Post by Zuty on Feb 20, 2008 10:48:28 GMT -5
Crimson
The wind blew across the barren wastelands of a ruined city. The cities name, lost by the passage of time. All that remains are several scattered buildings with broken or no windows or doors. Off over the horizon slept a monstrous metal tower that erected out of the ground from four large rusted metal beams. No life could exist out here, as was the evidence of skeletal remains spread amongst the streets or trapped in the dried out rusted husks of small vehicles known at one point or another as 'Cars'. Despite all of this a young man lied atop one of the buildings holding a sheet of paper,. The man looked not a day over 25, with a messy appearance on both his clothes and face, and he was fashioned in a dark black leather coat. His feet rested atop a rock and a skull, this revealed his odd shoe choice. They were a dark green color, but were drawn with the depiction's of a monsters mouth and hellish looking eyes that had red veins running through them as if the beast was high. His one hand held the paper above his face whilst his other hand either tugged at a spiked leather collar around his neck or ran his fingers through his spiky brown hair.
A picture was on the paper he held above him with the number "One Million" in large bold font as the caption. The picture was that of a young woman with long red hair wearing a brown beanie. Her face was dotted with freckles and her eyes were such a dark shade of crimson they looked as if she was bleeding through them. "No wonder she has the nickname 'Red'" the man says with a British accent. "Such a high price for such an ... interesting girl."The man paused for a second and sniffed the air. He quickly reached to his side and sprang to his feet wielding a pistol and pointing it, point blank, at the face of a young women the same one from the poster. "Evenin' Red." said the man. The girl also had a drawn gun point aimed right in the mans face. "So your the 'Wolf'." Red replied back to him.
Both of them stood holding a sheet of paper in one hand and their drawn gun in the other pointed at one another. The man let out a smirk. "So you know who I am, eh?" said the Wolf. "Of course I do." started Red. "Your Atticus 'The Cunning' Brill, AKA 'The Wolf'. You have quiet the bounty on your head." Atticus smiled again "As do you, love." he started. "Your Laura 'The Red' Schanicie, the woman with the million dollar bounty." Both of them stood unmoving, staring down the barrel of the others gun. They stood silent for an hour or so until Atticus broke the silence. "What do you plan to do with the bounty for my head?" Laura sternly looked back at him and said "I am going to use it to help the people I love." Atticus seemed to flinch at the word 'Love'. "I need to save those I love, support those I love, and help bring peace and love back into this world!" she continued. Each time she said that word it poked and stabbed deeper and deeper into Atticuses soul. Laura went to go say more, but was quickly interrupted by Atticus. "What would a child know of love!?" Laura flinched at the tone of his voice. His yelling set off a shock wave of sound that caused a murder of crows to depart from a nearby dead trees that they once rested on.
Lauras eyes grew wide. Atticus panted and clenched his teeth. "My cause is righteous. I will save humanity!" Laura shouted. Atticus looked at her with wild eyes. "Humanity! There is no more Humanity! We were pitted to fight one another for money. Humanity fell because it became blinded by greed, the fall of the human race was its own doing!" Atticus ranted back. Atticus turned his head and spat "Your fight is nothing more then a road of blood that leads to Ragnarok." He said. Laura began to shake at these words. "Th...Then what...What do you plan to do with the money?" she asked nervously. Atticus didn't answer for awhile, he finally responded with "They took her. They took her from me and I need to get her back." "Who back?" Laura asked. "The love of my life, my wife." Atticus said. "Who took her?" she asked "The Legion. Our corrupt 'Leaders' took her away." he said choking back tears. "What can you do?" she asked again. "A coup, I am going to take back our land and kill anyone who opposes me. Not you, nor The Legion, no one can stop my cause because it truly is for the good of our kind, good for the world." Atticus said. "Or at least whats left of it..." he whispered to himself.
Laura paused for a moment. "You know..." she started "You and I aren't so different..." Neither had moved from there stance. "How so?" Atticus asked. "I lost my parents to The Legion, ever since then I have had to take up arms to support my family." she said. Atticus changed from that of anger to that of sadness. "If you agree to a truce between the two of us, I will aid you in your coup." Laura said. Atticus was surprised by the answer, not because a once rival was offering to help him, but because he had never been offered help his entire life. He nodded and the two lowered the drawn guns and extended there empty hand and embraced in a firm hand shake. "Thank you." he said "No, Thank you." she replied back.
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More to come....
~Zuty
The wind blew across the barren wastelands of a ruined city. The cities name, lost by the passage of time. All that remains are several scattered buildings with broken or no windows or doors. Off over the horizon slept a monstrous metal tower that erected out of the ground from four large rusted metal beams. No life could exist out here, as was the evidence of skeletal remains spread amongst the streets or trapped in the dried out rusted husks of small vehicles known at one point or another as 'Cars'. Despite all of this a young man lied atop one of the buildings holding a sheet of paper,. The man looked not a day over 25, with a messy appearance on both his clothes and face, and he was fashioned in a dark black leather coat. His feet rested atop a rock and a skull, this revealed his odd shoe choice. They were a dark green color, but were drawn with the depiction's of a monsters mouth and hellish looking eyes that had red veins running through them as if the beast was high. His one hand held the paper above his face whilst his other hand either tugged at a spiked leather collar around his neck or ran his fingers through his spiky brown hair.
A picture was on the paper he held above him with the number "One Million" in large bold font as the caption. The picture was that of a young woman with long red hair wearing a brown beanie. Her face was dotted with freckles and her eyes were such a dark shade of crimson they looked as if she was bleeding through them. "No wonder she has the nickname 'Red'" the man says with a British accent. "Such a high price for such an ... interesting girl."The man paused for a second and sniffed the air. He quickly reached to his side and sprang to his feet wielding a pistol and pointing it, point blank, at the face of a young women the same one from the poster. "Evenin' Red." said the man. The girl also had a drawn gun point aimed right in the mans face. "So your the 'Wolf'." Red replied back to him.
Both of them stood holding a sheet of paper in one hand and their drawn gun in the other pointed at one another. The man let out a smirk. "So you know who I am, eh?" said the Wolf. "Of course I do." started Red. "Your Atticus 'The Cunning' Brill, AKA 'The Wolf'. You have quiet the bounty on your head." Atticus smiled again "As do you, love." he started. "Your Laura 'The Red' Schanicie, the woman with the million dollar bounty." Both of them stood unmoving, staring down the barrel of the others gun. They stood silent for an hour or so until Atticus broke the silence. "What do you plan to do with the bounty for my head?" Laura sternly looked back at him and said "I am going to use it to help the people I love." Atticus seemed to flinch at the word 'Love'. "I need to save those I love, support those I love, and help bring peace and love back into this world!" she continued. Each time she said that word it poked and stabbed deeper and deeper into Atticuses soul. Laura went to go say more, but was quickly interrupted by Atticus. "What would a child know of love!?" Laura flinched at the tone of his voice. His yelling set off a shock wave of sound that caused a murder of crows to depart from a nearby dead trees that they once rested on.
Lauras eyes grew wide. Atticus panted and clenched his teeth. "My cause is righteous. I will save humanity!" Laura shouted. Atticus looked at her with wild eyes. "Humanity! There is no more Humanity! We were pitted to fight one another for money. Humanity fell because it became blinded by greed, the fall of the human race was its own doing!" Atticus ranted back. Atticus turned his head and spat "Your fight is nothing more then a road of blood that leads to Ragnarok." He said. Laura began to shake at these words. "Th...Then what...What do you plan to do with the money?" she asked nervously. Atticus didn't answer for awhile, he finally responded with "They took her. They took her from me and I need to get her back." "Who back?" Laura asked. "The love of my life, my wife." Atticus said. "Who took her?" she asked "The Legion. Our corrupt 'Leaders' took her away." he said choking back tears. "What can you do?" she asked again. "A coup, I am going to take back our land and kill anyone who opposes me. Not you, nor The Legion, no one can stop my cause because it truly is for the good of our kind, good for the world." Atticus said. "Or at least whats left of it..." he whispered to himself.
Laura paused for a moment. "You know..." she started "You and I aren't so different..." Neither had moved from there stance. "How so?" Atticus asked. "I lost my parents to The Legion, ever since then I have had to take up arms to support my family." she said. Atticus changed from that of anger to that of sadness. "If you agree to a truce between the two of us, I will aid you in your coup." Laura said. Atticus was surprised by the answer, not because a once rival was offering to help him, but because he had never been offered help his entire life. He nodded and the two lowered the drawn guns and extended there empty hand and embraced in a firm hand shake. "Thank you." he said "No, Thank you." she replied back.
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More to come....
~Zuty