Grey Omen

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Cedar.

Cedar was almost too invested in Fluke's little jabs that the true meaning of the last part he said almost went unnoticed. Cedar took another step forward, did a strange, jerky double-take step as he realized what Fluke said, and whirled around to face the Nox (though his shoulders scraped against the narrow alley walls). It took him a second to see it - he almost mistook it for a shadow until its eyes opened.

"I've got eyes on the Nox," Cedar said, the tension in his voice subtly suppressed. "It's going for an armadillo, so I'm going to take a jab. I'm... not sure if I'll need backup or if Ruskali has anymore around, though."

As he spoke, he drew his shortened halberd from his back. For a second the spike on the rear end of the head poked him in the back and he stifled a yelp. Well, it was as good a time as any to do some on-the-job weapons training.

He almost hesitated as Archer's words on his weapon earlier came back to him - 'That one's not much against the Nox alone, but horrors should be terrified of ya.' Well, it wasn't a horror yet, but maybe he could lightly wound it or something. He wasn't certain if Nox really worked like that or how much the weapon did to Nox alone, but surely it wouldn't hurt to at least try it out. Cedar readied himself, gripping his weapon hard, then jabbed forward with the spear head of his weapon, trying to intercept the Nox on its path towards the armadillo while also keeping his distance.

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My sleep schedule is kicking my ass super hard and I've probably gotten, like, 10 hours of sleep in the past three days, most of which were during daylight hours, so I need to sleep now, but I promise when I wake up I'll write my next post.

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Post made - a little short but I think it'll work perfectly fine for this part

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Cedar.

The drone was fast, sometimes almost too fast, but Cedar managed to keep track of it. It led him to an alley that was altogether too narrow and too filthy, but Cedar knew better than to let that hinder him from doing his job. He moved as quietly as he could through the alley, making hidden faces whenever his hand brushed against some unknown substance or he smelled something particularly foul.

"I don't expect anyone to actually die," he whispered into the earpiece. "It's just a little joke, I guess. In any case -"

From the corner of his eyes, something moved. The shape was vague, but it came from something unknown, and that alone made it potentially threatening. One hand almost instinctively went for his weapon before he decided against it - in a city like this, it wasn't best to pull your weapon on every tension-inducing shadow. But what, then, to do?

After a second, he started talking again. "Fluke - if the path ahead looks safe enough, can the drone pass over and check behind me? I can find my way through the alley, but I don't want to end up caught here. I think I saw something and I think we should play it safe, y'know?"

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Should have a post up within the day if I can catch all my brain cells and get them to cooperate

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Definitely interested.

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A bit of a smaller post up.

Also @drewccapp I'm gonna pretend I didn't just write this post after waking up from my five hour sleep that started at 6 in the morning and was preceded by 20 hours of being fully awake. I'm instead going to pretend I have a perfectly normal and functioning sleep schedule that doesn't melt my brain cells

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Cedar.

Tuning out more of Ruskali's rambling, Cedar inserted the earpiece, giving the tumbling one - Fluke - a bit of a strange look, hidden by his mask. He was an interesting figure, to say the least.

Cedar turned back to the mission at hand. "I'll take the back alley. Best to cover all ways in and out. Rose and Iris, it's up to you where you go. We could split evenly to both paths, unless you got some tricks or ideas up your sleeve. And I assume Fluke will make sure to report our deaths if anything goes wonky." Cedar added that last part just as seriously as the rest and threw in a thumbs up towards Fluke for good measure. It was only friendly, of course. Having a backup is always useful, especially if said backup has a drone.

Cedar made his way to the alley, clutching his weapon. He would have to get some sort of back strap for him to put it in when he wasn't using it. Right now, though, it was best to have it out. According to Archer, his halberd would be effective against Horrors. Now was as good a time to test it as any.

"Fluke - if it's safe, then go ahead and let the drone lead the way," Cedar whispered. Though he was sure that no one had a reason to protect Ruskali, best to be safe in dark alleys. Any Moonlight man knew that.

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I'll have a post up soon (likely within 12 hours unless my horrendously mutilated sleep cycle puts me in a coma).

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Cedar.

Cedar waited for the others to speak first. It wasn't in his nature to be the one leading. Still, he had some ideas.

"I'd be willing to talk to him," he offered. "I like to think I can handle crazy for a bit, and if I play along with his game I could get lucky. Hell, maybe I'll just say I want to hear more but 'it's not safe out here, we should go somewhere safe,'" His voice changed for a second into his best mimic of the sort of fanatic fervor that Ruskali spoke with. "He seems the type of crazy to go with it. The only problems with that would be if he refused or if something bad happened when I was inside, though Ruskie doesn't look too tough. And I guess all of you would have to tail Ruskali and I since he probably wouldn't go for it if he knew we were in a group."

He lapsed into silence for a second. "Of course, this is just one strategy I only just thought of, so it's not perfect, but it could be worth the risk. I'm up for any other ideas any of you might have." Efficiency in a fast first step is ideal, but if one takes too long to think of efficient ways, then efficiency is already lost. Maybe a quote, maybe just one of those random thoughts. It was hard to tell and ultimately irrelevant.