Personification Life - IC Part VI [open]

[Tiltjuice]

Katya sighed and shook her head, disappointed.

"I truly wish I could, but Lrim's orders say otherwise. I'm sorry."

"Oh, not that!" Dora said. "Go where the job takes you. We all will."

[Torsiedelle]

Katya sighed and shook her head, disappointed.

"I truly wish I could, but Lrim's orders say otherwise. I'm sorry."

"Oh, not that!" Dora said. "Go where the job takes you. We all will."

"What do you mean?", Katya asked, puzzled. "Go with you somewhere else?"

[Cerillium]

Minerva had always hated his flamboyant... absurd... approach to his work. She chastised herself for not asking about his reasons sooner.

"I see. It really was a shitty war, wasn't it? I can't forgive your people for what they did, and perhaps I've allowed that resentment to fester all this time. I never stopped to think about how you coped with it, or to even ask. And I thought you wore that uniform out of arrogance. I was terribly wrong in my assumptions about you, Klaus. For that, I apologize."

"About my dying... we can't have a broken-hearted cultist moping around the place. I'll do my best to not die prematurely."

She knocked on the doors and checked a few more in the hall before returning to the unseen car.

"Let's finish clearing and go to Chaos for some drinks."

Their last stop was the roof. Klaus parked in the hangar and then worked to close off the cultists' entrances. He took down Swith's paper lanterns and Ceril's bar-b-que and stuffed both in his jacket pocket. He added Swith's lounge chair and little table to the pocket as well.

He returned to the unseen car and popped the trunk. Several containers rested there. He picked them up and brought them to Albert and his crew.

This wasn't unseen food. He'd stopped at the Chaos kitchens and had them back prime rib, salad and a potato.

"I forgot the wine," he apologized to the men. "If it gets bad here, if the Drone's break through, head to the hangar. There's a pink door. Go through it. It leads to a place of safety." The door led to the rail down down below. It would open and allow them to pass through the shields to safety.

"Keep in mind that those Drone tendrils will start attacking the building once the shield relocates to the rail gun. You'll have very little time to evacuate. Ceril's nanites will keep them from crawling up the building but only for so long. They'll eventually become overwhelmed and the Drones clockworks will reach this place. You need to blow up the gun if that happens. Don't allow them to use it against us." He handed Albert an odd-looking bomb. "Just press the green button. And then run. And also, if no one has said this, thank you for volunteering for this duty. I admire you for doing that."

He walked back to Minerva. "Come, my dear, we have places to be."

[Tego Witherward]

Their last stop was the roof. Klaus parked in the hangar and then worked to close off the cultists' entrances. He took down Swith's paper lanterns and Ceril's bar-b-que and stuffed both in his jacket pocket. He added Swith's lounge chair and little table to the pocket as well.

He returned to the unseen car and popped the trunk. Several containers rested there. He picked them up and brought them to Albert and his crew.

This wasn't unseen food. He'd stopped at the Chaos kitchens and had them back prime rib, salad and a potato.

"I forgot the wine," he apologized to the men. "If it gets bad here, if the Drone's break through, head to the hangar. There's a pink door. Go through it. It leads to a place of safety." The door led to the rail down down below. It would open and allow them to pass through the shields to safety.

"Keep in mind that those Drone tendrils will start attacking the building once the shield relocates to the rail gun. You'll have very little time to evacuate. Ceril's nanites will keep them from crawling up the building but only for so long. They'll eventually become overwhelmed and the Drones clockworks will reach this place. You need to blow up the gun if that happens. Don't allow them to use it against us." He handed Albert an odd-looking bomb. "Just press the green button. And then run. And also, if no one has said this, thank you for volunteering for this duty. I admire you for doing that."

He walked back to Minerva. "Come, my dear, we have places to be."

"That was damn decent of you, Klaus," Minerva smiled. "But you're forgetting something... your clock. We can't leave that. Let's stop before we go to Chaos."

[Tiltjuice]

"What do you mean?", Katya asked, puzzled. "Go with you somewhere else?"

"For that, you'll have to find out later." Dora looked into the distance, sliding her left index finger so that it pointed up, at a right angle to her other fingers. It wasn't precisely a battle sign, but it was commonly accepted shorthand among the timecops.

[Torsiedelle]

"What do you mean?", Katya asked, puzzled. "Go with you somewhere else?"

"For that, you'll have to find out later." Dora looked into the distance, sliding her left index finger so that it pointed up, at a right angle to her other fingers. It wasn't precisely a battle sign, but it was commonly accepted shorthand among the timecops.

Katya gave a solemn look, leaned in closer, and whispered.

"Can I please know now?"

[New Aksarben]

Minerva had always hated his flamboyant... absurd... approach to his work. She chastised herself for not asking about his reasons sooner.

"I see. It really was a shitty war, wasn't it? I can't forgive your people for what they did, and perhaps I've allowed that resentment to fester all this time. I never stopped to think about how you coped with it, or to even ask. And I thought you wore that uniform out of arrogance. I was terribly wrong in my assumptions about you, Klaus. For that, I apologize."

"About my dying... we can't have a broken-hearted cultist moping around the place. I'll do my best to not die prematurely."

She knocked on the doors and checked a few more in the hall before returning to the unseen car.

"Let's finish clearing and go to Chaos for some drinks."

Their last stop was the roof. Klaus parked in the hangar and then worked to close off the cultists' entrances. He took down Swith's paper lanterns and Ceril's bar-b-que and stuffed both in his jacket pocket. He added Swith's lounge chair and little table to the pocket as well.

He returned to the unseen car and popped the trunk. Several containers rested there. He picked them up and brought them to Albert and his crew.

This wasn't unseen food. He'd stopped at the Chaos kitchens and had them back prime rib, salad and a potato.

"I forgot the wine," he apologized to the men. "If it gets bad here, if the Drone's break through, head to the hangar. There's a pink door. Go through it. It leads to a place of safety." The door led to the rail down down below. It would open and allow them to pass through the shields to safety.

"Keep in mind that those Drone tendrils will start attacking the building once the shield relocates to the rail gun. You'll have very little time to evacuate. Ceril's nanites will keep them from crawling up the building but only for so long. They'll eventually become overwhelmed and the Drones clockworks will reach this place. You need to blow up the gun if that happens. Don't allow them to use it against us." He handed Albert an odd-looking bomb. "Just press the green button. And then run. And also, if no one has said this, thank you for volunteering for this duty. I admire you for doing that."

He walked back to Minerva. "Come, my dear, we have places to be."

"Thank you." Albert said with a smile hidden by his helmet. He placed the bomb at the very base of the Ion Cannon. "I'll make sure to hold them off as long as possible. Even if I have to die." He left out the part where his consciousness would be transferred to Jacob's body due to their link as two aspects of Aksarben.

[Tiltjuice]

Katya gave a solemn look, leaned in closer, and whispered.

"Can I please know now?"

"All in good Time," Dora answered slowly. "Stay alive, and we'll talk about it."

[Torsiedelle]

Katya gave a solemn look, leaned in closer, and whispered.

"Can I please know now?"

"All in good Time," Dora answered slowly. "Stay alive, and we'll talk about it."

"How about a hint?", Katya pressed. She leaned in closer.

[Cerillium]

"That was damn decent of you, Klaus," Minerva smiled. "But you're forgetting something... your clock. We can't leave that. Let's stop before we go to Chaos."

"My clock? You think of everything." Klaus allowed a genuine smile to reach his eyes.

They walked down to the eighth floor and Klaus let himself in to Atosh's apartment. It was stripped bare. Only the ornate coo-coo clock remained, the broken pieces still littering the floor.

Klaus picked the pieces up and removed the clock from the wall. "I suppose I'll need to find a better home for this. It doesn't match Atosh's decor any longer. Not really."

The clock went into another pocket. "Come then, let's leave. There's nothing left for us here."

[Swith Witherward]

"My clock? You think of everything." Klaus allowed a genuine smile to reach his eyes.

They walked down to the eighth floor and Klaus let himself in to Atosh's apartment. It was stripped bare. Only the ornate coo-coo clock remained, the broken pieces still littering the floor.

Klaus picked the pieces up and removed the clock from the wall. "I suppose I'll need to find a better home for this. It doesn't match Atosh's decor any longer. Not really."

The clock went into another pocket. "Come then, let's leave. There's nothing left for us here."

Minerva put her hand on Klaus' sleeve. Somehow Atosh's apartment seemed to symbolize so many things in her mind, mainly the sense that even the gods had abandoned them. That wasn't true, of course. The gods had just moved next door. But it was a sad thought, regardless of that fact.

"Klaus, you can hang your clock on my wall. I don't use my bedroom for anything except for keeping charts and weapons. I'm sure Swith and Naomi wouldn't mind. Just for now. Just until things settle down."

[Cerillium]

"The enemy of my enemy is just another enemy, but you are my friend." Klaus lifted her hand and kissed it. "Come, let's go then. I need a beer."

He offered his arm to her and they left the building.

[Tiltjuice]

"How about a hint?", Katya pressed. She leaned in closer.

Dora looked amused. "I'm not ashamed, but I don't think this is the kind of thing you'd like to talk about in public; we might deafen poor Jacob."

[Torsiedelle]

"How about a hint?", Katya pressed. She leaned in closer.

Dora looked amused. "I'm not ashamed, but I don't think this is the kind of thing you'd like to talk about in public; we might deafen poor Jacob."

"Certainly you don't mean.....that.", Katya said, blushing profusely. "D-d-do you?"

[Tiltjuice]

"Certainly you don't mean.....that.", Katya said, blushing profusely. "D-d-do you?"

"It's entirely possible," Dora evaded, seeing Katya was still a bit uncomfortable. She took out her cigarette again and began tapping it against her fingernail.

[Torsiedelle]

"Certainly you don't mean.....that.", Katya said, blushing profusely. "D-d-do you?"

"It's entirely possible," Dora evaded, seeing Katya was still a bit uncomfortable. She took out her cigarette again and began tapping it against her fingernail.

Katya also lit up, though with her normal cigarettes. She spoke up in a shaky voice.

"D-d-Dora, this is going a bit fast i-isn't it? I mean, I'm only j-just e-experimenting at th-the moment."

[Tiltjuice]

Katya also lit up, though with her normal cigarettes. She spoke up in a shaky voice.

"D-d-Dora, this is going a bit fast i-isn't it? I mean, I'm only j-just e-experimenting at th-the moment."

"It probably is," she admitted. "I'm out of my depth here, since I'm used to Time going by a bit faster and relationships being a bit more casual."

[Torsiedelle]

Katya also lit up, though with her normal cigarettes. She spoke up in a shaky voice.

"D-d-Dora, this is going a bit fast i-isn't it? I mean, I'm only j-just e-experimenting at th-the moment."

"It probably is," she admitted. "I'm out of my depth here, since I'm used to Time going by a bit faster and relationships being a bit more casual."

"I'm sorry.", Katya muttered, hating herself. She leaned against Dora for comfort.

[Tiltjuice]

"I'm sorry.", Katya muttered, hating herself. She leaned against Dora for comfort.

"Don't sweat it," Dora said easily, grinning. "Least I don't use the old 'Eat, drink, sleep together and be merry, for tomorrow we die' line." She turned square to Katya so she could lean back if she wanted.

[Torsiedelle]

"I'm sorry.", Katya muttered, hating herself. She leaned against Dora for comfort.

"Don't sweat it," Dora said easily, grinning. "Least I don't use the old 'Eat, drink, sleep together and be merry, for tomorrow we die' line." She turned square to Katya so she could lean back if she wanted.

"Yea, at least you try to be subtle about it, I think. At least to me.", Katya said. She leaned back more, laying on Dora's lap. "Then again, that may not have been the worst line to use, eh?"

[Tiltjuice]

"Yea, at least you try to be subtle about it, I think. At least to me.", Katya said. She leaned back more, laying on Dora's lap. "Then again, that may not have been the worst line to use, eh?"

"There are worse lines?" Dora said.

[Torsiedelle]

"Yea, at least you try to be subtle about it, I think. At least to me.", Katya said. She leaned back more, laying on Dora's lap. "Then again, that may not have been the worst line to use, eh?"

"There are worse lines?" Dora said.

Katya laughed, then sat back some more, curling up slightly. She squirmed to get comfortable.

"Oh, and FYI, we can't let Tora know about this."

[Tiltjuice]

Katya laughed, then sat back some more, curling up slightly. She squirmed to get comfortable.

"Oh, and FYI, we can't let Tora know about this."

"Sure. Would she react badly?" Dora blinked, a bit surprised, since it didn't seem like Torii had a leg to stand on.

[Torsiedelle]

Katya laughed, then sat back some more, curling up slightly. She squirmed to get comfortable.

"Oh, and FYI, we can't let Tora know about this."

"Sure. Would she react badly?" Dora blinked, a bit surprised, since it didn't seem like Torii had a leg to stand on.

(Ooc) a leg to stand on? Not familiar with that phrase.

"I don't know. I just don't want her to find out. It would be very...awkward.", She replied.

"Your lap is warm."

[Tiltjuice]

(Ooc) a leg to stand on? Not familiar with that phrase.

"I don't know. I just don't want her to find out. It would be very...awkward.", She replied.

"Your lap is warm."

(OOC - As in, Torii is also dating (?) someone female, can't complain if Katya does it. No real basis for objecting.)

"Sure, I suppose," Dora said, though it was clear she didn't really understand. "And yes. Enjoying yourself?"