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Post by Lorelei on Jun 17, 2021 18:48:06 GMT
'Flora must be desperate to legitimize her holding of the throne to go to such an effort,' Lorelei thinks to herself as she looks at the invitation.
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Post by Admin on Jun 17, 2021 23:05:56 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/fxYdNnb/femme-fatale-lauren-bacall~jpg "Hey! get your damn hands off my property!" Shelly cries very loudly. Brian can sense a power in the card but he doesn't know how to access it. It would take time and patience to figure it out. "You know Flora - never passes up an opportunity to throw a party and all the more so when it is in her honour."A moment later Lorelei hears a voice from out of the darkness. "You all certainly don't act like German army corps. Are they having issues recruiting the best and brightest?"
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Post by Brian on Jun 17, 2021 23:10:50 GMT
#s://i~ibb~co/fxYdNnb/femme-fatale-lauren-bacall~jpg "Hey! get your damn hands off my property!" Shelly cries very loudly. Brian can sense a power in the card but he doesn't know how to access it. It would take time and patience to figure it out. "You know Flora - never passes up an opportunity to throw a party and all the more so when it is in her honour."A moment later Lorelei hears a voice from out of the darkness. "You all certainly don't act like German army corps. Are they having issues recruiting the best and brightest?" Brian sighs a bit at Shelly. "Would you rather this spigot keep being turned on while we are on mission."
He relents because the truth of things is he doesn't have the time to poke around and learn how these tricks work.
He turns to Lor "Lets resume our Journey then Eh? The comedy of errors in looking for Dorian.....its a bit much now."
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Post by Lorelei on Jun 18, 2021 0:50:30 GMT
"No German accent," Lorelei says in a low voice in response to the other speaker. This person might possess useful information, Deciding to take the chance, she raises her voice to a soft conversational level, ready to move in any direction quickly, saying, "Funny, I've never heard of the Germans described as bright or even adequate."
Now that she is actively seeking him, her aquatically adapted senses outline him in the fog. Her polarized vision picks out his silhouette and other shapes near him. Her nose burns his individual scent into her awareness... no cologne, that's a pleasant relief. Her extra sense notes the energy field of his living body and other life near him, much as a shark could locate a specific tuna during a feeding frenzy, as she silently moves closer...
That nagging something that has been scratching at the edges of Brian's awareness finally jumps into focus as Lorelei move far enough away he looses sight of her... she's moving silently because she is the only one in the group that is barefoot... well, barefoot or extremely soft-soled slippers... .
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Post by Brian on Jun 18, 2021 0:56:09 GMT
" No German accent," Lorelei says in a low voice in response to the other speaker. This person might possess useful information, Deciding to take the chance, she raises her voice to a soft conversational level, ready to move in any direction quickly, saying, " Funny, I've never heard of the Germans described as bright or even adequate." Now that she is actively seeking him, her aquatically adapted senses outline him in the fog. Her polarized vision picks out his silhouette and other shapes near him. Her nose burns his individual scent into her awareness... no cologne, that's a pleasant relief. Her extra sense notes the energy field of his living body and other life near him, much as a shark could locate a specific tuna during a feeding frenzy, as she silently moves closer... That nagging something that has been scratching at the edges of Brian's awareness finally jumps into focus as Lorelei move far enough away he looses sight of her... she's moving silently because she is the only one in the group that is barefoot... well, barefoot or extremely soft-soled slippers... .He took Shelly by the arm and ran after Lor. Directing his mercs to setting their distraction campaign. "Tion, Caoimhe, You, Lor. Every time I swear to protect a woman nothing good comes of it." He laughs as he makes a quick pace to try to find where Lor ran off to.
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2021 3:53:01 GMT
Lorelei sees a man in strange modern armour carrying a large, evil-looking gun. He stands in the shadows of a doorway, keeping an eye on the street. Lorelei can't sense anyone else close.
"That's the attitude will get you and your companions killed, missy," he says. "If you want to travel with my crew, then you'll need to get your nose out of the air and keep your eyes on the street.
"So few of you in that getup is asking for trouble. The Resistance is active tonight, and they aren't as discerning as I am when it comes to killin'."
Brian gets close and can see that the man is wearing 21st-century body armour and carries a modern gun with a laser sight. He wears night-vision goggles.
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Post by Brian on Jun 18, 2021 4:03:33 GMT
Lorelei sees a man in strange modern armour carrying a large, evil-looking gun. He stands in the shadows of a doorway, keeping an eye on the street. Lorelei can't sense anyone else close. "That's the attitude will get you and your companions killed, missy," he says. "If you want to travel with my crew, then you'll need to get your nose out of the air and keep your eyes on the street. "So few of you in that getup is asking for trouble. The Resistance is active tonight, and they aren't as discerning as I am when it comes to killin'." Brian gets close and can see that the man is wearing 21st-century body armour and carries a modern gun with a laser sight. He wears night-vision goggles. Brian told the two ladies he has been with, for what he feels like forever, a story of who he was. There was a boy whose father read him Heinlein and other such things. For a moment around the eyes and mouth a bit of that perked out for a bit.
He strides casually towards Lor and the man in tech that reminds him of stuff he saw when he was looking in magazines back on Earth.
"I'd put her body count over most of the Germans. " I look the man over. He tries to parse the Accent again. He lets the Virginia accent slide out a bit as he speaks to the man. "And she and I had a disagreement. I didn't see the sense of infiltrating the German's for information. Their sort doesn't usually have good information until you get to the central officers. I don't want to dawdle here." I look the Man over curiously. "You working for either side or one of the other interested parties?"
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2021 4:21:38 GMT
Brian hears a bit of French in the man's accent along with other unknown elements. He sounds to have been well travelled, some elements of his accent might not even have been from this Earth, but this city is supposed to be a crossroads of inter-Shadow travel so anyone or anything could have washed up on its streets.
[OOC: Give time for Lor to respond.]
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Post by Lorelei on Jun 18, 2021 4:34:01 GMT
Glancing at Brian, she says, "He's not local. His equipment is many decades more advanced than the locals or the invaders... Night-vision, laser sights, ceramic-composite plating, scramble-tech in the radio... The Courts have no need for such equipment, so you must be working for a member of the family. Which one?"
"If you must get permission to tell, tell your leader Martin's aunt, mother's side, is asking..."
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Post by Brian on Jun 18, 2021 10:03:44 GMT
Brian gives Lor a very weird glance, but say nothing to her about that.
He changes his posture, as he knows the blood of Amber isnt the only interested party the man could be working for. She said a bit to much. Though she is likely right
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Post by Admin on Jun 18, 2021 13:08:28 GMT
"Then you are new here, kid," the man says.
They notice that the man's eyes never stay on them for long but continuously shift, looking around and past them, constantly checking for trouble.
"And she was right. You either hide or blend in with the locals. You'd be best joining up with a German unit and finding safety in numbers while wearing those clothes. And catching the little fish is the first step in getting to the sharks.
"I'm with the Boss; he's back in town and doesn't want to be sharing the place with Lady Vada."
"Ahh, you're Princess Lorelei. I was right; you shouldn't be out on these streets tonight. And with all respect, you don't know what those from Chaos have or need.
"So then you must be Brian. I can't place this girl, though."
"Do you know where Dorian is? Or what has happened to him?" Shelly pleads.
"Then you're Lady Shelly. I haven't heard anything of Prince Dorian yet. We just rolled into town a little while ago, and I've only spoken with a few contacts - others I have searched for are dead. But there have been weird magical goings-on in the city, so he might have been the cause?
"I'm with Hammett. Come with me if you want to Meet with him. But first, for Unicorn's sake, get out of those uniforms."
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Post by Brian on Jun 18, 2021 13:33:39 GMT
Ooc: I sent my mercs off to blow up stuff in uniform
Lor is dressed german
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Post by Brian on Jun 18, 2021 13:36:49 GMT
"Then you are new here, kid," the man says. They notice that the man's eyes never stay on them for long but continuously shift, looking around and past them, constantly checking for trouble. "And she was right. You either hide or blend in with the locals. You'd be best joining up with a German unit and finding safety in numbers while wearing those clothes. And catching the little fish is the first step in getting to the sharks. "I'm with the Boss; he's back in town and doesn't want to be sharing the place with Lady Vada." "Ahh, you're Princess Lorelei. I was right; you shouldn't be out on these streets tonight. And with all respect, you don't know what those from Chaos have or need. "So then you must be Brian. I can't place this girl, though." "Do you know where Dorian is? Or what has happened to him?" Shelly pleads. "Then you're Lady Shelly. I haven't heard anything of Prince Dorian yet. We just rolled into town a little while ago, and I've only spoken with a few contacts - others I have searched for are dead. But there have been weird magical goings-on in the city, so he might have been the cause? "I'm with Hammett. Come with me if you want to Meet with him. But first, for Unicorn's sake, get out of those uniforms." I look at the soldier annoyed he knows who we are but shrug a bit. " Working with you and yours sounds agreeable then." I shake my head " I wasnt planning to be here long....and my schedule here has been made tighter so let's get this over quick."
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Post by Lorelei on Jun 18, 2021 14:31:18 GMT
"Are you aware of who my brother is?", is the only challenge to his Chaos-oriented statement.
Lorelei says, "This is our best shot at gaining useful intel... It's possible that Hammett has a Trump of Dorian." She sheds the coat and helmet...
"The Fog is mine... we haven't encountered anything else strange yet...," aside from Flora's method of delivering invitations... .
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Post by Brian on Jun 18, 2021 15:19:11 GMT
I nod a bit at Lor's refrence to Flora. " Thus why I am on a tight schedule. "
I turn to Shelly " I dont have Dorian's knowledge of * nonspecific * magic. Would you like to wager on if he is the one bringing the Army here?"
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