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| Claire on Vacation; She's out lookin' for fun | |
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| Topic Started: Jan 4 2007, 12:39 AM (515 Views) | |
| East Anarx | Jan 13 2007, 12:23 PM Post #26 |
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She said she didn't, and then the guards left. Claire went back to the cabin and after a long game of risk with her wives and Sergio, she fell asleep early that evening. When she awoke, it was still night, and everyone else was still sleeping. She decided to get a breath of fresh air, and so she suited up with her massive, syntho-fur hooded jacket, and stepped outside. It was much brighter outside than she expected, the full moon shined in the sky above. Claire walked to the edge of the cliffs and looked out over the vast expanse of white land. No trace of yesterday's battle remained below, a fresh blanket of snow had turned the land back into it's former virgin self. |
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| New Harumf | Jan 13 2007, 01:00 PM Post #27 |
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OOC: Aren't there any popparazzi around to get some hot shots of Clare & Company that you could post here?? |
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| East Anarx | Jan 13 2007, 01:36 PM Post #28 |
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OOC: Paparazzi are shot on sight. just kidding... well, maybe I'm kidding... |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 13 2007, 02:05 PM Post #29 |
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OOC: E, if anyone gives you a real gun, remind me to hang them for treason. :lol: IC: Powell, one of the guards on duty in guarding the Cabin that shift, was awakened by Claire's footsteps in the snow, he looked around and seen her standing at the edge of the Cliffside, he yawned and glanced around at the nearby surrounding mountains. In the moonlight there was a bright flicker in the far distance, as he glanced closer it appeared to be the reflection off a piece of lensed glass, he looked over at Claire and to his horror a small red dot was visible on the left side of her back, there was a sniper aiming straight for her heart. "Shit..." he said with a soft voice, his eyes wide as saucers. He dashed to his feet almost stumbling over himself running as fast as he could to where the President was standing, he grabbed her and shielded her with his back facing the would-be assassin, he said; "Claire get down! Stay behind me and move for the..." But before he could finish, Claire heard a ripping through his vest, his face turned to anguish and he shouted "Arrrgh!" In agony, a few seconds later the deafening sound of a high powered rifle echoed through the mountains. He yelled "MOVE IT!!", running next to Claire trying to offer himself as a shield from the snipers gun fire, but as soon as they reached the steps to the cabin another loud snap was heard piercing his vest, once more he screamed in agony and another echoing roar from the rifle was heard bouncing off of the mountains. Claire managed to reach the doorway, but as she looked behind her, Powell was on the deck crawling as fast as he could towards the entry soaked in his own blood. She grabbed him by the back of the vest and threw him into the cabin while the other Guards rushed to close the windows and turn off the lights, with the door closed the small red laser was clearly visible bouncing around the cabin walls, scanning for any targets unfortunate enough to fall in its line of sight... |
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| East Anarx | Jan 13 2007, 06:02 PM Post #30 |
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Claire crouched down in the dark, watching the laser dot bounce around the room. It had happened so fast, she hadn't had time to think. Her mind raced. She quickly grabbed a bag underneath her bed and slid it toward her. Inside was a PM Sniper Rifle in three pieces. She was going to fight back. The girls were all wide awake by now, and they all moved to the floor before the laser dot could lock onto them. As the injured guard watched on in horror, they all began arming themselves. |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 13 2007, 06:47 PM Post #31 |
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"Ohhh God!" Powell moaned looking down at the wound in his side, "I ... I have a wife and a child -- I cannot ... cannot orphan them now ... *Cough* Errgh!" One of the two other guards moved to his side and said "You'll see your family again, just hang in there -- we can pull through this." the soldier looked over at Claire and her group and said to them "We need to keep pressure on these wounds, we have our own sniper in the area, we will contact him to take up position along an adjacent mountain and take the shot on the bastard that has us pinned down" The soldier looked back down at the wound he was putting pressure on when he looked back up at Claire; "This sniper is probably not acting alone, there in all likelihood is a small Socialist strike team nearby, we can expect them to storm that front door soon, take position in the most concealed area you can find and get ready for them, we may have to hold them off until our backup arrives from the nearby town." "And stay away from the windows, they could toss anything through them and that sniper will see to it that we can't do anything about it ... like it or not, were stuck." |
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| East Anarx | Jan 13 2007, 06:50 PM Post #32 |
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Claire nodded and put down the half-assembled rifle. She helped the guard tend to Powell's wounds and told Sergio to get Jim Hawk on the phone. |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 14 2007, 12:57 AM Post #33 |
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OOC: See I told you I would post a reply if I got some spare time E, and I always keep my word. :P :D IC: Still the red dot raced back and fourth around the cabin walls, but worse news was now upon them, there were sounds of heavy footsteps walking up on the decks, with a loud bang the front door blew off its hinges from a small C4 Charge and three socialist soldiers riddled the cabin full of holes, but none of the Eleytherians or Claire's group returned fire, they stayed low and out of sight waiting for the reds to use up their ammo and walk in. As predicted the socialists let their rifles go limp on their straps when their clips ran dry, they pulled out their side arms and all six men walked into the dark cabin, suddenly Claire heard the Regional Guard shout "KILL THEM!!", the whole room lit up white and yellow from the muzzle flashes of gun fire. The socialists returned fire with their side arms. Claire could reach for her weapon beside her, but would she continue to hold on to the wound as requested or would she pick up the gun...? |
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| East Anarx | Jan 14 2007, 02:12 AM Post #34 |
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She could not let this man who had just saved her life die. As bullets flew around her head, she just bent even lower and continued applying pressure on the man's wound. Her wives and Sergio had fully automatic weapons and were holding their own pretty well against the invaders. Powell went unconscious but Claire just kept pressing down on the wound and hoping the gunfire would stop. |
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| Catholic Europe | Jan 14 2007, 12:42 PM Post #35 |
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It's those private police organizations...no boundaries, no limits. |
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| Noriega | Jan 14 2007, 04:38 PM Post #36 |
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OOC: Libertarian argument incoming! Get down! :unsure: |
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| Catholic Europe | Jan 14 2007, 04:55 PM Post #37 |
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OOC: Lol, let's watch E go ranting! :P But don't E lol! :lol: |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 14 2007, 09:01 PM Post #38 |
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The Socialists, with hardly anywhere to hide, were mowed down by the intense gunfire, the last Socialist standing seen Claire in the corner and took aim with his sidearm, he fired his last round of ammunition. Claire felt the bullet pass straight through her hair it was so close, but the Socialist Assassins missed their intended target, the two federal soldiers jumped up to try and capture the man, but Sergio lifted his rifle and put a single bullet in the Socialists forehead. "Holy ... SHIT!" one of the Regional Guard yelled, he was still in shock looking at Sergio surprised that he killed an almost completely unarmed man aside from a knife he was carrying... "What the hell did you do that for!?" the guard said to Sergio; the man replied "I was not going to let him harm Claire." The Regional Guards still kept low, one of them radioed "Socialist strike team eliminated, but we've got a severely injured man and a sniper who is still holding us down, we need to get him out of here fast or were gonna loose him." The Socialist attack party had been neutralized, but the red laser dot still raced around the room, now desperate to find targets after witnessing his attack party fall dead in the cabin. In the distance the loud rumble of a fighter could be heard ... The Eleytherian Sniper had laser designated the position of the enemy sniper, and an FS-1 Jet was on its way to pay him a little visit. |
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| East Anarx | Jan 15 2007, 09:23 PM Post #39 |
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Another guard took over keeping Powell's bleeding to a minimum, and Claire crawled across the floor to just below the window. She reached into her purse and took out a makeup mirror. "This is no time for doing your makeup, honey." Sergio said as he wagged his finger and puffed out his lips. Claire ignored him and lifted the mirror above the level of the window. Immediately, the sniper mistook the image of Claire reflected in the mirror to be Claire herself, and fired, shattering the mirror. Claire dropped the remaining fragments left in her hand and said, "Did you get that trajectory, Elena?" Elena nodded and moved into position below the window. She had only a few seconds before the sniper could reload. In her hands was a small rocket launcher she had smuggled into the country (purely for self-defense of course), and she quickly moved it up above the window and fired. "What the hell!?" said one of the Eleytherians as smoke filled the cabin. The smoke cleared quickly and they waited. A few minutes passed and the laser did not return. "I think I got 'em." said Elena. |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 15 2007, 10:01 PM Post #40 |
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The Eleytherian Guard radioed the Federal Sniper observing the Socialist Sharpshooter; "Did the rocket impact the snipers position" he said to him. The sniper took a few seconds to reply "Roger, that's an affirmative, he's dead". ------------------------------------------------------------ Immediately the Guards took up Powell and placed him in the truck, still holding his wounds they turned the key and started up the truck, one of the guards shouted to Claire's group "He will be at the Alert Mercy Hospital if you want to visit him tomorrow!" and they rushed down the mountain. Claire was left with two other regional guards that suggested that maybe she should wash off before heading into town, as she was covered in Powell's blood. |
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| East Anarx | Jan 15 2007, 11:29 PM Post #41 |
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Claire hadn't realized it, but now that she had time to think, she realized she was indeed, quite bloody. "I think I'm done being a president. I never wanted the damn job anyways..." she said as she walked to the bathroom, stepping over a socialist carcass riddled with bullet holes. Half an hour later, she came out of the bathroom and told Sergio to call Esternarius City and tell them she was resigning the presidency. |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 16 2007, 12:30 AM Post #42 |
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OOC: Wow ... Are you really going through with this E? |
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| East Anarx | Jan 16 2007, 12:31 AM Post #43 |
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OOC: Yep. As soon as the blackout's over and the insurance dealio has been dealt with, it'll be presidential appointment time in Esternarx. |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 16 2007, 12:47 AM Post #44 |
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OOC: All right then. That was a seriously shocking way to signal a grand finale. You had me believing my eyes deceived there for a minute, E. IC: The full moon beamed down over the Town, and the mountains cast their shadow over the tiny valleys between them, the truck that was transporting Powell was now at the front gates of the Hospital. "Move it move it!" The guards shouted, pulling the injured soldier out on a stretcher, they wheeled him into the hospital operating room and the surgeons got to work immediately, successfully pulling the bullets out and stopping the bleeding. Catherine received word of the Assassination attempt almost immediately as it had happened, in fact she is the one that insisted that such desperate measures be taken to eliminate the sniper; she also heard of the injured soldier, and she discreetly traveled to the hospital to see the injured man. Dawn was upon Eleytheria, the mighty sun cast it's bright warming rays across what was Claire's old cabin and the town below it, she had remembered what one of the guards shouted to her; "He will be at the Alert Mercy Hospital"... |
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| East Anarx | Jan 16 2007, 01:32 AM Post #45 |
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She decided to visit Powell in the hospital. As she walked down the hill to the village, Claire felt freer than she ever had before. Now that she was absolved of the responsibility of being the president of the freest country in the world, now that she was merely a citizen of the freest country, it felt amazing. Not that being a president had stopped her from doing pretty much whatever she wanted to do, (in fact, she had made 14 pornos just last year), it was just that now she didn't have to deal with all the reporters and the god-damned foreign politicians. She hated politics, always had, always would, they made her sick. Now she was through with them forever. As she entered the hospital and asked to see Powell, the woman at the front desk said, "Of course, madam president, right this way." Claire didn't bother correcting her, everyone would know soon enough. "He's in that room." the woman said as she pointed to a door marked 134. Claire knocked and then slowly opened the door, stepping in. |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 16 2007, 01:45 AM Post #46 |
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As Claire walked around the curtains, she seen Catherine sitting next to the currently unconscious Powell. Catherine slightly turned her head in Claire's direction and said "I am glad you are all right." Claire could tell that Catherine was emotional, her voice was shaky and she was sniffling. |
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| East Anarx | Jan 17 2007, 02:23 AM Post #47 |
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"Of course I'm all right." said Claire, completely forgetting that the attack had been meant for her. "How's Powell?" |
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| Eleytheria-Duo | Jan 17 2007, 02:34 AM Post #48 |
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Catherine looked up at Claire; "He's doing good, he lost a lot of blood though. I don't think he will be conscious today, I ... I am sorry." Catherine hesitated for a moment; "I tried to talk him out of it, joining the army that is" Catherine grinned, clearly thinking of past memories "But he always was stubborn..." |
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| Noriega | Jan 17 2007, 05:18 PM Post #49 |
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OOC: What's this!? :o |
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| New Harumf | Jan 17 2007, 06:00 PM Post #50 |
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OOC: OK, now I am twisting in the wind here! :cry: |
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