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Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

Scarily enough, I know people that would be very happy to be in Duncan's position right now XD

Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

The slap jarred Duncan from his semi-concious state and he grimaced through the pain while searching for the offender. So... he had been captured. His fault of course, never should have let his guard down. Still, it was embarrassing for an experienced SeeD to be taken by a handful of grunts... not to mention that Galbadia had something of a reputation for treating prisoners badly. He would know; his father had always bragged about the number of Timber soldiers he had executed during the invasion. Doesn't leave much hope for me... shit. Refocusing his gaze, he looked up at the soldier before him. An officer probably, wearing that textbook I Have You Now glare... Fuck my life... '... I guess I have. Then again, I'm sure you've caused your share of trouble for the good people of Dollet, hm?' He tried to put on a tough front but for all his training, without his junctions Duncan was just a normal man; he wouldn't last long if they brought out the thumb screws. SeeD generally had a good track record for recovering lost agents, but this time around he had gone off-mission to an area not covered by Garden intelligence... he doubted that anyone even knew he was missing. A series of muffled explosions in the distance brought him some measure of satisfaction at least. 'Ooh... hear that? That'd be those towers coming down. Right on top of what's left of your friends at the substation. What with the others clearing the city and wiping out the rest of you vermin, it's a pretty bad day to be a Galbadian soldier.' Duncan gave a bloody grin, determined to give a good show if nothing else.

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'Yeah... I suck so hard man...' At least he was functional, though Kein was still terrified that he might have gotten the rest of the candidates killed through his incompetence. 'Wait, Duncan's alive? How do you know?' He vaguely remembered Eika being some kind of clairvoyant but he didn't put much stock in such things. Surely they weren't going off-mission purely on a whim..? The number of questions was rapidly outpacing answers and Kein felt powerless to resist the peer pressure. We're gonna fail. We're so gonna fail. He staggered along with Syrus' assistance as the pain faded, determined to catch up with Eika before she did something rash. The sudden appearance of another figure almost caught him off-guard, but Kein was able to recover into a combat stance and... and it was a false alarm. Heaving an anxious sigh, he jogged up to the SeeD and saluted. 'Kein Marx, class F-2. I uh... I've been unconscious for a while so I don't know where the others are.' He nodded after a rapidly disappearing Eika. 'I don't know where she's going but, the others a-and the instructor... Aw, you know what? Fuck it! Fuck it all, I'm goin' with her. I don't care anymore.' Throwing his arms up in surrender, Kein gave up thinking and charged off after Eika; they had all failed this test anyway... might as well go hilt deep and shaft some Galbadians.

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When Rue found Vinzer, it was lying by the side of the road, its wings pockmarked with bullet holes. The bitebug had scuttled as far as it could on legs not built for the weight but its strength had given out. Whether or not it understood the moomba was unclear, but it waved a limb in tired acquiescence. Summoning up the last of its energy, Vinzer climbed up Rue's furry arm to nestle in his mane; until it got treatment for its wings, the bug was pretty much dead weight.

Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

While I'm loving what I see, I've got to ask that you guys put off the rescue til Kissu and I get a few posts up; that tower won't fix itself y'know.

LokiLeo789 said
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/checks
We're at 7/8 at the moment so yeah, one free slot. Give us a CS and we'll go from there mate.

Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

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Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

Moved Riella to the Inactive Characters list. For now act as though she's vanished (like a fucking ninja) and we can thread her back in if paige comes back.

My itchy fingers want to post, but I'll wait til the others have had a chance. I wonder... will this devolve into a Mel Gibson style torture scene..?

Loyalty Until Death, Strength in Unity

I feel really arseholeish for saying this, but I've completely lost my drive for PS2... Both the game and RPing it. Sorry...

Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

It took some time to find and and rig the substation supports to blow, especially while dodging the soldiers on patrol. Aside from the silent bloodbath it had taken for Duncan to infiltrate the facility, he was satisfied with his progress so far; he hadn't taken a bullet, for one. It would have been preferable to get in without bloodshed but not because he shied away from killing; he just hated the extra hassle. Regardless after checking the last detonator, he was finally ready to leave and backtracked through the substation to the previously guarded entrance. Elsewhere in the city SeeD would be pushing toward the outer districts by now and the candidates must have been close to taking down the other set of towers. While no order of withdrawal had been given thus far, Duncan thought it must have been fairly so- Shit..! All it took was a moment of inattention and he walked straight into a fresh patrol. The soldiers were prepared, their rifles and swords already tracking the SeeD as he dove for cover. The fight was short but decisive; one soldier fell, impaled upon Duncan's bayonet, yet they were too many. The Instructor was pummelled to the ground, battered into unconsciousness and jabbed with a stun stick - just to be sure. As the patrol dragged him off toward the cliffs with their injured comrade in tow, a forlorn buzz could be heard in the scrub. Vinzer took off as fast as it could, toward the other substation and the others. It had to warm them.

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Colours and lights swam in the air... Yoko was doing that thing with her eyebrows... and something hard was hitting him in the gut.

Full conciousness came back like a bucket of cold water and Kein slid off the orb with a whimper. 'Argh... Feels like New Years...' He managed to pull himself together enough to take a stock of the situation; it was just Eika, Syrus and himself. Behind them lay the bodies of a large number of soldiers, before them was... the substation? D-did the others..? Is it my fault? Shitshitshit, I fucked up bad... It wasn't easy, but he managed to still his quivering lower lip long enough to ask the others a question. 'I... I remember falling out of the airship and... D... Did the others.. Fuck, are they all dead!?' But before they could answer, Kein spotted movement from the corner of his eye; a stream of missiles inbound on Syrus. He leapt forward into a spinning pirouette, his knocking the first few missiles off-course with his nagitnata. As the destroyed missiles rained down around him, Kein cast an Aero at those remaining, scattering their flight paths. He landed with a feline grace, completely at odds with his bumbling idiocy earlier on, identifying the attacker as a GIM52A. Calm of mind for the first time today, Kein kicked off hard from the ground, using another Aero to boost him toward the mech. His naginata slashed clean through the target, tearing its fuselage in two. He landed, took a few seconds to scan the area for more hostiles... and promptly keeled over, clutching his calf frantically. 'Crap, fuck, shit-! Cramp!' The tears in his eyes were from broth the pain and the shame of it all...

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Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

Looks good, just one minor nitpick; for the magic refining ability you need to pick an element. ice would probably be appropriate. Also, it might be a bugger to thread him in just now since the others are already doing the SeeD test; how do you feel about him having just passed it at another Garden and now serving as a low-ranked SeeD in the main attack? Your choice either way. but that would help get you into the story faster.

/edit and I know dem feels Soren. Keep fighting the good fight and eventually something will come up.

Final Fantasy VIII: Tempus Veneficarum [7/10 Slots]

Decisions, decisions... I want to post soon but we need the substation miniarc wrapped up first... We'll see.
Start blowing shit up people!