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Azi Demonica

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Ben

So, a gunshot, then another. Ben turned around but was still slightly leaning, getting a bit more tipsy as more alcohol settled in his system. He did not appear to actually know where exactly his shooter was, though.

"The hell you just do, boy? The hell you want, boy ?” Ben asked aloud while waving his arm once across the space in front of him, as if talking to someone, but no one was actually directly in front of him.

With nothing to do now, all that could be done, was to wait, and see what the masked folks wanted.

22-Sep-2017 18:49:30

Inferi

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Cargo Hold

"Cease your movement. I have no reason to fire on you yet, and if you do not give me one this will be much easier for everyone."

The voice that came out of the gunman was low and gravelly, more so than what any normal person should have. It made it somewhat difficult to identify the words that were being said, although not overly so, and the tone of authority that the words were spoken in made the overall meaning quite clear. There was no bluffing in their tone; they fully meant everything that was said.

"There are only two individuals in here that we require." the gunman continued, his weapon continuing to be pointed at the two that they had fired at moments before. "The princess and the last member of last member of the delivery crew are coming with us."

Of the individuals in question, the princess looked as though she was trying to think up something to say, although nothing came out of her just yet. She remained behind Gareth, although she did lean just slightly enough so that she could see what was going on. As for Chloe, the hand holding the matrix was clearly shaking, but the matrix itself had begun to emanate a soft light. The hand holding it was behind her back, doing everything she could to shield it from view while still looking inconspicuous.

Gareth would be the only one that could hear her, but she whispered, "

Just a second more...

"

As the first gunman was speaking, everyone down in the cargo hold would hear footsteps from above, and another gunman came down the stairs and took up a position on the catwalk, their gun also pointed downward at those in the hold. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

03-Oct-2017 16:52:36

Inferi

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Bridge

Bridgett’s scream didn’t elicit much of a response from the bridge, and nobody on the deck seemed to do anything either. It was more than likely that the added gunshots had given them even more reason not to poke their heads up, since no matter who had fired them it meant whatever was happening was still happening. That made it eerily silent apart from Bridgett and the storm outside, and this was compounded by the fact that there seemed to be no response from the lower decks.

However, when she hit the door, it opened rather swiftly and a hand grabbed her arm, pulling her inside. It happened fast enough that there wouldn’t be much time to react, and even if there was it was very noticeable that the hand did not belong to a soldier, or at least not someone dressed in combat gear. In fact, once she was inside, she would see that it was one of the bridge crew, who hissed at her, “Shh, quiet! Are you trying to get yourself killed too?”

Should she choose to look around at all, what was immediately clear was that there was nobody on the bridge that even remotely resembled a soldier. There was nobody dead either, and all that were here were what one would expect from a normal bridge crew. Most were at their stations, although a few - like the young man that had pulled her through the door, and the young woman who had shut the door behind her - had gotten up from wherever their post was.

The Captain still sat in his chair, although his back was currently to both the door and Bridgett. He remained silent, at least for the moment. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

03-Oct-2017 16:52:49

Azi Demonica

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Ben

Upon overhearing the word “princess”, Ben slightly cracked up, holding in chuckling, but quickly returned to his usual self. He quickly took a deep puff of his cigar.

“The hell you think you livin’ in, boy? This isn’t some fairy tale balloon floating above a magical crystal kingdom. Oh, let me guess, you be fightin’ dragons flyin’ in the sky, hunh? Oh, and just so you know, there were folk smuggling guns up on the bridge. They were ready for you bimbos, that’s why we don’t hear you boys up at the bridge, gunned down already.” Ben grumbled, trying to give his foes something to worry about, anything to get even considering the helpless state...

06-Oct-2017 07:20:31

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Annie1227

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Annie was shocked of what’s going on. She really wanted to help to protect the princess but guns was aimed at the Princess. She asked trying to stay calm,” Who is the last member of the delivery crew?” She hopes to keep them busy so someone in their group can stop them. -Dances-

06-Oct-2017 21:07:27

NotFishing

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Gareth Arenar

Whilst the drama unfolded, Gareth remained standing in place while his two more... reckless... companions soaked up the majority of the soldier's attention and gunfire. He wasn't being completely inactive, however - he was surveying his surroundings for some way to come up with a competitive edge or plan, and unfortunately could not find one.

Their attacker had the advantage here. Higher ground and being the only side with actual guns worked wonders in any confrontation. There really wasn't much he could do without making himself another target, and any options he could try had such a low hope of success. In addition, he doubted that the soldiers' next shot would be anywhere near as merciful.

He mentally cursed the fool who thoughtlessly led the soldiers down here, and briefly wished the shot had struck the man square between the eyes instead of landing in the general vicinity of Annie, who had her own flaws but could at least fall back on the excuse that she was a kid, and also the fact that she wasn't the one who led hostile armed soldiers to their position.

All he could do was wait for Chloe to finish whatever she was currently doing. But at this point, he doubted it would make too much of a difference.

I should have just stayed in the lounge , he thought bitterly. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

08-Oct-2017 19:06:52 - Last edited on 08-Oct-2017 19:07:16 by NotFishing

Westenev

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Bridgett

The door snapped open with surprising vigour, a pair of hands reaching from the divide to clasp at Bridgett’s outstretched arms. As the hands pulled, Bridgett instinctively yanked backwards, threatening to haul the crewmate into the hallway. The crewmate seemed to recover their grip, though this time Bridgett was ready for it. As the hands tugged, Bridgett found herself stumbling through the doorway.

As the doorway slammed shut behind her, Bridgett took this opportunity to glance about the room. The absence of abnormality was beginning to gnaw at her growing sense of unease. There was no gun toting terrorists here, no dead bodies on the floor, no sense of duress. Hell, nobody even seemed to be the soldier type. If it weren’t for the gunfire, it may well have been business as usual.

Dumbfounded, Bridgett took several steps forward, stopping short of the back of the Captains seat.

“What’s going on here, captain?” Bridgett growled, dropping all pretences.

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29-Oct-2017 14:53:22

Inferi

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Cargo Hold

There was no vocal response from the soldiers to Ben’s remarks, although the way the new one moved seemed to indicate that they were going through the motions of laughing. It was possible that whatever they were wearing did something to affect the noise of their speaking, but without actually checking it was impossible to tell for sure. However, it was clear that they either didn’t believe a single word that he said or that they simply didn’t care.

As for Annie, she got the same treatment: silence. However, everyone in the cargo hold would be able to now hear more footsteps coming from above. It seemed that the remaining soldiers were converging on their location, or at least two more of them by the sound of the footsteps. It sounded as though they were descending to the catwalk level at the moment, but they were not there yet.

The latest soldier to arrive, the one who had looked like they were laughing at Ben’s comments, started moving towards the stairs leading downwards, and it was then that Chloe finally finished what she was doing. The light coming from the matrix faded into the device before suddenly expanding outward in a rapidly-moving sphere. To Ben, Annie, and Gareth, they wouldn’t feel remarkably different when it came into contact with them. It would feel more like everything was strangely muted, like they weren’t receiving the same information that they were used to getting.

The soldiers reacted almost immediately to the activation, both of them swinging around and firing their weapons in Chloe’s direction. However, as the sphere expanded outward, it caught them, slowing the projectiles to a near standstill. The soldiers, too, were affected as such, looking to those watching to be frozen in place.

“

Hurry! That’ll allow you to move and react much faster than normal, and they won’t be able to do anything, but it won’t last long!

” she shouted to whoever would care to listen. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

01-Nov-2017 01:55:32

Inferi

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Not waiting to see who responded, she called to the crewmembers still there, “

Do you have any bailout gear? We need to get off the ship!

”

Looking like they were in a bit of a daze, the crew member that had not been shot nodded after a momentary delay before turning and running over to a section of crates off to the side. As they began digging through them, Chloe grabbed Alicia’s wrist, pulling her around Gareth and down onto the bottom floor. It appeared that she was headed towards the bay door, and if her call about gear meant anything, she was likely planning to open it and jump off the ship.

Bridge

Once the door was shut, nobody on the bridge made any motion to stop Bridgett at all. In fact, if she tried to read into the atmosphere, it would be clear that everyone here was quite a bit more nervous than she was. It was clear on the faces of most of them, and in the slightly shaking hands of the ones that had grabbed her.

The Captain was the only one who seemed steady, although his tone spoke of worry on a different level. Taking a minute to address the bridge crew with, “Keep her steady, and inform me of any change.” before he stood and turned to face Bridgett. He was a middle-aged man, well built, with a short black beard and dark brown eyes, and he stood several inches taller than her. It was not intimidating, though, and in most situations he would have almost an aura of calm that told everyone around that the situation was under control. Right now didn’t exactly qualify for that, though.

“You’re the daughter of House Melisandre, so I can tell you more than I would most.” he started with, crossing his arms and looking directly at Bridgett as he spoke. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

01-Nov-2017 01:55:59

Inferi

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"This ship will become, or likely has become already, ground zero for the continent’s next great war. That is the intention, at least, from what I can deduce. Both ships that have approached us have done so to retrieve Princess Alicia Niere Ceris, although the Senia Agency Courier vessel had hoped to complete their retrieval before the others made their entrance.”

He sighed, making a gesture out the window towards the storm as he finished, “Although they aren’t after anyone but the Princess, they don’t care about killing anyone that’s trying to stop it. The ship they have has a jamming matrix of some sort, and even without it the storm makes it next to impossible to make proper communication with anyone. We’re isolated in the storm.” Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

01-Nov-2017 01:56:16

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