In This Day and Age

[Hedeon]

"No, not really." I say, in a cool, low voice.

I run my tongue lightly across his cheek.

"Do you want to show me your room?"

[Pakkanen]

"There is not much to show you..."

Pakkanen steps away from the other fairy and starts to show him around.
"This is my desk, and I made my own lampshade from birchbark..." He gestures to both.
"This is my dresser and closet, I also have a computer and some fairy instruments when I want to entertain myself. As for my bed, I did the quilt myself. The paterns depict different aspects of fairy culture. But, we should not think too highly of our culture. Red Infinity says we are all equal..."

[Mikhael Nadyezhda (Mischa)]

"Ah, well thank you Zero." I say, taking the carton of cigarettes. "You've definetely earned Mischa points. How about a hug?" I say holding out my arms, as though I were sentimentally intoxicated.

[Archetype 401]

Archetype 401 seems to stop in his tracks just seconds after a quiet “beep” was heard. A familiar profile just showed up on his radar, but did not stay in focus long enough for him to hone in on it.

The Android clacked its jaw, scanning the area once more. There was someone he had encountered before in Capital City. His radars told him that much. And it also told him that their encounter had been less than friendly.

Archetype 401’s computers set him to “alert” status. His walk became lighter and a bit quicker, his back hunched slightly, as if making a smaller target, and his steps seemed to bounce him along, making sure that someone would have to at least try to hit him if they decided to open fire.

He must look hilarious to those peeking out their windows or over high garden fences, but no matter how funny this crouches hunk of metal looked, it was even more deadly in the alerted position. Now he just needed to find that profile…

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov goes to the kitchen and fetches some juice for Obsidian Butterfly and returns to the living room.
He recalls that Andrew said something earlier about Antero escaping so Bassarov goes to the bathroom to check out the damage.

"Well, there goes the damage deposit. I really do feel bad for the anarchists and all of their troubles."

[Hedeon]

Hedeon observes Pakkanen as he shows him his room. Hedeon sits down on the bed, his fairy wings perked upwards.

"Would you show me the fairy land again, Pakkanen? I would like to experience everything now that I have expelled the human part of my existence." Hedeon says, as though he were an evil genius, plotting to take over the world.

["Zero" Americanski]

I simply smile, stand up and wrap my arms around him in a friendly way. I pat him on the back, then step back. "So we're both feeling better... Perhaps you, me and Valodya should go out for lunch sometime."

[Kaschei]

(Since both Blacksmith and Peter have not been on when you have been, I will give you another mission)

Kaschei sees that no one has bothered to attack and capture, Gunnar, the Christian anarchist who blew up that base in Greenland.

He decides that he will add to Archetype's list of missions an add Gunnar to his hit list.

The sorcerer uses his magic to speak to the machine.
"Archetype, since Blacksmith is nowhere to be found, if you get the time, please attack and capture Gunnar, the Christian anarchist who attacked our Greenland base.None of our operatives have been able to bring him to justice. Therefore, I leave it to you to accomplish the mission that all of the other incompetant fools we have here could not. Here are the coordinates to his last location.."

Kaschei gives the coordinates to the city where Gunnar was last seen.

[Mikhael Nadyezhda (Mischa)]

After hugging her, I step back.

"Yes, I'd like that." I say, noticing Vossya coming out of the bathroom. "What?!"

I run to the bathroom and see the huge hole in the floor. "Agh... You have got to be f**king kidding me..." I say, more worried about the floor than Antero. I peek into the hole and see that the neighbor is gone.

"Well, at least they're not home..."

["Zero" Americanski]

I also go over to the bathroom. "How much is the deposit, or should I just try to fix it? Or do you just want to say to hell with it and get a house?" I ask, remembering the small farmhouse ten miles from the city that I had considered using once before.

[Pakkanen]

"No!" Pakkanen almost shouts. "I mean no, it is a peaceful place, a sanctuary for our kind. A place where they can hide away from the politics of this world. I think we belong right here, if you understand what I mean. Sit down with me, Hedeon. You are so different than Sasha. It is something interesting and frightening, that is what you have become... "

[Valodya Bassarov]

"It isn't so bad. We can just fix it and maybe the landlord won't even notice. As for Antero, I suppose we can help the anarchists get him back should they ask for help..."

[Mikhael Nadyezhda (Mischa)]

"Ah, well..." I say, scratching my head. "If you could fix it, Zero, that would be nice, but I think I'd feel a guilty if I were to ask you to help me again. Maybe in exchange for rent, we can have the other rebels-" I say, just realizing that Antero is a demon and melted the floor.

"Ah! Where's Antero?!" My head looks back and forth through the apartment as though he were right here with us.

["Zero" Americanski]

I personally haven't seen Antero, but I can sense Mischa's fear. "That might be a good idea Valodya..."

[Archetype 401]

Nodding, Archetype 401 doesn’t even hesitate before teleporting out of Capital City, landing directly where the coordinates said Gunnar was last seen.

He then broadcasts a message asking the simple question, “Capture or Destroy?”

Looking around, he lets his MGA drop silently from the slot in his forearm.

((Umn, what city am I in?))