The War of Each Against All

[Blacksmith]

After gathering the weapons from the warehouse, I close it up. Fortunately my stocks there are still intact, I can still use them for my business transactions. I leave the room and nod at the barkeep, moving swiftly towards a teleportation booth.

[Elijah Debs]

"I suppose we should head back then..." Elijah feels at a loss. The fight ended so suddenly and now both Tensuo and Satsujin are gone forever. He tries to brush off the awkward emptiness, but it seems the others feel it too.

[Antero Black]

Antero teleports to the new house with some of the anarchists. He sits out on the porch and stares out towards the sea. He watches silently as the tide laps up against the shore. At times, it rushes over rocks, scaring the gulls that lighted on them. He watches the waves for hours, and they give him a hypnotic peace.
"It would be nice...if this was all just a dream." He says to himself.
Later in the day, he starts reading a book about Peter Kropotkin and his key ideas.

[Valodya Bassarov]

Bassarov wakes up and sees that Oneiroi is sleeping on the couch. He puts an exta blanket over the young psychologist, then goes to the kitchen to fix himself some breakfast. Mischa has not yet returned and he is starting to worry.

[Ukko]

Ukko rarely smiles but today he has reason to. One roadblock in the path to his dreams, has been taken down. He contacts Akka to inform her of the good news.

"Akka, Satsujin, a mighty and terrible god has been defeated. The mortals, as I suspected they could, brought him down once and for all. They did what the gods could not. This further proves that we are no longer needed in this world."

Ukko leans back into his desk chair. He thinks of the conversation that he had with Akka about Red infinity. He supports Red Infinity because of their anti religious and anti god politicies. He also believes that all creatures and races are equal and that humans have a responsibility to take care of one another and the Earth. In the absense of gods, Red Infinity will be even more crucial.

"Someday mortals will give up their naive piety..someday they will get up off their knees and open their eyes to the fact that they are their own gods. Society is theirs to create or destroy."

[Kaieka]

I feel terrible when at last I wake up. I am not in my own bed. I am not in my own room. I sit up and look around. Illidan is sleeping peacefully in a bed not too far away. I assume that this is Kaschei's office. I notice some magical impliments and other things that would give this away as part of his abode.

I look down to see that the black dress that I am wearing is torn and stained, dried blood caked to it in many places. Beneath the tears, I find large scars, and finally remember exactly how it is that I got into this in the first place. A red-headed man is now on my list of people to have a personal vendetta against. Mischa is also on the list.

I feel weak for not having torn that red-headed freak limb from limb, I didn't expect him to be so tough. Had I expected, I could have done something to not be here now. Well, next time, I will expect everything, and I will mount his red scalp on my headboard. I get out of bed and pace around, full of anger against ... pretty much everyone.

[Ezra Weil]

Ezra helps himself to potato knishes,tsimmis, and matzo ball soup. Like Raz, he also prefers Israeli foods. Even before joining Hagana, he liked falafel, hummus, avacado salads, etc.

But the food that she brought him is very good and he never complains about anything. He continues to feel a little awkward and nervous.

"I'm glad...work...has been good." He offers anxiously.

[Illidan]

Ilidan wakes up shortly after Kaieka does. He springs out of bed fully healed, but covered with dried blood as well.
"I feel icky. I need a shower to wash off all this yucky blood." He announces.

[Kaieka]

I am glad when Illidan wakes up. I am still in a terrible mood, but at least I am not alone, stewing in my own anger.

"Yes, I should probably take a shower too. Although I don't mind being covered in blood, it is a little less pleasant when it is my own."

[Illidan]

"Okay, well, I'm going to take a shower, but I will meet you later." Illidan leaves for his own room, where he changes out of his leather outfit and hops into the shower. This is very refreshing after being passed out and caked with blood for a few days. He lathers up with his oatmea and honey bar soap. He even sings an elven song as he showers.

[Kaieka]

Illidan leaves, and instead of going to my own rooms, I decide that it would work just as well to use the shower in the adjoining bathroom. There is a bathrobe hanging from the back of the door, so I will just slip into that when I am finished and trash my clothing.

I start running the hot water and step inside. Kaschei has a rubber ducky on the tub railing, which I think seems a bit odd, but you never know with some people. His shampoos and conditioners are in little glass bottles and they don't smell like normal shampoos and conditioners, I would imagine that maybe he made them himself. I hope they don't turn me into a newt or anything, although at this point in time, not much could make my mood any worse.

I start to lather up, letting the hot water take away some of my anger... but not much.

[Kaschei]

Kaschei returns to his room sometime later. He sees that Illidan and Kaieka are up, and can hear the shower running. He goes to his spellbook case and pulls some books from the shelf for later reading.

"If your in the shower, Kaieka, I have some work for you to do later." He calls out as he reads.

[Kaieka]

I finish my shower and dry off, then put on the robe on from the back of the door. It is black and comfortable. My hair does feel really smooth and soft. I can feel it even though it isn't dry yet. That was some amazing shampoo.

I toss my old, bloodied clothing in the trash and walk out to where Kaschei is sitting.

"Yes, Kaschei? And what work would that be?"

[Kaschei]

"There is a prisoner here who I want you to torture. Her name is Bjork and she is a feminist and Ursarian. Genovia brought her here last night." Kaschei replies.

"I see you used my shampoo. It really is a wonder. It's how my hair stays so shiney and soft."

[Kaieka]

"I would love to torture this Bjork. I am in a very good mood for torturing.



Do you make the shampoo yourself? It really is quite wonderful."