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Post by Leslie on Jun 19, 2012 4:16:49 GMT -5
Electra let out a sigh, and looked at the ground when she told her to shut up. She understood, but felt sort of bad. It made sense why she would be irritated with her. "Sorry, I was just trying to help you is all" She commented quietly, and shook her head slightly. She didn't say anything to what she said next, maybe just to avoid an argument, maybe because she had nothing to say. At what she said about her town she looked angry. "How dare you say my family deserved to be murdered because they had more might then us! How dare you say we deserved to be stolen from and turned into slaves, and possibly sex slaves!" She yelled at Neko, but based on the fact tears were now streaming down her face, it seemed like she just hit a very bad subject for her that she lost it with easily. Liana quickly intervened, and mouthed an apology to Neko, then put her hand around her friend who was now sobbing uncontrollably, and took her away from Neko and off somewhere to calm down some, before they took off on the trip.
Electra seemed suddenly a little intimidated by his height, and backed up a couple of steps. Strangely enough, the creepy filtered voice didn't seem to affect her. If anything, she mildly thought it sounded cool. But with him, it was creepyish. Also, she didn't act affected by the skull helmet. "Possibly" She replied. "Or you could have a heart for once and just let her down" She growled slightly, but was ready if he tried anything like hitting her. "But if not, you can make me a deal you find as appropriate" She said, not really sure she wanted to know what kind of deals he would make to her.
They both made faces, and Electra quickly responded with a "No, that's not us. Not at all. We are just friends". The truth was neither of them had ever conducted sexual acts with anyone at all, and at this rate Electra probably never would. Liana on the other hand probably would, possibly before she is really mentally ready for such an act, just because of her self-esteem issues and her vulnerability. "Yeah, we are. And trust me, I know all too well about how hard it can be to keep sane" Electra said, sighing. She nodded to the fact she probably didn't want to know what she was talking about, and Liana agreed.
Liana kissed her back, if not only to make the girl happy, and Electra continued to make faces. She didn't really return the experimenting with her tongue thing, because for one, she thought it was weird, and for two, was rather inexperienced at this whole thing. Which, being her, was sort of upsetting to her. For Electra, it was probably some of the most awkward few minutes of her life, watching this, and Liana seemed partly relieved when they finally stopped. Electra did just because she was sick of watching. Liana smiled faintly, then shrugged. "It wasn't as bad as I was afraid it was going to be, but it was still a little awkward for me" She said, which was probably obvious by the fact her cheeks were red from blushing. She couldn't really think of anything else to say in response. When Geneva started being flirty to Electra now, and running her hand up her thigh, she had to let out a laugh herself. It was only fair that she laughed back at her friend who was laughing at her. Electra on the other hand glared at Geneva, and smacked her hand rather hard, then bluntly said, "Get away from me", and scooted farther away from her. Liana on the other hand was continuing to stifle a laugh.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 19, 2012 4:42:51 GMT -5
Neko frowned and said "I know you were, sorry, I just don't like it when people try and force their opinion about master on me." she started crying in fear when she was yelled at and raised her arms to absorb the blow she knew was coming. She slowly opened her eyes again and lowered her arms and repeatedly said "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry. I'm sorry, I didn't mean it." she basically repeated herself over and over again.
Ford laughed to himself at her clear intimidation, thinking it was fun to intimidate people, it gave him a sick sense of power about them. He looked at herfrom other angles as she spoke and just laughed saying "That's rich, me having a heart." he then murmured something about "having a collar in her size." he thought to himself and said "Well the simple fact is, if you don't let her down in the next few minutes then her arms will pop out of their sockets, and then this bus will be filled with screams and pain. Now I offer you two options. Option one is to take the poor girl's place, I see you are stronger than she is, your arms won't be pulled out of their sockets, don't get me wrong it will still hurt like Hell. Option two is simple, you take my whip, and you whip her twice, hard, and I will let her down. Make your choice." Neko's whimpering had gotten louder like she was in more pain.
Geneva just laughed and said "I didn't mean to say you two were friends with benefits, I just wanted you to know what it was. Maybe me and you someday." she winked after saying that. She mostly thought about how good Electra would look in her underpants, maybe dancing around a little. She quickly understood why people paid her to do things like that, before she had never understood it, but now she did. She nodded to the last thing she said, not seeing the need to respond, though she did look sympathetic to her.
After kissing Geneva smiled at Liana and said "That's high prase." to saying it wasn't as bad as she thought it was going to be. She then added "I noticed, that you didn't seem like a good kisser, I mean no offence, but I could kind of teach you if you wanted sometime. Trust me, if you know how to use your tongue in a kiss, guys will never want to stop." when Electra slapped her hand, it just caused Geneva to grin and joked "I see your friend here is on the kinky side." then gently kissed her inner thigh, after following her pretty much. She was mostly just trying to embarrass Electra rather than actually meaning anything by it.
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Post by Leslie on Jun 19, 2012 5:08:18 GMT -5
Electra sighed. "It's fine...." She said, avoiding the urge to say any more then that. She could tell this girl was brainwashed by her "Master', and felt really bad for her, but said nothing and just moved on. In Electra's current state, she didn't seem to really realize that she had offended the poor girl, and frightened her, but Liana as she took her away said, "It's okay" to her, and said, "She didn't mean any harm", then actually left with her friend to calm her down.
Electra glared at him when she heard is murmur, figuring it was referring to her. "You can't make me a slave. You haven't done anything 'worthwhile' to claim me as your slave, so don't even think about it" She said, doing the 'quotation' mark movements with her hands. Again, she glared at him at what he said about her arms popping out of their sockets if she stayed like that. This guy was an utter jerk. The options that were given to her actually made her sigh in relief, which might seem like a surprise to her. "I'll take her place. I've dealt with enough pain in my life, I think I can handle it" She said to Ford, deciding rather quickly. It was definitely try she had dealt with enough pain in her life. During her trip, it wasn't like she always got out of sticky situations unscathed, or walking for so long didn't involve injuries like massively blistering feet, sore and extremely pained legs from walking too much, and there had been a time or two where catching an animal went badly, or just walking down a steep hill went badly where she would slip and scrape herself on a sharp rock, or something like that. Her parents had always said she had good pain tolerance as is, but everything she had gone through during that year, and even during the last year with her adventures, her pain tolerance was even higher.
Electra just made a face at her in response, because, again, she just thought the whole lovey dovey crap was stupid and didn't care if she thought that they might be 'together some day'. Liana just kept quiet. If she knew that Geneva was fantasizing about her in her underpants, she would probably be giving her a death glare at the moment. But she wasn't a mind reader, so she didn't know that.
Liana looked surprised. "Really?" She asked, thinking that was weird 'high praise'. She looked ashamed to be a bad kisser, as if it was embarrassing to be a bad kisser, when it wasn't really. At least, that was Electra's stance on it. "I don't know...it's probably best that I learn myself, with experience or something" She said, and sighed, doubting that she ever would have the chance, other then with another girl, to have experience with that....because again, she was being overly negative. "Ugh, that is so disgusting" Electra chimed in, making a grossed out face, to which Liana just ignored her. "I'm sure..." She said quietly, and it seemed more like she was just upset again, to which Electra shook her head that she would be upset about this gross disgusting tongue in someone else's mouth crap. Electra raised an eyebrow at her response, seeming surprised that would make her grin. "What? No! Ugh" She muttered, seeming just irritated by this whole thing. And what Geneva did next just made it worse. She quickly stood up, seeming to be currently resistant to embarrassment, though Liana was laughing slightly, and angrily said, "God, will you just leave me alone?! Maybe this trip was a bad idea, because it seems to be full of annoying freaks". A lot of times, she seemed to speak before she thought about what she was saying, and didn't think of the consequences her words may bring. She actually seemed to look a little guilty at what she said, but didn't apologize or anything. Liana just made that face where it looked like you were holding back a laugh, even at her friends angry outburst.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 19, 2012 5:35:56 GMT -5
Geneva nodded and said "Yeah, I mean if you only like guys then I am clearly a really good kisser to earn a not that bad rating. I mean unless you are bi, you just don't realise it yet."she nodded to her saying she should learn herself, but added "You wouldn't want to make a fool of yourself in front of the boys would you? I invite you to practice with me anytime. So you will be ready for guys." she gave her a quick kiss on the cheek. She ignored the looks and noises of disgust from Electra, if anything just kind of laughing at her. She frowned when she said 'no ew' and joked "Hey, I don't judge you for that." when she stood up and got angry Geneva blushed brightly, then got up and said "Sorry if this freak was trying to have fun." then shoved her out of her way and went to the other side of the bus, and oddly curled up under the seat, so they were less likely to follow her?or call her a freak again. That really 'hit home' for her because that is what all of her former friends called her when she was sold into sex slavery. It wasn't like she wanted to do those things, she had been forced, and often hit when she didn't do good, or given to the filthiest clients. She then threw her loly pop out the window, realising she still had it in her hand, and yes from under the seat, because she has throwing skills.
Ford looked at Electra and said "If I wanted you to be my slave I would force you to be one, and you couldn't stop me. This suit was built to withstand an RPG dear, it isn't going to fall to whatever you have." he laughed darkly and said "Fine then, that is fair. I can't wait to see you squirm once you have realised that Neko goes through whippings every day of her life, but she still doesn't have the pain tolerance to handle that thing." he then pushed her next to Neko and pulled a chain out of a nearby backpack, along with a padlock and roughly chained her hands in the same way Neko's were, quite painfully, a burning stretching sensation. He then walked over to Neko and shifted her restraints so her arms wouldn't pop out of her sockets, but so she was still in unbearable pain. He then took out some duct tape and put some over their mouths and explained "You see Electra, I think you need to learn some respect, respect me. Neko told me about you sliting my throat, I hope seeing the poor girl in pain makes you realise that it isn't just you who are effected by what you say." he then.turned to walk off saying "We will see how you are after 20 mins of that."
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Post by Leslie on Jun 19, 2012 5:58:56 GMT -5
Liana just sort of shrugged to Geneva in response to both things she said, because she couldn't really think of a response related to maybe being bisexual and not knowing, and the first thing she said. At what she said next, she seemed to think about it for a while and sighed. "No, not really" She said in response to not really wanting to make a fool of herself in front of the boys, but at the same time not really sure she wanted to practice either. She smiled faintly at the kiss on her cheek, and Electra just rolled her eyes at the fact Liana seemed to think impressing boys was so important, and was so concerned with that whole thing. When Geneva got angry as well at her reaction, she felt sort of bad, and sighed, right as she got shoved out of the way. But being her, she did fall backwards slightly, but kept her balance fairly well from learning to have a good sense of balance at a young age. "Great job, Electra" Liana said to her, actually seeming frustrated with her friend as she walked by her, and over to Geneva. "You okay?" She asked from her standing position. "She didn't mean that" She said, then lowered her voice. "She has anger issues, and loses it a lot, over reacting quite often. Like earlier when she was discussing her past, and Neko's response to it made her go a little crazy and break down. So on behalf of my friend, I apologize" She said, knowing that her friend would of done the same at some point.
"But I'm not a filthy Jap am I? So you wouldn't have a use in me being your slave, would you?" Electra asked, almost trying to taunt him. To the RPG thing, she seemed slightly alarmed, and shut her mouth. "Do you realize how rare it is for me to squirm at much of anything?" She asked, then shook her head, because she was pretty sure she squirmed a lot in her sleep, due to the nightmares and memories. Pretty much when she was pushed, she started to walk herself anyway, and she stayed fairly well balanced when she was shoved. Liana looked over at Ford and Electra and gasped, wondering what was going on, to which Electra shook her head to her friend, and said a "It's fine, stay out of it", showing her that it was all 'part of the plan', whatever that meant. When she was roughly chained in the same position Neko's were, she let out a hiss of pain and closed her eyes from it, but opened them shortly later, and instead just clenched her teeth tightly together. It was clear it hurt her, and her friend was having a hard time watching it, but she took it fairly well. Or pretended to anyway. Though after a while, it would probably sure as hell start hurting more, and when she was finally let free, it'd probably be a while before her arms felt better. She was about to say something, but then her mouth was duct taped, and she obviously didn't say anything anymore. Through the duct tape, it sounded like she scoffed at the idea of showing an idiot slaver like him any respect whatsoever, and pretty much decided that she'd show respect to who she thought rightfully deserved it. And that wasn't Ford. Especially since he tricked her and still had Neko chained up, just in a more comfortable position. This pissed her of majorly. Surprisingly, throughout all of this, she made no move to do a pathetic attempt at squirming free or something. Though, she did adjust herself slightly and gritted her teeth in pain, but still avoided screaming in pain or anything. Obviously to everything he said, she didn't say anything in response, and surprisingly throughout all of this, Jim was just continuing to sit down casually, seeming unaffected by anything that was going on, for the most part. It was because he knew intervening was pointless, so he didn't, and just let things happen how they would happen. He was one of those guys who didn't intervene unless he felt it was absolutely necessary. So pretty much one of those guys that could easily get very irritating because they avoided getting involved in about everything.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 19, 2012 20:26:15 GMT -5
Geneva just nodded to what she said "Well if you ever feel like it, my lips are always open to you. Surprisingly also they are open free of charge." the last part seemed to be a joke. She did enjoy kissing this girl on the cheek, even though to her it wasn't really romantic, and more of a greeting, or goodbye type thing. After she was angry and under the seat she poked her head out of the side, and looked at Liana with tears still sliding down the side of her head (she was on her back crying) and shook her head when she asked if she was ok, but said "Yeah, I guess, that was just so mean. You see, when I was sold into sexual slavery by my parents all my friends, except maybe one or two, called me a freak, and a whore, and names like that. Just painful memories." she nodded and said "I noticed her angry earlier, I mean from a distance. She didn't have a very good life I take it." she let out a sigh and said "I accept you apologizing. I think she really needs someone who cares about her, in a romantic way. Tell me, have you ever seen her with a boyfriend, or girlfriend?"
Ford glared at the girl in front of him, and said "You aren't a slant eye sure, but there is a word for you, from before the event. You are white trash, no better than the fags, or the negros. And you know what that makes you good for? Mining, or another form of hard labour, j bet I could get a good price for you." he glared at her, and then said "Hiring that whore to do things to you while you are chained up might make you squirm, so make your choice on how you want to squirm." after he had her chained up he thought for a minute about how well she was handling the pain. He shrugged and said "The main increases as you remain chained, as the blood leaves your arms it makes them more sensitive. It will hurt more and more by the minute until I take you down in 20. Actually if Neko is right then the pain about doubles every five minutes." Neko was full on crying by now, her tears making a small puddle and she tried to say "Please master, let me down." but he just slapped her across the face. He then smirked and walked off.
Ford seemed to have lied (are you shocked?) and had left her there for 30 minutes, over that 30 minutes Neko had become fully hysterical, usually she handled pain well, but this was a very extreme punishment. She had just passed out from the pain, probably meaning Electra would pass out soon, given how Neko was chained up before her, and maybe had a slight less pain tolerance. Ford then walked back and took out a pair of keys, letting Neko down first. Her hands fell down and she briefly opened her eyes, then at the rush of pain as the blood came back into her arm. She made gentle whimpers of pain, and said "Thank you master." he then chained her arms back in front of her again. He then let down Electra's arms and said "I hope you leaned some respect. Remember?Neko also gets punished for what you do." he then looked at Neko and said "Now, what do you say?" Neko glanced up and said "Thank you for punishing me as I deserve." Ford pet her head and put a small peppermint candy in her mouth. She smiled at him, and gladly ate the candy, well left it in her mouth because master hadn't told her she could swallow it.
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Post by Leslie on Jun 19, 2012 21:33:06 GMT -5
Liana smiled at what Geneva said, thinking about maybe actually taking up her offer so she could 'impress the boys', because that seemed to be on her mind way too much. Heck, just having a boy call her pretty was on her mind way too much, and her self-esteem would be low until a boy acted like they actually cared about her, in more ways then just wanting her in bed. Though, she had never had a male say she was pretty either, or a female until now (other then her friend), and that just made her feel like she was unattractive, and no matter how many times Electra told her otherwise and that her personality was more important then looks, she couldn't seem to change her opinion on it. She sighed at Geneva's story. "They don't sound very much like your friends if that is the case. I don't think she meant any harm by it, she just sometimes speaks before she thinks of the consequences of what might happen with what she said. Though she told me she didn't used to be like that" She said, shrugging. She shrugged again. "She told me her life was fairly good up until 2 years ago. But apparently what she went through 2 years ago really screwed with her, and changed her forever. I never heard all the details, but I know for a fact her town was attacked when she was 14, and her parents were killed" She said, sighing at remembering her friend emotionally telling her that story. It was so sad seeing her like that. She shook her head in a "No" way, and said, "No, I haven't. She always tells me dating and falling in love is a waste of time and a distraction from 'what's important', whatever that means. And any time a boy or girl even approaches her, she shrugs them off and wanders off alone somewhere" She said, looking sad at the fact boys had approached her, the girl who looked all rugged and dirty, but no boys seemed to give her a second glance when she was much more clean, and 'supposedly' prettier then her, according to her friend. "She told me that she had never dated anyone before as well, and that she had traveled alone for a year, worrying about losing her own sanity. Heck, when I first approached her when she came into town, she shrugged me off, mistaking me for someone who only cared about getting in her pants or just a nuisance. As you can see, we ended up being best friends in the end, and Electra finally got to mostly relax in a peaceful town for a year, though she insisted on going off on her own for a few days at a time, because she needed to 'keep moving', in her words" She said, just sighing and shaking her head, because she pretty much agreed that Electra needed someone to love her, and honestly thought that Electra knew that too, but was just shrugging off anyone who had the slightest interest in her for whatever personal reasons she felt.
Electra glared at him. This guy was clearly a racist idiot, and she hated racist idiots. And when he called her 'white trash', she realized not only was he racist against pretty much every single 'race', he was also racist against his own. Though honestly, she considered HIM the white trash, and actually scoffed slightly when he called her wife trash. "Well, keep your bloody hands away from me. I got a mission to complete. This mission for one, and my own personal mission" She said to him, crossing her arms. "And you know you need me to help you during this mission. Need my assistance. So let's just try to be civil with each other and just do the mission, okay?" She asked him, doubting he could manage to be 'civil'.....or that she herself could be civil. She twitched at what he said, and just shot him another glare, then fell silent. To the description of the pain thing, she just nodded sarcastically as if she didn't really need a description. "I know, I know, I'm not stupid" She said to him, pain showing on her face more then she actually vocally showed the pain. Surprisingly, she seemed to ignore Neko's cries of pain fairly well, though it did look like a flash of anger showed on her face as he smirked and left.
Electra had pretty much lost the sense of time, so for her it felt more like she was hanging for an hour, so she didn't really have an opinion either way on the fact that it was a half hour instead of 20 minutes that she was standing there, hanging. Liana was biting her nails nervously practically the whole time, afraid for both Neko and her friend hanging there. Jim remained relatively calm. Her face was wet from tears of pain going down her face, and ever so often she let out a groan from the pain. It sure as hell started hurting more after a while, but she still surprisingly took it alright. Probably about the best you could take it without having an extreme tolerance to pain, or not being human and a robot or something. She did seem to have a hard time keeping conscious now, and actually at one point started laughing for some reason, but only for a bit. As soon as Electra's arms were let down, she let out an "Aahhh" of pain just at the feeling, and sort of stumbled just from being in that standing position and getting used to not using her feet quite so much. She just shot him a glare through the pain as she 'attempted' to rub her arm,s which just made the pain worse since she was rubbing her arms WITH her arms that felt all funny now. She felt like punching him when he made her say that she deserved to be punished, because that was bull. Pretty much to the whole respect thing, she ignored Ford, because she didn't really feel the need to respond to him.
After she regained some of her feeling and strength, she went back over to Liana, and plopped down next to her, followed by a gasp of pain from her pained arms. "Ugh, stretching torture really sucks" She said, a pained look in her eyes, Her friend helped her by drying her face from the tears that streamed down her face from the pain, and she smiled at her. "Thanks" She said to Liana, who just smiled in response, then frowned at her friend. "Why did you do that?" She asked her in a blunt tone. "The deal was for me to take Neko's place, but instead he just loosened the pain for her...that little..." She muttered, and Liana pretty much silenced her, if not only to keep her from getting in more trouble. "No matter what you think Electra, you are a good person. You went and endured that pain for a girl you barely knew. That's what I like about you. You have a good side, no matter what you think of yourself" Liana said to her, to which she responded with a pained smile. Apparently they both could be negative about themselves. Liana about her appearance, and Electra about her personality. But Liana was worse over all in that regard. They just stayed there together for a while, Liana comforting her friend until her pain subsided more.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 20, 2012 4:27:55 GMT -5
Geneva didn't respond to anything until she talked about her friends not really sounding like friends and said "No, you really should have seen the sluty outfits my 'master' forced me to wear, they were really disgusting and degrading to me, plus the cost of them were added in personal favors to the master." she shuddered at the last thing she said. She sighed mostly to the story, she felt like crap for being rude to a poor girl like that. She carefully listened to what she said, and offered "If you think it would help, I will try to be her girlfriend, if you help me gain her trust. I know what it is like to feel alone like that. I was loaned to a customer for two months once, I was in a dark place mentally, and I think that is how she feels now. She pushes people away because she feels like no one should care." she sighed to the next thing, finding it sad that this girl had hardly held onto her sanity, she didn't really respond much to the rest though, just smiling when she talked about them becoming friends.
Ford just glared at the girl when she scoffed, not thinking there was anything amusing about this, except maybe that she was on this mission at all. A woman's place was serving man, not being equals and joining them on missions like this. He had known some female slavers of course, but he always thought that God must have made a mistake and put the personality of a guy into a girl. He laughed at her "I'm sure if anything this mission could use one less girl to cook and clean for it. It needs more men to fight, so I'm not concerned with taking you out of the fight, it isn't like you are a man, if you were I would probably respect you more."
After everyone was let down Neko quietly asked "Master may I still talk with Electra." he nodded and said "Just don't let her fill your head with lies, you are a smart girl, you know what is true." she smiled slightly at the compliment and walked over to Electra and said "Thank you very much, I know what you tried to do. Master gives people a choice to whip me or take my place, it is a moral test of people. I wish you had chosen to whip me, I am actually let down if you do that." she then frowned slightly and said "I would give you a hug, but master would be angry at me, so could you imagine me hugging you?" with a slight smile. She then did a facepalm as she heard someone else trying to stick up for her, with worse results.
Geneva had covered her ears and tried to ignore the cries, knowing exactly what they were going through, however after they were let down she got up and leveled her crossbow at Ford's chest and said "Lībertās aut mors." which ment Liberty or death in Latin. She then discharged her crossbow and it slammed into his breastplate, shattering the wooden arrow. Geneva let out a "Huh?" not sure why her arrow didn't work, she wasn't exactly too experienced with her new crossbow. Ford sarcasticly clapped and said "Bravo, say a Latin phrase and fire a shot at a 'tyrant' well dear I'm afraid that only works in stories. Now I think I know just how to punish you, because it isn't pain that would be correct for someone like you, it would be humiliation." Geneva took a step back as Ford pulled out a small bottle and rag "I think you know what this is." the asshole said "Your old friend Chloroform, whom if I remember, my friend and fellow Slaver used to fulfil an abduction fantasy with you." she practically hissed at him "You mean were he had me tied to a wall for 2 months? Yeah, tell him that I am going to cut his dick off if I see him again." Ford then pressed the rag over her mouth and she quickly passed out. He stepped aside and let her slam into the floor. He smirked and then tightened her slave collar uncomfortably, and adjusted it so people could see a brand (burn thing) on her lower neck indicating she was property of the 'Lucky Oaks Cathouse' then applied a padlock to her collar so she couldn't remove it.
(1.5 hours later) After 1.5 hours of driving a few things had happened, for one Geneva woke up screaming and freaking out, and managed to claw Neko's arm pretty bad before she calmed down. She then mostly just sat in the bad and avoided people, and tried to just her collar to cover her brand again, to no avail. Ford had driven the whole way, occasionally ordering Neko to 'Bring him a bud.' and she would bring him a beer and offer one to Jim every time, though not to the girls. Other than the before mentioned things Neko acted as a radio, singing music of most genres. She would occasionally ask people what they wanted to hear, which always ended with Master telling her that he wanted another bud.
They arrived at the edge of a large open strait of desert with small (hill sized) near vertical mountain looking things, and a large metal wall at the far side. Of course this was just a dot in the distance but Ford said "Yup, this is the capital of the Hoover Hegemony, one of the most powerful factions in the west." he then gave Neko a nudge and she explained "They are run by a single hereditary leader, and have a complex system.of laws and customs. While culturally they are separate from any other culture in the wastes they operate a strict caste system which may one may only change their place through massive victories or huge failures, and all changes in caste must be approved by their central government. Their military is second to none, at all costs avoid hostilities." Ford gave her another small candy and said "Very good."
He then lead the others out of the bus on foot for their own safety, because of Hegemony paranoia and their bus might be considered a war machine. They walked along for a good ten minutes when there was a distant crack, that sounded kinda like a gunshot and Ford said "Uh oh." and nearby a howitzer shell landed, leaving a big crater. More shells fired and in between firing and landing you could hear barely the order to cease fire, though the shells probably left them.almost deaf. Ford looked around, shells landing all around them. He then threw Neko to the.ground and covered her with his own body. No sooner did he do do then a shard of shrapnel lodge itself in his arm. After around 12 shots the bombardment stopped, and the gates opened to a couple of steam cars racing toward that at 50 miles an hour. One was painted with a red cross, and the other carried a machine gun on the back, along with 5 soldiers and.the driver who looked like a diplomat.
When they arrived Ford was taken.onto the red cross truck, and rushed to their hospital. The rest of the soldiers pointed weapons that looked advanced at the newcomers and said "Hold your position." the diplomat pushed their weapons down, "They are from townsvill, we do not wish hostilities with them." a soldier who looked like their squad leader nodded and said "Yeah, besides they had a cute girl." the voice was filtered and deep, through one of those gas masks with the hoses on them. The machine gunner laughed and.said "Sir, you always look for cute girl." the commander let out a laugh and said "Can it Lopez, or you will be cleaning our boots." the guards wore full body armour where it was impossible to see anything about them, probably showing it was a good armour, like Ford's. The diplomat rolled his eyes, he wore a black wool coat over a wool uniform, given the heat he looked very very uncomfortable. The commander walked over to Liana and asked "Now cutey, what if your name? I'm commander Gustavson, of the forward guard." the commander offered a hand to shake. With the voice you could just picture a great looking guy under the helmet, someone who Liana would probably love calling her cute.
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Post by Leslie on Jun 20, 2012 6:18:11 GMT -5
Liana sighed and shook her head. "I hate people who are degrading to the opposite gender of them. I heard of some pretty degrading music against women from back in the old days, back before, you know, all of this, and before I was born" She said, shaking her head at imagining what that music must of been like. It sounded awful . She hated the idea of sexist music in general. In response, all she could think of doing was shrugging. "I dunno. Maybe we should just let her herself warm up to you. I really don't know the best way to go about it. But I agree with you. I think she's stuck in a dark pit mentally, and it's making her just push people away. My guess is she's partly stuck in the past, you know" She said, shrugging again and frowning, feeling helpless at helping her friend in any way. Of course, she herself needed help every now and then as well. Everyone seemed to need help in some form or the other.
Electra almost seemed to smirk in satisfaction at the fact he acted like he was annoyed by her scoffing, but she didn't know for a fact, and didn't smirk a ton because she wanted to avoid getting slapped. If she knew what he was thinking, she'd probably want to slap him as well. It was probably true that at times, she was more of a male then female, being sort of a tomboy after all. But what he thought was blatant sexism, and she obviously hated sexism. She scoffed at the cooking thing. "You do realize I can cook for myself perfectly fine, and the others, right?" She asked, shaking her head. To the rest of the blatant sexism, she glared at him. Apparently they loved to glare at each other. Something almost slipped off her tongue, but she kept it to herself to avoid getting beat or something.
Electra scoffed to herself, and quietly said to herself, "Lies, riiiight. Coming from him", before just shaking her head in disbelief at his idiocy. When Neko came over, she forced a smile through gritted teeth. "You are welcome. Just trying to help" She said to her, and closed her eyes from a slight wave of pain. "I couldn't whip a poor girl like you...gah, he tricked me into thinking you'd be let down. I was just trying to not hurt you....." She muttered to herself, shaking her head at the fact her deal failed. Liana just patted her on the back. "No offense...but I think a hug would be really painful right now anyway. But sure, I will imagine it" She said, smiling at her, then relaxing back in her seat with a groan.
Strangely enough, while Liana apparently knew Japanese, Electra knew Latin. It was sort of a strange mix, since none of it was entirely necessary to learn in today's society, seeing as nobody could really get to Japan anymore, and Latin wasn't that important in today's society either, even before all the crap. As Geneva shot at Ford, she seemed to actually look hopeful that it'd pierce his heart and the idiot would finally die, but when the arrow just shattered, she frowned in disappointment. Liana just sighed and shook her head at the whole situation. Electra started to rise as the shit unfolded again, Ford managing to be a dick once again, but Liana shoved her back into a sitting position, in which she groaned in pain and glared at her friend. Jim, as usual, seemed to find no use in intervening. Despite Liana likely just stopping her friend from getting hurt anymore, she still looked guilty and sad for just sitting there doing nothing, when she'd probably usually stand up for her friend. When she passed out, Electra sighed and shook her head, and avoided the urge to flip Ford off. Liana also sighed, but wasn't so crude about it and didn't have the idea of flipping him off. Electra was the only one who noticed the burn mark name thing, and she had no idea what that meant, so she didn't think anything of it.
1.5 hours later Both Electra and Liana felt bad when Geneva woke up freaking out, but didn't intervene to avoid getting beat up themselves. They also felt bad for Neko, because she really didn't need to be hurt any more then she already was being hurt. Jim had only taken one of the beers for himself, and thanked Neko warmly . Electra on the other had presumably didn't give a shit that she wasn't being offered beer, because it 'clouded your judgement', or something. Or she thought it was gross. Or she never tried it, and just said it was gross because she was weird. Liana on the other hand seemed to be disappointed that she wasn't offered any, despite the fact she was 15, and if laws still counted, 6 years underneath the legal drinking age. Likely she just wanted to 'drown her issues' with some alcohol, to forget about her self-esteem issues, the stress of today, and so on. All three of them seemed to generally appreciate the music Neko sang to them, and they all thanked her afterwards.
In response to Ford, Electra looked outside at the dots in the distance, and nodded. "I've heard of them before, ever so briefly. Don't recall much though" She said, speaking to Ford in an actual civilized manner. Liana just listened. They both nodded to Neko's explaining. They definitely agreed to avoiding hostilities, though that may be easier said then done for someone like Electra. Liana on the other hand, that was a piece of cake. She lived off of avoiding hostilities. Electra wasn't the greatest at that, but wasn't the worst either.
They all picked up their bags and weapons, then began moving after Ford. Electra fantasized about shooting Ford in the back of the head, while Liana complained about the heat due to the fact she was wearing a black leather jacket.....which was weird for her to wear anyway, since it's not like she wasn't used to living in the heat, yet she chose to wear that. All she had to do was take it off and she would be replaced with a thin fabric'd, fairly light plain white shirt where the slightest breeze would flow right through it and cool her off, so she really didn't have a right to complain. Poor Electra had a back pack on one shoulder, and her bags strap on the other, along with her gun being slung over her shoulder. It was a very good thing that she no longer hurt, like, at all, because her feeling had mostly come back and the pain went away, though she was still a little sore. For some strange reason, Electra identified the sound of whatever it was not being a gunshot, and a howitzer, while Liana on the other hand panicked and looked around the the shooting, right before she heard Ford's 'uh oh' and the shot hit near them, creating a big crater. Electra covered her ears, apparently expecting it, but got off balance slightly, where on the other hand, Liana fell over instantly as the explosions went around them, her ears ringing and her hearing fading away for a little while. Electra had managed to keep her hearing, covering her ears tightly, wondering what the F was going on. "Are they trying to hit us?!" She asked more to the air then anything, nobody really answering her. When she saw Ford get hit, she secretly said, "Good, I hope he dies", but kept that to herself. Jim had also managed throughout this to keep his hearing, seeming to expect it as well. One of the last shots fired had sent shrapnel at Electra as well, hitting her square in the shoulder. She cursed to herself, dropping her bag and sitting down on the ground, gritting her teeth from the pain again. She muttered something like "Me and my luck with pain", then ripped the piece of shrapnel out of her shoulder, letting out a shriek of pain as she did so. Liana had put her hands in the air once her ears had recovered, pretty much 'surrendering' to this people. Electra didn't on the other hand, because she was now on the ground, going through her back pack and grabbing a small thing of alcohol, then pouring some of it on her wound to which she responded to with another shriek of pain, and then wrapped her wound up with some gauze, tensing up and gritting her teeth as she did so.
Electra watched Ford get taken away by the red cross truck thing, and chuckled slightly, seeming to not be worried for him. Liana just frowned slightly, looked at Neko, then put her hands back up in the air at the guns being pointed at them. "We mean no harm" She commented, and Electra just continued to sit down on the ground. They both just watched them lowering their weapons and talking about not wanting hostilities with them. Both Electra and Laina looked at each other at the mention of there being a cute girl with the group, and Electra just rolled her eyes. Liana just looked back and forth from the people talking, not really sure what to say. She vaguely wondered how old these guys were who seemed to be talking about a cute girl being here, considering any girl he'd be talking about would be under the adult age. She did think wearing a black wool coat was a little weird out here, and she suddenly didn't feel stupid for wearing black leather. When the commander came up to her and called her cutey, she blushed, and thought he sounded fairly young and not really like a creep, and likely around the same age as her as far as she could tell. Just the fact it was actually a male saying that to her helped for whatever personal reason of hers, especially since a male had never really called her that before, but called her more down and dirty friend cute. She just felt left out. "Names Liana" She said to him, smiling, and adding, "Cool last name. I bet it's cool being a commander". She shook his hand, smiling again, and suddenly the fact they were just being shut at didn't seem to bother her, and she felt relaxed and more comfortable talking with this guy. Electra noticed this, and the apparent flirting coming from the commander, and just rolled her eyes. They weren't even at town for 5 god damn minutes and a boy was already hitting up Liana, to which she didn't even seem to care, and actually seemed really happy about it, more so then she had seen her in a long time. She just sighed and shrugged it off for now, only seeming to be worried about him possibly taking advantage of her. People who rushed to flirt with people like that were the most likely ones to take advantage of you after all (in her mind anyway), and she didn't want her vulnerable friend to be taken advantage of by any guy, only to in turn have her heart broken, or he acts like he never actually gave a shit about her in the first place.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 20, 2012 15:50:46 GMT -5
Geneva nodded with a sigh "Yeah, you get to see that type of person a lot in my line of work, sadly enough. I have heard I think one record from back then, using an old turntable that you had to crank. It was about 'bitches' moving out of the way, I believe it is what they called rap." she nodded quickly to the next thing she said "Oh yes of course, I would like to get to know her better anyway. Plus I don't think it would really help too much if I forced a relationship on her, and I really do think I can help her. I will try to contain my flirty attitude around her."
Ford didn't respond to her thoughts, because he wasn't a mind reader after all. He did however respond to her saying she could cook "Good, very good. That is a woman's place, in the kitchen, cleaning, or serving. Your gender was born to be slaves, as I'm sure you can tell by the vast number of female slaves."
Neko smiled slightly and moved her arms around, sort of annoyed that they are still bound together, but hiding that fact exceptionally well. She nodded and said "I know, and I thank you for that, but I am informing you that that is how he tests people. Sometimes he never removes the chains and they become his slave as well, because of showing weakness by not whipping me." she smiled and said "Yeah, maybe, I think it may actually help a little that I can't move my arms." she wanted to sit down, but knew master wouldn't let her.
(Skipping to time skip, after the artillery) The Hegemony diplomat gestured to Neko and a soldier helped her up, probably showing part of their caste system right there, that the upper class diplomat couldn't even touch a slave. He then leaned down a little and asked "What is your name slave, and who is your owner?" she responded quickly "I am the slave Neko of the master Ford, sir." the diplomat nodded and asked "Who is the other slave?" Neko looked at Geneva and mouthed the words 'your collar' Geneva sputtered slightly and Neko responded "Sir, she is the slave Geneva, of the mistress Electra. I'm sorry sir, but we couldn't have slaves wasting your time or lying to you, after all someone.of your stature would have a slave executed for that." that was basically her warning to the group to not blow Geneva's cover. Geneva bowed and walked over to Electra and bowed asking "Need anything of me master?" in a way you could tell it made her sick to say such a thing again.
The commander nodded and said "Cute name Liana." then nodded to her saying that it must be good being a commander "For the Hegemony especially, we get better training and weapons than anyone else in the wasteland. But my squad, let me introduce them. The machine gunner is Lopez." the man with an arm leaning on the machine gun gave a nod. "My sniper, Yelsen." a man with a big rifle gave a half salute. "My demolition expert Brisco, you couldn't tell, but she is really cute under that armour." a person who looked exactly like her male counterparts nodded and said "Awwww shucks captain, you are to kind." in, like the male members of the team, a deeper voice, because of her filtration unit. The commander then gestured to the last person who held a shotgun "My close combat specialist, Hawk." he gave a half bow. The commander then turned to the ambassador and gave a firm salute while asking "Sir may I remove my.helmet as to show this beautiful girl what I look like under the helmet?" the Ambassador rolled his eyes and said "Sure, if you insist." the commander then preceded to do all the things necessary to separate the helmet from the bodysuit, it took a good minute to do, but after which the helmet came easily off. Taking it off reviled the commander to be a blond haired blue eyed young woman slightly.older than Liana. She then smiled at her and asked "How about a kiss cutey?" with a small smile on her face. Her hair was long, but messy from the helmet, and her eyes were an icy blue that looked somewhat cold, but at the same time caring. Her voice was light and feminine, not too light or girly but unmistakably a girls voice once she had her filtration system off. The ambassador glanced over at her, then did a double take and.said "Holy shit, your a woman?" she looked over at him and said "Yeah, we have worked toget for a week and you didn't even notice I was the opposite gender?" the ambassador looked kind of embarrassed "Well you don't look like.one in that armour, and your voice was masculine. Plus our society doesn't have separate gender specific horrifics, so I heard people calling you sir all the time."
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Post by Leslie on Jun 20, 2012 18:22:42 GMT -5
Liana shook her head, sighing. "That's terrible. Why are people so cruel with their music, and why does it get popular? I don't even know what rap music is, or what it's like though. I've only heard music played on a banjo, or an acoustic guitar, or a flute, and so on" She said. She nodded to what Geneva said next, not really thinking of anything in particular to say to it. "Just be careful about it around her, because there's a chance that she'd just push you away" She said, and sighed. While on the other hand, Electra would think Liana was silly for not pushing away people who seemed to instantly want to flirt with her.
Electra glared at him. "I'm sure I've been through way more then most males could endure, and likely more then you've endured yourself" She said, continuing to cross her arms. "I learned to cook so I could survive out in the harsh wilderness. So I could survive below freezing temperatures, and then warm temperatures. What have you been through? Heat and that's it?" She asked, then took a deep breath to calm herself before she just went all bat shit crazy on him. So she just decided to ignore the rest of what he said before she lost it.
Electra sighed at what Neko said to her, then shook her head. "What an idiot" She muttered very quietly. "Weakness huh? I was trying to show mercy by taking your place, not weakness. Trust me when I say that I'm not the greatest person, and I honestly wouldn't feel terrible if I whipped the right person. That wouldn't be you, by the way" She reassured Neko. To the rest she just shrugged, and they just went on their journey, talking about nonsense and whatnot.
"The wha?-" Electra said after a bit, too distracted with tending to her wound to pay much attention to the conversation except "Geneva, the slave of mistress Electra". She vaguely wondered how they could tell that her and Liana weren't slaves, but said nothing. When it was implied they were just trying to keep things all secret and whatnot, she kept her mouth shut. And when Geneva came over and asked her if she needed anything, she shook her head, if not only because she was sort if an independent person who would rather do things herself or on her own. "No, I'm good" She said, finishing the last necessities to secure her gauze over her wound. It was stinging, likely from the alcohol she had poured in it, but she tried hard not to show that it was paining her, even if it was only paining her mildly.
Liana blushed again at the 'boy' telling her she had a cute name. She already liked this 'boy', because 'he' was probably the nicest to her of any boy she might so far. At least, complimenting her name, and saying she was cute. Not that boys didn't just say that to make her feel better either, or to just say that, but 'he' wouldn't know that she was negative about that and that would make her feel better. so. She nodded, figuring what 'he' said was true, do to the fact the powerful artillery that was being fired at them. When 'he' introduced everyone, she just gave quick nods, smiled, and waved at them, almost seemingly in a shy way, even though she wasn't really a shy person. Though, she sort of became concerned when the girl sounded like a male because of her deep filtration system, wondering if the 'boy' she was talking to was actually a boy. Though, it didn't concern her much at all, figuring she was a boy. When the shotgun-wielding dude bowed, she bowed back quickly, the best she could anyway. When she was referred to as a 'beautiful girl', she blushed again, and said an embarrassed "Thanks" in response. Electra just rolled her eyes again at how much complimenting was going on the instant they get here. Liana pretty much stood there while the commander spent a while getting their helmet off, and Electra just grunted in the background. Both of them seemed to suddenly be in shock at seeing a blonde woman instead of a boy. Suddenly Electra felt bad for Liana, despite the fact she thought the whole flirting thing was boring and stupid. She herself vaguely thought the commander was pretty, but didn't think much of it because those sorts of thoughts didn't 'usually' stay in her mind long, pretty much ever. Liana blinked, seeming in a shock, before she shook her head and backed up slightly. She just looked from the ambassador, back to the commander, but no words would come out from her for a bit. "I...I thought....Why does this always happen to me?" She said, muttering the last part more to herself then anyone. Electra didn't really know what to do to comfort her friend. Her eyes started to get watery, and she picked her bag back up and her backpack, which she had dropped down to the ground. "Can...can we just find somewhere to rest or something?" She asked them, shaking her head slightly and trying to avoid crying. There were more boys there then girls, all probably about the same age as her, and the girl had to be the one who flirted with her and called her pretty? Why couldn't it of been one of the other boys? Why was it seemingly only girls in the world that seemed to think she was pretty? All she wanted to do was get somewhere alone and cry, cry about the fact that it seemed nobody of the opposite gender would ever consider her pretty or care for her truly. Electra noticed her friend about to cry, and sighed, because she didn't understand crying about something like this. She understood crying about your town being raided and remembering the screams, and so did Liana, but she couldn't understand why being flirted with by a boy was so important to her, or why it mattered to be flirted with SO quickly by someone you didn't even know, just because it was a boy. She just sighed and stood up, then heaved her bag over her shoulder, then put the lighter, but still fairly heavy, backpack on her injured shoulder gently, to which she still responded with a gasp of pain, and the sound of tensing up while gritting her teeth together. "I agree with her. Do we have permission to enter?" She asked.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 20, 2012 19:03:05 GMT -5
Geneva sighed and said "I have no idea, but I think the pre event world must have been really sexist. I mean you don't hear too many songs like that anymore, ours seem more joyful. Maybe it is a good thing that the Event happened, maybe it helped the Human Race reboot." she nodded to the warning and said "Don't worry, I will be careful. I learned how toslowly do this, it isn't fun, but I can convince her to let me in."
Ford scoffed "Your a girl, that is impossible, I bet if you picked any guy he could beat you in a fight. Well any guy.your age of course." he raised an eyebrow under his helmet and said "You really survived in the wilderness, well I guess there are people who are just lucky I guess. Girls shouldn't ever try that though, such weak and frail creatures." he raised an eyebrow at her "I have walked through fire, and braved the arctic. I have survived the most extreme cases of everything in this world."
Neko frowned slightly and bowed again, mostly trying to protect her face in case Electra got angry, and said "It is master who calls it a weakness, not me." she smiled slightly at her saying she couldn't whip her?or basically said that anyway.
The Hegemony ambassador knew by the fact Neko and Geneva wore collars while the others didn't. Their rigid caste system left little wiggle room, but the greatest was actually between slaves, he assumed these were personal slaves, who would have better training and.standing than work slaves. Geneva nodded and bowed to Electra saying "If you need something master, just ask." however when sElectra showed signs of pain she quickly.took her bag and said "Allow me master."
The commander glared at Liana and said "What were you expecting? If you look I am clearly of the commander caste, look." she pointed to the yellow markings on her shoulder, which her fellow troops didn't have. She then added "And as such, I'm invoking my power over you, as a lower caste." then grabbed her head and kissed her deeply, her kissing seemed brutish and guy like, at least compared to Geneva earlier. She was also exceptionally strong, comparable to any guy. Lopez actually walked over and pulled his commander off "That is enough sir." she glared at him "Lower caste vermin, how dare you lay a hand on me." Lopez shook his helmeted head "Look at her, she is clearly friends with the other girl, they are both Slaver caste, you have no rights over them." the commander grumbled and walked back toward their car and Lopez asked "Are you ok?"
The ambassador nodded to their questions on if they could enter "Of course.?just provide your name, age, and caste for the record and I will give you some three day visas to stay here. Of course if you break any of our laws you will be treated as a member of one caste lower than.yours at trial."
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Post by Leslie on Jun 20, 2012 20:15:49 GMT -5
Liana nodded in agreement about the music thing, even though she knew little about the old music. She shrugged to the next thing. "Who knows. My mom said I would of never existed if it wasn't for the event, because she would of never met the man of her life. Thinking about things like that is weird, you know....not existing. Maybe that's a good thing, maybe not. But I really do think the world probably needed this restart, so yeah..." She muttered quietly, not sure what to think. She nodded slightly to the last thing she said, but that was all.
Electra growled slightly under her breath. This guy was such an ass. "I doubt that" was all she said, shooting him a glare. She almost wanted to challenge someone to prove him wrong, but decided against it. To what he said next, she growled again, and clenched her teeth together, avoiding the urge to sock him in the face or chew him out for saying females were frail creatures. Heck, his slave was pretty much proof otherwise. And what she went through as well. But she kept that to herself, because she didn't want to piss him off any more, despite how much she felt like pissing him off some more. "Because of your suit I bet" She said simply.
"I know...sorry if it didn't act that way" Electra said, sighing and shaking her head at herself for getting angry like that again. She really needed something to relax her, to calm her anger down, but she didn't know what exactly, and just sighed.
Electra was about to protest, but then let out a sigh and reluctantly handed her the bag slung over her shoulder with a grunt. She then moved her backpack over to her shoulder that wasn't hurting, and let out a sigh of relief. Though she felt bad giving it to Geneva, because she didn't like to give her own burdens over to someone else, and didn't like to show weakness by carrying less when she felt she could carry it just. When she glanced at her bandage, it was quickly becoming red, and she sighed in response.
Liana shook her head at what the seemingly nice Commander said, while glaring at her at that. She looked at the yellow markings, then back to the commander. "I don't know the rules of your Empire, ma-sir" She said, correcting herself since everyone else seemed to call her sir. The next thing she said didn't sound good to her, and she stepped back a bit before her head was grabbed and forced into a deep kiss. So, she hadn't kissed anyone in years, and now today on her first trip, she got kissed. Twice. By females. Why did her luck go so south? She was very tempted to shove the commander back, but didn't, and quickly wiped her mouth away when she finally was free, thanks to Lopez. Electra during this whole thing was getting very defensive, and she lowered her hand to her sword, and if Lopez didn't intervene, she was about to, even if it was painful to do so. She scoffed at the commander being another one of those idiots who thought being 'superior' was so awesome, meaning you could be a jack ass, but said nothing. Liana sighed after everything stopped, and frowned at Lopez, but then turned it to a smile. Her tears were currently forgotten, due to everything happening. And the fact she was 'safe' now, helped as well. "Yeah, I am now. Thank you, really. For saving me" She said, a bright smile crossing her face at her 'rescuer'. "Things might of got ugly if you didn't" She added quietly, making a slight knowing nod towards her friend Electra who was just now relaxing once everything calmed down. Electra secretly wondered if now Liana was going to drool all over and act like her savior was an idol, or if he would start flirting with her as well. She shook her head, thinking this whole thing was degrading.
Electra stepped up first. "Electra Baxter, aged 16, slaver" She said in what seemed like a tone of a soldier following orders. "That makes rightful sense. We deserve to be trialed if we break any of your laws" She said, and she figured they'd probably show them a sheet with the rules and whatnot, since they had no idea what the rules were.
Then Liana stepped up as well, acting a little more timid. "My names Liana Albertson, and my age is 15. I'm just a normal o' ci-" She started to say, before Electra cut in, saying, "She's a friend of mine, and is with me", stopping her from making herself likely seem not very important, since she was going to say "I'm just a normal old citizen going on an adventure", or something along those lines. If she was considered a friend of a slaver, she figured that meant she got protection as well. She just hoped that she was right.
Jim Beaver seemed to be rather silent, apparently ignoring everything that was still going on. It acted like he was one of those people that thought events happened how they happened, and people shouldn't intervene, or something. Though, he would of if it got too nasty. He saw that the girls friend, Electra was her name? Looking like she was ready to spring into action if things went badly with her friend, Liana. By now he could easily tell body language, and he saw that the girl looked ready to defend her friend. At the end, he came up as well. "The names Jim Beaver. The age of this old brute is 60" He said, chuckling slightly. "I am just your traveling gunslinger, sir" He said to the ambassador, giving him a warm smile. "I be having no intentions of breakin' any laws, so don't you worry" He added with a chuckle.
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Post by Alan Haskayne on Jun 20, 2012 21:16:01 GMT -5
Geneva smiled slightly at Electra and took the bag with a grunt, it was a heavy bag after all, and said "Electra, don't think it is bad to not carry your own bag. You are hurt, and I just want to help you. I won't judge you or anything ok Electra?" she sounded like she wanted her to feel better about letting her take just one of her bags. She gave her a friendly smile as she moved the bag slightly to deal with the weight. She looked at the bandage in a concerned way and said "Maybe we should have a medic look at that."
The commander glared at Liana and said "Our Hegemony puts extreme emphasis on caste standing, if I was you I would learn quick, before a Aviator caste decides he wants to rape you or something." she did put an emphasis on Hegemony to indicate they were very different from an empire. She just rolled her eyes after making out with her, and her scoffing, because she didn't find anything to scoff about. The Hegemony.hierarchy was very strict, and to her it would be weird if you didn't act like an ass to the lower classes. Lopez just smiled at her and said "Any time. Some of the new propaganda the Hegemony is producing, in the form of books and Manga that promotes omnisexuality, as a way of promoting equality. I never bought into it, you like what gender you like, it isn't about equality." he gave her a warm smile, not in a flirty way or anything, more just comforting. When she said things might have gotten ugly "For you especially, no offence but we would have exterminated you." he took off his helmet easier than.his commander, having a less 'advanced' suit then her. He was pale white, with shoulder length brown hair and hazel eyes, he gave her another smile and said "I was adopted, hence the name.Lopez."
After the other three Neko spoke up "Neko, name as assigned by Master Ford, Fourteen years of age, Slave-Servant Caste." she knew Hegemony systems and knew that was the best kind of slave available, and a close description of what she was. After her Geneva spoke up "Geneva, name as assigned by Mistress Electra, Sixteen years of age, Slave-Sexual caste." she had no idea if the Hegemony had a caste for that but figured they did.
The Hegemony ambassador wrote down their names, ages, and castes in.nice handwriting alongside a handful of others who visited the city in the.past week. He then took out official looking documents around the size of a driver's licence and used a small tool to laminate them. He then handed them out, to their respective people. The cards read "Liana-Slaver Caste." "Electra-Slaver Caste." "Geneva-Sexual Slave Caste-Owner Electra." "Neko-Servant/Slave Caste-Owner Ford." "JimB-Ronin." (Ronin is basically mercenary in.Japanese culture) and he finally handed another card to Neko "Ford-Warlord/Slaver Caste." he then explained to them "If anyone asks to see your ID you have the right to see theirs first. Now in relation.to our caste system, simply do not disrespect anyone.of a higher caste then you, the basic structure is Slave-Citizen-Ronin-Merchent-Merc-Soldier-Slaver-Commander-Aviator. The list goes on, but I don't feel like naming all our castes. Now another thing you should realise is that if you have a relationship with.someone, it.must be within your caste, otherwise you will have your caste status lowered." he lead them.to the car and.said."We have many casinos, brothels, bars, etc along the dam, and the connecting bridge. As far as slaves go, Geneva stay near your master at all times, otherwise you might be taken.by our reclamation services. Neko, as a Servant Caste you may freely explore within.the.city?but your master must be present for you to leave the city."
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Post by Leslie on Jun 20, 2012 23:46:35 GMT -5
Electra swore Geneva read her mind somehow, and she nodded, then let out a sigh. "Okay. I just don't like resting my own weight on others shoulders" She said quietly, pretty much referring to her carrying her back, as well as getting people involved with her past and her 'revenge'. If she did that, she'd want to do it herself, not with others. She hated the very idea of getting others involved with that, especially if they died trying to help her. So she would do that herself.....supposedly. At what Geneva said, she glanced at her shoulder then waved it off. "It's just a flesh wound. I've had worse" She said, and when she meant 'worse', she meant worse that she had taken care of herself, so she figured she would be able to take care of this herself perfectly fine. That was her theory anyway.
Liana looked suddenly afraid at what the Commander said, and she stepped back a few steps. The last thing she wanted to happen was to have a guy rape her. She hoped that as well a boy wouldn't just start trying to impress her, then turn on her in the end and rape her, or just use her. She visibly shuddered, as if it was cold outside. "M....maybe I should just stay out here" She commented, her voice wavering, clearly afraid of an Aviator possibly raping her. Electra came up to her friend and put a hand on her shoulder, and quietly said, "Don't worry, I will protect you. Don't be afraid", to which she gave in with a sigh and just went along with it. She nodded to what Lopez said to her. He seemed nice enough. "Sure, I agree with equality....but you like who you like, or both genders, whichever. It's not like you should be forced to be bisexual or anything" She said, shaking her head. Of course, she said this quietly. At his warm smile though, she responded back with an equally warm smile. At the next thing he said she seemed shocked. "What? For resisting the Commander?" She asked, shaking her head and muttering something about "Maybe I should of stayed home", because she was beginning to see what Electra meant by the 'wastelands' being crazy. These wastelands weren't fit for a girl like her. They were more fit for a girl like Electra. She didn't know how to survive places like this, while Electra was used to it and knew how. Suddenly she had this pit in her stomach, where she was longing to be home again. But she wanted to stay with her friend, be a part of this mission, and explore the world as well. It just frightened her out here, more then she originally imagined. When he took off his helmet, she smiled at him, because she thought he looked kinda cute. Of course being her, she wasn't going to flirt with him, because she was too afraid of everyone she might try to get to know just pushing her away, so she left it to the boys, apparently. That might be part of her problem, but that was just her life. "Lopez means you were adopted?" She asked, seeming confused. "I was born and raised in Townsvill, pretty much. My friend here told me she was from Alma, Colorado, which is apparently at 10,000 foot elevation. Pretty crazy if you ask me" She said, smiling at Electra faintly. Electra just sort of rolled her eyes, mostly at the fact she could tell by how she was talking to the boy that she thought he was cute or something, to which she just decided to blank out their conversation.
Electra made a face at the mention of Geneva being her slave, and a 'sexual' slave at that apparently. She wondered if she was intentionally trying to make things awkward for her or what. She couldn't see any other reason for it, but there was a chance she was just sort of over thinking about it.
Everyone took their documents, which seemed awful official for just visiting, and scanned them over. Though, like most people do, everything they quickly scanned went right over their heads. Liana made a face at being a slaver, because she didn't want to be associated with an ass like Ford in any way. Electra just went along with it. Surprisingly Jim Beaver knew what Ronin meant, and that it likely meant he was 'low' on the level of caste's, and he didn't really honestly care either. Which was confirmed when the dude started explaining everything. Liana's head was hurting from the bombardment of information, which she was having a hard time processing. Electra on the other hand didn't seem to have much of a problem with processing it whatsoever. Liana frowned at what was mentioned about the relationship thing, because that meant the only chance of her possibly getting to know someone here without her caste being lowered was another slaver, which she figured she wouldn't give a rats ass about anyone who was a real, true slaver. Electra of course didn't care, and neither did Jim. They all followed the guy to the car, and Electra examined it. Liana just twitched at the mention of brothel for some reason, and Electra thought all of those sounded boring. They all nodded in understanding, and got ready to go to the place that seemed to have an awful rather large list of rules and such.
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