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After Chaos (Read 185818 times)
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Re: After Chaos
Reply #2380 - Jun 5th, 2017, 9:09pm
 
Valentine started to awake again. She found herself sitting in a chair. She blinked and winced at the light in the room. Her head hurt but she didn't feel like they drugged her again. she looked around the room as she tried to regain her thoughts . The room appeared to be half office, half living quarters. There were weapons, half finished tech, and alcohol bottles both full and empty. A grey haired woman stood looking out a window. She had her arms behind her back and just stood there silently. She had a cyborg leg( from hip down) and foot (from mid calf down). One hand was cyborg (from the elbow down) and and an exoskeleton on the other arm controlling elbow and shoulder. She dressed in purple leotard, purple cape and some Armour which looked like it came from the dark ages but was obviously made to fit and was most likely of some more modern metal. She had also a pair of ratty purple aviator goggles atop her head too. After a moment she turned around to see Valentines blurry yet questioning stare. Her face was scared as well as what was left of her one leg, what was left and showing of her arms and what was showing of her chest. She appeared old but young at the same time She had a powerful look about her. Her face was cold and hard. She had an eye patch over one eye with a long scar showing on both sides of it. The other eye showed with strength, coldness, and hate.
 
Woman: It's been a long time Maria.
 
Valentine: Who are you?
 
Woman: Don't play games with me. you know who I am!
 
Valentine: You seem familiar but . . .  
 
Woman: Familiar!?!
 
Valentine: Like I've seen a picture of you. in a paper maybe? . . .
 
Woman: Let me refresh your memory . .  I begged you, that husband of yours, and that #$@!ing time traveling Fernando to save my friends, MY FAMILY!!! But no, he said it couldn't be done. I begged, pleaded for your help and what did I get? NOTHING!! And then I borrowed some of his time traveling gear and you three and those bitch daughters of his drug me back! I just wanted to fix things! and you all blocked me from being able to time travel ever again. Something he injected into me. I've paid good money to have it out, but no one can remove it. I used to be like you. Trying to help others and live my life but you turned your backs on us and turned me into this!! I swore I'd change things. Some say I'm mad. Angry yes, mad no!! A fixed point in time, he said. Only the past can fix the future he said. Rubbish, riddles, and puzzles!! I have tried everything! I made powerful friends, lost a lot of myself. They made me immortal but not like the immortality Fernando has, which he also denied me! Too unstable he said! Now I'm immortal but can't repair the past damages. Is this why you don't recognize me? You took a loving, caring human and turned her into a monster and now you don't recognize the creation you had a hand in building?!?!
 
Valentine: I'm sorry you have suffered so much but . . .
 
Woman: Still?? How can you not remember me?
 
Valentine: I don't know you, honestly.
 
Woman: We have been enemies since the happening . . that ring a bell.
 
Valentine: I didn't go through  . . . I mean.
 
Woman: Wait . . . Say that again.
 
Valentine: No, my head just messed up. I'm sure i'll remember . ..
 
Woman: No . . .no you won't.
 
the woman laughed evilly.
 
Woman: You really don't you. You're from the past. . .Fernando allowed you to travel here without knowing the dangers. . . That is excellent.
 
Valentine: I don't know what you're . . .
 
Woman: Save it. MY only hope is your future self. . . I'd keep you myself and threaten to alter time but my employer is pretty demanding and . .  well,  cyborg parts are hard to get these days. Hopefully this is whats suppose to happen in time. maybe I can bargain for you back even . . hmm.
 
Valentine: Who are you?
 
Woman: maybe your husband told you about me. These days I'm called The grey lady, the grey witch, the grey duchess, Lady of the damned, and to some just Captain of the Grey Wardens. I am leader of the most notorious group of air pirates for hire. But I used to be a member of good standing, inventor, and chief mechanic for the Rescue Wardens.
 
Valentine: Rescue Wardens!?! That group of detective rescuers who were pacifists?
 
Woman: Yes. I almost married your husband when we were much younger but he wouldn't give up his guns to fit my ideals. Had I only seen the light . .  
 
Valentine: Wait. . .so you must be . . . Gidget??
 
Woman: I hate that name!! My name was Gianna Hackworth. That nickname like my given name I have long left behind. Now I'm known As Lady Azubah Grey.
 
Valentine: Azubah . .  Hebrew for forsaken.
 
Azubah: And that I have been, by man, by God almighty, and by supposed friends!
 
Valentine: I'm so sorry.
 
Azubah: If only sorry enough to fix what I've lost.
 
Valentine: If Fernando could have he would have.
 
Azubah: No. He could have. there was one possibility to fix it and he wouldn't allow it.
 
Valentine: What wouldn't he allow?
 
Azubah: The death of your husband. The happening could have been stopped with the death of Hondo Sackett.  
 
To be continued . . .
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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out
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Reply #2381 - Jun 6th, 2017, 7:18am
 
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She thinks the Happening could have been stopped if Hondo died? This is getting interesting.
 
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Reply #2382 - Jun 6th, 2017, 11:01am
 
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It's obvious that this women is delusional. All she wants is drama and do not care about the consequences.
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Reply #2383 - Jun 6th, 2017, 11:44am
 
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Twice Moro offered to help Jason look for lost relatives and yet he just stands there saying nothing despite the fact he constantly bugged Fernando who does not have the resources.
 
If Jason is just going to stand there, Moro may as well move on.
 
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Reply #2384 - Jun 6th, 2017, 12:57pm
 
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Jason does not have what Moro needs to start such a search so all this information is going over his head. Fernando can operate on Jason's level of understanding, but as told to him, Jason thinks Fernando is 'Francisco' and the "village savior' is somewhere in the town - Jason has not put 2 and 2 together to get an answer and that is what Fernando wants - to be left alone.
 
In short, this is a Fool's Errand - to search for something that is not there. And if his relatives were found, the condition they would be in he would not want them returned to the family.
 
Moro's best option is to walk away from this because it will delay the search for Gabrielle.  No good will come out of searching for lost relatives who are more than likely dead than alive. Jason does not have what Moro needs to conduct a search and in reading the list of those missing, he is hiding certain facts from everyone. Facts that makes him the reason as to why some of them disappeared. So he's trying to cover his shit-covered ass and look innocent when he is not. He is like a drunk driver who has hit and run somebody he killed and is hiding and denying the facts of what happened.
 
 
Hospital Stays:
 
If any of the group had to be taken to the hospital, lets say they were hurt while mining, all they want is fast medical treatment and get them out of the hospital as possible. Body scans, life pattern readings, etc., unless absolutely needed, they do not want it. Like many in this world wants the rest of the world to know the minimum information about them. They do not want to be tied down to any one system or town. They do not want anyone to have information about them that can be used against them - criminal, medical or otherwise.
 
Lets take the example of the twins. If they were to have been sent to the hospital because or both were injured, there is a medical record of that injury. Lets say it was a knee injury and though the injured twin can walk, they can not run. If anybody were to find out about this injury, then it can be used against them in getting both twins. Though this is just an example, this example shows the implication of what can happen if the information ends up in the wrong hands.
 
 
As Rescuers:
 
Because of what they do, not the mining but being abolitionists against (human) slavery, they are wanted people in some areas. They play the role of Rescuers but they are mercenary rescuers, meaning they will rescue you when you are in trouble but there is a price to pay for that rescue.
 
Lets take Maribelle & Teri; if Jason would have found them instead of Ruth and the girls who brought them to Fernando, what do you think that rescue would have costed Maribelle and Teri? Jason (and is group) knows the lay of the land and who's in charge of where. Rescuing Meribelle, he could demand a high price from the Town Council. If he was a wanted man, he could demand a pardon, and he would get it. If he wanted sex from the both of them, he would demand it as often as he would want it from the both of them. That is the type of person Jason is, and that is how he is leading his group. So basically all those in his trailer are free labor for him until their debt is paid.
 
But Jason fell into his own trap, with Fernando saving his and the rest of the group from Lacey and her men, Jason owes Fernando a very large debt - his life and his freedom, on top of everyone else's life and freedom in the group. And Jason does not know how to handle this because Fernando wants nothing in return.
 
If, and it is a big IF, some of his relatives are alive, then they are near by but he can not see them because they are not what they used to be and he is looking for what they used to be not what they could be. So he is looking for something that is not there. It's like looking for caterpillars after they had turned into butterflies. They are still there but in a different form.
 
 
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If he had the information to give to Moro, he would wonder what is the price of getting the service. You and I know that price is free. He does not because for him in his world everything has a price. And everything has a risk attached to that price. To him, if he had the information, he sees the price of Moro service and her resources as something he may not be able to pay or willing to pay. This is a false illusion on his part.
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Reply #2385 - Jun 6th, 2017, 3:01pm
 
Quote from Fernando on Jun 6th, 2017, 12:57pm:
In short, this is a Fool's Errand - to search for something that is not there.

Moro's best option is to walk away from this because it will delay the search for Gabrielle.  No good will come out of searching for lost relatives who are more than likely dead than alive.

If Moro has information, such as hospital discharge papers, it will take a few minutes for each person. I consider that time well spent.
 
Quote from Fernando on Jun 6th, 2017, 12:57pm:
And if his relatives were found, the condition they would be in he would not want them returned to the family.

If, and it is a big IF, some of his relatives are alive, then they are near by but he can not see them because they are not what they used to be and he is looking for what they used to be not what they could be.

That's the irony I'm shooting for. In case you missed it, I was setting things up just for that.
 
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Re: After Chaos
Reply #2386 - Jun 6th, 2017, 5:01pm
 
Quote from Jeanette on Jun 6th, 2017, 3:01pm:
That's the irony I'm shooting for. In case you missed it, I was setting things up just for that.

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With the clues I set up in the RPG, you should be able to find Jason's relatives. I tested Hondo to see if he can see it and he found it in a short while. The question is would Jason want any of those found back? I doubt it. The other side of the coin is would the rest of the group willing to help those found? For me that is a mandatory "Yes."
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Reply #2387 - Jun 6th, 2017, 6:50pm
 
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Like I said before, we seem to be having trouble finding clues. That is until now with Hondo finding the ones you inserted.
 
If Jason does not want any of them back, why is he bugging Fernando?
 
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Reply #2388 - Jun 6th, 2017, 8:17pm
 
Note: I get fernandos clues and he gets mine usually. Yours usually deal with obscure anime that I have never heard of let alone seen, so yeah, I wouldn't get most of your clues
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Well the cowboy, like the red man, you had to leave your land
You can't raise your stock and plant your crop in the gumbo and the sand
Greed disguised as progress has put us to the test
They won't be glad until we're gone from our home out in the west
It's sad to see those good old days replaced with greed and doubt
Soon we'll leave the country, the campfire has gone out
Bid 'em all adieu, you can't turn the world about
The cowboy left the country, the campfire has gone out
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Reply #2389 - Jun 6th, 2017, 9:35pm
 
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Some of the clues I have inserted, yes but those are not major clues.
 
Other clues I have inserted require no knowledge of anime. There are a few times I thought, when I inserted major clues, someone would easily figure it out. So far no one has told me that they figured out what happened to the writer Shizuku Tsukishima.
 
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