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[yea, sure. I haven't seen steampunk on much, not even in the mod suite, which even when I have writers block, I still go on D8
and Danny (`smarts) has been a bit busy, and I don't think Sapphire's at the top of his 'most important updates' list.]
'Ugh, more wanderers?' Ebenezer growled. 'I'm not sure how much more of this I can take, it's a distraction to my troops.'
Ebenezer promptly disappeared and reappeared directly behind the visitors, asking 'Can I help you, sir and ma'am?'

Ebenezer raised a single eyebrow, then closed his eyes and tried to explain. 'There is no sign-up sheet, you don't come and ask.' He continued. 'You come and fight, when a battle arises, simple as that. In these times, that's all there is to it.'

[yep, I figured.]
'With all due respect, it's typically common knowledge that there is an appointed regime, a rather large one at that.' Ebenezer said with a barely distinguishable scowl. 'All who wish to join in the midst of war, that is, not in peacetime, are suggested to simply show up at battle. The soldiers already serving, signing up during peacetime, are treated differently. They are not allowed to 'come and go.' Please do not underestimate out forces, and at the very least, do not associate the results of the previous battle with any regime under /my/ watch.'

[sorry, I didn't look back pages xD
hard to tell with these kind of names xD]

Whatever this man said, it still seemed like very bad way to run an army. Just have people show up during a battle to help out? "How do you alert people who might be intrested that a battle is about a happen?" Relako asked curiously, pointing out possibly one of the biggest holes in the system. Plenty of people might be intrested, but never know when a battle was actually going to happen, or would be too far away when it started to get there in time. That was why you had people sign up and monitor them. That way you could get the word out faster and make sure everyone is nearby when the battle started. That was when he heard Kiendo's comment. He was sorely tempted to reply with some kind of smart remark, but actually decided to hold his tongue this time.

Relako simply shrugged before replying. "We only heard about the war earlier today." he answered. He didn't know about Kiendo, but Relako has been in areas that news of the war hadn't exactly seemed to reach. Like in the Village of the Ancients, in the middle of Sotdusk Desert, where they had met and James had finally realized that Relako wasn't exactly a model citizen. The reason Relako wasn't familiar with the 'well-known' system was for a similar reason. As a demon hunter, he was usually found in exotic places where most people feared to tred, so he wasn't usually up to date with current news. He still didn't think it was a very efficent system, and it could use some work, but it looked like they would just have to wait until the next battle. "Well, Kiendo, seems you've got some more researching time." he said with a small chuckle.

'I still don't believe you fully understand that our entire army is exactly as you were suggesting, and that you two are the only exceptions, but getting past that, is this the only reason you're here?' Ebenezer said, a bit disgruntled.

"That was a disappointment...I'm not a strategist, but even I know about the importance of being unified. Is this really the Deralo Army?" Kiendo pondered and followed Relako, not caring if Relako replied to it, "And I wouldn't really know of any places. Anywhere in particular you wanted to visit?" He asked.