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| Seeking the Blood Queen | |
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| Tweet Topic Started: Jul 22 2013, 10:02 PM (2,176 Views) | |
| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 12:00 AM Post #106 |
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"None taken. I'm used to people not being entirely comfortable around me." She felt the psionic pressure nearby suddenly increase, as if she were being warned to stay away. Not wanting to risk startling their 'target' into attacking her, she stopped and waited for the pressure to decrease again. "I don't think she's close enough to hear me... but she knows we're here." The increased pressure was vaguely uncomfortable, like a nagging feeling that she should back away from danger. |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 12:17 AM Post #107 |
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"you know we could always yell 'over here' and shoot at whatever moves" She deadpanned "if you're trying to draw her out, go through the loose cover that exits into the natural clearing near the corner in that wall, it'll look like you're trying to stay in cover, but you'll still be visible to someone who's looking" |
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| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 12:22 AM Post #108 |
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Clio couldn't help laughing a little at Scarlett's first suggestion even as she moved to follow the second. "I don't care if she sees me... might pull her out quicker, actually. Or she might shoot me." The loose foliage was noisy to move through, no matter how quiet she tried to be. "I don't see her yet... wait." Across the clearing she saw a flash of red, followed by the sound of someone retreating through the brush to avoid detection. "There she is... trying to hide." Puzzled as to why the other woman didn't simply flee when she'd been spotted, Clio ducked behind the foliage and skirted around the clearing to follow her. |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 01:06 AM Post #109 |
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"Self preservation? maybe she knows we're on to her, your boyfriend doesn't strike me as the covert ops understanding type, she's like a caged animal though, so any possible tip off and she becomes increasingly unpredictable" She offered for suggestion "If an alternate universe me shows up, she better be blonde and slow..." |
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| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 01:13 AM Post #110 |
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"Self-preservation sounds likely... I don't think following her is going to work. I'm going to try something else." Deciding it was worth the risk if her new plan failed, Clio retreated back into the clearing, moving back to the building. Perhaps if she didn't seem to be a threat, the other woman would venture out on her own. |
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| Blood Queen | Jul 31 2013, 09:04 PM Post #111 |
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When the other woman stopped following her, she halted her retreat into the trees and turned back to look again. What she saw was puzzling; rather than continuing to give chase, the other woman had also retreated... but she'd retreated into the open and was clearly talking to someone. Puzzled, the Blood Queen glanced around the area, but still she didn't find anyone else nearby. Either this woman's backup was cleverly hidden or far enough away that they couldn't be seen. Still... it looked like a trap. Combined with the call from Theia claiming that she was with Zerna - which should be impossible since she'd killed him - the sudden appearance of this woman and her mysterious partner was suspicious. But there was something familiar about her pursuer, and she crept toward the edge of the clearing, trying to get a better look without being spotted again. The other woman glanced in her direction... and her eyes were silver. |
| Alternate Reality Assassin | |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 09:31 PM Post #112 |
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"This kind of reminds me of my last date with Brian... He came home early wanting to surprise me and get an early start to the 'date' I'd planned and found my dossier with my extraction orders, new mission and persona... though that little game of cat and mouse through the house and out into the green space behind the condo ended in me breaking his neck with a jump from the roof, so possibly not quite the same" |
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| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 09:38 PM Post #113 |
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"...remind me later to tell the male agents to stay the hell away from you." Clio snickered a little, though she wasn't quite sure she should be finding the situation funny. "And you can tell all the stories you want, as long as you keep the gory details to a minimum." Glancing into the forest again, she thought she saw someone watching her. That combined with the lingering telepathic presence suggested that their 'target' was still lurking nearby, even if she'd gone deeper into the trees. A cracking twig caught her attention, and she turned slightly to see the red-clad woman at the clearing's edge, still far enough away to disappear again if she wanted to. |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 09:41 PM Post #114 |
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"As long as they never become a loose end I need to tie up, they shouldn't have anything to worry about" Scarlett shrugged "And I have no idea why she's even matching you in the foliage, if it was me in an unfamiliar place I'd be in the warehouse, with all the supports rigged, draw them in, then blow it sky high and pick off anyone trying to escape... well ok, in that case I guess I wouldn't really be in that particular building either" She admitted |
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| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 09:46 PM Post #115 |
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"The building doesn't have many routes for escape. If she stays in the open, she can run... plus she can see me. She's been watching me since I moved over here. Don't think she quite knows what's going on." Not wanting to startle the other woman into running off into the trees, Clio watched her from the corner of her eye. "She's close enough to hear me talking, so she probably thinks I'm nuts. Which isn't far from the truth." |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 09:54 PM Post #116 |
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"I think most people are a little nuts to be in our line of work, or running from something, avenging something, still anything but 'balanced'..." She muttered then reached back and tapped the comm interface behind her ear "Ariia, what's the status of the target" "Target is maintaining line of site with Director Eneas, threat level is still elevated, but aggression concern is currently marginal, no distanced based weapons detected on target's person" AICO's disembodied voice resonated seemingly from inside Scarlett's head |
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| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 10:04 PM Post #117 |
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"Balanced isn't a word I associate with anyone at this point. I've been around too long to think that 'normal' or 'balanced' people actually exist." |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 10:28 PM Post #118 |
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"if they did I've probably killed them" Scarlett flatly replied |
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| Eneas Clio | Jul 31 2013, 10:32 PM Post #119 |
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Clio snorted at her. "Maybe you did. But in the fifty years I've been doing intelligence work I haven't met one truly sane person. Doesn't say much for the sanity of the sentient races." |
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| Natalia Mitchells | Jul 31 2013, 10:53 PM Post #120 |
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"one person's sanity is in another person's body bag... it's a lofty self fulfillment goal that keeps society striving for 'something better', I meanwhile simply accept that society has evils that need to be sliced into pieces and left in a garbage bin" |
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