Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 18, 2015 23:34:22 GMT -5
Imagine that. And he'd seemed so personable.
"Very well. So be it." Balem squinted back at him, alert for any sign of irony in a face that could have been hewn from stone and left to the elements for a couple centuries.
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Ronan
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Post by Ronan on Feb 19, 2015 10:51:12 GMT -5
"How did you get this frequency? Who are you?"
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 19, 2015 10:51:49 GMT -5
"Answer the same yourself!"
If he went along with it, he might yet be shown some mercy, at least once law enforcement caught up with him. The distinct impression was that they were probably looking for this one already, which would make ID'ing him easier, but didn't mitigate the chore of squaring off against a madman. Kalique was not going to be pleased.
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Ronan
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Post by Ronan on Feb 19, 2015 11:12:17 GMT -5
"Ronan-"
This was a new voice, low in its own right and with a metallic twang underlying the tone but feminine all the same, which was immediately cut off by the main target of the FTL rounding furiously on its just-revealed owner and snapping "Do not interrupt me."
The woman cringed, in the understated manner of someone who had spent a great deal of their life cringing while simultaneously developing the skill to show as little emotion as possible.
"It's to do with my father," she retorted. "He's growing impatient-" "I will address him presently. He will wait."
The man- Ronan, apparently- glared back at the screen again.
"You are addressing Ronan of Hala, Supreme Accuser of the Kree Empire."
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 19, 2015 11:30:34 GMT -5
Oh, an Accuser, how charming. Balem stared, along with every other individual in the communications bay that wasn't cringing into a sleeve.
"--that will be sufficient, thank you. This communication has served its purpose."
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Ronan
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Post by Ronan on Feb 19, 2015 16:25:45 GMT -5
"Abrasax," Ronan interrupted, voice quiet yet somehow exactly as emphatic as before. "That's what you said, isn't it?"
The woman standing beside him visibly tensed but remained silent.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 19, 2015 16:55:09 GMT -5
"That will be all," Balem said, panic finally registering on his freckled features. "Goodbye."
(Somewhere, just off-screen, Chicanery Night was gesturing furiously for somebody to end the transmission.)
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Ronan
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Post by Ronan on Feb 19, 2015 17:36:58 GMT -5
"That name means nothing to me," he said. "But I have little doubt that it will."
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 19, 2015 23:06:17 GMT -5
The viewscreen cascaded into darkness, but not fast enough that there wasn't a lovingly close-up view of Ronan pronouncing those last words. Balem turned his back on it, looking mildly shaken, a thin band of red-brown hair falling loose over his temple.
"There we have it, then. Pull up contact information for the Kree embassy, I intend to press charges at the earliest opportunity, and I'm sure the actions of their representative will prove of interest to them."
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Kalique Abrasax
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Post by Kalique Abrasax on Feb 19, 2015 23:34:16 GMT -5
It was several hours later before their guest left, and another few urgent minutes of discussion after that before both of the available Abrasax siblings were seated before the screen with their entourages- Balem's somewhat reduced, their fill of Kree more than overwhelmed for the day, and Kalique's noticing this and looking apprehensive.
Kalique herself sat up perfectly straight, but with her slightly wrinkled brow furrowed further and her head tilted slightly down as she watched a pair of blue men in crested helmets patch them through to the Kree sovereign.
The Kree and the Abrasax dynasty had never been precisely friendly, but an assault of this nature was something new entirely. They had, some six thousand years ago, come by to abduct a sample population of Earth people, and later claimed that they were trying to obtain only the descendants of the pre-Orusian-seed population, but an Earthling was an Earthling. Now there was an untouchable patch of Kree-bred freaks on the dark side of the moon, like a fungus or an invasive species.
Mind, Earth as a whole was very distressingly rapidly turning out to be a rotten fruit from the start, but Kalique had already seen the sparks that threatened to turn into a fiery rage form in her elder brother's eyes the first time Maledictes had alluded to it even vaguely, and the subject was now taboo. It was hard to blame him for his bitterness, but Balem's rages were so petty coming from a majority stockholder that it was an embarrassment to them all.
Balem was still essentially an asset- more than could be said for Titus, who loved money as much as the next man but had no sense for doing anything but squander it- but only under certain circumstances. They would all be better off if his standing were somewhat diminished, Balem included- but, of course, Kalique never said that, either.
When the screen came up on the Emperor, the handful of people who had witnessed the earlier FTL seemed to let out a collective worried mutter.
The Kree Emperor, it turned out, was a perfectly average- perhaps even good-looking, if one were charitable- man who could have passed for human were it not for his deep cerulean skin. He was wearing something disconcertingly like a dress uniform, and had bright reddish hair and heavy muttonchops, with a small pattern of triangles painted below one eye and a black bar running vertically down his nose.
"Lord Balem- is that right? I'm sorry, I don't think my people have communicated with you or your company in at least 1500 standard years. I'm Karfan, Emperor of the Kree."
He had a pleasant, open way of speaking, lacking all of Ronan's odd, heavy emphasis and pauses.
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 20, 2015 0:04:35 GMT -5
Balem primly crossed his legs, fingers laced against his knee to hide how his hands shook. He had been unable to retire in the span of time between the disastrous FTL call and his sister's deliverance from the clutches of their tiresome guest, but had managed to change clothes a second time into something appropriately grim and martial. He wore gunmetal gray, and a single lock of hair still hung askew, unheeded.
The emperor would have to forgive him for staring. The contrast in appearances alone would have made it clear that this Ronan the Accuser was practically feral by any meaningful standard.
"You're correct, sir. How unfortunate to resume our acquaintance under such circumstances."
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Kalique Abrasax
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Post by Kalique Abrasax on Feb 20, 2015 0:19:26 GMT -5
"We're very sorry to bother your imperial majesty," Kalique spoke up, "but it's a matter of some importance. I am the Lady Kalique, second primary heir of the late Queen Seraphi, and Gantag V is under my stewardship as per my mother's will. I received notification today that Gantag V has been completely deserted with no warning, and the signs point to a Kree national as the culprit. My brother" [she gestured toward Balem in acknowledgement] "managed to contact the person in question, but he seemed rather- hmm, belligerent."
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 20, 2015 0:44:39 GMT -5
"A threat was received," Balem interjected irritably. He would have been quick to clarify that threats were not exchanged as such.
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Kalique Abrasax
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Post by Kalique Abrasax on Feb 20, 2015 12:34:45 GMT -5
The Emperor frowned slightly in return.
"Did you get an ident?"
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Balem Abrasax
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Post by Balem Abrasax on Feb 20, 2015 14:04:17 GMT -5
"He identified himself as Supreme Accuser for the Kree Empire. We'd be willing to share visual documentation as well, if that would confirm anything substantial."
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