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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2013 23:12:42 GMT -7
Andy glanced down. Now that was an interesting thing to do. He would have to suggest that to benedict though right now he only has one horse, and it was Lila. Granted, Lila could easily pop out a few very powerful and fast horses for this situation. Plus Andy could pay for some cattle to breed as well. And maybe help him with his ranch.
"I'll have to suggest that to him. He's a priest as well so he usually pours all his money into helping the church. It's a charitable thing, but I don't want him to be so kind that he ends up with nothing." Andy realized that was a lot like him too back when he was taking care of the children. he took a deep breath when Reuben was brought up. "Reuben's a bit of a troubled child. I can be blamed for that." GET A REAL JOB, REUBEN.
He once stopped and thought abotu why he was still in the skies. All those times that Cepheid told him to stop and just land his ship and live with him in that town he was raised in. He always refused, but why? ... The thrills? The adventure? ... Or was it Dula. It was Dula. He took a deep breath.
"I mean, I enjoy the thrills and adventures I get, but eventually I'll get too old and unable to get a proper job, but... there's still parts of my past that haunt me. I've faced most of them, but the events when I was a child in Dula... not those. Children are impressionable and form strong bonds with people, and when you break those bonds and abuse them, they will remember forever and it's burned into my mind. The deep hatred of Swire Inc keeps me in the skies as I try to find a way to expose them. After all, nobody will believe me if I explain what happened. I need proof, and I think I'm coming closer to finally bringing myself down to earth."
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 20, 2013 23:46:11 GMT -7
OOC: Slightly PG-13 themes here. Just a naughty hand in a bad place and some cursing.
"Admirable. I have little doubt he will have plenty of support in getting his ranch made some day. We are always looking for strong steeds such as this to carry our soldiers and nobles." She patted Lila's neck. She glanced back to Andy. "I will not lie and say you were the best of role models, however..." She paused. "From the looks of things, with some work, you might be able to help him." She gave the man a small smile.
She watched Andy as he tried to get his thoughts organized enough to answer her, and she waited in silence until he did.
...Revenge? No. "You want to make sure they don't do to others what they did to you..." She said quietly. "... I wish I could help you more, Andromeda. However even my word would not be enough. Proof would be required, as toppling Swire inc would almost completely collapse the economies of the three countries. Seria depends on Truesdale for Clockworks, and they us for airships. We have products that they cannot make, and vice-versa. This must be a carefully made action, as just uprooting them on a whim will throw all of us into an economic depression."
As they spoke, they had rode into a slightly more bush and tree covered area, but Ieaeka was so preoccupied with talking to her companion that she paid it no mind.
Since the pair were caught up in one another, neither of them likely saw the club come flying towards Andromeda's face until it was too late, and it made contact with a resounding CRACK, likely sending the man off the back of Lila, leaving Ieaeka alone on the saddle.
"Andromeda!" Before she could say anything more, she felt herself grabbed roughly by the waist, something cold pressed against her neck.
The two men from before had been looking for their missing lady for a while, having come across the coach to find that the dresses had been retrieved and the driver buried. After several hours of wandering, it was only by luck did they spot two fgures upon one horse, one of them dressed in a traveling cloak. Assuming that was their lady, they moved ahead of them and took position out of sight, the larger of the two swinging a club to knock out the man while the other grabbed the woman, who's hood had fallen over her face in her thrashing.
The larger of the men moved to put his weight on Andy's back, holding a blade to his neck. "I wouldn't move, mister."
"Did you hear what she called him, I missed it."
"Doesn't fuckin' matter. Gag the bitch, she's making a racket."
Ieaeka's frustrated cries were muffled as a cloth was jammed in her mouth, but she kept trying to pry herself loose, at least until the man pressed the blade harder against her throat, drawing a little blood, which caused her to finally stop struggling. "She's a pretty one." His hand would drift to a personal place, feeling the weight as he groped her. "Lets keep her."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 20, 2013 23:56:53 GMT -7
"Yeah. Benedict's a good boy. He deserves it." Andy smiled at the thought of his son having a living. It certainly was better than how he managed, anyway. Andy thought long and hard about the pros and cons about collapsing Swire Inc, but he knew it's a selfish reason, and Ieaeka was on the spot. He suppressed a shiver from what had happened to him and he sighed, looking down at her. She was right though and he sunk a bit.
"... Yeah. But maybe... maybe if the heads are tried and new people are put into power, people who are kinder, like Thompson, then I could see that place shut down forever and the children would be so terrified." He murmured. "There may be an alternative. I just want that place gone."
Andromeda did not see that club coming and as soon as he turned to see it, he was smacked right in the face, knocking him off of Lila. The horse stopped in her tracks and she froze in panic as Andromeda felt the weight upon his back. Oh God, and he was too winded to do much. As soon as he got to his senses he knew he couldn't move as his head turned and he saw poor Ieaeka with a knife to her throat, and he was pinned. Andy stood perfectly still though.
No he knew what to do.
"I wouldn't worry about me, genius." He pursed his lips and let out a very loud whistle, which snapped Lila back to attention and she started bucking and causing a racket. But then his eyes drifted and noticed that one of the men was groping her, and his eyes narrowed dangerously.
"You're fate has been sealed."
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 21, 2013 0:19:39 GMT -7
"There are alternatives, Andromeda. There always are. I'm not saying you can't topple it. I'm just saying we have to be smart. We have to set a safety net built first. Contingencies. Prepare for one of the largest trading companies to go belly up very quickly." Ieaeka said. "I agree, that place should go, and as soon as I can get in contact with my father, I will raise this issue with him and see what I can do."
And then suddenly things evolved into chaos. Andromeda was knocked from his seat and she herself was grabbed, gagged, and groped, and she felt a warm trickle of blood down her neck as the blade broke skin. "Nng!" She let out a noise of pain as she felt he pinprick and whined as the man grabbed her chest roughly. She wanted to demand she be released, but she was gagged so couldn't speak. The cloth tasted gross too so her eyes were watering.
Lila was cause for distraction, but the skinner man held Ieaeka in front of him as a kind of shield, so if the hoof got too close, it would hit the woman and not her captor. The other man who was pinning Andromeda was far enough away that the bucking steed wasn't an immediate issue. He swung a fist down and brought it across Andy's head, trying to at least stun the man. "Try another stunt like that, I dare you." He glanced back to his fellow bandit and snickered as he groped the woman. "Hey, save some for me." His attention was diverted by Andy's voice. What? "Shut your trap or I'll slit your neck."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 0:25:23 GMT -7
Andy would have thanked Ieaeka for it, but of course, shit happened. And now the poor woman was about to be violated. This man had to take risks.
Lila wasn't doing much now and there was a serious case of her being raped. Andromeda had to cut his choices now. Well, now that Lila was bucking and obscuring that man's vision, he could risk it. Andromeda rolled around just as the man was going to punch him and he caught the fist, giving the man a crazed grin, his eyes widening.
"Hello, sweetie~. And don't think about trying to harm the girl either. You wouldn't want your prize ruined, would you~?" And then instant nutshot. Andy was a cruel fighter, even if he was possibly bleeding from the back of the neck.
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 21, 2013 0:33:53 GMT -7
"...!!" The man didn't have a chance to reply as his fist was caught. The blade did cut into Andy's back and shoulder pretty badly but it didn't hit anything vital. "Wha-" BAM. The man let out a wheeze and fell to the side, the knife falling from his hand as he lost control of his bodily functions for a moment, unable to move and reduced to twitching as he made a tinny whining sound.
Seeing what happened to his cohort, the thinner man decided that running was a good idea and, much like Andy, threw the woman he held captive over his shoulder and booked it into the nearby grove of trees to where the horses were, slinging her sideways over the horse's back and mounting quickly, ditching his friend in favor of getting out of there. He'd wrap Ieaeka's wrists with twine in a quick and crude manner to make sure she didn't get away before yanking on the reigns and trying to get going.
"MMMRPH!"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 0:37:30 GMT -7
Andromeda didn't waste any time, as soon as he managed to get up, he would empty a couple of rounds into the man who was wheezing on the ground in pain right in the head, spattering blood all along the ground. His eyes were cold and lifeless as he looked up and noticed that Ieaeka was about to be taken away. His expression quickly changed to horror and he pulled his gun back to shoot the man in the legs. Mostly so he didn't hit Ieaeka on accident.
He would whistle to Lila, who ran up to him and he got right on the horse. Lila was fast and he knew how to ride.
"Get'm, Lila! I'll shoot that man up the ass!" He hissed out loud. He would aim his gun forward, silently apologizing to the poor horse before firing a couple of rounds at the man.
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 21, 2013 0:46:50 GMT -7
Gunshots rang out across the empty air as the last surviving bandit ran off with his prize, narrowly avoiding being shot in the legs as he fumbled for his own gun tossing the bound Ieaeka over the back of the horse. Mounting the animal, he'd aim the gun at Andy as he tried to make his getaway, but it was only then that he realized why the man looked to familiar. There was no scar, but he was currently kidnapping one of Andromeda's women.
"Oh SHIT." He'd yank on the reigns, causing the horse to rear up, but them the bullets met their targets and the man fell off the mount, dead. The sudden chaos spooked the carriage horse, though, and it bucked, tossing Ieaeka to the ground, where she landed with a rough thud, a little bit of blood from her neck and leg seeping onto the ground. Not a lot, but she wasn't moving.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 0:53:26 GMT -7
Took long enough to recognize him. Andy grinned when he heard that panic and as soon as the bullet hit and the man dead, with the horse uninjured, much to Lila's happiness. He then put his gun away with the satisfaction of murdering them both, before he saw the carriage horse buck Ieaeka in to the ground. His confidence sprang into horror and he jumped straight off Lila instead of slowing her down, rolling and then rushing to her to pull the gag out and press the wound on her neck.
"Speak to me... Ieaeka!" He pressed his fingers against Ieaeka's neck to check her pulse and see if she was breathing. Oh god, if he had to use CPR... Meanwhile, Lila rushed over to the carriage horse to bump into it and calm it down. With typical Lila fashion.
GET THE HIGH HORSE A HOLD OF YOURSELF YOU CRAZY BUCK!
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 21, 2013 1:02:17 GMT -7
The carriage horse let out a panicked whinny and shuffled about a bit, eventually settling down with some prompting from the other mare. It was still skittish, but it wasn't as freaked out as before.
Ieaeka let out a deeper breath once the gag was removed, and tears from the taste still clung to her eyelashes as she tried to regain consciousness. The cut on her neck wasn't as bad as Andy's, it was more of a bleeding scratch, though when she heard a voice yelling at her, she slowly drifted back into wakefulness.
"W-What happened? Where...? What...?" She was disoriented, though her memory caught up with her and she instinctively tried to bring her arms to cover her chest, though her wrists were still bound, the twine biting into the delicate flesh. "Ow."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 1:06:50 GMT -7
Andromeda immediately went to working as soon as she managed to get herself together. Lila was doing a good job keeping that skittish horse under control and he would calm it down later, bring it to the nearest town. It didn't need to be wandering around out here anyway. Or he could keep it and give it to Benedict. The thought was tempting. Either way, all of his focus was on Ieaeka. As soon as he dealt with the scratch he would gently undo the twine.
"Here, sweetie. Let me take care of that." He then looked at her and took her hands. "Can you see me? What is your name, and who is your father?" Typical questions, he wanted to make sure she hadn't bumped her head too badly.
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 21, 2013 1:13:00 GMT -7
Ieaeka sat up with some assistance and let Andromeda undo the twine around her wrists, they having already dug rough gashes into her tiny wrists already due to the rough nature of the twine, and the tightness in which it was wrapped. She winced and let out a pained breath, but she didn't complain. Her neck hurt, her wrists and shoulders hurt, and her head hurt. She still said nothing about it.
"Ieaeka DuKair, my father is the king, Kahn DuKair." She answered. She didn't hit her head or anything, thankfully. She'd gently rub at her wrists, letting out a light hiss of pain as her finger ran over the open sore. "Tch."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 1:18:56 GMT -7
Andromeda breathed in relief as she answered correctly and she looked like she could see. He then looked at her wrists, noticing they were red from rope burn and some areas were raw and open. They would have to be looked at but they had nothing. Of course he suddenly realized from the fact blood dripped to his hand as he lowered it and he quickly moved it away from Lila. Then the pain from the gash kicked in and he hissed out loud.
"That's a deeper gash than I thought." Andy was at a loss on what to do. He couldn't pick Ieaeka up, not without cross contaminating his and her blood and God knows how bad his blood is now. "We should find the nearest town, get to an apothecary and grab some supplies."
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Post by NPC Account on Mar 21, 2013 1:24:22 GMT -7
Ieaeka let Andy inspect her wounds before noticing the blood drip from his neck. She'd look up and let out a small noise of surprise. "You're hurt!" She'd exclaim. Obvious, but still. She frowned lightly. No supplies?
"My rucksack. There was some medicine and bandages inside it when I grabbed it." She said, trying to stand to get it, though she let out a squeak of pain and fell back to the grass as she realized her left ankle was in screaming pain. lifting her skirts, she looked at it to see that the boot had been ripped though by what looked to be a bullet and her ankle had a nasty gash down it. "Owww. I think the bag has just enough."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 21, 2013 11:02:17 GMT -7
Andy shook the blood off of his hands away from Ieaeka, making a note to wash that off in a sec. Hopefully there was a stream nearby or something. He glanced around the place, noticing they were still on the main road right now. This wasn't the best place to be right now. As soon as he got the word there were some supplies, he would also stand up, though Ieaeka's squeak of pain caught his attention and he quickly wrapped his arm (the one not bleeding) around her waist to bring her back down.
"What happened?" He looked at the injury and bit his lip. That must have been from one of his bullets. He suddenly felt really bad about it. "Give me a sec. I'll get the supplies and wrap that wound. I think mine may need to be stitched up."
He then stood up carefully to walk over to Lila, who was snorting and huffing, but the smell of blood made her anxious and it reminded her of Julian's injury. She shuffled a bit as Andy went over to search for her rucksack and then pull out the needed items. He would return and kneel next to Ieaeka.
"I can't wrap this injury. There's blood on my arms. We may have to find a stream somewhere so I can wash it off."
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