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Post by Zephyr Wolf on May 13, 2017 20:13:03 GMT
He sat in the lawn chair he had salvaged from a nearby hardware store, his black fire fox Ember on his lap sleeping and ten horses standing nearby, gently chomping grass. There were also five wolves sitting about in various places, lounging in the sunlight, or playing tag in the open area in front of the Red Stone Inn. He had agreed to meet, but, anticipating the likelihood of a good faith gesture on the part of the Dragoons, he had brought his own, the ten horses, and the five wolves, three of which were mutated that had teeth harder than steel, which had made for a painful introduction on his part. the fact these wolves actually seemed to eat scrap metal amazing him, the two other's mere pups, seemed to be fairly normal, but for the fact their eyes glowed like car headlights... When he heard the sound of approach he signaled the wolves to hide, and the horses came to stand beside him. He also kept his hard to acquire, and even harder to supply, M1 Garand rifle at the ready, in case it either, A, wasn't the group he was expecting, or B, was a plot to double cross him. He only had 25 rounds of ammo, but he wasn't anticipating a large group. Aton Devanu
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Post by Aton Devanu on May 13, 2017 20:34:41 GMT
The trip back home was to fill the truck with things they would be trading it was getting darker and the cornets made sure to hurry up and load the truck, Aton went and made sure to get his arm sewed up and while he was doing that everything else was getting done. He didn't need many men for this group since he had been allowed to use the truck so he would replenish his ranks and again the group of six would ride off however in a different formation this time Aton would be sitting on the top holding his rifle and one would be driving the other five would be surrounding the goods in which they were transporting. The front two cornets had banners wrapped to their rifles and held them high showing the symbol of the Light Dragoons so they would not be mistaken for anything but. The troop would singing trying too cheer themselves up from the combat they had endured prior and the death of friend even as they passed by the elementary school the howls from then could be heard through the entirety of nootau. After not to long the Platoon made it to the area and the man Zepryh came into view. Aton would offer a wave but his gaze would turn toward the wolves that had been moving to hide as they showed up. He was stand up from his seated position and flip of the truck into a twirling frontflip his capoeria kicking in. His men would slam their rifles in the ground in unison and the truck would stop back up turn then pull the backside into view of the man everything was rather silent and held a military precision to it. There was no way of knowing if this was a ambush so Aton approached with a stoic impression and talked In a military precision matching his own decorum. "Major Aton Devanu, Request dogs spoken of through word in paper. We bring in trade, two long bow, 25 4 foot arrows and 50 hunters arrows. Along with this." The back too the van would be opened by a couple of cornets and it would show the inside something Aton had worked on personally, it was a rather large computer comprised of three desktops to make this one which held more space than any normal console and the screen was actually a flat screen along with that it held it's own power source which would run so long as water was kept inside it the working would seem weird and only Aton a technopath could make such a thing. "A computer which should fit what you need, as for knives we chose our own knives we use bowie knives so 25 of though should be good for hunting." Zephyr Wolf
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Post by Zephyr Wolf on May 13, 2017 20:53:18 GMT
Zephyr nodded as they spoke.
"I bring ten horses, guaranteed no mutations. I refreshed their Domestication before you arrived, it should last somewhere between 3 and four weeks, however it wears off slowly, and you will notice it a few days before it fully wears off, if i have arranged a refreshing, you can contact me through the Sparrows."
The new group of message runners, secretly led by Zephyr, but openly led by a man named Roman Aegis. They had recently formed, but were rapidly becoming popular as message runners. Sparrows was fitting, since the reason their messages crossed such large distances was the sparrows Tamed by Zephyr and put to work.
"I also bring a small pack of wolves, mutants, but their domestication was far easier than any other I've done. Three of them seem to consume metal, and absorb it into their bodies, the other two are half yearlings, and produce a moderate electrical charge, roughly the same as a diesel generator, enough to power to say, a hospital or prison electrical system for a few days before they need rest."
He grunted and a walked forward, heedless of any weapons pointed at him. He wasn't immortal, but if he died, all the animals he had domesticated would turn violent. All of them.
"I'm not such a fan of formality, and yelling makes my throat sore. I went through a lot of pain for those horses, if you think being shot is painful try being stomped into the ground by a herd of pissed off Maras infected horses. If I hadn't brought a friend, I'd be dead. I have to touch the animal for my power to work."
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Post by Aton Devanu on May 13, 2017 22:01:57 GMT
Aton would think for a moment he didn't care that this man had nearly died doing his job, it was something he agreed to do so it was expected of him he should not have agreed if he felt he could not go all the way with the endeavour, however Aton likewise saw a beneficial moment.
"If you are having trouble with animals we can help you in protection, when you need it for certain jobs. But formality aside i would like to discuss acquiring the wolves and 4 horses."
Aton figured if he could not supply all of his men with horses then he at least would make sure his officers were not faced with the burden of walking when out on patrol. He would walk past the man and move toward the horses making sure to look them over they were none mutated with was extremely rare and that meant even when the effects of this man's power wore off Aton and his men could simply tame the beast the normal way without having to forgo supplying this man another round for the same thing. It was something to thing about in the next 3 weeks and after giving the horses a thorough look over he would pick out the four he intended to keep if the deal went through.
"So do we have a deal?"
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Post by Zephyr Wolf on May 13, 2017 22:22:53 GMT
Zephyr shook his head.
"More people would be worse. Besides, i doubt you want your normal folks going where i go to get these animals. Only herd of horses lives in a small valley, the valley itself is pretty low on Maras, but the area around it? Well, lets just say i had to avoid what looked like a cross between a crocodile, a crab, an octopus and a scorpion. Not pretty to look at, and it killed and ate a brown bear with no trouble at all. Chances are anyone not already affected by Maras would find themselves growing an extra leg if they went with me."
He looked over the computer himself, while they inspected the horses. While the horses lacked mutations now, given the Maras they had passed through to get here, they might mutate later, or their offspring might mutate.
"We have a deal, however, you take all five horses, i don't have the supplies for a horse, and I'm not making an extra trip to the valley. As for the wolves, no additional cost for them, consider it a good faith gesture, and an insurance policy, not that i think you would try to betray me or anything, but, I've been stabbed in the back too many times. They will defend you as if you were of their own, but if you double cross me, they will go for you."
His tone was casual but there was a hint of chill to it. He had been betrayed often, both before and after Madman, and while he gave many the benefit of the doubt, he always took precautions, but he never lied about it.
"Now then, since business is out of the way, i have a more personal request. I need a map of the nearest large city with a fully stocked beauty parlor."
No need to mention he was looking for gifts for a certain young lady he met in the woods.
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Post by Aton Devanu on May 14, 2017 23:19:14 GMT
Well that was good he ended up with more than he wanted and with a small leap he would jump up and on to the horse there was no saddle so he would grip the hair on it's neck in a motion to lead it as he gently pressed his heels too the side of the horse it would slowly take a few steps forward and now Aton would be looking down at Zepryh with a smile from the acceptance of the deal. The men would instead of pulling the things out of the van would put everything back inside and Aton would rub his chin as he pondered the thought of a map of the nearest largest city. That was Nootau and something of such would extremely rare and as such there was no way Aton would be hand in one over to a mutant living on the outskirts of town.
"We don't, deal in maps."
He put it bluntly as possible and tossed the keys to the van to the man. His cornets would gather the horses and ride them followed by the horses they would leave the area allowing nothing else to be said for the time being.
[EXIT]
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