Due to my stupidity I activated the jump drive on the ship and not knowing how advanced it was took me near the farthest reaches of the Rift Quadrant. From there I traveled from the Rift for a while for at least two years till I reached civilization, salvaging what I can and picked up a few crew members of my own. The terms of my Piracy actions are my own reasons but we have our own way of making money and surviving." Hopefully that was enough of an explanation.
14:55:54 [Israh] Unfortunately Israh forgot something important back at the palace. Her boots, but it was no matter. She felt much more natural walking barefoot anyhow and the city wasn’t exactly the dirtiest place around. Well, unless you were found to be in the areas where damage had occurred after the assaults from the Vikings. The comment from Kisharra caused Israh to quirk a slight brow for a moment before giving a smile and actually chuckling. “Let’s just get you something cooked for now off the menu they have.” When the waitress did finally show up Israh would cross her legs into her seat and pat at the table. “Gonna need a few pitchers of booze here to drink…” She would then look to Kisharra for a few moments and then finally nod before looking back to the waitress. “Some Mammoth ribs and steak would be good to start, make sure they’re rare.” The waitress nodded, turned around and headed off towards the back of the restaurant to place the order before looking back to Kisharra. “Tell me. Where you come from…what sort of entertainment did your people have? You guys wrestle at all?”
15:03:37 [Kisharra] << Did she say something funny? She was serious about wanting to eat Israh.. She did look tasty, considering the people she'd seen here... Shaking her head and sighing the feline blinked as the female ordered for them. Of course; when the woman asked Kisharra about her, the cat silenced herself completely for a moment.. After a full two minutes, she sighed and closed her eyes; deciding to relive her painful past " I don't have a species... Or a home... I don't know really know where I came from originally.." Raising her head slowly, she gazed at Israh and mewled almost unhappily so " I was abandoned when I was a kitten... Alone in the middle of a city of sorts... Some people took me in and raised me.. Or tried... I was the equivilant of a seven year old human when I killed them both.. I.. Don't know why I did.. I just.. Did it.. I have no idea why I kill, why it makes me happy... I know nothing about myself, or my past.. " She shrugged and closed her eyes before sighing heavily <c>
15:15:27 [Israh] Listening to the story did not pull upon Israh’s heart strings. She didn’t feel sorry for Kisharra nor did she feel bad about how Kisharra acted. It was after all self-preservation and animalistic instincts that currently drove Kisharra to do what she did. This was obvious even more so now that Kisharra herself admitted everything. Sitting back, Israh remained quiet during the short story of her before finally nodding. The waitress who had ordered their food overheard just a little bit about the story. You know, killing people and enjoying it, and that made her weary and slowly approached the table before placing the alcohol in pitchers down and then backed away slowly as well. Israh in the meantime kept her eyes on Kisharra before nodding. “Alright.” That is all she had to say about the story? Well there was more running through Israh’s mind but she chose to leave the long winded discussion out and went onto the next thing. “Here on this world there is a profession known as ‘hunters’. They get jobs from a Guild Hall to go out and exterminate and capture all sorts of things. From magical mutated monsters, to war bands of things known as Orcs. Even to capturing quarry that would eat you in a single bite. You do this and you get paid for it. They separate these jobs into two categories. They have Solo Jobs where hunters can go out on their own, and they have group jobs.” She paused and looked to the alcohol, then grabbed it and took a swig strait from the pitcher before setting it in front of her. The other pitcher was obviously meant for Kisharra. “Now groups are usually formed by people on a fly, but there are other groups out there who work together. They have a nickname…pretty ironic one at that. Hunter Groups who work together all the time are known as a ‘Pack’. They’re people who work to keep each other alive through whatever happens. They work to make sure everyone comes back and they always watch over each other almost like how a pack of animals would when they go out to hunt.” Why tell her about all this? “I want to form one of these Packs and make it the best out there, and I want you to be in this pack. Thing is, from what you said you are used to being alone and that’s because you’re not used to meeting people who are strong enough to stand up against you. So…” She grinned a bit now. “Want to have a contest to see which of us are stronger?”
15:19:34 JohnGrimes laughed and of course released the hand bearing the unusual ring. "Ha, well, sounds as though you managed to pull a decent life from near destruction. Your ship and crew, on a grander scale, is exactly what started all of these fleets. Left to our own for too long, then attacked when we sought aid and alliance, we turned on all other worlds. We call ourselves a government, but in reality we are simply the largest bunch of pirates in space, other than the true governments, who think all their oppression is done for the good of the people, or beings, as it may be." Grimes cleared his throat as he got off his political rant. "In any case, once your ship is repaired your free to continue. We can be contacted, should you wish. Merely order an Impaled Skull, in many seedy Taverns, and those who know will know who you seek. The contact can take a while to get to us. Should you acquire more such needed data, or royalty, or other noteworthy persons, from any ship you take than the Space Viking are always paying top profits." Then Grimes pulled up a section of starmap from the Imperial sectors. "I will give you this, as a gift, or in payment for future services. This is the course of an Imperial convoy. Merely a huge cargo ship, with a few frigates as escort. Should you take her, your crew and your ship would be well funded for a time." and Grimes returned to his chair, to leave the Privateer with his thoughts. "Or, do you need weapon upgrades first?" Perhaps this privateer had more data to trade and with a ship loaded with cargo, the replicators could easily upgrade weapony on his cruiser, if needed.<end
15:31:25 [Kisharra] << Despite the lack of questions from Israh, Kisharra was actually happy about this.. She didn't seem to actually care, and that in itself earned some points for the woman-shaped battering ram. As the woman explained everything; the feline listened, intently; considering her ears were standing upright. She completely ignored the numerous scents from the people here and actually focused on Israh intently.. Though her expression switched when the woman spoke of a match between herself and Kisharra " No way battering ram... You've got some freaky as fuck powers.. Like Ser Beardsley.... No way am I screwin' about with that.. You wanna kill me? " She muttered before shaking her head " If it ain't gonna be a fair fight, cause I don't really use weapons mostly except for " She adjusted herself and showed her hands and paws before her claws emerged " Them and my teeth... And my flexibility " She mentioned before allowing her claws to retract, then proceeded to return to her previous position " I'm not like uhh.. A super kitty... Not like in the mindset of bat-shit crazy hypnosis dragons and.. Oooo look at me, I can walk through friggin' fire " Her eyes widened quickly before she flailed herarms in the air " I mean seriously... How's a normal person s'pose to live? Creepy assed noises, people chucking lightning... Big armored; beareded men being able to move faster than logic would allow em to... Freaks me the hell out " >>
15:37:50 -Aurelia- let out a soft sigh as she eyed the display from her command chair of the variouse reports from across Kallean territory, thus far everything had been relativley quiet although most Kallean vessels had moved to cloak and rig for silent running leading any potential invasion force to more than likely hesitate given figuring out thier fleets positions would be difficult at best. "Continue to monitor for Caledonian vessels, just because there hasnt been any events thus far does not mean they will not attempt a strike." shed order as she rose from her chair to stand, she was thankfull at this point of her decision to bring Ash along even if it could incur the rage of Brennus and the Caledonians it reassured her that she had made the right decision. "Also send out a probe in the direction of Viking space designated for a Lord John Grimes asking of his willingness to meet and inform him of what has transpired." it wasnt much, but then again an enemy of an enemy could be a friend indeed in these times, even if there was still room for peace one could never be too carefull in preparations.
15:59:34 Velpis was glad his hand was released. Not many people knew of a ship with that kind of history and some have nearly shot him for merely doubting a story such as that. Listening to his propoganda, he merely nodded away at it and reminded himself of the Impaled Skull as he nodded at that as well. Hearing that they are looking for things, he thought it over as a starchart of a Imperial Convoy was handed to him. Velpis looked like he was going to refuse till he looked at a frigate name, mouth closing as he spoke. "Yeah...this is payment for future services. You just made my day..." He stared at one paticular frigate, his eyes never leaving that mans name and if Grimes ever saw vengence in a mans eyes, that was one of them. Hearing weapons upgrades, he merely shook his head as he smirked. "I think...my ship can outlast a battlecruiser. This should not be a problem though the poor soul once I grab his neck...he will wish he found the Rift first."
16:10:48 JohnGrimes knew that look better than most. The entire Raider culture was built on vengeance. "A small convoy such as this never attracts our fleets, and the other governments know it." Then his door chimed and swished open. Raven came in, looked about, smiled at Grimes and went to another room. Grimes attentions were further diverted by a chron-comm call. "Yes?" he told his wrist. "Sir, Kallean probe broadcasting ident and requesting a meeting with yourself. It was headed deeper into the rift till but we intercepted it." Grimes brow furrowed. "Well, they seem to know we Viking come out of the Rift. Very well, send co-ordinates for a meet on the return probe. Make the meet at someplace discreet and easy to hide the Heikral fleet." He recieved a 'yes, lord.' and returned his attention to Velpis and his deadly gaze at the convoy in question. "Hmm, someone you looking for there? Glad to be of assistance."<end
16:22:36 Velpis was quiet and observent, nodding at the fact this was indeed small for any fleet. For his this was a substantial haul and possibly can retrofit the cargoship for bait use. The chime caught him off guard, almost jumping in his seat but resisted the impulse. Hearing Grimes question, he looked up and carefully picked up his drink that finally arrived, swirling it as he took a small sip. "Yes...this man was part of a convoy that had kill orders against my family...our transport for that matter. They escorted us and when we near that border, they shot us. I survived the crash, my wife laid dead beside me in a crater with her skull broken. My son...oh my son was dead in my arms, a shard of metal pierced his chest. So yes...I have someone to look for and my goal is to kill the son of a bitch commander that did this to me. There is no sector of space where I will not chase him but until I figure out where he is hiding...I will find everyone else and make them pay."Velpis gaze still had a look that could kill and the name was of a paticular decorated frigate. "I will make a deal with you...if you help me capture this man then I will follow your orders. He is the second in command and getting him, making him listen to his own recording of our kill order...will be all satisifying when I ram a screwdriver up his nose."
16:24:17 [Israh] A quirk of her brow was made before instantly laughing. Her laugh was boisterous and that in and of itself caused a few people in the area to freeze. Why? Well Israh had made a small name for her already in a few of the more shady and dangerous bars within the Warf for being unbeatable at bar fighting. Also laughing very loudly while doing so. Israh was no doubt a brute of a woman considering her shorter stature but what aided her was the fact that the compression styled clothes she wore helped make her seem just a bit slimmer from her true musculature. In any case, it took a little bit for Israh to finally compose herself while slapping the top of the table, causing it to nearly rip out of the wall. “by the gods that’s funny…don’t worry. I’m a Turkonian. We’re honorable people who do challenges of all sorts. Strength can come from anything really. One’s prowess to cook can be considered a strength, same with one’s prowess to wrestle or even hunt …but if you feel it would be a bad thing either way then I am willing to stop asking such a question. Now, Brennus, he’s pretty powerful no doubt. I’m more specialized with my…’powers’ as you say. Truth be told though, everyone is able to do such things where I come from. Now there are some who don’t but those people tend to become masters of their trade. Brennus specializes in combat and the usage of powers known as elements. Me, I am somewhat similar…only rather than all sorts of elements…I only use that of Earth. Never tried to go against him before but I’m willing to bet my control of the earth surpasses his own…but due to his overall skills, he would trump me with his other elemental skills. Sucks, but it’s the truth. In the end though he’s just a big ol’ softie. You just need to learn he’s a person before a ruler. Hence why he was willing to let me drag you along with me in and out of that place without hacking you a part.” She rested her elbow on the table and then rested her chin to her hand. <i>“In any case…I want you to be a part of my Pack that I want to put together. If you accept, then you will have me to help look out for you so long as you don’t try to cut a part or eat any more people in the city that hasn’t done anything wrong in general. Now, if they’re wanted dead or alive. Go for it, just leave the head so we can verify him. Besides jobs we get, I’ll let you have a place to live. You can dress or…not dress however you want…and best yet we will be going out into the wilds quite a lot for work. My goal is to hunt monsters and beasts that would be normally suicide. Get’s the blood flowing, but to do so we need two more people to join our pack that would be skilled. With you and me we can easily make up the main front force but we need someone who can support us with both magic and range. In the meantime well just hunt basic predators out there in the wilds which…can be pretty fun in and of itself. What do you say? Want to join me?”
16:32:03 [Kisharra] << Damn could Israh laugh.... Kisharra fidgetted a little in her seat before the woman composed herself and claimed that it was funny; which again, more points for Israh. With a little smile, the feline leaned over the table and grinned at her before winking " Should be all kinds a fun... Provided, if the head if left.. Can I eat the rest of them? I'm always hungry after a fight " She mentioned before leaning over further and running her long, neon blue tongue across Israh's cheek in a playful manner " Welps! I'm goona go explore me some city.. I'll play nicely Ms battering ram! Hehe " She mewled and slid from her position; landing paw first upon the floor and stretched herself out " Gunna be fuuuunnnn... Kishy-Kat gonna kill you beasties! Kishy-Kat gunna kill you beasties! " She would sing in something of a delightfully happy tune... Today, suprisingly had worked out well enough >>
16:35:28 Icarius looks at Kala as she followed behind him and he smiled as he reached over and gently stroked her soft brown hair. She was still in training to be a Sclabhai, but she had great potential, and there was also the fact that she was kind and gentle, and seemed content with her place. Of course, she knew that her family had been taken care of, set up on their own farm where they could work without fear of running out of food. Kala had yet to be required to do anything yet, as she still had much to learn, but she was tasked with helping to keep his trainees from being confused. She was also a good cook, and often made meals for him and the trainees, who enjoyed her cooking.<E>
16:43:18 Kala gasped as he touched her hair she wad happy to hear her family was taken cared of she was also happy him and his trainees liked her cooking she looked gown as he stroked her hair she was gentle because she was taught to be gentle and obey her master.
16:46:25 [Israh] The lick to her cheek was allowed and the enthusiasm that Kisharra seemed to have had her nod a bit. “Alright then. If anyone’s got problems with you…don’t just murder them. It’s okay to beat someone down a bit but they can’t be left for dead. The people here don’t take kindly to it, and I would like to make sure people know not to mess with my Pack members after personally.” She gave a grin and nodded to the feline female before finally spotting the food arrive from the waitress. AH! Food, something Kisharra would no doubt see as well. “Hurry back before I eat the mammoth all alone! Wouldn’t want that would you Kishy-kat?”
18:14:07 [Taiylaen] [] Having returned back to the city after along stay out hunting in order to kill some time, the girl was not up to speed on what had actually happened; having been busy with guild work. She'd already seen to collecting her money, as well as dropping off the items and the quest notes; and now she was on her way to check on the progress of her armor. Taiya; despite being worn out and a little injured was happy about her progress; and now had decided that it was time she updated her weapon. As such, she was on her way to the blacksmith; hopefully to pick up her repaired armor; as it had been a while since she'd handed it over, and to buy a new weapon, figuring she'd aquired enough money to get something relatively good. It wouldn't take her long to find the blacksmith; given the directions she was issued; and once she arrived, the Taeminne female lightly rapped upon the door with her left hand and waited to see if there was an answer []
18:19:43 Kaenan had actually finished the armor some time ago, and had kept to the style of armor as requested, though he had added a few pieces here and there when he found that the material hadn't survived. The armor looked more archaic than it used to, but that was by necessity, rather than choice, as the material was unknown, so he had been unable to replicate it, so had improvised instead. It still retained the original style, but with the addition of the new pieces, looked just as effective as it did when new. He was actually standing behind the counter, crunching some numbers, since taxes would be due soon and he needed everything organized and in order. His shop was filled with racks and barrels of weapons and tools, and the shelves were filled with armor pieces, and a few mannequins had complete armor sets. These armor sets would actually show Taiylaen just what adventurer style armor looked like.<E>
18:25:22 [Taiylaen] [] The girl waited a moment before opening the door and stepping inside and quietly closing it behind her " I'm sorry to bother you.. I am here for an update as to my armor? " She would ask politely before stepping towards the counter and looking around quietly. There wasn't much she could say currently, except for that. It was clear that Taiya was still adjusting to things; due to the way she wouldn't look at him and generally looked somewhere else; like the weapons he had in stock []
18:39:04 Kaenan looks at Taiylaen "Ah, your the one that comission was for, it was definately one of the odder jobs I've had, I usually do custom armor from scratch, its rare that its repair work" as he went into the back and came out with the crate the armor was in. He would place it up on the counter "I did what I could, but there were bits and pieces that were too degraded for me to repair, so I replaced them, it looks slightly different now, but I tried my best to keep to the original design, the main difference will be in the shoulder pauldrons and the sides where I had to replace the material with solid pieces, but I did it in a way that still maintains the flexibility of the armor" as he looked at her.<E>
18:45:28 [Taiylaen] [] Responded to his words with a small nod " Uhm yes.. The armor is mine.. I understand that parts of it would have been beyond repair " Taking the crate, she quickly left for a moment; finding a place where she could change, and once done - the girl sighed contently. She'd missed her armor greatly, and now that it had been returned to her; she felt complete again. Setting the armor she was given as a temporary set, she returned to the blacksmith and set the crate down a moment " I appreciate your work, it's beautiful; thank you.. Also.. I don't mean to trouble you further, but I am looking to buy a new blade.. I'm part of the adventurers guild you see and the assignments I'm taking on now.. Well, this blade is beginning to wear, and I think it's time for me to replace it " She spoke carefully; making sure he understood each word she spoke []
18:50:54 Kaenan nods "Well, you can take a look at the racks, which are my best pieces, or you can buy a barrel weapon, which is cheaper but reliable, what sort of weapon do you want, and what's your price range?" as he looked at her. He thought the armor looked fairly good on her, but the overall design would not have been his choice personally, but then again, it was up to her. He was sure though that in time, she might go for better armor, especially when it came to the better jobs. He got a lot of work from adventurer's venturing into the Necropolis, and not just the surface, but into the depths of that place, where the truly powerful undead were known to roam.<E>
19:07:28 [Taiylaen] [] She let his words sink in before finally responding carefully " Long sword.. " She responded before looking at the racks for a time before thinking up her price; for now that she would be willing to part " 800 gold ebruones... I've been saving up, almost everything from the work I've been doing " She spoke before looking over to the blacksmith; wondering what she could get with that. If she could get anything. When it came to weapons, she would always value the opinions of their makers []
19:10:55 Kaenan frowns "If thats the case, you'd be better off getting a barrel weapon, the cheapest of my rack pieces run around twelve hundred gold, but you can get a barrel sword for about three hundred gold, and I would suggest carrying a secondary weapon such as a shortsword as a backup weapon" as he looked at her. There was a reason for his suggestion, she didn't need to blow all her money on a weapon, since he knew that while the Adventurer's Guild wouldn't charge her for room and board for a while, she would have to buy her own food and drinks, and that took money.<E>
19:11:35 Lintaya sighs as she would finish up a few things in her study and would tell the maid to send the food that was sent to her by someone in the palace away. “No thank you, I am not hungry.” she'd stand up from her desk and would file her papers as she finished making sure the grocery store her father put in her care was doing well. Which it was, better than she had hopped it would. Looking around her study she'd frown as she was running out of things to work or do. “Hmm” Quietly she'd walk out of the study and would think of what she could do instead of having to go to her room and actually sleep. “I bet the library is in desperate need of being re-organized..” Nodding to herself she'd head to the library.
19:18:05 [Taiylaen] [] Well that sort of dented her a little.. She'd worked her ass off, and apparently it amounted to little. Then again, while it did dishearten her, it more than fueled her determination to push herself even harder than she had been. Over the time she had been working; she'd learnt certain skills, skinning effectively, learning where to strike enemies who bore pelts and skins, so that the materials she needed to collect were not damaged; and as such, there was more she needed.. " A secondary weapon as well.. Hmm.. Well.. In that case.. Would I be able to get a Longsword, a Shortsword; and a new knife for skinning; seeing as my one is uhh.. " She nervously rubbed the back of her neck before chuckling a little " Think maybe five hundred would do for all three? " She hoped he would pick a few things out for her that would be ideal - she was useless when it came to choosing weapons []
19:24:17 Kaenan chuckles "Six hundred actually, but since your new at this, I'll give you the new knife for free, their easy to make anyway, and require few materials" as he walked over to one of the racks. He spent a moment and picked out a knife made from mithril and handed to her "Here, one of my best pieces, but its yours now, it'll never lose its edge, and its about as likely to break as you will likely become a male" as he chuckles. He would then go back behind the counter to let her choose out her longsword and shortsword, since she had to be the one to choose them.<E>
19:36:49 [Taiylaen] [] Canting her head slightly as he spoke about it being six hundred; yet then offered to give her the knife for free, she smiled warmly, not knowing what to actually do in the face of kindness. Taking it, she would slide it within the sheathe and bowed to him " Thankyou for that " She spoke; chuckling at his joke before turning and taking her time.. She removed several weapons one after the other; checking balance and weight - these were important; thoroughly important.. And as such, despite several similarities of the weapons; each one was different... It appeared the girl was taking her time in picking out two weapons, which might give the blacksmith the idea that she knew exactly what she was looking for; considering she was carefully inspecting each one she picked up []
19:40:56 Kaenan knew exactly that this was what she was doing, and let her take her time, and unknown to her, he was also mentally making measurements of her body. He knew that adventurer's eventually wanted the best armor, so by having a rough idea of her body measurements, he would be better able to make the armor. He always made the armor slightly bigger than the rough estimates, but this was a good thing, as it would allow him to make adjustments to the armor, rather than trying to readjust from armor that was too small.<E>
19:48:11 [Taiylaen] [] It took the girl roughly thirty minutes before she was finally sure of the two she wanted.. She wasn't entirely sure what material they were forged from, but.. The balance and weight were perfect for someone of her frame and body type; not to mention the guards were not elaborate or unnecessarily big. She slid each weapon into their respetive sheathes and set them upon the counter before nodding lightly " These two are perfect for me.. Perfectly balanced; very good weight.. And the cutting edges are concise " Obviously her way of complimenting his work []
20:07:39 Kaenan nods "Good choices, both made of Aeyostan Steel, they have some of the best metalwork on Caledon" as he took out a piece of parchment. He quickly wrote down the items and cost, and signed it, and once she handed over the four hundred gold, he would have her sign it and a second copy which he would give to her. This was standard practice, since by both of them having a copy, in case something happened, there would be a record of the purchase.<E>
20:14:47 [Taiylaen] [] While he set to work about signing the documentation; Taiya was busy setting aside the payment of four hundred gold.. A hefty amount, but.. Considering his reaction to the weapons she had aquired; the girl figured it was worth it. Once the money was given over, she too signed the second copy, and neatly folded it; setting the documents in the rear pouch upon her belt. The strap holding the longsword in the sheathe was slung over her head and set to rest on her left shoulder, while the belt carrying the sheathed shortsword was buckled around her waist; slightly off-centered to her other belt, so that she didn't need to remove the pouch. The rest of the money was put away and the girl smiled; removing the hair from her gaze " Thank you very much " She spoke; bowing respectfully before turning to leave the store.. Quite the happy customer she was []
20:20:20 Kaenan smiles "Your welcome, and if you need anything else, I will be happy to make any piece you wish, provided you have the money to afford it" as he smiles. His comment was entirely serious, since in order to continue working, he required the money to order materials. Very rarely he would actually post a job at the Adventurer's Guild, but that was when he had money to spare.<E>
20:26:48 [Taiylaen] [] Once everything was settled, she waved before leaving and closed the door after her exit. Taiya smiled lightly and bounced effortlessly upon her feet before now wondering what she could do next.. She knew first, she'd have to stop by the guildhall and drop off the rest of her money.. Maybe pick up another job? Something harder.. Maybe find and kill a creature - that could be fun... " Yeah.. " She whispered; pounding her right hand into the palm of her left and soon, the girl set off; towards the guildhall with haste []
21:11:30 [Aveah] The Lotus was high above a nearby planet the crew was quietly monitoring the people below. They dared not speak unless there was something to be reported. The Lotus was the pride of the Nova Empire created from the ships of the two former kings. The Captain of the ship was the Queen of Nova. A woman who was a part of everything that required taking control of everything. She was perched in an overly ornate captain’s chair watching the screens with a grin upon her painted lips. The crew did everything in their power to refrain from looking at her knowing she would get rid of anyone who did not obey her orders. The secondary ship the Titan was following close behind the Lotus prepared to land when given the order. Flashing lights and alarms began sounding on both ships alerting the crews that something was below on the planet. Without a word Aveah stood moving towards the monitors peering down at them. ”Your highness the people on the planet seem to be strong, if we attack from here we might be able to gain the upper hand.” The man didn’t dare turn to look at her. He knew the news was bad and that her temper would soon rear its ugly head. But she remained quiet something none of them were used to. Moving towards her chair she stared into nothingness before her voice rose above the sounds from the monitors. ”Land. I want this planet for myself.”
21:25:07 [DG_GM] .:Unfortunately for Aveah and her ships, the fledgling Nova Empire had chosen the wrong planet to try and take. Rather than looking elsewhere for an easier target, they had targeted a well established colony world of the Caledonian Empire, which also had substantial defenses. The only reason that the Local Defense Forces had not acted was because they were unsure of the intentions of the two ships that had appeared in the skies above and a report was sent to the nearest Imperial Navy outpost as well. As soon as the troop transports started to descend, they knew the intentions and jumped into action immediately. The ground forces were mobilized, and went to their assigned positions, which consisted of AA gun positions, and defensive fortifications built to blend into the terrain. Meanwhile, in orbit, a Berserker-class battleship warped into close proximity of the Nova ships and fired a salvo at the two enemy ships, the salvo wasn't anything major, but that was the intent. The Berserker crew wanted the Nova ships to concentrate on their ship. Once they did, two Tuatha de Danann-class battleships would warp in on the opposite side to hit the Nova ships while they were concentrating on the Berserker.:.<E>
21:37:54 [Aveah] As the armed men headed to the landing ships Aveah watched the monitors closely. Rational thought wasn’t something she had unlike many of the men on her ship. The military from Nova was no match for the military from the planet. She had just recently decided to venture towards conquering others. The men on the ships began to worry as the Berserker came into view. ”Your highness we have a problem.” Just as she turned the ship was hit a deranged look appeared on her face. ”What was that? Who fired on us?” She demanded making her way back to the monitor to see the readings. On the planet her men were easily taken down. Their weapons and armor were no match for those of the Caledonian Empire. With their attention on the main ship Aveah had no idea others were coming to the aide of the planet. Her single minded interest in conquering left her men vulnerable. ”Fire on them I am not going to lose this planet. I want it.” That crazed look remained ever present as her men did as she ordered. The weapons were no match for the ship but she had no idea and wouldn’t back down. The lives of her men meant nothing.
21:46:33 Emperor_Winter-Wolf .:When the two other battleships appeared, they aimed to disable only the engines, and their strikes did so with the first hit. There was a reason for this, as orders from High Command had come in, and at that moment, a figure appeared behind Aveah in a burst of fire. He towered over , and looked every part the warrior, even though he did not wear his armor. He had long brown hair and a matching beard that had been neatly braided and secured by gold bands. He would watch Aveah silently, waiting for him to notice his presence, and he knew immediately that she was the one he had sensed, the madness in her mind and soul had been easily heard by him on Caledon, which was quite a ways away. How he could sense her was easy enough, she had unknowingly broadcast her state of mind and spirit on the elemental planes, and as an Elementalist, he had sensed it, though the Plane of Fire had been where her presence was strongest, her lust for power echoing like a dark flame.<E>
21:56:23 Aveah turned her head slightly as a silent alarm was triggered on the console in front of her. An intruder had been detected and the smell of fire alerted her. Two of her men stood turning towards the man who now stood behind her. Standing up straight she slowly turned her dark eyes staring at the man who had appeared on her ship. Her ship was disabled giving her a reason to be angrier than usual. Raising a hand the two men remained where they were. The darkness in her mind and soul was evident in her eyes and demeanor. ”Get off my ship.” She snapped at him unaffected by his size or the fact that he simply appeared on her ship. Nothing scared her like it should have that part of her mind didn’t accept fear any longer. The darkness inside overwhelmed it all. She wanted what she wanted nothing and no one would stand in her way.
10:36:09 [DG_GM] .:What had happened to the Winterhold was was a mystery, for the ship had left the resort world, there was no doubt about that according to the records available on the D-Net. What had happened to the ship after was unknown, but since the resort world was on the edge of the Frontier, there was really no way to know what happened, though it was likely the work of other pirates or even one of the enigmatic and dreaded Naer`Daedri raider clans. Whatever the case, the ship had vanished, and would likely to not be found for a while if ever.;.<E>
10:45:26 Velpis started to whistle now, bobbing his head up and down as Velpis had some light music playing. A small ding was heard as his eyes snapped open. "Still not here...Alright, get the jump drive ready." A small timer appeared on the cockpits screen as Velpis waved his right hand in front of him, a small holo interface as he examined the map. "Alright. We either have a gravity well issue somewhere between here and the resort world. Got two worlds I think also between here and there so Mr. Ven, plot a course for Nikakav II." Fast typing sounds were heard, Velpis giving a small groan as he remembered that this ship still needs a few upgrades internally. The timer gave another ding as the jump drive was ready. "After this sir, we will need to use the Star Gates since it has to cooldown." Velpis nods, giving a small motion with both his fingers as the ship made a small lurch and shook hard then suddenly nothing but white space.Within the hour they would arrive and take a look.
11:19:18 [Velpis] "Jumping out Sir in three...two...one." The sudden whiteness of space vanished and instead was replaced by a ships large hull straight in front of them, a piece of something to be exact. "EVASIVE! PULL UP! PULL UP!" The ships reactor went into overdrive, the green power core going faster as the noise make a very distinct whine as the ship was pulled up very easily and almost runs into a different ships hull. ""RIGHT! HARD RI-" The ship attempted to turn right and instead grinded into the other ships hull, a sickening creak on the outer hull as Velpis fell out of his chair. The Black Heart then turned just right to get out of the situation though still had damage as the corvette class ship went up slowly. "Ow...Ow...OWWW!!!...Stat...us report?" Velpis slowly got up, stumbling as his vision was slightly blurred. "Ships hull was slightly breached on deck three, they are already in repair process and turret two is offline. Sir sensors indicate we just ran into some form of ship graveyard." Velpis groaned as he walked to the command chair and sat down carefully, sliding down it. "Splendid...any known sig-"<B> A loud whine was heard throughout the ship, like a loud musical horn whine. Velpis looked around as his vision returned as he heard something really bad. <U>"Sir...unknown ship in the area. They are powering up weapons."<U> Velpis can only say one thing before his ship got hit with something bad. <B>"Shit..." A large beam streaked through space and hit the edge of the corvette as the sirens went off again, Velpis yelling again as he turned on a holographic display. "STATUS!" "Deck Two and One was hit but hull is holding! We had a grazing shot!" Going through records, he looked at the design of the ship as he turned it a few times as he muttered a curse. "Here there be demons..." E
11:20:18 CommanderCaedras had spent some time organizing the small Federation fleet over Ptolus after the second attack in as many days. A large number of Federation vessels had been caught in the crossfire, many carrying supplies and personnel to assist in rebuilding or in aiding the hospitals that had been close to overflowing. No word had come from the emperor in some time, and the growing silence became more than frustrating. Reports had come in of a range of mountains being leveled by certain peek energy signatures that the Caledonians had been patently avoiding near the capitol. As it stood, Governor-Ambassador Caedras took his fighter craft topside to wait in the palace to have an audience with the Emperor. Hours drove on by, and the uniformed Federation commander remained in contact with his fleet, issuing orders and verifying reports as he did so. He looked well, now; his lost hand replaced, injuries mostly patched up and damaged implants swapped out for newer models. There was an adjustment period, of course, but his retinal implants worked well enough to remained logged onto the Net. Caedras remained seated in the vaulted sitting room of the palace, for dignitaries and officials of high rank seeking audience with the emperor or the next best thing. Aurelia's message, Ashrienne's disappearance and this so called mysterious faction were no joking matter. If war were to come to Dragonstar as a whole, divisiveness would ruin them before the first real shots would be exchanged.
11:21:15 [Kisharra] << " No.... N-no way! I-I'm n-not g-gonna... I'm too adorable to be.... Nommed like a kitty-muffin " She snarled; while trying to stop herself from being the local wildlife's dinner... Seriously - shit had quite obviously hit the fan.. Someone or something was throwing a massive fit while other people were obviously.. Well.. Doin' something... This left Kisharra suprisingly bored; and as such, she had wandered off.. Now though; she was wrestling to stop a giant carniverous freakin plant from eating her " You don't wanna.. See me... Mad! " Snarled the feline; who simply grinned wider and it appeared... She was having fun.... >>
11:42:27 [Israh] It was another day and another job in the wilds well done for Israh. Today she was making her way back from her most recent expedition towards that of Ptolus in order to turn in the device which approved of her completion of the assignment she had been sent on as well as to go make a visit to the palace in hopes of getting some information from the big man himself. Along the way she heard a strange feline like yell. Shambling through a small bit of brush brought her directly into line of sight of the cat like female in danger. A female she recognized from before. “Well would you look at that.” Israh mostly stated to herself and wandered forth a few steps. Head tilting to the side only to squat down and tilt her head. A few silent stares and her hand finally worked to touch the ground. From there, her ability to pull on the weave began to activate and just as the massive plant like creature opened it’s maw in an attempt to roar …two large rocky fists erupted instantly from either side of it quickly slammed into the side of the head to press forth and meet fists, thus crushing the large plant like creatures head. If looked upon, one would take notice that a strange golden like glow was formed at Israh’s collar of her current compression based armored outfit. She didn’t look like someone from these lands no doubt, but she was working on trying to get some clothes and a new weapon made for her that would make her seem a lot more local. With the deed done, her hand would rise up and eventually meet to her knees before speaking up. “I saw you in the city the other day, didn’t I?”
11:54:02 Velpis breathed slowly as the ship made another whining sound as it waited beside a large piece of metal, scraping against it. Velpis breathed slowly as Ven yelled at him. "THIS IS NUTS! THIS IS STUPID! WE NEVER USED BOTH AT THE SAME TIME! THE REA-" Velpis looked and yelled back, his eyes wild as the goggles fell back onto his eyes. "I DO NOT GIVE A DAMN! DO IT!" The Black Heart fired some of the impulse engines on the side as the large piece of metal moved, the center of the ship making a large whirring sound as it aimed right at the side of the Demons ship, sprouting some form of long limbs and a large ball in the center. A ding was heard a a distant whine as the demonic ship tried to turn. "Fire." The center of the ship powered down for a moment as the ship shook as a long green beam went through multiple parts in a small valley and joined together as one as it fired a large beam at the center of the demonic ship. The demonic ship would survive the blast but the beam made a split cut, effectively destroying two of the limbs and part of the main core. "Open channel." He waited as something spoke out in a harsh yell as Velpis yelled back. "You listen here you gutless freak...If you so dare turn that ship towards my direction I will f&*^ing shoot you again and after I am done with that, I will drag whatever is left of your pathetic ship and let it go down the damn atmosphere of that molten planet, let it all burn you up and as your corpses lay there, smoking I will dump our sewage all over it! So get the hell out of here before I so do it myself!" There was a silence as he merely waits, breathing slowly as the ship slowly moved away. Ven turns around as he spoke. "Sir we are inoperable for the next hour. We need to re-jump the generator." Velpis breathed slowly, sliding down his chair as he spoke in a muffled voice due to his goggles falling to his lips. "Splendid..."
11:58:17 [Kisharra] << Kisharra was getting bored of this now - sure this shrubery was kinda violent, did sort of remind Kisharra of herself; and yet, the feline was clearly in a whole league of her own [ So she says anyway ] With a light yawn; she blinked, hearing the brush nearby rustle before she " Oh seriously... Can't get a moments peace from you people... I mean Hi miss show off! " She vocalized as the plants' mouth went into vice mode " Ehh? No you don't " She whined; tightening her grip and trying to force open the.... <KILLSTEAL> The feline freaked the hell out and managed to tumble out of it's mouth before manuevering herself so that she was facing Israh " Hey, hey, hey! Not funny " She spoke; pouting angrily " You are a bad person! Stealing someone elses fun.. I was totally fine... You know, aisde from it being a giant, killer fuckin' plant " She whined before rolling her eyes and standing herself up; only to turn away from her " What'dya want, Ms Killstealing Show off? Have you come to put this kitten in her place, cause I don't have one " She hissed; pressing the backs of her hands upon her hips " Tch.. Just cause you think you're tougher than me... That gives you the right to stop me having fun " She turned upon her paws and stuck her tongue out at the woman " You are mean and should go pray or... Somethin'... SINNER! " She yelled; pointing a finger at Israh in an accusatory manner >>
12:11:56 [Israh] Listening and hearing was something Israh was pretty good at despite being an obvious show off. As such everything the feline female had stated was taken in, though one thing of all of it stuck out to her. When the felines back was turned to her for that short amount of time, Israh began to make a slow paced walk towards the feline and by the time the girl turned around to stick her tongue out, she would notice that Israh was in fact much closer than she had been before. She still had a few more steps to draw in close but it did not look at all like Israh was raring for a fight or anything like that. Instead, if allowed Israh would wander up, raise up a hand and just pat the top of the shorter felines head with a small grin. ”No place to go eh? Well if you want you can hang around with me a bit. Always a lot of fun at the bars and taverns I go to. I think the only rule they ask inside the city with bar fights is not to kill people.” Which was a LOT harder to do than one would think. Killing someone was far easier than just knocking them unconscious with how much strength someone like Israh had at her disposal. Never the less Israh would not stop there for long. Instead she would wander by the female and raise both her hands up to lock in place behind her head and almost lazily continue walking on. “Gotta make a few stops before I hit up any bars, but you’re more than willing to stay the night with me also. Get some good rest and good food in your stomach. Even booze~.” The word booze was stated almost in a sing song manner, as though that were the most important part. If Kisharra chose to follow, then back into the city they would go. If not then it was just Israh herself who was making her way into the city and then eventually off towards the Palace itself for her first stop. She wanted to talk with a certain Emperor in order to get some information on who she might go to in order to learn a few things.
12:19:00 [Kisharra] << The feline made a face when she was patted on the head -- oh she hated that... Made her feel small and insignificant. Her fingers pressed against the palms of her hands before she grumbled a series of words under her breath " And what if Ser Beardsley is still trying to god-mode my cute behind? What am I gonna do then? " She responded; turning a moment to look at her... What, the hell, just happened? Kisharra was slightly baffled, despite not showing such. Even as Israh continued walking off, the feline stood there, bewildered at the moment before " Heeeeeyyyyy! Don't leave me here, meanie! " She turned quickly and dropped onto all fours; as this was somewhat more comfortable to travel long distances as. Easily catching up to the woman she turned her head and blinked; catching sight of her own tail that swayed about lazily behind her " But.. Where's the fun in that? If you can't kill anyone... I mean... You know... Stupid human lookin' people.... " She huffed under breath before shaking her head casually " Why're you trying to be nice to me huh? You think I'll just change, cause I won't... I don't change for no one! Nope, not me! " She grinned pleasingly at this before yawning and at the mention of food - [ Stomach Growl ] If the woman was gonna buy her food, then win! And as such, Kisharra decided she might as well ' play nice ' if only to get fed. Pushing herself up, the feline now casually strolled beside the woman; purring as they travelled.. >>
12:22:59 Velpis waits there in space as his ship floats through space in the graveyard of ships. "Sir I found the WinterHold...it is destroyed. No life forms Sir." Velpis sighs loudly as he slid down his chair again, the goggles at his neck. "Well we know what happened to it now. We are not getting any prizes for staying here and knowing the demons they will come back with more ships for what we just caused. Get us to a known sector of space. " "Well we have a location but you will not like it. The Star Gate nearby will take us Ptolus. It was the site of a recent battle yet we believe they have already moved." "Very well, take the Star Gate to the system." The ship moved rather fast for what it was, the reactor finally jump started as it went to the Star Gate and a small moment later, a FOMP was heard, the ship going straight through it. Within a few minutes the Black Heart arrived and hovering near space, notices the Federation Fleet as communications opened as Velpis growled loudly as the ship had to be powered down. "Fuuuuuu-" E
12:33:08 [Israh] It wasn’t until Kisharra caught up and continued to speak to her that the sudden feel of a playful smack to her rear would occur. “You let me deal with ol’ Brennus. He’s a good and smart man. All I gotta do is talk to him and he’ll listen. He might think you need some sort of punishment still but I can at least try to get you off the hook depending on how you act.” She then turned to look to Kisharra. “In any case, the whole thing about not killing idiots is simple. Idiots still have things you may want. What’s the point of killing them if you can instead use them to benefit you? Some of the bars let you gable, plenty of stupid people there who have plenty of this world’s money. Sure, it may seem more ‘fun’ to do one thing, but me? It’s more thrilling to get their money and still do it within the laws of this land. In order to get over that need to beat something to a pulp, I take up other jobs. I’ve become a Hunter, someone who goes out to the wilds and goes jobs to kill or capture creatures for money. Now THAT is some fun stuff. Gonna do it until I make enough to pay off my new gear I’ve got commissioned and then to get the money to build my own Tavern here.” She looked down to Kisharra and grinned. “You like to hunt right? I’m sure there are PLENTY of things. Creatures and People who you can hunt for good money out in the wilds.” This was all discussed on the way to the city and then to the palace. Once at the Palace she would speak to one of the guards and thumb back towards Kisharra. The guard would look to Israh like she had lost her damn mind but Israh would just smile and pat the guard on the shoulder. “Just go, god. We’ll go to the waiting room in the meantime. I’m sure he’d be more than willing to listen to me if I talked to him about it all.” This would hopefully cause the Guard to wander off and leave Israh to turn to look at Kisharra and wave her to follow along. Once done, she would simply wander into the waiting hall that Caedras would be found sitting in. Yes, high ranking and important officials, and here Israh just fucking strolled on in, looked to the strange male and gave what could only be considered the most common two fingered salute she could to the man. ”Yo. You waiting to talk to Brennus too?” Wait, did she just call the Emperor by his first name as though it were some sort of informal thing? DAMN RIGHT SHE DID!
12:38:22 JohnGrimes looked at his Engineering officer like he was mad. "Look," the officer said, "It's quite simple. The mining laser vaporizes the target element, and the transporter beams lock on, digitize, and tranport the element into the cargo core. Now, just as when we transport a person, the subatomic pattern is locked into memory. Accessing this allows us to reassemble the element from the core using a replication transporter. The condensing of the cargo into digitized patterns allows us to hold literally entire mines, the entire deposit of any one planet." The engineer stopped for a breath. "Now, you didn't fire at a planet, you fired at goddamn Titan class Super Dreadnought and the process is the same. We literally stoled entire out decks, gun emplacements, armor, and ...the remnants of the crew hit by the laser." Grimes shook his head for a moment. "So, your telling me that using the mining laser as a weapon drew down the power so bad because they fired the transporter function as well." The engineer rolled her eyes.
12:39:28 CommanderCaedras observed as Israh entered, his hands flicking aside the digital display on his lenses with a twist of his wrist. He frowned a little, but he shook his head. “The Emperor is not in at the moment. Reports indicate he is off outside the city. Leveling mountains,” he answered, his voice dripping with disapproval where his scowl didn't. He returned Israh's barebones salute with a crisp nod, at least, and when his eyes alighted on Kisharra, his fingers flicked just a few times to bring up something on his retinal HUD, letting the local security channel be aware that she was present. He wasn't aware of her current status, considering the murder of several hospital patients, but best to keep them appraised that she was here. In the sitting room of the Emperor. Just in case.
12:40:45 [Kisharra] << The feline squeaked - actually squeaked when she was playfully smacked on her tush " Do that again, and I'll bite your fingers off " She responded before narrowing her eyes slowly.. She hated being touched by people she didn't know.. Barely tolerated being touched by people she did know.. With a heavy sigh, the feline yawned and listened; seeming to sort of hear it, but pay no attention to it... Geez she must love the sound of her own voice. Once they arrived at the big ol' castle up on yonder way; Kisharra snapped back into reality, only being here because of the prospect of incomming food. As such, when they approached the guard; Kisharra, in her infinite majesty would elevate her hand, extend a single finger towards him and gave him an adorably sweet smile that almost made her want to puke " Bai bai! Yeah! Go pout, I win! " She mused; lowering her arm back to her side.before they continued on.. Once they arrived in the waiting room, Kisharra stared at him; and in turn, he looked at her " Ugh.. " She whined in a disgusted manner while facepalming herself in a befitting manner " Everywhere I go.... I'm somehow reminded of my first day... That was no fun... Ganged up on... Then abandoned... Ugh... I mean seriously... Do you people even know how to show a girl a good time? " She muttered; laying herself upon the ground and flicking her tail over herself " Tch, you're all slaves to rules... Me, I'm not " She grinned and nodded in an approving manner; all the while, still staring at him " So that's were Ser Beardsley wen off too... Hmph... He's Kamehameha waving mountain... WAIT WHAT!?! " The feline widened her eyes at him - was he freakin serious? A mountain... Y'know, the rocky type of mountains? >>
13:06:01 [Israh] “He’s what?” She tilted her head to the side a bit and gave a slight shrug. “Welp, there goes some places that’s fun to be around I guess.” She was originally from a mountainous terrain after all. Made her feel more at home when around mountains. No matter, she would eventually look back down to Kisharra and give a slight smirk. “As I recall, you thought I was showing up to gang up on you…but all you did was call me a show off and began flirting with me about how you were trying to turn yourself on or something.” She moved over and took a seat on the floor right next to Kisharra and then looked over to Caedras with a half grin. “No matter, I guess we can wait for him in the meantime. I need to talk with him about a few things. Found this cute one here in the wild and she’s obviously able to handle herself. Want to see what it would take to get her clear of the obvious charges in the city against her and have her work with me on my own Hunting team. Sure as hell beats the people who I’ve worked with in the past.” She leaned back a bit and began to pull her boots off so they were free and wiggled her toes a bit before looking back to Kisharra. “Mind you, it won’t be a forced thing. Never gonna force you to do what you don’t want. I just know someone like you would make for a great partner in hunting and I’m never one to turn down a golden opportunity to keep someone as adorable and dangerous as you by me.” She smiled and finally lied herself back against the ground and placed her hands behind her head as some sort of pillow. “My names Israh by the way.” Oh! Introductions finally for the both of them!
13:12:26 Emperor_Winter-Wolf sighs from the doorway, having arrived in time to catch part of Caedras's and Israh's conversation as well as hearing Kisharra's own comments. He stepped into the room "Hardly leveling mountains, I just went to an area where there was nothing living there to vent my rage so that I could calm down, and it was better to do it in private, though there are no doubt new ledges and ridges where I was" as he shrugs. He then looked at Caedras "Also, thank you for the report Caedras, I do apologize for not responding, but it was better not to, and why I had to go and calm down" as he shrugged apologetically. He then looked at Israh and Kisharra "What did you two wish to discuss with me?" as he looked at him. While he seemed calm and collected on the surface, there was an undertone of weariness that meant he had expended a great deal of power during the venting of his rage.<E>
13:22:53 Velpis was talking through the communications against the Federation Fleet, the ship whirring slightly but silently. "Listen I just told you I am here to deliver news of the Whiteh-" "One you most likely destroyed. Lower your shields and perpare to be boarded, this is your final warning before we blast that...whatever it is out of space!" Velpis looked down at Ven nodded, giving a thumbs up as he looked right back up at the screen. "Ok then...we are lowering our- SO LONG!" The Black Heart used the jump drive again as it got away into space and for a few minutes away as Velpis finally asked. "Uhh where are we goi-" They dropped out as they saw six different fleets, a small gulp as it was beside one of them as Velpis sinks back into his chair. "Second thought...I would rather take the Federation then the FU*@NG VIKINGS!"
13:27:43 CommanderCaedras did not at all seemed thrilled about the idea of charges being cleared for a madwoman who blatantly murdered innocent civilians but this was not his planet, not his people and currently, not his problem. He simply gave a polite nod and turned his gaze towards the Emperor as the man entered. A sharp salute was given. “No need for thanks, Emperor. My duties are clear and to be expected.Regardless, those energy signatures were spotted. From orbit. Hardly minor. I will keep in mind to calculate for tantrums, should we ever require updates from the Caledonians as to how to proceed in your airspace. Frankly, Emperor, your people need you and matters must be decided. Two assaults on the capitol in the same week, Ashrienne kidnapped by Aurelia and the Kalleans claiming data logs were tampered? One terrorist group starts a conflict between the vikings and yourself, then this? If you cannot keep your cool now, how are your people to have faith in you when they need you. Again?” CommanderCaedras wasn't exactly angry as much as he was a little disgusted and disappointed at the towering man. He shook his head, his newly replaced mechanical hand squeezing shut for a moment. “The Federation ships in orbit require repairs and resupply. This enemy must be found and hostilities between the Kalleans and Caledonians must be stomped out before they begin again. That war would be too costly for all. By the stars, have any of you ever considered speaking before opening fire on one another?” He took a steadying breath and stood at attention. “Your orders, Emperor?”
13:36:31 [Kisharra] << Flirting she wasn't Oooooooohhhhhh... Comments... She sighed and faceplamed again " You took that literally? " From beneath her head she rolled her eyes and passed out a muffled sigh before listening to the words spoken by Israh.. Now who was flirting? Still the feline smirked proudly and lowered her hand, allowing that smirk to be shown to the pair " Now whose flirting with me " She retorted casually before remaining in her spot.. Wait.. Didn't she mention getting paid for hunting? Paid for killing? Her smile widens and the cat jumps upon her back paws before smiling " Think of the food I could get... Ya ----- " She sniffed and blinked - sensing that subtle aroma of Body Oder and Superiority again ".... Oh no..... He's behind me isn't he? " She mentioned; lowering her hands... [ This scene is in slow motion ] She turns her head; a stray blink offered, when she catches sight of him; her eyes widen, face contorts into one of... Something... Kisharra swallows, mewls, hisses and hiccups in sequence before throwing herself over Israh and cowering behind her " Don't let Ser Beardsley try hypnotizing me again... I dun wanna become a worm - all squiggly squiggly, slimy slimy... Travel on the floor and eat dirt wormy.... " Ahh Kisharra; always the amuser >>
13:46:49 JohnGrimes looked at the engineering officer. "Alright, then recalibrate the Mining Laser, to operate in weapons mode, without the bloody transporter beam functions, and we save power for the shields. I am not going to take such damage from that oversized tub of a Titan again." Grimes started to walk off but turned slowly, "remember I am a Master Psionist, so quit thinking of me as a club-wielding ape in a red cape while we converse." He made his way out of engineering, to his quarters. The massive round room had never been so full. 6 Lords, and their guards and seconds, had beamed over from their respective orbships, and left their fleets at yellow alert. The Warlord of the Viking recieved the bows due him, and merely nodded in response. "My good Lords, welcome aboard the Hreikal. Having recently skirmished over Caledon, you'll forgive the disarray of repair work still on-going. The Lord of the Ghambar fleet looked at Grimes. "You speak of this skirmish with Imperials as if it were just another raid.
13:46:59 [Israh] A brow quirked up upon the entrance of the Emperor and gave a wide smile. While many saw Brennus on some sort of podium. Israh herself respected the man more as a warrior than an emperor and as such treated him how she would treat any proper warrior from her own world. As a comrade as opposed to some sort of high ranking official. True, in a large group she might work to call Brennus emperor but as it stood, there were only a few in the room with her now. So Israh would work to raise a hand up from her laying down position and give a soft chuckle while waving. “Perfect timing! God you’re scary with that stuff.” She finally worked to sit up and pressed the soles of her feet against each other. Legs stretched out butterfly style on themselves while staring at him. “So! Came in to talk to you about two things. One of which is mostly about if you know someone who’s considered best around these parts with a spear.” She paused for a moment and then looked down to Kisharra before lifting her gaze up to look at the man who began to speak up in regards to reports. No doubt he was an official of the military. Whatever the case Israh would simply shift to rest an elbow against her inner thigh and then left her cheek to an open palm while listening to the other man speak up. The attacks that had occurred were luckily done when Israh was out in the Wilds hunting, and thankfully the guild itself did not take damage because jobs were still coming in for those of her kind. More so now that other hunters had to halt their own progress for personal reasons due to the jobs. It was when the mentioning of a kidnapping had occurred which caused Israh to quirk a brow and tilt her head to the side. A kidnapping? Hmm…this might be the perfect thing to get what she wants! Her gaze shifted once more back to Kisharra for a moment and then after Caedras asked for his orders, Israh would speak up once more. “Well shit…looks like you got your hands full with a lot already but…I’ve a nice little idea Brennus.” She finally moved to a stand and then slipped to the balls of her feet to stretch herself upwards. Her muscles needed the stretch at this point in time anyways. Once she had finished she would fall back to her heels and plant both hands on either side of her hips and watch the reactions from Kisharra only to turn, grasp the feline about the hips and then turn back around to where Kisharra was now facing Brennus. “So I want this one…” she points to Kisharra. ”…to help me with my job as a hunter. She’s obviously got a lot of potential and I want someone like her as my partner on the job. Problem is I know she dicked up big time in the city and she should be punished somehow. So…I figure why not put her to work with me on a little job for you to help you out.” She gave a small grin and rested her chin atop Kisharra’s head. “I could help get you back this kidnapped person since it’s obvious they’re important and I will do it on your terms. If you want the kidnappers brought here…I can make it happen. If you want me to go about it in a peaceful way, consider it done.” She would wait to see if her possible idea would work. “I’m pretty damn good at the whole ‘surviving shit that would kill anyone else’ kind of thing.”
13:47:25 [JohnGrimes] The full might of the StarViking cannot withstand the full might of the Empire. You may well have doomed us all." Grimes poured a drink for himself, and let his slavegirls attend his uniform. "Aye, and well I know this. We have nothing the size and caliber of the Imperials flagships. We have not the numbers to meet them in full," and Grimes raised his glass, "thus we never must allow them to bring their full fleets against us." He grinned as he downed the scotch. "We will not relent in our raiding of the wilds, and are the only fleets to even enter those mysterious places in the galaxy. If Imperials are found hunting us, then we must use cunning, to strike only smaller task forces, destroy what you can, and leave, as we do any planet or station in the galaxy. We StarViking are Raiders, not frontline forces. We hold no where, we conquer nothing. We merely hit them where they do not expect us, and then run." Grimes own second touched his comm a moment then looked at John. "An unidentified vessel
13:48:00 [JohnGrimes] has just dropped out of hyperspace, right in the middle of us. Sensor scans indicate some malfunctions in the drives attentuation." Grimes smirked. "I'd hate to be that poor bastard. A full six fleets scanners could fry components aboard him." John then told the second. "If the ship is small enough, tractor it into our ship bay. If not, then order them to dock with my flagship, under penalty of being blown to Em Cee square in a nanosecond." Grimes then continued his meeting with the other Lords.<end
13:57:31 Emperor_Winter-Wolf looks at Caedras "I understand and appreciate your concern Caedras, thank you, but unfortunately, in the state of mind I was in, it was better to go into the mountains and vent rather than try and stay to think clearly, now that I have vented, I am calm again" as he smiled. He then considered the issue about Aurelia and Ashrienne "I am sure that Aurelia will return with Ashrienne to try and work things out peacefully, but the fact that someone manipulated the sensor logs and made the Kalleans think that we fired on them first is troubling, and it also points to the fact that they used technology, rather than magic, since it was only the Kallean ship that was affected, but your right, whoever this group is, they will need to be found and dealt with immediately" as he looked at Caedras. He then smiled "You will be in charge of a task force comprised of Intai'sei and Caledonian military elements, as well as military intelligence and force recon units to investigate and find... this mysterious group" as he looked at him. He then looked at Israh and Kisharra, his eyes narrowed "That doesn't change the fact that she killed innocent people, but I will have it set that her punishment is to work for you until she can prove herself redeemed, as for learning the spear, I believe the one to speak to would be Icarius Balras from what was once called the Aeyostan City-States, they were the second Nord nation formed on Caledon in its past, and was the second behind the Dievethians to found the Caledonian Empire as we know it today" as he looked at her.<E>
14:00:41 Velpis looked at the screen as the orders were pretty simple. Dock with the main ship or under the penalty be blown into Em Cee Square...atomic formula for the atomic bombs. The corvette was somewhat a large ship, nearly taking half the length of one of the battle cruisers in his fleet though technology wise it was out of date in some areas though the weaponry was a bit beyond some capacties including the engines and the jump drive technology. "Alright...dock with the main ship. Just have your weapons on you just in case." The ship flew rather fast for the design, going next to the docking port and docked completely onto the flagship. The Black Heart as ship was named still looked a tad beat up from a previous fight as Velpis moved his trench coat around. "You know they will be pissed...we have nothing but food. Slowly the docking clamps finished as he carefully if allowed was able to move though the tube sections to be on board the main flag ship. Not catching her name any, he merely moved till he was stopped as his two pistols were out in the open as they were of older slug design. The two pilots Ven and Nev was with him as well, escorting him as primary liasons in case he did not understand anything. E
14:07:14 CommanderCaedras blinked a little at the orders. Still, he saluted the Emperor. “As per your orders, Emperor. I will need serious authorization for the level security I will be entering, let alone access to other nations and their security access. I would like to pick the teams myself, if that were possible. Security is not my strong suit, Emperor, but I will take the small fleet with me to investigate, should it take me out of the system. Keep me appraised of any changes or other information, sir. I will do what I can. I will elect another to act in my stead in Federation space until then,” he answered. It seemed, however, that Israh, Wolf and Kish had their own matters to discuss. Thankfully, he had things to preoccupy him more than Israh stretching about. “Anything else, Emperor?” he asked, clicking his heels together and saluting. If there were nothing left, he would about face and briskly leave. There would be much work to do.
14:14:39 [Kisharra] << The feline blinked and remained quiet - which for this situation was something of a good thing.. When she was spoken about [ Didn't like military dealings... Hated it ] Kisharra made the cutest face possible as Israh set her chin upon her head; using her like a damn headrest. Oh she wanted to.. Do something... The fact that she was pointed at was bad enough, but being touched by someone she didn't know - and despite calling her a show off; didn't even like.. She hated these people... So... Tied up in rules... So.. Eugh.. Proper... It made her want to puke, but she restrained herself and kept quiet as an arrangement; without her having any say was made, and thusly she couldn't tolerate it anymore. While Israh had her hands set lightly upon Kisharra's hips, the feline balled up her hands and shuddered; angrily " I better not have just become a fucking slave... I will flip my shit if that's the cash.. I'd rather friggin die than be chained up like an animal... I do what I want; when I want.. There isn't anything wrong with that.. It's you people and your rules that are wrong... Punish Kishy-Kat for being free in her own way... Waaahh put some clothes on you! My fur counts as clothes! " She muttered; to herself while rolling her eyes and folding her arms against her chest " Tch... Oh no, you can't look like that and have a normal life... People just wanna screw you cause of... Reasons?!?! " She sighed and lowered her head before shaking it " Why me? Why did I have to come to this place - get involved in this... " Guilt mode activate >>
14:18:11 JohnGrimes concluded the meeting, while the crew of the rogue cruiser was brought to the large round quarters of the Warlord. Any vessel operating privately was no enemy of the Viking, and not worth firing a shot on, really. However, any private operations in the galaxy had useful information. However, as Grimes stood nearly 7' as presently garbed, and this Captain Velpis Coral was a short, stocky, sort, Grime's was discordial enough to turn to one of his slave girls and remark. "How's he reach the pedals?" and then resumed a more professional demeanor and welcomed Velpis. "You weren't expecting to all into such a problem as this I am sure, Captain. Sit, and tell the girl what you would have to drink." Then Grimes settled in the huge chair that broke the circle of couches about the fire pit. The command chair's console lit and Grimes was able to see the scan reports upon it. "Hmm, we can fix your ship for you, for a price of course."<end
14:28:07 [Israh] “Hmm…” She hummed slightly at the response from Brennus’ comment before giving a smile and a nod. “…I can deal with that. Just let me know if you come up with an idea on how to get her to redeem herself.” Her gaze flicked down to Kisharra and smiled. “I personally think she’s got a lot to offer.” She once more looked up to Brennus when the conversation then changed to the regards of her initial question. “Icarius Balras eh? Just gotta learn how to get to these city-states then. Not a big issue.” Then Kisharra began to finally speak up. Israh would blink a bit and look down (though she was unable to see Kisharra due to where her chin rested). She could feel the movements of the feline and the vibrations from her speaking through their current form of contact. In the end Israh would just smile, release Kisharra and walk about her. <i>“Slave? Nonsense. I’m making you my hunting partner. ‘Partner’. While I am in charge of getting the work we need to make some good cash. “Slave? Nonsense. I’m making you my hunting partner. ‘Partner’. While I am in charge of getting the work we need to make some good cash. All you do is come with me when it’s time to work, hunt, kill and bring back proof of said kill for money.” A single hand was raised up with her index finger pointed to the ceiling. “What you do with the money and what you do on your free time is for you to choose. Rules are set though to protect those who can’t handle themselves here. You know what? It would be better to explain this sort of thing in another place.” She smiled and turned around now to look back towards Brennus. “Thanks for the information and the help.” She stated and opened the door for Kisharra to go through if she so chose. If she joined, Israh would close the door and then wander out of the palace. “Alright, first things first. Let’s get us some good food. I’ve the money to pay for a good big meal for the both of us, just as I said.” She turned and looked towards Kisharra for a moment. Then shot her sights back in front of her while they made their way through the city and to a nearby restaurant. Once inside, she would take herself a seat and wait for Kisharra (if she did follow) to join her. “So you’re known as Kishy-kat eh? It’s cute.” She leaned back and waited for a waitress to join them. If Kisharra had clothes on or not, it didn’t matter to Israh. She had other things to worry about right now more than that. “So what do you want to eat?”
14:28:47 Velpis merely watched the tall human being. While Velpis was quite small, he knew how to find weaknesses in most people by merely watching their movements and their reactions. So far he can tell the man has a taste in a few things, likes female company and prides himself of what he has. Slowly taking the mans offer, Veplis sat down while he waved away his two officers as they go back to the ship. "Yes...not expected it at all. Dry Gin shot." Watching the girl go away, he merely looked back slowly to the male. Hearing they can fix the ship, he knew they meant extortion in some high rate but at this point, he had no choice. "We will be able to pay for the ship with information...tell me how would you like parts from one of the demonic ships near the Rift or better yet some maps relating to the Rift itself?" Velpis merely stared right at him seriously as he wore an odd ring, one most likely the male has never seen before as it glowed an odd tinge of yellow currently. E
14:37:18 [Kisharra] << So she figured that she wasn't a slave, good, sorta.. And that she was being employed; in a way... Ugh, a job... Normal person... Could be worse right? Least she hadn't been told to wear clothes... That would have been a huge drag... Following Israh out of the room, she walked beside her like a person would normally do while the woman explained about the whole process of stuff.. Delightful, she'd have to follow rules, what a pain in her ass right? Rolling her eyes slightly she would; eventually take a seat, once they arrived in the restaurant and blinked " To people that I let use it.. Otherwise.. It's Kisharra " She finally spoke out before looking around and listening to the question offered by Israh " I see food all around me.. You look yummy, can I eat you? " She asked with a devious smile before giggling stupidly at her own comments.. The feline rarely wore clothes, considering in her mind, she was clothed already. Sure it didn't look like it to other's but to Kisharra; who really didn't give a damn about people's opinion on her appearance. She was just fine with how she was " Uhh.. I'll uhm... Just have... Whatever you decide.... " She spoke after a little bit of thought >>
14:39:14 JohnGrimes sat and watched the fellow. He was confident, but not cocky, and Grimes ever respected the first and dispised that later. His temples pulsed slightly as he spoke, "Our knowledge of the Rift is growing, and information was the price I have in mind." Grimes tapped the holoscreen. "Orders for my people to supply parts needed for your ship, done. If you will order your officers to transfer that data, unencrypted?" He would wait until the simple and swift transactions were complete and he recieved confirmation of the trade. "You may have noted my own Flagship bares a few damaged portions? I had a scrap with an Imperial Titan class a few days ago. While the Empire claims some third party is trying to start the war and that they attempted my assassination. Some seperatist group is working within the Empire." Grimes then pointed his finger, and Velpis's ring hand was telekinetically raised upwards. "Whatever that ring is doing, turn it off. You are under no threat here." <end
14:41:52 Icarius was currently in the Aeyostan city of Cymida, where he made his home and living by training promising spearfighters. Like most Aeyostan cities, the style of the architecture would be called Greek by anyone from Earth. The former Aeyostan City-States were located to the east of Ptolus, which was generally a three week period of travel by horse. However, there was public transport available, mainly bus, or airship travel between the major cities on the planet. Cymida was a smaller city, located south-west of Theodyrna, the largest and most powerful of the Aeyostan cities. If Israh intended to travel to Aeyostan, it was as simple as asking a City Guard for directions to the nearest bus or airship terminal.<E>
14:52:36 Emperor_Winter-Wolf looks at Caedras "I'll make sure you get the necessary security clearance, and I was going to allow you to choose your teams anyway, that is all" as he smiles. Once Caedras left, he would walk over to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked towards the sky "I don't know what your goals are, but I swear that your agenda will fail" as he eyes narrowed. He was of course refering to the mysterious group that had caused the brief skirmish between Caledonian and Kallean forces.<E>
14:52:37 Velpis breathed slowly as he nodded as he slowly tapped the side of a communicator as he told Ven and Nev to transfer the data unencrypted as he put it back down to listen to this man. Hearing about a scrap with an Imperial Titan somewhat reminds him of something he just ran into. Attempting to speak as Velpis slowly leaned forward. "Funny...just ran into a Federation fleet in Pholos and had to jump away from them which lead me here." The hand of Velpis gets shot up as the ring glowed still yellow as he sighed. "This is not a weapon, that is the ship talking to me of her condition. She is Docile right now and not to happy as this ship has a small intergrated Artificial Interface unit. The ring just came with it. " If this answer did not satisfy him, he would slowly explain the ship. "The ship came from the border of the Rift and Eastmarch Quadrant. A passage I had was destroyed near that sector and I landed on an unknown planet I have never heard of before. I found the ship in a ship graveyard numbering hundreds and after replacing a few fuel rods and intergrating a new AI unit from a rather sassy ship, I got it started and took off. Due to my stupidity I activated the jump drive on the ship and not knowing how advanced it was took me near the farthest reaches of the Rift Quadrant. From there I traveled from the Rift for a while for at least two years till I reached civilization, salvaging what I can and picked up a few crew members of my own. The terms of my Piracy actions are my own reasons but we have our own way of making money and surviving." Hopefully that was enough of an explanation.
14:55:54 [Israh] Unfortunately Israh forgot something important back at the palace. Her boots, but it was no matter. She felt much more natural walking barefoot anyhow and the city wasn’t exactly the dirtiest place around. Well, unless you were found to be in the areas where damage had occurred after the assaults from the Vikings. The comment from Kisharra caused Israh to quirk a slight brow for a moment before giving a smile and actually chuckling. “Let’s just get you something cooked for now off the menu they have.” When the waitress did finally show up Israh would cross her legs into her seat and pat at the table. “Gonna need a few pitchers of booze here to drink…” She would then look to Kisharra for a few moments and then finally nod before looking back to the waitress. “Some Mammoth ribs and steak would be good to start, make sure they’re rare.” The waitress nodded, turned around and headed off towards the back of the restaurant to place the order before looking back to Kisharra. “Tell me. Where you come from…what sort of entertainment did your people have? You guys wrestle at all?”
15:03:37 [Kisharra] << Did she say something funny? She was serious about wanting to eat Israh.. She did look tasty, considering the people she'd seen here... Shaking her head and sighing the feline blinked as the female ordered for them. Of course; when the woman asked Kisharra about her, the cat silenced herself completely for a moment.. After a full two minutes, she sighed and closed her eyes; deciding to relive her painful past " I don't have a species... Or a home... I don't know really know where I came from originally.." Raising her head slowly, she gazed at Israh and mewled almost unhappily so " I was abandoned when I was a kitten... Alone in the middle of a city of sorts... Some people took me in and raised me.. Or tried... I was the equivilant of a seven year old human when I killed them both.. I.. Don't know why I did.. I just.. Did it.. I have no idea why I kill, why it makes me happy... I know nothing about myself, or my past.. " She shrugged and closed her eyes before sighing heavily <c>
15:15:27 [Israh] Listening to the story did not pull upon Israh’s heart strings. She didn’t feel sorry for Kisharra nor did she feel bad about how Kisharra acted. It was after all self-preservation and animalistic instincts that currently drove Kisharra to do what she did. This was obvious even more so now that Kisharra herself admitted everything. Sitting back, Israh remained quiet during the short story of her before finally nodding. The waitress who had ordered their food overheard just a little bit about the story. You know, killing people and enjoying it, and that made her weary and slowly approached the table before placing the alcohol in pitchers down and then backed away slowly as well. Israh in the meantime kept her eyes on Kisharra before nodding. “Alright.” That is all she had to say about the story? Well there was more running through Israh’s mind but she chose to leave the long winded discussion out and went onto the next thing. “Here on this world there is a profession known as ‘hunters’. They get jobs from a Guild Hall to go out and exterminate and capture all sorts of things. From magical mutated monsters, to war bands of things known as Orcs. Even to capturing quarry that would eat you in a single bite. You do this and you get paid for it. They separate these jobs into two categories. They have Solo Jobs where hunters can go out on their own, and they have group jobs.” She paused and looked to the alcohol, then grabbed it and took a swig strait from the pitcher before setting it in front of her. The other pitcher was obviously meant for Kisharra. “Now groups are usually formed by people on a fly, but there are other groups out there who work together. They have a nickname…pretty ironic one at that. Hunter Groups who work together all the time are known as a ‘Pack’. They’re people who work to keep each other alive through whatever happens. They work to make sure everyone comes back and they always watch over each other almost like how a pack of animals would when they go out to hunt.” Why tell her about all this? “I want to form one of these Packs and make it the best out there, and I want you to be in this pack. Thing is, from what you said you are used to being alone and that’s because you’re not used to meeting people who are strong enough to stand up against you. So…” She grinned a bit now. “Want to have a contest to see which of us are stronger?”
15:19:34 JohnGrimes laughed and of course released the hand bearing the unusual ring. "Ha, well, sounds as though you managed to pull a decent life from near destruction. Your ship and crew, on a grander scale, is exactly what started all of these fleets. Left to our own for too long, then attacked when we sought aid and alliance, we turned on all other worlds. We call ourselves a government, but in reality we are simply the largest bunch of pirates in space, other than the true governments, who think all their oppression is done for the good of the people, or beings, as it may be." Grimes cleared his throat as he got off his political rant. "In any case, once your ship is repaired your free to continue. We can be contacted, should you wish. Merely order an Impaled Skull, in many seedy Taverns, and those who know will know who you seek. The contact can take a while to get to us. Should you acquire more such needed data, or royalty, or other noteworthy persons, from any ship you take than the Space Viking are always paying top profits." Then Grimes pulled up a section of starmap from the Imperial sectors. "I will give you this, as a gift, or in payment for future services. This is the course of an Imperial convoy. Merely a huge cargo ship, with a few frigates as escort. Should you take her, your crew and your ship would be well funded for a time." and Grimes returned to his chair, to leave the Privateer with his thoughts. "Or, do you need weapon upgrades first?" Perhaps this privateer had more data to trade and with a ship loaded with cargo, the replicators could easily upgrade weapony on his cruiser, if needed.<end
15:31:25 [Kisharra] << Despite the lack of questions from Israh, Kisharra was actually happy about this.. She didn't seem to actually care, and that in itself earned some points for the woman-shaped battering ram. As the woman explained everything; the feline listened, intently; considering her ears were standing upright. She completely ignored the numerous scents from the people here and actually focused on Israh intently.. Though her expression switched when the woman spoke of a match between herself and Kisharra " No way battering ram... You've got some freaky as fuck powers.. Like Ser Beardsley.... No way am I screwin' about with that.. You wanna kill me? " She muttered before shaking her head " If it ain't gonna be a fair fight, cause I don't really use weapons mostly except for " She adjusted herself and showed her hands and paws before her claws emerged " Them and my teeth... And my flexibility " She mentioned before allowing her claws to retract, then proceeded to return to her previous position " I'm not like uhh.. A super kitty... Not like in the mindset of bat-shit crazy hypnosis dragons and.. Oooo look at me, I can walk through friggin' fire " Her eyes widened quickly before she flailed herarms in the air " I mean seriously... How's a normal person s'pose to live? Creepy assed noises, people chucking lightning... Big armored; beareded men being able to move faster than logic would allow em to... Freaks me the hell out " >>
15:37:50 -Aurelia- let out a soft sigh as she eyed the display from her command chair of the variouse reports from across Kallean territory, thus far everything had been relativley quiet although most Kallean vessels had moved to cloak and rig for silent running leading any potential invasion force to more than likely hesitate given figuring out thier fleets positions would be difficult at best. "Continue to monitor for Caledonian vessels, just because there hasnt been any events thus far does not mean they will not attempt a strike." shed order as she rose from her chair to stand, she was thankfull at this point of her decision to bring Ash along even if it could incur the rage of Brennus and the Caledonians it reassured her that she had made the right decision. "Also send out a probe in the direction of Viking space designated for a Lord John Grimes asking of his willingness to meet and inform him of what has transpired." it wasnt much, but then again an enemy of an enemy could be a friend indeed in these times, even if there was still room for peace one could never be too carefull in preparations.
15:59:34 Velpis was glad his hand was released. Not many people knew of a ship with that kind of history and some have nearly shot him for merely doubting a story such as that. Listening to his propoganda, he merely nodded away at it and reminded himself of the Impaled Skull as he nodded at that as well. Hearing that they are looking for things, he thought it over as a starchart of a Imperial Convoy was handed to him. Velpis looked like he was going to refuse till he looked at a frigate name, mouth closing as he spoke. "Yeah...this is payment for future services. You just made my day..." He stared at one paticular frigate, his eyes never leaving that mans name and if Grimes ever saw vengence in a mans eyes, that was one of them. Hearing weapons upgrades, he merely shook his head as he smirked. "I think...my ship can outlast a battlecruiser. This should not be a problem though the poor soul once I grab his neck...he will wish he found the Rift first."
16:10:48 JohnGrimes knew that look better than most. The entire Raider culture was built on vengeance. "A small convoy such as this never attracts our fleets, and the other governments know it." Then his door chimed and swished open. Raven came in, looked about, smiled at Grimes and went to another room. Grimes attentions were further diverted by a chron-comm call. "Yes?" he told his wrist. "Sir, Kallean probe broadcasting ident and requesting a meeting with yourself. It was headed deeper into the rift till but we intercepted it." Grimes brow furrowed. "Well, they seem to know we Viking come out of the Rift. Very well, send co-ordinates for a meet on the return probe. Make the meet at someplace discreet and easy to hide the Heikral fleet." He recieved a 'yes, lord.' and returned his attention to Velpis and his deadly gaze at the convoy in question. "Hmm, someone you looking for there? Glad to be of assistance."<end
16:22:36 Velpis was quiet and observent, nodding at the fact this was indeed small for any fleet. For his this was a substantial haul and possibly can retrofit the cargoship for bait use. The chime caught him off guard, almost jumping in his seat but resisted the impulse. Hearing Grimes question, he looked up and carefully picked up his drink that finally arrived, swirling it as he took a small sip. "Yes...this man was part of a convoy that had kill orders against my family...our transport for that matter. They escorted us and when we near that border, they shot us. I survived the crash, my wife laid dead beside me in a crater with her skull broken. My son...oh my son was dead in my arms, a shard of metal pierced his chest. So yes...I have someone to look for and my goal is to kill the son of a bitch commander that did this to me. There is no sector of space where I will not chase him but until I figure out where he is hiding...I will find everyone else and make them pay."Velpis gaze still had a look that could kill and the name was of a paticular decorated frigate. "I will make a deal with you...if you help me capture this man then I will follow your orders. He is the second in command and getting him, making him listen to his own recording of our kill order...will be all satisifying when I ram a screwdriver up his nose."
16:24:17 [Israh] A quirk of her brow was made before instantly laughing. Her laugh was boisterous and that in and of itself caused a few people in the area to freeze. Why? Well Israh had made a small name for her already in a few of the more shady and dangerous bars within the Warf for being unbeatable at bar fighting. Also laughing very loudly while doing so. Israh was no doubt a brute of a woman considering her shorter stature but what aided her was the fact that the compression styled clothes she wore helped make her seem just a bit slimmer from her true musculature. In any case, it took a little bit for Israh to finally compose herself while slapping the top of the table, causing it to nearly rip out of the wall. “by the gods that’s funny…don’t worry. I’m a Turkonian. We’re honorable people who do challenges of all sorts. Strength can come from anything really. One’s prowess to cook can be considered a strength, same with one’s prowess to wrestle or even hunt …but if you feel it would be a bad thing either way then I am willing to stop asking such a question. Now, Brennus, he’s pretty powerful no doubt. I’m more specialized with my…’powers’ as you say. Truth be told though, everyone is able to do such things where I come from. Now there are some who don’t but those people tend to become masters of their trade. Brennus specializes in combat and the usage of powers known as elements. Me, I am somewhat similar…only rather than all sorts of elements…I only use that of Earth. Never tried to go against him before but I’m willing to bet my control of the earth surpasses his own…but due to his overall skills, he would trump me with his other elemental skills. Sucks, but it’s the truth. In the end though he’s just a big ol’ softie. You just need to learn he’s a person before a ruler. Hence why he was willing to let me drag you along with me in and out of that place without hacking you a part.” She rested her elbow on the table and then rested her chin to her hand. <i>“In any case…I want you to be a part of my Pack that I want to put together. If you accept, then you will have me to help look out for you so long as you don’t try to cut a part or eat any more people in the city that hasn’t done anything wrong in general. Now, if they’re wanted dead or alive. Go for it, just leave the head so we can verify him. Besides jobs we get, I’ll let you have a place to live. You can dress or…not dress however you want…and best yet we will be going out into the wilds quite a lot for work. My goal is to hunt monsters and beasts that would be normally suicide. Get’s the blood flowing, but to do so we need two more people to join our pack that would be skilled. With you and me we can easily make up the main front force but we need someone who can support us with both magic and range. In the meantime well just hunt basic predators out there in the wilds which…can be pretty fun in and of itself. What do you say? Want to join me?”
16:32:03 [Kisharra] << Damn could Israh laugh.... Kisharra fidgetted a little in her seat before the woman composed herself and claimed that it was funny; which again, more points for Israh. With a little smile, the feline leaned over the table and grinned at her before winking " Should be all kinds a fun... Provided, if the head if left.. Can I eat the rest of them? I'm always hungry after a fight " She mentioned before leaning over further and running her long, neon blue tongue across Israh's cheek in a playful manner " Welps! I'm goona go explore me some city.. I'll play nicely Ms battering ram! Hehe " She mewled and slid from her position; landing paw first upon the floor and stretched herself out " Gunna be fuuuunnnn... Kishy-Kat gonna kill you beasties! Kishy-Kat gunna kill you beasties! " She would sing in something of a delightfully happy tune... Today, suprisingly had worked out well enough >>
16:35:28 Icarius looks at Kala as she followed behind him and he smiled as he reached over and gently stroked her soft brown hair. She was still in training to be a Sclabhai, but she had great potential, and there was also the fact that she was kind and gentle, and seemed content with her place. Of course, she knew that her family had been taken care of, set up on their own farm where they could work without fear of running out of food. Kala had yet to be required to do anything yet, as she still had much to learn, but she was tasked with helping to keep his trainees from being confused. She was also a good cook, and often made meals for him and the trainees, who enjoyed her cooking.<E>
16:43:18 Kala gasped as he touched her hair she wad happy to hear her family was taken cared of she was also happy him and his trainees liked her cooking she looked gown as he stroked her hair she was gentle because she was taught to be gentle and obey her master.
16:46:25 [Israh] The lick to her cheek was allowed and the enthusiasm that Kisharra seemed to have had her nod a bit. “Alright then. If anyone’s got problems with you…don’t just murder them. It’s okay to beat someone down a bit but they can’t be left for dead. The people here don’t take kindly to it, and I would like to make sure people know not to mess with my Pack members after personally.” She gave a grin and nodded to the feline female before finally spotting the food arrive from the waitress. AH! Food, something Kisharra would no doubt see as well. “Hurry back before I eat the mammoth all alone! Wouldn’t want that would you Kishy-kat?”
18:14:07 [Taiylaen] [] Having returned back to the city after along stay out hunting in order to kill some time, the girl was not up to speed on what had actually happened; having been busy with guild work. She'd already seen to collecting her money, as well as dropping off the items and the quest notes; and now she was on her way to check on the progress of her armor. Taiya; despite being worn out and a little injured was happy about her progress; and now had decided that it was time she updated her weapon. As such, she was on her way to the blacksmith; hopefully to pick up her repaired armor; as it had been a while since she'd handed it over, and to buy a new weapon, figuring she'd aquired enough money to get something relatively good. It wouldn't take her long to find the blacksmith; given the directions she was issued; and once she arrived, the Taeminne female lightly rapped upon the door with her left hand and waited to see if there was an answer []
18:19:43 Kaenan had actually finished the armor some time ago, and had kept to the style of armor as requested, though he had added a few pieces here and there when he found that the material hadn't survived. The armor looked more archaic than it used to, but that was by necessity, rather than choice, as the material was unknown, so he had been unable to replicate it, so had improvised instead. It still retained the original style, but with the addition of the new pieces, looked just as effective as it did when new. He was actually standing behind the counter, crunching some numbers, since taxes would be due soon and he needed everything organized and in order. His shop was filled with racks and barrels of weapons and tools, and the shelves were filled with armor pieces, and a few mannequins had complete armor sets. These armor sets would actually show Taiylaen just what adventurer style armor looked like.<E>
18:25:22 [Taiylaen] [] The girl waited a moment before opening the door and stepping inside and quietly closing it behind her " I'm sorry to bother you.. I am here for an update as to my armor? " She would ask politely before stepping towards the counter and looking around quietly. There wasn't much she could say currently, except for that. It was clear that Taiya was still adjusting to things; due to the way she wouldn't look at him and generally looked somewhere else; like the weapons he had in stock []
18:39:04 Kaenan looks at Taiylaen "Ah, your the one that comission was for, it was definately one of the odder jobs I've had, I usually do custom armor from scratch, its rare that its repair work" as he went into the back and came out with the crate the armor was in. He would place it up on the counter "I did what I could, but there were bits and pieces that were too degraded for me to repair, so I replaced them, it looks slightly different now, but I tried my best to keep to the original design, the main difference will be in the shoulder pauldrons and the sides where I had to replace the material with solid pieces, but I did it in a way that still maintains the flexibility of the armor" as he looked at her.<E>
18:45:28 [Taiylaen] [] Responded to his words with a small nod " Uhm yes.. The armor is mine.. I understand that parts of it would have been beyond repair " Taking the crate, she quickly left for a moment; finding a place where she could change, and once done - the girl sighed contently. She'd missed her armor greatly, and now that it had been returned to her; she felt complete again. Setting the armor she was given as a temporary set, she returned to the blacksmith and set the crate down a moment " I appreciate your work, it's beautiful; thank you.. Also.. I don't mean to trouble you further, but I am looking to buy a new blade.. I'm part of the adventurers guild you see and the assignments I'm taking on now.. Well, this blade is beginning to wear, and I think it's time for me to replace it " She spoke carefully; making sure he understood each word she spoke []
18:50:54 Kaenan nods "Well, you can take a look at the racks, which are my best pieces, or you can buy a barrel weapon, which is cheaper but reliable, what sort of weapon do you want, and what's your price range?" as he looked at her. He thought the armor looked fairly good on her, but the overall design would not have been his choice personally, but then again, it was up to her. He was sure though that in time, she might go for better armor, especially when it came to the better jobs. He got a lot of work from adventurer's venturing into the Necropolis, and not just the surface, but into the depths of that place, where the truly powerful undead were known to roam.<E>
19:07:28 [Taiylaen] [] She let his words sink in before finally responding carefully " Long sword.. " She responded before looking at the racks for a time before thinking up her price; for now that she would be willing to part " 800 gold ebruones... I've been saving up, almost everything from the work I've been doing " She spoke before looking over to the blacksmith; wondering what she could get with that. If she could get anything. When it came to weapons, she would always value the opinions of their makers []
19:10:55 Kaenan frowns "If thats the case, you'd be better off getting a barrel weapon, the cheapest of my rack pieces run around twelve hundred gold, but you can get a barrel sword for about three hundred gold, and I would suggest carrying a secondary weapon such as a shortsword as a backup weapon" as he looked at her. There was a reason for his suggestion, she didn't need to blow all her money on a weapon, since he knew that while the Adventurer's Guild wouldn't charge her for room and board for a while, she would have to buy her own food and drinks, and that took money.<E>
19:11:35 Lintaya sighs as she would finish up a few things in her study and would tell the maid to send the food that was sent to her by someone in the palace away. “No thank you, I am not hungry.” she'd stand up from her desk and would file her papers as she finished making sure the grocery store her father put in her care was doing well. Which it was, better than she had hopped it would. Looking around her study she'd frown as she was running out of things to work or do. “Hmm” Quietly she'd walk out of the study and would think of what she could do instead of having to go to her room and actually sleep. “I bet the library is in desperate need of being re-organized..” Nodding to herself she'd head to the library.
19:18:05 [Taiylaen] [] Well that sort of dented her a little.. She'd worked her ass off, and apparently it amounted to little. Then again, while it did dishearten her, it more than fueled her determination to push herself even harder than she had been. Over the time she had been working; she'd learnt certain skills, skinning effectively, learning where to strike enemies who bore pelts and skins, so that the materials she needed to collect were not damaged; and as such, there was more she needed.. " A secondary weapon as well.. Hmm.. Well.. In that case.. Would I be able to get a Longsword, a Shortsword; and a new knife for skinning; seeing as my one is uhh.. " She nervously rubbed the back of her neck before chuckling a little " Think maybe five hundred would do for all three? " She hoped he would pick a few things out for her that would be ideal - she was useless when it came to choosing weapons []
19:24:17 Kaenan chuckles "Six hundred actually, but since your new at this, I'll give you the new knife for free, their easy to make anyway, and require few materials" as he walked over to one of the racks. He spent a moment and picked out a knife made from mithril and handed to her "Here, one of my best pieces, but its yours now, it'll never lose its edge, and its about as likely to break as you will likely become a male" as he chuckles. He would then go back behind the counter to let her choose out her longsword and shortsword, since she had to be the one to choose them.<E>
19:36:49 [Taiylaen] [] Canting her head slightly as he spoke about it being six hundred; yet then offered to give her the knife for free, she smiled warmly, not knowing what to actually do in the face of kindness. Taking it, she would slide it within the sheathe and bowed to him " Thankyou for that " She spoke; chuckling at his joke before turning and taking her time.. She removed several weapons one after the other; checking balance and weight - these were important; thoroughly important.. And as such, despite several similarities of the weapons; each one was different... It appeared the girl was taking her time in picking out two weapons, which might give the blacksmith the idea that she knew exactly what she was looking for; considering she was carefully inspecting each one she picked up []
19:40:56 Kaenan knew exactly that this was what she was doing, and let her take her time, and unknown to her, he was also mentally making measurements of her body. He knew that adventurer's eventually wanted the best armor, so by having a rough idea of her body measurements, he would be better able to make the armor. He always made the armor slightly bigger than the rough estimates, but this was a good thing, as it would allow him to make adjustments to the armor, rather than trying to readjust from armor that was too small.<E>
19:48:11 [Taiylaen] [] It took the girl roughly thirty minutes before she was finally sure of the two she wanted.. She wasn't entirely sure what material they were forged from, but.. The balance and weight were perfect for someone of her frame and body type; not to mention the guards were not elaborate or unnecessarily big. She slid each weapon into their respetive sheathes and set them upon the counter before nodding lightly " These two are perfect for me.. Perfectly balanced; very good weight.. And the cutting edges are concise " Obviously her way of complimenting his work []
20:07:39 Kaenan nods "Good choices, both made of Aeyostan Steel, they have some of the best metalwork on Caledon" as he took out a piece of parchment. He quickly wrote down the items and cost, and signed it, and once she handed over the four hundred gold, he would have her sign it and a second copy which he would give to her. This was standard practice, since by both of them having a copy, in case something happened, there would be a record of the purchase.<E>
20:14:47 [Taiylaen] [] While he set to work about signing the documentation; Taiya was busy setting aside the payment of four hundred gold.. A hefty amount, but.. Considering his reaction to the weapons she had aquired; the girl figured it was worth it. Once the money was given over, she too signed the second copy, and neatly folded it; setting the documents in the rear pouch upon her belt. The strap holding the longsword in the sheathe was slung over her head and set to rest on her left shoulder, while the belt carrying the sheathed shortsword was buckled around her waist; slightly off-centered to her other belt, so that she didn't need to remove the pouch. The rest of the money was put away and the girl smiled; removing the hair from her gaze " Thank you very much " She spoke; bowing respectfully before turning to leave the store.. Quite the happy customer she was []
20:20:20 Kaenan smiles "Your welcome, and if you need anything else, I will be happy to make any piece you wish, provided you have the money to afford it" as he smiles. His comment was entirely serious, since in order to continue working, he required the money to order materials. Very rarely he would actually post a job at the Adventurer's Guild, but that was when he had money to spare.<E>
20:26:48 [Taiylaen] [] Once everything was settled, she waved before leaving and closed the door after her exit. Taiya smiled lightly and bounced effortlessly upon her feet before now wondering what she could do next.. She knew first, she'd have to stop by the guildhall and drop off the rest of her money.. Maybe pick up another job? Something harder.. Maybe find and kill a creature - that could be fun... " Yeah.. " She whispered; pounding her right hand into the palm of her left and soon, the girl set off; towards the guildhall with haste []
21:11:30 [Aveah] The Lotus was high above a nearby planet the crew was quietly monitoring the people below. They dared not speak unless there was something to be reported. The Lotus was the pride of the Nova Empire created from the ships of the two former kings. The Captain of the ship was the Queen of Nova. A woman who was a part of everything that required taking control of everything. She was perched in an overly ornate captain’s chair watching the screens with a grin upon her painted lips. The crew did everything in their power to refrain from looking at her knowing she would get rid of anyone who did not obey her orders. The secondary ship the Titan was following close behind the Lotus prepared to land when given the order. Flashing lights and alarms began sounding on both ships alerting the crews that something was below on the planet. Without a word Aveah stood moving towards the monitors peering down at them. ”Your highness the people on the planet seem to be strong, if we attack from here we might be able to gain the upper hand.” The man didn’t dare turn to look at her. He knew the news was bad and that her temper would soon rear its ugly head. But she remained quiet something none of them were used to. Moving towards her chair she stared into nothingness before her voice rose above the sounds from the monitors. ”Land. I want this planet for myself.”
21:25:07 [DG_GM] .:Unfortunately for Aveah and her ships, the fledgling Nova Empire had chosen the wrong planet to try and take. Rather than looking elsewhere for an easier target, they had targeted a well established colony world of the Caledonian Empire, which also had substantial defenses. The only reason that the Local Defense Forces had not acted was because they were unsure of the intentions of the two ships that had appeared in the skies above and a report was sent to the nearest Imperial Navy outpost as well. As soon as the troop transports started to descend, they knew the intentions and jumped into action immediately. The ground forces were mobilized, and went to their assigned positions, which consisted of AA gun positions, and defensive fortifications built to blend into the terrain. Meanwhile, in orbit, a Berserker-class battleship warped into close proximity of the Nova ships and fired a salvo at the two enemy ships, the salvo wasn't anything major, but that was the intent. The Berserker crew wanted the Nova ships to concentrate on their ship. Once they did, two Tuatha de Danann-class battleships would warp in on the opposite side to hit the Nova ships while they were concentrating on the Berserker.:.<E>
21:37:54 [Aveah] As the armed men headed to the landing ships Aveah watched the monitors closely. Rational thought wasn’t something she had unlike many of the men on her ship. The military from Nova was no match for the military from the planet. She had just recently decided to venture towards conquering others. The men on the ships began to worry as the Berserker came into view. ”Your highness we have a problem.” Just as she turned the ship was hit a deranged look appeared on her face. ”What was that? Who fired on us?” She demanded making her way back to the monitor to see the readings. On the planet her men were easily taken down. Their weapons and armor were no match for those of the Caledonian Empire. With their attention on the main ship Aveah had no idea others were coming to the aide of the planet. Her single minded interest in conquering left her men vulnerable. ”Fire on them I am not going to lose this planet. I want it.” That crazed look remained ever present as her men did as she ordered. The weapons were no match for the ship but she had no idea and wouldn’t back down. The lives of her men meant nothing.
21:46:33 Emperor_Winter-Wolf .:When the two other battleships appeared, they aimed to disable only the engines, and their strikes did so with the first hit. There was a reason for this, as orders from High Command had come in, and at that moment, a figure appeared behind Aveah in a burst of fire. He towered over , and looked every part the warrior, even though he did not wear his armor. He had long brown hair and a matching beard that had been neatly braided and secured by gold bands. He would watch Aveah silently, waiting for him to notice his presence, and he knew immediately that she was the one he had sensed, the madness in her mind and soul had been easily heard by him on Caledon, which was quite a ways away. How he could sense her was easy enough, she had unknowingly broadcast her state of mind and spirit on the elemental planes, and as an Elementalist, he had sensed it, though the Plane of Fire had been where her presence was strongest, her lust for power echoing like a dark flame.<E>
21:56:23 Aveah turned her head slightly as a silent alarm was triggered on the console in front of her. An intruder had been detected and the smell of fire alerted her. Two of her men stood turning towards the man who now stood behind her. Standing up straight she slowly turned her dark eyes staring at the man who had appeared on her ship. Her ship was disabled giving her a reason to be angrier than usual. Raising a hand the two men remained where they were. The darkness in her mind and soul was evident in her eyes and demeanor. ”Get off my ship.” She snapped at him unaffected by his size or the fact that he simply appeared on her ship. Nothing scared her like it should have that part of her mind didn’t accept fear any longer. The darkness inside overwhelmed it all. She wanted what she wanted nothing and no one would stand in her way.