IC ~ Galaxy at War: The Zethian Invasion.

[Zender_Solarheart]

As Jon sees Dan drop himself off the side, a look of shock pervades his face. Did that guy just...jump? Holy shit dude...no wait, maybe it's not what it looks like...

To confirm that, Jon moves up to the window, taking a brief glance downwards, in order to get an idea of the height. Sure, people say "don't look down," but he's an Admiral...and in his more combat-heavy days, he made some pretty big jumps himself.

[napsii]

Josephine nodded her head slowly with a small, polite smile gracing her face. She was pleased to find a somewhat like-minded person. Priests, bishops and members of most religious clergies in general were people she could usually relate to. Not necessarily because of religious belief, but because they usually had similar roles to fill in their communities. As far as Josephine could remember, she'd exerted more authority over the way her tribe had been run than their actual leader.

Maybe it was because so many were reaching out for something more in life, and they clung to her as if she would give that something to them.

She considered Jessie for a moment. Maybe the young woman thought the same. Maybe that was why she followed her...? And on that same thread, she wondered if Chedraou's people believed in him for that same reason. It was a question she'd never saw fit to ask.

"It feels like many have-" Josephine's response stopped midway and she shirked a bit. A gigantic feeling of malaise just hit her in the gut. Something had happened, just as she had suspected, at the hotel. Something severe indeed.

She placed a hand on her chest, breathing slowly to steady herself. Then she blinked.

"Sorry. Just...had a strange feeling. I think something happened at the hotel just now." there was a sour taste in her mouth as she apologized, a cautious look playing on her face. Chedraou had the deepest and blackest eyes, too. They stood out to her even in the violet-and-black shades in which she saw.

[Reaver]

As soon as Emile saw the smoke cloud grow he dove forward onto the ground and threw a disc that started to absorb the smoke slowly. "Please, I always carry a gas absorber. It absorbs 95 lethal gasses and smoke among them so make it easy on yourself and surrender. We can talk aboard my ship." He flicks his knife to the side, grinning from the heat of the battle and ready to slice her. "Come on fight honorable just me, you and our blades."

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

"I Stay my blade from the blood of the innocent! I will not kill either of you, I must check on the passengers that were caught up in this!" she said a defensive stance

[Reaver]

Emile growls at the woman's defiance. "Shut up with all the talk. Surrender and we will work something out okay? I promise no one else will be hurt. The guards out there have orders to shoot to kill so come with me and we'll work something out." He follows the sounds of her voice, walking to her location with his knife at his side.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

"Drop your Blade! and then we will talk!" She said sheathing her sword then flicks her wrist extending her Hidden Blade

[Reaver]

"Of course as soon as you remove the vambrace that connects you hidden blade. I'm quite familiar with assassin designs, don't take me for a fool." He continues walking up to her stoping a couple of feet away from her.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

She takes it off and sets it on the ground carefully
"Please be careful with it, It was made by me"

[Reapergod36]

Ravier glared at Saeko. "I am one of the ones who ran at the fall of the Eldar. Survived on my own, instead of going to the webway gates. I did that once more when "She Who Thursts" Appeared. You have a god that will fight for you. I have no such condolence......."

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

"She Who Thursts" is one of the names used by the Eldar to refer to Slaanesh. They never say her name.

[Reaver]

Emile nods "okay i'm putting my knife down too." He stops infront of her and kneels, dropping his knife while hiding his grin. "Too easy" he thinks as he pulls his gun out of his boot, aimming it upwards and pulling the trigger several times.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

She jumps to the side and reveals a second hidden blade on her left hand as she aims her left hand at his leg

"You so much as blink and that leg will be in alot of pain"

[Lady Foxy]

@Angel, Ikechi. ~ In a shuttle outside of the planet Soulas Das-Nobu, Engine Room.

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Emile would have felt all of the swings and attacks the assassin girl had done.. Failing miserably as well as his own, thanks to the smoke surrounding them.. However, his disc had sucked up most the smoke..

As Haze had set down her wrist blade.. She would have seen Emile nodding and dropping his knife.. Shortly, before her vision went all blurry.. Falling on her knees by the shock of the bullets just entering her body..

It had happened so fast.. She had barely managed to speak out and reveal her other hidden blade.. But now, she was bleeding out and laying down on her back..

Their voices barely being caught by her ears..

''Emile!'' Susan had cried out worriedly, her pistol in her hands as she walked over to him; aiming her gun at the fallen assassin girl.

Battle Stats!

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Emile: 98%, Down on one knee, having just shot Haze several times. A slight cut on his left leg though, nothing serious to be even called a 'wound'.
Haze: 24%, Bleeding out with her vision blurry, unable to move anything much than a finger and flat out on her back.
Susan: 100%, Aiming down at Haze and will shoot if she moves.

@Reaps, In his own Ship; Kitchen.

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Saeko finished her soup as Ravier spoke, looking back at him grimly before swallowing down the last of the soup.. Having just cleaned her lips with a napkin, very smoothly..

''Oh, I understand. Outcast. I have a God that would fight for me, yes. You, have none. And for that, I'm off to bed. I feel tired. Coward..'' She said before walking away, removing her apron and placing it in a nearby chair before walking away, in her underwear while heading for her quarters.

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

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Chedraou was smiling, until suddenly Josephine stopped in the middle of her sentence and shrieked a bit.. Seeing her place a hand on her chest, breathing slowly.. Thus, she blinked.. Then noticed that she was looking deeply into his eyes.. Walking up to her, some space between them though..

''Ah? Are you feeling alright though? Hotel?.. You have, something different within you.. I can feel it.. Tell me, dear Josephine. Can you tell me what exactly happened?'' He asked with a concerned look on his face, crossing his arms too while in reality; he had sensed that too.. But now, Josephine would see a slight hazel like color within Chedraou's eyes..

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

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Jon can only feel that he should jump.. Besides, there are some footsteps getting nearer to the room's door.. And, the place has been rigged to blow ironically..

Jump, Admiral! Jump!..

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

Spoiler (click to show/hide):

*Need Hades post. Dx

[Reaver]

"I'm fine Susan, please stay back." He grunts before walking over to the fallen assassin and crouchung next to her face. He sighs while looking into her face, so young, so much to live for. "If it's any relief to you I would have killed you even if you had surrendered, I'm a trained es black ops agent now a mercenary. You never stood a chance and it's a shame one so young gets sucked into this group of assassins. This is the price you pay." He reaches into his boot pulling his other knife out before positioning it on her neck. "I'm not sorry for this but as you would have said to me. Rest in Peace." He slashes his blade across her neck watching her life seep out before closing her eyes and putting her hood over her head. "Hey Susan would you mind helping me up? she cut my leg a little. We also need to take a picture for proof if we want to collect that bounty and get you a chair to subsitute for my face."

[Reapergod36]

Ravier gets up, and grabs Saeko by the back of her neck. "I am no coward, you cannot believe what I have seen with my eyes. While you hid away in your craftworld. I was out, hunting for myself. Alone, desolate, relying only on my own ability!" Ravier released her neck, with a sigh he spoke again. "Never say i'm a coward Solitaire. Now, I hope Saeko, we can stop fighting." Ravier said looking at the back of Saeko's head.

[napsii]

Josephine grimaced and held her head, trying to ward off the malaise gripping her with a few breathing exercises.

Eventually she managed to regain some composure and look up, blinking slowly. She took a few breaths to steady herself and looked to Chedraou, who gestured with concern. She felt a little bad; starting drama wasn't among things she liked to do but it was difficult to rid the feeling from her completely.

She had barely noted the odd hazel tinge in Chedraou's eyes until he spoke. Something different. Chedraou...possessed a similar power? The ability called biotics? She wasn't certain.

"Sorry, I don't know. I had a suspicion earlier about that hotel...it turned out founded. But I don't know what happened." she explained sourly.

"But it feels like death." she added, looking at his eyes again.

[Angel_Slayer_Alcatraz]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJHgeYSi9yY&list=FLHH_kDf4k5GgzOwDJLpCzBA&index=15&feature=plpp_video
As Emile walked up to her he would hear her weakly reciting the tenets of her creed
"St....ay your......blade.....from the blood of the innocent.
Hide....in.....plain....sight, be.....one with the crowd.....
Nev......er compromis....e the brotherhood" She looked up at him telling her to rest in peace, she smiles and lets death take her
on her is a bandoleer of 25 throwing Knives, a pouch with 8 .45 ACP catriges in it and a note written by her, it reads:
If you are reading this, you probably killed me, if you are not a templar I would ask of you to do something for me. Below are the coordinates to a grave-yard on earth where my parents are buried, I would ask you to take me there and put me in their crypt, place me in the open tomb for i made to keep me. Place me sword on my chest and close it, allowing to meet my parents, knowing that I avenged them.
Signed, Hannah Nightengale

The coordinates are to a grave yard in Germany

[Reaver]

Reaver looks down at the note, carefully reading it before crumpling it up. "Susan we're taking the body with us, so the authorites can verify it." He hoists the body over his shoulder and picks up the sword, hooking it into his own belt before struggling to get up. "Come on Susan we're done here. But i need someone to lean on."

[jayjaycaps]

Argo continued to charge forwards, busting some shotgun shells into anyone who came close enough. When he came close to Garian, he slammed his shoulder in to Garian's face, pushing him against the walkway railing. Clearing through him and still running, Argo was pretty much surrounded by humans. This didn't bother him much though. It only meant each bullet would hit something!

Glancing over his shoulder, Argo noticed how much the left flank was failing. Growling, he yelled across the battlefeild. "What did I say about failing! Push back, Krogan! AND GET THAT GODDAMNED TURRET FIRING!"

[Rooiehaan #2]

The bullet flown, the explosion heard, the body slumbed, yuuko confirmed the kill. The last thing she saw was Anthony getting pushed out of the way by the bald guy's bodyguard, before pulling back her head and looking out over the skyline to see if anyone had located the point of fire. Nothing to see, good. She quickly disassembled her rifle and put it back in the guitar case, before putting it on her back and going for the door. She was only partly surprised that no-one had come after her, and it felt like a weight got lifted off her shoulders; for some reason, she had felt like they would be made today. She opened the door and went through the maintenance door back onto the hallway of the hotel, before calling the elevator.

Meanwhile her mind was racing, mostly calculating the prize money they'd get. Minus the usual expenses of their apartment and after splitting it fifty-fifty there'd still be plenty to go around. Maybe after today she could buy that coffee machine she'd always wanted? Or maybe a new scope? Pleasure, or business; always a hard choice to make. One thing was for certain though; she'd be doing some rewarding for Anthony when they made it back home. She hated putting him in the line of fire, and if anything would've happened today... he got too close to the target this time. Thinking about it made Yuuko wipe her hands on her dress; they had gotten a little sweaty after seeing Anthony only a few feet away from the bullet's impact trajectory. Yes, maybe pleasure would be a better choice then business this hit...

[Zender_Solarheart]

Deciding it's now or never, Jon takes a leap of faith, jumping straight out the hole in the wall, and (if necessary) using the side of his armored boot to grind against the outside of the building, letting friction slow his descent, should the fall be a long one. Once on the ground, he makes tracks for minimum safe distance and a spot of cover; should the sources of those footsteps spot him, he'll simply flip them an easy-to-spot birdie, letting the rigged explosives do the job his bullets would otherwise need to take. No use wasting ammo if he doesn't need to.