A Tale of Three Cities - Page 2

starry knight · 04-22-2004, 04:23 PM

[quote="Jade Green"]

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Originally Posted by Demonfox38

Greysight, who had been about to answer Mike's question, stared at Atsuko and the rat for a moment, (it was hard to see whom she was really looking at). "...One moment." She turned to where she saw a pair of Electricians eating lunch. "Ms. Graye." She called out, "Ms. Graye, since you appear to be finished with your meal, could you please be kind enough to escort this lady to the Hospital Wing?"

"Nn?" Nyx looked up and over to the leader, a little intimidated. The shapeshifter smiled endearingly at them as she got up and walked over to the group. "Yeah, no problem." She motioned in the direction they were to go. "It's just this way."

Demonfox38 · 04-22-2004, 04:30 PM

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Originally Posted by heretic888

((err... you didn't really answer my question there:

is it splinter?? and, if so, are you playing as him??))

((Sorry for not being clearer. Sure, it's Splinter, and no, I am not RPing him. You can if you want to)

*heretic888* · 04-22-2004, 04:41 PM

((if you're not going to RP him, then you shouldn't have introduced him --- you're basically forcing someone else to RP him or the story can't progress))

*Jade Green* · 04-22-2004, 05:04 PM

((here's an idea. How about it NOT be splinter. especially since you personally have no plans to rpg him and frankly I don't want to deal with a canon character like him at the moment. This means its another rat mutant. Since you called it a Ratling, that would lead me to think Child.))

Demonfox38 · 04-22-2004, 05:51 PM

((Sure, that's sounds good. Sorry if I'm really screwing this up--this is all I've ever done for Internet RPs.)

*Jade Green* · 04-22-2004, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by Demonfox38

((Sure, that's sounds good. Sorry if I'm really screwing this up--this is all I've ever done for Internet RPs.)

Thats okay
just reply to Starry Knight now. Please?

Demonfox38 · 04-22-2004, 07:34 PM

(Mmkay. Sorry about all of that!)

Nyx. Cute name.

"Thanks. Also, sorry about the intrusion.", Atsuko followed after Nyx, the ratling child still slung limply across her shoulders. Although she really wanted some questions answered, she'd have to take care of the kid first. . .whoever he was.

There was only two things that really bothered her: what were Greysight's motives, and why did that male turtle not bother to wear pants?

starry knight · 04-22-2004, 08:36 PM

Nyxy stepped lightly through the bustling sub-city, glancing at workers she passed and nodding to those she knew.
"The hospital wing is just up here." She called over her shoulder at the girl following her. She turned to the left sharply and led Atsuko into one of the few finished rooms of Atlantis.
The hospital wing was, despite the unussual surroundings, clean. The quick transition from the dimly lit sewers to the bright sub-terrainian hospital made Nyxy blink and go blind for a moment. She shielded her eyes until sight found her again, and then proceded to direct Atsuko as to the proper course of action to take.
"Sit here and the doctor should be around in a bit." Her brow furroughed as she looked at the ratling. "Poor kid." She muttered, more to herself than anyone else.
"What's this?" A voce caught their attention from behind Nyxy and she turned to see one of the doctors standing in the doorway, dressed in a white lab coat. He was tall, with sandy-red hair and amber eyes. "Miss Graye, back again?" He sounded slightly ammused. "Third time I've had to treat you for minor burns since I started here."
"Not me this time, Doc." She grinned and motioned to Atsuko and the ratling. "Someone else"
The doctor's face darkened slightly as he looked at the two strangers. "I'm Doctor Mraz Doubeck." He said as he crossed to them and placed a hand on the ratling. "We've got to get this kid some help"

Demonfox38 · 04-22-2004, 08:48 PM

Atsuko gave the doctor the ratling, knowing she could do nothing else. "Thank you for your assistance, Dr. Doubeck. If the child would need anything else, I'd be more than willing to help him."

She turned to Nyxy, whispering under her breath, "That goes for you too. Thank you for what you've done--you've made yourself an ally."

*heretic888* · 04-26-2004, 03:00 PM

Michelangelo had watched the entire scene with Atsuko with a somewhat detached concern. He thought it a bit rude that that fox had interrupted he and Greysight like that, but given the emergency it was understandable.

Hmmm.... that fox resembles the some of the Hengeyokai of Japanese myth, Mike thought to himself. Interestin'.

As Atsuko darted past them with the ratling, Mike picked up fairly 'scrambled' intentions from the fox. Something about... his clothes?? Odd.

Mike shrugged and turned back to Greysight. He smirked, "Now, where were we??"

*Jade Green* · 04-27-2004, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by heretic888

Mike shrugged and turned back to Greysight. He smirked, "Now, where were we??"

"I believed you wanted to know what we were doing here?" Greysight asked, frowning at the direction of the medical wing. "You see, our numbers have grown too large for our full populous to all stay together so we devided ourself into three seperate communities this being one of them; each community is diverse when it comes to its members: Males, Females and children. Families, Mr. Hamato, families. I'm not about to put stress on any family by forcing them to become... nomadic, if you will; however, staying in a perminant residence risk being caught, no?" She smirked lopsidedly at him.

"This means, that where ever we choose to call home will have to be well protected." Greysight continued, "And... should the need ever arised, easily left behind. Now, as for what we are doing here, there are several reasons why we decided to take up residence in this city; however, you are not cleared to know most of them so I'll just ask you this: Why do YOU live here?"

*heretic888* · 04-28-2004, 11:54 AM

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"I believed you wanted to know what we were doing here?" Greysight asked, frowning at the direction of the medical wing. "You see, our numbers have grown too large for our full populous to all stay together so we devided ourself into three seperate communities this being one of them; each community is diverse when it comes to its members: Males, Females and children. Families, Mr. Hamato, families. I'm not about to put stress on any family by forcing them to become... nomadic, if you will; however, staying in a perminant residence risk being caught, no?" She smirked lopsidedly at him.

Michelangelo maintained a nonchalant look on his face, with his perpetual casual smile beaming out. She appeared to him to be trying to guilt-trip him into sympathizing with their cause, whatever it may be. The emotional attachment of family, of course, being something very dear to Mike. He was confident this Greysight somehow sensed this about him. Very clever.

Mike smirked. But not clever enough. Mike had a very welcoming heart, but he wasn't stupid. It would take more than a few worried mutant families to catch him off his guard. He knew this 'community' was arming itself --- and he still wanted to know why.

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"This means, that where ever we choose to call home will have to be well protected." Greysight continued, "And... should the need ever arised, easily left behind."

Somehow, Mike thought to himself, 'building an army' and 'easily left behind' don't seem to go hand in hand....

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"Now, as for what we are doing here, there are several reasons why we decided to take up residence in this city; however, you are not cleared to know most of them so I'll just ask you this: Why do YOU live here?"

This wasn't good, Mike thought to himself. She had flat-out refused to tell him her 'community's' intentions, and had proceeded to turn the question around back on him. This was beginning to feel like an interrogation, especially to one that was not on home turf.

Mike was worried a confrontation was bubbling, but he knew better than to jump to conclusions and pushed his worries to the far end of his mind. He decided to play along. For now. Looks like he'd have to uncover this group's intentions the hard way.

"Because this is my home." Mike replied calmly. "My family and I have lived in this city our entire lives. We grew up here, and have many friends here. This is our home." Mike re-emphasized.

"And," Mike, paused and then continued, "as such, if a large group of outsiders begins to galvanize near your home, and arm themselves..."

Mike smiled. "... well, you start to get a little cautious, if y'know what I mean."

*Jade Green* · 04-28-2004, 03:11 PM

"Home." She started walking again towards some spiral stairs, "Question: Why is your home nearly undetected to the untrained eye? Protection is the obvious answer, Mr. Hamato, protection. If your enemies - and I"m sure you have enemies, we all have enemies - if your ememies cannot find you, then they cannot harm you."

She stopped half way to the stairs, looking back to him, "However, this tactic has a possibility to fail. What does one do if they are detected by their enemy? They, sir, protect themselves in other ways. Your way is martial arts because that is what you know best, our way is with arms, technology and such. This is what we know best." She reached the bottom of the stair well.

"If you are worried that we might attempt to attack you, I can assure you that we would never do so intentionally... You are not the enemy, and therefore are only a... minor threat. Care for a cup of coffee? Tea?"

*Jade Green* · 05-12-2004, 08:54 PM

bump

*heretic888* · 05-13-2004, 11:12 AM

"I'll have some tea, thank you." Mike replied casually, following Greysight down the stairwell.

He paused for a moment, seemingly deep in thought. But the truth was that he was just scanning the room for anything of interest. "So, would you care to tell me something about this 'enemy' of yours?? We might'a crossed paths in the past...."

*Jade Green* · 05-13-2004, 11:48 AM

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Originally Posted by heretic888

"I'll have some tea, thank you." Mike replied casually, following Greysight UP the stairwell.

He paused for a moment, seemingly deep in thought. But the truth was that he was just scanning the room for anything of interest. "So, would you care to tell me something about this 'enemy' of yours?? We might'a crossed paths in the past...."

Greysight didn't answer for a long momnent, instead, she lead Mike to the next level, across the same cat walk she had used to watch Nyxy and the rest, and then down another cat-walk which led to a group of doors. She went down this 'hall' until she reached a particular door and opened it, stepping back to let Mike in.

Once inside, she walked over to the small kitchenette and began to fill a kettle with water and put it on the now on stove. It was then that she finally spoke.

"I highly doubt that you've had any encounter with them, Mr. Hamato." she said, motioning to one of the chairs before taking one for herself, "Because if you had, I'm almost certain that I would have heard of you sooner; however, since you asked, they're called the 'Mutant Militia'."

*heretic888* · 05-13-2004, 11:59 AM

Sure has a flair for the dramatic, this one.

Mike smiled. "Nope. Doesn't ring a bell." He laughed.

"So, what's the deal with this 'Mutant Militia'??" Mike smirked, "They tryin' to conscript every mutant here for guard duty??"

*Jade Green* · 05-13-2004, 02:27 PM

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Originally Posted by heretic888

Sure has a flair for the dramatic, this one.

Mike smiled. "Nope. Doesn't ring a bell." He laughed.

"So, what's the deal with this 'Mutant Militia'??" Mike smirked, "They tryin' to conscript every mutant here for guard duty??"

"Heh, sort of." Randi replied. "Think of them as a... forgotten branch of the military created to hault the threat of psionic and mutant attack upon the United States. They think the Outlanders are a threat and they haven't given us a real moment's peace... such the need for the weapons and ecetra."

*heretic888* · 05-16-2004, 07:06 PM

"I see." Mike replied casually, his demeanor unchanging.

"So, basically, what you're tellin' me is that all this", Mike briefly motioned to the outside with a waving motion of his arm, "is for purely defensive reasons?? Just tryin' tah protect yourselves from this Militia??"

*Jade Green* · 05-16-2004, 08:18 PM

"They're the main reason, yes." Said she with a slight nod, "That, and..." She chuckled, "I've a few... prices on my head so do some of my associates."

04-22-2004, 04:41 PM	#23
heretic888 Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,344	..... ((if you're not going to RP him, then you shouldn't have introduced him --- you're basically forcing someone else to RP him or the story can't progress)) __________________ "Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Masaaki Hatsumi)

04-22-2004, 08:36 PM	#28
starry knight Mouser Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Over... there... somewhere... --> Posts: 5	short post. Could make longer.. but I won't. Nyxy stepped lightly through the bustling sub-city, glancing at workers she passed and nodding to those she knew. "The hospital wing is just up here." She called over her shoulder at the girl following her. She turned to the left sharply and led Atsuko into one of the few finished rooms of Atlantis. The hospital wing was, despite the unussual surroundings, clean. The quick transition from the dimly lit sewers to the bright sub-terrainian hospital made Nyxy blink and go blind for a moment. She shielded her eyes until sight found her again, and then proceded to direct Atsuko as to the proper course of action to take. "Sit here and the doctor should be around in a bit." Her brow furroughed as she looked at the ratling. "Poor kid." She muttered, more to herself than anyone else. "What's this?" A voce caught their attention from behind Nyxy and she turned to see one of the doctors standing in the doorway, dressed in a white lab coat. He was tall, with sandy-red hair and amber eyes. "Miss Graye, back again?" He sounded slightly ammused. "Third time I've had to treat you for minor burns since I started here." "Not me this time, Doc." She grinned and motioned to Atsuko and the ratling. "Someone else" The doctor's face darkened slightly as he looked at the two strangers. "I'm Doctor Mraz Doubeck." He said as he crossed to them and placed a hand on the ratling. "We've got to get this kid some help" __________________ So sue me, it's up to me if I decide to be what I think Is right. And the sound, it found the ground And it hid it for free That's right That's how it should be Sha sha. Sha do. "Yes, my lady."

04-26-2004, 03:00 PM	#30
heretic888 Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,344	Mike Michelangelo had watched the entire scene with Atsuko with a somewhat detached concern. He thought it a bit rude that that fox had interrupted he and Greysight like that, but given the emergency it was understandable. Hmmm.... that fox resembles the some of the Hengeyokai of Japanese myth, Mike thought to himself. Interestin'. As Atsuko darted past them with the ratling, Mike picked up fairly 'scrambled' intentions from the fox. Something about... his clothes?? Odd. Mike shrugged and turned back to Greysight. He smirked, "Now, where were we??" __________________ "Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Masaaki Hatsumi)

05-13-2004, 11:12 AM	#35
heretic888 Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,344	Mike "I'll have some tea, thank you." Mike replied casually, following Greysight down the stairwell. He paused for a moment, seemingly deep in thought. But the truth was that he was just scanning the room for anything of interest. "So, would you care to tell me something about this 'enemy' of yours?? We might'a crossed paths in the past...." __________________ "Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Masaaki Hatsumi)

05-13-2004, 11:59 AM	#37
heretic888 Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,344	Mike Sure has a flair for the dramatic, this one. Mike smiled. "Nope. Doesn't ring a bell." He laughed. "So, what's the deal with this 'Mutant Militia'??" Mike smirked, "They tryin' to conscript every mutant here for guard duty??" __________________ "Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Masaaki Hatsumi)

04-22-2004, 05:04 PM	#24
Jade Green ReyeJaye Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,873	((here's an idea. How about it NOT be splinter. especially since you personally have no plans to rpg him and frankly I don't want to deal with a canon character like him at the moment. This means its another rat mutant. Since you called it a Ratling, that would lead me to think Child.))

04-22-2004, 05:51 PM	#25
Demonfox38 Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 531	((Sure, that's sounds good. Sorry if I'm really screwing this up--this is all I've ever done for Internet RPs.)

04-22-2004, 07:34 PM	#27
Demonfox38 Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 531	(Mmkay. Sorry about all of that!) Nyx. Cute name. "Thanks. Also, sorry about the intrusion.", Atsuko followed after Nyx, the ratling child still slung limply across her shoulders. Although she really wanted some questions answered, she'd have to take care of the kid first. . .whoever he was. There was only two things that really bothered her: what were Greysight's motives, and why did that male turtle not bother to wear pants?

04-22-2004, 08:48 PM	#29
Demonfox38 Stone Warrior Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 531	Atsuko gave the doctor the ratling, knowing she could do nothing else. "Thank you for your assistance, Dr. Doubeck. If the child would need anything else, I'd be more than willing to help him." She turned to Nyxy, whispering under her breath, "That goes for you too. Thank you for what you've done--you've made yourself an ally."

04-28-2004, 03:11 PM	#33
Jade Green ReyeJaye Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,873	"Home." She started walking again towards some spiral stairs, "Question: Why is your home nearly undetected to the untrained eye? Protection is the obvious answer, Mr. Hamato, protection. If your enemies - and I"m sure you have enemies, we all have enemies - if your ememies cannot find you, then they cannot harm you." She stopped half way to the stairs, looking back to him, "However, this tactic has a possibility to fail. What does one do if they are detected by their enemy? They, sir, protect themselves in other ways. Your way is martial arts because that is what you know best, our way is with arms, technology and such. This is what we know best." She reached the bottom of the stair well. "If you are worried that we might attempt to attack you, I can assure you that we would never do so intentionally... You are not the enemy, and therefore are only a... minor threat. Care for a cup of coffee? Tea?"

05-12-2004, 08:54 PM	#34
Jade Green ReyeJaye Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,873	bump

05-16-2004, 07:06 PM	#39
heretic888 Foot Elite Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 3,344	Mike "I see." Mike replied casually, his demeanor unchanging. "So, basically, what you're tellin' me is that all this", Mike briefly motioned to the outside with a waving motion of his arm, "is for purely defensive reasons?? Just tryin' tah protect yourselves from this Militia??" __________________ "Ninpo began as training to become a moral people and to learn to endure in whatever social condition one is in; to know and accept one's fate, and to live for human beings and all other creatures. The person who masters all of these is a Ninja." (Masaaki Hatsumi)

05-16-2004, 08:18 PM	#40
Jade Green ReyeJaye Join Date: Sep 2002 Posts: 3,873	"They're the main reason, yes." Said she with a slight nod, "That, and..." She chuckled, "I've a few... prices on my head so do some of my associates."