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Love and War; Is all really fair?
Topic Started: Mar 17 2011, 10:39 PM (51,121 Views)
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“Perhaps, but there's more then just you handling all this. You don't have the whole world on your shoulders,” Jenny said, “You have people who can help you...like me.”

She sighed softly, sitting next to Snake for now.

“Just please...don't push too far...Not unless you absolutely have to. I don't want to lose you...”



“I'd be happy to answer any questions you have,” Aiden said, smiling towards Didymus, “Anything you want to ask, go ahead!”

Aiden was happy to make a new friend. She often didn't get the chance to, for various reasons.

She also didn't want to scare Didymus off on accident. He seemed really nice, and she was enjoying his company.
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Snake paused, and he paled a bit when Jenny mentioned that he wasn’t in this alone. Suddenly, a fresh wave of memories came rushing back to him.

A much younger Snake stood in a blood-soaked field that was littered with bodies. The sound of gunfire and explosions in the distance could be heard. Smoke was rising, and people were screaming. The lives of numerous brave young men were ending suddenly as war tore it ways through Europe.

Snake fell to his knees, coughing. He had a bloodstain on his sleeve where the bullet had torn through his arm. The pain, the terror and the pressure of his situation had all become too much.

“Get up, Jack.”

Suddenly he heard a voice and he looked up. There was a woman standing in front of him, dressed in fatigues and wearing a bandanna. She held a rifle in her hands, and was looking down to him.

“I can’t… I’m sorry, Boss… I can’t do this…”

“Get up, Jack.” The Boss repeated. “I know it hurts, but you must get up. You are not in this alone. You are one of us now, and you always will be. Now get up, and keep moving forward.”

“Boss…” Snake grunted. He struggled back to his feet. “Yes, Boss!”


Snake shook his head as he returned to the present. He let out a soft sigh as he looked over to Jenny.

“… I… I don’t want to lose you either.” Snake said, shaking his head.

Then a second memory flashed through his head. The vision from when he had been stabbed… the vision showing Jenny’s death, all because she had followed him…

He groaned. “…”

Snake felt like everyone important to him had either gone, or was in danger of going…
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This girl's attitude was certainly endearing, Didymus thought.

He paused, thinking about what it is he wanted to ask. He comments about her fire and its uses had him concerned...

Maybe he should just be out with it.

"Tell me, then...you say that this gift of flame you possess can drive out demons...you said that you'd seen your father doing what was going on with me as I was with the wounded man...but no gift of flame, as you have demonstrated was a part of that..." he said.

"...perhaps not, at least." he chuckled. "...I admit I've seen a number of...gifts...of one nature or another in people. Some physical. Some, perhaps, not. So what do you mean? Did you mention what your father did? I mean, he challeged both the Nazi and the communist back in the street, so he wins points with me for that...but I suppose I'm curious about your father and you..."

He looked over at her. A strange looking girl, certainly...but she wasn't really bad looking, as long as he was thinking about her appearance, was she...?
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Jenny was silent for a few moments, holding Snake's hand, letting him rest for a bit, before she stood back up.

“I'll go find Washington. You rest here, okay?” Jenny said, “I'll be right back.”

She headed out to find Washington...If GS wants he can have them both back in his next post.



Aiden paused, thinking for a moment, then frowned at herself.

“Well...He says he uses it where he can, since it's suppose to be a gift from God. He'll use it to start a fire when he makes holy water, even though you don't have to boil it, he says it helps him...Like each time he prepares it, he's using the gift he received from high. Like an additional prayer,” Aiden said.

“Our fire is a gift...but it's also a tool to be used, and he says we should use it to aid others wherever we can,” Aiden added, then smiled a bit at the mention of her father arguing with the fascist and the communist.

“He says he had this gift of fire from as far back as he can remember...He grew up in a monastery, so he doesn't know where he came from. Eventually he left when he became old enough to try and find out...” Aiden continued, remembering what her father had said about his own past, “I don't know who my mother is...she died when I was very young. For as long as I can remember, my father and I traveled around, and he would give sermons, help tend to small problems in some small towns, things like that.”

Aiden looked back up to Didymus, “I'm sorry I don't know much more. I'm not as good with all this as my dad is. He's really good at explaining all of this... And honestly most people don't seem to care too much...”

She sighed a bit. Aiden was, indeed, attractive, though her atypical color scheme tended to throw people off, and she was use to people thinking she was just some odd looking girl to be ignored.

Aiden then paused, then looked back up to Didymus, going back to her normal smiling face, “I know my dad says our gifts can be twisted for an evil purpose, as they are a test of our morality, whether we can overcome the gift of power we have. He says people are all tested in different ways. Some like me, with my power and such...And some like...well...I think like you, with burdens they have to carry.”

She smiled at Didymus, “But we're not alone! People are suppose to help other people, so our burdens can all become lighter...”
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Didymus listened intently as Aiden spoke.

"Hmmm...ah, so perhaps I misinterpreted your statement..." he said.

Yes, genetic, a mutuation perhaps is what happened...this may only be reinforced by this girl's unusual appearance...though...attractive, even? he thought.

"I may need to ask your father about it one day, but...I think you got to the heart of my question." he added.

“I know my dad says our gifts can be twisted for an evil purpose, as they are a test of our morality, whether we can overcome the gift of power we have. He says people are all tested in different ways. Some like me, with my power and such...And some like...well...I think like you, with burdens they have to carry.”


He raised an eyebrow.

"Burdens I have to carry, miss? What makes you say that?"

She had valid enough reasons for such a remark, but he thought he hadn't spilled everything around her, at least...

“But we're not alone! People are suppose to help other people, so our burdens can all become lighter...”

At this, Didyums paused...and slowly nodded...

"Bear each other's burdens..." he said. "...but lest I be labeled a communist, do it willingly and not by state compulsion." he added, chuckling.
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“Well...you're young, like me...Yet instead of being back home, you're here, in a foreign land, and combating people who want you and others dead,” Aiden said, “It shouldn't be your problem, but you're here anyways, to help.”

She smiled, then paused, and then reached forward and took one of Didymus' hands for a moment in her's, holding it up.

“Exactly! Burdens only become lighter when one helps another willingly,” Aiden said, nodding, “And so I want to help you. If you'll let me, at least...”

She then paused, then released Didymus's hand, blushing slightly, “Ummm, sorry...and thank you, again, really...I'm glad you're letting me help this much, at least...”
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“Well...you're young, like me...Yet instead of being back home, you're here, in a foreign land, and combating people who want you and others dead,” Aiden said, “It shouldn't be your problem, but you're here anyways, to help.”


"So are you, though..." Didymus said.

When she took his hand he almost...flinched?

This still appeared, perhaps, suspicious to him...though it was...nice...too...

“Ummm, sorry...and thank you, again, really...I'm glad you're letting me help this much, at least...”

He simply nodded.

"You were handy in clearing out Alice's hideout." he said. "Though...there was that large fellow's...talents, whatever they may be..."

He was wary of all of this affection. Suddenly meeting a girl like this, who suddenly starts showing such warmth to him while insisting to be let in as much as they'll let her?

He felt this all could be too good to be true, a way for a plant to slowly worm its way in.

This was not to say he was convinced of this, however, simply a suspicion, or something to be wary against, he was thinking about. Still, he figured perhaps they should keep her about and see what she did...

...he'd still need to go see that aristocrat they met...but for now he sat there, still eating...
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"Back to Europe?" Kanna muttered with a frown. She had only returned from Germany a short time ago, and always felt much more at home on American soil (despite the fact that she was technically a terrorist). That and she wasn't sure she wanted to be that far away from her children for much longer.

Of course if she knew that Laila, Adrianna and Aaron were in Paris she would spaz and blow up someone.

Fisk’s Apartment

Crystal nodded, looking back down at Fisk and shaking him slightly to keep him awake. "You hear that? Help is on the way. You just gotta stay conscious for a bit longer okay. Then we'll get you proper medical attention."

And probably some jail time too. But she didn't think that would be a good motivator to staying alive.

"While we're waiting you need to try and talk...Tell us about Coldman, everything you know so that we can punish him for doing this"

Hopefully getting Fisk to talk would keep him alive.

City Park

Samara and Blake appeared suddenly in the park, the creature back to a girl's form since Blake had used a good deal of her energy. She frowned and looked around, suddenly met with Blake shouting at her.

“YOU CAN'T DO THAT!”

"I don't want to make you go away, but I will if I have to!”


Instantly Samara stumbled back, eyes wide. "N-No! Don't do that!" Samara exclaimed, knowing if Blake decided on it she would be gone forever....Or stuck in Blake's body like what happened with Melanie's shadows....She didn't want to turn out like that. "I'm only doing what you want in your mind! I have to!" she exclaimed, terrified. "You may think you want them safe but you actually want me to attack them! It'll keep you safe! Please don't make me go!"

Suddenly Samara was crying, rubbing her red eyes with her overly pale hands. For once she actually looked like a scared little girl instead of a creepy demon-child.

Paris

“Adrianna, I like you. And… and this stuff you’re involved in, it’s important and I want to help… that’s why I had to be honest with you.”

Adrianna's face went pink but the frown stayed on her lips. "You know i'm not like my mom right? Not a terrorist. Not a threat to America or your precious England...Despite that if you want to stay here around me you cant pursuit her. I don't agree in what she's doing but my brother and sister and I will handle that without getting the police involved. Understand?"



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[US Embassy]

Oliver flinched. He knew that this was awkward. It was the one part of the job he never got used to. Oliver just couldn’t stand lying to people… and yet he worked for a spy agency.

“I know.” Oliver said, shaking his head. “That’s why I’m telling you, Adrianna. I do want to stay around you.”

He paused. He couldn’t very well agree to stop pursuing Kanna, but it seemed he had no choice.

“… I can let you try to handle her… but if you can’t…” Oliver sighed.




(Fine by me, AGOI! I don’t really have anything else to do with Snake right now. XDX)

[New York City]

[Safe House]

Rica shrugged his shoulders, and poured another glass of wine… which he quickly took a large drink of.

“We won’t be able to do anything from America. HYDRA is bold, but the US is on high alert after the fracas here in New York. They’d get caught if they tried to operate in the US again, at least for a while… and besides, the people we need to kill are the leaders of the Nazis and HYDRA. Those kind of people don’t travel… well, except Red Skull, but he’s a hands-on-guy.”

Rica shook his head. “I can charter us a flight, if we leave right away we can be there tomorrow, catch a spot of lunch and then get started on the assassinations.”

Sounds like a lovely trip… if you’re a psychopath.

[Fisk’s Apartment]

Fisk coughed and looked up at Crystal with his eyes wide. He was practically gasping for air, and it was clear he was in pain from the burns.

“Coldman… came to me… six months ago… he said would insure I never went to prison for my crimes… if I helped my country…” Fisk coughed.

“Helped your country? You supplies explosives to Nazis, who used those explosives on US Soil! They tried to kill the President!” Sama shouted at Fisk.

“Yes…” Fisk coughed. “I know… Coldman… he planned… to let HYDRA attack… he supplied them with… information about Roosevelt’s travel schedule… he wanted HYDRA to try to kill Roosevelt… so he could save the President…”

Sama paused. “Oh… ooooooohhhhh…. I get it now. I get it! Coldman lets HYDRA attack the President, and then he saves the President, thus Coldman becomes a hero in Roosevelt’s eyes. If Coldman killed the HYDRA people, no one would ever know he was involved in the attack… an act of treason would end with Hot Coldman as one of America’s greatest heroes.”

Fisk nodded weakly. “Yes… now you see…”
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Aiden smiled faintly as she ate some of her food as well, staying quiet for a few minutes as she and Didymus focused on their food.

“Ummm...Also...Do I stay here, or should I just come back in the morning?” Aiden asked now, once she finished, “But if it's okay I'd like to stay here just a little longer. Would it be alright if I accompanied you around for now?”



A few minutes later, Jenny returned.

“They're putting you through on the phone here. Secure line,” Jenny said, picking up the phone by Snake and handing it to him. She paused, then glanced to the door.

“Do you need me to leave when you're talking to them?” Jenny asked.

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“Sounds like fun,” Samuel said, “I haven't been to Europe since Galv was a kid. Good to see the sights again. I can brush up on my French, and learn German.”

Ethan sighed a little, “I anticipated this...I can have Maize handle things for me back home, so I can leave as well...”

-City Park-

Blake was quiet for a few moments, crying some himself as he stared at the girl. He blinked, trying to calm himself down, stepping towards Samara and putting his hand on her shoulder.

“Why?” Blake asked, “Why do I want to hurt my parents? I love them...I don't want to see them hurt, but you say I do...why? I don't understand...”
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Marco nodded along with Nanami's explanation. Her concern over the perception of her bringing trouble back was also a concern of Marco's, but if that happened, he was already prepared to try and deflect as much of the blame to him as he could.

...Even if they'd still probably be unhappy with her for just her having been involved. Nanami's 'freedom' on this trip was of much more importance than anyone else's besides Musashi's, because of her skills, so he had to try and make sure she didn't get restricted all that much.

And then Marco was pushed off the bridge. Apparently she thought letting him jump himself wasn't as safe as being shoved off without warning.

He was lucky, however, and managed to get himself into some sort of position that lessened his impact with the water, by the time he hit the water. And unlike with Nanami, the cold water wasn't very pleasant for himself, either.

But he couldn't just sit around and think about it, since he wasn't the person with fancy powers over water that let him make and hold knives made out of ice like it was nothing... Nor did he likely have the ability to hold his breath for as long as Nanami likely could, especially while swimming. Nor did he have great 'swimming legs' right now (though Nanami's arm seemed like it was hurt pretty bad, but with her water powers, he didn't think that was going to hamper her in the river here)

So instead, Marco just started swimming in the direction down the river that the embassy was supposed to be in.

((here's to hoping that it isn't upstream from the bridge))
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“Ummm...Also...Do I stay here, or should I just come back in the morning?”

"The latter, if either." Didymus said. "We may not be here in the morning per se, though. I may be at Notre Dame a lot of the day, due to what's going on..."

It did seem to tie into his mission, as Erica would be there as well...

“But if it's okay I'd like to stay here just a little longer. Would it be alright if I accompanied you around for now?”

"...yes, I suppose so. In fact, it would be best if you made sure you constantly had an escort...we don't usually like unattended guests on our facilities..." he added.
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“I could meet you and the others at the Notre Dame tomorrow then...” Aiden said, thinking it over, “That would probably make the most sense...”

"...yes, I suppose so. In fact, it would be best if you made sure you constantly had an escort...we don't usually like unattended guests on our facilities..."

“Okay!” Aiden smiled, taking that to mean she could hang around Didymus some more, “I'll stick with you then when I'm here!”
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Snake sat up and grabbed the receiver from the hook. He dialed a number, and then spoke a few quick words to a dispatcher. Then he looked up at Jenny.

“Do you need me to leave when you're talking to them?”

“No. You can stay.” Snake said, shaking his head. She had been there for most of the events he needed to discuss, and beyond that Jenny was one of the few people Snake trusted completely.

Soon, he was connected.

“Bill? It’s Jack. Yeah, I’m still in Paris. Listen…” Snake quickly explained everything. The rumors of The Boss being in Paris and the encounter he had with the Thule Society. The only thing he didn’t tell was about his dreams.

“Sh-t Jack. Sounds like you’re in deep. You still working with the Sakura Investigation?” Wild Bill asked over the line.

“Yeah.” Snake replied.

“Okay, good. That investigation is still the priority, but see if you can follow up on these rumors about The Boss. As for the Thule Society, I’ll get back to you on that one.”

“Alright.” Snake replied, and he hung up. Then he leaned back and sighed.

[Seine River]

Nanami wasn’t as fast in the river as she normally would have been for three reasons. The first and most obvious was her arm. Going swimming after being peppered by a shotgun was painful, but her one saving grace was the chill of the water which helped to numb the wound.

The second reason was Marco. She doubted he could keep up with her full speed with his leg in its current condition, and she did not want to get separated. Splitting up was the best way to get them both killed.

The third reason was simply for the sake of stealth. The faster she swam, the most obvious it would be that something person-sized was swimming beneath the surface. She did not know much about bees senses, but she had a feeling that the hornets working for The Pain were anything but normal anyway; so she would just assume the worst.

Still, it didn’t take long for the two of them to make it much closer to the Embassy. There was another bridge, much like the one they had been on before, and just beyond it was the street. A few blocks past were the Embassy gates.

Nanami surfaced beneath the bridge, and waited for Marco to do the same.

[New York City]

[Safe House]

“Then it’s settled.” Rica said, and he took a large gulp of wine to celebrate. Or perhaps it was because he was an alcoholic. He then looked over at the group and sighed.

They still had a problem. Getting to Europe was easy enough, but flying into Germany could prove difficult. Then he recalled what Samuel said about brushing up on his French.

“… I doubt we can go straight to Germany, at least not without attracting a lot of attention… so why don’t we fly to France? We can cross the border much easier on land than by air.”

And who knows, maybe they’ll even run into someone they know!
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With Nanami having stopped under the bridge, Marco figured it must have been for a good reason, and he surfaced as well, taking a few quick breaths. His extra air really helped in his swim, but it still wasn't great, and certainly not like having a nice scuba tank even if it was a 30's era scuba tank.

Though it probably wasn't helping him just how cold the river was.

"W-w-whats-s our p-plan-n-n n-now?" he asked of Nanami, shivering from the temperature.
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