Post by sawg138 on Aug 30, 2010 18:29:03 GMT -5
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie sits down next to Jocelyn's fire with an extra plate of food.
nik says: "Hungry?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I thought you might be."
nik says: "That's all?" she asks, taking the plate and a small bite of food.
Rockwolf66 says: "Well have you ever tried dealing with a dragon?"
nik says: "Not like you, anyway," she says with a slight chuckle cracking through her voice.
Rockwolf66 says: "Well I thought we were closer than that."
nik says: Jocelyn nods, "well now you *know*"
Rockwolf66 says: "I've been with her for most of her life and I have been totally open with her." Silvie says. "I'm not even sure why I'm talking to you anyways."
nik says: "Probablyly you need somebody to listen and possibly affirm whatever it is that you think."
Jocelyn starts to say something but takes another small bite of food. "I'm getting kinda full. I don't eat much generally."
Rockwolf66 says: "Not to mention the mercs I grew up with have always been the type to tell thigs like they are." Silvie answers.
nik says: "Not much more tell is there?" She puts the plate down, "You fucked up, and fucked us in the process. And now I'm not sure I want you near me when the shit hits the fan."
"Your emotions overwhelm too easily. What's going to happen when you're covering me and start pondering why LG's so immature."
Rockwolf66 says: "That's not an issue she's young." Silvie says. "It's Fortunant that I've been looking after her as she sometimes does really stupid things."
"As far as getting shot at..." Silvie replies. "I've seen the elephant a few times."
nik says: * shrugs, "that was before," she recreates the crash with her hands.
Rockwolf66 says: "hehehe." Silvie laughs. "It was bound to break down sometime. Hell. I've seen brand new axels twist up into knots out here. I know the axels were new because I grabbed the vehicle off the showroom floor myself."
nik says: "The breakdown that's important isn't the vehicle's."
Rockwolf66 says: "Ah I get you." Silvie says. "My relationship with LG."
nik says: "There'll be plenty of time for the drama after the job is completed and I have my money."
Jocelyn takes another bite of food although she's not hungry.
Rockwolf66 says: "More to life than money sometimes." Silvie replies.
nik says: "Not while in the middle of an operation." She just shakes her head, unable to find more words to express herself, her dissocialability shines through.
"There's just the job. I have to know that you're head is 100% in the game and not a bit less, distracted and so forth."
Rockwolf66 says: "sometimes shit happens to people." Silvie says. "Ever get up to the colorado area?"
nik says: Jocelyn doesn't respond to the first point and answers, "No, not yet. I've been in Juarez just a few days before Ringo hired me."
Rockwolf66 says: "Where are you from then?" Silvie asks.
nik says: "Across the ocean, British Isles."
Rockwolf66 says: "That's a ways away." Silvie says. "At least by this planet's standards."
nik says: Jocelyn nods. "Depends on your timing."
Rockwolf66 says: "Depends on your dimension and it's technology." Silvie states. "I know of places that have the technology to blow craters more than big enough to swallow Juarez and El Paso."
nik says: "I'm aware."
Rockwolf66 says: "It's probably fortunant that I don't have the current resources to import some of the more useful technology that I've encountered." Silvie says. "Then again I got into bounty hunting because I knew i wanted more out of life than being some "village champion" and living like a warlord."
nik says: "LG doesn't seem to be a piece that fits in your puzzle," she says, a little ambiguously.
Rockwolf66 says: "Call it being human." Silvie says. "We found her in a bad place and I ended up adopting her so to speak. Outside of intimate matters we generally see eye to eye."
nik says: "Tells you something, doesn't it."
Rockwolf66 says: "It was her idea to go there." Silvie says. "Unfortunatly Dragons tend to be monogamous."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs under her cape, "it takes two to tango."
Rockwolf66 says: "Yes it does." Silvie answers. "You ever get involved with someone?"
nik says: Jocelyn shakes her head while adding, "nope, but what I meant was, don't put it all on her."
Rockwolf66 says: "I don't put everything on her and I did have other relationships but they have all left for reason's i can't control nore wanted to."
nik says: "I don't think it could have been her idea if she's actually as young as she is. Anyway, you should be choosier about your species selection."
Rockwolf66 says: "Humans, Elves and felines." Silvie replies.
"It's funny how mercs and soldiers tend to have three types of people. those who are indescriminate in who they are with as they could die the next day. Those who are intimate with a partner or the last is those who repress everything."
nik says: To the first point, Jocelyn says, "Of which she is none." She adds, "you've been a lot o places, claim to have caught a lot of people, well, you haven't seen it all."
Rockwolf66 says: "Even If I travel around and do things for the next million years I won't have seen everything." Silvie replies. "My dad doesn't know everything and he knows things people have killed armies for."
nik says: Jocelyn smiles, "then don't suggest that you know me, k."
Rockwolf66 says: "So how would I get to know you?"
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs, "I can't think of how."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie puts down her plate and stands in front of Jocelyn. "Try me."
nik says: "Hm?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Tell me about yourself."
nik says: Jocelyn looks up and back down, "there's nothing to say, really."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie drops to her knees. "Really, how long have you been a merc and how old were you when you started?"
nik says: "I've lost count."
Rockwolf66 says: "You lost count of how many years you have been fighting." Silvie says. "At least you should have a rough idea."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs, "Time is a variable thing. I don't have a rough idea whatsoever."
Rockwolf66 says: "Sort of like how distance is an illusion." Silvie adds.
nik says: "see."
Rockwolf66 says: "So how old do you feel?" Silvie asks.
nik says: "Can't say."
Rockwolf66 says: "Sometimes like a little girl and sometimes older than dirt." Silvie says from experiance.
nik says: "Ok," she says completly non-committing.
Rockwolf66 says: "At least I can say that I have no doubt in my pantheon's existance."
nik says: "By definition believers have no doubt."
Rockwolf66 says: "They do walk among mortals you know." Silvie says. "There are two Demigoddess among the group."
nik says: "I've been briefed."
Rockwolf66 says: "Devinity is a fickle thing and what makes us who we are is magnified to epic levels." Silvie says. "One of Anna's brother's is said to have ravished and impregnated 50 virgins in one night."
nik says: "Yea, not my kind of party," she says unambiguously.
Rockwolf66 says: "Neather is it mine." Silvie says. "I've been hard up anf took part in a foursome, I may be poly but I limit myself to really close friends.f I'm hard up I have gone for
(Ignore that last part.)
nik says: "I think you should pick a lifestyle, not try to have your cake and eat it too. Try to get past that epic bit, it's holding you down."
Rockwolf66 says: "So basically find someone who understands my needs and can fufill them." Silvie replies. " I'm probably not going to find them out here as Anna's crew all love her."
nik says: "whatever." She adds, "could be that someone is you."
Rockwolf66 says: "You should know better than i do how old Hary palmer and his five brother's get after a while."
nik says: "if you say so."
Rockwolf66 says: "Well there is something to be said about asexuality but it's just not in my nature."
nik says: "Apparently." Jocelyn smiles slightly.
Rockwolf66 says: "he, first time I've seen you break out of your iron clad professionalism." Silvie says. "It's a good sign as the quiet ones break first."
nik says: "But perhaps asexuality should be in your nature, until the mission is over."
Rockwolf66 says: "Unfortunatly for me it seems as if my sexuality is linked in some way to my magic."
nik says: "Great. Well I think the direction you need to go is clear."
Rockwolf66 says: "And were would that be?" Silvie replies. She looks at Jocelyn in the eyes. "We are having such a stimulating conversation about a variety of topics."
nik says: "Out of fieldwork. There's nobody here that can fulfil your needs and it's diminishing your capability." She returns the look, "Or just passing the time."
Rockwolf66 says: "closer to passing the time." Silvie says. "As far as fieldwork goes I enjoy it and there are times when laying in a spiderhole for a week , pissing in bottles, and shitting in bags leads to that rewarding high of a job well done."
nik says: "wow," she says flatly, "you are conflicted."
Rockwolf66 says: "I have reasons to be conflicted and I am searching for my place in the world."
nik says: "Seems simple to me but what do I know. Let me just re-iterate, don't look for it while on the job." "We need 110% from everybody from what i gather."
Rockwolf66 says: "hehehe." Silvie laughts. "You cannot give more than your all and when you give things your all there is nothing left. Now this fight is going to be bad....Although surprise helps things. At least we don't have zombies surrounding us."
nik says: "It can always be worse."
Rockwolf66 says: "How can Vampires be worse than an endless wave of millions of the walking dead?" Silvie states. "Vampires stop at sunrize."
nik says: "I wasn't speaking in specifics necessarily."
Rockwolf66 says: "Plan for the worst, hope for the best and live like there is no tomorrow."
nik says: "Do you think you follow your own advice?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I don't live like there is no tomorrow." Silvie states. "I have plans for myself and this world alot farther than just bounty hunting and mercenary work." Silvie says. "Unless you want to die out on some forgotten battlfied then you do too."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs. "Nothing long term. I've been a drifter most of my life. I've come here looking for steady work. If it's not to be had, I'll move along."
Rockwolf66 says: "So you are looking for a place of your own."
nik says: "If it presents itself I'll consider it then." Her social ineptness shines through, "I misspoke. I'm not looking in the literal sense." "I'm an opportunist."
Rockwolf66 says: "While it's a piece of shit Ringo's place is a good start." Silvie says. "Unfortunatly if you stay in Juarez people will take advantage of your inexperiance with dealing with Civilians other than to order them around at gunpoint."
nik says: "Perhaps. But Ringo's is currently not an option."
Rockwolf66 says: "So who's tent?" Silvie asks her silver eyes flashing dangerously.
nik says: "Mine."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie takes Jocelyn's hands and leeds her into her tent. She closes the flap behind them. "So Jocelyn, you are human after all." Silvie says with a grin.
nik says: "Clearly I misunderstood what the hell you were talking about. You should leave now."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie sits down. "You see what I mean by social skills.
nik says: (probably would not have gotten this far actually) "Fine. I'll leave." Jocelyn exits.
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie follows. "wait a second. do you have any idea about social ediquette and how utterly rude you are? I'm asking you to please come back and talk more."
nik says: "I've got nothing more to say to you." Jocelyn shrugs.
Rockwolf66 says: "Are you sure?" Silvie says " Or have I hit something and you're getting scared?"
nik says: "Yes I'm sure."
Rockwolf66 says: "Pitty maybe something latter." Silvie says.
nik says: Jocelyn returns the plate to wherever it belongs. "No there won't."
Jocelyn trots after Silvie. "Hey, hey, I've got something to say to you."
Rockwolf66 says: "what that you want to ride the lightning?" Silvie says still walking away.
nik says: "Don't be impossible. You know the shit storm is on the horizon. We need to be on the same page."
Rockwolf66 says: "Yeah there is a really nasty fucker heading towards us and I've been trying to help an ungrateful bitch insted of stealing a citybusting tac nuke.
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs, "you're not getting paid?"
Rockwolf66 says: "No I'm not getting paid for this job unless I take the bastards head." Silvie says. " As is they use me for transport and treat me like shit otherwise." Silvie says heading towards an empty room.
nik says: Jocelyn follows, saying, "why would you agree to such terms?"
And adds, "nobody gets used who doesn't want to be used.|
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie closes the door behind them. "Because I know that Kyrang needs to be stopped but I don't know how. My aprenticship stopped because Duglas' horse fell into a gopher hole and rolled over the top of him."
nik says: "That explains the payment arrangement but not the getting used part, but the 'they use me' part." Jocelyn looks at Silvie about to say something else but waits for Silvie's response.
Rockwolf66 says: "I want to help them as stopping Kyrang feels like the right thing to do but I'm screwed up." Silvie admits. "Dug didn't just train me to be a bounty hunter."
nik says: "We'll come back to that 'oh they're using me' bit. What else did Dug train you to be?"\
Rockwolf66 says: "His concubine." Silvie says. "Before he trained me I liked sex when i could get it but it seems that I no onger just want it but need it."
nik says: "If you want to be professional. If you want to be elite. Then you have to be the master of your emotions, not a slave to them. If you can't defeat an addiction, there's not much you can defeat. Sure, you're physically tough, but you're also young which is probably why you've still alive. Until you wire your head and ass together, you're not going to find balance. Until your mind is as tough... ...as your body, the only reputation you'll have is that of a twat with a victim complex."
Rockwolf66 says: "Hehehe, It's funny as my brother can kick the ass of a juicer barehanded yet he's one of the nicer guys you would ever meet." Silvie says. "I know I'm screwed up but you can ballance toughness with compassion better than Elex does."
nik says: "It's not about being a nice guy. It's about being mentally strong. You need to take it one step at a time. As about me, I just don't want this mission to go badly for me, I have a lot riding on this. As about Elex, his kind may lack compassion but you can trust them to not lie. He and I, we're telling you the same thing. You have to take things one step at a time. You're steps are too big, too... ..ambitious and it's fucking you over."
Rockwolf66 says: "Then what do you sugest Joce?" Silvie asks. "You have all the answers but your peopleskills suck."
nik says: "Focus on the mission. Focus on taking Kyrang's head. Don't think about anything else. If we get out of these god foresaken mountains and back to Juarez, re-assess your strategy and work on that roadmap." "If you're not balanced internally, you'll never get anywhere you wan to go." "If you can focus on this mission, then you know you can do anything you put your mind to."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie puts her arms around Joce and rests her hed on Joce's shoulder. "Then will you help me then? to find that ballance?"
nik says: Jocelyn steps away slowly. "This isn't focus. Get through this first. One step at a time."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie sits on the floor. she pats the ground beside her. "Sit down and help me find that focus then."
nik says: Jocelyn has a lost look on her face, but gives Silvie a chance to explain. "What good is sitting on the floor going to do?"
Rockwolf66 says: "it's a relaxed and calm position" Silvie explains. "Good for meditation and centering oneself."
nik says: "What's that have to do with me?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Rituals are best done with more than one person and You arn't going to either yell at me or end up bedding me." Silvie says. " Although you aren't so hardened by the mercenary lifestyle that there isn't normal needs inside you."
nik says: "Ritual?" Jocelyn's lips purse, she's speachless. "What?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I'm not a full goddess...yet. so I can't just say this is what i am and this is what I want to be." Silvie says. "I've heard of rituals about changeing who you are but I don't really know of them."
nik says: "You asked me to sit to participate in a ritual. What ritual are you talking about?" Jocelyn adds in lower volume, "learn to rely on yourself, not your magic."
Rockwolf66 says: "Then how would you go about changeing into something else?" Silvie asks. "How would you change from being what you are now?"
nik says: "Perseverence."
Rockwolf66 says: "What if it isn't enough..." Silvie says. "I need a friend but I don't know if I still have any."
nik says: "It'll be enough. You're tougher than you think. As about friends, well, all I can say is that I think you're looking in the wrong places."
Rockwolf66 says: "Then were would you sugest that I look for them?"
nik says: "Somewhere not stacked with drunks, do-good twats, pirates, mercenaries, and wanderlusting dragons. If you're looking for a troll, you start by looking under bridges, not the mountain tops."
Rockwolf66 says: "I'm not looking for a troll." Silvie says. "I'm looking for a few people who enjoy the same sorts of things I do."
nik says: "It was a mechanical illustration, not a suggestion that you're looking for a troll. You have to learn to compartmentalise and understand that a mercenary doesn't want poolside pussy playmates as well." Jocelyn clears her throat, "but that's not really apropos to this mission. Don't get off track. Stay focused on this job. Worry about that shit if you get back."
Rockwolf66 says: "As i said you are mortal and have all the follies of mortality." Silvie says looking up at Joce with an impish grin.
nik says: "That's quite enough. You'll take my advice or you won’t, but you should know that I know what I'm talking about."
Rockwolf66 says: "I'm tempted to make a quick jump to get some heavier weapons but I don't think we have the time." Silvie says. "Do you know how to use anything other than that sword of yours?"
nik says: "I'm decent with my rifle, but best at hand to hand. But not against a demon."
"I'm looking to secure daisho."
Rockwolf66 says: "What sort of Rifle?" Silvie asks. "I still have a Galil SAR, and a trio of Submachineguns."
nik says: Jocelyn pulls out a pulse rifle from her "pocket." It looks like a Wilks product.
Rockwolf66 says: "Not bad." Silvie says holding up her energy rifle. It's a northern gun particle beam. "Mine makes lots of nice holes in people." "I haven't been using it as I've been trying to take people alive."
nik says: Jocelyn slips the well-used weapon back into her pocket. "served me well for over a decade," and looks over Silvie's weapon, "Thus far I don't really know what that's like," in regards to taking people alive. She thinks for a moment, "well, there's always a prisoner now and then."
Rockwolf66 says: "Most bounty Hunters simply kill their targets as handling live prisoners is tough."
nik says: "The prisoner is less valuable to the bounty hunter than to the soldier." Jocelyn a German-looking pistol from her "pocket" and adds, "knowledge is power."
Rockwolf66 says: "To a bounty Hunter all we need is a recognizable corpse in most cases." Silvie says. "Maybe I've spent too much time off world as in other places Bounty Hunters have to capture fugitives alive in order to get their money."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs. "You get to choose your contracts."
Rockwolf66 says: "Don't you choose what you do for money as well?" Silvie asks.
nik says: "I do now, yes. Such as killing Kyrang. What do you know about this prat?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Basically he's the leader of a large flotilla of pirates and through being a supernatural bastard he has lasted longer than the usual two years that most pirates do." Silvie says. "he's something called a Rathos the Rumbler and he wants something that Anna has."
"The object in question is some seriouly bad mojo."
nik says: "That's a little more than Ringo told me. And this Rathos has vulnerabilities we can exploit?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Not that i know of other than the usual targets for a humanoid being." Silvie says. "Due to its supernatural nature it's probably really tough."
nik says: Jocelyn looks visibly uncomfortable. "Ringo seemed sure we had the firepower to hammer the fucker, but," Jocelyn doesn't finish her sentence. "That's why we need everybody on top of their game here."
Rockwolf66 says: "I still wish I had a Barret with Explosive rounds in it and a whole bunch of command detonated mines to emplace." Silvie says.
nik says: "Why didn't you bring any?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I don't have the money to go off buying enough explosives to level a city block through sheer blast." Silvie says. "And I didn't have the time to steal a small Atomic weapon."
nik says: "You know what they say about preparedness."
Rockwolf66 says: "Proper previous planning prevents Piss poor performance." Silvie says. " Sort of like how Marine Intelligence is an oximoron as the only member of marine Intelligence I've ever met had his head firmly up his ass."
nik says: "Ringo seemed confident every time I asked about it. What did I know." Jocelyn smiles slightly. "We'll be alright if we keep our heads on our shoulders."
Rockwolf66 says:
"Hope for the best while planning for the worst." Silvie says.
nik says: "Such as working on the fortications around here."
Rockwolf66 says: "Exactly." Silvie say. "But do you know what they best defense is?"
nik says: "I don't think anybody knows that." She motions towards the door. "Well, there's work to be done in any case."
Rockwolf66 says: "The best defense is a good offence." Silvie says. "Personally I would meet them on the other side of town and then Use the town to ambush and harrass them to death. Ever hear of a place called stalingrad?"
nik says: "I don't think we have the manpower for that. And no never heard of Stalingrad."
Rockwolf66 says: "It was a seige that suposedly happened long ago between two empires." Silvie explains. "I used to play a simulation of the battle when i was younger although my brother used to beat me all the time at it. He kept on knocking holes in walls so i couldn't see him move around as he sniped and ambushed me."
nik says: "Mouseholing, we call it. But you have to know where your quarry is as well, otherwise you could pass each other and miss your objectives entirely. Or worse just get enveloped." Jocelyn puts her pistol away. "Warfare generally favours the defender, especially the prepared one."
Rockwolf66 says: "As I said lead them through a bunch of Ambushes before they get here." Silvie says. " Although we should get going before people start assumeing."
nik says: "You mean we should get going so that we can be productive," Jocelyn corrects Silvie's point of view.
Rockwolf66 says: "No I have a reputation for doing things with people." Silvie says. "But I have a few ideas to try out."
nik says: "fuck your reputation, Silvie." She motions to the door, "tell me about your ideas," she moves towards the exit.
Rockwolf66 says: "I was thinking about digging a line of pit traps around this place. heck even just postholes will force them to slow down." Silvie says. "That and they are murder on horses."
Silvie follows Joce out.
nik says: "I'll help you, I need the exercise, still haven't finished my daily routine."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie scrounges up a couple post hole diggers and hands Joce one.
nik says: "Hungry?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I thought you might be."
nik says: "That's all?" she asks, taking the plate and a small bite of food.
Rockwolf66 says: "Well have you ever tried dealing with a dragon?"
nik says: "Not like you, anyway," she says with a slight chuckle cracking through her voice.
Rockwolf66 says: "Well I thought we were closer than that."
nik says: Jocelyn nods, "well now you *know*"
Rockwolf66 says: "I've been with her for most of her life and I have been totally open with her." Silvie says. "I'm not even sure why I'm talking to you anyways."
nik says: "Probablyly you need somebody to listen and possibly affirm whatever it is that you think."
Jocelyn starts to say something but takes another small bite of food. "I'm getting kinda full. I don't eat much generally."
Rockwolf66 says: "Not to mention the mercs I grew up with have always been the type to tell thigs like they are." Silvie answers.
nik says: "Not much more tell is there?" She puts the plate down, "You fucked up, and fucked us in the process. And now I'm not sure I want you near me when the shit hits the fan."
"Your emotions overwhelm too easily. What's going to happen when you're covering me and start pondering why LG's so immature."
Rockwolf66 says: "That's not an issue she's young." Silvie says. "It's Fortunant that I've been looking after her as she sometimes does really stupid things."
"As far as getting shot at..." Silvie replies. "I've seen the elephant a few times."
nik says: * shrugs, "that was before," she recreates the crash with her hands.
Rockwolf66 says: "hehehe." Silvie laughs. "It was bound to break down sometime. Hell. I've seen brand new axels twist up into knots out here. I know the axels were new because I grabbed the vehicle off the showroom floor myself."
nik says: "The breakdown that's important isn't the vehicle's."
Rockwolf66 says: "Ah I get you." Silvie says. "My relationship with LG."
nik says: "There'll be plenty of time for the drama after the job is completed and I have my money."
Jocelyn takes another bite of food although she's not hungry.
Rockwolf66 says: "More to life than money sometimes." Silvie replies.
nik says: "Not while in the middle of an operation." She just shakes her head, unable to find more words to express herself, her dissocialability shines through.
"There's just the job. I have to know that you're head is 100% in the game and not a bit less, distracted and so forth."
Rockwolf66 says: "sometimes shit happens to people." Silvie says. "Ever get up to the colorado area?"
nik says: Jocelyn doesn't respond to the first point and answers, "No, not yet. I've been in Juarez just a few days before Ringo hired me."
Rockwolf66 says: "Where are you from then?" Silvie asks.
nik says: "Across the ocean, British Isles."
Rockwolf66 says: "That's a ways away." Silvie says. "At least by this planet's standards."
nik says: Jocelyn nods. "Depends on your timing."
Rockwolf66 says: "Depends on your dimension and it's technology." Silvie states. "I know of places that have the technology to blow craters more than big enough to swallow Juarez and El Paso."
nik says: "I'm aware."
Rockwolf66 says: "It's probably fortunant that I don't have the current resources to import some of the more useful technology that I've encountered." Silvie says. "Then again I got into bounty hunting because I knew i wanted more out of life than being some "village champion" and living like a warlord."
nik says: "LG doesn't seem to be a piece that fits in your puzzle," she says, a little ambiguously.
Rockwolf66 says: "Call it being human." Silvie says. "We found her in a bad place and I ended up adopting her so to speak. Outside of intimate matters we generally see eye to eye."
nik says: "Tells you something, doesn't it."
Rockwolf66 says: "It was her idea to go there." Silvie says. "Unfortunatly Dragons tend to be monogamous."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs under her cape, "it takes two to tango."
Rockwolf66 says: "Yes it does." Silvie answers. "You ever get involved with someone?"
nik says: Jocelyn shakes her head while adding, "nope, but what I meant was, don't put it all on her."
Rockwolf66 says: "I don't put everything on her and I did have other relationships but they have all left for reason's i can't control nore wanted to."
nik says: "I don't think it could have been her idea if she's actually as young as she is. Anyway, you should be choosier about your species selection."
Rockwolf66 says: "Humans, Elves and felines." Silvie replies.
"It's funny how mercs and soldiers tend to have three types of people. those who are indescriminate in who they are with as they could die the next day. Those who are intimate with a partner or the last is those who repress everything."
nik says: To the first point, Jocelyn says, "Of which she is none." She adds, "you've been a lot o places, claim to have caught a lot of people, well, you haven't seen it all."
Rockwolf66 says: "Even If I travel around and do things for the next million years I won't have seen everything." Silvie replies. "My dad doesn't know everything and he knows things people have killed armies for."
nik says: Jocelyn smiles, "then don't suggest that you know me, k."
Rockwolf66 says: "So how would I get to know you?"
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs, "I can't think of how."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie puts down her plate and stands in front of Jocelyn. "Try me."
nik says: "Hm?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Tell me about yourself."
nik says: Jocelyn looks up and back down, "there's nothing to say, really."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie drops to her knees. "Really, how long have you been a merc and how old were you when you started?"
nik says: "I've lost count."
Rockwolf66 says: "You lost count of how many years you have been fighting." Silvie says. "At least you should have a rough idea."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs, "Time is a variable thing. I don't have a rough idea whatsoever."
Rockwolf66 says: "Sort of like how distance is an illusion." Silvie adds.
nik says: "see."
Rockwolf66 says: "So how old do you feel?" Silvie asks.
nik says: "Can't say."
Rockwolf66 says: "Sometimes like a little girl and sometimes older than dirt." Silvie says from experiance.
nik says: "Ok," she says completly non-committing.
Rockwolf66 says: "At least I can say that I have no doubt in my pantheon's existance."
nik says: "By definition believers have no doubt."
Rockwolf66 says: "They do walk among mortals you know." Silvie says. "There are two Demigoddess among the group."
nik says: "I've been briefed."
Rockwolf66 says: "Devinity is a fickle thing and what makes us who we are is magnified to epic levels." Silvie says. "One of Anna's brother's is said to have ravished and impregnated 50 virgins in one night."
nik says: "Yea, not my kind of party," she says unambiguously.
Rockwolf66 says: "Neather is it mine." Silvie says. "I've been hard up anf took part in a foursome, I may be poly but I limit myself to really close friends.f I'm hard up I have gone for
(Ignore that last part.)
nik says: "I think you should pick a lifestyle, not try to have your cake and eat it too. Try to get past that epic bit, it's holding you down."
Rockwolf66 says: "So basically find someone who understands my needs and can fufill them." Silvie replies. " I'm probably not going to find them out here as Anna's crew all love her."
nik says: "whatever." She adds, "could be that someone is you."
Rockwolf66 says: "You should know better than i do how old Hary palmer and his five brother's get after a while."
nik says: "if you say so."
Rockwolf66 says: "Well there is something to be said about asexuality but it's just not in my nature."
nik says: "Apparently." Jocelyn smiles slightly.
Rockwolf66 says: "he, first time I've seen you break out of your iron clad professionalism." Silvie says. "It's a good sign as the quiet ones break first."
nik says: "But perhaps asexuality should be in your nature, until the mission is over."
Rockwolf66 says: "Unfortunatly for me it seems as if my sexuality is linked in some way to my magic."
nik says: "Great. Well I think the direction you need to go is clear."
Rockwolf66 says: "And were would that be?" Silvie replies. She looks at Jocelyn in the eyes. "We are having such a stimulating conversation about a variety of topics."
nik says: "Out of fieldwork. There's nobody here that can fulfil your needs and it's diminishing your capability." She returns the look, "Or just passing the time."
Rockwolf66 says: "closer to passing the time." Silvie says. "As far as fieldwork goes I enjoy it and there are times when laying in a spiderhole for a week , pissing in bottles, and shitting in bags leads to that rewarding high of a job well done."
nik says: "wow," she says flatly, "you are conflicted."
Rockwolf66 says: "I have reasons to be conflicted and I am searching for my place in the world."
nik says: "Seems simple to me but what do I know. Let me just re-iterate, don't look for it while on the job." "We need 110% from everybody from what i gather."
Rockwolf66 says: "hehehe." Silvie laughts. "You cannot give more than your all and when you give things your all there is nothing left. Now this fight is going to be bad....Although surprise helps things. At least we don't have zombies surrounding us."
nik says: "It can always be worse."
Rockwolf66 says: "How can Vampires be worse than an endless wave of millions of the walking dead?" Silvie states. "Vampires stop at sunrize."
nik says: "I wasn't speaking in specifics necessarily."
Rockwolf66 says: "Plan for the worst, hope for the best and live like there is no tomorrow."
nik says: "Do you think you follow your own advice?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I don't live like there is no tomorrow." Silvie states. "I have plans for myself and this world alot farther than just bounty hunting and mercenary work." Silvie says. "Unless you want to die out on some forgotten battlfied then you do too."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs. "Nothing long term. I've been a drifter most of my life. I've come here looking for steady work. If it's not to be had, I'll move along."
Rockwolf66 says: "So you are looking for a place of your own."
nik says: "If it presents itself I'll consider it then." Her social ineptness shines through, "I misspoke. I'm not looking in the literal sense." "I'm an opportunist."
Rockwolf66 says: "While it's a piece of shit Ringo's place is a good start." Silvie says. "Unfortunatly if you stay in Juarez people will take advantage of your inexperiance with dealing with Civilians other than to order them around at gunpoint."
nik says: "Perhaps. But Ringo's is currently not an option."
Rockwolf66 says: "So who's tent?" Silvie asks her silver eyes flashing dangerously.
nik says: "Mine."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie takes Jocelyn's hands and leeds her into her tent. She closes the flap behind them. "So Jocelyn, you are human after all." Silvie says with a grin.
nik says: "Clearly I misunderstood what the hell you were talking about. You should leave now."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie sits down. "You see what I mean by social skills.
nik says: (probably would not have gotten this far actually) "Fine. I'll leave." Jocelyn exits.
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie follows. "wait a second. do you have any idea about social ediquette and how utterly rude you are? I'm asking you to please come back and talk more."
nik says: "I've got nothing more to say to you." Jocelyn shrugs.
Rockwolf66 says: "Are you sure?" Silvie says " Or have I hit something and you're getting scared?"
nik says: "Yes I'm sure."
Rockwolf66 says: "Pitty maybe something latter." Silvie says.
nik says: Jocelyn returns the plate to wherever it belongs. "No there won't."
Jocelyn trots after Silvie. "Hey, hey, I've got something to say to you."
Rockwolf66 says: "what that you want to ride the lightning?" Silvie says still walking away.
nik says: "Don't be impossible. You know the shit storm is on the horizon. We need to be on the same page."
Rockwolf66 says: "Yeah there is a really nasty fucker heading towards us and I've been trying to help an ungrateful bitch insted of stealing a citybusting tac nuke.
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs, "you're not getting paid?"
Rockwolf66 says: "No I'm not getting paid for this job unless I take the bastards head." Silvie says. " As is they use me for transport and treat me like shit otherwise." Silvie says heading towards an empty room.
nik says: Jocelyn follows, saying, "why would you agree to such terms?"
And adds, "nobody gets used who doesn't want to be used.|
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie closes the door behind them. "Because I know that Kyrang needs to be stopped but I don't know how. My aprenticship stopped because Duglas' horse fell into a gopher hole and rolled over the top of him."
nik says: "That explains the payment arrangement but not the getting used part, but the 'they use me' part." Jocelyn looks at Silvie about to say something else but waits for Silvie's response.
Rockwolf66 says: "I want to help them as stopping Kyrang feels like the right thing to do but I'm screwed up." Silvie admits. "Dug didn't just train me to be a bounty hunter."
nik says: "We'll come back to that 'oh they're using me' bit. What else did Dug train you to be?"\
Rockwolf66 says: "His concubine." Silvie says. "Before he trained me I liked sex when i could get it but it seems that I no onger just want it but need it."
nik says: "If you want to be professional. If you want to be elite. Then you have to be the master of your emotions, not a slave to them. If you can't defeat an addiction, there's not much you can defeat. Sure, you're physically tough, but you're also young which is probably why you've still alive. Until you wire your head and ass together, you're not going to find balance. Until your mind is as tough... ...as your body, the only reputation you'll have is that of a twat with a victim complex."
Rockwolf66 says: "Hehehe, It's funny as my brother can kick the ass of a juicer barehanded yet he's one of the nicer guys you would ever meet." Silvie says. "I know I'm screwed up but you can ballance toughness with compassion better than Elex does."
nik says: "It's not about being a nice guy. It's about being mentally strong. You need to take it one step at a time. As about me, I just don't want this mission to go badly for me, I have a lot riding on this. As about Elex, his kind may lack compassion but you can trust them to not lie. He and I, we're telling you the same thing. You have to take things one step at a time. You're steps are too big, too... ..ambitious and it's fucking you over."
Rockwolf66 says: "Then what do you sugest Joce?" Silvie asks. "You have all the answers but your peopleskills suck."
nik says: "Focus on the mission. Focus on taking Kyrang's head. Don't think about anything else. If we get out of these god foresaken mountains and back to Juarez, re-assess your strategy and work on that roadmap." "If you're not balanced internally, you'll never get anywhere you wan to go." "If you can focus on this mission, then you know you can do anything you put your mind to."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie puts her arms around Joce and rests her hed on Joce's shoulder. "Then will you help me then? to find that ballance?"
nik says: Jocelyn steps away slowly. "This isn't focus. Get through this first. One step at a time."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie sits on the floor. she pats the ground beside her. "Sit down and help me find that focus then."
nik says: Jocelyn has a lost look on her face, but gives Silvie a chance to explain. "What good is sitting on the floor going to do?"
Rockwolf66 says: "it's a relaxed and calm position" Silvie explains. "Good for meditation and centering oneself."
nik says: "What's that have to do with me?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Rituals are best done with more than one person and You arn't going to either yell at me or end up bedding me." Silvie says. " Although you aren't so hardened by the mercenary lifestyle that there isn't normal needs inside you."
nik says: "Ritual?" Jocelyn's lips purse, she's speachless. "What?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I'm not a full goddess...yet. so I can't just say this is what i am and this is what I want to be." Silvie says. "I've heard of rituals about changeing who you are but I don't really know of them."
nik says: "You asked me to sit to participate in a ritual. What ritual are you talking about?" Jocelyn adds in lower volume, "learn to rely on yourself, not your magic."
Rockwolf66 says: "Then how would you go about changeing into something else?" Silvie asks. "How would you change from being what you are now?"
nik says: "Perseverence."
Rockwolf66 says: "What if it isn't enough..." Silvie says. "I need a friend but I don't know if I still have any."
nik says: "It'll be enough. You're tougher than you think. As about friends, well, all I can say is that I think you're looking in the wrong places."
Rockwolf66 says: "Then were would you sugest that I look for them?"
nik says: "Somewhere not stacked with drunks, do-good twats, pirates, mercenaries, and wanderlusting dragons. If you're looking for a troll, you start by looking under bridges, not the mountain tops."
Rockwolf66 says: "I'm not looking for a troll." Silvie says. "I'm looking for a few people who enjoy the same sorts of things I do."
nik says: "It was a mechanical illustration, not a suggestion that you're looking for a troll. You have to learn to compartmentalise and understand that a mercenary doesn't want poolside pussy playmates as well." Jocelyn clears her throat, "but that's not really apropos to this mission. Don't get off track. Stay focused on this job. Worry about that shit if you get back."
Rockwolf66 says: "As i said you are mortal and have all the follies of mortality." Silvie says looking up at Joce with an impish grin.
nik says: "That's quite enough. You'll take my advice or you won’t, but you should know that I know what I'm talking about."
Rockwolf66 says: "I'm tempted to make a quick jump to get some heavier weapons but I don't think we have the time." Silvie says. "Do you know how to use anything other than that sword of yours?"
nik says: "I'm decent with my rifle, but best at hand to hand. But not against a demon."
"I'm looking to secure daisho."
Rockwolf66 says: "What sort of Rifle?" Silvie asks. "I still have a Galil SAR, and a trio of Submachineguns."
nik says: Jocelyn pulls out a pulse rifle from her "pocket." It looks like a Wilks product.
Rockwolf66 says: "Not bad." Silvie says holding up her energy rifle. It's a northern gun particle beam. "Mine makes lots of nice holes in people." "I haven't been using it as I've been trying to take people alive."
nik says: Jocelyn slips the well-used weapon back into her pocket. "served me well for over a decade," and looks over Silvie's weapon, "Thus far I don't really know what that's like," in regards to taking people alive. She thinks for a moment, "well, there's always a prisoner now and then."
Rockwolf66 says: "Most bounty Hunters simply kill their targets as handling live prisoners is tough."
nik says: "The prisoner is less valuable to the bounty hunter than to the soldier." Jocelyn a German-looking pistol from her "pocket" and adds, "knowledge is power."
Rockwolf66 says: "To a bounty Hunter all we need is a recognizable corpse in most cases." Silvie says. "Maybe I've spent too much time off world as in other places Bounty Hunters have to capture fugitives alive in order to get their money."
nik says: Jocelyn shrugs. "You get to choose your contracts."
Rockwolf66 says: "Don't you choose what you do for money as well?" Silvie asks.
nik says: "I do now, yes. Such as killing Kyrang. What do you know about this prat?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Basically he's the leader of a large flotilla of pirates and through being a supernatural bastard he has lasted longer than the usual two years that most pirates do." Silvie says. "he's something called a Rathos the Rumbler and he wants something that Anna has."
"The object in question is some seriouly bad mojo."
nik says: "That's a little more than Ringo told me. And this Rathos has vulnerabilities we can exploit?"
Rockwolf66 says: "Not that i know of other than the usual targets for a humanoid being." Silvie says. "Due to its supernatural nature it's probably really tough."
nik says: Jocelyn looks visibly uncomfortable. "Ringo seemed sure we had the firepower to hammer the fucker, but," Jocelyn doesn't finish her sentence. "That's why we need everybody on top of their game here."
Rockwolf66 says: "I still wish I had a Barret with Explosive rounds in it and a whole bunch of command detonated mines to emplace." Silvie says.
nik says: "Why didn't you bring any?"
Rockwolf66 says: "I don't have the money to go off buying enough explosives to level a city block through sheer blast." Silvie says. "And I didn't have the time to steal a small Atomic weapon."
nik says: "You know what they say about preparedness."
Rockwolf66 says: "Proper previous planning prevents Piss poor performance." Silvie says. " Sort of like how Marine Intelligence is an oximoron as the only member of marine Intelligence I've ever met had his head firmly up his ass."
nik says: "Ringo seemed confident every time I asked about it. What did I know." Jocelyn smiles slightly. "We'll be alright if we keep our heads on our shoulders."
Rockwolf66 says:
"Hope for the best while planning for the worst." Silvie says.
nik says: "Such as working on the fortications around here."
Rockwolf66 says: "Exactly." Silvie say. "But do you know what they best defense is?"
nik says: "I don't think anybody knows that." She motions towards the door. "Well, there's work to be done in any case."
Rockwolf66 says: "The best defense is a good offence." Silvie says. "Personally I would meet them on the other side of town and then Use the town to ambush and harrass them to death. Ever hear of a place called stalingrad?"
nik says: "I don't think we have the manpower for that. And no never heard of Stalingrad."
Rockwolf66 says: "It was a seige that suposedly happened long ago between two empires." Silvie explains. "I used to play a simulation of the battle when i was younger although my brother used to beat me all the time at it. He kept on knocking holes in walls so i couldn't see him move around as he sniped and ambushed me."
nik says: "Mouseholing, we call it. But you have to know where your quarry is as well, otherwise you could pass each other and miss your objectives entirely. Or worse just get enveloped." Jocelyn puts her pistol away. "Warfare generally favours the defender, especially the prepared one."
Rockwolf66 says: "As I said lead them through a bunch of Ambushes before they get here." Silvie says. " Although we should get going before people start assumeing."
nik says: "You mean we should get going so that we can be productive," Jocelyn corrects Silvie's point of view.
Rockwolf66 says: "No I have a reputation for doing things with people." Silvie says. "But I have a few ideas to try out."
nik says: "fuck your reputation, Silvie." She motions to the door, "tell me about your ideas," she moves towards the exit.
Rockwolf66 says: "I was thinking about digging a line of pit traps around this place. heck even just postholes will force them to slow down." Silvie says. "That and they are murder on horses."
Silvie follows Joce out.
nik says: "I'll help you, I need the exercise, still haven't finished my daily routine."
Rockwolf66 says: Silvie scrounges up a couple post hole diggers and hands Joce one.
