((Darkest Hour, the easiest way to tell what is going on is to read the bold sections of my posts. It's when the character talks. Pretty much the rest is just them moving or looking about.

As far as a quick summary...

Rroy just slaughtered a bunch of people. Heard a howl from Aleu. More like a warning that says if he and his followers go to the mall as they are now, they will be murderer. So, Rroy's now training with his group so they have somewhat of a slim chance.

Ciel and Dr. Hanz (the SF - Salvation Fighters) are still looking around for the RA - Rebellion Alliance and DC - Dark Crusaders... no real luck yet. XD

The DC have Aleu held "hostage," more or less they can't get rid of her and are stuck with her peppiness. XD Niya, their leader, isn't really sure what to make of everything, but she figures if Aleu can get her to Rroy, then maybe she can discover more about the leader of the other side.

Other than that, not much has really happened... besides some in-depth sections about Rroy taking his shirt off, Rroy killing people, characters commenting on Rroy and his naked top self and how he's a schizo... ummm, Hanz and Ciel are off having an adventure in some epic detail. Yeah we're pretty much just spiffing up our posts with detail. Hope that 'short' summary helped. xD))

((see this is why I don't summarize O.O I could never come up with one that good XD))

((WOW XDD Okay,thank you!))
Euthenia stood her ground.She was geting very tired of the mood swings but at the same time found it comferting she was not the only one losing her mind.She smiled with bloody lust,slaughter,and maim feeling her sight.Euthenia directed her eyes straight dead to rroys and the other person who was with him,she looked every person dead in the eye not afraid.She wanted to train,it had been a very long time.The sad part is,she didn't have her sword.She let out a sigh.'Ready when you are.'She said with a smirk dancing across her lips.

"Good thinking," Hanz replied. He fingered his coat lapel in thought and joked ",I wish we could put a team of inventers together and get them to create a tracking device of sorts to find the murderers."
Hanz had a bad sense of humor but only everyone else besides him knew that.
"Now," Hanz muttered ",we have a small army or group of people who had killed a large amount of a dense urban population. That would mean either they were outnumbered and manage to take them down or there were more of them but many had died in the fights. Or they could've finished the fights and then bickered amongst themselves and reduced their numbers on their own."
There are the Rebellion to think about, he also thought, there's a possibility that they could've taken down a number of them as well but then again who knows what kind of elements this group contains?
"We know that they are a group because one killer couldn't have done such speedy work by himself so it must've been planned and excecuted. To back that up, survivors from all corners of the place said the killings started at their place in the city at the same time. However, it's not likely the killer had a large group to begin with as I'm sure most of the population here wouldn't go for murdering their friends and family," Hanz paused as he rethought the last few words ",well, most likely not. Anyways, this can lead to the conclusion that these..Dark Crusaders are supernatural as only altered or 'special' beings could have the capability and lack of morals to do this. I think we can already declare them to be sadistic just by deducing their recent past times of manslaughter and the name they chose for themselves."
Hanz smiled a bit at the last part, thinking of the groups blatant bravery and lack of tact while he took the time to get a small water botter to drink. Theorizing aloud does make one's throat dry.
"Here," he said, handing an extra water bottle to Ciel politely as they continued to walk through the streets. He had already memorized the map and layout of the place but the real thing was certainly different from any holographic image. There were doors that hung open, the inside of the buildings were all dark and as Hanz noted from a nearby house, people had obviously went through the trouble of smashing flower pots and trampling little gardens. Leaving blood stains on front porches were a nice touch.
"I think we made great progress this morning," he said. Hanz took another break to snap pictures of nearly everything he saw and then whispering furtive notes to his micro voice recorder. When he was finished, he unloaded the memory chips of his various tools and then tucked the tiny things into secret pockets about his person. It was around lunchtime and Hanz's body sent a mild message to his brain to remind it that food was still necessary to continue. He looked around at the buildings to see if there was anyplace suitable for a luncheon. On the edge of one corner was a small mexican restaurant with a explosion of red, green, purple, yellow and white decorations. Hanz smiled and motioned to the eatery.
"Let's take a lunch break. Also, I'm sorry for being so tactless. I forgot to ask you if you had your breakfast yet," he twisted his backpack around. Zipping one of the larger compartments open, he peered inside and stuck his hand to fish around a bit. Hanz still managed to approach, push the door open with his foot and enter the restaurant without looking up from his bag.
"Let's see, we have a choice of dried (compressed)Thanksgiving turkey, (compressed)beef and pork jerkey, (compressed)dried vegetables,a packet for making instant stew(compressed), (crushed on accident) chips, dried (compressed)Christmas Chicken, (compressed) strips of fruit, (compressed)meatloaf, (compressed) bread and a array of fruit tasting nutrient pills(which are surprisingly not compressed). I think I have some flavorless ones as well but I always like orange flavored vitamins," he said, looking up and brushing the hair that had fallen over his eyes. Turning his head about, Hanz examined the facility and pulled the packets out to lay them onto the table. "Aha! So that's the kitchen," he pulled up a few fallen chairs and brushed old miscalleneous crumbs off the table top. "You can choose first," Hanz said, eyeing the packet covers and secretly betting with himself whethor or not they would look like that when he was finished with the raw material. Hanz rolled up his sleeves for his first kitchen duty on a mission before heading over to the walls to inspect them for a light switch "I think we can just add water and boil some of them or steam them in a pot. Does the electricity work in here or would it be a bad idea to turn them on as people might know we're here?" There had been no one nor light in sight the whole morning and Hanz made a funny theory that the killers were all vamps and slept at daylight. There was not enough evidence but he felt safe enough for now and his good mood added to that.

((Sorry for the slow pace, I just like things that way. Any1 who has objections will be paid heed to.))

Hanz had a bad sense of humor but only everyone else besides him knew that.

((LMAO! He will NOT like fighting the Dark Crusaders or Aleu. :P))

((As far as your pace, I'm cool with it. I guess I should talk about pace and posting size...
Pace: I figured so long as everyone posts at least once a week, we'll be good. Also, as you all know, it's still only day one. So it's a rather slow moving RP. I think I'll start posting time stamps when I reply now. Just so we have a gender idea. But other than that, take your time, have fun, and we'll see you around. :)
Size: Size really doesn't matter to me. I get writers block myself, so I'm not going to punish anyone who gets in a slump. As far as the really long posts, would you mind bolding the speech parts or putting them in another color? It just helps those that don't really feel like reading at that moment.

Well, that's all! :D If you end up having any other thoughts or questions or really anything, you can either PM, comment my profile, or post in the OOC and I'll get back to you ASAP.))

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Or they could've finished the fights and then bickered amongst themselves and reduced their numbers on their own."

((XD That sounds like a typical day in the Rebellion Alliance and Dark Crusaders!))

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Anyways, this can lead to the conclusion that these..Dark Crusaders are supernatural as only altered or 'special' beings could have the capability and lack of morals to do this. I think we can already declare them to be sadistic just by deducing their recent past times of manslaughter and the name they chose for themselves."

((Oh Hanz, he has 'concluded' superbly! XP))

((Sorry I keep quoting things, but it's pretty epic in that posting. :D))

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Leaving blood stains on front porches were a nice touch.

((Oh, I agree. I wish my house looked like that. J/K!))

Ciel looked to the doctor a small smirk on her face. Of course she assumed him to be kidding, which of course she hoped he was. Lightly the auburn haired female brushed some of her long bangs from her eyes as she listened to the the doctor's speculation. Quietly she continued to listen as she had nothing else to add. Looking down by her feet she watched as a small mouse scurried away. She was surprised things like that could survive this chaos, but then again, she supposed most vermin could survive anything. Avadi'Ciel nodded in agreement again when he deduced that the dark crusaders were supernatural beings. Of course, she herself was one was well, but she was not sure if the dear doctor was aware of that. And she was most certainly not going to be the one to make him aware that the woman he was walking with was half time mage. That may just send him into a panic though her magic did really not physical damage to the body. "I concur I do indeed think the Dark Crusaders are not of the human species... nor are they very sane due to their sadistic nature... Then again I suppose sadists are sane in a strange way," she added quietly muttering the last part mostly to herself. Her violet eyes flashed up at him as he offered her the water bottle. She was a bit surprised, but she was aware that the doctor had a very good nature. Lightly she took the bottle from him and took a sip.
The auburn haired female was surprised how well he knew the area it seemed. Of course with all the technology they had it was a wonder they hadn't discovered a way to just sense the body heat of the enemies and find them that way... that was of course if their bodies even produced heat. She kept very alert to see if there were any traps set before them in the case they were to be ambushed. Ciel highly doubted it. The Dark Crusaders were busy with their little rampage and she was sure the Rebellion had its own plans. As they walked she stepped around dagger sharp pieces of broken glass and at one point she had noticed a spare limb tossed aside. It was horridly disfigured to the point that Ciel could not tell if it had been an arm or a leg.
Again at the doctor's comment of making good progress Ciel nodded. They did accomplish quite a bit and had ventured rather far into the city. At the city of the disgustingly colored mexican restaurant the auburn haired female wrinkled her nose. It really was hideous. She could not deny that one bit. But seeing as it was the only suitable place to eat she nodded and stepped inside. Walking around she peered at the inside. It was just as hideous as the outside. The horrific color scheme made Ciel a little nauseous. Turning back to the doctor she shrugged. "It is alright. I know to take care of myself," she answered with a slight smile. Looking at the selection as the doctor rambled it off she grimaced a little. She had never been fond of the compressed food, but it was much lighter than anything else so it made sense to carry it. At Dr. Hanz's exclamation of that being the kitchen she chuckled slightly. Examining the packets she picked up the one for the dried veggies and the stew packet. She could make vegetable stew then receive more nourishment from the pills. The compressed meats bothered her the most though at times one needed their protein. "I'll take the veggies, and the stew packet to make a vegetable stew out of, if you don't mind... and I'm rather fond of the berry flavored pills compared to the unflavored," she replied her tone soft. As he began to look for a light switch she did as well. "We should be alright. I mean, I believe they'll hear us... or even smell us before the light catches their eyes, especially in the day time," she answered as she ran her hand softly against the wall before feeling a light switch. Flicking it a soft glow filled the room. It was not as bright as it should have been, most likely due to a dying bulb or fading electricity. Stepping back over towards the table she picked up the stew packet and began to examine the back.

11:32 AM
Rroy's eyes fell onto the earth below him. A light nod bobbled his head some. "I do like that idea. Eva. Torrence. You two shall fight. Jayla. Euthenia. You two are a pairing. Now, Leo... you and I shall...." Rroy's eyes danced with a sudden rush of blood lust. Flipping into the air, out of nowhere appeared a large blade in Rroy's right hand. It was a rather broad blade spanning about five feet long and at the widest it was about six inches. It glistened a silvery hue as it curved down at Leo. The luscious color of blood speckled it, appearing to 'ruin' its pure look.

Backflipping just over Leo, Rroy spun about in the dirt. A cloud of blackish brown smoke lifted into the air creating a veil that Rroy could use to add with his stealthy attack.

Coming from nowhere, the blade stopped just at Leo's neck. Flicking his wrist, Rroy watched as the once solid piece of metal vanished into smoke. His crimson eyes moved over toward the females. "If I don't like what I see, then I shall step in and fight you. Leo will do the same." Sitting on his behind, Rroy rested his chin on his right hand. Exhaling his breath, Rroy's eyes looked up into the other male's freakishly odd colored eyes (or so Rroy claimed them to be). "If you feel you need to train with me, we can sprawl on our walk there. Until then, we will be shaving off three hours of our time to train. Only then, should I deem us ready to move out, will we leave. From there, we will have to take what what is ours... Aleu that is... and then defeat the Dark Crusaders. Well, only if they are about to fight us. If they don't fight us, then we will not fight them."

His calm eyes looked at all his troops paired up and then began to start practicing. He stood every now and then to assist a couple, but he didn't really feel the need to step in. Unless, Eva, Torrence, Jayla, or Euthenia needed it. Compared to the others, Rroy was really only concerned with a small handful. Those five or six, he called his Elite Fighters and would rely heavily upon them should they face an unwanted battle in the near future.

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Meanwhile, Aleu was still trying to hold her own. Moaning every now and then at the 'pointless' stops Jae made them take, Aleu didn't really find the Dark Crusaders to be 'half-bad.' With a smile on her face, Aleu munched into a large chunk of a watermelon she stole from a nearby rundown market. "So, miss, Niya." Aleu sucked on the fruit, "Just what are you going to do when you see my Rroy-kun?"

Her tail wagged back and forth some as she thought of her mate. Rroy-kun, you better not be shirtless! Ohhhh, if you are, I'm going to be so jealous! Sexy shirtless Rroy is for my eyes only. And yet, I have a bad feeling he's been showing some skin. That slut. Aw man? My man is a slut? Oh. M. Gee! He's a womanizer! Teeheehee! Snickering, Aleu realized there were eyes on her. "Sorry! I was just visualizing Rroy being a womanizer."

Niya shrugged, "nothing to much. Don't worry my Dear we will have a very proper conversation!" Niya couldn't help but laugh at that, What's wrong with me? I'm sounding smart!? Maybe this new girl is having a weird affect on me. She flicked a seed that had managed to land onto her shoulder and startd to rock slightly.

Leomaris grinned seeing he had done a good job with the pairing. Though after the horrifying look in Euthenia's eyes perhaps he had made a mistake. Then looking again to Rroy when he heard his name his was astounded to see a a large blade in the male's hand. 'And me with out my ring blade, what am I to do?' he thought to himself with a slight snicker. The orange haired male watched the back flip and was unsure of what the other male was planning. He heard the swing of the blade threw the air and was relieved to find it had stopped just short of his neck. Pale blue eyes looked to the other male as he spoke with the females of the group. 'Perfect, if Euthenia is too much for Jayla I can always step in, he thought to himself. Then his eyes reverted back to Rroy. He nodded when he mentioned training. Marimari had trained in the art of the ring blade for most of his life. He assumed it had to do with his Persian roots of some sort. So, he was always prepared for a fight. Leo nodded. "Sounds simple enough. Only fight if they initiate it," he answered lightly with a smile.

The pale blue eyed male mimicked his superiors actions. He stood and assisted a few people or gave them a few pointers. Leo made sure to keep an eye on Jayla for he felt responsible for the pairing. His sight drifted over to Rroy every so often to see what he was doing. About the previous plan he hoped he was not taunted or a fight might break out. He would do his best to keep his competitive nature under control, but at times that was better said then done.

Euthenia grinned.'This should be fun...'She thought to herself.She put her hand on her sword hilt.'Ready Jayla?'She said with a playful tone as her eyes danced.Euthenia tied her hair out of her face and put it back into a long smooth pony tail as she with drew her blade.She remebers how she use to sword fight with her brothers on the briges during the night time.Euthenia's eyes where already adjusted to the lighting,so this would be no problem.'Whenever your ready Jayla.'Euthenia said with her sword drawn and a playful smirk on her lips.

Jayla shivered from head to toe a moment but reached beneath her skirt to pull out the dagger hidden there. She preferred to use her gun but there was no way it would work in a practice fight… and she wasn’t much of a hand to hand fighter even with her dagger. Could she really fight? Could she really do this? Sure she’d been trained by her father a bit but not much…

“I..I..guess…I'm ready” She stuttered shyly. Taking a semi ready stance. She seemed balanced well enough, and she was fast just like a horse for reasons unknown to her, but she was not strong… there was no way she could win she was sure. She would try her best yes.. But she doubted it’d do anything but embarrass her.

Euthenia's blood thirsty revengful eyes softened.'Jayla...if you want we can do hand to hand combat.'She said hearing her voice stutter.Euthenia frightened most people but this was practice and she wasn't the enemy.She waited for her anwser taking a slow deep soothing breath to chill her nerves.This was going to be a long journey,Euthena thought to herself.

Jayla nodded, blushing faintly and looking at the ground. “I.. I’m not very good but I’d prefer that. We… we are team mates, family, I don’t want to risk anyone getting hurt.” She sighed, knowing that she looked soft and weak but not really caring. All that mattered was protecting what fate had delivered to her… a family. Even if she thought the leader was a nothing who needed to find something… she would do what she could because that’s who she was.

Euthenias eyes softened.She would take it easy on this girl.Euthena slid her sword within her scabarb and tossed it to the side.The sword lay firmly on the ground.Euthenias movements where quick and swift,as if she really wasn't a human.Her leg sweeped under Jaylas feet,she was heading for her pressure point in her ankles to bring her down so she wouldn't be hurt.Threw this Euthenia would teach Jayla her movements.Euthenia gave Jayla a small playful smile as if they where just two simple kids wrestling.

Jayla wasn’t sure what to think as the other girl softened and threw her sword away. She was so distracted, in fact, that she hadn’t a chance and was easily brought down. She put out one arm and managed to catch herself, half sitting on the ground. She blushed, seeming a little embarrassed. “y..you surprised me” She said in a near whisper..

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Euthenia did nothing but smile and nod.'Your move.'She whispered as her voice drifted off.Euthenias muscles ached for action and her sword lay on the ground far off with its bright glow.She never really knew why it always glowed such as it did.

Ginjo walked with her fellow Dark Crusaders and Aleu, though slightly towards the back in case of a behind ambush. The stabber was perhaps almost perfect for such a role because of the blades she could call from her body, plus she really didn't want a lot of seeds being tossed back her way. The few that dared to fly towards her soon 'learned' that also she seemed dazed and spacey her skills with a blade were not to be overlooked as many of the seeds ended up as nothing more than small pieces that would require a magnifying glass to see clearly. Occasionally she would come to stop beside Niya or Jae during one of the harpy's random stops, but would soon fall back once more once they started moving.

She silently listened to both her leader and Aleu as the wolf eared girl inquired what was planned, at least with what Niya had planned with Rroy. She giggled quietly as she mentioned the said demonic leader being a womanizer, although she really had no real clue to such a thing since she hadn't really encountered him and so didn't really know of his looks nor what he was actually like. Rather she merely only had what she heard to go off of. Whenever they were to encounter the demon male she had usually been off on another assignment, which usually included picking off potential Rebellion members, eliminating runaway traitors that her Majesty didn't feel like going after herself, or scouting and clearing areas that they could use.

At her leader's reply she was a little surprised by the choice of words. "A proper conversation? I don't think we've really done that much with anyone...It should be fun" she said with a giggle, more to herself then anyone else, as she shredded another watermelon seed into dust. Typically she was use to fight first and talk later. It was even that way with some of the Crusaders themselves if they were deemed unreliable, useless or too much of a threat to the group. It was then that she wondered if maybe the Majesty was planning something else, but now was not the time to question about it since technically one of the enemy was among them at the moment.

Instead of dwelling upon the questions that at the moment she couldn't ask she decided to bring her mind to other things. Her dark gray eyes glanced about the area, occasionally resting on dark stained bricks painted with the crimson 'paint' that each being held within their body. Of the seemingly random blotches and streaks the stabber could see a work of art, some that depicted the battles of the fallen and victorious, even if they appeared only as random crimson ink splotches to others. After all wasn't the saying that some things were more than they appeared? Gin knew how true the saying was, after all she and many of the others appeared normal and harmless when really a bloodthirsty beast was present.

Niya smiled over her shoulder to Ginjo, "Yes a proper conversation. I think it's about time I had a proper one with someone who isn't a homisidal maniac." She giggled and put a hand on Ginjo's shoulder, "Not that there's anything wrong with that of course!" Holding her arms out in front of her she clasped an imaginary steering wheel and started to make car noises and drive around the other Crusaders and Aleu. "Beep beep. I'm a car!" She giggled and bumped into Ginjo, "Damn it! You just got run over!"

Ginjo giggled in response to the Crusader members being called homicidal maniacs. "Nooope nothing wrong with that at all. Although people just happen to get into the way of our attacks and weapons that were heading in their direction, and were not fast enough to react, with their bodies continually getting in the way. So in a sense we may not be the homicidal maniacs but people are just suicidal" the female stabber said with another giggle, placing one of her index fingers on her cheek, and attempting to make what she said sound rather logical as well as a sort of justification for their actions. For her, her words made sense and it made perfect sense in her mind. However she also knew that they all really just enjoyed killing others and spraying the red juices of life over everything.

Her giggling continued as she watched the antics of Niya as she zoomed about in or as an imaginary car. At being 'ran over' she caused herself to fall over, though careful enough not to fall onto either her Majesty or one of the other Crusaders simply because it could be dangerous with her blades possibly coming out with the impact on the ground. "Ohhhh nooooo I've been ran over" she said trying to stifle her giggling and stick her tongue out to the side in an act of playing dead.

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Kae had wanted to choose this day to sleep in, however fate had other things in mind for her. She was perhaps one of the earliest risers due solely to her duty as the wife to the King and being the one who was to represent them both among their troops. Her day had started with a rather early message from her husband, asking if she had made it to the Salvation camp alright, to tell about her trip, and tell what she had experienced with the facility and the members of it so far. Considering though she had arrived late the night before she hadn't really experienced much, and had told her husband as such. After her conversation with the King she had thought that she once more thought she could get some more sleep.


Her rest was once more disturbed, but this time by a knock on her door and from there she knew that any further rest would be impossible. For the rest of the morning she seemed to be dragged to one corner of the facility to the other. She had heard early on that there was a group being formed that was heading out into the city that she had wished to be apart of. However her duties prevented her from joining in as she carried out inspections, filled out paperwork and did even more inspections. By the time she had finished enough to where she could leave the facility the group had already left, although there was soon a call for two more groups to be sent out, and immediately Kae made it a point that she would be accompanying one of the two groups. Being whom she was and the mission she was to carry out, made It so there was very little protest to her insisting.


It was around 11:00 am before the groups requested got around to leaving the camp. Kae had been ready beforehand, as it really didn't take her long to pack within a bag the necessary provisions of food and water, as well as a few small camping pans that had handles that folded into them and made them easy to store in a side pocket. Other than her bag the only other thing that she carried with her was her trademark staff. The dark priestess had chosen to change into a more appropriate uniform and had dressed herself in the camouflage outfit that she had brought with her, though was sure to add a white short sleeved shirt beneath the netted top, but had chose to keep her cloak on and about her as well.


During the time she had to wait for the rest of the groups to get ready, she had elected to stroll around and about the collapsible white hallways, with the occasional room peeking. Of course it was only a little while before any curiosity she held was sated and she opted to leave the confines of the camp building to wait outside for the vehicles. Aside from the small conversation she held with her husband, early in the morning, and the simple phrase 'It's fine' during some of the inspections the Queen really didn't say much to anyone. She nodded greetings to the occasional passing few researchers, soldiers and knights that passed by her outside as she awaited for the vehicles, but didn't speak a word.


When the transport camouflage trucks pulled around there was a quick apology directed towards her for the wait, which she merely waved off to signal she really didn't mind. She then went around to the back to place her bag within it when a soldier quickly stopped her. “Your Majesty, please allow me to place that in there...” the soldier started reaching for her bag.


Kae however quickly placed one of her own porcelain like hands upon his to stop its progress. “I can handle it. And please do not call me 'Majesty'. Simply Kaede or Kae will suffice” she stated firmly, her tone authoritative yet calm.


“Oh no I couldn't dare to call you- “ the soldier started before he was stopped when the hand that had been gently touching his rose up into the air before him.


“You can and shall because I have given you permission to do as such by my request of it. I do not like titles added to me simply because of whom I've married” Kae replied with a gaze within her eyes that showed she would put up with no argument about it. Once she was sure he understood she set her dark colored gaze upon the back of the truck where she intended to tuck her bag away in. It was already packed fairly well and full with only a small space towards the top where her bag would comfortably fit. Closing her eyes for a moment she released the bag that had been secured in her other hand, although instead of falling to the ground it pleasantly hovered in place with a light glow about it. Opening her eyes she gently used her now freed hand to direct the bag up, towards, and into the space she had seen, where it obediently snuggled into and was secured.”There...See I told you I could handle it...” she said quietly as her gaze turned to the somewhat stunned solider that had watched her 'performance'.


Then believing he had nothing to say, the queen calmly walked passed the solider and towards the passenger side of the truck. The other truck would hold the other knights, soldiers and researchers in the back of it as opposed to any sort of luggage or equipment like this one was, and so she opted to ride along in the one that wouldn't be carrying the large excitement of people. So far she hadn't really had much quiet time and peace to herself, and she was looking forward to having a bit of it, after all it would only be her and the driver in this truck. If she could have though, the half priestess would have drove the truck herself, but she knew that it would cause too much of an uproar since it would be seen as inappropriate for her to be 'forced' to drive the truck herself even though she was sure she could easily handle it. Nevertheless she quietly opened the passenger side of the door and was once more greeted by the sight of the solider from before, beside her.


“Please allow me to help you in your Maj- Kaede” the soldier said offering his arm and stopping himself from saying 'Majesty' when an intense look came from the quiet queen.


Sighing to herself Kaede chose to relent and allow the male to assist her into the vehicle, even though again she felt she could easily get in by herself. Once she was seated she turned to the soldier and said a quiet 'Thank you' before reaching out to close the door. Again though the solider seemed wanting to interfere with her independence and closed the door for her before she could reach the handle to do it herself. This of course caused another sigh to erupt from the queen as she closed her eyes for a moment. She opened them though once she heard the driver side door opening and the weight of another on the joint seat. She hadn't realized that the driver had not been present in the car when she was in and was immediately greeted with another apology. “It seems today I keep being greeted with unnecessary apologies.There is no need for it, so it's better to save your breath rather than waste it on something so trivial” she replied with another sigh as a sign of aggravation, although showed none of the emotion on her porcelain like features. She received a sort of apologetic bow of the head from the driver and quickly directed her gaze in front of her and out of the window shield. She noted that it was a bit dusty and slightly clouded, but not enough to where it would be too hard to see. Perhaps later she would be able to sneak away and maybe wipe them down without being caught and apologized to. Based on how the morning had gone so far though, she doubted it, but one could always hope. She took a quick glance at the digital clock that was blinking red on the attached radio in the dashboard, and saw that it read 11:00 a.m. It was a bit later then when she wanted to leave, but she wasn't about to voice that and quickly diverted her gaze once more out of the window shield as the grinding and roar of the starting engine drew her attention back to outside.


By 11:30 am they were a little over halfway to the true outskirts of the city that was being inspected by another group. 'Really anything could be classified as outskirts in this area when one really thinks about it I suppose...' Kae thought to herself as she stared out of the passenger side window now. The trail that they had taken was a bit of a bumpy one as rocks and debris littered the road from the occasional isolated house that had perhaps once been a farmhouse but was now in ruins. Here and there the half priestess caught the sight of a dead and rotting tree, and on one of them she swore that she saw a person hanging by the neck, with the clothing doused and painted in a pretty scarlet color. In the center something long and rope-like hung from where the belly should have been, with some sort of dark colored liquid dripping at the end, and almost matched the rope that the person hung by. On the shoulders of the carelessly swinging person a few blackbirds rested, cawing here and there occasionally when they weren't busy pecking at the side of the head causing sores and holes that were probably bleeding fully. The face was too scratched up, with skin hanging off here and there to reveal facial muscles below, to tell if the being had been a man or a woman with the body giving no definite clues either. The sight was a ghastly one although the queen calmly gazed upon the few moments that it was within sight, before disappearing forgotten behind them. 'It seems not even as far as out here was spared the dementia of these beings we face...' she though with a bit of distance. Death was not an usual sight for her, but these sorts of deaths were not the simple works of aging or illness, these were the works of soulless monsters...

Niya giggled some more and watched Ginjo writhe on the ground, "It's okay now you're back alive!" She elped Gonji up, trying not to be hit by the blades, and giggled at everyone elses "obvious" suicidalness, "Yeah they all are trying to get themselves killed. We can't be held respnsible if we do what they want!"

Aleu giggled some as she watched Gin and Niya play about. "Wow, you guys definitely have all the fun. Maybe I'll join you all after all, although, I don't want to fight Rroy-kun... and I think he'd be mad. But... you are all way more fun to play with."

Skipping ahead some, her ears suddenly snapped to the left. A deep growl came from the back of her throat as her tail began to twitch back and forth. "You're not from the Alliance and you're not a Crusader, so you must be the enemy," Aleu said baring her teeth.

As a zombie and it's cat walked up, well, more like stumbled up the hill toward them, Aleu stuck her tongue out in disgust. "Awww man, I hate zombies. They are so damn ugly. And annoying. Only way to kill them is to kill the brain." Moving her hands back toward her butt, she reached out and grabbed the handles to her blades. "Hmmm, not sure I should be fighting these guys, but whateve!"

Flipping into the air, Aleu landed just before the zombie pair. Just as she was about to slash, she went recoiling back. "Whoa, these are no ordinary zombies. I sense high levels of radiation on these two. I can't fight." With her tail tucked, Aleu cowered behind Gin and Niya. "It's not that I won't, I can't. I'm useless against such beasts." Her ears flopped down as she looked at her feet.

Jae squawked. "I'm sorry, but I don't do the zombie thing either." Spreading out her wings, the bird girl took to the skies and just flew off.

"Ohhhh, I'm so not inviting you to my party. You're a lame birdie.... Oh, hey, you two can totally come! They're be games and cake and...AHHHHHHHH! Zombies!" With a shaky finger, Aleu pointed not only at the two original zombies but also at the pack that had fumbled up behind them. "Oh my Jing-Jang! They're going to kill us!" Flailing her arms, Aleu took refuge behind another Crusader. "Eep. Save me!"

Niya nodded and danced over to the Zombie, "Hi! I'm Niya and sorry but I have to kill you now!" She giggled and quickly dodged a bite from the female and picked up a lead pipe mid turn. Hitting the zombie in the head she laughed as the pipe cleaned the top of her head right off. Clapping her hands she watched the dog run off, Hmm. it can move well for a zombie dog. Turning back to the others she bowed and dropped the pipe to the floor. "Thank you, thank you. It's all in a days work."

((So..many..paragrahs.x.x Summary?))

[[Oh, good idea! I shall work on that when I get a break. :)]]