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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 25, 2007 9:38:05 GMT -5
Ebony arrived in the center court wanting to be with her twins for awhile, but she still needed to cool off for a bit. A visit to the Falls later is still an option. She saw Ricardo and Aron over by the alcove and approached them, a stern look on her front.
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Post by elizar on Jun 25, 2007 9:48:35 GMT -5
Aron saw Ebony coming over, and waved to her. "I take it that you won the argument?" He asked.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 25, 2007 9:58:06 GMT -5
"What argument?" asked Ebony as she came up, "We worked out some issues and have agreed upon a general plan to lure Grayston away from here. That still needs to be discussed, however."
Ricardo had a SEE-I-TOLD-YOU-SO look on his front.
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Post by elizar on Jun 25, 2007 10:02:57 GMT -5
"Doesn't make it right, Ricardo." Aron stood up, and without saying anything to Ebony, he looked again at Ricardo before leaving. "I am going to blame cultural differences on this one." He walked off towards the stables. While he didn't like horses, he liked the dogs.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 25, 2007 10:14:06 GMT -5
After Aron left, Ebony turned to Ricardo. "What's he talking about? What's not right?"
Ricardo sighed, "He seems to think that you leaving your children in the care of someone else and going off taking risks is not right because you're a mother."
Ebony grumbled, "Why do you think I do that, huh? To not only protect my children, but to protect everyone else I care about from harm. I had to learn this to survive on the streets, you know that, Rico. It's not cultural, it's society which makes me do these things."
The Stealth just nods. "I know better than try to dissuade you from doing something like this, Ebs. You're a smart girl and I've raised you up as well as I can to be smart and to think smart."
"Thanks, Rico," smiled Ebony, "Now would you mind watching the twins for a bit longer? I'm going to the Falls to cool off."
"Sure," replied Ricardo, "See you later, Ebs."
With that, Ebony turns in the direction of the Falls and drives off, careful of the humans she passes.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 25, 2007 10:17:38 GMT -5
Phoenix pulled into the court after Ebony as Aron was leaving with a raised eyeshade. "What is his problem?" She asked the Stealth.
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Grayston growled in frustration as he pulled into the restaurant into the nearest town. He had lost the signal from the Stealth when the storm was dissipated. Now he was surrounded in wards that would take down and he wasn't in the mood for that.
He had his black SUVs outside waiting for him. Right now he needed to think. Where was Phoenix?
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 25, 2007 10:25:04 GMT -5
"He thinks it's wrong for Ebony to go gallavanting off taking risks and leaving her children in the care of strangers," Ricardo replied wearily, "but I know her better than he does and the reasons why she does what she does."
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Once at the Falls, Ebony had brought out her spikes again. She really doesn't remember how she had gotten them or remember having Ricardo install them for her. It was if she had been born with them and they were wired directly to her nerves, reacting to any high-intensity emotion that she was feeling at the time. Ebony really wasn't sure how she could explain this. It was just a mystery that may take awhile to figure out.
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Post by elizar on Jun 25, 2007 10:29:32 GMT -5
Finding the service good, Cole left a sizeable tip, then headed outside. He was always unable to sense anything magic, so that he couldn't sense the energy pulsing from Grayston. But he could still see. He saw the Ford shape out of the corner of his eyes. Knowing of the possibility that it could be Grayston, he hoped to get out without being spotted.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 25, 2007 10:40:39 GMT -5
"Doesn't he understand that she plans on keeping my grandfather away to save his sorry butt." Phoenix grumbled. "We're going out there to keep him away from the compound and hopefully trap him."
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Graytson stopped as he felt a familiar signature residue. He looked up as the Impernza left. He glanced out the window and signaled to the SUVs to block his path as he left.
(((Note: Bart Grayston is a Ford, Phoenix is a mix that favors her Pontiac side instead of her Ford lines.)))
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 25, 2007 10:48:53 GMT -5
"And after all that she's already done for these humans, there should, at least, be some form of gratitude from him," replied Ricardo, "or else he or them wouldn't have lasted as long as they had when they arrived here. They already depend on her for survival in this world and she does what she can to help them out. I can tell that what Aron thinks of her actions really frustrates Ebs. That's why she's gone off to the Falls again to cool off."
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Post by elizar on Jun 25, 2007 10:51:17 GMT -5
((Didn't know, edited.))
Cole did consider flight. But while he did have the speed, he didn't have the weight to throw the SUVs off balance. Ebony had her spikes to do that, but Cole was unarmed. I guess that's what she meant by telling me to stay away.
The last one on redial was Kathleen, so he quickly sent a message to her, "Found by Grayston, can't return. In trouble if I don't send by 2200." It was longer than he wanted, but there was no helping it.
Cole turned back to the resturant, as it was the only way he could go. He didn't know where the backdoor was, so flight that way was out of the question.
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 25, 2007 11:16:59 GMT -5
"The Falls," Phoenix asked. "Is that somewhere along the underground river?"
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Grayston smirked as Cole considered his options. He got to his tires with a grunt and approached Cole, a locking spell ready when he bolted. "You know its rude not to introduce yourself," he growled. "And from the looks of it you know who I am."
(((Visual picture of him sitting back swirling a Martini or something all of the sudden.)))
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Post by elizar on Jun 25, 2007 11:28:53 GMT -5
((Cole, Adrian Cole. XD))
"My name is Adrian Cole." Cole answered, quickly visualizing the ocean. He did not want Grayston to read his mind. "My business here is nothing related to you, whatever it is you are doing here." Amazingly enough, that was not a lie. His offical business was related to just the humans, Pheonix happened to just pay an unexpected visit.
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Post by ebonyviper on Jun 25, 2007 11:30:37 GMT -5
Ricardo nods, "That's the description that I got from everyone else about the Falls and it is near the underground river. That would be where Ebs it at right now."
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Ebony dilerately scraped her spikes across the rock walls, creating that jagged piercing metal against stone sound. Sparks were flying off and hitting against the Viper's sides. Ignoring the sting, Ebony continued to vent her frustrations by giving the walls a good scraping... and sharpening her spikes in the process.
It was then that she froze. In her minds eye, she caught the image of a cafe and Cole in trouble, cornered by none other than Grayston. The image only lasted for a second and Ebony shook her front to get herself back to the present. It was as far as her empathic powers went.
But Cole... he had promised he would bring something back for her and her babies... Oh, this couldn't be good at all...
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Post by Insane Pirate Dragon on Jun 25, 2007 11:35:10 GMT -5
Grayston narrowed. "But the organization doesn't just send out anyone in the middle of nowhere last time I checked," the Ford observed. "Though you seem to know someone I'm looking for. You reek of her."
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"I could go down there," Phoenix suggested. "She might want to vent someone."
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