Keeping Faith In Humanity

[Lady Violet]

"I have had a long day at work and am quite exhausted. I am going to go to sleep early, so sorry that I could not visit longer. Goodnight to all of you." I kiss Hikari goodnight before I head to bed and then leave the three of them and go to my room for some rest.

Before I do, I call back to the HQ and tell them what Tristan told me. I order that someone should be sent to capture Gunnar.


(any operative who wants to hunt down Gunnar can.)

[Tristen]

Tristen nodded and walked back to the table, next to Miho. "..That's really nice.." He whispered with a warm smile. He began work on his card, using purple paper instead of white. He watched as Lady Violet left and sighed heavily.
"...I want to get that man myself...." muttered Tristen.

[Hikari]

Hikari smiled lazily and doodled on some paper, yawning. She looked over to Miho curiously.

"Where have you been?" She asked.

[Raine]

Raine made it to the rebel base without killing herself.She sits in the lobby and puts her crouches next to herself.SHe taked out a black sharpie and she starts writing all over her cast.It looked too plain just white.

[Miho]

Oh, I've just been wandering around. I've been looking for someone who might take me in. You know.. like a mother..

Miho says shyly.

[Gunnar]

Gunnar hadn't been able to grab much before escaping into the cold streets of Greenland. His sack was mostly heavy with his materials, most for plastic exsplosives, some for heavier things, and a few simple frag bombs. There was a virtual book with necessary material stored on it, and an old torn bible, he never read it anymore, but he felt obligated to grab it. Along with his money and side arm, that was all he could take. Time was short, in more ways then one.

His shoulder was blown through, with a gapping exit wound that was starting to worry him. More crucial though was the gut shot from that d**n girl. His mouth had already started to taste like copper, a sign he was bleedign internaly. The shoulder he could have gotten aid for at a more private doctor, but the gut needed serious attention.

He'd tied it up with a shirt, but if he didn't get some help, he'd bleed to death before long.

He needed to go to a goverment hospital.
It was a d**n foolish idea, Gunnar knew it, but he didn't have a much better alternative, but he either risked being recognized and killed at their hands, or facing an assured death out here in the snow from bleeding to death.

[Tristen]

Tristen stopped and looked over to Miho. A mother...? Was Miho just like him..? No parents or anything..? He blinked a few times and then smiled. "..Doesn't Lady Violet take care of you..?" He asked.

[Miho]

Well, yeah, but.. I want someone who really wants a kid like me. I'm sure Lady Violet doesn't consider me her child at all, and I want that kind of love again.. I miss my parents so much..

Miho's expression suddenly becomes very sad.

[Tristen]

Tristen narrowed his eyes sadly and stared down at his card. "...Miho..." He whispered and looked over to her. "..Sorry..."

[Miho]

It's all right, it's not your fault.

Miho says, trying to fake a smile.

[Andrew Kasher]

Andrew sits down at the table, after finishing the arrangements with Lydia. He has brought a glass of water with him, and he stirs the water idly with his first finger. The water level recedes slightly, but not enough for anyone to really notice. Andrew has the graceful hands of a musician, with long fingers. There are calluses on the tips of his fingers on one hand, from holding down the strings of his cello.

"Um... I think it really depends how much we want to compromise our values. We count the capitalists as our enemies. Just because Red Infinity is giving them a hard time, it doesn't mean that they're um... redeemed or anything. I feel sorry for them, but they are still capitalists. Or something like that."

The fingers of Andrew's other hand drum on the table softly. He feels slightly sick, and he doesn't know how much longer he can supress the vision that has been building up for the past few days.

"Please excuse me," Andrew says quietly, as he walks over to the bathroom. He carefully closes and locks the door behind him. The bathroom smells heavily of blood, but Andrew ignores it. He feels like his skin is burning. He takes a towel off the rack, and makes a makeshift pillow for his head on the floor. Then, he lets everything go. He grits his teeth, his back arches, and he fists his hands so tightly that the knuckles turn white and his nails dig into his palms. Supressing visions for this long borders on painful. Then, he is gone. He can hear a song that sounds very familiar. It has been hiding on the vesitiges of his psyche for a long time. He sees the darkness, and the number twelve.

He comes back to reality with a gasp, 'sweating' slightly. He stands up shakily, and his body promptly absorbs the moisture on his skin. Andrew turns on the sink, cups his hands, and splashes some water on his face. His vision was as cryptic and as jumbled as ever. There was only one thing that he really knew, and it was that he had to find out where Elijah was, and not because he wanted to hang out, as he usually did.

[Tristen]

Tristen lowered his eyelids and stared back down. "..I never had parents.. so i wouldn't be able to understand how you're feeling..." He muttered and then stared out the window, the snow was falling pretty hard..

[Joukahainen]

I hear that Despair and Iris's mother visited her this evening, and feel a sigh of relief. She needs a constant flow of visitors if she's going to keep her sanity.

I continue working on the paperwork that I said I would have for Lady Violet an hour ago.

[Zinn]

((I know all capitalist funds and such were supposed to be siezed and freezed, but the Anarchists really need a new base. Can the 'gift' we got from Lady Blue be overlooked?))

"I would like to stay another day so that I can take out Mikhael Nadyezhda's stitches. Otherwise, I am ready to go when you are. We have a bit of a problem though. Antero is very sick. I... haven't had the opportunity to examine him properly yet. I think that it is heroin withdrawal, but heroin withdrawal doesn't usually involve so much sleeping. I will have to examine him more closely after we move. I have found a lovely house near Nice, the sale is finalized and everything. I have heard that the capitalists had all of their property siezed, but I took the liberty of laundering the credits through one of my connections, so I think we are safe, until Red Infinity figures out that there is a house of anarchists in the south of France. They don't seem to ever have any trouble finding us."

Zinn doesn't mention that she is afraid of being anywhere near Antero.

[Sakari Lehtinen]

Sakari overhears the discussion in the other circle and decides to contribute. He stands up and walks towards them, hovering between the anarchist and the socialist meetings.

"I agree with the nymph, we know what we're talking about." I reply immodestly. "Capitalism stands for a regression, and don't even deserve critical support."

I turn back to the anarchists. "I have had some experience with drug addicts in the past, heroin especially, and I'll see if I can do anything about Antero. That is, of course, if you'll allow me to join."