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*I adjust my shoulder plate and inspect my sword for damage*

*marilania*

You.. You deserve everything. Don,t settle for less.. Taven girl, princess, just ... What's right...

*smiles but also happy and sad*
Aye... I do.. But ... Also duties as well ...

At least let me say goodbye... Properly. *winks and starts engine and driving back*


...

*Maria waits for Marla who stops by ferasian hall to find a rather nastly looking harpoon gun*
*both head over to pdf barracks fully armoured*

*marla*
Right... Which one of you idiots missed milo being kidnapped...

Information now...
If you lie to me its in your ass...
*gestures to large jagged harpoon*

I want answers...
*in pissed off wife/battle sister mode*

*All nearby Troopers collectively try to look busy at the same time*

Jake: This is Lud... a horrible city was destroyed by technology and magic..
*He clicks the "up" arrow.*
Jake: Hope this work..
*The elevator slowly crawls upwards.*

*Marla ahrugs Coldly*

Which one of you morons knows...
I want my milo...

And I want to know where...
Now.. Answers...

*Maria sighs*
Answer her guys... She mot even started on angry...

["Benny" steps out of the Butter Tank near the barracks] If you harm any of those PDF, you'll be violating the treaty set up when they negotiated for better conditions. I suggest you don't start what we wouldn't hesitate in finishing.

[Butter Tank has a holly sprig on the scarf now]

*the Troopers all look confused/terrified*
*one of them finally speaks up*
It was quiet all night ma'am. Please don't burn me.

*I look around as the elevator goes up*
*quietly*
This place reminds me of my home

*Marla looks at him like ice*

My husband was kidnapped in own damn office...

I want to know why...and where to go hunt the feths down and kill them...

Now. Will you kindly get answers... Or do I have to motivate them..

* walks out and slamz door off hinges*

...
*Maria shrugs*

She means it... Think harder...
*follows marla*

*The fireball explodes on the ground, the blastwave knocking both agents to the floor*
Penetrators... more effective. Target... head. Sensory organs.

*Leo stirs on her bed and slowly gets up*

Leo: *Yawn* (I wonder where Scatty is.)

*Rita looks at the last Golem, and sends a burst of mag grenades at the golems head.*
Rita: Gharn get back!
*She makes sure to hold her position over Izriel.*
----

*The elevator keeps crawling upwards, as it ascends the group can smell burning ozone, and a strange drumming sound seems to keep getting closer.*
*Jake is silent as his connection with Denny gets stronger, overwhelming sadness crashes over him.

*Scatty is in her room, communicating on the scrying stone Thoth lent her*


*Aoife is sitting next to her*


*Gharn is on the defensive, unable to slip past the golem who's trapped him in a corner. He crouches low and covers his head with his hands as the grenades impact*


*Billy takes this time to load his guns with high explosive rounds, similar to boltershells then sniffs, his own awakened sense of smell making the scent all the worse for him*
Billy: What is that?

*I shudder slightly*
It is magic. Evil Magic.
*I clench my hand around my Battle Axe*

*Marla and Maria sat on ferasian hall steps together as Maria tries to comfort her sister alternating between sad and angry*

*most wanders by get the clear somthibf wrong vibes *

*yarl Agmar gets word and talks to them for a while before leading inside to help *
*manages to calm Marla being 300, wise and used to blood claws*.

...

*space wolf nods to benny from afar off and messages him aswell*
I have calmed her... Now. The sooner you find out who... The sooner that anger can be directed elsewhere. That would be most beneficial to you and general life on this planet...
*message ends with a space wolves chapter logo image*

....

*marinalia gets stasis bombed... *

Ooc...
They get back in the end lol....

*Maiev stands around, not really sure how to fight something made of fire with fire*

[Commissar follows Jake silently] [Rubs the back of own neck to try and get rid of the sense of static]
[Turns up the sensitivity of his hearing, to try and find the source of the sound] [Can hear the heartbeats of those around him]

[Points at deadpool and makes a polite hand signal for him to momentarily stop talking]

*The elevator finally comes to a halt, and Jake pries the elevator doors open. As the doors open the group is greeted with the a strange looking hallway, it's walls are painted black, and the tiled floor is covered in blood. At the far end of the hallway is a simple red door, with a black knob.*
Jake: Come on.. have to keep pushing forward.
*Jake leads the group through the strange hallway towards the door.*
*The drum sound seems to intensify.*

*I look around cautiously as I walk*
This smells of a trap. Be wary
*I draw my Battle Axe and cradle it loosely in my hand*

["Benny" goes to Marla] I didn't mean to say it's not important that your husband is missing. Just that harming people who didn't do it would be wrong.
[Sits with her] I'm not Benny, I'm the part of Verdai that lives in his head... I can understand what loss is, I am alone in here now. Much like you, part of who I am is missing. [Looks ashamed]

*Golem's wrist has a considerably deep gash in it, assuming Gharn was hitting the same spot*
*back of the golem's head explodes from the grenades and it moans again*

*Kara fires bolts of ice at the golem, dimming the runes but failing to leave actual marks*

*Golem crouches down and covers its face with its arms, making Kara's eyes widen*
K: Gharn! Get the feth out of there!

*Ali keeps a hand over Aerin's new wound and points his other hand at the golem*
*blood-red energy flies from Ali's hand towards the golem, surrounding it and making its runes flicker*

*Wade flips CBC off and mumbles, but doesn't speak loudly*

*Billy nods and readies his rifle then follows Jake*
Billy: If this isn't a trap, then I'm a ferret...


*Gharn looks around then grits his teeth, and dives between the golem's legs to safety near Rita and Izriel*

[CBC chuckles and lowers his hearing sensitivity] Thanks for not popping a balloon, at least.

*I adjust the straps of my shield on my arm*
*under my breath*
Lady Avandra guide me...

*Rita quickly reloads her grenade launcher, then fires another burst at the Golem.*
Rita: Die god dammit!

----
*Jake finally gets to the door, and slowly opens it.*
Jake: Let's find out...
*Inside the room four red robbed creatures similar to the one fought on the lower level are surrounding what appears to be the outline of a humanoid. Each creature is shooting a continuous beam of energy at the humanoid shape. All that can be seen of the humanoid is a black silhouette as red energy crackles all about them.*
*One the red robbed creatures looks up at the group.*
Figure: So close now Jake...
*Jake empties both his guns in the creature who spoke, and storms into the small confined room.*

*I see the ritual and snarl silently*
Foul magic indeed....
*I crack my neck*
COURAGE AND HONOR!
*I charge the figure that spoke and swing my axe at its' neck*

*Billy empties the chamber of his rifle of explosive rounds at the closest creature*


*Gharn turns his back on the golem and instead kneels next to Izriel, looking fearful*
Gharn: I-Izriel?

*Leo walks out of her room and heads to the kitchen to get something to eat*

Leo: (I need to work again...)

*Whitakker and Copfyer join Rita in firing on the golem, targeting more bursts of kinetic penetrators at the craters made by grenades*

[Commissar briefly breaks his mask of indifference, and looks shocked] ..God-Emperor, what heresy is this?
[Runs forwards and uses his sword to attack the nearest figure]

*Golem is lost in a massive tide of flames reaching in every direction, and eventually reappears when the brightness dims again*
*It slowly strides towards the group, it's runes glowing brighter than before and flames crawling across its skin*

*Ali curses and uses the knife on his own hand, not bothering to cover the wound as he redoubled his efforts to maintain his spell*
*Ramsey gets lost in the tide of fire, disappearing from sight*


*Wade draws his katanas and teleports forwards, slashing at the nearest figure*
DP: This is my kind of plot.