Jean-Louise Reece (notafailure) wrote in marvel_nextgen,
@ 2012-11-17 21:17:00

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alex quill, azura/abel, jean-louise reece, kree deviants, lady devil, npcs - kree deviants, rocket red panda, team - guardians of the galaxy

The Costs of Doing Business
After her previous run was ruined, Jean-Louise was relieved to finally be on the Kree border sorting out oatmeal orders. Just one little outpost now, but give her time. She was giving the senior officers a sample of the new milkshake-like beer recipe she'd learned when she found herself looking out the window.

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	needsmoredakka 2012-12-11 01:44 am UTC (link)
	Red sighed. "Is going to be boring. Not going to be getting to be shooting anyone..." he muttered. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-12-11 01:56 am UTC (link)
	Iason nods and moves towards the front to enter, having at least mostly recovered his hearing and sense of balance. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	only_half_here 2012-12-11 06:17 pm UTC (link)
	Azura followed Red and Iason. Godslayer was still drawn and ready to be used. She was just looking for a reason. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-12-11 11:45 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Louise, blood still pounding at her temples, decides to stick close to the people she knows. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladydevil 2012-12-11 11:54 pm UTC (link)
	She holsters her gun as she joins up with the others. Her uniform is a mess and she will be sore tomorrow but nothing looks life threatening. In fact Eliza just looks pretty serious. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_kree_deviant
2012-12-12 12:04 am UTC (link)

The Deviant party leads the way through the corridors of the fortress-ship. It's clear from the get-go that the ship is both highly advanced, moreso than the Kree themselves, and that it was full of soldiers armed to the teeth. The party was led to a device similar to an elevator, though designed for larger groups with a clear, but durable plating guarding their ascent. When they reach their destination they'll see a large antechamber designed for both astetic and defensibility. The room was full of armored soldiers, along with several unarmored Deviants of varied appearance. At the end of the chamber was a raised throne, seating an aged Deviant. Val-Oth and Kay-Len approached him and both bowed deeply.

"Highlord..I take full responsibility for the halting of your orders," Kay-Len stated.

The old Deviant looked at her for a moment before he took in the Guardians curiously. "Your decision evokes more curiosity than anger, Kay-Len." The voice is somewhat raspy, but with a smooth countenance. "I am Highlord Gar-Oth, one of the three Highlords of the Bastion. I understand you would speak with me."

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	spacepalm 2012-12-13 12:31 am UTC (link)
	Alex removes his helmet and bows gracefully. "Alex Quill, representing the Guardians of the Galaxy, and the Galactic Council, your Lordship. I have come before you with my subordinates to take official record of your grievance with the Kree Empire, and mediate a temporary solution until an official resolution can be sought with the Council." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	needsmoredakka 2012-12-13 12:36 am UTC (link)
	Red resisted the urge to make faces behind Alex's back. No matter how badly he wanted to. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_kree_deviant 2012-12-13 12:59 am UTC (link)
	Gar-Oth listened to this for a moment, and then started chuckling. "Forgive me, Alex Quill, but the grievances, as you call them, are several millennia old. Would any of you like refreshments?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	only_half_here 2012-12-13 01:06 am UTC (link)
	Azura just stood and waited for an excuse to swing Godslayer. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-12-14 08:37 pm UTC (link)
	"Can't say no to a glass of water, or whatever you've got," Jean-Louise goes ahead and speaks up. Sure, it's all terrifying, but this headache is awful. And besides, market research is market research. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	spacepalm 2012-12-14 08:55 pm UTC (link)
	Alex nods a polite acceptance, taking whatever the Highlord offers. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_kree_deviant 2012-12-14 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	"Excellent. Have some of our finest cuisine brought up for our guests." "Father, I don't think..." Gar-Oth's eyes flashed with a sudden burst of some kind of energy. Val-Oth silenced himself quickly. "Have a table brought in as well so out guests may sit." A servant brings Gar-Oh a glass. "So, I'm assuming you've deduced our origins?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ladydevil 2012-12-14 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	Personally being able to sit will be nice. Eliza doesn't like showing weakness if there is the possibility of hostilities resuming but she is feeling a bit sore. She'll let Alex handle this. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-12-14 09:18 pm UTC (link)
	Jean-Louise had been listening a lot as she clutched her head. "Kree-ish language. Don't like Eternals. So that's... Deviants, but from Kree, right? What the implications of that are, I've got no clue. Yours and their great-to-the-twelfth-power-grandparents had issues?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_kree_deviant
2012-12-14 10:10 pm UTC (link)

"Yes," he admits, taking a sip. "We are aware that there are other strains of our kind out there, though I admit we did not know how many." Gar-Oth seems to look as if he acquired a bad taste. "I assure you, young lady, we have as little love for the Kree as we do the Eternals. Both have wronged us in the past."

He takes a fuller drink. "After the Celestial departed from their experiment, the godlike Eternals felt it was their right to rule over the rest of us. The Kree outnumbered them, we had superior minds, but they had the power. In our infancy neither the Kree or ourselves could stop them. We were enslaved, the Kree as their fodder and my people lived as think-tanks to the Eternals' whims."

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	needsmoredakka 2012-12-14 10:33 pm UTC (link)
	"And now you are being back and kicking butt for revenge?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	cosmic_son 2012-12-15 12:29 am UTC (link)
	Iason remains mostly out of the way, listening to the conversation without contributing anything. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_kree_deviant 2012-12-15 05:47 pm UTC (link)
	Gar-Oth raises an eyebrow at the strange creature. "An oversimplification, but not that far from the truth." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	only_half_here 2012-12-15 10:12 pm UTC (link)
	"The Kree Eternals are all but extinct," Azura said. "So you're main beef is with the Kree." She didn't sit or take any refreshments. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

ng_kree_deviant
2012-12-16 02:20 am UTC (link)

"Are they?" It wasn't a question, though it didn't sound like mockery or doubt either. "Generations after the Eternals enslaved us, both our people and the Kree adapted eventually joined forces to overthrow them. When we succeeded however, the Kree turned on us and drove us from our own homes. So yes, young lady," Gar-Oth clarified, eyes glowing dangerously. "our BEEF..is with the Kree."

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	notafailure 2012-12-16 03:16 am UTC (link)
	"But all the people who did all the actual betraying are very, very dead. So... shouldn't the focus be less on the Total Slaughter and more on the securing places to live and resources again? So there is stuff to actually negotiate. I mean, living on conquered land is really annoying, but it doesn't ahve to be a killing offense." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	ng_kree_deviant 2012-12-16 03:20 am UTC (link)
	Gar-Oth had several possible retorts to that, but decided to see where this could go. "Then what would it take to begin..negotiations?" (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	notafailure 2012-12-16 03:31 am UTC (link)
	"I don't know; I'm in concessions, but if you contact Hala and get the accuser on the line... and he'll kinda have to get on the line, won't he, what with --" Jean-Louise gestured. " -- all this, then both sides can go into the historical records and see about finding some space in the right places. Intragalactic boundaries move all the time." (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)

	needsmoredakka 2012-12-16 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Well, this was getting interesting. Who knew the food stand girl was so clever? ...Red was bored now. No one to shoot for more than an hour. (Reply to this)(Parent)(Thread)