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Post by DBIL Administrator on Feb 2, 2010 1:33:43 GMT -5
The Rising Date: Year 19 of Deragth's Reign Main Characters: Brokel, Nirvei, Calico Primary Goal: Escape the Eastern Capital Secondary Goal(s): Liberate the Old Herbalist Scenario: It all began with two simple trespassing infractions, one from Brokel, one from Nirvei. After defeating the giant Hellspawn scout, Nirvei has been surrounded by its' enraged allies. Drained by the recent battle, Nirvei is forced to stand down, and so is forcefully brought to the closest Military Branch; the Eastern one to be judged by the supreme authority of the area; Captain Stripe. Within the military branch stood a bewildered Brokel, who, taken by surprise was easily surrounded and captured. Escorted by a company of elite Hellspawn soldiers, Brokel is hastily brought before the court in which Captain Stripe rules. Standing around a corner is a disguised resistant agent, a personal agent of the leader, Ty. At this point, his actions will take effect on Brokel and Nirvei's lives, who walk side by side surrounded by Hellspawn soldiers, on route to Captain Stripe's quarters. Perhaps this is a time to get to know each other for Brokel and Nirvei, or maybe it is time to say their prayers...
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Post by Brokel on Feb 2, 2010 13:23:59 GMT -5
Brokel opened his eyes as he was dragged to his feet. The left had healed considerably, all swelling was gone and it was just a little black and blue now. He regained awareness and looked at the circle of Hellspawn around him. He figured he could take them all at once in a fair fight, but this definitely wasn't fair with all those electro-batons. It was not fun to get hit by those!
Then he remembered Oba-Chan's words, and the bean-like item he had in his mouth. I'll save the fight for later, Brokel figured. One Hellspawn caught his attention, a mottled brown-beige cat anthro. He had too smart of a glint in his eyes to be a normal Hellspawn, and he flaunted an officer's badge on his left pauldron.
He seemed like trouble. But that would be later. For now, he'd take in the sights and get to know the other person who was probably going to be sentenced to the same fate he was. He turned his attention to the young woman beside him. Maybe he could lighten the mood a bit.
"Hello there," Brokel said to the girl. "My name is Brokel, and I'll be your guide today here in the wonderful world of Hell, a.k.a. Earth."
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Post by Nirvei/Lapis on Feb 2, 2010 15:01:35 GMT -5
How did Nirvei manage to get herself into these situations? One minute she was casually eating lunch in the wasteland of this desolate planet that she had gotten herself stuck on. The next minute she was surrounded by Hellspawn and beaten until she was unconscious without any sort of warning or reason. Why couldn’t the people of this screwed up world just leave her alone?!
“Ungh...” groaned the Keretian as she was roughly woken up. She found herself in some kind of cell with two others. The girl wasn’t able to make out who they were. The room was too dark and her vision was still blurry. It didn’t matter though; more Hellspawn had appeared to unshackle her from the floor of the cell and drag her somewhere else.
Her body still ached from the last fight. She was all scratched up and covered in bruises; it was also pretty painful to walk. Nirvei bit her lower lip and scowled at the guards that surrounded her on all sides. It she had been at full strength she would beat them all into submission. She might not have gotten very far, but she wouldn’t have gone down without a fight. Not much she could do about it now though.
She looked over at the other prisoner that had been taken from the cell. He didn’t look like anyone else she had seen on this planet. Then again, she had avoided the other people here as much as she could after the warm welcome they had given her. “Guide? Where were you a month ago when I got here?” she joked lightly. Nirvei hoped it would help with the mood of the situation. It didn’t. She sighed and continued. “I’m Nirvei. It’s nice to finally meet someone on this planet that isn’t trying to kill me.”
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Post by Brokel on Feb 2, 2010 15:12:50 GMT -5
Brokel raised his eyebrows.
"Likewise," He said, then whispered. " I just happened to be the wrong race on the wrong planet, it seems. I tried infiltrating here to save an old friend, but somehow they knew I was coming. Failed the instant I walked in the door." He closed his eyes and shook his head.
Then he opened them and appraised Nirvei "You don't look like you came from this planet at all," He said. Then he smirked. 'What happened? Spaceship crash or something?"
Someone swatted the back of Brokel's head and said "Getta move on!" cutting the convo short till they were in a holding room.
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Post by Nirvei/Lapis on Feb 2, 2010 15:33:47 GMT -5
The guards started pushing Nirvei to hurry her along. “I’m going! You don’t have to shove,” she snapped. As the two were roughly ushered into the next room, Nirvei looked back to Brokel. “At least have some idea as to why they came after you. These guys ambushed me in the middle of nowhere. I still don’t know what they want from me,” the girl grumbled.
Nirvei listened as Brokel commented on her appearance. “I guess you could say that. I had no control over its coordinates, so I have no idea if someone had programmed it come here or if I just have really bad luck. At this point I think I would have been better off decaying on my dead home planet than living here.”
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Post by Calico Nerdani on Feb 2, 2010 15:40:00 GMT -5
The prisoners just sat there, gabbin' like an old pair of friends and makin' Calico, the highest ranked one there, look bad! So he smacked the guy called Brokel on the back of the head. He cupped his hand so it would sound loud and painful -but didn't hurt- and he barked (well, mewed, but the point is there!) at them to getta move on. He set them in Holding Room B-875 so they could talk before their grand departure. Calico took that time to radio in to Recruiter #34.
"Thirty-Four," Calico whispered into the mike,"Thirty-Four, this is Baked Alamasko. Do you read me?"
"Loud and clear." 34's voice was clear, and boy was it loud! Calico grimaced and told 34 the details. He asked what to do and there was no answer.
"Thirty-Four?" He asked after the prolonged silence became too prolonged.
"Do as you see best Baked Alamasko," 34 answered. "You'll be the only Agent in the court room. Their lives are in your hands."
"Alright, Thirty-Four. Over and out." Calico sighed and rubbed his eyes. So this was for him to judge eh?
"Darn it, 34," Calico thought, "No help on this one?" He made his way back to the prisoners.
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Post by DBIL Administrator on Feb 2, 2010 15:55:02 GMT -5
The Situation Date: Year 19 of Deragth's Reign Main Characters: Brokel, Nirvei, Calico Primary Goal(s): Escape the Eastern Capital Secondary Goal(s): Liberate the Old Herbalist Scenario: Kept secure by a large company of guards, Brokel and Nirvei find no opportunity to escape during the escort to the court. Among the guards stand the Humanoid-Cay; Calico, a Key Resistance agent. As the prisoners finally reach their predetermined destination, numerous large floating platforms come into view, lights coming from their base the only lighting that the dark room offers. The guards begin to pick up the pace as the room comes into view, and an unnaturally muscular humanoid being comes into view... Now within the court room, the two prisoners are dumped onto a single platform, now standing (or sitting) before the muscular man, now revealed to be the infamous Captain Stripe. The guards who were once surrounding Brokel and Nirvei have left the scene, cowering in fear from the easily provoked Captain Stripe. Calico has to option to break his cover and rescue the prisoners at this point, risking the wrath of Captain Stripe or to wait for a better opportunity... Character Actions Captain Stripe: Standing menacingly above the two criminals, Stripe's platform rose to an even greater height, so as to intimidate the now pathetic looking fools. Projecting his voice in a loud manner, to allow those present to hear the entire court session, Stripe begun his speech... "You two pathetic fools are accused of trespassing... The female, of entering Earth without clearance, and the male of a more serious crime... Trespassing into this very branch without authorization, this alone is worthy of exile, and even death!
Do you have anything at all to say for yourselves?!"As he completed his speech, a subordinate who had been standing behind Stripe the whole time also lay his charges... "The male is also accused of being a part of our most hated enemy, and a threat to our glorious society! He is a Saiyan!"
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Post by Calico Nerdani on Feb 2, 2010 16:02:54 GMT -5
Calico stood unflinchingly behind the two prisoners. He was already hatching a plan, although he would probably hurt himself alot doing it -and he didn't like pain- it would be well worth the three lives he saved, especially if the Brokel fellow really was a Saiyan! Any Agent who aided a civilian got some good rep. He'd help two, and a Saiyan. He crossed his arms and cracked his neck, waiting for the two to make their peace with their piece.
The old lady should be dragged in here soon, to also be charged, that's when he'd move.
For now he'd let sleeping dogs lie.
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Post by Brokel on Feb 2, 2010 17:20:46 GMT -5
"Yeah, I do have something to say. I don't even know what the heck a Saiyan is. For the whole 19 years I just thought I was some sort of anthropomorph, and then some days ago I see some crappy wanted poster in some grimy alley that has a stick figure with a tail on it. What's the big deal with me being a Saiyan or whatever anyway?I'm just here trying to save that old lady you took and tortured! She didn't know anything about Saiyans either I bet. You just beat her because you're one sick person!" Brokel's fists shook at his sides as he took a breath to continue.
"And then imprisoning someone who crash-landed here in an escape pod"- he pointed to Nirvei- "who has no clue where she is? Is there any sort of reasoning behind that?" Brokel was talking to both buy time and to let his anger out, although the latter wasn't happening. He was just getting angrier with every word, it seemed. The nape of his neck began to tingle and his heart rate rose as his vision began to narrow. Why was he getting so mad?
"Back to the old lady!" Brokel said. "I bet you're gonna bring her in here and sentence her for something she has no idea about too, aren't you?"
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Post by Nirvei/Lapis on Feb 2, 2010 20:42:58 GMT -5
Trespassing?! Was Nirvei really supposed to believe that demons were sent to beat her to a pulp because she was trespassing?! This was an outrage! It’s not like she was bothering anybody anyway seeing as how she spent most of the time in the middle of nowhere. She gritted her teeth in anger. If the guards weren’t present and she weren’t so weak, she would have marched right up to the guy and given him a piece of her mind. She wasn’t suicidal though.
The girl held her tongue while Brokel spoke. So he was here just for being on this planet and having a tail? Whoever was in charge of things must be seriously screwed up in the head if her thought that this was okay. Someone had to do something about this. Who knows? Maybe it could even be Nirvei if she made it out of this alive.
She waited a few moments once Brokel finished talking to finally speak up. Nirvei took a deep breath and glared up at him. “Listen here pal. I’m not here by choice, and if I could have left by now I would have.” She stopped for a few seconds to think. It might be better to give a bit more of an explanation. “My home planet, Karas, recently became unlivable. The space pods somehow got messed with in the chaos of so many people trying to get off the planet. The pod I ended up in was somehow programmed to come here.”
As much as Nirvei wanted to go off on this guy about how disgusting he or whoever he was working for was, she decided it was best to keep quiet for now.
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Post by DBIL Administrator on Feb 2, 2010 20:57:54 GMT -5
The Situation Date: Year 19 of Deragth's Reign Main Characters: Brokel, Nirvei, Calico Primary Goal(s): Escape the Eastern Capital Secondary Goal(s): Liberate the Old Herbalist Scenario: The two prisoners have been declared guilty, the Captain has chosen Calico to take them to the execution grounds, where the audience awaits a show, perhaps it is now time for Calico to make a move... Character Actions Captain Stripe: Enraged at Brokel's aggressive tone of voice, Stripe paid no attention to what Nirvei had to say afterward, he knew no reason, he was the most powerful man in the East, and there was nothing that anyone around could do about it. An evil grin stamped on his face as Brokel rambled on and on about how he cruel he made out Stripe to be, and his grin grew even more sinister as he mentioned the old woman... Chuckling in an evil tone, Stripe begun a reply, feigning a hint of sadness... "Oh, I'm sorry... You actually knew that old coot of a woman?! Her sentence has already been declared... She is already on her way to the Main Military Branch in the North... For further interrogation, you see, we are too soft in this area."Sarcasm was quite obvious within his voice as he stated their "softness," but there was much to do... It was time for them to die... Pointing at the humanoid cat guard, (Calico) Stripe bade him take the prisoners out for execution, after all, they were not worth anything, they weren't even part of the Resistance! "CAT! TAKE THEM AWAY!"The surrounding audience applauded as they proceeded to leave the dark room, to witness the execution with their own eyes, Stripe himself descending from his still lighted platform. Executions were not very rare around Earth these days, in fact, they were actually a daily occurrence.
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Post by Nirvei/Lapis on Feb 2, 2010 21:46:12 GMT -5
Nirvei’s eyes widened as the sentence was announced. “You’ve gotta be kidding me!” she shouted. The girl attempted to rush over to him. She took a couple of steps and doubled over in pain almost immediately. She was still too weak to run, let alone try to take this guy on.
“O niesp ku ij iboh redr auv hhos dponil junb podr shnus!” she shouted at him in Keretian while still doubled over. It was a tendency of hers to speak in her people’s old language whenever her emotions flared. Just because she was on a different planet didn’t mean that was about to change.
She felt a sudden surge of pain in her left hand. It was still messed up from the blast it took from her battle with that first Hellspawn. It had swollen up and turned a deep shade of red since then. ‘Just perfect... This is certainly the way to go, isn’t it?’ she thought. There wasn’t much she could do about it now.
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Post by Brokel on Feb 3, 2010 0:04:21 GMT -5
"Son of a...." Was all Brokel managed to say. He noticed Nirvei double over, and her wrist was swollen. Again he thought about that bean in his mouth, tucked behind his molar. He growled at himself, because he was already healed, and he had never used the bean! A thought washed through Brokel's mind that he chose to ignore. For now.
He looked at the cat anthro. Sighing, he looked away. The cat was probably too content with his job to have a last change of heart. What could he do anyway? It was just one cat, and Stripe was big. Brokel looked at himself. He wasn't big, but even he could take out people twice his size.
He looked again at Nirvei, who was obviously in pain, and the bean crossed his mind again.
Maybe if he had a chance...
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Post by Calico Nerdani on Feb 3, 2010 0:18:22 GMT -5
Calico licked the back of his chocolate paw as he waited for the two to gather themselves. Once the girl had regained enough strength to walk, he tailed the to prisoners, and he put his paws on them, giving them a reassuring squeeze.
Once they were on the execution platform, Calico made his move. Placing one hand on his hip, he pointed at the large Captain Strife.
"Captain Stripe! I challenge you to a duel of wits for the lives of these prisoners! As stated in Article 26, Section D, Subsection 35, Super-subsection 32....... Part..... three, is it? Oh, the law that says I can do that!! I challenge you!!"
He spoke to Brokel out of the side of his mouth. "Help the girl! I know you can somehow! Didn't the old lady give you a bean or maybe a magical healing salad or somethin?"
Calico smirked as the three boxes decapsulized with a poff! "What do you say, Stripe? A simple game of Turtle Shells with a twist?" It was either fight or teleport a kilometer with 2 other people. Alone, he'd be one fat cat, but with two others.... He'd probably go into a cat-coma.
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Post by DBIL Administrator on Feb 3, 2010 0:40:59 GMT -5
The Situation Date: Year 19 of Deragth's Reign Main Characters: Brokel, Nirvei, Calico Primary Goal(s): Escape the Eastern Capital Secondary Goal(s): Liberate the Old Herbalist Scenario: Taken by the disguised resistance agent to the execution ground, Brokel and Nirvei go through numerous identical hallways, their layout confusing to say the least. Eventually, however, they arrived at their destination, a stadium-type room. A large and restless crowd threw bottles and a large variety of junk at the prisoners as they continued to the platform on which their execution would take place. As they reached the top of the platform however... An unexpected occurrence... Character Actions Captain Stripe: Taken aback by the humanoid-cat's amusing little challenge, Stripe, who sat on a chair high above in the bleachers among the noisy crowd. Who did this cat think he was?! Challenging authority like that... Unacceptable... But declining the challenge was even more unacceptableSmirking in obvious amusement, Stripe rose from his seat, disappearing into a few lines, before re-appearing before Calico, noticing a slight resemblance to someone he knew... "Very well... Cat... I will play your ridiculous game... What is it that I must do before I kill the three of you?"As could be judged from the acceptance of the challenge, Stripe was indeed a competitive one, a competitive one with pride. He was not one to turn down a challenge, perhaps a trait that could prove useful to the prisoners...
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