Mercenary Roleplay II

[Lizzie]

Twizzlers, as calm as she could be, didnt hear that girl, and walked away. She found that if you walk slower, that you could hear what everyone was saying, and walked into a large building.

"Wow," Twizzlers whispered, and started exploring.

[Elcie]

Elycien didn't follow Scar right away, but retreated into some of the back rooms. Where was Alerid, anyway?

She soon found him doing an inventory of the armory, apparently having not heard anyone's call. "Hey, come on. We're having a meeting."

"Oh!" He jumped and whirled around, almost dropping the clipboard he held. "Sorry about that." He set it aside and went with her upstairs, limping slightly. Elycien watched him out of the corner of her eye. He was finding it easier to walk as time went on, and she hoped he'd soon recover from his episode in Takehiko's dungeons.

[Arista~]

Arista watched Vyt get up and walk away. She knew that the smile he had given her was fake, but she didn't say anything of it. She walked to the fridge and grabbed a soda before joining the others in the living room. She found a corner that was mostly clear from the junk and sat in it, hoping that no one would take much notice of her. She had ignored the commotion in the hallway since she was more conserned about Vyt.

Arista could never really figure out why she took to Vyt so much. The memories of stories of her long lost brother kept nudging her mind, but she didn't think it was Vyt. Though, she couldn't really tell. She decided to stop thinking about it and tried to concentrate on the meeting that was about to begin.

[Scar]

Scarven turned to Jernath and unfurled the very crumpled newspaper for all to see. The bold headlines were what stood out the most.

"War," the feline read aloud calmly, having calmed down significantly after the initial rush. His tail still swished excitedly behind him however. "That's what's going on, Jernath."

He spun the paper around so he could read the front page article out loud to everyone in the room. "Civil war has erupted in the city state of Ankh-Tirael -- Isn't that one of the countries bordering Fanrix's kingdom? -- in the wake of the coup d'etat on the Royal Family of Ankh by the Grand Council of Tirael. The entire nation has been plunged into chaos as factions still loyal to the royal family clash with the clans of the council." He paused for a moment and skimmed through the article. "Refugees unable to flee the bloodshed due to closed borders. Survivors of the royal family missing or feared dead. The Council promises that the current situation will not affect relations with their nighbours. Yadda, yadda ..."

"Ah ha! 'Roving mercenary bands have been sighted gathering on the outskirts of the city nation, for a reason all citizens know too well after the war of '46'," he ended with a triumphant note. "So what do you lot think? Do we gots ourselves a job or what?"

[PFA]

"War," Scarven said calmly, which may have sounded odd for anyone who wasn't a merc. "That's what's going on, Jernath."

Jernath listened as Scarven read through the article. A civil war in Ankh-Tirael? That definitely sounded like an interesting conflict to be getting into. And royal family, too. Royal families almost always had lots of money to spare. Jernath grinned at the thought.

"So what do you lot think? Do we gots ourselves a job or what?"

"Sounds like a fine job to me," Jernath replied, shifting positions a little. Already he was getting in the mood to stab something.

[Lizzie]

Twizzlers was smiling sweetly when she walked into a room with alot of people.She sat down next to a girl in a corner.
"Hai,"she whispered,"my name is Twizzlers.... whats going on?"
Her smile faded at all the serious expressions, and hoped the girl was the only one to notice her.

[Arista~]

"Hai, my name is Twizzlers. What's going on?"

Arista looked at the girl that sat down beside her. "Hi. I don't know. I think we're going to be getting a job soon." She replied.

[Vyt: Down, but Not Out]

Vyt struggled to listen at Scarven and his discovery of opportunity, amidst the brain block caused by his recent emotional turmoil. Still, he needed to show everyone that he was okay so that no one would doubt him.

It was then that he thought a farce of some type needed to happen.

Vyt slapped the table with his hands and began opening his mouth sideways, as if biting on an imaginary cigar. "I like that," he began to speak in a nasal tone as he shifted his positions to complement his "hitman-like" voice. "In fact, I'd hit it."

[Deleted]

Fenrix smiled. "Sounds like loads of fun. Just a few questions Scarven, who's side are we on?" She fingered a long curved dagger, a slow catlike smile on her lips. "Or should I say who's side do we /start/ on?"

Shiloh wandered into the room, jumping onto Hades' shoulder and proceeded to wash a paw. "How entertaining, a war. I wonder if you are all up to it? After all, it has only been a few months since the last little skirmish." He glanced at the newcomer, a girl, and pricked his ears forward. "Hello, who's this?"

[Lizzie]

"Oohh....a job??"Twizzlers whispered, "I've never had a job..."
"Oh, Hai, im Twizzlers, resident pink koala," she said to the person-thing who said Hello, Who's this? to her..... or the girl she was talking to.

[Shadaras]

"Be quiet, Shiloh," Hades said, amused. "And of course we'll be able to handle it somehow. It's our job." A job that sometimes made them run into interesting, and sometimes bad, situations, but a job nonetheless. He shook his head a little, remembering one of the oddities. The flesh-eating squid they'd been hired to get rid of. Hades still didn't know why those people hadn't just hired someone whose job was working with animals of the large and scary sort.

"Scarven, I echo Fenrix's question and I'd like to add one of my own. What sort of weaponry do the sides have, as far as we know?"

[Bacon]

Clint felt a bit miffed when both Scarven and Elycien ignored him and walked past, but merely shrugged and followed Scar into the living room, where he sat on a sofa.

He sat quietly for a while, listening to the others, before saying, "Hold up a second. How are we even going to get there?" Before Arista could speak up, as he knew she probably would, Clint continued, "That's a long way from here even on horseback or similar transportation."

[Cyborg]

" And will the two factions be willing to hire us?" Cyborg asked.

[Scar]

Having just noticed that there was a pink koala in the room, Scarven raised an eyebrow. Well if she brings home the credits why not? he told himself. "Perfect timing Twizzlers, we could use all the mercs we've got."

The feline raised both paws before in a quelling gesture. "Whoa, one at a time now. First, no hitting anything till we get there," he said to Vyt before turning to Fenrix and Shiloh. "Second, this little skirmish is actually going to get us paid and before we go on I'd like to remind Fenrix that ya still hasn't paid our expenses for that little 'skirmish', even if Takehiko did get away."

Turning to Hades, he went on. "Thirdly, I say we split up and take both sides. Divide and conquer I say. More money for us in half the time. As for their weapons, I guess they'd have the same gear as we do. They did supply weapons and soldiers to their neighbouring allies once, including Takehiko."

"And lastly," he said, turning to Clint, paws on his hip. "We could always use them jeeps down in the basement. I swear I'm the only one keeping things workin' around here."

((Sorry for expanding on the HQ without prior notice but I swear that's all that I'm going to put in. Feel free to expand on the Underground if you wish))

[Arista~]

Arista turned to Scarven. "So that's what those things are down there. I kept wondering." She stole a glance in Vyt's direction, wondering why he had hit the table when just a little while ago he was looking down about something. Oh, well. He'll tell me eventially if he wants to. She thought to herself. She could ask about it later if she got any time alone with him.