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Post by raphael on Dec 17, 2005 2:43:24 GMT -5
"It has been a while." Raphael watched off in the distance towards the city, it appeared that the guards were on a higher alert.
"what have those kids done." Raphael muttered to himself. "well, we have bunker, you are more than welcomed to stay for a while with us if you like, could always use another skilled accomplice."
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Post by Midnight on Dec 17, 2005 5:56:23 GMT -5
"If we could get the collars off, I think we all would be a lot better off, but we can't so far, and that is the problem," Damaras snapped, then sighed. "Sorry. I'm not all that fond of jail cells. Seen too many of 'em." She leaned back against the bars, brushing the braids out of her face. "Anybody want to tell me what the story is between Iris and that boy?"
"I guess we can walk," Jazz said, a little bit annoyed at having to walk half a day over a wasteland, but then one of them mentioned seeing Raphael. "Where? And what are we gonna tell him?"
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Post by Health on Dec 17, 2005 11:05:38 GMT -5
"That we're complete idiots and almost got caught by Ghost Writer and Armor Butt," Iada said starting to walked towards Raphael, wishing she had more energy to port to him.
AS Iris found herself in her dreams she began watching the days before Apocalypse. She watched as her younger self walked down the stairs and smiled at her two children as they watched Saturday morning cartoons. The she went tinto the kitchen where Raphael was cooking breakfast and pecked him on the cheek. It was a routine they always had on Saturdays, Raphael would cook breakfast, Iris would relax, then they would take the family out for a movie, or something else fun.
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Post by Health on Dec 17, 2005 11:10:17 GMT -5
Eliza grimaced as she was thrown back into the cell. Blood soaked the back of her shirt and whip marks were visable through the holes.
"Look at the mighty Queen now, guys, nothing more then a slave, and a jester for Lord Apocalypse," one of the guards said before they laughed and walked away.
"Bastards," Eliza murmured before hearing the last of what Sheena had said, "Waht we need is tah get ah crystal from the guards."
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Post by Emerald on Dec 17, 2005 12:22:03 GMT -5
"That will work." Both Lupin sisters said at the same time.
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Post by ria on Dec 17, 2005 12:38:50 GMT -5
Sheena looked around at everyone else. Was she the only one with a cell mate?
She rolled her eyes and just shrugged it off. "And how do you propose we do that?" she questioned, wondering where Danielle went.
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Post by Nightshadow on Dec 17, 2005 13:00:28 GMT -5
"Does it involve me killin' the guards?" Hannah asked hopefully, looking towards Eliza's voice. She had had a pretty large amount of whippings and beatings due to her insistant insulting and sneering at the guards. Stupid plan, but it amused her.
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Post by ria on Dec 17, 2005 13:23:09 GMT -5
"Ooh! I hope so, haven't seen any action since we were dragged into the hell hole." Maria replied, looking over to Sheena, who looked very...depressed...and shrugged.
"But how exactly do we get the chance to do that? Diversion?"
"I would assume that is the best way. Have a few people start a 'fight' and get a bunch of guards to come over, one of us take one of them out, gets a crystal, and takes these damn collars off." Sheena replied, standing. "I want my clothes back too..." she continued, looking down at the rags that the guards called clothes.
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Post by Nightshadow on Dec 17, 2005 13:42:06 GMT -5
"I wanna be part of the fight!" Hannah volunteered immediately. "I'm good at pushing the guards' buttons."
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Post by ria on Dec 17, 2005 13:47:00 GMT -5
"I'd volunteer as well, but I wanna see if anybody else would like to join in. I'd say about four people is good, we need enough guards so that somebody can take one out and they won't notice." Sheena said, folding her arms and leaning against the wall.
"I'd be more than happy to. This Kitty's still got claws." Maria replied, her ears at attention. "Besides, one lick of the whip won't affect me much." she continued.
"But isn't there a guard here who gave Dee and her friends the layout of this city we're building? Why would someone do that if they weren't on our side? Couldn't we just get one from them?"
"No. If she doesn't have her crystal, she'll be questioned, and all of us could be punished for it." Sheena replied, looking down at her cracked, dry feet.
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Post by Health on Dec 17, 2005 16:03:50 GMT -5
"Ya'll are kiddin right?" Eliza said wincing as she leaned back against the wall, "Apocalypse has these guards so brainwashed we couldn't get one of them tah change our undahwear. I'm thinkin of someone who can resist Apocalypse's powers, who still can be reasoned with."
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Post by Nightshadow on Dec 17, 2005 16:06:03 GMT -5
Hannah muttered something that sounded like a brutal description of what she wanted to do with Hypno's organs when she got her hands on him.
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Post by Health on Dec 17, 2005 16:16:48 GMT -5
"Yea well we'd all like tah do that tah Hypno. But Ih'm thinkin of ah certian traitor that can open doors here and there," Eliza griined a sparkle coming to her eye.
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Post by Midnight on Dec 17, 2005 17:54:48 GMT -5
"The woman who gave them the floor plan?" Damaras asked. She felt left out, as all these people knew each other and none of them knew her. And the Eliza girl was a former queen?
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Post by Christian on Dec 17, 2005 20:18:43 GMT -5
Ravage led her out of the structure, and up the path that led to a hilltop overlooking the construction of the many buildings Apocalypse had commissioned. Many of the ones completed enough to begin decorations had been colored variants of blues and greys, matching the masters color scheme.
"Are you content here," He asked, "You seem like the type of person who would always be looking for more than what has been laid before you."
Like Zeb...
"I mean, what do you think you would have done if you weren't born under Apocalypse, and given all of... this?
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Post by xt on Dec 18, 2005 0:48:39 GMT -5
X-T looked at the people below, then back at Pravus. She smirked as always.
"It'd be an honor, Pravus," X-T said with a curl of her eyebrow.
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Post by raphael on Dec 18, 2005 1:30:26 GMT -5
Raphael nodded as he watched the three kids approaching in the distance, they were still a ways off, but Raphael would wait for them to catch up.
"Well I would be honored to have you, nothing like spending time with an old comrade."
Mazarus was following quietly but when Jasmine asked where Raphael was Mazarus walked up quietly and pointed along the ridge until he stopped on the form of two figures who were yet shadowy by distance. "there" he said rather blankly. Mazarus was having difficulty.
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Post by Midnight on Dec 18, 2005 1:38:49 GMT -5
Jasmine arched an eyebrow at his tone, but didn't say anything, just studied the hazy figures on the horizon. "Yeah, I guess that is him... who is he with?"
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Post by raphael on Dec 18, 2005 1:46:17 GMT -5
Mazarus just shrugged a little, "dunno, but we will find out soon enough." Mazarus walked on in silence. He knew that his pain was not the same as Jasmine's, losing your mother was not the same as watching her fall to the evil side. He had always felt like a big brother to Jasmine, and Raphael had cared for her as if she might have been his own daughter or grand daughter being the more relevant term for his age.
"I have too many things to sort out in my head, don't worry about me." Mazarus said noticing he had set her a bit on edge with his inflection previously.
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Post by Midnight on Dec 18, 2005 2:17:52 GMT -5
Jasmine grimaced at the ease with which Mazarus read her emotions, almost as easy as if she had burst into flames or frozen. "Raphael already has demons, Maz. Don't you go inviting them in. Iris... don't let her ruin you like she ruined herself. You are stronger than that." Numbly, she followed. Her mom had been killed, yes, but the pain to that had gone away as she had known about it for a long time now. When she thought about it, the only feeling she had was a cold need for revenge, something that she saved up, stored for a later time, when she intended to bring Apocolypse down. Unknowingly, her body changed to a heavy metal, shining in the light, cold and hard, like her thoughts. She did not know how she would get revenge, she just knew she would.
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