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"Four more? All I have is a crappy appartment.." I said. Jerek said "That's because you spend to much time shooting bad guys." I eyed him irratibly. "You live in an appartment too." I shot back. Jerek grinned. "But I live in one with style."


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"I'm here." Jae said as she looked behind her to see who else had made it, hoping they all had, as well as looking around to see if any danger presented itself.  "In our like of work loosing homes is to be expected, though disliked."


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Sieg and Dante stood back-to-back, panting...
"What was that?  Aside from bad?" Sieg asked.
"And just how the heck do you have four homes?" Dante added, questioningly...
As they walked off, Sieg stepped up next to Hunter and asked
"What was it that you had to talk to me about?"

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"Lord Damien.  I have returned."
Delacroix stepped forwards and bowed to the lord of the cult.
"I have placed the mark as directed, and will await your next command..."


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Before she responded to Sieg Hunter spoke into the watch on her wrist and said "Black Dust." and her house exploded in a fireball of ash and debris. She then turned to Dante and said "Well working for the marines is a pretty sweet gig....and they pay well!" Hunter then turned to Sieg and said "So we know we like each other, so where do we go from here?"


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Jae looked at the explosion, "Good idea." She said, then after Hunter spoke.  "Maybe someplace good to hide and plan, as well as rest and heal if any need to heal or restock ammo or other supplies." She said, keeping as alert as she could.


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Sieg blinked a few times, and then he said
"Well... I really don't know.  We're both new at this so..."
Here he sighed a little, then looked at her, before saying
"We should probably take it one step at a time..."


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IC: Damien:

Damien Heartwood, High Priest to the Watcher, sat on a small, wooden chair. In one hand, he gripped his scythe, which gleamed menacingly. "It is most fortuitus that you have succeeded, for both yourself, and for the cult. For, if you had failed in a mission of this importance, you may very well have found certain body parts missing." Damien's head, as always, was held down, allowing his entire face, muzzle and all, to be covered by his hood. "What news do you bring of the Key? Who is it?"

OOC: As opposed to Jerek and Jaina, Damien will be RPed in third person, makes him feel more detached. Also, if any of you can guess which Graphic Novel villian Damien Heartwood is based off of, you get a cookie!


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"Well, that sounds like a start.  Oh, by the way.  There's a gun supplier around here that I have a thing with.  We could stop by there and get some guns upgraded, or get some new firepower."  Dante said, grinning at the group.
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"My lord, there has been no news yet of the key.  However... I have sent out some of my strongest demons to search for it.  It wll be found soon..."
Delacroix responded, bowing deeper to the high priest...


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"I see. For your sake, may it be found soon." Said Damien. "Now, those known as Jaina Anderson, Jerek Anderson, Dante S. Starfall, Hunter, Sieg Warheit, and Jae Garrick must be tailed. Do not directly interfere with them until I give order to do so, or the punishment shall be.... most painful." There was no indication of emotion in Damien's voice, only a hollow sound, that seemed to keep going even when the cloaked figure had finished talking.


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Dante saw Jaina blush, and he smirked a little to himself as he responded
"So, right then.  To Ms. A's apartment then!"
Sieg nodded, and the group set off.
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"As my lord wishes it. It will be done."
Delacroix said, standing up and vanishing into the darkness of the cult's base...



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"Cool.  That's near his place.  I'll show you guys after we get to Ms. A's place. And I agree.  Let's go!"  Dante said, nimbly beginning to scale the roof to get started on the trip...


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I followed, then Jerek clambered up after me. "There's a very cheap security system on my door. In all likelyhood, it'll go off despite the code being entered into it." I said. "So don't freak if it starts going off. I'd shoot it, but that'd be kinda suspicsous." I added. Jerek remarked "Gunshots always raise suspiscions, sis."


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Jae nods, "It sounds like as good a plan as any." She said and was ready to travel with the others, while keeping as alert as she usually did for danger and any following as well as she could.


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Hunter looked at Sieg and said "Yeah one step at a time sounds good." As the group started walking she shuddered and asked "Is anyone else cold or is it just me?" To reasure herself Hunter checked the ammo in her gun twice. She then looked over to Sieg again and suddenly she felt safe for some reason...she couldn't wxplain it, but she knew she and the others would be okay.


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Soon, we arrived at the apartment building. I swung open the door, passed a couple of Dromaeosaurus kids playing in the hall, past someone arguing with the landlord, and came to my room. I entered a code into a panel near the door, and Jerek said "Alright, everyone cover your ear slits!" Surpisingly enough, the alarm did not go off. I grinned smugly, stepped through the door, and annouced "Welcome to my apartment, make yourself at home." I walked in, revealing one room with two smaller rooms. I pointed to one of the smaller rooms. "My bedroom, don't touch the second dresser." I blushed slightly at the last part of the setence. I pointed to the other. "The bathroom." I sat down on the lumpy couch, which was ripped in a few spots. The fridge was in one corner of the room, and was about hip-height. I crossed my legs and said "The ammo's under the bed, but don't take any of the guns.


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Hunter whistled as she said "Hey this aparment looks like the one I have in Australia!" She sat down next to Jaina on the counch and said "This place is really kinda homey....I like it!" Then she had to stand back up and walked into the bathroom.



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Hunter stepped inside the bathroom and said "I wonder where that window leads?" Hunter then quickly opened the window and backflipped onto a scaffold and looked up knowing that it lead to the roof of the building and started walking up the stairs. Once she reached the top she pulled out a set of binoculars and looked over the city-scape.