Cannon fodder (fantasy superpower rp) (closed, started)

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hiei82

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Claire turned to Fromanzio as he spoke. "I'm afraid I must delay you slightly. If something bad is going to happen, these people deserve a warning if nothing else." Claire said, as she turned from Fromanzio and continued toward the old woman's stand.
 

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Fromanzio grabbed Claire's shoulder. "Fromanzio is going to have to stop you. This is not something that is going to be shared, whatever it is we are leaving. If we get on the bad end of my contact, then the entire market will be trying to gut us alive. Even Fromanzio does not have enough bombs for that. If Claire does not agree, Fromanzio will have no choice but to follow her duty, then Fromanzio will have to follow his swearing to secrecy regarding missions. The man you are about to piss off is one of the most powerful and influential people alive. Reconsider."

Fromanzio was serious, not even he was crazy enough to cross Rook. By all means, he should have simply left town and not mentioned a word of it to the group. That was how assassins worked, he was still an assassin before a soldier.
 

hiei82

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Claire stared at Fromanzio for a moment before she started her counter point. "Fromanzio; if this were a mere assassination, then there would be no meaning in warning us about it. As it stands, just as you have sworn your secrecy, I have sworn to protect the citizens of this nation: it is my duty as a noblewoman. Though I do not know the specifics, I have reason to believe the people of this town are in danger - I have no choice, I must protect the citizenry." She said, letting the words sink in. "I cannot sit back and do nothing. If your duty demands you stop me, then we are at an impass and you must stop me by force." Claire finished, hoping she would not regret the action.
 

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William had enough of their little squabble he decided to interfere. "I have heard enough Fromanzio we will remain her and deal with the danger. It is our duty as soldiers to protect the civilians, and since there is reason to believe that will be in danger we have no choice but to help them. So where is this friend of yours so we can ask him what is going to happen here?" William looked at Fromanzio with an stern look. He questioned his decision but eventually decided that as things stood now he had made the right one. While he questioned his order himself he wouldn't allow others to question him as well. That is why he was giving Fromanzio the stern look to make it clear that this order was not negotiable.
 

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Fromanzio had decided that arguing with Claire was pointless, there was one last chance for the group. The leader had doubled back on his decision, it was time for an appeal.

"Duty?" Fromanzio began laughing. "Allow Fromanzio to key the leader in on what our duty is. Our duty is to ensure that our job is done, not to protect little taverns and shops. We as a group, could hardly handle one pissed off little mercenary without all keeling over and blowing up a bridge and you want to tackle something bigger now? Fromanzio is not talking about whatever is up Rook's underwear, or Rook himself, he means the Black Market. This little town and its little people mean nothing compared to our mission. Fromanzio has come with the interests of the market in mind, not tiny little insignificant towns."

Fromanzio was pacing now, he had one hand on his bomb bag, split on what he should do. "Tell you what, if you take this little path, Fromanzio will wait for you outside the city. That he will, and when leader and his band of heroes go and whisper tales of doom to the townsfolk quoting a jester the shopkeepers never saw and his friend you don't know, they will call you insane. Then, the people will die, just as they would have anyway. We lose time, they lose their little lives. We are not a travelling self help group, we are a group of hired murderers and nothing more."
 

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Rias shook her head at the back and forth, and the tossing around of 'duty' like it meant something to her, but Claire addition of 'noblewoman' hit an old nerve that was still more or less exposed, and dug up a particularly bad memory "As much as i hate Fromanzio, and every piece of human waste he represents" she started, not bothering to hold back how she really felt about him given the nerve that was struck "he.is.right. we have a job to do, screwing around here costs us time we don't have, and will only make our job harder then it already is, or have you forgotten that YOUR army is using us as a disposable decoys" she directed at both Claire and William
 

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"Duty? Allow Fromanzio to key the leader in on what our duty is. Our duty is to ensure that our job is done,.....not tiny little insignificant towns."
"Tell you what, if you take this little path, Fromanzio will wait for you outside the city.... We are not a travelling self help group, we are a group of hired murderers and nothing more."
"As much as i hate Fromanzio, and every piece of human waste he represents he.is.right. we have a job to do....or have you forgotten that YOUR army is using us as a disposable decoys"

William looked at both Fromanzio and Rias with an irritated expression."If they are indeed using us as decoys that mean we will probably die an insignificant death. Won't it be better for us to at least do something worthwhile for our country before we die? And maybe by foiling whatever is going on here we might even attract attention of the mages. "
He then turned to Fromanzio."We are not a group of hired murders Fromanzio, soldier are meant to protect the civilians of an country. Most of the time that means war but soldiers also help rebuild things after natural disasters. It is our duty to protect the civilians and I have given my word to protect the civilians when I entered the army. I never go back on my word, so the both of you can either hide outside the village or join me in its defense the choice is up to you."

William turned around not wanting to waste more of his time talking to those 2. Rias might still join us but Fromanzio.. Well it might be better that he doesn't come to help us that damned fool would only blow up the village. William began to walk toward the tavern he would question the Rook. And he would find out what was threatening the village and what the Rook's part was in all this.
 

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Bom scratched his head. On one hand, he wasn't terribly worried about the village or its people. He didn't even understand why he should be, and what peril awaited them. On the other hand, half the group seemed committed to helping the locales, and he would rather not let something bad happen to the group. He still had no doubts about the importance of the mission, and this could be just another set back.

"What if we warned them quickly...and then left?"

He stood between those willing to help, and those willing to press on, and he weighed up which was worth following.
 

hiei82

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Claire listened to Rias and she understood her perspective. - sometimes you need to sacrifice the few for the many, but doing so here made no sense. "True we didn't know the threat," she said to Fromanzio, "and they will likely call us insane, but if we knowingly do nothing to aid them, when we have some knowledge, we are no better then the mages we hunt. Now, if they don't believe us - that is a different matter; you cannot help those who do not want to be helped. We still must give them a chance however." Claire finished, more matter-of-factually then persuasive.

Next she turned to Bom, saving Rias for last. "That was actually my intent, though should they believe me and ask for my aid, I would give it."

Claire cast a sidelong glance at William - it was strange to be agreeing on a matter of duty like this; it was almost appalling to think her only ally was William, but at least it was an ally.

Finally came Rias; the difficult one. "You misunderstand - I am fully aware of my position in this war - that of a decoy meant to be thrown away as needed. The difference is that I accept it. If that is how my life will best serve the needs of the people, then I can do so without regret. Am I going to try and survive? Yes. Am I going to fight to make sure we all survive? Yes. Am I going to follow my orders?" Claire said, before taking a slight pause and answering herself "Yes"
 

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Rias rolled her eyes at William "we're not soldiers" she said as he walked off.

Claire, on the other hand, she gave this strange look, like she wasn't sure what she was looking at "you sure your a noble? you don't act like any of the ones I'm related to" she said with out thinking, then realizing what she said "err ... know, i meant, the ones i know ..." after an awkward few moments of Rias trying to sell her back peddling as fact "Bom, get the horses and lead them out of town, the three of us will loiter a bit longer" Rias said in turning to Mr Bom, then turned back to Claire and sighed "i don't like it, us staying, but nether of my dads taught me to ditch a friend when they're in trouble, lets go"
 

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Fromanzio caught in his gaze that William was headed towards the tavern. Fromanzio sighed and said "You are wasting your time. If Rook does not decide to kill you for knowing too much, he will tell you to "Piss off" and finish drinking his ale, then kill you. The leader is obviously not familiar with assassins and assumes we are a friendly bunch. A mistake few make, and fewer live through. Calling this a fool's errand would give too little credit to the fool."

Fromanzio decided he had enough of this and jumped off into the shadows. He would be watching but if they did get killed by Rook, he was hoping Rook would not connect Fromanzio with them. Stealth was his specialty after all.
 

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"That was actually my intent, though should they believe me and ask for my aid, I would give it."

Bom nodded thoughtfully. He felt a sense of humility wash over him, and remembered why he was so fond of humans.

"Bom, get the horses and lead them out of town, the three of us will loiter a bit longer"

"I most certainly will Ms." Bom gave a polite nod to each of the rest of the party, and walked away.

He unhitched the horses and led them out of the town, to the woods edge. Probably best to stay here for now. He though to himself. Guard these whilst the others spread the word.
 

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Fromanzio said something to William as he was walking away."You are wasting your time..... Calling this a fool's errand would give too little credit to the fool." William ignored the crazy bomb throwing jester. He had more experience with assassins then he knew. He knew 10 assassins besides Fromanzio he was friends with 2 of them. And he had killed the other 8 who were sent to kill him. He walked toward the tavern. He looked back it seemed like Claire had managed to convince Rias to stay. Well that is good news. He waited a second outside the tavern gathering courage and then he entered the tavern. With his head held high and one of his hands wrapped around his new swords handle. He looked around inside to look for the assassin 'Rook'.
 

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The inn was rather empty, there was a rather muscular inn keeper cleaning a mug. There were also a small number of locals spread through out the tables. There was also a half drunk mug sitting on the counter.
 

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William looked around no assassin kid of types. He made his way to the counter he smiled as the bartender and said. "Hello there you wouldn't have happened to see a strange individual in here that just left?" He was smiling at the bartender. And now the back and forth chat about the information can begin. I am sure he wants a few coins for the information, but in the case he won't he might get angry that I am offering money. This is the perfect way for me to test the waters.
 

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'well there was a rather big fellaw talking to this jester, the jester left here a couple minuets a go. Shortly after the jester left one of the big fellaw's friend or associate came down and scolded him for something, they then headed up to their room' The bartender then brought out a clean mug and said 'So do you have time for a drink?'
 

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'well there was a rather big fellaw talking to this jester, the jester left here a couple minuets a go. Shortly after the jester left one of the big fellaw's friend or associate came down and scolded him for something, they then headed up to their room' The bartender then grabbed a clean mug. 'So do you have time for a drink?' William smiled. "Of course my good man." He payed for an standard beer as he picked up the mug he pretended to drink. "So in which room are they staying? They might be connected to my mission and I have a couple of questions for him and his companion."
 

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'Well they are in all my rooms, I only have three. So what's your mission? if you don't mind me asking of course 'the bar keeper said while whipping the counter.
 

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'Well they are in all my rooms, I only have three. So what's your mission? if you don't mind me asking of course.' William was happy to get an straight answer. the bartender had been more helpful then anticipated. "Well I am an soldier in the army, and I have received an mission too investigate some rumors that were heard about this region. I just heard about a man who was well informed so I thought I might as well start with talking to him. You wouldn't happen to know in which of the rooms the big one sleeps?" William continued pretending to drink.
 

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'well I gave the group the keys, and they distributed them across each other so I don't know, you'll just have to go and check.' the bartender responded.