The Spiritual Squelching

[Valodya Bassarov]

"You are in luck. I am Valodya Bassarov, leader of the revolutionary socialist movement and the rebel movement here in Helsinki. If you are interested in the rebels, I suggest that you follow me. It is not safe to discuss political matters out in the open where Red Infinity operatives may overhear. Let me take you back to my apartment where there are some other rebels and where we can discuss things in private."

Not waiting for her to respond, Bassarov leads her to his apartment, where anarchists, socialists, and rebels are congregated. Since he does not wish to interupt the anarchists who are meeting in his living room, he walks her to the kitchen.

"There, this is much safer. Would you care for some tea?"

[Sakari Lehtinen]

((Post to Bassarov))

Unbeknownst to Sakari, he had somehow made it to Helsinki. The last thing he knew was running from an angry loan shark in France, one teleportation booth led to another, and now he's thousands of kilometers away from his original destination.

"Ahh... The fresh air of freedom..." I reply to the brisk winter air.

Sakari examines his clothes, they're a little gamey from running for several days and not being washed. He starts to look for a laundromat and realizes where he is.

"Helsinki?! What the hell! ...sinki..." I giggle at my own joke since nobody else did, or would have. I begin to realize that this is the epicenter of rebel activity, and little to no time at all, I happen to find an apartment of one of the rebel leaders. Perhaps they can steer me towards the anarchists.

Man, if they don't keep a lower profile, this city is so going to be leveled... Again...

I knock on the door of Valodya Bassarov's lover, Mikhael Nadyezhda.

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov hears a knock at the door and excuses himself from Lydia. He goes to the door and opens it to a youthful looking man, whom by his appearance, does not look mortal.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

[Sakari Lehtinen]

Sakari is surprised to see a real rebel celebrity in his midst.

"Why hello there mister Bassarov. My name is Sakari Lehtinen, and well, I'm not really here on any sort of business, other than I am looking for the anarchists." I peek behind Bassarov and it seems as though they're having some sort of meeting.

"You've got a happening place going on here, I hope I'm not interrupting anything."

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov leads him into the kitchen, where he pours tea for Lydia, himself, and whoever wants tea.

"Interrupting? Oh no, I was just meeting with a potential rebel, and trying to get her involved with the movement. If you are looking for the anarchists, you are in luck, they're sitting in the living room having a meeting as we speak."

[Sakari Lehtinen]

"Oh my, small world." I reply in regards to the anarchists.

Sakari turns to the nymph.

"Why hello there... My name is Sakari if you hadn't caught it previously." Sakari's eyes turn to Bassarov's, then back to Lydia. "I will go introduce myself to the others now. A pleasure to meet you both. Always nice to run into another nymph." I say, smiling.

[Lydia]

Everything was moving so fast that it all left Lydia rather confused. She followed the friendly man who called himself Bassarov to the apartment and politely accepted his offer of tea. When the second man entered she looked up at him warily but eased when she recognized him as one of her own kind. She smiled and nodded to him, replying quickly.

“Pleasure to meet you Sakari. My name is Lydia. And yes it is pleasant to meet another nymph, I can’t say that I’ve met too many lately.”

She held the hot cup between her hands and blew on it, carefully making sure that it was cool enough to drink. She raised it to her lips slowly and took a small sip, then lowered it again and set it down beside her on a counter. Her gaze returned to Bassarov and she spoke, feeling slightly intimidated now that she knew who he was.

“I must have been lucky to meet up with you then, I have to say that I am not accustomed to the political workings here, partially because I have been avoiding them. I came here to see if I could be of some help to you. I am not a good warrior, but I have other skills.”

[NiHato/Red Dove]

Nihato waits for Oni to reply, her arms crossed. She looks over to the left and to the sky. She sighs lightly.

"Well?"

[Lena]

Lena looks through the clothes. She eventually picks out a pair of plain, slightly baggy, jeans and a black long sleeved shirt. She figured she'd get a long sleeve, since wearing a normal shirt in such cold weather might get her stares from people.

She begins to debate on if she should get a jacket or not. She didn't care about the cold weather, but it would be normal for a person to wear a jacket.

[Oni Momouru kokoro]

I rub the back of my head and smile slightly. "oh sorry nihato... um... sure, I dont see why not...". I blink, alittle confused as to why a god would want to get to know me.... even if i was her cousin's avatar....

[Jade]

Jade strolls through a store in Lapland. He had been wandering around for a while now, and slightly surprising, that he hadn't really killed anyone in a while. He yawns lightly, before catching sight of a girl with clear bluish eyes. He could tell she wasn't human easily.

His curiosity gets the better of him as he walks into the Woman's Department and lightly taps on her shoulder. "Excuse me? Sorry to just walk up and start talking to you like this, but you just seemed.. interesting. I'm Jade, it's nice to meet you, that is, if you don't walk off. I'm sure it's strange for someone you don't know to walk up to you and just start talking to you."

He says, trying his best to seem nice, which was a bit hard for him. ((Post to Lena.))

[Lena]

Lena looks up, slightly surprised when a man approaches her. She smiles lightly as he finishes talking, a bit unsure why he would find her 'interesting.' "Oh, no, I wouldn't just walk off. I'm Lena, nice to meet you, also. If you don't mind me asking, what are you doing here? I'm just picking up some clothes.."

She wasn't sure that she should just start talking to someone she had just met, but she supposed as long as she didn't tell him anything important, it was fine. There was always the chance of him being with Red Infinity, but she was sure she could defend herself against him. Last time, she had been totally unaware, she wouldn't make the same mistake again.

[Jade]

"Oh, not at all. I had just been looking around to pass the time. Now, if you don't mind me asking, what are you? I can tell you're not human." Jade says, still trying to sound nice and pleasent.

[NiHato/Red Dove]

NiHato lightly smiles, through it does nothing to take the slight depression that lingered on her expression almost always. "All right, first off, who are you with? I was with the Rebels, but I'm thinking about joining Red Infinity. It's the current government, and seems to be staying for quite a while. If it eventually is overruled, so be it. Who am i to interfere in mortal issues?

Besides, all the other gods have. Why not I?"

[Oni Momouru kokoro]

I look at her. "...why?... because, if red infinity gets the goddess of love who will be able to stop them?... you should realize that what they do is wrong.... and if they can minipulate you then they can minipulate love... so they would automatically win...."

I look around then back to the goddess, "... Currently... I am not sure, Im sort of a loner at the moment, but I was with the anarchists for about a month..."