OOC: "He found his aroma had a certain appeal/he could clear the savannah after every meal..."

BIC:

"I was more worried about you. When I saw that big explosion, I thought..."

"Don't worry babe, only the good die young... People like me, we'll be around forever. Listen, Steph, I think it's time you knew the truth"

"Actually... I used to be a Inner Sphere agent. I was from the Gilgamesh Division, essentially a super-soldier program aimed at producing troops that would outperform Clan truebirths. I was trained to kill, maim and destroy since the age of four, and it was only because of someone very close to me that I managed to break away from them."

"Now, however, a woman called Danae is after me. Danae is - was from Gilgamesh, just like me, but she's better at what she does. I was the prototype for all their experiments. She... she was their magnum opus. When I left the Inner Sphere, they programmed her to kill me and everyone I might have told about Gilgamesh. However, they didn't word it carefully enough, and she killed her creators before going after me. "

He took a deep breath. This is it, he thought.

"The reason I'm telling you this is because Danae is sadistic, intelligent and dangerous... and because of that I lost someone very important to me. The reason I'm telling you that is because..."

There was a lump in his throat. He felt his face getting hotter.

"...It's because you remind me of her. I didn't want to get you involved in this, so I tried to lose you when we got on the planet. But when you've lost everything, when you have nowhere to go... All you have are memories... and I guess I couldn't let the memory of her go."

He smiled, and wiped away an errant tear that had crept down his cheek.

"I'm sorry. I've said too much. Are you at the plaza yet?"

"Listen, Steph, I think it's time you knew the truth"

"The truth..?" She whispered to herself.

She hardly could believe all that he was telling her. She had once heard a small rumor about a place that was working on a 'super' human so to speak, but she had just passed it off as being nothing more than a hoax. After all, nothing could compare to the Clanners.

"Danae..." She shuddered a bit at the way he spoke of her and how horrible she was. How could he have possibly been like that? There was no way...

Stephanie grew very silent as he went on to tell her why he had left her behind.

He was worried... worried that this Danae might find me and...

She cringed at the thought. She didn't even want to begin to imagine what this woman was capable of doing to her if all that he was telling her was the truth.

She was almost afraid to go to him now. Afraid that the one who was after him would find her...

Her mind was made up though. She had to go to him; to be with him. Ryan was right earlier. She couldn't just bottle up and hide everything from Virgil.

"Are you at the plaza yet?"

There was a minute or two of silence as she just sat there in thought. Finally she snapped out of it and leaned forward, brushing aside her hair as she looked through the windshield. "Not yet, but I think I see where it is up ahead. There's a really big statue right?"

OOC: Gato post already man! Im getting bored. So much so that I've been doing Card Avatars for other people!

OOC: Doesn't Gato have finals too?

There was silence for a while, and Virgil began to think that he had blown it, that he had really scared her away.

"I think I see where it is up ahead. There's a really big statue right?"

"Yeah. Turn right from there and look for Rasalhague Avenue. It should be on the same side of the road as the Nova Cat Embassy. Drive slowly - take your time."

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I think he said he did, but with the fact that finals aren't done on Saturdays (at least to MY knowledge ^^; ) he and all the other finals students should be coming back here soonlike.
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"Right.." Stephanie gave a nod, continuing to keep the comlink on as she turned to Ryan.

"Okay, we'll need to slow down now and once we get up to the statue make a right. Keep a look out for Rasalhague Avenue. Just drive slow..." She said it twice to make it doubly clear that they didn't need to drive fast through here, most likely to avoid being seen as a threat considering they were going to be going right passed the Nova Cat Embassy.

Her attention returned to the comlink again. Once again she was silent, unsure of what to say.

Tell him how you feel.

She shook her head.

I can't.. not right now anyways.

She argued with herself for a few minutes before finally speaking, her voice a bit shaky from nervousness.

"Virgil, I... just want you to know..." She stopped herself again.

Wait until you're there with him.

"... I'll be there soon. If you want, I can go ahead and let you go. I think we can make it from here and..." She tried to keep a professional type sound in her voice, though he could have still heard the trembling in it anyway. "..we wouldn't want anyone tracking our signals. I don't want to end up leading her right to you."

"I... understand. I'll leave a broken bottle outside the place. Good luck."

Virgil clicked the comlink off, and silently wondered what he was getting himself into.

I can't hide them... So the next best thing is to protect them... She would have raised too many eyebrows trying to find me. Then the shit would really have hit the fan.

Virgil grabbed a half-empty bottle of tequila that had been lying on the counter. He sniffed it, wrinkled his nsoe, then downed it anyway. Then, he staggered out to the door and smashed it on the sidewalk, in plain view of the road. Then, still pretending drunkenness, he lolled back in and collapsed into a sofa.

Stephanie... Please be alright...

Stephanie still held the comlink to her ear, even after hearing the click as Virgil had turned his off. Her hand finally slumped down, tossing the comlink back between herself and Ryan.

Her eyes shut, and for a moment she looked like she was just going to break down right there.

Instead, she turned in her seat so that she'd be able to see both Ryan and Scott. "Alright." Stephanie started again with that tone to insure that they would believe that she wasn't worried about a thing.

"Once we make this turn, we are specifically going to be looking for a bottle." She got a couple of odd looks. "There will be a broken bottle out in front of where Virgil is at right now. I want us to park a street or two down, and from there make our way back to where he's at."

She didn't want to try to explain to them that besides the Clanners they might have to deal with, there was also some psychotic bitch that was out to kill Virgil and anyone affiliated with him.

He told me about Gilgamesh... does that mean she'll.. kill me too? No way... she wouldn't have known that we've been talking.

[OOC]study study study[OOC]

Tenjin re-enters the room after taking on his comlink. "Well, it is not like i am trying to avoid her. It is just the fact that i am still in the rangers and she is not."

Isis grinned evilly, "Oh yea? Then how do you explain away the fact that you could have become a loremaster by now too?" Isis looks at Tenjin, "He has been putting off that transfer of duty for about a year now." Turns back to Gerek, "But she has you now. Remember how she said we have free run of the embassy?"

Gerek glared at Isis, Of course, i know what she means by that. That's why i am going out the front window." Gerek points toward a window overlooking Rasalhague Square. "Anyone want to come with?"

Scott looked at the depressed woman in the front seat. "You seem depressed." He but on a grim face. "I'll tell you a tale that might help you out. It is all I can remember, and is what happened to me for the past few days.

“I awoke a few days ago in an alley. A little girl was there, asking me my name and offering me a piece of bread. I said my name was Scott, but that's all I remember. She smiled, told me her name was Maria, and led me to her little shack. As it turns out, she was a stranded, orphaned child, and was happy to have company.

“I asked several questions, like what this place was, and why I was here, but being an innocent child, she could only tell me this was a clanner home world, and was surprised I didn't know. I told her I have no memories, no past. She didn't understand. I'm surprised myself that I know all these objects, but can't name faces, like that we’re in a car, but I don’t know who you are. She gave me that comlink” Scott pointed at the little gadget on the dashboard. “I don’t know how she managed to get it, though…

"As we were talking, a man with a gun busted into the shack, grabbed the Maria, and put his pistol to her head. ‘Give up, I found you.’ the man said with a wicked grin. ‘Once I turn you in, I'll get that promotion I need!’

“'Who are you? Why are you going to hurt her?’ I said, surprised at this intruder. He only replied "Come with me, or I'll kill her," still with that wicked grin.

"’Why? How can I trust you?’ I exclaimed.

"’Too late. Heh heh...’ A bullet shot rang through the shed.

“He shot her right in the head. The poor girl, she had her whole life ahead of her...

“I could feel rage building inside me, like an eternal flame that has existed long before I came to consciousness. I gritted my teeth, and yelled ‘Why did you do that!? She's only an innocent girl!’ He was apparently scared. I could see my reflection in his glasses, with a hue of flame burning around me. ‘WHY!?’

“I ran up before he could respond, grabbed him and threw him into the opposite wall of the alley, outside the shed. It started to rain. I could hear the rolling thunder, and see the lightning in the distance.

“I grabbed him by his neck. ‘WHY!?’

“‘I-it was only or-orders! I had to!’ he stammered. I threw him into a dumpster, badly denting it. ‘I'll find out why you want me. I'll find out why I'm important enough to kill a girl over.’ I noticed a ‘clan logo’ tattooed on his arm underneath his ripped jacket. ‘I'm going to make your organization's life miserable.’

“I took his pistol and knocked him out. I dropped the gun and started to run, tears slowly filling my eyes. He killed her, I thought, only because he was under orders? What kind of place is this? While I was deep in thought, still running, I tripped over some garbage and hit my head on another dumpster. All went black.

“When I woke up, I found myself in the same alley by that store. I quietly swore to myself then: "I'll never be like those people. I will not kill. I will not be a coward.’ I clenched my fist. “I won’t let another innocent die again! I owe it to that girl to do so…

“I then went into the store to see what I could find, as I was still hungry. I guess I chose the wrong store, seeing that it had electronics, not food. That’s when I saw you talking to the cashier, and I was hoping I could brighten up your day.” Scott shrugged. “I guess I only brought more trouble.

"Take some solace in knowing you have a past, because mine doesn't even exist...”

Maria...

Stephanie almost wanted to cry as he told his story. It was so terrible... him not knowing where he was, and the one person that he did know and care about was killed right in front of him.

She picked up the comlink, handing it back to him. "This is yours." If she had known in the first place the sentimental value it had, she would have probably just turned down his offer and searched for another somewhere else.

"And.. you haven't been any trouble to us. You did us a great favor by allowing us to borrow your comlink... Even if Ryan did kind of knock you out to get it. The trouble we're in, well, we pretty much caused it ourselves."

"You see, me and Ryan both used to work for our government. I was, I guess you could call me a spy. But the mission I was on went completely wrong, and now just about everyone wants me dead for one reason or another. Ryan had similar circumstances."

She stopped long enough to glance around outside, being on the lookout for the broken bottle.

"Our only chance to survive all of this now is in the hands of the people that we're traveling with... Virgil being one of them."

Even so, I'm still afraid of what might happen if the person who's after Virgil finds out about us...