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Azi Demonica

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Ben

Well, the soldiers did not care about Ben’s little bluff, but before he could reply, something went amiss. Whatever was performed, silenced the area, which would explain the soldiers’ silence and then sudden inactivity, as if time stopped for them. Then, the young woman explained what was going on, and a few people dived down.

“Damn right we gotta get off tha ship!” Ben agreed, then he threw his bottle at the time-still soldier who laughed at him, then dove after Chloe, Gareth and Alicia to the bottom floor. Upon rather clumsily crash-landing, Ben immediatley started looking for bailout gear or parachutes or something, shoulders swaying, but even drunk people knew that, to escapge danger, you had to be active. He was unsure if where he was look was correct, but he rummaged through everything: crates, lockers, hatches, boxes, whatever, anything he could use to prepare for the opening of the bay door. Hopefully, he would find something suitable for getting off the ship safely.

Maybe the spirits of the dead would help, ben was always thinking about them! With nothing else to do, all Ben could do was hope for the best. If all else failed, he would have to stifle the soldiers, to buy the others just enough time to escape without him.

03-Nov-2017 05:41:56

NotFishing

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Gareth Arenar

And then all of a sudden, things were occurring.

Gone was the stagnant stand-off, where Annie and Black Ben shouted nonsensical or rhetorical questions at the gunmen with an utter lack of self-preservation, while Gareth and the Princess hid behind the only one who might actually be able to do anything.

Now, the soldiers had fallen prey to literal stagnation, as they seemed unable to move. For the first time that day, Gareth's expression shifted to actual genuine interest. Unfortunately, there was no time to ask Chloe how she accomplished that or to examine the soldiers further. Chloe had asked for bail-out gear, and off she went...

...and Gareth could only follow. Of course, he knew what bail-out gear was, but a feeling of uncertainty drifted down his spine nonetheless. He had never jumped off a ship before, and quite frankly had no reason to ever imagine he would. Such a course of action always seemed like it was reserved for the desperate, the stupid, or the suicidal.

They were desperate, at least. He wondered if it was too late to go back, but now that the soldiers had seen him with the princess and he had helped protect her, they were even less likely to let him leave alive. And there was no guarantee that whatever Chloe did would last long enough for him to make it past them.

As he followed Chloe down the door, he once again found himself faced with the same question. Where is Bridgette? He asked himself, briefly feeling a tinge of... concern? He tried to shake it off. If she was rash enough to try to be a hero, at least she had combat training, but it still felt wrong to leave.

He immediately realized the hypocrisy of that line of thought. Here he was, risking his life to rescue a princess (though in truth his main motivation was to simply get off a ship that was filled with gun-toting hijackers), with no combat experience to his name beyond the basic firearm maintenance and handling lessons his father made him learn. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

21-Nov-2017 16:50:14

Westenev

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Bridgett

Bridgett knew she should have been wary of the captain’s words, but there was no way she could have expected the bombshell that was to follow. This, here, was to be the ground zero of another war? By the kidnapping of a princess, even going so far as to kill anyone in their way?

Bridgett shook her head in disbelief. “Who would stand to gain from this. From where did you get your orders, captain?”

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24-Nov-2017 22:17:39

Inferi

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Cargo Hold

Ben’s bottle struck the soldier squarely in the side of the head, but there seemed to be no immediate response. However, if anyone was watching, it seemed like they had begun a movement similar to the recoil someone would experience after being hit like that, although it was happening at an extremely slow pace.

The search for everyone except those either paying attention to or following the crew members would turn up fairly empty, but since there was someone who knew what they were looking for on the job at least something was turned up. The extraction of bailout materials was taking time, though, since the crew member could pull them out and throw them on the floor pretty quickly but they still needed to be unpacked. It wasn’t complicated, but it took a small bit of time that they didn’t have much of.

While everyone else was rummaging around for whatever they could find or doing whatever else they were doing, Chloe had ended up dragging Alicia over to the large cargo door on the side of the vessel. Upon reaching it, she had hit a green button on the wall next to it, causing the door to begin to open. It opened to the sides, sliding out along the outside of the ship, and the second it did everyone in the cargo hold began to get pelted with howling wind and rain. The noise that they had been shielded from by the ship’s hull suddenly hit them like a wall, and it was actually quite shocking how much noise wind could actually make. Seeing the magnitude of the storm they were about to jump into would likely give at least some of them second thoughts, as well.

As the door opened, the ship shifted, trying to compensate for the change that the opening of the door had made, and everyone’s footing would become unstable. The crew member searching for the equipment stumbled back away from the crates, catching themselves on a catwalk support, while the other got pushed back against the wall even more. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

25-Nov-2017 04:07:16

Inferi

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Alicia fell away from the door, looking around for someone or something to catch herself on, while Chloe managed to grab a support on the inside wall of the ship and keep herself near the door.

Unfortunately, as the ship began to shift, the soldiers began to stir. They did not move as one normally would, their movements sluggish, but it was enough to show that whatever had happened was wearing off. It was enough to make Chloe, who had been paying attention to their state, curse and start to fumble with the matrix again, looking like she was trying to do something else.

Sadly, that wasn’t to happen. A gunshot echoed throughout the hold and Chloe’s hand flew backwards, the hole in her wrist making her cry out in an exclamation that was part shock, part disbelief, and a whole lot of pain. It also sent the matrix, which had been in said hand, go flying out the open cargo hold and into the darkness of the storm.

For the briefest of moments, where the shot had come from wasn’t clear, but then the front of Chloe’s shirt tightened, like a hand was grabbing it. A second later, the air in front of her shimmered, and a person appeared out of thin air, their hand grabbing the front of her clothing. The individual was clothed almost identically to the other soldiers, the difference being that they were not wearing a helmet. Instead, it looked like he was wearing some kind of visor, although it was not entirely visible because his back was to everyone in the hold.

In what almost seemed to be slow motion, the man pulled Chloe a few feet over towards the open door, paused for the briefest of moments, and then half-tossed, half-pushed her out the opening, sending the young woman on a path to follow the matrix that had been lost moments before.

By this point, the soldiers were beginning to move again, but surprisingly enough they did not make a move to shoot anyone. Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

25-Nov-2017 04:07:28

Inferi

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Bridge

“My orders?” the Captain asked, his eyes narrowing as he sounded just a little angry at what the question seemed to be suggesting. “If by that you are suggesting that myself or any of my crew are complicit in what is happening, then you are gravely mistaken. There is no situation in which I would EVER sell out my country, and if you think my inaction is due to me not caring then you have no idea what you’re even talking about!”

As he spoke, the Captain’s voice got louder, and although it didn’t get to a shouting level it probably would have if he hadn’t stopped, taken a deep breath, and paused for a minute before he continued. All of the other crew in the bridge had been paying an uneasy attention to what had been going on, looking like they were trying not to but were unable to keep their attention off it for that moment.

When the Captain continued, it was in a much more level and controlled voice, although it was pretty clear that he was still angry about Bridgett’s accusation.

“All I know is what the leader of that military group told us when he was in here moments ago, and he seemed quite unconcerned about us knowing the overall idea of their plans. I do not know the identities of those this ship is being boarded by, but as part of one of the noble families you should know better than I how many people there are who would like nothing more than to see a war erupt between Nalis and Verania, most of them residing in the latter. Some are likely still angry about the outcome of the most recent war, and others probably just want to add Nalis to the list of territories than Verania is in control of.” Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

25-Nov-2017 04:07:40

Inferi

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“He said we’d all die if we tried to interfere.” one of the crew members to the side said, her voice mostly controlled but with an undertone that told how shaky the individual was feeling. “He told us none of us are their targets, and that we’re unimportant. All they wanted was the princess and the delivery crew.”

“They’re gonna kill us all anyways, though.” a despondent voice from over by the communications array piped up. The young man there looked to be the youngest of the entire bridge crew, and he was clearly not taking this whole thing very well. “We’re not important but they aren’t gonna want everyone around to tell about what happened. We’re all gonna die no matter what happens.”

As one of the other, somewhat idle bridge crew members went over to try and pacify him, the Captain sighed deeply, adding to Bridgett, “I’m trying to keep my crew and passengers alive, so if there’s any chance that will happen I’m going to take it. We have no weapons or training, and we cannot stop them, so I am not condemning this many people to death if I have any other option.”

Before anything else could happen, the ship shifted suddenly, and one of the bridge crew shouted, “It’s the cargo hold doors! Someone opened them!”

“I’m compensating, give me a moment!” the helmsman responded, and everyone else on the bridge took an immediate hold of something while they did what the could to balance out the ship. It lasted for several moments before they managed to steady the ship, but it looked like they still needed to concentrate heavily, as was told by their announcement of, “Someone needs to get that shut! I can’t keep it going forever if the storm keeps going on like this!” Done in by the dubious doings of destiny.

25-Nov-2017 04:07:50

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Annie1227

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Annie was shock from everything that happened so far that she didn't relized that the cargo door was opening. When the door opened she held on tight but kept losing her grip because the high wind was pushing her towards the door. That's when she saw Chloe being pushed out of the door. She screams,"Noooooo!!!!" She draws the dagger from its sheath that she stoled from one of the enemy soldiers were still in the time-freeze effect and went after the person who threw Chloe out of the door. -Dances-

25-Nov-2017 23:00:40 - Last edited on 27-Nov-2017 02:22:16 by Annie1227

Azi Demonica

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Ben

He did not notice his thrown bottle succesfully struck the target; talk about good luck for a chance! Afterwards, while searching the cargo hold, suddenly, the thing opened up, rain and wind roaring about, streaking Ben’s makeup across his face and blowing his hat off. Being drunk made everything worse, but he managed to succesfully fall against a locker and hold onto it.

“Aw, gawd daymm! Gonna take me an hour to get it all back awn! And I don’t know the next time I find mah hat!” Ben exclaimed while pushing his hand down his face to see if his makeup was still good, his hat randomly flying around from all the wind.

Amidst his disapointment, he did not notice the bailout gear ready to be unpacked, but then again, there probably was not enough time to unpack and prepare the contents anyways. Meanwhile, after Alicia and Chloe moved, it resulted in Chloe being shot and subsequently taken out the aircraft, Ben’s hat ending up spinning out the ship and flying after the matrix, also disappearing into the storm.

“Damn! So much for that.” Ben commented, looking around to get a better look of the situation. It seemed that the other soldiers were still at least partially affected by the magic, but the one that had just appeared obviously was doing whatever was intended.

Unable to do anything for Chloe, Ben had no choice but to keep pressing onward. Since the soldier who seemingly teleported had stood without problem, Ben assumed (and hoped) that he would be able to keep his footing as well. He would not actually be able to zoom across the floor due to the wind blowing like crazy, but he had to do something. Once he had secured his footing, he continued searching for his stored weapons. They definitely were not as strong as matrix-empowered weapons, but were definitely better than nothing. Hopefully, he would find his revovlers and Bowie knives.

26-Nov-2017 02:09:58 - Last edited on 26-Nov-2017 02:10:53 by Azi Demonica

NotFishing

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Gareth Arenar

Gareth wasted no time. While Chloe opened the bay door, and the others wandered about searching through luggage or getting dangerously close to the fully-armed soldiers who could begin moving at full speed any moment ( and why did she only take a knife!? ), the moment the bailout gear was on the floor he was strapping it on, recalling a manual he had widely decided to read shortly before getting on the trip.

Then the door opened, and he began to have second thoughts. It was much stormier outside than he expected. But at the same time, there were also far fewer enemies outside than he expected - that was to say, none. He finished the last strap.

The moment his hands left the buckle was the precise moment a figure materialized in front of Chloe and then shoved her out the door. Well, there went their guide. As the one who appeared to possess the highest intellect, did that make Gareth the leader? As the girl charged in with a knife to avenge the women she just met less than ten minutes ago, the idiot continued searching luggage even as their enemies were getting ready to fire, and the princess presumably remained immobile, Gareth deduced that he was really the only one who could take charge.

The new burdens of his so-called leadership delayed him for maybe half a second, and then after recalling the bailout gear's maximum weight, he charged across the cargo hold. Hopefully Annie's ill-thought out attempt would temporarily delay them, and the soldiers on the catwalk would be too preoccupied with shooting the guy who bottled them in the face. It was quite ruthless to leave them behind, but in truth Black Ben probably deserved it at this point, and Annie... well, there really wasn't anything he could do for her given the way she charged in.

He grabbed Alicia by the waist. "Hold on to me!" He shouted at her over the screaming winds and rain, painfully aware of how stupid and reckless his next action would be. Beneath the gold, the Bitter Steel.

27-Nov-2017 02:30:04 - Last edited on 27-Nov-2017 02:43:51 by NotFishing

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