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 Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:07 pm
Carlyle's knife slid smoothly in, penetrating the power armor and into the man jugular while Cassandra successfully executed the other Tyrgani soldier. Screams for help and mercy scarcely had time to be released by the holes in the armor before dying out.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:12 pm
Isaac turned away, his eyes squeezed shut as they executed the helpless Tyrgani.
Were it possible for him to feel ill or to vomit, he thought that he might. But he couldn't, so he settled for an in-depth analysis of the walls and ceiling in the opposite direction.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:15 pm
Cassandra moved slowly, her head spinning again. Slowly she shifted over to Ty. "I'll... I'll take care of it," she told him very vaguely. Whatever this was, she already was handling it very poorly.
Reaching Ty, she knelt down and attempted to focus mana. It wasn't working. She couldn't even focus her head, let alone magic. She couldn't seem to think, couldn't seem to string one idea to the next. It felt like how she had felt before losing her tonsils, didn't it? It did; her head felt just heavy, even if she wasn't tired. She wouldn't be able to sleep. She'd have liked to sleep...
On a Tyrgani battlecruiser? Holy s**t. Her mind snapped back to attention and she set to work healing almost immediately, her mind suddenly functioning appropriately. More or less.
"Hold still," she muttered to Ty.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:31 pm
Isaac noticed what Cassandra was doing and took a half-step away, switching his REF back off in case maybe he was doing something that was getting in the way. He wouldn't want that.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:31 pm
Turning away from Cassandra and Ty, Carlyle sauntered over to Isaac, black boots falling softly on bloody metal floor
"Hey, you okay?" he asked quietly.
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:32 pm
He blinked in surprise as he was approached.
"I'm...uh, yeah, I'm good." He smiled a little, then blushed and looked away. If he looked weak, then he would be in their way. Damn it, he had to not be in the way so much.
"Um...anything I can help with?"
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:45 pm
Carlyle smiled. "You did good back there. You don't give yourself enough credit." He held his had out. "Carlyle, if you missed it earlier."
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:48 pm
Isaac was completely taken aback, so much so that he nearly missed the offered hand. He had done good? All he had done was try his hardest not to mess up!
He hastily took Carlyle's hand, shaking it timidly. "I-Isaac. Isaac Screwstrip. Clockwork Knight, Hunter's Coven." He smiled a little. "It's...nice to meet you, Carlyle."
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:49 pm
"Aaahh, that feels nice," Ty sighed as the healing began. "Are you sure there's nothing wrong?" he asked with concern. "You seem kind of... I dunno, out of it." He threw her a winning smile. "Still managed to save my a** back there, though. Nice shooting."
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Posted: Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:56 pm
"I'm... I'll... I'll be fine sooner or later," Cassandra offered. "And thanks," she added in response to the compliment. She didn't seem to notice him smile. She really didn't seem to notice much at all about him except that he had cuts that needed healing. On the other hand, she really didn't seem to notice much about herself at the moment. At least she was still functioning. Surprising how quickly she had fallen apart.
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:30 am
"Good to have you onboard, Isaac Screwstrip," Carlyle replied. "I think you're gonna be the key to our ability to fight those power armors." He grinned. "I'm gonna check up on the others for now, since I seem to be acting as some sort of officer." He headed over to the other main group of people and asked around for their statuses.
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 12:50 am
Cassandra mumbled something inaudible in reply. She obviously wasn't technically injured, but it was just as clear to Carlyle as to anyone else that something was going wrong for her.
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 2:27 pm
Isaac gawked, speechless as Carlyle walked away.
He was...the key?! No way! He was...necessary! He couldn't help smiling a little.
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 9:09 pm
Hearing Carlyle's comment reminded Ty of the fact that the two power suits had, in fact, had to have been shut off by someone for them to have ended up lying on the floor, kindly awaiting execution. Unfortunately, he had been too focused on his particular battle to notice. He looked at Isaac with a congratulatory grin. "Oh, man, you took those things down? Nice!"
He turned his attention back to Cassandra. He knew she wasn't telling the whole truth when she said she was fine; it wasn't exactly difficult to come to that conclusion. He wasn't sure what would be causing it, but he wasn't going to let her lie about it. "Hey, Carlyle. Thanks for the check-up; I'm fine. Cassandra here appears to be under the weather, though." He put a friendly hand on her shoulder as he spoke. "A general mugginess- I think that's the medical term for it," he quipped, then taking a half-second to bask in his own pun. "Anything you think could help?"
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Posted: Sat Jul 11, 2009 10:09 pm
Carlyle frowned and grasped at his own magic. Finding what little he could access, he fed it into Cassandra's healing.
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