Metatrooper

A twist of Realms

Mako woke up the next morning a little later than Vex. He got up and stretched for a bit, sleeping in his armor was tolerable but not entirely comfortable. He then put on his helmet, the metal backpack-like object, and his cloak before leaving the room. He would then knock on Vex's door right across the hall. "We're going." he said, before heading down to the lower floor.

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Mako removed his cloak and a metal, backpack-like object from his back before laying down on the bed, still clad in full body armor. It wasn't too comfortable, but he'd rather be safe than sorry. Even while trying to sleep, he was still formulating plans and reviewing scenarios in his mind. A few minutes later though, he would give in to the exhaustion and sleep. But he wasn't going to leave anything to chance at this point. Mako was going to get home, one way or another.

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Mako entered his own room, which was just as, if not, even emptier than Vex's. He sat down on the bed and placed both hands on his helmet. The hissing sound of air escaping the suit could be heard as he pulled of the helmet and set it down beside him. He put his hand on his forehead and let out a sigh. Sure, he had put himself in a tight situation betraying his original client, but now, there was a chance. A chance for him to go back home, and he was prepared to do anything to make that happen.

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"If you need anything else, I'm in the room across. Do not come in without knocking." He emphasized his last sentence, it sounded like he really didn't want anyone to barge in. After her reply he would head into his room and close the door behind him, leaving Vex to her own business.

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Well, at least she knew something. It was better than nothing after all. As he also heard the sound of rain pouring in outside, he said to her "You can stay here for the night. I have another room upstairs that you can use. Follow me." Mako then walked past her and entered a doorway on the side of the room which led to a stairway. If she followed him upstairs she would see a hallway with one door to their side, and two doors right across from each other at the end of the hall. He walked to the end and turned left, opening the door to reveal a room with a single, ordinary bed and several empty boxes in the corner of the room.

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"What?" He said, with a twinge of anger and surprise in his voice. Mako at least thought that Vex would have at least some semblance of an idea of where to go. He stayed silent for several moments, finishing up his plan, before speaking. "Fine. I have... a place, somewhat far from here that we can use. Spend the night here and we leave first thing in the morning, just like you said."

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"Where do you plan on heading to exactly?" Mako asked. He was still thinking of a concrete plan about what to do, since this job had pulled a complete 180 on him. She was right though, he had no doubt that Bella would send someone to keep an eye on him, but Vex did also propose a good idea. He could claim to be using her to track down the lich, at least, he hoped that would get the Hunters off his back for a while.

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"No." Even though they were now allies, he would only tell her what she needed to know. If he said anything more it might come back to bite him in the ass.

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"No, it was an oral agreement." he told her. She had the same thoughts as him about the weapons at least, it had to had come from someone with large amounts of power, like the lich. Mako was caught by surprise again as she mentioned the true nature of the lich. Someone who was somewhere they didn't belong, just like him. "Anything else you want to ask?"

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"1000 platinum coins, a third of which are already in my account, and a cache of unusually high-tech weapons." He told Vex.