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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2013 21:21:03 GMT
Damien was not in the best of moods when the QA had summoned him to Headquarters. They had called him at 4 o'clock in the morning back on Earth. He had taken some time off and travelled to a remote Japanese temple for some meditation and reflection on what he had experienced on his quest to the Pokemon world.
A member of staff met him at the portal he stepped through. Damien was still dressed in his Bhuddist robes as that was the only clothes he had available when he left but fortunately they hadn't insisted that he shave his head again.
"We're glad that you could join us Damien" The staff member said.
"What was so important that you called me here in the early morning?"
"We need a pair of questers to recover an artifact that has gone missing"
"A retrival job? Surely you have specialists who could do this"
"We do but we need people with certain skills to complete the quest"
The staff member led Damien to a waiting room which had a coffee machine and some sofas in it. Damien made himself a large black coffee loaded with sugar as the staff member left the room. Damien sat down feeling very colourful wearing red and gold robes in the middle of a surprisingly grey room.
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Post by Sierra on Feb 20, 2013 21:35:14 GMT
Kina was distracted when she walked into the waiting room. She had been told that she would feel 'right at home' where she was going. She had decided to wear her usual black trousers and tshirt combo rather than take HQ's advice of wearing something a little more feminine.
'Why bother with looking feminine when I have this beast hanging at my side.' she was, of course, thinking about the double bladed axe swinging at her hip.
Kina stopped just inside the door of the waiting and raised her head sharply at the sound of Damien's voice. Gods how she hoped he was going to be on this quest with her. He'd run off so quickly after the fiasco in the Pokemon world.
Kina walked forwards slowly and dropped into the chair opposite Damien, it was then that she noticed what he was wearing. She had to hold back her laughter, which was an almost impossible feat. She grinned at Damien behind the QA staff member's back.
"Morning."
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2013 21:42:55 GMT
Damien grinned back at Kina.
"Ah good morning Kina. I take it you are my partner quester on this quest then?"
The staff member turned back round and dropped a kit bag onto the table between them.
"We gathered some more appropriate attire for you to wear Mr Logan. You and Kina will need to blend in with the local population"
The staff member looked pointedly at Kina's vividly purple hair.
"We have a selection of hair dyes available as well"
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Post by Sierra on Feb 20, 2013 21:46:59 GMT
Kina's face immediately fell into her menacing death glare as she growled, "I don't think so!"
They had taken away her identity once before and she was never letting them do that to her again.
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2013 22:04:56 GMT
Damien nearly choked on his coffee as he tried desperately not to giggle. He coughed to cover this and grabbed the bag to go change before Kina could fix that death glare of hers on him.
A short time later Damien returned wearing black leather and cotton clothes. They had also given him a sword, a longbow and a quiver of arrows.
"This is apparently the style of what they call Rangers" The staff member explained.
"I take it the weapons are so I do not use my powers?" Damien asked
The staff member nodded then handed over a folder to Kina.
"The details of your quest"
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Post by Sierra on Feb 20, 2013 22:18:21 GMT
Kina watched Damien as he came back in, she had to admit, he looked pretty good in those clothes.
She took the folder and opened it to the first page. "Artifact retrieval?" she asked the staff member, "I thought you had people for that?"
The QA staff member gave an exasperated sigh. "If you were here on time, you would have heard Mr Logan here ask the same question." Kina winked in Damien's direction, she enjoyed making the QA staff frustrated. "We need people with a certain skill set for this quest, people like you two."
Kina frowned up at the guy, she understood but she didn't like the connotations in his remark. She slid the folder along the table to Damien and took the bag, looking to see what they had packed for her. She pulled out a floor-length deep green velvet dress with wide sleeves. "What the hell...? There is no way I'm wearing this. How am I supposed to fight or do...anything in this?"
The staff member rolled his eyes, "It's designed so you fit in."
Kina scowled, "I don't fit in anywhere, I'm quite happy not fitting in on this quest." She crumpled the dress and threw it to one side as she went rummaging through the bag again.
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2013 22:26:42 GMT
Damien was flicking through the folder as Kina spoke to the staff member. He looked up as Kina chucked the dress to one side and the staff member opened his mouth to say something else.
"Don't even bother trying to convince her to wear it or she will tear your heart out and eat it. I've seen her do and it isn't pleasant at all" Damien told him.
He looked at Kina casually, trying not to spoil the joke.
"What else have they packed for us dear?"
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Post by Sierra on Feb 20, 2013 22:39:04 GMT
Kina shot a subtle warning look at Damien, she had been trying to act like there was nothing between them but friendship, the last thing they needed was the QA finding out about them. She dug back through the bag and pulled out two small tubs of brown hair dye, she immediately chucked them in the bin in the corner of the room.
"Won't be needing those..." she muttered.
She reached into the bag even deeper, and pulled out a large map of the world they were going to. "Middle Earth? Oh Gods, it's gonna be all medieval isn't it. No technology to speak of?"
When the QA member nodded, Kina smiled at Damien, "You're going to have a great time!" her voice dripping with sarcasm.
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Post by Tom on Feb 20, 2013 22:43:03 GMT
Damien grinned cheekily at Kina as she shot him her warning look.
"You're damn right I'm going to have a great time; I'm from a 'medieval' world as you call it. Remember?"
Damien moved to study the map with Kina.
"Where are we going to arrive?"
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Post by Sierra on Feb 20, 2013 23:07:29 GMT
The QA member smiled sheepishly, "This happens to be a new kind of portal. Experimental, so in this case, we don't actually know. We're aiming to set you down in a human-run city called Rohan."
Kina looked up sharply, "Experimental?" She flashed Damien a concerned look, "I don't like the sound of that."
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