"You're with Revan...? You're with the traitor?" Meceliss asked"Gased? Oh no, of course not. Don't have time for that, really."
The man pulled off his mask and lowered his hood, revealing his face.
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Ludger's eyes narrowed. This man seemed familiar to him. "You're with the Order," he said.
"You got that right, but please spare me any ideas you might have about me and my character." The man paced a bit, moving side to side. He moved his hands while he talked as if he needed to give them something to do. "Our... Lady... is happy you're here."
Ludger looked about to say more but Eleanor took a step forward and spoke up. "Who are you?" She looked at the man fiercely. "A daemon?"
The man shook his head. "I don't think so. Not by your definition. My name is Vincent. Can you remember that?"
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....She knew it. KItty, although she gave a brief smile at Meceliss for trying to help her, was determined to do this on her own. Waving a hand to decline Meceliss's offer, she jumped down quickly. But just because she was one of the first to jump, didn't mean she was also the first to rise. Due to her exhaustion, Kitty was one of the last to rise, as she had laid on the ground after everyone had jumped down. When she rose after sitting still for a while, she was completely unfazed. After all, she DID manage to get a vision on what was inside, and sure enough, what she saw, was true. Looks like that annoying, obnoxious mercenary was right after all. Dang it.
"Right on time, huh? Well, I've should have seen that coming....then again, even if I did, it wouldn't matter, because regardless of if I saw it coming or not, this would still occur, because majority rules. How many timelines would end up like this even with warnings....I don't want to find out, but I'm willing to bet most of them.
Kitty appeared to be mumbling that to no one in particular, it was a thing she appeared to do often. Maybe she just needed to vent her thoughts out? Kitty sounded quite...strange, it was completely different to her normal, fastpaced but stable voice, and it sounded like she was about to laugh.
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"Vincent, right. Since you bothered to take off your mask and reveal your identity, you either want to talk or you have no intention of letting us leave alive. Unfortunately, you're with the Order, so you're an enemy regardless. Nothing personal."
Kitty was about to do...something with her Corpus ruby, but stopped, as she heard Vincent. She replied unnaturally quickly, to the point it nearly overlapped with what Vincent was saying.
"Is this...Our Lady more likely to be willing to have a discussion, or are we going to have to take her down along with you?"
Kitty looked down, looking at something she cupped in her hands. Was she preparing for something? If one listened closely, she seemed to be mumbling again, but this time, she was murmuring a chant.
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Meceliss listened for a moment to the others, starting to realize this 'Order' is likely not Revan's.Alonso stayed situated himself next to Ludger, unsheathing his rapier and pointed at the stranger man, keeping a close guard of the groups leader, and instinct that as a soldier stuck with him. "Vin...cent. Vincent... Uh... Don remind me, a lowly soldier, who this man is and if we have to kill him?" Alonso simply stayed in a position of on guard, the tip of the sword pointed straight toward Vincent's heart.@Crimson Spartan @Atomic Knight @Space_Candy @Lucky @Gummi Bunnies @Ver @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Jackythejack @Yun Lee @MelodyMeister @Minerva @Donder172
"Our Lady? Eres loco. Some kind of witchcraft is going on here. But so help me God and King, if you attack us, I will kill you and make you regret your actions, my friend."
Vincent snorted. It was a derisive sound, as if he really did not think much of the group or any of this much at all. "Malevolence is what you make of it. Evil is, of course, subjective. We do agree, no sudden movements would be best."
Vincent turned his head to the open door and some of his followers moved to break the circle. A figure blocked the light spilling in from the door and was revealed when it stepped out into the room. It appeared to be just a rather regular looking young girl with black hair. She stood in front of the group and stared at them with a calm expression. After a moment, she crossed her arms.
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"They call me the Lady," she said, "but my name is Patel. You are correct in that I brought you here. It's because I need your help."
"And why would we help you?" Eleanor asked. "You're with the Order."
The girl shook her head. "It's more complicated than that. But listen, if you help me, I can take you to the Great Spirit. I hope that is a sufficient bargain."
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"I wouldn't be entirely surprised. This is not the first this kind of thing has happened to him." Meceliss said in response to Ludger. "Just never on this scale before." She added before looking at Patel. "How do we know you will not double cross us?"Patel seemed to consider her words a moment. "I have power over this realm," she said. "How else do you think I brought you here? Through this power, I know where the Great Spirit is hiding. There is nothing more to it than that."
"Tell us why you forced half of us to a different location," Ludger said. "The submerged structure."
"I did that because that is where my sister is." Patel let that sit a moment. "... It is my request that you rescue her from a group that's captured her. A group you call the Revanchist."
Ludger was vexed by this. "The Order and the Revanchist are at odds then...?"
"What did you expect?" Patel asked. "You may not trust me, but do keep in mind you have not been attacked since you arrived on this planet. The dangers of Silent Earth are many. Who do you think it is that kept you safe until now?"
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