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8/4/2015 3:04:30 AM
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Location: Crimson Flagon
Skall arrives at the Crimson Flagon, his armor now devoid of his chapters markings.
He walks into the Flagon, and sits down to order a drink, all the while keeping an ear out for anything interesting.
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Valen Carid enters, accompanied by the usual silence that follows him. Behind him are two more Mandalorian warriors, the three move to the bar next to skall.
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Skall pays extra attention to the three, and keeps his helmet facing forward, so as to not draw suspicion.
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Valen and the others talk amongst themselves. The two others pay him special reverence, they address him as Mandalore.
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Noting that a title like that is usually associated with someone of status, Skall pays very close attention to what is being said, hoping he can pick up on what said title was given to him for.
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They seem to be talking about a fleet, and a few bounties, among other things. Valen appears to be some sort of commander the other two, his aides. You get that a fleet is on its way here, that there are bounties on the heroes of Terra, how they won't collect those bounties if they know what's good for them, how a man named dusk has earned Mandalore's ire. Eventually he looks over at you. "You need a pen and paper?"
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He chuckles. 'I had assumed you'd not be that inexperienced, it appears i was correct. I assume you are Bounty Hunters, you don't move and talk like most soldiers, but you have the equipment of elites. I wonder then, what you plan to do about collecting all those bounties, since its hardly a good idea.'
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They laugh. "We plan on preventing them, I've already saved Pavel, and yes we aren't like most soldiers."
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'I'd fake their death and split the money with the 'victim' of the bounty, it seems like a good way to go to me. So i assume you're in charge of a Bounty Hunters guild? The title gives your status away.'
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Edited by General Percival: 8/4/2015 3:32:18 AMHe laughs. "No, I am Mandalore, leader of the Mandalorians. We are warriors, not just hunters. Pavel is hiring us to help him."
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'I see. I used to be the Captain of a company of Space Marines, but i put an end to that. You'll see my former Hunt Master around, he's fairly good friends with Pavel and his group. As for myself, i don't know just what to be yet.'
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"Why did you leave your brothers?"
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'I almost got a fifth of my men, recruits mind you, killed in a single day. We found almost all of them, all in good health, but three are missing, and we found absolutely no trace of them on the battlefield. I decided they needed someone better than me in charge, so i left them with my second in command, and now I don't know what to do with myself.'
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"My people have a saying, roughly translated it means family is thicker than blood. Your men are your family and you abandoned them. They felt combat for the first time and you aren't there to help them make sense of it."
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'They've experienced combat before, but never against anything like what the Summoner has at his disposal. I made a mistake bringing them there, I shouldn't have, they all volunteered, but I didn't bring them all back. I refuse to trust myself with their lives again.'
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"It's war, men die, your men knew the risks. They died honorably. Are you going to let their sacrifice be in vain? They died for their brothers, they died for you. If you won't honor their memory they died for nothing."
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'I do remember my fallen brothers, all five hundred of them. But i cannot let myself believe that the missing three are dead just yet, i feel that it would be disrespectful.'
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"Then find them, and bring them back to their family."
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'I tried, there was no trace of them at all. No shells, no chunks of their armor, no bodies. It's almost as if they ceased to exist completely. We searched that killing field for two days before another search team arrived, and we didn't find anything that could lead us to them. The Hunt Master is still looking for them alone, he sent us all home.'
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"No one ceases to exist. That means they ran, and hid very well. Try looking in places you think they would hide."
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'We did. At this point they're long gone, and we won't find them unless they want us to. This isn't the only reason i left either, i have a few things to do, off the record.'
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"I see, well good luck to you then."
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'Yeah, luck isn't going to catch an Inquisitor for me, I'll have to do that bit myself.'
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"I'd hire a bounty hunter myself, in your position. There will be a lot of them here soon, of my men ever decide to get off their collective asses and answer my call."
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'This is personal, i want them to know who did it, and i want them to regret their decision. Hell, I'd prefer it if i had the chance to tear the whole damn organization down, but thats difficult when you deal with people who prefer to hide.'
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"Your choice, I can respect a quest for vengeance. Do you have an inquisitor in mind?"
