"W-wait a minute..." One of the bandits stuttered. "Nulix? Xane? You must be the Ultima-" The unlucky bandit had never gotten to finishing his setence, as a fist suddenly launched him backwards towards his cohorts. "That's right," Xane said. "Now how about you run off and tell your boss how you stole some parts from are ship." The uninjured bandits immediately ran to their respective vehicles and drove off, leaving their defeated brothers behind. OOC: Some good posts you two have got in.
Murmers were heard throughout the village as soon as the old woman mentioned that they were from the Ultimate Organization. As the bandits pulled up they drew their keyblades, looking menacing. Xane cracked his knuckles as he saw them approach. "....Hmm?" A bandit sniffed. "Where the hell's our tribute, huh?" he inquired. "You'll no longer receive tributes from us," the sentry stated. "Ah...Every now and then the villages we raid start to get an unhealthy rise of optimists. Here's what we do to solve the problem..." THe bandit grinned dragging his keyblade toward the man.
"It's all rando really. They attack whenever thy're running low on supplies or whenever the hell they feel like it," The man explained. From a large cabin, the village elder strolled outside. Taking a glance at the UO, he continued to pace. His head suddenly jerked towards the outskirts of town, where a loud motor was heard in the distance. A large bell was heard from the top of the village tower. "Bandits!!! It's the Aurora Knights!!!" the village messenger screamed. "Everyone get your tribute and-" "No, wait!" the sentry said. "These newcomers...They are warriors. They will defend us."
"I am too," Xane nodded. "Food is scarce," the man said. "But we'll be happy to give you some food." *** Ten miles away from the camping grounds, a samll fraction of the bandits is starting to prepare for their daily village raid.
Numerous people heard Wing speak and they murmered to each other, staring in the direction of Wing and the others. "So, you're warriors, then?" the man replied, looking slightly overjoyed. "You can help us?" OOC: I believe you Wing. I've pulled several all nighters myself. THey were a pain now, so I'll definitely never pull one in college.
"As you probably know, this world has been decaying ever since the war. It also doesn't help that this world is essentially a trap for any unprepared pilot that lands here. Most of the population here are tourists who wanted to see this once great world. Now...it's a fight to survive. Some of us try to estblish civilization. We succeed for the most part," The man explained. "Other people...Well, they've taken to becoming bandits. Since food and water are scarce, they pillage lands, only caring about those who join their savage little clans. They have no rules, they'll kill anyone who gets in their way. We actually did a good job of defending against them for a bit...That is until the bandits found the main battle ground for the old war. They found weapons that we didn't even know existed anymore. Including keyblades. We have no defense against such weapons. I'd advise you all to stay out of the way when the bandits try to come and make their daily rounds from our village."
"Well....wait. Looks like it's a village. I see some elderly and some children. Somehow, I don't think the bandits would keep them among their ranks," Xane answered. As they approached the fire, they say that a gate was blocking the way, a sentry stood at his post waiting for them to approach. "Welcome to Aurora City...Or what's left of it. I'm guessing you've been stranded here?" "Yeah, we're here to take this old woman to shelter," Xane explained. "As well as find some bandits that stole some parts from our ship." "Bandits?" The man frowned. "...I think you should follow me."
"Again with the thinking that Scourge is the bad guy," Xane said. "Anyway, at least you aren't another Xardius. We can do with one living deus ex machina on our group." Xane yawned. After driving a few miles and hearing Lexx show his support for the UO, whenever the radio flickered back on, they saw a huge campfire in the distance. "That looks like our bandits."
"That's pretty interesting," Xane said. "Does this mean that you're actually as powerful as Xardius is too?"
OOC: Might have to go for a little bit. But I'll be back today! Do not leave or log off!!! Just...talk to creepy lady. Maybe you can have a short meeting with Liam on the way...AS for the bandits...Let me handle them when I get back. BIC: Xane drove the jeep towards the direction of the tracks...
"Uh-huh," Xane nodded, revving up the engine.
Xane slammed his head into the steering wheel. "...Fine. Travel with us. I can't really say that you'll be safe if you do."
"What?" Xane exclaimed. "You heard that on you're radio?" Xane leaned over the jeep to turn on the radio. He flipped through the few stations it could get out here in the dark worlds until he reached a news station. It basically relayed the same message the old woman had told them. "What the hell?" Xane asked himself, before turning to the old woman. "You stay here. We're going to find the people who jacked our ship." Xane hopped into the jeep, followed by the other members.
"Lady, why the hell are you following us anyway?" Xane grunted. "I'm not letting anyone take our stuff and get away with it," Xane grunted, entering the ship's mini-hangar and dragging what was left of the jeep he'd bought in dark Midgar. "They took nearly everything but the engine. Guess the ship's engine was all they needed. There's some spare tires in the back. All I need to do is slap them on and we have a ride. I don't know how much gas is in it, so I might as well see how far it can go."
"Since when are you full of hope, anyway?" Xane asked, before reaching the ship. "It definitely wasn't this busted up when Wing teleported it here...It looks like the engine was bashed in from the outside." Xane looked around the ship for a clue as to how this happened. What he found were some barely visible tire tracks. "Whoever did this needed a quick getaway. And it looks like whoever did this stole some engine parts. Probably some of our supplies too."
"...Not really," Xane shrugged, walking towards the ship. As he neared it he saw a pillar of steam coming from the ship's engine. Xane rushed over to the ship to check it out...
"Stop," Xane said, before heading towards the ship. "I'm going back to the ship. It still has the supplys we got from dark Midgar." OOC: Small plot forming up...
OOC: Yup... BIC: "Who knows?" Xane shrugged. "I'm thinking we should take shelter in the ship. Maybe cruise around in it a little to explore this place."
"What do you think, Xardius?" Xane yawned. He was quite bored standing in the midst of garbage, dust, radiation, and loads of corpses. Even worse a storm started to build up.
"Stop calling me that..." Xane said. "It looks like we'll need to get to the other side of this world for any sign of civilization."
