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He rose from his kneeling position, shootzing a dirty look towards the cat that seemed to go on full on brownnosing course with the new boss.
"Well, little mis muffet, are you sure you function properly when you are totally sane? My problem is that I was born with a brain to sane to live. Each and every day, I woke up to my fullest disgust, born in a world where truth and sanity are not only lost, but have been mugged by three republicans, gagged, brought in the next alleyway and then raped repeatedly with the semen encrusted fist of moral.
That was, when I thought like you. But then, some blubbering monstrosity used the little diner I was inside, and killed the only two women i have ever cared for, simply by inserting large cumbersome tentacles into their precious sane orifices untill they burst. "
He grinned, and came slowly nearer, his fingers playing with a pen he had taken out of the inner pocket of his jacket, and guiding it into a flurring orbit around his hand. He never once broke the look of her tender, sane eyes, visibly enjoying the little shakes. His voice got rougher, as his breathing stepped ourt of rythm.
"Well, I was presented by the obvious two possibilities: First, I could try some therapy, and block it out. save my puny system of morals and values, and regain a sense of being human by locking my horrors into a deeper part of the brain, away from the light like prisoners.
or, I could go totally vegetable, get overwhelmed with the fears, and go embrionical state for a very long time, oficially with a nice cocktail of electro shocks and tasty medicine. "
He chuckled, grinning madly now.
"Yes, if it is used to cure insanity, or if the pharmas behind it have a prophit, they call it medicine. OOOh yes. And if it actually prevents you from getting easy and controllable, and helps you getting s**t done, OOOh yes, Ma'am, then it is a drug. "
he jerked his head back, and gave the room a big bellied laugh.
"Yes, that was wehat I was planning on. I was a goddamn doctor of yournalism, so I had no time for having problems, or this pantsy approach of the hippie generation of talking about stuff.
I deccided to medicate myself, and voila, as they say. Some surrender to the bull of insanity, some run away from it, but very few use the willpower and the medication to make a stick with a nail and a saddle out of it, throw in on the ******** bull, and beat it untill it starts working for them. "
Grinningly, he slapped the table a few times.
"So, missy, what will you do when you have the inability to find the way next time. I can loose my drugs anytime, and return to my state of creative whimpering. But sadly, little miss muffet, we are not yet at the point where a drug can give you more intelligence, more good judgement, and more clear thinking. I can do all of that with my drugs. So, tell me, who is trapped in a body that will turn its hellish organ called brain into a flaming ball the first time the other side breaks through? Guess not I, because I have seen worse every moment i was dropping LSD and Human adrenaline glands. "
He broke his look, turned around, and kneeled again before the stunned audience, awaiting its response.

The cat was mildly amused. She knew that her two faces where not that pretty, and also that her hide bore the marks of more then ona attack. But owner, who now fought viciously with the usual rambling in his voice, he had allways helped her. he had freed her from the dark place. he had given her food and water and cigarettes and things to play, mate and kill with. She was loyal.
She looked up the other woman, and instantly locked eyes with the cat above. Something was wrong with that cat, her senses where telling her, while Owner kept on rambling because of the little blue pills he had taken. she knew, an enemy who was confused would be easier to bring down and kill. She shook, and strolled towards the woman, displaying every inch of her rampagned hide with pride. She grinned, as her nose confirmed that the cat on the shoulder was male. She liked males. they where weaker, less agressive, and predictively easy to result to honest fighting. She remembered the time the mountain lion had wandered into masters hut. She had killed him too.
She sat down in front of the lady, looking up with her four eyes towards the other cat, mentally denouncibng its value to either Eat or kill. Not neccesarily in that order.
The cat started to purr, and lick her lips while she looked at the other cat.

Shadow responded to Outai with a bow, as usual, "You are welcome." He then watched and listened to the seemingly incoherent, yet oddly understandable 'rantings' of the loosid man, and the reasoning from Outai. He was interested mostly in the outcome on both ends. It would make for some interesting analysis later on.

He also watched as the female cat and started for the male cat, for some interaction perhaps. Shadow saw the two pets, and thought shortly about his own cat. It was bigger than these two cats, that was one reason it was not with him right then.

He felt that this would be a very interesting day, even before knowing what the mission was about. He knew that everyday was potentially interesting just because of the various personalities, clashing and melding alike.

A moment later, an android of an officer entered the room. Shadow nodded quietly and left silently after the android asked everyone to leave the room. He stepped sideways and waited just beside the door. He knew the walls were soundproof, so no one would mind that he waited there. If he wanted to know the conversation, he could easily use a simple meditation skill he'd been working on to listen. Actually, he could watch from a different perspective, like an out of body experience, yet not out of body. He would still know what was going on with his imediate surroundings.

He chose not to for it was not neccessary, and it was rude. He would just wait.

"I happen to be said spider.... It was not my plan to force them out of the room, yet I appreciate your sense of privacy, oh man of the klacks. "
He noted that his vision showed him dozens of little clockwork apes, all banging on little drums, and falling out of the speakers a**. he had not thought that technological progress was that good around here.
"AAAh, and unless my eyes decieve me, I have not seen one of your kind since a very very long time..., " he said after the last one had left the room.
"The girl is a telepath, isn't she? I allways get a craving for some peyote and adrenochrome when Dealing with telepaths. Plus, I heard voices that had such a clouded intebnt, not like the voices I am used to.
Well, anyway, to not steal more from your time, either you are attrackted by insane minds, or you are in poisession / controll, which argument seems to support itself by the fact that you know my name, and that you have found me so very very fast. So, man of the clockworks, what do you want to do with me? And by the way, I am terribly sorry for my demonstration of my bowel disruptor, but the guy asked me if I had any weapons, and I wanted to show him..."

Cat was confused. owner rambled on and on, and did not even stop for little pills like usually. And then, there where voices from above, telling her stuff she did not understand.
Cat was confused.
She strode on, this time to the ticktock man. he had no such thing as owner, all voices screaming and hollering, he was somehow calöming, and rather quiet. Purring, she waltzed over to him, and placed herself over his boot.

A flicker of intuition lit up in her eyes as Korie saw Larry grow more alert, almost jumpy. She followed the small beam of light that barely cut through the darkness and barely winced as branches still scratched at her arms and knees. There wasn't even a sliver of moonlight, just complete darkness, making it even harder to see. But the farther they walked, it didn't seem like town was getting any closer... "I wonder if the townspeople know anything about our book dealer...Wait, they do speak English, right?" Korie asked randomly, when she suddenly remembered how small villages and towns, when cut off of 'ordinary' civilization, had their own language and customs. Well, they did have an English-sounding town name...And the bookstore...Korie shook her head from the tiny distraction she made herself, muttering something incoherent to even her own ears, as she pushed another branch from her path.

"You, me, Joel, Shadow and the other higher ranked members will be entering the temple," Riku responded to Outai's question ((if your char has another name, let me know)). "The rest will remain outside with SAMs and a couple of MGs. Since the only way to the temple is by air, the Stingers will come in handy for dealing with any choppers. Their job is to hold off Kavinsky's troops as long as possible." He paused, took a drink of water, and continued. "Of course, if the Uroboros come, they'll be in trouble."

He looked around again, and continued. "If that's all, this meeting is ajourned. I have to get prepared for the mission. See you all in five hours." He got up, and began to head for the door.

Shadow nodded his understanding and waited for the two officers to leave. He was understood how easy it was for orders to change due to different view points. He didn't let it bother him. He tried to think of the weapons he should try to aquire for this.

Hmmm. Outai and I will be fending off an army. My katana will be efficient, but perhaps not efficient enough. I will have to assume the enemy will be using guns. I should have little trouble with small projectiles. If we have a 50 cal, I'll be able to use it with perhaps more accuracy than usual. But what should I use if they get close, other than their melee weapons? Thats always fun, but I'm not fighting on my own this time. Perhaps I should get my hands on a Battle axe, preferably with a metal handle. I wish I had that Demonic axe I used 2 years ago, against demons. Hehe.

He decided to first call his friend and have him get his pet. Shadow stepped outside and mentally reached out for the messanger hawk he had befriended in one of his much earlier tasks. The hawk took no time in ariving for it was still near by from the last mission he did. 'Hello friend. Could I ask you to fetch Guardiana for me? Have her either come here ASAP, or go to Nepal, which ever is closer. Thank you.'

The hawk informed Shadow that his pet was much closer to HQ than anything else, and it wouldn't take long for her to get here. The hawk then left.

Shadow now had to go look in the armory to find useful weapons. He headed in that direction.