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RPC:Thanatos



Rank: S+ Commander

Squad: None

Current Mission: None

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Thanatos listened to Tabitha speak. Once she was done, he took another shot of whiskey. “I think I am starting to feel something.” He thought to himself.

“Ok I’ll make this simple. The building is located almost 5 miles southeast from here. The town of Sanctuary is roughly 5 miles north of here. So what I am gonna do, is go to a bandit out post located northeast of here and engage the enemy personnel with some harassment fire, to keep them thinking I don’t know about the armory. Sergey will assume that if I knew about it and its location; I would have hit it by now. Instead we will conduct raids this week on bandit outposts in the northwest and northeast to make them increase defenses to the north while becoming relaxed in the area surrounding the armory. I will get do some reconnaissance to get a better idea of the layout for the armory and I will formulate a plan to infiltrate it and take it out. This will be a dangerous mission. Sorry to toss you all into the mix like this so early on. I wanted more time to train you but I guess we will have to make do. ”

Thanatos paused and turned to Tabitha. “That is fine your head must be killing you. That guy looked like he hit you pretty hard. I was surprised he didn’t split your poor skull open.”

Thanatos then turned his attention to Sunshine. This girl was cold like the icy peaks of a mountain. Thanatos could tell she wasn’t too fond of him. He could feel her burning anger resonating through her deadpan expression and cool exterior. He listened to her speak about how she had been employed to Sergey in the past. ‘Nothing he didn’t already know.’ Thanatos leaned back in his chair and began to stroke his goatee. “I wonder what’ll happen if I push her buttons a little bit more….” He thought to himself.

“Well here’s the thing...” Thanatos began “…That’s nothing I didn’t already know. I hired you because you have a good employment history not because of what side you’re on. I know that Victor himself wanted Sergey to hire you after I wiped out one of his squads. I am surprised they didn’t send you to kill me.” Thanatos paused for a second before continuing. “After all why worry about paying someone who is as good as dead.” He said with a chuckle.

“Now of course this revalation might not go over so well with the rest of the group but that’s up to them. I on the other hand don’t care if you worked for El Diablo; as long as you do what I ask. That’s all I care about. I need soldiers not saints.” Thanatos leaned back in his seat keeping one hand raised and stroking his goatee and the relaxed the other so it was hidden under the table.
“I apologize, Kayla. It seems you came at a bad time. So are you still interested in my offer?” Thanatos said slight chuckle.

Tabitha Cardell
Rank: Private
Squad: Sunshine - Private, Six - Private
Active Mission: N/A
Tabitha Cardell

While Tabitha pondered how much alcohol Thanatos had put and would yet put into his body, the giant quickly explained his plan for taking out the armory. Overall, it was a pretty round-a-bout plan, but considering the circumstances, it was probably the best strategy for this situation. Keep Sergey on his toes until a better sense of the armory's layout could be obtained, then decide how to best destroy the armory itself. It would be dangerous, but with the team gathered around this table... it should be doable. Even if she didn't know what the new girl's strengths were, Tabitha also knew that it was likely that Thanatos had chosen Kayla for a reason. I guess this next mission will give her a chance to show us what she can do.

Tabitha scowled though when Thanatos said it was alright if she left because of the knock to the head she'd taken not too long ago. "I'm just tired is all," she explained, sounding irritated. Call it survival instincts, but Tabitha really didn't want to appear weak in front of these other 'warriors,' as Thanatos' note had said. Despite the condition in which Thanatos had found her, Tabitha was a capable fighter when it came to the weapons she owned, the weapons she had been trained with, and she had another trick or two up her sleeves in case of emergency. Not that anyone had challenged her right to be sitting at this table, but she didn't want to give any of these others an excuse to doubt her ability to handle things. Besides, she didn't really have anywhere else to go. Home was no longer home, and nowhere else was particularly safe either. New Jericho seemed to be doing better than most places, and if she was going to start living here, she might as well be doing work. Paid work, at that, and it was a job that would give her the chance to get revenge. She would prove that she could survive with the rest of the group.

This train of thought had barely come to a conclusion when Sunshine decided to share one piece of her past. A single piece of information. That was all it took to shatter Tabitha's current state of mind. She worked for Sergey?!? The strawberry-blonde's head whipped around in Sunshine's direction as the mercenary finished speaking. Confusion and bewilderment played across her features for a moment, but as Thanatos gave his reaction to Sunshine's statement, all of Tabitha's other emotions were consumed by rage and betrayal. How could anyone work for that... that monster?!? She knew that mercenaries would take jobs wherever they could... but did they really have so few scruples as to take a job from him?! Or was Sunshine just special? And Thanatos knew! He knew the whole time that she'd worked for Sergey, and if he knows that, then he has to know why I take serious issue with this! Tabitha sent one final, desperate look in Thanatos' direction, hoping this was all an elaborate joke, but the b*****d just sat there, calm as could be, and had already moved on to asking Kayla if she still wanted in on this job.

That's it. Tabitha didn't even hear Kayla's affirmative answer as she stood up abruptly, her chair scraping harshly across the floor. Her hands clenched at her sides and her head bowed so that her unruly bangs covered her eyes, Tabitha could only stand there for a moment or two, livid with fury. She didn't care if she was causing a scene. Finally, the sniper turned a murderous glance in Sunshine's direction. "It's people like you," Tabitha began, her voice shaking, "people who don't give a ******** about anyone else, that make life a living hell for the people who do care. It's monsters like you that are the reason my fath-..." She couldn't finish her statement and fell silent. Her gloved hands were no longer clenched, and they hovered around her belt as if she couldn't decide what to reach for: Kraken or combat knife? At this point, Tabitha would've even settled for stabbing Sunshine through the heart with the assassin's blade in her right wrist. Oh, she was just aching to do something.

Luckily for her, and everyone else likely, Tabitha remembered the presence of a certain giant in the room. A giant who would likely blow her head off before she could even get at Sunshine. Son of a b***h. Essentially growling, Tabitha shoved her chair further out of the way and stormed out of the bar, shoving her way past anyone or anything in her path. Once outside, she went straight for the hitching post and untied Dawn, ready to just up and leave when she remembered another sobering fact. I don't have anywhere else to go. Hadn't she already come to that conclusion not five minutes earlier? If she left, she'd be at the mercy of bandits again. If she stayed, she would need to find a job... which she technically already had, as undesirable as the job-situation had just become. She didn't really have any other options. "GODDAMN."

Dawn just made a disconcerted sound, her ears half-back as her master just stood there with the reins in her hand for another minute or two. "Come on, Dawn. Let's get you settled in for the night." A hint of rage remained in the woman's voice, but mostly, she just sounded defeated and tired. I'll just groom Dawn for a bit... then get my key from Al, get cleaned up, then go to bed... Tabitha thought wearily as she lead her palomino mare back to the stables. That is, if Thanatos hasn't already canceled my contract, she added ruefully.

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Sunshine
Rank: Private
Squad: Six | Tabitha
Active Mission:
Sunshine

When Tabitha stood up suddenly, Sunshine couldn’t help but raise a brow. She sat there unflinching as the girl told her off, and the grey eyed girl’s eyes didn’t fail to notice the other girl’s fingers twitching by her weapons. Just as sudden as the outburst, Tabitha left, screaming profanities outside before going out of hearing range. Six followed after her, and soon it was just Sunshine, Thanatos, and the new girl whose name she failed to remember.

Turning back to Thanatos, Sunshine spoke in monotone despite the psychotic grin on her face, “Well that was exciting, I was sure that she was going to stab me.”

Taking a sip from her rum, Sunshine’s grin fell from her face as she continued in the same tone, “But I wonder why she thinks I should care. I’m a mercenary, not a saint. This aint no fairy tale, and I aint no good guy. I just do what I have to, to survive. An’ if she dun’ like it, she can take a long walk off a short pier.”

Staring up at Thanatos, Sunshine questioned with an accusing tone, her glass in her hand and covering her mouth that was held in a frown, “Why does it seem like nothing I say to you phases you, nor surprises you?” Deciding to test her luck and asking a third time, she continued, “Tell me giant, how do you know so much about us…” She glared over her glass, “Me in particular.”

Taking another sip from her rum, she frowned when she noticed that her cup was now empty, ‘Aw, where has all the rum gone?’


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Rank: Private
Squad: N/A
Active Mission: N/A

As the smaller woman stood up to shout at the mercenary woman, her hand twitched near her holster. Kayla didn’t have to know her well to know she might have actually drawn it. By taking in the looks of the others, they thought so too. Instead the small woman stormed out of the motel shouting obscenities. The quiet guy welcomed Kayla to the group, and then took his leave to care for Diablo, who Kayla presumed was his cyber-horse.

The mercenary woman shrugged the occurrence off. She sipped her drink, and defended her past work as a mercenary. Kayla understood this. Work was hard to come by. Even though bounty hunting generally gave a steady stream of work, Kayla didn’t accept all jobs that came across her. She turned down jobs if she didn’t agree with the reasons behind the bounty, and only killed them if she thought they deserved it. Kayla recognized that not everyone could or wanted to turn down jobs, especially if they paid well. The mercenary woman asked Thanatos how he was not fazed by what she said, and how he knew about each of them.

Thanatos grinned and replied to the mercenary woman, Sunshine he called her. “Finally, I can stop calling her mercenary woman. Sunshine, kind of an ironic name from the looks of it.” Kayla got the sense that they had just finished their first mission earlier from what Thanatos said next. Then he suggested she and Sunshine grab a drink, and relax.

“I certainly wouldn’t mind a drink myself, nothing too heavy though. I’ve travelled far today. I shouldn’t stay up for too long though, my cyber-horse Black Jack needs some caring for.” shared Kayla. She then stood from the table, walked to the bar and ordered something random from the menu, with a beer. While she waited for her meal she inquired to Al, “I need a place to hold up my cyber-horse for the night. There was a building near the entrance that looked big enough to be a barn. Is it?” Al simply nodded. After a few minutes Al handed her a plate of food looking similar to what the guy who welcomed her had ordered, as well as her beer. She took it back to her seat, and listened to the conversation going on around her.

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RPC:Thanatos



Rank: S+ Commander

Squad: None

Current Mission: None

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Thanatos watched as Sunshine and Kayla made their way to the bar, ordered their food, and returned. Thanatos noticed Sunshine offering to assist Kayla with the stable's location. “Good.” Thanatos thought to himself. Once the girls got back to the table and made some idle chitchat, Thanatos rose from his seat and made his way to the bar- bottle in hand.

“Here Al keep this safe for the night.” Thanatos said as he handed Al the half empty bottle of whiskey.

“Sure no problem. Would you like your tea now?” Al asked

“You know me too well Al.” Thanatos said with a chuckle

“You’re a creature of habit. Here you go, fresh brewed black tea with nothing in it.” Al said as he walked over to the stove and poured it into a solid red tea cup.

Thanatos nodded a silent thank you and returned to the table. He grabbed the cup with two fingers through the handle and raised it to his face. He took a second to breath in the vapors rising from the tea cup. The smell was relaxing and with the breath he took in he could feel all the stress of the day exiting his body. He breathed out slowly and took a sip. He waited a couple seconds and took another. Then he gently placed the cup down on the table. “So you’ll be going to bed soon I imagine?” Thanatos said as he stared down at the two girls.

Rank: Private
Squad: N/A
Active Mission: N/A

The conversation around the table came to an abrupt stop once Kayla and Sunshine procured food. The two of them sat in silence for a few minutes before Thanatos got up from the table to order another drink from Al. Kayla appreciated Sunshine offering to show her the way to the barn after a few more drinks. She had a decent sense of direction, but in a new town at night, she was sure she would have wondered around a while trying to find the right place. Black Jack needed a good brush down. In her haste to get to New Jericho she did not brush him down as best as she could have.

Thanatos asked if Kayla and Sunshine were heading to bed soon. Just then she saw the other woman who stormed out of the motel came back, received something from Al, then headed in the direction of stairs, where Kayla guessed were the rooms. She turned her attention back to Thanatos’s question. “I still need to take care of Black Jack outside. He doesn’t appreciate being kept waiting. Sunshine, if your done with your drink, would you mind showing me the way now?” Kayla finished up the last bite of food while waiting for a response from Sunshine.

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Kayla smirked at Sunshine’s response to her request. She could tell she would work well with Sunshine. Kayla watched her gulp down the last of her Rum, and followed her out. Sunshine went over to a cyber-horse, untethered it, then hopped on its’ back. Kayla walked over to Black Jack and mimicked Sunshine’s actions. “Let’s go old boy, its about time I give you a good brush down. Just follow Sunshine right there.“ Black Jack gave a shake of his mane and a snort in agreement.

Sunshine didn’t bother to see if Kayla was following before she started her horse in the direction of the large building she suspected to be the barn. A familiar smell of hay and horse wafted her nostrils as she approached the entrance. Kayla dismounted Black Jack to lead him into a stall across the pathway from Sunshine.

She started removing the saddle and bridle, then briefly left the stall in search of a tack box. She found a few boxes lined up on a shelf, took a quick look inside to make sure all the different combs and necessities were within the one closest to her, and took it back to Black Jacks stall. Kayla began with a hard curry brush, working out the dirt and grim she managed to miss while on the road. She always found a certain relaxing quality in brushing down Black Jack, her mind could wander while her hands were busy with a mundane task.

“What do you think of this place boy?” He shook his head back and forth, his way of saying it will do. “ I might like it here. Having a steady paycheck for a while won’t be too bad.” Noticing she worked the hard dirt out of Black Jack’s coat, she placed the hard curry comb back in the tack box, and reached for the softer curry brush. “I’m not going to draw any conclusions yet though. I don’t know a thing about these people, except that apparently Sunshine previously worked for some shady people, and the other woman was hurt in some way by one of Sunshine’s previous employers.” She gave Black Jack a pat on his shoulder as she finished with the second curry brush. She took a minute to put the brush away and grab the last one necessary for his coat. “I just have to keep up a guard to protect myself. We may be on a team of some kind, but I certainly don’t trust any of them with my life. I will have to look after myself as usual. Although I doubt anything devious will happen, Thanatos doe not seem like the type to put up with that.”
Kayla placed the last brush back in the tack box, and grabbed a rag with polish to work on the mechanical parts. After a few minutes Black Jack’s mechanical bits had a nice sheen to them. Kayla put the tack box back where she found it and walked back to the stall. She took Black Jack‘s head and pressed her own against his. “Good night. Sleep well. It looks like we will be out and about soon enough.” She gave his nose one last pat on her way out the stall, and back to the motel.

When she walked through the door of the motel to see most of the other customers had either gone to their perspective homes or rooms in the motel. She walked over to bar to talk to Al about a room. Right as she got to the counter Al handed her a key, and nodded towards the stairs the other woman had gone up before Kayla went to the barn. She thanked Al, and walked towards the stairs. At the top of the stairs followed the numbered rooms until one matched the key she had been handed, room 115. She opened the door and gave the room a quick glance over. It contained a basic set up of a bed, bathroom, and small dresser by the bed with a lamp. Kayla didn’t even bother with turning on the lamp, she knew she would be out in a matter of minutes. She placed her few belongings in one of the dresser drawers, grabbed a change of clothes, and headed for the bathroom.

Kayla took a few minutes to wash all the dirt and grime from her with a quick shower. She dried off, put her new clothes on, and hopped right into bed. She had moved around so much during her life, sleeping in a new place didn’t phase her. She swiftly fell asleep, with her side arm safely tucked under pillow.

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Sunshine
Rank: Private
Squad: Six | Tabitha
Active Mission:
Sunshine


When Sunshine returned to the bar, she sauntered over to where she had left Thanatos. Her feet dragged against the ground lazily, for the alcohol in her made her more lax about her gait. Feeling full and well watered—even if the thirst was quenched with rum—for the first time in a long while, Sunshine couldn’t help but feel as though this gig would be rather favorable for her.

Changing her course, Sunshine made her way over to the bar and ordered a water as well as a room from Al. The man didn’t talk to her, only smiled as he handed Sunshine her requests and resumed wiping down the bar’s countertop. Drifting over to Thanatos, the black haired girl sat down across from the man and placed the key to room 114 down onto the table.

Looking at Thanatos’s tea, she was right to assume that the time for drinking was done for this night. Raising her glass of water, she gestured towards him and stated—despite her buzzed state—in monotone, “To business.”

After drinking a substantial amount of her water, Sunshine set her glass down. Thanatos was quiet for the moment, and it allowed her to think. Her mind in her less-than-usual control instantly went back to her childhood and the horrors of it.

A man stood out amongst the myriad of nightmares; one that made Sunshine’s skin crawl in rage, and –despite her loathing of the emotion—fear. His skin had been papery white, and his brown hair always greasy. It seemed that he was always ready to appear in her nightmarish thoughts, and Sunshine sighed as she kneaded her temples.

Completely missing Six’s approach and leaving because of her recollection of her past. Sunshine did not have the chance to respond to him. Frowning as she came back to the real world and looking around, her grey eyes were more focused than they had been. Glancing to Thanatos, she felt no emotion as she looked at him. It was for the best as well. It wouldn’t do her any good to not get along with what seemed to be her long term employer or—as she had seen Thanatos was very capable of achieving—being killed.

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