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Mariel


"Yes, let us make haste," Mariel said, relaxing somewhat, but eyeing the goblin warily. She considered it likely that the diminutive creature would be distracted by the frozen treat that had been charitably relinquished to her.

"Tir na Og beckons. It can't be gone. It's there. Somewhere. It must be. We have to find it," Mariel half-whispered, turning to hide the unwelcome tears that threatened her eyes. To show pain was suggested weakness. To be weak was to invite predation. The wilds had taught her that. The uncountable wilds scattered across the planes.

Hiding her sorrow in anger, Mariel nodded, and moved to stand next to Aaliyah as if to suggest it was high time to open the portal and for the gathered party to move onwards. There were too many eyes in the market. There were too many schemers in Sigil. They had attracted enough attention.
Well, we do have that spare Catapult.


Did someone say more LRMS for Ziska to bring down on the heads of baddies???
Ziska



"Maybe we can arrange to have some additional surprises for the Crimson King? If he or his cronies actually show up to meet you, Colonel," Ziska said, the smile having long since left her face.

"If…," Ziska, souring even more at the uncertainty in her proposition, "If the FPA shows up to the dance to play with their delightful instruments, then I will of course be more than happy to offer some direction for their destruction."

"Either way, I'll keep Giggles busy. She's an excellent dance partner and I wouldn't want the NPRDE to have to fight outside the shade."

She hated the idea of a frontal assault. She hated attacking prepared defensive positions. It hadn’t worked on Terra with glorified rifles…and it didn’t work with BattleMechs unless casualties were acceptable to the commanding officer. However, a distraction made sense. Causing trouble for the defending forces of the NRPDE would be necessary. If they were lucky, the soldiers would be lazy. Lulled to sleep by their turrets, mines, and imposing walls. It was too many ifs, far too many ifs for Ziska to be close to happy. But war was war, you had to dare to win.

Ziska turned to flash Reya a smile and a wink that for a moment seemed to return her usual mirth, before turning back to Wayne, "Colonel, I feel obliged to remind you, there are no bonuses for heroics as a MechWarrior. I don’t recommend that you spend any more time than you have to with the Crimson King. An honorable man like you shouldn’t waste his energies on trash like that."

"But…you will present an excellent distraction," Ziska said, laughing with no cruelty in her voice. It was a mad plan. But Colonel Wayne was a mad man. He still believed in honor. He still believed in doing what was right. Ziska found it endearing, somehow, although she shared few of his beliefs about the honor of warfare and MechWarriors. She hoped he'd make it. But she had her own concerns. Tagging targets for the Green Knights would keep her busy enough.

Ziska didn't believe in fate. She didn't care about destiny. She had no need for justice. Colonel Wayne's fate was in his own hands. He had made his choice. They all had. Every step and every minute. It had been fun, she thought. She didn't want to run. She didn't want to die. Not yet. However, what was a MechWarrior? If not a weapon? If not a sword to be used until the edge was chipped and shattered?

No matter what, the Crimson Knights would pay. They would pay in blood and steel. They could kill Colonel Wayne. They could defeat the Green Knights. They could even kill Ziska. But she'd make them pay to do it. Ziska knew what she wanted. Another meeting with the Firewitch. The fry-faced bitch had it coming. And Ziska was going to do whatever she could to make sure that the masked murderer burned once again.
Now get her a BattleMech so the GK's can have another set of weapons blasting!
Managed to get both sick and swamped at work, but catching up on the thread now!

Enjoy your vacation GM! @Estylwen
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Sorry just got back, will take a look!




Short post up, just wanted to do some fun writing for this again!
I shall endeavor to catch up tomorrow and will probably post either tomorrow or Friday.
Ziska



"Easy?" Ziska said, slipping into the tent without so much as a flap of fabric to announce her arrival. Beneath a tattered overall clearly pilfered from some unaware AsTech, a fresh layer of bandages were apparent wrapped around her torso. Ziska hadn't minded the corporeal punishment. Fair was fair. They'd fought, probably for no good reason, but it was almost always worth it. Nothing like feeling again. Nothing like feeling like you'd just made it out by the skin of your teeth again.

"Nothing fun is ever easy."

Taking a sip from the water in her tin cup, Ziska wiped a fresh splash of blood from her face, a crack in her lip splitting as she smiled. "No, I didn't sign up for easy."

"However," she mused, draping herself over the banged up plastic of a free folding chair. "I wouldn't mind fighting without my hands tied behind my back. If we can free our people, well, we could start fighting a proper war."
Finally had a chance to wrap this CS up.


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