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Anonymous:
A slight breeze made the faintest howling sound as it blew across the entrance of yet another canyon-side cave. It was barely detectable to the human ear... just white noise really. It didn't stand out from the other noises nature on mars made. Thus, there wasn't much of a chance anyone would try to wander into the seemingly small cave. The entrance would require any average-sized human to crouch down or even crawl to get through it, and who knew if the cave even got any larger. The hole in the side of the canyone was slihgtly higher up, though still near to the bottom of the gorge. Thin, sad-looking plants manage to half-hide it.
Pipra's keen senses (and small size) had helped her find the right-sized cave entrance, based on pitch, as well as allowed her to enter it. Surprisingly, the cave opened up so a few humans could probably stand in it, and a few others sit. The pixie wasn't sure what had originally made this home (she wasn't familiar with wildlife on mars, if there was any), but it was obvious to her it hadn't been visited in a long time. This made her rest a little easier--something she hadn't done in a very long time. The small creature recooperated for three days, sleeping most of the time, until finally her raging thirst demanded she get some water--fast. Her keen mind had helped her design some make-shift canteens (mostly from the underwater plants). But now her stomach bothered her for something more than just liquid.
She eyed some of the extra plants she'd brought up after making the containers for water... Would it be ok to eat them? She'd made sure the water was pure, that was something she could tell immediately when not overwhelmed by cities and their 'technology.' Nervously, she reached towards it. Pip had been away from nature for so long... her knack for just simply knowing things was coming back, yes, but the progress was indeed slow. Her fingers hovored over the dried plants, hesitating. But they were snatched back when she'd heard a stealthy noise... Something most might not pick up. Her long ears with curled tips twitched, straining for any further noise. Obviously whatever had caused it knew they had, and now there was no intention of slipping up again. Nervous, Pip quickly wove a sheet of Glamour over her... if it were something intelligable, it would see her only as a small child. However, Pip was weak, and couldn't make her Glamour perfect. From the edge of someone's peripheral vision, they would likely think they'd seen her for what she was... but no matter, as soon as they would look at her, she'd be the scared little girl again. 'Hopefully, it won't come to that,' she thought, slipping into the shadows. Pipra did her best to suppress another tiny stomach growl as she pushed against the back of the cave.
Anonymous:
The Karidja Rift was desolate as always. Why Dier had come here he had no idea, but Caros seemed to smell something and now they had entered the canyon he could smell it too. Having animal senses came in handy but the animal curiosity that came with could get annoying and had nearly gotten him killed on several occasions.
Fortunately the creature he could smell this time didn’t seem too dangerous, magical but not dangerous.
A little ahead of him, Caros, his panthera paused at a small patch of plants.
“What’s wrong, Caros?�
Caros growled and pawed at…an opening? On closer inspection, Dier realised that though small, there was a cave entrance in the wall. Of course neither of them could fit in there but whatever he could smell could. It was in there, he knew.
“Hello?� he shouted into the opening.
Anonymous:
Cain stood to attention infront of the Admirial of the Libra fleet, the man was hardly impressive but he commanded repsect, so Cain gave it to him. Dressed in the formal wear befitting his rank, he inwardly groaned the man usually had some mission for him often involving a dangerous misadvenuture, taking off the miliatary cap he held it in the crook of his elbow.
Sir, Lieutenant Jeshen reporting as asked sir!
At ease lieutenant, I have a request of you
Sir!
Have you ever heard of the Thanatos Research Institute of Metaphysics or TRIM, for short
Yes Sir! I have had no personal dealings with them, but i am well aware of some the activities that they have carried out in my time on Mars sir.
Very well, our sources have revealed that we might be able to pick up a scientist from TRIM and use them for the greater good of Libra
Sir.
I'm asking you Lieutenant Jeshen, that you go and find Dier Fenrir and using any method possible, bring him up to this space station, do you understand
That i do sir. However, from what i have heard about Dier, he's not a man that wants to bound down, after all he did leave TRIM concerning his views over their experiementee's
I'll take that as a yes. The good news is that you'll be on home turf, Dier was last spotted on Mars by a interested friend of mine, so you'll be flying into the Karidja Rift to find him, Dimissed Lieutenant.
As the admiral saluted and walked away Cain felt his lip move in a sneer, he was being sent to mars to pick up some renegade, for the greater good. Not only that he had to search the Karidja Rift, one of the few area's he wasn't comfortable walking or flying. Stepping back to attention, he turned and left the briefing room, his mind already working fast, he'd confront Dier and explain to him lie low for a bit, that was the best way to do it, he wasn't going to force a man to do anything. Walking into his room, changing into his flight gear and picking up his heltmet he frowned, lucky that Libra didn't have any phychics on board
Popping the hatch of the Rift Raptor he punched in the co-ordinates of the Karidja Rift and consulted the AI
How long do you estimate
At maximum speed, within 3 hours
Full throttle then, we need to be fast
As you wish Cain
Anonymous:
At first, Pipra felt relief. The sound she had heard was an animal too large to enter here... and probably too impatient for food to sit and wait for her to need to come out to be caught. It pawed at the entrance, and by her senses she identified it as some kind of large cat... She relaxed a little, and was about to tear the "web" of magick from herself when something jolted her upright.
"What's wrong, Caros?......Hello?"
Her extremely light blue eyes widened... A human? Something, at least, that was able to speak and sound fairly human. A few images fluttered behind her eyes, reminding her of the cruelty of all the humans she'd encountered so far. She hadn't been too afraid of the cat... Perhaps if she could wait until they backed off, she could fly awa... A reminding weight and the pain of memory suddenly overcame her. She now felt nearly all hopeless and sad. Pixies often just felt one main emotion at a time, particularly the strong ones. Pipra could still feel her wings on her back, but the full version of them was just a memory ghost. Her wings had long since been torn away. She now felt completely hopeless... This human was as bad as the rest, she was sure, and would enslave her just as the rest had. Who wouldn't want a pixie working for them, anyways? When controlling one, she could flawlessly counterfeit money... anything so long as she had the energy to put into the glamour. Her past owners hadn't really realized this, but they did have bonds that disallowed her to use her magic.
Idly, she rubbed the two sides of her snake-like tongue together. They writhed together often when she had to think very hard... Finally she came to a conclusion... she'd wait and see what this human would do. She still had her glamour on, afterall. She worked on it a little better, adding more strength and reality to it. Her eyes were now a light brown, and her hair was missing the fiery colors and was simply a dark auburn. Her size actually decreased a little, too, giving her more child-like porportions. She couldn't disquise her voice, but she gave it a babyish tone (her slight lisp from the split helped). "Hello? Who's there?"
Anonymous:
Dier was surprised to hear the voice of a child come from the cavern. How did a child get all the way out here? Without a spaceship it was nearly impossible, he had only survived because of Caros.
“Are you alright?� he shouted to whoever was in the cave.
Though they sounded human, it was possible they weren’t. Either that or they were a very gifted child.
Caros by now was trying to squeeze his way into the cavern but as he was about the same size as Dier he was finding it difficult.
“There must be something really interesting about them if Caros is this anxious to get to them,� Dier thought, “Or they might be injured.�
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