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Recapturing a Fugitive
Topic Started: Feb 23 2014, 08:42 PM (1,047 Views)
Demoness
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In an unspecified Third World Country...

Crafty Roukai was mostly satisfied with the way her life had gone so far. She was in her late twenties, naturally pretty, and athletic, but best of all, she worked with a mercenary group called the Hessi. She would have preferred a private military company, as they provided better pay and benefits, but her current situation and contacts only provided her with so many resources. She was still wanted by Demonessian authorities for her role in the 2011 ITC Patin attack, among other reasons, and so she could only be involved in low visibility operations.

Even if she was living in what some would consider terrible conditions, it wasn't too bad. During her time with the Apostates, she had discovered she had a talent for destruction and her current line of work allowed her to explore it. The Hessi were enforcers for a local warlord and though she lived in a misogynistic environment, she had earned fear by reputation: she didn't shy away from brutal techniques to quell the local population and she had disemboweled the first man who had tried to take her by force. While she was not in a position of power, she was respected.

That wasn't to say she hadn't suffered. Her athletic build had become slimmer since food in the Watari region was scarce, even for the Hessi. News traveled slowly, so she couldn't stay informed on her wanted status, and the equipment she used was nowhere near the standards she had used as Special Tactics. She had acquired a few scars along the way and malaria had nearly killed her the first month in Watari.

She now lived in the Hessi compound, which was a collection of six buildings - more accurately a collection of sheds - and smaller huts that also housed Hessi families. The compound was walled with tin and barbed wire and had an armed guard in a tower. Crafty should have been boarded with another mercenary, but after disemboweling the last one she ended up housed with a young pregnant girl named Darli; Crafty didn't know her story since Darli didn't speak English, but she strongly suspected Darli wasn't here willingly. The Hessi compound was approximately ten miles from the nearest town, a goat farming village with no name, and fifteen miles from Warlord Ekard, who lived in a much better guarded compound in an isolated mountain. Tomorrow, Crafty would take the Jeep with a few other Hessi and head up to Ekard's place to replace the guards. She liked it better up there - there was clean water - and she planned to catch Ekard's eye, but she never saw him.
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"<It is fine,>" Topaz replied. "<Your brother was protester?>"

The bar was mostly empty as there was little reason to be open. Most of the regulars had either abandoned the bar to join the riots or were safely at home and had not yet decided to venture out. The way the situation was shaping up, they might not return for some time. It was just her and the owner, who lived upstairs.
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"<My brother was injured on the way home from work. His path strayed too close to the fighting and was hurt. I am here to help his family while he recovers,>" Erryn repeated. "<The fighting does not concern me too much, I've seen my share before,>" he said as he took a drink. "<Not bad, but not as good as the imports I get back home. Perk of living in a port.>"
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Topaz nodded. There wasn't much else for her to do without any customers. The bar had a television in the corner and it was currently tuned to the news, which was pro-Isaad, but it was repeating stories from earlier in the day, so she'd seen it already before leaving her apartment. She took out a clipboard and started doing inventory, which was a bit difficult with her language barrier. "<Whisky is good as it gets. Most places are closed now. You should be careful.>"
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"<Oh, I will. But have to give my brother and his wife some time to themselves every now and again. You know how it is.>"
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Topaz nodded. "<What brings you here then?>" she asked, again allowing suspicion to creep up on her. Shouldn't he have visited his brother's family before a bar? He seemed too nice to be a drunkard, but she had known a few men whose families were an afterthought, even if they did provide for them. After all, they paid for things, so that should be enough care and attention.
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"<What do you mean?>" Erryn asked. Perhaps Topaz's grasp of the local language was worse than he perceived.
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"<Here,>" she repeated, pointing to the bar and drinks in front of her. "<Not your brother.>"
Edited by Demoness, Mar 3 2014, 12:30 AM.
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"<Ah, I am giving my brother and his wife some personal time and space. I've been in their hair for a day or two, figured I should get out and let them breathe a bit,>" he elaborated.
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Topaz nodded. "<It is not safe to be outside,>" she repeated. She had a limited vocabulary, so hopefully the meaning still got across. Aside from taking orders, bartenders were expected to listen and it was quite easy to listen when one didn't understand. She didn't really have to reply since most patrons just wanted an ear.
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"<Depending, it might not be safe to stay inside either, if you know what I mean,>" Erryn said with a laugh. "<Sometimes I think Zoya would kill me for being under foot if I wasn't actually being some help.>"
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