To Kill Murder
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> "I see you made it no problem, Geofri." Jessie stepped off the airship and onto the dock at Camp Overlook. One hand carried a rather large and clearly marked with wards satchel.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri nodded at Jessie as she arrive. He slid off from the crate he sat on, "Yeh, figured I'd take in the scenery while I waited. That there be it, yeh?" he indicated the bag with a nod of his head.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> "Yes, I was able to examine the knife, so long as you don't cut yourself with the edge you will be unaffected by lingering desires of the Spirit of Murder. The hilt itself is not as old as the blade so it does not have the same... properties." She carefully withdrew the knife from the satchel. It was tucked neatly into a new sheath covered in aetheric wards. "As long as you have it in the sheath, its aether will not be detectable."
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri nodded, he went ahead and took the knife and examined it on his own. He gave a whistle, "Funny seein' it look so mundane, especially after seein' when we first got it." he carefully strapped the blade to a slip behind him.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> "It is the only thing according the the Yuki Clan that can kill her, but with how things are I doubt the Spinner's Shears will allow us to get close to her if we stormed the base." Jessie took out a second item from the satchel, this one was an amulet. It looked to be crystal carving of a black eagle perched in a field of wildflowers. "Our goal is to kill her, so the Spinner's no longer have a supernatural spirit on their side when the rest of the Agents move to kill the rest of the bastards."
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> Her fist clenched around the amulet for a few moments before relaxing once more.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri nodded, his expression was neutral and the visor hid his eyes but he was getting into a particular mode. "I'll be sure to make this be done. Tis' personal now, yeh?" he remarked, he fidgeted a bit, perhaps he was nervous? None in the least, it was excitement. He looked to the amulet with his head, "And this'n?"
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> "The bastards killed my family, my friends, my free company. I am going to make sure they know how it feel to lose something close to their heart before I make sure every last one of them is dead." The normally reserved woman almost was snarling, but she took a deep breath before holding out the amulet. "This was made by my husband, for me. However, it will be of more use to you for this. It will conceal your aether to a point. That way you only have to worry about being seen rather than sensed.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri could control the smile the crept unto his face. He carefully took the amulet and adorned it. He watcher her actions and felt it, his fire was more controlled at this point. He nodded to Jessie, "Eye fer an eye, blood fer blood and a life fer a life taken. Equivalent exchange at its core." he remarked and looked over his shoulder, "I'm eager to get started."
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> "The plan is simple, you go in the same route we did last time to that hovel. I will take small two person airship around the city of Nym to meet up at the cliffside." She motioned to the dock they were on before continuing. "Sneak in, ram the knife into her hear, her head, or just slit her throat then get jump off the cliffside before the Spinner's Shears can get stop you. I will be there waiting and we will meet up with the rest of the Agents here to eliminate the Spinner's while they ---
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> in disarray or grieving the lost of their 'mother.'"
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri simple nodded, he reached back to check the blade again. There was a twitch in his fingers, "Understood. if there be nothin' else. Let's paint the place red, yeh?" he commented, as he checked his instruments and awaited her response.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> "I wish I could just use one of Eagle's more questionable arrays to wipe out the whole base... but lack of aether and I am sure it would be considered illegal." She frowned before turning to the small airship she arrived on. "I doubt it would be as satisfying, as well. Call me on the pearl if anything goes wrong and I will provide a distraction so you can still eliminate the Spirit of Murder." The woman paused and turned to look back at Geofri or rather the amulet. "Let us finish it."
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri nodded, "We shall." his words were confident and he was playing many scenarios in his head but come hells or flood water, he was going to see this one done. As any job he'd taken, the target had to be eliminated and this one had no ceremony. It was pure revenge.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The hovel where previously the Advent Agents had engaged with Everret Black was not quite as empty this time. Dozens of men and woman of various races wandered about the repurposed hotsprings. Many were armed, some were looking clearly lookouts, and a few would step over to the middle of the springs the occasional plate of food or glass of wine. Sitting in the middle was Satsujin no Seishin in her fine robe and veil concealed face. Despite the attempts her 'children,' mother paid them ---
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> little mind, not even acknowledging the offerings, just staring out into the fog over the cliffside.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri skirted along, close to the cliffside, using the advantage of cover and watched their movements to time he his way along to the hovel. He carefull scanned where the lookouts were, he formulated a plan to pick off one at a time in attempte to get as close to Satsujin as possible. He carefully crept toward the closest to him. (B)
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The Hyur Geofri approached seemed more focused on the road than the hills and the occasional glance back to 'mother.' As moments went by members of the Spinner's Shears occasionally left the camp as others arrived. It was clear this place had become almost a temple to the Spirit of Murder.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri observed their mannerisms and as soon as they were distracted by looking back toward Mother, he eyed over to the other lookout (A). He would attempted to tranq the Hyur (B) and have him fall into a sitting positon against the hill.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The Hyur slouched as the tranq hit him, almost as if the man was merely taking a break from watching the road to rest his legs. He sat neatly against the hill leaving Geofri with less eyes looking for trouble. The Elezen across the road spotted his comrade slouch and almost shouted at him, but a brief glance to mother stilled his tongue. Oddly the entire camp was quiet. The Spinner’s Shears seemed to only speak in whispers.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri watched from the bushes as the Elezen was distracted he again watched the traffic and moved amongst it toward the Elezen. He watched and timed his next tranq, he timed it like he did with the Hyur, to have them look like they are taking a brief rest before he got more bold.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The elezen joined the hyur in faux rest, slouching along the rocks. Very few of the Spinner’s even seemed to look that way. Most were murmuring among themselves or attempting to make offerings to Satsujin no seishin.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri watched their movements change again. He figured now was the best time to take the opportunity with the lookouts and most distracted by other things. He reached over to Q-B and took a braided cord out of it, he timed for multiple flash bangs. He was launched into the air along with his Node, the first flash bang would go off. As he lept toward Satsujin, another flash bang would go off and the Highlander would let go off the cord. He tested her reflexes with a couple of>>
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> dummy daggers, while her attention was fixated on those he reached back to retrieve the cursed blade from his back and as he landed, used the momentum to try todrive the blade down on the frontal lobe of her skull and follow through downward. The last flash bang would go off, in that moment.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The first flashbang triggered and the entire camp ignited in shouts and commands. After the second the commands were clearly to kill Geofri and several Spinner’s Shears were racing across the pool to try to stop him from attacking Satsuijn no Seishin. Even the spirit turned to look at the man as he struck with the dummy daggers. -
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The woman simply ducked and weaved around them, but her vessel, she did not even sense until the moment it was free from its sheath. The blade drive deep into her skull blood trickled from where it pieces. Geofri, however, was unable to pull it downward and the final flashbang almost was unneeded as all the Spinner’s had stopped in the tracks as the Spirit of Murder bat the Ishgardian’s hand away.-
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> “Ha…” She sourly laughed. Then the laughter became shrill and chaotic as if echoed off the walls of the valley. The woman kept laughing as she stood up and yanked the knife from her head and PLUNGED IT INTO… her own chest over and over. Even as the laughter became choked in blood she did not stop stabbing over and over, staring at Geofri with mad eyes. All of the Spinner’s simply watched in horror as their goddess kept impaling herself repeatedly until she collapsed into a bloody heap.
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> Geofri thought that she was unharmed by the blade and was surely taken back by her actions following after. He could only watch and wait as the Spirit continued. As she collapsed, he took the blade once more and to be sure of things, he severed her head in a quick motion and took off to jump off the falls, and dropped the head like discarded trash. One can never be to sure with these things. The node followed soon after to help slow his descent while he spoke into his pearl.>>
[3]<Geofri Steeleyes> His expression neutral but his the corners of his lips and fingers twitched with adrenaline.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> Jessie was exactly where she promised she would be and caught the man in her small airship as he leapt from the cliff. As their airship rose above the cliffline, the scene at the hot springs was not what was to be expected. Not one member of the cabal even looked up at them.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> A Spinner’s Shears walked up to the corpse of Satsujin no seishin and raise a knife to his neck, called out. “For Mother,” and slit his throat. Just like so many others, only aether flooded out, but instead of going into the sky it just pooled like fog over the corpse of the Spirit of Murder.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> The first dropped dead, a husk; then another stepped up. “For Mother.” and slit their own throat. Then another. “For Mother.” Then another. “For Mother.” The entire camp one by one walked up to Satsujin no Seishin and repeated those two words before slitting their throats.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> “Something is wrong, the aether is pooling.” Jessie mumbled as the hot springs became hidden by a red fog. Even through the dense aether a female figure began to rise from where Satsujin no Seishin once stood, but much taller.
[3]<Jessie Wildflower> Jessie looked back at Geofri. “The aether levels… they are going through the roof. We need to get back to Camp Overlook now!” The woman gripped the accelerator and the pair shot off through the sky back to the camp.
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