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Post by Spirit of Autumn on Dec 30, 2004 20:48:15 GMT -5
"They sell the coal and use some for their massive battle ship. And I don't know, they are foolish and wasteful capitalists. Maybe they choose non renewable resources because it is more profitable to them. I am not sure how it works." I reply angrily.
"We could attack them. If they are dead, they won't be alive to pollute."
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Post by Damien Fireheart on Dec 30, 2004 20:49:30 GMT -5
Damien got a wicked thought.
"What if we attacked their battleship?"
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Post by Spirit of Autumn on Dec 30, 2004 20:52:19 GMT -5
"Yes, that is a good idea. But can the two of us really destroy an entire battleship? Too bad no dragons work at our Ministry."
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Post by Peter "The Owl" on Dec 30, 2004 20:52:35 GMT -5
Peter is suprised, but not greatly so. He had spent his life studying magical beings and other cultures. "Well, that does explain why none of the stories about 'Ice Maidens' mention 'Ice Men'. Until I met you I sort of assumed that Ice Maidens didn't have two gender reproduction.
Other cultures are similar to what you describe. Most, however, are reversed. It is men who control and women who are under classed. Sad times, those were."
Peter thinks for a long time before he answers Lena's question. "Well... sort of. I haven't told you about Chastity yet... Chastity was a girl, like yourself in some ways. She didn't know much of the world. But she was completely self-less, giving everything she had to others, trying to help those who were underfoot. I think that might be what attracted me to her. She was beautiful too but at the time, I could not see that.
I loved her, at less in the way I understood love. It made me happy to be around her, though I could never make her happy. Her life was very depressed, and she gave joy to others, keeping none for herself.
We knew each other for a few months, and I think she felt something for me as well, though I'll never know now. Looking back... she feels like a sister rather than a girlfriend. She wanted to remain pure, to isolate herself from the world. We never had any romantic relationship and I don'tthink we would never have married. But still... she was my friend and was dear to my heart."
Peter, without seeming to realize what he's doing, takes a cross from his pocket, holding it in his right hand, rubbing his thumb along the center. The scroll work on the center is worn, indicating this is something he does often.
"That is why I hate the Godless. They killed Chastity but they also hounded her before that because of her beliefs. When she died... I wasn't there. Her death broke something inside me.
I did alot of bad things, worse than anything else I'd done until then, and that was alot of bad things. And, in the end, I felt as hollow as ever.
Revenge is meaningless. So, now I've commited my life to changing the world."
Peter looks down at the cross in his hand, his eyes narrowed, gazing into the distance, seeing what he remembers, rather than what is really infront of him.
"But change is hard. And people get hurt. If I leave things, people suffer. If I change things, people suffer."
He tightens his grip on the cross.
"Sometimes... I just want everything to end. Then no one would be hurting. I get so mad at God, for allowing all this to happen. For letting good people suffer. I think that a kind and loving God would not allow people like Lin-sat and Kaschei to do the things they do.
Then I remember... God doesn't cause this. People do. And I pray. And I hope. And then I go on."
Peter sighs, relaxing his grip. Suddenly he raises his head and looks at Lena, apparently trying to look more cheerful than he actually is. "I'm sorry... I was rambling. But once I start talking, sometimes I can't stop."
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Post by Damien Fireheart on Dec 30, 2004 20:53:44 GMT -5
"Hm..."
Damien's eyes flared as he grinned.
"We won't have to destroy it... ... It will destroy itself..."
He couldn't help but laugh.
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Post by Spirit of Autumn on Dec 30, 2004 20:57:00 GMT -5
"Hmm...well then, let us go and pay these capitalists a visit." I say with a smile.
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Post by Damien Fireheart on Dec 30, 2004 21:03:28 GMT -5
"I can't wait..." Damien said with a grin.
They started to walk to a telebooth.
"Tell me, have you ever heard of the Lucitania?"
He chuckled slightly as he continued.
"It was the pride of the capitalist society, second only to the Titanic in its luxury. It was hit with a torpedo during the start of the First World War, but that was not what sunk it... It's preventative bulkheads would have kept it afloat, had the coal not ignited and tore open a huge hole on the starboard side..."
He was sure she understood his plan by now. A little spark is all it would take... and he is a living torch.
"It made a wonderful reef after it sank..." he said with a smile.
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Post by Spirit of Autumn on Dec 30, 2004 21:08:21 GMT -5
"Yes, I see your plan. How should we get there. I can only teleport where there are trees. Have you any ideas?"
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Post by Damien Fireheart on Dec 30, 2004 21:15:31 GMT -5
"Well unless the FRA has a teleportation dampener covering their entire base and for miles around it we should just be able to use the telebooth correct?"
He walks up and begins to program it.
"Do you know the location of their sea base?"
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Post by Spirit of Autumn on Dec 30, 2004 21:18:02 GMT -5
"I wouldn't know the coordinates of their battleship. But the Ministry of Information may know where their battleship is. With that information we could teleport on board, though, we will need an escape plan."
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Post by Damien Fireheart on Dec 30, 2004 21:21:14 GMT -5
"Ministry of Information it is."
He types in the Ministry of Information into the telebooth and they teleport there.
"You don't need to worry about me. I will be just like the rest of the fire and no one will notice me. You are the one who needs an escape route."
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Post by Spirit of Autumn on Dec 30, 2004 21:27:12 GMT -5
"I will turn to wood and drift upon the ocean, but you may have to come looking for me at some point since otherwise I will drift wood for a long long time."
We find out the coordinates and teleport aboard the ship.
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Post by Chai Ling on Dec 30, 2004 21:38:21 GMT -5
I check into a room in Moscow. I don't know how I will get Leon out of the Ministry of Terror. I fret over it a while, but finally get some rest. I hope that Leon is doing alright.
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Post by Samuel on Dec 30, 2004 21:42:45 GMT -5
Samuel sits down and smiles when Lady Violet compliments him on his good work. It was only good work because he got a nice little check out of it. True, it wasn't more than anyone else made in the most basic of Red Inifnity jobs, but he was cheap by nature, so the money he made went a long way. Little over half of it was gone before the next one came.
"Of course, Lady Violet, of course." He said, smiling and nodding his head.
Then she meantioned "Little Sister," and he coughed, hacked was more the word.
"Hmm? What? Let's go back there a second. 'Little Sister?' What's that do, and why will I not be needed?" He said, the worry not touching his voice. In fact, he sounded completly normal, only slightly interested in the thing that might make him have to search out other forms of employment.
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Post by Damien Fireheart on Dec 30, 2004 21:52:49 GMT -5
Damien looks around quickly. Fortunatly there are no guards in sight in this particular area. He turns to Autumn, speaking softly.
"Cause a distraction with your atomic acorns and I will fly up to the smoke stack and proceed. As soon as you see me enter the stack you get off this ship. I don't want to be the cause of your demise, and make sure you don't get hurt before it blows."
He smiled as he bolted off down one side of the ship.
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