Emotionless negotiations over salvage - RPLOG
From Flexible Survival
Participants
Date
14/9/2014
Log
A cool evening breeze wafts by as three people stand in a group on the sidewalk. An RSX operative, Zephyr agent and some woman with no clear affiliation. The agent is still human; big commanding looking guy smoking a cigar, carbine rifle and body armor. The operative is mostly human looking, aside from the cat ears and tail sprouting from his body. Armed similarly to the agent. The third person is female. Or, hermaphroditic. Hard to tell with the pants on. They're mutated into a lizard form; that of a bearded dragon, and she is unarmed. They all stand silent, awaiting any assistance from those who got their call. Not far down the road, there are the sounds of people arguing.
What an interesting day this was going to be. Edel didn't care much for the fellow unaffiliated having a dispute over such things. If they want to be independent, they should at least show better manners! A kitsune today, the vixen slinks forward, idly testing the string on her bow before slinging it over her back and flashesing a little smile before patting down the relatively plain black dress what was covering her silver-furred form. "Are you the ones that requested assistance?"
A second kistune approache the location of the call, ears tilted at the sound of arguing voices, her tails slowly swishing back and forth. Rihko's wisp bobs along just above her head, providing illumination and a warning to ferals, and she walks with an easy pace, hands in the pockets of her bright red leather jacket. She grins when she spots the other kitsune, then snickers, and nods her head. "Hey. What's all the hubub, bubs?"
Menil flies overhead, circling once as he looks at the situation below... and finding a landing spot. The armored dragon then lands nearby the agents, clumsily landing next to the other agents. "Ahem. So! What's up?" she asks the operatives/agents that seem to be waiting for the calls after she lands.
A large dragon arrives in the area, wearing an old tattered lab coat over full body heavy combat armor, stamped with the Zephyr emblem. Four large wings steam from the dragons back. Seguro looks to the bearded dragon and the cat morph as shi asks. "Greetings can you tell me the situation here?"
The cat operative answers first: "Greetings and all that, yeah. That would be us who sent the call. I'll give the quick version: we, the three of us, came to see what was going on over there. So, for the last two hours there have been people shouting, shooting and stabbing at each other over... what was it again?" The agent continues: "Unsure. Some kind of supplies. Could be food, metal. Doesn't really matter though. Point is, we figure that instead of just letting them mess each other up over whatever that stuff is, we go in, broker a deal, and everyone comes away happy. Or, walk in and start shooting. Take it all and split it evenly amongst ourselves and employers." And finally, the lizard: "I'd prefer noone gets shot, though."
Edel glances over at Rihko and flashes another smile. "Hello, Rihko! Good to see you! Nice to have a familiar face along with me," she says as she listens to the situation report given by the other three. "Yes. Diplomacy would be favourable. I am prepared for hostilities, if it comes to it, though."
Rihko flashes Edel a grin, and a small nod. "Nice to see you too, Edel. And nice disguise." She grins wider, then looks from the agents towards the sound of the disturbance. "Alright, got it. We get to be the adults. N-" she stops then and blinks, turning to look at Seguro. Her nostrils flare a moment, then she runs a tongue along one of her canines. "Ooh. Haven't smelled one of those before. Uhm, right. No problem, let's go settle the kids down," she says, as she starts moving in that direction.
Menil hmmms, nodding as she listens. "Hmmmm... right! I'll come along if more-than-talking breaks out. ...not particularly good at negotiation anyway." She scoots in behind Rihko, following a little ways away on all fours.
Seguro blinks as the Kitsune's nose leans forward to sniff the dragon's tapered, reptilian, spaded, tipped tail sways behind hir in annoyance. The dragon smiles at the fox, as shi hisses a cryptic reply. "Oh I wil make more than sure, that events remain more than clam. " The dragon turn to fallow menil, the dusk dragon's calming aura washes over those nearby.
As Seguros calming aura washes over them, the three who called for assistance grow calmer. Despite being pretty calm beforehand; more likely to suggest peace and love than start shooting now. The agent looks over the gathered group, looking a bit closer at Menil and Edel. "Have we met before?" He shrugs, then turns around. "Doesn't matter now, just thought I recognized you. Anyway, let's go if you're all ready." He turns, toward their destination. Begins to lead the group closer to the arguing survivors. The lizard adds: "If you have any questions, uh, we don't have much more information to give you, so..." She also turns to follow the agent. That cat operative speaks last. "We'll be leaving the talking to you." A short nod, as he also begins to move.
Edel doesn't seem to regard Seguro's aura one way or another as she shrugs at the three. "Maybe. I've met a lot of people, you know. Hard to say who all I know, these days." She folds her arms and flashes a mischievous grin at Rihko and nods. "Thank you! No one ever suspects the tanuki to be a kitsune! Well. Mostly I just like this form, as I've said before! It is quite lovely," she says, swaying the tails around behind her as she starts off with the others.
Rihko quietly giggles, glancing back to give Edel a quick nod before she looks back to the operatives. "Yea, yea. No problem. I'm good at this kind of thing; it's one of my specialties. We'll sort it out." She looks over and gives Menil a small nod as well, then looks ahead again, waiting to see what they find.
Menil yawns as he heads behind Rihko. She blinks a few times as she feels the calming aura, finding it more annoying than anything else for... at least one reason. "...right. Well, if they're fighting over how to take apart and reassemble something, I can help there, at least."
Seguro giggles a the agents begin to calm, as the dragon begins to feed of the extremes of the passions of those around hir, the dragon continues to fallow the rest of hir group, A second aura begins to wash over hir sounding, draining out aggression and perpetuating calmness.
As the group moves towards the sounds of conflict, a gunshot or tow ringing out accompanied by yelling. 'Tis only a short walk before the mutants come into view. All different types; some barely mutated, others no longer resembling anything human. When the group comes into view, they turn to face them. Were one to count, it appears to be at least 15 individuals just standing in the street. And a couple who seem to be incapacitated with bullet wounds spread around their bodies.
One of them speaks up, a male latex fox. More inteligible now as they are within earshot. "Come no closer. This is ours." And he is immediately contradicted by another mutant standing with another group. This one a male wolf beast. "We saw it first." A pile of near random bits of metal and food lies in the road between the two groups.
By their lack of serentiy, 'twould seem that they are still outside of Segs aura.
