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 Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:08 pm
Thornak laughed somewhat nervously, "Actually, that was just Ollam... Alainn developed weaponry... like this." He whipped out his gun, firing it at a tree. in a flash, the tree was gone, leaving fine black powder on the ground.
"Alainn focuses on military. The Metal Demons you know and fear? those were built by Ollam... we tried to stop them, but..."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 8:31 pm
"Military? So you use that kind of thing on people," Bell sighed. "I guess I should know by now not to get my hopes up. Just when I think people might have a chance at a better life, the one who should deliver it uses some freak weapon to turn people to ash. That doesn't even give someone a sporting chance. Stories from your time seemed to give my dad hope...and they used to give me hope. Guess it's about time I stopped believing in fairy tales though."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:08 pm
Thornak shook his head again, "We only slept hoping that society would catch up to us, and then we'd be seen as the heroes we were... after all, without us, Ollam would have wiped you out... I only came to see what it's like..."
"Affirmative!" Archive called back.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:43 pm
"I'm afraid we haven't built anything like that weapon or the Ollam demons. I'm not sure what kind of advances you're looking for, but we haven't done anything like your people did. All we have is magic which probably seems absolutely primitive to you," she said with a casual shrug.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 9:50 pm
"More of this magic..." Thornak trailed off, "I've never heard of such a strange thing..."
"Magic: a fictional ability that appears in tales of fantasy." Archive said.
"It's real!" Mithra injected, "Even I can do magic..."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:01 pm
"Magic. Using your energy to manipulate the elements. It's not hard once you get the hang of it," Bell said casually as her left hand gauntlet floated up in front of her and began to change shape. Soon it was a rough imitation of the soldier's gun.
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:10 pm
Archive gazed at it, analyzing. She held out her bracer, which put a green grid over the metal. "Unknown energies detected. Source is from a being of species Homo Sapien. Said creature is charged with unknown energy not present in any lifeform during the Alainn and Ollam timeframe..."
"So that means that they have this 'magic' and we don't?" Thornak asked.
Archive nodded, "Correct, sir."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 10:25 pm
"Wait...you....can't learn magic?" Bell said the words slowly, as though they were hard for her to say or understand. "But...I've never heard of someone without the ability to learn magic. I thought that was how the metal demons worked...and your weapon. If that's not magic, what is it?"
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:00 pm
"Electricity..." Thornak said slowly.
"Electrical energy produced by solar cells power Alainn weaponry, focusing it into a destructive burst. Ollam robots use a method of solar power as well, but they contain volatile parts within the bodies, that, in case of disrepair, are explosive." Archive explained, happy to spout information.
"This weapon will work for anyone who has the proper training." Thornak said, showing her the round hand hole and multitude of dials on the gun. "At the right settings, the gun is either weak, lethal, or can vaporise targets... at the wrong settings it doesn't work... or cleans water." Thornak grinned, attaching his gun to the pack.
"I don't know what magic is, but we had to work to get our stuff to be like this..."
"And put a satellite in space, armed with a cannon capable of massacring thousands without retaliation." Archive said bluntly.
"We had no choice..." Thornak said, sighing, "Ollam was going to kill everyone else..."
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Posted: Wed Jan 07, 2009 11:36 pm
Bell gave a wry smile and mused, "You know, I can almost see it from the king's perspective. With these killing metal demons running around and something that can vaporize people from the sky...well, is that what we have to look forward to when your country awakens, Sir Thornak? These may not be the best of times, but at least we can generally depend on human beings to be...well...humans, to value each others' lives and such. When a life becomes so easy to take away, it seems as though it would lose its value in the eyes of the killer."
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 9:42 am
"Alainn's power is usually devoted to peacekeeping. Their military developments have made their lives much easier. They went to sleep because they made a contract with the less advanced peoples, and agreed to it when they could have easily dominated the land. The president of Alainn is responsible for Ollam's destruction, as he is the only one able to target and fire the orbital cannon." Archive rambled on, smiling.
(She takes pleasure in telling information...)
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 10:38 am
"I've never understood how violence can be the cause of peace. In my experience, violence begets violence..." She then arched an eyebrow, "And what's the president? Surely you wouldn't hand such power over to just one man?"
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:26 pm
"Go ahead Archive..." Thornak said. As Alainn's representative, he was biased, but years of not knowing emotion had left archive as a non-aligned source of information. she smiled and began.
"The President of Alainn is known as the Grand General. The Grand Genral is the height of military promotion in Alainn, where any government organization is purely military and focused on efficency, instead of a bureucratic system. This Makes the Alainn legal process far quicker than others, and makes politics revolve around benefits to the public or making the system even faster. To advance in Alainn's ranks, soldiers must prove that they are elite, possessing good character, and have exemplary leadership qualities. They must also be accepting of outside opinion, and listen to the public of Alainn before making decisions. The last president was a man who was known for thinking into the future. He took the public's advice seriously and acted accordingly. He was by far the most popular to take the position. He still holds said position, and was in charge of appointing the Alainn Scout in case of emergency." She chirped.
"There you go. The President has access to everything Alainn had to offer, as well as Ollam and the orbital cannon. The Scout has the same power, save the cannon..." Thornak gave a weak smile.
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 1:44 pm
"I still don't like the idea of these strange weapons," Bell muttered and then looked up at the sun's position. "It's getting late though. If you guys are going to the inn, you should probably go on. You're still invited to my home, of course, and that's where I plan to go either way." She had no intention of abandoning them, but she also wasn't going to an inn when her own place of lodging was so close. If the soldier insisted on an inn, she'd be waiting for them in the lobby in the morning. "It really would be good to get something more...comfortable on you at least," she remarked kindly to the princess, "And I don't believe I ever caught your name."
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Posted: Thu Jan 08, 2009 5:03 pm
"My name is Mithra. Mithra de Agreus..." the princess said.
"Sun's setting. I'll go get us some rooms for the night... Scout style..." Thornak pushed up his glasses and moved towards the lights on the horizon.
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