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Post by Shadaras on Jun 27, 2008 19:40:44 GMT -5
Hades laughed, running through the woods outside the Merc HQ. The canine form that he wore was a joy to him, the only one he could have at the moment. There wasn’t enough going on. Only a few simple job offers, and they’d taken and completed them all. Nothing to do, other than train. And this was a form of training. It was wonderful.
Pulling up to a halt outside the HQ, Hades stood there, reluctant to go back to his human form. But after standing there for a minute or two, he finally sighed, and with that rush of air, returned to his normal form. Even after all the time he’d spent changed into a wolf, it was always an oddity how his clothing weapons, and everything else just slipped into his body when he transformed, and came back just as they had been.
Stepping inside, Hades listened for any people, and started heading for the nearest one. “Any news?” he asked, as he come within hearing distance. He’d been gone for a week, just roaming around as a wolf. It was the closest thing he’d had to a vacation for years, oddly enough. And now he was relaxed, more so than usual, especially with the walls of what he had come to call ‘home’ around him once more.
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Post by Bacon on Jun 28, 2008 0:37:32 GMT -5
"No, nothing on Takehiko, no job offers, not even an update on the U.S. Presidential campaign(I sure hope Huckabee and Clinton are on the ballot)." Clint said, aiming at an empty soda can and pulling the trigger. With a loud pop the paintball made a green splatter on the can, which in turn fell and made a brown splatter on the floor; it wasn't as empty as Clint thought. "And I'm sick of wasting fake ammo on fake targets."
He tossed the paintball marker on a nearby desk, and it landed with a light thunk. Clint walked over to Hades, asking, "So, outside, did you see anyone in a black Jeep Wrangler, by any chance? I think there's one following me."
Ever since the incident in the forest, just before the failed confrontation with Takehiko, Clint was almost paranoid that his old friends were after him and closing in. Could they actually be leaving him alone like he asked?
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jun 28, 2008 15:29:33 GMT -5
Vyt decided to waste yet another dull day at the Mercs HQ outside, particularly the back of the headquarters. Ever since he learned that Corporal Dum Tuall was killed by Takehiko, he became more silent and mum.
Finding a particular mark from a certain trunk of a tree, Vyt knelt down to see a new creation: a tombstone dedicated to the late Corporal. "... Why, Dum? Why did you let yourself killed? I wanted you to realize more about life..."
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Post by Elcie on Jun 28, 2008 15:35:56 GMT -5
Elycien was sitting at her desk growing more and more disgruntled as she sorted through the lastest heap of paperwork left over from their latest job. It hadn't even paid too well. She had to admit she much preferred the more private jobs - generally a lot more straightforward. Get in, do what needs to be done, and get paid. "That's it," she muttered. "That's the last time I'm working for..."
She hesitated. Mixed in with the forms to fill out and papers to sign that their employer, the government of a small and threatened country, had sent them was a letter that didn't appear to be anything official in the least. It was addressed to her, the address written out in a neat, looping script. Elycien shrugged and opened it, figuring Alerid had left it there while she was out.
She read it over, frowned, and then read it over again. How very odd. "Alerid!" she shouted. "Could you come take a look at this?"
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Post by Lizzie on Jun 29, 2008 7:57:26 GMT -5
Just then, Twizzlers walked in, confused, and said,"Hai!Im new!"
Then she saw the look on Elycien's face, and quickly ran away. "What was that all about?"Twizzlers muttered, still running. Suddenly, Twizzlers tripped and fell to the ground. She got up, and ran outside. Twizzlers got distracted, still running, and ran straight into Vyt!!
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Post by (_+*Lou*+_) on Jun 29, 2008 8:08:24 GMT -5
Lou took a deep breath, and slowly sauntered into the HQ building, tripping on the doorstep as she did so.
"Crabcakes!"
She shot out a hand to the doorframe and steadied herself.
"Hey," she said calmly.
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Post by Cyborg on Jun 29, 2008 11:00:32 GMT -5
Cyborg and Midknight walked up to the random girl and Vyt. " Hey Vyt, still sad about Dum?'' Cyborg asked.
" Who are you?" Midknight asked the girl.
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Post by Shadaras on Jun 29, 2008 11:28:43 GMT -5
"There are real targets, you know," Hades said, watching the can fall over. "And nothing says you can't use real ammo." As the liquid began to spread, he shook his head. Those who got cleaning duty next wouldn't like that. But then, nobody enjoyed being on cleaning duty. "And no, I didn't see any vehicles out in the forest. There's not enough space for them." He leaned back against the wall behind him, looking at Clint. "Why would one be following you, anyway?"
It wasn't like weirder things hadn't happened. His own transformation into a vampire proved that well enough. But even so, it was an odd idea. And then, the sound of the front door opening, along with a new scent, sent his question Clint out of Hades's mind. "Someone new's here," he said, walking off towards the front. "You want to come with me to see who it is?" Not that it mattered whether or not Clint came, really. Hades would go either way.
And he would find the idiot who'd left the front door unlocked and give him - or her - a lecture. Security was supposed to be tighter than this. At the entryway itself, he found a girl, a rather normal looking girl, at that. He sighed. "Hello and welcome to the Mercenary HQ," he said, sounding bored. "Please state your business or else I'll be forced to throw you out. And I don't think either of us would enjoy that."
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Post by (_+*Lou*+_) on Jun 29, 2008 12:15:38 GMT -5
Lou glared at the unfriendly stranger.
"I'm Lou," she said bluntly. "I can fight and I need money and someone said this place was good for that."
She crossed her arms and glared at him, as if daring him to try to throw her out.
Of course, in what may have been an uncessful attempt to remedy their usual bad timing, that was the moment her wings popped out.
Lovely.
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Post by Arista~ on Jun 29, 2008 14:59:33 GMT -5
Arista had shifted into her mouse form and was raiding the pantry. Her sensetive ears caught some talking at the front door through the crack in the pantry door.
A new merc or a new job? She wondered to herself.
She dismissed the notion to go and check it out as she turned to the task of unscrewing the peanut butter jar.
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Post by Vyt: Down, but Not Out on Jun 29, 2008 15:23:26 GMT -5
Vyt was too caught up with expressing his grief when a small creature charged towards him from behind, pushing him forward a bit. When he tried to break his fall, he did so without ruining the tombstone in front of him.
When the half-feline turned around, he saw a koala with pink fur and purple eyes. He reckoned this was not from the forest around him. "Hey there, little fella," he said, completely clueless about who the koala was. "Are you lost?" he added.
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Post by PFA on Jun 29, 2008 16:02:32 GMT -5
Jernath was sitting on the couch, boredly poking at the TV remote to see if there was anything on. Static, static, static, static--oh, wait, there was a vague image amongst the static that sort of looked like NTWFian Idol... or maybe Jeopardy; Jernath couldn't quite tell.
It was then that someone tripped over the doorstep. Someone Jernath didn't recognize. The girl in question stood up, and in a calm voice, said, "Hey."
Jernath was about to ask who had left the door open and why strange guests were waltzing in to what was supposed to be a secure headquarters, but Hades got to the girl first, and went through a standard welcome for guests at the HQ. Jernath decided not to say anything, and instead watched the girl with interest.
The girl--Lou, apparently--said she had come to the Merc HQ, hoping to get a job. And she also apparently had wings. Jernath mentally noted how few actual humans there were at this HQ. Especially not non-magical ones. I wonder if this Lou girl is magical, too? he silently pondered.
He poked the power button on the TV remote, silencing the music that was too garbled and static-y to recognize. He decided not to get involved in the conversation with this newcomer just yet, but he would keep an eye on the girl, incase she turned out to be a spy or something. The mercs never did like spies.
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Post by Bacon on Jun 29, 2008 16:32:37 GMT -5
"There are real targets, you know, and nothing says you can't use real ammo. And no, I didn't see any vehicles out in the forest. There's not enough space for them. Why would one be following you, anyway?""You know the target I'm talking about, kid, and bullets aren't cheap when you're broke, either." Clint muttered as he decided to throw away the can but ignore the bubbley substance and smudge of paint it left on the floor. Hearing the question, He raised his eyebrows at the vampire cyborg. "You sure you want to know?" "Someone new's here. You want to come with me to see who it is?""Heck no. It'll probably be more crazy people like that new recruit a few weeks ago, the purple lemon guy." Clint scoffed. The poor kid had some sort of 'magic' that he lost all control of on the shooting range. Nobody knew what happened to the kid, as he sort of disappeared in a flash of purple lemon-fire. Now there was a small, unerasable smudge of purple fiery lemonade on the ground in that spot. It was just as well, too, as he was kind of getting on everyone's nerves, especially Vyt and Fenrix, but still, that's got to be one bizarre way to die, or teleport, or ascend to a higher plane of existance or whatever happened. ((EDIT: "Now there was an small, unerasable smudge" ain't grammar'd right.  ))
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Post by Lizzie on Jun 30, 2008 11:28:22 GMT -5
Twizzlers nodded. "Yes, and mai name is Twizzlers. Im a girl...... and im so lost. Im new here!"she cried, noticing what she had knocked this half-cat into. "Oh, Im so sorry!"Twizzlers cried and added,"Whats your name?"
Suddenly, two random boys came up to the half cat. "EEK!!"Twizzlers shouted, afrad of what might happen. "I am Twizzlers the pink koala!"she said to the two boys that just appeared.
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Post by Shadaras on Jun 30, 2008 11:41:37 GMT -5
"It's only good for money if we get jobs," Hades growled, his own arms crossing. The metal on his left arm flashed in the light, highlighting that it wasn't normal, for all that it looked like it. "And we haven't been getting very many jobs lately." He ignored the wings on the girl. It wasn't any stranger than the other things he'd seen lately, and certainly much less odd than the non-humans of the 'fleet. Zari, for one, was much weirder than this girl.
"But I suppose we can't turn you away without a good reason," he continued. "Come with me. Elycien's the one in change. I'll let her deal with you." Hades turned, striding off towards Elycien's office. He didn't really care if the girl followed or not. If she didn't, and decided to go off somewhere else, Jernath might do something about it. Or he might not, but either way, it'd be his problem then. Not Hades's, which was all he was trying to get out of.
Elycien's office, when he got to it, had a closed door. Hades sighed, knocking on it. "Elycien. There's someone here wanting to join the Mercs." So saying, he leaned against the wall beside the door. He could wait for her to open the door. It was no more boring than most things he had a choice of doing these days, anyway.
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