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Post by Lotus Karan on May 31, 2015 4:03:24 GMT
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"You're in this mission because you are one of the regular soldiers who can help battle on the level of the counsellors. Granted, it's more due to your fangs tha--"
"Cut the crap... What's my assignment?"
"You're one of the soldiers posted at the Newhaven Ball to take down anyone you suspect as being part of rebel group Spectre. Break up any funny business. Use deadly force if you have to."
"Why the hell should I go to some stupid ball?"
"Free food."
"...Fine. I'll go. I'll do my job; as long as I can attend just as naturally as anyone else."
"You may. Just do your job when the need arises."
"Yes sir..."
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Lotus was dressed up in standard-issue uniform just like any other soldier posted there on watch. However, while most soldiers were posted and doing their duties, Lotus was off looking for good food; she had received a plate of unusually large amounts of food, mostly a mixutre of everything that was available at the ball, before returning to her post with her plate and eating her food rather loudly. It would be very distracting for other guards and it could attract attention from pretty much anyone present. "Wow. This is great!" she said to herself.
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Post by Bernard Goldsmith on Jun 1, 2015 3:59:04 GMT
After the battle, Bernard decided it was finally time to get some food himself. He had his heart set on the more expensive dishes, things common people might not have a pallet for. Capers and caviar, that sort of rich man’s dish thing.
However, he spotted a peculiar sight. Or, rather, heard it.
After the battle, he’d gotten out CJ. The little sableye made a clearly disgusted clicking noise whereas Bernard seemed upset with the same thing. Whose soldier was this? Why were they allowing her to act so uncouth! Disgusting, simply disgusting! The least she could do was not smack! Was she starved? She was a little on the skinny side, maybe she was… All the more reason to ask!
Stepping towards the girl, Bernard swore he’d seen her somewhere before. He felt like he’d remember someone this… this before.
“Where are you from?”
Had she been stationed at Whitecoast at some point? No, not if it was within the last ten years since he’d kept up with who patrol his city since even before he was the true heir or Lord, and she didn’t look old enough to be from before then.
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Post by Lotus Karan on Jun 1, 2015 4:26:12 GMT
Lotus was happily and rather ravenously devouring her meal, enjoying the night while looking about from her post intermittently to eye any other suspicious persons and other individuals. However she eventually began to hear footprints - a man with his Sableye began to approach her. The first thing the man asked her was where she was from. The man also seemed dismayed, and she noticed the Sableye was making clicking noises. Lotus just gave the man a bit of a scowl, even when she realized she was addressing one of the Nobles of the Empire. Mister Goldsmith, she remembered the name from one of her superiors who told her it was of utmost importance to be loyal to them. "I'm from Valedge, why do you care, Noble?" Lotus answered, admittedly a bit more snarkily than she intended it to.
"Was stationed there too, before I got put on this mission. I thought it was pointless, but hell, I can't say no to free food." Lotus said, nodding to herself. She didn't sound as hostile as she did moments ago but she seemed perpetually annoyed at something.
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Post by Bernard Goldsmith on Jun 1, 2015 17:27:48 GMT
Was she scowling at him? To be disgraced once was intolerable; it was only because a Counselor encouraged it that he even resisted retaliating, but to have this mere soldier…!
“Because you’re about ready for a bit of straightening up and I just needed to know who I should let know after the fact,” he spat, clearly tensing. Temper, temper. His lip curled into what might pass for more of a snarl than a frown. “You clearly need to learn to watch your tongue. And, eat like you’re civilized!” he commanded.
He hesitated. “… you are being fed properly, though, correct?” As much as she was in need of some proper schooling—what an undisciplined beast stood before him!—if she wasn’t having her needs attended to he had half a mind to simply take her off the Valedge Noble’s hands. Loyalty was to be rewarded, after all. If her attitude came from a lack of trust her superiors would tend to her needs and hunger, he could forgive this.
But only if that were true. She still needed some refining, he decided. "What's your name and rank?" She better not be a captain.
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Post by Lotus Karan on Jun 2, 2015 6:40:57 GMT
Lotus just stared at the Noble after he tensed, exclaiming that she needed some straightening up. And that she needed to watch her tongue. And eat like she was civilized. Lotus just shrugged. "I'm being fed properly. Sir. The only reason why I agreed to be part of the guard here was for the food that my superiors said I could take," Lotus grinned almost devilishly. Then, the Noble asked her for her name and rank.
"Heh, Noble, don't you know... Name's Lotus. Lotus Karan. I'm just a low-ranking soldier. But I could probably break your spine with my bare hands if I wanted to," Lotus said rather coldly. She didn't appreciate the way the Noble seemed to be judging her from the way she was eating her food. Sure, she might seem uncivilized in his eyes, but she was hungry! She couldn't help it. Besides, it's not his business. Her superiors treated her with respect no matter how she carried herself, because Lotus knew they gave her what she wanted and that they recognized her rage-powered strength.
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Post by Bernard Goldsmith on Jun 3, 2015 14:35:27 GMT
That was the only reason?
See, it was things like this that affirmed for Bernard that you should treat people how they acted. If they were refined and civil, due respect should be given. But, since this girl wanted to behave like a dog…
When she growled, threatened, him… Well—
His hand raised quick as lightning and would be down upon her just as swiftly. Her cheek he’d crash into with the back of his hands, knuckles likely to land upon the edge of the bones which protect her eye if she didn’t dodge, if she proved to just be a low ranking soldier.
They’d garner attention. Plenty. For a moment. Then people would move on. It was just a Noble disciplining a soldier, after all.
--Bernard was rather infamous for his disciplinary ways. If this mere Lotus Karan—why should he know her name when she was a grunt, blessed enough that the Empire should give her a pokemon, a place of power, food—knew he was a Noble, was aware of the fine things he handled and the tight ship he ran…
Then why did the little fool continue to run her mouth like that?
“Hit me back, and I’ll drag you down to whatever passes for a jail cell here,” he warned, certain she didn’t know how things worked. Who trained her? He’d have a talk with them and the Valedge Noble. “I suppose no one’s ever sat you down to explain how things work, but you’re entirely too far beneath me to go threatening me, even if it’s just to explain your ‘power’.” And, really, could she break his spine? He was huge. Bones were some of the most capable and sturdy materials on earth! And, with her bare hands! What a laugh.
But, there was no mirth in his cold blue eyes.
Most of the crowd went on about their business. They knew how the Empire worked. A few gawked but didn’t dare intervene. Goldsmith was one of the least treacherous Nobles, one of the least likely to randomly whirl upon another for the sake of it, but when his temper was tested…
If his aim struck true, the bruise upon the girl’s cheek would be all the evidence required.
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Post by Lotus Karan on Jun 3, 2015 14:48:55 GMT
Lotus just stared back at Bernard as he raised his hand quickly. She wasn't going to necessarily back down from such treatment, even if it was from a superior. However, she realized that if she fought back, perhaps it would result in something worse. She cared that she was slighted by someone who was apparently woefully unaware of her reputation, and sometime in the future she would swear she would get back at him for such a display of debauchery. However, now was not the time and place. He threatened disciplinary action, something that Lotus was particularly used to by now. She simply stood there and let him smack her with his hand. If there was a bruise upon Lotus' cheek after the encounter, she didn't notice. And she particularly didn't care. She didn't inch a foot, though she almost dropped the plate she was holding - some of the food on the plate fell to the ground as she felt the impact of Bernard's hand on her cheek.
She felt quite a bit of pain but it didn't show in her face. She had felt much worse before. "You win this time, Noble. But you won't have any form of control over me if you treat me this way. Disciplinary action? What a joke. That was more like a slap on the wrist. Even when I was in the Academy, those magnificent bastards you called Instructors hit harder."
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Post by Bernard Goldsmith on Jun 5, 2015 21:04:33 GMT
His head tilted. Eyes narrowed, lips pursed, mind whirred. She reminded him of that one soldier, the one he dueled, the one who put the scar in his side.
No control over her?
Others were hearing this, had heard this, had seen it all happen. And, she was going to proclaim that anyway.
He had a bit to say, yes, but he heard enough to make his decision.
“You—“ he spoke shortly, no longer paying the soldier any mind. He’d seek out her superior. “Clean this up.” He was speaking now to a custodial servant. The woman seemed hesitant, having seen the confrontation. Maybe she was aware of how both were.
To be caught between two snarling dogs was probably a terrifying situation for such a meek little mouse.
“You,” he commanded, flicking his wrists. “You. You. Follow me.” Witnesses.
He gave Lotus no bow nor a dismissal. He merely turned his back to her and walked away.
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Post by Lotus Karan on Jun 6, 2015 12:36:22 GMT
"Stupid fool," Lotus muttered behind his back as he left her field of vision, taking with him a couple of witnesses, presumably to report her, but Lotus didn't really know much better. "Well, whatever. Even if he finds a way to get me to leave, it's not like I lose anything out of it. Plus, it'll be easier for me to get my revenge. Who does he think he is? Does he not know how to get me to do things for the glorious Empire? It's almost as if he was woefully ignorant of my reputation" Lotus groaned as she slowly stepped away to give way to any passersby. People who had watched the scene were met by a scowl from the soldier, clearly irritated that the Noble had the gall to scold her publicly like that.
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