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 Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:30 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." From across the distance her reply did not come in for a while, though soon there was the sharp bursts of plasma fire that downed two of the five scouts as two more were downed by the grenade. Though it was clear that She had not chased down the scouts. It was not the com system but a messy ill practiced call through Psychic power. She was trying to relay information but only a mild feeling that he should finish quickly and return managed to get across. She could not be seen but motion detectors clearly showed that she was there, just well enough hidden behind cover.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:40 am
 Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
He could tell the sudden sense of urgency he felt wasn't his own, but he could understand its purpose. The user interface in his helmet gave a familiar sound that made the neko smile a bit. Thanks to all hiding and using cover he had to do, his core had managed to charge most of its reserve back up. It suddenly gave him an idea. His linear cannon flipped forward and into his waiting hand as he aimed up at an overhanging above the snipers.
The specialized weapon gave a vicious report as it fired, eating up the entire energy reserve of his suit in one go. But the result was more than satisfactory as rubble and debris rained down in a deadly cascade upon their enemy. His core system gave a low, dark beep and multiple vents on his exo-suit started releasing heavy air pressure to avoid overheating the core from its drain.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:48 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." She sill did not appear to be firing, the light tugging on his mind continued and seemed to grow slightly more frantic, She did not appear to be one to panic but the feeling touching his mind was one that had at least some panic in it, at the very least some feeling of powerlessness.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 12:53 am
Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
Now that he wasn't being actively shot at, the feeling he was getting finally registered correctly in his mind. Letting his cannon flip back to its rest position he rushed back to where he had left her, trying to raise her on the comm system. "White-hair, you alright?" he asked nervously, though not receiving an answer only made it worse.
Once he got to her he quickly knelt next to her, looking her over as his visor pointed out that her vitals weren't at their prime. "You got hurt... I should have used my suit to shield you instead of running off like that..." Despite his usual rudeness, his voice held genuine concern for her. He couldn't help but feel a bit to blame for her being wounded.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:07 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." Grimacing she looked up at him with both relief and annoyance in her eyes.
"...No s**t....but hey.. its war...they are supposed to shoot at me...damned humans..."
The first bullet had shattered her com gear and took a notch out of her ear, this could be healed easily and would not effect her in any way other than the lack of coms at that very second. However the second and third shot had struck her in the shoulder, both the inner and outer regions on either side of the actual joint. The armor was heavily damaged, cracked to show that it was something of a discounted armor, molecularly reconstructed steel, only a failure. Still stronger than steel but from a failed batch that let the metal break and not bend reducing its tinsel strength and making it a little more ineffective against kinetic damage.
"Got any biofoam?..."
Her right hand shifted over the wound and shakily dug the pieces of lead out.
"... I could really use some... I have implants but they are not top tier.. I could really use something for the pain..."
She refused to make eye contact, despite her usual hate of being coddled or cared for, coming from him made it a little better, though it toyed on her emotions so she decided to just suppress it.
"Don't worry... you did everything fine...I only wanted you to come back so I didn't bleed out that's all...We are just numbers... this world is under attack and our numbers exist to burn away their numbers... but lets focus on... you know... the gaping hole in my arm shall we?"
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:17 am
Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
A small chuckle left him as he unclipped a pack from his belt and started to attend to her. "We may just be numbers in the long run... but I'm going to do everything I can to keep the numbers around me alive." His voice was calm and even as he helped with her injuries. "I thought you Monarchs only dealt in top shelf equipment... Whats with the faulty gear?" He asked easily as he injected her with a stimulant for the pain. "Figured your people would aim to take better care of their own..."
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:39 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." Her eye twitched but soon her aggravation was replaced as she suppressed the pain of the drugs being applied directly to her wounds.
"...Did you not notice the lack of council seals on the armor?...or Monarchy seals?....Im only 30... if I was a neko that would be like being only 12... I am a mercenary not a soldier of some army....I have to buy my own gear, its not issued to me."
She swatted her rifle and waited for it to fold up so she could slid it onto her back as she sat up. Picking up a substance bar from the bag she quickly ate it, it would provide her with a surplus of new blood within the next twenty hours.
"...meh... we are kinda stuck here together... might as well share...I am Tenchu.... what is your name?"
She staved off her slight discomfort of being with him by focusing on the pain.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 1:49 am
Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
He hesitated a little on giving his name, but sighed and shook his head. The two of them were stuck in a situation as comrades in arms and she had given her name. It was only fair. "... Daishu..." he said as he finished up with her arm. "You're awfully pretty for a mercenary..." The words slipped from him without a second thought. It was common to flirt as a neko, though usually his rude and abrasive personality counteracted such a mannerism. He did mean it though, most mercenaries he had met in his service so far were pretty banged up, unlike his current companion. He stood slowly and pulled his light machine gun into his hands again. "Sorry if that feels a bit rough... I'm not really trained for field medical, but I know enough to keep you from dying... I'll keep watch for a bit until you feel up to moving to a safer location." As he spoke, he let his visor send out a recon pulse over nearby landscape, making sure there were no longer any threats to be dealt with.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:01 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." "DaiShu?....I thought Neko had three names... that sounds like two.. or just one...but then... is that mean that you are a noble or that you work for royalty?..or... both?"
She listened and tried to reason things in her mind to find out more on her new friend until that is he spoke those specific words and she turned red as a beet. Her wound even started to bleed again.
"...I... Im just... shut up!"
She stared firmly at the ground in the opposite direction chewing on her lip. She was not very good at dealing with that sort of attention, mostly due to the more strict culture of the Monarchy, but also due to how sheltered she was by her parents in early life.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 2:18 am
Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
"Believe what you like... My past isn't something I'm willing to discuss." he said with a small sharpness to his voice, as if the subject made him a little angry. He stayed quiet a bit and then turned his head to look at her. "If we make it out of this... maybe I'll tell you, if you're still curious..." It was half an empty promise. He knew most people, if they had something to look forward to, found it easier to press on while under assault. "I'm glad we both made it off that ship... Not sure I'd have been alright on my own...."
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 3:01 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." She mumbled a bit, a little clearing of mind with his sharp response to her poking at his past.
"...Hey, if it keeps our minds off of a likely death on this s**t house of a world then Im all for it."
She sat up and groaned painfully at the wound before drawing her pistol.
"I am well enough to travel, that party barge is heading further south.... we should be good if we get to that city over there... we can link up with any survivors and at the very least we can get more supplies. You Neko have very fancy tastes in food so I am hoping we can find something worth eating in that burning city..."
She hauled herself to her feet and faced the burning and toppling buildings.
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Posted: Mon Apr 11, 2016 10:35 am
Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
"Just be careful... We're might still run into ground units at any point." He said to her before turning and starting to lead the way towards the remains of the city. One thing he was not looking forward to was seeing his kin laid out in the streets by the humans. He couldn't believe how this had turned out. With this planet so far away from any help, it seriously was dependant on the few skilled men and women currently on its surface. He walked in silence as his mind wove with turmoil, apprehension and anger all at once. "When I get my hands on whoever is leading this assault..." he muttered with a dark tone to his voice.
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 12:51 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." "Valid point... we might not be the only people poking through the ruins..."
She grumbled wincing at the weight shifting on her shoulder.
"And dont get your hopes up, this is either organized by the human empire, or they are just a ton of marauder clans that jumped at the chance when this system was mostly undefended."
She started her walk towards the crumbling city gesturing to him to join her.
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:02 am
Daishu
"I'll show you that I'm not just bad luck!"
"We'll see..." He growled a bit in response. He was quiet as he walked for some time after wards. After a while, his voice came from his helmet to shatter the silence. "You handled yourself really well back there... Without your support fire, I'm not sure my ears would still be on my head..." The words held a calm gratefulness in them. "I'm glad we made it off that ship together... Its so rare to find a could partner to watch your back in times of battle. I'm just sorry I couldn't do more for your medical needs."
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Posted: Tue Apr 12, 2016 1:22 am
Tenchu
"Well s**t...." She mumbled a little remembering to set the standard higher for herself.
"...If I had done a good job I would not have been shot, though considering the circumstances we both did pretty good, though for an entire troop, drop ship included. The trade of lives was horrible. How many Neko died?...I counted fourteen including the pilots. Human lives are cheap, worth about ten to one, so we still need to kill about four dozen more before this mission is considered worth it..."
She sounded like she was reciting the words she spoke, reciting them from someone else who she had heard before.
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