Reslica
6/6/2031,
(Location Unavailable),
(Location Unavailable)
“Hey Sis, you're going out hunting again?!” Reslica Little Brother Lamqi said excitedly. As he ate his stew.
“Yes I am,” She said as she ruffled her little brother's Head, even flattening his ears as she did so. She got up from the table to grab a cup of Tea, Taking a Sip she contemplated where she should go hunt for the day. However, she did need to go talk to the Forge Master first before she headed out for the day.
“Get a big one today Sis!” Lamqi said as she left their Home. which she only smiled and waved as she walked away, her bow slung across her chest
Entering the Forge, Reslica came across The Forge Master Himself putting away some newly made knives. “Ah if it ain't the great Huntress of our Beloved Village. You are just in time, the Arrow tips are ready and can be attached to the Arrow with ease.” The old Forge Master Smirked as he said that.
“Amazing work as always Rithmis.” Reslica said, which was true, his work had always been great, With his creations outliving anything that any other Blacksmiths could make in the whole region. Which to be honest was not much due to how remote this village was to the rest of the kingdom.
These would be perfect for her hunt. She thought as she looked over the arrow tips once again. “Well thank you for everything” she stated as she put the new Arrowheads in her quiver to be tried later. To be honest she couldn't wait to try out Kiron-tipped Arrows instead of Iozer Tipped.
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Her Ears darted wildly as Reslica listened, trying to find where that damned Lek went off too. She had injured it, Most likely fatally. Her aim was impeccable there was no way her arrow could miss. Well, She was the best Hunter in her village. The idea of her missing her shot is unthinkable to some of her friends. Having lost the Blood trail a minute prior. Reslica was fortunate to have spotted it again as she kept searching. “Gotchya” she mouthed to herself.
She kept her bow ready as she slowly tracked the trail of blood that hopefully was leading to her kill. though Reslica just did not get too far. The Selvis have been spotted in this region so going too far from her hunting spot would be dangerous. Then again she has been in these woods since she was A child. So she could easily get away from those foreign invaders.
Finally, after A bit of tracking the Lek came into view. It was slumped over in the grass, blood surrounding it as it lay there. It seemed not to move so Reslica approached it. Yup as she thought it died of blood loss. No wait, it's still alive. But just too weak to do anything. Reslica unsheathed her knife positioning it right above the Neck of the Lek.
“My thanks for your Sacrifice.” She stated as she plunged her blade into it, Ending its life in an instant.
Reslica sighed heavily as she pulled her knife out of the Lek. It was a good kill; she hadn't killed one this big in two summers. She smirked as she thought about how Limsic would be jealous of her praise for having the biggest kill this year. Yet something else took her attention as Her ears darted in the direction from where An unnatural Noise was coming from. “Who goes there?” She almost yelled out as she prepared her bow. Her heart started to race again as whatever approached.
She sighed in relief as she lowered her bow as the little Tibar came out of the bushes. Only to find herself falling over to the ground Face first. Her head was pounding as whatever hit her. It…It felt blunt and by the Cosmic Gods. Though adrenaline filled her blood, she could not get up, As she felt the pressure of someone stepping on her, forcing her back down.
“Well well, what do we have here,” an unknown voice said. “You ran a little too far girl. And it will cost you… you Disgusting Savage” The Voice spat on her as she finally got a glimpse of who was holding her down. A Selvis, In fact, she realized there were Selvis all around her. She had fallen right into their trap.
“Oh, I will have fun with you.” What seemed to be the Leader said as He pulled Reslica towards him. “Make sure this one is tied up properly…oh and one more thing.” the leader turned toward his group of Slavers “She’s my toy first you all can have scraps later.” Reslica Heart stopped as The Selvis said that, it finally set in just how screwed she was. She was going to become some rich Selvis plaything. She had to try and escape but with her being guarded by them. she will have to bide her time.
“Now take her to the Wagon with the others.” With that being said they tied her up. The chains around her neck made her feel as if she was just an animal. Which would fit as the Selvis always saw her race as nothing but animals. Lamqi I am sorry.
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Sergeant Parker (Lucas Parker)
6/6/2031,
Landing Point 2,
(Location Unavailable)
“Go Go Go” The crew chief yelled as he pushed one of The Hesitating privates out of the venom, The other Marines in Parker's squad took that as a Hint and got out of the Venom as quickly as they could. “Thanks for the ride, I'll see you around,” Parker said, shaking the Crew Chief's hand before Leaving the Gunship. The rushing of wind almost made Parker fall over as the Venom left the Landing Zone. and back into the sky. Soon it became quiet with the distant noise of the chopper in the background.
Parker Turned away from the Ocean. only to look to the dense jungle before them. “Alright let's see what we are working with here,” Parker said to himself as he opened his pack. Only to pull out a blank sheet of paper with only a couple of markings on it. This is the Map! I know they made it last second before take off but damn. “David get up here I need my Spark” With that said Parker's one and Only Radio Operator ran up to Parker's position. Once he arrived Parker immediately grabbed the Handset from his backpack. “Get me in contact with the boat.”
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“We are Golden sir.” David said after taking a couple of seconds to tune the radio.
“This is Whiskey 2-1 we are on station beginning area sweep at this time Over” Parker spoke into the Handset.
“Copy that Whiskey 2-1, Logging start time of Patrol to 0642. Best of luck Over.”
“Copy that Over.” Parker said, returning the Handset to David's radio Pack. “Thomas, James get up here.” which then queued those 2 also to come over. “Assume a Staggered Formation. Thomas, you will have Team B take point, James you will have Team A take watch in the back. The command element will assume formation in the middle. Got it?”
“Got it.” they both said in unison.
“Ok.” Parker points to the Landing zone on the map. “We will first move Northwest to the base of that Mountain,” Parker stated as he pointed to the mountain in question. “Once there we will Rest and get ready to move South from the position. Which eventually circles back to where we started. We have a 2-day deadline until we are marked for pickup. So we can take our time.” Parker stopped as he thought over all the info that was given during the brief. “That should be all. any questions?”
“Uh..yes you what is your question…” these damned Tinted Masks made it so goddamn hard to tell who you were talking to without seeing their name tag. Though he understood why they started to implement them. I mean the psychological idea behind it, is honestly quite ingenious. I mean if He were to go against faceless Soldiers, he would Second-guess his decisions as well.
“Uh James here.” James said, picking up on what was causing issues for Parker. “What are the Rules of Engagement again?”
“Do not fire unless fired upon.” Parker stated Getting up from the crouch position they had been in since touch down.
“Alright, shall we go? And be on alert, we don't know what's out there…Anyways SQUAD FORM UP.” And with that Parker's squad headed out. However, Parker just hopes that the Other squads do not get into trouble. He Doesn't want to Come back to one missing squad.
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4 Hours Later
“Damn this just feels like camping, but with no chicks,” Thomas said as he almost tripped on a Tree root again.
“Chicks? Wait, I thought you were gay. Why would you care about Girls” James said from over Comms,
“Man screw you, you're just mad because that Girl from the bar was more interested in me than you.” Everyone chuckled as they listened in on the Interaction between the 2 Fire team leaders.
“Wait wait hold on…Hold that thought. Parker, I need you up front.”
“Coming, what's the situation?”
“I found a Road.”
“A Road?” Parker said with A hint of confusion in his tone.
“Yup,” Thomas stated plainly.
Parker arrived at the front of the Formation, once he had set eyes on the Dirt Road, He finally realized. If there's A road, then that means there is civilization. That means there are people. Civilized People. “Good find Thomas.” hmm If they were to follow the road they might be able to encounter the people of this world. Which would be a lot more interesting than some other creature.
“Let's move south and follow the road” If they could find a settlement then they Might be able to get more information about the situation they are all in.
“Yes Sir.”
“Stay on High alert. If there's people then there will be violence.”
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1 Hours Later
It had been A bit since they had started following the road, And honestly, the quiet was getting to Parker, luckily the Squad had been filling the quietness with small talk since the beginning. And of course, he had to be cautious when deviating from the plan so Parker had told command of his find and his plan to follow the road. And fortunately, they did not try to tell him otherwise. Though Since this was his Idea Parker decided to position himself and other members of the command element closer to the front with fire team B.
“Hold,” Parker said softly as he signaled for his Squad to stop moving “Unknown Noise front, about 200 Meters, and closing” At that time Parker signaled for his squad to move off the quite Primitive dirt road.
“Assume A Concealed Position, Remember the ROE.” Parker said through the Headset as he ran to some brush on the side of the road. With both Fire Teams following suit.
“Mark get on that Cliff, I need eyes on whatever is coming.” Mark, Parker's Marksman, no pun intended, did as he was told and started to climb the mini cliff that overlooked the road. By the time he was in position. Everyone was still positioning himself to have the best lanes of fire if shit hits the fan.
“Sgt I have eyes on what looks like a Wagon being escorted by 12 Military Age males who are riding what appears to be, what looks like a combination of A OX and A Horse, Over.”
“Copy that, do you see what they are escorting” Parker stated as he triple-checked his M27 one last time.
“It seems to be a prison transport…Oh fuck me, these people don't look like criminals. Sergeant, I have eyes on what looks like to be No combatants. Old men, Children, and women. people who wouldn't really be a criminal. Maybe Spoils of War?” wait what the hell did Parker come across? He could only think but not for long as the wagon came into view, christ the stench of it was disgusting, it didn't help they were downwind as well. But just looking at it made Parker want to puke. The living were sitting right next to the rotting dead. It was like the Photos of the Holocaust when the Train carts were stacked full of Jewish people either living or dead. He had never seen such an abominable site before. All he felt at that moment was Hate.
“We are stopping this Wagon!.” Parker spoke into his headset with Cold and Calculating Hate, which the rest of his crew picked up on.
“But sir what about the Rules of Engagement?” ah yes the ROE, Screw it He’s sure his command would understand his actions if he were to tell them…or he could make them incite them to attack him. Parker was following more on the ladder than the former. He will have to put that thought on hold though as the Wagon was almost to them now.
“This is Capture or Kill.” Parker was hoping he was reading the situation right. However, that would be hard to do wrong right now because of the blatant cruelty shown before him. He got up and started to walk towards the Road.
“Parker what are you doing!!!” Parker ignores James, instead only stating “Open fire only if they try to attack me.” This was the only way to get around Commands ROE, Get them to show Hostile intent and then his boys would be completely in the right if they were suddenly to Kill them. He smirked to himself as his plan seemed quite solid.
“That Fucking lunatic” Landon Miyer said to himself as he got his IFAK ready just in case Parker gets himself injured because of doing something so reckless. At that moment the carriage was right in front of Parker.
“Hwllk Zevenhaller Glenhar!!”