IC ~ Galaxy at War: The Zethian Invasion.

[thealchemist]

Tu'Vak tsked at her words. "Every life is important, no matter who they are. I'm fine though."

[Lady Foxy]

@Angel, Outside the atmosphere of the planet Soulas Das-Nobu; In a small shuttle.

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Haze would feel everything black out as she would take a light nap.. It would be a long journey..

@Ikechi, In his own ship; The Bridge.

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Susan shook her head and looked away as he mocked what she had said.. Feeling him lean closer to her, hoping to get a better look at the bounty report.. While being aware that the side of his face was almost touching her breasts..

''I-I promise it, Emile.. I do, all right?..'' Susan said quietly, looking away with slightly blushing cheeks as she had felt a 'something' in Emile's eyes.. Was he deeply trying to care for her? It felt and looked like it.. She just hoped he would harm himself by doing so, she wouldn't want to see him hurt.. He wasn't that bad.. He was actually good himself after all..

''Well, the bounty is set for.. Wow, it's rising by the minute. One-Hundred thousand credits if the assassin is dead. They're not offering for him or her alive.. That assassin must have killed someone very important..'' She said while glancing over at Emile, smiling happily to herself before looking back at the consoles..

''Affirmative. No shuttle shall escape my path.'' The ship's AI, Cortana said almost proudly.

(Totally not a green lantern pun.)

@Napsii, In the planet Azuli Terra; Streets.

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Jessie nodded once and kept leading Josephine towards the massive Cathedral.. Being able to be seen now, far in the distance..

@Zender, In the planet Verol; In some building.

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As they broke the wardrobe, which was stuck against the wall they revealed an inner room hidden behind it.. Dan stepping in first as he flipped on a switch and some bright, white lights illuminated the room.. No windows around.. But oh God, was there enough military tech and weapons around to fight off an entire city..''

''Welcome, to 'ze Dan Cave.. Eh, you know how to handle those fancy top-model tech communicator radios, right?'' He asked Jon, putting the bag with the weapons from the shuttle nearby.

[Reapergod36]

Ravier sat at the table and put his hood low to cover his eyes. He spoke lowly, as he saw her form once more. "I hope the laughing god can protect me from one of his own servants. Slaanesshi taint.." Just as he said that he looked at her crotch for a moment.

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

(Fox, I don't know what to do anymore! D: I kinda need a post to think of a response.)

Claire looks at Tu'Vak. "I'm fine, are you sure you're okay?" she says.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

Drifts into deep sleep as she thinks of the serene planet she is about to go to

[napsii]

Josephine could sense she was nearing the cathedral. It had such a familiar "scent" to it. Perhaps it was constructed from the same materials as her temple on Autum or perhaps it simply twanged her heart strings but nevertheless she felt a strange sense of comfort as they approached the large thing. The young woman eyed every fine edge and decoration of the building keenly with her powered sight.

[Reaver]

Emile pumps his shotgun. "Damn thats a lot of money, I think Susan I'll buy you the nicest dinner and the most comfortable chair so you won't have to sit on my face." He snickers a little still finding her comment funny. Then he turns to her while tapping a couple of commands into the console. "Susan I'm going to explain the plan to you. We're going to blow out the engines with the ion lasers. Then we will board with the harpoon pods, which I will explain later. When we are on board the shuttle I will engage the enemy head on and you will support but be careful because I don't want to lose you." "Keep up the watch Cortana just remember you're not GLaDOS." He rolls his eyes, sighing at his AI.

[thealchemist]

Smiling Tu'Vak replied. "It's mearly a flesh wound." (same here)

[Zender_Solarheart]

Jon takes a moment to examine Dan's little hideaway, noting the vast supply of military gear here. It's rather surprising that the Olive Moons never decided to just wreck it all by now.

Responding to Dan's question about the radio, Jon says: "Somewhat, but people normally insisted on doing it for me, because they wanted me to keep a low profile...government importance and all that stuff." Of course, secrecy protocol doesn't really matter at this point. First those...things back at the base, and now a bunch of terrorist-class criminals are gunning for him...yeah, protocol is the least of his concerns. "Anyhow, you might want to stick around for now...last time I worked something like this was quite a ways back..."

With that said, Jon sits down at the communicator, gets it set up to transmit to the nearest relay station (or whatever is used for interstellar communication), and boosts the signal appropriately for a call to HQ.

[Lady Foxy]

@Zender, In the planet Verol; Dan's Hideout.

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Dan took a deadly-looking assault rifle and began to arm himself.. Getting protective vests and whatnot.. But taking it casual, as an urban ops.. There would be static from the transmitter before a short 'Identify.' came from the other end.. Robotic too..

''Mkay, I'm ready to blow up an city.. Not 'really 'man, but I'm 'gonna 'blow 'sum stuff!'' Dan said while putting some packs of high-explosive C-94.

@Alchemist, Hades ~ In the planet Soulas Das-Nobu; Wrecked Train Shuttle.

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Claire would suddenly see an explosion come from behind them.. Smoke filling in the view as everything around them began to either set up in flames or explode.. Screams and sirens were still heard outside, but the exits had broken down and were on fire.. Bodies of dead diplomats lying around..

@Ikechi, In his Own Ship; The Bridge. (Nearby the planet Soulas Das-Nobu.)

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Susan giggled when he mentioned the 'nicest dinner' and 'the most comfortable chair' so she didn't need to sit on his face.. He explained the plan, getting a nod or an 'All right, or Uh-Huh' from her occasionally.. But she kept repeating how he didn't want to loose her.. As if they were lovers.. Wow, Emile was really getting all protective over her.. Impressive.. And hot too, she felt as if he were some kind of hero..

''~Fine, I get it.. I'll be careful. Just don't stare too much at me along the way.'' She said with a wink, resting her back against the wall, fixing her safety vest a bit.

''I am not GLaDOS, for th- A small shuttle has been sighted. Await for confirmation? It's following the shuttle routes, quite clearly.'' Cortana said with almost a joyful voice.

@Napsii, In the planet Azuli Terra; The Monte-Vieul Cathedral.

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Jessie lead Josephine into the Cathedral, stopping at the steps as she mentioned her to be careful.. Still holding her hand as most gentle as possible.. Smiling happily..

''~I stopped because I bet that you'd like to sense the building.. I wish I was as skilled as you, High G- Josephine.. Promise that we'll train my skills later?'' Jessie pleaded with a lovely grin, a couple of people around giving them odd stares while some seemed to be intrigued by their beauty, Josephine's most.

@Angel, Outside the planet Soulas Das-Nobu; In a Small Shuttle.

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You seem to have a pleasant dream..

@Reaps, In his own ship; Somewhere in space.

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Saeko didn't need to move pretty much from her position.. She had a curvy and well sharpened kitchen knife on her hand.. Sending it towards Ravier's way as it sank on the soft painting behind him.. It had cut a strand of his hair.. And his hood too..

''The Laughing God will not offer such protection against a vile wretch as yourself, Ravier. And get your eyes off of me, you're not worthy of looking upon me with them.'' She said in an angered -- but mature, firm voice nonetheless. She walked up to him, leaning forward before smoothly dragging the knife out of the painting.. Smiling sadistically while the knife was almost touching his neck..

[TheDaughterOfHades14]

Claire stands up and helps Tu'Vak up. "Are you sure? That looks painful." she says as she looks around for some sort of medic.

[thealchemist]

Tu'Vak shrugs. "I faced much worse." he stated calmly as a second explosion goes off. "Well today is certinatly exciting. We should get out of here."

[Reaver]

Emile returns the wink. "Don't worry I'm leading this time." He presses a couple of buttons before getting out of the chair. "Cortana that's the shuttle, fire the ion lasers and prep up the harpoon pod. And of course your not GLaDOS, you are so much smarter and better than that dumb AI." He gives Susan a wolfish grin "AI's and their egos. Come on Susan lets go. We have to hurry while we have the element of surprise." he starts jogging down the hallway while trying his best to explain the harpoon pod. "Okay Susan the Harpoon pod works like this. Imagine a normal pod but sharper and a lot more durable. Its connected to the ship by titanium fiber weaves and is almost unbreakable. Now what happens is the Harpoon pod gets shot out of the ship and burrows into the shuttle before anchoring its self there. After we finish the job all I have to do is insert a code that will reel the Pod back into the ship and Tadaa." By the time Emile has finished his explaination they are at the Harpoon pod and it is slightly humming with power. He hesitates before stepping on and takes a second to swallow a pill. "Here you're going to need one. The speed we travel in the pod could make you really sick so take this and tell me later if you feel any sideffects." He tosses her a pill before hopping into the pod and setting up the trajectory through the control panel. He finishes up the travel route of the pod and uses both hands to hold onto a rail above him. "Come on Susan hurry up and swallow the pill we got to get the jump on the assassin. Just make sure when you board the pod to stick really close to me because when it starts up you might go flying around the pod, thus me holding onto the rail." He gives her a last assuring grin. before waiting for the pod to launch.

[Reapergod36]

Ravier wasn't too phased by the knife. He was more phased by her words. He stood and went over to her. He went to his knees. He then bowed down before the Solitaire. "My greatest apologies Saeko... Its just I am not used to such a... Display of skin, as you put on. But, I will adjust. May I be forgiven again?" He said on his knees and hands and looking down at her feet. Knowing she could butcher him at this moment.

[napsii]

Josephine gave a thoughtful smile to Jessie.

"Of course. I'll do all I can to help you." she promised the other young woman without hesitation. Josephine was confident in her own powers now to relay what she knew to others. And Jessie, as she was more than aware after much time spent together was well more than talented enough to become very skilled. Not that the young woman wanted to sound pretentious, as she was hardly a veteran but compared to other biotics her powers were incredibly immense.

She felt at ease when she stepped inside the cathedral. The purple and black shades of her keen vision intensified and became clearer when she stepped inside its doors, noticing the change in temperature. She did thoroughly enjoy places like these.

And people were looking at her. She let go of Jessie's hand slowly to let her arms fall down to her sides.

As well, she could pick up on people giving her stares. Perhaps it was because they were holding hands? Or because of her clothing? Jessie was somewhat underdressed, too...

She gave a polite wave in the direction of any who were looking and walked towards the altar at the front, slowly but surely, looking around with interest.

[Rooiehaan #2]

Yuuko banished the bad thoughts of letting Anthony all alone from her mind and quickly marched out of the apartment, being sure to give reassuring nods to anyone looking at her and wondering why she left. Just a bathroom call, that's all. She went for the door and sped through the hallway, before pressing the elevator button numerous times impatiently. Finally it arrived, spewing out more guests. She waited impatiently and ducked in when the elevator finally got void of passengers, and mashed the ground floor button. More and more bad thoughts of Anthony getting caught or worse tried to fill her mind, and she was having a hard time thinking of anything else. When the elevator came to a halt and opened its doors with a loud ping she jumped up, before realizing where she was.
She sped through the lobby and through the front door, and held up her hand in a stopping motion to demand any traffic to make room for her as she passed the street. Once on the other side she looked up at the building she had just came out of, and her eyes searched for the balcony. "Anthony... please be safe..." She whispered, before realizing that she did and cursing in herself. She never spoke, and when she did it usually gave away her emotional state. obviously she was concerned about her friend.
The reason why she didn't spoke was because of her voice. It was cute, sweet, honeyed and innocent; and exactly that which she didn't want to be. She was an assassin, a mercenary, and was supposed to be hard as nails and cold as ice. Her voice was that of a little girl, happy and innocent; like the way Yuuko used to be until that fateful blood-filled night. Every time she used her voice it reminded of that day, and thus she tried never to use it again.
She shook her head in disbelief, getting caught in personal drama during a mission was unacceptable. She gave the building a last concerned look before looking down again, and swirling around. she was looking for the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, of which the roof had just the perfect view on the balcony their target would be on. She found the right building and marched towards it, hoping that the desk personnel would recognize from this morning when they set up shop on the roof, and not bug her with questions about whether she had checked in yet or not. She went through the glassy front doors and walked straight to the elevators, to the left of the big desks. She gave a slight courtesy nod to the clerk behind the desk, hoping that would be enough to keep him from asking questions as she waited for the elevators to come down.

[Gorbaz]

Cursing to himself once again, Julius manuvered his hip along side the undamaged side of the Green Anchor while keeping an eye of his sensors. "Apis to Green Anchor" he called over the coms. "Are you still alive over there? Do you need medical assistance, or a transport?"

[Zender_Solarheart]

Hearing the "identify" tone, Jon replies with: "Admiral Jonathan Edge, Alliance Navy. Requesting transmission relay to Accelerus Station." Accelerus Station (didn't feel like ripping off Mass Effect entirely) is the main military stronghold of the Alliance, having held firm against hundreds of attempts to capture and/or destroy it. The hardest of those battles was against the Ultragian Vikings, and honestly, was won mostly by luck, as the Vikings had mistaken it for a simple spaceport, as opposed to the figurative "castle in the stars" it more closely resembles. Even if they had known its might, however, that doesn't mean that defeat would've been guaranteed, as...wait a second...

...why is Dan arming C-94 explosives?

Deciding not to trigger the wrong assumption from HQ once they connect, Jon simply mouths the words "what are you doing," with military hand-signs to portray the same message.

[Lady Foxy]

@Gorbaz, In his own Ship; Somewhere in Space..

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The Green Anchor seemed dead.. Just like the rest of the space around The Apis.. That's when a sudden escape pod launched from the dying ship.. Preparing to land on the planet below as a solid beam blew the ship apart.. Flying debris bouncing off the Apis..

@Rooiehan, In the planet Azuli Terra; In the Ritz-Carlton Hotel.

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Yuuko would be having a smooth time.. At least in the operation.. She had spoken, even if it had been a whisper.. Anthony would have loved to hear her voice again.. He had only heard it.. What, once or twice?.. Wow, hearing Yuuko's sweet and angelic voice was something that just couldn't be missed.. Poor him..

But a simple courtesy nod was all it took for the clerk behind the desk to let her head towards the elevators.. After all, it's not common to see a young woman be that courteous.. The clerk had thought she was some rich man's young wife or something by the likes.. Huh, sure, in some man's wicked dreams..

The elevators arrived, swinging open and empty.. The image of Anthony getting caught appearing in her thoughts again.. She better hurry up the pace..

@Napsii, In the Planet Azuli Terra; The Monte-Vieul Cathedral.

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People glanced more and more to Josephine's way, stares focusing on Jessie first before moving onto her.. She was dressed like some kind of angel, or one of those highly adored princesses of old..

''J-Josephine, can you admire the beauty of this place?.. Have I done good?'' Jessie, her apprentice and servant asked nervously, smiling at how Josephine had waved politely towards the people staring or glancing at them.. She was the perfect vision of all good in the universe..

A man dressed with white robes stepped down from the altar, looking at Josephine curiously.

@Reaps, In his own Ship; Kitchen.

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Saeko looked down upon Ravier, smirking for a second as a result of his words before patting her feet on the floor.. Crossing her arms..

''You are forgiven, The Laughing God will be pleased not to hear about your offense.. And don't look down, I'd prefer for you to look upwards.. Like our people should have seen.'' She stated a bit painfully, the memory of her people being a burden for her. With a slight sigh she offered her right hand to Ravier, smiling for a second.

@Zender, In the planet Verol; In Dan's Hideout.

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The other side of the call remained quiet for at least five minutes.. In those five minutes, Dan had gotten ready for a fight -- carrying a military field backpack along with the C-94 explosives.. He began to place some down on the walls, the others that were left he hid them within his field backpack..

''They know we're here.. And this place isn't that much safe these days. I've got an escape plan' already planned 'out.'' Dan said with a smirk, walking out of the hidden room and sitting down on a couch -- sighing.

''Admiral Edge. Respond. Channel is secure. This is Admiral Hackett speaking. I believe that you have survived, but.. Destroyed the Mass Relay back at that Sector? What caused the annihilation of a whole cluster?''

@Ikechi, In his Own Ship; Harpoon Pod.

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Cortana seemed to 'mutter', 'Aye, Aye Captain.' in a mocking but friendly tone, making the ion lasers spin before deciding when they were ready -- sending two twin shots into the nearby shuttle.. Making it lean sideways as one of the lasers hit it's engines.. It wouldn't be moving on it's own now, less contacting help from the authorities..

Susan followed Emile, walking along with him before deciding to jog as well -- otherwise she would have been too slow to catch up with him.. So basically, a harpoon pod was an 'infiltration' transport of some sorts, probably with some magnetic field or such that with that certain 'code' it would launch itself back into it's home ship.. Ingenious, although she had never been one to dwell too much into the most technological advances in the galaxy.. But she wasn't ignorant either.. More like, 'Knowing enough to be healthy, but not enough to be an engineer of marvelous knowledge'..

She caught the pill, raising an eyebrow at the mentioned side effects before staring in thought at the interior of the harpoon pod.. It didn't even have enough room to stretch one's legs.. Looking more like a 'One-Man' pod.. It did have enough space to carry two at least.. If, the passengers were willing to be very close to each other during the ride.. Oh Great.. *Sarcasm*..

Emile snapped her out of her thoughts as he talked, blinking twice before deciding to hop in as she swallowed the pill..

''It's not like there's much space either for me not to do that, don't you think? And.. Take that grin off your face..'' Susan said as she was forced to press herself against Emile, her legs as well forced to be spread around his due to the lack of proper space. She wrapped her arms around his back, resting the left side of her face upon his right shoulder.. Emile would later need to make the pod have more room, right now they were basically 'squished' against each other, but with enough room to breathe and move one or two things around.

''Launch the pod anytime you want, 'Captain.'' Cortana mentioned over the speakers.

@Angel, In a shuttle leaving Soulas Das-Nobu's Orbit.

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Still, everything was going cal-.. .. .. The shuttle had been hit, the alarms sounding everywhere as the few passengers around had been startled.. One of them had been walking around, now his head had been slammed against the inner side of the shuttle's hull, possibly knocked out unconscious or left to groan.. One of the engines had been hit, the communications array too..

Then, the power went dark.. Red emergency lights dimly illuminating the insides of the shuttle..

@Hades, Alchemist ~ In the planet Soulas Das-Nobu, In a wrecked Train Shuttle.

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Another batch of fire bloomed nearby, slight sparks landing near the two of you as a slight 'eerie' sound could be heard.. It felt hot, humid and full of smoke.. It would be wise to leave now, but take this in mind..

The interior of the train shuttle is wrecked.. Seats, bodies are laying around everywhere.. Blood, fire and scorch marks as well.. Windows were cracked but not big enough for anything to crawl out of them.. There was the long corridor leading north and south inside the train.. The southern path revealed to be full of smoke and flames, possibly making it not the best way to go.. But what was the best way, anyways?..

The wounds on each of you are slightly.. 'Well' now.. However, your movements are hindered by the numbing pain on your legs and most of your body.. Your visions have slightly improved, but blurriness still remains.. Breathing feels a bit 'difficult', considering the rising smoke around..

[Reaver]

"Launching the pod now Cortana." he says while closing the door to the pod and pressing the ignition. He wraps one arm around Susan's waist while holding the top rail wih the other. He goes over his plan again in his mind while the pod flys through space. "Susan from what we gathered from the bounty, this assassin uses blades and moves fast so you should probably stay back while I engage in close quarters and we have to be careful where we shoot because it's a shuttle full of civilians so it's safer to engage in melee." Emile shifts slightly against her butt when he gets a cramp but he keeps talking. "I hope this goes well and if I die then just so you know now he side effects of that pill is.... Increased libido, insomnia and arm cramps but I doubt you will get any of them." he chuckles knowing that Susan is probably horrified by them especially the libido one. "But hey it's a price we pay not to get our heads ripped off by the speed we're traveling and the lack of gravity."