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#46
In Character Discussions / 07.25.2127 - A Child's Goodbye
December 05, 2011, 06:28:53 PM
The guard simply nodded to the Judge and turned, leading them to the second door on the left. He procured a key, unlocked the door and left it ajar as he stepped back.

"That will be all soldier," stated the Judge, his voice echoing coldly within his massive steel helm.

For just a moment, the soldier looked at the Judge a bit startled by the dismissal. He recovered quickly however and proceeded to move out of solitary confinement. As the door to the main corridor closed behind them with a gloomy thud, Shannon noted that Natasha and Nathaniel weren't moving. They weren't intending on accompanying her into her parents' prison cell.

A cold shiver went down her spine, as she also realized something even more dire, her parents weren't coming out of the recently opened door.
#47
(OOG: Oh, and everyone, including Jena is currently wearing school uniform (leather armor) since cold weather gear is going to be handed out at the WarGames.)
#48
(OOG: Ask and thou shalt receive. Information on her is found in this CHARACTERS (<-- that's a link) forum that has some dust on it, but is accurate.)
#49
Eating in the common room was a blur of activity around Xavier who simply sat and chewed on something he would never remember eating. In his mind he went over all of the hand to hand combat he would violently visit upon the Outer-Rim-Defense soldiers he would fight this very day. Yes, some of them may even be recently graduated school mates, perhaps one even an old comrade. But that was just too cold damned bad. Such was the casualties of War; a war upon demons from the abyss that someday Xavier would eradicate from the face of the earth.

Xavier didn't even blink when his name was called during roll call. He simply walked away from the door of his room and headed outdoors. The violent daydreams were still playing out in his head with a lustful vengeance when he entered the cold morning air.

Outside was a blur of activity, kids from all the houses were being shepherded into the tight quarters of the wagons. Xavier simply went to the closest Protectors wagon and waited to board. He shifted back and forth from foot to foot, now unable to contain his own energy. He so wanted to punch something.

River and Temmit walked by, both looking over the dozens and dozens of young soldiers being boarded. When they came close River offered, "try not to actually kill the KT Xavier? You might know one of them."

Xavier was about to retort when he saw the slut, Jena Mistone, walk by Temmit and come straight towards him. Temmit was looking at her as she passed but was then distracted by River pointing at something.

Jena walked straight over to him. "Hello Z," she said in an interesting tone she had never before used with him. She cut Nykus who stood behind him line and walked into Xavier's personal space.

"Can I come on board with you?" She asked.

(OOG: At this point you have been made aware by Temmit, lieutenant of Whisper, that Jena is a person to be on guard with. She knows about Whisper but is not a member. Also note, that Xavier and Jena simply know of each other, and do not have any type of definable relationship).
#50
Lorainna looked back to Harrison with a combined gaze of confusion and annoyance. She answered, "it's both."

Michael and Harrison both stared at her, waiting further explanation. She didn't offer one, so Michael took the reins back on the conversation.

"How can it be both?" he asked again.

"Angelus prophesized that the new crime boss would aid his cause; Jonah believes that this means the new crime boss would keep Angelus' identity a secret from the Clergy, just as Jonah had. The new successor would work for both Angelus and the Clergy," Lorainna explained.

"Okay wait," Michael said. He then stood up and pulled his hand through his hair. It was the first sign of annoyance at the aggravating woman. "Let me get this straight. Jonah was a double agent for both Angelus and Fresenius."

Lorainna nodded.

"Jonah hands the key to you, because Angelus somehow trusts that Jonah's replacement will take over as that same double agent," Michael continued.

Lorainna nodded again.

"But you stated that Fresenius didn't give Jonah over to Sephlin because Angelus somehow influenced Fresenius not too?" The question from Michael was in a critical tone, Harrison felt that at any moment Michael might have screamed "DUH". Harrison was tempted to smile.

Lorainna was half nodding when the question truly latched onto her mind.

"Well...Jonah said that Angelus perhaps had other operatives. Perhaps they influenced Fresenius?" Lorainna questioned in her own defense.

Michael immediately parlayed, "Yes but how? Exactly how would operatives be able to influence Fresenius without revealing Angelus identity? Even if Angelus' operatives had significant leverage, the faction of the Clergy in LowTown is thoroughly embedded within the black market. They know everyone down there."

Michael was pacing in the room now, looking at the path he walked as his boots scattered bottles and filth.

"No," continued Michael, "if the operatives could reach Fresenius with any sort of blackmail there is no way the Clergy couldn't trace it back to Angelus. I don't buy it. I think Fresenius at the very least knew about Angelus and played along with their scheme for his own reasons. Perhaps Fresenius is putting more trust in his new hire that is to arrive soon. Perhaps Angelus has prophesized incorrectly; whatever that means."

"I have no idea. He just gave me the key to pass on to the successor, I don't give one cold flip about it to tell you the truth. Jonah has been exiled to the South and the successor doesn't even know about Angelus, so if I can make a half-plate out of the deal, then I'm happy," Lorainna responded while folding her arms.

Michael looked at her and was about to say something but suddenly held his tongue. "Fine then, thanks for your assistance Ms. Prescott. We'll be going," Michael said.

He looked to Harrison.
#51
Let's keep the post in the current thread.

Also, there may be other ways to leave the Hall, but you will have to use your imaginations.
#52
Outside in the cold morning air, a few soldiers were going a lengthy piece of parchment, Xavier assumed it was this season's recruitment roster. The massive battle wagons with their huge horses stood in waiting. And apparently some younger boys from the Providers House had been awakened to sweep and shovel the snow in the area.

One of the soldiers looked up at Xavier and laughed, recognizing an eager soldier when he saw one.
#53
In Character Discussions / 07.25.2127 - A Child's Goodbye
November 30, 2011, 08:09:44 AM
(OOG: Yes, yes they are.)

They had been walking the main prison hallways for a few turns (OOG: 1 turn (of the clock) = 1 minute). The prison cells to the left and right were simple cages with open bars. Shannon had been careful not to look at anyone in the cells, instead focusing on the Judges' feet ahead of her.

They had just reached a door with the words 'SOLITARY CONFINEMENT' on a sign above it when Shannon had finished speaking to him:

"...you weren't like my father and mother, weren't a criminal."

The imposing full-suit of plate mail that was Judge Nathaniel Criss stopped abruptly at the door. Shannon, oblivious to the change in attitude in the Judge, walked quietly around the tall man and discovered a pair of eyes that had appeared beyond the small barred window of prison steel door.

Nathaniel's ornately decorated helm didn't move, nor did any part of steel underneath it. He just stood there ignoring the questioning eyes two feet in front of him.

"Sir?" asked the man beyond the small window, awaiting the order to open the prison door.

Still the Judge remained frozen.

The epiphany of the Judges' tension hit Shannon like a mongrel boulder.

'Oh my gosh I said something and he is going to refuse my last visit!' thought Shannon in a sudden panic.

Her heart pounded in her chest as she held her breath.

For a full turn he remained still. It was as if the man had disintegrated inside his armor and left it behind.

But then slowly, the giant of a man flexed his left mailed gauntlet. This only served to scare Shannon more, for the movement was even scarier than his previously frozen status. He then tapped the door with his metal-plated knuckles and stood aside. The door swung open.

Shannon almost forgot to breathe as she slipped past him and entered the corridor beyond.

The light was even dimmer beyond. The prison cells to the left and right had stone walls instead of open bars and each cell had a solid steel door with a small hatch at the bottom for sliding food through. It was completely quiet.

The prison guard beyond was dressed in chain-mail and was armed with a heavy crossbow. Shannon saw that it was loaded with a bolt that had a thin glass vial of some liquid attached to its head. What the poison within did to its victim she could only guess.

After the Judge and Natasha came in behind her, Natasha said to the guard, "here to see the Auvryndyr family."
#54
Shannon saw Leslie driving the spider machine only a few short hours ago during the Games. So she is aware that Leslie is at least in the area. That being said, Leslie and the other young children were being accommodated by the Outer-Rim Defense post that resides on the opposite side of a hill that was the battlefield today.

Okay, now let me step back a bit and reveal more of the big picture.

Leslie, Shannon, Renee, Emma, Xavier, Lucien, Harrison, Temmit, River, and Kristen have all been very close friends over the past two to five years (pending when each joined the guild). Leslie is known by all in this tight circle as the Guild Spy. Each of you also know, without openly speaking about it, that she is the primary source of Renee's information presented at meetings. And that the little sneak is somehow able to go invisible for extended periods of time.

Now...I picture Leslie and Shannon having a friendship in which they spar, tease, and antagonize each other for fun, in fact an early post intimates as much. Despite Leslie's high IQ, she is a twelve year old "going on eleven".  Therefore, Leslie would take every opportunity to scare Shannon. Shannon is very used to this that she can "sniff out" the little twelve year-old anytime she tries to surprise her when invisible.
#55
First, I believe you meant "Jonah" (Harrison's father) and not "Johan" (Matt's brother).

Second, know that Harrison's state of confusion is expected here, the truth is not always spelled out in these conversations.

Summary:

What is going on here is that Jonah was a secretive crime boss for the Clergy, a position that the general public isn't aware the Clergy maintains (for obvious reasons). In Jonah's tenure he met and maintained an alliance with a man named Angelus in LowTown. And apparently, Jonah maintained this business relationship with Angelus in secret.

Harrison will also learn (over the next five years) that no one in the realm knows who this Angelus is. (Despite the conversations above which speaks to him having possible cells of minions).

So yes, Angelus asked Jonah to pass on the key to Jonah's clergy crime boss successor, despite the fact that the clergy doesn't know about Angelus. Jonah then gave it to Lorainna, and now Lorainna is selling it to Michael Banks.

Harrison could always ask Lorainna?
#56
In Character Discussions / 07.25.2127 - A Child's Goodbye
November 29, 2011, 12:28:56 PM
Natasha is Leslie's father's unmarried sister (need a graph?). Oh, and she is Albanian, not Russion.

Wildfire, I didn't realize the ball was in my court on this thread, I will post as soon as I can. Since the next post is a "doozy" it may be a day or two until I can get to it.
#57
The girl smiled in reply, revealing two missing front teeth. Michael looked over at his young charge and laughed warmly. It was a welcome break in the tension, but it ended all too quickly with Lorainna's return. She looked down upon her daughter with an incredulous glare. When Mia looked up her smile instantly evaporated from her face. "Sorry," she squeaked and left the room, going back down the corridor. Harrison heard a door close and a moment later felt the same two thumps on the floor as the conversation picked up between Lorainna and Michael.

"Ms. Prescott, Harrison and I aren't here to disrupt your life or cause you any harm. We only seek to find this boys' father so we can get him to sign some papers."

"Then go to SouthHaven and leave me be," interrupted Lorainna.

"Indeed, but it may not be that easy. The man has already given up in parenting the lad. Who knows if he will sign them willingly, so we need to find a little encouragement, something to entice his cooperation," Michael said.

"You are cunning young man, Sephlin himself would find you amusing," Lorainna commented.

"I may be too tall, lanky and quite frankly... male, for his taste," Michael replied.

Harrison noted Lorainna's muted but still detectable startle of surprise, though he didn't understand the reason behind it. (OOG: and Griznuq most likely won't either, Johan may get a chuckle though). She recovered, again, and stared at Michael while deciding something. Finally she said, "100 gold".

Michael snickered at her then countered, "for 100 gold I can go through three more of your kind in that folder and find thrice the encouragement. 10 gold."

"For ten you can shove the folder up your ass boy," Lorainna said with a sneer. Harrison noted that she was a bit more unhinged now. He thought that perhaps having two boys in her living room who knew about her business and her CAP record was unnerving her. "Fifty. Final offer while I am still in a good mood," she finished then took a strong pull off of her stick. The smell reminded Harrison of the woods, the smoke had a musky oak scent.

"Fine, but I am taking it back if your information is cold," Michael said while fishing in his pocket. He took a platinum half plate from his pocket and flipped it to her. She caught it, examined it and then placed it in the pocket of her robe. She then reached into her bodice and pulled out a hidden gold necklace. Upon which was a very small and delicate gold key. She tossed the key, necklace and all, back to Michael.

She stood up straight, flicked ash from her stick onto the floor and took a breath before speaking. "You are correct. Under normal conditions Fresenius would have given Jonah over to Sephlin for some nice exchange to serve the white robes, but that didn't happen because there is no longer two forces in LowTown."

Harrison noticed that it was now Michaels turn to be surprised.

"A man named Angelus also dwells in the underground, and that key is some kind of signet to be used to gain access to him. Jonah asked me to give it to his clergy successor," she said while pointing at it.

"Won't the successor be looking for it then? Shouldn't his appointment be any day now?" Michael asked.

"No, I don't believe he will. Jonah asked me to keep Angelus and his key a secret, from everyone...including the clergy," Lorainna said, emphasizing the name of the unknown man in LowTown.

"Well if the Clergy doesn't know about Angelus, how is it that Angelus protected Jonah from being killed?" Michael asked.

"Not sure, nor was Jonah. He thought that Angelus perhaps controlled cells of influence that he had not been made aware of. That perhaps Angelus was working with other secret operatives."

Michael looked at the delicate gold key for a moment. "What is Angelus purpose? Did Jonah speak to the man's agenda?"

"He didn't" Lorainna said with a frown. "Jonah didn't even tell me about Angelus until last week after he had been demoted, and the only reason he did then was because he needed someone he could trust to pass on the key," she added.

"Well that doesn't make sense either. If Angelus is hiding from the clergy, why pass on the signet to the next clergy member and reveal himself?"

Lorainna looked over to Harrison for a moment, half-snickered, and then returned her gaze to Michael to answer. "While I lay in bed with Jonah I asked him that very same question. Jonah said that Angelus already knew who the clergy member was; that Angelus prophesized that the new white robe would aid his cause."
#58
Lorainna said nothing as her daughter's footsteps were lost beyond the sounds of frying oil in the kitchen. Lorainna gave Michael a challenging stare, his counter-threat given only moments ago was apparently still on her mind.

"Your sources speak the truth kid," she finally said to Michael. "Jonah was becoming too influential in LowTown. And you might guess as to who would take issue with that."

"Sephlin Cordello," answered Michael.

"Exactly right," she returned. "And for the record, Jonah wasn't blind to it either. When the demotion papers came from the white robes (OOC: a.k.a. the Clergy) last week he immediately knew where he had overstepped his bounds. And it wasn't in the High Temple, it was in LowTown."

Michael thought about this for a moment. "So you still haven't told me why Jonah wasn't simply eliminated," Michael said. "Why didn't Fresenius simply barter with Sephlin in some kind of prisoner exchange and replace Jonah with another clergy lackey? Or did Fresenius actually trust his former Crime Boss to retire quietly in SouthHaven?"

"That is where your fee goes beyond these two gold pieces boy. You want me to risk my neck, then you better come up with far more than this," the woman said with almost a hiss of disdain as she held up the two gold.

Just then the tall but very young girl reappeared with her mother's sticks. Harrison guessed that Mia was about 7 or 8 years old, judging by curves of her very young looking face, but cold if the girl wasn't an at least an inch taller than him.

Mia handed the sticks over to her mother who immediately pulled one and walked back to the kitchen to light it up by the stove. While Lorainna departed to light her smoke, Mia simply stood in the room and stared at the two boys. She looked at each of them in turn and then waved as she said "Hi" to Harrison.
#59
Kingdom of Safe-Haven / GENERAL: Geography
November 28, 2011, 06:32:40 PM
Added LowTown and the Cordello District to the record above.

12.28.11
#60
(OOC: Oh neat! Didn't see this earlier! Yeah, as noted elsewhere, we can come back to this when the other two threads are done. What happens in those will affect this thread.)