Vinny smiled lightly, but shook his head in the negative. "Hey Gen," he replied easily, "Haven't gotten the wire on our quarters yet, but now's as good a time as any, right? C'mon." Turning, he glanced back to make sure the other man was following and threaded his way between the thinning crowd to the podium.
Saluting briefly, he addressed his new CO. "Evening, Sir. Neutral Company'd like to know where it's sleeping tonight."
edited 28th May '11 12:43:51 AM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire."Got it! Thanks, Sir." Vinny nodded gratefully, turning to scan the clusters of Knights throughout the room. "Now, to find Knights Descartes and Descartes..."
edited 30th May '11 6:35:53 PM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Sleep Hoet, 534 A.T.C. 0H0 EMT. February 15th, 2999. 7 AM, GMT.
Descartes arrived and the rooms were set for the night. Jeanne and Vinny were afforded their own rooms, while Gen and Jacques shared.
The morning after was fairly uneventful. The makeshift based was abandoned and rigged with mines and various other explosives.
They headed south to an actually defendable point on the Cents northern most border.
Arrival: Hoet, 534 A.T.C. 4H2 EMT. February 15th, 2999. 5:12 PM, GMT.
It was in a mountainous area. To the north was the warm tropics of Midgar, to the south and west were only more mountains and ocean. To the East, if one passed the mountains were thick and sweltering rainforests.
"We are to begin preparations for defence immediately," Shang said as they arrived, "The scouting flights from all Battalions will be in charge of placing forward traps, spotting and sniping positions. The First Battalion will be using their frames in order aid with the placement of barricades and sandbags. The Second Battalion will be in charge of the Artillery batteries. The Third and Fourth will act as relief for the other two and their Knights will serve as enforcers to ensure maintainance and moral remain high."
"Yes, Lord Shang!" A shout rang out in unison amongst the officers of the first Three Battalions and his guards.
Char switched to the Fourth Battalion frequency.
"Silver, you are know what you have to do. I expect you to perform."
"Of course Charlot," Lucy smirked, "When have we ever let you down?"
"Excellent. Neutral, I expect you to supervise the prisoners. There should be about five aces present. They are valuable to us. Sienna, I expect you'll do little. Keep in my sight."
"Keeping your friends close Aznavour?" Corto smirked.
Meanwhile...
Kara sat in her cell. She saw many familiar faces from Shelke, all whispering rumours of the arrival of a battalion of Knights. The were laughing and joking; The older and the younger members of the militia were soon be given a flight to Nibel. The largest Oellian settlement on Aeris, protected viciously by the Centuari. Rumours of the space battle going poorly worried some, but they now held the Formerly Federation anti-orbital lasers and most were certain it would be just as ugly and difficult for the Feds. Many were optimistic that the fighting would be contained in Northern Midgar and Muspel.
"Hien, Watergirl, you're happy enough then?" Reechard said, carrying a tray with a small loaf, an apple and a plastic cup of water, "Or are you still more proud than hungry?"
edited 4th Jun '11 11:07:05 PM by Fauxlosophe
"A Battalion or Corps, it is probably not worth the Faed's time to be attacking 'ere. Odds are we will sit 'ere quietly until the Knights are called off to 'Ighwind and we head back to Nibel or somewhere warm and friendly. You will 'opefully be traded then and I will have been put in charge of a more talkative Faed. Preferably one 'o can appreciate Tea."
In short order, Vinny had respectfully replied to Charlot in the affirmative, passed along word to his currently diffused company, and made his way to the prison block.
It's a hot day, hot and dry, and as always I'm glad I've got my hat. Hasn't been often I've seen a day this dry or hot, and I've seen a lot of days on this rock. Drier than a fistful of sand wrapped in sandpaper, and hotter than... some hot place that's less hot than here. Damnit, the heat must be getting to me. Pull it together, Merlo!
Anyway, where was I? Right. It's a hot, dry day north of Midgar, and newly-promoted Private Eye Vinny Merlo is on his way to the caboose to spend some quality time with a few Feddie POW's. Wait, that's third-person. Alright... The Brass has decided that the gang and I are gonna be supervisn' the prisoners. The whole deck, Aces and all. Ya know, I'm actually thinking of renaming my crew The Hardboiled Ace Detective Company, but that might clash with the Silver Comet's color scheme. Any case, I hope Neutral likes card games, 'cause that's all I brought with me.
I'm not sure what to think of Feds, really. Never met one, but I know we look pretty much alike. We just shoot at them because the big men tell us it'll end the war faster, and if that's the way it's gotta be, I've got no kick. A friend of mine tells me they're not too bad. "Vinny," he says, "they're not so different from you and me." Not sure how well I can trust that rap, though, since he can be kind of a sharper sometimes. Idealist, too. Well, looks like today's the day I find out if all his chinning was bunk or not.
edited 2nd Jun '11 1:26:47 PM by darksidevoid
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Kara shrugged. So long as it was anyone but this fool, she could care less.
She grabbed the loaf and took a bite of it. I hope I get out of here soon. I only barely make the weight requirement for service as is, and these rations won't help any. I stay here any longer than a few days, I'll get grounded for malnutrition for sure.
She took a bite of apple and a bite of bread together. Looks like exercising to pass time is out of the question. She frowned, And I really wanted to work on my abs, too...
The prison block didn't seem to be very busy, but then again, Vinny wasn't sure why he'd been expecting it to be. It was a jail, after all. Naturally, the entrance of a man in a longcoat and fedora garnered some attention, so Vinny tipped his hat toward the guards and waved. Some of them smiled, waving back, and the others simply nodded and continued about the business of overseeing their prisoners. Grinning privately to himself, the detective made his way over to a friendly-looking Oellian and his charge, an unusually small Federation woman.
"Bawn Apraemeedee, amee," he greeted in the other man's native tongue, taking up residence on a wall beside the cell, "Kawmen vah el?" TL
GM: AGOG S4 & F/WC RP; Co-GM: TABA, SOTR, UUA RP; Sub-GM: TTS RP. I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and security to my new Empire.Kara looked briefly up at the new voice before returning to her meal.
And then almost immediately looked back up and stared at the newcomer.
Is that man in a trench coat? Why would he be wearing that inside? Isn't he overheating? That's just stup-
...
Is that a fedora? Really? Like those cheesy detectives from those novels dad had back home? Am I hallucinating? Did they drug me? I didn't drink the water though... She eyed her food with suspicion. Maybe the apple? It'd be difficult, but I could see Ree-what's-his-name doing that to spite me.
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Something in Kara snapped.
"YOU SON OF A BITCH!"
She lunged towards the man-
And almost immediately yelped and fell to the ground, clutching at her back.
Aughh! I can still feel the effects of the crash. She turned her most venomous glare on the man. "You bastard, you're lucky I haven't fully recovered yet."

Jeanne sighed. "He and I don't exactly see eye-to-eye, believe me, I'm trying to be nice."
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