Arianne
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Post by Arianne on Jan 22, 2009 15:13:28 GMT -5
Arianne sat on a bench just outside the Opera House. She forced herself to pay attention to the people wandering in and out as she waited, lest she drift off and miss the one she was here to meet.
For the same reason, she was careful not to pay too close attention to any of them. The sex lives and private sorrows of what other people would call strangers was interesting in its way, but she was here for a reason.
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Anei Roth
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Post by Anei Roth on Jan 24, 2009 15:51:07 GMT -5
(Here goes nothing.)
Anei Roth paused outside the Opera House, features quietly composed and pale green eyes scanning her surroundings at all times. The assasin was clad in dark-blue pants, a long-sleeved shirt, and brown cloak, light boots on her feet and gloves on her hands. She brushed a lock of brown hair out of her face, noting the continous, low-key vibration on the bracelet she wore a slight grimace.
Even with the sensitivity turned to the lowest setting above off, the tracker was still picking up the background radiation put out by the many targets on this cursed planet. It was enough to strain even her composure...
She quelched that train of thought rather violently, shaking her head as she pondered what to do... her weapons and tools were stowed in a hidden cache, save for a knife, the tracker, and some smoke pellets. Her intial scouting confirmed this 'Opera House' as the social hub of the city, and thus a likely place to find out about her targets. All she had to do was go in, find a Sue, and begin hunting. Given their nature, one or two might even aproach Anei directly, Creator give her that much of a break.
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Arianne
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Post by Arianne on Jan 25, 2009 5:58:05 GMT -5
Arianne perked up as she spotted the sue-slayer. "Anei Roth!" she called. "There you are. Come here, come here." In response to Anei's startlement and instinctive suspicion, Arianne gentled her voice and held out one hand in a pacifying gesture. "It's a difficult task you have ahead of you. I can help."
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Anei Roth
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Post by Anei Roth on Jan 25, 2009 13:09:31 GMT -5
Instinctive violence held in check by twelve years of self-discipline and the girl's words, Anei relaxed her hand from the hilt of the knife sheathed at her belt and composed her features into a wary smile, self-depreciation in her gaze. She gracefully strode over to the younger girl, not picking up any *obvious* signs of danger as she did so. Not that that meant anything, to be honest.
"You have my attention," the assasin allowed, voice soft and pleasantly nuetral, "But what is your name, and what 'difficult task' do you think I have ahead of me that you can help me with? It's not exactly something normal to yell at a passing stranger."
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Arianne
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Post by Arianne on Jan 25, 2009 17:43:09 GMT -5
"Je m'appelle Arianne," she replied, positively beaming. "I am the Repository, the vessel which holds the wisdom of the universe. You are Aei Roth, a Sueslayer in the Kingdom of Sues. Wherever they go, they twist the world around them, but here? Here their power is amplified beyond all comprehension - save, of course, my own - freeing them from even the few rules they are bound to in other places. This, of course, is why they are drawn here in the first place, and in such numbers!
"Yes, Anei, the task ahead of you is a daunting one, but not impossible, especially not with me by your side. Have you ever heard the expression "Knowledge is power"? Oh yes, I can help you. The only question is, pouvez-vous m'aider?"
((That second French bit is "Can you help me?" and I got it from a French/English dictionary. Yeah, I don't think I'm going to keep that up for very long.))
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Anei Roth
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Post by Anei Roth on Jan 25, 2009 18:09:28 GMT -5
(LOL, wut? Okay. Let's do this. I'm getting a Birds of Prey vibe here...)
To say that Anei was disturbed by the ammount of insight this... creature had into her would be putting it *very* mildly. Let alone if what she was saying had any merit beyond what the assasin had deduced herself. Almost every instinct she had counciled towards striking this Repository down where she sat, but the manipulator in her... Hmmph. Well, it's not like Arianne could make her scenario much worse than it was.
Besides, the girl was too wasted to be more Sueish than Anei herself, and given the grim history of Oracles...
Anei dropped her amused mask, expression going deadly serious, "Very well. Let's assume I am who and what you say I am, on the mission you described. And that I believe you're as powerful as you claim without suffering from crippling madness. What do want? Funds? A specific target killed?"
She wrinkled her nose a little despite herself, taking in Arianne's disheveled state, "...Assistance with basic hygene and personal care?"
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Arianne
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Post by Arianne on Jan 25, 2009 18:54:13 GMT -5
"Sarcasm aside, that's exactly what I need. It is... difficult for me, to stay as focused as I am right now. There is so much... I drift... a message in a bottle, a love letter to a stanger, floating on the waves until it is eaten by a shark..." She shook herself. "I need someone who will remind me to stay in this world; to eat, and drink, and bathe. Preferably someone to watch me bathe, otherwise I am liable to drown myself.
"My uncle, who cared for me before, died recently. I must have a guardian if I am to survive. You do not love me, will never love me, but you will care for me in return for information until I can find someone who will devote their life to me the way my uncle did."
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Anei Roth
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Post by Anei Roth on Jan 25, 2009 19:16:25 GMT -5
"I see," intoned Anei Roth, blinking once at the frank revelation, "That is... a common problem for oracles. Or so I've been taught."
The amused smile popped back into existence then, amiable mask firmly in place as she nodded, "In that case, I agree to your bargain. Guide me honestly and safely to more vulnerable prey, and I shall provide the support you require to survive until such time as one or the other of us fufills our needs, Creator as my Witness."
She crossed her arms over her chest, adding conversationally, "Do you have housing in this city already, or will I need to aquire some for both of us?"
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Arianne
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Post by Arianne on Jan 25, 2009 19:39:24 GMT -5
"As you have said, so shall it be." She stood and held out her hand for the sueslayer to take. "I have a house; a small one, but large enough for our needs. We will go there now." She gave Anei Roth the address in case she forgot what she was doing, and set off.
((Edit: I just asked their modlinesses to make one in Residences, so when/if they get around to it...))
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Anei Roth
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Post by Anei Roth on Jan 26, 2009 13:24:59 GMT -5
"Understood," the assasin replied, accepting the hand and following, "Allow me a momentary side trip on our way there to fetch my tools from my cache, and we have no problem, Arianne."
Anei pulled the hood of her cloak up as she followed, gaze speculative and if not quite hopeful for her mission, able to accept the possibility that she may just get out of this planet alive in less than her lifespan.
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Arianne
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Post by Arianne on Jan 28, 2009 12:11:40 GMT -5
((It's ready. She's there, and you already have your stuff. You're carrying it all, mwahahaha.))
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