A Zone of Excursion [IC Thread / Closed]

[Saurisisia]

Smiling as he watched Lucy set the two bottles of whiskey on the nearby table, Carl nodded at her and said "Danke!"

He then grabbed one of the bottles and opened it before taking a swig of the alcoholic liquid. Setting the bottle down, he sighed while staring out the back of the truck.

[Goldsaver]

Solom kept his rifle on Vinch, ignoring Nathan.
"You have knives. Take all of them out and push them away. You have a broken rib, from when Misha grabbed you. Ten provided medical treatment. I do not know where Anna is, if she fled when the Dragon came, she most likely went back to Duty. Now, I need to know why you killed that man; do not lie to me. "

[Strykla]

Durzahg never saw what had hit the thing. As soon as whatever crushed the Psuedogiant did so, Durzahg was thrown from the tree he was on. He cursed and fired his grappling hook, snagging a branch. But Durzahg slammed against a tree, his momentum transferring forward. He his his flare launcher accidentally, and the red bolt streaked into the sky. It exploded with an extremely bright flash and a very loud 160 decibel thunder-like clap. That kind of noise was enough to possibly kill the hearing tissue of the mutants, being just under the threshold of regular humans' . The flare would also leave glowing-hot particles in the air to mark the area it had been fired at. Durzahg was unconscious from being slammed about and was now hanging a dozen meters off the ground from the grapple. So while he was 'asleep', everything that heard the sound would likely come running. If Durzahg's luck held out, they wouldn't be able to get to him, because of his height from the ground. It would be exceedingly difficult to climb up, and all but impossible to unlatch the grapple. Even if they could get close, they wouldn't be able to cut the grapple; for that, the mutants would need industrial power saws.

So Durzahg was like a meat bag set hangings, though the suit was sealed, and they couldn't actually smell the 'meat', but that didn't make the prospect of hanging there any less terrifying. Durzahg was still in a groggy state.


OOC: Just to let everyone know, you should probably hear that flare going off. I'm not entirely aware of the area the rest of you are in, but 160 decibels is plenty loud enough to be heard all 'round Pripyat. So, if you hear it... I BOLDED IT TO GET YOUR ATTENTION

[Legital]

Ten looked over to Solom, "Listen Solom, we may be all military men here, but we are not the Police, especially in the Zone. Vince here may be a crazed bastard, but you need to calm down a little." Ten then looked back to Vince, "So, how do you feel? Because if Solom here keeps up, your gonna feel alot worse."

As Ten began to walk back, a loud explosion and flash boomed overhead. "Now what the fuck was that!" He screamed drawing his Blaster and ducking.

[Goldsaver]

"I am an agent of the Repbulic; someone has to bring justice where justice is do here. He did not shoot a bandit, he shoot a member of one of two of the most powerful factions in the Zone; if I don't kill him, Freedom will. You do not commit murder without consequences."
Solom maintained his aim, not shaking from it.

[Yuktova]

Nate turned to Solom, "He's just a scared man. Give him some slack. We haven't heard his side of the story either, so calm down like Ten instructed. I don't want anyone to get hurt,"

[Goldsaver]

"Right, as Ten "instructed."
Solom turned in the direction where the flare came from.
"Nathan, go check that out. Ten will take care of Vinch and I'll keep watch on him. You need to go help the poor fuck who set off the flar."

[Legital]

"Hey, I may not be a fancy high rank like you guys, but I have seen much more combat then you guys think." With that Ten sat by Solom, watching the dizzy Vince.

[Yuktova]

"Alright Major Solom, I shall check out the flare,"
Nathan then exited the room and head straight towards the location of the flare. He walked into a woodland area. Nate looked around, and saw a gaint dead Psuedogiant. "Chyort! That's one ugly monster if I ever saw it!"
He looked at one of the trees, and saw a strange creature. It looked different then any mutant he had seen, "What the fuck if that thing in the tree? It apears to be sleeping..."

Nate took out his Gauss Rifle, and aimed it at the alien creature just in case...

[John Richard Wright]

Dr. Z took the oppertunity to follow Nathan, intreigued, as that was around the same place he saw whatever it was fall at the speed of sound. As he arrived, he noted the dead creature On the ground, and said to no one in Particular, "I will take the liberty of assuming that that is a Pseudogiant. How delightful."'He then saw the weird alien thing hanging from a tree. He then turned to Nathan, and said, "What, in the name of all that is Holy, is that?" at that point, he drew his Encore, and aimed it at the creature

[Yuktova]

"Z, I think it's sleeping. Just keep an eye on it, okay?"
Nathan then lowered his rifle, and sat on the pavement, "I assume your from germany, eh? I am from Russia. Served in the Afgan war til the end. I lost a lot of comrades. Hopefully history won't repeat itself this day,"

[John Richard Wright]

Dr. Z looked at the creature, and suddenly thought of something, "I've just noticed it looks like a bat, could it be some sort of alien bat?", asked the good doctor. "And yes, I am German. How did you guess, other than my accent. And my name. And my gun." Dr. Z said with a small amount of sarcasm.

[Ruskarkand]

The Pseudogiant lay dead on the floor, it's maroon blood strewn about everywhere, in the middle of it's mass was a gaping hole marred with multiple teeth marks, strands of flesh thrown about everywhere, nothing more than an irradiated pile of dead weight.
A smell lingered in the air, it was not of the rotting creature, but something else, and visible in the forest were two bright, white luminescent eyes, staring at the two on the sidewalk next to the Pseudogiant, not really paying much attention to Durzahg.

The creature had fled when the flare was fired into the air, retreating to the forest where it would observe the area, and only come out when he was sure that it was safe.

To announce his presence, he simply let out a feint growl, bearing his teeth towards the two, he did not want the Humans to taint what was left of an exceedingly rare meal, one that he would not pass up for any obstruction.
However, he kept himself concealed beneath the canopy of the forest, his dark scales coating him and blending him in, the only thing visible were the two bright eyes, glowing amidst the Darkness.

He lay there, his instincts were his power, whilst he did recognise the two Humans, his natural sense came about before his choice of 'Friends', and his natural instincts told him that they were a possible threat to his impending survival.

---

Misha let out a sigh, before she rolled over and proceeded to get up.
Where she had been laid down, where the wreckages of two old vehicles, crushed beyond belief, old parts still flaking off of the coat of the Dragoness.
Immediately, a thought crossed her mind, she craned her neck around and looked to Sasha, before speaking to her.
"Sasha, where is Ferdinand?"

She frowned, looking at Misha.
"I don't know, you tell me; he was with you afterall."
Misha looked around before turning around in the street, side swiping a building and destroying it with her tail, rather carelessly.
She seemed to be worried, as she spoke to Sasha quickly.
"I'm going to find him, he can't be far!"

Almost immediately, the Dragoness bounded forward on all fours, before extending both of her wings and taking flight, launching herself into the air.
The search for Ferdinand was on.

---

Lucy smiled to Carl, before she nodded "You're welcome."
The Dragooness looked at the glass, before putting it to her mouth and taking a drink of the vodka inside, then lowering the cup and putting it onto the table.
She simply smirked, but she could hear the feint beating of helicopters in the distance.
The convoy ground to a halt, and outside, an audible yell was heard.

"It's the Military, lights off!"
Immediately, Lucy reached over to the rock and clenched it hard within her claw, the harmless flames dying down, but not going out completely, the small embers peeking through the Dragooness' fingers.

[New Sheoth VI]

"Well agent, correct me if im wrong but i beleive the zone is out of you jurisdiction."

Vinchenzo then forced himself to his feet and pulled out his dagger.

"Heres my kinfe. This is the closest you will get to it. Also speaking of weapons, the male dragon decided to toast mine, so i will be needing a new one."

[Goldsaver]

Solom pulled out his sword.
"Right. Drop the knife. You aren't getting any weapons, that I can assure you. If you don't drop the knife, I'll cut your head off and shit down your neck hole. You come at my, I thrust this sword into your heart. Do not think you can beat me."

[New Sheoth VI]

"So your going to murder me, for defence of another human being. I can see that you beleive in the whole an eye for an eye bull."

Vin fliped the tossed the knife in the air and cought it by the blade.

"I didnt kill that freedomer for no reason. If you didnt jump the gun like you did then i would have my eye-witness. I hope all people from your country arnt so ignorant."

Vin then walked over to Ten and handed him the knife. He then wispered so that Solom wouldnt hear him.

"Dont let that fool get his hands on it."

[Goldsaver]

"Right. Self Defense, with a Sniper Rifle. Tell me, how does that make any fucking sense? Did he look like he was threatening from a mile away? Bullshit. I am not stupid; I know a guilty man when I see it. And no, I would of killed you because you are a danger to just about everyone. Now tell me, why did you really kill him? Do not toss that self defense bullshit, because it is completely untrue. One, you shot him with a Sniper Rifle, not a close range weapon; if you had killed him with your knife, maybe. Two, you are just the level of sociopathy to be willing to kill a person and than completely lie about it. Three, you ran, rather than trying to explain yourself, which in of itself makes it appear you are guilty. "
Solom maintained his stance with his sword.

[New Sheoth VI]

"You sir, have the worst listening skills ever. Let me talk a bit slower. I. Wasnt. Trying. To. Save. Myself. I. Was. Trying. To. Save. Anna. From. The. Freedomer. That. Had. His. Rifle. Trained. On. Her. Then. Your. Tank. Commander. Decided. To. Try. To. Blow. Me. Up. You. Cant. Talk. To. A. Tank. When. Its. Aiming. Its. Main. Gun. At. You. So. I. Followed. My. Training. And. Hid. Did you get all of that or do i have to go slower?"

OOC: i ment to say defence of another human being, not self defence.

[Goldsaver]

"Right, aiming a rifle at a person. More or less a way to cautiously treat someone you do not know the identity of; of course, I don't believe your story in the first place. There are several problems with your story.
One, you say a Freedomer pointed his gun at her; Freedomers do not treat Stalkers with hostility, and more importantly Freedomers travel in squads, meaning anyone you found by themselves would be most likely taking a piss, and would of course point their rifle at anyone approaching out of caution.
Two, you expect me to believe your companion was far enough ahead of you, and that you had your scope trained on the area as the Freedomer pointed his rifle towards her? It simply makes no sense, and what doesn't make sense is certainly bullshit. Knowing you, you probably killed him for shits, or possibly to get supplies."
Solom kept a careful watch on Vinch's facial expressions; unless he was trained to hide lies, unlikely, he would betray his lie in his facial movements.

[Ruskarkand]

The Demon sighed, she knew she had to put a stop to this, these pitiful arguments were whittiling away at the Demon's temper.
She stepped forward, before firmly shouting into the air.

"Stop!"

She execised caution as she proceeded, the wrong words could re-ignite the argument, she had to proceed carefully.
"You are behaving like children, jumping the gun before anything we know is rock solid evidence."
The Demon looked to Solom, before a shroud of realization came over her.

Even she did not know who the real sniper was, she had only wanted revenge against Vinchenzo originially.
It was too late to go back now, she had already drawn attention to herself.
With a gentle sigh, the Demon averted her eyes, addressing the whole group.
"It's difficult for me to say this, but I lied, the sniper is not Vinchenzo, I do not know WHO the sniper was."

She shot a dark look at Vinchenzo.
"And well; I said it was you because evidently, you should never threaten a Demon, especially with as vague a threat of which includes my offspring."
The Demon amplified her glare, swinging her tail around in disgust.
"Consider this a lesson."

Sasha became absent minded, oblivious to the fact that she used a large group of people as her tools of vengence.

[New Sheoth VI]

Vinchenzo looked over to Sasha.

"You...You did that? Well, i deserved it."

He went over to her and extended his hand.

"Friends?"

[Goldsaver]

"Well Vinch, I guess I have to apologize fo- Wait. He SAID he shot the Freedomer, several times infact."

[New Sheoth VI]

'I already told you my reasoning. Me and Anna werent traviling together at that time. I just love to help the ladies. Now lets end this pointless fight, nobody is taking any ground."

[Saurisisia]

Lucy smiled to Carl, before she nodded "You're welcome."
The Dragooness looked at the glass, before putting it to her mouth and taking a drink of the vodka inside, then lowering the cup and putting it onto the table.
She simply smirked, but she could hear the feint beating of helicopters in the distance.
The convoy ground to a halt, and outside, an audible yell was heard.

"It's the Military, lights off!"
Immediately, Lucy reached over to the rock and clenched it hard within her claw, the harmless flames dying down, but not going out completely, the small embers peeking through the Dragooness' fingers.

Smiling and nodding at her, Carl watched the Dragooness take a sip of her Vodka before having another sip of his Whiskey. Just then, he overheard helicopters in the distance, causing the convoy to stop and Lucy to grab the artifact and trying to cover it up with her hands. He frowned and sighed before taking another swig.

[Ruskarkand]

Sasha frowned, before carrying on, targeting Solom.
"You have got me there, but what if he did do it in an act of self defense?"
She put her hands on her hips, swaying her tail to the side, back and forth at a slow pace, indicating she was not in a good mood.

---

The helicopters passed overhead quickly, their rotors chopping intensely, before fading as they disappeared into the night time fog.
The lights of the vehicles came on again, and in the cabin of the supply truck, radio talk was audible.
"Wardog team, take a detour, our scouts have reported a flare, might be worth investigating."

The supply truck revved it's engines once more, before it leaned to the side as a tight turn was made.
Lucy looked out of the back of the Supply truck, she could see the Convoy fading into the background, the only vehicle behind the truck was an M1A2 Abrams tank.
Another voice came from the cabin, from the radio receiver.
"This is Wardog one, we are heading to the Red Forest, we have been tasked with seeking that flare."

Lucy's eyes widened, before she sighed in utter disbelief.
"Leaving Pripyat afterall, fuck me to hell, I thought we avoided this."
She peered out of the back, the vehicle was travelling too fast to jump out of, any attempt would be met with an extremely serious injury, especially since a Tank was trailing just behind the Supply Truck.