Shattered Planes Archives (Seasons 4 & 5)
Saeculum Galaxy => Tefillin => Topic started by: Admiral Regis Hermitage on June 04, 2011, 08:43:45 PM
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After dipping Admiral Fletcher into going with Mann to GOL, a women wearing a half undone military uniform walked into a local restraint. After ordering a drink she let down her hair, leaned back and sighed...
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"Here you go, ma'am." The server at the restraunt's bar says, teleporting it over to her. "Anything else I can get you?"
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"No thanks..", she said wearily. It'd been ages since she actually got a break. She sips her drink and relaxes.
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A young man (really nearly 100) at the bar turned around, his eyes lighting up a bit as he saw the admiral. He was blond, his hair lightly growing back from the gruff military shave, his face clean shaven. His eyes were affected with a shining, augmented blue that was an after affect of mechanical implants in the irises. He was wearing a plain white T shirt and black military issue trousers.
"Is that you, Admiral?" Commodore Maxis asked from the bar.
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She looks up in surprise. "Maxis. How are you? Care to join me?"
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A battered looking Aseron had entered the area, in a ripped outfit. He had been a bit injured.
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"Sure." He says, picking up his La'con brew and moseying over to Aki's booth. He sat down opposite her and took a sip. "Funny seeing you here Admiral." He smiled. "Popular opinion is that you're always going at it. people'd be shocked to see you relaxing." He joked.
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"Yeah... I made Fletcher go on my assignment instead.. " she notices Lustre. "Looks like someone spent some time with Hermitage." She nods to him.
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"Poor bastard. Both of them I mean." Maxis said with a quick glance over at Lustre.
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"Should we help him?"
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"Heal the wounds of this battered form. Cure!" At that a cobalt light shined over his body healing him completely, allowing him to recover quickly. He turned his attention to them.
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"He sure likes to show off..." Maxis muttered.
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"Mmmmm... " she takes off her jacket. Revealing some of her features.
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Maxis resisted the temptation to look and doggedly looked her in the eyes and face. "So Admiral..." He said slightly awkward and trying to think of something to talk about.
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The moment Akki took off her jacket, Lucian adverted his eyes in the moment so that he would not blush or reveal emotion. He was trying to be serious, and resist the temptation. The last thing he needed for his career was a scandal at the moment in time. Now he turned his attention towards the other one and said to him. "An interesting, but troublesome day." No scandals would be needed, and he didn't need any more media trouble.
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"Right..." Maxis said, still looking Aki doggedly in the face. He was trying not to associate with the candidates much, it was normally not a great career move.
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"Yeah... I heard that Hermitage was pretty pissed about that coalition incident."
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Maxis chuckled. "Yeah... I saw the bastard when he first got the transmission. You know how his face gets really red and that vein starts showing up? Yeah, he was almost puce. For a second there I thought I'd have to force feed him some relaxants!" Maxis sniggered.
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"Yeah. The coalition is a bunch of morons. Luckily I know someone who could help you with your coalition problems Akki if you are interested." He pulled out Ezra's business card and handed it to Akki, before walking out to resume the campaigning that he had to do at the moment in time to spare himself trouble later on.
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"Oh... you don't know the half of it. Regis even went off on Addler yesterday."
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"What? No way!" Maxis asked in disbelief. It was common knowledge that the two were good friends."They've always been close though! I dont think I've ever heard them argue."
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"It was pretty short lived... I overheard them. I bugged his office like a month ago."
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At this one Maxis let out a small guffaw. "You really are a tricky one...." He said admiringly. "Ma'am." He added as an after thought.
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She smiles. "Dont get me started on what I've done to Alexandere"
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"Oh, this is something I have to hear." Maxis said, getting more comfortable and then leaning forward and putting his hands on the table.
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"That's a story for another time."
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"Awww..." Maxis sighed. That would've been a good one. "Would another time be at my place later? I've got some genuine Elric's Finest Brew. " Then he winced. "That sounded like a pick up line, didnt it?"
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She laughs. "Maybe Maxis..." she takes another swig of her drink and sets the empty cup aside. "2 more?"
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His shoulders relaxed visibly as he ordered another two drinks for Aki. The bartender teleported them over again. Maxis just sipped his drink.
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"So how's that girlfriend of yours?" She types something on her Nova phone.
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"Oh." His face darkened slightly. "She and I kind of fell apart after the landing." He said quietly. His voice just a tiny bit bitter. " Never really did understand why." He shrugged. " I suppose it doesnt matter much though. There are others out there. He took a long drink of his brew and put it back down, seeming in better spirits. "What about you, Ma'am? There have to be plenty that have their eye on you."
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"Oh yes... but all there are are lustful admirals, senators and others..." she chuckled slightly. "But no... I've been single for a while now." She shrugs and takes a drink.
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Maxis nodded. It was her choice of course. Anyone trying to force themselves on her would wind up with the offending organ or limb shoved into an unseemly orifice... "Right. Its not like could do much anyway."
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"Most guys these days don't like a dominant women... especially one with my status. They're scared I guess...", she pushes her hair back again.
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Maxis laughed. "Scared? They probably should be. Might be the fact that if they ever piss you off you can almost literally make their life a living hell!" He chuckled some more. "But seriously. Some people just cant take it." He shrugged then grinned. "Being in the military helps."
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"Am I really that intimidating?"
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"Well..." Maxis said, picking his words carefully. "You certainly can be. I've seen you just getting out of bed then rushing over to command the troops in battle and command the same respect as Addler. No one else can say that. No one else can claim to be as attractive, either. No funny stuff intended." he assured her.
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Having finished his training with that new technique he walked over to one of the buildings, Lucien entering by accident the one Akki was in. Unfortunately she was one of the members of Interpol but his book had subtly maneuvered him to come here after tracing her magic signature. The reason was to talk her out of further harassing his host. He said to Akki and the other one. "Hello."
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She blushes slightly from the complement. "But, its just odd that people fear as much as they do." She thinks. "Is it my rank?" She says jokingly as she takes off 3 pairs of stars from her collar making her appear to be the same rank as him. She leans in closer, but turns to see Carl...
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It was his turn to blush as she leaned closer. It gave him a better view of her cleavage. He kept looking at her face, his own going redder. "It may be..." He joked. "Or maybe you just have that kind of way with people..." He said quietly.
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Seeing her exposed cleavage makes Lucien blush a little, but he will not yield. Sunglasses form over his eyes, and he looks at her for a moment and says. "So, how is life in the fast lane treating you Akki? I hear you are a five star general now....and thanks by the way. if it weren't for you and interpol putting charges on me I never would have gained new magic or a lot of money at my disposal. By the way, how is decadea doing? Oh and what about Hermitage? How is he doing as well?"
His book formed a telepathic message to both of them.
So you two work for the hand?
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She leans back and rebuttons her top button again ... "Regis is doing fine. And I'm only a 4 star... Addler still outranks me... for now." She shows her playful grin.
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"And no... We dont work for the Hand." Maxis said, slightly put off by a random guy coming up to them and...appearing...
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"Well then. If you don't work for the hand that is a good thing." Intelligence agencies such as Interpol, the hand, the black guard, the elite guard. They were the bane of his existence at the moment in time. So he turned his attention to Akki once more and then his book said to Akki telepathically, severing the link with the other one. Akki, I am prepared to offer you 10 million or more credits for 2 weeks. You will if you want the money follow Lucien around, and prove to the public and your military that he is not doing anything illegal. None of his activities are illegal, but with the word of a high ranking official such as yourself, that will be permanently resolved. Also if you want a vacation spot, Lucien is willing to donate his summer home to you temporarily.
"So anything going on I should know about?"
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"Im sorry, but I can't. I'm only here now honestly because I tricked Admiral Fletcher into going on my assignment. I don't get vacation. I don't get breaks... this Is a full time job."
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"Speaking of stuff we should know about... Who in hell are you?" Maxis asked exasperatedly.
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"Lucien Dolos, Formerly Carl Dolos. An ex fugitive from Interpol, someone who is not a terrorist and is trying to get the public to adopt a better view of him. You look like you both need a vacation. If you can manage it, I'd offer you a month's stay at my summer home if you want." What better way to kill two birds with one stone, to prove his cleanliness to the media and to also provide him with some clear methods of security.
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She sighs... "We are flag officers of the Zarethian military... we. Don't. Get. Off. Work." She downs her drink in frustration.
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Maxis was going to say something to the opposite but he decided now was not the best time and simply nodded.
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"Actually." He said having read a law book and an employment app. "They are allowed one month of paid leave, and 2 months of unpaid leave according to the laws of the Zarethians. Which makes your argument a bit void, so my offer stands if you ever need it."
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She looks up at him coldly... "Maxis, I think I'll take you up on that offer", she days slurring her words a bit.
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"Right...She means we'll look into it..." Maxis says, helping her up and almost carrying her out.
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"Let me help." said Lucien, having learned a new symbol that he could use for such matters. He drew it in the air and a limousine appeared near them. "There. You now have transportation. " He tossed the keys to the male soldier. "Take good care of her. Wouldn't want her getting hurt. " With that he walked off, headed towards the capital. He was going to put an end to this problem once and for all. Interpol would have no way to get dirt on him when he was finished.
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As they are leaving she finally stops and sits in the sidewalk. "God... I swear, I can never have a good time" she says in her drunk talk.
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"It cant be that bad." Maxis said, stooping beside her.
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With that Lucien had left. he was headed to find Castle Marks, hearing they had people for varieties of jobs.
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"Oh god... you have no idea. I havent taken leave in 2 years... Ive been single for the past year and haven gotten laid in 7 months!" She says as she lays down on the sidewalk and looks up at the stars... "I might be drunk."
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Maxis turned a bit redder at the second to last comment. "A bit drunk? Yeah. Come on. We're off to my place so you can sleep it off, okay?" He said, scooping her up and teleporting into his apartment.
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She looks around dizzily... "Where are we? Nice pad"
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He chuckled. "This is my place, Ma'am. I moved up a few places since you last saw it." He walked over to his bed and laid her down. "I think you might want to sleep some that drink off." He said softly.
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"Sleep? The night is still young...", she yells aloud laughing. "So.... are you coming to bed with me?"
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Maxis blinked and turned a bright red that was lost in the dimness of the room. "Admiral, drink some more if you want... But you're already drunk and I will. not. take advantage of you in this state." He said firmly though, the serious tone he was going for came out a little odd when he sounded so nervous.
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She laughs again. "Okay!!!!" She settles in the bed and soon passes out.
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"Thank Aser." Maxis said quietly. He put the blankets over her and then went to sleep on the couch.
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Next morning she woke up in his bed with a horrible hangover... she grabs her head and moans.
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Maxis hears the moan and - like a person who heard a ghost, or a possibly very unhappy admiral ready to rip his balls off- fell off of the couch with a yelp and landed in a heap. He got up groggily. "Ma'am?" He calls softly.
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She sits up quickly. "Where am I.... Maxis?!?!"
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He looked at her, slightly alarmed. "Y-yes..." He said... backing away a step.
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She looks around... "Oh god... we didn't did we?" She looks at him with wide firey eyes...
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He seemed to shrink slightly. "No, no. You were too drunk to go home by yourself so I just took you back here so you could sleep it off. Nothing happened." He left out the more embarrassing bit about her proposing about it but she couldnt know that.
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She sighs with relief and falls back in the bed... "God... what happened last night.?"
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"Well... You were at the Hanged Man, you looked like you were tired. I saw you, you invited me over. We talked. A weird guy something like Narl Polos or something came over and started talking to you and I and offered a vacation. You were drunk so I took you back here and tucked you in...." Maxis explained, slightly nervous.
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"Mmmm ...sounds about right." She looks around. "Feel like getting breakfast?"
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"Yeah... sure... You wanna shower or take something for the headache first, though?" He asked.
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She looks at herself... "Yeeeah... " she walks off to the bathroom.
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Maxis chuckled a bit despite himself. "Well, she hasnt killed me yet. So far the day is going well." He muttered. "The towels are in the closet!" He called after her. He got some of his girlfriend's old clothes, which she left, and since they looked to be about the same size, the folded them up and put them on his bed for her.
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"Thanks!" She yelled out. She proceeded to the bathroom and took a brief shower. She then walks out into the the room and sees the clothes. "Not bad.", she commented to herself. She put then on and walked out into the living room. "Been a while since I wore civies clothes... comfy"
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"Ah good. They fit." Maxis said approvingly. "You want something for your head?" He asked.
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She closed her eyes and opened then again. Most the pain had subsided. "No, I'll be fine." She walks over to her uniform and grabs her sidearm.
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He nodded and opened the back door, which had stairs down to the parking lot. "The hover car is out here." He explained.
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She follows him. "Nice day out here."
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"Oh good Aser, now we're talking about the weather?" Maxis jokes as he gets in his hover car.
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She follows suit. She looks around his car... it was nice. Aki didn't actually own a car, even though she was loaded. Since she always worked and was escorted by the military guard, she never needed one. "Any place in particular you want to go?"
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Maxis grinned. "I was about to ask you the same thing." He scratched his head. "I here there is a new breakfast cafe downtown. Wanna go check it out?"
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"Sure." She looks out the window at the outside. Lost in a bit of a daydream.
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"Alrighty then." Maxis said, lifting the car into the air and getting into the hoverspeedways. Pretty soon they hit a heavy, heavy traffic jam. From what he could see it looked like the Zarethian government was experimenting with mechs and they got a little out of control. "Bal'facin**." He cursed.
** Zarethian for Fuck.
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"Oh Aser.... damnit Decadea. You told me that you weren't going to do this until next week." She leans back.
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"He told you about having a giant robot exhibition match?" Maxis asked. "What the hell are we going to do with giant robots anyway?! Theyll kill the infrastructure!"
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"I don't know... ask the idiots that made him chairman of the senate armed services committee."
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"Right... I might, actually. Well, I suppose the new voting might bring better results... I doubt it." He said, letting down his window so he could look out. "Damn... Itd be a good hour wait in hovercar. You wanna head back?" He asked, tucking his head back in the window.
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"Yeah, sure... might as well."
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"Alright. Sorry about that, Ma'am." Maxis told her, glancing at her as he turned around the vehicle. "Anywhere else you might wanna go? I have food at my house." He offered.
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"That sounds excellent... and you can drop the formalities for now. I'm not in uniform anyways. It feels weird to be honest." She looks at her civie clothes.
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"Oh, right. Alright Ma-, sorry. Aki. My treat it is then." He said. It took them five minutes to reach his apartment complex. Maxis got out, waited for Aki to get out and locked the car.
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She gets out. "Well... I'm defiantly going to talk to Alex about this when I see him."
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"I'll pray for him." Maxis smirks, as he opens the door. He gets right to work, taking out the ingredients and mixing them about. He fried the vegetables, cracked and stirred the eggs, mixed the batter and toasted the bread.
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"Need any help?" She asks inquisitively.
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"If you could pass me the knife on the counter..." He says while cutting up more vegetables and adding them to the eggs and dough.
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She does so. "Wow... you're pretty good."
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He takes the fried dough, puts it on the cutting post at his side and then pours the eggs onto in and mixes it in. He chuckles a bit at Aki's comment. "When you're stuck making your own food and food for seventeen others with Zarethian Military Rations you learn to get creative."
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"I guess so." She looks over at him.
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Once he formed it into a sandwich he cuts it in half the sprinkles the fried vegetables. "Okay its done. Mind getting two plates?" He asked turning his head slightly.
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"Yeah, sure." She passes them to him. "Smells great"
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Maxis' stomach growled. "Lets hope its as good as it smells." He said, cutting it in half and plopping half on each plate.He turned the oven off and took the plates over to the table.
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She follows him to the table and sits down. "Man, I'm starving."
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"Dig in" He said, passing her a knife and fork. He cut his up and ate quietly.
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She did as well. "Oh my god... that was awesome. Where'd you learn that recipe?"
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"Made it up when I was on chef punishment detail way back... oh, almost twenty years now. Needless to say the men wanted to make me the permanent chef." He paused, took a bite the swallowed. "Only bad thing was that I had to clean the dishes myself...."
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"Nice." She looks at her phone then back at him. "So... what to do now? It's been so long since I've had time off. Especially on a weekend."
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Maxis wiped his mouth and put his and Aki's plates into the automatic dishwasher. "Well, anything you want to do is fine." He says as he sits back down across from her. "Holovids, a park, going swimming in the apartment's pool, the possibilities are endless."
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"Swimming sounds fun." She looks out the window to the pool.
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"Swimming it is then. There should be a women's swimsuit in my closet." He goes to get the clothes. He comes back with a Hawaiian pattern green pair of swim shorts and a black bikini. "Sorry, its a bit... revealing..." He said, handing it to her.
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She looks at it with a certain sense of approval. "Its fine.", she goes to change.
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He nods and goes into his room and changes out of his clothes into the swimsuit. He stretches and walks back into the living room to wait for her.
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She walks in. "Cup size is a bit small, but otherwise it fits great." She continues to fiddle with the top to male it more comfortable. Once she did, she bounces twice to test it and looks back to him. Oh right.... he was watching. Shit. she thinks.
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Maxis averts his eyes, staring with the determined gaze of one who must resist the temptation. He was in fact staring at a holo puppy that was wagging its tail at him. Damnable temptations... Cant think like that. Not now. He thought.
"You ready?" He asked, still staring at the puppy which was now licking his hands.
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"yeah." She says. "Lets go"
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He took that as the cue so he could look up. The puppy was disappointed. Maxis stood up and looked at her. "Very...beautiful." He comments before reddening and then looking down again. "Er.. lets go." He said, opening the door.
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She smiles. "Not too bad there yourself." She follows him.
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Maxis turned a darker shade of red and grabbed two towels as he walked out.
The door led to a small stairwell that opened up into a pool area.The pool area was white stone with hover benches and lawn chairs strewn about everywhere. Most people were not enjoying the pool and were inside. It was wintery out, but warm, with clouds covering the sun. They practically had the pool to themselves. "Lets find ourselves a table and then get in." Maxis suggested.
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She nods and walks ahead of him. "How about here?" She asks.
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Maxis nodded and plopped the towels onto the table. He took out the bottle of sunscreen from inside the towels and started applying it to his lithe form, or at least the parts he could reach. "You going to use some?" He asked. "Personally I'm not going to trust the sun not to burn me." As if to emphasize his point, the cloud cover slowly disappeared.
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She smiled and looked at her semi-tanned body. "I think I'll be fine" she looks up at the sun. "Well, let's get to it.", she says running to the diving board.
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Maxis admired her enthusiasm. "Be careful, it might be wet!" He called as he walked over and jumped in.
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She walks up and jumps off the diving board into the deep end. "Cold... brrrrr" she holds herself. "God.."
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Maxis sees her and chuckles as he wades over. "Feels downright steamy, huh Aki?" He teases.
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She glares at him. "It gets better I suppose." She starts to swim circles around him. "So... what's your take on the Senate candidates?"
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He lays on his back, floating lazily. 'Well, its all a load of crap. The new guy, Lustre? I dont think he has what it takes despite his wallet. And Mann? He might be able to get stuff done if the politicians dont infect him."
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"Yeah... Mann isn't going to like the Red tape. Decadea Bitches about it every time I see him. But he still insists that I was better than when he was in the Military."
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"Well, as far as military tape goes, the Zarethians have fairly little of it..." Maxis admitted.
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"From what I've heard, he was never in the Zarethian military. He was in some empire called 'ISAF' in a different dimensional plane."
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Maxis laughed. "Oh, what a load of shit." He said as it subsided. "Have you heard about the new candidate? The one who was almost left during The Invasion?"
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She swims back over to him. "I haven't heard much."
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"There isnt much to hear about yet." He said, diving under water and coming up behind Aki and poking her in the sides playfully. Admittedly, this was hardly his smartest moment,
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She laughed... it was one of her ticklish spots. She splashed him with some water playfully
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"Oh dear." Maxis said, covering his eyes as she splashed him. "The almighty Aki Sora... is ticklish?!" He said in fake surprise. "Whatever will the men think?" He chuckles as he splashes her back.
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"I don't know.... how will they ever know?"She says back as she disappears under the water and pulls him down with her.
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"I dun-" His grin is shortlived as he is pulled under. Bubbles go up to the surface as he looks at Aki underwater.
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She waves at him and swims back up.
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He breaks the surface and sputters. His hair is plastered to his forehead. He glares at her, trying to suppress a smile at seeing her playful side.
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She grins at him. "I haven't had this much fun in forever"
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"I can tell" He teased. "Its good to see you relax, though." He said more quietly.
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"Yeah, glad to be relaxed" she floats on the surface of the water.
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Maxis floats in the water next to her, admiring for a moment how the water droplets curve down her stomach.
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She closes her eyes not noticing. "Aki..." a voice calls out. She opens her eyes to see Regis. "Sora, Maxis... I have some bad news."
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"Hmm?" He asked looking her in the face, now.
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"Hermitage... what is it." She asks slightly annoyed. "The 2nd fleet lost Starania... they had to fall back to the 4th fleet at Terragrouve."
She stands up in the water. "They what!"
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Maxis looks at him surprised. "How? The Second Fleet wouldn't just abandon Starianna! What about the civies?" He was agitated, if he could pace in water, he would.
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"They evacuated the planet, but the fleet had to abandon it. They said something about demons." He explains.
By this time., Sora was getting out of the pool
"Dont bother... we won't get the info until JSOC is done with the AA report.", he stops her.
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Maxis got out of the pool and dried himself off. It was hardly the time for this type of fun. He got his stuff together and walked up to Aki and gave her a towel.
"Addler knows about this, right?" He asked.
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She dries herself off.
"We sent the message out, but I'm not sure if he got it .... I'm on my way to brief the council."
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"And theres nothing we can do at the moment?" Maxis asks, worried.
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"No. Joint Special Ops Command is dealing with it under my authority. We do need to brief the coucil though." He made a quick mental image of Aki before turning to Maxis. "The escort convoy is waiting out front."
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"Are we coming with?" Maxis asked, a little confused.
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"Sora has to... you may if you want." He says turning.
"Comon Maxis... let's get back in uniform."
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Maxis nodded and walked/almost ran up into his apartment. He threw his towel onto a rack, magically steam presses both of their uniforms and gets himself changed.
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She does so as well. In a few minutes, she walks out of a room completely dressed holding her Admiral sword in her right hand, and her cap in her left.
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And he comes out with in his commodore's uniform, beret on. "Well, it was fun while it lasted." He laments, opening the door for her.
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Outside, Regis meets them. "Admiral.", he opens the door to the Limo for them.
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Maxis gets in, surprised at how spacious it is. It was his first time inside a limo. He looked around, noting the features, curiously.
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Regis gets in last. "Convoy leader, eagle is in the nest. Move out." The convoy moves through the city at tremendous speed police escorts stopped traffic along the way as the escort team flies through. "God, Hermitage. Are we going fast enough."
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Maxis was holding onto his seat despite the seatbelt. He never did like those amusement park rides where you could feel how it feels to be a jet fighter or a speeddriver. "Oh... not good." He mutters.
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They take one more Sharp corner, throwing Aki into Maxis. "Shit, Regis turn it down a bit"
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He's surprised and stops her from knocking her face against his. "You okay?" He asked.
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"Yeah... I'm fine.", the car stops at the capital. Reporters, and the like were swarming the capitals steps. Soldiers were holding them back. "Ready ma'am?" Regis asks. She nods. He opens the door and takes them out and up the steps. He flashes his ID. "Regis Hermitage... where's the council"
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The guards, wearing the black and gold ZPAA befitting the council, came to the limo. "Director Hermitage, Admiral Sora, Commodore Scion, the Council is waiting for you in the Heart of the Councils main chamber. You know where it is." He said, his voice augmented by the helmet. He waved them through.
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"Thanks.", he leads them into the chamber where the Council was talking to Decadea.
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Maxis looked around in slight wonder. He'd never been to the Heart of the Council before but he wished the circumstances were better.
Shiloh, Masoc, Teyrn (the third) and Quincent were all sitting in their chairs in a semi circle around Decadea.
"They did what now?!" Shiloh asked horrified.
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"We lost it sir." Decadea says. Sora walks forward.
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"Ah. Admiral Sora. Director Hermitage. Who is the other one? I dont believe I've met him before." Quincent says as Shiloh is talking hurriedly with Decadea. "Demons?!" He was saying.
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"yes... there was only one man" the 2nd fleet commander stood up. Decadea stands up. "One? Are you sure." He nods his head.
"Yes... they called him, Abbodon the destroyer.", he says lowering his head.
"Why was he not destroyed by our fleet!"
"He went to the planet.... but I followed with all the ships in my command."
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"Obviously a true threat to all life." Shiloh said. "But... if he can avoid being killed by our fleet, dodging a pulse blast miraculously... How are we to destroy him?"
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None of them had an answer.
"Noble council members... surely you understand that once he attacked", the crowd cut him off with an uproar.
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"Quiet down now! Or be forced to leave the premise!" Shiloh shouted, forcing the crowd to become quiet with a spell. "Now, go on." He said to the speaker.
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"we tried to hold our own, but we were overwhelmed when he summoned... well, demons sir." He says.
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Shiloh rubbed his forehead with his hand. "We have no... anti-demonic defenses. We have never faced any literal demons before. This is a very bad sodding event." He said, sinking back into his chair.
Quincent spoke up next. "Perhaps we could devise some sort of 'holy' repugnance that would repel them?" He asked hopefully.
Maxis stepped forward slightly. "With all due respect, sir. If these demons are lead by some one who can dodge a pulse blast from a capitol ship... I highly doubt some blessed water will mean much to them. Sir."
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He hands them the After Action report. "We suffered heavy casualties... but we had minimal civilian deaths."
Aki stands the astonished. "We can bury your men Admiral... but we need to figure out how to counter this."
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"Have research and development on it within the hour. " Shiloh orders. "Until we find out how to defeat this bastard thing all we can do is pray to Aser. Any other comments?" He asked.
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"Yes sir", she says typing it in on her phone.
"Admiral Lexington, you're dismissed." Decadea says. The fleet commander walks out.
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"What is it, Admiral?" Teyn asked her.
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"Nothing... we should go and give those soldiers a burial." She says.
"May we be dismissed councilmen?" Decade a asks.
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"The soldiers that died are gone. The planet is overtaken by things we have never seen. I will not risk more to bury those who died to defend us. The fleet suffered no casualties. Session dismissed." Teyn said.
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Cover ups...... she thinks.
Decadea nods. Aki passes Maxis on her way out without a word. She sits down on a wooden bench outside the chambers and lowers her head.
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He looks at her, confused, as she walks past him. He follows her and sits next to her on the bench, albeit a bit farther than normal. "What do you think?" He asks her after two minutes of silence.
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"It isn't right...", she answers. "Even Alex was a bit uneasy about it."
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"Its demons. You'd be insane not to be uneasy about it." He reassured her.
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"I know..." she says. A tear came from her eye. Sadness and fustrationn weren't really good when they mix... especially with Aki.
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He hesitantly put an arm around her shoulders. "Hey...Its all right. We'll think of a way to get through this. We always do."
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"I know... " she stands up. "I'm probably just going to head back to the estate and sleep it off."
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"Want me to drop you off?" He asked, getting up as well. 'Youre on my way back."
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"If you want to... its in Everglade estates.", she responds
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"Alright. My car's in the back." He said, leading her down the hallway. He had the car's remote drive VI bring it to the council because he knew the limo was too much to hope for again.
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She follows him... "Demons..." she says to herself
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Maxis heard her mutter something but didnt hear what. He mentally shrugged and opened the door to his hovercar and started the engine.
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She gets in. What a day...
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He drove her towards her estate after setting it up with his navigation system. "Those soldiers will get the respect they deserve, Aki. They always do." He reassured her. The last part was a lie but not a big one.
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She sighs.. "I know it just bothers me a bit."she starts toying with one of her rank stars.
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"Yeah... Well, if it makes you feel any better, I dont think anyone else likes it either." he said, taking a smooth left turn.
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"Yeah. " she looks out the window at so,e large houses... they were definatly near her place.
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"Aaaand we're here." He said, parking in front of her building. "Have a good night, Aki. Try not to let things mess with you, okay?" He asked.
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"Thanks.." she said and got out of the car. She takes a step and then stops ad turns back to him. "And Maxis?" She walks over to his window.
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"Yeah?" He asked, rolling down his window.
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She kisses him on the cheek. "Thanks... for everything"
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He blushes slightly as he turns toward her, tilting his head. "Anytime I can help, I will, Aki. Please, dont be afraid to ask." He smiled at her.
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"I will?.. thanks again Maxis." She smiles as she waves to him. She walks in her door and blows him another before shutting the door.
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He waved back as his heart fluttered. Damn, he couldnt remember feeling this good. This... Alive.... I'll sleep on it. He decided as he lifted off and went to his apartment.
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She walks up to her room and sleeps.
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Maxis did the same, throwing himself on his bed and falling asleep without getting undressed or anything.
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Ooc- next day
Aki wakes up the next morning and yawns.
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Maxis was still sleeping.
her phone went off
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She sleepily walks around her house wearing almost nothing "command make coffee." Her auto coffee mate started brewing
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Her phone went off again.
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She answers it. "Admiral Sora..."
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An automated message plays: "Hello Admiral Sora. This is the office of Logistics of the Zarethian Empire. You have recently accumulated over the maximum amount of leave time allowed. You are officially, as of 7:12, this morning relieved of duty and are put on a minimum of 80 days of leave until possibility of returning to active service. Enjoy!" the message cut off.
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"Damnit!" She yells.
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Maxis woke up with a start as his phone rang near his head. He fumbled with it for a second before answering. "Hello...?"
The same automated messaging system played: "Hello Commodore Scion. This is the office of Logistics of the Zarethian Empire. You have recently accumulated over the maximum amount of leave time allowed. You are officially, as of 7:19, this morning relieved of duty and are put on a minimum of 40 days of leave until possibility of returning to active service. Enjoy!" the message cut off.
He looked at the phone for a second then tossed onto the counter and tried to go back to sleep.
Several hundred Zarethian military officials received the same message. It looked like the Logistics department was cleaning house.
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Aki looked around her mansion... empty.... "Control, start breakfast."
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At the house of Aki a package would arrive. It contained an invitation, and some other things that would be useful at the moment in time. It included a set of coordinates to Lucien's home.
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He tried but he couldnt sleep. "Damn military training..." He muttered. He got up, stretched and took a shower. When he was done he ate some of his leftover food from yesterday with Aki. Aki... That perked him up a bit. He sent her a small message on his phone. >> Hey, good morning. Just got forced leave.<<
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She listened to it and smiled.. she sent one back. >>Same...<<
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He grinned when he got the return message. >>Not disappointed are you, Admiral? :P<<
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A package would arrive outside the house of the commodore and his door bell would ring. Inside the package was an infiltrator and a set of garments. The infiltrator was programmed to deliver a message to him.
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>>a little bit. I'm pissed honestly... plus, now I'm bored.<<
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Maxis opened his door and looked at the package oddly. He picked it up and shook it. It didnt make much noise so he brought it inside and laid it on the counter.
>>Bored? but think of the fun you can have on leave!<< he sent back.
He opened the box.
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>>I live in a big empty mansion and I don't own a car... boy oh boy. What fun.<<
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>> Oh so I dont count for fun?<<
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>>yeah, but you're not here...<<
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"Greetings Commodore Scion. You are cordially invited by Lucien Dolos to his house for 2 months. Enclosed are the coordinates of the house, and a comfortable outfit for you. He offers this under the condition that the moment you are done with vacation or whatever you file a report that says he is clear of all illegal activities."
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>>I could be<<
He looked at the passage oddly.
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>>if you want to.. I'm just starting breakfast<<
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Akki's door bell would ring. The infiltrator had came out of the box, rang the door bell and got back in it, sealing it back up as it got in the box.
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She disregards it... she wasn't even dressed yet.
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>>Ill be over in a bit. just got weird package<<
He puts the box into his closet and gets into his car. He lets the VI drive for him.
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>>yeah.. someone just rang doorbell. But I'm not gonna bother with it. I'm not even dressed yet.<<
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>>Thanks for the warning<<
He responded while the VI took a turn. He was almost there.
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>>hey punk.. I don't need a weapon to kil you. ;-) <<
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The Instant Messenger would display in the car computers.
<<Commoddore Scion, how would you like to earn the equivalent amount of credits to your salary for 2 months?>>
came the Im from A-1.
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>>well, seeing you naked might overwhelm me and put me in a coma or something. its good to be warned before that happens ;)<<
He was pretty much just outside her parkway. "Who are you?" he asked
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She threw her bra and panties on... she shrugs. Not like she had to be formal anymore.
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I am android 124 a, an infiltrator class android tasked with delivering the messages of my creator Lucien Dolos when he is away dealing with other problems. And as he does not wish to deal with the idiots of Interpol forever, he is offering you the chance to stay at his palace. Free of charge, but you will be required to record most of what he does to present to Interpol to prove his innocence if you choose to accept.
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"Yeah, no thanks. Im sorry but I doubt that would prove him innocent." He said before turning his car off.
He knocked on her door.
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She opens the door wearing a white button up shirt, unbottoned of course, her panties, and bra. "Well, common in."
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Greetings Admiral Akki, and Commodore Scion. came the voice of an infiltrator that tore up the box that it was contained in, as it got out of the box. I have a deal to offer you.
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He immediately stood up straighter when he saw what she was wearing - or the lack there of. He walked in, admiring her house but more focused on the extremely attractive woman in front of him. "This is what you cook in?" he asked, brushing a sleeve of the shirt. "I need to come here more often, then."
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"No.. I have a system installed in the house that does everything for me." She looks at him "make yourself at home. I don't bite......much" she grins.
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"Well, if I had it my way, Id be sleeping..." He says, now admiring the house. "But the damn military training wakes be up at 7:20 sharp no matter how lazy I wanna be today..." He sniffed the air. "Whats cooking?" He asked.
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"I don't know.. it fimds stuff In the pantry and males stuff out of it" she says sitting down.
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"Well, whatever it is... it smells good." He said, walking over and sitting down next to her. "So... Any ideas for what we can do with our new found free time?" he asks, with a small grin.
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She thinks... "I did purchase a Grunder industries DSim a while back." She thinks. The automated system serves the breakfast and coffee.
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"Really?" He asked, interested. "What exactly is that? Im afraid Im not familiar with Grunder." He says.
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"Its a virtual reality simulation program. Basically a big machine. You step in the room, select the scenario and its generates it."
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Maxis' eyes went wide when he heard VR. "So... Like the training exercises... for recreation?" He asked, a grin working its way onto his face.
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She digs in and nods to him.
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He grins and takes a bite of his. "Not bad... for a machine." He says, taking a sip of the coffee and continuing with the meal.
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She quickly finishes hers before going over to her couch and lays down on it. She sets her coffee down on the table and waots for him to finish.
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He finishes up and almost puts his plate away out of habit. He finally put it down back on the table and went over to sit in front of Aki, resting his arms on the couch, sitting on the floor.
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"I can make room you know." She informs him.
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He shrugged his shoulders. "If you want to." He said, contently.
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She lfts up her feet, allowing him some roomntonsit.
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He gets up and replaces the floor with the couch. It was a comfy couch. "Jeez, Aki. They do pay you a lot..." he commented. "Is this genuine alox leather?"
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She nods... "the military pays good, but I got most of it from my family. Im royalty according to everyone" she rolls her eyes as she plops her feet on his lap and rests them.
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"Royalty, huh? There were rumors... Your highness." He said with mock reverence as he idly tickled her bare feet.
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She starts laughing again. "Stop it" she yells playfully
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"Oh, but why would I do that?" He asked, equally playful. He continues. Then starts tickling her sides with one hand.
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She continues to laugh harder. "Because I'll kill you" she yells again in her playful manner.
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He pauses for a brief second. "Totally worth it." He tells her, continuing
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She continues to laugh even harder now. "Awwww... comon mercy."
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"Awwww..." He says, pretending to be disappointed. "Fiiiiiiine...." He lets go of her feet and stops tickling her waist, although, his hand remained there.
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"God, you're ruthless.." she reaches over and sips her coffee.
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"Only in certain matters. Only in certain matters." He says, running his hand lightly across her stomach.
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"Mhm.."she closes her eyes and relaxes. That feels oddly good... not bad. she thought.
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"Enjoying yourself?" He asks teasingly as he does it again.
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She nods and sits up... "so is that your wallet or do I need to put some clothes on?" She asks teasimgly back.
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He blushed a bright red at that and started to studder. "I-I um.. I....."
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She lays back again... "I think that's my answer" she says to him laughing a bit.
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He let out a small laugh, despite himself, his face still red. "Maybe.." He says running his hand more roughly across her stomach while lightly tickling her feet.
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"So, what do you feels like doing right now?" She looks out the window at her landscape.
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"Several things. Mess with you. You play in that VR sim. Mess with you.... Yep, that about sums it up." He said, leaning backwards on the couch.
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"Mess with me how, my dear Maxis." She continues to stare out the window.
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"Anyway you want my dear Aki." He replied, his eyes closed.
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"Well then..." she sits up and wraps her arms around him and gets closer. "Which one of your choices do you want to do first? Or should I take the lead. Hm?"
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He reddens but grins. "I think you'd like to take the lead. Eager as you are." He says.
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"Gotcha." She liked being the dominant one...for some reason. She gets even closer now... she was pressing up against him. "Have you done this before?"
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"Once or twice..." He says, his fingers tracing circles on her skin.
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"Really now? I'll fucking rock your world." She says with her seductive smile. She cuddles up right next to him. "So...on how many levels of wrong is this?" She wondered.
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"Wrong that you're technically my commanding officer? Wrong that it hasnt even been a day since you kissed me on the cheek? Wrong that its only five minutes after breakfast and we're already good to go?" He said, wondering a bit..."I dunno... I dont want to sound like a pansy but... maybe we should wait a while.. not get into it too quickly..." He said, his dick hating him for it all the way.
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She sighs with slight frustration... "If you want..." she still stays where she is. "Well, at least your more a gentleman than any other others would've been." She rolls her eyes thinking about how any of her other peers would jump on it the first chance they got.
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He chuckles at her over eagerness. "Exactly why I've only had a little practice." He said. "Its just that... I know that if things go too quickly... things might go badly... Of course," He corrected himself. "If I'm too much of a prude you might beat me so...."
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"Well, I guess I can jump the gun sometimes." She lays back down.
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"Maybe just a bit. Buuut, you always were fiery and quick for action..." He says, relaxing more and putting the hand that was on her stomach on one of her hands.
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She smiles. "Comes with the territory." She holds his hand. She looks around and thinks... this is only day 1 out of 80... shit.
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"Hmm." he mumbled. "You wanna try out that VR sim you bought?" He asked her a minute or two later.
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"Yeah, sure." She sits back up. "Comon its in the basement."
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He got up to. "Basement?" He asked. "How many stories is this place?"
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"7 high, and 10 sub levels. Its on level negative three" she gets up and leads him to the elevator
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He stepped in with her, simply astounded by her wealth. "And you say all this like its just another peanut butter sandwich for lunch or something..."
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"To me it is.. I grew up in a privlaged life. Of course I enlisted because I didn't think it really suit me well, being royalty and all." She looks at their reflections in the elevator and lowers her shoulders.
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"I don't know... Royalty is supposed to be honorable, loyal, decisive... and beautiful. Somehow those words arent too far from the truth with you." He says looking over at her.
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"Yeah, I know. But I just don't like being it... you never really get to actually know people because they put on some fake facade just because you are part of some bloodline." She sighs as the doors open. "Level- Negative 3... Battlefield simulator room" the speaker goes off.
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"At the very least, being an admiral might make people respect you more... or make them intimidated." He shrugged. "Alright. Lets get our blood pumping... you know what I mean..." He said.
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"Yeah..." she leads them into a black marble room. "Control... set up BF Scenario, Evasion." she says as she walks over to a command console. <<<Command Acknowledged.>>> "Control, Open the Armoury" she says as the room turns into a large armoury with a wide selection of weapons. "Take your pick."
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"Oh this is impressive." Maxis said, walking up to the wall of weapons and inspecting them. In the end he chose a light powered arabic looking sword with a curved blade and guard and a pulse pistol. "Okay..." He said, checking the weapons out. "Now I want these." He chuckled.
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She picks up an M96, and a pulse pistol. "Now, chose your appearance", she says as she types in hers on the command console. An Urban Camo outfile, with short sleeves, combat pants, and a tac vest.
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"Hrm...." He said, reminded of a book that he read recently. He typed in his command and he appeared in a black leather storm over a tactical vest with black trousers and leather combat boots. Upon his head appeared a commissar's cap. He looked at his appearance and grinned.
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She eyes him down and nods to herself in approval. "Control, Start simulation." The room went dark, as a city began to be generated. It was night, and AA fire lit up the sky. Comm mics appeared on them, and it was going off franticly.
"Hammerhead 6-2, this is Alpha 2-9. we have eyes on 2-5.", it went off.
They were in a small building with 2 other soldiers. "Shit...", one says. "Commander Tepper just ordered us to out. Looks like we're going in" he says... he appeared to be the leader.
"Lt. Captain Valdamee' this is Alpha 3-1. We're moving towards Echo 5-1. Over", he calls through.
"Acknowledged...", a female voice came over.
Sora looks at Maxis. "Operation-Overlord... a pre-installed battle in something called the Belkan War... Weird" she says to him.
"Hoorah! Lock and load marines", the leader says. She stand up.
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"Wow... This is real military grade VR..." He said, looking at the details in the soldiers uniform. "Er... who are we...?" He asked her quietly, standing up next to her.
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"ISAF.. " she says as she walks into the street with their team.
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"Right..." He says, following her pretending to know who that was. He remembered that Senator Decadea, a Belkin was part of ISAF, according to her at least. He checked his weapons power levels. Optimum efficiency, good for at least five days fighting. He turned his sword on, it briefly glowed with a faint yellow aura before subsiding.
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A. Bullet flies past them... "hit the deck!" She yells as they all drop down. "Shooter.. 4t floor, one o clock!" She calls out.
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Maxis darted forward, getting behind some debris in front of the shooters location. He blind fired in the general direction of the shooter, trying to keep him down.
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Another bullet flies over their cover. "Got him...", she says. She fires her M96 and grazes him. "Shit..."
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"Come on... come on..." Maxis says, taking the chance to pop an aimed shot. He popped out and aimed... and fired. The man's chest exploded in a bloom of gore.
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"Nice kill", she says to him.
"3-1, this is Hammerhead 6-7. AC-130 gunship overhead... call us when you need us over.", the comms go off.
"Lets move.", she says as the team moves to another piece of cover...
"Enemy Armour!!!!!!", someone calls out before he is shot. a tank comes around the corner.
"Shit... Anyone bring a rocket?", the leader asks as she shakes her head.
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"Ah bollocks." Maxis said, taking a peek at the armour. "Hold on, Aki. I have an idea. I just need a good distraction from the front." Maxis says hurriedly.
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She nods... "what do you need me to do?"
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"I need someone, any one to get that tank's attention and hold it while I get behind it." He said, looking at the corner alleys of the street.
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"Gotcha.." she says. She runs from cover with the tanks gun following her. She shoots an M203 at it but it bounced off.
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He runs through the alleyway, appearing behind the tank. He runs forward, powersword raised and jumps onto the vehicle. He swings his sword twice, each swing braking through the armour of the beast like melted butter. The swings open a hole in the turret. He brings his pistol to bare and fired two shots into the hole. A shot hit the ammunition track and exploded with enough force to send him flying into a wall.
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She runs over to him. "You OK?"
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Hes shaking hard but it turns out it was laughter. "Yeah, yeah. I'm alright. Just having fun." He said getting up and rubbing his back. "Where's my hat?" He asked, laughter subsiding."Dammit, I liked that hat."
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She laughs too... "Lets get going." She moves out into another alley. "2 enemies." She points.
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He nods. "One hiding behind the door side, left building. Other one behind the dumpster. Your call." He says.
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"Take em out" she trains her sight on one..
"Ready..."
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He nods and aims at the one behind the dumpster. "Fire!" He orders the squad. He fired his own pulse pistol, taking large chunks out of the dumpster and making holes in the wall behind it.
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She takes the other out... "sweet..."
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"We're pretty good at this..." Maxis murmurs. "Surely things cant be this easy?" He asked.
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She looks at a holo pad... "difficulty is on easy... no wonder"
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He laughed. "Turn it up a bit. We seem too badass." He chuckles, checking for more hostiles around the corner.
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"Lets see... easy, medium, hard, realistic, extreme, ungodly, and fucking insane are the diffucties"
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"Er... lets try realistic." He says.
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She nods as she turns it up... more enemies start top pour out of the buildings..
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"Thaaaaaats more like it." Maxis says as a bullet hits one of the troopers behind him. He fired into the enemy, killing two with a shot that hit one in the chest and came through to the other.
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She starts unloading on them... a bullet hits her vest as she flies back. "Shit!"
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Maxis threw a grenade that sent several bodies into the air. And ducked over to her, "Hey, you okay?" He asked, gently checking her for wounds. A bullet clipped his cover. "Dammit! Somebody get a grenadier on them! Mortars, anything!" He yelled.
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She gets up and starts shooting again. "Hammerhead, this is 3-1. Requesting support over. Danger close"
Several shots rained down on the enemies.
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Then a jet flew over, dropping a payload onto the buildings. They disappeared with a flash and a great plume of white smoke that was wafted back to their group.
"Damn." Maxis said, "Less than fifty feet visibility. Squad, stay close and advance." He said with a glance at Aki.
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"Alpha 3, rz with LT. Captain valdamee' over." The comms say through.
AkI looks at the holopad. She points in the direction.
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"Okay, nice and easy." Maxis says, getting out of cover and sending in the point men. They clear the area and signal in the clear. "Alright, you heard them. Get moving to the rendezvous, but stay in formation!" He orders, moving forward through the smoke.
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"Gotcha..." the sim starts to lag a bit... "just a power malfuntion. Hold on" the sim returns to normal.
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He nods and they clear the smoke. The way in front of them clear but smoke rising from the east. The moved through the buildings until they were almost at the RZ.
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"Freeze! " a female voice calls out.
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"Who are you?" Maxis called back, motioning for the squad to stay back.
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A woman walks out. "Captain Valdamee'... alpha 3 I presume."
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"You would be correct ma'am. Whats our course of action?" He asked, glancing at Aki. She probably knew this shit better than him.
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She lays out a map. "A high ranking Ocean general is in our area... special orders from FleetCom are to capture him... Tepper's orders." She glances at A I.
"Where is The?" Aki questions
"He's ahead of us."
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"Alright. Where is the target?" Maxis asked, looking over the map.
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"Takis plaza... SF has a strike team setup."
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Maxis nodded, "Whats our move?"
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"We get forward strike squad. We go in and take him..." she explains. "Snipers have the area locked down. General Markov is hiding in the Delaris corp office."
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"You heard the lady!" He told the squad. "Move it, double time."
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Valdamee leads them to the square where a few squads were waiting... they salute as Valdsmee walks past. "Sitrep"
"Ma'am. They got guns everywhere... snipers are pinning them down, but we can't move without enough suppression fire."
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"Small time mortar fire a viable option?" Maxis asked her.
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"No... all are busy with hard targets..."
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"Aki? Any ideas?" He asked her.
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She thinks.... "Overlord... this is task force one oh one... requesting any air support... soft targets... danger close."
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A jet flies over their heads, far too close for comfort. It lets off three bombs which fall into smart guide systems. The bombs hit several buildings, collapsing them.
"That was effective. Did it take out the snipers?" Maxis asked.
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"Yeah... all teams. Move in." She orders.
Aki moves towards the building.
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Sniper shots ring out, three on them. Two soldiers next to Maxis are hit, and fall writhing to the ground. The third bullet catches Aki in her left arm. Maxis returns fire with his pistol, breaking apart part of a wall.
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"Fuck!" She yells out as she holds her m96 in her right hand firing at them.
"Advisory to all ISAF forces... orbital strike inbound in 15 minutes... al forces under fleet com are to evac." The radio goes off.
Sora looks at sky valdamee'... "we're going in..." sky orders.
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"Shit. GO GO GO" Maxis orders, the troops storming the building. "Come on, Aki." He says, injecting her with pain meds and getting her up.
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Aki gets up and rushes into the building with them.. they clear the floors fast... they come into the last room where they find Markov.
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"Put your hands on your head, now!" Maxis orders, troopers moving in to secure him.
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Markov stands there with his weapon in his hand.. "on your knees!" Aki orders as she moves closer to him. He simply smirks and fires a shot at her, nailing her through her vest.
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"Bastard!" Maxis shoots him in the hand with his pistol, completely destroying his hand.
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Aki yells out. "Damn it! I forgot you feel pain on realistic!"
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"Yeah, its realistic for a reason!" He calls back. He ordered two men to take the man into custody and get him out.
"Come on, Aki, they're gonna bomb this place to hell." He said, scooping her up and getting the hell out of the building.
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A helo waits for them... "orbital strike in 2 minutes."
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He gets on the chopper and gets Aki in the seat next to him, buckling them both up. "Okay get us out if here." He told the pilot.
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The helli takes off... the radios start to go off again. "5...4...3...2...1... Shots out." In the distance, they see multiple Gauss and pulse cannon rounds hit the city. The helicopter starts spinning out of control. "Emp!" The pilot shouts.
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"Hold her dammit!" Maxis says, covering him and Aki.
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"Mayday... this is black bird going down" the helicopter starts getting closer to the ground as Aki loses consciousness
It finally crashes along with a loud voice saying "simulation terminated!"
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Maxis got up and looked around the black room, his heart still pumping. "Aki?" He asked
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She sits up, now back in her normal appearal. "I'm here..." she looks around. "Fun right?"
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"Yeah... And at some points, terrifying. Still got to wait for my heart to stop pumping." He laughs.
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She lays down on the ground... "God... I feel like getting some lunch now." She looks at the time... they had been in the sim for a few hours.
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"Same here. Lets hope that bot of yours has some more good stuff in your pantries." Maxis said, brushing his short hair back.
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"Mhm---" she nods as they get into the elevator.
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"You said Decadea was in the ISAF, right? And he is Belkan... Do you know if he was in the battle that was we just went through?" Maxis asked Ak curiously.
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"Odds are..." she said as she walked out of the elevator and buttoning up her shirt. It was a little chili.
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Maxis followed her out and took his turn to lay on the couch, relaxing after a hard session of sim warfare.
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"Command- prepare lunch" she calls out before sitting on him.
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"Oof." He says in surprise before wrapping his arms around her.
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She proceeds to lay down on top of him. "Hey Maxis..."
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"Hmm?" He mumbles, arms wrapped around her lithe waist.
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"Have you always felt this way? About me I mean."
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He made a small smile. "Somewhere along the line it became more than friendly feelings, yes.... It was a while back, really..." He said, looking down to examine a spot on his shirt which had suddenly become pretty interesting.
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She turns sideways and lays her head on his chest. "Why me though... you could get just about any chick on teffilin."
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"That I thoroughly doubt..." He scoffs. "Why you? Lets begin with the most obvious things. 1. I actually know you. I cant stand going out to clubs or anything like that. Just too awkward. 2. You're the most beautiful girl on Tefillin. 3. I like your personality. Smart. Decisive and strong...." He said, trailing off a bit while absent mindedly rubbing her back.
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"Come on... I'm not that good looking. I think I just have the unfortunance of attracting old admirals and politicians" she muses.
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"Am I an old admiral or a politician?" He asked, chuckling. "I hope not... Look, Aki, theres not a girl on this - or any other planet - who I think is more beautiful than you. And thats my opinion. I know plenty who would support it."
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She closes her eyes and smiles. She turns around and slowly crawls up towards him to be at face level. "I honestly don't think I'm all that great though... "
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"You should...although a bloated ego might put a dampener on things." He teased. "I guess the important thing here is that I do." he said earnestly.
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She reaches up and kisses him "You're right.." she said wrapping herself around him.
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He savors the kiss. "Of course I am..." He mutters...
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She holds on tighter... her features could easily be felt. "Don't push yourself..." she says teasingly
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His face was steadily turning redder. He could feel her body on his, her features. He gulped. "Ill try not to..."
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She rolls off to the side between him and the back cushion and wraps her arms around his neck. "Why so nervous?" She asks.
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"Oh, I dunno, a beautiful women in my arms, wrapping herself around me isn't enough?" He asked, slightly sarcastic.
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"Well, I can always get naked if it'll make you fell better." She shows her pkayful grin.
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"Im really not sure how to respond to that... My snark has deflated due to other pressures..." He makes a small grin.
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She unbottons her shirt again. "Any better? Or should I keep going..." she teases.
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"Oh, dear Aser, you're awful." He laughs weakly. "Its not fair... you arent even doing much and you have me almost speechless...." He complains, smiling slightly. His arms were still wrapped around her.
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"Il take that as keep going." She takes off the shirt leaving her with little left for imagination. "Say A I when you want me to stop..." she puts her hand on his thigh.
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He sat there transfixed for a moment before mentally shaking himself out of staring... He lifted himself up and kissed her. It wasnt a bold, passionate kiss. It was rather light and soft, like someone saying something about a certain emotion.
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She continues to latch onto him. She unhooks her bra and holds it on for a second.
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He starts moving his hands around, exploring previously forbidden places. He kisses her more forcefully this time.
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She lets him as she lets her bra fall off. "Mess with me all you want to... no one is around. Don't be shy." She whispers in his ear.
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He shivers and kisses her on her lips then moves downward, focusing on the areas around her neck and just a bit lower.
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She moans with a sense of pleasure, forcing his head a little lower than her neck. "You never said my name" she says in a more seductive voice as she shimmys her panties down and off.
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"Aki" He breathes, as he continues to kiss her. His hands feel around the newly unclothed bum.
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She moves his hands around to the front as she kisses him again.. this time shoving her tounge into his throat.
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Hes a bit surprised at first but then kisses her back, tongue and all. His hands cup her and softly rub his thumb over her.
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"Want to take this into my room?" She asks while keeping his hands in their position.
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"Sure... Bed..." He nodded.
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She pulls him into her room where she rocked his fucking world... 4 times in a row.
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OOC: Time skip: 4 hours later...
Maxis lay next to Aki. He could still hardly believe it. He was laying next to Fleet Admiral Aki Sora. His Fleet Admiral Aki Sora. He smiled at that thought.
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She was asleep on top of him. She had the biggest smile on her face as she moved around on him in her sleep.
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He smiled at her. She was very cute when she slept. Not at all the fiery commander she was on the field or the passionate lover she was in bed. She seemed peaceful.
He gently kissed her forehead and lay back, his arms behind his head.
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She pulled the covers over them and held herself closer to him. "Maxis..." she whispers in her sleep.
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He grinned again. He snuggled up to her, holding her close while she was on top of him and tried to get some sleep.
It didnt work. His mind was too active. He let out a sigh, which was louder than he expected it to be. He didnt want to wake her.
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She groaned for a second, but went back to her peaceful state... she lays her head back onto his chest and drools a little bit while talking about him in her sleep.
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He chuckled to himself as he heard her. He relaxed and tried to let the thoughts flow out of his mind. They were stubborn though, and it took some effort.
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She wakes up and yawns... "you look a little worn our." She kisses him.
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"Mmm."He mumbled. "Couldnt sleep. Too busy thinking how adorable you are when you sleep." He teases, kissing her.
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"Well, I can stay on top of you then?"
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"Am I really that comfy?" He asked her.
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"No... I just like annoying you."
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"Too bad its not annoying then." He grinned.
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"Well, what time is it?"
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Maxis looks at his crono on the drawer. "Its twelve forty AM." He told her.
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"Damn... wanna try getting some sleep?"
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"I can try..." He says, yawning.
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Ooc- time skippity
AkI wakes up first in the morning and makes some coffee.
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Maxis wakes up groggily. Luckily at some point he was able to get some sleep. Stretching, he put on his shorts and walked into the living room. "Morning Aki." He said, kissing her.
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"Hey.", she says while laying back in her recliner with a cup of coffee... it was right around 8 and the sun was just coming through her shades casting the shadows of trees onto her. "You can go get some breakfast if you want... just call out 'Command' and tell it what you want." She says as she sips her coffee again.
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"I think I'll take a shower first.... Speaking of which, where is your bathroom?" He asked, stretching.
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"its In my room" she says as she yawns.
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He face palmed and took a shower. He came out with some old black pants on and rested on the couch. "Computer: cook qi burrito."
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The kitchen spurs to life. Aki finishes her coffee and goes to put some clothes on. "Regis wants to have lunch with us today." She calls out
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"Really? What crisis has happened this time?" Maxis joked.
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She smirks as she throws a black dress on and starts doing her hair.
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He got up from the couch and sat down at the table to eat his breakfast.
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She walks out of her room and comes up behind him.
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He doesnt notice and continues eating the, admittedly good, burrito.
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She wraps her arms around him. "So. We don't have to meet him for another 2 hours."
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He looks up at her from his seat, his eyebrows raised. "Really? And what might we do in that time...?" he asked.
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"I don't know... what do you feel like doing"
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He considered it thoughtfully. "Well, you already put your hair up and got into a dress so that takes out the combat sim and swimming..." He says...
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"Good point... " she thinks. "Plus, I'm still a bit achy from yesterday." She rests on him.
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He chuckles. "That was a bit extreme... Howabout we just lay around on the couch and watch the television or something?" He suggests, finishing off his burrito.
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"That sound fine..."
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He takes her hand and leads her over to the couch and lays down.
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She lays down next to him. "God... isn't this how last night started?"
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"Yep.. but you were laying on me that time." He says
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She turns on the TV and finds a movie.
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"So where are we supposed to meet Regis?" Maxis asked from behind her, his eyes closed.
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"Some hotel restaurant" she says as she watched the movie.
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"Alright.." He said falling asleep.
OOC Time skip: twenty five minutes till having to meet Regis.
Maxis wakes up and gets up and puts on his better shirt and trousers. He combed his hair and washed his face. "Okay, Aki." He called. "Time to go see Regis."
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She sits up and yawns. " right... lets go"
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Maxis put on his shoes and walked to his hovercar. "You know where it is, right?" He asked.
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She looks at the text. "Yeah... he said its at the Alekishin hotel" she answers as she follows him.
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"Alright. I know where that is." He said, turning the car on and heading towards the location. "Any idea what the meeting is about? Or is it just casual?" He asked her. He didnt have too much of an opinion on Regis. He was alright but too sneaky and often did whatever he needed to do without the proper authority. But, then, Aki seemed to like him fine so he couldnt be all that bad.
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"He says casual... but I suspect otherwise" she shuts her door and buckles up.
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Maxis nodded. Always with the sneaking and the scheming... Why cant people in the universe just come out and say what they wanted to say? He wondered. Then he reminded himself that if they did so there wouldn't be a universe to complain about.
He headed towards the tower that wasnt far from Aki's estate. He landed on the pad outside the hotel restraunt.
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She gets out of the car along with Maxis. "Where is he..." she looks for Regis. A man wearing a black suit with a blue hand pin on it sat in the corner and waved them over.
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Maxis sees him and walks over. "Hello?" He said uncertainly.
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The man looks up. "Sit." He takes off his sunglasses.
"Hermitage.. what is going on?" She says as she sits down.
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Maxis complies warily, taking a seat on the bench.
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"What... i can't be in the presence of a beautiful lady every once in a while?" He gives them his, 'Ive got something hidden' look. She isn't phased... she gives Hermitage her 'Dont fucking bull shit me, or ill kill you.' Look.
His eyes slightly widen... "Fine.. you got me." He sighs. "I'm doing some recon, and I needed a cover." He finally confesses. Aki rolls her eyes and picks up her menu.
"So you won't mind if I order the most expensive thing on here then..." he stays silent for a second.
"I.... no. Of course not" he forces himself to say.
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Maxis glared at Hermatige when he hit on Aki. Then he smirked when Aki rebuked him. He picked up his menu and looks it over. He mentally chose some fresh Terragrouve crab legs 22 credits in his mind.
He whispered to Hermatige, his eyes still on the menu. "What kind of recon?"
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"Just keeping tabs on your fugitive... or should i say ex-fugitive. ey Aki?" He chuckles to himself before getting hit by a spoon he throws at him. "Calm down.."
Aki sighs again. "under who's orders?" she inquires.
"Thats classified." He says
"Look. I am a commanding officer" she starts.
"You are A Commanding Officer... you are not MY commanding officer." he stops her.
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"Fugitive....?" Maxis asked, confused. "What are you two getting at?"
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Regis' Nova Phone received a text from Eric Mann. It read:
"Back on Tefillin. Do not go to the Festival Of Waves. This is classified information. Share with no one."
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He read it and deleted it... ensuring that stayed classified. "A Carl Dolos. I've been asked to keep tabs on him." He tells them
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"Oh HIM...." Maxis said. "We met him two days ago at a bar. He offered to let us stay at a vacation home of his. Then he sent packages to both our places asking the same thing. Apparently hes paranoid about Interpol." Maxis said, shrugging as the waiter came up to them.
"What would you like to drink sirs and madam?" He asked, getting out his holo-note pad.
"Er, yes. I would like a La'con brew, please." Maxis said. The waiter took it down and looked at Aki and Hermatige.
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"Ill take the 10 oz prime steak, medium Rare, a side of lobster tail and Terragrouve crab legs. And a bottle of your best wine" she finishes as she looks at Regis. His eye twitched as he gulped.
"Ill just have a salad..." he says silently...
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"I'll just have some Terragrouve crab legs." Maxis tells the waiter who nodded and took the items down on his pad. "I'll be right back with your drinks." He said, leaving to serve a few other customers.
"Okay, so you're still tailing Dolos? Isnt that job a little low for the assistant director?" He said quietly.
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"And arent you a little low ranking and out of your class to be sleeping with your CO?" He snaps before looking at an infuriated Aki. She reaches for her side arm and realizes that she isn't in uniform.
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Maxis's face hardened. "Touched a nerve?" He asked him.
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"No... im just wondering why a 5 star admiral in the Zarethian Navy, who is royalty none the less, would go for a 1 star peon such as yourself"...
"You're a dead man Regis...." Aki stands up. "You're fucking dead!"
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Maxis stands up with her and attempts to restrain her, holding onto her arms. "Aki! He's not worth it, alright? He's not worth it." Maxis told her, glancing at Hermatige with cold eyed contempt.
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She calms down and sits back down... she straightened out her dress, and sighs.
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"Where is this Dolos anyway? How are you on recon if he isnt even here?" Maxis asked, changing the subject.
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"We're waiting for the O.K. from my agents to go into the room...", he says as he looks at the hotel key card he held in his hand.
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"And you need us here to provide some bit of legitimacy to you while waiting... to make it not seem overly suspicious?" Maxis asked, rubbing Aki's back comfortingly with his right hand.
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"Pretty much... " he says leaning back in his chair. He squinted out the window at some one. "Hey, is that that journalist from that tabloid?" He asks pointing. Aki looks out to see him.
"Oh shit. Hide me" she says before ducking under the table.
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Maxis looked at her confusedly as she darted under. He magicked a small illusion that made the table's underside appear uninhabited.
"What journalist?" He asked.
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"That stupid fucker from the Zarethian inquirer... he's been trying to get some dirt on me for forever." she says with annoyance in her tone. "Regis, if you call me out, I swear to god.."
"Calm down Aki.. I won't." He says eyeing the journalist. He walks up to the two officers.
"Good afternoon gentlemen.", he says greeting both of them.
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"Afternoon." Maxis said, nodding at him nonchalantly. "What can we do for you?" He asked, disguising his quiet contempt.