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| Demoness | Feb 23 2014, 08:42 PM Post #1 |
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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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| Demoness | Apr 8 2014, 10:14 PM Post #41 |
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Topaz smiled slightly. "<There are better drinks,>" she replied teasingly. Inwardly, she was disappointed; she didn't believe the stranger would have any luck getting his family out of the country in time, but she could have at least fostered a hope he could take her with him. However, the destination left something to be desired: Fenwick had an extradition treaty with Demoness, so she would not be safe there even if she knew the customs better. |
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| Fenwick | Apr 8 2014, 10:18 PM Post #42 |
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"<Simple drinks for a simple man, I'm afraid,>" Erryn said with a laugh. "<What about you? What's keeping you rooted here? I mean, not to be rude, but you're obviously not local and most people would've left after the fighting broke out.>" |
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| Demoness | Apr 8 2014, 10:32 PM Post #43 |
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Topaz shrugged and tried to play it off lightly. "<Wrong place, wrong time,>" she replied. She didn't have a bag with her, but she had one packed back at her apartment. It was packed with several days' worth of food, a few bottles of water, a change of clothes, and odds and ends. She wouldn't be able to travel quickly with it, as she was out of shape, but it was there if she saw a chance. She couldn't take it to work or she may as well have a sign on her telling people she wanted to be robbed. |
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| Fenwick | Apr 8 2014, 11:12 PM Post #44 |
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Erryn shrugged, not pressing further. "<It is what it is. I'm starting to think that coming here was a mistake on my part as well. I'm working on visas for my brother's family with my connections, but it is a bit of a struggle.>" |
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| Demoness | Apr 8 2014, 11:32 PM Post #45 |
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Topaz frowned. "<I would not wait around for visas. I would get them out and worry about 'legal' later,>" she suggested. "<My neighbors have gone. I don't see why you have not.>" |
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| Fenwick | Apr 8 2014, 11:39 PM Post #46 |
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"<Trying to wait until Oleksandr is able to move better under his own power. Trying to wheel him along in a wheelchair or carry him might be a bit inefficient should we need to move quickly.>" |
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| Demoness | Apr 8 2014, 11:44 PM Post #47 |
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Topaz nodded sadly. "<That is true, but what I said is no less true. Your window to leave may close.>" |
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| Fenwick | Apr 8 2014, 11:49 PM Post #48 |
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"<That is true. But I will keep in touch with my contacts and they will warn me if they're getting too nervous about departing. But enough of that. Tell me a story of before you tended bars, surely you have good memories, yes?>"
Edited by Fenwick, Apr 8 2014, 11:49 PM.
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| Demoness | Apr 9 2014, 12:06 AM Post #49 |
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Topaz wondered about his "contacts" because it seemed like an odd way to phrase it, especially since he kept repeating the word, but she dismissed it as a miscommunication; she was still learning the language and the word could have an alternate meaning. She pushed it aside and smiled. "<Of course. I did not grow up in a bar,>" she replied teasing. "<What sort of story would you like to hear?>" |
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| Fenwick | Apr 13 2014, 03:51 PM Post #50 |
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"<Oh, I don't know. How about some teenage mischief? Everyone's got a good story like that.>" |
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