by amarok. » Fri Apr 13, 2018 10:51 pm
Blair Strong I Werewolf I Fighter I Tags; Emery
She took another sip of cola.
In a society where pedigree meant everything, Blair had seen plenty of birth records, genealogy charts and family trees.The alphaess had had a chart on one wall of her office, detailing the mighty Aleksandrsen line. The alpha had had another, tucked away in a desk drawer somewhere. Even her mother, who - as the wife of a human - cared less about heritage than anybody she knew, had a family tree buried in a box somewhere. And as a half-blood, she'd been confined to the omega rank for her earliest years, only escaping the degrading title when Gregory Steel and Mark Holloway split off from the Old Pack and abolished the rank completely. It'd never mattered that she was hardly affected by silver, or that she was practically immune to bloodlust. She was never going to be as strong or as brave or as quick or as fast-healing as the more genetically privileged of the werewolf world. She was grateful beyond words that the wolves of Crimson Sky couldn't seem to care less.
But Blair knew first-hand how much your bloodline could dictate who you were. Your personality, your traits, your strengths and weaknesses. Nature and nurture. And a hunter from a line that long, that dedicated and hell-bent on genocide, could only mean trouble.
A third sip of her drink, the glass clinking as she set the bottle back down on the table and crossed her arms over her chest.
"Well, you've got more right to his jugular artery than anybody left here. Bide your time until they let him go, or he escapes, and them we'll take a hunting party and hunt that mongrel down. I can think of at least one person who'll be game."
Theodore Ford I Human I Blade Operative I Tags; Eva
If he'd still had that hospital cafeteria coffee, he'd probably had choked on it. He just affected a bewildered expression and widened his eyes.
"All due respect, miss, but you been living under a rock?"
Lowering his voice to a whisper and leaning closer, he hissed, "eleven people have been torn to shreds in the past two weeks, and you haven't heard?" A psychological trick he'd quickly picked up during training. The best way to make somebody listen was to tell them something they thought they shouldn't know. And his words might very well save her life.
If it had been a larger city, and the police force more competent, he'd have thought less of her lack of knowledge. But despite the JPD's futile attempts to hide the recent happenings, it was all the town had talked about since the first two had occurred. If this lady knew what was good for her, and her little boy, then she'd leave. Go back to wherever she'd moved from. Or, at least, to a safer town. It wasn't his place to say that, though - not when he considered how crazy that'd make him look - so he sighed weakly and took a step back.
"But, you know, I'm sure the police department have their best men on the job." He wasn't sure he could apply the term "best men" when the most any of the feds had had to deal with since leaving the academy was the occasional shoplifter, but stating that fact wouldn't help. The Government had their best men on the job, he decided smugly, and that was more than enough.
"There's an official warning to stay out of the woods and everything. Hunting ban. The full nine yards. They even tried to get the folks living out there into temporary accommodation here until they've purged the woods. Rabid wolves, they think. I mean, they're making the effort, you know?"
He shook his head with a defeated sigh.
"And my friends and I did so hope to go hunting this year. We've been waiting it out since we got here, but we might end up going home empty handed after all. Not cool."
Adrian D'Arc I Human I Blade Team Leader I Tags; Kat
He just growled in response. Not only was Theo's car missing, but the last vehicle was missing, too. That sent aladm bells ringing.
"Jin?"
No answer reached him over the airwaves. He took a deep breath and just headed inside. Maybe the stupid man had forgotten to take his earpiece with him. Maybe it was out of battery. He fumbled for more valid reasons for the radio silence as he crossed the threshold into the cabin, but his mind was full of concerns now. Too many to act on all at once.
Theo failing to follow orders was generally unheard of, despite his reckless streak. If that man couldn't do what he was told, then he'd never have made it into a position to be selected. He'd chosen that man himself. Against the CO's better judgement, of course, but because he had taken a liking to him and his cunning facade. It'd almost fooled him. And an actor that good was just a waste when left among the marines.
Though, strictly speaking, he hadn't been ordered to return to the Center of Operations. Maybe - just maybe - he'd found another good lead. He knew that, at first, a lot of his men hadn't quite trusted him. Fair enough. D'Arc knew he was an intimidating guy. But he trusted each and every one of them, and he was willing to trust Goof Street's judgement. Besides calling him back, which would altogether be bad for morale, he didn't have much choice.
"We'll check he's okay and then leave him be. He's got a nose for information like a bloodhound." Or a werewolf.
"But he'd better not give me a reason to regret it."
Hoping Kat wouldn't question the sudden change of heart, he went straight for the laptop and opened it up, booting up the heavily encrypted satellite connection and tapping a out a coded message. Translated, it read;
Targets aware and highly competent. We have positive info and hope to ID two of their number but need reinforcements.
Four killed. One and Three wounded (minor). Extent of injury to Five is currently unknown but likely to be minor also. Two has yet to update his status.
He glanced at the chocolate milk carton still sitting on the table beside him. Where the hell was his second in command?
He was in no state to go and search for him now. But the vehicles did all have trackers. He pulled up another window and searched the topographical map presented to him. One blip sat on the property line of a big old house several miles from town, where they'd left it.
Another sat in a parking lot in Jasper city center. Hd breathed a small sigh of relief. Theo was most likely okay.
The third - his land cruiser - was sat on the grass outside the cabin. The fourth was less than a mile from the rendezvous point he'd sent Ford to. Deep in the woods.
Crap.
"Jin! You there? Pick up, dammit!"
(Nope. Spoke too soon. The internet connection's dodgy . Here's one half. I'm writing up the responses for Sky and Jason once I work out what the hell to write. X3)
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back after a long/involuntary hiatus! bear with me while i get my bearings again.
my pronouns are she/they.
i left a lot of stuff here unfinished and can't remember most of what i was up to.
please feel free to shoot me a dm over on discord at amar#8393. my inbox here
is still swamped and i'm a little too intimidated to go wading through it
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