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Vessa steps off of the Selene and already in an argument with one of the bodyguards, she is in armor, with her rifle over her shoulder, "If someone is missing from the med tent then I am going out there to find her and I bloody well am not taking you lot with me, I will go further on my own." For once the laid back Vessa is gone and the soldier is back.
Xanya nods. "I sure hope so. I would not want it any other way." she says smiling. "also I am thinking of pulling the council together or at least some people to start working on the first part of the city."
Sadie looks to Xanya and opens her mouth. As she is about to speak, she looks to Vessa, hearing her voice. She looks back to Xanya, then runs over to Vessa. "Hey Vess, I noticed Alesia was gone from the med tent. Did Aina move her?"
Vessa holds up a hand to the bodyguards who is arguing with her and looks at Sadie shaking her head, "No, the guards called the ship to say that she disappeared with some woman. Aina would never move a patient that injured and sick. We have to find her and we have to do so soon, very soon if what I have heard is true."
Xanya stands up and walks to Sadie and Vessa. "Can I help find her?" She asks straight and to the point.
Sadie nods slowly, taking Vessa's words in. "I-I'm going to go see what I can find about it in the med tent.." She hurries off to the med tent, fear in her face.
Vessa runs a hand through her hair, giving Sadie a nod then considering Xan. "I don't think you have sufficient armor." she grumbles then sighs, "You can take mine," which causes both of the bodyguards looking like they are about to tackle her. "What about Sadie? She will need armor as well and she will be your responsibility to keep safe if she is coming."
Xanya looks serious to Vessa and only speaks after Sadie has left to the med tent. "I would instantly risk my life to save hers. even if it means killing myself in the process." She says seriously. "and if needed she can wear my amour. it's light but it will help.
Xanya runs to the med tent quickly. "Sadie, I'm quickly going up to the Cro to see if I can borrow something to help in the search for Alesia. I will be back soon." She then runs off to the Celeste and after a short moment lifts off to the Cro.
Sadie looks to Xanya and nods. "O-ok."
After about 15 to 20 minutes The Celeste returns but unlike usual it lands a bit roughly and a bit louder then usual.
Sadie stands in the "doorway" of the med tent and watches the Celeste land, a curious but worried look on her face.
Xanya steps out of the Celeste wearing Kethren's prototype armor. Oddly reminiscent of plate mail, this armor has a stark contrast in that it's of a seamless construction, apart from the helmet which is, of course, a separate piece. The bulk of the armor is done up in a matte black, with the exception of the Danu logo over the heart in a dark green, and gold trim along where the seams would be if the plates were separate. The helmet is also black, with a faceplate having an outline of an inverted triquatre, also trimmed in gold. The helmet Xanya holds in her hand for now. Xanya walks over to the tents.
Sadie looks at Xanya, looking over her armor. She crosses her arms as Xanya gets closer, her eyes showing sadness and a hint of anger.
Xanya looks to Sadie and sighs seeing her look. "what? do you want me to just sit down and wait will a friend could be in danger?"
Sadie shakes her head and sighs. "No.. but I don't want you to get killed, either!"
Xanya walks closer to Sadie. "I know that's why I got this armor from Kethren. it will help me stay alive. much easier then if I wore my corset style armor.
Sadie looks at Xanya for a long moment before looking her straight in the eyes. "I want to come, too. If we find her, she will need medical assistance."
Xanya nods smiling a bit. "I thought you would. that's why I want to offer you to wear my corset style light armor. it will help you stay save in case I am unable to protect you myself."
Sadie nods and smiles back at Xanya. "That sounds like a plan. I am going to gather some stuff up from in here in case I need it."
Xanya nods smiling back and gets something from her backpack. "Of course. and when you can put this armor on please." She says and hands Sadie a light armored corset.
Sadie takes the armor and puts it on over her white tank top. "Oh, this actually looks pretty good.." She laughs softly as she looks down at the corset on her.
Xanya smiles and watches Sadie put on the light armored corset. Once Sadie has it on she whistles. "huba huba. we need to get you a fancy corset some time. those look good on you." She says with a wink.
Vessa shakes her head as she looks at the two, "Sadie, I am happy for you to go with us but you will wear my armor if you come, I want you both to be as armored as possible and it will help you get away if something happens." she expertly takes off her armor and hands it to Sadie.
Xanya looks to Vessa and sighs bit but nods understanding. "seem that Sadie will have to remove my light armored corset first. she just put it on. ahm.... if you want you can wear it Vessa. then you will have at least some protection."
Sadie looks at Vessa, then to her armor. "What are you going to wear, Vess?" She looks up at Vessa with wide eyes, not moving to take off the armor she has on.
"I should be able to move fast enough without armor, or I can use Xan's light stuff Sadie. I will be fine if you two are armored appropriately. If I have to put myself into danger then I will be in far greater danger. So if you two are not in too great a danger I will be less likely to get hurt." Vessa says. For some reason the bodyguards are nowhere to be seen, although Ama the dragon bot is by her side.
Xanya nods a bit. "I don't care what armor you wear Vessa. but you are going to wear some. You have been in hospitals for to much to my liking."
Sadie sighs and nods to Vessa. "I guess I can't argue with you, huh?" She quickly takes off Xanya's armor, giving it to Vessa, and puts on Vessa's armor.
Vessa takes the corset with a nod and slips it on before checking her rifle to make sure it is in good working order, "Xan, do you have a pistol or do you need one?" she nods to Sadie and then helps her into the complicated armor, "Sadie and Xan, you will find that your movements are faster then normal, so be careful when you move and try and move slower then you normally would, I had to train in this armor for weeks to be able to move normally."
Xanya nods looking to Vessa taking on the corset style armor and then looks to Sadie as she gets dressed up. "sure Vessa. Kethren already warned me about it so I have been able to practice a bit going from the Cro down to here."
Sadie nods to Vessa, then looks to Xanya, her face a bit panicked. "Um.. ok." She looks down at her armor, a little uneasy.
Vessa reaching under her jacket she expertly flips the pistol and holds it out handle first to Xan, "Here, check that and put it in your holster. Make sure the safety is on." nodding to the other two she looks around to be sure she has truly lost her tails and sighs, "We are going to have to hope that she is still on planet and we will have to look for high ground first, places that she would have the best chance of surviving in, we can try the caves first, then move on from there. We will avoid the place the bugs are for now and that will be last to check. The last thing we need is another person getting stuck with those. Alright, lets move out." and with that she takes off at a light run, assuming the other two will follow.
Xanya takes the pistol and and checks it for ammunition and then the safety before holstering it. "got you vessa. and thanks for the gun." She says and then follows Vessa along. although a bit uneasy still with her new armor.
A lone bodyguard walks across the camp, heading to the med tent for coffee, but spares an annoyed look at Vessa as he passes.
Sadie grabs her backpack of medical supplies before heading off after them, surprised at her speed.
Vessa runs for miles, all the way across the field and into the hills, taking point and keeping her eyes open for anything that might pose a danger. She is also looking for clues, if she can find them.
Xanya keeps following Vessa and as she notice Vessa looking around she does as well. trying to look for clues or most importantly, anything that can pose a threat to Sadie and Vessa.
Sadie looks around after everyone, not seeing anything out of the ordinary.
Xanya would be the first to notice the movements in the grass on the hills, nothing worrying per se but certainly motion. Vessa notices it second then Sadie will see motion but not as much. Keeping an eye on the motion, Vessa sets up her rifle and sights the motion. "Looks to me like we will need to be careful, might be something we haven't seen yet, or might be just another herbivore."
Xanya takes out her gun quickly and focuses on aiming it to the movements in the grass on the hills. "lets hope it's something harmless and friendly. but just to be safe would you stand behind me Sadie, please?" She asks kindly but a bit worried."
Out from the grass then come a pair of large, pudgy, vaguely chickeny birds with stumpy legs, running around with far more speed than seems reasonable, the sun glinting off their iridescent feathers and large eyes, each with one eye grey, the other purple.
Sadie looks where everyone seems to be seeing something and squints. "Hmm.." She looks to Xanya and nods. "Sure." She moves behind Xanya quickly, adjusting her backpack. As the chicken-things come out, Sadie begins to laugh.
Vessa blinks at the chickenthings and shakes her head, "Okay, no idea what these things are, but I am not taking anything for granted. Xan, keep an eye on these things in case they attack but don't make the first move."
Xanya nods to vessa and keeps her eyes on the chickeny birds. "Will do, Vessa, They may look harmless now but I am taking no chances." She says and lowers her gun gently and holsters it but keeps an eye on the chickeny birds and Sadie close by.
The birds take turns running circles around each other for a few minutes, before they notice Sadie's laughter, and charge the party looking offended.
Sadie continues to laugh at the chickens as Vessa and Xanya seem to be on guard. "But.. but they're just chickens!" She bends over at the waist in almost uncontrollable laughter.
Vessa frowns and lines up the sight on one of them, or would but she is attacked instead, pulling out her pistol she tries to fire off a shot at one.
Xanya gets out of the way of the chickenthingies and tries to take Sadie with her. Meanwhile she quickly draws her pistol and tries to fire shot at one of then chicken thingies.
One of the chickenthings staggers back a bit as it gets hit before taking another charge at Vessa, while Xan's surprisingly agile chickenthing avoids the shot and charges her.
Sadie gasps as the chickens begin to turn and attack, ducking with Xanya. She watches from behind Xanya as the chicken dodges her attack and begins to charge her. "Xan!" Sadie screams.
Vessa grunts softly as she gets hit, thankfully no more then a graze, she lines up another shot and fires.
Xanya dodges the new attack from the chicken and takes Sadie with her as she moves keeping her out of the way. then Xanya lines up a shot again and fires.
Both as yet unnamed chickenythings get hit pretty hard and are now staggering around, but angry enough to charge their targets one more time.
Sadie gasps again, following where Xanya moves her and watching as she shoots.
Vessa tries to dodge once more and yup, another graze. now she has a matched set. Muttering about BBQ chicken she fires one more time.
Xanya tries to dodge an other attack but this time she is unable to dodge it completely possibly because she was more concerned for Sadie. her armor gets hit. she mumbles a bit and aims for an other shot.
Vessa's chickenthing is knocked back by the last shot, but still kinda moving around, and looks determined or possibly just stubborn enough, to charge her one more time. Xan's chickencritter almost seems to smirk as it dodges another shot just barely misses, ruffling its feathers a little bit, and makes another charge at her, beak looking sharp.
Sadie gasps as Xanya is hit and realizes she is the only one left, completely unarmed. She thinks hard about what to do as she watches the chickens gain on her. She takes out a cracker and crunches it up, spreading it on the ground. She crouches on the ground, a little bit back aways from the cracker crumbs.
Vessa grunts again as she is hit, hard this time. Thankfully her important bits are covered, however the chicken seems intent on doing some damage and goes for her neck. Yup we got a bleeder here folks, which Vessa ignores and aims for the chicken again, firing once more.
Xanya dodges the chicken attacking her and then notices Vessa in trouble. She ignores the chicken going for her and aims a shot at The chicken that's after Vessa trying to save Vessa's life. She fires the shot hoping it will give the desired effect.
From the forest comes a bunch of branches breaking, the sound of someone walking slowly, pausing now and then. Eventually the being comes into view. Aina arches a brow, gaze flicking about before focusing on the three women, and the...Chickens? More blinking, then she's quickly heading toward them, hooves making a heck of a racket with each step, and even more so when she starts to run. Honestly, if one didn't see her coming, they might think there's an earthquake trying to start up.
The ex-chickenthing that was attacking Vessa is now lying in a heap, which seems to further enrage the remaining one, which charges Xan for slaying it's mate.
Sadie backs away from the chickens, as they seem to have forgotten her and the crackers. She screams as she watches the chickens attack Vessa, then charge Xanya. "NO!" She rushes towards the chicken going to Xanya, and attempts to kick at the chicken.
Vessa frowns and lines up a shot at the chicken, she sees Aina and seems to want to try and make sure that the chicken dies before anyone else gets hurt, She cringes as Sadie tries to kick the thing then fires a shot when it is clear.
Xanya gets hit rather hard and falls to the ground. Seeing the anger on the birds face and hearing a shot done by vessa she tries to shoot once more on the chickenthing.
Aina continues running toward the group. She was a ways away in the forest, after all. The sight of what's going on makes her try and move all the faster. She's making a heck of a racket, but doesn't seem to care in the least. When the last chicken goes down she's nearly there, and it only takes another minute or so for her to reach the three.
With a cluck of finality, the larger of the chicken things finally falls. Hopefully someone decides to make stew sometime.
Sadie sighs as Xanya shoots the bird, then runs over to Vessa. "Vess?" She looks all over Vessa's body, taking out things from her backpack. "Ok, ok. This. And This." She takes out lots of ointment and gauze, dabbing the bloody wound with the gauze and rubbing ointment. She wraps up Vessa's neck with a bandage. She smiles and nods. "There ya go, sissy. Good as new!" She smiles, then looks over to Xanya. She moves quickly over to Xan, searching her for any wounds.
Vessa blinks at the quick patch and nods, "Thanks, now we have to move and," and then she looks up at Aina and looks a bit sheepish as she is the only one not in full heavy armor. Giving a nervous smile and a finger wave she says, "Hiya Aina, uh we got dinner?" clearing her throat and wincing she shakes her head and sighs, "We are looking for the escaped patient, before she expires I hope."
Xanya tries to stand up again smiling at Sadie, But she quickly holds the area between her heart and her longs as she feels a stinging pain. The same spot as where the chickenthingy hit her. The armor might show some damage there. and because of the sudden rush of pain Xanya faints and her unconscious body falls backwards onto teh ground. Her slug pistol rolls out of her hands.
Aina comes to a bit of a skidding halt near Vessa and sighs, "Yeah...Been looking myself..." She points to the bag slung over her back, "Got some of the diluted toxin for when we find her...Just better be soon." She frowns and glances around, then moves to grab up the dead chickens, which she ties to her belt with a rope she pulls from a pocket. When Xanya goes down Aina frowns and moves over to her, where she kneels down to start checking her over, "Geez...Where are your guards, Vessa?"
Vessa moves to catch Xan and just barely manages to hold her up, oofing a bit and looking sheepishly at Aina, "Uh, well I had to move quickly and stuff and oh hey where is yous?" now looking somewhat amused at the fact she is probably not alone in her running away from good intentioned protection. She then looks worriedly at Xanya and grumbles before using her comm to call some crew from the med tent. "We can have them take her back and see to her in the med tent, I think we will need all the help we can get when we find Alesia."
Aina wrinkles her nose and shakes her head, "He was far too loud in the forest, so I told him to get lost or I'd put Ghost in his fancy hair." She shrugs, then reaches out to help with Xanya and get her put on the ground, "Was just gonna call them myself. We need to find her fast...No telling how long she's been gone. She needs the toxin, and her wounds checked and cleaned out again...She'll be bad when we find her, that much I know..."
Vessa nods and sighs as the crew arrive with a hover stretcher. Nodding to them as they take her she nods to Sadie and Aina, "Let's go, we don't want to make this take any longer if we can help it." she pauses, blinks, then grins as Aina describes the guard, "They do mean well, but they can be," she pauses as she notices the crew is still here and shakes her head, "Never mind."
Aina helps the crew get Xanya ready, then gives them a few orders before shooing them off. She turns to Vessa and smirks, waiting till everyone is gone before nodding, "I know...Not stealthy in the least. I won't have them around me when I go to watch the critters of the planet." Now she glances around, "So...Where do we look? Any idea where they went?"
Vessa shakes her head looking frustrated, "I was going to look for sheltered areas, the cave or the forest or something along those lines. Maybe start with the forest and then check the caves." she nods grinning, "How about no privacy, the guards go nearly everywhere, and check everything, before you eat or move into a room or anything, it gets old."
Aina purses her lips and nods, "Alright...Let's get going then. Just be sure to make note of the way we came. I don't feel like getting lost..." With that she turns and starts to head back toward the forest, "I didn't get a whole lot explored when I heard all the noise out here."
Vessa nods and sends a message to Sadie, who presumably went to set up help for Xan or something and will meet up later. "Alright, lets go then." and sets off at a run, ignoring injuries and silly things of the like.
Vessa steps into the forest and looks around cautiously, her rifle now back into her hands and the pistol in her holster. She is being very cautious as she looks around but moves as quickly as she safely can.
Aina follows along behind Vessa. Oddly enough, she's very quiet, not making much more noise than a mouse would while skittering through the forest. All the while she's looking around, searching for signs that someone has been here.
There seems to be some rustling high up in some of the trees. Perhaps just the wind?
Aina quickly looks up at the trees and blinks, then shakes her head and glances at Vessa, "Wind..." Still she continues to look around, and even up into the trees.
Vessa sighs and nods, "Yeah, now we need to look for shelters or anything that would be helpful for keeping her alive for any amount of time. She wouldn't be able to do anything to make her own so it would have to be natural and readily found, she is a city girl so doubt she has camping experience. And that woman who took her, that is also worrying."
The rustling seems to be along the ground now, the tree tops more still than before.
Aina continues to follow Vessa, nodding at her words, "Right. So...Watch for broken branches or debris on the ground that's misplaced. Signs of someone having been through here recently." The rustling along the ground catches her attention and she looks that way with a frown, then she blinks and tries to move Vessa along a bit faster, "Holy crap...I think I just saw a furry snake with big ears...I'm either going crazy, or the animals on this planet have been mating outside of their species..."
Vessa looks down with concern, then grins laughing softly at Aina's words, She and Aina are standing in the forest with furry, mouse eared snakes nearby on the forest floor, but she nods, "Right, we should probably move on, wait where did the whole thing happen?"
Aina makes a face at the mouse-snake, then points off toward the Haunted Moor area, "There...I think we should steer clear of that place. Go way, way around. I don't want those bugs near me..."
A faint, drawling (possibly recognizable as an Alhambra) call comes from the direction of the field. "Hello? Hey, where'd everybody go? I wanna play some more of that diggin' game. Helloo? Aw, maann..."
Vessa grins at Aina, "Yeah maybe, odd looking things," hearing the muttering she laughs softly, " Al, this way." she is wearing Xan's corset armor rather then her own and has a field dressing bandage on her neck, lines of drying blood leading down from the wound. "Looks like we have company, she is a good fighter as well as a paramedic, a good person to have with you."
Aina nods, then glances back toward the field, a brow arching, "Well, then we best get her over here." She grins, then hums and glances around again, making sure none of those mouse-snakes come near her. She doesn't want anything to do with those things.
Eloa floats quickly into the area, her wings folded in front of her body, enveloping a barely conscious Alesia. Once she sees Vessa, she floats up to her face. "I have Alesia. She needs you. She needs help. I cannot help her." Her voice quivers for possibly the first time in her "life," her face looking panic-stricken.
Tromp, tromp, tromp, grumble grumble ernk huff "Goddammit how the hell far out are you fol- oh, there y'all are, son of a bitch that's a hell of a w---" Alhambra comes tromping into the forest, and her jocular bantering cuts off into a "Missy Vessa, whut the shit are you wearing?" Then, she picks up speed, unshouldering her duffel bag as she does so, "and whut the shit happened to your neck? The hell's goin' on out here? Jesus Criminy Rice Krispies Christ you got vampires out here or someshit?"
The mouse-snake things continue creeping along the ground, showing no interest in bothering the travelers.
Pained crying, and murmurs can be heard from Alesia, her body trembling violently in Eloa's arms. Cries of pain flow through the air, as her cheeks are stained with tears. She clutches her own body, which is wrapped in a blanket. "D-don't make.. me.. go back.." She forces out through gritted teeth into Eloa.
Vessa blinks rapidly as suddenly there is a riftwalker holding the disappeared woman and an Al. To Eloa she says, "Set her down, let Aina get the stuff that will help in her." To Al she shakes her head and points to the 3 foot tall chicken things that are hanging from Aina's belt, "Just got hit by one of those, got me in the worst spot and this is Xan's armor as I gave Sadie mine to keep her alive. Sadie gave me a field dressing." she frowns at Alesia and sighs, "Aina is this the toxin or what?" She is not allowing any discomfort from her wound to show, if anything she appears to be pretending like it doesn't exist.
Eloa sets Alesia down with extreme care after hugging her close. "Alesia, I promise nothing will happen to you." Tears begin to form in her eyes, which suddenly go wide as she puts a hand up to her eyes. "Wh-what is this?" She says softly, before looking back down at Alesia. She puts a hand on the girl's forehead lovingly. "I am here, Alesia. They can help you, I cannot."
Aina blinks when Eloa appears with Alesia. She frowns and waits to see if Eloa will put the girl down, "Yes...She's going through withdrawals. She needs a dose now, or she's going to go into shock and die...Get a med team here right away. Once she's down, I want to move her as little as possible, so carrying her back is not an option." Once Alesia is down so is she, kneeling while pulling the backpack from her shoulders. Quickly she rips it open and pulls out a syringe, a rather big one, and grabs one of Alesia's arms so she can inject the oddly colored liquid straight into a vein, "Gonna take a bit for it to kick in...She's been without too long..." Now she starts to try and get the blanket from the girl, in order to heck her incisions.
"Son of a Buddha on roller skates," Alhambra grouses, dropping her duffel bag on the ground and pulling out a very beat up, calf-length leather jacket, which she tugs on, as well as a twelve-gauge shotgun, which she slings over her shoulder. "All right Doc Aina you tell me if you need anything Missy Vessa you get the hell over here so's I can check your neck and uh, Little Wingy Sweetheart you tell me if there's any more killer chickens comin."
Vessa is apparently not as solid as she thought she was, sighing but moving as ordered she stumbles as she takes a step and by the time she hits the ground she is unconscious. Seems a bit of blood loss has done her in.