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moom241 wrote:"Right, right, let's go. Go catch us a lizard," Dirge mused as the group made their way through the various hallways. Dirge took a prepared stance, his sledge held in a ready position. There were sounds of rustling, and muffled bangs far off, though they had yet to encounter the hostile Krogan. Dirge gave slight starts at each noise that sounded from adjoining rooms and hallways. "Wish he'd just come on out and attack us. I hate waiting,"

(Oh dear, is that godmodding?)

OOC: Nope!

IC: The krogan ran, as Krogan run. The shadows closed on the panting figure. "Gak" he screamed, turning and firing into the dark. The dark halls slowed him, making him check every corner, every room. Somthing moved behind him, he kept running. He turned a cornor and smashed into a blast door, his bulk making a dent. Blood ran from his face. He turned to face his enemy.
His gun came up. Bang! Bang! Bang! The thing of darkness advancing on him. The massive crossbow came up, and his blood ran in streaks down the blastdoor.

Dirge ran in, the target was dead, the woman in front of him was holding a massive crossbow and she was very distracting to a normal human " Call the rest of your friend's here"

NEW NPC

Name: Laura Arris (Name suspected to be Alias)

Personality: Unknown

Apperance:

History: Unknown

Equipment: Custom heavy crossbow
Twinned mono molecular Katanas:

"What the hell have you done!?" Tim barked as soon as he saw the girl standing over the Krogan body.
"I wanted him ALIVE!" Tim shouted his teeth curving into massive fangs, his body growing, the foam padding in his armor taking account for it, his skull extending, and thick auburn fur sprouting all along his body. He let out a massive roar and waited for the girls response

The crossbow bolt took him in the chest. It didn't kill him, just threw him back "We know what you are, Mister Daniels, and that bolt has a very rare substance which counteracts your....traits" She giggled "You're lucky they said they didn't want you dead"

As William entered the room and saw the Krogan lying dead and a large.. Animal? standing nearby he was uncertain of where he should aim his Laser Rifle, as he slowly moved towards the back of the room he let his aim move from Wolf-Man to the Young Crossbow-armed Lady and lastly to the seemingly dead Krogan, he recalled being told about their 'surviveability' he'd better be sure...
"Who the hell are you suposed to be sugar?" he said at the Young Female.

Tim coughed up a glob of blood and spat.
"You're lucky they gave you that virus, who are you?" Tim growled, his head barely staying up and his eyes close to shutting from the pain of the bolt

"Wrong choice!"

Dirge hollered, charging into action. He hurled himself forward in a few broad strides and swung his kinetic sledge in a crushing haymaker that would break diamonds.

"Dirge wait!" Tim shouted as he saw him charge.

The girl seemed to dissapear, a katana intercepting the sledge and sending it flying "Bad move Mister Dirge!" the girl giggled. Her fist slammed into his gut and sent him flying back. Then she turned to william, her cheerful demeanor fading "Call me sugar again and i will kill you"

Once again, Dirge was forced to divert a hammer hurtling toward a suspected target. The hammer instead flew over the woman's head. He brought it to a stop after the momentum dragged him off balance.

"You're damn lucky," he jabbed a finger at the woman, then he turned to Tim, "Why shouldn't I crush her into a smear on the wall? She shot you!"

"Shes clearly here for a reason, and she didn't kill me, that means I owe her." Tim responded finding it extremely hard to retain a level head through the pain in his gut

With his gun's aim jumping from Krogan to Girl to the guy with the hammer and lastly to the beast he quickly end up back against the wall, considering his options.
"Okay then Miss, i'm certainly not planning to get gutted right-away. and now can someone please tell me what the eff is going on here?!"

"That's crazy! You owe her because she assaulted you instead of killing you?!" Dirge picked himself off the floor. "Tell you what, sugar" he lathered sarcasm thick on the word, "I'm going to leave this building, get in my car, and drive to the nearest town to have a drink. The rest of you better do the same," He turned and stalked from the room.

"Dirge get back here!" Tim said and pulled the bolt from his chest.
"Tim, may I?" Jessica asked, voice as sweet as honey.
"Of course." Tim said and waved in Dirge's direction.
"YOU PATHETIC FETH! I KNOW THINKING ISNT YOUR STRONG SUIT BUT YOU SHOULD GIVE IT A GODDAMN WHIRL! THIS CRAZY BITCH SHOWS UP, KILLS THE LIZARD, AND TELLS US THAT SHE WANTS TIM ALIVE! NOW EVEN YOUR PEA SIZED GAK OF A BRAIN CAN REALIZE THAT IT IS A BAD IDEA TO IGNORE HER!" Jessica shouted, her voice piercing the air like a million knives.

"Private Dirge, by the order of the UNETIU i am authorized to use lethal force when i see fit, and since when did abandoning your duties become allowed in the military? I expect you to Man-up you numb-headed thick-skulled son of an Ox." William said as he aimed his Laser Rifle at the back of Dirge's knee, expecting a reaction.

Dirge turned toward the group. "I'm no genius, but at least I know how to survive. This," he pauses for a moment to choose a correct word to describe the newcomer, "lady, shows up from nowhere, kills a krogan, then shoots Tim, and you expect me to go along as if it were normal?" Dirge ranted, though he returned to the room. He leaned against the wall, and sighed.

William would shoot Dirge a mean look before focusing his Laser Rifle and aim at the Lady, only looking away for moments of time to try to figure out some sort of escape route.

Atesehn roars as he charges towards the newcomer, his weapon raised, riring wildly. He had not seen her yet, as he had been around the corner, guarding the back.

"ATTY!" Tim said, blocking the Chimerians path.
"Swear to god the next person to attack our new guest is getting a las bolt through them, now newcomer, speak." Tim ordered

The girl giggled again and began leaping around, tight muscles flexing under the kimono she wore. She jumep to Astehen "Grumpy" She giggled, then she jumped to tim "Wolfy" She laughed, to dirge "Baldy" She guwaffed and finally William "Voody" The laugheter rang out. Her chest heaving after the fit was done. "Well i'm here because my boss, mister Garcia off the Sectorats want somthing" The Sectocrats's name sent shivers down all present, except Astehen's spines, they basically ran industry on earth "We lost some cargo with a navy vessel in the Archonian sector, we want you to get it back" Her voice had lost it's childish edge, but that had already been overlooked by the human's in the room due to her voleptous figure. A kunai flashed from her hand landing a few inches beside dirge, embedded in the wall "Compare me to a condiment agiain and the next one goes for the balls"

"I do not work for the Sectorats lady, i don't care how much you threaten me or try to bribe me." William said tracing his Laser Rifle after the Girl not letting her escape the barrel for more than a milisecond.

Dirge sighed again, and rubbed his eyes, before finally sinking to the ground, sitting against the wall. "I don't like your tone, miss. Besides, I'm military, and until I'm discharged, I'm not accepting any private contracts from anyone, no matter how well it pays. You have five minutes to convince me this 'job' is in UNETIU's best interests, else I'll be heading back to report to my CO,"

"Yes, why should we help you, girl?" Atesehn says loudly, his cannon constantly aimed at her.

Dirge stood up from his sitting position, and took note of the several guns trained on the intruder. "Seems to me, girly," Dirge started, using a similar cutesy voice that she had used when she had insulted him, "that your word is not so easily trusted. Sectorat is so corrupt, it had to visit a damned tailor just to fit all those politicians in its pocket," He laughed at his rare gleam of wit. Dirge sobered up quickly. He pulled the strange knife from the wall, tossing it to the girl's feet. "Threaten me again, girl, and see what happens," he left the challenge out in the air, returning to his original position leaning against the wall.

"Threaten me again and I kill everyone you have left to love" She turned to the others "We will kill your famalies, your friends, every single person you love, and after all that pain we will kill you" She looked sad "I don't want to kill innocents, i don't want to hurt children" She looked at Ateshen "They will eradicate what is left of your race, hunting them down, one by one" She smiled sorrowfully "They will put a bounty on your women and your children, they will capture them, and experiment on them" She stood and began paceing "All you have to do is go the Archonian sector and get the cargo, we'll even throw in a ton of cash...and we won't get you all fired"

"Girl I don't think you understand what's going on here... There's enough guns traced on you to kill a small army, and you're trying to fuckover some pretty hardcore soldiers. This is the last time we'll have to say this, feth you and feth your bosses, i don't work for Corporations. and hurting my family is one of the things not even your bosses would get away from." William said still aiming his Laser Rifle at the Girl who had just threatened him and his family.

Dirge chuckled bitterly at the girl's statement. "Kill everyone I love? You'd have to dig them up and bring 'em back to life first," He stepped away from the wall he was leaning on, hefting his hammer. "Now I don't know about what my friends here are going to do, but you have very little leeway with me. We on the other hand, have several guns pointed at you. Make sure you know what your next sentence will be,"

"HAhahah! My family? My loved ones? My race? Don't care, they can all rot!" Shouts Atesehn loudly, roaring with laughter. But switching instantly to being serious, he says; "But if you mess with my friends here, I WILL, Rip your goddamn head off, sugar. And don't think I can't or won't."

The tension in the air could be cut with a string, not that Dirge cared. He checked his watch one last time before heading for the door, his hammer slung over his shoulder. He called back, "Seeing as you've done nothin' to convince me, I have little choice but to leave. Good luck with your cargo,"

"Oh Miiisteeer Dirrrrrge" The girl said in a singsong voice "We know about your brother, the one in intensive care at the luna medical instutute?" She paused for a moment "The cargo contained information on a plant that could stop the lungrot...which was manufactured by chimerans" She looked at the resident alien "Are you proud of that? That your race slaughtered most of this man's" She pointed to dirge "family? and now you refuse to save the last of them"

She reached into her Kimono and drew a data pad "Mister william, that's your resignation form, sign it if you're still not willing to do the job" She narrowed her eyes "Haven't you figured out that we own your orginization?"

Lastly we turn to tim "You'll do it, won't you, seeing as you owe me?" She said in a condescending tone "A little insentive is the fact that we'll pay you, refit your ship and not reveal your race to the UN exno biologists".

Dirge's eyes widened at her words, and he spun around, pointing at her. "That's a filthy lie! There's never been a cure for lungrot. You haven't got any proof of this cure anyways," Though Dirge refused to believe her, he was back in the room now. He started pacing, ignoring what she said to the others. He started muttering to himself so the others couldn't hear. "Why'd they have the cure? She's just trying to trick you, she doesn't have a cure for anything. But what if they do?" He turned back to her. "Alright, fine, I'll do it. But if there's no cure, no amount of money or fancy sword tricks will stop me from breaking you,"