Red Rockers Here To Save The Day

[Gaz]

Ellie #1

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For a city that was part of the hellish real that was beyond the vale Dis was filled with ornate and beautiful architecture that just screamed dark gothic cathedral. Notre-Dame had to be based off of something and it was clearly the style of building in this disgusting and seedy place that was filled to the brim with the smarter and craftier of the demons that inhabited beyond the vale. The modern wonders architect had clearly been to this place.

A boat that floated along the River Styx was just pulling into a dock, it wasn’t anything fancy but it was the ride of a Templar. A Templar that held Dis in a very special place in her heart as it was where her second life shattered into a million pieces and was picked up by one man, the one that pulled her out of a nasty situation and set her on the path of doing the same for others. This woman who was now living her third life was Ellie Salem and she was in her hunting attire, standing by the edge of the boat and waiting for a gangplank to let her move to the shore. The trip down here was actually quite pleasant, passing through Elysium and the Devil’s Garden was always a different experience due to the nature of those places. It just made the huntress restless.

“I’ve always hated this part.” The redhead spoke, grunting with annoyance as she hopped back and away from the plank that slammed into place. Before the being working on the other side of it was done she charged up it to get onto solid ground, the dark cobbles beneath her feet were smooth but foreign beneath her… it was still better than the boat that she was using to get here.

“Right!” She called, looking down to the boat with a predatory grin, the black lipstick working with the skull face paint she had taken to wearing for her hunts recently. “There’s a group of young women who have been locked up and we’re here to set them free, slay the arsehole who locked them up and then take them home. I have everything right?” The battle nun asked as she moved to rest her hand on to the hilt of her oversized sword that rested on her hip. A light breeze blowing the cape that was attached to the shoulder.

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Ellie: f96157

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"It's your responsibility to keep up with your personal effects." Rin had enough time to retort while directing the skiffs crew to scrub decks, raise sails, and batten down hatches. He was right there beside them leading by example but the side-eyes and half-hearted 'ayes' he got said he didn't need bother. Or just asked that he didn't. "Anything you're missing is Anima Inc. property after we shove off, so look twice. Look hard." Rin's natural tone was a corporate drone, slow and deliberate but shameless. Like he was reading off a terms and service agreement policy rather than telling you to come get your shit yourself.

Much of the trip to Dis was like this with Rin. He failed at small talking points but excelled at making wild policy sound like common business sense. "Don't be afraid if we take fire, it's probably just a ship we pirated earlier trying to take their goods back. In the event we start to take on water, there are buckets in the corner. Anything that mysteriously disappeared overboard was claimed by the River Styx, please don't try to contest its decision, we don't have the time." Occasionally, his conduct earned a round of laughter from the rest of the crew. Others, their solemn backing. Sometimes a bit of both. What was true and what wasn't to be gleaned from their reactions, because asking only got you a deadpan stare before he went back to his work.

Rin migrated to the skiffs edge after managing most of his docking chores. He took a thick coin out of his bite and bit down hard on it, flipping two others into the river. Then he backed out onto the deck again, hailing down his crewmates. "Someone check the agenda again. What does it say about a slave hold?"

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"You pretty much have everything down pat." Mary responded to Ellie's question as she had pretty much puttered along with the other two, helping alongside Rin to make this boat ride run as smoothly as they could make it. She didn't really respond all too much unless it was a directed question toward her, making eye contact when looked at and giving a small nod or shake of her head.. or in some instances just a blink.

Then looking over to Rin when he spoke up, Mary stepped down a few of the steps that went up the boat's main area and sat down on the ledge, a hand idly itching the back of her neck while she grabbed the tattered, leatherbound book from her back pocket that was the size of a small journal. There were miscellaneous pages that poked out from the closed book, some in which were notes and photographs that were pinned into place by little paper clips. "From what information's provided, It.. just.. says there's a slave ring, few women that aren't injured.." There was a small prickle of irritation that flashed in her visible, ice blue eye. Why was it so vague? This just felt like a damn MapQuest for them to go on with little information provided. "If anyone else wants to take a gander at the damn book and look for themselves, be my guest, 'cause maybe I'm just dense."

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Rin had one of the sailors corroborate Mary's notes from the ships own record books. "It says here you rented the skiff out for passenger and cargo transport." He read behind a pair of thick rimmed glasses, a finger measuring each word on the page. "But combat support is outside of the crews paid for duties." The book was shelved again and the crew dispersed into the crew quarters. Rin disappeared for a few minutes as well, surfacing from below deck toting a traditional samurai cuirass with Yamata slung over his back. "Unanimous agreement from the crew - they're not getting paid to free any slaves, so they're not doing it. It's not in the contract, so it's within their rights." He spoke while pulling his demonmail armor on, then tightening and tying the raiment's cords off. Underneath, he wore his typical dress, rolling the sleeves on a lurid color block dress shirt up to his elbows. Scales of emerald green from his armor hid the garish orange shades but Yamata's blend of dark neon's made up for it.

Rin leapt from the ships rail to land beside Ellie. "I'm more than happy to provide my aid, however. Just remember Anima Inc. as the human and demon worlds premier freight-and-personnel transport business. The only choice sensible choice for no nonsense, zero questions asked service."

[Gaz]

Ellie #2

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Ellie was looking down on to the skiff to Mary who had responded with a basic confirmation that everything that was said was spot on. She was cold, almost a complete opposite to what Ellie was. Why she really came along on this specific job the red head didn’t know. “Great! So, let’s get going!” She called wanting to get going. It was then that she noticed Rin and his droned speech, he and his crew were under the impression that she and Mary were asking them to help beyond just being the ferry in and out of Dis.

“If they want to stay that’s fine with me!” She spoke before watching the man pull on his arms, the demon plate to protect himself during the combat that was about to start. The man then leapt across the gap and landed by Ellie, making her crack a predatory grin to the man who was announcing his intent to aid the pair.

“Good to have you!” She spoke before looking down to Mary and motioning for her to hurry up. “C’mon! I wanna get there before we die of old age Mary!” The battle nun called, her words filled with the same fire that was in her eyes.

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Mary proceeded to blink and slip from her seated position, standing up and trekking after the two that stood across the way, snagging her disregarded trench coat off of one of the railings and tugging it on one arm at a time. She shot the taller woman a small glare before jumping up beside Ellie, crouched with a hand in between her legs while she used her free hand to push her hair out from the collar of her brown leather jacket.

"Be patient with my short ass legs, I'm half of both of your heights." She attempted to kid but.. the monotone of her voice gave it mixed vibes anyways, which led her to look forward while the wind blew past them, making her coat billow behind her slightly. She looked up to the redhead then tilted forward slightly to look at the man suited up in his armor, giving a raise of her eyebrow to the two. "Are we good to head out now?"

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Rin went over each of Yamata's necks, tuning them to his ears taste. It responded with a living timbre, a throaty resonance and hiss. The fretful warnings of something that didn't wake for anything but blood. Then, he glided his hands down to its glass body and started to riff. It pulsed with rising fever that weighed on the air around the musician. A phantom beast revealed itself among them, winding out from and around Rin and throwing its head high to howl its menace aloud. It growled itself to sleep as the squeal from Rin's guitar died to a quiet electric hum, taking away the oppressive air it brought with it too. His response to Mary was a self-satisfied nod. "Yamata sounds good. No, they sound great. Wired. I am too. Where are we going?" He turned Yamata onto his back and looked to Ellie. "I'll follow your lead."

[Gaz]

Ellie #3

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The redhead looked back over her shoulder to Mary and flashed a grin to her, she recognised the jest in her tone… if only barely. That woman and her little legs was going to be fun to be around. “Yeah, I’d say we are good to head out now. I have memorised the route to the target point.” She spoke, her hand resting against the other sized sword that was connected to her hip. That blade was soon going to get some proper use again and this time for a better cause than her own selfish survival.

Rin made a powerful racket with his guitar and announced his intentions to follow her lead, well that was perfect. He looked quite ready for the party they were about to bust in on. “Right! This way it is then.” She spoke, turning on her heel and walking away from the port and through the stylised gothic architecture of Dis. The denizens were both demonic and human, not entirely innocent but not the people who had drawn their ire, so the huntress plainly ignored their existence.

The walk was not the fastest as Mary had to be able to keep up with her little legs, but it was still fairly brisk. “Hey, after this and we get back to the surface I think we should go and get a pint somewhere.” The nun suggested, not even looking back to gauge the reactions as she walked and talked. Though she did steal quick glances as she rounded the occasional corner. This was taking them away from the crowds of people and monsters into a more sparsely populated industrial area of the city.

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[scatterbrained]

Mary would give a small nod in response to Ellie, she didn't seem too irritated but also showed no other emotion but a deadpanned stare, in which she pocketed her hands into her trench-coat while she kept her strides longer than her usual, even though they had a brisk walk, she was in between keeping up and catching up. Curse her short ass legs. With the visible blue eye blinking in response about the comment about after the mission, Mary would look up a little bit to the battle-driven nun, giving a small shrug of her shoulders in response.

"Sounds nice."

Was a simple response before she looked forward, hands fidgeting with the inside of her coat pockets out of an idle movement while her gaze scanned the area in general. She would notice the amount of both demons and humans that littered the streets, causing her to bring her gaze forward while she felt her jaw give a small twitch in irritation. Why were there so many people here?? She stifled her irritated thoughts while they began to approach calmer area, the stoic stare remaining solid as she rolled her shoulders to attempt to get some of the stiffness out of her back.

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Rin kept close to Ellie and Marie's backs, letting Ellie take the lead true to his word. "Depends on my ships schedule. But if there is no job right after this, you're welcome to have a drink with me and the rest of the crew." Dis is a place he's made many trips to in the past, on and off of Charon business. The even mix of human and demon citizens is of no surprise to him, and the mammoth grey spires a drab backdrop. It was the thinning of that herd and sudden squatness of the structures around him that finally caught his attention. He pulled Yamata back to his front, immediately resolved to keep his guard up. How far had they walked now? Were they in an outer territory of Dis now? He teased his quarters strings, the instruments electronics quietly whining his own frustrations. Ellie's stopping and looking was gradually making him tense.

"What should we expect from these slavers? Do they belong to a major faction? Any ties to one?"

[Gaz]

Ellie #4

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The walk was not going to take much longer, the fact that this place was so far away was only more evidence that they were dealing with something more small time. Which Rin was asking about. The nun looked back for a brief moment before answering, stopping at a corner. “They’re small time, send mooks to the surface to lure girls in and sell them on to intermediaries of bigger fish. They tried to get me when I was a bright eyed bushy tailed youngster.” Ellie quipped as she moved to peer around the corner to see a row of warehouses, most of them dilapidated and unused. Her words started to get tinted with a hint of bloodlust, the rage of her past boiling to the surface.

“That’s where I was saved by the David, he tore the last spot up something fierce. It looks like the few that got away rebuilt the operation.” There were guards, there were always guards to places like this, the had weapons but didn’t appear to be all to competent. The real issue would be the security inside, the intermediaries of the big fish gangs and groups that thrived down her in Dis.

“Right, do we force our way in and bully them or do we go in with a bigger bang?” Ellie asked as she bought her head back around the corner to face the other two. With a swift motion she drew her Sword, The Umbra Sanguinis. “I kinda wanna go in from the roof, one of you stays outside to stop back up and the other forced their way in through the front door to meet me in there… cove all of our bases.”

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Ellie: f96157