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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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 Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:38 pm
Marica stood on a cliff above the trees surveying the area, the republic was sending a shipment Marcia had been told to intercept it. Marcia leaped down the cliff onto her hidden zoid who was unhappily laying low once again.
"It's almost time..." Marcia spoke quietly to the zoid "Just bear with it." She pat the bone zoid on it's white armor.
The Zoid rumbled.
"shhh." she hushed the great zoid.
Catastrophe went silent.
Marcia smiled "Thank you." She slid down the zoid planting hr feet firmly on the ground. She was going to survey the forest floor making sure there were no irregularities in the ground that could cause problems... She started musing over the rumors she had been hearing, the general in the imperial army was dead and it seemed the rouges were blamed, and in the Republic there was an assassination attempt on the General there. Something was definitely happening. She just couldn't grasp her head around what exactly was behind this... and perhaps who.
A figure came into view as she continued through the trees, Marcia quickly slipped behind a tree peaking out to see who or perhaps what it was.
"Quin?" Marcia realized stepping out from behind the tree.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:49 pm
"Yes, I am." Quin spoke with out breaking his pose or concentration. In fact he sounded calm and relaxed. He had recognized the voice. Marcia, that woman he had meet a while back. So it would seem fate had let them meet again after all.
"Marica, what brings you all the way out here?" He spoke without moving an inch still.
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 9:55 pm
"I could ask you the same thing." she replied smoothly. It was highly likely they were here for the exact same thing; The Republic's Shipment. Marcia seemed to constantly run into Quin after she met him in the market place. Fate was an odd thing indeed.
But she had become rather suspicious since the zombie attack, she spoke to Quin right before it happened. It was a strange coincidence. He seemed calm now but he was agitated when she spoke to him last.
"We're probably out here for the same thing." she said finally after a moment of silence.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:10 pm
"Oh? A quiet mediation among nature? You do not sound as calm as you should before working on the first chalkra." Ander finally moved out of his pose and turned to face Marcia. He was not wearing the eye patch this time. Both golden eyes looked at Marcia.
The republic shipment he was waiting for would not show for a long while yet. Possibly even a day or two. Riot wanted to be there, and they would need at least ten other rouges with them. Possibly more now that the republic were under tighter watch after the assassination attempt. This raid was carefully planned as was to be as carefully executed.
Ander chuckled. "I am here to relax and prepare for the day. It is something I find important for ones well being."
His arms folded across his chest as he waited for a response.
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:25 pm
Marcia frowned he dodged her question, either way she obviously wasn't here for meditation, nor had she been expecting to run into Quin whom she had questions for...
"I'm trying to clear my head..." she said, it was a good reason to walk amongst the forest, Nature was supposed to be soothing after all it was partially the reason she was here. Partially. That Ridiculous event at the rouge camp kept nagging at her... Honestly what the heck.
"But I'm sure that strange event a few weeks ago didn't bother you at all..." She admitted what had been bothering her though she was curious to see his reaction.
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Posted: Wed Dec 02, 2009 10:45 pm
Quin frowned when the event was mentioned. He let out a sigh. "Yes, it did bother me. A great deal infact..."
Though it was a while ago he still could remember vividly being in a fight, blacking out, and being in a terrible nightmare. He had even heard he nearly killed riot and lead a gang of zombie rogues. All of his former gang. It was just so, surreal. What they had described matched his dream almost perfectly. The scars along his back, legs, and arms were further proof his nightmare had actually happened.
He took a deep breath. "What is on your mind? If you do not mind my pry?"
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:28 am
At least he was being honest. Though she had no Idea what kind of hell he had gone through. Marcia shook her head; No Quin wasn’t prying at least since Marcia wanted to ask him about that anyway…
“For one thing I have a suspicion you know more about what’s going on than your telling…” It was the most bizarre thing she had ever seen, beside the skeletal zoid that is. “Something’s going on in both The Republic and the empire, and it seemed to happen on the exact same night, that can’t just be a coincidence.” The rumors about the thing happening from both the Republic and the Empire spread through the rouges like Wildfire.
“And what was with the fog…” Marcia then remembered that strange zoid circling “And that Zoid…at least I think it was a zoid.” She stared straight at him demanding some sort of answer at least. “Not to mention it happened right after you left the camp.” She had gotten more than she bargained for just simply going to look at an unusual Zoid.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 4:29 pm
"I blacked out after leaving the camp... I don't remember much of what happened after. I do remember a white haired woman. The details are distorted." Ander remained still with his arms folded over his chest. His brows furrowed as he replayed the night.
"I remember being in a nightmare where the damned tried to keep me in an iron prison. Than my body not being my body at all, or perhaps it was and I had no control. Like my spirit trapped within a hell. I do not know what the fog was, where it came from and I do not remember a ZOID being present. In my nightmare there was a demon with strings coming from its back... but everything else is hazy."
By his tone Ander seemed frustrated by his tone, but it was not directed toward Marcia. Only that the night was a hellish mystery. "Is that the answer you were looking for?"
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:06 pm
Marcia frowned it wasn't the answer she was looking for but it was an answer at least and he seemed to have answered truthfully. Marcia sighed then gave a nod. It seemed as though he didn't know anything more than she did about the attack. being trapped in a dream the entire time wasn't any help at all but she But as she searched for information during the week a name had surfaced though she didn't know what the name belonged to if it was a person or a Zoid or.. something else, Maybe Quin knew it.
"I have one more question for you, who or What is Judge?"
The fact he was frustrated was proof enough that even he wanted to know what had happened. Marcia waited for a response.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 5:51 pm
Quin frowned at that name. Everything he had lost was because of that thing.
"The Judge is a demon. The reason I am no longer the king of bandits, the reason so many had died that night and something that should never be hunted." He sighed and unfolded his arms.
"I hunted it before for revenge, it had taken out a few of my brothers. My punishment was death to my other brothers and it hunted me for a bit. I don't know if it still does. But what I have learned from that is the Judge is persistent and brutal."
That was information that he had not told anyone in a while, but figured it was irrelevant now.
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Gestalt Effect Vice Captain
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:21 pm
"Wait, you were what?!" Marcia interjected genuinely surprised, that little piece of information had caught her off guard. Quin at one point in time had been King of the bandits?! Marcia composed herself. "Ahem, sorry..." she coughed a little embarrassed as she listened seriously as to what Quin said.
She had heard about something terrible happened involving Judge but she hadn't know quite what is was until now. Even though Quin was vague she could guess what happened, or that's what she believed. Marcia looked at Quin sadly after he had finished.
"I'm sorry." he probably didn't even want to remember what had happened though she now knew more than she had before. But if Judge was so persistent why had it seemingly abandoned trying to kill Quin? Though she didn't ask.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 6:40 pm
"Ander, of the Chimera gang. Quin is my middle name, though more people know me now by that name." Ander shrugged. "I think the Judge is waiting for something before it comes after me again. It's not over, that much I do know."
His arms folded across his chest again. "It was my won fault. I was... blind to Riot's advise." It was a lot of information not told in a long time, but again, it was irrelevant now. What happened cannot be changed. "Hopefully you have been enlightened."
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Gestalt Effect Vice Captain
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 7:00 pm
Strangely Quin had answered the question she didn't ask, Marcia gave a nod of agreement. From the sounds of it, for Quin it most certainly wasn't over something that persistent wouldn't just give up.
Seeing Quin at the rogue camp made more sense now.. the old king usually always knew the current one. "Thank you I have." she said simply more things seemed to made sense now at least.
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:30 pm
Quin looked over to the tree he had been meditating under for the morning. Everything that had happened for a reason, but for what? It was a question he had a feeling he would never know the answer to.
"And you, why are you really here? You do not seem the meditation type." He looked back to Marcia as she spoke. Perhaps she was seeking him out? He couldn't say for sure.
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Gestalt Effect Vice Captain
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Ice_Dragon_Demon
Ice_Dragon_Demon
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Posted: Thu Dec 03, 2009 8:43 pm
"A job, an anonymous client asked me to be here, so I came early." Marcia replied. What hunter wouldn't arrive ahead of it's prey. But She always seemed to run into Quin while she was working, was he following her or was it just coincidence? Marcia favored the latter he definitely didn't look like a stalker. She tossed the first thought aside.
"So what about you?" She asked Quin "can't be waiting out here without a reason."
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