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Post by NightBlade on Sept 21, 2015 0:58:48 GMT
"Yeah." Jack quickly spun and hurried down the stairs/elevator/whatever and to Rachel and Anna's floor. "Alright, now what?"
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 21, 2015 1:03:50 GMT
"Uh, I'm not sure," Anna said slowly. "I'm just waiting now, I guess..." She fought back the urge to ask what they were doing upstairs, but quickly gave up. "Has anyone found the source of the quakes?"
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Post by Alvar on Sept 21, 2015 2:07:43 GMT
"Who the heck are you? What are you doing here?" Asked the man standing up, who's speech Steve had so rudely interrupted. "Nothing that should concern you," Steve answered back. Walking forward a few steps to get a better view of the room, Steve asked, "Could you tell me which one of you is the owner of this establishment?" "I'm not going to tell you unless you answer my questions first," the man said, unaware that the person he was talking to was extremely dangerous. "Then I'll just have to kill you all," Steve replied calmly, with a smirk on his face. Raising his hand slowly, he snapped his fingers.
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 22, 2015 3:21:01 GMT
"A person." Jack replied. "Er...two people. That's literally all we've got."
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Vanessa, Valerya and Caspar were collectively very bored.
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 22, 2015 3:43:13 GMT
"People?" Anna swallowed nervously. Someone had caused the quakes? "That's...scary."
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 22, 2015 3:45:39 GMT
"Yeah." Jack rubbed the subtle bulge at the small of his back in agitation.
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 22, 2015 3:46:16 GMT
Anna felt an awkward silence coming on, and fought past her anxiety so she could speak. "So..it's Jack, right? Are you part of the New Generation?"
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 22, 2015 15:48:03 GMT
Jack bobbed his head. "Yep. S'me. And yeah. Well, sorta. I work with them so yeah I guess." He squinted, trying to remember if he'd seen her with them before. "Are..you NG too?"
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 22, 2015 16:38:45 GMT
Anna shook her head. "No...well, not yet. Rachel helped me ask for a position. If I don't get it..." She shrugged.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 22, 2015 16:41:24 GMT
"She will." Rachel grinned. "I'm positive."
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 22, 2015 16:48:07 GMT
""Well, maybe." Anna rubbed the back of her neck. "I know I sound pessimistic, but I need to think of some other option just in case I don't get accepted."
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 22, 2015 20:16:13 GMT
"Well..." Jack shrugged and seemed to hesitate before continuing. "They did accept me..." He glanced at Rachel, who as well as Lydia had known him before aligning with the NG.
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 22, 2015 20:47:30 GMT
If Anna heard his hesitation, she didn't say anything about it. "Well, I hope I get in. It would be nice to do something to help."
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Post by Alvar on Sept 22, 2015 22:48:57 GMT
A large explosion lit up from the center of the room. Many of the people were consumed instantly. What Steve didn't expect, however, was that a security guard had come up from behind him and pulled out a handgun. Steve, hearing him come up, turned around and saw the gun. He attempted to jump out of the way, but not before a bullet hit him in the shoulder. Crying out, Steve fell on the floor and shot a stream of fire towards the man, but he had already ran away. Steve got up, and turned to the remaining people in the room, who were staring in shock. Steve put out his hand, and shot a fireball into the middle of the room, which exploded, finishing the job. Steve walked down the hallway, holding his shoulder.
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The security guard was on the phone, reporting that an extremely dangerous man had attacked and killed the owner of the business, and a large amount of the workers. He had barely hung up before he noticed a large amount of light and heat coming from behind him. He turned around, and the last thing he saw was the smirking face of a man, and then fire.
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Steve walked back to the door from which he entered. He pushed it open, walked out, and snapped his fingers. Steve ran away as a large chunk of the building exploded. I'm pretty drained, Steve thought as he ran. I need to find a place to rest.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 22, 2015 23:43:09 GMT
"Oh, come on- you weren't so bad as that." Rachel shrugged and grinned at Jack, ever-optimistic. "Getting them to accept Andrei was the harder bit. By the way, have you heard from him?" She turned to Anna. "Like I said, I'm pretty sure you'll get in . . . but in the extreme case you don't, I'd be glad to help you look for other options."
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 22, 2015 23:54:02 GMT
Anna gave Rachel a smile. "Thank you, I appreciate it."
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Post by Alvar on Sept 23, 2015 0:21:33 GMT
Steve had to do something about the bullet in his shoulder. He couldn't go to any public places without looking suspicious. Stopping to rest, he put his hand on his shoulder. I haven't used anything but fire magic in a while... I'll be a bit rusty. Using as much of his remaining energy as he dared, Steve reached out with the energy and concentrated on the bullet. This is gonna hurt, Steve thought with a grimace. Using his mind to control the energy around the bullet, he started slowly pulling the bullet out. He almost cried out in pain, but he held it in and kept pulling. Eventually, the bullet came out of his shoulder, and he didn't waste any time cauterizing the wound with whatever energy he had left. His shoulder aching, he threw the bullet down and continued running, at a slower pace.
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 23, 2015 0:56:52 GMT
"Well...he's away. Whether by mutual understanding or his own choice, he left town for a while after the interview with NG. It didn't go super great."
(We gonna do soemthing about Steve soon?)
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 23, 2015 1:08:58 GMT
((Leilani has control over NG right now, I bet they'll get an alert about it soon.))
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 23, 2015 1:14:05 GMT
((I was thinking so. My original plan was to do it in the morning, story-time, but we can have them, or some of them, do it tonight.))
"No problem." Rachel nodded to Jack. "Ah." She hadn't heard that, but . . . it wasn't as if the NG dispensed information especially freely. And she was certain he wasn't reckoned as an enemy at the moment.
The elevator dinged, and Lydia stepped out, looking more worried than usual. "Everyone done? Good. We have a situation in the business district. Some sort of super blew up the headquarters of a fairly high-end business. We have one agent already out there, but this guy's got to be fairly high-power and she's, well, not, so she'll need backup. Anyone up to join me? If not, I can find someone else." -------- Jenna watched the man running down the darkened street. She'd sent her call for backup, but . . . how long would it be before they arrived? She had to do something now, stall this person, even if she couldn't stop him. She slid off the side of the building, catching herself on a forcefield, which she used to lower herself rapidly towards the ground. Several feet up, she released the field and dropped the rest of the way, landing in the man's path. "Stop where you are." She pulled free her pistol, took aim.
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 23, 2015 1:20:47 GMT
(Tomorrow's fine too)
Jack turned quickly to Lydia. "What? Already!? Same people?"
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 23, 2015 1:27:36 GMT
Lydia shook her head. "No, thank God. Different guy. Still, he needs to be stopped."
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 23, 2015 1:28:34 GMT
Anna's eyes widened. "W-what? Is everyone alright?"
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Post by NightBlade on Sept 23, 2015 1:29:59 GMT
Jack nodded. "Ah. Okay." It suddenly occured to him that he wasn't sure if it wasn't bad news that there was another destructive psycho on the loose.
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 23, 2015 1:36:34 GMT
Lydia hesitated. "Like I said, the building blew up. We're not sure if there were any survivors. Anyway, any of your with me? I can get someone else if you need to go rest."
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 23, 2015 1:37:59 GMT
"I'll go," Anna said after a moment's hesitation. "If anyone's hurt, you'll need a healer...if that's alright, though."
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 23, 2015 1:44:10 GMT
Lydia nodded. "Perfectly all right. Thank you, Anna."
"You know I'm coming," Rachel said. "You get in too much trouble without me. And you can't have too many healers, even if you probably won't need me for communications."
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Post by Alvar on Sept 23, 2015 1:45:48 GMT
"Oh, hello." A gun pointed at me two times in the same day? I don't have time for this... I barely have anything left in me. I'll have to be careful about what I do. Steve decided to play it safe for the moment and listen to what this girl had to say. "Is there a reason why you're pointing a gun at me?"
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Post by Leilani Sunblade on Sept 23, 2015 1:48:34 GMT
Jenna nodded, re-checked her aim. "Well, you did blow up a building back there."
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Post by WookieeElf on Sept 23, 2015 1:55:25 GMT
Anna smiled faintly, though her hands were shaking slightly. From one scene of destruction to another...but she would be strong. Well, she would try to be strong.
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