15-10-2006, 08:39 PM
Chapter 5 – A Hunt and a Rescue Mission
Much to Cranberry’s displeasure, the communicator in her room started giving off an alarm, signalling that she was getting an important call. With visible effort, the FOnewearl dragged herself out of bed, still fully dressed from yesterday’s brutal activities. After rubbing her eyes for a moment, she clumsily made her way to the communicator, turning it on while still rubbing at her eyes.
The communicator greeted her with a very unenthusiastic “You have, 1, important message.” With a small sigh Cranberry pushed the button to let the message play. I swear, they gave me all the cheapest things they could… this communicator is like… thirty years old! The communicator sputtered a bit, making a few unusual sounds before playing the message. Oh yeah… I forgot the hologram function was broken on this… I need to get that fixed.
Madam Vivian’s voice could be heard coming from the communicator, playing the message that had been left. “All hunters that passed the first phase of my research plan, report to sector 7G immediately, suited and ready for travel on Ragol! There’s a matter of much importance that I need your help with, and this has to be dealt with as soon as possible. Any hunters who do not show up by 9AM will not be allowed to continue aiding in my research, and thus, will not be getting paid anything else. I apologize for the inconvenience, but this matter just came up and it is urgent that everyone responds and is ready to go.”
Cranberry sighed after hearing the message, knowing this meant another hard day’s work. She looked at the clock to notice that it was already 8:30AM, and with a gasp, gathered up her belongings, woke up Sato, and both of them quickly headed off towards the sector 7G.
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Earlier that morning, Madam Vivian was emerging from her offices, heading towards her lab investigate the creatures her hunters brought back from Ragol. Hmhmhm… money makes the world go round, and these hunters are working for me just for the money, not really caring what I do. Sometimes it’s so rewarding being an influential scientist.
Vivian was stopped in her tracks as she heard her name called out behind her. “Yes, what is it? Why are you interrupting me so early in the morning?” Vivian demanded, seeing a familiar face running towards her.
The mysterious man approached Vivian, holding his report in his hands, catching his breath for a moment before blurting out, “It’s the forest laboratory! Last night there was an intruder, and it caused a lot of damage, and even defeated one of our more proud creations, the Deteriosaur!”
“What? How could this happen? You MUST tell me EVERYTHING that happened… IMMEDIATELY! Do you understand me?!” Vivian fiercely stated to the man, getting angrier by the second.
“I have everything I can report with me right here my mistress.” the man bowed, handing Vivian his report and continued, “I also have some footage of the intruder in our laboratory… this was no ordinary intruder, this… thing… was a creature like we’ve never seen before.”
Vivian gazed over the pictures with a continually darker and more disgusted look on her face. “Show me this footage, NOW!” Vivian shouted, following the mysterious man as he quickly brought her along the quarters of Vivian’s offices to where he had the security footage ready to go.
Leading Vivian into his office, the mysterious man made sure to get a chair for her first and made sure she was comfortable before starting to footage. Such a good servant that one… his wits are about him even with such a risky situation on his hands. Vivian glared at the screen as it played the recorded security footage, showing the female cat-like creature in many different locations throughout the forest laboratory, and showing the same creature taking on the giant Deteriosaur. “What exactly IS that thing? Do we have any information on it at all?” demanded Vivian, getting much angrier now.
“I’m afraid not my mistress… the most that we know is what you have seen, and I know it also speaks our language since I encountered it personally last night… or she rather… she seemed rather intent on finding out what we were doing to the creatures from Ragol.” the man reported, cold sweat developing on his forehead.
Vivian nodded fiercely, boring her eyes at the man as if she could stare a hole into his head, “Give me this footage… I want to know what that thing is… I’m going to send out my hunters that passed the first request for our ‘biological research’ and see if they can bring this thing back alive. I’ll offer a hefty reward of course, it’ll help encourage them.” Vivian stated, matter-of-factly, feeling confident about her decision.
“Very well… with the reward up for grabs, there shouldn’t be any trouble convincing the hunters to participate even if it is still fairly early in the morning.” the man made one more bow before removing the disc containing the security footage and handing it to Vivian. “Is there anything more you would ask of me my mistress?” the man inquired, looking ready to do anything that was asked of him.
“No, I’ve got everything I need now. I’m going to send out a high-priority message to every hunter that brought back their requested creature; this will make sure their alarms sound so they can be woken up. You may go about your business as normal and I thank you for bringing me this report so swiftly.” Vivian answered in a calm tone. The man bowed once more to show his appreciation before leaving the room, Vivian followed behind him heading about her own business. Getting a civil tone from me despite the bad news is reward enough for him. He must know how to see that by now if he already knows just how to behave around me. An excellent servant indeed… Vivian continued her journey, heading back to her offices to send out her message to call all the hunters to sector 7G, wasting no time at all to start the hunt.
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Much to Cranberry’s displeasure, the communicator in her room started giving off an alarm, signalling that she was getting an important call. With visible effort, the FOnewearl dragged herself out of bed, still fully dressed from yesterday’s brutal activities. After rubbing her eyes for a moment, she clumsily made her way to the communicator, turning it on while still rubbing at her eyes.
The communicator greeted her with a very unenthusiastic “You have, 1, important message.” With a small sigh Cranberry pushed the button to let the message play. I swear, they gave me all the cheapest things they could… this communicator is like… thirty years old! The communicator sputtered a bit, making a few unusual sounds before playing the message. Oh yeah… I forgot the hologram function was broken on this… I need to get that fixed.
Madam Vivian’s voice could be heard coming from the communicator, playing the message that had been left. “All hunters that passed the first phase of my research plan, report to sector 7G immediately, suited and ready for travel on Ragol! There’s a matter of much importance that I need your help with, and this has to be dealt with as soon as possible. Any hunters who do not show up by 9AM will not be allowed to continue aiding in my research, and thus, will not be getting paid anything else. I apologize for the inconvenience, but this matter just came up and it is urgent that everyone responds and is ready to go.”
Cranberry sighed after hearing the message, knowing this meant another hard day’s work. She looked at the clock to notice that it was already 8:30AM, and with a gasp, gathered up her belongings, woke up Sato, and both of them quickly headed off towards the sector 7G.
******
Earlier that morning, Madam Vivian was emerging from her offices, heading towards her lab investigate the creatures her hunters brought back from Ragol. Hmhmhm… money makes the world go round, and these hunters are working for me just for the money, not really caring what I do. Sometimes it’s so rewarding being an influential scientist.
Vivian was stopped in her tracks as she heard her name called out behind her. “Yes, what is it? Why are you interrupting me so early in the morning?” Vivian demanded, seeing a familiar face running towards her.
The mysterious man approached Vivian, holding his report in his hands, catching his breath for a moment before blurting out, “It’s the forest laboratory! Last night there was an intruder, and it caused a lot of damage, and even defeated one of our more proud creations, the Deteriosaur!”
“What? How could this happen? You MUST tell me EVERYTHING that happened… IMMEDIATELY! Do you understand me?!” Vivian fiercely stated to the man, getting angrier by the second.
“I have everything I can report with me right here my mistress.” the man bowed, handing Vivian his report and continued, “I also have some footage of the intruder in our laboratory… this was no ordinary intruder, this… thing… was a creature like we’ve never seen before.”
Vivian gazed over the pictures with a continually darker and more disgusted look on her face. “Show me this footage, NOW!” Vivian shouted, following the mysterious man as he quickly brought her along the quarters of Vivian’s offices to where he had the security footage ready to go.
Leading Vivian into his office, the mysterious man made sure to get a chair for her first and made sure she was comfortable before starting to footage. Such a good servant that one… his wits are about him even with such a risky situation on his hands. Vivian glared at the screen as it played the recorded security footage, showing the female cat-like creature in many different locations throughout the forest laboratory, and showing the same creature taking on the giant Deteriosaur. “What exactly IS that thing? Do we have any information on it at all?” demanded Vivian, getting much angrier now.
“I’m afraid not my mistress… the most that we know is what you have seen, and I know it also speaks our language since I encountered it personally last night… or she rather… she seemed rather intent on finding out what we were doing to the creatures from Ragol.” the man reported, cold sweat developing on his forehead.
Vivian nodded fiercely, boring her eyes at the man as if she could stare a hole into his head, “Give me this footage… I want to know what that thing is… I’m going to send out my hunters that passed the first request for our ‘biological research’ and see if they can bring this thing back alive. I’ll offer a hefty reward of course, it’ll help encourage them.” Vivian stated, matter-of-factly, feeling confident about her decision.
“Very well… with the reward up for grabs, there shouldn’t be any trouble convincing the hunters to participate even if it is still fairly early in the morning.” the man made one more bow before removing the disc containing the security footage and handing it to Vivian. “Is there anything more you would ask of me my mistress?” the man inquired, looking ready to do anything that was asked of him.
“No, I’ve got everything I need now. I’m going to send out a high-priority message to every hunter that brought back their requested creature; this will make sure their alarms sound so they can be woken up. You may go about your business as normal and I thank you for bringing me this report so swiftly.” Vivian answered in a calm tone. The man bowed once more to show his appreciation before leaving the room, Vivian followed behind him heading about her own business. Getting a civil tone from me despite the bad news is reward enough for him. He must know how to see that by now if he already knows just how to behave around me. An excellent servant indeed… Vivian continued her journey, heading back to her offices to send out her message to call all the hunters to sector 7G, wasting no time at all to start the hunt.
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