Post by xxiristhewandererxx on May 31, 2020 20:25:59 GMT -8
Iris sat on top of the wooden pillars of the main mast of the small marine ship she was riding, her racial history earning the disdain of the other marines who hadn't spent years getting to know her and hated her simply due to that fact.
But as long as she was out of sight they didn't care what she did as long as she didn't cause the ship to sink and she was more than fine distancing herself from them by enjoying the serene view from top the main mast, the wind was blowing gently carrying the salty taste of the sea she rarely got to know, what's more she was enjoying a nice cup of brandy which really made the view that much more enjoyable.
"Judge Island up ahead!!" One of the crew members called out to the entire ship, Iris tilted her head to what would be eye level if she was not so high and obviously sitting, the ship was passing a small cove opening on the eastern side of the island. "Man I really rather not be on this island.." Iris groaned to herself, Marine forces were already a minority compared to the islands love for the Holy Army, but as a place centered around a religion called the Svon she could already see herself being even more hated than usual during her stay there.
In either case as the forces of the ship made preparations to anchor itself in the shallow parts of the water Iris would go off ahead deciding to simply leap into the water and swim towards the island's shore. They were just there for a supply run which would take several days and she had never been to Judge island and her boring time there was best spent exploring.
Summary: -Enjoying view of ocean and feel of breeze. -Ship reaches the cove on east side of island and prepares to anchor down. -Iris leaps off ship into water and swims ashore to explore island while the ship people get supplies they need for real destination
He would give a big smile to say the least. On this bright sunny day. The bandits he was rolling with had hit yet another noble house. Zeal would watch as the noble family was dragged out and beaten. Even if he was a low birth noble he was still a noble. But that meant little as they ran throughout the house of the noble. Taking all they can Zeal would raise his hand in the air. This was the signal to roll out. As the bandits were getting ready to end the noble he would quickly tell them it was not worth it. They got what they came for and that what all that matter. With a smile on his face he would soon leave to go meet up with his leader. Zeal was deep undercover and soon. He would have what he was looking for. He would look on as he fixed up his wolf mask. Something they all was wearing. " That is the fourth house this month. Talk about easy money. Time to up our gains."
How foolish was the people of this island. No wonder the bandits picked them as a target it was that easy. The marine force was clearly out matched here. It was a good thing he was placed here. But something was telling him he was a about to have a very off day.
Post by xxiristhewandererxx on Jun 3, 2020 20:53:26 GMT -8
Iris head peeked out from water as she walked on the shallow part onto the shore, her clothes were wet but she dropped down on all fours shaking rapidly as the water from her fur scattered all over the small beach wetting the sand before she was done and dry, well besides her clothes of course. She looked outward towards the island and saw a massive grass field, her tail began swaying back and forth as she began walking towards it as the sun shined down on it, "Haaa so relaxing~" She was in complete bliss.
As she walked through the grass field she could hear heavy stomping coming her way, not really interested in being bothered about her appearance she quickly ducked down into the grass attempting to blind in like a fox hunting, when she did a couple of horses rode by her with scruffy looking men, it wasn't that they looked dirty and kind of nasty in personality that caught her eye but rather the large bags of what she could only describe as valuables or straight up beli in bags, not just one or two here. "Isn't this the Holy Armies territory, those were clearly bandits, and they have obvious stolen goods.." Iris said standing back up and walking out of the fields onto the road to watch the man continue on the path.
She turned her head to look at the direction they came from, "It's not really my business but I should still investigate to see if I can be of assistance.." Iris said to herself as she began running down the road. It didn't take her a terrible amount of time to get to the town and when she did she walked the streets, it was then she knew the situation must have been bad because nobody was really looking at her and seemed to be lamenting about something completely different. "Excuse me," Iris called out to a women who was holding her child before noticing her and pulling her child close as she scowled at her, "Not now mutt!" the women said so fast spit came out of her mouth causing Iris to step back before the women went inside, even with just that much and a look around Iris could tell that this wasn't the first or probably the last time the bandits would steal from this town and the situation was quite intense.
-Iris is out of water, dries off -walks towards grass plains enjoying the sun and the feeling. -hears horeses and hides to avoid any attention but notices the people that pass are bandits with stolen goods. -Confused why the holy army hasn't done anything and decides to meddle a bit. -Goes to the town the bandits left from and tries to ask someone but gets snapped at. -Doesn't know all the details but can tell the situation is tense and the bandits have probably hit the area multiple times.
In and out in and out was the key. Ghost went in as the bandit leader key right hand man and damn did he do his job best he could. Nobody could even tell who he was as his face is never really shown to the public. Ghost mad sure of this as he was wearing a wolf mask. Making his way throughout the ranks of the Ocean Bandits with ease. Mostly because he knows of each noble around and what they got. With such information he has on them. It was all to easy. This is what he was thinking as him and his small group made their way back to the hide out. But as he was ridiing along the road he would spot a marine ship. This would peak his interest to say the least. But as he looked back he would spot what appears to be a beast of some sort.
Ghost was in awe and he wanted to catch what ever that was. Making it back to the woods they would easy make it back to the hide out. Ghost and the bandits were all to happy.. But he was sure he just saw a werewolf. " I hope yall not about to call it a night. Because we about to go wolf hunting werwolf hunting."
The ocean bandits would look at him with confusion. But when it comes to Ghost. There is a method to the madness. Meanwhile back at town the townfolk was clearly made they got hit yet again by the bandits. With nk hero in sight things was getting out of hand.
Post by xxiristhewandererxx on Jun 14, 2020 18:08:48 GMT -8
With the limited information Iris had it was clear she couldn't make a move without knowing a bit more and with the town folks seemingly opposed to her presence she couldn't rely on them to get the information she needed, luckily for her the trainee days back at HQ were tough in the way that most information she needed was not told by her fellow marines and through that she became good at investigation and gathering clue's just by observing her surroundings.
With that said she wasted no time in getting started in her investigations, with what seemed to be a case of utter boldness and the lax attitude and inferior training of the main force on the island it didn't seem like the bandits needed to hide their presence super well so there was no need to really check the alley ways or dark corners however it didn't mean that they didn't have inside allies hiding in the shadows of the town so she began her search by looking at a tavern or bar away from common eyes. It wasn't an easy search doing to how big the area was but eventually after some time she was able to find a bar called "The Rusty Fork", intrigued by the name and also knowing these type of places would easily sell out information for gold Iris didn't hesitate to step inside.
When she stepped inside the seedy eyes of the patrons turned to face her, maybe if she had been a human female or male the eyes would be less concentrated but her mink heritage and the fact she was wearing a marine coat only drew more attention to her as she walked through the tavern taking a seat at the front of the bar, "Nice place you got here, I'll take a Whisky shot on the rock"
She waited for a her drink and quickly swiveled it down releasing a small gasp as the liquor traveled through her system, "Thanks, let me get another." Now that she made it clear she was a patron she felt comfortable enough to make her move, "So what's up with this place, looks like it was robbed blind." The bartender looked back at her with a slight frown at her question, "Don't fucking remind me, I was robbed blind, going to be tough this month.."
-It was clear Iris wasn't going to get any information from the town's people. decides to investigate herself using the skills she gained from her time in training.
-Knows the bandits aren't going to be hiding about since there clearly a dominant force on the island, but does search the alleyways for bars and taverns where she could possibly buy out some information from the lesser income people
-Finds a tavern, is clear her presence is rare but pays no mind taking a seat and ordering a drink, when it arrives takes it down and orders another.
-Feels more comfortable so inserts a comment about the state of the area just to get a rise out of bartender that expresses he was robbed in the mess.
Zeal looked on as the bandit was all high and mighty. It seems that this endless streams of robberies was all that. But still Zeal had that wolf person on his mind. It seems the marines just might have called back up. This did not scare Zeal but still. Now he had to change his plans. It was time for him to put this to rest. Soon he would stand up as everyone was all rowdy and what not. Ghost looked on as he held his hands up." Ok it is the right time now we invade the town one last time. There the top noble here is here. We need to get to her like right now. Never you all mind the leader he is sleeping." With such words Ghost would cause everyone to jump up with joy. Not even realizing what was about to happen to them.
Ghost would soon hope on his horse. As his gang went ahead of him. They target was to get the last remaining noble house. It was the biggest one in town. Even though it was guarded it could not compete with 50 bandits. Besides she was a low rank noble not heavily guarded. Ghost would smile as he went on his way. " If I can get a whole of that werewolf. Then maybe just maybe I can make a huge bank of of it. But she did have on a marine uniform. Could she be a friend? If so then this could be bad. They could ruin my plan however if I can cause chaos and talk to her." Ghost would think this as he went on his way. He was now ready to come for what he has come for and that was. The information on the pure gold box.
Post by xxiristhewandererxx on Jun 26, 2020 1:28:34 GMT -8
"Tough you say? How about we do a little trade? You tell me some information I like to know, and I'll give you some extra beli to help you with your troubles. What do you say?" Iris slide her hand into her pocket then slide it part ways to reveal a pouch full of beli, the man expression widened only for it to look elsewhere and the look completely disappeared as he took a step back, it was no sooner than a few seconds did Iris realize just why he didn't speak and back up as she felt the feeling of someone's hot breath at her back.
"Ahh your one of those rare animals species, a marine and beautiful, I bet I can make a lot of money of selling you. Best come quietly, I hate to ruin the goods." A way to overconfident male sounding like text book slave seller whispered into her ear earning laughter from his friends but Iris wasn't enjoying the moment one bit as her mind wondered.
The words, the malicious behind the intentions, all bringing her back to the one day she would regret for her entire life, the fire and screams of the people of her island burning as women and men alike were captured, the utter feeling of helplessness and the guilt that she knew that it was all her fault. "Never again.."
Iris said almost to a whisper to herself as she swiveled around on her chair kicking the man at his side rib still in her sitting position and then curling leg in to kick him hard enough to send him flying towards his companions. Without a second thought she closed the distance using shave, smashing her empty glass against one of the men's head and gripping his shoulder throwing him out the bar also back stepping to the outside so the inside wouldn't be damaged and the bartender even more unconvinced by her sudden aggression.
Now outside she turned around to face several different men holding blades and some with fist raised in the air against her, before she could fully process anything else one leapt at her in a frontal charge, she quickly did a revolving step to get to their back side kicking downward in the mid back section where there knees bent with electro enabled causing them leg spasms followed up by lifting her leg straight up and hitting them directly on top of their head to send them falling to the ground.
The others began to move in on her so she quickly back fiiped using her one arm to gain some distance as she began running further away from the bar, she honestly didn't have time to deal with these man but she couldn't downright let them go after hearing what they might do to her and possible others if she were to let them slide, no. If she was going to finish this she needed to do it in one fell swoop. turning on her heels Iris ran back into the following crowd doing a front flip forward landing on her hand as she began spinning rapidly with her feet electrified by electro as she began furiously kicking at the group of sellers aiming to kick each one enough times to put them to forceful sleep.
Zeal watched on from afar as he saw the marine doing her. He saw how she made quick work of his other grunts. Soon enough him and his entire bandit gang out number her. Guns were drawn as she was kicking that poor man. He would start to clap at her and clap hard he did. The sun was out bright and he had to put up with this. As he thought before she was a mink. But something was off with this one. What kind of mink was she. As he could have sworn she was a werewolf indeed. Those few grunts she then beat up was of no use to his cause. By now the people would have taken notice and would start to flee. Zeal would be truly enjoying the fight show the mink marine but on. But being out number twenty one to one the odds were not in her favor. "Ok baby doll you got me thinking. How could such a sweet mink such as yourself be so deadly? How could someone like you cause so much trouble? You would be perfect for my gang of bandits here. What do you say baby doll? Care to join up with us all?"
Although he seemed like he was playing. He truly was not. As he saw something in her that day. His mask covering his face. Zeal wanted to make a good impression on the lady cop in front of him.
Post by Rigel Larrat on Jul 6, 2020 14:01:31 GMT -8
This thread seems to have missed out on some connective tissue. It works well in depicting both Iris's and Zeal's day to day life. It shows how they treat and are treated, which is a window that can be missed in larger threads.