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 Posted: Sun Jun 26, 2005 11:46 pm
Skiaska smiled, a little fiendishly. "Hmmm... Sounds like a bit o' fun. Also release a little stress... Lemme just get a few things!" She headed down to her room, glaring at the guard and proceeding. Changing into her usual hunter outfit, she added a red belly top with a cross-string center. Going through her weapons, she selected her chain and sickle, roping the chain in a belt loop. Also grabbing a few of her gas pouches and some matches, Skiaska considered her weapons again. Also snatching her katana leaning against the wall, she hooked it to a strap on the back of her trench.
Striding quickly back up, she smirked at the guard's annoyed sigh. She headed back up to Krii'Ouse and stood a little, letting him take in her new attire. Skiaska then strode over to Hunter and smiled, wagging her tail in the air. "Can you lend me a bottle?" Thanking him for the received one, she stuck it into another inside pocket of her coat. "Shall we go? Oh, by the by, I need to stop at the gasoline station. Fill up, you know?" Skiaska held up the bottle with an innocent grin.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:59 am
After Len had finished, he once again listened to Will. "Sure thing." He said right as Krii'Ouse and Skiaska came up to them and took a seat. He listened to Krii'Ouse, exchanging a nod in greeting with him. Interesting...Lunites huh? I guess that would explain the recent activity increase of Lycans around town... He thought to himself as he continued to listen, to now, Jackson.
When the 'Lunar Hunt' came to his ears, he suddenly became intrigued. Well, well, a big shabang of hunting warewolves, what could be better? He thought sarcastically as he gave a slight grin as Will continued. If what he said was true, then something big was going to happen, and soon. Len realized that he'd have to prepare himself for anything similar to that. But he had the weapons he'd need, an iron-silver hybrid of touch metallic blades, and enough silver nitrate bullets to last him two weeks of straight hunting, thanks to Kerrigan.
He watched, and nodded to Skiaska and Krii'Ouse as they head out once more. He then turned back Will, wanting to know if he could help in anyway significate. "Hey Will, if you need a partner to help you investigate this further on the field, count me in." He gave a half smile, giving a half look over to the dance floor, then back to his leader. "Besides, I find this rather interesting, and threatening. I wouldn't mind being the man for the job." He sounded confident, and really was.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 2:21 am
Will sighed as Krii'Ouse stormed off, Skiaska following him. His friend certainly had a stubborn streak. Getting himself some silver weapons wouldn't hurt. In fact, it might very well save his life in what was quickly developing into a full fledged war. At last count, the estimated numbers of the Children of the Moon cultists for the state of New York was nearly two hundred, and they were all coming here. In New York City, there was no more than eleven to twenty active Hunters. Ten to one to as much as twenty to one odds against us. Each one of us needs as many advantages as we can get.
He sighed again and rubbed his temples. He'd just have to insist on Krii'Ouse using silver, if only for this one time. Even though his friend tended to only hunt demons, he'd be needing every Hunter he had to fight the moon worshipping lycans if the Children of the Moon really were mobilizing. Taking out a napkin, Will pulled out a pen and started scribbling out a list of needed supplies. "Alright, silver coated, silver jacketed, and silver nitrate rounds are a top priority. I'll also get Alex and Ricardo to work on lining a whole great bunch of frag grenades with silver, and filling some gas canisters with a fine silver dust. Meanwhile Marcus will fire up the forge and get to work on making silver arrows, silver crossbow bolts, silver daggers, silver swords, silver axes, and the like. We'll break out some of the spare M-60's and I think we might be able to get an old Browning .50 caliber heavy machinegun, we should concentrate on weapons with a high rate of fire but retaining stopping power. All Hunters will be issued a handgun with silver bullets and a silver dagger in addition to their normal weapons, no exceptions or arguements."
Turning to the problem of their battle strategy, he began making a new list of scribbled writing. "OK, I think our best bet is to work in joint raiding teams. We'll search out the Lunites meeting places and hit them hard. Kill as many of them as we can in a single sweep and scatter the rest. It's vital that we break them and sap their strength before the full moon comes."
Looking up at Len, Will asked for an honest opinion on the basic strategy he'd concocted. "What do you think, Len?"
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 7:48 am
SHe picked her ehad off of the table, intruiged by the conversations. Even though it was hard ot hear them physically, their thought conversations had been loud enough for her to pick up without trying to hear them. She leaned back, thinking about what was going on. This was what she had been made for, but she could never make herself feel excited about hunting the supernatural, not in the way the Labcoats wanted her to, anyway.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:37 pm
Len had listened to Will go over the supplies they would need, and probably half of them they already had, and then to his stratagy against the Lunites. He nodded and thought over the plan as it was being recited to him. He rubbed his chin between his thumb and index finger as Will asked his opinion about it. He thought over it again, thinking about any other possible directions to go that could defeat his leader's suggestion. He came up with little, Jackson had come up with the most sane conclusion already.
Len finally looked up and gave a final nod. "I think that should do it Will. Although, we are short on hunters still, even with the recruiting, how many groups we will be able to gather up and work together well is my only trouble. I know several people already that I get along with perfectly, but I'm not sure about some of the others. Though, in a situation like this, I suppose we'll all work together just as well anyway." He sounded as if he was reciting his thoughts.
"Alright, so when do you want to gather all the hunters into Haven and tell them about this?" He asked, knowing that this just wasn't some minor announcement to inform people about over Haven's speakers. Len felt his sides for his pistols out of instinct, and then moving his hand to his back pocket to bring out his wallet, as if that's what he was looking for all along. He flopped it open and pulled out a five dollar tip for the one working the bar, who was most likely Hunter. He placed it down and looked back to Will awaiting a reply.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 12:42 pm
She pushed herself back from the table and stood up, deciding to offer up a suggestion. She walked over to the two men, better able to hear their conversation as she got closer.
"If you need more information, I could go scout out where these Lycans are gathering and what they are up too." She said after Len had finished.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:00 pm
Len turned to Lydia at her approuch, then back to Will who seemed to nod to her in greeting while thinking over whta Len had mentioned. Len turned and greeted Lydia with a smile and a nod as well. "Ah, Lydia, hello again." He placed his wallet back into his back pocket and then returned his attension to the female hunter.
He listened as she mentioned her suggestion to them. He turned to Will, who seemed to give a slight look of confirmation. Len turned and nodded to Lydia, "That would be quite helpful Lydia. Infact, we'll probably have a few on that as soon as me and Will finish up here. If you want, you can go start now, unless you'd like to stick around for the rest?" He said, inviting her to the conversation fully, thouh he had a feeling that she had already been listening by her suggestion.
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 1:07 pm
"I will wait." She said. "It will be easier for me to scout if I have more information to draw on, and if others are going to scout as well, knowing where they will be will also help in my search."
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Posted: Mon Jun 27, 2005 10:24 pm
'Yes, hi, Jason? Listen I need a big favour of you. Yes, watch the Generators again for me. You aren't busy tonight right? Good, thanks a lot man. I love you, bro. You're awesome.' Krii'Ouse spoke through the phone as Skiaska walked up in her clothes. He glanced at her, and hung the phone up.
Jason was his 'brother.' They had met the previous year, and hit off well. They became close friends, to the point that they consider eachother brothers. Jason had become an honourary member of Haven, as Krii'Ouse needed someone to watch the Generators when he went on a hunt.
He hurried down stairs, and donned his weapons, and his armour pieces. He returned upstairs, without his helmet, and wearing a shadowy trench coat. His helmet he hid within the coat.
'So, what now, you want some people out there on the field as an advance team? I want to get out there, William.' His trench coat was pocketless, and it served one purpose, concealing his armour. 'Well, what will it be, William?'
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:11 am
Jackson studied the Hunters in front of him, formulating plans and strategies, organizing his thoughts. Nobody would ever accuse William Jackson of being a genius, but neither could they deny that he was a skilled tactician.He just seemed to have a natural talent for formulating plans and strategies, for organization. Sun Tzu's Art of War, textbooks from West Point, military field manuals, Officer Handbooks, soldier training videos, essays and articles on strategy and tactics, and much more went into the strict regimen he set for himself to broaden his tactical skills. He'd been doing this ever since he became a Hunter, and his self-imposed education had only increased ever since he'd been made Hunter leader. Needless to say, he'd gotten quite good at what he did. His skills and talents now allowed him to reason out solid strategies in seconds.
Coming to his decisions, Will broke out of his moment of contemplation to regard and address his Hunters. "Sorry 'bout that, I was just thinking."
First he turned to Len. "Len, about what you said concerning the strategy I came up with. I know that we have small numbers, which is why I'm focusing on rapid firing and area destructive weapons; if we hit only small groups here and there with everybody we have and utilize the element of surprise then we can succeed. As for the field work, thank you for volunteering. I'll send you out scouting."
Next, Will turned to Lydia. "Lydia, I want to thank you as well for volunteering for scouting duty. I want you and Len to go together as a small Scouting Team. You two will concentrate your efforts in Central Park. Stick with him and learn all that you can. Remember you two, just get me whatever information you can, don't get into any fights if you can avoid it."
Finally, he turned to Krii'Ouse and Skiaska. "You two will also go out scouting. I want the two of you to patrol the city, and if you think you can handle it without being detected or getting into any fights then scout out the lycanthropes territory as well."
Leaning back, he looked at all of them, his expression serious. "I'll remain here and begin making preparations for future operations against the Lunites. I'm giving you people five days to find out everything you can. After you all return, I'll prepare a briefing and bring all of the other Hunters into Haven. With a little luck, we'll be ready to mobilize by the end of the week. Now move out you lot, and good luck."
With that he stood and walked off to Haven, his own work to do ahead of him.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 12:29 am
As he was walking away, Will paused in mid-step. He'd just remembered something. Turning around to face the group of Hunters again before they left, he addressed Skiaska. "Oh, Skiaska, I've been meaning to talk to you. Hunter is looking for a new bartender and he prefers to have our people working at Hunter's if it's at all possible. I'd heard that you used to work as a bartender. Plus, you already live at Haven so you'd be close by if you were working at Hunter's. Do you want the job? You'd have to be hired by Hunter himself, not me, but I don't see any reason why he wouldn't hire you. Just think it over and let me know your decision when you get back from your first scouting mission. Remember everybody, I'm expecting regular reports from you over the next few days. Now go on, I'm counting on you guys."
Again he turned and this time walked all the way over to the storage room, eventually descending down into Haven.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 11:19 am
She nodded as William walked to the Haven entrance before looking back to Len. "Well? Shall we start?" She usually rathered scouting by herself, being a loner by nature, but she was flexible enough to change her style to work with other people.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 3:33 pm
Len had listened to Will intently, nodding as he gave out the assignments. He turned to Lydia for a moment then back to Will as he continued. "Ah, Central Park, excellent." He said in slight, though un-paid attensioned interuption. As William had ended the talk to Skiaska, Len saluted his leader commically again as he walked off toward the hidden entrance to Haven, and turned to Lydia.
"Aye, let's." He said, pulling out the black sunglasses from his pocket and placing them back on as he patted his sides and closer to the back where his silver blades were. "Well, I'm ready. To Central Park then!" He said, walking passed Lydia and heading to the door. As he did, he opened it and waved a hand in the direction to outside in meaning for her to go first. "After you ma'am." He said giving a slight grin.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 4:36 pm
She stood there for a moment before walking through the door as he clearly meant for her to do, but not before grabbing her umbrella. What was THAT all about? The people here are nothing like the Labcoats or the other experiments. Without a clance back she opened her umbrella and walked out into the City towards Central Park.
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Posted: Tue Jun 28, 2005 6:25 pm
Skiaska blinked at first, considering the offer. Smiling, she nodded happily. "I'm glad to accept. After all, I probably won't be continuing my older job. Is there anything needed for the job besdies my previous experience?"
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