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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 16:50:37 GMT -5
Morning came slowly through the window of Katrina's room, but she hardly noticed. It wasn't until the harsh knocking came pounding on the door that she stirred at all. "Coming!" She shouted, but the pounding continued impatiently until she opened the door. "You've got a mission! Talk to Komui!" He shouted in her face before dashing over to Zane's door, pounding relentlessly.
Katrina slowly grabbed her things, still somewhat groggy as she hadn't slept so well in a long time. 'I wonder what's going to happen on the mission? Is Zane going with me?' She wondered as she headed back out the door to see the man still beating on the door. 'Enough is enough, right? He's going to punch that man if he keeps it up.'
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 16:54:49 GMT -5
The night had been a calm one for Zane. Quiet, easy, calm. Just the way he liked it. It was completely perfect. That is until a sharp banging came from his door. Just enough to ruin his day. At first he ignored it, hoping it would go away. After it continued he groggily walked to the door, opened it and slammed his fist into the mans face. "Let me guess, Komui has a mission?" He asked with a yawn. That was the only reason anyone came to the room.
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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 16:58:46 GMT -5
As if Zane had said nothing, the man quickly announced, "a mission! You have a mission! You must speak with Komui immediately!" He blurted in his face, nearly out of breath. Without wasting a second, he dashed off again to return to his work, assuming that Zane would follow the instructions as planned. "That guy's not very chatty." Katrina said as she walked up to Zane's door. "Unless I'm mistaken, we may have a mission together, I was told the same thing. Maybe this is a good thing?" She asked with a smile, hoping that he would stay as friendly as he was the night before.
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 17:35:48 GMT -5
Zane gave another sigh. He had just gotten back from a mission the previous day and now they were sending him back out there. He wasn't some task master for them. He turned as Katrina approached. "Morning Katrina." He yawned. "Yeah, looks like Komui really wants to get something done. Lets go." He said starting to walk to Komui's office.
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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 17:46:45 GMT -5
"Morning! Maybe they found another rumor for innocence? We might be able to bring someone else back." Katrina pondered her own question, wondering what exactly it was that they were going to be looking for, as this would be her first mission with the Black Order. She followed Zane into Komui's office, and listened as he lazily spoke, his head firmly planted on the papers in front of him.
"There are some rumors... lots of ghosts... people in a small town in Russia are complaining about ghosts, three of them exactly. We sent the finders out, and they confirmed the rumors, but we recently lost communications with them." He let out a lazy yawn before he continued with the rest of his orders. "There's a lot of Akuma, so be careful, we think they got to the finders. So this is where you come in, stop the Akuma, retrieve the rest of the information from the finders that remain, and bring back any innocence at any cost." With the last of his strength gone, he fell asleep upon the paper stack, thoroughly content with his work.
"Three ghosts? In Russia? This could be interesting, I've never been to Russia!" Katrina exclaimed as she headed for the door.
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 17:52:50 GMT -5
Ghosts in Russia. This was going to be interesting. Last time he had been sent to Russia he had killed 4 Akuma in public. But now was not the time to get lost in the past. He nodded and turned to follow Katrina out of the office and toward the Entrance. "Russia is a big country. Wish he gave us a better specific location. We will need to search for information about the 3ghosts."
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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 17:57:47 GMT -5
Katrina gave a small nod as she walked, heading towards the Entrance to leave. "Russia's huge, we could be looking for months before we find anyone." She said, wishing she didn't have to leave her new home so soon. "It sounds like someone wasn't doing his homework... lazy." She retorted, giving a glare at the room of the sleepy Komui. As they left the building, ready to begin their long journey, the same man that had woken them up that morning came bolting towards them. "WAIT!! WAIT!! Stop!" He cried as he approached them. "You need to listen to me! You can't leave yet!"
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 18:00:23 GMT -5
Zane let out a sigh and turned to the man shaking his head. "Alright, tell us why we can't leave. Go on, I'm already in a bad mood from being rudely awakened now why dn't you humor me and tell me why we can't leave?"
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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 18:06:14 GMT -5
Katrina turned around bewildered, only to come face to face with the panting man. She scrunched up her face when he coughed on her, and quickly backed away to stand behind Zane. "Why can't we leave?" She asked, trying to get some decent information from the man. "Because... huff... huff..." He panted, now doubled over to catch his breath. "Because?" Katrina asked, hoping he would continue soon.
"Because... you don't know where to go yet!" He panted, eventually standing. "So, will you tell us? We'd like to know." Katrina pried, trying to get the man to spit out his words. "Well, I have to come along! I'm your finder for the mission! What would you do without me, right?" The finder said with a large smile, still not answering the question Katrina had given.
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 18:09:29 GMT -5
Zane hit his head on the wall. Now they had a finder going with them. "You haven't answered her question. Where is it in Russia we are headed?" He said in a cold voice. "And a finder can only lead to trouble in groups your strong but a lone finder can barely do anything."
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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 18:19:45 GMT -5
The finder gave a chuckle as he watched Zane's reaction. "Oh, well you see, I'm not going to be a lone finder, I have you two! We're going to make such a wonderful team, don't you think?!" He exclaimed, and Katrina placed a firm palm upon her forehead. "My name's Brent! Brent Vernard! We'll get along great!" He held is hand out for someone to shake, only to be grabbed and shaken by Katrina.
"WHERE ARE WE GOING!!" She yelled, and Brent smiled, scratching the back of his neck. "Oh yeah! It's a small village called Verkhoyansk! I don't know how I said it, but now I'm going to watch you say it! Like this! Verk-hoy-ansk!" He sounded it out happily, earning a vicious glare from the angry girl. 'I hope we can ditch this guy, he's so annoying!' She thought to herself as she gave Zane a pleading glance.
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 23:38:58 GMT -5
"Good, now that we know the location you can stay here." Zane said clapping his hands. "You can give us golem support now. Remain here and just give us radio support and all will go well. Katrina, lets go." He said with a wave of his hand and a grin as he headed toward the exit.
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Post by Yen on Aug 6, 2011 23:47:40 GMT -5
"Oh hahaha! You're absolutely hilarious!" He shouted as he ran after the two. "My friend's in the back, he'll be giving us radio support! I'm going to help out with you personally! We're going to be great friends! Say, what was your name? I don't think I got to catch it under Komui's snores. He wanted me to come with you since it was Katrina's first time out! But don't worry, it's going to be my first time out too! Well, with friends that is. It's not like I'm new or anything, Komui has sent me out on many missions before, usually by myself! It's like he wants to kill me or something! But at least we have each other, right?" He yelled in excitement as he followed the two out the doors.
Katrina shuddered as Brent continued to talk with that booming voice of his. He wouldn't pipe down, or take the hint that nobody wanted him around. "That's really nice Brent, but we're fine on our own." She explained, trying to be polite to the overbearing man. The finder simply laughed as Katrina spoke. "Oh, well you guys will be needing a finder for this one, and I was the only one they could spare! The rest are doing other missions, interesting right? I never know why Komui never sent me on a mission with someone else before!" Now it had become obvious that Komui had been sparing several exorcists from this tireless man, despite his lazy appearance.
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Post by Kotaro on Aug 6, 2011 23:55:50 GMT -5
Zane slammed his head on the wall several times and sighed. "Fine you annoying freak. Come along. But your fending for yourself, going to shut up, and no complaint. Or your head will be severed." He said walking out of the exit. "Katrina, please hurry. I wanna get this over with."
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Post by Yen on Aug 7, 2011 0:04:09 GMT -5
"Oh! I get it! You're a comedian, aren't you! I love guys like you, you're so funny! Though... awfully hard to find during lunch. I wonder why we haven't met sooner? Also, we're going by train, as it's rather far, but I should warn you, my legs freeze up during long waiting distances. I might need somebody to help me massage them back to normal, but let's not worry about that now, right? Oh, and just to let you know, people I used to bunk with said I snore, so you might want to help me stay awake. Talking's a good way to keep me up, I love to talk!" Brent continued to speak, even as Katrina rolled her eyes and droned him out. It was no wonder he had run out of breath earlier, he must have talked Komui to sleep.
"Can you please be quiet? Zane and I need to be able to focus during the mission. It's very important." She asked, trying to be patient once more. Brent laughed hard as he continued to speak. "Oh yeah, sure! I'm really quiet! Silent as the grave as my grandmother always told me... or was she telling me she wished I was silent as the grave? I can't quite remember, but you get the point. I remember this one time..." The rambling continued, and Katrina began to viciously nibble her hands to keep herself from beating the man behind her senseless.
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