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 Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 9:09 am
He didn't stick around the Oasis long, and wouldn't even have come if he'd had another ready option to get Bishophite's skin scorching tar off. He could deal with the uncomfortably raw skin. He might wait long enough to make sure it wouldn't get infected before arranging another strike mission, but he'd used up enough time and energy, and spending a little time powered down and healing would be...
He needed a little break now and then, check up on people and remember who he was doing this for. Who they'd gained, who they had lost.
He flexed his sore fingers slightly and sighed, looking around at the tents for signs of familiar faces, human or otherwise, and something he could do to be useful powered down.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2014 4:32 pm
"You look as if you have seen better days, Kairatos!"
It was an observation from a passing cat who was on her way to her next round of patrols within The Guard.
At the man's ankles was a small cat who used to have a fuller figure. These days she was less prone to begging for food and more prone to just offer her attention when possible. And now the day's victim seemed to be a Knight of Mars.
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:16 am
"So do you, fluffybutt." Kairatos pointed out, dropping down politely onto his haunches. "How are you holding up? I was just chatting with Faust. Sounds like you guy's have your hands full around here."
He offered a hand out to invite her closer, old habit with cats he found hard to break even with ones that were at least as smart, and arguably smarter, than he was.
"You taking care of yourself?"
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Posted: Fri Aug 08, 2014 9:10 pm
The man's hand soon enough had a cat leaning into it, rubbing her cheek against it affectionately.
"...well... we constantly live with migraines... and I know on more than one occasion I end up with a series of bruises to accompany the migraines..." Even in her complaints the manx was still smiling against his fingers.
"...but nobody's situation is ideal these days... so as long as I am alive, I considering myself well!"
Breaking away from his hand, she sat her haunches down and lifted her paws both into the air, as if signaling that she wanted to be picked up.
"...I hear you are doing a good job keeping everyone on their toes, Kairatos!" She might have been inclined to snicker, but she held such a noise in.
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2014 3:48 pm
"And by 'On your toes' I suspect you mean the secret but not really betting pool on how long it will take me to run into the Labrea TarBastard? Or is there another one I don't know about yet?" He joked.
Ugh, he couldn't be surprised about the migranes. Ida meant well, and there were probably those who were saved by what she was doing, but one of these days they might loose more people than she could heal.
"Try to stay alive huh?" He'd hate to loose any more of the few ties to the early days it felt like he had left, and ********* was one of them.
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2014 7:29 pm
The manx saw no harm in revealing the context of her comment. Rather easily she supplied him further details.
"I mean you keep people on their toes with how often you get injured... can't get rid of your for more than a few days before you come back and need treatment!" The Mauvian stuck out her tongue in a cheeky manner before standing and slipping away from Kairatos altogether.
With her back turned, her expression seemed to grow more serious (though the Mars knight would not be able to see such a shift).
"...have.... Have you see Iris lately?" she asked, attempting to not let her playful tone lilt in any manner.
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 8:04 am
"I'm doing a public service, you'd miss me if I didn't." He joked, though honestly there had been a time or two he regretted not having armor like Camelot. Themiscara jokes about him getting 'old' but his scars and the ghosts of old injuries were catching up to him, and one of these days his relative luck would run out, and he would loose a limb, or his life.
His shoulders drooped a little at the question and he looked regretful as he added,
"I haven't... she hasn't been in touch at all, sorry..."
She'd all but dropped off the world, for all he knew, small wonder maybe... but still.
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Posted: Mon Aug 11, 2014 4:51 pm
The manx didn't start like she was surprised by his response. In all honesty, it was what she was expecting. With a sigh, the Mauvian mentioned "...last I heard she is still alive... took up a stakeout assignment recently..."
Granted, she never got to directly learn this information from Iris herself, but any updates she got were still better than nothing. She was ever grateful that Thetis was still able to accompany the girls, where as ********* had been shooed away so long ago.
"...I was hoping that maybe you saw her out there..." With a twitch of her ear, she turned back to Kairatos with a smile still on her maw. "...call me an optimist..."
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Posted: Thu Aug 14, 2014 3:27 pm
"No... believe me if I do I'll give you the news." He felt bad for the little Manx cat, but there was literally nothing he could do. If Iris didn't want to be found... well... they weren't the only ones who had been fine tuning their skills to avoid capture. She just seemed to be trying to make sure no one on their side could find her either. Not that he blamed her... well... more that he wasn't sure he didn't blame himself a little, even if no one else claimed to.
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Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2014 8:11 pm
"...I... appreciate it, Kairatos." The cat smiled genuinely before she returned to his ankles to rub up against it.
"...I should probably get back to my post..." It was about time she loaded more of a headache upon herself. It was a necessity nowadays, rather than a convenience.
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Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2014 5:40 am
"I'm sorry I don't have better news for you..." He sighed, feeling the weight of this small failure settle onto his shoulders heavily. "I'll let you know the second I find out anything, I swear."
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