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Post by Reno on Jul 18, 2007 22:18:07 GMT -5
Despite the sunglasses covering Rude's eyes, Reno could clearly tell what that look meant. Rude wanted to handle Don Corneo himself. Reno merely nodded and then took a battle ready stance. The idea of taking on the dragons alone looked unpleasant but not unmanageable. After all, the last dragon Corneo used last time wasn't a match for them.
Reno merely scoffed at Don Corneo before saying "Bring it blondie!" His eyes were narrowed. Ready to take on anything that was thrown at him. Sadly, he intended to do this alone for once alongside his pal Rude but the others got involved as well. It was a very lucky thing the summoned creatures reacted to just the dragons.
There really wasn't anything else for Reno to do except kick some thug butt. Surely enough, Don Corneo sent out his little henchmen. "Pfft! Is this all you got?!" exclaimed Reno before jumping high into the air and slamming a thug down from a swift and strong kick to the head. A sickening crack came from the man's skull. 'Welp, that's ONE down!' thought Reno. A tad sickening to be thinking but he thought it, alright.
Another few were running at Reno whom just rolled his eyes as if they were really nothing but mere nuisances before extending his metallic rod and firing a lightning bolt out of it. He had used Thundaga. Reno's rod was always equipped with a materia. He never took it out unless he intended to do some modifications to his weapon or whatever. The men were fried and sent flying backwards.
A man came up from behind Reno and kicked his back sending him falling forward onto the ground. Reno caught himself with his hands outstretched. His eyes narrowed even more before he whipped around and kicked the guy down by snapping his leg in two. When that was one, Reno made him get a face full of the metallic rod electrified. When he got to his feet, he brushed himself off before looking around him. The whole situation was in their favor. 'Finish him off, Rude!' he thought as he looked to his fellow team mate.
It was then that he caught sight of the dragons merging. "Well isn't that just great!" he muttered sarcastically. No one would hear him say that since it was a mere mutter. Reno extended his metallic rod at it and fired another Thundaga spell in its direction. Intent on bringing that dragon down as swiftly as possibly needed. They couldn't afford to have innocent lives put in danger.
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Post by Garnet Til Alexandros XIII on Jul 19, 2007 4:13:02 GMT -5
"That is SOOOOOOO cheating!" Eiko whined, stomping her small feet, and her arms flailing on her sides, up, down, up, down. She brought her flute to her lips, playing a small tune on it, and Phoenix disappeared. She had summoned Carbuncle, the cute green creature shooting its Ruby Light at Eiko and Garnet, and Garnet's Shiva, which was barely saved, but still got a little fire, making the ice bounce off Eiko, and the fire bounce off Shiva. Shiva sped up and created two long, sharp, smooth pieces of ice, and shot between the dragon's two heads, slicing them off with the icy blades.
"Score one for the Heroes of Alexan-mmph!" Eiko had begun, but was quickly cut off by Garnet's hand over her mouth. As smart and strong a 7-year old Eiko was, she was still a 7-year old.
"A child's fancy, you see?" she weakly said in Reno's direction. If he didnt know what the kingdom of Alexandria was after ALL this time of them being hostile with eachother..... Garnet would eat the whole castle with a dull wax spoon. Actually, that would be more Quina's thing. She wondered where Quina was. Wait! That didnt matter at the moment.
She had a look on her face of trying to smooth out all the kinks with a smile, and the look of a Queen ready for battle. A very strange face indeed, and Shiva came hovering above them, not quite in the space, but noticeable, and neither of the girls put away their weapons.
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Post by Balthier on Jul 19, 2007 8:30:43 GMT -5
Rude not hesitating due to his comrades dealing with the thugs thrusts the spike of the bladed gauntlet into Don Corneo's face and neck several times. He aims for the vital points on the bastard's body. This time he would not let his mission fail, this time Corneo would finally meet the reaper. Rude thought nothing of the act of murder when it was for the sake of completion of a mission, and this mission that was never truly completed had to be done. It was the way of the Turks.
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Post by Kail Lancaster on Jul 19, 2007 21:52:15 GMT -5
"Why me" were Don Corneo's words before he died. The hiered thugs seeing there pay check dieing started runing like hell away from the battle zone in a panic. The dragon died due to having its head cut off from Shiva.
"Well thats the end of that" said Sephiroth as he wipes his sword off with one of the dead thugs shirts and looted there pockits for money. "Ok guys and girls drinks are on me" he said to the group.
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Post by Reno on Jul 19, 2007 22:17:27 GMT -5
Reno smirked as he saw Rude complete their assignment which they had thought had been completed years ago. He pressed the button on his metallic rod and turned off the electrical energy from the materia inside of it. However, he kept it retracted as he glanced over to the little seven year old shouting things. Alexan-cut off from Dagger whom is now Queen Garnet.
Alexan....not der....dria? Alexandria? Hmm...Reno heard mention of the place but it was further away from these parts. He simply stood there with his rod slung over his shoulder as he casually walked up to Rude and peered down at his partner's handiwork. "....I'd say that ought to do it this time around..." he stated before glancing up to Rude and giving him the thumbs up with his free hand. A big grin on his face before returning his attention to everyone else.
So far, everyone appeared to be alright. No injuries were in sight and no one appeared to be hurt. Now, to get to the bottom of all that has happened. One major one was obviously 'Dagger' whom really must be Queen Garnet. Looking at them, he commented "So....Queen Garnet....of a place further away from here known as Alexandria...am I right?!" Reno might've let things slip earlier but now, the truth was too hard to ignore this time around. Of course, he wouldn't blame her hiding her identity.
After all, she WAS a queen. Standing nearby Rude, Reno turned his attention back to Sephiroth now after giving the seven year old and Garnet a sly grin to show he was able to have put two and two together. His eyebrows raised before peering behind them all towards the bar again. "I don't think you'd want to go back in there....Rude and I had a rough and tumble with those fellas with the bats earlier...they might still be in there wanting revenge and I'm sure you wouldn't want to bring a seven or eight year old kid into a bar, right?" he replied after glancing back towards Garnet.
His blue eyes then went towards this odd person with an ax. "And just who are you?" he questioned. Not presenting a threatening stance but capable of reacting if the need be since he had his rod slung over his shoulder that he could easily swing to block and attack with.
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Post by Garnet Til Alexandros XIII on Jul 19, 2007 23:45:43 GMT -5
"You will leave right now, and take over Alexandria until I return, anyone opposes you, get Freya." She whispered in the girls ear,"You will do as I say, do I make myself clear?"
The girl nodded, looking slightly angry, but mostly just looking rather like a little girl who had known she did something wrong. Or, rather, she WAS a little girl who had known she did something wrong. She ran back down the street, regretful that she couldnt see Garnet for longer. She would get to the edge of town, summon Phoenix, and hop on its back, and speed back to Alexandria.
She stormed up to Reno, clutched his sleeve, and pulled him into the bar. The cronies, still on the ground, were moaning, and the bartender was complaining loudly to his own thugs, who was throwing them out, one by one.
"What.... are you going to do?" She hung her head, she didnt have Zidane or her friends (excluding Freya and Eiko, who MIGHT be able to do it) to save her this time. She began to shake a little, she didnt want to be tortured, nor did she want to be imprisioned, which is what she might be. She wouldnt fight Reno though, he was nice, and he was just doing his job.
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Post by Balthier on Jul 20, 2007 8:31:33 GMT -5
Rude cleans his weaponry of Corneo's blood. He looked mentally eased to have seen the mission finally completed. It was the way of life. Success means another day to live, failure means the last day. Using a synthetic chemical he wipes the blood off the spike. Having done this, he pulls a cell phone out and makes a call.
"...Cleanup...we need a crew at the area this signal is coming from. If Tseng asks why Corneo's body is here, tell him to call me for a more complete explanation." Rude says before hanging up the phone. He readjusts his sunglasses as he would listen for now the dialogue between Reno and Garnet.
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Post by Reno on Jul 20, 2007 12:32:34 GMT -5
Reno had let his metallic rod down to his side to allow his arm to rest as he listened to Rude talking to Tseny on the cell phone. Whwen he was finished, Reno was about to say something up until he was randomly dragged by the sleeve back into the nearby bar. All he managed was a slight surprised yelp as he was yanked all the way into the bar and stepped over a few of the men Rude and himself had dealt with not too long ago.
When Garnet stopped, he regained his usual standing composure before giving her a rather confused look. Honestly, he wasn't going to do anything unless ordered to do so. Even Rude. Queen Garnet was shaking and all Reno did was give her a confused look when she asked what they were going to do now. Rude hadn't mentioned Garnet in the call he made so there would be no reason to do anything.
He gave a mere shrug before replying "Well, nothing really...not unless my partner and I are given strict orders there's nothing we can do right now. No need to be worrying about it!" He moved a thug aside with his foot since the guy had rolled into the way.
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Post by Garnet Til Alexandros XIII on Jul 20, 2007 12:58:24 GMT -5
She looked up quickly, her crown almost falling off her head.
"Do you...Do you promise?!"
She half tackled (Glomp, lol) Reno, bumping him into a table a little. She backed up and looked up at the man, he really was nice. Or a great liar. But she would think the best until she was proven wrong. Plus he didnt seem flustered around royalty. She liked that. She smiled.
"Thank you! Do you have a house? That I could change in.... cause um.... this is dress is bringing unwanted attention...."
She looked around the room, and she got rather nervous from some of the looks she was getting. The people of the room were shocked, this girl had fallen down, been kidnapped, came back in a princess dress, and with the help of a 7 year old, and two turks, killed two dragons, a mob of hired thugs, and a mob boss.
"Wait.... I dont have any clothes. Could I borrow some of yours? I am sorry for imposing."
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Post by Kail Lancaster on Jul 20, 2007 14:52:07 GMT -5
"Well I have some extra chash off of these guys so I think we can go shoping if you like" said Sephiroth as he pointed behind him where the dead bodys were. And he desided to stay with these people until he could get a region flight back to Earth.
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Post by Reno on Jul 22, 2007 12:56:37 GMT -5
Reno was nice but this was a bit too much. The only reason they'd say anything is if their boss demanded information out of them pertaining to such a person which may not happen. Garnet had half tackled him a bit causing him to bump into a table a little. "Whoa! Calm down!" he commented as he tried to get himself out of that situation.
When she backed up, he calmed down a bit. That whole thing earlier had nearly taken him by surprise. Reno glanced down at her as she asked him a question if she could change in his er....house. "Uhh...I don't er....have a house per say." He glanced over towards Sephiroth whom just mentioned that he had some money left that Garnet could go shopping with if she wanted.
The red head looked back over towards the brunette before saying "I don't think you'd want to borrow any of my clothes considering the fact that they're bigger than you and would be quite baggy on you since you're smaller than me!"
An idea did pop into his head though, Elena's apartment wasn't too far from here. They could infiltrate her apartment if the need be. Looking over at Sephiroth, he asked "Gil or Ardew?" he questioned him "the currency you have."
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Post by Garnet Til Alexandros XIII on Jul 22, 2007 18:59:12 GMT -5
"Well I have to change into SOMETHING! I cant very well go shopping in this, I would overcharged alot! Just give me you jacket, it can be a dress. A skimpy dress, but it will do. And if you dont you're a dirty Ooglop." She put the last part in a joking voice. She didnt think he knew what an Ooglop was, but still, better not to take chances.
She pulled a pouch out of.... well, wherever rpg characters keep things, and opened it, revealing a small fortune in gil.
"I can pay for it if need be, the money seems to be the same...." She giggled. "Maybe if I HAVE to go shopping in this dress, I could summon a steed of some sort..... actually, I might be attacked. Nevermind."
She sighed, she was going to miss that pair yellow velvet overalls. She should have thought of that. Her trance ALWAYS destroyed her clothes. Good thing she had sent Eiko away, she could destroy this city and everyone in it in an instance with her Trance.
She really did need more clothes. Then something hit her. Reno didnt have a house?
"Excuse me if I'm prying..... but why dont you have a house? What does that mean?"
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Post by Kail Lancaster on Jul 22, 2007 21:37:20 GMT -5
"Both" said Sephiroth and turns to Garnet "Trust me if you are with me they would not over charge you" he said with a grin on his face and crosses his arms over his chest and waits for Garnet to reply to him.
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Post by Reno on Jul 23, 2007 20:26:48 GMT -5
What the hell was an Ooglop? Reno never heard of such a thing. "I know you want to borrow it but it'd be a tad odd seeing someone wearing a Turk's jacket with a dress underneath it when us Turks have to wear classy suits like we all do....it's the way of the Turks."
Reno had given Sephiroth a flat look when he heard what the teenager mentioned. "Yeah....and end up having Shinra soldiers chase your butt for threatening the merchants here!" he retorted. "I don't want to end up getting a call telling me I have to chase you for something like that. Anyways, your presence isn't as how should I say intimidating as Rude and myself here....our reputations have a way of 'persuading' merchants even though we don't even bother them. People don't know you Sephiroth and it wouldn't be as affective as what a fully uniformed Turk would do."
That much was true, Reno WAS the authority here though Shinra soldiers held authority too. The Turks were the highest ranking compare to regular Shinra soldiers. It was the Turks job to watch over the president of Shinra. They were just like bodyguards and agents. They did everything the president had them do. Without fail though there had been a few times when they did. It was rare in those instances though like special cases such as Cloud or Sephiroth or Kadaj's gang.
He heard what Garnet just asked him and glanced back towards her. "Well, I told you I've an apartment but not a house!" he answered. Not saying anything else as to what it meant. That was too prying. Sighing, he replied "I can take you to where my place is and nab an extra suit but it's not going to fit you. I can also try swiping a uniform from Elena's place but then she might end up killing me for it when she finds out!...There's also the changing room in the new headquarters where extra suits are always found BUT you have to be a Turk in order to enter it."
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Post by Garnet Til Alexandros XIII on Jul 23, 2007 21:58:09 GMT -5
"Then off we go," she said, prancing forward in a ballet-ish pose, quite considerable for the size of her dress and her heeled boots,"to the lair of Reno!"
She thought about the boots. She would keep them, they were quite pretty looking, and might go well with the suit that Reno wore. She assumed she would get similar clothing.
She was however, thankful for Sephiroth's offer.
"Thank you Sephy! I am QUITE sure that you can be intimidating if you dont know you," she eyed Reno accusingly,"CONTRARY to what SOME people say." Her mouth quirked into a smile, showing that it was only jest. Maybe she "jested" with Reno too much, from what she had heard, it could get annoying sometimes.
"Lead the way." She smiled again. This could be pretty fun.
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Post by Kail Lancaster on Jul 23, 2007 22:24:03 GMT -5
"I wonder if all royaltiy is like her"Seph wondred and looked over at Reno. "Sorry I'm not from this world Reno so I do not know this worlds rules and such" he as this was the truth as he this was his frist time on his own in a diffrant world.
"And there is one girl that can get away with calling me Sephy" he said jesteding as well.The only girl that could get away with call him by that name was Serena.
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Post by Reno on Jul 23, 2007 23:16:38 GMT -5
Reno gave Garnet a confused look as Garnet mentioned they should go to his lair. He was about ready to start heading to his apartment until Garnet thanked Sephiroth. Honestly, Reno hadn't said that meaning for it to have sounded rude. In fact, Reno held respect for friends of Kail. He was just telling him the truth of what it was like in this place. If Sephiroth tried that sort of thing, most people might try to attack him. Then again, the white hair did sort of remind people of the one winged angel.
Reno turned his back to them, since his apartment was that way, and said "...You aren't from around here now are you?! So....YOU wouldn't know how this place is! I would!" He still had his metallic rod slung over his shoulder. It appeared to be heavy but it wasn't by far. Not for him, anyways. Of course, he knew it was just a jest. He glanced over his shoulder towards Sephiroth before saying "I hadn't meant you any offense....only saying. However, since your name IS Sephiroth I'm sure the use of it could scare the skin off of anyone. Knowing how Sephiroth, the one winged angel, acted towards people here....then again, some people still think he's the hero..."
With that said, Reno nodded to Garnet and then headed off. Going down several streets through this town. Any second and they'd round the corner to his apartment. Reno would be the only one to recognize it since he never told anyone nor gave a hint of where he lived. Plus, he wasn't here that much so no one could know of where he did hang out at times.
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Post by Balthier on Jul 24, 2007 7:33:28 GMT -5
Rude had already broken off from Reno for now. He was assisting the cleanup crew keeping the passerby under control while the team removed the bodies. By control, of course using a device which would cause them to forget seeing the mauled bodies. It was one of the many abilities of a Turk.
Rude knew that Reno didn't care for everyone to follow him, he figured Reno was already unnerved by this 'Garnet' woman. Reno never was very good with women, much less royalty.
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Post by Garnet Til Alexandros XIII on Jul 25, 2007 1:07:01 GMT -5
"Yay! Now I dont have to look like some strange prostitute..... I
think. I dont know what prostitutes look like here."
She wrinkled her nose, the thought of shopping and attempting to blend in seemed to fail in her mind too. She also needed to hurry to her goal in this city. She would wait till she got some of Reno's clothes, before she asked him such a big favor. She would rather not be taken into custody naked, or in this dress. She wished Zidane hadnt disappeared after going off somewhere, the dumb boy was now dead in her heart. She quietly smiled. This wouldnt be that bad she though.
Even though they took back alleys. and out of the way streets, she still got a few curious looks from pickpockets, who quickly walked away after seeing her escorts.
"So you are so famous.... they know you by your face? Are you really that scary?" She winced, Reno didnt SEEM scary, but these people acted like he was a giant Ooglop.
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Post by Reno on Jul 29, 2007 15:57:38 GMT -5
Reno didn't really care about many things. He was always proud of his job. Never taking the time to check out any women at all for long. If he did so, nothing actually happened anyways. He just never went out with any women. However, if he were extremely drunk then that was a different story. That often times got him into trouble. For example, one lady REALLY beat the daylights out of him for having said something perverted to her in his drunken state.
When coming to from having been drunk the night before, Reno wouldn't remember it clearly. Anyways, he once had to lead the other Turks around due to Tseng's being injured and leaving the command to Reno. That was actually a bit fun. However, Elena's whining annoyed him greatly and he was often seen telling her that she was a weak Turk doing that. It was Reno that made Elena see that the way of the Turks wasn't a total grunt's job.
Rude sometimes thought Reno was hard on her but then again, if he hadn't Elena wouldn't be as good as she was now. Elena was now seen traveling around with Tseng more so than Rude or Reno now. Not that Reno cared. The more freedom of her company the better. The girl's bitching was more than enough for Reno with each encounter. Finally, they rounded the corner and there was his apartment.
He hadn't heard what Garnet had said about prostitutes here. He was too busy thinking back on a few things in his past right now. It wasn't until she questioned him about the Turks' fame when he was snapped back to the present. A half grin creased his face as he looked down to where Garnet is. "Of course they know me by my face....they also know me by my uniform more so than my face. Anyone seen wearing one of these suits is taken to be a Turk which means to keep well away from." He walked on, not really taking care of what looks they were getting. Reno hadn't a reason to fear them.
He reached his doorstep and took out his key. His back to the other two at the current moment. His apartment wasn't exactly shiny and stand out material but it sufficed for him. He cared not about what the place he hanged out in looked like since he barely hung out here in the first place. He was always with the rest of the Turks and Rufus Shinra where they often had to hang out for the night at other areas. This just served as a temporary home. Turning back to them, he said "I may not appear scary to you but if you were a local here and understood what work we Turks did then you'd be thinking the same exact thing as they!"
What work the Turks did, Reno wasn't going to say.
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