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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 27, 2010 22:55:12 GMT -5
Adrian sat on the edge of the city's clock tower, he was watching the people down below scurry about. He wasn’t alone, Zeke, he only true friend was up there with him. They both worked for The Authority, it was this high-powered group, rich and intelligent, not much was known about the group other than the fact that they hired people like himself and Zeke to keep an eye on the citizens. Why? Adrian had no idea, he was suspicious, what did the Authority have to be paranoid about?
The city looked old, the buildings had no color and there was a lot of rubble from a big fight decades ago. Adrian leaned his head against the wall of the rather large tower; his eyes were closed in content, “Hey, Zeke they are hiring more people to work for The Authority, what it is they call us? Oh, L’Effort. What does that even mean?” He asked calmly. Zeke dog-eared his book, “It is French for The Effort, don’t ask me why they call us that or why they use it in French.” He replied looking down at his friend. Adrian nodded, “Yeah, anyways they are looking for more people to join L’Effort.” He said, his voice changing when he pronounced The Effort. “Whatever, I wish them luck; it’s not exactly easy to get in.” He stood up and crossed his arms, still confused. “It’s just so weird, all the secrets and now they need more people, more protection, from what exactly?” He asked looking over at his stoic friend.
“Don’t pry.” Zeke snapped, his cold stare landing on Adrian, “If you pry they will kill you, you may work for The Authority but they sure as hell won’t ever protect you, or any of us workers for that matter. We are disposable to them, nothing but trash. Who knows they might in fact be getting new people, ignorant people to replace us.” Zeke explained, staring blankly into the crowd of people. Adrian shook his head, “That’s insane, why would they have such dark intentions?!” Adrian snapped back, unwilling to believe, or even think of the possibility that Zeke was right.
Zeke flipped to a page in his deep red book, he brushed his hair from his face to read,
’ Creativity - like human life itself - begins in darkness…’
Adrian shook his head and snatched the book from his friend, “Stop reading this shit, it doesn’t help, I think it’s making you paranoid.” Adrian told him, “We need to get back and have a look at the possibilities, hey, maybe we’ll find some woman in need of comfort from all the stress this job’ll bring.” Adrian stated, smirking. He opened a door on the side of the tower, dropping the book on a table. He quickly left the building with Zeke following.
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Post by Koops on Jul 27, 2010 23:12:14 GMT -5
Valkyrie walked through the streets, her back straight and her black eyes tired and bored. She was working, on patrol actually and monitoring everything that was going on. It seemed stupid to be doing this of course, but she never questioned anything, never queried about anything because it wasn't in her rights. And she knew for a fact that if she asked anything, or even tried to figure out any of there secrets then she'd either get locked away or killed, she bet she'd be killed.
The woman yawned and rubbed her eyes a little bit and then straightened herself out, she looked up at the clock tower and hummed, it was time to finish working, she had to go and check herself out though. Her shoulders slouched and she walked off in the same direction that Adrian and Zeke were heading in. She hummed under her breath and then whistled, trailing off, her eyelids lowering. Damn, was she bored out of her bloody mind.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 0:01:56 GMT -5
Zeke stopped Adrian from entering the building, "Wait." He ordered, holding his hand against Adrian's chest to stop him from moving forward. Adrian yawned, "What?" He questioned, glancing around. "We aren't really needed, why don't we just go somewhere to eat and drink, let's just get wasted tonight." Zeke offered. Adrian laughed and patted his friend on the shoulder, "Man, you just get weirder and weirder." He chuckled and entered the building. Zeke knew when to listen to his gut feeling, an ability Adrian did not possess.
Zeke sighed, he really did not want to enter. He looked around, looking for some escape. The stoic man noticed Valkyrie, normally citizens steered clear of this building, even those in desperate need of help were not supposed to come here, it was risky, they might see something. "Hey." Zeke called over to Valkyrie, motioning her to come over, "Do you work for Authority?" He asked.
Adrian didn't take notice at first but it became clear the Authority wasn't hiring more people for The Effort. There was a small group of people whispering in the corner. Adrian wanted to go over and ask where the possibles were but he knew better. The leader of the small group took notice to Adrian, "Hey you! Are you here to report a finding of some kind?" Adrian shook his head, "I heard we were hiring more people for The Effort, just came to check it out." He explained, 'Who is the creep?' Adrian had never seen him before. The male grunted, "Well now that you came, go." He snapped, spit flying from his mouth.
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Post by Koops on Jul 28, 2010 0:18:54 GMT -5
Her eyes looked up and over and she nodded her head slowly. "Yes, I work for The Authority... Wait, don't tell me... You work for them to, don't you?" Valkyrie answered, tone completely covered in sarcasm. She stopped in front of him, her hands in her pockets, her eyes on him and a smirk on her lips. Her eyes went toward the door. "You look unsettled over something, is there something going on in there?" She asked him, head tilted back slightly as she waited for answers.
Valkyrie didn't usually come here often, but she'd heard about the whole The Effort thing and had sort of wanted to go and check it out. Also she'd had to turn some reports in but that wans't to important to her. She had a feeling that she'd wasted her time in walking over there though.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 1:18:56 GMT -5
Zeke didn't care much for her sarcasm, "I also work here." He stated not telling her why he felt so unsettled.
Adrian left the building, he smirked at Valkyrie, "Oh, so you did find some cutie." He crossed his arms, "I'm Adrian, an I'd hate to brag but I am part of Effort." He told herself, using his thumb to point at himself. Zeke rolled his eyes, his friend was being an idiot. "She works with Effort too." Well that ruined the mood. Adrian frowned, "Oh, well never mind then. Anyways, there are no people being hired for Effort, there was a small group, scientists I think." Adrian told Zeke, not taking much notice to Valkyrie. Zeke blinked, "Scientists? Some sort of pro-" Zeke's statement was interrupted by a loud explosion.
Adrian snapped his head in the direction of the noise, the area that was hit had a dark cloud of ash. A bomb hadn't gone off in this city in years. Adrian could hear screams and soon, silence, then Authority. Authority was calling everyone in the Effort to go to the middle of the city immediately. Adrian glanced at Valkyrie then to Zeke before taking off.
The church had been hit, kids would go there to play while their parents prayed. Just about everyone went there for some reason, woman, even atheists, would go just to see the garden. All of that was now gone. Bodies littered the ground, little kids stood crying by their dead parents. Adrian felt his head spinning, all these little kids, crying, looking for help, needing help, hoping for help. Adrian stumbled backwards, what did Authority expect them to do?
A little boy cried and hugged his toy tighter, "Mommy!" He cried, his teary blue eyes landed on Valkyrie, "Help me! My mommy! She's not moving!" He cried,
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Post by Koops on Jul 28, 2010 1:29:04 GMT -5
Valkyrie had been going to respond to Adrian until the bomb had gone off, then she'd ran as fast as she could to the scene to see what was going on. She stared at the destruction and then down at the little child, feeling her heart almost ready to break for the young boy. The girl walked forward and kneeled down in front of him, wiping his eyes of tears and storking his hair. "I'm so sorry." She whispered and gave him a hug filled with sympathy, she knew what death was like, she knew what it felt like to lose someone and not understand it.
Finally she let go and stood up. "We've got to get all of the kids and the survivors out of here." Valkyrie said firmly and then started to looked at the bodies, trying to find the ones that were only wounded and could still be saved. "Someone gets these kids out of here!" She finally snapped out once she saw some people just standing there like idiots. The female began to tell the children to go and find their friends or any relatives or something so that they'd just leave and stop looking at all of this carnage.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 13:20:18 GMT -5
Hearing Valkryie yell snapped Adrian back into reality. He was telling all the children to get out of here and head to the town’s “safe house.” It was a building that children went to when destruction hit, their parents are supposed to find them there. Adrian honestly didn’t understand what Authority wanted them to do, move the bodies? If so, then where? There were so many.
By the end of the day it seemed most of the survivors were out of the area. A booming voice surrounded the city, “Effort!” The male yelled, “Report back to my office!” The voice commanded. That man was the leader if Effort, and the closest male to Authority, he was their connection to Effort. His office was in the building from before.
Zeke noticed Valkyrie, he walked up to her, he felt comfortable around her, not in a liking sort of way but she reminded him of someone. Adrian approached them, he was paler than usual. “All those kids, the orphanage has no more room.” He sighed, this was so frustrating.
Back at the office the alcoholic man slammed his glass onto the desk, “What the hell just happened!?” He screamed as he looked at the faces of Effort. One brave man coughed and spoke up,
“Sir, we have no idea, it could be an outside source trying to destroy the city and Authority. It could have been a person on the inside, you know, in Effort or…Authority.” Oh, brave yet stupid man. The Boss threw he drink at the wall, shattering the glass, “How dare you! That’s blasphemy!” The man screamed, walking and standing in front of the man. The boss was short and he compensated for his shortness by having a rotten attitude.
“You are done here.” He told the man calmly. It was freaky, he switched to being royally pissed to calm within seconds, that wasn’t good. Adrian made eye contact with Zeke; they would never see that man again. The male nodded, his normally straight face changed into fear for a split second. Adrian was going to say something but a hand on his arm stopped him.
After the man left the Boss went to the corner to get another drink, scotch. “Valkyrie!” He called, there were few women in Effort. He had been too busy screaming to check and make sure if she was among the group, he knew two other women hadn’t show up, he would talk to them later.
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Post by Koops on Jul 28, 2010 13:30:41 GMT -5
Valkyrie had been listening to the Boss screaming at them, watching him throw things and then yell at the poor man that was most likely going to get terminated. When the man had left her shoulders had slackened and she'd gone back to thinking about what had happened, also wondering if it was someone from the inside that could have done this.
The woman flinched when her name was called and sucked in a deep breath, straightening up the best she could. "Yes sir?" Valkyrie replied obediently, watching the man, her eyes never straying from him. She wasn't afraid of much, but she was definitly afraid of this man, she clenched and unclenched her fists while watching.
Vaguely she wondered what he was going to say to her, maybe she'd done something wrong, she was't entirely sure though. She re-thought about her days work and licked her lips, she was prone to being a little lazy and slow on patrol jobs, but she didn't figure anyone would care much about that, especially after having worked with these people for quite a while.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 13:44:26 GMT -5
The boss stared at her, his eyes looked her up and down, "Are you sure you want to work for Effort? I can find better work for you." He smirked and took a drink of his scotch. Adrian glanced at her and resisted chuckling, Boss had a hard on for this woman. The thought kpet running through his mind, 'Boss has a boner for her, I had no idea he could even GET one.' Adrian did let a chuckle slip past his mouth, luckily Zeke stomped on his foot, putting him back in line.
"Something funny Adrian." He slurred, Adrian shook his head, "No sir." Boss nodded and walked over to the three, standing in front of Valkyrie, "So, are you willing to take me up on my offer?" He asked her, wiggling his eyebrows. Even if she said no Boss could not have her killed off because she was doing nothing to threaten Authority, Boss knew this, but he hoped she didn't.
Boss was a short and husky man. His hair was thining and he had a stubble of hair on his chin. The only reason he worked directly under Authority was because of the money and he was an idiot, he never asked questions.
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Post by Koops on Jul 28, 2010 13:55:03 GMT -5
She stared at her, her eyebrow discretely twitching as she tried hard not to burst out into hysterical laughter. Well that had been a shocker, honestly not what she'd been expecting at all. Hearing Adrian laugh a little she looked at him and then bit down on her tongue, her cheeks a little red.
Valkyrie stared back at her boss, her face straight as she suddenly realized how big this offer actually was and if she refused what might happen. Her eyes narrowed at the possibilities and then she shook her head slightly. Even if he could kill her off she wasn't going to just say yes and let herself become his whore or something or other. "That's very nice of you, sir. But I really like working for Effort, thank you though." She refused him calmly and seriously, her mouth feeling rather dry.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 14:56:25 GMT -5
Boss's face turned red and he cleared his throat, "Well then, fine." He stated firmly, "Maybe next time." He stated before going back into his angry state. "There is a huge mess to clean up and I would like it if you two started at the church. Clean up the bodies and the rubble." He ordered pointing at Arian and Valkyrie. Adrian mentally groaned, 'Clean up the bodies, where are we supposed to put them?' He just nodded and left the room, waiting for Valkyrie outside it.
Boss looked at the other men, "Go to the other stores and buildings nearby and do the same. Zeke and you two." He stated, pointing to two other men, "Go to the Safe House, see what can be done with all the children." He ordered and recieved a few 'Yes sirs.' Zeke sighed, the children, the Orphanage could only take about twenty more children and he was guessing there was more than thirty without parents.
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Post by Koops on Jul 28, 2010 15:05:34 GMT -5
She followed Adrian outside and walked over to him. "Well, that was pleasant." Valkyrie laughed and walked on past him, heading for the church. "So, your name is Adrian, eh? As you know by this point my name is Valkyrie, I also work for the same people you do and that man scares the hell out of me." The woman said, her hands in her pockets. "It's nice ot finally have a little time to talk to you, this day has been quite eventful." Valkyrie looked at him from over her shoulder, smirking lazily.
Her head turned away again and she kept on heading down the road. "What the hell are we supposed to do with the bodies..." She trailed, thinking along the same lines that Adrian was.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 15:20:44 GMT -5
Adrian nodded chuckling, "Gosh I almost blew up. I never thought that man could get a boner. Imagine what he does at night!" Adrian started laughing, he wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes. "Hey, are you alright, mentally I mean, do you need to go see a therapist after that little encounter?" He asked jokingly. After he calmed down he weas able to focus, "I wouild say throw them into the ocean but then the water would become contaminated." He really had no idea what to do with them. He stared down at one body, her eyes were open, that always gave him the chills. Adrian bent over to shut her eyes.
"I guess we can move them on the shore in front of the ocean and cover them. Something weird is supposed to happen tomorrow night, with the moon and stuff. I've been told the the dead will be able to disappear, something along the lines of "cleaning up the earth," it happens once every couple of years." Adrian explained, "I've never seen it." He finished, picking up some rubble and moving it into a pile. "So Valkyrie, any special powers?" He asked, procrastinating. Adrian hated cleaning up, in fact he'd do just about anything to avoid it. He sat on a large piece of rubble, thinking up some questions. "How long have you been working for Effort? Did you ever visit the church? Have you been stunned by my natural beauty yet?" He asked, his last question was a joke but he still wanted it answered.
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Post by Koops on Jul 28, 2010 15:36:50 GMT -5
She laughed along with him, grinning from ear to ear in immense amusement. Valkyrie wasn't mentally scarred, she wasn't even really grossed out, it was nearly flattering being hit on by the Boss, even though he was a little creep. "So to the seashore I suppose." She finally muttered, leaning over a body and looking it over, she touched the persons face, scratching off some dried blood and softly sighing. "I've never seen that happen either, maybe tomorrow we should watch, might be interesting." Valkyrie suggested and looked at Adrian.
"Oh, so many questions." She commented teasingly and moved some rubble into a pile. "No powers, sorry. I've worked for the Effort for a while, I never went to church, I didn't want to be involved in such things, and no, I haven't been stunned by your natural beauty yet, have you been stunned by mine?" Valkyrie winked at him and gave him a jokingly sexy look before laughing again.
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Post by Ttoraie on Jul 28, 2010 16:00:43 GMT -5
Adrian smirked back at her, "Oh yeah, you had me at hello." He joked, jumping off the block. He noticed the garden had been crushed from the explosion.
"You know this city never really cleaned up or rebuilt after that war decades ago. Isn't that strange?" He asked, staring down at a small yellow flower, "It's as if they knew there would be another attack, so why bother fixing up a place that will just be destroyed." Adrian didn't really think about what he was saying, it seemed as if he was in some sort of trance and just rambling. "Also, the members of Effort that are taken care of, where do they go?" He hadn't thought abut Effort of Authority this much before.
Finally snapping out of his trance he looked up at Valkyrie and laughed, "Ha, sorry, it's Zeke's fault. He was reading this book and put the ideas into my head." Adiran had to be careful, if anyone from Effort that was serisouly committed to the group or anyone from Authority heard him, the consequences would be dire.
Adrian laughed away his thoughts, "Anyways," He began moving some pieces of the church off a body, "What kind of name is Valkyrie?" He wondered, raising one eyebrow, "It's not a name one hears to often." He finished smirking once again.
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