Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-26104528-20170312033542/@comment-26104528-20170517041728

"Interesting word choice and I may understand why..."

"At one point, this man must have actually been a force for good; able rally so many to his cause and have so many look to him and his followers for protection. Yet somehow, he forgot all about the communities he was supposed to protect; even criminals will fight other criminals."

"I have seen this happen too many times in my years with this temple." Humita got up and poured herself a second cup of tea. This time though, her movements seemed a bit more forceful like she was upset about something. "Too many officers, bounty hunters, judges put fighting crime above all eles. They became the very monsters they wanted to stop. To that, I say this: Anyone who must say: I am the hero is no true hero..."

A knock was heard along with a somewhat familiar voice. "Mind if I come in?" Lucina asked, gently nudging the door open.

"Of course my friend. Osiris was just telling me about her solution to the Cloudrunner. She said she'd use her ship as a barrier against the grimm, using its parts to try and repair the smaller vessel." Humite replied, making room for the huntress.

"So a variation of the Arambul manuever..." The Arambul manuever was first used by a Lieutenant Arambul; she directly parked the destroyer on top of the wreckage, dumping the reserve reactor coolant on the fire while having the civilians evacuate to the destroyer itself.

"I see you trying to distance yourself from your last boss, but I must warn you..."

"Once there was a commander in the fleet who saw his captain arrested for cowardice in the face of the enemy. When the Ibaalin-Sahali war started and the enemy fleets closed on our borders, the captain had ordered his ship to begin breaking off. Later in the war, the admiralty promoted the commander to Rear Admiral and put him in charge of a battleship, the Soyal. He was tasked leading a flotilla to defend a border settlement crucial to Sahali supply lines.

As his ships neared the enemy fleet, the Rear Admiral ordered his escorts to evacuate the village while he lured the Ibaalins away. Despite the protests of at least two other captains, he refused to listen. Later as his ship started taking damage, he ordered that the wounded be ejected through the lifepods with a few extras as decoys. Only an handful were left for the others. One battleship against an entire Ibaalin task force was a losing battle though; his reactor had reached serious condition and instead of having engineering take care of it, he elected to put out the fires himself. One man could only do so much and it wasn't long until the Soyal lost all power to her engines and crashed into the ocean. When her magazine detonated, it caused a tidal wave large enough to wipe out a set of coastal settlements. The same coastal settlement he had been assigned to protect.

Rear Admiral Wapasha made his name, but not as a great war hero. He made his name as a cautionary tale. Do not throw your life away so foolishly, especially if you want to send a message."

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"Here I thought it was lower tax rates." Ingraham joked back. He couldn't help but see Fritz checking his claws in the side of his eye.

"Expecting trouble? Out here?"

"So I asked the doc about the bonfire in IRC and he replies in SDS."

"Oh, that's minor!" Ingraham replied, flinging arm in disregard.

"Sure, but it's always the minor things that'll give you away." Fritz replied, deactivating his weapons as the elevator slowed down and the door slid open. So far, the scene before Gretel, Ingraham, and Fritz was just like the scene from the previous day: nothing out of the ordinary, business as usual. They started walking in the direction of Kurai's room.

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"Liaden wants you to stay safe, call when you have the chance, and to come home soon." Hargreave spoke outloud as she typed down what the little panda said and forwarded it to Sini.

After only a few bites, Honara was already noting down the shop's name and address into her scroll. If Hargreave transfered her out here or she had any business trips to this part of town, she had to stop by again to try out other dishes.

"Hey Bev, if I give you a bit of my bacon waffle, can I get a bit of your chocolate one?" the rattlesnake asked, wanting to see if it'd be any good for Azulius Cardamom. Hopefully he'd check in soon. Honara didn't have as much free time as she used to, but that didn't mean she had no free time...