[Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness & Ocean
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				Title: <strong>[Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>12-03-2011, 04:23:24</strong>
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				<div align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>The Wilderness</strong></span></div><br><div align="center">(http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o288/Leapyear12/tropical-rain-forest--destny-les-bali.jpg)</div><br>The island is home to many beaches of clear tropical water and lush white coral sand. These beaches are visited only by the wealthiest tourists and those who are members of the family. Otherwise, they are kept pristine and free from human contact. The southern edge of the island is bordered by high cliffs that make it nearly inaccessible from the shore. <br><br>Tropical forests fill much of the interior of the island. The eastern forests contain a spring that is legendary to the people of the island. It is rumored that the spring contains the pool where Marco and Maria gained their powers. This spring feeds an underground fresh water reservoir and drains into the ocean from the south eastern edge of the forest. <br><br>The western forests are a bit more developed. Islanders sometimes harvest the coconut palms for their fruit. There is a wide area of forest stripped away for the production of pineapples and other tropical fruit that can grow on the island. The farmers of this Xantelli land are rumored to be humans whose ancestors were turned to mythical creatures by the Xantelli and forced to work the land. The village they live in is a small farming community of wooden dwellings hidden within the foliage of the forests.<br><br><div align="center"><span style="font-size: 14pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>The USS Moonbeam</strong></span></div><br>Off the cost of the island is a destroyer that routinely circles the island at a distance from the coast. This destroyer has been specially fitted with the latest electronic gear to monitor radio and phone intercepts from the island. The decoding room contains a small staff of electronic countermeasures, decryption, computer, and language experts. For all the efforts to spy on the island, no information about the power has ever been obtained in any form that could be decrypted.<br><br>From the bridge the steering of the ship is controlled by the captain, who is aided by a small crew. The captains task is to keep the vessel from straying into the danger zone while ensuring cooperation to keep the vessel within the conduct of its mission. <br><br>Much of the weapons systems of this vessel have been removed to give the vessel further fuel stowage and engine power. There is a large living space for special operations soldiers complete with a barracks, a kitchen, a recreational area, and an exercise area. The ship can house about two hundred passengers besides its crew rather comfortably.<br><br>Towards the aft of the ship is a heliport that can hold two Chinook helicopters. As for weapons, the crew is armed with side-arms and there are stocks of weapons on board. The ship can still launch depth charges,&nbsp; has one working small cannon at the fore, and the capability to fire torpedo’s. It has no anti-air defense but still has radar and sonar equipment for threat detection. Since the ship is not used for warfare but covert operations much of its weapons capacity has been reduced to make room for stowage, improve speed, and to make room for the advanced electronic and ECM equipment.<br><br>It has been discovered that any vessel that enters the twelve mile mark of the islands territorial water is discovered and destroyed. Since stealth against the Xantelli seems to be all but impossible, this ship has been ordered to simply maintain its monitoring mission. Three helicopter drops into the island have been attempted, all have been failures with 100% loss ratios. The commanders are still working on ways to get agents into the island without losing them. 
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				Post by: <strong>lovelygirl</strong> on <strong>13-03-2011, 13:53:58</strong>
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				<strong>Melody</strong><br><br>It had been hours since she had been on the boat, or was it days? The last thing she remembered was getting grabbed from behind and a hood thrown over her head. She sat there in darkness, shackles on, hood over her head, and she could feel a gentle rocking, so she assumed she was on a boat. She was scared and tired, dazed and confused. Her body hurt, had they beaten her while she was unconscious? <br><br>Melody sat quiet, she didn't know who was on board with her, how many people were on the boat watching her. She missed home, her family. Little did she know they were the reason she was on this boat heading straight to an island that would change her life forever. Melody let a few tears flow, but kept quiet for the most part during her journey. <br><br>As the boat seemed to stop, she heard the deep gruff voice of a man, "This is where you get off." he roughed Melody up more, slapping her face through the hood, then grabbed her arm hard, pulling her to her feet. She was pushed and shoved, handled like an animal, until she felt sand under her bare feet. Then there was silence once more, Melody was left there alone to fend for herself and to figure what had happened. <br><br>Her shackled hands reached up to take the hood off. The bright sun made Melody shut her eyes until she could adjust. Her jeans were in tatters, and the pale blue t-shirt she wore was ripped as well, just barely covering her. "Where am I?", she whispered to herself as she turned to see the boat that had brought her here was pulling away. She turned back and saw a jungle and shuddered, she needed to find someone to tell her where she was and why she was here. <br><br>Her body burned with pain, and it was evident by the bruises on her body that she was beaten while she was unconscious on that boat. Melody found it hard to move, her body ached as she felt the pain now that she started walking. She stumbled many times before she finally fell to the jungle floor. It was now apparent to Melody that she hadn't eaten or drank anything on her "journey" and it took a toll on her fragile body. She lay there, looking up at the jungle canopy, "I'm going to die here, and I don't even know where 'here' is." <br><br>She was staring and battered, and Melody found a certain peace that she might die. She laid there and closed her eyes, knowing this was it. The sweet girl just lay there, alone in the jungle, all of her strength gone as she waited once more for the darkness to take her.&nbsp; &nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>14-03-2011, 01:51:22</strong>
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				<strong>Marco Xantelli- A leisurely drive.</strong><br><br>As she lay on the verge of unconsciousness a green Land Rover 4x4 stopped on a forest trail not far from her position.&nbsp; Marco didn't wish to have his suit soiled so her remained in the back seat until a mat was placed across the trail for him to stand on. Melody was found by servants who had been following behind in another land rover that was towing a wagon. They took hold of her body and placed it on a tarp so they could drag her like a caught beast to their master. She was in bad shape, her clothes were all torn, her body was bruised and battered, and she was pretty much starving and dehydrated. There was sand caked over her feet and lower legs from the shore.<br><br>As he examined her he wondered what would be the most fun way to play with this particular specimen. The first order of business was restoration. It was much more fun to have his victims at full capacity. Quickly, her clothes mended and the dirt through the fabric simply vanished as all her garments returned to good but not perfect condition. At the very least she had nothing to be ashamed of modesty wise. All the sand was made to fall away from her body so she would not get his vehicle dirty during the ride. <br><br>There was an immediate understanding of each and every cell in her body. There first order of business was to restore her to perfect hydration and nutrition. Melody would feel her stomach fill slightly, but more importantly, nutrients were distributed throughout her body.&nbsp; There were bruises on her arms and legs, broken capillaries that left yellow, blue, purple and black marks from internal bleeding just below the skin. He had her body reabsorb the blood and repaired the broken blood vessels as if they had never been broken. Trauma to her muscles was erased as toxins were transformed into nutrients and the fabric of the muscles were restored. <br><br>"Stand up, you're perfectly fine," Marco said, "You don't even look wet?"<br><br>Melody would find herself in perfect health. If she obeyed Marco's first command she would see the man standing there in crisp white suit. He was holding a cane that had golden skull with bejeweled eyes but not leaning on it. He pulled out a davidoff cigar and lit it with his silver lighter, taking a puff before speaking again. <br><br>"How did you get here?" Marco asked as if he didn't know, but he didn't wait for an answer, "You can tell me later, come with me."<br><br>A few men on each side of her directed to the opposite side of the vehicle so she would be seated next to Marco in the back of the vehicle.
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				Post by: <strong>lovelygirl</strong> on <strong>14-03-2011, 02:06:15</strong>
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				<strong>Melody</strong><br><br>She felt the pain subside slowly as she felt her body grow in strength. She was starting to feel full, and not thirsty any longer. At first she thought it was an illusion, her mind playing tricks on her. She thought for sure she was on deaths door. <br><br>It was odd, the pain from the beatings faded, but how? How was it possible to be in such dire pain one moment, and then the next feel as if nothing had happened? was she dead already? Was this heaven? Far from it, Melody had landed in her worst nightmare. <br><br>As she got to her feet, she looked at the man who had called to her to stand. She was no longer injured, her clothes were somewhat decent, and she was no longer covered in sand and debris from the island. She felt just like she did before she was kidnapped. <br><br>Melody opened her mouth to answer his question on how she got there, but he stopped her before she could answer. She moved to where se was directed, never saying a word. She slid next to the stranger and looked away, scared, unsure of who this man was, where she was, or where he was taking her. Melody was a sweet angel that never crossed anyone, and she was not about to start now. 
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				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>14-03-2011, 03:01:20</strong>
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				<strong>Marco Xantelli- On a ride through the forest paths</strong><br><br>The Rover had a decent suspension system that kept the bumps and jostles of the uneven path to a minimum. There were low lying branches ahead that the vehicle seemed to be on a crash curse with, but they lifted out of the way as the vehicle cruised by. Marco blew smoke around as the air lapped at their hair. The windows were down so that the passengers could enjoy the beautiful day that was gracing the island. <br><br>It would only be a few minutes until they reached the Manor without going through the port village. All the while Marco's fingers tapped his upper leg as he held the Davidoff with his left hand. The end of the cigar went between his lips and took a smooth drag, breathing deeply before releasing the smoke he smelt was heavenly. It didn't occur to him that perhaps she wasn't so fond of the smoke from a finely aged cigar.<br><br>"No need to be scared, you're lost right?" he said, "Well, I'm here to help. You could not be luckier than to be by my side right now. Once we get to my home, I will have a room prepared for you. I expect you to take a bath, get some rest, and get dressed in proper attire to visit my office for the morning interview. The servants will be on call to assist you with anything you need. Just be sure not to leave the manor until I find out why you're here and what I can do for you." <br><br>The Rover pulled up to the entrance of the manor as he finished speaking.<br><br><strong>Next Post Xantelli Mano</strong>r ------------------------&gt;
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				Post by: <strong>lovelygirl</strong> on <strong>14-03-2011, 03:26:58</strong>
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				<strong>Melody</strong><br><br>She flinched and ducked as she saw the branches getting closer and closer. In a blink, the branches seemed to just move out of the way for them. She looked at her 'host' with wide eyes not understanding what was happening. Melody watched as the puff of smoke seemed to ring around his head, almost like a halo, odd, but nothing in this place made sense. Also, the smoke from his cigar was making her a bit lightheaded, but once more, Melody stayed silent unsure of just who she was dealing with. <br><br>He spoke to her in a calm manner, and put Melody at ease. Perhaps this was his island, and It was fortunate o her to be found by him. She listened to his instructions and nodded. Oh a bath and a soft bed sounded so nice, it was a real change from what she had experienced on the boat. His final instructions rang in her ears, interview and not to leave the manor. Was she brought there to work, to pay the debt her family always whispered about? If she only knew she was the payment, she would have renounced her family right then and there. Melody had no idea she was sold to this man as payment for her family. <br><br>She nodded, unsure if she should speak at all to him. As they pulled up, Melody's jaw dropped at the sight of the house. Now she was his property, and under his command. <br><br><br>Next post - The Manor---------------
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				Post by: <strong>Jated</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 05:35:02</strong>
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				<br>Mikel X. (http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j97/Beloveds-Lessons/transformationpossibility3man.jpg) <br><br>&nbsp;Mikel had been walking for at least two hours now.&nbsp; The wind had picked up some as it whipped his white Herringbone shirt open.&nbsp; Even his hair had began to lash at his face.&nbsp; Reaching up, he tied it back around the base of his neck at the hairline.&nbsp; He was often scoffed at by his father for having a hair tie with him at all times.&nbsp; He smiled to himself, as he could see his father shaking his head at him.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;There was a path that Mikel followed, around the same time every night to escape the daily grind of his abilities.&nbsp; He was specific in the things that he allowed himself to do, if he couldn't do it perfectly, he wouldn't be doing it at all.&nbsp; So whenever he could, he would take a walk to free his mind of all that he needed to do, in order to do some of the things he wanted to do.&nbsp; &nbsp;The path he followed led him to a small stretch of rocks, where he could watch the waves and erase the day.<br><br>&nbsp; &nbsp;He smiled as he saw the tide was coming in.&nbsp; Once in a while, he would find some interesting things that ride the currents in.&nbsp; His favorite things to find were messages in bottles.&nbsp; The bottles danced through the ocean, with messages to loved ones, or secret desires.&nbsp; This little oddity, often took Mikel to dark places.&nbsp; The reason he walks for hours is due to these oddities.&nbsp; Looking around the rocks, it seemed there were no messages tonight.<br><br>He picked up a handful of sand, and watched as the wind spilled the granules.&nbsp; He looked around to see if there were any slaves that might have washed up.&nbsp; His purple eyes saw nothing out of the ordinary.&nbsp; He went to stand, brushing the sand off of his jeans.&nbsp; He closed his eyes, and allowed the smells of the wilderness to over take him for a moment.&nbsp; &nbsp;He smiled, when he heard the familiar tapping. <br><br>Looking down, he saw a small bottle riding the waves of the tide.&nbsp; Bending to pick it up, he felt a rush start in the center of his body, and quickly disperse through his limbs.&nbsp; The bottle was cool but not cold.&nbsp; The tiny little cork had done its job at holding the water out.&nbsp; Straightaway, he left for the Manor, there was no time to waste.
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				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 07:48:24</strong>
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				<strong>The Beach</strong>- NPC Cindy Forsythia<br><br>Cindy had allowed Jasmine to grant her the favor of allowing her to go into town. A short stop at a small adobe hovel and Cindy had came out with a small bag. It contained a yellow bathing suit she had 'borrowed' from another tourist who had tons of clothes and really didn't need it anyway. This was the first time she felt comfortable enough to retrieve it.<br><br>Once they were at the beach, Cindy asked permission to change clothes behind an outcropping of nearby forest. The swimsuit held rather perky breasts of below average size, though on her small frame they seemed to fit. She had a figure that was not quite rectangular but no quite a full hourglass either, now revealed by the lack of her simple flowing dress. She was evenly tanned and her sun blond pony tail hung down her back.<br><br>"Jasmine, if you're just going to read do you want me to swim a little. If you want me to swim a little I'll swim a little and you can watch or participate if you want."<br><br>She looked at Jasmine and then at the crystal blue water lapping the white sand. A small reef moderated the waves here and made them relatively calm. It was obvious she was drooling for the chance to swim in her contraband swimsuit.
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				Post by: <strong>Caela</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 14:13:13</strong>
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				Jasmine had followed where Cindy led, first to the small hut and then down to the beach. Finding a good spot on the snad she started pulling things out of her large beach bag much like Mary Poppins. A beach towel, and umbrella, her sunscreen, her e-reader, things just kept popping out of that bag until she finally took off her beach cover and stretched out on her towel, her own suit clinging lightly to her gentle curves. <br><br>"If you want to swim Cindy go for it. I know you said you had to remain within sight of me but please, go do whatever you wish within whatever restrictions your stuck under. I don't want you to be totally bored with me, I promise I'll be more fun tomorrow after a day to rest from my trip here. Travelling is so tiring sometimes, though I couldn't really explain why. Go on, have fun," she added with a smile as she slid sunglasses onto her face and turned her attention to the electronic device in her hands.<br><br>She had no idea they had been followed.
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				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 19:49:50</strong>
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				Richard Xantelli waited five minutes in the jungle surrounding the beach his quarry had chosen for that afternoon and probably most of the evening until the sun went down most likely.&nbsp; Looking at the chaperon, he grinned as she wandered off to take a swim, having stolen a swimsuit from another tourist no doubt.&nbsp; He'd have to put her straight if she tried to warn Jasmine about who and what he was.&nbsp; Otherwise he'd act like any other tourist and hope that maybe he wouldn't be forced to take drastic measures.&nbsp; He didn't want to use his Power to get what he wanted, but if this girl was an agent, which was highly unlikely given that she seemed normal enough, and there was the fact that he had done a background check on his iPhone on the way here and had found nothing amiss about her.&nbsp; She was as she appeared to be, yet he still felt like there was more to her.&nbsp; If she truly was another agent and was willing to help him out if she was able to see past the monster everyone else saw, then maybe he would have a way off this rock and close down what his folks did before anymore innocent people got hurt.&nbsp; If not....then he'd bag her and drag her kicking and screaming if he had to, back to Marco and Maria and let them decide what to do with her.<br><br>Walking casually as he had been before, Richard had his hands behind his black leather jacket and was whistling a tune, doing a double take as if he hadn't been watching the girl since she had left her beach house.&nbsp; "Oh sorry, I didn't realize the place was occupied already.&nbsp; If you don't want the company I'm sure I can wander off elsewhere.&nbsp; There's plenty of beach for the both of us, although it's not everyday I see such a beautiful woman such as yourself."&nbsp; He grinned, walking closer, hoping she didn't notice his distinctive eyes and hair that marked him as a Xantelli like nothing else would.&nbsp; If so, then the game would be up long before any friendly interaction could begin most likely.&nbsp; "Name's Richard.&nbsp; It's a pleasure Ms?"<br><br>((I prefer kicking and screaming if it's all the same to you Caela lol.&nbsp; That way I have a reason to corrupt our friend here and not end the game too quickly lol.))
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				Post by: <strong>Caela</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 20:10:12</strong>
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				Jasmine was startled from the book she'd been getting lost in by the sudden appearance of a young man blocking her light. Turning her head to look up at him she let him talk while she studied him. He was cute enough and looked vaguely familiar (had he been in one of the dossiers she'd had to read through, he certainly had the Xantelli look about him) but she couldn't quite place it, and her face was closed and blank for the moment. There was no flicker of recognition in her eyes, just that cold expression women sometimes got when a strange man came up to them unawares.<br><br>"Jasmine, Jasmine Solis," she said when he prompted her for her name. Rolling to her side and sitting up she slid her e-reader back into her bag and gave him a gentle smile before waving to the beach around them, "Feel free to settle anywhere you like. It's not my island to tell you no and I don't mind the company of a friendly, attractive, young man any more than the next girl does."<br><br>Turning her gaze to check on Cindy a small smile curved her lips. It was good to watch the petite girl frolic in the water, she seemed to happy. It was the sort of happiness she could remember feeling when her parents were alive, and now only faked. Sighing she pulled her knees to her chest and rested her head lightly on top of them, "I'm afraid I'm not really going to be good company though, Richard. I came here to...to get away from reality for awhile," she said in a voice tinged with very real sadness, the loss of her parents still a desperate ache in her heart.
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				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 20:25:11</strong>
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				Sitting down a little ways away but still able to get a very good view of Jasmine and Cindy at the same time, Richard Xantelli looked slightly worried, although he already knew the reason for her sadness as she finished speaking with very real sadness in her voice.&nbsp; There were few emotions that could be faked effectively, and sorrow was one of them.&nbsp; That meant it was true as far as her parents passing went.&nbsp; "Hey, chin up Ms. Jasmine.&nbsp; Thanks for letting me stay nearby and I don't know about being that attractive.&nbsp; I've seen a few people on the way here that make me look quite pale by comparison.&nbsp; Still, thanks for the big head anyway."&nbsp; He chuckled, his head not the only thing swelling up from her compliment, but he hid that little fact quite well.&nbsp; Scooting a little closer, just to see her reaction, Richard turned his unusually colored eyes towards the girl and sighed as he looked out to the ocean.&nbsp; "It's clear you've suffered a great loss recently.&nbsp; I'm truly sorry, for whatever has happened to you Jasmine.&nbsp; I don't know what words I can give to make the pain any better, but if my just being on hand is comforting to you, then I'll stay for as long as you need."&nbsp; He meant every word, probably the truest words he had ever spoken in a long time.&nbsp; He would really hate to find out she was an agent unwilling to help him out, instead hell bent in bringing EVERY Xantelli down to rot in some prison miles away from the Island where their powers were available to them.
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				Post by: <strong>Caela</strong> on <strong>19-03-2011, 20:39:26</strong>
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				Jasmine offered him a wan smile when he moved closer. She didn't pull away but she didn't really encourage him either. She was wrapped up in her own thoughts and not really paying that much attention to her new companion. Her mind had drifted to the very place she had hoped to avoid with this little jaunt down to the beach.<br><br>"I appreciate the sympathy Richard. I lost my parents a few months ago in a car wreck. Damned drunk walked away with just a few scratches while he forced their car off the road and around a tree. I'm trying to figure out how to deal with it, but suppose it will take time. Perhaps I'll look up a grief therapist when I get back home."<br><br>She told him the truth. A drunk had forced her parents off the road and their car into a tree, the wreckage had been so bad they'd had to have a closed casket for her father. If he chose to look it up later, the pictures he would find from the newspapers were horrific, the tree bending over a car that had been nearly split in two from the force of the crash. In one you could see the drunks car, tilted but whole, above the crash site and the drunk himself, sitting by the side of the road looking down, stupidly, at the carnage he'd caused.<br><br>The courts hadn't sent the man to prison, and he had died of a suspicious fall from his building's tenth floor fire escape.<br><br>"When I think about it, I'm not very good company. You'd probably have a much better time out in the water with Cindy. She's the local assigned to my beach house and a very sweet girl, I'm sure she'd be much more entertaining then I am. I am sorry."<br><br>She felt the need to apologize because he was being so nice and to give him a way out. Surely he hadn't meant to sit down with some grief stricken woman. If he was on his own vacation then he'd want to have a good time, not spend it coddling her and Cindy was certainly bubbly and much more fun than herself. A far more suitable direction for his attention to be directed in her mind.
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				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 02:20:45</strong>
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				((Sorry for making you wait Caela.&nbsp; Here we go.))<br><br>Hearing her story, the parts she was willing to share, Richard filled in the blanks since he had memorized the article from start to finish.&nbsp; Too bad the man had died by taking a nose dive off his balcony, Richard would have loved to meet the man right before turning him into a house fly and stomping him from existence.&nbsp; He felt pangs of guilt for not telling her who he truly was to begin with after all, but he hesitated as he looked out to the ocean again.&nbsp; Cindy indeed seem to be enjoying herself, but she didn't hold any interest to him, not like Jasmine.&nbsp; Turning to her again, Richard shook his head and shrugged out of his black leather jacket, folding it neatly before laying it away from Jasmine.&nbsp; He didn't need to chance her rifling through his pockets should she truly be an agent after all.&nbsp; Better safe than sorry.&nbsp; "Hey, don't worry about it Jasmine.&nbsp; It's natural to grieve after such a tragic loss.&nbsp; I'm not planning on going anywhere just because you consider yourself bad company.&nbsp; I'm a good listener, and no offense to your friend out there, but you are far more interesting in my opinion.&nbsp; Besides, you're one of the few people that I don't already know on this island in some form or another."<br><br>He was dropping a very dangerous hint as to what his last name was, and what it meant.&nbsp; Still, he locked eyes with Jasmine all the same, and she would find nothing but warmth and compassion despite the darkness creeping up around him.&nbsp; As long as he could fight it off, he'd be just as he was now, a good person struggling not to drown in his family's depraved and insane activities.
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				Post by: <strong>Caela</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 02:35:47</strong>
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				Jasmine smiled slightly at his words. It was nice to have someone show an actual interest in her even in her depressed state. Then he made his comment and her eyes widened in surprise. Was he actually admitting to being a Xantelli?<br><br>"I'm sorry, I thought you were another tourist like me. If you know everyone you must live here, do you work as a chaperone like Cindy? Someone else being paid to keep me company?" she asked and this time her tone carried an edge of annoyance to it. She didn't need paid companions surrounding her day and night! <br><br>Her annoyance wasn't feigned either, thinking more of her family and her tragedy then her job it didn't immediately occur to her the he might be a Xantelli, even though she'd wondered about it when he approached her. Thoughts of the family she was supposed to be trying to get close to were far from her mind and her first thought at his words was that perhaps he'd been sent to her because she had no interest in women and, whoever made companion selections, had thought she'd respond better to having a man hovering around her instead of the petite woman.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 02:44:15</strong>
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				<em>A chaperon?&nbsp; Guess dressing as a ruffian doesn't always lend itself to the right impression.</em>&nbsp; Richard thought with a small look of amusement crossing his face as he shook his head.&nbsp; "You're close Jasmine, but I'm not a paid companion.&nbsp; Guess it's too late to try to deny what I am exactly now, although I am hoping that you don't think me a monster as most other people do.&nbsp; It's my family that you need to watch out for.&nbsp; I'm a Xantelli, as if the eyes and hair weren't proof of that already.&nbsp; I'm....sorry for the deception up until now."&nbsp; He'd let that sink in, and judging by her reaction, would determine what action he himself would take, unaware or uncaring that he was probably talking to the enemy....as far as Marco and Maria were concerned anyway.<br><br>He didn't WANT to hurt anyone...for the most part, but then there was the small but steadily growing part that wanted to do everything and more to Jasmine just because he could.&nbsp; Thankfully that part was small and slow to take over anything he did.&nbsp; He didn't have any slaves for crying out loud, that should be enough....but Enzo was right that eventually he'd become as the rest of the Xantelli clan was, but until then he hoped that conversations and interactions like this would balance out what he was already becoming.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 04:00:57</strong>
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				<strong>The Tourist Beach</strong> - A nervous NPC Cindy Forsythia <br><br>Cindy had been enjoying running around and letting the waves hit her. During her time in the water she had gotten herself fully soaked as she was swimming in the deeper water. Back at the shore she had found a living starfish and it clung to her palm so hard she could barely get it off. The feeling made her laugh but she didn't throw it back when she saw a man with dark hair approaching her client. <br><br>Becoming concerned that she was in trouble, Cindy ran up the beach as the white sand clung to her small feet. It seemed that Richard was here, which was a relief, though having any member of the family around was nerve wracking it didn't make any difference as far as getting caught breaking the rules. Marco and Maria had eyes all over this island and there was no getting away with anything. Perhaps they didn't like the way she was behaving or perhaps Richard had come here on his own accord. Cindy took a second to catch her breath as Richard spoke to the tourist. There were gulls around, a few flies, and the starfish she was holding.<br><br>Cindy wouldn't dare challenge Richard, but the way he was speaking of his family to a tourist bordered on treason and most likely Marco and Maria would know every word of it. Richard was sort of the black sheep of the family, but there was something scary about him nonetheless. If Cindy would have heard Jasmine's suggestion that he take her she would have fainted. Cindy didn't want to be experimented on.<br><br><br>"Master Richard," Cindy said, "I'm doing my duty to help the <em>tourist</em> enjoy her vacation. Is there anything I can do for you or any suggestions you have for me?"<br><br>Cindy was trembling, only once before had she spoken directly to a Xantelli and it wasn't something she was experienced with or preferred to do. Her other bosses were much easier to deal with. The little emphasis on tourist was to help remind him that it was not polite custom to force a high paying tourist into slavery. But mostly, she didn't want her easy going partner taken away from her.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Caela</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 04:57:45</strong>
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				Glancing between Cindy and Richard there was some confusion in her eyes now. Cindy seemed far more nervous than the situation warranted and Richard was apologizing as if he'd already done something wrong. This whole situation seemed like there was an undercurrent to it that she just wasn't catching and she hated not having all the information needed to assess a situation.<br><br>"Richard, you don't have anything to apologize for, I didn't ask your last name and you've done nothing to make me think you're any sort of monster," she added with a touch of her confusion, and returning annoyance in her voice. "It does sound like you've got some family issues of your own though, maybe I should send you a family therapist once I find a grief counselor," she teased trying to lighten the oddly tense moment.<br><br>Glancing to Cindy she gave the petite woman a small smile, "Please sit down, being hovered over makes me feel like an invalid. I may be grieving but I'm not ready for a rubber room just yet."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 05:36:14</strong>
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				Richard sighed, not liking what he was about to do if asking nicely didn't help here as he turned to the very frightened Cindy.&nbsp; "Cindy, you know as well as I do that if any of Marco or Maria's little spies were around, I'd have picked up on them.&nbsp; Sensing changed is one of a Xantelli's many talents.&nbsp; I don't sense a thing, so anything we say will not make it back to them UNLESS you decide to be a narc of course.&nbsp; You do that, and I won't be too happy....but I'll try my best not to turn you into a tulip if that does happen."&nbsp; He replied, sighing as he looked at the beach, unable to meet Jasmine's eyes now that threat was out in the open.&nbsp; "You're doing fine...Cindy.&nbsp; You're doing a far better job than most, and if questioned I'll be sure to sing your praises when you're not going through said tourist's luggage, as you're usually ordered before they arrive to check for agents and other military personal."&nbsp; The cat was out of the bag now he knew, but Jasmine deserved to know, even if she was an agent.<br><br>Looking up slowly, he looked into Jasmine's face, emotional upset clear in his violet eyes.&nbsp; "I'm sorry...but you're right or you would be about needing a counselor, but the few I've seen were always too afraid to give an honest opinion considering what I could do to them here on this Island.&nbsp; Key words there, on this Island.&nbsp; We're powerless off this forsaken rock, or at least I hope so anyway, not so sure about Marco and Maria though since they were the first.&nbsp; I would have left but I have no idea where I'd go...if anywhere is really safe so long as the Xantelli are in power.&nbsp; That...and this Power, is also a curse.&nbsp; It's able to corrupt anyone that has it....and I know it first hand considering I feel the urge...small now, to take what I want without question, to punish those without pause.&nbsp; You name it...and I don't want to become like the monsters that rule this place."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 06:25:02</strong>
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				What he might or might not have known is that some of the changed that Marco and Maria had crafted were a bit hard to sense unless he actively tried to use his power on them. But he was lucky in one way, there were no spies in hearing range just right, though he was being watched. It was forbidden in the utmost to let people know that the power did not function off the island, an unspoken rule of sorts.&nbsp; &nbsp; <br><br><strong>The Beach</strong> NPC Cindy Forsythia<br><br>Cindy sat down and listened as Richard spilled information that was not only unbelievable but also things that if people heard they rarely got off the island. Cindy didn't even know if much of what he was saying was true but she knew it was stuff she'd be required to report to Maria. Of course, she thought maybe if what he said was correct no one would know and no one would have to be the wiser.<br><br>Then a gull landed on Cindy's shoulder. Then it flew atop Cindy's head and turned and gazed at Richard. Cindy had felt this terrible presence once before, it was the time when the mistress had interviewed her. That time she had lost twenty pounds and three inches in height which she was never given back. Worse, this was the same terrible presence that had cursed her to have her period twice a month instead of once through a faster menstrual cycle. Cindy gulped hard as she felt the mistress through her slave. <br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>CAW CAW!</strong></span><br><br>The seagull chided Richard angrily with the voice of a crow.<br><br><span style="font-size: 18pt;" class="bbc_size"><strong>CAW!</strong></span><br><br>It remained perched on Cindy's head, watching and listening. It was all Cindy could do to keep from fainting. Now for sure she'd be called in to report on Richard and no matter what she did the consequences would be grave. She could tell the truth and be under Richard's wrath, or lie and potentially find a new home in labyrinth of the mistress. Her skin turned a milky grayish brown as the color washed out of her tan. Her hands were literally shaking while her teeth trembled. There were goosebumps all over her even as she tried to bite her upper lip and look as if all this was really casual.<br><br>She hoped Jasmine could play it cool and stay out of trouble, Richard was a bit of a wild card, even most of the islanders knew that much.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 06:32:16</strong>
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				Looking up just in time to see one of Maria's slaves land on Cindy's head, Richard was able to mask his true emotions easily as he stood and smiled.&nbsp; "It looks like you have a friend there Cindy.&nbsp; No need to be alarmed, it's just a seagull.&nbsp; Go on, get off of Jasmine's chaperon."&nbsp; Hopefully that particular 'pet' of Maria's hadn't had heard anything to damn them all.&nbsp; If so, it would be a good idea to run now as soon as they could.&nbsp; "Anyway Jasmine, thanks for having me around.&nbsp; I'll take Cindy home if you want.&nbsp; Maybe I can find a use for her after all."&nbsp; <em>Play along or we'll all dead.</em>&nbsp; He mouthed to the bird's back, hoping Jasmine could read his lips.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Caela</strong> on <strong>20-03-2011, 15:02:24</strong>
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				Jasmine's face had gradually become a mask of annoyance, grief, and now anger as well. She wasn't entirely certain what the hell was going on (her dossiers hadn't said a damned thing about the family spying on each other or powers, her bosses had wanted her to find out why their agents kept just disappearing) but it was clear to her that these folks were crazy!<br><br>Without a word she rose to her feet and re-packed the bag she had brought down to the beach with her before turning angry eyes on both of the people standing there with her, her anger giving her a stature much larger than her own petite frame and the force of her personality shining through molten brown eyes. This was a woman to be reckoned with, not toyed with, underestimated, or taken lightly, and now the full force of her will had been brought to bear.<br><br>"I didn't come out here to be the butt of some joke. If this is how you treat guests on your island Richard, I am surprised your family doesn't simply go broke from a lack of tourists to returning. I came out here to grieve and heal, not be tormented further by one of the very people collecting my money. Apparently I should have stayed on my yacht instead of looking for some safe harbor to grieve in. A mistake I won't make again.<br><br>Cindy, I'll need you to return with me and help me pack the few things that have been unpacked. After I call my ships captain you can call whomever you need to to let them know they keep the deposit on the beach house but that I will be leaving and will want the rest of my money refunded to my account. I came here for peace and to escape not to be accosted by madmen taking advantage of my grief."<br><br>Lifting her bag she shot a cold look at Richard before spinning on her heel and moving up the beach, clearly expecting Cindy to follow and not caring, in that moment, what Richard did. Really, how much of a fool did he think she was? If he'd been fishing for information he'd far overplayed his hand and she wasn't about to acknowledge that anything he might have said had any merit. Did he really think she was just going to play along with his game? Hell most of her had been hoping this job would be fruitless and she really could just be what she appeared, a woman grieving the loss of those dearest to her.<br><br>Stalking off into the trees she never looked back, simply following the steps she'd taken to get here and heading back to the beach house she'd rented.<br><br>---&gt;Back to town
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Vergil1989</strong> on <strong>21-03-2011, 05:19:18</strong>
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				((Sorry for the long ass delay on my part guys and gals.&nbsp; Sundays are bad days for me to try to post.))<br><br>Richard could understand Jasmine's disbelief and sighed as he rose and didn't try to stop her in any way.&nbsp; Instead, he remained silent as she left with quite the black cloud following her, and for good reason considering he had had trouble believing all that he had told her at first as well, when he had first came into his own Powers.&nbsp; Watching her leave, with that annoying slave of Maria's hot on her heels, Richard silently followed after she was out of sight, knowing where to go since he knew this island like the back of his hand.&nbsp; He'd convince her....but to do that he'd have to get rid of Maria's pet first....something he wasn't sure he'd be able to do without getting himself into more trouble.<br><br><em>Following out of sight behind Jasmine and Cindy, back to Town.</em>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 00:37:43</strong>
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				<strong>Seamus “scouting” out the beach”</strong><br><br>The long golden beach seemed almost deserted as Seamus walked down a small path onto the soft sand, he had never seen a beach this beautiful before, the clear ocean lapping up against the pristine sands, and palm trees creating natural shade like something out of a postcard. <em>”Sometimes this job does have its perks”</em> he thought to himself as he lay his towel beneath the nearest palm tree. He looked around making sure no one was looking as he stripped off to put his swimming attire on, he was not a shy man, and even though he had a scarred body he was not afraid to show it.<br><br>He lay underneath the palm tree, and got out his notebook, he needed to summarise todays encounter with the local who dropped off the materials for his homemade bomb. They were making a big risk trusting a local like that, but he knew he needed arming somehow, and all tourists were rigorously checked on entry to the island to ensure no contraband or weaponry, he had only got his knife through thanks to a new alloy which did not show in all but the most sophisticated of scanning machines. After writing as much as he could, he lay down and fell asleep underneath the palm trees.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 01:10:54</strong>
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				<strong>Ashlynn at the beach</strong><br><br>She smiled as Angelo put her down on the sand, Ashlynn had been thinking about the reason she was here. She didn't really have a set reason, it was more like curiosity at things she had heard about the island. "You know, I don't think there's really an actual reason that I'm here. Think it's just curiosity about some of the things I've heard about this place." She shrugged slightly and moved her hair out of the way as he started to rub suntan oil on her back, smiling as his hands moved around every inch of the skin exposed by her swimsuit, which was a lot. "Thank you, Angelo." Ashlynn said softly as he finished.<br><br>She settled down into one of the lounge chairs so she could catch some sun, oh, this had always been one of her favorite things to do. Forget swimming, although she enjoyed that, she could lay out in the sun all day and rarely get burnt, her skin just turned a golden brown color. It was a great thing and she took this time to relax, she also watched the few people who were out in the water. <br><br>Her eyes moved to watch a man approach and she averted her eyes when he was changing because of the manners she'd had drilled into her since she was very young. She closed her eyes again and turned over onto her stomach to curiously and subtly watch him while he wrote.&nbsp; Ashlynn was starting to get bored and wanted someone to talk to so when she saw that he was no awake, she got up and made her way over to where he was.<br><br>"Hey there, I'm Ashlynn. What's your name?" She flashed him that genuine and all-American smile of hers at him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 02:35:10</strong>
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				<strong>Seamus going for a walk down the beach</strong><br><br>Seamus woke with a start, instinctively reaching towards his backpack where his knife was concealed, a lifetime in the SAS gives a man automatic reactions to being shocked or startled. As his eyes focused on the source of his awakening he realised that it was a pretty young blonde girl and that there was no danger, he withdrew his hand from the backpack, releasing the knife from his grip, thankfully it was still in the pack, and had not been seen by the girl. He turned to the girl, hoping he hadn’t startled her with his sudden movements, giving her his biggest, most charming smile.<br><br><strong>”Hey there missy”</strong> he said in his thick Irish accent, <strong>”Ashlynn, now that’s a pretty name ya got there”</strong>. Seamus paused, taking a better look at the girl who had approached him, she certainly was pretty, and obviously very confident to have approached him like this, he was a muscular scarred man after all. <strong>” I guess you’ll be wanting my name then, well I go by the name Seamus, Seamus Fitzgerald, and it’s a pleasure to meet you”</strong> he said while getting to his feet.<br><br><strong>”Im absolutely dying for a drink”</strong> Seamus told the girl as he pointed at a wooden shack that looked like it might sell beverages, <strong>”I’ll tell ya what, I’ll even buy ya one, if ya tell me a bit about yourself, and why a good looking young lass like yourself approached a scary looking guy like me”</strong> he said with a cheeky wink, the large grin still plastered across his face.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 02:56:10</strong>
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				[/b]Ashlynn with Seamus[/b]<br><br>Ashlynn saw him reach into his bag quickly, but it didn't really scare her, she could tell he was Irish and that made her smile. She loved Irish accents, well, she was a sucker for a lot of different accents, but Irish and Scottish were the two main ones that had the power to make her weak in the knees. <br><br>"Thank you very much, Seamus. It's nice to meet you, too." Ashlynn knew that her own accent was undeniable, too, growing up in the historically rich city of Savannah, Georgia had its pros and its cons. One of the pros being that her accent, sometimes, drove men and women crazy, it depended on the person's preferences. Ashlynn offered the man her hand, another thing about being raised in a wealthy family from the deep south...being taught manners and respect were a huge part of a child's upbringing.<br><br>"A drink would be nice." Ashlynn's gaze followed to where he was pointing and she smiled. "Tell you what, ask me whatever you'd like to know. I'm not modest and I've never seen any reason to lie about anything. Eh, you're not that scary looking and I like meeting new people." The same smile from earlier was on her face
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 19:30:28</strong>
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				<strong>Seamus with the lovely Ashlynn</strong><br><br>The girl didn’t seem threatening at all to Seamus, but he kept his guard up anyway, the island was home to a notorious family of criminals after all. However signs pointed towards her being a rich tourist, he had read the brief on the island and knew it was frequented by these wealthy tourists looking for thrills on an island filled with mystery and sin. She was probably some spoilt rich girl looking to rebel against daddy by coming to the island, he had met many before in his line of work, however he would play along, he could perhaps use her to glean info or as a possible escape route if she had her own boat, as many tourists who came to the island did. <strong>”Alright then missy, lets go grab that drink and we can get to know each other a little better”</strong> Seamus said as he motioned to Ashlynn to follow him.<br><br>Seamus led the girl towards the crudely built wooden structure, it had the telltale signs of somewhere that may sell refreshments, an open front with a long wooden bar with what looked like refrigeration units behind it. He walked up to the bar and greeted the man behind it, <strong>”hello there my friend”</strong> pausing as he examined the drinks on offer, <strong>”Ill just have a coke I think, and get the lady whatever she wants.”</strong>. As the man prepared their drinks Seamus turned to the pretty blonde, <strong>”Well I know your name, and from your pretty accent id guess you were American”</strong>, he eyed her swimsuit up and down, <strong>”and judging by your fancy swimming costume a rich one at that”</strong>. He handed her the drink the barman had prepared and paid the man, <strong>”Lets go sit down somewhere, all this relaxing is hard work”</strong> he said to the girl with a big grin and pointed to a couple of sun beds next to each other under a make shift umbrella. <br><br>Dumping his bag, Seamus spread himself on the sunbed and turned to the girl, <strong>”So what is a pretty young thing like yourself doing on such a notorious island eh?”</strong>. He slurped his drink as he waited for the girls answer, <strong>”Oh and feel free to quiz me a bit on myself”</strong>, he said while glancing at the girl, <strong>”but not too much”</strong> he added with a grin, <strong>”a mans gotta retain a certain level of mystery”</strong>.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>29-03-2011, 20:57:25</strong>
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				<strong>Ashlynn getting a drink with Seamus</strong><br><br>The man looked like he was keeping his guard up and Ashlynn really had no idea why, but it didn't bother her very much when it probably should have. Little did she know what actually was going on on this island paradise or that Seamus was an agent sent to gain information and if she was caught with him, it might not matter if she didn't know that he was. "That sounds like a mighty fine idea to me." She smiled at him.<br><br>They walked over to get their drinks and she ordered a double shot of whiskey, waiting with him and then making their way over to some lounge chairs underneath an umbrella. "You'd be right on all accounts." She settled down with a smile and relaxed comfortably into the seat before sipping at her drink. She didn't really know what to think of him, but he seemed nice enough and his voice cut to her core.<br><br>"Oh, just curiosity, I suppose. I, also, had to get away from my family for a little while. I love'em but they drive me crazy." Ashlynn shot him a smile. "Well, I can tell you're originally from Ireland, but where do you live?"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 01:24:35</strong>
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				<strong>Seamus enjoying a drink with Ashlynn</strong><br><br><em>”Getting away from the family eh?”</em> he thought to himself, definite signs of a spoilt girl out to rebel, but something about her manner told him he was wrong. After years of training he had learnt to read people very well, and while she was obviously used to getting what she wanted, her demeanour and the way she spoke suggested she had managed to resist many of the bad habits that befell many young wealthy Americans. Seamus turned his head towards the girl to answer her question, <strong>”Well I was born and raised in Ireland, still live there now, made a small fortune with gambling websites, if you have ever been online and seen those online casino pop ups, well, you can blame me.”</strong>, he said with a grin on his face. <br><br>While the girl was laid on the sunbed and not really looking in his direction, Seamus took the opportunity to take a better look at his companion, she certainly was beautiful, he especially admired he long blonde hair which fell around her head in a dishevelled way across the sunbed, he had always had a thing for blondes. Her tanned body was almost flawless in every way, her seductive curves were perfectly proportioned, and the swimsuit she was wearing left very little to the imagination. Seamus smiled to himself as he began to use that imagination to fill in the gaps before realising the dangerous route he was taking. <em>”Shes way to young for ya man”</em> he thought to himself, she couldn’t be more than twenty-two or twenty-three, probably younger, besides he had a mission to do and couldn’t afford distractions in such dangerous circumstances.<br><br><strong>”Well ya know what they say about curiosity don’t ya”</strong>, as he smiled at the girl, <strong>”don’t blame ya though”</strong>, im a little curious about this place myself. He turned away from the girl and returned to the relaxed position on his back, <strong>”so what do you know about the island then? Ive not heard too much, just that its owned by this Xantelli guy.”</strong>, he wondered if his question would make the girl uncomfortable, so he followed it up quickly with a much more innocent question. <strong>”So where ya staying then? Im up at the hotels a bit further into town”</strong>.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>30-03-2011, 02:00:44</strong>
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				<strong>Ashlynn and Seamus</strong><br><br>Ashlynn could feel his eyes roaming over her body and she smiled before looking over at him. "Oh, should I hit you for those now or later?" She grinned at him. "If you want to know, you can just ask me how old I am." Ashlynn had always been kind of good at reading people, came from years of watching people at various parties and fund-raisers. Her eyes ran over him slightly and she saw that he was scarred, but that somehow made him all the more appealing to her...made here want to find out what happened and gave him a little mystery.<br><br>"Just rumors, really. The amazing surgeries or whatever that happen here, that's not why I came here though. I don't want any kind of plastic surgery. Would be cool if I could get my eye color changed, though." She grinned playfully. "Heard something about some kind of brothel or something, but I'm not sure if there is such a thing. Thought it could maybe be fun. Probably gonna explore the island a little more tomorrow"<br><br><br>She glanced towards Angelo and saw that his eyes weren't leaving them, she turned to face Seamus again and smiled. "I'm in one of the private beach houses down that way." Ashlynn pointed towards where they were.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>31-03-2011, 01:16:45</strong>
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				<strong>Seamus with Ashlynn on the beach</strong><br><br>As the girl chastised him for ogling at her, he gave a short chuckle, <strong>”Im sorry lass, I couldn’t help myself, but you are a very pretty girl, and I am a red blooded male, feel free to hit me if ya like, I think I can take it”</strong> he said with a wink to the girl. <strong>”As for ya age, id guess at 20”</strong>. He saw the girls eyes wander towards the scars running up and down his upper body, they were caused by the long whips of the Iraqi torturers, one man in particular had a talent with the whip, and would be able to administer the punishment in exactly the same place over and over, till the skin bled. He didn’t want to tell her the truth of the injury, for all he knew she could be working for or part of the Xantelli family, and anyone with a history in the military might raise suspicion. <br><br><strong>”Ah I see ya noticed these”</strong> he said to the girl while running his hands over the scars which protruded over his muscled body, he grinned at her, <strong>”Northern Ireland is a tough place, I don’t know if ya know the kind of troubles we had over there, but a lot of people got injured back then”</strong>. He shook his head for dramatic effect, <strong>”and these are mine, I wont go into specifics, but suffice to say, the details aren’t for your dainty ears lass”</strong>. <br><br>He sipped his drink while the girl told what she knew about the island, he had read most of it in the brief he had been given, though the part about the eye colour intrigued him, he had heard there were amazing plastic surgeons on the island, but he had never heard of a procedure to change eye colour, he wondered if he should probe the girl further on this, possibly later, seemed like a minor point anyway.<br><br><strong>”Private beach house eh? Very fancy. So I guess you come to the island often then?”</strong>. He saw the girls eyes wander to a muscled, tanned young man waiting nearby, he nodded his head towards the man, <strong>”friend of yours? Does he want to come down here, I can get another drink in.”</strong>. <br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>31-03-2011, 18:36:34</strong>
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				<strong>Ashlynn with Seamus on the beach</strong><br><br>"It's okay, was just messing with you. Feel free to look all you want." She smiled and shook her head slightly. "Close, but I'm 19. How about you?" Ashlynn could see he was remembering something and she wouldn't interrupt his line of thinking until he, himself, did so. She, really, had no idea what the Xantelli could actually do, she'd just heard that they were a very powerful family.<br><br>She listened to his story and her eyes followed his hands as they ran over the scars, her mind was in a different place, though. Ashlynn knew she wanted him, but would not throw herself at anyone, she wasn't desperate and had never actually had to throw herself at anyone. Still, her mind wouldn't stop running in tangents where her hands were the ones running over them in bed or wherever they found that was suitable.<br><br>"This is my first time on the island. Oh, that's Angelo...guess you could say he's my guide. Couldn't hurt to ask. She smiled and gestured him over.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>01-04-2011, 00:17:55</strong>
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				<strong>Seamus with Ashlynn on the beach</strong><br><br>Ah he was close with the girls age Seamus thought to himself, still she was quite young, much younger than him, he smiled at the girl, <strong>”Im 32 lass, but I don’t feel a day over 30”</strong> he said, giving the girl a wink. He watched as the girl beckoned over the young muscular man, he didn’t know whether there was any other relationship between the girl and her supposed ‘guide’, she was an exceptionally attractive girl, and this Angelo would have to be gay to not be interested in the young lady. He didn’t really care whether there was anything between the two of them, if he had his chance with the girl he would probably take it, he wouldn’t let it jeopardise the mission, but the job came with some perks, he smirked to himself, for queen and country…<br><br>He watched as Angelo walked towards them, he wondered if he was going to be the typical dumb as a post pretty boy or whether he actually had some character about him, his manner and looks screamed pretty dumb boy, but he had been surprised before, so he tried to never pre-judge people till he had got to know them a little. He greeted the young man, <strong>”Hey there my friend, joining us for a relaxing drink? Go grab another sun lounger and kick your feet up”</strong>, he thought the man glared at him, maybe he was imagining it.<br><br>He turned to Ashlynn again, <strong>”So what does a pretty young rich girl do for fun then?”</strong><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>01-04-2011, 17:40:07</strong>
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				<strong>Ashlynn with Seamus on the beach</strong><br><br>She smiled at Angelo as he moved one of the lounge chairs beside her and stretched out on it, he was glaring at Seamus and Ashlynn had to keep herself from grinning. She turned back to face Seamus, she was more interested in him right now, she knew she could have Angelo and it took some of the fun out of it when you knew you could have someone.<br><br>"This surprises a lot of people, but I like to read and write. Obviously, a pretty rich blonde can't like to do those things, Ashlynn laughed softly, "stereotypes, man, I hate stereotypes. I, also, enjoy singing, dancing, acting, and shopping. What do you like to do for fun?" She almost added in that she liked sex, but the young woman thought it might be too soon to say something like that.<br>&nbsp;<br>"We could talk about it over dinner, if you'd like."<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>01-04-2011, 20:55:16</strong>
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				Yup, that Angelo character was definately glaring at him, Seamus thought to himself, he chuckled to himself as he sipped his coke, he was used to men disliking him, he always got on well with everyone, and even despite his scarred chest and toughened look due to years of combat he was still liked and admired by people, he mainly put it down to his genuine Irish charm. Angelo seemed like a charming fella, Seamus imagined he'd had his fair share of ladies over the years with looks like his. He turned to the pretty girl at his side as she replied to his queries. <br><br><strong>"Reading I can do, writing, not so much, i leave that up to the talented people"</strong>, as the girl laughed he smiled back at her, <strong>"Oh you think I've got you all wrong? I hope I have, theres nothing worse than a spoilt rich girl who gets everything she wants and sulks when she doesn't"</strong>. He laid back in the sun lounge again with a grin on his face, <strong>"I find trying to seduce young blonde girls on beaches is a fun pastime"</strong> he glanced over at the other young man that was with them, he knew the girl would know it was a joke, but he wondered how Angelo would react, if he did at all.<br><br><strong>"Dinner eh? Sounds like it could be fun lass, you could show me round your fancy private beach house as well"</strong> he said with a sly smile on his face.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>01-04-2011, 21:19:46</strong>
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				"Well, I am spoiled but I don't pout when I don't get what I want." Ashlynn smiled and felt a couple of Angelo's fingers running along her thigh softly, oh it always was great to have the attention of two men, but her mind was more occupied with the thought of Seamus right now.<br><br>She leaned in closer to Seamus and smiled. "Hm, I don't think it counts as seduction if I was the one who came to you." Playing along with the joke, she wanted to see if Angelo had a reaction too. Angelo's hand withdrew from her skin and he leaned in to whisper something to her, she nodded and he got up to walk back over to the shoreline.<br><br>"I don't think he liked that at all. I would love to show you around my beach house." She grinned over at him.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Shplade</strong> on <strong>02-04-2011, 01:27:32</strong>
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				<strong>"Ah thats a relief."</strong> Seamus said to the girl, <strong>"Id hate to see you not get what you want and to lose that pretty smile of yours"</strong>, as he was finishing off his drink he saw Angelo run his fingers over the girls smooth toned thighs, and chuckled to himself, he knew Angelo wanted him to see that as he had made no effort to disguise his actions. However this encounter ended, he thought to himself, at least the day has been an entertaining one, watching this mans jealousy blossom in front of him as he tried to indicate to Seamus that he and Ashlynn were romantically involved. Seamus didnt care, a young girl on a holiday away like this is looking for one thing, a good time, maybe he would be the one to show her one, maybe it would be Angelo, possibly both, he never put too much onus on outcomes, he just enjoyed the journey and&nbsp; this one was shaping up to be an interesting one.<br><br>Ashlynn leaned in so close to him Seamus caught the scent of the girl, it was a mixture of whatever body oils she had on coupled with her natural fragrance. He laughed as she pulled away, <strong>"Maybe you're right there lass, I'll have to try better later on"</strong> he said with a big grin. He watched as Angelo leaned into the girl, and walk away, his curiousity piqued he kind of wanted to know what had been said. <strong>"Aww has your friend gone, pity he seemed like a top bloke, bit quiet though"</strong> he said with a smile.<br><br><strong>"Now you gonna show me this pad of yours now or before dinner, probably best when your friends not in, i wouldnt want to upset him again"</strong> as he returned the girls grin.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>02-04-2011, 06:08:13</strong>
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				<strong>NPC Angelo</strong><br><br>The muscular young man managed to keep from doing too much to show off in front of Seamus. Yes he was a bit jealous and put off, but his orders were to back off and let the tourists have their fun unless a line was being crossed. This Seamus was a rather interesting character, perhaps the family was already watching him. Unless he wanted something done about his scar he didn't seem to fit the tourist profile to easily. Angelo had told Ashlynn that he would look away if she needed privacy, but he would be nearby until she was done. It was not like he had to supervise them to keep watch. Spies were buzzing about in all the most likely places.<br><br>Angelo flicked his hair, if they decided to go back to the beach house, he would follow and even wait outside so that they might have their fun. Ashlynn could even chose to dismiss him for a night if she wanted her privacy.&nbsp; 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Kakashiee</strong> on <strong>04-04-2011, 02:20:50</strong>
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				Zack sat on the railing of the USS Moonshine drinking from his canteen of whiskey before his op started. He was in a wet suit with flippers and a re breather. He finished the last sip and filled it up again with another bottle of Jack, he checked his watch the OP was going to start soon. He then heard foot steps behind him and saw that it was the Captain of the ship he was chewing dip and stood next to him spitting it out into the ocean. <br><br>Zack said disgusted "<strong>You do know I'm swimming in that right sir?</strong>" <br><br>The Captain smiled a bit and said in a rugged voice "<strong>You know it amazes me how you've gotten to your E-7 rank and you haven't been black listed yet for your attitude. I've heard that you don't give a shit you'll say what you want to whoever and not give two fucks as you walk away</strong>"<br><br>Zack replied coldly "<strong>I speak my mind, I don't care about rank anyways to me it's just how much you get paid, rank doesn't make a soldier so even if your a private or a staff sergeant it doesn't matter if you see something fucked up you call em out. I've cursed out First Sergeants and Sergeant Majors for their high and mighty attitudes... can't stand those shit bags.</strong>" <br><br>The Captain laughed a bit as he spat again into the ocean he then looked at his watch and patted Zack on the back.<br><br>He then said "<strong>Don't get into to much trouble remember your SERE's training and just recon we don't need you kicking in doors and burning the place down. Also we won't pick you up till you get to the PZ so if shit hit's the fan you'd better start swimming.</strong>" <br><br>Zack said "<strong>Roger.</strong>" <br><br>As he pushed himself off the railing and dove into the water as he hit he felt the cool water against him and took a moment to look around. He began breathing into his re breather making sure it worked which it did. He then waited a moment and an underwater scooter as the SEALS called it was hoisted in as it crashed into the water Zack grabbed on and turned it on and then began riding it towards the Island. <br><br>About 45 minutes passed passed and Zack was only about 800 meters from the island. He turned off the scooter and laid it on the ocean floor, he then took some rope and tied the scooter to a rather large rock. If worse came to worse and Zack couldn't reach or find the scooter he'd have to swim back to the landing zone. That would be a pain, however hopefully it wouldn't come to that. Zack went with the current the rest of the way swimming a bit guiding him to the island. As he approached 100 meters from it he popped his head out which would go unnoticed in the vast sea. He quickly scanned for any threats after a few moments he dove back under and swam closer to the shore. Once he hit the island he quickly drew his Suppressed 1911 .45 Pistol and took it out of it's plastic bag and charged the weapon. He then sprinted for the tree line in his flippers and once he got there he knelt by a tree and took off his flippers and unzipped his wet suit as he did he stayed vigilant listening carefully to his surroundings. He then placed his gear in a hollowed out tree. He checked his wallet and made sure he didn't bring his military ID or anything that could be linked to him being in the military. This included credit/debit cards and his dog tags, he understood the risks of being caught however he would do whatever he could to make sure he wouldn't. After double checking he put on his camo hat and took out his map, electronics failed good old land navigation and maps hardly did. He determined his position and decided the quickest way to the city would be to head East. He folded the map and put it away and kept his Suppressed .45 hidden as he slowly made his way towards the nearest town. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>05-04-2011, 06:39:03</strong>
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				<strong>U.N. Agent 053 Arriving as a Tourist</strong><br><br>While Zack swam right into the belly of the beast, and area where most of the landings had taken place and no one returned, someone else was making her silent arrival via a small cruise ship of lower paying tourists. Her alias was Olivia Bernette, but that wasn't her real name. Her I.D. was fake, everything about her was fake, the real woman was hidden behind the alias. She was United Nations Special Agent 053, she had no name, no normal life. Being born from a test tube from donated embryos meant that her genetics had been selected before she was even born and she had no idea what real parents were besides academically. She had been trained to kill the enemies of the world order and by the age of twenty she had assassinated over a hundred victims and walked away unscathed. Olivia was the best, trained at birth to be the best, her entire education focused around increasing her ability to kill quickly and discreetly. Once her mission was done, she could blend into the crowd and simply disappear.&nbsp; There was virtually no weapon she wasn't studied to use at full efficiency, her martial art skills were at mastery levels in kendo, karate, kick boxing, and kung fu.<br><br>To add to her deadliness she was strikingly gorgeous. Her skin was flawless, her dark hair shone in any light, her dark green eyes had a mysterious allure, and her body was young and supple. All her curves were in the right places yet not so pronounced that she lost her look of girlish innocence. Never once had she been reduced to using her sex to win a battle and was still a virgin. Alias Olivia considered sex repulsive, she had been conditioned to hate it lest it interfere with her missions.<br><br>On the Island she Olivia Bernette, a wealthy eighteen year old high school graduate who was coming to the island to celebrate her freedom and live out her fantasies before going of to university. She was still wearing the skirt of her school uniform with a breezy white top and an orange over vest under the pretense that she liked it, or that she had emotional issues about reaching adulthood. This mission was different in that she had no weapons, she was to use what was immediately available to kill her quarries or simply break their necks using her skills in chiropractic martial arts. Her first target was the simplest one, Dr. Enzo Xantelli, and she'd move on from their, killing the family off one by one within the space of a few days. She was sure they'd all be dead before they knew what was what, special powers or not.<br><br>Olivia smiled politely to the deck hands as she jumped to the docks and followed her guide to her hotel rooms. She wasn't playing someone super wealthy, so she'd get a mere room. There was no appointment to see Dr. Enzo, she would show up unannounced and play to the weaknesses of all men. From there, she would get all the information she needed to kill the others after Enzo was gone. Although she had plenty of time to bide and learn before she struck, it was important to know thine enemy, and this quarry was to be her most difficult assignment ever.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ebb</strong> on <strong>05-04-2011, 16:56:20</strong>
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				<strong>The Mythic Village</strong><br><br>If one wanted to feel most like a God, there were few better ways than walking down the single main street of the Mythic Village. The Village, like the Town, had no name, but there the similarities ended. It was the dark shadow of the shining tourist town. Off limits to visitors, and carefully guarded by sentinels both seen and unseen. They allowed him to pass without confrontation, of course.<br><br>The collection of houses was a curious heterogeneous mix, but not nearly so much as the freakish inhabitants. As Enzo walked boldly down the dirt road, villagers appeared in doorways and windows. They kept a respectful distance from the Xantelli, but hope was in their eyes and supplication in their postures. Few could pass for fully human. Animal features were common, chimera that the Greeks never dreamed of. Men who towered over the doctor, walls of muscle crafted for their work in the fields. A woman with six impossibly long arms, well suited for her life in the orchards. None of these bore the mark of a family member. They were a curious balance between community property and free people. An unspoken bargain tied them to the Xantelli family - they would work, and work hard, and in return all of their needs were met, including gifts that only the Xantelli's could grant.<br><br>Without slowing his pace, Enzo bestowed the blessings of the Family, both material and organic. One woman found herself holding a rare bottle of wine. A second was suddenly dressed in a shimmering silk gown that flattered her parallel rows of enormous teats. One man, built like a bull with arms that stretched to the ground and ended with hooves, felt his cock grow even larger and thicker; it would last for the night, much to the pleasure and chagrin of his three wives. <br><br>The workings of a God were capricious, though. It would not serve to have the presence of a Xantelli become associated only with gifts. Here a limb withered. There a man started gasping for breath, his new gills requiring quick immersion in water to function. A woman found herself clad in tight latex that did little to disguise the sprawling mass of tentacles that now writhed in a bulge around her waist.<br><br>In the village square he was obsequiously confronted by the Mayor. The man had been chosen by the villagers not to rule, but to be the conduit for communication with the Xantelli's. It was not an enviable position. Marco had allowed the title, finding it easier to deal with a single point of contact at times. The man was huge, with skin like bark and a shaggy moss growing over his multiple, constantly moving, limbs. Enzo did not recall his name. <br><br>"Welcome, oh lord, to our humble village. How can we serve you?"<br><br>Enzo waved him off. He was enjoying the walk too much to engage in conversation now. But the man was persistent.<br><br>"Please, Lord Enzo. If you have only a moment. The machines for the fields - the tractors, the trucks. They are in need of repair. We are working hard, but it would be easier for us to serve you..." He trailed off at the flash of Enzo's violet eyes. The doctor cared little about the villagers, and even less about machines. One talent the Mayor had developed in his years of service was knowing exactly when to shut up.<br><br>Enzo gestured vaguely with his hand. "Send word to the manor. Someone will deal with it." He was bored now. The trip through the village hadn't scratched the itch that plagued him. Challenge -- that was what was needed. He would not find it here, not among this subservient caste. Dissatisfied, he turned his steps back toward the Manor. Perhaps a meal would put him in better spirits.<br><br>(--&gt; To the Manor)<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>06-04-2011, 06:26:36</strong>
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				<strong>Agent 053</strong> <em>A midnight investigation of the woods coming from the direction of the town.</em><br><br>She bought an ornamental dagger at one of the stores before gong back to her room and waiting for nightfall. Her luggage was locked up tight, though the only stealth suit she had been allowed to bring was a black stretch outfit. Her leather stealth gear was nixed as she had to work with 'only resources on hand'. All dressed in black she left her room in the middle of the night with only a small pair of night vision glasses. No one had approached her as she went deeper and deeper into the forest. Eventually she encountered a clearing and hid herself in the foliage. She swore her gear was broken, it looked like a group of 'cat men' were having a conversation and behind them was a centaur hoeing the fields under extremely faint moonlight.<br><br>Olivia had no weapons, but she could mark this place in her mind. This mission was going to take awhile, as for the longest time she watched, pinching herself to be sure she wasn't dreaming or hallucinating. Slowly she backed away, she could do further exploration tomorrow night. Though she had this sinking feeling in her stomach. Ever since she had tried to sneak into the warehouse it felt like she was being watched.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>GaGa88</strong> on <strong>07-04-2011, 05:36:22</strong>
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				<strong>Ashlynn and Seamus on the beach</strong><br><br>She watched Angelo walk off and knew that he wasn't very happy with what was going on, but he wouldn't interfere.<br><br>"We can go there now and get dinner later." Ashlynn smiled at Seamus and she stood up, waiting for him to get up so they could walk down to her beach house. She was looking forward to whatever would come next, whether it be something sexual or just hanging out. Ashlynn definitely wanted this man and she knew that he found her attractive, too.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>07-04-2011, 06:54:35</strong>
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				<strong>Agent 053 - All About the Island but mostly in the forest.</strong><br><br>As Olivia made her way back to the forest it was very hard to wrap her mind around what she had seen. When she had studied mythical creatures and the gods she had been told by her instructors that such things didn't exist, that the tails were figurative. But what was supposed to be the work of man's imagination was tilling fields under the moonlight right on this island. She was glad to have bought the dagger, it was actually functional enough to easily cut through vines and other obstacles as she managed her way back to the hotel.<br><br>The night air was so humid here, it felt like she was breathing in water vapor. There was no wind, but she heard the branches of the tree's stirring. She saw branches moving in odd ways under the thin moonlight. Agent 053 had studied the effects of various drugs and was beginning to wander if she had taken in a hallucinogen. But she felt completely sober and fine except for the dirt on her shoes and the foliage on her skirt and her white top. When they had told her she was to play the part of a tourist and that her body was the only weapon she'd be bringing on the island she had assumed the job was so easy they didn't want her skills to rust. Suddenly she was feeling like they had another reason. Whoever ran this island, she believed they had eyes everywhere and were tracking her even as she quietly trekked through the forest in the dead of night.<br><br>If she would have landed with a gun she wouldn't have even had a chance to assassinate one Xantelli. Agent 053 had figured it out, her supervisors didn't expect her to survive this, once she had killed Enzo or a target of opportunity her cover would be blown and she'd have no chance to escape them. Her life had been too cruel, nothing but training to kill from an early age. Agent 053 didn't even have a real name, she had nothing, she was owned by the world, by the U.N. and the IMF. After working for two years she was starting to know the real world and wonder why she had never had a normal childhood as depicted in some of the literature she had found. She had been asking questions she shouldn't have. Maybe that was why they considered her expendable. It was a cruel joke that her disguise and her alias was a fictional version of the life she wished she had. There was no one to go back to, no one to care, all the people who had looked after her, trained her, were doing a high paying job.<br><br>The girl pushed these thoughts from her mind, defecting from the agency was a death sentence, questioning the agency was a death sentence, she had turned out far too human for her own good. She saw the hotel and decided to take a shower and go to bed. Just for the night, she would pretend in the solace of her mind that she really was a high school graduate on vacation, that her future was bright, and that she had a family back home waiting to welcome her with open arms when she got back. Maybe she could even have an annoying little brother she was glad to be away from. Just for the night, she imagined what her family would be like if she had one.<br><br>In the morning, she'd find the note. 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ebb</strong> on <strong>08-04-2011, 22:41:41</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br>Enzo had spent the day planning, returning to the clinic only briefly to deal with a few administrative matters. He had not seen Olivia, but the island's network of subtle spies were now bringing him continuous reports of her movements. It was in many ways their greatest weapon. Few agents could conceive of the ubiquitous presence of transformed slaves and servants that permeated the island, nor the efficient network of insects and animals that conveyed the information quickly to the Xantelli's who needed to know. For modern humans trained in electronic warfare, this low-tech web of information was both invisible and impossible to avoid.<br><br>He stood in the woods now with two bodyguard slaves. Their forms had been shaped into superior combat machines. They appeared as normal humans, but their skins were as hard as steel, their reflexes hyped to human limits, and their senses sharpened to incredible levels. Three more of the tall muscular slaves were spread throughout the surrounding woods. All were cold-blooded, all the better to evade infrared detection, and the three in the woods had skin patterning of forest green camouflage. All were naked--they had no need of clothes--and only the two nearest him carried weapons, high powered pistols. Enzo wanted to make this interesting.<br><br>The trees whispered indications of his target's movement. She was not approaching the clearing. Too clever for that. She would no doubt see the decoy, though. Enzo had used him before. A young slave named Samuel, who now appeared as Enzo's duplicate, down to the gray shirt and trousers. Samuel stood in the center of the forest clearing, a perfect target with his hands clasped behind his back. Waiting.<br><br>The background investigation on Olivia had yielded very little, of course. The agencies that opposed his family did a good job, generally, of covering their tracks. Marco's extensive business and government contacts could root out more if necessary, but he didn't want to waste his father's time. It would have been nice to enter into the relationship with more of a psychological edge. He'd have to find what he needed to break her along the way. A challenge, certainly. The doctor smiled in anticipation.<br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>09-04-2011, 05:33:03</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest- Olivia Bernette</strong><br><br>Her background was fictional, what little there was of it. From the information provided she was an upper middle class girl who was seeking to celebrate her graduation in style. She couldn't afford the thrills of the brothel, but she had paid enough for a good month in one of the regular hotel rooms of meager accommodations. <br><br>The thermal imaging detected a figure in the clearing. It looked to be a man and not a woman by the shape and size of it. Something was certainly up. Olivia turned off the thermal and tried to see if she could pick anything up from the vantage point of a moss colored rock overlooking the clearing. It was too easy, way too easy. Olivia had an impending sense of dread, it felt like whoever she was stalking was forty steps ahead, or like she was a mouse in a maze. All she had was the knife she had bought, and she was sure that her enemies knew she had it with her. If she had at least had some weapons to make a stand, or a sniper rifle, anything!<br><br>Olivia huddled down the side of the rock. There was no way she was taking that bait, it was probably some innocent anyway. She dug her nails into her palms. The thermal vision goggles was the toy of a rich girl and she had brought the knife to cut through the woods because she wanted to explore and play with her goggles. That would be the explanation she would give when they questioned her. She was sure it was coming. Instead of going for a kill, she needed to confirm that the man in the clearing was her target. So she hatched a simple plan. They had given her a letter, and as a simple tourist girl who liked intrigue and genuinely wanted to help she would respond. If this was a trap, she could simply explain herself and remind them that she was paying for a good time.<br><br>There was so much she didn't know but she felt she was about to find out more as she approached the clearing. <br><br>"Excuse me," she asked, feigning timidity, "Did you write me this letter?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ebb</strong> on <strong>10-04-2011, 08:46:58</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br><strong>Enzo</strong><br><br>Enzo was close enough to listen to the conversation, and to observe Olivia in the dim moonlight. She moved gracefully through the shadows; he couldn't make out much more than her shapely silhouette. He peered through a gap between his two towering bodyguards, their cold-blooded bodies masking his own comparatively normal one.<br><br><strong>Samuel</strong><br><br>Samuel the slave was, after appropriate alterations, the spitting image of Dr. Enzo. He was a passable actor, but had none of the real man's polish or erudition. He was also acutely aware that the woman who was walking up to him could easily be a trained assassin, and that his own life might be measured in moments. As he was instructed, he played the part as best as he could and hoped that if anything went wrong he would either not be blamed, or he would be killed. Samuel had no desire to live through the sorts of punishments that the Xantelli's distributed for failure.<br><br>He cleared his throat and held up his empty hands. His current voice was deeper and more precise than his natural one. It sounded strange to his ears. "Olivia Bernette, I presume? I am Doctor Enzo Xantelli. I am afraid that this has been a ruse. Your purpose here on the island is known to us. Your life will be much easier if you choose to surrender now." That was it for the prepared speech. Anything else he'd have to ad-lib. He was told there would be other slaves here, ones that were geared for fighting, but he couldn't see any. He felt extremely alone.<br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>10-04-2011, 21:44:03</strong>
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				<strong>Agent 053 - Alias Olivia Bernette</strong><br><br>She was in fairly good shape from the day of resting and exploring the town. Olivia was clean, sated, and in practical clothes that weren't geared for combat but wouldn't hinder her movement. She was wearing jeans with composite knee pads to provide some armor for a critical area. Navy blue hiking sneakers graced her petite girlish feet. She was built a bit like Eris, only her body was more curved and she was few inches taller, plus where Eris was soft from lack of exercise or training she was tight and adequately muscled. There was a bit of muscle in her soft arms and her thighs were solid from her work and training. Her waist wasn't chiseled but it was firm and tight in the front, lean and mean. As for her breasts, they had become larger than the agency allowed so she had been labeled with a minor handicap because of their size. The agency preferred their assassins to be able to move quickly without hindrance or extra weight, they preferred a b-cup or smaller for assassin's who were not bred to use their sexual skills in their work. Olivia had rather pert C-cups, handfuls of flesh she had to keep restrained with cloth bandages and tight bra's so she could make the quick and erratic movements required by her work without distraction. She was a very average looking girl, pretty but not overly sensual in her looks or build. Her ability to blend into a crowd was her biggest asset at times.<br><br>When she saw the fake Enzo and came to get a closer look she realized this guy matched the profile and the few old or grainy pictures she had seen. Completely fooled, she thought she was with her target, but unlike Samuel she knew she wasn't alone. Her heart skipped a beat when he said her purpose on the island was known, but she wouldn't blow her cover from her own words, she would maintain her innocence for now. If she killed Enzo now, it would be suicide, she needed to have an avenue of escape assured. Plus, her mission wasn't to kill Enzo, it was to kill as many of them possible. If she left the island with only one kill and no new information the mission would be considered a failure. More information was needed, she needed to know what those creatures were, she needed to know what the Xantelli were doing on this island.<br><br>"I was just trying to commune with nature and relax, but then I got your little note after seeing something I shouldn't have. I want to know what is going on here," she said, "What were those weird creatures farming at night in the woods. What exactly is going on here on this island. Are you going to kill me because I've seen some sort of experiment I shouldn't have?"<br><br>She turned on her goggles and looked about, not seeing any snipers or any other forces detectable. Was she really alone with this man or did they have forces that were so well hidden. Olivia knew of the special forces team that had landed on the island only to be lost within minutes of their arrival.<br><br>"What are you people hiding here!"<br><br>Then she could swear she heard movement behind her/ Fearing for her life and losing herself, Olivia rushed at Samuel with lightning reflexes superior to the world's best athletes, twirled around him, and pressed the knife against his throat but didn't slice. If snipers were hidden they wouldn't fire if one of their own was held hostage.<br><br>"If your friends out their tell them to stand down or I will kill you!" Olivia said into his ear, "I want answers, what's the game of sending me a note, what are you doing to people here!?" 
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ebb</strong> on <strong>10-04-2011, 23:54:24</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br>Samuel wasn't an overly religious person, but he was silently praying now. The knife at his throat was sharp. He was sure that one twitch on his part would cause it to slice his neck open. In Dr. Enzo's voice he called out, "She says that all of my friends need to stand down, or she'll kill me." They hadn't gone over this scenario. In fact, he realized, Dr. Enzo hadn't really prepared him at all for what was happening.<br><br>An echo of the voice he'd just used came out of the darkness. "Well, that's all for that, then. Slaves, bring her down." Three huge shadows separated from the darkness of the woods and entered the clearing, resolving into the hugely muscled foot soldiers that the Xantelli's often used. These were naked and unarmed, but no less imposing. Samuel only saw one of them clearly; he didn't dare try to turn his head to see more.<br><br>He knew what the Xantelli's could do. He'd seen hundreds of examples during his time here on the island. Dr. Enzo was out there. He could transform Samuel, help him escape from this woman and her knife in a hundred different ways. But--nothing. No deliverance was coming, it seemed. Samuel closed his eyes and waited for the end to come.<br><br><br><br>Enzo was disappointed. He'd hoped to learn more, to toy with her further. Never send a boy to do a man's job, it seemed. At least the combat should prove distracting. And he'd learn a great deal from whether she carried out her threat on the doppleganger's life.<br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>11-04-2011, 02:53:27</strong>
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				"Shit, you're expendable, you're not a Xantelli are you!" Olivia whispered.<br><br>Instead of using the knife she chopped Samuel to the back of the neck in a way that would dislocate his vertebrae without killing him. He'd fall limp and be paralyzed until he had some chiropractic treatment, he'd only die if he was left for days on end, either that or his neck would eventually relocate and he'd regain enough movement to walk. Olivia pulled down her night vision and pulled up her weapon. The monsters coming at her from three different angles had her a bit weak in the knees. The only way out was to kill one of them, then she could break out of the clearing. But where would she go, the entire island was theirs and it seemed like they always knew where she was.<br><br>It occurred to her that her mission was already a total failure and there no escape. Her only option was to break out in the direction of the real Enzo and take him hostage instead. That way she could get some real answers before she killed him. The situation was beyond her understanding, with the poor resources at her disposal, why didn't they simply gun her down. The big men coming at her were unarmed!<br><br>Olivia moved in the direction in which she heard the real Enzo's voice. The brute coming her way moved fast enough and was intimidatingly hulking. He also seemed to be a close match for her the agility that bred into her and reinforced through genetic engineering before she was born. The only odd thing about the brutes was that they didn't seem to know how to use their power. She was able to weave out of the way of a powerful attack with ease and kicked him towards the others. Normally she would have never had the strength to move the brute with any sort of blow but when using his own momentum against him it wasn't a problem. Two brutes knocked into each other as if they were stooges, the Three Brute Stooges. One was chasing her, probably Curly but she couldn't take time to look back as she caught the heat signature she was looking for as charged around trees and through shrubs toward Enzo's position. Her knife was ready, though she really wished she had at least an M16 and a few grenades.
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ebb</strong> on <strong>11-04-2011, 20:19:48</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br>She was smart, he concluded. Smart enough to figure out the ruse and immediately form a plan of action. And skilled enough to make that action count. He watched, impressed, as she effectively disabled two of his men in the first few seconds. They'd recover soon enough, but it gave her a window of opportunity to move against the single soft target in the area. Him.<br><br>As a younger man, full of the Xantelli pride, he might have tried to fight her. It was a difficult lesson for some of the Xantelli's to learn: Having the power of the gods didn't make you invulnerable. He'd had his left arm broken for him before he'd learned that lesson, as his overconfidence let him try to engage an agent directly. Marco wouldn't mend it for him, either -- he had to suffer the cast for the full seven weeks, healing like a normal human. It was a lesson he hadn't forgotten, though. All of the Xantelli's were in peak health, with superior physiques. But they weren't superhuman, and for Enzo at least, his martial training was that of a skilled amateur.<br><br>Which left the Power, as it always did. He stood his ground as Olivia sprinted straight toward him, her knife held in attack position. The two guards still in front of him would slow her down, but he knew they wouldn't be able to stop her without using their guns, and he definitely didn't want her dead now. She was far too interesting, and potentially valuable. Muscle and nerves could be conjured. Training like hers had to be earned, and it was something their opposition was far better at than they. If she could be turned, she could prove to be quite an interesting asset. And if not, the process would be entertaining enough.<br><br>It would be anticlimactic to wave his hands and turn her into a chair or somesuch. Besides, he wished to keep the bulk of his Power secret from her. All the better to surprise her during the process to come. So subtle changes, for now. He reached out to her and manipulated her at a fine grained level, altering chemicals and nerves. Tweaking, not destroying. Her reflexes slowed, neural messengers refusing to carry their tiny burdens at more than a sluggish pace. Her muscles, finely tuned pieces of art that they were, became soft as if suffering years of sedentary atrophy. He flooded her bloodstream with natural endorphins, calming her adrenaline-fueled activity. <br><br>There were no outwardly visible changes. Yet in a matter of seconds the finely tuned killing machine before him had turned into a moderately physically capable woman far, far out of her depth. The two brutes in front of him moved forward, intent on capture.<br><br>Belatedly he realized that Samuel wasn't dead. That pleased him. He would be moderately difficult to replace. With a thought his vertebrae healed, sliding somewhat painfully back into place. The pain seemed too much for him, though, as the boy drifted off into unconsciousness. Enzo made a mental note to have one of the slaves retrieve him when opportunity presented itself.<br><br><br>
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>12-04-2011, 02:26:31</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br>As she sprinted forward, her target in sight, she noticed something disturbing. Her body didn't feel right. She was panting a bit more and more sweat was developing on her forehead. Roots and branches that once proved no obstacle suddenly became harder to dart and weave around. Her stomach felt softer, her legs felt softer, even her arms felt less defined. While she wasn't unfit, she was more consistent with her alias as a young woman just out of high school. Her body, trained to the peak of physical perfection, was now merely that of healthy and active girl her age. A branch hit Olivia's forehead as her reflexes slowed before she could adjust. The adrenaline rush of combat abated and she suddenly didn't feel at all 'with it.'<br><br>When she tried to push between the two brutes the blade of her knife ran across the stomach of the one to the left, But she wasn't fast enough to capitalize and dropped the knife trying to toss it to her other hand. Olivia had no idea why she was so off her game. But it would end predictably if she was captured before she could take her hostage.<br><br>"Let go of me, let go!" she screamed. <br><br>She struggled within the grasp of the two strange creatures that didn't register on her heat sensor. What was with them, their was no warmth from their bodies, they felt like their temperature was the same as the night air.<br><br>"I'm innocent, I'm a tourist and I demand a hearing," she said, still playing her cover despite the near futility, "You're doing strange things on this island and you intend to kill me because I saw something weird!"
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Ebb</strong> on <strong>12-04-2011, 04:33:33</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br>Enzo stepped from the darkness into the moonlight, clearly visible to Olivia. In physical appearance he was the twin of the man she had felled, but put them side by side and no one would mistake one for the other. It was his eyes, mostly. Not only violet, but so very, very cold. Eyes that at this moment showed not the slightest flash of sympathy for the captured woman.<br><br>He withdrew a small halogen flashlight from his breast pocket and played it over her body, inspecting her like a piece of meat. The very bright beam ended up pointed directly in her face. He removed the night vision goggles. Such a pretty face. So deceptively normal. God had granted her the sort of looks that might grace the fourth prettiest member of an average cheerleading squad. Enzo knew he could do better.<br><br>"Innocent? I believe the man slowly dying in the clearing behind you might take issue with that assessment. Tourist? Equally unlikely, though before long you will most certainly wish that that were the truth. As for a hearing, that can easily be arranged. I am Doctor Enzo Xantelli, and it will be my pleasure to serve as your judge, jury and executioner of justice. If you were to take the time to examine the relevant laws, you would even find that the process is entirely legal. A rather convoluted system of flags and allegiances, and some unorthodox permutations of maritime law. The result stands, though. You have no legal recourse here, and I have both the power and the authority to do what must be done."<br><br>He clicked off the light, letting her eyes begin to readjust to the darkness. "And what shall I call you? A true name or an alias, either will do to start."<br><br>"Men, bring her to the car." They would go directly to the Brothel, where he had a very special room awaiting. Maria had been willing to outfit one of the underground chambers according to his specifications. Of course she would be able to observe and record the entire process, but he had small hope of hiding anything from her in any case. So may as well embrace the inevitable.<br><br>"Come along, girl. And do keep quiet; some of the villagers have long days tomorrow."
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				Title: <strong>Re: [Forbidden Power] - The Wilderness &amp; Ocean</strong><br>
				Post by: <strong>Nazora</strong> on <strong>12-04-2011, 04:57:57</strong>
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				<strong>The Forest</strong><br><br>For some reason the man's eyes didn't seem very comforting. It sent a chill through her entire body. Her body felt different since she encountered him and she wasn't sure she'd even be capable of dislocating his vertebrae or breaking his neck if she tried. The finely tuned muscles in her arms felt smaller, and is she could see her arms in the light they would look softer, with more fat than muscle though slightly thinner and less toned. There was no grasp of what truly happened to her, just a vague feeling that her physical capabilities had been reduced. Though she was still dangerous, she knew techniques that could put a man out of his misery with the application of minimal force. Enzo would do well not to take her knowledge lightly.<br><br>For now though, the brutes were strong arming her and she was finding that her clever methods of angling her weaker body to slip their grasp were failing. They had her outnumbered and they were strong like nobodies business, stronger than anything she had ever encountered on previous missions. She did nothing to provoke anger or further provocation as Enzo looked over her and removed the night vision goggles.<br><br>"My name is Olivia Bernette, I came to this island to hike in the wild outcroppings at night. I just happened to see something I think shouldn't have. Then I received a note that someone needed my help and I couldn't let it go. If someone needs help then I just wanted to help them. Sorry for playing hero," she explained, "So what are you people doing here, breeding chimeras or something?"<br><br>They would bring her to the car, she hoped to be sitting in the seat with Enzo but doubted that highly. It would have been a chance to attempt breaking his neck if he wasn't bound. he told her to come along, that was very funny as his goons were suspending her between them.<br><br>"As if I have a choice, these goons won't let go!"<br><br>--------------------------&gt; To Brothel<br><br>
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