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Post by Kerion on Apr 4, 2009 8:44:49 GMT -5
::Kerion enters his place after taking care of Pantelei Bodnarenko. He takes his picture and marks it with a red X:: One down, Eight to go. ::He looks over the rest of the medium prioritioes left:: Guess I'll pay Dave Beck a visit next. But right now, I need to wash up.
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 4, 2009 13:29:31 GMT -5
(OOC: For some reason I keep picturing heavy saxophone music in the background) ::Kerion exits the shower about ten minutes later, wrapped only in a towel to find the lights in the small apartment of the living room switched off. He edges toward the switch which is mounted on the wall just above an end-table with a drawer where he keeps a spare hand gun. In one movement, he throws the drawer open, pulls out the gun and flips on the lights, only to find that he has his barrel pointed at Alicia's head where she sits cross legged on the couch:: Astaroth: Nothing gets past you does it. I was so hoping to catch you a little less... prepared. ::Her eyes flicker past the gun to the towel secured around his waist:: Astaroth: There's no need to be hostile. I was just dropping something off for you. It's an early edition of tomorrow's paper. I just thought I'd give you a heads up on what you're dealing with now. ::She hands it to him and quite unexpectedly she gives him a quick peck on the cheek, leaving a deep red kiss print on his face:: Astaroth: Rest up, Handsome. ::Without another word, she lets herself out through the front door, leaving Kerion to peruse the article:: Demons "of the People" The recent fall of Gin Street to the LPA has unearthed yet more disturbing secrets of this growing faction's diabolical tactics. While the patrols of the Regent were viscously backed into a corner as the LPA descended upon them, scouts of the LPA were reported to have been stationed within an abandoned building near the battle. While details are still unclear as to what they were trying to accomplish, several survivors of the battle are now witnesses of an atrocity beyond what Lindblum originally thought the LPA capable of. Two LPA scouts seen fleeing the building were reported to have been battling a demon. How a being of that nature came into Lindblum has yet to be discovered, having been scarce in Gaia itself since the Second Sorceress War. However, Internal Affairs Secratary Alicia Strauss has expressed her expert opinion on the matter. "It's all quite disturbing, but not uncommon for terrorist factions to dabble in darker means of getting what they're after. Especially one as outnumbered, underfunded, and desperate as the LPA. Even the supposed 'heroes' of our time have tapped into forbidden power at one time or another. Thankfully we've caught the problem in time before it has time to advance." Strauss went on to explain her belief that the LPA may be outsourcing or even recruiting dark magic practitioners to aid their forces. When asked why the reported LPA scouts were said to have been battling the demon rather than ordering it to help in the battle, Strauss commented: "It's more than likely that their own research got away from them. While they're certainly desperate enough to try it, The LPA is still a far cry from using such means effectively. And I don't doubt that the toppling of said building was simply a means to cover what they were doing." Other experts have come forward to voice their own opinions regarding what may have... STORY CONTINUED ON PAGE 3A
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Post by Kerion on Apr 6, 2009 12:43:52 GMT -5
((OOC: I didn't think of that, but it would be a good touch)) ::He reads the article with intrest, putting the gun back in its location before going to the couch and sitting down:: Looks liike I skipped abit too early, but no used crying over it now. ::He skips the paper to page 3A::
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Post by Iole on Apr 6, 2009 13:19:13 GMT -5
(OOC: You know I actually didn't have a 3A on that article. I just added that to look more authentic... Plus I ran out of things to say. Sorry to dissappoint.)
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Post by Jas on Apr 6, 2009 13:22:41 GMT -5
((S'OK, no harm.))
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Post by Kerion on Apr 7, 2009 12:43:45 GMT -5
::He puts the paper down after reading the articles:: Looks like things are starting to get serious around here. ::Looks to the picture of his next target:: I'll start as soon as I get dressed, better to look in the night than in broad daylight ::Kerion gets his clothes on and reloads his guns. He looks to the radio playing the jazz music ((http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7v95LFNcW8)) and turns it off:: Time to get back to work. ::Turns the lights off and leaves before locking the door::
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Post by Kerion on Apr 15, 2009 11:16:38 GMT -5
::Kerion enters the room after apprehending Dave Beck:: Another down. Seven more to go. ::He looks back over the list.:: Let's see... Three captains left before I move up to the top ones. Which of these three will be first? ::He takes the three pictures as tosses them into the air. He then grabs a pen and tosses it at one of the pictures, pinning it to the wall. The picture was that of Captain Josh Connolly:: my next target. Strange, he looks familiar. Now I remember, he hired me for a earlier job. ::He once again reads the information he got from Alicia:: How did they get this much information? Doesn't matter, makes my job alot more easier.
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Post by Kerion on Apr 16, 2009 14:33:49 GMT -5
::After awhile, he finishes and puts the info down:: Time to get moving.
::Before he could, his PHS rings:: Only the police and Anya knows this number. ::He checks the ID and sees its Anya:: Huh? Why is she calling me in the middle of a job. ::He flips it open::
"Talk to me Anya."
Anya: How's the mission Kerion?
"That's all? So far things have been intresting. Have you been reading the Lindblum newspaper?"
Anya: You know they don't allow those out of the city.
"Right, forgot." ::He spies the news paper Alicia left behind:: "Hang on, I'm sending some images of the paper to you." ::He walks to the paper and uses the camera function to snap some pictures of it:: "Tell me what you think?"
::After a few moments:: Anya: Looks like any job you take always has a catch to it.
"Don't remind me, first that war with Elias Sands when I just after a bounty. Then all of those escaped convicts after the war, then that near-death experience I had years ago thanks to Locus Kuth. Add in all those others, I beginning to think I'm cursed."
Anya: Me and Maria don't think you're cursed.
"Easy for you to say, you're not in the field. Speaking of Maria, where is she?"
Anya: Studying. How is it getting the funds for her schooling?
"Going good. But I have something I want you to check on."
Anya: ...Okay... Shoot.
"I need any information you can find on a Alicia Strauss of Lindblum's Internal Affairs."
Anya: I'll see what I can do.
"Good. Kerion out." ::He hangs up and looks out the window:: "Time to get moving." ::He leaves, but the LPA is moving at the same time he's on his next target::
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 16, 2009 15:55:16 GMT -5
::Some Time Later:: Anya: You are going to kiss my feet when you see me next and tell me that you can't live without me for this. Do you have any idea how hard it is to dig up files from Lindblum after all those attacks? ::Anya's voice comes in clear over the PHS:: I'm amazed they have an archive still standing. Oh don't worry, I got it, but only after getting through a firewall that nearly fried the entire system. We're lucky this isn't my first time. But why were you so desperate for me to get records on someone who's already dead?
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Post by Kerion on Apr 16, 2009 16:02:55 GMT -5
::His eye widens abit at the last sentence in confusion before hiding in a alleyway:: "Huh? What do you mean already dead?"
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 16, 2009 16:14:00 GMT -5
Anya: Yeah, the only Alicia Strauss I found on record died forty years ago. She was a secretary for the police, but she was never in Internal Affairs. That's why it took me so long. I was looking in the wrong place. The IA was formed by Captain Ames over twenty years after she died. And from what I've read on her, there wasn't much out of the ordinary. Not even a traffic ticket. Loving wife and mother, dedicated worker, well except for this formal complaint she made once that her boss was making advances on her. But other than that, nothing. So what does she have to do with this job?
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Post by Kerion on Apr 16, 2009 16:19:47 GMT -5
"She was the one that gave me the info on the terrorist I got. Either its a coincidence or I've been getting my info from a ghost. Did the files have a picture of her? If she was police, she must of had her picture taken."
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 16, 2009 16:25:59 GMT -5
::Anya's silent for a moment on the other end, and Kerion wonders if what he said may have frightened or startled her. But when she speaks again in her usual tone, he's reminded just how hard it is to surprise Anya:: Anya: Not much to look at. I'm sending the picture to you now. Does she look anything like the woman you've been talking to? static.guim.co.uk/sys-images/Politics/Pix/pictures/2008/01/14/jacqui_smith_2_460.jpg
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Post by Kerion on Apr 16, 2009 16:35:35 GMT -5
"The one I spoke to looked younger than that. Something starting to stink about this ::Looks to the trash nearby:: or it could be the garbage I'm near. Thanks for the info Anya. I'll let you know if anything else turns up."
((OOC: Couldn't resist the double meaning with the garbage joke XD))
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 16, 2009 16:37:08 GMT -5
Anya: That's what you pay me for... kind of. I'll see what I can dig up out of Internal Affairs. But those files are pretty well secured. It'll take me awhile.
::She pauses for a moment::
Anya: Hey... be careful alright?
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Post by Kerion on Apr 16, 2009 16:47:44 GMT -5
::Kerion lets a smile cross on his face at her request:: "Who do you think you're talking to Anya? Don't I always make it back alive? ::He knows she's not impressed with his show of bravado, his face then becomes serious as the smile leaves his face:: I promise I'll be careful Anya. Kerion out." ::He hangs up the PHS and steps back out to resume his mission for Josh Connolly::
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 17, 2009 18:44:22 GMT -5
::A new message vibrates on Kerion's PHS. Taking a look at the idea says the number is unlisted, so it's most likely "Alicia"::
Situation at HQ. Prisoner may be target. Get here on the double.
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Post by Kerion on Apr 17, 2009 18:47:13 GMT -5
::His eye narrow before he takes off to the station:: Seems like Beck is important to them. But I'll make sure that plan is shot down!
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Post by Kerion on Apr 20, 2009 10:08:41 GMT -5
After the events at Miséricorde
::Kerion gets in and slams the door behind him, panting as he ran the whole way there:: This is not good. Why would Iole join terrorist? I said she was my enemy if she remained with the LPA, but do I have it in me to kill a friend, a girl nonetheless? ::He looks to the targets and his intent becomes clear:: Enough with the small fries, I'm going for the higher ups! ::He looks to high priority targets::
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Post by Book of the Twilight on Apr 20, 2009 12:39:33 GMT -5
::Kerion's hand is barely on the knob when his PHS starts to vibrate. It's a message from Anya... but why would she just send him a text instead of calling her like she usually does? She must still be busy. The message reads::
Danger. IA=bad news. More later. Don't do anything hasty.
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