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The King is dead, long live the King! [5/5]

@Flynn You can count on me partner. And if you find the time, maybe you can reply to our 1x1 too :D

The King is dead, long live the King! [5/5]

@Flynn Time to switch into higher gear ;D

The King is dead, long live the King! [5/5]

Canalis listened to Adelaida tell them her opinion. He couldn't help but smile through the entire speech, but not out of malevolent thougths. He wanted to know how others would react to the situation, and who would be the first to try and establish a dominant position first. It seems like they had a winner in the form of this young lass. Canalis caressed his beard once Adelaida finsihed talking, contemplating how to react to her proposal. It is indeed true that he had extensive military knowledge, but in matters so similar to what Saqquar has had to deal with in the future, it is entirely feasible that he would be more useful when searching for diplomatic options. But overall, such segregation could only lead to less useful ideas. He shook his head and then spoke up.

"Great Emperor, and esteemed advisors of the realm, I wish not to sound rude but splitting up would be quite the opposite of our purpose here. We are supposed to put our knowledge together, as I'm sure I could've sent military plans for the Emperor all the way back from Saqquar. Thought it is undoubtedly for the better that we all focus on our own areas of expertise and not speak out of turn, great diplomats could have excellent strategies, and generals are often snake tounged." He looked around the room, to see the reactions of others, in particular those of Tirgana and Oldavan. They were the ones he had to impress, and not necessarely the others. "I would not be here had I no idea about diplomacy. I donn't consider myself a particularly talented individual in this area, but I have read a lot of history books. And I believe that these books have the answer we seek."

Canalis turned towards the emperor, bowing ever so slightly. "Your Majesty, I don't doubt your knowledge of the grand provinces, but hope that I'm not wrong in assuming that you've only briefly heard the name of Imam the Benevolent." He stopped for a second, letting everyone colelct their thoughts on the subject. "It was after hundreds of years of warfrare that the first of the Imam line united our nation. When he was crowned, he had problems very similar to yours my lord. He too was young, and many refused to follow his commands. Instead of warfare however, he stayed true to the Halconics and solved the issue with diplomacy. He landed princes and lords in return of royal service. But I think that we will not require to give away land. The Empire stands strong, and many nobles will be reminded of their loyalty to your bloodline by simple acts of "gratitude" for their long service, if you give them some titles. Nothing that needs to be too important, but they will surely think of it as a great honor to serve the new emperor, even if in reality their influence hasn't changed. This will undoubtedly quell the need of some lords but not all."

He turned towards Oldavan, looking into his eyes for a few seconds before continuing his speech. "Thought what I said may be disputed in our case, since we know not of their needs, I am sure about one thing: no lord would be happy to raise their levies and march against their own kin, especially not so early into your reign. You must act strong my emperor, but I feel that a military intervention will cause nothing but more harm to your name and the empire. If possible we should solve these with gifts and kind words, instead of cold steel." With his speech finished, Canalis sat down, and glanced over at Inwint, whose opinion he was very itnerested in.

Royal Rumble!

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Kath was still strecthing her arms and legs when the second duo appered in the hallway: Samoth and Cyan. As they approached, Kath nod towards them, but didn't say anything and instead closed her eyes. Her skin was cooling off, and it was an ecstatic feel that she didn't want to ruin with some simple greetings. Even at the sight of Cyan's fluffy tail, Kath resisted the temptation to jump up and chase the guy until he'd let her cuddle it. Then samoth walked up to stairs, and eyed her for a few seconds. Kath peeked at him with one eye, eyeing him back.

"Why do you choose to waste so much energy on such insignificant beings? You're even persperating.."

Hah! The nerve on this guy! Kath's head turned towards Samoth, clearly not too happy to being accused of sweating after what was hardly a light training. "I thought you were a smart guy, but I guess I was wrong if you can't tell apart persperation and condensation." She flicked off some water from her elbow, launching it towards Samoth. "But I guess I can't blame you for it. You must be confused, 'cause this is the first time you saw a girl get wet." She smiled playfully, and put her index finger on her lips, letting out a sizzling sound. She was about to say something else when she spotted the other duo at the end of the hallway.

Andreim and Lise approached them in a slow pace, and Kath couldn't help but silence a laugh with both her hands as she saw them close in. Andreim walked behind Lise as if he was some sort of servant or pet, and he seemed like he was having problems even walking straight. She knew Lise had an effect on the poor guy, but this was just too much for her to bear without laughing. By the time Andreim reached them, clearly oblivious to her laughing, Kath's sides were hurting. She forced a semi-serious face, but a smirk still creeped up on her expression.

"I take it all went smoothly?"

Kath leaned forward, sending plenty of water droplets flying around her as they left her hair. Cyan replied to Andreim, and she forced a distressed look upon her as she quickly adressed him too. "Andreim dear, are you OK? You don't seem well. You look like you saw a ghost!" She broke out laughing, keeping her hands on her aching side as her joy quickly turned into coughing. So worth it, she wiped away a tear as she stood up shaking her head. "Tsk, tsk tsk, Maybe you should just accept that you aren't the competent apex predator your heat vision makes you think you are. If such an oblivious prey could get the best of you, maybe it's time to-" She didn't notice that Cyan was speaking in synchron to her, but the sound of a large creature running down the stairs was more than enough to distract her.

She turned around on her heels to face the ambusher, sending even more water droplets flying around the staircase. She was just in time to see Cyan disappear and spot the large predator running towards her and the others. "Watch out!" She shouted to the others and quickly evaporated all the water on her skin as her abilities kicked in and her eyes lit up in yellow. She deftly dodged to the side, hoping that the animal would avoid her.

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@Ebil Bunny@Crowvette@Bartimaeus@Inertia@Dezuel

Planet of Shadows

@Flynn Damn space commies! They are here to steal our shit! But we'll teach them how we say hello to new faces around these parts.

Planet of Shadows

"Bah! Is that even a question?" Williams threw a smile at Flynn, a result of the contagiously optimistic nature of his friend. He was almost sure that he'd be sitting in this damn chair for longer this time, as they were waiting for their inevitable doom at the hands of pirates. But no, not thim time. He jumped out of the chair, patted the old fella and then left the cockpit waving for Flynn to follow.

As he was running down the hall, he turned on the intercomms just to be sure Flynn hears what he has to say. "You know, things are already bad as they are. What do you say to turning things up a notch." He stopped by the second storeroom, and opened the door hastfully. The purple haze filled containers were still lying in an orderly fashion in their crate, with a single one missing. "I know you weren't a fan of my previous idea to fill the ship with toxic gas, so I'm sure you won't like this." He picked up the container, he servos of his suit screaming as they lifted the heavy load. For canisters of gas, they sure were heavy.

Williams busted out of the storerom like a charging rhino, and made his way to atmosphere control. The last gas canister was still there on the floor by the machine. He put down the heavy box, and began to speak into the intercomm as he lifted out one of the canisters. "I'm gonna make these pirates regret coming here." He inserted the canister into the right port and waited for the purple haze to disappear. "The air is already toxic, but I'm sure that they're used to similar tactics. Every goddamn scoundrel in this side of the galaxy has some sort of filter or rebreather." He removed the empty canister and put another one into the machine. It gave out a sharp beep and showed a red error message, but Williams ignored it, and began pouring the gas into the machine anyways. "Now, thats good and all, until you're walking into a room so filled with neurotoxic gas, that you can no longer filter out anything. As soon as they open those doors their airlock, or hopefully ship, will be filled with toxic gas. That's when we are going to strike them and hopefully capture their leader." He removed the empty canister and observed the toxicity levels of the air: 10x lethal dosage. Just for good measures, he lifted another canister from the crate and inserted it into the machine.

Royal Rumble!

Katherine

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As the door creaked open, it revealed a rotten room behind it, in the same rundown state as the whole building. Kath quickly spotted the same thing as cass: imps! Punching them isn't quite the same as beating the crap out of an incorporeal being, but they'll do. Kath readied her arms and focused on the foes ahead.

"Do you want to take this one, or shall I?" She turned towards Cass and smiled as she nod in excitement. "Don't mind if I do.".

She readied herself, cracking her neck and fingers and shifting her weight around to allow for a quick start. She closed her eyes as she focused on the deep, inner heat inside her that was always boiling. When she opened them they were glowing with a vivid yellow color. She lightly punched her fists together two times and raised them in front of her body. In a matter of seconds it seemed like the whole attitude of Kath had changed drastically. An ominous aura emerged from her and heat eminated from her body, causing the air around her to vibrate playfully. She set her eyes on the imps ahead, and then winked at Cassius before launching off in a burst of flame and heat.

It took her only two steps to cross the gap between her and the guard, her pace begging for jumps to accomplish such speed. The creature must've heard her, and turned around just in time for it's jaw to say hello to Kath's flying knee. She felt the breaking of bones, and the imp flew across the room in an arc and made a loud sound as it landed on a rotten wooden table that fell apart under it. Once it landed, it didn't move anymore. Kath on the other hand turned on her heels, fueled by the momentum of the kick and was now facing the two imps on the ground. They had woken up to the sound of the crashing table and began to scan around the room with hazy eyes. However it was too late, and they had spotted Kath towering above their small bodies too late. She picked up by their throats and began to slowly apply pressure and heat to her hands. "Wakey wakey! There's no rest for the wicked!" The imps struggled and scratched her arms, but their efforts were futile: once Kath got a hold of them, she didn't plan on letting them go until they stopped moving.

In a few seconds, Kath's hands were scorching hot, and the room was beggining to fill up with the smell of burnt imp meat and the agonizing screams of the creatures. They know they were done for but even now, in the hands of death herself, they refused to go out without resistance. Kath turned to Cass, and held up the two imps for her buddy to clearly see. "Care to join me Cass? I've got a pair of perfectly fine punching bags here that I'd hate to waste." Terror gleamed in the eyes of the imps as they felt the increasing heat surging through their bodies. Kath laughed as they tried to struggle free of her grasp, but she ended up giving them a swift death by snapping thier necks. "Hardly foes. I'll free you of your earthly bounds. Maybe you'll pose more of a challenge in the afterlife." The light flickered in her eyes, and she threw the imps across the room for them to land on their comrad.

Kath walked up to the three dead Imps, her skin gathering drops of water as she began to cool down. They were lying in a pile of broken furniture, which gave and excellent idea to Kath. "Say Cass, should we give them an appropriate funeral? Send them back to the blazing inferno they came from?" She picked up a broken chair leg and heated up her palm to set it on fire. She turned her head to Cass, her eyes still faintly glowing yellow, expecting a quick response.

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@Inertia

The King is dead, long live the King! [5/5]

@Flynn Damnit ppl, no posts. Am I really going to have to make one myself?

Royal Rumble!

Katherine

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One second Cassius was right by her, the other she had already run off to tell the others what to do. On one hand, she was very impressed by Cass's performance, on the other it was quite an irritating thing that he left her by the door. So when Cass came back, she was sure to tell him exactly that.

When Cass apologized, Kath rolled her eyes dramatically. "A young lass is seeking your attention and you run away from her. The manners on you dude are horrendous! I think we'll dedicate our next training session to learning some royal etiquette, taught by yours truly." She frowned and looked at Cass but then she ended up dropping the act as she saw how unmoved Cass was by any of this. "I'll take that apology. Next time you'll be lucky to find me after you run off." With that she turmed on her heels and strolled into the building.

The inside way definetly much, much creepier than the outside. A shiver ran down her spine as she touched the wall and the moldy and aged wallpaper rolled of at an instant. That said, a certain vibe to it was really to the liking of Kath. "Damn, what a mess. I'd say going from plain apartments to a ghost house was definetly the right choice here. She stopped to investigate some old furniture that was so aged that it barely retained any form or shape to indicate what it's original purpose was." "Whatever lives here, it sure did a number on this place."

Stopping by the stairway and she looked back at Cass. "Man, I hope it's ghosts. I've never punched one before but I'm sure that they'll run once I give them a beating." Her voice was filled with excitement and she punched the air a few times, giving weight to her words. "You hear that ghosts? I ain't afraid of you! Kath the inferno is not afraid of anyone!" Kath let out a maniacal laughter that started to echo around the building. As soon as she heard back her own voice she slapped on her own mouth, promplty ending the laugh. Damn, she overdid it this time. She glanced at Cass before quickly recollecting himself and adressing her firebuddy. "Aaaaanyways... say Cass, didn't you forget to tell everyone BUT me where they are going. How are we ever gonna beat the ectoplasmic crap out of ghosts if I don't know where to go?"

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@Inertia

Royal Rumble!

Katherine

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"Augh, damnit you!" Kath turmed around and made sure to give Andreim a strong punch on the shoulder too. "What'd I tell you about doing that! You're teasing me in the wrong way!" Whenever Andreim had the chance to tease Kath, he did that. In returm, Kath tried to remain vugilant so she could do the same. This time however it seemed like she was bested. Accepting her defeat she nod at the approaching duo of Cyan and Liselotte, and burrowed her face into her hair as she prepared a devious response for Andreim.

In the following minute or two, Kath wouldn't have been able to intervene even if she wanted to, as new members of her school seemed to have flocked to the building like birds. Big, fat, overly old birds with superpowers, but hey, thats the best example she got at a moments notice. Still, better than maki g some cliché not about sand or water drops.

From what she could gather, there was little useful info said by either parties. Nobody knew why they were there and it seemed that apart from her and Andreim, everyone was summoned to the place.

Kath was still trying to think up a perfect comeback when the gods graced her yet again with the perfect oppurtunity. Andreim vowed to be the "partner" of Valois, but he couldn't escape the well trained eyes of Katherine. It seemed like he was aware of how weird he sounded and he immediately tried to correct his mistake, but it was too late: the damage was already done and it gave enough time for Kath to make the perfect comeback.

As Samoth began to extrapolate on his choice of partner, Kath shifted closer to Andreim and gave him the most devious and sly smile she had made in her entire life. "Wow. Very smooth Mr Charmer." She winked and Andreim before glancing over at Valois. "You must be an apex predator, but for whatever reason you seem dsitracted. Y know, a wise man once told me-" Kath cleared her throat and imitated the voice of Andreim. "Take caution for you may be hunted yourself at times." Kath snickered and looked back at Andreim with that deviant smile. "I'm sure you and your vision can see how hot I am and can track me, but your abilities seem to elude Valois for whatever. I guess you got burned son." She snaps her fingers to create a small ball of flame that quickly disappeared before turning his attention back to Samoth.

"And I suppose our "Fire Team" won't have any objections to teaming up together.." Yeah, nothing better than team exercise. Maybe now she can try out this mean rigth hook she's been practicing for a while on Cass, to see if he's up to the task of being a firebuddy. She pulled ober to her buddy and crossed her arms around Cass's whilst pushing herself against his now trapped arm. "Aw, you're sweet to think about our particular synergies Samoth. I'm sure we'll be just fine Cassius over here." She turned her head to face Cassius and winked at him "Ain't that right, firebuddy?"

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@Bartimaeus@Dezuel@Crowvette@Ebil Bunny