Guns Of Icarus Online
Community => The Cantina => Topic started by: Koali on March 04, 2015, 10:16:01 pm
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So I saw some good RP in the Burning Skies Saloon. Let's have another!
*Doors squeakily open. Camera turns to show who is at the door. There is nobody there!*
Uh, hey? Down here!
*Camera shifts downward, revealing a Kirby wearing a dyed Revolutionary and Khovansky hair.*
Helloooooo? Anyone there? Besides Steve the camera guy?
*The tavern is empty! We need people! Like a bartender and some more patrons!*
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*Mr. Goggles is shoved haphazardly through a wooden, swinging door behind the bar. He looks back and yells to an unknown character behind the scenes, "..Wait, don't I need some kind of training for this? Aren't you going to I.D. me or something?!" He yells, tripping amongst the various bottles of moonshine and rum. Before he receives any kind of answer the door closes, again. Mr. Goggles still wears his orange engineer overalls and ridiculous goggles. He looks completely out of his comfort zone, but resolves to step into his new position, anyways. He looks awkwardly around, searching for any customers, until he spots the small gentleman stepping into the tavern. "Hello! What can I do for ya?" He says, smiling as large as he can manage. His face remains that way until he receives an answer.
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*A white haired man dressed in a completely white Khovansky Special Costume strides through the door, followed by a trio of oddly dressed men with strange instruments.*
"Hey, let's get some music in here, eh?"
*Mois Eisley Cantina Theme beings to play*
*https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5FhFEY3mM (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi5FhFEY3mM) begins to play*
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**A man steps in just after the band, his slick brown hair tucked in an Arachnida Top Hat and his hands raised to his hips, he bears his trademark-like smug grin
"My my, emptier than my cargo bay after crossing Arashi."
**He slowly and sharply walks towards the counter, his long, elegant boots thumping loudly at every step agains't the bar's aging wooden floor, his assortment of gold painted small knives hanging from his belt gently bumping against eachother. He smoothly seats himself in one of the stools just by the counter, crossing his hands against eachother. He raises himself a bit back from the chair to lean past the counter as he thoroughly examines it's contents while mumbling to himself, "No 'Tender? Huhm."
**He sharpens his stance, still seated at his chair he turns around, his voice raised,
"Could a charitable gentleman prepare us all some fine booze? Perhaps even end up running the place."
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[There is most definitely a tender... That is my current role! Make sure to read posts before you post, yourself! Or perhaps I wasn't clear enough:/]
"Hmmmm, I didn't know we had a band. How wonderful." Mr. Goggles says to himself before picking up the nearest wash rag and wiping away at some random bottle. He had to at least look the part. He waited until the brightly dressed man [MightyKeb] who had entered after the band sat down at his seat. Mr. Goggles was about to enquire as to the man's tastes before he loudly addressed--Mr. Goggles was unsure as to who the man was addressing.
"Sir! With all due respect, there is no need to shout. I'm right here... Perhaps you hadn't noticed. The lighting in here is quite ineffective, it seems" He says, surprised by the sudden outburst. He gestures towards a lazily flickering orange light behind the counter. Mr. Goggles adjusted his goggles before awaiting the man's reply.
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**He turns, with a brow raised at the comically dressed man [Mr.Goggles]
"Oh, hello there! I've been meaning to make conversation with rest of the fellows but the bar is as empty as it was just a minute ago, and by pardon I haven't noticed you at all. Perhaps your makeup wasnt funny enough. But my specialties don't lie in having an appetite or judging fashion, any drink would be fine. Preferably a local favourite."
**His elbows leant on the counter and his hands crossed back, he smiles at the man reassuredly.
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*The band leader steps down from the small, hastily erected stage made of tables pushed together and strides to the bar.*
"I believe that this fine gentleman here is asking for some moonshine, bartender. And even if he isn't, pour a round anyway. I'm mighty thirsty."
*He sits down on stool, spinning lazily.*
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*Walks up to the bar and, with some difficulty, climbs up onto a bar stool*
"Poyo!" (Hey, can I get a glass of apple juice?)
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[ShadedExalt and MightyKreb] "Right then, 'tis alright. I can't see you very well, either. Tit for tat, I suppose." He says, chuckling, adjusting his goofy prescription goggles. He nods to the band leader and leans down, searching the lines of bottles under the counter for anything labeled "moonshine." He finds one he fancies, grabs it by the neck and picks it up over the bar and into the light so he can look at it properly. "CAA-rohh-seeeen... Hmm. That can't be right." He leans down again, searches for a few more minutes, and finally produces the item he'd been looking for. "Moonshine. Here we go." He pours two glasses of the stuff. "Enjoy." He slides the glasses over the surface of the counter and to each gentleman sitting there.
"Yeah, well, we're a bit new to town [not sure where we are, yet] and folks just don't seem to know of us too well... Looks like your options on conversations are a bit limited for the time being. What brings you two around? Captain looking for a crew? Crew looking for a captain? Seems that's all it is these days. People needing to get paid. People looking to pay."
[Koali] "Ah! I thought you had passed out there, for a moment. Sure thing." He reaches down again, fumbling lazily for anything that looks like apple juice. He finds a clear bottle with a slight brown liquid in it. "This should do." He thinks to himself. He hands the whole thing over to the short man. "This is about the closest thing you'll find to apple juice in here!" (The drink is a gentle rum with the key ingredient of apples).
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"Well, it's hard times right now. Nobody knows when the world will fix itself, if it ever does, and let's be honest... War is getting closer every day. Look at what the last one did to the planet! So people prepare."
*He takes a swig from his glass, draining half of it in one go.*
"Ahh, that hits the spot. Needed that before I got too glum. Anyway, what are your opinions on the faulty wood scandal, with that new batch of Pyramidion's and all?"
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"Ahhh. hopefully it'll fix the problem we've been having with captains around here. Any kid off the street could stick a pin to himself and fly one of those things. Now it'll be a 'ell of a lot more dangerous for them. Seems times are coming where anyone can call themselves a commander. This weaker wood might put those snot-nosed kids in there place. Separate the captains from the boys." He wipes off a few smudges on the counter. "At least I hope it does. What about yourself? Are you a captain, engineer, gunner, commoner, trader? How's it effected you?
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"Wuayo!" (This is good stuff! But... I'm feeling kinda dizzy...)
*Hops off the bar stool, landing slightly unsteadily. Turns to Mr. Goggles*
"Payo, poy." (Not that you asked me, but I'm a gunner. Oh, and follow up with a tall glass of water-- And be sure it ain't vodka, or you'll find Lesmok powder in the [beer] taps for a week.)
*Strolls over to a nearby table and sits down at a lower, decidedly safer chair, in case he rolls off onto the floor*
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"Ehh. I have a Pyra in dock myself- Last repair screwed it over, it's ended up with the same problem. It's not been too bad, I mean on those things once armor breaks you're doomed regardless- But it's a helluva thing to ram, nowadays, and if you even think you've heard a Scylla, you high-tail it outta there with some of this stuff."
*Raises glass and swirls the drink around.*
"I'm an engineer, mostly, but I pilot on occasion, when I have some coin in my pocket. Which means I trade, of course. I'm lucky enough to have gotten in Yesha's good books- I offered to take an old Pyra, Galleon, and 'Fish off their hands. Pieces of junk, to be sure, but I've fixed 'em up and they're right beauts, now. And of course, you have that little Junker I cobbled together when I was young, and that wrecked Mobula I, ah, acquired from the Guild. Never been able to get my hands on a Spire, though... Damn Baronies. And then of course, you're lucky to even see a Squid, much less get to own one. In any case, the Fist of the Unicorns (Pyra) is docked a little more often. The Champagne (Fish) and the Hailfire (Mob) are my primary vessels as of now."
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"Wuyo..." (Sorry about your Pyra, man. That might have been me.)
{Thinking: Man, I never have alcohol. Headaches ain't fun when you're all head like me!}
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**The man sternly places down the moonshine he's steadily been sipping ever since it landed
"I've a spire, was a personal reward for some of my, say, deeds. But I haven't used a 'midion for months now."
**He raises his empty glass a bit ,gesturing the bartender to pour another as he looks at [ShadedExalt]
"You sound like a natural at what you do Mister. I on the other hand have found the life in steering a helm. Quite the story behind it actually, should you dare ask."
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[Koali] "Well, I'm sure we've got water around here somewhere... I mean, thats what we flush the toilets with, so... worse case scenario you ca–oh, never mind. I'll be right back." Mr. Goggles hurries through a door behind the bar and returns with a mug of water. He strides lazily over to where Koali sits. "I'm curious as to how exactly you see through the gun sights with your height and all, or lack thereof. No offense, sir." He says, as he slaps the tall mug down. "You didn't ask for ice. Plus, we don't have any, so I hope this makes do." He gently walks back to the counter.
[ShadedExalt] "I've got a few ships I'm working on. Happen to fly my own squid class, actually. Very fun. Very dangerous." He says, taking another sip. "The Red Rocket. That's what I call it."
[MightyKeb] "Spire, huh? I love to work on those things. Quite a thrill knowing you're riding in one of the easiest things to shoot down. Quite a reward knowing you're the one that kept it alive, too. Not to mention the potential for acrobatics on the thing. It is an art to jump down to the engines without A. falling off the ship or B. breaking a leg. Quite fun, actually." Mr. Goggles pours himself a small glass of moonshine and begins to sip at it. "Actually, I'm sure we have time for a story or two." He says, nodding towards MightyKeb.
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*He slams back the rest of his moonshine and gestures for another.*
"Might as well get right and proper drunk, eh? And I'm a half decent engi. I'll keep you alive in a scrape, but dear god, man, the one time I flew on a Spire was the one time I crashed. Captain had me on the Typhon, oh boy what a gun... Anyway, we were rushed by.a Pyra from behind and he got within arming range like that!"
*Snaps fingers*
"Needless to say, it rammed us. Had a Banshee on board, and once armor was down we were just about snapped in half anyways. Took less than one clip and we were falling from the sky. I barely managed to snag a piece of balloon before plummeting to my death. It's what saved me, and I still keep it displayed in the Wandelust's (Galleon) captain's quarters. But enough about me and my near death, this fine gentleman here was about to tell a story..."
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[Koali] You'll have to get used to that moonshine if you fancy sailing, lad. In this age of air it's a part of your engineer's everyday meal. Sure, you may have heard lots' of them absolutely hate dealing with moonshine on engines. But that's because they love 'em in a mug. I admit, I've occassionally done it. But mostly when I'm not pleased with their work. **He grins, taking a short sip from his glass. His gentlemanly virtue fades a bit with each glass.
"Baronies is where the story begins. Blackcliff, we weren't no nobleman as a family, but father had a good management position in the local metal works. I could've lived as a gentlemen of leisure for the rest of my life after childhood. Well, it wasnt so simple. To my dismay, my family had already arranged me a wife months before I've hit the legal age. I've tried not to mind the fact that she was a lower class plebian or a horrible cook, but the problem here was that I had already laid interest to two fine women far out of her leauge."
**He takes another deep sip from his glass, impatiently dipping it down to continue talking.
"But I say this is far from the point. I wouldn't marry her if I weren't content. However, that would mean to violate the mutual reverence I shared with our family. From what I had seen, my only legitimate escape from this dilemma was enlistment. Baronies have already expanded so far in their land that their only choice was to give up and settle or risk the outside danger and expand further out of the region, towards other states. Obviously, recruiting volunteers was the most cost efficient solution. I've contacted an accomplice I've made who happened to work at Blackcliff just under my father's branch. We had two days until enlistment period was over, and this wasn't a charity, you needed your own ship and arms to serve under the lord's banner. A petty deal indeed, but you know what's a pettier deal? Marrying whoever your family wants."
"So he's gathered his workmates, and in two days they've built a ship completely from scratch. An exact replica of custom, Howard Industries - Series 9 junker. Terrible engines, barely functioning guns. But we weren't looking for quality, we were just lookin' to sign our arses up as soon as we could. We desperately set sail for Lord's Leap and managed to register fifteen minutes before the enlistment line was shut. Fifteen, can you believe it? Honestly, the part I dont believe is how Lord wouldn't open his doors to enlistment at all times. I guess he cared for his army's pride."
"I've picked up a few tricks while that thing was built, had taken up the monkey wrench to be of some help, but despite my say, unpleasant position as the secondary engineer the crew held me in a fairly high regard for where I've came from."
"So next stop, Firnfeld. The fleet was plentiful, but I wouldn't have said the same for snow gear. We were setting sail for, well. As far as we could go, but I've heard Hanat was the real stopping point. Unfortunately, that didn't happen at all. Angleans were there, harrassed us around Snowpeak and forced us to a complete halt. Those things were bloody fierce I say, with every two we focused down, five or so of ours fell off the sky. It wasn't no all-out batte, these guys were guerilla and had an army strength on top of that!"
"Command decided to settle down and take things slow. From that point on, literally every mile we flied was checked firsthand by scout ships. If they never came back ,we either completely avoided the route or investigated with the whole fleet. Our navigator assured the fleet that we were heading for Hanat for sure, but little did we know the destination was actually Qinqaachi. Of course, Angleans, feeling threatened by our advancement towards one of their capital cities, ended up declaring full on war. Bullrushed the main fleet out of our territory. And we, say, "exchanged sorrows" with almost equal numbers. At some point, a lightning strike hit the darn field. And out of all the 20 ships, the commanding vessel of our fleet had the worst of this. And reportedly this strike took out Baron-General of Ravenrook, head honcho of the so called expansion. Rumor has it that this lightning wasn't pure chance, but rather a secret weapon Angleans dug up. Now, I haven't seen it for myself clearly so I can't tell ya' anything about it, but what I can tell you is One: The lightning was pretty, And two: that chaos ensued over our detachment. There was noone our ships could escort around, or charge with. Chain of command, poof. Gone like that. We ended up retreating collectivey in a pretty formation, as if all the captains could read eachother's minds. None of our ships looked pretty after that, hell our junker's engine coupling were damaged beyond repair, and I remember one of the guns falling off the ship at some point.
"And after that, well. Anglean expansion was called off, it was now just another border we had to protect. Now mister, I might have enlisted to escape a life I didn't want, but I didn't sign up for such a boring job. We sold our ship off, two of our folks retired and left their war savings for us, and I bought a Series-five pyramidion just like that. I thought engineerin' was the life until I got ahold of that baby, I tell you.
**His voice having gotten rather dry, he smiles at the men before taking a sip from his moonshine.
"I strayed off the lord's will to become a freelance. Exciting work, at times. Like hunting down kids who could barely fly their gorram' ship and somehow had a good bounty on them. I swear, these yeshans. You make a baby steer their helm a bit and all of 'em lose their minds. Still, good and easy money, what could I have said."
"The story ends here? Yes and no, Since then I've gained and lost many under my command and have a mild reputation to uphold around Guild. I still do send letters to my family however.
"Oh. Speaking of squids, I've found one in the ruins of an anglean town half a year back. Guild offered good money, but I was much more interested in enslaving some angleans to get the thing going. Needless to say, it's been serving me well. Great ship for poking fun at arashi's borders."
**He chuckles, raising his glass towards the fine men standing in the room, "To prosperity and virtue for all, I dare say!" He raises his voice with a bit of a serious tone.
**He then glances by [ShadedExalt],
"What's your name and where you're hailing from, lass? I'm sure your life story isn't all about smearing Spires and landing on balloons. Though I'll call you if I need an acrobat." He pompously remarks to his story.
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*Before [ShadedExalt] begins to talk, a white bearded gentleman sits down at the bar. He motions for a Yeshan Rice Wine.
(Just putting myself in the bar before it gets too crowded)
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[Koali] "Well, I'm sure we've got water around here somewhere... I mean, thats what we flush the toilets with, so... worse case scenario you ca–oh, never mind. I'll be right back." Mr. Goggles hurries through a door behind the bar and returns with a mug of water. He strides lazily over to where Koali sits. "I'm curious as to how exactly you see through the gun sights with your height and all, or lack thereof. No offense, sir." He says, as he slaps the tall mug down. "You didn't ask for ice. Plus, we don't have any, so I hope this makes do." He gently walks back to the counter.
"Poy!" (I'm short when I'm off-duty. Stilts work wonders, you know. And is this toilet water?)
[Koali] You'll have to get used to that moonshine if you fancy sailing, lad. In this age of air it's a part of your engineer's everyday meal. Sure, you may have heard lots' of them absolutely hate dealing with moonshine on engines. But that's because they love 'em in a mug. I admit, I've occassionally done it. But mostly when I'm not pleased with their work. **He grins, taking a short sip from his glass. His gentlemanly virtue fades a bit with each glass.
"Payu, woy." (Moonshine? This is rum. Moonshine is nothing more than kerosene, whiskey, and carronade shardshot. If an ounce of mead can make me see double, a tankard of Moonshine'll kill me! It's hard enough to aim without actual hands!)
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"Mm..." (This bar could use an upgrade...)
*Leaves and returns with a buff hammer*
*climbs up onto the bar*
*whacks Mr. Goggles in the face and hits the bar*
*the entire tavern becomes nice and clean, an actual place where people would want to drink*
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*A man in a faded duster walks through the door. Spots of dried blood speckle his duster. A thin trail of dust follows behind him. His mechanical left hand is resting on his katana. He smells of blood. With his right hand he takes off his respirator and places it in his pocket. He walks towards the bar. The thud of his boots echo throughout the room. He can't help but feel the gaze of people looking at the grin like scar that starts at the left corner of his lips and travels up his cheek. He looks at the bartender [Mr. Goggles]. He reaches his right hand into his pocket, pulls out some coins, and places them on the counter.*
"Bottle of whisky, if you would kindly."
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*Eyes the katana*
"Poyo?" (Why the sword, mister? I thought boarding was outlawed as a crime against humanity?)
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**He sets an arm by the counter, taking notice of the man who just walked in, "
"Who knows, maybe it's just a trophy with red paint.", He smirks nonchalantly before turning back to the bar crowd.
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*He looks at [Koali]*
"It's a trophy from the old world that I found while in the Labyrinth. Boarding may be outlawed but mutinies on the ship and quarrels while on land are still problems that sometimes need to be addressed. Cannons and guns aren't always around to solve things."
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*The white bearded gentlemen haven't received his rice wine (the bartender got knocked out)*
"My name is Shou Hu, Master Scholar of the Yesha Empire. I would truly appreciate a good drink. If you do not have Yeshan Rice Wine, a Chaladonian Blood Wine would do."
*The old Yeshan Scholar respectfully bows*
"If you will, my dear bartender"
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*Walks behind bar and grabs a bottle of Yeshan rice wine*
*Hands it to [Indreams]*
"Wuayo, poy." (Here you go, mister scholar. You look kinda similar to someone whose head I bashed into a red button...)
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*Shou Hu pulls out a small codex from his quote, titled Obscure Words of the World.*
"Wuayo Poy,... Wuayo Poy... ah! I see."
"No, no, my dear friend. The [Indreams] you speak of is my nephew, Zai Meng Zhong. An ambitious kid, albeit a little foolish. Wuyo (Thank You for the wonderful drink) my little friend."
*Shou Hu pours a clear drink into a shot glass, and sips at it a little.*
(To those who are interested, Zai Meng Zhong, or 在梦中 is Traditional Chinese for In Dreams. Zai/在-to be, Meng/梦-dream, Zhong/中-middle.)
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"What an inconvenience." *Looking down at the knocked out bartender*
*Jump over the counter and places the money on the knocked out man. Grabs a bottle of whisky and jumps back over the counter. Then continues to walk to a table and sits with his back to the wall. He places his dusty hat on the table and opens the bottle*
*He looks around the room and raises the bottle*
"Kanpai"
*He starts drinking the bottle*
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*snip*
(To those who are interested, Zai Meng Zhong, or 在梦中 is Traditional Chinese for In Dreams. Zai/在-to be, Meng/梦-dream, Zhong/中-middle.)
Ahaaa, well played, my good sir. Have a salute!
"Puyo, poy!" (Pleased to make your acquaintance, Mr. Shou Hu!)
*Begins humming Kihon wa Maru as he drags Mr. Goggles' limp body out from behind a bar and sets him in the seat across the table from [Jester], then takes a stool from the bar and sits on it behind the bar as the bartender.*
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"Well since he's the bartender now it only seems fair that everyone have a drink since the old bartender is...ahem.. out flying. One round on me fellas. Enjoy."
*Tosses [Koali] a sac of coins. Raises his bottle again.*
"Kanpai!"
*Brings the bottle back to his lips and takes a large gulp.*
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*Grabs the sack of coins and hops off of the stool. Walks over and hands it back to [Jester].*
"Poyo!" (Keep it, friend! Drinks are on the house!)
This is why it's convenient to have a fictitious economy!
*Returns to the bar stool.*
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*The white haired man shakes himself slightly.*
"Sorry, was lost in a reverie... anyway, nowhere near as interesting of a story as yours, [MightyKeb]. My father was a low class merchant with the Guild. I was expected to take up the business, but my passion for engineering machines rather than profits made things... difficult with father."
*He grabs the tankard of moonshine, filling his glass again.*
"So, I cut ties. Built my own Junker, the Arkos, and started to make preparations. Of course, flying a Junker of all things, they figured I was an Arashi out for blood. New as I was, I'm just lucky they didn't set the Trading Troops on me... Great respect for those men and women, don't get me wrong, it's just they wouldn't have hesitated to do their jobs. I picked up a few of those odd Orange Suited crewmates and flew away, but they sent a Mobula after me. I got into a canyon and ambushed them; took out the engines and threatened to do the same to the crew if they tried to fix them. I can assume you know what a Whirlwind does to a man... Nasty business. We sent 'em off in a dinghy and towed the ship behind us, actually landed here. This place is now my home port- Every ship I own resides here. I've slowly amassed my little armada and have started up my own trading company. That's pretty much my whole life story."
*Slowly sips at his moonshine and looks curiously at Shou.*
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"Uyo! Wayo?" (Ooh, a Junker! Five guns in three directions! What guns do you have? Can I get you a refill?)
*Slurps up some noodles in preparation for story time.*
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In walks a man in a long black coat and red shirt, with a golden helmet on his head. He surveys the room fingers on his right hand ready to reach for his boarding axe, and the fingers of his left for his pistol or his beloved rifle Roxane. Noticing a odd but surprisingly intelligent small creature behind the bar he goes up and orders in a rough anglean accent. "if you've got something that can double as paint killer but wont make me go blind i'll take it. unless of course you have....." leans in and whispers hopefully "a hellfire?"
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**He pushes his glass aside, it gently slides to the other side of the counter as he gestures Koali for another drink
"Odd. Junker has the single easiest blueprints to make around this region, a child could do it. I know a plenty of shipwrights who started out buildin' junkers, alot of em. Enough to make a fleet in a month. One of 'em works in Yesha now. I heard he took part in the first galleon's design. If anything, arashi'd have a harder time building one at all given their prime issues. But you know guild, safety's their concern here and they're not gonna blink an eye unless they find out you had plenty of goods onboard, and if that's so then they'll likely just cry their hats off over it."
"Oh, Whirlwind and man aren't a very happy couple you know. I wouldnt mind it if it weren't for the last time when someone'd blood splattered over my fine overalls. Need to start keeping some distance.
**He casually raises his glass at [ShadedExalt]
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Anglean is like British, right?
"Wuyo... Poy." (Hellfire? I remember Hellfire... A great ammo, they just don't make it the same anymore, they water it down and call it 'Charged' or something like that. Never knew a guy strong enough to stand up to the stuff. I don't think we have any here... Gimme a minute, I'll check the cellar.)
*Leaves.*
Fixed it to make more sense.
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"Uyo! Wayo?" (Ooh, a Junker! Five guns in three directions! What guns do you have? Can I get you a refill?)
*Slurps up some noodles in preparation for story time.*
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*Hands you his glass for a refill*
"Well, the Arkos is usually kitted out with the legendary setup the..."
*Speaks in hushed tones*
"The Paddling used."
*Normal tones.*
"The right side has a scylla up top and a whirlwind below, a front Artemis, a bottom Hades and a top Artemis. Another is whirlwind/scylla on right, triple Dogs on the left. That one is terrifiying... The whole ship gets ripped apart."
*Suddenly I whip my head towards the stranger, an odd look on my face.*
"Excuse me, good sir, but did you say hellfire?"
*He shrugs towards [MightyKeb].*
"The Guild is full of murderous bastards anyway. Besides, I'd built it in a hurry with limited materials- It definitely LOOKED Arashi enough, but you'd think me at the helm would've tipped 'em."
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(think more like Scandinavian accent (the hellfire is a callback to the burning skies thread loch powder not incendiary. it was the signature drink )
turns to Keb "never was fond of piloting a junker myself, something about the helm being to far back for my liking." giving the small creature a stare that could stop a galleon at ramming speed he says "if you have one i'll pay extra for it"
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(think more like Scandinavian accent (the hellfire is a callback to the burning skies thread loch powder not incendiary. it was the signature drink )
turns to Keb "never was fond of piloting a junker myself, something about the helm being to far back for my liking." giving the small creature a stare that could stop a galleon at ramming speed he says "if you have one i'll pay extra for it"
Changed my original statement to say 'Charged' instead.
*Returns, carrying a large, slightly charred, wooden keg with a steady stream of flame coming out of the spigot.*
"Poy!" (As it turns out, we DO have some! In fact, there's about 10 more kegs in there!)
*Attempts, with some success, to fill a mug with the stuff without making it explode.*
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look on in shocked delight at the brew, then passes 3 gold pieces to the pink blob"i thought id never get to drink one of these, i never caught your name" looking at pink bartender "let me introduce myself i'm Carn Gormson, former sergeant in the anglean special forces, if you need a favor let me know
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Y-You have Hellfire?
Aha! There's a reason I can knock back this swill without an issue, and it's that stuff! Give it here, I'll pay you double what I just did for the shine!
*knocks back the whole tumbler in one go and slams it down, holding it out for a fill.*
"Don't worry about the glass, paid a bundle for it- from Chaladon.
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*Passes back [Carn]'s gold.*
"Wuayo!" (Keep your gold, sergeant! Drinks are on the house! Just don't sit by the fire, and don't make any sudden movements after drinking!)
"Poyo!" (Same goes for you, [ShadedExalt]! I don't want a mess here!)
*Pours a mug with a little less success, blowing off part of the rim.*
*Sheepishly hands it to [ShadedExalt]*
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"Well seeing that other stories are being thrown around, it only fits that I should tell mine. I was born in a small nameless village in the Burren. One day a raider named Armored Jack, who had a mechanical arm, raided the village and took me as his protege. I worked on his ship for years until I was old enough to learn how to pilot. He showed me how and my raiding began. After a bit of plundering we finally stopped at a port. I found myself searching for blood that night and picked a fight with a man who turned out to be a Baronies nobleman's heir and only son. Let's just say that I killed him and the Baronies forever hate me for it. Jack was very angry about this and began punishing me on deck. I fought back and after an intense battle which resulted in my left hand being crushed, I killed Jack and took over the ship. My hand was useless so I cut it off and replaced it with a mechanical hand which I made from Jack's arm. I continued raiding until a Baronies bounty hunter showed up. The captain of that ship was a ruthless woman and was the adopted daughter of the nobleman. They got a man onto my ship and caused a mutiny. While the mutiny was occurring, they bounty hunter ship attacked. I was captured and brought before the nobleman whose son I killed. He sent me out to an old prison fort in the most northern part of the Firnfield. There I was beaten and was left to suffer for all eternity. That's where I got this grin like scar. Complimentary of the warden. After some years in prison a riot occurred. Turns out some of the men from my old crew had been planning this for a while. I escaped and began raiding again. The same bounty hunter came after me but this time I was ready. I beat her and captured her. I bargained with the the nobleman and he agreed to not hunt me down ever again. After that I took a break from raiding and became an adventurer. I spent a good bit of time in the Labyrinth looking for old world tech and objects of value. The bounty hunter who I then found out was my long lost older sister (the nobleman had two children with my mother, so in short we were bastard children of a wealthy nobleman) decided to join me. She resigned from the Baronies army to go on her own path and find who she is since she was living a lie constructed by her father. After a bit of adventuring, I got bored and decided to become a mercenary to any faction willing to pay. I predominantly stay in the Burren but have been known to travel west to Yeshan territory. That's a shorter version of my story but you get the picture."
*Looks at [Koali]*
"Careful with that stuff. It has been known explode spontaneously."
*Looks over at [Carn]*
"Nice rifle you got there. Check this out."
*Pulls out his ivory handled, nickle plated custom revolver and places it on the table.*
"I had this specially made about 2 months ago after I dropped my old one into one of the engines. That was a nightmare to fix."
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"What are you thinking!"turning to shadedexalt"he said hes got only 10 kegs! If we go through it at that rate it'll be gone within a month at the absolute latest, this could be the last hellfire in existence"
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(sorry about the double post didn't see jester's)
replying to jester "nice looks like good craftsmanship, i got Roxane here, or at least the blueprints in an old pre-war military base. Took me years to get her working, after bloodsong "stroking the axe on his belt" she'll be a fine heirloom."
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"..." (Well, I am a Kirby. I could get the Brewer ability and mix up some more, but... We already have enough of an explosion hazard here...)
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*Unsheathes his katana and places it on the table.*
"I found Shikabane in the Labyrinth. Just a bit of the old world worth keeping by my side. She has served me very well and kept me alive through many fights."
*Sheaths his katana and holsters his revolver. He then continues to drink his bottle of whisky.*
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(we get your kirby, but Carn Gormson has never seen one before)
"Seriously?! Hellfire on the house!? and you actually know the recipe? i didn't know that old anvalan shared it with anybody"
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(again didn't see the new post)
"i've heard about them old blades, the say that they could cut a couple of men in half with one swing" unhooks Bloodsong "this axe has been in my family for over 100 years, my great great grandfather was an amazing metallurgist figured out some kind of alloy twice as hard as steel and half as light"
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I'm getting too lazy to type out the 'poyo' language.
"He didn't share the recipe. However, if i can inhale the right thing, I can become a master brewer, on par with ol' [Yiski] himself! And, as a Gunner, I have access to the best Lochnagar powder on and off the market!"
*Pauses for a moment to look at the axe.*
"Half as light? So twice as heavy? Yeesh, I'd hate to be a tree!"
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(Don't worry about it. As long as you address who you're speaking or it is clear who you are speaking to there is nothing to worry about.)
"It cuts like there is almost nothing to it. It's lighter than most blades which is always a plus. I love looking for old world things. Come to think of it, I need to look for some old world scripture on how to properly wield a blade like this properly."
*Looking over at [Koali]*
"On second thought, toss me a glass of that stuff."
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"I won't 'toss' you one, but I'll 'gingerly hand it to you.'"
*Does just that.*
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looks at the half empty hellfire "its been to long since i had one of these, i got drunk slightly to drunk for my word choices, it half thee weight of regular steel, or twice as light." shakes head and takes another swig "ugh, got stuck here when those damned bandits shot down the goldfish i was on, managed to hike it to this town 10 minutes ago, the rest of the crew didn't make it, poor sods were to green. What town IS this anyways?"
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"Haven't the foggiest. Speaking of fog, you look like you've had a bit too much to drink."
*Sees just about everyone staring at him in shock.*
"I'm not saying you should stop drinking, I'm saying you should just chase each drink with a tall glass of water to keep a clear head. Works wonders for the liver and kidneys, too."
*Pours a round of water and passes it around.*
"Drink up, gents, before I have to wake you up with a bucket of ice."
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"hahahaha, hellfire is the strongest drink known to man or skypig, i can chug snakewine for hours and not slip up, but a hellfire after years without one?" shakes head grinning "i'll pass on the water however "pulls out some beef jerky" this should help settle the stomach" starts eating some jerky" so are we in neutral territory at least? a few of the, ahem, factions aren't to fond of me."
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*Looks over to [Carn].*
"I may not necessarily know what town this is but that I do know. We are in neutral territory."
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"that is a relief, was sleeping when the damn buggers started firing couldn't tell were we crashed, saw some townlights and started hoofing it"
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"Neutral territory? Hm... Well, this place reminds me of a town called 'Lobby,' where everyone stays for a while to chat before leaving to go about their business. Hopefully the leaving part doesn't happen here, though. You guys are fun to have around! Oh, and [Carn]..."
*Grabs [Carn] by the collar and pulls him in close.*
"Drink your water or I'll shove an Artemis rocket so far up your [HEUGH] that the Hellfire in your gut will give us a fireworks show worthy of the fabled Cake clan."
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"Yeah I would listen to Koali. You don't want to get on his bad side. THINGS happen when you get on his bad side."
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looks the bartender up and down slowly for a full minute then bursts out laughing "bwahahahahaha, you've got spirit for sure, fine i'll have some water, however...." unhooks bloodsong "if you EVER threaten me again, particularly over something as silly as that, ill show EXACTLY what a an anglean spec ops sergeant can do with the family axe"
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"Yeah... I'm staying out of this one now. No sense in quenching Shikabane's thirst over someone else's quarrel."
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*Raises a nonexistant eybrow at [Carn].*
"Oh? Is it just because I'm short and pink that I'm all spirit, no fight?"
*Opens his mouth to reveal a fully loaded Hwacha, primed with Greased rounds and ready to fire.*
*Closes his mouth.*
"I may look cute, but that's no reason not to be deadly. Anyhoo, I'm sleepy, so I'll see you all tomorrow. Help yourselves to the drinks, and don't make a mess."
*Uses the Stone ability to become a stone statue.*
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chuckles "spirit means fight to me, and i've seen some strange things in my travels but none like that, anyways lads im off to find an inn"
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(Just reading through, but how did you get Hellfire? Wrong mixture is potent and if exposed to skin... Lol go and read back a bit. Side note it does not char the kegs or barrels and does not spew a small flame. Just don't mind me)
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(as a kirby he can apparently inhale it and figure out the recipe, i honestly wasn't expecting that when i brought it up :D)
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(Just reading through, but how did you get Hellfire? Wrong mixture is potent and if exposed to skin... Lol go and read back a bit. Side note it does not char the kegs or barrels and does not spew a small flame. Just don't mind me)
((He's a Kirby, he does what he wants. *shrug.*))
*The white haired man pulls out a weapon of his own- a shiny double action revolver, with a long barrel and some engravings on the cylinder.*
"Traded a heap of gold for this beauty- .44 caliber and deadly as sin. Don't use it often, but it's nice to have."
*Stowing the gun away back into the vast expanse of his coat, he turns to Carn.*
"Don't worry you bloodthirsty pirate, that was simply a spot of moonshine- I don't think anybody could knock back a tumbler of hellfire in one go and live to tell the tale- Except maybe that nut, [GeoRmr]. Uses loch powder instead of pepper, the rumours say."
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walks back in "town doesn't even seem to have a bloody inn, middle o'nowhere i guess, .44? some good sized bullets" unholstering the pistol under his right arm "took this little boute off a pirate captain, wouldn't belive my suprise when i found out he shot with his left and fought with his right, same as me"
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*Awakens from Stone form.*
"'Scuse me, that is Hellfire. It's possible that it might have mellowed a touch with age... Although it does seem a bit more volatile than usual. Perhaps a regional brew? I identify it as genuine Lochnagar powder. No pepper here! And I'll prove to you that it's possible to survive a mug of Hellfire!"
*Fills a mug and downs it in one chug.*
"See? I'm fine!"
*Muffled explosion.*
*Burps up a puff of flame.*
"Owww... Remind me to never do that again..."
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"you also can turn to stone and have a hwatcha in your mouth"
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(Just reading through, but how did you get Hellfire? Wrong mixture is potent and if exposed to skin... Lol go and read back a bit. Side note it does not char the kegs or barrels and does not spew a small flame. Just don't mind me)
A healthy dose of artistic license goes a long way.
"I- Well- I- That's not the point! The point is, Mr. [BdrLineAzn] is doubting the brew! And are you sure it was a Hwacha?"
*Opens mouth to reveal a Heavy Flak loaded with Lochnagar.*
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"how do you do that?! i know some guys back in kinforth who would pay through the nose and or kill to know how you do that"
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"Gunner's secret."
*A moment passes.*
"Well, actually, I have no idea!"
*Faints from the alcohol in the Hellfire, only to wake up and drink a pitcher of water.*
"Ugh... This is why I used to avoid booze... Speaking of booze, my fresh batch of Hellfire should be ready about now..."
*Pours a mug. This stuff is different, it has a gel-like consistency and its keg isn't charred or issuing the usual steady stream of flame.*
"Well, no better way to test it! Bottoms up!"
*Tips up the mug to gulp it down.*
*The stuff sloooooowly flows out of the mug.*
*Eyes screwed shut as he swallows.*
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"think i remember seeing some techies working with something that looked a lot like that, they called it napalm, 1 spark and you get liquid fire. And seriously if you dont mind some whitecoats poking around at you, i can escort you to Kinforth and we could both make some money. you couldn't get in there by yourself, no one gets into the Anglean capital without an escort unless they can prove they are an anglean"
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*Awakens from Stone form.*
"'Scuse me, that is Hellfire. It's possible that it might have mellowed a touch with age... Although it does seem a bit more volatile than usual. Perhaps a regional brew? I identify it as genuine Lochnagar powder. No pepper here! And I'll prove to you that it's possible to survive a mug of Hellfire!"
*Fills a mug and downs it in one chug.*
"See? I'm fine!"
*Muffled explosion.*
*Burps up a puff of flame.*
"Owww... Remind me to never do that again..."
No no, I was saying that [Geo] uses loch powder instead of pepper on his food.
And you're a pink thing that can hide giant guns in it's mouth, you don't count.
And whatever the hell that gelled stuff is, napalm or not, that ain't no hellfire. I think you're gonna need to find tune the recipe.
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*Eyes open twitchily.*
"Nnng..."
*Mouth opens, issuing a blast of flame that radiates heat throughout the entire tavern.*
"GWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
*Recovers after about 15 minutes.*
"Napalm is right... That stuff, ha, it had ten times the burn of Hellfire, and none of the fun..."
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slides over some gold pieces "ahem i'll take that batch if you dont mind, i can think of some uses for it"
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"What, torturing prisoners? I probably shouldn't trust you with this stuff, no way, no how. All these hot drinks are starting to get to me. I need something else."
*Pours himself a cold glass of chocolate milk.*
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"Well, it IS a military chemical..."
*shakes head and takes another swig of hellfire.*
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"Eh, whatever, napalm is what I got for trying to experiment with the recipe. I used the actual recipe in another batch and it turned out fine. A little more lively, (*Indicates a nearby keg with a noticeably larger flame.*) but otherwise fine. It probably needs to sit overnight."
*Resumes stone form.*
Hey, I have school tomorrow. I gotta sleep.
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"wasn't thinking bout torture methods, more along the lines of controlled burnings to open new doors, but suit yourself" pockets coins and finishes hellfire
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"well i think im gonna take a leaf out of the little guy's book" looking around he spots a beat up couch in the corner and walks over to it unstrapping Roxane "i suggest no one wakes me up" falls onto the couch cradling his gun in his left handed grip, finger on the trigger guard and bayonet pointed down and out
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A thunk from under some table resounds through the tavern.
"Oh skies damn it!"
A middle aged man sporting a leather waist coat and a suit climbs out from under the table, he dusts himself off and takes a look around.
"Right, what the hell are you serving?"
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hearing the thunk Carn reverts to his military days for a few seconds, rolling off the couch and bringing Roxane into the ready position "who? oh blast it," strapping gun across his back "I dont think the bartender is available at this time, he seems to be currently made of stone." grabs a piece of paper and starts scribbling on it "im going to where the goldfish i was on crashed, if you see any engies willing to make a quick buck send them my way, map and details are on this." puts note with rough map on wall "good luck finding something to eat" pulls out some beef jerky and a cantine and has an impromptu breakfast
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[Goddamn, this thread really took off in a day, shame I missed most :/]
look on in shocked delight at the brew, then passes 3 gold pieces to the pink blob"i thought id never get to drink one of these, i never caught your name" looking at pink bartender "let me introduce myself i'm Carn Gormson, former sergeant in the anglean special forces, if you need a favor let me know
[Carn] "Anglean special forces?! Say, you fought in the baronies' expansion before? I wouldn't suppose otherwise, you took any names? Where was your post? Do you remember any names? Ships? Fleets? Ravenrook Fleet sound familiar perhaps?" He gently slides off his empty glass at the counter, bombading the man with questions like GeoRmr on a hades with an interested expression on his face.
[Jester Schultz] You and your story tells me we have similiar professions. Perhaps we can partner up for a brief period, I wouldn't say no to one, and I've already have some work due this month that you might place an interest in.
"Oh, I've almost missed the bigger-sword contest going on here. And by the way, if I haven't mentioned already, I'm Nathaniel Keb of Exeteer. I'd prefer you gents to refer me by my first name, we're all friends and partners here after all."
**He lays down a sheath on the counter, pulling out a thin, sharp and elegantly designed sabre with a golden handle and a plain white blade that easily distinguishes the very small pockets of blood still remaining on it.
"And this is Nathaniel Junior. It's not just another "trophy". Pure baron design, this blade is only bestowed upon the highest ranking fleet officers of the Fjords. However, I've found it on a now-deceased Anglean captain while scraping some of the war remains from Firnfeld. It appears he's taken it as a trophy, so I thought I'd return it to it's proper owner - The baronies. By, you know, taking a trophy of a trophy and never turning it in."
**He also lays down two, crimson-red wide flintlocks with double barrels on both. The barrels seem to have a dog mouth-like shape.
"Not as elegant as the blade, but I find it's great for say, control. You can't just hold an Arashi back from pissing himself with two, or even four sharp barrels. Where I've bought it from, they give you 4 free bullets to start off with for each, but so far I haven't used a single. yet."
**He then straps off his trio of golden knives, "I think I'll be stripping naked next."
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*Looking at [Nathaniel]*
"As long as I get paid i'm up for anything. Just as long as I don't directly work with the Baronies. Some bad blood never clears."
*turning his gaze to [Pieman]*
"The original bartender got knocked out and his body was put in the seat across from me. He hasn't woken up yet. I don't think he will. It was a pretty hard hit. Our latest bartender is currently a stone. No one has taken his place so the best thing to do is just hop the bar and grab yourself a drink."
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looking at Nathaniel while walking out the door for the 1 kilometer jog to the crash site "Aye, i was in a marauder unit, beyond that i cant say more without risking a bullet in my brain, however i wasn't in the border conflict with the baronies, all i can say was my unit was in yesha at the time. As for the sabre, well can you blame him? Its not a bad looking blade, better then the service issue he would have gotten himself. Anyways if you want to make some cash you can help me patch up an old goldfish, enough to at least get her into the towns drydocks."
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*Mr. Goggles awakes from a rather disturbed slumber* "Dear feth, I had a dream I was struck in the face by a buff hammer. Then all of my attendees began drinking up all of our liquor. That was crazy." He says, before looking around to notice the few missing bottles, the stench of alcohol wafting from every soul within 20 feet. "ohhh.." He sighs, his shoulders sliding downwards. Mr. Goggles walks around to the other side of the bar and slumps into one of the stools. "I bet I missed a lot of cool stories, too. Oh well. I was never meant for tending anyways. Just drinking" He says gesturing with an empty cup he had with him. "Moonshine, please!" He says in his Anglean accent.
"Oh, there is no tender." He says disappointedly. He resolves to survey the bar for a bit.
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"Ah, hey, [Carn[! I might be able to help you with that. What's the pay?"
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looks at shaded "50 gold pieces, and a spot on it, rest of the crew bit it in the crash, so i suppose i've got the best claim to her. i'll be headed up north if i can get her running"
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"Ehh. 50 is a little light but I'll take it. No need for a spot on the crew, but I can get it flying for you. Heading out now, I presume?"
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"yeah i know its a tad light, but i dont have that much on me, in any event she's a delta class mark 4 goldfish. Those things are old, but built mean and tough. We should head out now, bring some firearms, bandits are what shot us down, and they may be there to pick her clean."
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[Carn] "Hey, I want in on this! I'm a fine engineer, myself. Do yo have room for another?" He says, slapping his drink down and turning towards Carn. "I've been itching for a flight."
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"Alright, same price but i can't afford another, but with the 3 of us we should be able to get her flying before evening, again bring some firearms just in case."
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Nathaniel leans an elbow back at the counter, glancing at [Carn], "You don't need to be so cautious, noone can be their true self in a war and I don't blame you for anything you might've done. I don't intend on showcasing my flintlocks on you for such a petty reason as having blown up a barony airship that I have next to no concern for either. Yes, I am a freelance, and yes, I haven't gone unchanged by the war. But those changes don't involve barbaric killing, so to speak.
He then gestures [Jester Schulz] to come closer, as he leans in for a whisper, his next words clearly indicate a reasonable excuse for secrecy, "400 gold. We're picking up some load from a Guild contact, dropping it off at Yao-Ling pass, our man'll have a silver Yeshan clock by his chest. Now I'm assuming price this big only explains that this isn't the most legal of goods. Do you like smuggling Schulz? I do. Exciting work. If it's big enough you get everyone on your back and feel like you matter a pluck in this world. Plus, they usually give good pays! This is one of those. We might perhaps encounter a bounty hunter or two as I'm certain a fair number of people have gotten word of it, plus we'll almost certainly have trouble with Yesha, all the more fun if you like fighting. And if you do, after we dump the load and get our pay we can look for a nearby bounty ourselves. "Fury" is the ship's name. Pyramidion, Arashi-design, seems to have been pestering Yeshan borders for months now and it's all alone. I'm surprised it wasn't dealt with yet, but it might be, news travel slow from there.
"And if you're in a rush, we can rent a few squids and split the cargo to get there as soon as possible."
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[Carn] "Copy that. I've got an old luger I found a few years back. Should still be in working condition. I'm ready when you are." He says, fumbling around the many pockets on his overalls for the aforementioned fire arm. He finds it, pats that pocket, and gives a quick thumbs up before taking another swig of moonshine.
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"Allright follow me you two, she's down about one kilo east of here, you see bandits tell the rest and we'll pick the bastards off." starts jogging out the door with ShadedExalt and Mr. Goggles following "engies top deck, gunner right, fly her straight boys dont loose sight, ally's here we're moving in, lets hope they dont give up the fight! engies runnin hittin gunnin, captains callin yellin ballin, round the boys round we go, far above the ground below!" starting to sing an old shanty/cadence song unconsciously
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*Singing along with Carn* "Oh, how I love the oldies!" He yells, charging excitedly after Carn. He pulls the luger out of his pocket and runs with it in his right hand, his spanner in the other.
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*Cracking sound, stone particles fly everywhere.*
"Aaah, good morn- nope, afternoon, everyone!"
"..."
"Ah, who's still here?"
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"Eh, whatever. Anyone who wants a drink is gonna have to come with me and help fix that Goldfish!"
*Dashes out the door and catches up to the engi posse.*
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in a matter of hours the group manages to fix the goldfish and get her back to town "HA what did i tell ya? She was built mean and tough!" tosses coin bags to shaded and goggles "Eh sorry there Koali, didn't have enough gold outright and i wasn't expecting you, I found some more coin in the ships hold though, i hope 75 silver pieces is enough for ya." setting her gently down into the docks the makeshift group make their way back to the tavern "I can however afford to buy each of you a mug of hellfire, considering how quickly we fixed her up. If your interested, and ACTUAL hellfire Koali i know you've still got a few kegs back there, the offer still stands on that napalm though, gotta pay those bandits back, plus interest."
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"Actual Hellfire? I'll have you know, my keg of Hellfire is doing very well. It's just about ready! And keep your silver, I work for the fun of it."
*Pulls out a pipe wrench and starts fixing things.*
(Mumbling) "...gonna fix up a flamer with my own special---"
"Hey, I have an idea!"
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raises an eyebrow "And what would that be? As for actual hellfire, that means not napalm"
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"I know you mean real Hellfire, I made some separate from the napalm to go with the extra kegs of vintage Yiski. Speaking of napalm, I'll cook up some more and fix up a Prometheus Heavy Flamethrower! BRING'EM THE FIRE!!!"
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"actually i was thinking of just sticking a fuse into the barrel, then chuck em over the side above they're encampment. I managed to get a glimpse of it earlier."
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"Where's the fun in that?"
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"So, then... What is next on the to do list? There has got to be something more to this adventure." Says Mr. Goggles, tipping his bowler had back a bit to get a better view of the people around him.
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"Attack the bandits and drink heavily?"
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"you've got steps 1 and 3, step 2 is loot their camp and salvage anything useful/valuable, if your up for it we can go do that now, or tomorrow. As for the fun, have you ever seen a fire bomb?"
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"I have, and they're just 'toss and run.' I prefer a trigger and a nozzle."
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"hmm you may have a point, no sense in burning down any loot they have"
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"Speaking of work, you fellers fancy doing a milk run with me? Yao-Ling pass, back and forth. We can rent some squids and split the cargo and be back before the bandits make another move, but I won't be having any more than say, three or four men at most. Real adventure, I guarantee you. It has fights, lively sights,Chaladonian herb medicine and maybe even some women! Everything."
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"As it seems i've just acquired a good model goldfish, id prefer to take her out, she aint that much slower then a squid, and she has a bigger hold and more firepower. Beyond that, if we can avoid yeshan officials i wouldn't mind, there was a clause in the peace treaty which holds that either side wont detain the others former combatants, but id rather avoid it all the same. It might give us a chance to test out this napalm first, see how effective it is in combat."
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"Ah yes, I've almost forgotten about that fish. As it stands, we're not transporting the most legal of goods, Chaladonian herb is rumored to be some form of witchcraft for how effectively it cures wounds, but some officials see the benefit in sneaking some in for their forces outside the borders, so in any case we'll technically have to see an official. Don't worry, our man won't bite but if you fancy being safe in any case you can wait us at your helm. By the way, Yeshan authorities are heavy on their patrols, if we're very very lucky they'll only so much as get a glimpse of us, and it heavily depends what ships they have as to whether or not we can fight them, so make sure you pack some tar barrels. If we can take them then I'll happily watch the world burn with with those napalms. Hell, if we're lucky we'll find a bandit or two to test it out on before we reach Yesha. I heard some of the fiends' crew don't even pack an extinguisher, much less having good chem cycles.
**He yawns a bit, "Glad you're interested, but I don't plan on fallin' asleep mid flight and crashing into terrain, thank you very much. I'll head for my room up here and we'll set sail tomorrow, leave a message at my door if you hear anyone else fancying to come aboard with us.
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"Women? I've never done well with women, on account of my unusual physique. Or, rather, too well, depending on who you ask."
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"HA, im less worried on personal saftey, more along the lines of a cut in the payoff, theres been a lot of bad blood between the Republic and the Empire." looks towards Koali "I dont even want to know where you might be going with that, personally much of the reason im trying to work my way back to Kinforth is my fiance, so im fine on the woman front. Besides, her elder sister was my old CO, she'd eat me alive if she got wind of me even so much as thinking of cheating on her sister." chuckles
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"I'm certainly in for whatever there is to do. Count on me." He says, chuckling at Carn and Kaoli's remarks. "But you're certainly right [MightyKeb]. I'm going to hunker down here for the night. Wake me before you leave."
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*I wipe some sweat from my brow.*
"They might be mean, but they're a hell to fix. I haven't had so much trouble with a heavy engine since I was forced to repair for an Arashi Pyramidion!"
*I turn to [Nathaniel] and raise my hand.*
"I'd be up for a job. We takin' that fish, or the Squids? And if we take the 'Fish, I can provide a Hellhound to replace the Manticore- We'd want to be real quick and relatively quiet. Money is always appreciated, and adventure the same. I'd like to consider myself a gentleman- I'd like to find a lady who can be by my side through my line of work- I don't do one-night-stands. That said, if I could find such a woman, I would not say no."
*Turns to [Carn] and shakes fist.*
"And fuck your fire bombs, we're building a Promethian Heavy Flamer and that's the end of it! I'd imagine it could spray a big glob of the stuff- would melt through armor (peirciñg) and just generally set things aflame. (Fire). It might take a bit to get up to heat, though... (small arming range for napalm ball to get up to armor melting heat levels, so a small amount of secondary, armed peirce, large amount of primay fire.)"
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"Im gonna have a few drinks, then go sleep on my ship, gotta go and do the whole transfer of ownership crud anyways, plus think of a good name for her. hmm. I'm liking Valkyrie." turns to shaded "i hadn't even thought to try and build one, not the best at that stuff, but if you think you can create an operational heavy flamer for my fish, then by all means! And im just glad she suffered no damage to her hull integrity."
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"When I say I don't do well with women I mean I haven't found any willing to be romantic with someone like me. When I say I do too well I mean they flock to me to cuddle me like a cute kitten. It may seem nice, but when it happens so often you constantly get left behind on shore leave and most of the crews that somehow hire you leave without you, it gets a bit irksome."
*Pauses to think.*
"As for the Heavy Flamer... It'll fire a spray of burning napalm in the same fashion as a Dragon Tongue but with some drop, and if you load Lochnagar, it'll launch the whole keg at once with a fuse for good measure."
*Excitedly rubs hands together.*
"Oh, this is gonna be good."
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wakes up slumped across the bar "huh? oh flak, must've drank to much. Eh i think the Tartarus would be a good name for the heavy flamer, if i remember correctly Tartarus was the deepest most fiery part of hell in an ancient religion. Anyways i need to know what ships we are taking on this run, and whos doing what on them."
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*Continues to Muse (u c wat i did thr) with [Koali].*
"Would probably shoot further, being a liquid after all... And when it drops, it wouldn't just disperse, it would expand... (Projectile expansion, like a thin stream at beginning, widens further out.) I say we should stick with the Prometheus Heavy Flamer, Tartarus can go to the modified Hades I'm building with this stuff."
((It's like a Fallout Flamer vs. Incinerator))
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**Nathaniel happens to walk downstairs to the bar as Carn comes to his senses, "Your goldfish and two squids. Originally we could haul without your vessel just fine but I thought we'd eh, bid for more. Price's likely going to be good enough for splits but I cant give you an exact number.
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"so long as i get a decent cut of the shared profits, plus whatever personal loot and salvage we may come across, if you find it first or if you kill the bastard you get first dibs on loot, coin and sellable items from a ship get dispersed throughout the group. Those are my terms," holds out hand to shake "do we have an agreement?"
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**He rubs his eye as [Carn] explains his terms, having only been awake recently. He scratches his chin a bit after, raising his hands and placing them on his hips as he tightly squeezes his lips while nodding, giving him a "Huh, good idea" sort of expression,
"Alright, agreed." He keeps on nodding before finally taking notice of his hand , hesitantly reaching in to shake at first. "Long as you don't risk the ship or cargo just to bring down a galleon or something alone." He says so during their gesture of agreement.
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"HA, i dont endanger crew or cargo for that, i get the job done."
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"Two Squids and a 'Fish sound good to me. Dibs on crewing a Squid, never gotten to lay my hands on one. Normally after I shoot down a vessel I get my hands on it and repair it, but Squids are so goddamn delicate they fall apart when I try. So, dibs on engineering on one. So, for the last time, terms are even split between crew, and whoever shoots down a ship gets first dibs on all loot within the craft?"
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"I think that the crew that shoots it down gets first dibs, otherwise whoever guns has a complete advantage in loot."
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"That is of course what I meant. Forgive my lack of proper phrasing."
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"Haha, a few months ago [ShadedExalt] I would've said you're out of your mind. I've experience with a squid, and my experience is that if you're not experienced with the squid you're not gonna have a good experience. But you know, after that witch-iron Challies put in the new models, you can give it a shot. You'd have to pay a bit extra to rent the newer ones though."
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"Ah fair enough, any ideas how long this venture should take? And i think he meant crewing a squid, not piloting one."
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"No no, [Nathaniel]. I mean to engineer on one, not fly it. Although I certainly wouldn't mind flying one, either... And I've never been all that sane to begin with. I assume you know from my attire which group I am affiliated with?"
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"Exactly my point still, had plenty of engis fall during one of those engine jumps, pack an emergency parachute, would you? Perhaps a flare too, incase you land in a fairly complex terrain."
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"So when do we depart? And how long do you think it'd take to make that Prometheus prototype? Also i wouldn't mind if someone who is a capable pilot come on my ship, I know how to fly her well enough, but i am a gunner at heart."
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"We don't have any need the Promo-thea-something at the moment. But don't worry, you'll be fine, squids'll do most of the fighting for you, but a carronade or two every now and then'd be nice."
"So you all ready to depart?"
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"The Valkyrie is finished and ready to go, we can carry the cargo, squids can scout and harass anyone who tries to muck things up, im running with kerosene phoenix claw and tar, front gun has been switched to a heavy caronade, and the side guns are both gats. Plus if push comes to shove i know a few uhh shall we say unorthodox, ways through those canyons."
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"Great, I'll be taking the helm on one of the squids, we dont wanna get our hands dirty so a little Barking Dog and a Flamethrower's gonna do the job. We juuuust need another daring pilot. Oh and, you should switch out one of the sides for a flamethrower too if you have the cash, I hear gatling doesnt work so well with a carronade."
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"You'd have to talk to Koali about that, he has more plans than I do. He knows more about the mixture, but I'd say with drawing up plans, mixing new things, and trying not to die... At least a week. More for my Tartarus."
*I turn towards [Nathaniel]*
"I'm pretty surefooted, I can jump with the best of them. It's a matter of foot placement, really. That said, I keep all that on me anyway. That Arashi Pyramidion was pretty easy to sneak off of- silenced my revolver with my guard's gut and then jumped ship. And a Whirlwind/Dog combo is actually pretty good. Doesn't cause as much mayhem but it kills quicker. That said, we WANT mayhem, so I'll provide a rental flamer."
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"I'll keep that in mind, bit tight on cash though, shaded supplied the carronade, but that is something to keep in mind for the future. Thankfully the former captain had a variety of empty grenade shells and the ingredients to make a variety, including incendiary grenades, drop one of those on a ship and it'l start burning up, also some for tar grenades. I managed to make a few of both before he had set out and they are still intact on the ship." chuckles "Explosives are a specialty of mine, that and jumping onto ships and taking out the crew. You see why they put me in spec ops?" turning to shaded "A week? thats not to bad, i know a scrapyard a few clicks to the south of here if you need supplies, nothing fancy, but plenty of raw materials."
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"I say we mount the Prometheus on the 'Fish; there's no way the tiny balloon on a Squid could support the weight of a heavy gun and enough ballast to make the thing fly at least somewhat straight. I could probably take apart the Hellhound and fix it up into a pair of Barking Dogs. Oh, and [Nathaniel], if you need some help with the Tartarus, just ask."
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"I think your memory or hearing might be a tad foggy, it was shaded who was talking about the tartarus not Nathaniel, he also said it would take him roughly a week to make the Prometheus. We are going to be departing soon, oh may as well bring some booze aswell."
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"I blame the memory lapses on the Hellfire. Your memory must also be foggy, because the Prometheus is my gun. I'll need to cook up some more napalm before we go, too."
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"I DID say to ask Koali. I also said that the two of us would need to build it."
[Turns to Koali]
"And if you're willing to pay for that Hellhound feel free. It's mine."
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"Oh, quite possibly, that and sleeping in here for 2 nights, who knows what fumes are in here? Anyways, what are your predictions on how soon we can have an operational heavy flamer?"
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"Right about... Now."
*Opens mouth and vomits a stream of burning napalm, burning everyone alive.*
*Wakes up.*
"GAH! Huh? The Prometheus? It's pretty much ready."
*Opens up several previously unnoticed shutters and windows to let out the fumes and circulate the air.*
"That should help."
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looks at him stunned "when did you have time to do that? Wait never mind, i've accepted that you have many useful abilities that i will never figure out how they work. In any event lets go strap her on. " starts chuckling maniacally "I'm gonna enjoy using that."
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"I've built two, actually. One for the 'Fish, one for my face. Wanna see?"
*Opens mouth to reveal what looks like a pair of Phobos mine launchers loaded with napalm kegs in place of the mines. The launchers are attached on either side of a Lumberjack mount modified for two barrels. The ends of the guns are fitted with the brass lions from a Manticore. The lion heads have nozzles in their mouths for liquid spraying, and can swing up (like on the Manticore) to launch the entire keg.*
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"Nice, though i think i'll make dragon heads for the one on my fish, seems a tad more appropriate for a heavy flamer. So while we wait for another pilot for the last squid, shall we swap the other onto my fish and test her out? I noticed an old wreck about half a click north of here. What do you say Koali? Shall we set the night skies ablaze?"
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"Heh, there might be a bit of a problem."
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slowly and nervously says while raising an eyebrow "which would be what exactly?"
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"I forgot where I put the mounting bolts."
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"Is that all? The ship has extras on it. Lets go!" (im just gonna narrate what happens so this finishes at a reasonable hour) the two go down to the docks and swap the beatup hwacha for the Prometheus. then they fly out to the wreck and set up. "Alright as you gave yourself one already, i'm gonna try her out." straps on a set of blacked out goggles "Lets see what she can do!" firing, the first thing they notice is that it is as if a volcano is erupting from the gun, secondly as shaded had guessed it took roughly 3 meters for it to get to full effect, the range without special ammo was roughly 40 meters, and it tore through armor like a nightmare. cackling like a madman from the sheer joy of the pyrotechnics Carn yells out "KOALI YOU MAD GENIUS, i have seen a lot of experimental guns, but this is BY FAR, the most powerful!" the two take turns for awhile then head to the bar to celebrate talking to each other on how they might improve her.
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Ah, short and sweet, I see.
"Well, for one thing, I say we should use actual bolts rather than jamming old harpoons into the brackets. For another thing, I'd like to extend the range a bit, make it a stream of napalm rather than a spray."
And I'd like to go to sleep now.
*Resumes Stone form on the bar stool."
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"Valid points all round, i should be able to scrape together the cash to buy some tomorrow, See you tomorrow gentlemen." walks back down to the ship thinking of an interesting idea, a personal project of his that should be ready tomorrow (i figured, thats why i did that)
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waking up and finishing his project Carn stores it, then heads down to buy the mounting blots "Well there goes my last bit of gold, and some of my silver. We need to leave for the job soon." heading down to the bar he sees Koali still in stone form on a bar stool. chuckling he moves him on top of the bar and steps behind it. "As no one else is here to do it, i may aswell do this for now." goes into the back and finds a coffee pot and grinds "Now this should help with hangovers." starts brewing coffee
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"I saw that back from the bar! Holy hell on a stick, that was impressive! Man, now I REALLY need to get working on the Tartarus... (Think of a heavy Hades, because HEAVY HADES, GUYS)"
"Nicks a keg of napalm and carries it to the door*
"While we wait for [Nathaniel], I'm gonna get working on the Tartarus. Look for a warehouse with a big dock out front, there's a big sign saying "An Exalt's Escort".
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"Hmm, heavy hades, that does indeed sound powerful, i swear if one of us gets a galleon we are going to have a field day and turn that thing into a monstrosity, I worked on a little project last night that I'll reveal before we depart. As Koali is still a chunk of rock at the moment, and i have no clue where the first bartender went, im gonna hold down the fort here. Try not to blow yourself up will ya?" takes out some grenade materials and begins cobbling together a variety, from flash-bangs to lochnager to tar cloud.
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A rather tall man enters, and sits down at a table in the corner. He removes his dust mask and goggles, placing them around his neck and forehead respectively. He signals for a drink, but otherwise remains silent.
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Carn looks up at the guy while sketching out a design in a notebook, putting it back in his jacket he says to the man "Pick your poison, we've got standard ale, some rum too. I think we may have cider and possibly a few other things. If you think you can handle it and have the coin we even have some Hellfire."
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He opens the satchel attached to his waist. Out of it he takes out five shining gems. "You do trade here?" he croaks.
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*The white covered man walks back in, now rather blackened.*
"I need more Napalm."
*He turns to the stranger, offering his hand.*
"I believe I'm the man you're looking for, friend. Just call me Shaded, please."
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He cautiously extends his arm, shaking the mans hand. "And what services of yours would I require?" he asks.
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filling a glass with water he hands it to the man
"Here, your throat sounds as dry as the Arashi desert. More napalm? Look I've got to have a few barrels for the Prometheus, your gonna have to talk to Koali when he wakes up, or whatever you call it when hes not a statue. Speaking of Koali, I've got an idea for the little guy,"
hands shaded his sketches
"was thinking we could rig a personal flying device for him, he ain't heavy, and he just needs to open his mouth to shoot down ships."
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He looks up, apparently interested. "What are you building, if you don't mind me asking."
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nodding to the statue/creature on the bar
"May not look it, but that thing is alive and highly intelligent, he's just like that when he's sleeping. I'm thinking we could rig up a small craft, one with a deflatable balloon, it could fit in the storage area on most ships. It'd give him an advantage in a fight, those are some rough sketches i drew up while i was bored. Aside from that, we've been experimenting with some new heavy weapons."
Pops a grenade out of somewhere
"There's only so many of these i can make before it starts feeling like work."
puts grenade away
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He looks at the statue on the bar. "Intelligent you say?" He muses. "Can I see your idea for the craft?"
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"First, my services. I offer many, but you specifically mentioned trading. Is there something you need, or are you looking to sell?"
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takes the sketch back from shaded and shows it to the new fellow
"Here, see its only got one engine and minor hull armor, kinda basket shaped, easy for him to sit in and steer. Among his many abilities is that he seems to have a personal arsenal inside his mouth, dont ask how because not even he knows how."
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"Shaded, I have recently come into a large possession of wealth, through not exactly dignified methods."
He notices their looks
"No, I didn't kill anyone. Most of this treasure comes from before the Age of Air, look..." He slows Shaded the coins, imprinted with 1912. "I don't know where it came from, but it's mine now. Is there anything here that catches your eye?"
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He looks over at the diagram. "Have you ever heard of rust mites?"
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"Please i grew up in Kinforth, the whole city used to be some underground factory or base of some kind, of course i know about the little blighters."
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He grins, showing a golden tooth. "Perfect, so you are aware of their properties?"
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squinting at the man
"We may be talking about two different creature here, in Anglea rust mites are these little pest that eat their way through metal, accelerating the corrosion and then eating the resulting rust. For a city like Kinforth, that's a major problem."
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He nods. "Yes, that is indeed, the creature I am thinking of. However, I doubt you have seen rust mites like these...I will be right back..."
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shouting to him before he leaves "You let them buggers out anywhere near the docks and im coming after you personally"
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He leaves the tavern through the front door. He returns several minutes later with a jar full of reddish- brown creatures. On closer inspection they appear to be moving.
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He holds them up for inspection
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looking at the jar with malevolence born of years of fighting these creatures from destroying his home city
"What do you even have those for? Keep that jar sealed."
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He grins almost manically.
"These...are not your regular rust mites...observe..."
He begins to open the lid
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quickly pulling out an incendiary grenade with his finger ready to pull the pin
"I suggest that you do not open that, there's an old scrapyard half a click north. If you want to release these little buggers then do it there."
thinking to himself "then i can fry the lot of them with the Prometheus"
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The lid pings off, and instead of the surging out like expected, them remain docile at the bottom of the jar.
"See?" Have you got a rusty nail, or a bolt I can borrow?"
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finger itching on the pin he notices that the mites haven't surged toward any metal at all. fishing out an old rusty tap from below the counter he hands it to the man who still has not mentioned his name. Grenade still at the ready.
"Here, im going on a limb here, on account that they aren't acting normal."
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He drops the tap in, and the effect is instantaneous. The mites sure towards the tap, and completely cover it. After a few moments they retreat. The man fishes out the tap, now shining.
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"I'm hoping to sell the beauties for a fortune, they'll be invaluable on large scale restoration projects."
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putting away the grenade Carn looks astonished at the tap
"Chaladonian? Cant think who else might have the kind of know how to do this. Do you know how to make more or convert regular rust mites to these?"
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"Chaladonian? Nah, I'm not with them, chemicals might have come from there though. I'm independent, was raised a merchant though."
He replaces the lid and shakes the jar
"Here" he hands the jar to the bartender "Do you want them for your statue project? I can easily make more..."
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shakes his head
"I dont have the kind of funds to buy that, at this point we need to refine a design first. However...."
he looks the man up and down
"Some colleagues of mine and i are going on a job into yesha, if you can wait until i get back, I can escort you to Kinforth and you can pitch the idea to the tech heads and politicians up there. Better yet, if you can pilot a squid you can come with us on the job, we need another pilot."
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He smiles. "That would be great, thanks. I've never piloted a squid before, I'm a junker man myself, but how difficult can it be? Also take them, I insist, free of charge" he places the jar on the counter.
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Pockets jar into a pocket devoid of metal
"Ehh, if you've never piloted one before then i dont know if youd like this, squids are lightning fast and turn on a dime, plus they crumple quick when hit. Theres a decent chance we may get into a spat with yeshan patrols, however if you want, you can be the secondary pilot on my Goldfish, still need some crew on her, and i much prefer to be the one shooting in a fight."
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"That sounds better, I've piloted a few goldfish in my time"
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He looks around, and lowers his voice
"Speaking of which, last week I was looking around in the labyrinth, you know it?"
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*There is a sound of falling gravel as [Koali] dusts himself off, yawning.*
"'Scuse me, I'm a living creature, not a rusty metal statue. That's stone, by the way."
*Notices the sketches of the small assault craft.*
"How did you know...? I don't remember telling you about my flying ability and its limitations..."
Since Koali is a Kirby, he can inhale a large quantity of air and heat it up to become buoyant, allowing him to float. However, to do this, he must keep his mouth shut, which unfortunately prevents him from accessing his personal armory.
"Really, I'm astounded. You must be some kind of psychic!"
*Carn just stares, dumbfounded. He can fly, too?!*
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taking out a rough contract and a pen he hands it to the man
"Thats good to know, if you can sign this that would be good. Simply put, it states the rules of pay, salvage, and loot i operate by. Any enemy you personally kill you have first rights to loot, if the ship shoots down another we get first rights over any others we may be sailing with, beyond that any coin and other profits gained will be split evenly. I will also need you name for obvious reason."
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He notices that the statue has come to life, and quickly shuts up
"Fascinating" he looks at the creature.
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He looks round, and takes the pen and paper
He reads it under his breath
"Will not be held responsible for death/dismemberment...safety not guaranteed...looting rights...yeah sounds pretty normal...My name is George Coutts, innovator of Coutts industries.
He signs the paper.
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to Koali
"Honestly i had no bloody clue you could fly, thought id return the favor for helping me with the Valkyrie and setting up the Prometheus."
back to George
"Aye, i've been through her before, tricky place to fly in. And my name is Carn Gormson former sergeant in the Anglean special forces."
Holds out his hand to shake George's hand
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He shakes Carn's hand.
"Anyway, I was going salvaging the labyrinth, and I saw this thing. It looked like a goldfish, but without a balloon. So, naturally I look inside, and I find this whole stash of stuff I've never seen before. It must have been hundreds of year old. It's where I found this..."
He shows Carn a coin, with the year 1912 imprinted on it.
"You have any idea what it means?"
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raking his brains on the numbers he snaps his fingers
"I've got it, the great war started at a time called 1914, they called them years not annums back then. That coin must've been minted 2 years before the great war."
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"That makes sense...how much do you think it's worth?"
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"Don't know, there are some people who pay major coin for anything intact from before the great war, even if its just a coin. I honestly don't know anyone personally, however when we get up to Kinforth i can talk to some contacts of mine, they may know someone."
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"Alright, I found some other stuff too, take a took."
I open my satchel and take out books, and trinkets, I stop when I come to an iron cross.
"Look at this, makes you wonder what it was for, doesn't it..."
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unable to get a good look at the size of it Carn asks
"How big is that? Find anything else near it that may indicate what its for?"
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He holds it up to Carn
"It's a few inches either way, I found some notes too"
"Some guy called Adolf something owned it...I think it's some sort of medal."
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"I think the notes are still on my junker, I'll be right back"
He returns a few minutes later
"Yeah, I don't speak whatever language this is, but I think it was owned by this Adolf Guy...found this as well."
He holds up a gasmask
"It's similar to mine"
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"Some old war medal i suppose, I've seen similar symbols used in a variety of pre-war items and places. As for the gasmask, they started being used in the great war, back then it came to the point where they would launch these chemicals at each other, those masks were all that kept the soldiers from death. A particularly nasty one too."
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"Wow, and I thought a dust storm was bad...how do you know so much about the old world?"
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"A lot of old tech was preserved in Anglea, just not a lot of raw materials, why do you think so many of us raid? Anyways i've found it useful to look at the past to understand the future, history has a way of repeating itself. A few old manuals back in Anglea, plus one very lucky day at the imperial library in Chang-ning, and i've picked up a lot about pre-war stuff
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"I wish I had access to the information that you did. I mean, I know there was a war, but I'm not even sure when it was..."
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"Roughly 300 annums ago, humanity is finally crawling back ever since Gabriel created the Icarus."
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"It still amazed me today that..."
Something inside his pocket begins to beep, he takes it out
"There's a Dust storm approaching..."
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"Ah hell, follow me we need to tarp up the fish, i dont even want to think what a sandstorm will do to the Prometheus."
Runs out the door to the docks and begins securing the Valyrie
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He follows Carm and begins to fasten the tarp around the airships. His junker, however, remains sturdy, despite the tale force winds. The balloon also remains intact. He notices Carm's puzzled look, he shouts;
"Sky whale gas bladder...no, really...I challenge you to find better leather..."
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"How much you pay for that?"
Quickly puts an extra covering over the Prometheus
"Im just extra worried cause we just got her flying yesterday, and thats an experimental gun up front."
launches over the side with ropes to secure her down
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"I didn't pay for the bladder itself, I found the corpse being pecked over by dust gulls, but I paid an engineer a few silvers to install it."
He continues to cover the goldfish
"What kinda gun you got up front?"
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"That is some incredible luck, you get anything else useful off it?"
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"I got some ambergris, but I sold that a long time ago, I also managed to salvage some of the meat that hadn't gone as bad as the rest, and I've still got some of that, I salted it you see..." He explains. "I let some scavengers know where I left the corpse in exchange for three days water supply."
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"huh, well you at least seem to be practical, we better head back to the bar, id rather get sanded in there then out here."
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He laughs
"I know how you feel...how's your little statue thing coming along?"
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"As i said, he's only a statue when he's asleep, im trying to make a personal flying device for him. He helped me get the Valkyrie flying and didn't want to get payed for it, plus he's the one who made that heavy flame-thrower on the front of her."
they reach the bar in a few minutes
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He nods
"Oh alright...what exactly is he though? Some sort of automaton? I met a band of automatons once...something about a 'giraffe'...god knows that that is though..."
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"Honestly i have no clue, he calls himself a kirby i think, whether thats some kind of automaton or a kind of mutant creature as a result of the war i dont know. I doubt he knows himself, what i do know, is that its a VERY good thing hes friendly. And where did you see a working automaton? I haven't seen many outside of Anglea."
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"I saw the automatons near the oblivion flats, they were working as some sort of band. One had a pronounced spine and another kept malfunctioning. The other one had a hatch in his torso...I didn't like that one, something about him was off. They were smart as you or I though, no clue how. It was amazing, you could have a conversation with them and everything. They mentioned fighting in a war, but I don't know what one they meant. Could be the Great War for all I know, no clue how old they were."
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"Hmm, its possible some are still roaming out there, in the last days of the war the various sides had started to use automatons to bolster they're ranks, most were destroyed though."
Grabs a bottle of unidentified booze from behind the counter and starts drinking
"huh, whiskey."
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"Hey, can you pass me a bottle?" He says, placing three coins down on the table
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*Before [Carn] and [George] enter the bar, a vaguely humanoid mass of scrap metal clanks out of the bar on a pair of wobbly legs and promptly falls to pieces.*
Coincidence. Total coincidence.
"Dagnabbit, I thought I'd found a fully functional clockwork bartender!"
EDIT: Shoot, too late, y'all already entered.
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looks at Koali
"Trying to automate the bar?"
grabs a random bottle and hands it to George
"Booze Roulette"
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"Hey, erm...robot thing...kirby, isn't it? What's that pile of scrap?"
He takes the bottle that Carm is handing to him
"Cheers"
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He swigs some of the bottle
"Eugh..."
He spits it out
"Vinegar...hit me again"
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pulls out another
"must've been stored wrong or something, and i told you, i dont think hes a robot, he's kinds squishy if ya poke him."
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He pokes the kirby thing
"Huh...sorta like whale blubber...Anyway, what's that pile of scrap?"
He takes a swig of the bottle
"Hmm, cider...well, it may have been apple juice when it went in..."
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shrugs
"i grew up drinking grog and mead"
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"Fair enough, I grew up with the merchant guild, but i don't really identify with them...I grew up drinking whatever we didn't trade off..."
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"Old stereotype back home about the Guild, they'd sell they're own mother if the thought they could get enough of a profit. Of course Angleans dont really have the most pleasant reputation either, as a people we heavily disagree with hereditary power, which has caused more then a few spats with the Baronies the Empire and even the Order a bit. Combined with that we have few materials which has led to raiding being a popular career, and that some raider bring back thralls, which is a practice that i personally disagree with. Put all that together on top of the fact we are usually mistrustful of outsiders and you get a reputation for being non to pleasant. Thats why i'd have to escort you in to Kinforth, otherwise you'd have to pay a hefty fee and sit through a few weeks of red tape at the least."
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*Shaded is still rooting around in [George]'s bag*
"I can definitely see some very interesting things... Would that be engine parts? Ooh, and a revolver barrel..."
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I really so appreciate you escorting me in there. Normally I can't even get into merchant territory due to my lack of a passport...
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Yeah shaded, I got some maps in there too, and what about this medal that used to belong to this Adolf guy?
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"Not a problem, i spent to much time abroad to think completely like your stereotypical Anglean, and besides i need to get back to Kinforth, i have a fiance back there, and her elder sister happens to be my old CO, very long story, anyways i personally want to see her, i also dont want her sister putting a hit on me for breaking her little sister's heart."
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He laughs
"Alright, when was the last time you saw her?"
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"2 months, if we dont leave for the job soon im going to have to go there instead. She's a sweet lass, red hair, grey eyes and she's quite smart."
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"I think I heard about that guy, actually... I think he was involved with beginning the thing, actually. Beyond that I don't know. And I have maps, it's parts I'm looking for. I'd KILL to tinker with some of the pre war stuff I've seen in Yesha, and I can't imagine what I'd find in Anglea..."
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"Sounds like I girl I used to see back home, minus the smart bit, mine couldn't tell a gun from an engine!"
He laughs
"Should we leave now, or wait for this dust storm to settle?
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"Shaded, wait there, I got some pre war tech in my junker..."
He runs out of the tavern
He returns half an hour later, dragging a chest full of filters, gears and assorted machinery.
"Anything here take your fancy?"
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"Oh Anglea probably has the most intact pre-wr tech of all the factions, the Order is the only one that may rival the Republic, but they have different kinds of tech. The trick would be getting any out, they dont have prisons in Anglea, you pay in blood or coin. And trying to smuggle out tech would at least mean you loose a hand. Possibly your head, that is unless you could match they're price, which i doubt."
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"Well we may as well hunker down here for the night, sandstorm should have cleared by morning."
Takes one more swig of booze then unstrapping his riffle he goes back to the couch from the first night
"I suggest you dont wake me unless its an emergency, Roxane has been feeling stir crazy lately, dont want to accidently shoot one of you."
Falls onto couch in the same position before ready to shoot, and with the bayonet pointed down
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"I don't appreciate being poked, [George]."
*Climbs up onto a bar stool and resumes Stone form.*
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"Sorry...Koali..."
He looks around, before climbing into a chair and falling asleep
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As the morning sets in, there is almost no trace of the dust storm, giving the bar's inhabitants, now used to the atmosphere duststorm brought, an unsettlingly quiet enviroment. A little after morning, when most already have started chattering, a figure slams the door open.
It's Nathaniel, he cracks a grin despite his rather untidy clothes and messy hair leaking past his hat, his weapon holsters appear wet, indicating somewhat of a usage, "Ladies and Gents, Keb industries formally apologizes for the delay, we've experienced technical issues including a bad case of being kidnapped. Shall we keep it short and head off or would I have to explain?"
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*Awakens from Stone.*
"Kidnapping? Do tell!"
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"Aw, shucks. My pants are bloody wet for crying out loud, but alright. Apparently I was drunk and out last night, ended up getting in the hands of two arashi hoodlums. When I woke up I had, naturally, several questions. Such as, "Why am I kidnapped, "strapped" on a chair but not tied in the least bit?" Or "Why do I still have a flintlock in my pocket left?" And "Should I use it to simpy hold them at gunpoint and turn them into the authorities?" I couldnt answer all but the last, you get the story. Oh, and I've found that they actually have had ties all along, just didnt wrap their head around, say, wrapping it on me. It's amazing the kinds of mistakes these amateurs do. Had to get dirty between the rain and the duststorm to bring them in, unfortunately. Oh, did I mention there was rain too? Much to the dismay of my fine overalls. I've spent the rest of the night in the local watch's office. Now I need a new shoe, and a new pair of spare pants that I'll never use, most likely. I didn't expect anything above them to be intact but I'll take what I can get."
**He limps towards the stairs by the side of the bar, "I'll be up in my bunk. Any more questions?"
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*Shaded finally pops his head out of the bags, spreading out a variety of parts.*
"These engine parts are like nothing Ive ever seen... And this barrel extension would improve accuracy on my revolver... Old gatling gears, beautifully smithed, these would tighten the spread by a helluva lot... And finally these nozzles and tubes, along with this miniature blast furnace, should make the Tartarus easier to build and increase power! I'll take it ALL."
*He starts to count out an esfimate, absently remarking,*
"I'm ready whenever you are. Got my kit in my coat."
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Jolting awake when keb barged in Carn lowers his rifle
"The sooner we leave the better, if we dont leave within 3 days, im going to have to head out on my own."
Nods to George
"Got me some more crew, he's my secondary pilot, that way i can have some fun on the guns."
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"Good, good, I'll be crewing on a Squid. Ready."
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"We may have to wait a few hours at least, i dunno if hes just going to change or if hes going to try and catch some sleep."
(by the way george and shaded, hilter fought in WW1 but he didn't start it, WW1 was known as the great war and is considered the war that started this mess in GOIO)
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My apologies for being relatively inactive as of late, I'm doing a Ford defensive driving thing.
"I have an idea! If we can fold up the miniship small enough, I can store it with my arsenal!"
I also think we should name it something, like "The Squidlet" or something. (I had a Squidlet in the Red Button thread)
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(good luck man)
"Its not constructed yet, I just drew up the first draft of schematics yesterday, we would need the parts first, trouble would be getting an engine and helm small enough. Balloon and hull will be relatively easy. And i was planning on it being at least somewhat collapsible, that way it can fit in a ships hold."
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**Nathaniel comes down in a hurry rather awkwardly expressing a question, [Carn], can you recall how many we've recruited for the job?" He seems to be in almost no shape of comfort.
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tapping his chin
"Shaded wants to crew on a squid, Koali and George want to join, George signed the contract aswell, you said you had a few crew members right? I believe we have enough for 2 ships, not sure we can stick around to wait for another."
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"Nope, we cant. Don't wanna miss the contract day, we're rolling with two ships now, all that talk about squid piloting must've scared everyone off."
**He pushes past the door, "What are you waiting for? Let's get this started!" On: Rp Tavern Quest: The Delivery - https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,5889.new.html
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Defensive driving is done, I'd recommend 10/10 if it's in your area.
"How about a system of levers and pedals? Two levers, with the one on the left controlling thrust and the one on the right controlling lift. The pedals will be for steering."
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(its something i've had in mind)
"That sounds like a decent idea, we can figure it out as we go, you joining us or not?"
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"Join you? Oh, absolutely!"
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(go to the new quest thread, keb linked it)
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(i wrote you on it, dont worry)
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Once the quest is over and we return to the Tavern, we return to this thread, right?
*Everything is silent besides a lone chirping cricket. One of the kegs of Hellfire that Koali had set up to mellow suddenly belches a large fireball. There is a sizzling pop and the cricket goes silent.*
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(yep, though some groups may be going on more personal journey, aka carn and george going to kinforth, which as its not a massive quest we can post it in this thread with the prefix "meanwhile in kinforth" or we can incorporate it into the end of the quest somehow, perhaps they get another job heading them that way. but yes we will return here)
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*Another clockwork bartender rises behind the bar.*
"Can I get you anything to drink, [Mr. Goggles]?"
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"You guys sure have been busy. Sorry for the hiatus from the tavern. There were some mercenaries needs that needed to be taken care of in the Firnfield. A little matter of a wealthy businessman that needed to be taken hostage for a small group of freedom fighters. I'll just kick back in my chair, drink my drink, and relax."
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"Can I get you a refill, [Jester]?"
This clockwork bartender is active when Koali is out adventuring.
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"Sure. Why not. My glass is almost empty anyways. Whisky if you would kindly."
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Protip for everyone: Courier font is the automaton, default font is Koali.
*Fills the glass with scotch.*
"Now, sir, if you could wind me up a bit? I'm starting to run down."
*Turns around to show a slowly spinning key.*
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"Not a problem"
*Winds up the key until it can't go any further*
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"Thankyoumygoodsirit'ssokindofyoutowindupanoldautomatoninneedjustforthatyourdrinkisonthehousealthoughyoumighthaveoverwoundmeabitwhichmakesmefunctionfasterthannormalI'msureI'llbefineinamoment."
*Proceeds to pour a round of cocktails at lightning speed.*
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((YYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH))
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Go away, [Shaded], you aren't supposed to be here right now ;D
"AlrightMr.JesterIsuggestyoudrinkupbecauseKoali wouldn't want these to go to waste. Ah, it seems I'm back to normal.
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"Oh don't worry. I will drink till I have my fill and then keep going."
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"Well since I'm pretty much the only one here I might as well have a bit of fun."
*He walks out of the door and looks around for any stray pieces of metal, wood, and glass bottles in the area. He then enters back into the tavern and moves all of the furniture to a vacant room. He starts setting up a makeshift shooting range. The room becomes a close quarters shooting course. He exits the tavern and sets up wooden dummies for melee and throwing weapon practice. The time passes and eventually the light starts to fade. By then his work was complete.*
"Hopefully they aren't back soon. I'm not sure what they would think about this but oh well. More fun for me."
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"Just WHAT do you think you are doing, sir?"
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"Just some remodeling. Nothing much."
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"Wha- Remodeling? Oh, no, no, no, no, no, Koali wouldn't like this, he'll take my key if he sees this!"
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"Nah, I'll take the blame for it. But to do so I will have to lock you in a room and make it look like I did it by force."
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"Oh, very well, do what you must. Just don't damage me in the process!"
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"Don't worry. You'll just be locked in a room for some time."
*He shows the automaton to a room where he locks the robot inside.*
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*The crew that went on the quest returns to the Tavern.*
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*Opens the door and sees Jester's assault course.*
"Ahh, it's good to be- WHAT THE HEUGH HAPPENED IN HERE?!"
*The automaton's voice calls out, muffled by a door.*
"It wasn't my fault, sir! I couldn't stop him!"
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"Well now, this looks fun. Koali, why didn't you tell me you were planning on turning this place into a bar/shooting range? Oh and i suggest you start serving those steaks here, your a pretty good cook."
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"This wasn't my idea, and the clockwork can't lie, so who did this? Eh, in the meantime, I say we sit down and have some steak."
*Looks for a table. There are none, so Koali serves up the steaks at the bar.*
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"While your doing that, i'll test out this carbine." Proceeding to test out the carbine he picked up in Naufrage carn starts blasting "Good, this will do nicely."
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"Gimme a medium rare, please!"
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"They're all medium rare, I ran out of time."
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"they done?"
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"Surprise! Don't worry. All of the original furniture has just been moved to a vacant room and remains intact."
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*Munching on a steak speared with a large fork, Shaded speaks up.*
"I like the course, but I also liked being able to sit down. Maybe build an extension out back? Like an awning?"
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proceeds to stab the steak with a large boot knife then tear bites off while shooting "Eh, this is more fun, could like make a basement and have this down there with another bar."
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Note that these are fat, juicy steaks.
*Sits at the bar, slowly eating the steak with a knife and fork.*
"Mm, good marinade. Shame I only got one jar... Carn and Shaded, I expected you two to have better table manners than that."
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".......Shaded i can understand, but me? Really? I'm trying to test out this carbine, i am also hungry, there is also nobody here who i am trying to impress."
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*Looks sternly at Carn.*
"You're getting married at some point. You'd better get into the habit of eating like a gentleman."
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"Oh I know HOW, and i can and have, but this is guy time, guy time when i am also testing my future wifes new gun."
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"Oh, you bought that as a gift?"
*Somehow manages to give Carn the thumbs up without actually having fingers.*
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"Koali think about it, i always have the rather large rifle which i have named Roxane across my back, and a large boarding axe, beyond that, well i dont even count all the other stuff you cant see. Why would i need another gun i cant put in my boot or up my sleave or in a pocket? As i said, she can outshoot me, and she's been looking for a new gun. This combined with the fact that i now own a ship, will hopefully keep me out of the doghouse for being a little late."
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"Carn, think about it, I have little to no relationship experience. This combined with the fact that I'm not even sure there are more of my species in this plane of existence kinda puts a damper on things. I honestly thought that you simply adhered to More Gun = More Fun and thus desired another weapon."
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"Well i can't entirely fault you on that, wait THIS plane of existence? How many are there?"
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"No idea, I thought it was just a figure of speech. But there must be at least two, one for this world and one for my stomach."
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"Please, i hope your stomach isn't the afterlife."
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"Not what I meant! Let's not get into existential discussions, it's late and I'm sleepy."
*Assumes Stone form.*
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George calmly looks over.
"If there were more of you Koali, I would love to dissect one of you. Is that fatal for your species?"
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"So does anyone want to introduce me to the new guy?"
*Motioning to George*
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*Awakens from Stone form.*
"I dunno, George, but you're welcome to try me."
*George reluctantly makes a cut with a scalpel, but...*
"Ah, I had a feeling something like this would happen."
*There is no damage from the scalpel, as if it hadn't touched Koali at all.*
"I think I might be immortal."
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waking up smelling of steak, gunpowder, and hellfire "Ugh, i need to stop falling asleep in here."
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*Having long since finished the steak, Shaded shrugs.*
"I have to have impeccable manners during trade negotiations, and I get tired of it. I like to pig out every once in a while."
*Surprised at the fact Koali didn't die, he makes a remark.*
"Maybe you need Critical Existence Failure?"
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sniffing himself briefly "Is there a shower here? Or like a bucket of clean water and a cloth? 1 week of crashing, combat, hellfire, napalm, and other things have left me smelling a tad ripe."
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"Koali, how long have you, ya' know...been conscious...?"
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(To jester)
"Ah, hello!"
George holds out his hand
"I'm George Coutts, founder and currently only existing member of Coutts industries, maker and supplier of crafts and curiosities. Here."
George hands Jester a contraption.
"Take this for free, I can easily make more."
George pushes the button on the back, and the tiny automaton spring to life. It appears scared of itself, and tries to run away before George deactivates it.
"I used a tiny amount of blue matter to give it sentience. It won't stop being scared of everything though."
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grabbing a random bottle from behind the counter "Anyone care to join me for Booze Roulette? And what blue matter is this?"
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"Blue matter...it's the same sorta stuff that was used to power the automaton band I told you about a few days ago. It is basically what holds reality together, and gives inanimate objects sentience. I wouldn't be surprised if that robotic bartender had some in him. Unless he is pre programmed with responses. It's totally different from green matter...similar properties, except that it doesn't give try sentience, only what is commanded of whatever it is put into. Good for slaves and the like."
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"Piece of advice, dont mess with the fabric of reality. Where do you get this stuff anyways?" taking a swig from the bottle "Huh, rum." swallows half the bottle in one gulp "Ah thats good."
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"The guy traveling with the droids sold me a huge lump of it, Peter Walker or somesuch. It weighs next to nothing, so I bought a huge amount of it. Wouldn't tell me how he got it though."
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"Well we need to do some planning for Kinforth, i can make do with just one more person, but id prefer a full crew." (i was planning on just doing a tangent in this thread and just jump to Kinforth and just have a bit of dialogue when we are there, then return)
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"I LOVE Old World tech, count me in. Your fiance sounds like a nice girl, too."
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"Piece of advice in Kinforth, do not try and smuggle out tech. Its a capital offence, you'll loose your hand at the very least. By all means you can buy it legally, but dont try and smuggle any out."
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*Shaded bristles and says in an angry tone,*
"What do you take me for? Some common thief? I am a legitimate businessman, you know."
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"Dude, i never said you were a thief, but we did just smuggle stuff into the empire, and i say that because since i'd have to vouch for you, any crime you commit there, i'd get the same punishment."
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George puts the blue matter back inside his pocket.
"Koali, do you know if your automaton runs on this junk?"
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"That's moving things, it's just a common shipment with increased risk. Smuggling stolen goods, however, is not something I take part in."
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"Hey, even if we didn't do that job i'd tell you that, Angleans are a tad xenophobic. They dont trust outsiders a lot, and they dont have the resources for prisons. The price we pay for making our home in a harsh environment."
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*Takes George's hand and gives a firm shake.*
"Nice to meet you George. The name's Jester Schulz or The Grinning Jester of Crimson. I prefer Jester. I'm a raider, adventurer, and most recently mercenary. My ship goes to the highest bidder. Just not to the Baronies. I refuse to work with the people who hunted me and imprisoned me. Unique items are what I collect so this is perfect."
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"If you want some unique items than I am the man you are looking for."
George opens his bag and pulls out some of his contraptions.
"Most of my stuff is back on my ship, but feel free to have a look at what I have here, just let me know if you see anything you like."
There is a auto firing gun, a battery of what appears to be full of lightning, a book named "Requirement" and of course, the lump of blue matter.
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"Piece of advice in Kinforth, do not try and smuggle out tech. Its a capital offence, you'll loose your hand at the very least. By all means you can buy it legally, but dont try and smuggle any out."
"Oh, excellent! I don't have hands to begin with!"
(To George:) "No idea what you mean by 'conscious,' but the bartender is pure clockwork. Speaking of which, he probably needs to be wound up again."
(Muffled by a door:) "In... deed... sir... I... re... quire... wind... ing...
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"I've got the bartender." winds key up to the correct amount "Sheesh, look at these gears, looks like somebody over wound you. And Koali, given what you are, they'd probably experiment on you."
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"I'd like to see them try! But, I'd hate attack a man of science."
"Thank you, Mr. Carn."
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"No problem my good automaton. And Koali i understand it would be very difficult to contain you, doesn't mean they wouldn't try. I'm merely giving you guys a cursory warning before any of you go there, speaking of which you in Koali?"
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"Koali, can your automaton think for itself?"
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"Dude, i can guarantee, that none of thee automatons in Kinforth run on that blue stuff, and we have a lot of them, and some of them are sentient to a degree. Also Koali i see i design flaw in your guy, he cant wind himself, also what is his name?"
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"Perhaps Carn, but are they as intelligent as you or I? Blue matter bots are, as long as they have time to learn. Also, don't be mistaken, blue matter isn't used as a fuel, it's used as a brain of sorts for inanimate objects, no need for cables or wires, other than ones that would serve as bones or muscles."
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"Sounds like something best left in the Earth, learn from the past George, there are things that should stay buried."
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"But it can create new life! Watch!"
George looks inside his bag and pulls out a small metal man, and inserts a small amount of blue matter into it. The recently made automaton immediately awakens, and sits rather contently in George's palm.
"See? This science is harmless, and this technology didn't even contribute to the fall. The blue hair and pasty white complexion of their engineers is nothing to worry about. Think about all of the people this science could help!"
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"George, any technology designed to help, can be reverse engineered to kill. I've seen it done, plus, what if someone teaches an automaton to hate. Teach them all the negative aspects of humanity, i guarantee you that wont end well, and that it will happen at some point."
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Bruh. That blue stuff's Phazon from Metroid Prime. Don't touch it, you'll get cancer.
Or is it the blue stuff from Astro Boy?
"The automaton can think for himself, but he doesn't have a name. He can't wind himself, because that would break the laws of physics-- Infinite energy, as it were."
Oh, and I'm 3D modeling the Prometheus right now.
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"Why not give him a name? If you wont I will."
(dude thats awesome)
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(Promethus was punished by the gods for giving the gift of knowledge to man...he was cast into the bowels of the earth to be pecked by birds...)
"Still, watch this...Carn, have you got anything that is hollow and metal?"
(Also the blue matter is based on...blue matter...from the Walterverse. The three singing animatronics are based on them aswell.)
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The reason for calling it "The Prometheus" is because Prometheus brought fire to the humans.
The Prometheus Heavy Flamethrower is built to bring the fire to your enemies.
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"Do pistols count?" (specifically Prometheus was punished for giving the knowledge of fire to man, and the exact punishment was having his liver torn out each day, as he was an immortal it kept growing back)
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"Yeah a pistol would count, pass it here."
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pulling out a derringer pistol froom his boot, and then completely unloading it he hands it to George, who was giving him an odd look "What? You bring that thing to life i dont want it shooting me."
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George remains silent, and places a small amount of blue matter in the ammo slot. Almost instantly the gun begins screaming, although without a mouth, an echoey moan emanates from the barrel.
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"It's less about the gun miraculously being able to do things that it couldn't before, it merely gives the thing sentience. If you do it with something that doesn't have limbs it won't be able to move. Likewise, if you don't give it joins it's won't be able to move it's limbs. You have to create everything for it to use."
George throws the screaming pistol back to Carn.
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"Umm, easy there little guy." silently mouthing to George "Can you make it stop screaming?"
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"Eh, you could probably just pull out the blue thing. What is it, anyway? A chunk of soul?"
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"DO NOT PULL OUT THE BLUE THING!"
George takes the pistol out of Carn's hands and ejects the blue matter safely using an electric contraption, the pistol stops screaming.
"You can't just rip it out, you have to disable it first. And Koali, no, it's not really, but I guess it's what makes up souls. It's basically the material that holds all of reality together."
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"HOLDS ALL OF REALITY TOGETHER?! Hold on, this is for science."
*Grabs a small piece of the stuff.*
"May I?"
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"I heard that someone ripped the core out once without disabling it first."
George sketches something on paper.
"This happened..."
George shows them the paper.
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"Yes Koali, to ahead."
George separates a small chunk of the blue matter and hands it to Koali.
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"Here goes!"
*Eats the blue matter.*
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"First, i am glad that i no longer have a gun that screams and would probably insult me on how my boot smells, secondly Koali for the love of the Skies DO NOT EAT THE FABRIC OF REALITY. What have you done?"
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KOALI NO! DO NOT EAT THE FABRIC OF REALITY! DO YOU HAVE ANY CLUE WHAT THAT COULD DO?!
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"If we all die because of this, i am going to haunt both of your assess."
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*Miraculously, no adverse effects occur. Koali even stays pink!*
"... Huh. I guess that didn't change much."
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"I guess I'll never see that again..."
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"Seriously, you don't want to die in a blue matter explosion. Imagine your soul slowly and painfull being ripped apart from your physical form, and times it by ten. Then again, green matter is worse.
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"Hey, it was a small piece. But still, do you really want it back? I promise it won't be gross."
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"Yeah, i would haunt your ass. Well, i do wonder what red matter would do to him."
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Err...depending on what it would consist of, sure. Also, koali, how old are you?
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"Jesus, don't even get me started on red matter..."
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I ain't giving my real age, and Koali has no idea.
"I just wanted to see if I could play with the fabric of the universe, like wrinkling it up to bring a destination closer for fast travel or giving you guys your own pocket dimensions."
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"Oh, i know where and how to harvest red matter, and how to refine it."
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"That sounds like a terrible idea."
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"Here is an example of what you can creates with blue matter and green matter respectively."
George begins to sketch on his paper.
"As you can see, blue matter creates true intelligence, although is limited to smaller creations. Green matter however can be used to creature hulking monstrosities, but require human pilots. Trust me, it doesn't end well for the pilots. They normally end up fused inside."
(Attached is a blue matter creation, green matter wouldn't send)
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chuckling "As for red matter, that can do a number of things, including erasing the effects of blue matter."
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"What do you mean you don't know koali? When did you first gain consioussness? When is your first memory?"
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"How do you know that Carn? You didn't even Joe blue matter existed earlier today?"
George holds up his electronic contraption.
Inside here is a pinprick of red matter. I don't dare use anymore."
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(man this thread is getting into some deep shit)
"As for the pilot getting fused inside, well the Anglean military has fixed some of the issues regarding green matter. I had forgoten about it ok? As i've told you, i've seen a lot of weird things out there, sorry if i cant always remember or talk about anglean military experiments"
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(Jesus Christ, talk about headcanon, I wonder if muse would hire us to come up with the lore, xD)
"Understandable, a lot a crazy shit in this crazy world. Hey Koali, you want some blue matter for your automaton?"
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"Nah, he works fine on clockwork. I'd be willing to bet that there's something out there that can shut down blue, red, and green matter, like this."
*George's tiny automaton collapses, and all the blue matter loses its glow.*
"Wait, what? I can do that?"
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"Dont tell me has some.......... black matter?"
(dude i am a lorehound, i would love to get paid to do this :D)
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"Nonetheless, I wouldn't go within 30 feet of a lump of green matter, I don't trust it one bit. Typically, green matter is used more for constructs of war. Blue matter is used more for everyday uses, of course, there are obviously exceptions."
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"Dark...Matter...I thought it was a myth..."
George States the above on almost a dreamlike state.
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"Nah, I think the blue matter I swallowed fused with my body."
*The blue matter begins to glow again and George's automaton reawakens.*
"Yup, it did."
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"Yeah i said military experiments George, there were plenty of things frozen in the glaciers. I've heard rumors of black matter, supposedly all the others come from it, its literally the source matter."
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"I can't believe all of this tech is just out there...waiting to be found..."
George places his small automaton on the table.
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"Tech? It's really more like weird natural minerals than artificial tech..."
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"I meant the ancient experiments using it."
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pulling out an ammo clip from inside his coat "These are red matter bullets, these are for the more, screw it im probably gonna die anyway, moments." secures the clip back inside his jacket
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The Prometheus is coming along nicely. The Phobos is hard to make!
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(sweet)
"I actually had to use a clip of these once, not pretty."
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Here's what I have so far:
(http://i.imgur.com/eVrIaGe.jpg?1)
I'm gonna add racks for napalm kegs, along with the Hwacha's lion heads.
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(still think dragon heads would be better, a manticore breathes fire and has a lions head, prometheus was a titan, but dragon head look cooler then a humanlike head)
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Ah, but this is Koali's Prometheus. His has lion heads.
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"Yeah this is getting too complex for my taste. If you need me I'll be outside practicing with Shikabane."
*Exits out the door to practice on the wooden dummies.*
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"Shika what?, Eh may aswell work with Bloodsong." Proceeds to go to an area surrounded by the kind of wooded dummies that spin and will whack you
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*Pulls out a pair of nylon sparring wrenches.*
"Anyone wanna spar?"
And I'm talking long plumber-style wrenches.
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"Ehhh, i dont have anything thats safe to spar with, asides from hand to hand." puts axe back on belt and starts running the obstical course, which include flamethrowers in the floor, a labrynth of the wooden spining dummies, aswell as multiple other things.
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*Dons a fencing mask with armholes and holds out one of the wrenches.*
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"Well Koali, this is a tad short for me, however.." takes of Helmet and jacket "Its been awhile since i've sparred unarmed against an armed opponent."
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These are looong wrenches, the kind you use to loosen a giant rusty bolt, but made of hard nylon. Oh, and you're gonna want your helmet.
*Tosses Carn a wrench and assumes Posta di Fenestra.*
"Ready?"
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(Ahh, fair enough, but i dont speak french)
giving the wrench a few swings "Eh not bad balance, however..." notices a practice axe of a similar desing to Bloodsong. picking it up he gives it some swings "This is better for me, and im going to decline the helmet for now, cant always wear it." bringing his axe to the ready he faces Koali "Well now have at thee!" Rushes koali, holding the axe up close allowing for faster but less powerful blows
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Good guess, I actually am part French. However, I practice the Italian swordplay known as Fior di Battaglia, or Flower of Battle, which basically means Last Man Standing.
*Knocks the axe to the left and dodges right.*
"I just hope that thing isn't sharp!"
I'm not gonna fancy dance the whole time, though.
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(ah pretty cool man)
loosening his grip on the axe till it was at full reach, he swings left then pulls back to where his weapon has reach and koali's does not, as it is not as long as the axe "Its a practice axe, if i were going to use a sharpened blade, i'd just use Bloodsong."
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"I'd give Bloodsong the green light, as I'm apparently indestructible, but my clothes aren't."
*Sees what Carn is doing with the axe.*
"Aw, come on, just because I have short arms?!"
*Rushes in close where the axe's head can't hit him, aiming a thrust at Carn's thigh.*
I can't reach anything higher!
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as this is an axe and not a sharped object, carn brings his left arm crashing down, effectively swatting aside the wrench "Do you expect me to not use the advantages that nature provides me? Your clearly no amateur." choking his hold on the axe again, he brings the pommel down onto Koali "And if you are okay with me using Bloodsong, then use your own weapon in full."
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"Use my weapon in full? I am my weapon!"
*Before Carn has a chance to react, Koali throws aside his wrench and jumps on Carn, smothering him in pink fluff.*
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standing still and shaking carn says "I am trying really hard not to laugh." pries Koali of with left hand and holds him at shoulder height, then brings axe blade up to well........ the equivalent of where his throat would be "I think i win this one."
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*Barely suppresses a laugh.*
"I was never taught to fight properly, as nobody knew how to work with a sphere. That's why I rely on my guns... And my trusty old hammer!"
*Pulls out a large mallet.*
"And my sword!"
*Pulls out a sword.*
"And my... Well, you get the idea."
*Swipes a red paintbrush across Carn's throat, leaving a streak of paint.*
"Oh, and it seems you forgot one detail: your weapon doesn't work unless you use it! And I used mine, so I guess we're even."
*Hands Carn a wet washcloth.*
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laughing as he wipes the paint off he replies "As i effectively had you at what under normal conditions is a fatal position, i believe i win. However as you seem quite difficult to actually harm, this is a conundrum. As for fighting, well its rather hard to grapple when your almost completely a sphere. Now in a fight, if i threw you at them then that would be interesting."
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Koali is ridiculously light, but his Stone form is ridiculously heavy... A deadly throwing weapon indeed!
*Assumes Stone form without warning.*
G'night, everyone, see you in the morning!
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George walks to a back room and falls asleep in an over stuffed arm chair.
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waking up on a bench in the practice area Carn gets up and cracks his back "Man, Koali tell there is a shower in this place, you do not want to know what im smelling like right now."
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"I think I saw a hose in the courtyard outside."
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"I'll get a bucket. Trust me you do not want to know the combination smell of , gunsmoke, kerosene, booze, sweat, blood, and steak." grabs a bucket, soap, and washcloth and heads out back to at least wash his torso and shirt and jacket
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"Sounded quite nice actually."
George heads to the bar.
(To the robotic bartender) "You do tea here?"
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half on hour later Carn comes out and while not smelling like flowers, he no longer smells like he spent a week in the deepest parts of hell
"Thats somewhat better."
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"We have tea, sir. What kind would you like?
*Rigs up a shower.*
"Here you go, Carn!"
"..."
"Oh, you're already done."
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"I'll probably have an actuall shower later man, i just washed the upper body, and i still smell like i crawled out of the burren."
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(To the bartender)
Hmm...I'll just have a regular please, milk but no sugar."
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"So George.... ever see what a red matter bullet can do?"
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"Not really...but I can imagine..."
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"Regular tea, yes, but of what variety? We have chrysanthemum, Earl Grey, and others."
"Do you have any extra? Red matter, I mean?"
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"Earl Grey would be great, thanks."
(To Koali)
"I have a small amount of red matter, do you want to have a look at it?"
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*Adds some tea leaves to a teapot.*
"It depends on what you mean by 'look' at it. I'm gonna see if I can develop control of red matter, like I did with the blue."
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"Yeah go ahead"
George carefully hands Koali a minute amount of red matter.
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"Is there anything I should know about it before I eat it?"
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"Never mix red matter with blue, red matter nullifies the effects of blue, every attempt to mix them has ended in catastrophe. As for red matter bullets, follow me." walks off to the range
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"Total matter-antimatter annihilation? Eh, no biggie."
*Pops the red matter into his mouth, hops off his stool, and follows Carn out to the range.*
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setting up his target, which is a 2 inch thick steel armor plate set in front of several sandbags and in front of a thick brisk wall. "This will just show you what it does to inanimate objects, things that are alive, well as i've said it negates blue matter, which all living things have." taking out the ammo clip and fitting it into Roxane he sets up "I'm only going to use the one bullet, i know how to make more, but its an absolute pain." slowing his breathing and heartbeat he takes aim and pulls the trigger, the bullet bores through the armor plate like a hot iron through ice, goes through all the sandbags and then the brick wall, which thankfully there where no buildings on the other side, just the empty burren "I was really hoping that would be enough to stop it."
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"Apparently it wasn't."
*Walks over and stands where the target was.*
"I know you only wanted to use one bullet, but can you try and shoot me?"
Trust me.
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"Koali, no. I had to shoot a guy with one of these before, as we all know now, every living thing in this world has blue matter, including you. Red matter wipes out the effects of blue matter. What happened to the guy was it basically tore out his soul, then rapidly corroded his body. He was just a puddle of goop and ash afterwards."
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"Dude, I just infused myself with red matter. I can control the stuff now, watch!"
*Carn's bullets lose their glow, then turn blue, then fade, then finally turn red again.*
"Well dang, that seems overpowered."
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"Carn, just shoot the pink ball of thing"
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"Yeah no, i've only got the one clip to begin with, and these things are a pain to make when i have all the equipment, let alone in the field."
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"Oh, OK then."
*Goes off in search of a snack.*
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Progress report for the Prometheus: Loading mechanism has been added, flame nozzle and protective cover are still required.
(http://i.imgur.com/UHN23gW.jpg?1)
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(sweeeeeet)
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replacing his clip with normal rounds, he also points to where the bullet went through "If you will notice, that armor is already corroding, same with the fabric of the sandbags, and the bricks. Thankfully the red matter dissipates about 2 minutes after leaving the barrel. I'll think I'll join you for lunch Koali."
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"I have never seen that in my life. Helluva thing, those are."
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"Thats just a rifle bullet, theres rumors of artillery warheads being developed." while talking to shaded and the others, Carn does not notice the door opening and a young woman enter. seeing him she walks up behind him and promptly smacks him in the back of the head
(woman) "Drinking! You've been drinking out in the middle of nowhere? I THOUGHT YOU WERE DEAD!!!
turning around Carn grabs a bottle to whack what he at first thinks is some punk, then realizes its his infuriated fiance
(Carn) Ingur? "What? How?"
(Ingur) "I thought you were dead! I was coming to try and find your body!"
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*Shaded quietly sips at his moonshine, making himself as unnoticeable as he can and watching the show.*
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(Carn) "The ship i was on crashed near here, i did a job and i've been trying to get a crew to come and get you"
(Ingur) "Oh really? And what kind of job would that be?"
(Carn) "Uhhhhhh, smuggling chaladonian contraband into the Empire."
(Ingur) takes in a breath to go on another tirade
(Carn) "Which i did, with little trouble, and on my own ship."
(Ingur) ".......Your own what?"
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I understand you're the one writing as Ingur, but she's a WOMAN. If you win this argument, you're a legend.
*Peeks out from behind Carn.*
"Yeah, his very own Goldfish with a custom gun by yours truly! The name's Koali!"
*Walks over to Ingur and extends a hand, then reconsiders.*
"... Maybe this isn't the best time."
*Goes and sits next to Shaded.*
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(Ingur) "Well then that is, interesting. However, that does not excuse the fact that i thought you were dead you big oaf!"
(Carn) "I got you a new gun, lever action carbine."
(Ingur) "Oh dont think i haven't forgotten about the smuggling, why did you feel you needed to do that?"
(Carn) "Because i wouldn't be able to pay any crew i hired with the amount i had left."
(Ingur) "Well i hoped you got a decent profit if nothing else!" sarcasm speach
(Carn) "Altogether, after buying the carbine, roughly 1500 gold"
(Ingur) "We are not done this converstion. Now what kind of gun would this be?"
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"Oh, the custom gun on the Valkyrie? Well, I have a question first. Do you have any tragic fire-related events in your past? I wouldn't want to bring too much back."
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(Ingur) "Not at all"
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"Well, miss, if you and Carn will follow me outside, I can show you."
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the two follow Koali
(Ingur) "What is this creature?"
(Carn) "His name is Koali and he calls himself a kirby, beyond that talk to him, i stopped trying to understand."
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*There is a small abandoned shack.*
"Now, watch closely."
*Opens mouth and releases twin jets of napalm that annihilate the shack.*
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(Ingur) "Well that is impressive, but how does that apply to a ships gun?"
(Carn) "He ate one of the two he made, now he can do that, the other is on my ship."
(Ingur) "He ATE it? What?"
(Carn) "Koali, help me out here."
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"Well, I didn't quite eat it. I have some kind of internal armory... I still have no idea how or why. The flamethrower in my mouth has lion heads, and Carn's has dragon heads. The one on his ship, I mean. He doesn't have an internal armory."
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(Ingur) "You obviously haven't been around him aftter hes had chaladonian food."
(Carn) "I dont like it, and it doesn't like me, what can i say."
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I'm gonna assume it's spicy?
"Well, it's what I made after trying to make Hellfire and ending up with napalm... Friendly bit of advice, never drink napalm. It's, ah, quite strong."
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(Ingur) "I'll keep that in mind"
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The Hwacha's lion heads are NOT easy to make. I can't quite nail the eyes.
*Turns to show Ingur the Prometheus.*
"Don't worry, I'm not gonna burn you."
*Opens mouth, displaying the Prometheus.*
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(Carn) "How about instead of pointing that at her, we just take her to the Valkyrie?"
(Ingur) "I think i like that plan more"
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*Claps mouth shut.*
"Good idea, I hadn't thought of that."
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I keep imagining a Galleon with the H.Gat and the H.Flamer on the same side... It's utterly glorious.
"I plan to comission one myself soon, actually. In any case, we've heard lots of stories about you. Carn was rather eager to return to you... Ingur, correct? Nice to meet you. My name is [ShadedExalt], trader, mercenary, and gentleman. We were actually just waiting for the last of the crew to show up and then we were planning on heading to Anglea.'
BTW, Koali, amazing job with the Prome. On an unrelated note, the ultimate support Goldfish gun AKA the Tartarus, is about 3 days in-RP from having a useable prototype to mount and kill shit with.
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Thanks! I've got the eyebrows of the Hwacha head down, now for those GOSH DANG JOWLS. GRRRRRRRR. For now, I present it to you completely jowl-free for your viewing pleasure.
(http://i.imgur.com/091Smsn.jpg?1)
And here with the mouth open to show the flame nozzle.
(http://i.imgur.com/HVhBXVQ.jpg?1)
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For the love of bacon how did I miss those jowls?
I honestly didn't even see them.
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Perhaps because I wasn't up to making them tonight? Lel jk I'm sure you're talking about the actual Hwacha.
*Turns to stone, leaving Ingur unsure how to react.*
Here's a picture of the actual Hwacha for jowl reference.
(http://i.imgur.com/QmAWnWD.png)
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after the interesting conversations of the night, Ingur and Carn returned to the Valkyrie, which Carn demonstrated, afterwards they had a LONG talk, and Carn gave Ingur his bunk for the night as he was unable to sleep.
(Carn) "Well this has been an interesting turn of events....."
(yeah sorry guys, had to go to sleep, that flamer looks freaking awesome Koali)
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"Indeed. I still can't figure out how they managed to hammer forge the jowls on those lion heads. It must have been tough."\
It wasn't easy, but I did it! I HAVE THE JOWLS!!!
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(huzzah)
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(Sorry if I've been absent guys, I've been on a Mil-Sim, it looks like I've gone 30 rounds with Mike Tyson)
George wakes up after sleeping for the last few days.
"Hey...Carn...what did I m...who's this?"
George gestures to Ingur.
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(Carn) "Remember that fiance I told you I had back in Kinforth? Yeah she got tired of waiting."
(Ingur) "I told you i though you were dead and came for your body!"
(Carn) "Eh, same thing."
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FEAST YOUR EYES
(http://i.imgur.com/LeeXcKj.jpg)
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(MY EYES HAVE BEEN FEASTED)
(Also, Carn, if you are willing to divulge this infomation, is there a special someone in your real life?)
"Ah, fair enough"
George holds out his hand.
"Pleasure to meet you, my names George Coutts, innovator and founder of Coutts industries, born a Barony and Raised a Merchant."
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(thats beautiful Koali, and sadly no george i do not)
(Ingur) "At least some people here have manners."
(Carn) "Hey, Koali was nice to you."
(Ingur) "He pointed a monstrous flame thrower at me."
(Carn ".........Point taken"
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(Welcome to the singles club...*sobs horrifically*)
George clicks his back and fingers.
"I'll be right back, just need to check some things with my junker."
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turning to Carn, Ingur asks "Now what was that about a new gun for me?"
(Carn) "Ah yes" rumages around and finds the carbine "found it in a gunsmiths shop in Naufrage, lever action and can be shot one handed, relatively accurate for me, so a deadeye with you, and remarkably light." hands gun over
(Ingur) goes through a process that is far simpler then i looks of checking out the gun "Definitely lighter than Roxane, thank you. Most guys buy flowers when they know they are in trouble."
(Carn) "Do i act like most guys?"
(Ingur) kissing him on the cheek she replies "No you dont, thats why i like you."
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(Everyone): "Awww~"
"Ah, yes, my apologies for the flamethrower."
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(Carn) "Allright, who wants to have a shooting competition? I've got 50 gold on Ingur."
(Ingur) "Only 50?"
(Carn) "Got to have enough for emergencies."
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(George comes running in)
"Shitshitshitshtishitshit"
George slams the door shut.
"Carn, barricade the windows!"
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"SWEET JEEBUS, MAN, WHAT'S OUT THERE?!"
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"We have a large amount of things going on at once, one, there appears to be a group of pirates attacking the town, two, that crazy doctor turned up again, he's got more corpses, and three, I may have accidently dropped a jar of green matter on the massive bronze statue of the lion out there..."
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*Rolls eyes.*
"Alright, got any extra green matter?"
I can put that lion on our side, dude!
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slamming a table in front of the door, and bringing down the shutter Carn remarks "1, what the bloody hell were you doing with a jar of green. 2, how many corpses did you see? 3, how many ships, and were there any markings on the pirates or there ships?"
(Ingur) "Crazy doctor? AND GREEN MATTER? What the hell are you carrying that stuff for?"
(Carn) "Yeah, i didn't know you had green, you showed me the blue, and you claimed to have a tiny amount of red. AND A FREAKING LION?"
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"Guys... I'm indestructible, remember? Hop into my mouth if you wanna live."
(http://a.dilcdn.com/bl/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2014/06/Nigel-the-Pelican-offers-to-help-Marlin-and-Dory.jpg)
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"I was bringing the green matter back here to be safe, then when I noticed the corpses, there are about 30 by the way, I started running back to here, then I got shot at by pirate galleon, and the green matter flew out of my hand and hit the statue!"
George begins barricading the windows.
"I saw at least five galleons, maybe seven squids, and a few pyramideons, there could be more though."
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"I am not climbing into you Koali!"
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"My only other bit of green matter is back at my junker!"
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(Ingur) "I dont climb into entities i have just met."
(Carn) too busy swearing about the number of ships and undead to do anything else but fortify for about half a minute "Ingur..... did you happen to bring any of the experimental rounds?"
(Ingur) "Are you sure you trust them with those?"
(Carn) "Yes, but its our best chance anyways, i already showed them the clip i had."
(Ingur) muttering about "boys showing off their toys" she distributes clips of red matter bullets
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George runs around in the backgrounds carrying crates of explosives and blue matter.
"Koali, can I borrow your bartender?!"
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"Depends. What for?"
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George holds up a rocket launcher and a lump of blue matter.
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(Carn) rummaging around in a crate he starts pulling out body armor "So glad i moved some stuff into here, suit up people. It seems our best will be to fight our way to the docks, George and Koali go for your junker, Ingur and I will go for the Valkyrie."
(Ingur) "I'll drive thank you very much."
(Carn) "Just get me within 50 meters, but no closer then 10."
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"Alright!"
*Hops on George's back.*
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"Koali, I'm going to throw you, ok?"
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(Carn) tosses around body armor to the group, even a helmet to Koali, though it turns into almost full body armor on him. "George do whatever your going to do in 5, after that we are moving."
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George shoves the blue matter into the automaton and hands it the rocket launcher. As this automaton can move and express itself, it merely blinks. Due to it's half-sentience before, it quickly learns and begins to fire at the undead.
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George tosses some red matter into Koali and throws him at the undead.
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"W- W- WAIT, WHAT THE FU-"
*Explosion.*
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"Sorry!"
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(Carn) his voice reverting to full sergeant mode due to the situation he bellows "LETS MOVE IT PEOPLE!!!" kicking open the door he immediately takes point
(Ingur) "Hes both hot and annoying when he's like this." she follows taking the position behind and to his right, carbine at the ready
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George grabs the closest undead and shoves some blue matter down it's throat. The endoskeleton inside rips itself out of the corpse and begins to tear up the others.
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(Carn) having switched his ammo for red matter bullets, he has switched to full automatic mode on his rifle, this combined with the endoskeleton George has set on them, assure that they are down within minutes "Lets get to the docks people! We still have pirates in the skies!"
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"Wait, what am I doing?!"
*Concentrates. The red matter begins to fade, but still retains some glow.*
"I can't totally shut it down! This should slow them down, but not by much!"
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"It's ok Koali, just do your best!"
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reaching the docks the group finds it filled with pirates busy pillaging, seeing several of them on the Valkyrie Carn promptly fills them with bullets "Didn't anyone tell you its impolite to board a mans vessel without permission?"
(Ingur) hoping up to the helm, she starts the engines, while Carn readies, the Prometheus
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"Koali, stick with me!"
George runs to "The Bolted Nut", George's junker.
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*Opens mouth and reveals not a gun, but a glowing core of red and blue energy.*
Huh. What's this?
*Fires a colossal beam of red and blue energy, wiping out a Pirate Galleon.*
"Ew. That tasted disgusting, I probably won't do that again. Oh, uh, George? That new hairdo is on the house."
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The two ships begin their aerial attack upon the pirate fleet
(Ingur) "Gah, what have you been doing to these engines?"
(Carn) "You do not want to know! Galleon ahead, they haven't spotted us, opening fire!" unleashing the hellstorm that is the Prometheus Carn lights u the sky
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George continues running, but his hand shoots up and extinguishes his smouldering hair.
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finishing off the Galleon, the couple move off to light up the squids which and running fly bys over the town, causing massive damage
(Carn) "How do you feel about seefood tonight honey?"
(Ingur) "Ha. Ha. Shut up and shoot already!
(Carn) "Yes ma'am!"
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George runs and slides into his junker, and rips a tarp off of an object. The object is humanoid. The tarp comes off and a combat droid is revealed underneath. George begins to start it up.
"I found him over in the Yesha Empire. He was created years ago, intended to be used as a weapon in the Great War. However, the world turned to dust before he was ever used, good for me though. He's model 0110 Prime, only working one I could find. Oh, and one more thing, I've tried, blue matter doesn't work properly on him, don't know why."
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*Arms a Heavy Flak.*
"That thing goes rogue and I'll take it out."
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(Carn) "Pyras charging in on the port bow!"
(Ingur) "I see them, repositioning!"
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"It won't"
The automatons eyes glow slightly red when George turns it on.
0110 Prime: Starting system reset
0110 Prime: Date; 99999999999 *Bzzzzk*
0110 Prime: Mission; destroy Germanic threat
0110 Prime: Location; Eastern Berlin
0110 Prime: Model Zero One One Zero Prime...is Online.
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George grins like a manic.
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"Germanic threat? Eastern Berlin? Jeez, George, did you hit it in the face with a history textbook?"
*Swaps to Lumberjack and snipes a Pyra's balloon.*
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(Carn) "Mind avoiding the bullets sweety?" hearing a click behind him he glances back to see Ingur at the helm pointing the carbine at him
(Ingur) "What was that, honey?"
(Carn) "Nothing!"
(Ingur) "Thats what i thought"
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"That wasn't me programming it Koali, that's just what it was meant to be fighting. It just refers to hostiles as that."
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*A Heavy Carronade slug whizzes past Carn's ear on its path between the various components of the Valkyrie on its way to an enemy Pyra's main engine.*
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(Carn) grabing the radio he yells "Mind trying to not shoot us Koali? And George, get that tub of yours airborne!"
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*Yells into the radio.*
"You sure? My aim is dead on, watch!"
*Carves a large image of a rose into the Pyra's front beak using dual Gatlings.*
"It would have been a middle finger if I weren't being polite!*
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(Carn) "Do. Not. Shoot. Though, My. Ship."
(Ingur) "Koali, sweetie, please dont irritate him, i dont want to have to shoot him."
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"How about over it?"
*Lauches several arcing dual light mortar shots over the Valkyrie that pound the Pyra into oblivion.*
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(Carn) "Tolerable, and why would you shoot me and not him?"
(Ingur) "Because you were beginning to get on my nerves."
(Carn) ".......... Eh, fair enough"
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"Did you even notice that I just took out the Pyramidion behind you with the ol' gat/mortar? They were aiming at Ingur!"
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(Carn) "Do you not notice she is shooting their crew in the face while flying?"
(Ingur) shoots pirate captain coming up on Koali and George, in the face, at 100 meters and top speed
(Carn) "You were saying?"
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"Ok, yeah, more fight, less smack talk!"
*Floats up on top of the Junker's balloon and readies the Prometheus.*
Boosh.
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the count of enemy ships is now 2 squids 5 galleon, 1 crazy doctor in the town, and 1 bronze lion, also in the town
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"Alright, I think it's time to do something crazy!"
*Floats back down to the deck of the Junker.*
"Nng..."
*Holds breath and makes a face that could easily be described as constipated.*
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(Carn) "I recomend we moonshine out of here, now."
(Ingur) "Already working on it dear!"
the Valkyrie zooms out of Koali's constipated blast radius
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Oh, ha, ha, ha. Very funny. It isn't exactly easy to make skywhale noises, now, is it?
*A loud subsonic (and distinctly non-flatulent) rumble rings out, discordant yet oddly melodic, with enough bass to knock Dr. Dre's Beats off.*
"By the Great Cog... No, it couldn't be!"
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(Ingur)".............Did that little guy just fart?"
(Carn)"I think so?"
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*The bartender fiddles with an old radio.*
"No, miss Ingur, he didn't fart. He is attempting to make a skywhale call."
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(Carn)"............"
(Ingur)"............"
(Carn)"Im torn you see, we are of Bacon"
(Ingur)"Quite your babbling, im flying us out of here."
(Carn)"But Sky Whale Bacon!"
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"The maktak of the skies, as it were. Once considered a delicacy, now all but gone."
Maktak is the Inuit word for what's basically whale bacon.
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(Carn) "I have an idea..."
(Ingur) "Oh no."
(Carn) "We harness the sky whale and subjugate it to our will! Then the peasants will stop worshiping them and follow Bacon."
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*A call similar to Koali's answers from far away.*
"It seems Mr. Carn is susceptible to the song of skywhales. I have just the solution! Miss Ingur, if you would please hand Mr. Carn the radio.
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(Ingur) hands radio to Carn
(Carn) "Ummmm, what are you planning?"
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*A mechanical hand pops out of the radio and slaps Carn in the back of the head.*
"Come back to reality, Mr. Carn!
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(Carn) "We can be Whale Riders! Think of the Glory!"
(Ingur) heaves a sigh, then creeps behind Carn, and promptly knocks him out with her carbine "My temporarily insane fiance had been taken care of."
(I SOOOO want Whale Riders to be a thing in the lore)
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Heh, look up.
*Amidst the commotion, Koali has climbed on top of the skywhale and is flying it like a Pegasus.*
"Whoooooooohooooooooo!"
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(Ingur) jaw drop
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I should go to bed. Good night.
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(yeah, same here man)
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0110 Prime: Critical failure at 47%
George: Can anyone deal with this?!
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*A crimson red Goldfish burts from the town below, armed with a large diameter and rather long cannon with an array of coolant tubes around it. At the back is a pair of large horizontal boilers with a napalm barrel strapped to the bottom. Gauges abound, and there is a jury-rigged sight attached along the top. It swerves towards the enemy Galleons, a hellish glow emanating from the barrel of the gun barrel before a huge, spinning chunk of red hpt metal leaves the gun. It flies for a short distance before lighting up in a massive ball of flame, smouldering as it flies. It smashes into a Galleon, completely melting an entire broadside into a twisted lump of deadweight metal before disapating.*
"Took me long enough, ehh?"
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"Izzat... Izzat the Tartarus?"
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suddenly coming to, and seeing the pod of Sky Whales Carn makes his move, jumping over the side he lands on top of a rather large sky whale and grabbing the hairs? antenna? some kind of protrusion , and somehow begins to direct the beast "I AM CARN GORMSON THE WHALERIDER!!"
(Ingur) "Oh boy, i forgot he had a thick skull under that helmet. Should have hit harder."
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*Sadly, Carn was still hallucinating, as Koali had only managed to summon one skywhale. Carn had only jumped into thin air.*
"Seriously?"
*The skywhale turns in its side and inhales a tremendous amount of air, sucking Carn into its blowhole. It then turns upright and launches Carn back onto the Valkyrie with a strong exhalation.*
Hey, I had to catch you somehow.
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(Carn) coming to he groans muttering "What the flak happened? And what IS this on my clothes?"
(Ingur) "You DO NOT want to know, I'll explain later. Now get back on the front gun."
(Carn) "Aye."
(aw come on, do you expect me to not try and become a whale rider? ;D)
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I expected you to try, I didn't expect you to succeed. 8)
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(depending on how this story goes, there will be many attempts, again muse make whale riders a thing)
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0110 Prime's neck is struck by a stray bullet, and he collapses. George grabs him, drags him onto "The Bolted Nut" and cuts the rope tethering it to the dock
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(Carn) "Well its about time you got that thing in the air George." burns last squid down
enemy count is now 2 galleon 1 crazy doctor 1 bronze lion
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"Oh yeah, bronze lion, I forgot abo..."
The Lion makes a lunge for George's ascending airship.
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seeing the lion roughly 30 feet below and 7 feet to the right of the Valkyrie Carn gets stupid. Unstrapping Bloodsong, he jumps over the side and latches onto the Bronze Lion with the axe, and Proceeds to go into an automaton rodeo "Bad kitty!'
(Ingur) facepalming "Why does he do this?"
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"Koali, where are you?!"
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*The skywhale swoops down and bowls over the lion, sending Carn flying on a convenient trajectory that lands him next to George on the Junker.*
"Right here!"
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however the Carn is still attached to the lion, and they proceed to jump from pirate ship to pirate ship causing mass havoc
(Ingur) "Whats with him and riding dangerous things today?"
(I am keeping the lion Koali)
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Oh, no you're not. Let's see your recovery skills! 8)
*The skywhale rams through the ship that Carn and the lion were about to land on.*
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landing on the sky whale instead and then majestically landing on the Valkyrie the newly tamed lion roars his challenge
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Oh, I thought you meant you were gonna take it down.
*Koali jumps back onto George's Junker and the skywhale lets out a colossal wub (because whale noises) and leaves.*
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(Carn) "Ingur, bring her down low, we still have some pirates and a crazy doctor in town."
(Ingur) descending to 30 feet above town square "You sure this is a GOOD idea?"
(Carn) "Nope!" mounting back on the lion, they jump off and begin hunting down the remaining foes, while Ingur gets in formation with George
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"Carn! Pass me your red matter clip!"
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(Ingur) "Carn is currently riding around on a Bronze Lion which you created George. And do you not remember? I handed everyone red matter clips, while Carn passed around body armor."
(Carn) "Bwahahahahahahahah!! Take that you scumbags!"
(Ingur) sighing "He is also currently in what he calls, combat crazy."
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"Ah yes, I assumed Koali had eaten them. KOALI! EAT THEM!"
George throws three red matter bullets at Koali.
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Spotting the Doctor running into an alley Carn gives pursuit
(Lion) "Rrrrraaaaaaaaaaaaaaaawwwwwwwwwwwwwrrr"
(Carn) "Thats right, dinner time!"
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"Carn! You can't stay on that lion! It's run by green matter!"
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"Why do I need to eat them? I already infused some red matter earlier. If you want me to shut down that lion, you'll need to give me some green matter."
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(Carn) "And i told YOU, that the Anglean military ran experiments with green matter, long story short, i have a high resistance to it."
(Ingur) "Its true, I almost killed my sister when she told me what they were doing to him."
(Carn) "Its not Gunhild's fault, she was following orders."
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"Why yes it is! Sorry for the delay between communications. I had to work to keep the damned thing from exploding. I was a little premature in using it, but oh well. You likey?"
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"Shaded! Where have you been? You fired the Tartarus and then your entire ship froze in midair! George, gimme some green matter."
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(Carn) "Doctor, i believe its time you retired" Launches off the lion, and buries Bloodsong in his forehead
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George runs around on his junker.
"Greenmattergreenmattergreenmatter. Ah! Here we go!
George throws a lump of green matter at Koali.
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*Swallows the green matter.*
Hup spoiler alert the doctor's an automaton too.
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"Ugh, Jesus Christ...it's the battle of the rock candy mines all over again..."
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(Carn) "Gah! bloody hell!" pulls out Roxane and unloads 4 red matter bullets into the doc bot
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"Koali! Here!"
George throws his box of assorted matters at Koali.
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*Catches the box and tosses it back.*
"No, you'll want these later!"
*Shuts down any and all machinery powered by colored matter. The bartender is still active, of course, as he's clockwork.*
"Oh, bloody hell, it was nice to not need to be wound."
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"Wait a second...resistance...to green matter...that's impossible...it must be...KOALI! SHUT IT DOWN!
The bronze of the lion begins to creep up Carns legs.
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The lion collapses into a mass of twisted bronze. Carns lower legs are still trapped inside.
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inside Carn the modified Green matter begins to glow "About time" the bronze surges up him encasing him in metal and turning him into a living war machine "Fun Time"
(Oh man we are SOOO off canon now, this is getting funny)
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"Well, thast's new. Also, like I said, the Tartarus almost EXPLODED."
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"Jesus Christ...I want one..."
(I know right, Jesus Christ. Later, maybe tomorrow, we should all have a go at writing lore that fits in the Canon, if you're up for it.)
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(time for Corny jokes)
(Carn) "I AM LION MAN" rushes down and destroys remaining land forces
(probably, experimental minerals? oh and we need to keep whale riders a thing)
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(I can see that whale riders could be a thing, but they would need howdahs.)
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(What?)
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(Yeah, I was thinking something along those lines, maybe new elements, 115,116,117 maybe)
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What no stop we don't have periodic tables those were lost decades ago
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(no i mean, what the heck is a howdah?)
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(It won't let me attach it, just google it. Basically a small tent like structure placed on te back of a large animal)
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(Ohhh okay, archer towers on elephants?)
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(Similar, yes. Also, here is the link to the topic)
https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,5948.new.html#new
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having finished off the remaining forces, the green matter inside Carn expires and the bronze on him sloughs off
(Carn) "Well that was fun."
(Ingur) "Your an idiot."
(Carn) "I love you too."
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NOW KISS
*Winds the bartender.*
"Well, it's technically 'you're,' and we now have a whole town to rebuild."
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(oh haha, sadly carn is in an alley, and ingur is flying the Valkyrie, also yeah wrong grammar, however as they are talking to each other, it sounds right. bwahahahahaha)
(Carn) "Theres only minor damage." burning building collapses behind him
(Ingur) "I saw that, you were saying?"
(Carn) "To me this IS minor damage."
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"Somebody hand me a broom."
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(Carn) "Hey uhh Ingur? mind swinging down and picking me up?" makes nauseous noises "I told those eggheads this was a bad idea." hurls up green matter remnants
(Ingur) "Oh believe me, im planning on having words with my sister." swings down and manages to get Carn aboard
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"A broom, please?"
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(Carn and Ingur are nowhere near you dude)
(Carn) hurls green sludge into a bucket
(Ingur) "What am i going to do with you?"
(Carn) tries to grin but pukes again
(Ingur) chuckling "Just stay put."
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Harrumph.
"Here you go, sir."
*Inhales broom.*
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ghcYOakVnHY
"It's time to clean up."
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(Ingur) "Anyone know who to get him from stop puking? Also how do we dispose of this stuff?"
(Carn) "bleerggghhh"
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*Cleans out the bucket and cleans up the town.*
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(Carn) refills the bucket "bottom.... bunk, theres......a..... cleaning,.. bot"
(Ingur) "Well at least he has some sense." goes and fetches small spidery cleanup bot and activates it
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*Wills ALL of the green matter to come out in the next volley.*
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(What have you done.........)
(Carn) empties his entire system of the green matter, spewing it right over Koali, and finally coughing up the goose egg sized lump of original green matter, thankfully now depleted
(Ingur) "Hey guys i've got a ...... cleaning...... bot..."
(Carn) "I am going to strangle the bureaucratic eggheads who thought that was a good idea."
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I've shortened the pukefest.
*Cleans everything.*
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(Ingur) sets the spider like cleaning bot to work "Do you know who they are?"
(Carn) grunting as he stands up "I've got a few names."
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"Hey, how about we return to the Tavern first? You look like you could use a pick-me-up."
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(Carn) "I could use sleep, booze is not in any way appealing right now."
(Ingur) "I however could use a drink, have any mead?"
(Carn) chuckling "Piece of advice boys, dont try and out drink her on mead, wake me if theres trouble." promptly falls onto the couch when they get back to the tavern
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"We have mead!"
*Pulls up two chairs and a table.*
"I can't out drink you, but at least I can keep pace!"
*Fills two tankards with mead.*
"Cheers!"
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(Ingur) downs half the mug in one go "You sure about that? Mead is like apple juice to an Anglean." finishes mug and motions for a refill
(Carn) subconsciously chuckles
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*Downs the whole mug.*
"Aah, that stuff's pretty good."
*Refills both mugs.*
"I used to be a lightweight until I tried Hellfire, then I realized that nothing was anywhere near as strong."
*Takes a gulp.*
"Mind you, I still weigh next to nothing."
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(Ingur) finishes second mug "Hellfire?"
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"Yup."
*Picks up a keg and puts it on the table.*
"I found some genuine aged Yiski in the cellar. I knew it wouldn't last forever, so I tried to make my own. I tweaked the recipe a bit and got napalm. That..."
*Indicates a charred mess that vaguely resembles what might once have been a Hellfire keg.*
"... is what's left of the first napalm keg."
*Downs the rest of the tankard and refills both with mead.*
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(Ingur) finishes third mug, then refills it with Hellfire "I think I'll have some."
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"DON'T down it in one. Just... Don't."
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*Shushes Shaded.*
"Hold on, let's see what happens."
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(Ingur) sniffs drink and as ever when she tries a new drink sips it first ".........Yum!" gulps down half in one go, with only a slight burp
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"WHAT. Nobody could do that, not even Yiski himself!"
*Runs off and comes back with a keg of napalm.*
"Try some of this."
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(pah please, zill could do that, you finish burning skies? Zill had 3 one night)
(Ingur) "Ehhh no thanks." stumbles around "I think i may have...hic.." falls on top of Carn on the couch
(Carn) "Oooofff," gets up and put her on couch, putting his coat over her, then goes to finish her Hellfire "How much did she drink?"
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Zill is Zill. Only a true rear admiral coould do that, and as far as we know they don't exist in this thread.
"She had half a tankard, why?"
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(Carn) "And how much mead before that?"
(Ingur) mumbles something about "pretty bullets"
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*Koali is too busy pouring a mug of warm milk to listen.*
"Three tankards, sir."
We need to name the bartender.
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(you know, i brought that up earlier)
(Carn) "3 tankards of mead, and half one of hellfire, yeah she'll be asleep awhile."
(Ingur) mutters about "pink talking ball"
(Carn) "Im guessing that means you, Koali."
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And I finally agree. How about Nestor?
"Not sure if I wanna know what she's thinking. She (and you, for that matter) did seem to think she could outdrink me, though I'm not sure she took into account my many quirks."
"Nestor? I can roll with that, sir."
Holy crap, have you been able to hear me the whole time?
"But of course, sir."
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(Carn) "I said you couldn't out drink her in mead, that stuffs like water to her, but she's never heard of hellfire, let alone have anything like it. Anyways" puts on coat and picks up Ingur "Night fellas, Nestor was it? Finally glad you have a name." Carn carries Ingur back to the Valkyrie, which is fairly undamaged. Putting her in the main cabin, he parks the Vessel above the tavern, and hunkers down outside the door for the night
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*Yawns and falls asleep.*
*Picks up Koali and places him in a prototype basket from the Squidlet.*
Not the best bed, but it'll do.
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(Ingur) rolls off the bunk and comes up scrabbling for a weapon, then the hangover sets in "Oowwww, my head."
(Carn) jerking awake at the thump he comes to the ready, then realizes that it is his fiance. knocking on the door he says "I set out a change of clothes from your luggage for you. Theres also a canteen of fresh water."
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*Yawns and stretches.*
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decending the ship Carn and Ingur return to the tavern
(Carn) "..and if your going to drink Hellfire, dont have mead along with it."
(Ingur) "Yeah, yeah. yeah, i get it."
(Carn) "You were saying something about pretty bullets."
(Ingur) "Ok, i see your point."
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"Oh, hi! Good morn-"
*Looks around.*
"-Afternoon!"
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(Carn) "Or evening, i see you've been working on a basket hull for the mini craft."
(Ingur) "You boys building something?"
(Carn) "A light, personal craft for Koali."
(Ingur) pouting "And you never thought to talk to me?"
(Carn) "If you want to take a look at the schematics, they're on the wall."
(Ingur) goes over to examine the schematics
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"Yeah, this seems like the first time my conveniently fast building skills are failing me."
*Walks over to the schematics on the wall.*
"The idea is to expand my combat capabilities. As you've seen, I have a personal armory, and I also have a floating ability. The issue is that I can't use both at the same time, as I have to have my mouth open for guns but closed for floating. That's where the Squidlet comes in. It'll allow me to fly around and use my guns at the same time. Oh, and..."
*Indicates an alternate basket design.*
"It could be modified into a small, fast scout ship for one person."
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(Carn) "Honestly those "schematics" are just a rough sketch i did one afternoon."
(Ingur) "I know of a small engine design, thats fairly simple to make. Its feasible i could manufacture a prototype engine in a few days."
(Carn) "Told you she was smart."
(Ingur) "Oh did you? And what else did you tell them about me?"
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"Let's see..."
*Counting on nonexistent fingers.*
"That you were a crack shot, that your sister was his CO, that you were sweet and yet strong... Really, nothing but good things!"
"Except maybe your older sister being his former CO..."
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(Ingur) "Oh, did he tell you the story of how we found out my sister was his CO?"
(Carn) slinks down into seat and grabs a drink
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"No, do tell."
*Smirks at Carn.*
*Also smirks at Carn.*
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(Carn) "Oh your an automaton Nestor, how can you even smirk?"
(Ingur) "Your avoiding the subject dear, if you won't tell them, I will."
(Carn) "Fine, pull up a seat you two, may take awhile. And grab some Raiders Rum will you? It helps the story move along."
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*Takes an affronted tone.*
"Well, pardon me, SIR. I happen to have a face, and I'm going to use it to express myself just like any self-respecting person."
"It's alright, Nestor, I think he just hasn't seen you do that before."
"Hmph."
*Serves up some rum in three glasses. The one in front of Carn is a little odd, though.*
It's not poison, Nestor just mixed a little something in to get back at you. It's your choice what it should be.
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(Carn) "Only regular rum i guess," takes a sip "wait a second, kerosene and charged powder?" downs half of the remaining glass "That the closest i've had to Raider's Rum in ages! Thanks Nestor. Anyways to the story
wiggly flashback transit
Carn had recently finished basic training and was selected to join one of the new experimental Marauder units. His new CO was a real hardcase, he joined the group with two others, one of them had tried to flirt with their hotheaded new CO, said he could "Tame the Shrew" he'd been in the infirmary for over a week. A bunch of the guys were joking around in the commons area when Carn got a surprise visit from his girlfriend Ingur Krell.
(Ingur) So this is where your staying is it?
(Carn) It is the barracks dear.)
Meanwhile, First Lieutenant Gunhild Krell, had gotten wind that one of her new grunts had an unscheduled visitor. Though not opposed to the idea, they needed to put the visitor in the system, which required her to go and have a word with her
(Gunhild) Alright Gormson, i hear you have guest? You know the protocol all new visitors must.......INGUR?"
(Ingur) "Gunhild? What are you doing here? I haven't heard from you in months!"
(Gunhild) "I sent a letter awhile ago, must've gotten lost in the mail. What are you doing here?"
(Ingur) sidling up next to Carn she replies "Visiting my boyfriend"
you could of heard a fly fart, the room was so quiet
(Gunhild) turning to Carn and fixing him with a gaze colder then the heart of a glacier "Your dating my little sister Gormson?"
(Carn) "Apparently so Ma'am"
(Gunhild) walking up close to Carn she says quietly so only Carn and Ingur can hear her "You hurt her, and i will personally hunt you down, is that understood?"
(Carn) "Yes Ma'am."
(Gunhild) "Good. Have a nice evening."
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"..."
*Mouth agape.*
*Looks over at Nestor.*
"Wow, she sounds like quite something... I'd hate to be on her bad side..."
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(Carn) "You have no idea." shudders
(Ingur) "Gunhild can be a tad..... protective. But to give her credit, our parents died when i was little, and she pretty much raised me."
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"I bet she wouldn't want to see Carn carrying Bloodsong anywhere near you unless he's in a defensive stance, whether he be facing toward you or away from you!"
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(Ingur) "By protective i mean, Carn had it the lightest when she met any of my boyfriends. I think she may have made one wet himself."
(Carn) "I think it may be because, she knew a lot of my dirty laundry anyways, Marauder unit files are pretty detailed, and she would have read mine just like all the others."
(Ingur) "Good point. Honestly, the fact he is always armed doesn't seem to bother her. It only would if she found out he ever threatened me."
(Carn) "Then she would hunt me down, beat the living crap out of me, geld me, then give me a long and painful death."
(Ingur) "Unless i did it first."
(Carn) "In that case, she would probably defile whatever remained of me. But just carrying weapons around doesn't really bother her. Not now anyways."
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"Oh, good, so she wouldn't be bothered by this."
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/kirby/images/c/c0/Fire_sword.JPG/revision/latest?cb=20090108101023&path-prefix=en)
(It's a giant flaming sword from Kirby 64.)
Oop, I guess it's bedtime. Bye!
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(Ingur) "Only if you point it at me, or wave it around in a highly flammable place."
(Carn) "Like a bar, filled with a lot of booze, including Hellfire."
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*Freezes in Posta Frontale (Crown guard, it's basically holding the sword straight up above your head).*
"Good point."
*Eats the sword.*
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(Carn) "Anyways, the rest of the unit kept a 3 meter radius whenever possible. No one wanted to be near the most likely target of Gunhild's wrath." chuckling "Then about 8 months in a surprise came, I got promoted to the unit's sergeant, so i outranked everyone in the unit except her."
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"That's convenient. What did you all think of the Tartarus?"
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(Carn) "Pretty impressive."
(Ingur) "Though i suggest you find a way to keep it from exploding."
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"It's an early build, still unstable. At least it works. Might have to put in a hard limiter for rate of fire, at least at that power level."
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*Puts on a Scouter.*
"Its power level was..."
*Removes Scouter.*
"I'm not gonna say it."
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"I swear to gpd Koali, if you say it, I will melt this entire bar to slag, with you in it.
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(Carn) "If your going to do that, at least let me get the good booze out first."
(Ingur) "I dont think that would kill him anyways."
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"No, I'm pretty sure incineration would do it."
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(Carn) "I dont think any of us can get something that hot, the sun might do it, nut beyond that."
(Ingur) "You do realize, he's ingested blue, green, and red matter. He also has a Prometheus in his mouth."
(Carn) "Plus that giant flaming sword. He also easily survived the explosion when we scuttled that junker."
(Ingur) "You did what now?"
(Carn) "I'll explain later."
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"Blue, Green, and Red matter aren't fire. The Prometheus doesn't touch him, so it doesn't hurt him. Same with the sword. The explosion he was in Stone Form."
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(Carn) "What makes you think he wouldn't turn to stone form, then dig, or eat, his way out when it was cooled off? Bullets bounce off him, and blades don't scratch him, and while the fire may not touch him directly, theres enough heat coming off of them."
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*Takes everyone outside to the Valkyrie.*
"Now, if anyone is opposed to seeing me without my clothes, go ahead and look away. Carn, fire up the Prometheus."
*Swallows clothes to prevent them from getting burned.*
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(Ingur) turns her back to avoid looking
(Carn) "100 gold says he'll live." lights up the Prometheus
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*Calmly endures the flames.*
"Oh, and, Ingur? I don't have naughty bits, I'm literally just a sphere with a face and limbs. It's safe to look."
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(Carn) "Told you he'd be fine."
(Ingur) "Its more about the principal Koali."
(Carn) shuts of the Prometheus "Now put some clothes on, also we're getting low on napalm."
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"The Tartarus is much hotter than the Prometheus, I can guarantee."
What gives? Kirby would have been hurt by that.
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Of course he would, but then again, two things: 1) I run on chaos and inconsistency and 2) Kirby also doesn't have an armory in his mouth.
*Screams internally for a little while before getting dressed.*
"Nng... Y'know, if you want to try shoot me with the Tartarus, you can. I just need a glass of water first."
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(Carn) "Mind if i have a crack with the tartarus?"
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*Shaded hisses violently and shrinks into his coat.*
"NO. NO. NONONONONONO. DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA HOW CLOSE I CAME TO EXPLODING?!"
*He shudders before calming himself slightly.*
"Just... No. Give me a day or two. Make it stable, make sure none of us die a horrible, firey death."
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"You wouldn't happen to be stuffing it with Lochnagar powder, would you?"
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(Carn) "I said can I shoot it. You wouldn't have to be anywhere near it."
(Ingur) "I'm not going to let you risk exploding yourself until we are married at least a year."
(Carn) moves in front of grenade barrel to try and hide it
(Ingur) "And what is that?"
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I guess I could help you, but nah.
"Oh, those?"
*Goes and picks out an incendiary grenade.*
"See for yourself, just don't pull the pin."
*Hands it to Ingur.*
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"No, it's the heat and pressure. The systems aren't quite up to snuff. And Carn, I am NOT letting you blow up my project. Also, Ingur would try to kill me, and I do not relish fighting beautiful women."
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(Ingur) examines the grenade "What have i told you about making grenade?"
(Carn) "I get bored you know. I had the materials, and they came in handy."
(Ingur) "You keep them in an open barrel on your ship?"
(Carn) "Ummm, tactical placement?"
(Ingur) heaving a sigh about her fiance she hands it back to Koali "I may be able to help with the Tartarus."
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"Sure, any help is appreciated. I know what needs doing, I just need an extra pair of hands."
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(Ingur) "Well if it will keep him from blowing himself up a little longer."
(Carn) "Hey i've been making explosives for years, and i've still got all my body parts."
(Ingur) "And how much shrapnel and scar tissue?"
(Carn) "85% of the scar tissue, and 100% of the shrapnel are not there because of me."
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"I have an idea. Try and shatter the cup with Bloodsong."
*Turns to Stone. The cup Koali was holding also turns to stone.*
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(Carn) "Not sure what this is supposed to do, but fine." unhooks Bloodsong and brings it across the cup effectively shattering it.
(Ingur) "What was the point of that Koali?"
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"It was to test whether or not the durability of my Stone ability could extend into other objects. I was thinking I could sit on the Tartarus and prevent it from exploding."
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(Carn) "I'd say that it does not." examines Bloodsong "Heh, not even dulled, let alone chipped. I really need to find out the alloy one of these days."
(Ingur) "You've been saying that for years, try and find his notes."
(Carn) "You think i haven't? I have, my father did, my uncles did, my grandfather did. We've got no clue where they are, for all we know he kept the recipe in his head."
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SPOILER ALERT IT'S SOLID HELLFIRE
JK NO IT ISN'T
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That should totally be thing. Hellfired glass, man.
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(This was forged before Yiski began brewing, by like 75 years at least, so sadly it cannot. Also i believe solid hellfire should set a person on fire)
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"Don't forget, you'd turn the gun to stone. Have YOU ever fired a gun made of stone, that just so happens to have apocalyptic temperatures? No? Mmkay."
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(Carn) "He's got a serious point there, stone doesn't do so well at those kinds of temperatures."
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Hellfire probably can't be solidified, it would probably melt itself back down.
"Well, I seem to do fine with high temperatures... I was thinking that my durability would pass on to the cannon and stop it from blowing up."
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Two men bust inside the door, each of them win military overalls but they don't seem to have a particularly threatening stance from what it seems. After them walks a tall man, notable for his Maschera and overalls that represent him of a high military regard. He steps ahead of his men, walking closer towards the group.
"I have heard about a certain Hellfire recipe in this bar. I request that you serve one immediately, should you have the recipe."
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*Fills a mug and puts it onto the bar.*
"Hello, sir! May I be so bold as to ask for your name?"
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**He takes a seat, pulling down his mask. It's Nathaniel.
"Just a guy who used to smuggle alot and get on Carn's nerves. How're you doing, Koali?"
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(Carn) "Keb? Where have you been? You missed ll the fun, we had an assault here a bit ago. How many ships was that again?"
(Ingur) "A lot, I was to busy piloting to count. And to busy trying to figure out what to do about your condition."
(Carn) "Hey, to be fair, temporary insanity is a wonderful stress reliever."
(Ingur) "What am I going to do with you?"
(Carn) "Hopefully marry me, but I cant make you if you dont want to."
(Ingur) over dramatically sighs
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"One assault? Pfft, over the last few weeks I've led thirteen assaults, YOU'Re the one missing the fun. I got enlisted back. You know I'm not particularly pleased with infantry work anymore, but I needed a good reason to turn down a promotion to High Commander upon re enlistment. As you may see, I didn't have a good reason. It comes with perks like being a pomp to your officers and having another exquisite outfit to your collection. You should try it. I can only think of one drawback, and that is the inability to store a massive gunstack in your back area. But that has never bothered me."
**He motions his men to sit down ,they're rather lightly equipped for such a priority-person.
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(Carn) "I'm refering to the fleet of what was it? 7 galleons a dozen squids and a couple of pyras? Combined with the fact that crazy doctor from Naufrage came with about what was it 40 corpses? Oh and George temporarily gave life to a bronze lion. Koali also called in a Sky Whale to help."
(Ingur) "And I arrived the day before, expecting to find his corpse."
(Carn) "Your not going to let this go anytime soon are you?"
(Ingur) "Not on your life."
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"Ooooh. Oh. I see. So then, how did the REAL assault go?" He rather mockingly asks him again, obviously not convinced of the story.
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(Ingur) "Ahem Mr. Keb was it? Allow me to show you something." leading Keb out to the piles of corpes that the doctor had set on them, then points out to the south where the vast majority of pirate ships now lay smoldering and rusting, lastly she points to the mass of twisted metal mildly resembling the lion that once stood outside the tavern. "If that doesn't convince you, well the last person to call my fiance a liar ended up in the infirmary for a few months."
(Carn) "Hey, all I did was break his jaw and nose, you were the one who went for the ribs and arms."
(Ingur) giving a creepy smile she replies "Why I never denied that, I dont like it when people lie. Thats one of the reasons why i like you, you dont bother lying."
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"Now that is unfair. These ships are worth not even five of my raids yet they still look far fancier. I don't tolerate anything fancier than me, Carn."
**He then glances at Ingur, "Except this wonderful lady, could I ask for your name?"
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(Ingur) "Ingur Krell, Carn's fiance."
(Carn) "Honestly the ships weren't crewed well, but they're were a lot, and they were decent quality. The pirates were more interested in pillaging and attacking civilians. But the numbers were annoying, since for the most part it was the Valkyrie, George's junker, and Shaded's galleon, though shaded wasn't in it for a large portion. He got a prototype of that Tartarus he was working on, but it almost exploded."
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"Have you began salvaging operations for this wreckage? This'd make quite the dosh. And make my trophies look prettier in comparison when the competition is removed."
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(Carn) "I was planning on doing that soon, we had to do some quick repairs to the town. Anyways, im not sure you can salvage the ships themselves, a large many of them met the Prometheus for a time."
(Ingur) "There are a few that I shot out the pilots and so were untouched by the Prometheus when they hit the dirt. Dont know if you can get them flying though."
(Carn) "Still may as well go and check." Carn and Ingur board the Valkyrie and head out to try and make a profit
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"I did call a skywhale, and I can prove it."
*Mimics the low, melodic call of the skywhale.*
*An answer is heard from the distance.*
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pulling a slightly battered chest out of the pirate flagship Carn and Ingur hear Koali's call. Looking at Carn Ingur says "Dont even think about it."
(Carn) "Humph, lets get this aboard already, feels heavy enough and its got a good enough lock."
they haul it aboard and go back managing to salvage 1 mercury field gun, and even a lumberjack, along with a few hundred gold, and some swords and pistols. To their suprise, the leader of the pirate fleet was a young woman, and whose coat Ingur decided to claim
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*Goes and hunts for scrap.*
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(Ingur) spinning around in her slightly used coat with her carbine on her back and a pistol and sabre on her back she asks "Well, what do you think?"
(Carn) whistles in admiration "My queen of the skies."
(Ingur) smirking "Good, now i think i saw maps and blueprints in that cabin, those wont weigh much or take up a lot of space. There were some books too, not sure on what, but they could prove of use."
(Carn) "I figure we can get 500 more pounds aboard, after that we risk being to heavy."
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"It was a rather close call, yes."
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(Can someone quickly catch me up?)
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(Kebs back, Carn and Ingur are salvaging stuff off the pirate fleets (possible thing to do from that, i haven't decided yet) shaded is working on how to keep his tartarus from exploding)
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(Cheers)
George walks over to Shaded.
"Need any help?"
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"Ah, yes actually. I need to get these cables, the boiler, furnace, the nozzle system and pressure systems to not explode when under extreme pressures."
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after some time Carn loads the last bit of salvage on his ship "Allright then, thats 1 lumberjack, 1 mercury field gun, 2 gatlings, 1 trunk of unknown contents for fun factor, several boxes of books and maps, definitely gonna keep some of those, and 1 box each of cutlasses and pistols. Did I forget anything?"
(Ingur) "800 gold, 752 silver, and 563 coppers. Along with some dagger, axes, and 2 rifles. There's also my new outfit."
(Carn) "Alright then, lets get back to town, somebody should want this stuff."
the two make there way back to the tavern, careful not to put to much strain on the ship.
(Carn) "Hey, got some stuff if anyone is interested in looking. Prices are negotiable."
(Ingur) "Negotiated by me."
(Carn) "Anyways, got a fair amount of personal weaponry for anyone in the market."
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"Gimme a cutlass, a Mercury, and a Gatling. Oh, and if you see anything that might help in that box, throw that in too."
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(Ingur) "The mercury will be 275, the gatling 150, as for the cutlasses, we have a fair amount, some of higher quality than others."
(Carn) "I'll get to the chest in a bit, for one thing its bloody heavy, along with most of the rest of the stuff."
(Ingur) "Big baby."
(Carn) "Oh? I didn't see you helping me move it, anyways i'll need to dig up some lockpicking equipment, I could just bust it open, but the chest is of good quality, i might want to sell it or keep it, either way a busted lock wouldn't help me much."
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*Returns from the wreckage, covered in a thin layer of dust.*
"Hey, I found this weird key out there, it looks like it would go with a chest, something like--"
*Notices the chest.*
"Well then."
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(Carn) "We seem to be at an impasse then, how much do you want for the key?"
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"Naw, I just wanna know what's in that chest."
*Hands Carn the key.*
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taking the key and opening the chest, they find some interesting items, among them the journal off the pirate who commanded the crew. In it, they discover that the pirates had learned of something hidden beneath the town, and that the doctor was the one who knew about it, and coordinated with the pirates in the attack. Supposedly there is a cache of old world tech beneath the town. Along with the journal, are pieces of old tech, including several spider engie bots, little marvels that can go into the hull to make repairs, places where no human can go in combat. In total there are 6, claiming 1 for himself and another for Ingur, Carn passes 1 to George, 1 to Koali, 1 to Shaded, and the last to Keb.
"These things will keep a ship in the air with ease, moonshine or not. And that cache, theres a rough map, looks like theres catacombs under the town, and some old world writing. Let me try and translate."
after a few minutes of muttering to himself in an old dialect he says
"I think i have a rough translation, its basically saying that there was an old military base here, but something went wrong and it got buried. The survivors managed to get out, but the war was over and no one could get them away, so they settled this town."
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"Anyone got a shovel?"
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(Carn) "I've got explosives, but I dont think that would be a good idea."
(Ingur) "From the notes, it looks like the place may be a tad unstable, If we start blasting..."
(Carn) "It'll probably collapse. However there is a rough map of these catacombs. Perhaps we may delve into them, but we would need to organize things first."
(Ingur) "The number of people who would do it for one, then there is equipment, food, medical supplies. The logistics are going to be annoying."
(Carn) "Well its not going anywhere, and we are right over it."
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*Digs deeper in the chest and holds up a rather blocky pick axe with a blue head.*
Minecraft diamond pickaxe.
"Not a shovel, but it'll work."
*Digs a square tunnel straight down.*
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(Dude, this is like a mini quest thing, we must wait for how many others will join, and i have a map for the catacombs)
(Ingur) "Koali stop, what part of unstable do you not understand?"
(Carn) "Patience my friend, we dont know all thats down there. And when we are down there, no heavy flak or other explosive weapons. I dont fancy being buried alive."
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I know that, I'm just being silly.
*Blasts out of the hole with a flaming backside.*
"YEEEOW!!! LAAAAVAAAA!!!"
Clearly, I missed the catacombs. I also seem to have dropped the pickaxe.
*Fills in the hole and puts down new wood flooring.*
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Carn and Ingur simultaneously facepalm
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**Nathaniel also joins them in his own fashion by rolling his eyes and glancing off nonchalantly before he adjusts his tie.
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(Carn) "Oh by the way Keb, you in the market for a lumberjack?"
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"Oh. Baronies have quite a few Lumberjacks I believe, but not my regiment. I could order a few right away so long as it's a little below the Army price."
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(Ingur) "We salvaged 1 lumberjack 500 gold."
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"WAIT!"
*Cleans a part of the Lumberjack with rubbing alcohol and licks it, cleaning it again afterwards.*
"Awesome."
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(Carn) "Umm, why did you do that?"
(Ingur) "Nobody has agreed to any prices yet, until then the product are ours."
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"Old world tech? Count me in."
*Takes the spider and perches it on my shoulder.*
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(Ingur) "Ahem, you still have not agreed to the prices on the mercury or gatling. You have also not picked a cutlass, which you had requested as well."
(Carn) "I suggest you start clearing that up quick shaded. You dont want to irritate her when it comes to business. As for the tech, it doesn't mention what kind, however it says its a military base, so im hoping theres some nice goodies. Anyways, our airships will be useless, if we cant carry it, we cant bring it. Id like pickaxes, shovels, lamps, and a lot of rope. And thats only some of the things."
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*Runs outside. A Lumberjack shot is heard, and a merchant Squid that happened to be passing by lands with a thud.*
"Woo!"
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(Ingur) grabs carbine "Koali, unless you are going to buy that, hands off the merchandise."
(Carn) "Seriously man, not cool. For one thing, that thing was freaking heavy, and another, why would you shoot that guy down? He wasn't attacking!"
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"Hands off the...? What, the Lumberjack? No, I used mine, yours is still on the Valkyrie."
*Climbs aboard the downed Squid.*
"Well, what do you know! There wasn't any crew!"
"..."
"Wait..."
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(Dude, its on the ships deck, how the heck do you expect to one guy to get a lumberjack through a tavern door)
(Carn) "Doesn't explain why you'd shoot down a non-hostile ship, and what do you mean no crew?"
(Ingur) "Squids aren't equipped for sustainable voyages, they run out of power to quick. Someone has to set the course, and steer it."
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Gonna fix my post! Iunno, maybe all this chaos I'm causing is starting to get to me.
"Nobody here. No crew, nothing. The helm has no wheel, and the guns have no handles. Everything that would be manned has a little wind-up box stuck to it, and everything else has a repair spider crawling all over it!"
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(Mind containing the chaos a schmidge? I'm trying to go on a cohesive plot line here)
(Carn) "Again, that doesn't explain WHY YOU WOULD SHOOT IT DOWN."
(Ingur) taking out a small whistle she blows into it, this whistle is often used by those who are familiar with this variety of automaton. The frequency is one that they respond to. Hearing the whistle all the spiders nearby, including the ones from the chest line up in front of her. Giving the ones from the others back, she begins to examine the one from the ship "These things are low on power, by the looks of them and the ship. They're all thats been keeping it in the air for awhile now."
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Hehe, alright, I'll try and start making sense.
"But what could these weird wind-up boxes be? And we still need to explore the catacombs! Rrrrg! WHAT QUEST DO WE DOOOOO?!"
And I admit, I shot down the Squid because I was excited about the mortar.
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(Good, otherwise i'll rig the Valkyrie with enough explosives and hellfire to destroy the thread :D)
(Carn) "The catacombs aren't going anywhere. Ingur think you can crack open one of those things? Maybe theres a recording in one of them."
(Ingur) "Give me a minute." starts at the box on the helm
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We may or may not have discovered clockwork soul boxes.
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We may or may not have discovered clockwork soul boxes.
yuss
"The gatling's gears are stripped, the Merc's sights are misaligned and cracked, and as for the cutlass... Give me one that's not too long, and light. I much prefer my revolver to blades, as guns will almost always win out. That said, sometimes blades are more practical, so I'd like one that's good for quick, clean kills."
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(Ingur) "The other gatling is in perfect condition, so 150 gold, for the merc 200, the merc sights aren't to hard to replace." grabs a cutlass and giving it a few swing hands it to Shaded "See how that feels."
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"Fine for the gatling, and the Merc... Fine, fair enough."
*Takes the cutlass and gives it a few experimental swings, turning and twisting it to feel the weight and balance.*
"I think I'd like to test this out on the obstacle course, is that fine?"
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(Ingur) "Understandable, no point buying a blade you dont feel comfortable using. Oh, by the way, these boxes are somewhat interesting. Mostly an intricate set of gears, but there are some wires. I did find a recording, give me some time and I'll see if i can get it working."
(Carn) "Koali still hasn't answered my question though. WHY THE HELL DID YOU SHOOT IT DOWN?!"
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"Thanks. When I'm done I'll see if I can't help you out with the box."
*I slowly step onto the beginning of the course, settling into an odd stance. I suddenly shoot forward, decapititating a dummy and dismembering two more. I rush through the course, bouncing from target to target, and as I go there are naught but two or three marks on each, every one either a killing blow or a crippling strike.*
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"What, didn't you hear the skywhale? It told me it was sending a gift."
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(Carn) "You think anyone besides you can speak sky whale?" looks over at shaded "Huh, short quick heavy blade, he's not bad."
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The gift was sent Animal Crossing style. I had to shoot it out of the sky!
"Well, I'd hate to see what happened if we put one of those boxes on the Prometheus. Any luck with the recording, Ingur?"
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(Ingur) gives a death glare for a second then gets back to work
(Carn) "Piece of advice, this is delicate work, dont rush her. I saw the guts of those things, its complicated and intricate."
(Also i never played animal crossing, it holds 0 interest for me)
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*Shuts up and sits in a corner.*
Yeah, it isn't for everyone.
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(Ingur) stands up "Ok, it was in a rough format but i got a message out of it. "Hey there pink friend, i found this and saw no people and thought you'd desire it."
(Carn) "It had a translator?"
(Ingur) "I'm guessing so, i was pretty garbled, but that was the gist of it."
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"I guess I'd better thank Mr. Whale, then."
*Emits a subsonic rumble.*
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(Carn) "I swear, he's farting when he does that."
(Ingur) "Anyways, i guess that means, the squid and anything from it are Koali's. Including the 6 spider bots. Your going to want to get one of these command whistles."
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"I am NOT farting!"
"Mr. Carn, I suggest you not make him angry. I must remind you that he now has an attack Squid."
"Actually, Nestor, that gives me an idea! Anyone got a bit of blue matter?"
"And I was hoping I'd get to fly it..."
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(Carn) "The squid would be the least of my worries, and can we bury the whole matter thing? Its getting a bit out of hand."
(Ingur) "To fly it, you'd have to disconnect it from these boxes. That will take awhile, a day at least to do all of them safely, and thats without any complications."
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"I might have a better idea."
*Holds up a small vial of green matter.*
"Koali, if this goes awry, you know what to do."
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(Ingur) "That is not a better idea."
(Carn) "Ugh, get that stuff way from me."
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This nis like the "screw everything, let's just fuck around" thread to "super-serious RP story" of BSS
"Short for ease of use and quick changes of oreintation, heavy for getting through armor, flesh, and bone. It's optimal for my kind of combat."
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(Ingur) "100 gold, its good quality steel."
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"Deal."
*Hands out a pouch totaling 450 gold*
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(Ingur) "Ohhh mama like."
(Carn) "Dont get creepy."
(Ingur) "Oh relax, its been awhile since i've had a chance to do business."
(Carn) "Still dont understand why you find it so exciting."
(Ingur) "Well thats why we make a good team, you kill the things, and i sell what we take off them."
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Yeah, I've never been into the überserious RP stuff, I'm a bit more lighthearted and, well, chaotic.
"I have good news, it didn't go awry. I now have the ability to fuse myself with airships, specifically this Squid."
"Yeah, but you're gonna have to un-fuse yourself pretty quick because I get the feeling these people are tired of all these weird things happening."
"Oh, alright."
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(That explains a lot really)
(Carn) "Stay on that one all you want, but the second i find out you've done that to my ship, we will be having a nice supply of scrap."
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"I hope she isn't like that with kids."
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(Ingur) "Money really, i've been low on funds lately. And i spent my last coin getting here."
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I thought it would be better than putting a face on the Squid. It's also a lot less "INVOKUM GIGANTUS IN MY PANTUS" than summoning a skywhale, but if you wanna try and jockey one again go ahead and request it.
*Fuses with the previously unnoticed ceiling fan.*
*Rolls eyes.*
"Here we go. Did we say airships? I meant to say just about anything."
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(Carn) "As long as he doesn't fuse with anything that is mine,"
(Ingur) "Or mine."
(Carn) "Then i won't turn him into a pile of scrap."
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"Right, so shall we go ahead and hunt for the catacombs?"
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(Ingur) "We need the supplies first."
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"And a list of who's coming."
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(Carn) "Me obviously, I have the map."
(Ingur) "You are not leaving me behind."
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"And I go everywhere, so I'm in."
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(Carn) "When we are down there, no hwacha, no heavy flak, or any other highly explosive things." looks only at Koali
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"In"
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(Ingur) "We still need supplies."
(Carn) "Among them pickaxes and rope. A lot of rope, several hundred feet preferably."
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*Gives Carn a giant innocent-but-not-really grin.*
"Speaking of rope, did I ever tell you about the time that I was turned into yarn? No?"
*Clears throat.*
"Don't."
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(Carn) "Koali, there is nothing innocent about your mouth, so dont even bother trying."
(Ingur) "And we need to be able to use the rope, if you turn into it, we cant."
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Fuck y'all, I'mma just call in MK and ride out on his badass monster of an airship
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"So what can I use? Any gunshots would ignite any flammable gas, of which there's probably plenty. So would my sword. (It's a flaming claymore.) I guess it's melee only."
*Pulls out a medieval dagger.*
"These things are built to punch through steel plate armor!"
(http://www.swordsswords.com/images/products/detail/Armor_Piercing_Rondel_Stiletto_Medieval_Dagger_01.JPG)
Only semi-good picture I could find, I'd prefer one with straight edges.
And Shaded, the Halberd is off-limits.
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(whos MK)
(Carn) "Theres no flammable gases, pistols and rifles we can carry, but the ground is unstable down there. If you explode something down there, the entire place will collapse, and the town will crumble."
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Just because you blew it up and aren't allowed on it any more doesn't mean I can't realize my dream of high-fiving Meta.
Meta Knight, Carn, the biggest badass and strongest fighter in the entirety of Dreamland and our galaxy.
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(I have no clue what your talking about, the only Meta i recognize is from RvB)
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Meta Knight.
(http://img3.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20120802014403/ssb/images/0/0e/Meta_Knight%28Clear%29.png)
"I've explored my fair share of caves. Better safe than sorry."
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He kicked the shit out of the strongest galactic warrior, one who was sealed because he was so powerful. He has his own giant, heavily armed warairship called the Halberd.
HE HAS COMPETANT WADDLE DEES, GODDAMNIT
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(Im guessing that thing is kirby related, i never actually played a kirby game so i really have no clue)
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Do you have a DS?
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(that thing broke years ago, and im terminally broke)
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You can get 'em real cheap, and there's tpan awesom pe Kirby game (that involves MK and the Halberd) for it. Forget what it's called... how about a Wii?
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Dunno how, but y'all are derailing a Cantina thread. Discuss Kirby Super Star Ultra over PM's, please.
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Fine, fine, be a spoilsport.
"Good to know the old six shooter is still allowed."
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(Carn) "Just be careful where your shots go, they could easily ricochet and hit the wrong person."
(Ingur) "So we have 4 going, at the moment. We should all have a pickaxe and shovel, and collectively we need a lot of rope. Also some chalk would probably be good too."
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"Rope I can provide. Chalk and tools... Nope, sorry."
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(Ingur) "How much rope?"
(Carn) "I think i have some chalk in my cabin."
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"More than we need. I AM a trader."
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(Ingur) "Do you have at least 300 meters? The chalk and the rope are going to help us navigate, and they rope can also be used to move things and stick together."
(Carn) "Its been a few hundred years since anyone has been down there. I've got the map that leads us there, and a rough idea of the interior, but i have no clue how much may have changed over time."
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"Wait, what? You have a cabin?"
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(Carn) "It's more like a small room with a cot, on my goldfish."
(Ingur) "You really need to air out that place."
(Carn) "I've been a tad busy, besides I haven't completely searched it yet. But I think the old captain had chalk in there, whether its enough, i dont know."
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"I am a trader. I have over 3 kilometres of the stuff."
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(Ingur) "Sounds like the rope is covered then, still should have picks and probably some other things."
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"And I lost our best pickaxe... Well, I might be able to make a deal with Nestor."
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*Time passes.*
"Good news, Nestor acquired a shipment of pickaxes. Bad news, he asked us to not ask where he got them."
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(Carn) "Are they decent pickaxes?"
(no minecraft, we already have a kirby in here, we dont need microsoft and nintendo suing us for copyright infringement)
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Don't worry, I burned the diamond pickaxe. These are bona fide steel pickaxes... I think. Nestor won't say. But they aren't pixellated.
"Decent? They seem nice enough to me. Here, take a look."
*Hands one to Carn.*
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(Carn) takes the pick giving it a few swings. Then take it over to a nearby boulder and finds its works well enough "Ok, how many do we have?"
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*Walks in.*
"20, sir. That should be enough for whoever is coming, along with spares."
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(Carn) "Excellent, thats the picks and rope covered then. We'll need a light source, preferably not an open flame, for various reasons. I dont suppose your able to glow in the dark Koali?"
(Ingur) "We'll also need food and water, aswell as bags to carry whatever we may find."
(Carn) "Oh, i checked my cabin. Theres a box full of chalk so we should be able to keep track of where we've been."
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"Well, I can't exactly glow in the dark, but I can light up a room. Nestor, if you please."
"Certainly, sir."
*Darkens the room.*
*Emits a globe of light.*
(http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/kirby/images/a/a6/Light.png/revision/latest?cb=20110407190145&path-prefix=en)
Click here (http://kirby.wikia.com/wiki/Light_%28Copy_Ability%29) for an explanation.
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(Ingur) "Does that in any way involve sparks or fire?"
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"Nope. As far as I can tell, it isn't even physical."
*Sends one through Carn's chest, where it passes cleanly through and leaves him totally unaffected.*
"Just don't let it pass through your eyes, it'll burn them right out of your head."
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(Carn) "Gah! Never do that again. That felt disgusting!"
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"The sun just shone where the sun don't shine!"
*Collapses in a fit of giggles.*
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(Carn) unhooks Bloodsong
(Ingur) laughs quietly where Carn can't see
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*Shaded quietly chuckles to himself as he settles down in the corner, propping his feet up on a table and pulling his cream newsboy cap over his eyes.*
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(Carn) "You wanna start something pinky?"
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"WAAAAHAHAHA!!!"
"With all due respect, sir, it was rather amusing. And I'm afraid you'll have to put up with him, as you wouldn't be able to scratch him."
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(Carn) pulls out a sealed lead bottle "Dont be so sure, I found an interesting document about a creature called a Kirby, and it had a certain recipe to deal with them."
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*Pauses the giggles.*
"Wait, what? You have a way to kill me?"
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(Carn) "The texts merely said it helps deal with Kirbys, i have no clue if it kills or disables. It seems one of your kind went on a rampage a long time ago. People got desperate, the parts that said what it does were destroyed. For all i know, it could paralyze you, or disable your powers."
(Ingur) "Is this really necessary?"
(Carn) "You have seen the hwacha mouth? And the unpredictability right?"
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*There's a loud BANG and the bottle shatters, releasing it's contents all over Carn's legs and the floor.*
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(Carn) starts laughing "You missed! You hit the booze, anyways this bottle is LEAD, it doesn't shatter." puts it away "I don't want to use it, just something for him to think about before he goes completely bonkers. Level the playing field somewhat. Anyways, i memorized the recipe, its actually really easy."
(Ingur) "CARN! He is your friend!"
(Carn) "And i said i don't want to use it. However, i don't want to get blasted by him for a laugh."
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Shaded, I feel like this was planned.
"DUDE WHAT THE HECK THAT STUFF'S PROBABLY DANGEROUS!!!"
*Inhales it off of Carn's legs, leaving him unharmed... And un-disgusted, and unaffected.*
"... Mph?"
"Ah. Superglue. That... That makes sense. Give me a moment, I'll go get the solvent."
I reject Carn's post because I already typed all this.
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(Carn) "Told you it was used to deal with kirbys. Does that look lethal to you?"
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Saying 'you missed' is basically god modding.
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(Saying that a lead bottle shatters is a bit much aswell, dont you think? Pierced i can handle, but shattered?)
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There's a shatter damage type
But fair enough.
Oversight, I didn't see the lead bit.
That said, I still hit it, and lead is soft as hell, a .44 round would've punched right through.
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(a lead bullet, yes I conceed it would have gone through, and some the substance would have spilled.)
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Whoever said it was lead?
Yes, lead is the bullet material in practically every weapon, but maybe I have FMJ rounds.
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(In such circumstances call out specialty rounds, otherwise it is safe to assume standard lead)
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Fair enough.
"Sorry, couldn't take a chance. And if you notice, there is indeed a hole in the bottle."
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(Carn) "Oh yeah, still got the booze though. Anyways this stuff is perfectly harmless to humans. But if it gets on a Kirby, either smeared onto a bullet or blade, or just poured on him, it will have this result."
(Ingur) "Well this is..... interesting."
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Bruh. It's superglue. Best not to put that on a bullet or a sword.
*Dabs solvent on Koali's face.*
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(Bruh. It's special glue)
(Carn) "The stuff SHOULD wear off in an few hours, it's not like its permanent."
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Would you go so far as to say... SUPER SPECIAL?
*Hours pass.*
"Grmpf. Mlueah. Myaaaaaauuur. Bleh."
*Everybody looks in confusion.*
"What, have you ever had your face glued shut?"
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"Actually..."
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*Pounces on Shaded and holds a nonexistent finger to his lips.*
"Shhh. I don't wanna hear it."
*Hops down and puts on a hard hat.*
"Who's ready to go spelunking?"
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(Carn) "Before we go, everyone grab at least one canteen, and some jerky. We need some provisions." grabs a prepacked bag, with over 100 meters of rope, plenty of food, a sizable container of chalk, and a notebook and pencil, then slings 3 canteens over his shoulder
(Ingur) puts on a similarly packed bag, which also contains some medical supplies
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*Swallows several pickaxes and a barrel of glue remover.*
*Clears throat.*
"Yeeeees?"
"You may have trouble accessing the solvent if it's inside."
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(Carn) "Yeah, it doesn't work like that, plus if my estimate is right, you'll need to apply just as much solvent as there is glue. Its possible to just put more glue on."
(Ingur) "Play nice."
(Carn) "Its a bit of insurance is all, he's the only one with a freaking armory in his mouth. And he is bulletproof, and fireproof. And probably a lot of other-proof. I dont plan to use it, but we are all prepared to blow each others brains out if necessary. He's the wildcard, I prefer to limit variables, when they are not always in my favor."
(Ingur) mutters some about "Guys trying to be macho"
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*Is about to say something about being less of a liability than a mildly crazy Anglean, but reconsiders upon hearing Ingur's remark and puts on a cute face instead.*
:)
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*I'm confident in my ability to kill at least two of you in the time it takes to blink, but Koali is a little tougher. I agree with Carn.
No offense little buddy, it's just you never can tell."
*Loads up with a pack, grabs the cutlass, and places a small, odd-looking box in his coat.*
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(Carn) "Ahem, kill me and you have to deal with Ingur,"
(Ingur) "Kill me and you have to deal with my sister Gunhild,"
(Carn) "And by some obscene miracle you kill her, you will have the entire Republic after you. Anyways, those dummys weren't wearing armor." taps side
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*Cute face intensifies.*
*Strolls by, whistling and carrying a pickaxe.*
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(Koali, i ask you put the name of the bot in front of his text, i cannot remember his name)
(Ingur) "Sooo, nobody is staying to take care of customers?"
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"I didn't say I would, I said I could. And have you ever heard of headshots, or perhaps armor piercing rounds, such as the ones used in every Whirlwind? I have not met Gunhild, and I have no doubt she is one tough fruitcake, but I have yet to meet a being on this earth capable of dodging a bullet And the Republic would have no right to kill me, it would be simple self-defense, perfectly legal."
The fastest gunslingers can unholster and fire their weapon in under a second.
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His name's Nestor, like Captain Haddock's butler. From the Tintin series. I just find it quicker to use fonts. Now, if someone can find me a font called Nestor, we're golden.
"Customers? I... Aw... I thought I could come and explore the catacombs. But... The bar must not be left untended!"
*Sneezes.*
"I don't suppose I should bring some booze with us...?"
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(Carn) "The Republic considers Gunhild to be a very valuable asset, you do not have any affiliation to a faction that i am aware of. Anyways, angry Angleans aren't really known for diplomacy. And of course i know of armor piercing rounds, but those are not cheap for pistols, as for headshots, there are parts of the brain that can be shot, and not kill you."
(Ingur) "You could just close down the bar, or find a stand in."
(Im probably not going to remember his name, and i never watched tintin)
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Ah, Tintin is a French comic book series! It's OK to not remember Nestor's name, he's used to it. He goes by 'Bartender' most of the time anyway.
{Nestor the Magnificent} "As I am the only automaton here, I'd be hard pressed to find a temporary replacement."
Just a heads-up, Nestor likes fancy titles.
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"They're not expensive when you make your own. Yesha is rather fond of me, and so are the Baronies. And of course, but they're still going to put you on the floor, where you are easily finished. Nestor, just put the Spider bots to work."
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{The Great and Powerful Nestor} "S-Spider bots?! Running a Tavern?! Psh, no! The face-to-face interaction is important!"
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(Carn) "Ahem, Anglea successfully fought a war with both the Baronies and the Empire simultaneously. Nobody gets past Anglean border patrol. And both the guild and the league are also fond of me. And what materials are you using for armor piercing rounds? Granted, your average bandit's armor will go down quick, but I've taken a few gatling rounds to my armor before. And am unmarked because of my armor, its top of the line stuff."
(Ingur) grabs carbine "Boys, if you dont quite your pissing contest, I going to shoot both of you myself. And you won't like where I'll aim."
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*Chuckles.*
"Luckily for me I don't have anything there!"
{The One and Only Nestor} "Neither do I!"
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(Ingur) "I can get glue for the both of you, anyways i wouldn't shoot Carn there. Shaded however..."
(Carn) "Anyways, lets go before we all kill each other."
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"I'm pretty sure the little guys talk, don'tcha?"
"Affirmative, sir. We are fully capable of human speech.
Imagine them talking in a high pitched, clicking, digital voic, monotone.
"Yes, but do you really think Anglea will be willing to spare enough of a fighting force to take out me, my men, the Yeshans, and the Baronies? And might I mention that the Republic used guerilla tactics, not frontline fighting. I use tungsten and my own special brand of propellent. I have punched through Squid armor plates with those, and while that might not sound like much, remember this is a pistol up against combat-grade vehicle armor. And armor on airships might need to be totally stripped, but body armor simply needs one puncture."
*Turns to Ingur*
"Ingur, we are not having a 'pissing contest', Carn is boasting, and I am simply defending my point. He is the one who not only started the argument, but is so childish to assume that he cannot be beaten."
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"BOTH OF YOU. STOP. COME WITH ME."
*Marches outside.*
{Master Bartender Elite Nestor} *Resignedly stands behind bar.*
Click here (https://gunsoficarus.com/community/forum/index.php/topic,6029.new.html#new) to go outside. (I started a Quest thread.)
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(Carn) starts chuckling "I fought in guerilla style, you don't want to know how many Yeshan officials i personally killed. However, it was mostly the Marauder units that fought like that. We did fight front line battles, however we choose them. Everybody knows that the Empire has more numbers. Our grunts though are better trained, and there are a few Arashi clans that owe me a blood debt. They would fight you. And since when is tungsten CHEAP?"
(Ingur) points gun at Shaded's personal area "If I think its a pissing contest, its a pissing contest. Your both boasting on how you could kill each other, or how your friends would avenge you. Thats a military type pissing contest."
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"So you pull a gun on me.
And of course, you expect me to concede.
Screw that.
And, of course, you are using the time old 'because I say so' 'argument'. Nobody is anybody's commanding officer here, remember that.
Besides, the only way any of this is happening is if one us decides to betray everyone."
"Carn, you may be a cold-blooded elite of the Republic, but I have done things you would probably blanche at. And tungsten is cheap when you have connections to a premier manufacturer. Arashi hates me regardless, and I routinely tangle with some of the best they have to offer. I regularly salvage from the Leviathan. Now if you two ladies will excuse me..."
*Walks outside.*
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(Ingur) "He is beginning to annoy me."
(Carn) shrugs "Just turn the music up in your head, thats what i did when your sister was on a rant."
the couple walk outside
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tfw you are being mostly polite and diplomatic, and the other party(ies) pull a gun and you're called 'annoying'
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(I was trying to wrap it up earlier, and neither of us would have conceded anyways. Not trying to start something)
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Just remind Ingur that pulling a gun on an incredibly dangerous 'ally' isn't very polite.
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(see, this is what i mean. Its at best semi-serious rp. We are both stubborn bastards, and I was trying to move along the story.)
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I get that, and yes, yes we are. I was making a joke, btw =)
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(ahh, i am not so good with sarcasm, particularly in text form)
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And then everybody laughs and we all go for ice cream.
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Despite being missing for the last several days, George, at the mention of icecream, jumps through a window, smashing it.
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{Nestor the Most High} "Sir! The window!"
George, we have a quest at the moment. If you run fast enough, you can join us.
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(We never replaced the manhole cover, can you please do that if you wish to join)
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Yeah, some poor sap could fall in.
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*is quietly eating mint chip ice cream by the manhole, chuckling as people fall in*
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(ohhh no dude, you were in the barrel, you were knocked out, your down there too.)
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What? Oh no, good sir, that's my brother. I'm Exalt.
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Welp. I guess we all have multiple characters now.
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{Nestor the Tavern King} *Cleans up the Tavern, polishing the floors and dusting just about everything.*
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I love what you're doing with Nestor's name.
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{Whisky Pourer Nestor} *Dusts the shelves of various bottles.*
What can I say? He likes titles.
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(Is this rp dead?)
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(we were doing a quest (which i didn't even intend to become another thread) it will soon be finished)
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*The questing party returns from the catacombs.*
"So what exactly did you mean? You glared at me when you said we should get out before SOMEONE makes this place collapse. I was being careful, except on the stairs, and I put up braces. Aaaaaand I didn't fire a single shot while we were down there."
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(Carn) "You were the one who through your sneezes and tripping, caused the most rumbles . Combined with your chaotic personality, you seemed the most likely to cause a collapse."
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"... Yeah, I guess you have a point."
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(Carn) "Anyways, do you mind if I set up shop out back? I'll need to build a smelter latter, but we grabbed enough ingots and scrap that I should be able to make something."
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{Nestor the Fancy} "Ah, yes, welcome back! Feel free to set up a smithy, Mr. Carn."
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(Carn) "Thank you very much, Koali as you are still carry the equipment, would you mind helping me?"
(Ingur) "Also, can I please have some of those books now?"
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(Are you back at the tavern now?)
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(yes George, we are back)
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George slams open the door to the tavern.
"Guys! I managed to sell my rust mites! Some rich anglean wanted them to restore a factory! I didn't mind, I sorta like cleaning my ship by hand, anyway, it doesn't matter. He paid me so much! Look!
George produces a bag bulging with coin.
"Next drinks on me!"
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(Carn) goggles at the bag
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George opens the bag sending coin spilling out over the table.
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(Carn) picks one up and examines it "Well if its counterfeit, its a really good job."
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"He was Anglean, trustworthy. If he was Arashi then I would be more cautious, but since he wasn't, I trusted him. What drinks does everyone want?"
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(Carn) "High end rum, if you have it. Something that lights a fire in my gut. By the way George, you ever do any smithing? Or know how to build a smelter? If you do, then I have a job offer."
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{Hellfire Server Nestor} *Pours a round of Hellfire.*
*Distributes the various odds and ends that were in storage.*
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(Carn) sighing "Rum Nestor, I'm going to be forging after this. I cant afford to go up in flames because of Hellfire."
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"Give me the smoothest whiskey you have. And thank you Koali."
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(Ingur) grabs the mug of Hellfire Nestor put in front of Carn "Well if your not going to drink it......"
(Carn) rolling his eyes he gets up and whispers into George's ear "Keep an eye on her will you? She has a high alcohol tolerance, but when she goes past it things don't end well." looking back at the room "I'm gonna do and reforge Roxane's bayonet into one of hemovibrium, it'll be a good test." walks out the door and out to the newly set up smithy
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"I'll send over a few workers later."
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{Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "Well, he did ask for something that would light a fire in his gut... Now, whiskey... Ah, here we go, a good single-malt. Bottle or glass?"
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"Both. On the rocks, if you would."
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(Carn) beginning to set up the forge, Carn first organizes the tools on a table, then carries the anvil over to where the forge itself stands. Beginning to stoke the flames and mapping out the pattern in his head of what he will create
meanwhile in the tavern Ingur has finished her first mug of Hellfire and is halfway through her second
(Ingur) "Now then, anyone care for a contest?"
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"Normally, I'd accept. But I'm in the mood for savouring, and Carn'd try his best to kill me if I got you dead drunk. So I'm afraid I'll have to refuse. Koali?"
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(Ingur) grinning mischievously "I never said it was a drinking contest."
(Carn) with the forge at the blistering heat required, Carn grabs a pair of tongs and puts a ingot of hemovibrium into the fire
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"Well, then what would it entail?"
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(Ingur) grabs a few matches out of her pocket "Why, to see who can breathe the biggest flame of course."
(Carn) noting that the metal is the appropriate color, Carn grabs it with the tongs and sets it on the anvil. Quickly grabbing a hammer with his right hand, he holds the alloy in place with his left and begins a rhythmic hammering to flatten out the ingot
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"You've downed a mug and a half of hellfire, I've been sipping at fine whiskey. There IS no contest."
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"She just had Hellfire and I have a Prometheus. There is even less of a contest. Now, Ingur, if you would please put away the matches? This Tavern is nice, but it isn't chemsprayed. I think you've had enough Hellfire for a little while, why not switch to something gentler? Speaking of which... Nestor, do we have any soft cider?"
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "Here you go, Koali."
"Thanks."
*Sips.*
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(Ingur) "The Prometheus would be against the rules in this situation, watch." grabbing a bottle of vodka she fills her mouth with it, then lighting the match, sprays out the vodka which then ignites on the match into a 2 foot flame "That's just a warmup, that's the rules of the games. Pure vodka and matches. No Hellfire. No Prometheus."
(Carn) having hammered the metal into the right thickness, Carn splits off what he doesn't need and puts what he does back into the forge to reheat. he then cools the chunk he wont use and puts it in with the scrap
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{[AI] Nestor the Pyrophobe} *Chemsprays the Tavern's hull unit.*
"Oh, alright. As for the spark, I can supply it myself. Now..."
*Pulls out an enormous bottle of vodka, takes a loooooooooong swig, and proceeds to emit a small tongue of flame that soon grows to a blazing stream, ending with a large fireball... Then coughs and collapses.*
"Wah! I think I burned my tongue!"
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(Ingur) repeats the process producing a 5 foot flame "That was better."
(Carn) taking out the metal he begins shaping it, beginning the pattern of the bayonet currently on Roxane
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"Do what you will, I'm not trying again. That hurt."
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(Ingur) laughing "I think I won that contest then!" grabs some Hellfire and downs it
(Carn) walking back in with a wrapped bundle under his arms he sees the scorch marks, matches, and vodka "Seriously Ingur?" turning to the rest "How much has she had to drink?"
(Ingur) throwing her arms around Carns neck she replies in a slight slur "Why only two Hellfires sweetie! Also a bit of vodka, but that can't be helped."
(Carn) sighing he replies "Sheesh, you'd think you'd learn your limit. You may be the "Mead Queen of Kinforth" but hellfire is a lot stronger then mead."
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George looks up from some sort of radio device.
"That was Dowlais Steele, best blacksmith I've ever known. It seems he has a proposition for us..."
George stares at the carnage. Slowly reaches into his bag and chemsprays the surrounding area. He reaches out and slowly grabs a shot of rum.
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"We aren't selling the hemovibrium."
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"Yup. We found this stuff, and if your Mr. Steele wants it he can buzz off."
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(Carn) "Hmph, I have the notes on how to create and forge it. He's proposed buying Bloodsong from me before. However, its to early for word of the hemovibrium to have spread that far."
(Ingur) grabs a bottle of mead and drinks "Ahhhhh, thats better."
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"No...it's nothing like that...It seems like a simple drop and delivery job...what do you guys think?"
(This "Dowlais Steele" is a guy I actually know, I'm trying to work him into the story because he wants to join)
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(ahh ok, we may want to tone down the number of quest threads. don't want to clutter up the forum)
(Carn) "Wait, Dowlais Steele? Ohh, thought you said Dohrais Steele. Dohrais, is a complete prick with 0 business scruples. In any event i need to work on the hemovibrium."
(Inugr) finally reaching her alcohol limit, Inugr slumps against Carn and falls asleep
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(It doesn't need to be a real quest, I just need an excuse to add him)
"Alright, he's a few kilometres to the south, anyone wanna come with me?"
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(Carn) "Ingur is completely hosed, I still need to sharpen this," tapping the bundle "And Koali seems to still not have completely recovered from Ingur's competition."
(if he wants to join then he's perfectly welcome, everyone else just walks in the door)
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*Takes another sip of cider.*
"Nestor, go get the Squid and help George."
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "Right away, sir."
*Phases into the Squid and hovers near the front door.*
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(Carn) "Koali, mind if we bunk here tonight? Carrying Inugr and an unfinished bayonet to the docks isn't going to be comfortable. Not to mention it would look very suspicious."
(Ingur) mumbles something about "silver sound"
(Carn) "I can never tell what she's dreaming about."
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George leaves the tavern.
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"There should be rooms over... Uh, somewhere. I don't remember how this place is laid out, hunt around and you'll probably find a place to sleep, with beds that are better than the couch we have here."
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(Carn) slinging Ingur over one shoulder he grabs the unfinished blade and finds a room. after putting Ingur in a bed he sits down and begins sharpening the bayonet.
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George returns to the tavern several hours later, he is clutching a blood soaked towel to his shoulder, behind him is Dowlais, carrying Nestor, who is alert, although missing his legs.
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Dowlais drops a box full of black stream steel ingots on the floor
"Christ that's heavy, I need to rest"
Dowlais looks for for someone to hand Nestor to, before his eyes rest upon Koali.
"What the hell is that..."
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George slumps into a chair.
"Carn, can you spare me a drink?"
George moves his hand and towel away from the wound. There is a large piece of shrapnel embedded inside.
"Dowlais, hand me the forceps"
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Dowlais hands the forceps to George
"here they are"
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George pulls out the shard of metal from his wound.
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"Jesus, Dowlais, what the hell was that!?"
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"I'm sorry! The embers from the forge got to the engine and it blew up! You were next to it! Not my fault!"
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George glares at Dowlais.
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"Well hell, looks like we got a new face. Who might you be?"
*Pours George a shot of Hellfire.*
"DON'T let that in the wound."
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The powers that be declare that Nestor cannot be injured. He should still be fused with the Squid.
"Hello, Mr. Steele."
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George drinks the shot in one go.
"Thanks Carn"
George's eyes cross slightly, before they focus back to normal.
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"what are you...? no offence."
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"I'm a Kirby. I'm not even completely sure what that entails, but there you go. Care for a drink?"
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(Carn) Coming down the stairs while polishing his new bayonet, he notices George is back "This the smith you were talking about George? Also, unless you want to see an angry Anglean woman with a severe hangover, I suggest we keep the noise down."
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"Actually, I've been pretty quiet so I'm safe. I think it'd be interesting to see what a hungover Ingur could do to these poor fools."
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(Carn) "She did the fire thing last night right? Believe me, its best to let her sleep. Also, anyone interested in the new blade?"
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*Shaded raises and hand and beckons Carn over.*
"Bring 'er here, let's see what you've done."
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(Carn) grinning Carn walks over and lays the bundle down on the table. unwrapping it he reveals the freshly forged hemovibrium bayonet. "6 inch blade, designed to punch through armor, but is also able to slash relatively well. Sharp as Bloodsong, and I've gotta say, this was the most fun I've had in awhile making a blade."
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"Very, very nice..."
*Shaded picks it up gingerly, turning it in his hands.*
"Sharp as hell, this is. Think you could make swords like this?"
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(Carn) "Definitely, but I'd need the materials to smelt more. With the amount I have now, I could forge several bayonets, but only 3 or so swords. That's where you come in, get me the materials, and you get a discount." grabs bayonet and attaches it to Roxane.
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"Give me a list, I have contacts almost everywhere. Not to the Guild or Arashi, but they're pricks anyway."
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George groans.
"Carn, you got anything to clean this wound?"
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(Carn) hands over the list, which includes titanium and tungsten, as well as some chemical powders "I could also use some fire bricks and mortar to build the smelter, I know how, but don't have the materials." looks over at George "What the bloody hell happened to you." searches behind counter finding a bottle of pure vodka and a stick "Bite the stick, hard. I'm going to disinfect the wound, it will hurt."
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"I already have a smelter that's rated for the hottest temperatures man can generate. No issue there. Titanium and tungsten... *Hisses.* That'll be a mite tough. I'll hit up Yesha and the Baronies. Anglea, too, but I'm nowhere near as popular with them. Say, think you could help with that?"
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George bites down on the stick, looking warily at Carn.
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(Carn) "I may be able to get powders there, but why do you think so many Angleans raid? We've got a lot of old tech, but not a lot of resources. The metals would be high priced up there, but I know a guy in the guild who owes me a few favors. I'll hit him up." pours the vodka straight into the wound, then dabs at it with a clean cloth. "What the hell did you do George? I'm smelling engines from that wound, grease and oil."
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"Yeah, but there are still tons of trading opportunities. In your own way, you're as isolated as Chaladon. I can get powders from Yesha, they experiment with all kinds of crap in the weapon labs."
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(Carn) "I'm not saying you couldn't get the materials from there, but the isolation and the demand makes the prices pretty steep." scratches his chin "Ingur may know, more women are traders in Anglea then men, she has a few friends who do trade runs."
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"Not even materials, and even then, who said I couldn't ship them in? But yeah, I'll talk with Ingur. So, can I have a rundown on how you do this?"
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(Carn) "The smelting? It's like cooking, you follow the recipe with the right ingredients at the right amounts. Only you don't want to eat this stuff."
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"Yeah. Or just write down a list on how to do it. I really want to try those H.Flak rounds I mentioned..."
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(Carn) "Give me time to work it out first, there's some variation mentioned. I'm not sure they were able to get the exact amounts down. Empire's aren't built in a day, besides, I'd rather we start on smaller round then heavy flak. Less likely to kill us."
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George takes the stick out of his mouth momentarily.
"Dowlais put a forge on my ship...it blew up one of my engines, Dowlais only got singed, but I got shrapnel in the shoulder."
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(Carn) "A full forge? Near the engines? Bound to have an explosion. I'm all for having a small forge to make quick repairs on the ship, but a full forge is to risky. At least with the ships we're flying," looks over at Dowlais "You ever fly on a ship before? You may be able to set a forge up on a galleon, but the other ships are a tad small. Well, I suppose you could on a mobula, but it would be more open."
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"And have YOU crewed on a Mobula? It's delicately balanced. Too much weight either end..."
*Shaded makes a flopping motion with his hand.*
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(Carn) "That's why I said possible, theoretically you could, but it would need to be balanced properly. In any event, none of us have trade ships. An open forge on a warship, which is pretty much all that is flow, would be a prime target. One explosive round to a forge and BOOM."
(Ingur) slowly walking down the stairs with her carbine in hand she asks "Can't a girl get some sleep?"
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"...I have a trade ship."
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(Carn) "Really? Though I saw you using a galleon in the battle. Modified for trade? Most warships simply don't have the cargo space to be effective traders. I can carry some cargo on the Valkyrie, but she's a warship. Trade ships have more space, but considerably less armor and armaments."
(Ingur) grabs a glass of water "Mind keeping it down?"
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"I have most of a fleet. Mobula, Goldfish, a homebuild Junker, Galleon, Pyramidion... Everything but a Squid and a Spire. I have a Galleon with the 4 bottom gun mounts removed and the rest of the space enclosed. Holds just about anything."
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(Carn) "When I say trade ship, I refer to a ship built for trading, not a modified warship. However, a galleon modified in that way makes a good substitute, and mobulas have a large amount of deckspace."
(Ingur) "Oh yeah, Gunhild told me about that time you had to repel 100 feet off a mobula, bet that was fun."
(Carn) shudders "I did that more than once, Shock Drops are a pain. I prefer Squid Jumps."
(Ingur) "What was that one again?"
(Carn) "Squid flies in low and fast, and you pretty much just jump off, Shock Drops they fly you way up high, then descend at insane speeds, after that you repel or jump off. The need for rapid elevation change is why they use mobulas for that."
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"...Or you could just constantly vent and piss off your engis."
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(Carn) "They were...... combined with the mobulas abilities, well. You learned not to eat beforehand."
(Ingur) "Gunhild kept saying about all the grunts who tried to tough it out and lost there lunch."
(Carn) "I preferred to play it smart, then act tough. But yeah, you eat before that and you can kiss your lunch goodbye when it comes back up."
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"Pft, soldiers. I'm not saying it's pleasant, but in basic training every Guild crewman and pilot is put through just that."
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(Carn) "Again, I played it smart. I listened to what the high ups said. And I thought you hated the Guild? You called them a bunch of pricks. In any event, I highly doubt they had to repel 100 feet while being shot at, and land battle ready immediately after said drop. The drop itself usually was a few thousand feet."
(Ingur) fingering her carbine "Boys.... no pissing contests while I have a hangover."
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"I was born and raised in the Guild. I decided I didn't want to be in it, built a Junker, and left. They sent ships after me. End of story."
*Turns to Ingur*
"Again, quick to go straight for physical violence. I know you're intelligent enough to come up with a better solution than that."
*Turns back to Carn.*
"Of course. You learned quick to skip breakfast those days. And no, but they had us do it so many times you're accustomed to it. And about the bullets... I run a trading operation. I ferry valuable goods. That should be enough for you to figure it out."
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(Carn) "Ahh, didn't know, and please just humor her. She has a low tolerance for male grandstanding, more so when she is hungover. And we got used to it alright, if we didn't they'd chew us out."
(Ingur) "At the moment the alcohol, or rather the after effects, have impeded that part of my brain. And its mostly the volume your speaking at that's the problem."
(Carn) "I don't think Hellfire agrees with you."
(Ingur) face turning slightly green "I think you may be right."
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"Yeah, Shaded, show some tact! She's intelligent, but she's hung over. Give her a break, will you? Nestor, do we have any pain relievers?"
{[AI] Resident Pharmacist Nestor} "Right here, sir."
*Hands two pills to Ingur.*
"And possibly a bucket?"
{[AI] Pail Master Nestor} "Right here as well."
*Puts a bucket in front of Ingur.*
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(Ingur) swallows the pills with some water "Thanks.. in his defense I was a tad impatient when they were going at it before we left for the catacombs."
(Carn) "A tad?"
(Ingur) "Well you two wouldn't shut up and we needed to go."
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"And WHO'S fault is it that she's hung over?"
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"Hers, but partly mine for making the Hellfire. And partly all of us, because we didn't exactly stop her. So yeah, logically it's all your fault."
*Puts a paper party hat on Shaded's head. The hat bears the name "Shinkurex" in big, bold letters.*
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(Ingur) "I just dont understand it, I've drunk over 2 gallons of mead in one night with barely a headache, but this stuff."
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"Ingur, Hellfire is a whole order of magnitude stronger than engine-grade moonshine. Mead is an order of magnitude mellower than moonshine."
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(Ingur) "That type of moonshine has grease and other ingredients in it that make it not suitable for human consumption."
(Carn) "If you want to drink Hellfire then go slowly. And yeah i can confirm she can drink that much mead. She is the reigning Mead Queen of Kinforth. You wouldn't believe how many mercs she's drunk under the table."
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*Shaded is unsure how to respond, when he turns around, paper crinkling is heard, and then he whips around and places crude 'Shinkurex' party hats on everyone else.*
"I might be interested in a drinking contest. I don't usually drink to drunkenness, so I would imagine you'd win, but it'd be fun until the next morning."
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(Carn) "I have the sudden urge to blame these hats for everything."
(Ingur) horks a bit into the bucket "I'm not drinking tonight, last night was to much."
(Carn) "I have to agree, however, if you think you can match with Raiders Rum your on. Though I'd have to make some."
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"I can swig Hellfire. Not well, and not without severe throat pain and immense regret, but I can."
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(Carn) "As I'm working a forge, I'd rather we don't use Hellfire, which is why I said Raider's Rum. Its not as....potent, as Hellfire perhaps. But it still packs a punch, it's gut kerosene and charged round powder mixed in, along with some other things. Give me a few hours and I can whip some up."
(Ingur) spews some more in the bucket "Please no Hellfire, not right now."
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"I meant that as an example of how the rum shouldn't be a problem."
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(Carn) "Ahhh, well this packs a bigger bite then normal rum. Let me go make some." grabbing roughly a dozen bottles of chaladonian rum, Carn then pours it all into a large bucket. then dumping in 3 cans of kerosene and opening 2 dozen charged round for the powder he mixes it together, along with some stranger things from hidden pockets "A touch of nightshade," dumping in a dark purple powder "Some ox blood," pouring a flask of tick red liquid "And last but not least, dried dragonfire peppers." dumps in a reddish brown powder smelling of pain, then mixes for about 5 minutes. Filling 2 mugs he puts one before Shaded "Cheers!" downs the mug in one go and refills "Ahhh thats the stuff!"
(Ingur) "Why do you like that stuff? Come to think of it... why do you have that much ox blood in your coat?!"
(Carn) "For situations like this my dear."
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"Isn't nightshade poisonous?"
*Eyes the mug.*
"Fuck it."
*Chugs the whole thing and wipes mouth.*
"That has an... Oddly pleasant burn."
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(Carn) "It is poisonous, but this dosage is only enough to create a pleasant haziness. Of course you drink this entire thing and it'd probably kill you, combined with the alcohol level. The blood gives it a nice thickness. And yes, that is actual ox blood." drinks second mug down halfway "Ahh I've missed this stuff."
(Ingur) "You got any seal jerky in there?"
(Carn) finishing the mug, he hands her a strip of the stuff then refills
(Ingur) "This should help settle my stomach." begins to nibble on the seal jerky
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"Shaded. Your language."
*Continues to sip cider.*
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"I won't apologize, if that's what you're asking me to do."
*Refills mug and takes a sip.*
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(Carn) "Come on Koali, grab a mug." downs third and fills up fourth "Your beginning to lag behind Shaded."
(didn't you have your "twin" Exalt in here while we where in the catacombs?)
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He has ascended.
"I'm actually waiting for you to drink yourself unconscious and then win by attrition and staying up all night."
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(Carn) "Pfft, this is a quantity match. Whether I go under or not is irrelevant, besides," grins evilly "I know my limits. Shall we make a friendly wager? Say 100 gold pieces?"
(Ingur) quietly nibbles the jerky while smiling
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"Oh I know it's quantity, but pacing yourself is important."
*Drops a small bag of coins onto the table.*
"Don't underestimate me."
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(Carn) places his own bag on the table "Nor you, me. Koali, no wait Nestor, I appoint you official judge, I am on my 4th mug."
(Ingur) rolling her eyes at the display in front of her she continues to munch on the jerky
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"I would never underestimate an individual such as yourself."
*Swigs back the rest of his mug and refills, taking another gulp that drains half of the new mug.*
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(Carn) "Thats your fourth," finishes mug and refills "And this is my fifth." drains mug 3/4
(Ingur) finishes jerky "If you two go unconscious I can't carry you."
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"I've opted to not have alcohol for the time being. You two carry on. Oh, and Shaded? I'm not asking for an apology, I'm just asking that you don't do it again."
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(Carn) finishes 6th mug and refills 7th
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*Continues to sip cider.*
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"Nestor, can you get me a cider?"
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*Knocks back the rest of the mug and refills.*
"This stuff really isn't as bad as the ingredients seem. Have a sip, at least."
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{[AI] Cider Monkey Nestor} *Pours a nice, foamy mug of cider for George.*
"Here you go."
"Yeah, Shaded, no. Regular rum has never totally agreed with me, let alone rum mixed with blood and peppers."
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(Carn) drains 7th and goes for an 8th "Don't forget the nightshade. To be honest this is a somewhat tame recipe. Raider's Rum doesn't really have a set in stone recipe. The origins were a bunch of raiders, drinking rum, when a bunch of stuff fell in the barrel. They were to thirsty to care. Everyone has there own variant, some people put cobra venom in it!."
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"You know, I might start marketing this stuff. Come up with my own recipe. And Carn, remember what I said about pacing yourself."
*Drains half the mug, takes a sip of water, and then drains the other half.*
"Do me a favour, Koali? Fill this flask with the cider, please."
*Pulls a large silver flask embossed with a distinctly Yeshan symbol.*
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(Carn) "Ingur is the Mead Queen of Kinforth, but I'm the Rum Lord of the Marauders. Nobody has been able to out drink me with this stuff. And by all means, market it. Its a pain to find anywhere outside of Anglea."
(Ingur) "That symbol mean anything?" drains water glass and gets another
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"I don't need a title to drink you under the table."
*Swallows the other half of my glass and refills, onto my 6th.*
"No, Ingur, it's just a general symbol. You can see it all the time on Yeshan produced materials. I got this from a friend who lives in their territory."
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{[AI] Cider Monkey Nestor} *Takes the flask and fills it with cider, then hands it back to Shaded.*
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"Thank you, Nestor."
*Gulps down another half glass while putting the flask back into my coat.*
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(Carn) finishes his 8th and goes for a 9th "Nobody has been able to out drink me on this stuff. And believe me, they've tried."
(Ingur) "Ahh wasn't sure. I'm not so good at reading yeshan."
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*Finishes the half glass and another in rapid succession, filling a third time and bringing me up to 8.*
"Not a problem. I've outdone many men."
*Turns to Ingur.*
"Neither am I, all those symbols don't make a lick of sense."
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(Carn) raising an eyebrow he proceeds to drain his ninth, then fill a tenth, after which he grabs 2 more mugs filling them then downing all 3 in quick succession, raising the bar to 12 "So have I."
(Ingur) "If its on a lot of there goods, it may be a manufacturers mark, or some nationality thing."
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George cracks his neck as he wakes up. He blindly grabs around for his bag, he finds it and clutches it close to him.
"Hey, I forgot, does this place serve food?...I have this but..."
George holds up a drooping stick of whale jerky.
"...it doesn't look that appetising"
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"I keep telling you, you're gonna end up on the floor at this rate."
*Drains the 8th, fills for a 9th.*
"And George, whale jerky might LOOK horrible, but it tastes OK."
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(Carn) "Pfft, good luck trying." turning to george "Whale jerky is actually pretty good. Of course I'm Anglean, seafood is a big food staple up there."
(Ingur) "It all depends on how it was cooked. Now then, I think my stomach has settled." grabs one of Carn's extra mugs and fills it with the rum "Cheers."
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George cautiously takes a bite of it.
"Actually..."
George takes another bite.
"...not bad"
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"Is that skywhale or sea whale?"
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"God knows..."
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"Meh, I guess it doesn't really matter."
*Goes outside to the smithy and starts working on... Something.*
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(Carn) calling out to Koali "Hey! Don't mess with the alloy! And for Bacon's sake, don't mess up the forge. That thing things burns hotter then most will." grumbling about people messing around with stuff he knocks back a 13th mug.
(Ingur) "I think I'll go make sure he doesn't do anything....... stupid." quickly swallows a glass of water and follows Koali.
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"Oh, hi! I'm just working on turning some scrap into a skywhale call!"
*Holds up an oddly shaped lump of scrap.*
"Don't worry, this is just a chunk I found in the catacombs. As you can see, I'm not exactly done yet."
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(Ingur) "You haven't used any ingots then? Alright, Carn can get...... irritable when people mess with a project of his. But scrap is scrap, just don't use more then you have to."
(Carn) lets loose a titanic belch to rival the sky whales themselves
(Ingur) sighing "Oh joy."
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"Don't tell Carn, but this is supposed to be a surprise gift for him."
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(Ingur) "As long as he keeps his sanity, all his body parts, and it doesn't get him thrown in prison. Well then, good luck." goes back inside
(Carn) is humming a shanty type tune between sips
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*Thinking to himself.* "Keeps his sanity? He'll keep what sanity he still has for the most part, but he'll probably have rushes of insane, adrenaline-fueled delight."
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George orders another drink and sits down.
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(Ingur) squinting at George's friend "Hey is he alright?"
(Carn) finishes his 14th and fills a 15th "Ahhh, now that nightshade is taking affect. Everything is in wonderful blurry colors."
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*A loud, low horn blast issues from the forge. Just as Carn looks out the window, he sees a pod of skywhales in the distance, leading him to assume he is hallucinating.*
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(Carn) "Uhhhhhh anyone else see the pod of skywhales? Or have I had to much Raider's Rum?"
(Ingur) "Ohhhh no, I see them too."
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"Awesome. Hey, Carn! I've got something for you to see!"
(http://i.imgur.com/3R7Vp8F.jpg)
Basically this but made of Songsteel.
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(Carn) "Ummmmm interesting.... what is it?" wonders where he will put this, it seems larger then the free space on the Valkyrie's deck, and he has no other place of residence that he owns
(Ingur) "Did that thing make that sound?"
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"To answer both your questions, give it a strum! A LIGHT strum, a heavy one could do some real damage. To us, not it."
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(Carn) "Hmmm, was never very good with string instruments, wind and brass yes. Well then here goes." gingerly plucks the longest string
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*A loud, low note issues from the strange instrument's mouth.*
"If you learn to play it, you could try and summon a skywhale!"
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(Carn) "Well that explains the pod passing by."
(Ingur) looks at the size of the instrument "Uhhhh where are we going to put it? It would take up most of the deck space on the Valkyrie."
(Carn) "I was thinking that myself, I don't own a warehouse either."
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"Well, it might fit on a heavy gun mount. You'd have to ditch the Prometheus, though. Maybe we could split the Prometheus in two and put it on the side mounts?"
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(Carn) "Is there a way to scale it down? It would lessen the range, but make it easier to transport."
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"It would also raise the pitch. Remember, size and shape are everything with sound. Now..."
*Rotates the Gaffophone away from the Tavern.*
"Observe."
*Gives the strings a moderate strum, creating a large standing wave (you might want to google it if you don't know what a standing wave is) in the sand.*
"A wave like that can cause severe mental disruption. After all, it vibrates your brain. Now, if you strum with more force, you can end up liquefying someone. A smaller one on the other hand... It would actually work, I've seen it happen. I think I can make a miniature version."
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/10/Gaston_6.JPG)
Woo, French comics!
...
I neglected to mention that the Tavern is out in the middle of a desert in the middle of nowhere, with a town not too far away.
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(so we've either got a teleporting town, or a teleporting tavern/armory/bunker)
(Carn) "Again, space, I don't have a lot of it. Is there a way to get this to be modified as some sort of horn? To be honest I'm not so good on string instruments. But I've played a variety of brass."
(this is actually accurate)
Meanwhile several kilometers to the north, a woman in a Anglean Marauder's dress uniform with Major rank markings is piloting a squid at ridiculous speed. The woman bears a striking resemblance to Ingur, red hair and a lithe athletic frame. However, its is visibly obvious this woman is somewhat older and currently pissed off. Major Gunhild Krell is soon to arrive.
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George places on his goggles.
"Guys, if anyone can made this instrument into a smaller form it's Dowlais."
George looks down at the currently passed out body of Dowlais.
"Maybe not...so much for the legendary blacksmith Dowlais Steele."
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(Carn) waves his hand in front of Shaded's face, and noting the complete lack of reaction "And this is why I'm confident of winning with my recipe. I've drank so much I'm quite resistant to nightshade, so Nestor. I named you official ref, do I win?"
(Ingur) checks Dowlais's pulse "He's still breathing at least, dump him on a couch or something. Think I saw some blankets somewhere."
(Carn) "Anyone know exactly how big this place is? Does it even have a radio?"
(Ingur) face going as pale as bone "Uhhh Carn? I haven't been able to radio Gunhild......."
(Carn) "Soooo what your saying is, she hasn't heard back from you since you came to collect my dead body."
(Ingur) "That pretty much sums it up."
(Carn) "Koali for the love love of Bacon, we need to find a radio."
Now zipping over the town and heading directly for the Tavern, Gunhild parks the modified squid directly over the front door
(Carn) "To late, brace yourself lads."
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George doesn't look up but places a pair of large, pink and fluffy earmuffs over his ears, takes out a book and reads it, awaiting the outburst from Gunhild.
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I actually meant that we'd been here all along, just a random Tavern in the desert that seems to have simply popped up out of the ground.
*Leaves the room and returns with a radio.*
"Here, Carn, I found a radio-"
*Notices Gunhild and her ship and promptly turns to stone.*
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Banging open the door Gunhild enters armed with not one, but two, carbine's in each hand. And they happen to be pointed in the general direction of the room.
(Gunhild) "Now then boys, I am going to ask you this just once......"
(Ingur) seeing the look in her sister's eyes, she jumps in front of her "Gunhild don't shoot! I got distracted ok? Haven't found a radio that could go to Kinforth."
(Gunhild) seeing her sister is unharmed, she puts her carbines crossed over her back "I see......." noticing Carn standing nearby, she turns back to her sister "I see he is still alive, so I win the bet."
(Ingur) wincing "I was hoping you'd forget that."
(Gunhild) "Since when do I forget that kind of thing." flashes a sinister smile. Then walking over to Carn, she throws a right hook then a drive to the solar plexus
Carn manages to duck the hook, and is still wearing body armor
(Carn) "Really? Cap-----Major," catching himself after noticing her new rank "Ingur already got her licks in."
(Gunhild) stretching her hand "Exactly why are you wearing body armor?"
(Carn) "Oh..... I forgot I still had that on."
(Gunhild) "If anyone else said that, I wouldn't believe them. However, considering I've seen you sleep in full armor, on a concrete floor, during a flak barrage, I can believe it."
(Koali, I need Nestor to say who won remember?)
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Well, hold on, he was in the bathroom.
And you said two carbines in each hand? For a total of... Four? I guess Gunhild just has man hands.
{[AI] Nestor the Judge} *Returns from the bathroom and is about to announce the winner of the drinking contest but trails offupon noticing Gunhild.*
"And the winner... is... Carn..."
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(...she has two total, not four)
(Carn) surreptitiously scoops up the 200 gold on the table "Umm Nestor, why were you in there? Your an automaton."
(Gunhild) "Sentient automatons, a strange pink thing that turns to stone... whats going on?"
(Carn) "I stopped asking a long time ago."
(Ingur) pokes Shaded's face "Uhhh I think he has a mild case of paralysis....."
(Carn) "Yeah I think your right, let me get the "wake up" shot." rummaging around in his coat, Carn pulls out a vial and pours some of the contents into Shaded's mouth "Ok, you don't want to know what was in that. But his heart rate should be increased which will circulate it through his system. He should wake up soon enough."
(Gunhild) notices the mugs "Got another one to try and out drink you on your brew?"
(Carn) "And now I'm 100 gold richer."
(Gunhild) "Well sober up," pulls out an officer's badge and tosses it to Carn "You've been reactivated and promoted. Welcome back, Captain."
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Can we retcon it and say it looked like four total because Gunhild is so badass she has her own custom-made double-barreled carbines?
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "I... Erm... Would anyone care for a drink?"
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(Hmmm, i like the way you think, two double barreled carbines it is)
(Carn) stands there jaw dropped holding a Captain's badge
(Ingur) waves hand in front of Carn's face
(Gunhild) "The entire senate signed it Gormson. The whole freaking senate. They want you to be the Official Anglean Representative out here in neutral territory. That requires a rank, one a bit nicer sounding then Sergeant."
(Carn) "I'm a bloody officer, politics, paperwork....."
(Gunhild) "I'd say he could use a drink. This is a fairly common reaction for NCOs who've been made an officer without desiring to be one."
(Ingur) storming over to her slightly taller sister she starts yelling "THIS IS WHY YOU CAME? TO YANK HIM BACK! YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW WHY HE LEFT!"
(Gunhild) endures the tirade of her little sister with military professionalism, letting her burn herself out "I had my orders Ingur. If I could, I would have left him in peace. The entire senate signed off on it. When have you ever heard of the entire senate agreeing on anything."
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*Awakens from stone form.*
"Is... Is it safe to come out now?"
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} *Pours a mug of mead for Carn.*
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(Ingur) puts the mead in Carn's hand "Relax Koali, she's not here to kill anyone."
(Carn) remains frozen except for occasional mutterings involving senator names, paperwork, and a wide variety of swears
(Ingur) "It seems my sister," glares at Gunhild "came here to reactivate Carn into the military. As an officer, a captain to be exact."
(Gunhild) "We have heard several accounts of the recent activities you've been doing out here in Neutral territory. Several smuggling jobs, including one into an important Empire city. Repelling multiple bandit attacks on several towns, as well as other things. Therefore they want him as our Official Representative out here."
(Ingur) "If thats why your here, then why come in guns blazing?!"
(Gunhild) "Admittedly I was worried about you, but honestly I like doing things like that." grins a grins far to sadistic to give anyone pleasure
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"Really? Ok. But unless this is like one of those stories that people write in a notebook and pass it around for someone else to write the next part *cough* a captain spends a lot of time at a desk. Now, if Carn refuses such a fate and wants to keep being a badass instead, does that mean the entire Anglean army is going to swoop in and kill us?"
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(Gunhild) "His particular commission means he has rather less paperwork then other officers. Mostly just regular reports, as well as any for unusual events. Unless he needs to requisition then he wont have to deal with any quartermaster. Quite frankly he will operate with far more autonomy then most.
(Ingur) "Buutttttt...."
(Gunhild) "But if he refuses, then I will have to take him into custody. If he's not attached he's considered a loose end. His skill and knowledge make him valuable, and if they can't have him work for them, they'll want him under guard."
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*Shaded shakes his head and makes a "pbbbbt" noise.*
"DAMN. I was OUT. Sorry, guys, I have episodes where I just go dead to the world..."
*Notices Gunhild and Carn's Captain badge.*
"...Having a bit of a Rip moment here..."
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"He's not going. He's crucial to the plot of this--- I mean, uh... He can't just go to a desk job!"
"..."
*Whispers to Carn.* "That is a desk job they're trying to put you in, right?"
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(Gunhild) "This isn't a desk job, I'm just going to cut to the point here. He's skilled, he knows a lot, and he's done a lot of helpful things out here in the Neutral Zone. The Senate wants him to keep doing that, but as an official of Anglea. Aside from reports, he will have barely any paperwork, so he won't need a desk that much. He will be able to operate with far more freedom than most others."
(Carn) coming out of his daze he replies "Basically not much has changed. I only need to send in reports, and not do anything that would make the Republic look bad."
(Gunhild) "Those are your standing orders. Of course should war come, those will change."
(Ingur) removes the still half filled mug from Shaded's hand "I suggest you don't drink Carn's brew. It's a gimmick of his, he's drank so much of it he is highly resistant to the affects of nightshade. Even if they have a higher alcohol tolerance then him, the nightshade always stops them."
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"I guess I misunderstood. So... Carn's getting a shiny badge and just has to write home every so often?"
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(Gunhild) "Slightly more sophisticated then that, but that's one way of putting it."
(Carn) goes back to his rum "Care to try Major?"
(Gunhild) "No. Last time the unit tried, everyone except you ended in the infirmary. Besides, I have to fly back and I want a clear head for that."
(Ingur) sighing "So what do you want me to do?"
(Carn) "Wait what?"
(Gunhild) smirking "We made a bet. She thought you were dead, I was sure you weren't. The bet stated the victor gets the loser to do a full day of training that the victor decides on."
(Carn) "Well then.....try to keep her in one piece will you."
(Ingur) "Carn! Do something!"
(Carn) "Against a superior officer? They'll rite me up on insubordination, plus its your sister. Anyways you made the bet," giving her a slight glare "which revolved on whether or not I was dead, and you thought I was."
(Ingur) blushing with anger she goes back to her mead
(Gunhild) "You do realize she's going to get you for that right?"
(Carn) "This is one of the few chances to score any solid points. I know I'll pay dearly, but its worth it."
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"Oh I was serious about the episodes... Although that nightshade is rather a doozy..."
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(Carn) "Well anyways, thanks for the gold."
(Gunhild) "Hmmm, I'm thinking mud crawls and the wall at the very least."
(Carn) wincing "Look, I'm asking this nicely, go easy on her."
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*Shaded smirks.*
"You needed it more than me anyway."
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(Carn) "I'm not going to argue that." turning to Gunhild "So I am on the payroll right?"
(Gunhild) "Basic Captain's pay grade, however it will be automatically transferred to your account in Kinforth."
(Carn) shrugging "Well that's something at least, more then I was making as a sergeant." looking back to Shaded "Oh I wouldn't recommend drinking anymore of the rum, also avoid cabbages and shrimp for a week or so. What I gave you to wake you up can have.....unpleasant side effects if mingled with those."
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"You kidding? I fricken' LOVE shrimp!"
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(Carn) giving him a deadpan stare "It's one week, but if you want to risk dehydration due to projectile vomiting and severe diarrhea, then by all means."
(Gunhild) "WHAT is in that stuff?!?!"
(Carn) sips mug "You don't wanna know, lets just say that it excites your bio-rhythms but it acts violently with cabbages and shrimp."
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"Could I have a vial? It'd be interesting to see why..."
*Mad scientist gleam*
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(Carn) "I only have the one, trust me YOU DO NOT want to know the contents." sadly he see's the gleam in Shaded's eye and relents "Ugh fine, its sky whale feces mixed with moss."
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"Ok, hold it, two things. 1) Shaded, you'd be hard-pressed to find shrimp around here, and 2) CARN HOW THE [expletive deleted]ING [expletive deleted] DID YOU MANAGE TO FIND SKYWHALE [expletive deleted]?!"
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(Carn) "There's a certain area out in the Burren that they frequent. Hey, he asked. Oh your going to want to rinse your mouth."
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*Pauses from brushing his teeth with soap.*
"Hmm?"
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George takes off his fluffy pink headphones, notices Gunhild and is about to put them back on when George notices that she isn't yelling.
"What's going on?"
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(Carn) "1 why where you wearing earmuffs, and 2 why do you own fluffy pink earmuffs?"
(Gunhild) "Ok, I'm getting tired of explaining this. Carn has a job, and is now a Captain in the Anglean Military."
(Carn) "Koali, I meant Shaded should rinse his mouth, not you."
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"Oddly liquid for feces and moss..."
*Rinses mouth with industrial grade mouthwash and spits into an empty rum mug.*
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(Carn) "Those are the 2 main raw ingredients, they've been altered and diluted somewhat. It beats being poisoned."
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"You'll have to show me where in the Burren you got that... I need to see what other properties it has."
As the Tavern is in a desert, I have to think of a reason I have a shipyard not too far from here.
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(Carn) "Believe me when I say you'll want to wear a gas mask and protective gear."
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"Most everyone has gas masks."
Hooray for cosmetic unlocks
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(Carn) "Some other time then, I still need those shipments for the alloys."
(Gunhild) notices the new bayonet on Roxane "You figured out the recipe!"
(Carn) winks
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"I figured Gunhild would have a rant at you, I prefer not to listen to that. It appears I was wrong.
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(Carn) "Piece of advice, its better to listen to the rant, that way you may be able to tell when she'll start shooting."
(Gunhild) shrugs nonchalantly
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"What's your rank again, ma'am?"
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*Finishes brushing teeth.*
"Oh, I thought you were telling me to wash my mouth because I said [expletive deleted]."
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(Gunhild) "Major."
(Carn) "Koali, I was a sergeant of a Marauder unit. Swearing doesn't faze me, at least when its general swearing. If its aimed at a particular person, then I can get bothered by it."
(Gunhild) "You know, they wanted you to drill the scrubs in basic right? You can get loud enough to be a drill sergeant, and have a colorful enough vocabulary."
(Carn) shrug "And give up the skies?"
The crew of three engineers who were maintaining the squid Gunhild piloted in, walk through. Seeing Carn's new rank they salute
(Carn) taking a deep breathe he begins "WHO THE BLEEDING-----" Gunhild taps him on his new badge "Oh, sorry lads, ummm carry on." salutes them back "This is going to take awhile."
the three settle down at a nearby table and grab a few bottles of whiskey
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"Hey, Carn, if you keep this up you might be on equal footing with Major Gunhild! I bet she could still kick your ass, though."
I'm a potty mouth, but if need be I can reign it in. Hopefully that doesn't count.
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(Gunhild) "Honestly, he's a lot better with explosives and artillery pieces. We've had shooting contests before, but there's never been a clear victor."
(Carn) "And our melee styles are different as well. I'm a heavyweight fighter, she's a lightweight. I hit harder, and she hits faster. Besides, aren't two double barreled carbines a bit much? Though you also use them as clubs too."
(Gunhild) "This coming from the man permanently carrying a behemoth of a rifle and a boarding axe?"
(Carn) "In short, our shooting is about even, and our hand to hand styles are opposing. I'm better with artillery and explosives, which is why I gun on ships, and she's a better pilot and infiltrator. Anyways, this "promotion" stinks of politics."
(Gunhild) "That it does, you know a lot of info. This is a more pleasant way of dealing with a loose thread."
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*Shaded thinks for a second before pulling out his revolver, removing the cylinder and holding the gun and cynlinder out for inspection.*
"And I have a behemoth of a pistol."
*Places them down on the table.*
"Long barrel, night sights, custom whalebone handgrip, .454 Casull rounds jacketed in tungsten..."
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(Gunhild) "Not bad, speaking of pistols." she motions to one of the engies "Bring in the other boxes." the engie nods and returns after a minute with two boxes handing them to Gunhild "Your an officer, so you need a pistol. Revolver with 10 rounds, 40 caliber rounds, single and double action. This one in particular is tailored for a leftie, as I know you shoot with your left." she puts it back in the box with its holster and hands it to Carn, then opens the second box "And now for the trips down memory lane." opening the box she reveals past medals "Your not required to wear them, but for special occasions or when you need to make a statement. Every one you earned, Ingur left them in my care while she came here."
(Carn) opening the box he looks for one in particular, pulling out a medal made of gilded steel wrought in the shape of a broken propeller "Remember this one?"
(Gunhild) "Oh please, you don't want to know how many recruits have tried to imitate the actions of Carn Cleardeck."
(Carn) "Seriously? I nearly died, and they're trying to imitate it?"
(Gunhild) "You have your own chunk in their guide now. You did a lot of stuff Gormson, you wouldn't believe what your old drill sergeants say when they brag about you."
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Swearing on this thread while in character isn't going to get you in very much trouble, I'll just admonish you (while also in character). Now, don't swear too much, but if you must then use some sort of humorous censor.
"Major Gunhild, I'd like to apologize for my hostile attitude toward you. I had no idea what was going on. Now, does Carn get a cool hat?"
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That's fine by me.
"That's nice... Very nice. Little fat around the middle to hold that many large calibre rounds... Is it durable enough to hit things with?"
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(Carn) grabs the pistol and going ouside, grabs a chunk of granite, then proceeds to crack it in half with a pistol whip "I'd say so."
(Gunhild) "Its the latest model, new super condensed alloy or something. A tad wide yes, but it has monstrous stopping power, and fires pretty quickly."
(Carn) attaches the holster to his left hip then holsters his new pistol, then goes back to the badge "I got lucky that day, and you were in time." looks back over at the others "None of you are curious?"
(Gunhild) looks to Koali "We already had his dimensions, so we brought a dress uniform for him. And yes, it has a nice hat."
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".40 you say? That has a good damn bit of punch, yup."
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"Why are we having a gun contest?"
*Opens mouth and polishes the nose of one of the Prometheus's lion heads.*
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(Carn) "Nobody is interested in how I got this badge? Eh screw it, I'm going to test this thing out."
(Ingur) coming back over "He can get sulky when people ignore his stories. To be fair, that one," pointing to the medal "is really good. Of course, I almost killed him myself when I found out what he did. But that was an emotional response"
(Gunhild) "You wouldn't believe the flak he got from the brass for it."
(Engie #1) "Wait, a minute. THAT was Carn Cleardeck?!"
(Engie #2) "How many ships did he rip through?"
(Engie #3) "Official reports confirm 3, but some say 7 and others up 14."
(Engie #2) "No way it was that many."
(Gunhild) "It was 5. I was there, but the brass couldn't confirm 2 of them."
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"Oh I can guess. Boarded and slaughtered 5 ships?"
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"Did he do his 'spinning axe can opener blade wheel tornado of doom' thing?"
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(Gunhild) "Well, he jumped onto the first one while I was burning moonshine at full speed on a squid, then yeah he slaughtered the crew, but then he piloted it into another ship, jumped to that one, and well you get the picture. What was crazier was this was in a blizzard that had lightning. After the fifth ship, he jumped back onto the squid."
they begin to here the pistol firing
(Ingur) sticking her fingers in her ears "You'd think they'd muffle that a bit!"
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"How? I've seen historical examples of suppressed guns, but these are revolvers! Slapping a suppressor on the barrel won't do anything since the exhaust gases can come out from the joint between the cylinder and the barrel. If I were you I'd ask George for a pair of earmuffs."
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(Carn) walks back in "Well its pretty accurate and has a good rate of fire, all things considered" reloads then gets a gleam in his eyes "Hey Koali, mind setting up a shooting mixed with an obstacle course? Like the one in the basement with the spinning metal arms?"
(Gunhild) "It is a good gun, I'll agree. Not so good for quiet jobs, but it'll punch through any body armor out there."
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"I've never really had an issue with armor. The .454 round was used primarily to kill large predatory mammals like bears, so... And I go for headshots, anyway."
*Holds out hand and makes a gesture indicating to hand him the gun.*
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"I'm pretty sure the guy who set up the assault course already built what you're looking for."
I don't even remember who that was... Was it Shaded?
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(Carn) "I'm only average accuracy with pistols Shaded. Besides, headshots aren't easy even for a dead eye when both the shooter and target are moving around. Anyways I think your right Koali, if you people would be so kind as to follow me." walks out to the combat course then draws the pistol with his left and Bloodsong with his right. calming himself for a few seconds he launches into the course shooting targets in their center of mass, and hacking at any that get to close, after 2 minutes the targets are officially dead "Well that was fun."
(Gunhild) "How your able to actually hit anything with the way you move is a wonder."
(Carn) "Still haven't figured out drunken axe Major?" (for the record Carn has developed his own style which is similar to drunken kung fu, only he uses his axe)
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"That's like the drunken fist, right?"
*Steps up to the course and sets my feet shoulder width apart. I mouth '1... 2... 3...' before whipping out my pistol and firing three times in quick succession, blowing the stuffed heads of three seperate dummies into fluffy peices.*
"And by the way... It's not a problem if you kill them before they can move."
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(Gunhild) "Military training, go for the center of mass. Even if you don't kill them, that still removes them, and another enemy out of the fight."
(Carn) "It's similar yeah, its actually quite effective on a ship deck. Given my size, most people think I'm an easy one to hit. Drunken axe, throws that guess right over the rails."
(Gunhild) pulls a lever and resets the course "My turn."
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"Yes, of course. Centre of mass works, and works well, but why go for a maybe when you can go for a certainty? If I'm standing still, I can nail everyone in this room right between the eyes faster than you can say "Hemovibrium.". That said, I know when fancy don't work. Sometimes practicality has to take over."
*Steps back from the course and makes an 'after you' gesture.*
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(Carn) leans over to Shaded while Gunhild calms herself "Another point is, one wounded enemy, means that takes him out of the fight, along with another soldier to help him. Plus there's a high chance they'll die from a shot like that anyways."
(Gunhild) after calming herself she then whips out her carbines and proceeds to officially "Run and Gun" delivering center of body shots and when any target get to close, she flips the carbines and uses them as clubs
(Carn) "Her carbines are custom made to be able to be used like that, and not take any damage."
(Gunhild) in roughly the same amount of time all targets are down, rolling her shoulders "Ahh, I needed that." turning to Ingur "I've decided on what I want you to do."
(Ingur) pales
(Gunhild) "You are going to practice with your sabre,"
(Ingur) relaxes, confident in her abilities
(Gunhild) "Against me."
(Ingur) goes even paler then before
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"Mm. Carbine whip... And yes, but ship to ship, anyone who's smart is going to leave them or at the very least move them out of the way to tend to them. I never was a ground unit, and most likely never will be. Ship to ship is my element."
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(Carn) "Marauders train for both, in particular to drop out of ships behind enemy lines. I've worked with artillery crew, airships, and ground units, even the navy a few times. Anyways, Ingur can blast a pilot between his eyes, while she pilots. A lot of those pirate ships that we salvaged that were mostly intact, were because she popped one between their pilots eyes."
(Ingur) "Sabres? With you? I won't survive!"
(Gunhild) "Nonsense, I brought our old training blades."
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"Have y'all noticed how the assault course seems to conveniently repair all the damage we do to it whenever we aren't looking? Like seriously, how does it do that?"
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(Carn) "This coming from the sentient pink ball, that has an armory in its mouth?"
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"... Well yeah."
*Glances at the assault course, which is once again in pristine condition.*
"Probably magic."
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(Gunhild) points at lever "I just flipped this is all." lever has a sign above labeled "RESET"
(Carn) "Yeah, I think that should do it."
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"But..."
*Looks all around the lever.*
"There's no mechanical connection? Must be a magic lever."
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(Carn) ".....Its on the wall Koali, its not a magic lever. There's a bunch of gears and stuff behind it. You may want to get some rest." pulls out a bottle "Or is the glue required?"
(Ingur) smacks Carn "Be nice, maybe he's too drunk or something."
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"I haven't had any alcohol for a while, I'm not drunk. Now, look at this."
*Tears the lever off the wall and dismantles the wall around its socket, revealing more bricks and mortar... And a distinct lack of any gears or mechanical connections.*
"See?"
*Puts everything back, then attaches a sign above the lever that reads DROP A PILLOW ON CARN'S HEAD*
"If my theory is correct..."
*Pulls lever, causing a rather nice, luxurious pillow to fall from out of nowhere on Carn's head.*
"This lever does what you truly believe and expect it to do."
*Puts the Reset sign back over the lever, and keeps the pillow sign for later use.*
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The three Angleans watch as Koali babbles and motions around looking in the wrong direction, and getting excited when a bird poops on a rock
(Carn) "I think he inhaled some kind of hallucinogenic gas."
(dude, quite trying to break the reality)
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...? Ah, yes, my apologies. And thank you for bringing me back to reality.
*Continues to celebrate the "pillow" falling on "Carn's head."*
Actually, I like the idea that I'm hallucinating. Somebody get me a glass of water, I'm dehydrated.
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(Carn) "He's dancing and chanting around a rock covered in bird poop......"
(Ingur) lugs over a bucket of water "Carn?"
(Carn) walks over and dunks Koali into the bucket several times until he comes sputtering to his senses
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*Shaded chuckles and sips from his hip flask, sighing at the taste of the cider.*
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(Carn) "Ok quick question," looks at everyone "Who gave the Kirby drugs?"
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Not gonna lie, I'm pretty much this weird in real life.
"ACKPTH! BLUAH! ... What? Carn... Where's the pillow? And more importantly, why did you just dunk me in a bucket?"
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INCOMING QUEST: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2a30--j37Q (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2a30--j37Q)
"I didn't. And Koali, you were hallucinating. We think someone may've drugged you."
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(Can we keep this in the thread? just mentioning where we are? at the rate we're doing these we'll clutter up the forum)
(Carn) "You were spouting gibberish and dancing around a rock a bird just pooped on. I dunked you because frankly, I didn't think that throwing one bucket load on you would snap you out of it. And your considerably lighter then a bucket full of water."
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*BANG* the tavern doors open to a new patron.
His pilot boots clop on the wooden surface of the saloon. His black with red lining War room suit did not match with the rags here in this tavern. he was wearing a mask (avas demon) and a pilots hat.
Everyone just stared at him...like this guy was about to kill someone...everyone started to reach for there gun.
The man sat down on a bar stool. he opened up a slit in his mask revealing his mouth. He beckoned the bar tender over.
Everyone was on edge now...
Then the gentleman said.."Do you have 2% milk here? Its been one hot day and im thirsty"
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"Uh... Carn, while you weren't looking, I sampled some nightshade. I have no idea why. Oh, look, a new patron!"
There we go, that's the kind of entrance we've been looking for!
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "We do indeed have milk, sir, but its quality is... Questionable. It's powdered dry ration milk; I'd recommend that you drink something else, unless you happen to have a cow?"
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(Carn) "There's milk in this place? And Koali, Nightshade results in paralysis and a stopped heart, depending on the dosage." looks at the rum barrel which has been recently emptied "Umm, did you eat the congealed dregs at the bottom? If so, then that may explain things."
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"I'm not of your species, and may very not be from this world. I knew a guy who could get drunk by eating sugar."
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(Carn) "The congealed dregs can have...... other effects."
(Ingur) "Sugar? Really?"
(Gunhild) "Lightweight."
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"Hello sir. There is an absolutely divine cider that I totally recommend."
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(Carn) "Uhhhhh, got any more rum back there Nestor? We've seem to umm, drank all of the stuff I made."
(Ingur) "How are you still walking in a straight line?"
(Carn) "Riiiiggghhhhhht, coming from you, while you've got a mug of mead. That's rich."
(Gunhild) "He has a point, Your Majesty." begins chuckling
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The Lofty Gentleman says "Ah righto ill have some of your cider"
You turn to the chap who suggested the cider to you.
"So whats your name?
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(Carn) waves hand in front of Shaded's face, getting no reaction "Out again?" turns back to the new guy "His name is Shaded, sometimes he spaces out." looks at the automaton barkeep Nestor and sighs "And the barkeep seems locked up to." reaches behind the bar and grabs the guy a bottle of cider "Here, I'm about 80% sure this is cider."
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"Buh! Sorry, sorry. ShadedExalt, merchant, tinkerer, and mercenary, at your service. And you?"
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I like your method of lampshading the fact that this is on a forum and we're not always online.
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Missingno} *Temporarily glitches out.*
"Abdep yksihw sherryrresh murum schnapps?"
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I thought it was rather clever/hilarious, yes. cx
"Koali, what the-"
*Nestor bumps into a bottle sending it clattering to the floor and muffling my words.*
"-Is wrong with Nestor?"
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I meant Carn's lampshading. Nice censor, by the way.
"No idea, he just does this sometimes."
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(Ehh, got to keep the story moving)
(Ingur) "Hold on." grabs her spider bot and whispers to it, then outs it on Nestor "There, that little guy should be able to find the problem, and probably fix it."
(Carn) looks at the guys "Why didn't we think of that?"
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"Iunno, I just figured we'd turn him off and on again. Now, Mr. Aceofeagles, what brings you here?"
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite MissingNestor} "SDLFJKnalsdfiuej in September."
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the lofty gentleman said "pleased to meet your acquaintance my name is Vallentinez Alkalinella Xifax ScidiaBohertz Gumbigobella Blue Stradivari Talentrent Pierre Andry Charton-Haymoss Ivanovicci Baldues George Doitzalel Kaiser the third esquire."
"but you can call me spades and i Come from the nobility of the baronies."
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I thought of it first, tho... And thanks.
*Thwacks Nestor with a mallet.*
"Mm. What might bring you here?"
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(Ingur) swats the mallet out of Shaded's hand "Hey watch it! My spider bot is working on him, don't need you complicating things."
(Carn) squints at the new guy "You look familiar..... any family in the baronies air fleet?"
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"...Are you implying your bot knows better than me? I would bet Nestor has some crossed wires in his logic cogitator, which is usually located in the head. Your bot is still on his torso."
*Picks up mallet and gently bops Ingur's head.*
"That wasn't very polite."
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"Well...." *points to goldfish ship that has a gigantic hole in its hull* "Somebody From the Order Blew a massive hole on my portside...its gonna cost alot...i was enroute to a barons convoy when twenty order airships started to attack the convoy. I took down 5 of them but they were to much...i barely got here. I Think that the baron might be Captured and or killed. So i plan to go after them once my ship is fixed...and once i get a new crew..."
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"You sure it's the Order? Might've been mercs. Chaladon is usually isolationist..."
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"Unless a bunch of rag tag mercs put together a fund raiser for the imminetly dead and saved they're money....i dont think they could have rockets the size of a main flagship."
"The only reason i survived was cause it exploded before it could hit me" spades sipped his cider and dusted of the dust from his hat.
"I hear your an engineer though...maybe if i can capture one of those ships you could see what i mean"
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"What the hell kind of a weapon fires missiles the size of frigates?!"
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"Also i dont have any families in the Air fleet cause i dont have a family. I was adopted by a wealthy baron and taught how to be like a baron....hes dead now"
"and unless you have see through vision under my mask you wouldnt be able to see my face"
lel
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"All i know is that they were powerful and it took out a fleet of baronies elite captains"
"However the ships were slow so my goldfish took five of them out easily"
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(Carn) "Something about the voice is all. Marauder units have often gotten into scraps with baronie units. I've shot down my fair share of em. And why would Chaladonian fighters be out here? They're even more isolationists then the Republic."
(Gunhild) "Ahem, I've seen rockets that big, and so has Carn."
(Carn) "He said an airship Major, not a destroyer."
(Ingur) "If you want to keep that hand, then never do that again. That bot is better then most engineers, and I don't want that mallet to damage, or confuse it, while its doing a triage."
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"...It's a small spider robot. There isn't much room for processing power. Unless it uses old world tech, there's no way it's better than a halfway decent engineer. On top of that, if it can't take vibrations from a mallet (which, by the way, was placed in the spot where the damage is actually located), how the hell does it function on ships?"
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(Ingur) "It IS old world tech, the schematics anyways. And Nestor is a lot more complicated then a engine, its scanning him, locating where the problem is. Its precise and delicate work, and malleting him, will just make it take longer."
(Carn) "Just let the bot do its job Shaded."
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"I'm telling you, it's the cogitators."
*Steps back and watches expectantly.*
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They watch as the spider bot scuttles around tapping here and there on Nestor. Coming to a conclusion, it opens a small hatch in the small of Nestor's back and crawls inside. They can here whirring and tapping, along with the occasional spark.
(Ingur) "Ok, now REALLY don't whack it. Doing that now may well cause the bot to miss or some other such thing. Then we have a spider bot jammed into a malfunctioning Automaton."
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"Of course not, I'm far from stupid. Although unless Nestor is customized, I don't know what could be wrong with his lower torso to cause this..."
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(Ingur) "Koali DID build him from scratch remember? Anyways, perhaps that was just the best access hatch for the little guy."
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"Wasn't he just... Here?"
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"Whoever they were they killed my crew,busted up my ship and anhilated my milk supply they'll pay for that"
spades took a hard swig of his cider.
"...seems like your having problems with your bots...yah need help?"
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The spider bot finishes and climbs out via Nestor's mouth, then jumps to Ingur's shoulder chattering a report.
(Ingur) "Eh, we'll need Koali to do an activation sequence. It's apparently wired so only he can do it. But the initial problem is solved."
(I'll not take control of Nestor from you)
(Carn) "I was shot down by some bandits around here awhile ago. Maybe its them flying Chaladonian colors."
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"Well the mercintile region is close to the chaldoian's region...wouldnt be too suprised if the mercs grabed a couple of the orders ships and are trying to frame the chaladoin's for this"
He set down his rapier on the table.
"And if thats the case I'll need me some crew to go up against them."
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(Carn) shakes head "The Guild doesn't have a lot of personal forces, they prefer to hire mercenaries. That being said, they could be the ones responsible for both our problems. A lot of mercenaries go bandit when they can't get a contract." scratches chin "I know a guildmaster who owes me a few favors, all things considered he's one of the more pleasent of them. He'll sell you up the river if the price is right, but he'll feel sorry about it."
(Gunhild)"What ship are you flying, I uhh, didn't exactly bother with the docks."
(Ingur) snorts "Understatement, you just gotta have your dramatic entrances sis."
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{[AI] Nestor Rebooted} "Zzt... Mgff? ... GAAAH!!! Is that a spider? Get it off! GET IT OUT OF MY CHASSIS!!!"
*Awakens from stone form.*
"Huh? I just had the strangest dream about an army of robots and a team of superheroes and- Whoa, the !@#$%'s up with Nestor?"
In other words I went and saw the new Avengers movie.
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(you pink bastard, i bet it was good)
(Ingur) "Relax, you shorted out. The spider bot fixed you. Remember these things?"
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It was.
*The spider bot jumps out.*
{[AI] Nestor} "Ugh, fascinating creatures, but... Waking up with one crawling around in your chest..."
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(Ingur) "It was already finished Nestor."
(Carn) "And I'm 80% sure it also crawled around in your head. I mean, it did exit through your mouth."
(Ingur) "These are automatons too Nestor, not as sophisticated as you. But they are of an old world design, one to fix things, like othe automatons."
(Carn) "Shaded wanted to crack open your head and start pulling wires."
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{[AI] Nestor} "That doesn't exactly make me feel any better... Mr. Shaded, I have no wires to pull! I'm all clockwork!"
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(Carn) "Well he wanted to crack open your skull and do SOMETHING. My engineering skill is limited to fixing airships and weapons in combat."
(Ingur) "Cogitators, he said those were what was wrong. The little spider bot just did some overall tinkering. It says you should have faster processing power now, along with greater physical power."
(Carn) "Nice, you got an upgrade! Isn't that worth having a harmless spider bot crawl around? Versus Shaded poking in what is probably something like a brain for you?"
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"My way would've been faster. Also, I am aware that you are clockwork. Logic cogitators use, as would be predicted, cogs. Upgrades are nice, but efficiency is too. And what, you don't trust a member of the Tinker's Guild?"
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"My ship is a model goldfish it is called the s.s death card it has manticore cannons A gatleen gun and a flame thrower."
He stood up and looked out the window to his ship
"Bastards did a number too her." He turned to the Group. "Guild master eh? Price isnt a problem im part of the baronies..where would he be?"
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{[AI] Nestor the Mighty} *Lifts Shaded off his feet.*
"Do you really think I'd trust a... Shady character like you to not negatively tamper with me? Oh hey, I guess it did make me stronger."
*Puts Shaded down.*
"Hoo, shots fired! Now, Spades, do you need help fixing your ship?"
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"Since when have I ever been anything but a gentleman? And besides, you may be strong... But I can still take you apart cog by well-greased cog. That mild threat aside, what interest could I have in harming you?"
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(Carn) raises an eyebrow at spades "Where else? Vyshtorg, the Guild capital. Anyways, why is a fjordlander wearing Anglean colors?"
(Ingur) "Faster maybe, but likely a temporary fix, a few minutes of diagnostics which results in the problem fixed as well as a physical and mental upgrade are worth it if you ask me."
(Carn) "Anyways, as I said, he owes me a few favors. Big ones."
(ahem, its gatling gun, and the manticore is a hwacha not a canon
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"...All of you seem to doubt my skills. Much less that a small automaton is better than an expert with two decades if experience."
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(Ingur) "We've never personally seen you do something like this. However, these bots are designed to do this. One which was designed by pre-war experts."
(Carn) "Shaded, whats done is done. We are not in an emergency, and sometimes its better to wait, and ere on the side of caution, then just jumping in when there is no immediate need to do so."
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"I'm just miffed that none of you think I can do it. Also, Nestor is interesting, I would've liked to have a look- not a poke, mind you- at how he works."
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(Carn) "He was out of it, he couldn't agree to it."
(Gunhild) "There's plenty of men who will do much the same when a woman is to drunk. We have a few choice names for them"
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"And he couldn't agree to you siccing your bot on him, either."
*Rounds on Gunhild.*
"Maybe if you'd paid attention to what I'd said, you'd have noticed I said look, not poke. Yes, I am fully aware that one can do things worthy of those undoubtedly choice names without taking a metaphorical 'poke', but I am outraged that you would even suggest I would do such a thing. That was out of line... ma'am."
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(Carn) "He does have a point Major, that was a low blow."
(Gunhild) grumbles to herself and continues drinking
(Ingur) "Can we just move past this already? I mean seriously, whats done is done."
(Carn) "I've got to agree with her, no use squabbling about it. Two different ways to fix him, and Ingur did start before Shaded. So can we all just grab some booze and let bygones be bygones?"
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"I don't know. All this booze is pissing us off. Maybe go out for a test run with my super duper top secret new guns?"
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(Carn) "You may have a point." fills several glasses with water, one for everyone in the bar, then mixes a dark greenish powder into it. "Here, its a sobriety mixture. It won't fix you completely, but it'll negate about 80% to 90% of the effects. Still going to get a hangover, but we will at least have clear heads." grabs a glass and lifts it up "Cheers." downs it
(Ingur) "Cheers." drinks hers
(Gunhild) mutters some possible obscenity and drinks hers
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*Downs a glass and grimaces.*
"Cheers. Blergh, that's bitter. Ah well, such is life."
*Dusts off coat.*
"Now, gentlemen, ladies, I have something I think all of you will like."
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(Carn) "You've made sure the Tartarus won't explode?"
(Ingur) "Gah! Whats in that?"
(Gunhild) grimaces "Powdered cod liver and various herbs and vegetables. Never tastes good, but it helps in the instances."
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*Grins viciously.*
"I did that awhile ago. I have better."
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(Carn) an evil grin slowly forms upon his face "Oh? And what does this one do my resident evil genius?"
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*Eyes glint*
"Tell me, Carn... Have you ever seen a hurricane?"
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(Carn) gives him a deadpan stare "I'm Anglean, I grew up on an island surrounded by water cold enough it felt like your balls would snap off. I've seen seals plucked from the ocean in a squall. Yes, I've seen hurricanes. Let me guess? Heavy gatling?"
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*Looks slightly miffed.*
"Yes, actually. I have something else, too, and it could aptly be compared to the hammer of god."
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(Carn) "Tesla canon?"
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"Couldn't be, that kind of tech was lost with the Icarus!"
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(Carn) "Gabriel didn't invent it, he got it from somewhere. And people have been clamoring to recreate one ever since the Icarus was lost."
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"...True. Shaded, if you found one, can I copy it for my personal armory?"
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"Not a Tesla cannon, but it IS named after a god of thunder... Come with me."
*Rushes out of the tavern, refilling his hip flask as he does.*
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(Carn) "Zeus? Thor? Jupiter?"
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"You'll just have to find out. Now get going, or I'm testing them without you!"
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(Carn) raises eyebrow "I'm walking right next to you."
(Ingur) "And we're just behind you."
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Then say that, ya lump.
"Well last I checked you were still at the table. Anyway, I've loaded up my combat Galleon with the Prometheus, the Maelstrom, the Jupiter, and the Tartarus."
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(Carn) "She down at the docks? In that case we can hop over in the Valkyrie."
(Ehh, it seemed a logical thing in the scene, and I am lazy)
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"Jupiter, huh? Is it a field gun?"
*Beat.*
"Waaaait, you have a Galleon?"
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"If you paid attention, Koali, you'd know that I am a merchant/mercenary with a Goldfish, a home built Junker, a... Re-appropriated Mobula, a cargo Galleon, a combat Galleon, and a Pyramidion. And yes, it is. I think you'll all like it."
*Turns to Carn.*
"Sounds good."
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(Carn) "Wait here, I'll bring her around." jogs off behind the tavern and two minutes later returns with the ship "Oh yeah Major, guess I'm going to need an albatross now."
(Gunhild) "We have one for you, remember though, it goes ABOVE your dragon."
(Carn) rolls eyes "Yeah I know, wasn't expecting to be pulled back in."
(lore wise for those of you that do not know, the Anglean flag is a red albatross on a black field. red an black are the Anglean colors, hence Carn's own color scheme.)
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*Swigns aboard, and in a silly, excited mood, yells*
"TALLY HO!"
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(Carn) waits for the rest to board "Your gonna want to grab a hold of something." ratchets it into full spead along with kerosene, shouting over the winds "I put new engines one her! She's a lot faster!"
they all arrive at the docks in less then 2 minutes, Carn mooring them next to Shaded's galleon
(Gunhild) "Those, are some odd looking guns."
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*Sticking out of the port side is a 12' long, .5' wide barrel, along with the familiar sight of the Tartarus. The starboard side has 4 medium sized barrels sticking out, each with a protected belt leading back further into the Galleon, along with the double dragon heads of the (slightly blinged) Prometheus.*
"Mahh. I just used what I had. I promise they're safe, however."
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(Carn) looks at Ingur and, cheeks ballooning, tries to quell his laughter
(Ingur) "What?"
(Carn) "Your hair."
due to the high speeds, Ingur's hair is now blown back all over the place
(Gunhild) "Is that Jupiter and gargantuan Mercury?"
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"Yes. Yes it is."
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(Gunhild) "Come to mama."
(Carn) leans over to Shaded "She REALLY likes sniping."
(Ingur) is busy trying to get her hair back to normal
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*Shaded laughs and vaults the Valkyrie's railing.*
"Off we go, lads, ladies. Gunhild has first try on the Jupiter, the Tartarus and the Maelstrom are up for grabs."
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*Hands Ingur a hairbrush and goes to copy all the guns (basically lick them).*
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(Carn) crack neck "The Tartarus is mine."
(Ingur) takes hairbrush and begins brushing her hair "Thank you very much dear."
(Gunhild) is already at the Jupiter
(Carn) "How about you take her out to the battlefield? Plenty of wrecks we can test these on."
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*I nod and climb in from the back, giving Gunhild a pat on the back as I walk by.*
"Right-o, good sir. You can get yourselves acquainted while I fly. I'll be using Kerosene instead of Moonshine for once, because I don't think the spider bots would be able to keep up."
*Runs up the stairs and jumps onto the wheel, rising slowly and kicking the engines to full. I flick a switch and a tank of fuel starts to pump and gurgle, injecting Kerosene into the engines and shooting us forwards.*
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"Oh, good, I though you'd blacked out for a minute."
*Zooms around the ship, repairing engines with surprising speed, on par with the spider bots.*
I guess I'm fast now. Huzzah, randomness!
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"Well, if you can keep up with Kero... Watch out, guys, popping Moonshine!"
*Slams a button and the gurgling stops, to be replaced with a roar as the engines burst into flame, spewing it behind them and pushing us forward almost twice as fast.*
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While they wait to arrive, Carn and Ingur each stand by a turning engine, bonking it when necessary
(Ingur) "Great. Again with the hair."
(Carn) chuckles
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"OK guys, we're here! Who's going first?"
*I've pulled up beside the pointy wreckage of a Pyramidion, tilted forward and standing on it's nose.*
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(Carn) "A tad close for the Tartarus and Jupiter, don't you think?"
(Ingur) hops onto the Maelstrom and decimates the wreck "But not for this."
(Carn) notices a ruined gun on the field, as well as some black stains, calling up "Hey Shaded, mind if I use your workshop? I have a sadistic idea."
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"There's a Galleon off to port, y'know. And yeah, go ahead.
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(Gunhild) fires and obliterates the wreckage "If only we could test these on fresh targets."
(Carn) hops onto the Tartarus "That would be a tad expensive Major." launches a barrage into another target "Where have you been all my life?"
(Ingur) sighs as her fiance shows in what she considers excessive gun love
(Carn) "If you can drop me back off I'll get to work. What I have in mind shouldn't take to long."
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"If you can fix up my ship fast ill pay you double."
He adjusted his war room suit and said. "oh..well my other one was completely white...and well it got.." he tilted his head down. "Messy. Im a tailor so all i had was red and black dye...and it it does help when blood splatters on my suit." He pointed to his gold fish ship.
"Now how in seven hells are you gonna fix that monstrous hole?"
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a quickly scribbled note left by spades, it reads
"I forgot to introduce myself, Captain Carn Gormson of the Anglean Military 1st Marauder Unit. If it helps to get back at those bandits then I'm more then willing to help you out. Some of us have gone out to test some experimental weapons, should be back soon. Sorry I had to leave this, something about this place, people can space out for odd lengths of time. Anyways, I took a quick look at your ship, she'll need some more armor plating, but good news is that she hasn't taken a lot of perma-hull damage. When we get back lets talk business, if I'm not available, talk to the red head. The younger, less violent one. Here's hoping that the albatross and the raven can fly together out here in no man's zone."
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You look at the note happy to know that things are getting done...but what are you to do now?
You decide this place needs a piano so you bring one from your ship inside the tavern.
You decide to play a haunting refrain.
(Go look it up on youtube)
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heres the song
[url][https://youtu.be/U5ggzIxfGDs[url]
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YOU'RE A HOMESTUCK?
*I lower the Galleon enough that if you were on the ground, you'd be able to grab the rear ledge.*
"It's been in my head, Carn."
BTW, Jupiter is Primary MASSIVE shatter, secondary large pierce, basically one clip of gat in an instant. Jitter is HUGE, and recoil is so great, that if you fired two of them simultaneously you'd be able to side ram. 1 shot clip, 10 second reload. Large AOE.
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(Carn) after jogging off to where Shaded's workshop is in the distance, Carn begins working for several hours, when he is done he signals to Shaded to come and pick him up, along with the new device which is covered in a tarp
(Gunhild) "You ever think about contracting out? I'm 100% positive I could set up an arrangement for you with the republic. You like pre war tech? We got it. You like seafood? We've got that too."
(Ingur) "Not to mention I have several friends in the trading business, if more trade routes can be established, all the better."
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"Not contracting out, no... But that sounds good, actually. And trading routes I am ALWAYS open to."
*Starts up the engines and turns for Carn, rising as I do.*
"On our way."
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Spades finishes the last note and gets up from thr piano. He looks at his rapier blade. Boarding is a offense to humanity....but you dont care.
"HRAAH" you make a slice up in the air with 100% precision. You take out a deck of cards and throw one in the air. You chop it in half.
This helps you improve your skills Whenever a idiot decides to try you at a gentlemens battle.
You decide to look outside. The Sky is a little cloudy and dark and the town below sparkles in the night like thousands of little jewels. You see a ship coming out of port along side your goldfish....your precious goldfish given to you by your adoptive father..as for your suit you lied about that one.. it is another day in this world of wins and losses. And you feel like its gonna be a long and boring day.
You go back inside.
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and yes i am a homestuck :3
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{[AI] Nestor the RP Police} "Sir! I don't mean to offend you or to insult your customs, but please refrain from using the second person when describing your actions! It's terribly difficult to make sense of it, as I am only constructed to compute actions as third person!"
Though I understand second person is integral to Homestuck, I must request that you use third person for Nestor's sake. He's rather advanced, but his tech still has quirks...
Ah, yes, Nestor is the resident clockwork bartender here at the Tavern. Drinks are free and we have just about everything, albeit with a few exceptions.
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You look at the strange robot....Second person narration? What in gods name....you switch to third person.
*switches.*
"There...better? I would like Some cider on the rocks please." *he sat at a bar stool*
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With difficulty Carn manages to get his new contraption aboard Shaded's galleon without removing the tarp. And again, with the aid of Ingur, switches it out to where the Prometheus was. Again, without removing the tarp.
(Carn) "Well now, ladies and gentlemen, I present to you, the terror of the skies!" dramatically sweeps off the tarp, revealing an odd looking triple barreled gun, with two of the barrels on top, and one bellow. There also are slits in these barrels pointing to each other. There are also cords in between them. Mounting this strange gun Carn fires it. Three large mines launch out of the canon, connected in an upside down triangle, hence the barrel positions. Launching the gun two more times Carn expertly places them close together. "I suppose you all know that the Phobos mine launcher can have up to five active mines? And launching a sixth will detonate the earliest one? Well, this one can fire three times, ejecting 9 mines in total before that happens. Watch what happens when I fire a fourth time." firing the weapon a fourth time launches another three connected mines, it also triggers the explosion of the first set. Due to the proximity in which he placed them, all the other mines explode as well. Resulting in a tremendous force. The group then begins to see thick, black clouds appearing where the clusters once were."
(Gunhild) "Are those...... tar clouds?"
(Carn) "Indeed they are Major, I have created the unholy child of a sadistic matrimony. I have created the Deimos Heavy mine launcher, when its mines detonate, they leave a tar cloud."
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*Shaded stares.*
"It's... It's so beautiful."
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(Carn) "Now, imagine two of these on one side of a galleon, and a Tartarus and a Heavy flak on the other, with a merc up top."
(Gunhild) "Captain, this is wonderful."
(Ingur) "I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of a ship like that."
(Gunhild) "Agreed."
(Carn) "The unholy spawn of mines and tar, I believe I've created a new hell for engineers."
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"...Y'know, you could replace the tar with a gas, and then have the Prometheus fire at it..."
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(Carn) "Uhh that would make the gas explode while the mines go off. Bigger boom, but no burn. Besides, the tar stays there for a few minutes, instead of a flaming cloud that would last all of 2 seconds. In any event, I had tar to work with, not gas."
(Ingur) "Except when you eat chaladonian."
(Carn) gives his fiance a deadpan stare
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"Wow... Dang, Carn!"
~Meanwhile at the Tavern...~
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "Much better, sir, thank you."
*Pours Spades a glass of cider, with ice.*
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(ok I have no clue what a Homestruck is, but that piano piece was quite good)
(Ingur) "Sadistic and unholy child of mines and tar, a slightly melodramatic description, but an apt one."
(Gunhild) sips some whiskey from a hip flask "We all know he has a flare for melodramatics."
(Carn) "Hey, I think I earned the right to be melodramatic for that." looks to Shaded "When should those shipments arrive? Your not going to be able to get that cutlass until I can make some more hemovibrium."
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"Carn, I can hear your lack of punctuation. You're going to kill me with that someday."
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(Aaannnnnnd Koali breaks the fourth wall, again.)
(Carn) "Huh? What are you talking about man? Anyways, we should probably be heading back soon."
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Fourth wall? You mean that pile of rubble? :D
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I... I CAN SEE EVERYTHING!
"Soon, my good man. They had to use Galleons, you know how it is."
Ooh... LET ME INTRODUCE YOU TO HOMESTUCK: http://www.mspaintadventures.com/ (http://www.mspaintadventures.com/)
let it consume your soul
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"Why thank you my good nestor." You take the glass and sip on the smooth elixer..
Then you hear a explosion.
KRACKABOOM
You turn abruptly to see your airship..and all its important reasearch...is on fire.
"Oh god no..." you run out of the tavern toward your now burning goldfish.
HOMESTUCK MUTHAFUCKAS
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Language, Spades. Used sparingly, and only while in character at the appropriate moment, it's fine. But in the aside (Shakespearean terms, basically this italic section), keep it down. We're trying to be civilized.
"Wait, guys, there's a fire by the Tavern! Was that caused by one of us?"
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(Eh, due to complete lack of tech skill, i just use this for OC moments)
(Carn) pulls out his spyglass "It seems to be from Spade's goldfish. We should hurry, it looks like its pretty bad."
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To use italics, just put a lowercase i in brackets. Then, to mark the end of the italicized text, type [ / i ] with no spaces.
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testing (eh, i find this easier)
(Carn) Notices Shaded has, once again, frozen up. Securing him by tying him to the railing, Carn takes the helm and speeds them over to put out the fire "Just going to borrow this, but I don't want my ship, or the tavern to catch fire. Plus I left a note telling that guy I'd help him out."
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sorry about that i getz carried away :p
You are at the docks now.
a man stands at the back of the docks. Its him.
(???):"So mr spades. Glad to still see your alive."He stomped his foot."and you still dont know when to quit"
(Spades) "Glad to see your still alive" he took out his rapier "And you still dont know when to stop following"
(???) The darkened man let out a sigh "You know What we want spades."
(Spades) His rapier reflected orange to the fire "Yeah...but the answer is still" he rushed toward the figure with lightning fast speed and put his rapier underneath his neck. "No."
(???) The man didnt flinch one inch. "You cant kill me...not yet. We are both gentlemen".
(Spades) he scoffed "GENTLEMEN?!?!...Dont be ridiculous not after what you've done..."
(???): "I still have my hounor to keep" the man pushed spades back and spades faltered backwards. The man pulled out his rapier which was longer then spades rapier. "So...what do you say."
(Spades): "I say..." he ran at him and they both clashed they're blades. "Im going to kill you"
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while the Spades is engaging in the fight, none of them notice Carn parking the Galleon 50 feet above them, looking down, he notices the fight, and grabbing a long rope, ties it to himself and the railing. Then jumps. The rope catches 10 feet above them, and Carn cuts it, landing on the third man, rendering him unconscious.
(Carn) raising his rifle towards Spade's assailant "Unless you want to lose that face of yours, I suggest you freeze."
(Ingur) grumbling about Carn, she lowers the ship close and the group disembarks
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(Spades) You let out a barrage of fast and ferocious attacks with your rapier and push your nemesis back.
(???) The man uses the length of his blade and his height to his favour making the battle twice as tough
(Spades & ???) You are both equally matched throughout the battle
Both of your rapiers lock.
(???) "You always were a push over using your defense more" He smirks
(Spades) "And you were always a stupid clutz using all your stamina carrying your stupid blade"
You hear a rifle cock back.
Its carn.
(???) "Who the hell are yo-"
(Spades) "You punch your opponent in the nose. He falters back.
(Spades) "Bout time you showed up..."
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(Carn) "Shaded spaced out again." looks at he two thugs "I take it you know these guys?" slings rifle across his back, and taking out some rawhide cord, ties the two men's thumbs and big toes together "That should hold em, and yes, I know it seems weird. But that rawhide will cut through your skin pretty quick if you squirm around, and small joints, like on thumbs and toes, are much more receptive to pain."
the rest jog over Gunhild with Shaded over her shoulder, Ingur immediately runs over and starts putting out the fires with a fire extinguisher that was on Shaded's ship
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You sheathe your blade and take a closer look at your....buddy..
...he has a mask on (avas demon) and a red with black trimming war room suit. Almost identical to yours. He also had a captains hat.
His friend is...a ai unit?.
"Yeah i know him...but not the ai."
You enter into your almost burnt goldfish.
"Welp...this sucks. " you see your reasearch room is burnt to a crisp.
"....." you just stare.
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sorry for any grammatical errors or not noice language
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(Again, please use third person, it keeps things clearer)
(Carn) peers around the corner "Ouch, for your sake I hope there wasn't anything non-replaceable." sees one of the thugs coming to and proceeds to thump him in the head with the butt of Roxane "Oh no you don't, not till we figure what to do with you." looks at Spades "If Koali will let me, I can set up an interrogation room."
(Ingur) "And why do you want to interrogate them?"
(Carn) shrugs "They've annoyed me...............and its been to long since I've been an outright sadistic bastard."
(Gunhild) "I may have encouraged that in you to much."
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"14... 16... Hm? Ah, yes, interrogation room. Go right ahead, just don't make a mess."
Carn knows why I'm counting.
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(Carn) "But thats half the fun." sighs "I'll mop up afterwards. Major would you mind?"
Gunhild sets down Shaded then goes over to the two, readying her carbines to knock them out if necessary
Carn goes to the tavern and sets up shop in a brick and cement room in the basement, with one electric light in the ceiling, coming back up stairs, he goes to his ship, and returns with a leather case
(Carn) "Any questions in particular you want?" he moves the two into the room and ties them up to chairs bolted to the floor, and blindfolds and gags them "Think on it, going to let them stew for a few hours. Nothing like waking up, tied down, and absolutely no clue where you are to get the blood flowing."
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"Actually i think the ai right here can tell me all i want"
You rip its memory chip. Right from its core. "ai or not he had to feel that."
You look toward your duplicate. "Wheres the barons flag ship."
He smirks. (????):"baron...whatever floats your ship. Oh i forgot you have none."
Your about to kill him....but you know who he is. So instead you just take off your gloves and slap him.
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{[AI] Nestor the Confused} "Did... Did you just rip out my memory chip? Oh, wait, I don't have one. Whew, and people wonder why it's hard to be an AI. Would a mug of Hellfire help with the interrogation?"
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(umm he is very much so unconscious, smashing Roxane into the back of his head a couple of times will do that)
(Carn) "Eh fine, I prefer working with things that bleed, If you don't have any questions I'll just get to work." after the prisoner has been conscious for a time, Carn walks in the door and sets down the leather case on a table, he has ditched all his arms except for his pistol, and has closed his jacket. Opening the case he removes two gloves of leather and ridged iron plates "Name."
(Thug) "What?"
spinning around he delivers a backhand blow with his fist, now encased in the cestus. a tooth flies out of the thug'smouth
(Carn) "Your name.)
meanwhile outside the door, the group is listening in
(Gunhild) sighs "I believe I encouraged him to much when he trained for this. He has enough of a presence to be intimidating, and he certainly has the strength. But he never really cared for it, I had to get him to."
(If you want him to have a specific name, then PM me, otherwise I'll do it.)
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*Enters the room and hands Carn a scalpel and a vial of Loch powder.*
"If you want to cause some chemical pain, put some powder in a cut. Otherwise..."
*Glances at the thug.*
"Keep doing whatever it is you're already doing."
*Leaves the room.*
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(Carn) pulls Koali out of the room "1) Don't just walk in, part of this is setting the mood. 2) I have a lot of knives and other things in the bag. The loch powder is a decent idea, though I have other things as well. The big thing just now is this. Do not enter while I am in the middle of an interrogation. Knock, and poke your head in if necessary, but barging in, makes this seem unprofessional. And this guy seems like he knows what he is doing. So I have to ratchet this up." seeing the look of understanding in Koali's eyes he goes back in
(Thug) "Well now, thats...."
Carn delivers another blow, this time across his eye
(Gunhild) looks at Koali "I know you want to help, but he has to set the mood in there. Part of that mood, is that Carn is in complete control. Try to understand this."
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"I... Ok... It's just more fun to watch than to listen! Also, if that thug keeps his mouth shut Carn'll kill him before he talks, which should provide for some interesting mind games."
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(Gunhild) "Believe me, Carn may prefer to open like that, but he knows how to break a person's mind. Anyways," she flips a switch on the wall, and a flickering screen comes to life, showing the room "he told me there was a camera."
(Carn) "Don't have a name? Then I'll give you one." tugs off the gloves and grabs the man's face turning it this way and that, all the while giving a cold stare "Bessy, thats your name."
(Bessy) "LIKE HELL IT-----"
(Carn) pulls out a steel needle and stabs it through the outside of Bessy's leg "Now, Bessy. I'm going to ask you some questions, you can choose to answer them or not. It doesn't really matter. However, things will be more pleasant," flicks the needle still impaled in his leg, causing tremors that translate to the wound "if you just answer me honestly." goes over to his bag and rummages through it "However long we are here all depends on you, Bessy."
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*Munches popcorn of unknown origin while sitting in a chair of equally unknown origin, intently watching the spectacle.*
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*There's a loud chewing noise and the slight smell of salt coming from behind the three of you; Shaded, chewing on some jerk,, has mysteriously appeared behind you all without ,making a sound.*
"We're all sadistic, evil bastards. I mean, tar mine, heavy flamer, heavy hades, heavy gatling, heavy mercury... And now outright torture. ...I like it."
*Continues to munch on jerky.*
"I was thinking about getting a pair of trench knives... thoughts?'"
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*Unsheathes a pair of large knives with an unnecessarily twirly flourish, making a Hollywood 'shing' sound.*
"Knives like these? You can borrow them."
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You watch in horror.
Internal screaming.
Enough of that you think.
"Guys....you do know that i ripped that ai's memory chip out right? (Not nestor) lets just see what this has on it."
(?):"why dont you tell them yoursel-
you punch him 5 times in his mouth
(Spades):keep your mouth shut or else ill shut it for you
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(Gunhild) "If this you have some sentimental attachment to this guy, then you need to say it quick. I see Carn filling a syringe. Ohh hell," Gunhild pales "he's using that already?!"
(Ingur) "What is it?"
(Gunhild) "A chemical codenamed Breaker. It results in mass hallucination and fear, along with distorting the victims sense of time." looks at the thug "This guy has been through some serious physical interrogations, and Carn knows it. He's going to break the guy's mind."
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"Dangit, he didn't use the Loch powder! Oh well..."
*Returns to the popcorn.*
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(Gunhild) "He may still do that, but watch."
Carn goes over and immediately injects the drug straight into the man's tear ducts, then exits the room
(Carn) "There, let him deal with his own worst fears for an hour or so. To him it'll feel like weeks." goes back upstairs
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"Damn. Heard of it, never seen it. This should be interesting..."
*Shakes head.*
"No, Koali, like these:"
(http://www.aef-doughboys.com/fieldgearphotos/1918trenchknife2.jpg)
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(Carn) "Ahhh trench knives, again, get me the raw materials and you get your blades."
(Gunhild) "Its nothing to spectacular to watch honestly, mostly some mumbling, foaming at the mouth, and jittering."
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"He should arrive later today, actually."
*Turns to Gunhild.*
"Might I enquire as to what's in this diabolical cocktail?"
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(Gunhild) "No idea."
(Carn) "The techies back home keep that under lock and key."
(Gunhild) "Its a pain to requisition too."
(Carn) "Which is why it is directly injected, and in small amounts."
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"One. No i dont have "sentimental feelings"
"Two.the only reason why im keeping this poor excuse for a opponent is because he knows where the ship is at."
"And 3. That thug may talk. But he wont. He doesn't feel pain. watch."
you grab his hand and a pair of pliers.You pull out his index finger nail.
He doesn't even flinch. Or let out a groan. Instead he chuckles.
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"Whoa, what? My randomness hades met its match! Spades, just leave Bessy to his torture, he's undergoing fear drug treatment."
*Puts the thug's fingernail back on.*
"Let's leave him for a while, shall we?"
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(Carn) "Why do you think I stopped with the physical? Its obvious that won't work on him. I'm going to have to go mental."
(Gunhild) "We could remove some fingers. Namely both of his index, and middle fingers. He can't carry a blade or shoot a gun after that."
(Carn) "True." turns to Spades "Just to be clear, what is his actual name? Knowing that will make things go smoother, also any backround information. The more I know of his past, the deeper I can dig into his mind."
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i was torturing ? Not bessy :P
"His name is diemond. He is my twin.and he is immune to mental and physical torture. Hell. He might torture you in the process of him being tortured. As for his background. ...."you shift nervously. "That will have to wait."
You throw the memory chip to Koali.
"is it functional?"
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(Carn) "Twins? And he tried to kill you? Ouch. Anyways, nobody can withstand Breaker, provided they are not a mutant. It'll take time, but if we run out, we can just lop off his hands if you don't want him dead." mind racing Carn is detecting some holes in the story Spades provided, making a mental note to keep his eye on him.
(Gunhild) "Spades and Diemonds, are there hearts and clubs as well?"
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"....." you say nothing to gunhilds question
"Ill tell you more once i find that ship. I have reason to believe it wasn't the orders fault. Or the mercs fault. But a different faction."
you point to your twin The one that hes in...and that i was in also...but first we must find that ship Time is of the essance and we have little."
You look toward your clone.
(Spades)"Now...we can do this the easy way..or the hard way."
(Diemonds):"i perfer it my way"
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(Carn) "Huh, he's up." looks over to spades "Your ship is still beat up, we can take mine, along with Shaded's galleon. Give us an hour or so to prepare, swap our guns to the proper things, grab extra ammo, that whole thing."
(Gunhild) looks at Diemond "And this one? Kill him, cripple him, or leave him?"
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"Just tie him up and put him in a barrel. I can hold onto him."
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(Gunhild) "Hmpf."
(Carn) "Yeah see Angleans don't really do prisoners. Criminals pay in money, resources, or blood. Don't really have the resources to house prisoners. At least not long term, short term for interrogations, yes."
(Gunhild) "What he is trying to say is that we REALLY hate doing this kind of stuff. I say we remove some fingers so he can't hold a blade or gun. Either that or blow his brains out."
(Carn) "However, I will defer to Spades. He's his twin, an he attacked him. He has more right than us." motions to some guys and gets them to swap out the guns on the Valkyrie "The Tartarus up front, mines on the left and a gatling on the right." the three engies salute and head off
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"Carn if it helps you i want to show you something that might help us if we go after that ship."
You go to the gold fish and go into its weaponary compartment. You walk out with a case.
You open the case to reveal small cannon balls.
"These are my own creation.each cannon ball holds up too two hundred incendenary rounds. Once they get close enough to a ship they detonate and release the incendenary rounds."
"load these up onto one of your guns.shoot only four at a time."
You walk away from carn and walk towards koali....and a barrel?.
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(Carn) takes the cannon ball "Hey Shaded, if we put these in a Tartarus......."
(Ingur) "Koali seems to have a fondness for barrels."
(Gunhild) "After the engies swap the guns on your ship I'll need to leave. Before I go, I would like to decide on what to do with Diemond."
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You grab the barrel containing diemond and grab some dynamite and light it. You throw it down the barrel Containing diemomdz.
(Diemonds) he growls. "This will accomplish nothing"
(Spades) "one thing it'll accomplish. Getting rid of you"
You throw the barrel with diemonds and the dynamite off the docks....... it blows up.
(Spades)"I dont like reacuring problems."
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"Maybe... Thing is, the Tartarus melts things. Dunno how well that'll work."
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All three Angleans give a stony stare
(Carn) "Kinslaying is no small thing where we are from."
(Gunhild) "We'd at least have given him a clean death."
(Carn) "But we won't challenge your rights in this situation."
the engineers come back in and report that they have finished
(Gunhild) "Well Captain, my time here is done. I got my men to unload the rest onto your ship, and now I need to get back to Kinforth." salutes Carn
(Carn) salutes back then hands a package of notes to her "Show this to the techies back home, they'll like it."
(Gunhild) nods then turns to her sister and gives her a hug "Don't forget to send a message every so often."
(Ingur) "You to sis."
Major Gunhild and her crew depart back to Kinforth on her squid
(Carn) turns to Shaded "You may have a point, but they are canon balls. They won't fit into much else besides a hades or tartarus. Anyways, you in? You said you had friends in the Baronies, this could prove helpful."
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You take the anglean stares with a pinch of salt.
"He was a evil man...he deserved to die like that. he had zero hounor and killed. thousands of men."
you look at carn.
"Were gonna need everything to go up against those ships. i analyzed the memory chip. its origin point is near the outskirts of the yeshan border.
ill tell you everything on the way there.
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(Carn) "I'm not saying that he should have lived, but killing him yourself is what I am referring to." looks him up and down "How good of an engineer are you?"
(Ingur) walks out of the tavern with her carbine on her back, her hemovibrium sabre on her belt, and pieces of body armor. along with a rucksack "Lets load em up," looks at Carn and Spades "We need an engie, otherwise we are missing one crew member, assuming Koali flies with us and not Shaded. I pilot, Carn guns, we need an engie."
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"I can gun and I can fix, but not both at the same time. I tried that once, and it didn't end well. And Spades... When I said to put him in a barrel, I meant I was going to store him until we figure out what to do."
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"Im usually good as a pilot but im not a bad engineer. i will take up the engineering and navigation side. just so you know...."
You take out a map you point toward the wasteland at the edge of the yeshan border.
"This is the area were going to"
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"He really wasnt gonna tell us much...and was gonna probably figure a way out of that barrel and kill us all...he was very lethal"
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(Carn) "If you've got anything you need to bring load it up."
(Ingur) jogs over carrying a strange bundle "Koali, we finished a prototype not to long ago." setting the bundle down, she hits a button and the prototype squidlet is ready to fly "Collapsing it takes longer, but this should prove useful." she then shows him how to collapse it
(Carn) "We just need Shaded to be ready now."
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"Awesome!"
*Hops into the Squidlet and gets everything ready.*
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(Ingur) "Remember, its a prototype, barely any armor, and the engines can't hold a lot of fuel. At most you will get one hour of flight."
(Carn) "Try to be easy on them. Making engines that small is a pain."
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You gather up your tools and enter the ship.
you have brought along a lasso which doubles as a whIp. You have also brought along some milk too.
"A ship without milk is like a gentleman without his
Manners"
You enter into the ship.
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(Carn) looks at the milk "To each his own," rolls a rather large barrel aboard "I prefer grog. Also," points to a barrel strapped down next to the starboard rail marked ASSORTED GRENADES "Feel free to toss those onto enemy ships, and whatever you do, don't go messing with my powders in the hold."
(Ingur) "Seriously? We STILL are carrying your explosives?"
(Carn) "Well I don't have anywhere else to put them, and it is MY ship. Besides, they are secured, so long as no one goes poking in there we are fine." looks a the exasperated expressions around him "What? You really think I'm removing my grenade barrel?"
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You look at koali..
"Say...hes a kirby right?"
You wonder about something
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(Carn) "How the hell do you know that? I've only been able to find obscure histories on kirbys. Thankfully I can make anti-kirby glue for when he gets to crazy, but still, how do you know?"
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"the baronies have a large library of information. But yes he is a kirby...one of the last few sadly. the red death wiped most of them out."
He looked at kirby flying on his device.
"does he have the abilities of one?"
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(Carn) "Yeah, piece of advice, don't ask him to show you his armory."
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*Makes a few experimental maneuvers, then comes down and lands on the deck of the Valkyrie.*
"Hey, I got an idea. If I carry some fuel I can extend the flight time!"
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"Could you carry cannon balls?"
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"Don't need to, I have plenty of guns."
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"How long will it take to get to the waste lands?"
You say to carn.
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(Carn) "To the Yeshan border?" scratches head "With the new engines, switching between kerosene and moonshine, and we fly through the night........one and a half days. However, I'm not sure about Shaded." looks to Koali "Leave him a note? I can set up a beacon on a secure frequency for him to follow. If so, we can leave immediately."
(Ingur) looks at the map "One and a half days?! It'll take twice that long!"
(Carn) gets a awkward look "I uhhh," coughs "know of a shortcut through the canyons. I'll pilot once we get there, Koali will gun."
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"Just what are you planning?"
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you sit down and start drinking some milk.
"not that i dont trust you carn...but what exactly are you going to do"
I got a steam punk theme and keyboard for both my computer and my phone. soooo cool ↖(^ω^)↗
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(Carn) "As I stated previously, during the last war with Yesha, Anglea sent lone Marauder ships deep into the empire. As a sergeant, I led one of those ships. There's this natural cave, it acts like a tunnel, through the mountains."
(Ingur) "How do people not know about this."
(Carn) "Its a network down there, easy to get lost. Easy to crash. But I had to pilot a squid at max speed in almost complete darkness through it. We can go at a much slower pace than that. And use lights."
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"What kind of lights? Lamps? Flares? Me?"
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(Carn) "Not flares. Caves to small to shoot one off. You or lamps should do. Unfortunately I don't have a strong enough electric light, otherwise we'd use that."
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"Do you have any mine lanterns? I think I can put a light in one to provide stronger light."
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(Carn) "Uh no. Koali, think about it. Why would I bother making a glowing mine? That means less explosions."
(Ingur) "Plus there are a few gas lanterns in there that we can put on the front."
(Carn) "That to."
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*Chuckles.*
"No, I meant lamps that would be used in a mine, the kind where you dig for minerals! Not the exploding kind, ya pyrotechnomaniac!"
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George walks in, and is about to sit in his normal spot when he sees a new person.
"Hey, who's the new guy?"
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While the group was talking. They said something about going through caves.
Caves...heh....close spaces...wait.
"Is umm...there another way around?"
you nervously shift in your chair
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"There is one way: we launch you out of a Lumberjack and you wait for us on the other side."
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(Carn) "Claustrophobic? Relax, the path we are taking is big enough for me to fly the Valkyrie through. And if we go around that will make the trip there 3 days. This will cut the time in half." turns to Koali "Well all things considered can you blame me for thinking you meant explosives? The kind I have are storm lanterns. Fairly bright, and we can shutter them so the light focuses forwards."
(Ingur) looks at George "His name is Spades. Its a long story."
(Carn) looks at Shaded who is still fazed out "Uhhh we may have to leave without him. Also," looks to Spades "I've got no refrigerating tech on my ship. That milk of yours will not keep. Drink what you can, but when it turns, its going overboard."
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"Storm lanterns? Excellent those'll do just fine. Maybe we should bring Shaded in a barrel?"
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(Carn) "I'd rather not. There's already the grog barrel, grenade barrel, extra ammo, and my powders. Thats not even including the food and water provisions."
(Ingur) "What is it with you and barrels?"
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"Ah, I see...better not ask then..."
George drops his pack
"I thought you guys might want to know, I was on a trading shuttle to the Chaladonian Islands, I brought back some 'fresh' fruits and vegetables."
George addresses Koali.
"Hey, Koali...you think you can reverse engineer this stuff?"
George hands him a bottle of pear cider
"It's good..."
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*To Ingur:*
"I suggest putting him in a barrel because it's probably less unpleasant than being stuck into my internal storage with no buffer."
*To George:*
"I relegated that job to Nestor, try poking him with the bottle."
Because point-and-click.
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(Carn) "He hasn't even agreed to this yet. And I would rather not deal with a surly Shaded ranting about how we kidnapped him."
(Ingur) "I second that motion."
(Carn) "We either leave now, and leave him a note, including where we are going and how to track us. Or we wait for him to wake up and either agree to come along, or decide to stay here."
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You say nothing and sip your milk.
"SIP"
:p
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(Carn) "Grog keeps, milk doesn't."
(Ingur) "He's right, the provisions we have are hard tack, potatoes, various dried meats, and cabbages I think."
(Carn) "We've got plenty of almonds as well. None of that stuff requires cooling. And cooling systems are heavy and expensive. The Valkyrie is an old warship, not a transport, nor a cargo ship. The only cooling systems are on guns and engines. Your milk won't last, sorry."
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George pokes Nestor with the bottle.
(Why is Spades referring to himself as "you"?)
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He's a Homestuck.
ALSO HAY GUYS
*There's a large roar over the horizon as a streak of light rapidly approaches the Valkyrie before stopping abruptly around a kilometre out.*
"Hey guys!"
*It's the HMCS Champagne... somehow.*
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(again, i still have 0 clue WHAT a homestruck is)
(Carn) "Where the hell have you been? You going to join us or are you staying here?"
(Ingur) "Also we copied your Tartarus, to good a gun to not have."
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"its not that im clausterphobic. its just that there may or may not be booby traps."
finishes milk
"nothing to worry about"
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(Carn) gives Spades a semi annoyed dead panned stare "As I said, I've piloted these tunnels before, with a lot less light and a lot more speed then we will be using."
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"I was... I don't know, actually."
*Shrugs.*
"And yeah, sure, but I expect royalties."
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(Carn) "What ship are you bringing? A Galleon will be a tight squeeze, a squid or junker might be better. We can navigate in there better. With a galleon there is only one path, smaller ships though....... multiple entrances and exits."
(Ingur) "Royalties? You mean cash or something?"
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"I was planning on a Junker, yes."
*Putts into view.*
"In fact, here I am! And yes, for all units built and sold I want royalties."
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"What about a spire?. Its narrow and thin enough and we baronies use it alot. I have a friend back home that could hook you up with one"
"Hes a barter though he only trades for goods."
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(Ingur) "Units?! What do you think we are doing exactly? This isn't a trade job, it seems like going into battle."
(Carn) "Spires maybe thin, but they are VERY tall, to tall for the tunnels."
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"Seems like a junker then....if I had my goldfish it would be no problem "
stares at empty glass and adjusts his mask.
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(Carn) "If I had a few days and the materials, I could make some armor plating for it. But she's taken maybe a quarter damage to her hull integrity. You COULD fly her into combat, but there's a high chance she wouldn't make it out."
(Ingur) "There's also the balloon pump, looks like it should be replaced. Those engines don't need to be, though they should be given a once over."
(Carn) "The Valkyrie is an old model, she's heavier then the new ones. But also more durable, and with those new engines I put on her, considerably faster."
(Ingur) "The balloon could use a tune up though, and maybe the gun mounts."
(Carn) "Mmmmmm, fair point. We'll do that when we get back."
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{[AI] Beverage Engineer Nestor} *Begins reproducing the pear cider.*
"The Valkyrie's lost a quarter of her hull integrity, you say? It'll take some time, but we can fix that up before we go."
I theorize that permahull is big, complex fixes that can't be performed on the fly and armor damage is the kind that you can just patch up as you go. Such as, you can only repair so much, but the damage doesn't care.
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You set your rapier down on a workshop bench.
Time for upgrades.
"Let's see here...."
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"Don't take too long, Spades."
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(Carn) looks at koali".............."
(Ingur) ".........."
(Carn) "Spade's ship took a quarter perma-hull damage, not the Valkyrie."
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*Facepalms.*
"I thought I had it ALL FIGURED OUT, DAGNABBIT, I JUST NEED TO CLEAN MY... ears? Wait, I don't even have ears. What the heck."
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(Carn) "Either that, or tone down the chaos."
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"there we go...check this out.
With a flip of the switch the rapier has two extra pronged blades
"And if I press this switch here...." You aim for the barell and flipped the switch. The blade fly's out of the handle of the rapier with a rope and hits the barell.
"It I's now a grappling Hook." You retract the blade and it turns into a normal rapier.
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(Carn) "Nice, never cared for rapiers myself. Too light," unhooks Bloodsong from his belt "I prefer a tad more heft."
(Ingur) "Oh joy, he's going to show off again."
(Carn) ignoring Ingur Carn proceeds to do some practices, showing Spades that despite the size of the weapon, the alloy it is made from makes it lighter then one would think. Spinning it around rapidly in wide circles, in appearance it seems to be a flashing disk.
(Ingur) "Put the axe down already, sheesh. Why do guys always try to out macho each other?"
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"Just leave them to it, one of these days they'll hurt themselves and learn."
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"Meh. I've already proved myself."
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(Ingur) "What units are you talking about?"
(Carn) stops "Seriously, she has a point. And this is a new guy, hasn't seen anything yet. Plus I'm bored."
(Ingur) rolls her eyes
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"Yes I see your point But it is more honorable to fight with a rapier or sword. "
You show carn the elegance and brilliance of your rapier even as far as cutting the top off of the barrel to show How clean it can cut through material.
"But I think your axe suits You..."
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(Carn) picks up a large rock from outside "This is solid granite." sets the stone down, then swings a one handed blow cleaving it cleanly in two, then picks one chunk up and tosses it to Spades "What makes one weapon more honorable then another? Speed? If so, then why not use just a pistol? Honor is about how you act, not what weapon you use."
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You pick up a hefty piece of rock and steel."yes but..."
you steady the blade on its weak spot."your weapon is who you are. I may think that its more hounorable to fight...." you slowly move into a chopping motion"With a blade. But you may think otherwise. in the end i suppose you are right hounor is the person not the weapon..but" you go down hard on the metal and steel And it cuts in half.
"I think a weapon is who you are in the end and what it makes of you. the whole reason why we are in this world is because of weapons. so i guess you could say we are born from weapons."
You sheathe your rapier.
"now when are we departing?"
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(Carn) "Well enough said. As for when we go,"
(Ingur) "When we've figured out what Shaded was talking about. Units? Royalties? Honestly, did someone drug him or something?"
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"You," *Makes large air quotes* "'stole' the plans for the Tartarus. I presume Anglea will be making more, yes? I want payment for every unit."
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(Carn) "Ohhhh that, we didn't steal the plans."
(Ingur) "Well, at least any physical plans. I got a rather good look at it."
(Carn) "And that's the only one built. The designs weren't in the package I gave Gunhild, if that what your worried about."
(Ingur) "And what exactly was in that package."
(Carn) "The hemovibrium notes. But I digress," takes out a leather bag "500 gold pieces sound fair enough?"
(Ingur) "To be fair, I did it by myself. He didn't ask me to do it."
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(I don't see why reading homestuck would make you refer to yourself in the third person)
George leans back and cracks his knuckles.
"What is everyone doing?"
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(Carn) "Another trip, this one involves hopefully saving a Baron, or something like that. We've come to the conclusion that its somehow tied to why my ship was shot down around here."
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"I see..."
George pauses.
"Am I wanted on this mission? I could do with some..."
George makes air quotes.
"...exercise..."
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*Swats Spades with a rolled up newspaper.*
"NO! BAD! YOU DO NOT CHOP WITH A RAPIER."
*Swats again.*
"RAPIERS ARE MOSTLY FOR THRUSTING, WITH LIGHT SWIPING!"
*Swats once more.*
"THE LONG, THIN BLADE IS NOT SUITED FOR SLASHING!"
*Continues swatting.*
Sorry, but... NO. I'm a blade nerd. I'm a bit of a stickler about this sort of thing.
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(Carn) "I've got no clue if there's going to be profit. But you know me, the more fighters on my deck the better."
(Ingur) "Well, at least he knows about the grenade barrel."
(Carn) "True, I'm also bringing along some grog."
(and I've gotta agree with Koali, you can do light slashing with the tip of a rapier, but beyond that its just stabbing, hence if you actually attempted to slash a chunk of granite in half with a rapier, the rock would laugh at you)
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George picks up his bag.
"When're we leaving?"
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(Carn) "Right after Shaded and I sort out this squabble, go put your gear on board."
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"ow.ow.ow.ow.ow.ow.ow."
thats all there is to say on the whacking matter.
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George picks up his bags and waits on the ship.
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*Grabs the folded-up Squidlet and climbs aboard.*
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"500 sounds fair enough to me. I can always make more if you need them, too. For a price, of course, I have a living to make. Now let's get going. But first... What weapon are you bringing on the Valkyrie?"
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(Carn) "Tartarus up front, mines on the left, and gat on the right." looks at the clock "We've had a lot of delays, do you need to swap your guns or are we good to go?"
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"Yes, actually, normally (proceeding from top port mount, bottom port, front, bottom starboard, top starboard) I have an Artemis, Hades, Artemis, Mortar, and a Gatling... Let me swap to my close disable build and you provide armor strip for the Mortar and/or Banshee."
*Rushes out of the Tavern to fix guns*
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(Carn) goes out to the ships "Alright people, Shaded is swapping a few guns out, then we're off. If you forgot anything or whatever, blah, blah, blah, you know the drill."
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*Shaded's Junker, the HMCS Arkos, puts into view (proceeding with the same order) with a Barking Dog, Banshee, Beacon, Whirlwind, and Scylla.*
"Ready to rock, let's kick ass."
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(Carn) "Ingur! Take us up!"
(Ingur) "Alright lads, this is an emergency mission, so we are going to cut through the usual routes." raises the ship and sets her off
(Carn) pulling out his pocket radio, he dials into Shaded's frequency "If we keep this pace, then by tomorrow morning we will hit the tunnels. At that time bring out your lights, but do NOT use the flare. We'll fly at reduced speeds in there, stay behind me at roughly 50 feet. Its easy to get lost, in there."
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Someone should lock our quest threads...
"Roger, wilco."
*Yells to engis.*
"Burning Kero, get your asses on those engines!"
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(Carn) "Alright boys, there's five of us on this ship, Ingur is piloting, so pick an engine and treat it like its your first born son. Meaning, DON'T LET IT DIE OF MOONSHINE POISONING!" looks to Ingur "Hit the moonshine!"
(Ingur) hitting the switch that sends the moonshine into the engines, Ingur kicks the ship into full throttle
(Carn) looks at the scenery going by "We may be able to shave some time off." tunes into Shaded "Think you may be able to keep up?"
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*Repairs the main engine.*
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"Probably! I have a secret stash of 'Shine aboard, but these are newer engineers. Don't want to tax them too much."
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"Have you tried Stamina?"
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(Carn) "Well we are running on an old military style, 30 minutes of shine, then an hour of kero. Easier on the engines, and engies. And it still gets us there quick."
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While everyone is busy your passed out on the floor from the beating koali gave you.
"Ow......"
sorry for my limited knowledge on sords....i misspelled that on purpose
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Wait, Spades, did we leave you at the Tavern?
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(Carn) looks at spades who is gaining consciousness next to the railing "About time you woke up, Koali only whacked you with a newspaper. Don't worry, your gear is on board." points to a rucksack next to Spades
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Oh, ok.
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Somewhere near the Yeshan Border
After flying across the usual routes, occasionally fighting off some pirates, the two ships reach the tricky point
(Carn) "HOLD HER HERE INGUR!"
(Ingur) bringing the ship to a full stop, and turning off the moonshine she replies "Is it time?"
(Carn) nodding Carn takes the helm "Break out the lanterns, but don't light them just yet." radioing over to Shaded "We're going to be in the tunnels soon. Be ready to light your lamps, and don't burn kero or shine."
(Ingur) looks at the exhausted engies "I suppose I did have them running around a lot."
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"Got it. We'll be with you in a few minutes, you outstripped us slightly. Y'know, moonshine versus kero, junker versus goldfish..."
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*Calls out from a chair next to the main engine.*
"I don't know about you, but I figured it'd be a good idea to just babysit the engine."
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(Carn) "Fair enough, but we did rotate between them." looks at the engies "These guys are still conscious, if Ingur just burned shine that long they would be out cold."
(Ingur) "Eh." picks up Koali and puts him in the gunner position "Remember, your gunner while Carn pilots. In this case we are unlikely to fight anything the caves, but the Tartarus isn't suited for it, so you'll have to improvise." taps Koali's mouth. She then proceeds to pass out canteens filled with water to the crew, along with some beef and or seal jerky.
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"Damn, forgot."
*Turns back to crew.*
"THE BANSHEE IS OFF LIMITS. ANYONE WHO THINKS ABOUT TOUCHING IT WILL BE THROWN INTO THE ENGINE."
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(Carn) hearing that over the radio Carn chuckles, then reminds him "Same for your flare gun, and artemis. We aren't likely to find anyone in there, but have your crew be ready with rifles just in case." looks to Ingur "Open her up."
(Ingur) pulling out a key, she goes over to a cabinet and unlocking it reveals a selection of rifles and other hand held weaponry "If you don't have one, grab one. You don't get to keep it afterwards."
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*Floats over to the Junker and hands Shaded a few trigger locks.*
"Here, these should help."
*Floats back to the Valkyrie.*
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I know what a trigger lock is :P
"Yeah, got my .454, crew all has standard sidearms. I have an M1 around here somewhere..."
*Checks in bucket near wheel*
"There it is. Yup, we're set."
*Throws trigger locks to most trusted engi*
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(Carn) seeing the opening to the cave which is covered in vines Carn begins to pilot in "Remember, slow and 50 feet behind me." looks to the crew "Lights!"
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*Shaded slowly putts along behind the Valkyrie, staying back approximately 50 feet, give or take a few.*
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(Carn) with the storm lanterns lit visibility is roughly 70 feet "Ok then, keep going, a left at the rock Gunjar pissed on.........."
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"Pft. Who's Gunjar?"
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(Carn) "Look I'm doing this from memory ok? Gunjar was a guy in my unit, he always peed on that rock. No clue why, but it was his thing. Now then, right 20 degrees at the rock that looks like a dog humping a chicken."
(Ingur) "Uhhhh Carn?"
(Carn) "Guys get bored, and this is how we navigated ok?"
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"Just keep going."
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(Carn) "Ok here's the annoying bit, we've got to decend roughly 60 feet, go forward 30, then rise 40. We called it the grease trap." takes the Valkyrie through
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*Shaded follows expertly, not scraping a single rock.*
"That was easy. Then again, I had you light the way, so..."
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(Carn) "Its not very hard to maneuver WITH lights. Now then, Everyone cover your nose and mouth. We are going through the guano stretch." pulls on gas mask
(Ingur) does likewise
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*Pulls one out of Khovansky jacket and orders crew to do the same.*
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(Carn) after roughly two hours of navigating by rock formations named by four bored Anglean males, they begin to see a faint light in the distance "And right after Erik's Nose, the end approaches."
(Ingur) "..............We really needed to have more contact back then."
(Carn) "Blame your sister, or rather the brass. I didn't name anything after you at least."
(Ingur) "Who named those rocks after Gunhild?"
(Carn) "Erik, kid was 16, and had a massive nose. Nobody could think of a better name, so it stuck. Needless to say, that never made it into our reports."
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"Well, we're out. Where to, Mr. Navigator?"
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(Carn) "A few miles west, then its up to Spades. Those are the coordinates he gave me. Be ready for a fight, and have your spotters ready." hops off and Ingur takes his place at the helm
(Ingur) "Get ready on engines! Burning kerosene!"
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"Pop off those trigger locks, boys! Time to have some fun... Hopefully."
*Flips switch on the engines, and the eager engineers begin to pound on them again.*
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(Carn) balancing on the ram, Carn pulls out his spyglass and looks for signs of their quarry
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"Wait, what exactly are we looking for?"
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(Carn) "Well Spades SAID he was going to give details........"
(Ingur) brings her carbine to the ready "Anyone else getting a bad feeling?"
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"ENEMIES SPOTTED, NORTH-NORTHWEST! A Spire, a Galleon, and... Some weird looking Pyramidion! Light them up, Carn!"
*Shaded slams the Junker forward, popping chute vent and rushing towards the ground, stopping about 50 metres short and flying through various debris and detritus to obscure the enemy's view.*
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(Carn) "BATTLE STATIONS! Koali, bring one up your guns, George and Spades, engineer. Ingur, keep her steady!" hops onto the Tartarus and begins raining hellfire upon the spire
(Ingur) "Pyra flying in! She looks like a brawl and ram build!"
(Carn) "Shaded! Keep it off us! The Tartarus can tear that spire apart quickly, that'll even the odds up."
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*Shaded pops upwards and uppercuts the pyrmidion, spraying a quick burst of flame before spinning hard and opening up with the gatling, spraying greased rounds at the Pyra's beak, shredding it and sending shrapnel down on the crew.*
"Way ahead of you!"
*The Banshee pops off a clip of Heavy at the exposed Spire, damaging it pretty badly.*
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The combination of Carn and Koali soon leave the spire a wreck of scrap metal on the canyon floor, however the galleon has now turned its left broadside to them, and is raining lumberjack, heavy flak, and merc shots on them.
(Ingur) "Hang on!" hitting hydro and rising 50 feet, she then injects kerosene, and engages closer to the galleon, dodging and weaving through their shots "Amateurs, they don't know how to predict a shot like this!"
(Carn) once they get above the galleon, Carn fires the mine launcher, setting a lattice of mines above the rising galleon "Take us up quick!"
(Ingur) hydros up to the point of almost destroying the balloon
the galleon hits all five mines, 4 of the were charged causing massive damage, but the 5th was a lochnager mine.........
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*The Galleon's balloon and most of it's top deck are shredded, sending it plummeting to the earth where a large number of crew tumble out the sides. The HMCS Arkos moves closer and rains mortar fire on the hulk, blowing it to pieces.*
"That was easy! Not a scrap of damage!"
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(Carn) "Now then, all thats left is that pyra...." pulling out his spyglass he looks over its crew, and sees something altogether different "This crew is military trained, that much is obvious. Whether or not they are active, ex, or just trained I don't know. But they aren't typical bandits." looking further Carn notices what appears to be a prisoner tied up on the ship "Hold on a sec.......is that the Baron?"
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"gah..im ok..its just that if i get hot on the head with anything i faint."
Gets up from the floor
"Thanks for getting my gear...oh. heres the map to the location in the waste lands."
You give carn the map.
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"wait.....oh are we fighting?"
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(Carn) "...........Bloody hell man, you'll need to show me how you fall asleep like that sometime." shoves the spyglass into Spade's hand and points to the pyramidion "Is that the Baron? Tied up on the main deck?"
(Ingur) "Make it quick guys! Either we board, or we blast!"
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*Reloads all the guns, internal and external.*
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(Carn) "Precision shots! Take out the crew only! Hold fire if they are near the prisoner!"
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".....IT'S A TRAP DON'T SHOOT. IF YOU SHOOT THAT SHIP WERE ALL DEAD."he screamed
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(Carn) "HOLD FIRE! PREPARE GRAPPLING LINES!" shrugs of his trench coat revealing a new set of marauder captain's armor, then strapping on a helmet. Unhooking his axe, he vaults over to the enemy ship, managing to sink the axe blade into the hull, the climbing aboard
(Ingur) "IDOT!" down to the crew "GET US HOOKED ON THAT, SO I CAN GO SMACK HIS FACE OFF!"
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"Did he just...? Ah, well, at least he put on a helmet."
*Opens mouth to reveal a quadruple harpoon gun that promptly fires all four harpoons into various sections of hull.*
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After the ship get reeled into a more sane distance, Ingur draws her sabre and storms over to the other ship, stabbing an enemy through the throat in the process. Meanwhile Carn is busy axe to axe, against the ridiculously ship's gunner. Ingur stabs the man through the back of the skull and out the eye.
(Carn) "I had him."
(Ingur) she then slaps Carn then kisses him "Stop being a boneheaded commando!" she repeats her earlier actions
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*Thinking:* "Love is an odd thing, isn't it?"
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(Carn) walking by Koali as he goes to untie the baron he whispers "Never piss off an Anglean redhead, particularly if you date her."
(Ingur) walks to the helm on the pyra and shuts it down
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*Retracts the harpoons.*
"I'll keep that in mind."
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George comes up from the lower deck with a glowing green vial of liquid. He screws it into the top of his personal flamer and waits until the other ship comes into range.
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Meanwhile
"And don't set the ship aflame. There's something VERY VERY VERY dangerous on board. Just board it and take the ship."
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Cykas had been kept in the brig of the Pyramidian for almost two week now. Not that he had paid that much attention to it. There were plenty of tally marks on the walls, but they had all been carved by former prisoners. His long dark hair had begun to grow slightly unkempt. His goatee, formerly carefully trimmed, had grown out wildly, the sides of his face acquiring a covering of coarse hair. For most of his confinement, the crew of the ship that had captured him had left him alone, bringing him a few pieces of bread and a cup of water.
He eyed his belongings hanging up on the wall just outside his reach, his Iron medallion swinging gently with the rocking of the ship, right next to his bayonets. He closed his eyes to begin his prayers, as he did every day. The crew began shouting, but this was a normal occurrence, there was always something to shout about on an airship. What snapped him out of his meditations was the sound of fighting on the deck above, which soon stopped. he barely heard the muffled sounds of voices.
He began pounding the bars of his cell, yelling out in a powerfully deep voice, "What is going on? What happened? I need help!" He only could hope that these people heard him and that they were in fact friendly. Perhaps his prayers had been answered and these people would free him from this prison. Or perhaps not, and he was only calling on his doom to arrive sooner. All he knew was that he was going to keep yelling and pounding until someone heard him. (i hope its ok to post in here, if its not i can just delete the post )
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"Hey, did y'all hear that? I think there's another prisoner aboard!"
*Goes off to search for Paladin Cykas.*
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(Carn) jogs off "Its over here, pirates often modify this area as a small brig." shouting to whoever is inside "STAND BACK, I'M BREAKING THE DOOR IN!" swinging Bloodsong, he shears through both hinges, then the lock, essentially removing the door. Hooking it back onto his belt, he holds out his right hand, while as a precaution, is ready with his left to draw his pistol if needed "You alright mate?"
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*Shaded leaps aboard, hand near his waist.*
"Oh goddamnit, I missed the fun... But at least not this. I'll go get meds in case they need them. Koali, take this."
*Throws Koali his revolver and jumps back aboard the Arkos to grab supplies.*
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(Ingur) Seeing the two men she killed, she see the former captain of the ship, alive but missing most of his right arm. Quickly applying a turner-kit, she halts the bleeding. "May as well keep him alive to interrogate later." then seeing no fourth crew member aboard she calls out. "Wheres the last one?"
(Carn) calling back to Ingur "About a few hundred feet down. My axe hooked him in the neck as I climbed aboard, he got thrown off."
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*Tourniquet
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(Carn) jogs off "Its over here, pirates often modify this area as a small brig." shouting to whoever is inside "STAND BACK, I'M BREAKING THE DOOR IN!" swinging Bloodsong, he shears through both hinges, then the lock, essentially removing the door. Hooking it back onto his belt, he holds out his right hand, while as a precaution, is ready with his left to draw his pistol if needed "You alright mate?"
Cykas breathed a sigh of relief as he saw that the people coming down into the brig were not the ones who had put him there. When the man moved to break down the door, he obligingly scuttled out of the way of the breaking door with a nod, and accepted the proffered hand of the man who had freed him, raising himself up to stand straight. "Thank you, yes. Aside from being a bit thirsty and hungry, I'm fine." He held his hands up, palms out to show he meant no harm. "These faithless men impriosned me a couple weeks ago, not sure why." After a slight pause, he gave a slight bow towards the man and said, "I am Cykas, paladin of the Iron Hand. I am in your debt for your rescue"
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*Shaded leaps back over, carrying badages, antiseptic, and some food and water.*
"Need any of this?"
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(Carn) "Carn Gormson, Anglean Marauder Captain. Iron Hand?"
(Ingur) "Aside from a few bruises Carn is fine, this chump," motions to the enemy captain "seems to have tried to block Bloodsong with his arm, may as well keep him alive for now. Might have some info. The rest of them are dead, Carn found another prisoner, and we still don't know if the other guy is the baron or not."
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Cykas gratefully accepted the food and water from shaded, saying, "I am unhurt, just thirsty and unfed. Thank you." He walked over to the wall where his belongings hung, pulling the medallion over his head and strapping his bayonets to his legs. "I'm not surprised that the Iron Hand is not something you have heard of. We're a small guild, focused on reclamation. Few are interested in joining a guild that has its own religion." He said, throwing on his iron-gray coat and turning back to Carn. "I don't suppose I could hitch a ride on your ship? I have the feeling that this one won't be in the air after you leave." He said with a small smile before taking a sip from the canteen.
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You leap on board the ship killing a couple of the soldiers on board. You grab one of the soldiers scurrying about.
"Where is it or the next thing you see is my rapier through your head."
(pirate)"please dont kill me! I..i..i dont know ok we...we just got a supply of alot of canisters.. f-f-filled with something ok THATS ALL I KNOW!!.
"WHERE IS IT."
(pirate) below deck! Please i dont wanna die! I just got this job!"
You shove the pirate away. You go below deck mumbling. "please be there please be there"
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(Carn) "Sure, unless.........." looks to Ingur "How much damage has this ship taken exactly?"
(Ingur) "Besides some dented armor plates, nothing. Her hull integrity is fine, most of the armor is good. Engines could use some attention, but nothing critical. Why?"
(Carn) looking at the blacked out ship, Carn gets a wide grin "Say hello to the Stygian Night, my new vessel." looking at the others who appear like they are going to say something "Hey, I took the ship, I've got first rights." looks to Spades "Is this the baron or not?" pointing to the unconscious man, he saw earlier (not Cykas) "And what are you looking for?"
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You see carn and the others...and somebody else...
"I'm gonna see What's in The storage carn come with me."
You jog to the storage area. it has a skull sign on it Saying. "DANGER DO NOT OPEN CANISTERS"
You keep your mask on and tell carn to keep his on also.
You open the door to reveal atleast fifty canisters.
"i think its time i told you whats in there."
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you look at the canisters.
"Ever heard of the disease red death...thats whats in them..... they were going to drop it here in the wastelands and let the dust storms carry the disease in the air. Any ship coming through..would be infected with the disease and spread it."
"And thats not the baron. Its a set up. We can interrogate him for questions."
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(Carn) "Sure, unless.........." looks to Ingur "How much damage has this ship taken exactly?"
(Carn) looking at the blacked out ship, Carn gets a wide grin "Say hello to the Stygian Night, my new vessel." looking at the others who appear like they are going to say something "Hey, I took the ship, I've got first rights." looks to Spades "Is this the baron or not?" pointing to the unconscious man, he saw earlier (not Cykas) "And what are you looking for?"
Cykas followed Carn up to the main deck as he spoke. "I just assumed you would bring it down once you were done with it. But if you intend to claim it I would be glad to offer my services as a pilot, at least temporarily. The damage to the ship is slight, only the marks where your harpoons pierced the hull, which can be easily repaired." Cykas turned towards the rest of the men and women aboard the deck, giving a half nod/ half bow to the others. "Thank you all for freeing me from these men, I will repay you in any way I can."
Cykas's mouth went swiftly downward into an angry grimace at the news of the disease canisters. "Faithless wretches." He laid his hard gaze onto the enemy captain, but spoke to the man who brought the news of these canisters, "What do we do with them? can they be destroyed safely?"
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"That is what I was researching on...But all my work was burnt on my ship....however there still might be a way to destroy these if we had an enclosed space we could set an explosive on it back far away and blow it up. We could destroy it."
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(Carn) "Bio weapons, a fake baron, unexpected prisoners....." Carn aims his pistol at Spades "I want answers Spades, you want our help, but aren't clear on what it is, or the dangers. Do you think because I am a soldier I blindly follow?" backs up beyond range of Spade's rapier "Answers Spades, now." pulls back the hammer of his pistol, now all it will take is a bit of pressure on the hair trigger and the gun will fire
(Ingur) "CARN!"
(Carn) "He's keeping information about what he wants us to do, not to mention his story is suspicious. How did he know the plague was on here? Why does he only drink milk? Why does he never show his face?"
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"Carn has a point. And now..."
*Zips by when Spades isn't paying attention and takes his rapier.*
"Spades doesn't."
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You simply look at carns pistol.
"There's some thing's that I can't tell you."
You drop your rapier to the ground. You walk close up to the guns barell.
"If your going to shoot me. Do it now. Or else were just wasting time we need to destroy these canisters fast "
"And the reason why I drink bloody milk is cause I like it you arse."
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Cykas stepped closer to Spades and Carn, hands up and away from his bayonets. "Regardless of how much you trust him, Carn, he does have a point. There are some things from the Old World that did need to die, and that includes these canisters." Cykas turned to Spades. "Carn also has a point. people are more willing to follow you if you are clear in your aims. misdirection only breeds mistrust and dissent."
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"Also I never show my face is because I'm to handsome and you would blind your eyes."
You lool toward koali.
"If i die. Please poke carn with my rapier"
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"Poke him with the rapier? No. You'd better start being able to tell us everything pretty soon, before I lodge a flare in you chest cavity."
*Opens mouth and points a quad flaregun at Spades.*
AND THE PLOT ADVANCES!!!
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".....if You wanna see my face...then your got it"
You take off your mask. Your face is grey and something starts to retract from your head...horns. retractable horns. You have black hair and your eyes have yellow instead of white and the pupils have a orange colour to it You Also have fangs.
"....."
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*Everyone gasps except for Koali, as he is still pointing his quad Flaregun at Spades.*
(Everyone): "IT'S... NOT THE BUTLER!"
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You mumble. "Please don't say I'm a demon please don't say I'm a demon please don't say I'm a demon"
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(Carn) "Ok I'll give you the milk thing, but my paranoia has been going crazy since your twin showed up. Your confined to the brig, you haven't given me enough cause to kill you, yet. But trust goes two ways, you don't trust us to know what you want us to fight or why."
(Ingur) picks up Spades rapier "Come on Spades, hands behind your back."
(Carn) "Until I get answers we're staying in the caves," looks to Cykas "You want to pilot? Go ahead, Ingur keep an eye on Spades, I'm going to the Valkyrie." hops back over to his goldfish "Shaded, I can't keep you here, but Spades is raising more questions then answers. Go if you want, but take the long way around. I don't need you getting lost in the caverns."
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"would you like me to keep my mask off and still be pointing that gun at me. Or can we actually get to work.." You tap your toe unpaitently
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You put your hands behind your back.
"First time nobody told me a looked like a demon....."
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*Closes mouth.*
"What exactly are you?"
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(Ingur) ties Spades hands behind his back and hangs the mask around his neck "The mask is your choice, Carn isn't quick to trust people. Believe it or not, your far from the worst thing he's seen. But he's in a stubborn and angry mood now. If you can give him some information about why they have this plague, and the whole thing with the baron then that will help. He's not likely to listen otherwise," points to Carn at the helm of the Valkyrie "See? He can be insufferably stubborn at times, but he helps those he trusts. You need to convince him to trust you."
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"just a normal person."
Your walk off with ignur to the brig.
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Cykas visibly was shocked at spades' appearance, but kept his opinions to himself. He certainly DID look like a demon, but being a man of faith, he knew that if that were the case he would have little to fear from such a thing. and if it wasn't a demon, but merely someone with an unfortunate appearance, that there was no need to over react. "I can see why you kept the mask on." was all he said before making his way to the wheel and firing up the engines of the ship, keeping it in place but ready for when they were to move. "Is anyone willing to stay over here on this ship? it can't be crewed by a single man." he called out. "One or two more should be enough, this pyramidian isnt that big."
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".....you wouldnt believe me if i told you"
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*Climbs aboard the Valkyrie.*
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Ingur stays aboard the Stygian Night guarding Spades "Listen Spades, you seem like you want us to help you. Carn likes helping people who need it, but he hates risking things he cares about. Sulking around won't help you, you need to think. If you want him to help, you need to take a risk. Tell Carn what is going on. He's good at figuring out when a person is lying or not."
(Carn) radios both Shaded and Cykas "Follow me, we're going into the caves. Cykas stay in the middle, go slow and stay 50 feet behind me."
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"Roger that. I'll follow your lead." Cykas adjusted the speed of the pyramidian to follow the assigned distance behind the Valkyrie, carefully navigating his way into the caves when they got there. (ooc: off to work i go :P )
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You think about it...."fine...I hope You all like long stories"
You look outside.
"Get carn over here....we got trouble."
You see a pyramidion.....and on the deck is your twin.
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(Carn) noticing the new pyramidion flying in he calls out "KOALI! BRING THAT F*CKER DOWN!" radioing to the others "Ingur, keep an eye on Spades." then unstrapping Roxane from his back, Carn flips out the stock and reconfigures the rifle, taking up a position and firing directly at the enemy crew
(Ingur) "Let me guess, dynamite doesn't kill you guys? Or do you have more than one brother?"
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*Opens mouth and fires a Heavy Carronade at the Pyramidion's balloon.*
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this is me But imagine iron horns that are longer and retractable.
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Carn begins blasting the enemy crew directly, soon several of them are dead or dying. Seeing the man at the helm he radios over "Ingur. but Spades on."
Ingur puts the radio by Spades ear
(Carn) "You killed your brother, now then..........What. Is. He. Doing. Here."
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"No I think I tossed down the wrong barell....."
You stand up a bit to see the ship prepare for firing positon..
"Carn..we got to go....like right now."
The ship pops open a huge cannon facing the ship.
"thats the same weapon that brought down the baronies elite fleet"
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"He must be here for the red death. You gotta run now."
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Should I go be convenient?
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"carn listen to me we need to get out of this area now.that weapon will kill us."
The pyramidion was almost in firing position
"CARN"
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(Carn) "THAT. IS. IT!" switches out to a strange ammo clip, the heads of these ones seem to give off a black aura
(Ingur) "Oh he is pissed."
(Carn) switching to fully automatic mode, Carn unloads the entire clip of gravity bullets right down the barrel of the cannon, tearing it apart "Lets go! Koali keep firing on that f*cker." taking the helm he leads the ships deep into the caverns, getting shaded to run tar to cover their tracks, while Koali keeps them away
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you look directly into ignurs eyes.....you use your mind powers and put her to sleep.
While she fell asleep you unlock your cuffs and grab your rapier. You go all the way up on deck and you shoot your grappling rapier at the ship. you see carn and carn sees you.
You jump off the ship and grab onto the grappling hook.
You scream "GAAAAAAAH"
You land on top of the colossal cannon
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You get blown off of the cannon and land on the ship..
"Gaah...fuu..." you get up to face your twin.
(Diemond)"hello..."he gives a grim smile
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(dude, already disabled the it, stick to the canon)
(Carn) "What the hell is he doing?"
(Ingur) regains consciousness and sees Spades missing "Uhh honey."
(Carn) "I know." jumps onto the enemy ship and enters the fray
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(Diemond)he shifts his weight "you know how long ive waited for this day spades.to finally gut you."…
(Spades)"yeah i bet you even got off on it too huh."
(diemond)he unsheates his cutlass. "Witty till the end eh."
(Spades)takes out his rapier "if you try and fire another shot on them...your dead."
(Diamond)"give me the red death and I promise I won't kill them.
(Spades)"not a chance" you rush towards Diamond.
(Diamond)You rush toward Spades.
(Spades/Diamond)"DIE"
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(Carn) Seeing the two going at it, Carn rolls a smoke grenade into it, exploding in a cloud of pitch black smoke. Already having attached his gas mask on, Carn walks through it, and because he honestly can't tell them apart, and is annoyed by both, knocks both of them unconscious. He then proceeds to tie them up, to the point of ridiculousness. looking at the now identified Spades he mutters "Never do that to her again."
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You attack Diemond with your rapier But he breaks it with his cutlass.You back away from Diemond and Dodge his cutlass.You use your lasso and disarm Diemonds cutlass..You lose grip of your lasso.
Diemonds sucker punches you.you falter back and he leaps on You.you toss and turn on the deck diemonds pushes you toward a fire. you push back and gut punch him. he kicks you back and picks up his cutlass.
(Diemonds) "DIE" He sinks the blade in your stomach.
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a bit late for the party bud.
You see Diamond go unconscious.
you hear somebody say something But start to black out....
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(Carn) "Ah hell," calling to the others "Gut wound!"
hoping over Ingur begins bandaging him up, expertly sewing up the exit and entry wounds as well as bandaging him up. "He should be fine now, it missed his organs."
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(Spades)Unconscious.
(Diemonds)"idiot...he thought a rapier could beat a cutlass..tsk tsk..well now captain carn. You have me..what now hmmmm?"
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(Carn) "You and I never got to finish our chat before. So, as the usual methods aren't likely to bear fruit," unhooks Bloodsong and singing it, removes both of Diemonds hands "I'll change tactics."
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"Hahaha...you idiot...I'm not human." regrows his hands.
"Play nicer now little boy."
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"OH, COME ON!!!"
*Throws a few kernels of popcorn at Diemond.*
"Cartoony invulnerability is one thing, but regeneration?! Get outta here, man! Carn, make him quit!"
Just out of curiosity, is it spelled Diemond on purpose or is it supposed to be Diamond?
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(Carn) pulls out an odd looking knife, the metal shinier then steel "Silver however, I know for a fact that it harms demons." removes both of Diemond's index fingers, the silver blade sizzling the flesh and cauterizing the wounds "You think your the first demon I've fought?"
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"I thought Spades said he wasn't a demon? Huh. Normal brother and demonic twin? I can dig it."
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Meanwhile Ingur is busy keeping Spades stable "He needs water, someone go get me some!"
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The index fingers regrow. "Dumbass im a highly intelligent being...and im going to kill you." Using his mind powers he puts koali,carn and ignur in a catoconic state.
He picks up his cutlass. Now then captain carn..you die..."
(Spades)...no..you do..
(diemonds) "WHA-"
You put the canister of red death in his mouth and release the gas. You put your mask on.
You release everybody from there catotonic state.
"E..e..everyone..put on..y..your..mask."
You fall down on the ground due too blood loss.
(Diemonds) ded
it's on purpose that his name is diemonds
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"I still have several barrels from a while ago! Here!"
*Sets up a barrel, cup, and spigot, then falls unconscious... Then wakes up again.*
"Wha- Masks? Spades, you... You didn't just... ARE YOU ****ING CRAZY?! THE RED DEATH?! YOU'D NEED MORE THAN A MASK FOR THAT!"
*Seals Diemonds in an airtight barrel.*
"We can't have that going around all over the place!"
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it realeased inside him.
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(Carn) pulling on his mask he gets up "Ohhh so your THAT kind of demon." Carn then invokes an old spell "Alu. Ostri. Eru. Hargan. Maktik. Greyhol." gasping slightly Carn says "As I said, your not the first I've fought. They are protected against mental strikes."
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It was coming out of his ears, couldn't you see it? :D
"Wait, isn't he dead?"
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"I AM VERY CONFUSED."
*Shoots Diemond in the chest, blowing a hole the size of Carn's head in it.*
"If that, blood loss, and the Red Death didn't do it, dunno what will."
*Checks radio.*
"The guys dropped off the compounds at the tavern! Upgrade time!"
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"What do y'all say we move this back to the Tavern?"
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"We have three ships, the Night, the Arkos, and the Valkyrie. Who's flying on which ship?"
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Unconscious
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(Carn) "I agree, we take this back home. But first......" seeing a bunch of deadwood below "I say we burn this prick."
(Ingur) hands smeared in Spades' blood she calls back "Agreed on both, now where is that f*cking water?!"
(Carn) tosses her a canteen "We also need to dispose of the plague."
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"Well, fire cleanses what water can't, right? I say we burn the plague, too. Carefully, though, so we don't disperse it. Oh, and I set up a water barrel over there earlier."
*Indicates the spot where Ingur was patching up Spades' gut wound.*
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(Carn) "I'm not messing with the canisters till we have more information. Anyways," looks at the still writhing body of Diemond "A normal fire won't take care of him." hands the silver blade to Koali "If he acts up stab him repeatably. I need to get some special powders." walks off muttering loud enough for the others to hear "High mind demons. Of bloody course."
(Ingur) manages to halt Spades' bleeding and give him some water "I'll be honest, I didn't know Carn could do that spell thing. He keeps a lot of secrets, even from me."
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You gurgle."i...I...I'm fine.."
You sit up."were not demon's sorry to say."
"We need to blow this ship to smithereens
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(Carn) hearing the "We're not demons" remark he whirls around "Then clarify, what you are exactly? Regeneration and psychic?" seeing his expression "Yes I know you are now. What do you think the spell I cast protects against? Our minds are sealed now."
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You use your mind powers to make carn slap himself.
"We are a species that were banished from a planet called alturnia.it happened ten sweeps ago...i was just child back then. The baron found me among the wreckage from the ship. Me and a few others Survived. They left me in the wrekage though. Thats how the baron found me. He raised me and tought me the culture of your people My species are called...trolls."
"And as you can already see...my blood is not your colour...its orange"
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"10 sweeps equaled to your 20 earth years."
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(Carn) does not slap himself "Nice try man, psychic attacks on us are now nullified." looks at Diemond "So, how do we make sure he stays dead?"
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"Oh believe me....He's dead...he has no blood in him."
Looks at his wound with orange blood on it.
"I'm to weak to perform any mental capability right now....ignur thanks for saving me."
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(Ingur) patting him on the shoulder she goes back to the ship
(Carn) kneeling next to him Carn says "I appreciate the honesty, so I'll forgive you this once. But if you EVER do any kind of psychic thing to her again........."
(Ingur) calling back over her shoulder "Carn, shut up."
(Carn) gives Spades a look that says it still is the same, then softens and helps him up "So how exactly do we safely get rid of the plague?"
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"hmmm....give me some tnt and a couple barells...i have a plan."
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(Carn) scoffs "Tnt, please. I've got WAY better then that. As for the barrels talk to Koali, but if its explosives then we are fine." looks at Diemonds "So what about him? Bury him burn him? He's already dead, so its more about showing at least a small sliver of respect for your family."
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You look at koali and say. "hey kole i need 4 barrels.".
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(Carn) "Now, what level of explosives are we needing here? Think crater size here, 10 feet, 50, 100, this is info I'll need"
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"500" you say....
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(Carn) ".............Hey Koali, are you able to disgorge heavy flak rounds? We're going to need a lot of firepower. With what I got on the Valkyrie, and this is using all the ammo and grenades, I might be able to get a 300, maybe just maybe a 350. But 500..........."
(Ingur) "Maybe Shaded has some."
(Carn) "Also...........I'm not making ANOTHER 500 foot crater in Yesha."
(Ingur) "Another?"
(Carn) "We blew up A LOT of things in the war. And I'm not going to start a war between Anglea and Yesha."
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"I have barrels and I'm a walking armory. Put those things together and you get the famous Goron Powder Keg. I've got plenty of boom for this, but we can add some magnesium and phosphorus to add some color. And Spades..."
*Strolls over and repeatedly pokes him in the ribs.*
"Never. (Poke) Call. (Poke) Me. (Poke) Kole."
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(Carn) "Again, I'm not doing this in Yeshan turf. Also, just disgorge the shells. I'll need to alter them, along with adding some of my own materials."
(Ingur) "Yeah........I vote we don't blow a crater that size in Yesha."
(Carn) "Listen to the redhead boys."
(Ingur) smacks Carn in the back of the head
(Carn) "Helmet, remember."
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(well i am officially confused)
Cykas had been quietly staying out of the conflict, keeping the under-crewed pyramidian, which had a majority of the canisters, out of the fight so as to avoid potentially damaging them. Not to mention the fact that he was practically flying a 4 man ship by himself, so this required a good deal of focus. As it was, he was listening to most of the exchange through the radio before transmitting his own message. "Are we sure that if you do this it won't be a danger to anyone? I agree that these need to be destroyed, but if we end up causing more harm than good..." he let the thought hang.
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"Hey, Carn, I can only fire the shells, and only at the gun's fire rate. Weird, huh? All this power, and yet still restricted. Seriously, just add whatever you need to this."
*Pulls out a Powder Keg and sets it on the deck.*
"And if some idiot shoots this thing he'd be hard-pressed to escape alive."
I could just eat the canisters, but I don't want to jump to that quite yet.
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"I'm not planning on making a crater"
You levitate a object...
"Im planning on blowing it up there..way up there."
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"I'm telekenetic. But my powers right now are minimum "
You get up.
"I'm gonna blow it up in space."
"kol- i mean koalie. Get the barells. Carn give me your best explosive stuff.
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HAPPY 100 PAGES X3
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"Couldn't we just make a rocket? ...It's not Koalie, either. Repeat after me: Koh-Ah-Lee."
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(Carn) sighing he goes off to his ships hold muttering loud enough for the others to hear "Mutants, demons, and now aliens." after a few minutes, he comes back up delicately carrying 40 pound keg marked "Lochnagar" and ever so gently setting it down. He also, after retrieving his coat, unloads his pockets which were fillied with putty explosives, along with 50 feet of primer cord to hold it all together "Nobody so much as breathe on that pile, 40 pounds of lochnagar powder are in that keg, the C4 is nasty too. And that rope is actually primer cord, its got explosives in the center."
(Ingur) "..........Why the hell did you have a 40 pound lochnagar keg on the ship?"
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"Ingur, he's your fiancé. I figured you'd be used to this by now."
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"I'm just gonna sit over here and examine Diemond. You guys... Do whatever the flak you're going to."
*Starts to perform an impromptu autopsy*
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"So are we going to use the Powder Keg, or should I go ahead and put it away?"
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(Ingur) "I am used to it, but THIS, surprised me."
(Carn) "No, if you've got more powder kegs bring em out. I can supply more if needed, but I'd be dipping pretty deep into my supplies."
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"I believe thats sufficient....now we need to put all those explosives in the storage bay where the canisters are at."
Mumbles something about humans and there mythical stories of demons to explain everything while he caculated the hight he needed to go at..
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you see shaded performing a autopsy on your twin.
"Hey be careful he still has red death in his system...."
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(Carn) "Hey, I heard that." holding out his hand palm up he mutters something unintelligible under his breathe, suddenly a flame appears nestled in his palm "I've fought demons," curling his fist around the ball of fire, his hand is coated in it, but does not burn "And I won." puts out the fire
(Ingur) "How do you know magic?"
(Carn) "There were many things buried in the glaciers Ingur, more then just tech........"
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"Wait....did you say....glaciers?" His eyes widened.
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"Well yeah. Anglea is practially buried in the things."
*Looks at Carn.*
"Magic, too? Good job, very impressive. I believe I have some arcane texts in my collection..."
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You adjust your warroom suit collar..
"and um.....these texts did they umm...have a strange language?"
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(Carn) "Yeah, Anglea has a ton of the things. Buried in the Glacier, is pretty much Anglean BS for saying, "We found something really cool, and we're not going to tell you how or where."
(Ingur) "Pretty much, yeah."
(Carn) looks to Shaded "Lets talk business later, for now we have other concerns. 1) disposing of the plague, 2) what are we going to do about the body, and 3) finding that Baron."
(Ingur) "The former captain of that pyramindion is still alive. We can talk to him."
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"Plague, burn it, simple. The body produces fevers because high temps kill viruses and bacteria. Body, keep doing what I'm doing, empty it of organs, then fill it with concrete and put it on the bottom of the ocean. Baron, Spades said this was a setup, actually."
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(Carn) "We don't know if burning it will do the trick, Spades has a plan. For the body, its Spades' twin, he gets to decide. As for the baron, that particular one was a fake yes, but he is still missing."
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"Name a virus that could withstand the temperatures of the Tartarus. It might be incredibly deadly, but it's an organism nontheless. True enough, but I'm just saying the safe option. And after we're done here, we find the Baron."
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"I have his location in my mind.... He's......He's in Paladins ship?!?!"
"we need to move now I'll help with setting the barells ....and my twin....inside the storage. YOU guys try to contact paladin "
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(Carn) "Yeah, yeah hold on a sec." after surrounding the canisters with the explosives, Carn then ties it all together with the primer cord, using the C4 as a kind of mortar "Whenever your ready man, I'm not touching that thing anymore." goes over to the Night "So where is he? Pirates often have little compartments in their ships, sometimes they use them to hold prisoners."
(Ingur) slipping into a thick Anglean accent she loudly curses, the only words any of the others can understand are "Men, secrets, and arse."
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"OK here's the plan. Since I'm still a bit weak with my powers I'm going to pilot the ship as high as it can go then I'm going to jump off the ship and send the ship into space detonating it."
He grabbed a parachute
"Let's hope to God this thing works....."
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"And I need everyone off the ship....."
He picked up his half broken rapier and his lasso and put on his mask and Captains hat
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"Carn boarded it, and Carn claimed it. The Stygian Night is his."
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"Would he like some red death on the side with his ship?"
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I'M CONFUSED WHICH SHIP IZ WE ON.
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We're on the ground, the Valkyrie and Arkos are a little ways away, and the Stygian Night is Carn's new Pyramidion.
"If it was properly contained, there won't be an issue. And if it wasn't, the crew'd be dead."
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"Oh, for the love of-- JUST STRAP THE !@#$% THING TO A ROCKET!!! There's no need for arcane-eldritch-Cthulhu whatever! Just do what Jeb did: add more boosters! Oh, and Carn, I only bring one Powder Keg per trip, for safety reasons."
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"Oh @$*# it"
You teleport the canisters in space with the explosives and it blows up..
you black out.
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(Ahem, there were two pyras, we didn't blow up mine)
(Carn) "Ahhhhh, what a beautiful explosion.)
(Ingur) "He's blacked out! Someone catch him dammit!"
Seeing Spades is unconscious and so unable to pull the chute, Carn begins another spell.
Eyes rolling into the back of his head Carn begins speaking in a wispy language. Soon a vortex cushion of wind catches Spades and brings him down safely. After using more magic then he has in a long time, it takes its toll. Carn blacks out.
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I'm still on the ground....I just teleported it...now were both blacked out :p
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(Ingur) "GAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!! Someone carry Carn onto one of the ships, I think I can carry Spades. He doesn't look to heavy. However an unconscious Carn in armor........yeah no way in hell can I carry him." manages to drag Spades onto the Stygian Night
(Carn) begins to snore
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dreams of kittens and milk :3
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*Hefts Carn and grunts.*
"God flakking dangit, Carn needs to lay off the Mutton..."
*Hauls him back to the ships.*
"I say we go home, have Carn and my lackeys slave away and make a a metric tonne of Hemovibrium, and then head back out to find this damned Baron. I think we're going to need it."
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(Ingur) "Agreed, however we have a slight problem. I can't navigate those caves, so we're going to have to take the long way around."
(Carn) continues to snore
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"Not a problem. Junkers are very fuel efficient."
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(Ingur) "I'm not worried about fuel, but I've never flown in this area. And there are Yeshan patrols to worry about." points to Shaded and Carn "The Empire would undoubtedly love to interrogate and dissect Spades, and Carn killed a lot of Tigers in the war." sees some puzzled faces "The Tigers are a political faction within the empire, they favor conquest and war. Carn used to joke before being deployed, saying that he was going Tiger Hunting. They'd love to get their hands on him."
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"I have strong ties to Yesha. Besides, just put Carn and Spades in the Night's brig."
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(Ingur) "Carn removed the door, remember?"
(Carn) mutters "Meeaaaatttt."
(Ingur) facepalms
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"Meow"
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(Ingur) "Great, Spades is dreaming he's a cat, and Carn is dreaming of meat. Anyone know how to wake them up? I never learned how to treat magical and psychic exhaustion."
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"Alright, we've wrapped this up, yes? I have what we need back at the Tavern."
We need to get back, Nestor is starting to worry.
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(Ingur) "I've been saying we need to go back for HOURS!"
(Carn) jerks up from his sleep "DON'T PISS HER OFF!" falls back asleep
(Ingur) ".........seriously dude?"
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*Fast forward to us arriving back at the Tavern.*
"The fastest way to wake them up would be Hellfire."
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(yeah agreed to fast forward)
(Ingur) "At this point I'll try anything, wait a minute....." looks at Spades "Milk might wake him up."
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*Sighs*
"We don't have any milk, it went bad ages ago. Nestor! Two Hellfires, stat!"
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} "Right away, sir!"
*Pours two mugs of Hellfire.*
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Nyaaaaw~ licks ignurs cheek
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"HEY, WHOA, SPADES!!! DO YOU WANT CARN TO KILL YOU?!"
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(Ingur) pours one down Carn's throat
(Carn) eyes shoot open and he literally breathes fire "Well then, thanks for that." wipes mouth "Thats what I get for not using magic for awhile." sees spades and promptly bonks him on the head
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"There we go, Carn's back to normal."
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(Carn) "And now juicing on magic, that hellfire is wonderful."
(Ingur) to no one in particular she asks "Am I going to marry a alcoholic, boneheaded, fire-breather?"
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*To Ingur:* "Probably."
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Carn hits Spades horns and...
"NONONONONO YOU DONT KNOW HOW THAT FEEEEEeeeeels..aaaaaaaaah~...."
gets dropped on the floor by ignus
"oof....what happened?...did...did i blow it up?"
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"Hey, wait, are your horns sensitive in a manner inappropriate for children? Nonono, that's not going to work at all. You did blow it up, by the way."
Keep it clean. Well, relatively speaking.
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(Carn) "I call his Hellfire." grabs the mug and drinks
(Ingur) "Oh boy."
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you get up from the floor.
"well...umm...they are...sensitive in a manner of..umm...can i have some apple cider...?"
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"The shipment of materials is in the back, if you wanna start."
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(Carn) "Yeah I'll go get started, I won't need help smelting the stuff." walks out and begins smelting and mixing
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"Alright, Spades, just... Keep that in check. We can't have you walking around all..."
*Puts on a pair of sunglasses.*
"Horny. YEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!"
Aaaand that's just about as far as that's gonna go.
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(Ingur) "Never do that again."
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"Well then. Now that you people have compleated my task....i must now go...koali...ignur....carn...shaded thank you...
You start to walk out the door and thought...."they are nice people....and what if they need help....I've for nowhere to go...."
You walk back in
"Oooon second thought you must fix my ship. So i shall stick around...for a while"
"nestor one apple cider."
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"........." that's all YOU have as a response for koalies joke...
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Just checking, everyone properly got the joke, right?
{[AI] Master Bartender Elite Nestor} *Pours a mug of cider for Spades.*
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(Ingur) "Ummm the baron, you know the guy we went to rescue. What about him?"
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"There was no baron it seemed.."
You sip the cider. "Somebody took the ship and led the baron elite fleet to there untimely demise..if I hadn't lived they would have dropped that red death and did Alot of damage."
"and that somebody is still alive."
-meanwhile-
the fake baron puts the gun behind paladin's head...
"One false move...and your dead...take this ship straight for the baronies."
He takes off his disguise.
(---)"he won this round....But the skulls will have there vengeance "
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(Carn) seeing the false baron holding a gun to Cykas's head Carn quietly slips aboard
(Ingur) "So your father was never in any real danger then?"
(Remember dude, that ship is MINE, therefore its in the docks nearby :) )
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"No my father was already dead....somebody killed him...stabbed him behind the back."
-docks-
the fake baron sees.carn and jump off the ship.
"Sorry captain. But I have no time for YOU"
he spreads his arms and mechanical wings come out with the skull patterN
He flies away.
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(Ingur) "I'm sorry to hear that, Gunhild and I lost our parents when we were young."
(Carn) holding out his hand in a claw Carn stirs the winds against the man, combining it with lightning and rain until there is a full storm against him
(Ingur) hearing the storm Ingur remarks "THAT sprang up quick, it didn't look like it was going to storm today."
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"No...it sounded like...it popped up instantly. "
You walk outside
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(Carn) using the storm Carn brings the man crashing back down to earth
(Ingur) goes outside as well
(Ok so we've got a kirby, a troll who has psychic and regenerative powers. You can NOT knock me for living up the magic bit)
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The man is talking into something
Something appears in the air.
It grabs the man and flys off and out of sight.
"What in the world.."
You look down to see something.... it has a skull patterned on it....You dont know what it is.
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Due to the escape, Carn is now seriously pissed off, and a whirlwind is forming around him.
(Carn) "What the bloody hell is going on!"
(Ingur) "Boys, your going to want to back off." she goes forward to try and calm him down
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"once you calm him down i want too see that wrekage."
you enter in back with koali.
"Hey koali. When did carn get all this frickin power?"
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(Ingur) "Carn Erik Gormson, stop being a supernatural ass and come inside so we can figure things out."
(Carn) throws off a lightning bolt blasting a nearby rock, then the winds settle "Fine. I need answers, but first." quickly goes over and checks the hemovibrium and finding it finished pours it into ingots
(Ingur) "Come on, we all need answers.)
the two go back inside
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"Carn who was that?"
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(Carn) "Well I should be asking you that. I have no clue who the second one was, but the first was the fake baron. And guess what? He had wings! They had some kind of skull design on them, I saw that much." sparks begin to fly off him
(Ingur) shoves a bottle of rum in Carn's hand "Drink this and calm down already."
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"It seems like those wings are at the place YOU smashed him down. Excuse me."
You go to where the wings are....they do have skulls.
YOU carry the wings to the tavern.
"Here they are." YOU set them down on the table.
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"Carn is a more accomplished mage than he let on."
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(Carn) swigs some rum "I've been trying to keep it under wraps. Don't need some yokel to start screaming burn the witch. The problem being, going that long WITHOUT using magic, there was some, for lack of better words, blockage. Which is why it was harder back there."
(Ingur) "And now?"
(Carn) "All cleared up......." swigs some more rum "Know anything about those wings? Or the insignia?"
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*Hands Carn a bottle of thick blue liquid.*
"Drink this when you need to recover your magic energy."
Mana potion ftw!
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"the wings...are still operational as for the insignia I don't even know..."
You put on the wings.it pinches your back.
"Ouch....ok lets see"
The wings retract and come back out on your command
"See?"
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(Carn) gives Shaded a look "Dude, you need to get some schematics of those."
(Ingur) "Do you know if your brother mentioned anything about skulls? You said more than just the two of you survived. Is it possible.........?"
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"no we don't have symbols of skulls in our culture."
Flaps wings.
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*All the loose bits of paper and dust in the Tavern billow up into the air from the wind generated by the wings. Due to his light weight, and the fact that he wasn't paying attention, Koali goes flying out the window.*
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(Carn) "Watch it man, not indoors." snaps his fingers and blows Koali back inside
(Ingur) "Well I thought it best to clarify. Is it of some Fjordlander family?"
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*Poofs into the wall and sticks there like a poster.*
(http://sheattack.com/myblog/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Kurby.jpg)
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(Carn) peels Koali off the wall "Your seriously THAT light?"
(Ingur) "Says the man who not only can whip up a storm, and all sorts of other magics, but never told his girlfriend."
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"You're whipping up gale-force winds and you expect me to stay put? I wasn't exactly gonna turn into a rock and knock the whole place down!"
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(Ingur) "None of us moved," looks up "Except for my hair. Dammit."
(Carn) "I didn't whip it up in here, I just blew you back in, therefore following basic laws of physics, I had to apply a greater force to you to get you inside."
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"Sorry koali."
You run out the window and open up your wings.
"Ok.i.i gotta admit..this is pretty cool"
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(Carn) "Psshh, wings." finishes the rum bottle and grabs Ingur's hand "Now just start walking." the couple begins walking into the sky
(Ingur) "I could get used to this. But you still kept it a secret a long time."
(Carn) "Well think about it. For all I knew, at least in the beginning, if I told you, you might have thought I was using my magic to make you like me?"
(Ingur) "That's so lame, you were really worried about that."
(Carn) sighs "Is it so far fetched?"
(Ingur) "I guess not. Now don't you think we better get back to the bar?"
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"You tried, Carn. You tried. But you're forgetting the concept of impulse."
*Pulls up a chalkboard.*
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"Impulse (J) is equal to the change in momentum (Δp) which is equal to force (F) times time (t). Thus, to change my momentum to bring me back through the window, you can apply less force for more time."
(http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/kirby/images/4/4c/Kirby_explains.gif/revision/latest?cb=20080701154714&path-prefix=en)
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(Carn) calls down to Koali "To long."
(Ingur) "So did Gunhild know?"
(Carn) "What do you think? She was my CO, of course she knew."
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*Floats up to Carn and Ingur.*
"I'm probably ruining some excellent romantic subplot, and I apologize for that. However, Carn, your mana bar isn't exactly endless. Just remember that we don't have big safety nets. Also, Nestor fixed up some salad, pasta, and cookies, so whenever you're ready, dinner's available. I'll also remind you that we haven't eaten in several days."
Sorry I didn't make steak, I thought we should have some balance in our meals.
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(Carn) At the thought of food, Carn's stomach reminds him, letting loose and growl louder than galleon engines "Ok, yeah, time to eat."
the two walk back down, where Carn promptly attacks the pasta, while Ingur retains her civility and eats some salad
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Hand-rolled pasta, cooked al dente, topped with shrimp, a light lobster butter sauce with a touch of curry.
You know you want some IRL.
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You take the wings to it's limits doing barell rolls,chadelle, lazy eights. Even taking it apart peice by peice in mid flight and reasembelling it
You go back to the tavern.
"These wings are...ok i guess."
You see the food.
"....food...."
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(Carn) is busy stuffing his face
(Ingur) "I WOULD say something, but he hasn't eaten in three days." eats a bit of lettuce
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(so ok where is everybody? i am really confused)
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(Bar, eating)
(Carn) sees Cykas in the door and waves him in, then eats some more
(Ingur) sighs
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Cykas nods at Carn's invitation, sitting down near him and the woman who he assumed was his significant other. He quietly calls to the barkeep, "I'd very much like something to eat as well. Something simple, I have no wish to trouble you unduly." He turns his bright green eyes onto Carn, smiling as he says, "I'd like to thank you again for rescuing me. I will eventually have to return to the Iron Hand, but for now I'll stay with your crew to assist. with your permission of course."
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(Carn) swallows "Not a problem, wait a minute...Iron Hand." squints at the medallion "You guys one of those independent groups on the old island forts off the Anglean coast? I swear I've heard that name before."
(Ingur) "It DOES seem to ring a bell."
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You retract your wings and sit and poperly set your self. Forks on this side....spoon there. Cloth in neck.
Hat off. Posture straight.
You look at Carn....You mumble..."more like carnivor... "
You take some scampi
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Cykas takes a swig from the canteen of water at his side before saying, "Yes. We're almost like a guild that happens to have a religion attached. I won't preach to you, that's not my job, but we're focused mainly on recovering things from the Old World. Scrap, tech, knowledge, almost anything we can find. Once we have it, we adapt it or remake it to suit this world and use it to help those we can. The religion is based on similar ideals, 'Use the Old to help the New', that kind of thing."
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Cykas reaches down to pat the foot-long blades of the bayonets strapped to his legs. "I found a bunch of these in an old building when i first started my paladin training. Melted a few down and reforged them to make the blades longer and stronger. So far the only fight I've lost with these by my side was one where the other guys had guns. You have any idea how hard it is to scavenge Old world guns that still work? or even parts for them?" Cykas shook his head and began eating his pasta, continuing after a few mouthfuls, "Bloody nightmare it is."
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"you make better blades then......i may need your assistance on an intresting sword im working on...if i may..i shall show you the picture.."
you take out a diagram of the sword.
(http://db.teratoday.com/sites/default/files/icons/event05_twohand_tex.png)
"it is a legendary sword it is called the time splitter. it is able to swing so fast it is said to have cut the fabric of time itself...i have all the diagrams and everything for it to be made. i just need the materials."
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*Eats the diagrams, then offers Cykas a plate.*
"Pasta, Mr. Cykas? Oh, whoops, you already have some."
*Serves self a generous portion, then eats it at a civilized pace, taking time to savor it.*
I'm sorry. I really am. But I'm the OP, and I'm making the executive decision: Trolls, magic, and Kirbies? Yes. But I will not have you extending that to swords. There shall be no Hollywood swords.
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Cykas chuckled to himself. "Well there you have it, it seems I wont be able to make that sword. As it is, i probably wouldnt have been able to make it anyway. something like that requires a master smith, and im far from that. These blades are strong, but ultimately simple. Most smiths could make them with ease." He takes a few more mouthfuls of pasta. "And ultimately, these are tools of defense, for both myself and the priests and scavengers which I am usually tasked with protecting. Your fancy sword does not sound like something used only in defense, and I would not make a weapon that is not for defense of others. None of the Iron Hand would. The Old souls guide us and protect us, but do not wish to be used for slaughter."
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You see the diagram get eaten..
"M...M...M...MY..MY DIAGRAM."
sorry bout dat.
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"Instead, I propose we experiment with different blade shapes made of hemovibrium."
Speaking of which, what color is hemovibrium? Is it red, or does it look like steel?
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(think silvery with a slight reddish hue)
(Carn) "Ahem, you need a smith? I may not be a master smith, but I am a certified journeyman. Also," unstraps Roxane from his back "She, is an old world design." straps her back on "Found the designs for her in an old military base." looks at the bayonets "Average quality metal, maybe sub par. Hemovibrium, just so you know, is twice as strong, and twice as light as iron."
outside the group hears a familiar sounding set of engines
(Ingur) "Ummm Carn?"
(Carn) "You've got to be kidding me. Again?"
Major Gunhild walks inside, two of her engineers behind her, carrying a crate
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you put on your mask and hat to hide your identity to the Majour.
"~whistle~"
you whisper to koali.
"that diagram was wrote on the most hottest pepper skin ever..."
you sit back up.
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(Gunhild) "Well captain, those were some interesting notes you gave me. You were right, the techies did love it." she cracks open the crate "So, as a reward, you get the first set of Hemovibrium armor." she pulls out the helmet to show him
(Carn) "Well that will save some time." goes over and looks in the crate
(Gunhild) "Considering its much lighter than the old armor, this means our forces can carry more equipment in the field. You get the honor of the first field test. Also on an unrelated not, while I was flying here, I saw a storm brew up right over here and then disappear in minutes." looks Carn dead in the eye "You finally unblocked it?"
(Carn) 'Yep."
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you start to read the majours mind to reveal some...secrets...
You muffle a chuckle in your mask.
"Majour. May i ask where you found this..."hemovibrium"
Even though you already knew.
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(Gunhild) gives Spades a death stare "Get out of my head."
(Carn) leans over to Spades "Gunhild has dealt with telepaths before. Don't piss her off. Also it is Major, not Majour."
(Gunhild) "And if you bothered to look, you'd know its not a natural metal."
(Carn) "Its a pre-war alloy, I managed to find the recipe. And that is now safely in the hands of Anglean scientists."
(Gunhild) "Indeed, the Anglean military is getting an upgrade." grins a grin bordering on evil
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"Yawn.... army's getting new upgrades for the other armies to make more upgrades WHOOP. DEE.FRIKIN. DOO."
you get up from the table.You pick up the helmet....
"All i see is death. Not protection. But death. You see majour." Putting as much emphasis in the ur as possible."in the end your army will be like all the rest of many armies to come. Failed and dead."
You put down the helmet on the table.
"what your doing...is all for naught."
You walk out and jump off the balcony and start flying.
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(Gunhild) "Everything that lives must die, that is the way of things. For the time being we gain an advantage over our enemies."
(Carn) "Eh, he was raised by a Baron. Ergo he can be rather melodramatic and moody, and get caught up on obscure philosophical points."
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You fly to the top where you can see the stars and the moon.
You reach out to one of the stars.
"Home...its no different here then there.....so why do i even give a care."
You remember what your adoptive father said.
"All life. bad or good. Must be forgiven and protected."
You say to yourself..
"I killed my only family....i tried to forgive him...but instead he didnt accept..and killed you..."
you start to tear up. "Father.......please help me."
you hear something flying....its that fake baron.
you fly after him.
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(Carn) looks out the window seeing Spades, it looks like he's chasing something. Muttering a spell under his breath, Carn's vision magnifies, and he sees Spades pursuing the guy from before. "If you'll excuse me, I'm going to go for a walk, see how the new armor feels." quickly strapping on his new armor, Carn jogs outside and is soon on the winds after Spades
(Ingur) "Oh dammit," calling after Carn "YOUR A HORRIBLE LIAR!" looks back to the others "Shall we go see what he's doin this time?"
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Reddish shine, huh? Cool.
"Dagnabbit, Spades, what are you doing? Are you leaving us forever?"
*Sighs.*
"Forever or not, the show must go on."
*Pulls out a hunk of green metal.*
"While everyone was messing around with the hemovibrium, I was working with Nestor to produce this. Try and damage it."
Gonna say right now, this stuff is completely and totally indestructible, save for a curious reaction to Tabasco sauce. Work with me here, Carn.
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The mysterious figure starts shooting at Spades.
"Oh shi-" You dodge the incoming spray of fire.
You take out your lasso and grab the wing of the mechanical wing.
(---)"grr." He spins around grabs the lasso and punches spades in the face.
(spades)"oof" you recoil but give the figure a roundhouse kick to the face.
(---) "ungh" he falters back a bit and starts tp fly faster. He pulls out two large cannons and aims them at spades. "sayanora. Low blood."
(Spades) you brace yourself.
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(Carn) igniting himself he crashes into the mystery guy throwing off his aim "Your not getting away again!"
(Ingur) picks up the green lump "Ummm what is this?"
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The cannon goes off and hits Spades ship...it now has 2 new holes...
"Greeat..."
You tie up the mystery man with your lasso.
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(Carn) going over to Spades "So who is he? He said something about low blood, I heard that much."
(Ingur) taps the green lump with a unused fork
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"I don't know yet....he has a helmet on...."
You take off his helmet....
the sight is not pretty.
"Oh god..."
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BTW.all species are not my idea But they are from the story homestuck from Andrew hussie....don't wanna get sued
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*Shaded comes around from the back with a hemovibrium ingot.*
"Can I use some of this?"
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(Carn) "...........You said your people were CHASED off your home world, right? That implies there's at least one more race, the one who chased you away? Is this guy one of em?"
(Ingur) grabs a lobster mallet from Koali's plate and whacks the green thing. looks to Shaded "Ask Carn when he gets back, all I know is that the stuff can be an absolute pain to shape. Carn should be back soon."
(Carn) "Lets talk on the way back, we can secure him down in the basement."
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"I'll ask him, sure. Shaping won't be a problem, though, I have a mould."
*Shoots green lump with revolver. The bullet bounces off weakly and plinks onto the floor.*
"Hmm. Kinetic absorption, too."
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You put back on his helmet.
"I said banished not chased."
You take the....thing to the taverns basement
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"It's an alloy of steel and, well... You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
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(Carn) enters in time to see shaded with the ingot "Molds!? Dude, you don't cast hemovibrium, you forge it! I'll get to work on your blade soon enough, 100 gold, and yes, that's a discount.." picks up the green lump "What is this?"
(Ingur) "Koali challenged us to break it, Shaded's bullet just bounced off."
(Carn) "Hmmmmm." envelops the lump in white hot flames, which have no effect "Dang." puts the lump down and follows Spades down to the basement "So is this guy one of your people's enemies or not?"
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"No.....he is something far worse..."
You take off his helmet and reveal....
A neko girl with pointy cat ears
(neko)"grrrrrrrr GET YOUR HANDS OFF OF ME. NYAW."
she bites spades hand.
"OW %&-$"
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(Carn) "............................A cat girl? That's worse than whatever banished your people?" as a side effect of the magic, sparks are flying of Carn's head as he is trying to process the situation "Someone PLEASE explain what is going on, before I just lose it and nuke this place. And yes, I CAN do that. I'd have to split every atom in my body, which would kill me, but I'd leave a crater so big nobody here would survive."
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"Except me, and this hunk of green steel."
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"It's already been cast into this ingot, though."
*Looks around shadily.*
"I'd live."
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Is nobody going to ask about the green steel?
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(Carn) "It CAN be cast, but to melt it down takes enormous heat. Casting would be best for ship armor, and other heavy duty large pieces."
(Ingur) "What are you planning on making?"
(Carn) 'Oh, and even if you survived the initial blast, there's the magic infused radiation afterwards to think about."
(Gunhild) "CAPTAIN, cool it!"
(Carn) some of the sparks coalesce into a lightning bolt that strikes the green lump, again doing nothing
(Ingur) "What IS this stuff?"
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you both look at each other...the cat girl and you...
"She is..my...ex....her name is nallah. we broke up after the death of my father."
(nallah) "grumble"
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(Carn) quietly goes outside and rolls a boulder into the tavern, through the door. then proceeds to headbutt it into dust
(Ingur) "A lover's quarrel? Didn't you say your father died recently?"
(Gunhild) "This is getting weird. even by my standards."
(Carn) stops for a moment "You've got no idea." proceeds once more
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"That green stuff is just an alloy of steel and... Green beans."
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(Ingur) "Green beans and steel?" goes and gets a pot of water and puts the green lump in it "Carn can you boild this?"
(Carn) snapping his fingers while headbutting the boulder, now half destroyed, the water in the pot boils
(Ingur) "There, a few hours and that should be rusty mush."
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"It should be, but it somehow isn't."
*Retrieves the lump from the pot.*
"The only thing Nestor and I could find that could damage it was... Oh, this is ridiculous... Tabasco sauce. I have no idea why."
*Pulls a bottle out of nowhere and drips a bit of the Tabasco on the lump, causing it to sizzle.*
"We've tried other pepper sauces to no effect."
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(Ingur) "I said a few HOURS Koali, but the Tabasco thing is weird."
(Carn) pounds the last bit of the boulder into dust
(Ingur) "Better?"
(Carn) "Slightly, now wheres the bloody rum? Spades, from the top please. Explain."
(and can someone tell what homestruck even is?)
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"these people think I'M a demon....they've Been after me for some time. And she tried to kill me. TWICE."
(nallah)"betcha liked that first one hun"
(Spades)"let's not bring that up or else I'll cut off your tail....AGAIN!! "
You walk out of the basement.
"Please for the love of everything peaceful. Don't let her out of there...."
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You sit down at a bar stool. "I think she may have played a party in my father's death...... "You look toward gunhild.you talk telepathically To carn. "Id rather talk..in private...."
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Cykas barely looks up from his food as he addresses the troll. "Do you have evidence to prove it? If she is guilty of such a sin then retribution is expected, but i will not condone exacting that retribution on someone who does not definitively deserve it."
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(Carn) sending it back over to Spades "Come out back, we can talk about making you a new blade or something. You need one anyways, and I've got the metal." out loud he says "Hey didn't you lose your old sword back there? I can forge you something new, lets talk out back, figure out the pattern." gets up and walks to the door
(Ingur) "I could talk to this girl, she might be more willing to talk to me. Considering if Gunhild and I weren't here, this would be a complete sausage fest, it might be a good idea."
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"im not planning on revenge......but if something does come up..."
he stares down and stays silent...
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you send back a telepathic message to carn.
"ok sure. i am going to need a new sword...but something bigger.....have you ever seen a great sword?"
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Spades and Carn walk out back to the forge
(Carn) "You want a great-sword? You do realize that it is rather outdated. Sabres and cutlass's are more common in fighters, but rapiers and artilleryman's short swords are also used. I use an axe because it is a boarding axe, designed to latch onto hulls, as well as kill. Form and function you understand. With today's weaponry, a great-sword won't cut it. Someone sees you coming at them with that, they're going to fill you with bullets. I can't in good conscious make you a weapon that won't do you any good."
(Ingur) sees the two leave "Well I am going to talk to her." goes into the room Nallah is held in "So you came all the way out here, just to kill your ex. Why?"
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you take off your wings.
"well..i suppose a more better rapier will do....how much?"
-basement-
"I'll give You one word darling."her ears twitched up and down..
MONEY
(http://38.media.tumblr.com/93b06a191309b2781f69b98d427bf646/tumblr_nc0knxfTbZ1t9yp79o1_500.gif)
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(Carn) does some mental calculations "Rapiers don't take a lot of metal, what kind of guard? Swept hilt, basket? I can forge the actual blade easily enough, but the grip and guard, well there are a few types that work with rapiers. Your old one had a swept hilt, I can do that if you want. The more similar a new weapon feels to an old one, the easier the transition will be." mentally shooting over a message "Ok, what do you REALLY want to talk about?"
(Ingur) "Oh, so a bit of coin means more to you than him? Did he do something to piss you off? Or is it strictly business?"
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You telepathically talk to carn
"I need to get to the barons.... there going to be wondering where I've been gone....the reason why I don't wanna talk about in there is because of the evil mistress." You point your head toward gunhild.
You say outloud..."yeah i think swept will do.."
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(Nallah)"Nope stritictly business " You say with a adorably cute smile."if it wasent for you guys i would take his adorable grey body and pin it up on a wall"
=￣ω￣=
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(Carn) "Swept hilt it is, 150 gold pieces. I can get it done pretty quickly." grabs one of the ingots and heats it up in his hand until it is a molten white, then he begins hammering it. Telepathically he communicates "Evil mistress? Look I've know Gunhild for over a decade, she's Ingur's elder sister. She's deep in her loyalties to the Republic, and she can be moody and violent, but she is a far cry from evil."
(Ingur) "Just money then? How much did they offer? One, two thousand?"
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"I just don't agree with the...."conquering empire"...thing..."
You give him 151 gold pieces.
----tavern basement.----
"HA...more like a million..somebody totally wants him dead.hehehe."
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(Carn) takes the gold except for the change, then continues the mental conversation "Expansion is not a priority to our people. Quite the contrary, the empire has tried to invade our homeland more then once, on the pretense that they were more entitled to the technologies that we posses. As for conflict in the Baronies, we have multiple bases in the Firnfield area, but the Baronies claim it is theirs. A rather shaky claim at best. Every faction wants theirs to be dominant, that's human nature." slowly the ingot is being thinned and elongated eventually taking on the rough shape of a rapier blade
(Ingur) "A full mill? Paid in advance?"
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It's come to my attention that Carn and Spades are becoming too powerful. I suggest that you two keep your powers in check unless you want me to be mean and severely nerf your powers. This isn't the Pit. Don't make me summon Davidgra. ;)
"Hey, not cool! I'm hearing these weird voices in my head! They sound like... Like Carn and Spades? Weird."
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(He IS the OP, technically this is just a conversation due to Spades' telepathy, not actually MY power. I'm restricted to elemental stuff.)
(Carn) once the blade gains the proper shape, Carn carves off the excess and dumps it into a water barrel, then begins folding the blade back onto itself to strengthen it
(Ingur) "Any clue why they want him dead? Or who it is that wants him dead?"
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Cykas chuckles softly at Koali. "Sometimes having voices in your head is good. In a life of prayer and meditation some of the most fulfilling conversations I've had are with myself." He sets aside his plate, pulling out the twin bayonets at his side and beginning to sharpen them with a whetstone from a pocket of his grey coat. "And yes, I realize just how crazy that makes me sound." Cykas says with a broad smile, his eyes twinkling.
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What? No, I'm the OP, the sticker on my forehead says so. :D
"Butbutbut... It's CARN!!! And SPADES!!! Why are they in my head?!"
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(Gunhild) "Your hearing Carn? In your head? The alcoholic, wizard who is overly fond of his axe and rifle? In your head?"
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"Yeah, and Spades. I think I'll try and tell them to shut up and get out of my head."
*Thinking really loudly:* "CARN AND SPADES, SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!"
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(Carn) hearing Koali carn shouts back "STOP EAVESDROPPING!"
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*Eyes widen in shock.*
"What the hell?!?!?! They can hear me!"
*Thinking really hard:* "I can't help it, you're in my head! How did you get there?"
For story purposes I don't know about the telepathy.
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(Carn) "Oh for Pete's sake, Koali, Spades has mind powers remember? We were having a private conversation."
(Gunhild) "Someone want to get the little guy some water? He seems like he's going through some issues."
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"I don't need water. It's just that I'm not very dense, so I don't have a thick skull like Carn. I can hear the telepathy because Spades has to shout so loudly to get through to him."
Zing!
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(Carn) "Think that's funny?" Koali is suddenly swept up in the wind and brought outside to where Carn and Spades are
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Cykas pauses briefly in the sharpening of his bayonets, looking up to the doorway that koali was just whisked through. "That's it..." He says, returning to his task, "I'm surrounded by lunatics."
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There we go, that's how it's supposed to be! :)
"Whee!"
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(Gunhild) "Lunatics they may be, but they are lunatics with powers."
(Carn) outloud "Now would you mind not eavesdropping?" pulls out a bottle "Or shall I apply some glue?"
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"No, I seriously can't help it, the psychic vibrations are leaking out into the vicinity, and I just happen to be sensitive."
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(Carn) shakes the bottle "So shall I apply some glue?"
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"I fail to understand how that'll help right now. Anyhoo, the pasta's getting cold."
*Zips back inside and turns feet into stone, preventing the effects of wind.*
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(Gunhild) "You do realize he uses elemental magic right? That includes stone." gazes pointedly at Koali's feet
(Carn) pinching the bridge of his nose he says out loud "Why don't we just keep our voices down, now Koali heard all that."
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"Ah, but this ain't regular stone! This is me! Just... Super dense and basically Mjolnir, in that only I can lift me."
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"What in the name of the Old Soul is Mjolnir?"Cykas asks, stopping completely in his sharpening with a confused look on his face
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"I don't even know if it's real; it was a hammer that belonged to a dude called Thor."
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"Right... Well perhaps this 'Thor' should have come up with an easier name to pronounce" Cykas said with a shrug as he finished sharpening his blades, pulling out a cotton cloth to polish them.
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"Me-Ol'-Near."
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*Shaded walks in from the back holding something wrapped in cloth.*
"That's for me to tweak and you to find out about."
*Sits and pulls up a plate a pasta.*
"And when I said Id' live... I'd live. Just because I'm more discreet doesn't mean I'm not capable."
*Pats Cykas' shoulde.!*
"You get used to the insanity real quick."
*Ponders for a minute.*
"Wonder what Spades would think of my line of heavies?"
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Is sleeping
(nallah) is sleeping also
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(Carn) after finishing the blade over night, Carn realizes Spades fell asleep "Really man?" wrapping up the new rapier and then throwing a lanket over Spade, Carn starts working on Shaded's cutlass
(Ingur) "I can't believe the feline b*tch fell asleep!" sees Shaded "You know, Carn never agreed to letting you use his hemovibrium. If that's made of the stuff, your going to need to pay him."
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you start to sleep walk......you start walking toward the edge of the cliff.......
---tavern basement---
(Nallah)"huh?" Wakes up.
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(Carn) notices Spades sleep walking to the edge of the cliff "Oh dammit." encases his feet in earth so he doesn't kill himself
(Ingur) sees on the monitor that Nallah is awake and goes back inside "Have a nice cat nap?"
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(nallah)you free yourself when that "WITCH" left
YOU DO A CUTE DANCE.
(https://33.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m4jvtvI0un1rui0a2o1_500.gif)
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You wake up to see your feet incased...
"?"
---tavern---
nallah jumps all around the tavern yelling. "I'M FREE"
you jump off of koalis head and out of the window "wheeeee"
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(Ingur) "Dammit, the b*tch is out!"
(Carn) finishes the cutlass and frees Spades "You were sleep walking towards a cliff. Your welcome."
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"W....w..what..." You see nallah fleeing.
"OH NO YOU DON'T" you use your mind powers and put her to sleep
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(nallah)"hm?....nyaaaawn~" she falls to sleep.
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"Thanks carn i owe you yet again."
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(Carn) hands Spades his new rapier "No problem, now then.."
(Ingur) runs out of the tavern ready with her carbine shouting "SHE GOT....oh you got her." walks over to Spades "I got a bit of information out of her. According to what she said, this was just business. Someone put a one million hit on you."
(Carn) "One million?! Who the hell has that kind of cash to spend on hit?!"
(Ingur) "Dunno. She zonked out before I could get it out of her.
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"So, our inventory of insanity: 1 elementally inclined Anglean, 1 troll from Homestuck, 1 catgirl, 1 Kirby, 2 Odd Alloys... Anyone else have anything to add?"
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(Gunhild) "1 highly violent me."
(Ingur) "1 mercenary/trader who seems to be able to get his hands n anything for the right price. Not to mention a variety of experimental heavy guns."
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Amusing note, you said something about Ingur and Gunhild making this NOT a sausage fest, when they're written by you anyway.
"And a partridge in a pear tree."
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(well they are female characters, besides them the only other one is nallah)
(Ingur) "Now where are my golden rings?"
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"The five of them?"
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"All of them are in the fire....all of them "
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(Carn) "Anyways, back to the problem at hand." points to Nallah "What are we gonna do? Are you able to dig in her brain for the info? Or do we have to do something else. I don't know about you guys, but I don't HAVE a million to pay her off. Also, if whoever put it out, is offering that much, its likely there are others."
(Ingur) "And we don't know yet who put out the hit."
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"Hmm..." You probe your exes mind for answers.
"This'll take some time"
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(Carn) holds up his hand and lets electricity crackle between his fingers "I could apply some electroshock therapy. Or you know, spray her with water."
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"...." You give carn a one dead eye stare.
"Even if she is a spoiled brat...shes still a lady."
You delve deeper into her mind
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"also....after this.. I must talk to all of You inside the tavern.."
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(Ingur) "I could spray her with water."
(Carn) "It honestly doesn't make a difference, an enemy is an enemy."
(Ingur) squints at Carn "I'll remember that, honey."
(Gunhild) "I'm partially to blame for that mentality. In war, you kill your enemies. It doesn't matter what gender they are."
(Carn) looks at Spades "I'm guessing you found something. You want me to restrain her? There's plenty of rock and dirt here. It'd be pretty easy."
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"Yes please restrain her.....But be gentle.."
You look at gunhild. "Yes majour gunhild..but we are not at war....not yet.."
you walk inside the tavern and take a seat.
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(Gunhild) "Fair point. And it is Major. I don't mispronounce your name, so please do me the same courtesy Spades." walks inside
(Carn) Cracking his neck Carn does a rather interesting spell. He uses the stone to cuff her hands behind her back, completely encasing them. Then he encases her feet as well. As she is still unconscious, he uses the stone on her feet to make her walk, and levitates the stone around her hands to keep her upright. And thus brings her into the bar, as if some kind of bizarre marionette.
(Ingur) "That's not something you see everyday."
(Carn) "Wanna see me make her dance?"
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(nallah) opens eyes."waaaaaah hey put me down"
(Spades) "Please just put her in the basement" you put your head down in embaressment...
You mumble something under your breath about "major" gunhild."why in gods...sigh...she cant be..shes too....fiiine..Nestor do You have asprin...."
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(Carn) "Come on missy, down we go." has Nallah tap dance down to the basement. This time a much more secure room. It has a section barred off, and that is where he puts her. Finally he removes the stones, dissolving them to dust. "There's a bucket and some blankets." goes back up stairs "So, find out who put a hit on you?"
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"Did.....did...You say...bucket?...oh my...umm anyway. Ahem.
You stand up.
"The one who put the hit on me is High baroness Condese ..I believe that she put Diemondz and nallah to kill my father....however nallah skipped out and let Diemond do it...Diemond killed my father at a meeting for peace with the order...it was a throwing knife to the back tipped with poison that killed my father...the authorities seen me there and were about to execute me. But a very clever detective found out it was not Me and that it was Diemonds..lets just say that that detective has been gone for some time."
"condese has put a new charge on me...destruction of the 31st Baronese fleet. And now she had put a bounty on me...."
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{[AI] Nestor the Pharmacist} "Two aspirin and a tall glass of water for Mr. Spades."
*Places the order on the bar.*
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"thanks Nestor."You take the asprin.
"However I do have a plan to clear my name."
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"I also have reason to believe she let a uknown faction have those red death canisters "
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(Carn) "High Baroness?" gives a puzzled look to Gunhild "Do the Barons have some kind of council? I mean it is King Gregor who rules the Baronies."
(Gunhild) "Its entirely possible, its been known to happen that some barons try to do this kind of stuff."
(Dude, don't lore break. King Gregor rules the Baronies. Look it up.)
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"No she's more of a....mover and shaker Of the politics of the barons...let's just say she sorta gets her way..."
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(Carn) "Major, if I acted against an extremist Baronies political group, what do you think the senate would do."
(Gunhild) "IF you can obtain proof that this woman is a serious threat, they can't object. Not openly."
(Carn) "If this baroness can be proved to be a danger to the fjordlanders, then that would give us more traction. At the very least, it would mean less international flak."
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"Thanks...for saying what my plan was ... I do plan on getting some...dirty secrets to clear my name..."
You look at your rapier...
"However she is highly protected....But there is one way to get to her...there's going to be a Dance party coming up.If I can get close to her I can get my info and start phase two of my plan.."
You sheathe in your rapier. "So....which one of you likes to dance."
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sorry about almost breaking the lore... im still learning it :P
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(Carn) "Depends, can I be drunk and have my axe?"
(Ingur) smacks Carn in the head "Joking, ok?" looks to Gunhild "Ingur and I COULD go as an Anglean delegation or something. A sign of goodwill or whatever."
(Gunhild) "THAT I can arrange."
(Ingur) "I'm going to need a new dress." she walks of smiling ridiculously
(Carn) "I'll never understand how she can so violently kill people, then get excited for a ball."
(Gunhild) drinks something from a hip flask, then belches slightly "You and me both."
(Carn) gives Gunhild a deadpan stare
(no problem man, there isn't a lot of lore confirmed. but this bit is, I'm a big lore nerd so I can be a stickler on it)
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"It's a ball, right? It'd be cute if Carn and Ingur went and danced. If Spades danced, it'd probably look like this..."
(http://img1.wikia.nocookie.net/__cb20111022153227/callofduty/images/b/be/Personal_Arturo2x_Trollface-dance.gif)
GRATUITOUS TROLLDANCE GIF
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(Carn) "But seriously, I feels weird when my axe isn't within reach."
(Gunhild) "He cuddled the thing like a teddy bear when he slept, whenever we were out in the field."
(Carn) "Right, and who kissed and tucked away her carbines?"
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"And I store my weapons in my mouth like one of those weird mama fish."
*Everyone stares.*
"What? I thought we were comparing how we treated our weaponry in a parental fashion?"
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"I am a tailor...and I do need to make some new clothes. "
You look at everyone's clothes...
"Oh my.....sigh...I'll get to work then. On clothes for You,me,carn,shaded,and koali.
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"I have the patterns for a conductor's jacket. Is that formal enough?"
(https://i1.ytimg.com/vi/vNSFKSOyyl0/hqdefault.jpg)
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(Carn) "Ingur is probably already drawing up some kind of design for herself."
(Gunhild) "I suggest you let her have her design. She's got a good eye. Plus if you crush her dreams, she's liable to set you on fire."
(Carn) "Ahem, Anglean delegates here. So we are going to need Anglean colors. Black and red."
(Gunhild) "Well I'll need to report this and get to work on getting you two in. Tell Ingur I said bye." Major Gunhild once again departs for Kinforth
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"Maybe I'm going too far here, but a black tux and red dress would be absolutely smashing at a ball."
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(Carn) ".............."
(Ingur) sticks her head around the corner "Sounds wonderful! But I'll need some black, and Carn will need some red."
(Carn) "............" drinks some grog from a hip flask
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"You're either joking, or you want Carn to make your dress."
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(Ingur) "What? No I mean that my dress will need a bit of black, perhaps around the waist. And Carn will need a bit of red, like a shirt or something."
(Carn) drinks some more grog
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"Oh."
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(Ingur) "What exactly did you think I meant?"
(Carn) decides to cut out the middle man and uses the great magic of alcoholmancy and just levitates the grog to his mouth
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you instantly make exactly what they wanted....you sorta cheated cause you looked into there mind...
"Ok here yah are."
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(Carn) "Is this fireproof? And for the love of Bacon, can I bring my weapons or not?"
(Ingur) facepalms
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"I...think....carn....drinks..too....much... "
You give carn some milk instead
"There...drink that.."
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"actually it is."
tell me what your guys suits look like :3
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(Carn) ".......You don't know Anglean custom, so I will let this pass this once. Never. Tell. A Anglean man. To drink milk."
(Ingur) leans over and whispers into Spades' ear "Calling someone a milkdrinker is considered an insult. Offering milk to a full grown man, is something akin to slapping him in the face. Stupid I know. But true none the less."
(Carn) "Anyways the suit looks fine."
(Ingur) "Yes thank you very much. Mine looks lovely."
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"ive never been to the anglean side of the world so I don't know your customs.... it is good for bone growth though "
YOU look toward shaded and koali
"How's your suits guys"
what are baron colors?"
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Cykas nods down to his Iron-grey coat, "My vestments are formal enough for any occasion. I have no need for something else. Though a cleaning might be in order." He glances over at Carn and sees the milk incident. "Such a strange idea, that what you drink can somehow influence your machismo."
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(Carn) "It stems from the longer insult of, If you can't hold your alcohol, go drink milk with the children."
(I don't remember the colors, I remember all the other faction colors except baronies. I do know all the symbols though. The baronies is a raven)
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You tap your mask for styles for your war room suit.
"no..no..too flamboyant...ah yes..."
Your war room suit changes into a vest that has a black raven and white around the waist.a white buttoned down shirt and a bluish iron tie.
"There we go."
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(Carn) "Wouldn't it make sense to use your father's colors? Or are you going for incognito."
(Ingur) "Also what are we going to do with the b*tch in the basement?"
(Carn) "You REALLY don't like her do you?"
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"If they seen me with my father's colours.. I think they...would know..But now.." You take off your mask to show them all your tanned skin and you take off your hat to revealed no horns.
"Voila".
"I think Nestor is capable of keeping her here."
---basement -----
(Nallah) grumbles something about ingur being a old hag.
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Cykas closed his coat, making it look a good deal more formal than when it was opened up. He had also taken the time earlier to trim his goatee and shave off excess stubble, along with finally fixing his hair. He looked a great deal more presentable than when he had been found, the iron medallion had been polished as well, giving it a nice shine. "What kind of event is this, that formal attire is encouraged?"
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"It's the baronesses birthday...so were gonna crash it."
"Well..not crash in a litteral sense of kicking arse...but in a righteous act of..yaknow what nevermind...just be prepared to go to my homeland....the fjord baronies."
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"oh by the way....I will offer 10,000 gold from the million that we are going to get to each of you for Your help...just leaving that out there."
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"Ah" Cykas said, adjusting his coat and smoothing his hair. "Anything we should know before-hand? I've never been to the baronies"
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"Use all your manners...all of them."
You look at Carn.....
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Cykas raises an eyebrow. "Using manners is to be expected when dealing with any nobles. Humility is a virtue after all. I was asking more along the lines of whether or not there is anything specific to the fjords that I should consider"
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*Recovers from random catatonia and addresses Ingur:* "When you responded to my 'black tux, red dress' idea by saying that Carn needed some red and you needed some black, I thought you were talking about colored fabric, and that... Heeheehee... That... Hoo hoo... That... Pfft! WAHAHAHA!!!"
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"don't raise your pinky on every tea cup...they think that's being obnoxious "
You look at koali...
"You OK buddy? "
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"That Carn would..."
*Dissolves into giggles.*
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You litteraly see koali dissolve into giggles....
"I'm gonna go To sleep...today's been to hectic for me."
You change into your pajamas and snuggle into a blanket
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"Hry, Carn, I left 100 gold by the forge. I made something with that ingot. Here's another hundred for the hemovibrium cutlass."
*Carefully unwraps the package, revealing a perfect replica of my revolver, with some improvements, both cosmetic and functional. It is made almost entirely from hemovibrium, only short the small, delicate parts. It is now break action for quicker reloads, has a higher tension spring for smoother, crisper, faster firing, an extending hammer for easy fanning, and intricate etched designs on the handle, extending in a spiral down the extended barrel.*
"Yes, I can get you almost anything. I have an extensive network, including some of the, ah, less savoury markets. And hey, what the flak do you expect a professional tinker and merc to build? Teacup automatons?"
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George walks back into the tavern.
"New people...?"
George looks around
"Hi"
(To Koali)
"I brought you this, meant to be some sort of weapon...don't know how to use I through"
The weapon is small, Koali's size, it appears to be some launcher with a vial strapped to the top.
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(Carn) Comes out of the room he was sleeping in with his new suit on. A long black coat belted in at the waist, with a blood red shirt. And black pants with red lines running up the sides, and knee high black leather boots polished bright. On his semi-blonde head, is a black suede tricorn hat, with a red fringe. On his epaulets are his rank markings, detonating him as a captain, and on his shoulders the marauders badge. A blood red albatross with a iron beak, soaring high. There is also a hemovibrium stiletto in a black leather sheathe, with silver chasing.
(Ingur) Coming out of her room, Ingur is in a slim red dress, with a black sash around the middle. "Hmm, it matches my hair perfectly!"
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Dang, that kinda trumps my conductor's jacket.
*Giggles die down.*
"Haha, heh, sorry, I was just imagining Carn in a dress. Oh? A weapon? What is it?"
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(Carn) pulls out the blade "A hemovibrium stiletto. Elegant enough for situations like this, but strong enough, and sharp enough, to punch through over an inch of steel plate." sheathes the blade "You think I'd go to a place like this UNARMED?"
(Ingur) pulls out a slightly smaller blade from her hairpiece "Same here. We are not fools."
(Carn) looking at Spades "One advantage of us going, particularly me, is that open hostility is more likely to be directed at us. Easier for you to slip around unnoticed. And I CAN be polite and mannerly, when the situation demands it."
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"Issue is, how will I be able to go? I'm not exactly something you'd see every day... Hey, George, what exactly is this thing?"
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Nallah:BE THE BUCKET
http://media.tumblr.com/3fa4dd00c98e2516284b0c9575e1e0f9/tumblr_inline_mwvlxeywMc1rbwi67.png
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(Carn) looks at Shaded "Mind asking me BEFORE you go and use my alloy next time?"
(Ingur) ignoring Carn she says "He's got a point. How do we get him in there? Someone could dress as a servant and carry him in a box?"
(Carn) "We could put him in a hat box, and have him be considered part of your luggage."
(Ingur) "Maybe........I'd need a hat then."
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"Mm. I know an excellent hat dealer, with hats for all kinds people and occasions. What kind of hat do you need?"
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(Ingur) "It needs a box you could fit in. So not a small one."
(Carn) "I don't know hats. Helmets yes, hats no."
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*Checks a catalogue.*
"On second thought... There don't seem to be any hats that fit the bill. I guess I could just be the servant?"
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You wake up...
"Yawn well...your a Kirby...can't you like...morph...."
Goes back to his nap.
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(Ingur) "Well it was just a thought."
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"I can't exactly morph... I can turn into stone, but that isn't exactly practical for this... Ho ho, I have an idea! I'll wear a MOUSTACHE!!!"
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(Carn) "You'll still be a pink ball that is only as high as my knee."
(Ingur) "Not very subtle, even with a false mustache."
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"Nonsense, if I wear a moustache no one will notice!"
"...Actually, I could put on some metal plates and pretend I'm a clockwork servant. Automatons can be any shape, right?"
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(Carn) "I don't know, ask Spades if there would be clockwork servants. Its not a bad idea."
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You wake up and change into your formal attire.
"We could just say hes a small boy dressed as a adorably cute pink ball."
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"But Yes we do have clockwork servants. however Can you act like one? "
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(Carn) "How about Spades' illegitimate son, who likes to dress up and isn't quite right in the head?"
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"Well, if that's what you think of me..."
*Leaves.*
...
*Comes back.*
"I'm just kidding you. I'd rather be the clockwork servant."
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(Carn) "You need to be able to ACT like one though. Meaning, do what people tell you to do without complaining or asking why."
(Ingur) "Yeah, maybe illegitimate crazy would be easier."
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*Forcing a robotized voice similar to Nestor's:* "Of course, sir."
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(Carn) "Then go and plunge the toilets. Somethings clogged them."
(Ingur) putting on a ridiculous snooty accent "And DO clean the dog will you darling?"
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"Certainly, Mr. Carn."
"Hey, Ingur, we don't have a dog."
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(Ingur) "I was referring to Carn."
(Carn) "Hey!"
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"ERROR: DOG WASHING SUBROUTINE NOT INSTALLED"
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(Carn) electricity runs up and down Carn "Warning, initiating washing sequence of this unit, will initiate Kirby burning sequence."
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"Warning: electrical interference detected. Assessing danger..."
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(Carn) "Engaging Glue." pulls out the glue bottle
(Ingur) is face-palming in the corner
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you facepalm yourself
*FACEPALM.*
MISSION COMPLETE
"how about we just say i adopted him...."
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(Ingur) watches the two square off "Probably for the best. Or maybe some kind of pet?"
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"I....don't think he'll take the pet thing likely. "
spades sees carn and koali fighting...
"Adopted sounds Ok..."
Sits down on a chair
"There's something wierd about the baroness though...."
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(Carn) hears the weird bit "What kind of weird are we talking about? The standard noble pervert? Or does she put little dogs in dresses and acts like they are her kids?"
(Ingur) "..............."
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"Offensive substance detected."
"I should probably have some personality, like Nestor."
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(Ingur) "Your now Spades' adopted son."
(Carn) "Then no Carn washing sequences for you." puts away the glue
(Ingur) "Maybe he can be like a two year old? He's pink enough."
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*Gives them a look.*
"I'm being an automaton, end of story."
*Goes out to the smithy to fashion a costume out of non-hemovibrium scrap metal.*
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(Carn) sighs "I'll make enough glue so everyone has some. Just in case."
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"Well...the thing is is that...How the hell did nallah know my blood colour?...i mean the only way she would have known is that she had seen it....you see us trolls have a blood cast system. purplish-red being the highest. And red being the lowest...im orange so im second to red."
pacing back and forth.
"So what doesnt make sense is the fact is that she didnt know that....how the hell does nallah know that...also..it sounded like she was being controlled..after carn slammed into her nallah went back to her uncorridinated bratty self..Also what I seen in my vision was nallah telling Condese about my true self...."
"So Yeah...it feels... not right...."
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(Carn) "So THAT'S what she meant by lowblood. Perhaps she saw Diemond's blood? Or maybe yours when you were dating?"
(Ingur) "Could this Baroness be a troll, or have one who is a powerful telepath to control her?"
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"diemonds blood was blue. Thats why it was difficult to fight him due to his powers which made him insane...and no..she never seen my blood."
You think over ingurs question.
"If she is a troll.... and if she has the power to do mind telepathy like that...we could be dealing with a High blood."
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"but the voice was A male... I heard it..."
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(Carn) sighs "I'll get to work on some wards or something. When is the ball? Also I'm going to need silver."
(Ingur) "Umm what?"
(Carn) "I know how to make some magical objects, not just throw fireballs. I can make basic mind wards, they should help. Whether or not they will fully protect, I don't know." scratches chin "So perhaps a High blood, which I'm guessing is the most powerful, is either in her service, or controlling her."
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"Or there's two high blood's...."turns to ingur. "the ball is in two days..."
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(Carn) crashes his head onto the table "I'll be in the forge." changes into work clothes and begins making various wards
(Ingur) "He's going to need a supplier for the silver. There's not a lot back there."
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"I have Alot of silver wear back in my ship.....would that suffice?"
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(Carn) calls back "Only if you mind it smelted down. Actually it's we'll only need one each, it's more a matter of, I won't be getting any sleep, and am going to be magically dry afterwards." checks inventory "I'm thinking a ring for guys, and a necklace for Ingur and Koali."
(Ingur) "Well your making me jewelry. Bonus points."
(Carn) "For now it'll have to be on a leather thong. Don't have the time to make chains. If anyone would prefer something else, make it quick. Otherwise come here for measurements. I'm doing mine and Ingur's first." gets to work on hammering out a silver pendant
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You telekeneticly move the silver wear from your ship to the tavern.
you then use your mind powers on carn to make him feel energetic.
"There yah go."
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(Carn) sends a few sparks up Spades' leg "Don't mess with my mojo while I'm doing this." begins to start a kind of song in a strange language, weaving spells into the metal
(Ingur) "So Spades'" she says distracting him so Carn can work "The different blood levels, what are their abilities?"
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"The more higher the blood the more powerful the skills are telekinesis, mind power's, shape shift. Its all random at wriggling Day...im a yellowish red. So I am more powerful at telekinesis.... But somewhat Easier to get me confused..."
The sparks goes up Spades leg
"I'm also a bit fire resistant."
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(Ingur) "Interesting. Also those are ELECTRICAL sparks. Shocking I know."
(Carn) is busy engraving the piece and singing the spell
(Ingur) "What are a high bloods specialties?"
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"High blood's are strong...very strong. The purple blood's follow a....clown religion..I know weird...the vilot and purple ones are hybrid fish humanoid trolls The highest troll is the heiress...she's the one who banished us....as for there specialties... I believe the clown's use rage to thier advantage.... they provoke anger."
Spades telekinieses the sparks and makes a bracelet.
"seems like I'M getting my powers back more."
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(Ingur) "...................They provoke anger?" looks at Carn "Oh hell."
(Carn) comes out with a silver pendant, engraved with the image of a tower and runes "There, this ones Ingur's" looks somewhat drained do to the amount of magic put into the charm "I overheard some of that. So when you said, your people, you meant your caste?"
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"...Necklace? For me? Excuse me, I'm a sphere. I can't wear a necklace. On the other hand, if you wanna add a silver accent to this mask, be my guest."
*Holds up a metal automaton mask.*
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(Carn) scratches head "Well, the loop would be thinner than you, so it kinda would rest on your head. I can't just ADD a charm to an existing thing. Its gotta be woven into it from the start."
(Ingur) "Also I don't think a ring would work for you. No fingers and all."
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"...a portion of low blood's were to be....."you look down...."concentrated"...
you put down the bracelet made out of energy.
"In our society all low blood's are considered peasents and meant for hard labour....we were growing and we were dangerous to the highbloods there was even a revolution... it was quelled though....a group of us were to be banished...and never see our home again..."
"the heiress and the subjuggulator did that......now they've hurt me again...they've killed my father."
Spades grabs the bracelet... and it brightened with energy..."justice will someday happen."
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(Carn) "I hate caste systems." thinks for a moment "Uhh Spades, I'm not sure I should make a ward for you. It could nullify your powers. It would be trading a really good sword, for an average shield."
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"No I think I'm fine without the Ward. thanks anyways.
Spades gives the necklace to Koali .
"Here yah go."
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(Ingur) plucks the necklace "That one is MINE thank you very much."
(Carn) "I DID say it was her's." goes back to the forge to work on his ward and calling back "These also lessen the effects of your powers too Spades. It's a blanket ward on all mental powers. Also," dissolves the spark bracelet "don't screw with my spells dude."
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"Could the spell be infused into a gem? Green steel is, oddly enough, an effective conductor for enchanted gems. And Carn, you're forgetting that a shield is a rather effective weapon by itself, it just requires a different fighting style from a sword."
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(Carn) "...........1) No, this kind needs to be put in silver, blah blah blah, special designs, blah blah. It can be a pain. 2) This would be like a wooden shield compared to a hemovibrium sword. A really thin, old, wooden shield. These wards WON'T block the effects. Merely dampen them. I'm not good enough a making wards, and I don't know the strength we'll be facing. These are just basic wards. Strong, but simple. My skill lies in offensive magic, creation magic is one of the most complicated. Now if you will excuse me, I've got work to do." begins hammering out a ring, once again singing in the strange language
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"Alrighty then."
*Continues forging the costume out of green steel, with a special socket on the face designed to fit a silver moustache.*
"Oh, and Carn, you'll need these."
*Sets the blueprints for the moustache on the corner of Carn's workbench.*
As green steel is absolutely indestructible (once it's totally quenched after forging), objects can be made very thin to save weight. Issue is, green steel's physical properties (besides strength) are kinda meh. It's not super light, but also not extremely heavy. It doesn't have any special acoustic properties, either. And it's still vulnerable to Tabasco sauce.
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(Carn) ignores the kirby as he can't afford to screw up the spell, particularly as he is now beginning the engraving
(Ingur) "Koali, something tells me that a mustache, won't work for this. Are you able to wear a bracelet or something?"
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I understand you didn't want to screw up the spell, that's why I put the blueprints on the workbench rather than handing them to you. ;)
"Nope, my arms are tapered. I'm sure Carn can make the moustache work."
*Puts on a cute face.*
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sorry I meant bracelet not necklace :3
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(Ingur) "Ummm how about a belt buckle? I think that will work."
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"...Can it be moustache-shaped?"
Yes, I know I'm being pushy. Yes, I like moustaches.
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(Ingur) "I don't know. From all I can tell only certain symbols will work. I've got no flipping idea if a mustache will."
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"Well, I suppose it could be anything, and I could add an appropriate socket to my armor."
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"Might a silver cog pin work?"
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(Carn) After working for several hours, Carn has finished all but Koali's. A ring with a skull and sythe for Shaded, a ring with a clenched fist for Cykas, and a ring with a coiled dragon for himself. panting slightly he says "All right, to answer your questions, no it can't be a flippin mustache, only certain designs work. And it HAS to be touching the skin directly to work. Also," fishes out something resembling a, small, bent horseshoe out of his pocket and tosses it to Spades "That's called a Troll's cross. It's supposed to bring luck and fortune. I can't make a ward for you it nullifying your mental powers. So this," points to the piece of iron "Should help strengthen them."
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"So can you make something that I can stick inside the mask?"
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(Carn) "Hmmm, its possible." does some mental calculations "It won't be as strong, but yes." takes the mask "Ingur, load up the ship. As soon as I finish this we need to leave. We have less than two days now."
(Ingur) quickly begins packing and loading up the ship
(Carn) begins making some kind of bauble to put on the inside of the mask
(Ingur) reverting to her stressed self Ingur begins barking orders "Come on people! Load up the ship! There's enough that we can all fit on the Valkyrie. So get your bags on board!"
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You look at the trolls cross."meh" you pocket it then telekinisis everybody's bags to the Valkyrie.
"That should save you some time."
you walk on board the Valkyrie.
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*Puts on the costume (except for the mask) and boards the Valkyrie.*
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(Ingur) "Well that makes things easier." much louder she says "All right, we have more than the standard number of crew. So your going to work in rotations. Some engie, while others are lookout. We'll be running the same kerosene/moonshine pattern we were before." looks over at Carn and sees the toll staying up all night and making magical items has taken on him "And for the love of Bacon, let Carn get some rest. He'll need to replenish the magic he's used tonight, and he's just tired on top of that."
(Carn) is now engraving the bauble, again singing the spell
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"Well, he could recover his magic pretty quick if he drank that mana potion I handed him earlier."
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(Ingur) "He still stayed up all night."
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"Prescription: nap."
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(Ingur) "Which is what I said to let him to when we leave. Let him sleep in the cabin for a few hours. And whatever you do, DON'T wake him up unless its an emergency. Carn is not a morning person."
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"Understood."
*Sits next to the main engine.*
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(Ingur) looks and sees Shaded, Spades, Cykas, and Koali are all aboard "Ok, so now all we need to do is wait. Two of you engineer, the other two keep an eye out. Rotate out every time the engine pattern resets. To clarify, its half an hour on shine, then one hour on kero."
(Carn) puts the finishing touches on it
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"im more atuned for watch. my mask can identify any thing that may approach us.."
You think about something...
"Theres no way nallah can get out of that room....right?
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(Ingur) "I vote we put a bullet through her skull."
(Carn) comes out with the mask hearing that last bit "Hey, cool it." looks at Spades "I don't know. It's a room modified into a cell. And I've got no idea what her abilities are. But that lock is coded, there's a slat that food and water can be pushed through. She has a bucket for a toilet and a blanket to sleep with." tosses the mask to Koali "It's not a strong as the rest of ours, but that's the price you pay for being stubborn." looks back to Spades "If there are any preparations you need to make, or instructions for Nestor concerning her, do it now." goes to his cabin and proceeds to sleep
(Ingur) "Told ya. Now nobody wake him up, unless its an emergency."
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"Stubborn? Wouldn't that help protect me against mind control?"
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(Ingur) "Well considering you were able to overhear Carn and Spades' mental conversation, I don't think so."
(Carn) begins to snore......loudly
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"I could hear it, but that doesn't mean I was being controlled by it. Or does it? Iunno."
*Whacks the engine with a pipe wrench.*
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"I would've suggested taking two ships, but OK."
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(Ingur) "Its an issue of time, and there 6 of us. That's not enough weight to slow us down, and this isn't a air battle we are going into. It's a ball."
(Carn) continues sleeping
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*Puts on the mask.*
"Well, I'm ready."
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(Ingur) "All right then, lets go!" sets the ship on course to the Baronies "I'm guessing this is in Raven Rock, that's our heading." engages moonshine "First set, fix the engines."
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*Periodically hits the engine with a wrench.*
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odd sounds and smells begin emanating from the cabin
(Ingur) "Uhhh anyone know if its possible Carn can chuck spells in his sleep?"
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----meanwhile ----
(Nallah)nestooor..... the buckets full...nestor?
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{[AI] Warden Nestor} *Goes downstairs and observes Nallah through the bars of her cell.*
"The bucket's full, you say? Alright."
*Goes upstairs, picks up an empty bucket, then comes back downstairs.*
"Go stand in the corner, facing me. I don't want any funny business."
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Thankfully, Carn placed a simple spell, which insures that when the bucket is changed Nallah is confined to the corner
Back on the Valkyrie
The door to the cabin opens to reveal a disgruntled Carn.
(Carn) "Anyone got something caffeinated I can drink?"
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nallah stays in the corner
"stupid..spell...."
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"Tired and caffeinated? Not the way I'd want you to be at a ball, but alright. I've set up a coffee pot over here, and you're welcome to join me."
~ Back at the Tavern ~
{[AI] Warden Nestor} *Swaps out the buckets and takes the full one upstairs to clean, after making sure to lock the door.*
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(Carn) rubs his face "I hat it when I sleep spell. Well at least its nothing worse then some singed blankets." drinks the coffe straight when its finished "Ok then, now," pulls out the mana potion Koali gave him and drinks it, and smacks his lips "Tastes like rotten leaves."
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"That's, uh, basically what it's made from, I think."
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"1....2.....3!".
nallah becomes the bucket and shape shifts herself into her normal form.
"HA" nallah puts the bucket now in your hands over nestor and kick him down the stairs. "BYE METAL HEAD HEHE" nallah take the wings spades left and you fly toward the Valkyrie. "FREEDOM"
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"You could just drin-"
You stop your words an imagine a very angry carn....
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(Carn) rubs temples "Uh this is basically the magical equivalent of a nasty hangover."
(Ingur) "Sooooo the cabin isn't damaged. Right?"
(Carn) "There's a few more burn marks but that's it." senses a spell activated "Oh shite, Nallah got out."
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Apologies, but no. Carn set a spell on her that forces her to stand in the corner when Nestor is swapping the buckets. She didn't become the bucket. The powers that be are against it.
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"....but you said there wa-OH CRAP FEISTY KITTEN AT STARBORN."
Your mask tells you of a small flight anomaly.
You point your finger in a starborn direction.
"IF she tells the baroness about us were done "
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well let's all agree it was a bad dream.
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you zone out for a bit. And wake up..
That was weird....
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(GAHHHH starBORD not starborn)
(Carn) looks at Spades "You ok pall?" smoke is coming out of Carn's ears
(Ingur) "Umm honey?"
(Carn) "Yeah I know, it'll dissipate after awhile."
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GAAAAAAH, STARBOARD, NOT STARBORD
"Yo, Ingur, ETA to the ball?"
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(Hey, at least I was phonetically correct. I take more issue with pronunciation then spelling.)
(Ingur) does some calculations "If we burn moonshine steady we can make it in 12 hours. The new engines should be able to take it, so long as each engine has a babysitter to keep an eye on it."
(Carn) focuses himself "I may be able to speed things up a bit. Koali, you better have more of those potions." going to the front and balancing on the tip of the ram, Carn summons a tail wind
(Ingur) "Ok then, 10 hours at this speed."
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omg starborn....
"No I'M fine... I just had a wierd dream. "
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(starboard dude)
(Ingur) calls down "Well get the lead out and fix an engine already!"
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Should I break out the Jet ability, or would that be too OP?
(http://vignette1.wikia.nocookie.net/kirby/images/1/1e/Jet.png/revision/latest?cb=20081113031713&path-prefix=en)
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I guess you could say this troll is.....STAR BORN .
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(dude I have no clue what that is, or what homestruck is. And Koali, that is WAY OP)
(Carn) increases the tail wind's strength
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Perfect, so am I!
"Did I mention that this jet engine on my costume is functional?"
*Looks around.*
"Though a 10-foot plume of flame probably isn't a good idea around these grenade barrels... And who knows what kind of flammable powders Carn left all over the deck?"
At least it's not an innate ability.
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(Carn) "KOALI THIS IS MY SHIP. NO. BAD KIRBY!" makes a little bit of water spray into Koali's face
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"Well, I wasn't gonna fire it..."
*Climbs up onto the balloon, then grabs the tail fin for support.*
"But now I really wanna see what happens!"
*Ignites engine, causing it to emit a slow whine... But no fire, and no thrust.*
"Hehe, I forgot that it needs to spin up..."
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(Carn) diverts some of the wind to dangle Koali upside down in front of him "No."
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"You might want to put me back up there, I forgot how to turn it off."
*The whine accelerates and a small tongue of flame issues from the nozzle.*
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(Carn) "You forgetting I control fire?" kills the ignition spark
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"Ah, well, Nestor and I did some... Research. Into fail safes. Speaking of which, one should be activating any minute now."
*A puff of smoke comes out of the nozzle accompanied by a cartoony fart sound. The puff has enough force to launch Koali overboard.*
"Don't worry, the main engine should be spinning fast enough now, it's got an electric motor to help it spin!"
*Sure enough, after a few seconds a burning streak rockets up into the sky.*
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(Carn) kills the fire and electric sparks, along with warping the metal, then whisks Koali back over with the wind "Do you mind?"
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Warping the metal? Nope, it's green steel.
"As a matter of fact, I do. I'd appreciate it if you'd let me fly."
*Fixes the Valkyrie's main engine, then jumps overboard again.*
Though I'm glad to see you're learning to use your powers for plot convenience.
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(Carn) "Not at the price of my ship. And you do HAVE the squidlet Ingur and I made. And you can float."
(Ingur) "Koali quite complaining, get to work and stop distracting Carn. Remember he has a kind of magical hangover. He's unpleasant with a NORMAL one, don't push him when he has a magical one."
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"BUT THIS IS FAAASTEEEER!!!"
*Zooms around for a bit before hovering next to the Valkyrie.*
"The Squidlet is there so that I can fly and shoot, and this jet is too fast for me to be able to shoot accurately. This is a leisure... Thing. I have no idea what to call it."
*Repairs the engine and zooms off again, periodically returning to fix the engine.*
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(I killed your ignition dude)
(Carn) breaks the copper wiring inside, causing the jet to fall, then brings Koali back up, again "Get. To. Work."
(Ingur) "Koali. Everyone, except you, has a bottle of glue now. Enough that we each can apply enough to keep you glues for a day. Don't push it."
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Failsafes, remember?
"Oh, alright, but first fix the wiring. You never know when we might need this in an emergency."
*Returns to the assigned post next to the engine.*
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(Carn) ignores the Kirby and focuses
(Ingur) quickly grabs Koali and goes back to the helm "What part of magical hangover, and easily pissed off, are you not getting? I'll fix you toy AFTER we get there. For now fix the engine."
(Am I the only one that is getting the impression Koali is a two year old on a long road trip, and Carn and Ingur are the annoyed parents?)
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That's kinda what I was going for. :D
*Babysits the main engine with a pipe wrench.*
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(Carn) is grumbling about kirbies under his breath
(Ingur) quietly to Koali "I really hope you have more of those mana potions, along with something to get rid of headaches."
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"Left side, hatch labelled Medicine."
*Indicates a storage compartment on the costume.*
"What? A servant bot is supposed to be useful, right?"
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You snap out of your trance and start to look around.
"Clouds... clouds.....ravens..." you beckon a raven toward your hand and pet it..."your name is now croven"
it flys on to your shoulder.
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"wat"
*Looks at Spades.*
"Since when do you talk to birds?"
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(Ingur) "Good. I have a feeling a lot of us are going to have headaches when we get there. And Carn may need a potion mid flight."
(Carn) While summoning the winds, Carn is also thinking. Muttering under his breath he says "Hemo et Domia. Last resort."
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"Carn you need to take a break. I can telekinise the ship faster."
You close your eyes and a the ship starts to move faster .
"Get some sleep I got it from here. Im a captain remember.?"
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Hemo et domia? Or domina? It's either Hamor and home, or Hamor and Lady. Hamor is a biblical term that translates to "an ass." An ass and a lady? You mean you and Ingur?
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(uh no, let me handle the translation of my own pseudo latin thank you?)
(Carn) relaxes "Fine, we can rotate. But there are a few things I want to run by you." grabs a headache pill and mana potion from Koali, taking them together
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Just out of curiosity, what does it mean?
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(just wait)
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*Does some general repairs all around, and, while everyone is sleeping, flies around for a little while before settling down and going to sleep in the seat of the Tartarus.*
It's getting late IRL in my time zone.
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*Shaded has been curled up in the rear engine corner with a sketchbook and notepad this whole time, periodically thumping the engine beside him.*
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As they near Barony territory, a patrol ship approaches. Slowing down to a halt, Ingur and Carn wait for the radio transmission.
(Patrol Captain) "Unidentified Anglean vessel, state your business."
(Carn) "This is the Captain of this vessel. We are here as delegates to the High Baroness's ball."
(Patrol Captain) "Stand by." switches channels and confirms the information "To confirm, what is your name and rank?"
(Carn) "Captain Carn Gormson."
(Patrol Captain) "Confirmed, we will escort you to Ravenrock. Have your crew stay away from the guns. We are not at war, but pardon our precautions."
(Carn) "Understood." calling down "Wake up ya sods, stay away from the guns. Don't wanna piss em off."
(Patrol) "We will be in Ravenrock in roughly 1 hour."
(Carn) "Thank you Captain." calling down "Eta is 1 hour."
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*Walks over to the Tartarus and extraciates Koali*
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Following the patrol boat, a squid, the Valkyrie flies on to Ravenrock
(Carn) "All right people, I have a loose idea of a plan."
(Ingur) "A loose idea?"
(Carn) "As Angleans, Ingur and I are more likely to draw attention. Do to that fact, if need we can cause a distraction. Spades, I'm hoping you can use your telepathy to link us all up. That way we have instant and discreet communication. Koali will be disguised as a server bot, so he will have access to areas we don't. Shaded, I'm hoping you can schmooze them, you did say you had quite a few contacts in the Baronies. Cykas, I suppose you will be some kind of wandering priest, or something like that. Spread the word of your religion, as long as your not to fanatical, they should see you as relatively harmless." directly to Ingur "Remember, we are Angleans, not Fjordlanders. We do not bow, kneel, or curtsey to anyone in there. Those are signs of submission, we are not here to submit."
(Ingur) "Fine fine. But if you have to make a distraction, try to make so we are not embarrassed."
(Carn) "I can but try."
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"Testing... Testing... Ah., there we go."
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(Ingur) looking specifically at Carn and Shaded "Nobody go and get drunk. We need clear heads."
(Carn) "There's a fail safe I have as well. All I need is a drop of the High Blood. Make them bleed. I'll only do the spell as a last resort, but its best to be ready for it."
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"I could trip while holding a tray of drinks, so that the resulting glass shards are embedded in their legs. But then they'd probably try to kill me."
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(Carn) "This would be in a situation were our cover is blown, and we are in a serious fight. I'm not going to use it unless we need it. And it HAS to be the right blood."
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"Oh. By the way, I forgot why we're here. What was the mission, again?"
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(Carn) "Find out who exactly put the hit out on Spades and why. If they want to start a war, then we've got to stop it."
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"Get close enough for me to the baroness an use my mind telepathy on her."
You link everyone up via mind read.
"There we are."
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hey guys i may be gone for a little bits due to irl stuff. So keep on proceeding the story.
"hmm...i really shouldn't have stayed up all night..now..i..feel.......sleee-.
Spades goes unconscious
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(Carn) "Ok, Spades is Plan A, I'm Plan B. I REALLY hope Plan A works."
(Ingur) "Me too."
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"Oop, there-- I mean... Oop, there's the dock!"
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(Carn) "All right, everyone behave."
(Ingur) guides the ship in and docks smoothly
(Carn) "We've got a few hours before we have to be there. Take that time to clean up, especially you Shaded. I can smell the grease on you 5 feet away."
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"What about me? Do I need to wash?"
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(Carn) is magically freshening up "I said everyone. You smell like motor oil and peppers. I'm guessing because of that engine."
(Ingur) is heading to the cabin to freshen up in private "NOBODY here smells good! Carn you smell like burnt hair and booze."
(Carn) "Well that makes sense, I frequently start fires and I drink."
(Ingur) shuts and locks the cabin door
(Carn) directing his gaze to the others "If anyone so much as knocks while she's in there, I'll skin you."
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"Ok, ok, don't kill me! Not that you could kill me, but you could make me wish you could. 'Scuse me for now, I'm gonna go clean up."
(To Carn) "Oh, but before I go, put on some of this before we go in."
*Hands Carn a small bottle of cologne.*
"Though she doesn't seem to be of the overly romantic type, Ingur would probably like it."
And before anyone asks, it's just regular cologne.
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(Carn) sniffs the bottle "Hmmmmm"
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*Returns from washing up.*
"Still haven't put it on? Come on, Carn, Ingur'll be out any minute now!"
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(Carn) "We have a few hours left Koali." pockets the vial "Except for you. none of us have changed yet."
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*Facepalms.*
"I knew I screwed up somewhere on my time accelerator. Like forgetting that that kind of tech doesn't exist"
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(Carn) "I'd say so."
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"What do you say to a game of tic tac toe to pass the time? I'll start."
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(Carn) "Uhh no thanks. Need to replenish my magic. Those potions are ok for a quick fix, but running on my own power gets better results." goes over to a spot on the deck to meditate
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"Alright, but the challenge still stands."
*Tries to find a way to pass the time.*
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*Shaded walks out from the engine corner in a carmine red variation of his classic white and cream Khovansky, with a horologist gray shirt underneath, and wearing a spiffing Arachnida top hat.*
"Well, I'm ready. Quick question; Do you think I should make a matching custom revolver out of a blueish metal?"
*Takes the hemovibrium revolver out of it's concealed shoulder holster and spins the chamber.*
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"Not enough time, I think."
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You sleep like a baby.
"screeeeeee"
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(Carn) comes out of his meditation and nudges Spades with his boot "Come on man, wake up. Or are we going to have to crash the party ourselves?"
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irl sucks.
The mask starts talking.
WARNING.POWER LOW. RECHARGING.
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(this a multi day thing?)
(Carn) "I COULD just zap it, that might recharge it."
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"Carn, remember that you're trying to rest your magic?"
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(Carn) "A few sparks won't set me back much......"
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"Go ahead, but don't come crying to me if you're too exhausted to dance."
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"Well, of course there isn't enough time. Later, of course."
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"So, Spades, do you think we're allowed to have weapons at the ball?"
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(Carn) nudges Spades "He's unconscious, remember? Anyways, Ingur's dagger is concealed, and I'm a military guy. It would seem odd if I didn't have some kind of visible weapon. Plus knives are quiet and discreet. Magic tends to draw attention."
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"And I'm an automaton, so quirks are expected."
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"I have a bowie knife in my boot, and my jacket covers my shoulder holster."
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POWER AT TEN PERCENT
spades unturns the vial from koalis gun and drinks it.
"GIGIGIGIGIGIGIGIIGIGIGIGIIG"
POWER AT 100 PERCENT.
"Gaaaaaah......phew...i feel better now..."
POWER AT 110 PERCENT.
"uuuh..."
POWER AT 120 PERCENT.
"uh oh..."
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(Carn) touches the mask and siphons off some of the excess power "Easy there man, we don't need your head exploding."
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the energy is let out of spades mask and into carn.
"thanks carn...i wonder what was in that vial..."
you turn around to see the city of the fjord barons.
"Ah home."
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(Carn) "Ravenrock, I was here once before. Security escort for peace negotiations. The booze is decent enough." turns to Spades "So, think you can manage? Or do we have to go ahead of you?"
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"Wait! Quick question, do we have a plan?"
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(Carn) "I prefer loose ideas combined with improvising."
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*Shrugs.*
"Eh, works for me."
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(Carn) "Considering that its been my MO for years, and I'm still alive. Either it just works, or I'm lucky." scratches chin "Koali could pose as a servant bot for me and Ingur. I could give some speech about Anglean automaton engineering. It would be easier then trying to pass you off as one of theirs."
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you hand everybody there tickets for the ball.
"i need carn and his wonderful "Charm" to convince the man at the front to let us in. koali you find out where the baroness is at by eaves dropping on the patrons there. ignur you talk with all the guests and try to also find out where the baroness is at. shaded....you be yourself."
you fix your bow tie.
"as for me im going to do some..."intresting" buisness"
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"Maybe it'd be better to say I'm one of your designs. It's best not to leave too much to chance, especially if another Anglean is attending and knows we're lying..."
*Accepts ticket.*
"Thanks. Hey, Spades, I hope you aren't planning to do anything overly inappropriate. Do business, not people, so to speak."
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"I could have Koali be mine. I could say I want him here to observe different faction behaviour."
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"Or I'm sapient and I came here of my own accord."
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"no im not doing anything stupid like that"
you put on your tophat.
"just....."buisness"...tell me when you found her and ill be down there the moment you think it."
you jump off the ship and grab onto a patrol boat stealthily.
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"Alright. Shall we go in?"
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(Ingur) walks out of the cabin in her gown
(Carn) takes two minutes to go change and put on the cologne, sticking out his right arm he goes "Shall we go dance?"
(Ingur) putting her arm through Carn's "Lets."
the group makes its way to the building where the palace is
(Carn) mentally telling the others "Remember, if you can identify the High blood, and we get in a fight, all I need is one drop. If I can get that, then we have an ace up our sleeve."
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You talk telepathicly while you put two guards to sleep.
"Be careful group....these people are dangerous. "
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I imagine a big set of doors opening just as the music swells, kinda like a Disney movie-- Except instead of a prince and princess we have a (moderately) crazed Anglean, his fiancée, a Homestuck troll, a Kirby, a merchant/tinkerer, and a priest. Did I get everyone?
*Adds a Jarvis-like quality to the robo-voice.*
"Oh my. This is certainly grand."
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Jumps on another ship and puts two guards to sleep.
"Also we have codenames. Romeo and Juliet are carn and ingur. Koali is the butler .shaded is gunsmoke and I'M caspian. "
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*Mentally shouting:* "SO WHAT'S CYKAS'S CODENAME?! Check, check, can you hear me?"
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".....hey romeo when were done here can i...."fire" the butler....please...."
you pop a couple asprins.
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*Thinking, but not quite so loud this time:* "Sorry."
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(Carn) mentally "I thought you hired him?"
Coming up to the door, a guard is screening each guest.
(Guard) "Hold. Invitations please."
(Carn) "Certainly." fishes in his jacket for a few seconds, then proffers Carn and Ingur's invitation
(Guard) squints his eyes "Angleans?" moves his hand to his gun "Move along please."
(Carn) bristles up and takes on a tone he has used in the past to deal with recalcitrant privates, though at a much lower volume "Who do you think I am corporal?"
(Guard) "Some Anglean come here to cause trouble, that's what."
(Carn) "Oh really? Do you want to be the one to tell the barons that you turned aside the Anglean delegation? I can assure you, there are senators who would see this as a great affront. Call the embassy, they can verify who I am, and why I'm here."
(Guard) suspecting something, but not sure what he says "Stay here." then goes to the guard house and radios over "Two Angleans sir. Yes. Aye he's big. Very well, thank you." comes back over "My apologies Captain, I was unaware the Republic had sent delegates to help smooth relations."
(Carn) softening his tone, but still keeping authority in it "No harm done, I'm sure it was some fault in the paperwork."
(Guard) snorts "Its always the bleeding paperwork. Come on in, wait." sees Koali "What is that?"
(Ingur) "A automaton of my design. I brought it here to show the party-goers, its a very unique one."
(Guard) "Very well, just don't let it make a mess." waves Carn, Ingur, and Koali in
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*Shaded steps up to the guard, holding out the finely guilded paper.*
"Here is my invitation. I believe everything is in order."
*The guard takes it, verifies it's authenticity, and nods, waving towards the entrance.*
"Please proceed, sir. I trust there won't be any trouble?"
*Shaded smirks and pats his arm.*
"Just because I am a Master Tinker does not mean I am above or unaware of court ettiquite. Trust me, corporal, there will be no trouble."
*Walks in and notices the looks from the rest of the group.*
"What? I can be polite when the situation calls for it."
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you speak telepathicaly.
"good job gunsmoke. romeo,juliet,gunsmoke,butler. recon the place and tell me what it looks like."
you see somebody taking out some guards on a patrol ship stealthily.
its your colleague.you wave to him and he waves back.
"alright almost done here. we'll have no problem from patrol..."
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"Lord Carn, Lady Ingur, shall I go fetch some refreshments?"
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"Might you be so kind as to fetch a nice cider for me while you're there?"
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(Carn) mentally "Do not refer to us as Lord and Lady. That's a Baronies thing, not a Anglean thing. Say sir and madam."
(Ingur) mentally "Also why the codenames? This is a mental conversation."
(Carn) "...........She's got a point."
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*Mentally:* "Open up the panel on my back and fiddle with some wiring, it'll explain the change if anyone happens to be watching."
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(Carn) mentally "Or I can apply percussion therapy." whacks Koali "Fixed." out loud "Now go and fetch us some punch Cog." mentally "Your alias is now Cog."
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"Yes sir! And a cider for Mr. Gunsmoke."
*Goes and gets the drinks.*
*Mentally:* <I do call him that out loud, right?>
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(Carn) mentally "No bloody idea."
(Ingur) mentally "These codenames don't seem necessary."
(Carn) mentally "Agreed."
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you talk telepathically while wiring something up to the ship.
"its because condese could be listening in on our conversations. ive also made modifications to your voices."
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(Carn) mentally "If she is that powerful, couldn't she easily just track us down?"
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"She has her own limitations. she cant really detect that far. when she appears she will start probing everyones minds. not even the strongest of mental blocks can overcome her. so thats the reason for the codenames,and the mental voice changes."
you get off the ship and onto the balconey.
"and because it makes us more...professional....actually thats all the reasons....ok if anything goes south now i have a distraction plan.im coming in...now"
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(Carn) mentally "Please. Leave the distractions to the guy who can shoot lightning. Anyways, the wards should at least make things foggy for her, and if she tries and probes me, well, I have my own methods for getting people out of my skull. Have I mentioned that with a mental link, I can send spells over to a person? So for instance, she tries to crack open my mind, I can just send over some fire directly."
(Ingur) begins to socialize
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"all im saying is be care-...shes here...i sense her..i cant particularly find her location but shes here."
you enter into a office that has a vault.
"oh my....excuse me for a moment"
you start to crack the vault.
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(Carn) mentally "So, if the opportunity arises, take her out?"
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"yes take her out. but be careful doing it."
the first tumbler drops in.
"ok....four more left."
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(Ingur) mentally "A description would be nice."
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"Let's just say...." a trumpet sounds.
"That would be her."
A matured lady with a smooth face and dark violet eyes and a thin figure with long black silky hair in a vilot red dress starts to walk down a set of stairs.
A butler says. "the hounarable baroness...condese."
Everybody does a curtsey.
"That's her. Give me a sec."
The third tumbler comes down .
"Cmon..... "
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*Mentally:* <What do I do? WHAT DO I DO?>
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Talks mentally.
"Keep it chill koali. act like nestor... "
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(Carn) mentally "Roger," does a small spell under his breath "I've marked her. So long as our link stays up, we will all know her location."
(Ingur) feels a slight vibration emanating from the baroness "That's convenient."
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<Should I go talk to the Baroness?>
<> Marks signify telepathy.
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<i have an idea get close enough to her and let me anylize her mind>
You unlock the vault. Theres documents and sacks of gold.
"Perfect"
------ballroom-----
(the "butler")the butler was wearing a all purple suit and ..looked like he had clown face paint? "hello one and All Thank you for participating in this MiRaCuLOus birth day party for our baroness we will now proceed with the ball." He talked clownish a bit also."maestro if you will....hOnK. "
https://youtu.be/4FsFJznC9s0 (https://youtu.be/4FsFJznC9s0)
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You open up one of the folders.
"Oh my." <i found out where they're getting the red death from...its a client in the chalodian northern sector.His name i->
you hear footsteps and crawl underneath a desk.
(Guard #1) "siiiigh...well this party blows."
(Guard #2) "aye but were getting paid good gold."
(Guard #1) "atleast the music isnt half bad..."
(Guard #2) "they play better at the saloon mate."
(Spades) "yeah i agree plus there all snooty."
(Guard #1) "yeah i know ri- OH BLOODY FU- "
You knock them both out.
<crisis adverted.>
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<Crisis? What? What happened?>
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<oh it was just the in laws coming over. its okay now.>
you ransack and grab everything from the vault.
<alright guys its show time now i have to get close to the condese and get in her mind>
you slip into the main entrance room and go into the ball room.
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<Once we find out who put the hit on you, should we just leave with a bang?>
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<too many civilians.......... However there shall be fireworks when we leave. >
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(Carn) mentally "Again, leave that stuff to me." sees the Baroness walking over and straightens his jacket, out loud "Baroness Condese, on behalf of the Anglean Republic, happy birthday."
(Condese) "Thank you, I was, surprised to hear that the Republic was sending one of their officers."
(Carn) "The Senate wishes to make better relations between our factions." feels a pressure on his mind, and realizes she is probing him, sending a touch of static electricity to distract her, he manages to conceal vital information within time
(Condese) "Tell your Senate, we appreciate the gesture." walks away to other guests
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"Another drink, Mr. Carn?"
<I have no idea what you just did, but nice save.>
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THAT BUTLER IS DYING
<I am going to have a look around, see I my contacts are here. If so, I'll have Carn mark them and see if we can't get their help. Of course, I could always talk to the condesce and put a round through he skull...>
*Starts to check for familiar faces, wandering away from the group while sipping cider.*
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(Carn) <Sent a tiny shock to distract her, she can't probe full force without being completely obvious. A normal person would not have noticed it, I'm not normal. The shock allowed me time to conceal vital info, for instance what the Butler and I can do.> a dance number begins playing, and guests are going over to waltz, holding out his hand to Ingur "May I have this dance?"
(Ingur) taking his hand and smiling "You may."
The couple goes over and begins to dance, and surprisingly, Carn is rather light on his feet, despite his size.
(Carn) <Spend enough time fighting on a heaving ship deck, and in closed passages, you learn to move well.>
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"Ah, simply splendid! You know, Lady Condese, I've never seen them dance before."
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As the couple makes their circuit around the dance floor, it gives them a opportunity to survey the room.
(Carn) <Some guards in the upper balconies. And near the doors, and server entrances. Sabres and pistols down here, some of the upper floor guards look like they have rifles. Impromptu snipers if needed is my guess.>
(Ingur) <Only a few of the guests have swords, most lean on the ornamental side. More guests have knives, some also look like they have pistols concealed in shoulder holsters.>
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<I've found a contact. From what visible weapons there are, what's the general tech level? Flint? Lever? Single, double action? Semiautomatic? Automatic? Ornamental swords are worse than useless, they won't be a threat. Look for people especially good at dancing that also have a legitimate sword.>
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(Carn) <These are nobles mostly. Bluebloods don't like to dirty their own hands. There appears to be only one man with a sword and looks like he knows how to use it.> broadcasts an image a a gruff middle-aged man <I actually know of him. Baron Straud Von Kringer. He rules one of the northern most baronies. Considered on of the most surly and aggressive Barons, making him one of the least popular among his peers. However he is openhanded and fair to his subjects. He's a possible ally if things get ugly and we can expose her.>
(Ingur) <The gun technologies are single action pistols. The rifles are bolt action, and those have long bayonets too. The second and third story guards look the more dangerous. Some of them seem to be wearing armor.>
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<So, how long do we get to keep partying? This'd actually be kinda nice, if we weren't afraid of being killed. Well, if I weren't afraid of y'all being killed.>
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<something's not right...I just seen the empress on the first and third floor.....I think she's not here guys...I got the documents and the gold let's get the fu- >
You get hit on the head and dragged somewhere.
......hOnK
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<Empress?>
*No response.*
<Uh... Guys, we may or may not have a problem.>
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baroness.
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Ah.
<Guys, Spades isn't answering. I think he got caught!>
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(Carn) <The mental connection is going to fade soon, He was the link, now he's out.>
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<Aw, sh-
*Signal fades.*
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Carn and Ingur finish the dance, and walk over to where Koali is.
(Carn) speaking quietly so only Ingur and Koali can hear "We need a plan, fast." scans the room and sees a drunk young nobleman harassing a serving girl "I'm going to go make a scene over there. Ingur, you and Koali slip out and try and find Spades."
(Ingur) sees the drunk "Make sure he feels it in the morning." pecks Carn on the cheek and leads Koali away to stand near a door to some stairs
(Carn) cracks his knuckles and neck the goes over and grabs the drunk's wrist, the one he is using to hold on to the girl "I believe the lady would like to go and get back to her job now."
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something hits your face and gets you awake.
"GAH!" your eyes open just as you get served another hit to the face from the left. "AAH!"...your vision starts to swerve and you start to see something big and huge stand in front of you.Its that big guard That let carn and the others in.There's also one of those clowns also.
He approaches you.
(Clown)"I'm sorry about that friend....But you have something that's ours....and you know way to Much my MIRaCULOus friend.. hOnK HoNk.
(Spades) you look up to see him.."subjuggulator..."
(Subjuggulator) "that's right mutherhonker. " he walks you across the face with his clown club.
(Spades).you take the brunt of the hit With your head..."Im not.....telling....you...nothing."
(Subjuggulator) "weres the gold and documents."
(Spades) you spit on his face.
(Subjuggulator) he gets spat on..."honk....I like you..."
he wacks you in the face again.He faces the guard. "Make sure you give him..."the customers special "
(Big guard) "right boss."
The clown exits the door.
(Big guard.) "hello rust blood...how about you tell us where your friends are...and the documents. And we'll let you die fast.
(Spades) "...hehehehe" you start to chuckle.
(Big guard) "whats so funny rusty." He gives you a punch to the gut.
(Spades) "hahahahaha" You continue laughing....<.....guys...im second floor...........first...door...brace...for...impact..>
(big guard.) "WHAT.ARE.YOU.LAUGHING.AAAAAAT!." He punches you repeatedly.
(Spades) you speak mentaly to your partner outside.<light.it.up.>
3 seconds later.....KRACKABOOM. a large explosion rumbles the building hard. The patrol ships blow up.
The resulting explosion makes the big guard stumble. You take the advantage and grab his sword and thrust it through his skull.
(Spades) "i was laughing at your attempt to harm me.."
you take out the blade from his head and proceed through the door.
<CARN..GUYS..LETS GO..>
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I wrote that on mah phone ^^^^^^.
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(Carn) hearing Spades' warning, Carn breaks the drunk's arm then throws up a barrier over himself, Ingur, Koali and Shaded, moments before the explosion. "Time to party." begins to carve his way through what guards are left, all the while shouting "So, you think you can assault an officer of Anglea? We were promised safe passage!" <A touch of misdirection to cover our asses.>
(Ingur) pulls out her dagger and a derringer pistol <Nice idea.> "Just wait till the Senate hears of this!"
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"HEY! G- CARN! INGUR! GRAB CYKAS AND GET OUTTA HERE! I'LL SET UP A GOING-AWAY PRESENT!"
And by that I mean a Powder Keg.
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(Carn) weaves a corona of wind and lightning around himself <BACK TO THE VALKYRIE, MOVE IT!>
(Ingur) heads towards Carn, with Shaded and Cykas right behind her
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Leaps off the balcony and stands right next to carn.
<I got the gold and the documents...>
You take out your rapier to fe-<oh cmoooon!> you dont have your rapier.....
You rub your hands together and use your telekinisis.
<seems like the baroness isnt here either>
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The group begins jogging down to the docks, the mayhem of what happened ensuring their swift and uninterrupted arrival. Once they reach the ship, Carn rounds on Spades.
(Carn) "Next time, if you happen to have a plan, share it. Or the odds of a next time a very low." heads to the helm
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*Sets up a Powder Keg and is about to light the fuse.*
<Yo, Carn, should I do it?>
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"Sorry about that."
You head to the guns to be sure to shoot anybody off of them.
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(Carn) <No, get back here. We need to leave.> radios over to the Anglean Embassy "This is Captain Carn Gormson, I was sent as an envoy to the Baroness's birthday party. There was an explosion, me and my crew are back on my ship, none are seriously injured. I do not know whether this was a plan to make us look bad, or if we were there at the wrong place at the wrong time. But be ready to evacuate if necessary."
(Embassy Official) "Thank you for the report Captain, we heard the explosion but was unaware of the cause."
(Carn) "Roger. I have suspicions that something odd was going on there, behind the scenes. If you can forward the report to Major Krell, I would appreciate it."
(Embassy Official) "Understood sir."
(Carn) hangs up <Come on Koali, we need to move it.>
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<Oh, alright.>
*Packs up the Powder Keg, activates the jet engine, and zooms back to the Valkyrie, making sure to shut down the engine before landing.*
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Floats himself to the Valkyrie.
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(Carn) kicks the engine in high gear and begins his kero/shine rotation "Man the engines, I want to see Troydon in 3 hours!"
(Ingur) goes into the cabin to change out of her gown and into work clothes
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"three? I can make it one. "
You focus on the ships engines and start making it run faster.
"There we go."
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(Carn) "All. Hands. To. Engines."
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carn is sooo pushy.
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Best obey before he pushes you off the ship. :D
*Runs around buffing the engines.*
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(Ingur) walks out of the cabin in her work clothes and goes to the helm "Let me do this, go get cleaned up."
(Carn) relinquishes the helm to Ingur then goes to the cabin to change