Post by Akago on Oct 10, 2008 7:22:41 GMT -5
(And I thought my first post was a monster. Good lawrd don't kill me for this thing. I just wound up adding more and more detail until it turned into this.)
After Shadow seemed to be finished with the files on his target, the man held his hand out to retrieve them from the hedgehog. Being that this person had a slight sense of humor, he also added a comment in response to the complaints. "I guess they're trying to give you more practice in the area then. I'll make sure to pass that statement along for you."
A moment of silence added a break in thought before he decided to ask about the particular person the agent had decided to bring up as an example to how he worked. "I never got a chance to ask, why exactly was that guy's face missing when they brought back the corpse? Whatever you did to him, it didn't look like a pleasant way to go." Another pause came here, followed by one last quip of humor. "Not that I'd like an first hand example thanks."
The front man didn't end his talking at that point however, adding one more piece of information to what was said. This had to do with the mission once more. Despite these side comments, the priority was the mission and therefore he didn't end his turn of speaking without informing the hedgehog of something he needed to know.
"The transport you'll be in to get to the battlefield is over there. Helicopter 5 in area B." While he said this, he was pointing toward the direction one would need to go to find it. The hangers were spilt up into multiple sections to the point where it wouldn't be hard to anything so long as you had the right label. This made things go smoother during preparation since most only had to be told once where to go.
—(Cut)—
Within the country of Orenot, the council that oversaw the government were just finishing a meeting to discuss the current happenings. It was set up as a constitutional Monarchy. The leader of this council came from a monarchal line, while the other five members were elected. The set up of this government was simple, yet was effective in keep things in order.
Orenot was split into 10 different areas, territories if you will. Each of these territories elect two people each for the subjects of money, defense, law, justice, and foreign relations. This made five lower councils made up of twenty people each. From these twenty, one is chosen by the countries populous from each, and this makes up this high council. Each elected member precedes over the lower council which they came from. A council election is held every ten years along with a census. These were the basis of government dictated by the constitution of the country.
This meeting had consisted of a heated debate this time where voices were raised and the monarchal head had her work cut out for her trying to keep it from downgrading into a mudslinging form of arguing. This verbal brawl of politics was between the two leading the affairs of the treasury and defense. Defense felt they needed to concentrate more on protecting their county, but treasury claimed they were having large problems just keeping their economy from falling apart and couldn't spare the money it would take to do that.
The conductor of this balancing game called government was the last to exit from the room. The two-toned lavender feline was in her typical garb; a royal purple shirt jacket with gold and reddish trimming and white pants. She wore white gloves, and maroon high-heel shoes. Both had tassel on the ends. The longer fur which served as 'hair' was tied into a ponytail with a red band. And on her forehead was a red gem.
With a sigh, she made sure the door closed behind her and thus left the room now emptied. Since only the six of the group were allowed to be in the room during these meeting, her bodyguard was forced to wait outside. She didn't think of him as this role however. They had been friends since her early childhood, long before she was put under the stress of trying to rule a country. Before either of them had their abilities, and they were just tykes with the only concerns being about getting out of timeout.
Many people didn't think someone so young could successfully run a country but quickly enough she had proven them wrong. Blaze the Cat had taken the throne when she was but thirteen. Originally, during the forming of this country after the great catastrophe, her mother and father had stood up to rule. But, two years later they had been killed and the land needed a new ruler. Those of the current council looked to her, and she stepped into the light to take her parents place. And despite her young age as the members believed she would, she shouldered the burden well. It was now well into the third year under her leadership, and even though the country held many problems, the sixteen year old was highly regarded for the issues that had been worked through thus far.
(Also, I suggest Silver's ability being considered electricity. The physical manifestation of his powers look like electricity. And the abilities could be actually come from a modified nervous system so energy could be exerted on a object by the use of electric pulses that nerves are already made to control.)
—(Cut)—
Once feeling comfortable that she was not being tailed to this secret location, Alena continued on her way. It wouldn't be long after this that she entered the few remnants that were left of the once glorious city of Soleanna. She passed by these as she always did, not interested in a few pieces of stone rubble that had manage not to be disintegrated by the blast five years ago.
The lynx walked the now familiar path, and after ten full minutes she came to the turn of direction in the walk. It wasn't left or right as one would expect, but instead straight down into a fissure in the terra which lead to what she sought. After redonning her ebony jacket, she leaned down onto one knee to take a momentary glance. She needed no light to see yet, and thanks to her excellent vision, wouldn't until she was to the bottom and moving away from the hole. Nor did she need rope, or any other sort of climbing gear. There were many ledges big enough to jump to, and as a feline she was easily able to do so. Therefore, without taking any more time then what was needed for the quick peek, she leapt down to the first ledge.
Jump after jump would lead her further and further down. And the further into the earth she went, the more the temperature lowered. This was very relieving to someone who had just been journeying across a dry lake bed in the heat of the day. It took twelve jumps to get all the way down to the main cavern. After reaching the subterranean world, the first thing the feline did was lean down on both knees next to a close by pool of water.
Once her fingerless gloves were removed from her hands, she dipped them into the water. She cupped them together and used them to take water from this small pool to pour it into her mouth. A few droplets trickled from her lips into the fur below her mouth. With a relieving sigh once she did this, she took the canteen out (hammerspace go!) and took a some time to fill it until the level was at the top. Once this task too was done, she put it away and put the worn gloves back on her hands.
Standing to peer around once she pulled the goggles off to around her neck, she checked the area to see if anything had changed since her last trip to the sanctuary from the wastelands' heat. It didn't seem so, and as such she started to journey deeper in. This was when the first appearance of her powers showed. Her hand drew up and she concentrated on her current task. Soon, a dim glow of soft white light appeared in front of her hand, and without any sort of device other then her now natural abilities she could explore the caverns more.
And Alena did just that. Sometimes, she would stay here days at a time, enjoying the much cooler temperatures and looking for things of value to use for bartering with the Nirael merchants near the border of their country. She attempted to make sure not to take the same path all the time so she would be exposed to more chances for treasure.
She would spend more then an hour before finally finding something interesting that was not there the last time she had been this way. A stone wall between to hallow areas underground had been knocked down. Her best guess was by some type of earthquake. As she inspected the hole closer, she saw the metal sheet that was once a wall. Wherever this lead, it was something manmade. The agile girl was easily able to get past the rubble and into the abandoned area. Though she wouldn't yet know it, she was now in a place called Aquatic base. This underground military facility's entrance had long ago been covered by rubble and sand. But now, someone living again had access to it.
To the feline, this place was a treasure trove. Quickly she would start to explore its old halls and it wouldn't take much longer for her to find something that could be of value sitting on a table in a lab. It was some strange looking ancient artifact. Along with it were some old sheets of paperwork about it in a binder. She opened and began to look through this holder while it was still on the table and reading what she understood. It had pictures of tablets that were found with this odd looking piece of carved stone with few and only partial translations of what they said.
The only words she needed to see was something about immense power and shut it after that. Anything that could lead to power was easy to sell in this world, and as such she took these two objects with her as she began to make her way out. Normally she would stay longer, but now she was eager to go pawn these things off. And she already had a good customer in mind.
The lynx kept her self-created lantern on and quickly retraced her steps to the entrance. After that, the light was willingly snuffed out, and she did her typical maneuver to get back up. First jumping up and balancing on a stalagmite, she was able to do a second jump from there that was high enough to land on the lowest ledge. From there, it was simply jumping from ledge to ledge again. Going up however made things more draining as one might expect.
After she was out, she stopped for a moment to consider the path ahead of her. She had to go to the west she believed to get to the old warehouse where he was based. The journey would take hours from here, but without hesitation she began to walk.
Many hours later and close to sunset, Alena reached her goal. The rundown warehouse that held the one seeking power if she had heard the rumors correctly. Again, she was covered in dust, but still wore her black leather coat and had moved her goggles back up onto her face. Giving the door she was at a good kick as a way to knock, she would wait for someone to answer the thud.
After Shadow seemed to be finished with the files on his target, the man held his hand out to retrieve them from the hedgehog. Being that this person had a slight sense of humor, he also added a comment in response to the complaints. "I guess they're trying to give you more practice in the area then. I'll make sure to pass that statement along for you."
A moment of silence added a break in thought before he decided to ask about the particular person the agent had decided to bring up as an example to how he worked. "I never got a chance to ask, why exactly was that guy's face missing when they brought back the corpse? Whatever you did to him, it didn't look like a pleasant way to go." Another pause came here, followed by one last quip of humor. "Not that I'd like an first hand example thanks."
The front man didn't end his talking at that point however, adding one more piece of information to what was said. This had to do with the mission once more. Despite these side comments, the priority was the mission and therefore he didn't end his turn of speaking without informing the hedgehog of something he needed to know.
"The transport you'll be in to get to the battlefield is over there. Helicopter 5 in area B." While he said this, he was pointing toward the direction one would need to go to find it. The hangers were spilt up into multiple sections to the point where it wouldn't be hard to anything so long as you had the right label. This made things go smoother during preparation since most only had to be told once where to go.
—(Cut)—
Within the country of Orenot, the council that oversaw the government were just finishing a meeting to discuss the current happenings. It was set up as a constitutional Monarchy. The leader of this council came from a monarchal line, while the other five members were elected. The set up of this government was simple, yet was effective in keep things in order.
Orenot was split into 10 different areas, territories if you will. Each of these territories elect two people each for the subjects of money, defense, law, justice, and foreign relations. This made five lower councils made up of twenty people each. From these twenty, one is chosen by the countries populous from each, and this makes up this high council. Each elected member precedes over the lower council which they came from. A council election is held every ten years along with a census. These were the basis of government dictated by the constitution of the country.
This meeting had consisted of a heated debate this time where voices were raised and the monarchal head had her work cut out for her trying to keep it from downgrading into a mudslinging form of arguing. This verbal brawl of politics was between the two leading the affairs of the treasury and defense. Defense felt they needed to concentrate more on protecting their county, but treasury claimed they were having large problems just keeping their economy from falling apart and couldn't spare the money it would take to do that.
The conductor of this balancing game called government was the last to exit from the room. The two-toned lavender feline was in her typical garb; a royal purple shirt jacket with gold and reddish trimming and white pants. She wore white gloves, and maroon high-heel shoes. Both had tassel on the ends. The longer fur which served as 'hair' was tied into a ponytail with a red band. And on her forehead was a red gem.
With a sigh, she made sure the door closed behind her and thus left the room now emptied. Since only the six of the group were allowed to be in the room during these meeting, her bodyguard was forced to wait outside. She didn't think of him as this role however. They had been friends since her early childhood, long before she was put under the stress of trying to rule a country. Before either of them had their abilities, and they were just tykes with the only concerns being about getting out of timeout.
Many people didn't think someone so young could successfully run a country but quickly enough she had proven them wrong. Blaze the Cat had taken the throne when she was but thirteen. Originally, during the forming of this country after the great catastrophe, her mother and father had stood up to rule. But, two years later they had been killed and the land needed a new ruler. Those of the current council looked to her, and she stepped into the light to take her parents place. And despite her young age as the members believed she would, she shouldered the burden well. It was now well into the third year under her leadership, and even though the country held many problems, the sixteen year old was highly regarded for the issues that had been worked through thus far.
(Also, I suggest Silver's ability being considered electricity. The physical manifestation of his powers look like electricity. And the abilities could be actually come from a modified nervous system so energy could be exerted on a object by the use of electric pulses that nerves are already made to control.)
—(Cut)—
Once feeling comfortable that she was not being tailed to this secret location, Alena continued on her way. It wouldn't be long after this that she entered the few remnants that were left of the once glorious city of Soleanna. She passed by these as she always did, not interested in a few pieces of stone rubble that had manage not to be disintegrated by the blast five years ago.
The lynx walked the now familiar path, and after ten full minutes she came to the turn of direction in the walk. It wasn't left or right as one would expect, but instead straight down into a fissure in the terra which lead to what she sought. After redonning her ebony jacket, she leaned down onto one knee to take a momentary glance. She needed no light to see yet, and thanks to her excellent vision, wouldn't until she was to the bottom and moving away from the hole. Nor did she need rope, or any other sort of climbing gear. There were many ledges big enough to jump to, and as a feline she was easily able to do so. Therefore, without taking any more time then what was needed for the quick peek, she leapt down to the first ledge.
Jump after jump would lead her further and further down. And the further into the earth she went, the more the temperature lowered. This was very relieving to someone who had just been journeying across a dry lake bed in the heat of the day. It took twelve jumps to get all the way down to the main cavern. After reaching the subterranean world, the first thing the feline did was lean down on both knees next to a close by pool of water.
Once her fingerless gloves were removed from her hands, she dipped them into the water. She cupped them together and used them to take water from this small pool to pour it into her mouth. A few droplets trickled from her lips into the fur below her mouth. With a relieving sigh once she did this, she took the canteen out (hammerspace go!) and took a some time to fill it until the level was at the top. Once this task too was done, she put it away and put the worn gloves back on her hands.
Standing to peer around once she pulled the goggles off to around her neck, she checked the area to see if anything had changed since her last trip to the sanctuary from the wastelands' heat. It didn't seem so, and as such she started to journey deeper in. This was when the first appearance of her powers showed. Her hand drew up and she concentrated on her current task. Soon, a dim glow of soft white light appeared in front of her hand, and without any sort of device other then her now natural abilities she could explore the caverns more.
And Alena did just that. Sometimes, she would stay here days at a time, enjoying the much cooler temperatures and looking for things of value to use for bartering with the Nirael merchants near the border of their country. She attempted to make sure not to take the same path all the time so she would be exposed to more chances for treasure.
She would spend more then an hour before finally finding something interesting that was not there the last time she had been this way. A stone wall between to hallow areas underground had been knocked down. Her best guess was by some type of earthquake. As she inspected the hole closer, she saw the metal sheet that was once a wall. Wherever this lead, it was something manmade. The agile girl was easily able to get past the rubble and into the abandoned area. Though she wouldn't yet know it, she was now in a place called Aquatic base. This underground military facility's entrance had long ago been covered by rubble and sand. But now, someone living again had access to it.
To the feline, this place was a treasure trove. Quickly she would start to explore its old halls and it wouldn't take much longer for her to find something that could be of value sitting on a table in a lab. It was some strange looking ancient artifact. Along with it were some old sheets of paperwork about it in a binder. She opened and began to look through this holder while it was still on the table and reading what she understood. It had pictures of tablets that were found with this odd looking piece of carved stone with few and only partial translations of what they said.
The only words she needed to see was something about immense power and shut it after that. Anything that could lead to power was easy to sell in this world, and as such she took these two objects with her as she began to make her way out. Normally she would stay longer, but now she was eager to go pawn these things off. And she already had a good customer in mind.
The lynx kept her self-created lantern on and quickly retraced her steps to the entrance. After that, the light was willingly snuffed out, and she did her typical maneuver to get back up. First jumping up and balancing on a stalagmite, she was able to do a second jump from there that was high enough to land on the lowest ledge. From there, it was simply jumping from ledge to ledge again. Going up however made things more draining as one might expect.
After she was out, she stopped for a moment to consider the path ahead of her. She had to go to the west she believed to get to the old warehouse where he was based. The journey would take hours from here, but without hesitation she began to walk.
Many hours later and close to sunset, Alena reached her goal. The rundown warehouse that held the one seeking power if she had heard the rumors correctly. Again, she was covered in dust, but still wore her black leather coat and had moved her goggles back up onto her face. Giving the door she was at a good kick as a way to knock, she would wait for someone to answer the thud.