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 Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 10:53 pm
Carefully, Shane lowered himself down so he could set Shee on the ground. He set her up against a wall and hope that her ankle was feeling better. "Tis a habit of mine, sorry."
The room was a mess, and papers were strewn about everywhere. "One can only hope that he addressed the letter properly than right?" Otherwise it was going to be one hell of a time trying to find it. Still, Shane set off to search through some of the papers littering the ground, stacking them as he went.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:00 pm
Watching Shane carefully, Shee felt quite useless. As she turned to Atoc and saw him gawking at her, she pursed her lips.
"What are you standing around for? Help him!"
Atoc quickly got down, and with an eye still on Shee, he started sorting through the papers on the opposite side of the room that Shane was working through.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:06 pm
What were all these things? Half of them Shane couldn't even read, and he was beginning to sorely hope that Maita had not written the letter in his own language, otherwise Shane would surely miss it.
He continued his sorting and stacking and was coming up empty handed. "Oy, Atoc, you've any luck over there?" He glanced back to make sure Shee was still alright before continuing his search.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:15 pm
As Atoc nodded, Shee began to feel a bit discouraged. They weren't finding anything. As she looked back over Shane ruffling through numerous papers, some crisp and white and others aged and yellow, a particularly blinding white corner of something sticking out from underneath an overturned table caught her eye.
"Shane! What's that?" she asked, pointing to the table and the corner.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:20 pm
At her cry, Shane glanced to what she was pointing at. Hmm... it'd seem he missed one. Walking over to the table, he pushed it aside and retrieved the white envelope. "This looks 'bout right." He murmured to himself, he flipped it over and found that a Lotus blossom insignia had been stamped on it.
"I think this is it Shee." He called over and brought the letter over to her. Offering it down to her, he said, "You wonder if whoever did this was looking of this?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:25 pm
Taking the envelope in her hands, she turned it over and noted it's almost pristine condition.
"This is definitely it," Shee murmured quietly, "but how could they know about this? Maita is a very secretive man; Wraith even more so. I just- I don't know how they even figured out that Maita was interested in Lotus."
Shee shook her head in confusion.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:29 pm
"Then maybe they weren't after Lotus? I mean you say he was a secretive man; who knows what else he could've been involved with. It seems that whoever did this, got exactly what they were looking for." Shane forced himself not to wince at his own words. How cliche could you get.
"Is there anyone who'd wish him harm?"
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:41 pm
At the insignia on the envelope, Atoc's eyes widened. Guessing from the dialogue between these two, it seem that they were members of the legendary LOTUS!
And to think, he'd treated them with mere indifference, thinking they knew less than he did. But surely they knew more- much more. And Maita had been interested in LOTUS? That was, as Shee had said, information that he had not known, and it surprised him. LOTUS would surely throw a wrench into anyone's quiet existence.
Shee meet Shane's eyes with ones full of sadness. What he had said rung true. Not only was LOTUS possibly in indirect danger, but Maita was definitely in the direct kind.
"I... don't know. Peru hasn't been too involved in general global politics for a while now, and I don't think genetic plant engineering breeds many enemies. It must have been someone from Rome. We should return to the base and discuss this with Wraith. Seeing what's inside this envelope might help too."
Shee looked at the envelope once again. It better contain something important.
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Posted: Sun Aug 27, 2006 11:49 pm
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