Vanir Argent
As the four of us entered the tavern we were greeted by a cheer from the twenty Maleficar currently sitting in the main room, all of them were enjoying their meal, which consisted of beef stew and some type of bread, with alcohol as a drink, the smells made my mouth water.
"Welcome back." Iota said as she walked over to us, her face was already flushed red, meaning this was at least her fourth drink. "Thanks for letting us in." Niren said calmly as he sat down at the bar, the rest of us followed him. I took a moment to look at Iota, it had been at least three or four years since i had seen her last, she had dyed her hair from blonde to auburn and had grown from 5' 6" to at least 5' 7", her skin was also paler as well, though it worked with her red eyes.
"Hephaestus! Get them some food, the poor sods have been out in the rain all night!" Iota shouted at the older man who was in the kitchen getting some food for us already. "Still can't hold your drinks I see." I commented to her after taking a sip from my own mug. "And you still don't know how to hold back." Iota retorted with a grin.
"Given what happened in Vale, and the fact that my wounds no longer heal after a couple of seconds, I think holding back is no longer required." I said as Hephaestus set a bowl of stew down in front of me and the others. "He has a point." Niren said while eating his food and sniffling a little.
"Well, think of it as a new challenge." Iota said after chugging her drink. "By the way Vanir, when did you get this lovely lady to start going out with you?" Iota asked me after wrapping an arm around my neck and looking over at Mithril, who was busy wolfing down her food while Nexus simply looked on.
"Second semester of my first year at Beacon, I have Argo to thank for that." I said, trying to get the shorter woman off my back. "Oh really? Last time I fought him the bastard was talking nonsense about making you pay for forcing Mordred to come and save his sorry hide." Iota said after I finally got her off of me, she was enjoying making this miserable for me.
"To be honest, before that day I thought you and Lirril were a thing." Mithril said after she set down her bowl, Hephaestus came by and picked up it, moving to refill it."Just because we were always arguing back then didn't mean we were a couple!' I said loudly, drawing some more looks from the rest of the Maleficar.
"Iota, let the lad eat his food, must be the first good thing he's had for while, those Knights probably don't know how to cook a damn thing." A large bull faunus said after chugging his drink. "Yeah, alright Aries, i'll lay off." Iota said, she got up and began to walk back to the crowd of Maleficar who had gone back to being loud and enjoying their evening, before she was out of earshot however she turned and said "It's good to have you guys back, even if it is only for a few weeks or months."
"I've missed this lot." I said after i shoveled some stew into my mouth, it was warm and had plenty of meat and vegetables in it. "You also missed my cooking too it seems." Hephaestus said after walking out of the kitchen and sitting next to Niren, eating his own food now.
"That too." I said before returning to my meal. "So, when is Mordred going to get this thing started?" Hephaestus asked with a moody look on his face. "Once he's done rooting out the last remaining Knight hideouts in the city he will contact us." Niren said, finishing off his own drink after speaking.
"Then we can finally end this blighted war once and for all." I said, I set my bowl down as it no longer had any soup in it. "I want to see what comes from this then." Hephaestus said with a small smile spreading across his face at the thought. After a while of just enjoying the company of the Maleficar I got up to stretch and get ready to sleep for a couple of hours "Where are our rooms at?" I asked after Mithril and Niren both rose to follow. "Up the stairs, last two doors on the left." Hephaestus said while yawning. "Thanks" I said before moving towards the stairs.
"Vanir, you and Mithril can share a room, I need space to work and Nexus wants to help out a little too." Niren said to me after the four of us reached the rooms that Hephaestus directed us to. "Fine by me." Mithril said, a small grin spreading across her face. "Right, see you in the morning then." I said to Niren, who by now was standing in his own doorway.
Mithril Fullbuster
I woke up to the smell of bacon and felt Vanirs mechanical arm wrapped around me, I slowly moved it to get up and shower, and only smiled when Vanir made a slight groan as the headache he most likely had from last nights drinking left him with.
"So lass, what do you think of the Maleficar, now that you've met the rest of us?" Aries asked me as he sat down at the table opposite of me. "I thought you would all be as serious as Niren and Vanir are about stopping the Knights." I said while trying not to yawn.
"Well, most of us weren't kidnapped and forced to undergo experiments in genetic modification." Aries said while stretching. "What?" I asked in surprise. "Three years with Vanir and he never told you about the scars around his neck and other spots on his body?" Aries asked me with interest, he was leaning back in his chair now.
"No… he said that they were from some fights during his time with the Knights." I said, though now that I thought about it, Vanir did have a dark look in his eyes at the time we spoke about it. "Like I said experiments done to him and Niren caused those scars, I imagine being taken from their homes also caused their current personalities. The rest of us do want to take out the Knights though." Aries replied with a shrug.
"Aries, can you not talk about my reasons for hating the Knights?" Vanir asked after walking down the stairs, he was looking tired still and had to hold up a hand to keep the light out of his eyes. "Sorry Vanir, just wanted to get to know a new face is all." Aries replied jovially Vanir scowled as he sat down at my table and said "There are better ways to do that." A moment later Hephaestus brought out some plates with eggs and bacon with toast, and some coffee. "Thanks." Vanir grumbled as he tore into his food, I was eating at a slower pace, feeling awkward about the situation.
After a while the others started to fill the main floor with chatter and laughter, I was still surprised at the fact that they weren't doom and gloom like I had thought they would be. "So, what do you think of our family?" Iota asked me as I was returning to the table, two plates of food in my hands. "Still surprised at how happy everyone is, you could all die tomorrow but you don't seem to care." I responded, letting her take one of the plates for me. "That's why their happy, better to die with no regrets or hate on your mind." Iota said as we walked back to the table, Vanir and Niren seemed busy talking with other Maleficar about something.
"Crazy bastard decided to go toe to toe with an Archon, didn't think he was going to last as long as he did." Niren said while leaning back in his chair, Vanir had his arms crossed and was grinning. "Is that how he lost his arm?" Aries asked, leaning forward with interest. "Nah, deathstalker went and did that the Archon only broke it." Vanir replied, a grin on his face I figured out what fight the two of them were talking about this time. "That was a stupid move Vanir." I said after setting down the plates and giving him an angry glare.
"So does that mean you cared about Vanir before you two got attacked by Argo?" Niren asked me with a raised eyebrow. "Well uh… you see…." Was all I could stammer before the roof was filled with laughter, I looked over at Vanir and only saw a small smile on his face. "Didn't think you would ever tease someone like that Niren." Iota said after the laughter died down. "I have my moments." Niren replied simply before picking up his cup and drinking from it. "Right, we should all get ready for our jobs then." Iota said, becoming very business like.
"About time we got to work." Vanir said, his own face was becoming serious as well. "Your team doesn't have to do much today beyond getting a feel for the city and helping deal with any rioters, can't have them getting in the way during our operations." Iota said while looking at the four of us. "Seems fair enough, what about the rest of you?" Niren responded. "Some of us will stay here with Hephaestus, keep things safe while the rest of us are out taking down knight outposts." Iota said as several groups of Maleficar began to leave the building, they already knew their jobs then.
"Best of luck everyone, get back here in one piece if possible." Iota said after she finished giving instructions to the remaining Maleficar. "Let's go then." Vanir said while getting up, I still needed to go and get Typhoon. "Meet us here, Vanir stay with her." Niren said after handing Vanir a piece of paper with an address.
Nexus
I looked around the city street we had been walking down, it was messy due to riots after the Grimm hit Vale the people felt terror at the idea that their home would be attacked next, though for now things had calmed down possibly due to the knights under Mordred's command telling people things would be fine should the grimm attack. "Looks like we didn't need our weapons after all." Niren said as I looked around more, noticing how quiet things were. "Don't say that, it usually ends with us fighting someone." I said after seeing a few people run down an alley. "I hate the silence, puts me on edge." Vanir said, moving to put himself between Mithril and any would be thug with a knife. "We should just be careful for now." I said, seeing another group of people move down an alley.
This day had been nothing but stress, we had seen no activity that would suggest the knights were active in the city anymore, and Mordred had yet to send a courier with information about the remaining warships and forces siding with him. "Hold up." Vanir said, drawing me out of my calculations for the coming battles, when I looked up I noticed that Niren and him were talking to a man who looked like a courier. "What was that about?" I asked after the man left, Niren was holding a small note in his hands. "Mordred finally sent word." Niren answered, already turning to head back to the inn, the others would come back eventually. "Great, we can get things moving along then." I said, pleased that we weren't just sitting around for once.
Two Hours Later
"So.. Mordred went and recruited the knights from Atlas and some other defectors from Vacuo, but how many ships does he have now?" Iota said, leaning over a war map while I ran numbers beside her. "Out of the five hundred that the knights had when last we checked, Mordred now controls two hundred and thirty of that number as well as any fighters and marines they have." Niren answered, his arms crossed and a frown on his face. "What class are they?" Ares asked, I was done running numbers and had begun several simulations on possible tactics. "Trident class light frigates mostly, looks like Uther was expecting this to happen and pulled back what few heavies he could, though Mordred did manage to get his own fair share of them, looks like his flagship isn't going to be the dreadnought he got his hands on though." Vanir said, at this point my simulations had gone from small scale combat to larger areas and locations, I was even beginning to factor in the Grimm now. "Nexus, got any good plans in that head of yours?" Iota asked me, finally taking note of my eyes glowing as they processed more information. "Nothing right now, Uther could do anything and I would be surprised if he chose to have a straight up fight against us." I said with a hand on my chin as I looked down at the map of Remnant, noting how few ships our forces had and wondering how many would be left after it was all said and done. "We need more ships if we want to turn the odds in our favor." I said simply after a few more minutes of calculations, in that time the others had begun to make plans for troop movements. "How are we supposed to do that?" Iota asked me while leaning forward on the table again. "We can see how many ships Ironwood is willing to part with." I said while walking around the table to the part of the map with Atlas on it. "Doubt he would part with any of them after Vale." Mithril said while frowning. "It's the only other option we have, Uther's pulled back all his remaining ships and even Mordred is having problems tracking them down, we can't just sneak aboard and blow them up now." Niren said while rubbing his forehead. "Are there any free fleets still around or has Atlas actually managed to get rid of them all?" Vanir asked, Iata's head snapped up at the sentence. "I'd rather not bring them into this fight, half of them would end up dead anyway." Iota said before looking down at the map once again. "We need to figure something out to even the odds here." I replied before going back to my sims and calculations.
After several more hours of arguing we had run out of ideas to engage the enemy and everyone was getting pissed at everyone else. "I need a break from this." Vanir grumbled after Iota moved yet another unit back to it's start location. "Is it really this hard for you to come up with a plan to fight my father now when you've all done it for years?" Mordred asked after he opened the door. "How the fuck did you get in here?" Iota asked after jumping slightly at his sudden entrance. "My ship has been hovering over the outskirts for the last two hours, I didn't trust the information I have to a normal courier given it's importance." Mordred said while walking over to the war table, Niren and Vanir moved to give him a spot. "Figured you had some information you were holding back, so what is it?" I replied with a small grin on my face. "There are several knight shipyards that are producing at least thirty more ships if you combine their numbers, take control of those and you'll have your own small fleet to assist mine, there are also other knights across Remnant who are willing to help against my father." Mordred said while placing markers on several spots on the map. "How did they manage to avoid being killed by your dad?" Iota asked while rubbing her chin and moving some pieces to the spots that Mordred marked. "No clue to be honest with you, my father's last move was to pull out the majority of his men from every city besides Vale. Any forces you've faced until now are the dregs." Mordred replied while accepting a glass of water someone placed in front of him. "Thank you." He said after taking a sip. "Uther wants us to take those ships then, he doesn't think he would need them to win." I said a smile on my face as I ran several more sims that provided a better outcome thanks to new numbers and some new plans. "What are you planning android?" Mordred asked me after noticing my smile. "A plan that gives us a shot in hell of winning the fight." I replied as I began moving other pieces on the map.
After we had finally come up with a plan to find the small cells of knights that were still in the dark about what was going on several groups of Maleficar had been dispatched to the other kingdoms, Niren, Vanir, Mithril and I had been sent to Vacuo to meet a group that had loyalty to Mordred already, Vanir also knew some people who would help to bolster our forces. "So who are these people you know?" Mithril asked Vanir as we all sat in the hold of a bullhead, being tossed around by the turbulence we had just hit. "Let's just say that they aren't associated with the military or the knight's." Vanir said, a small grin on his face. "So you want to bring in a free fleet in spite of Iota wanting us to keep them out of it?" I asked, not amused by the idea my friend had come up with. "We need more than just thirty ships to make up the numerical difference Nexus." Niren replied calmly as he pulled out a map and started looking over it. "How many ships can they give us?" I asked while settling back in the seat. "At least fifty more, they won't be the best but their captains are clever when it comes to taking out bigger threats." Vanir replied with some pride in his voice. "They better not get themselves killed then Vanir." Mithril said sourly. "It's a war, there's always going to be casualties." I said simply, feeling relieved as the turbulence finally died down. "Let's make a plan to make contact with these guys then." Vanir said before taking another drink from his flask.
"Nexus, help me set up a safe house, Mithril you can go with Vanir and get some supplies and start asking questions." Niren said as the bullhead started to slow down. "Seems fair enough, if I can set up a small comm tower I can at least make contact with other Maleficar in the region." I replied, standing up to grab my bag which clanked as the armor inside moved around. As Vanir and Mithril walked in a different direction than the one Niren and I had decided to head I covered my eyes from the very bright sun. "There's a Maleficar safe house nearby we can set up in, anything large scale like the comms tower can come later." Niren said to me as we walked down the city street, he didn't seem bothered by the heat since he was part lizard. "What's wrong?" Niren asked me after I turned my attention back to the way in front of me. "How do you think Talia and Lirril are?" I asked him as we neared the safehouse. "They should be fine, Talia only got a scar across her back and should only need some rest, Lirril might require some therapy though." Niren replied as we walked up a flight of stairs, I realized that I was actually getting hot now from the sun shining directly on us. "That doesn't sound so bad." I said as we both entered the building and felt the difference in temperature. "True, things could have been much worse, in fact we should consider ourselves lucky that Vanir didn't need to have a heart transplant after his healing implant burnt out." Niren said as we began to climb a larger flight of stairs. "Yeah, that would have been worse." I said after we reached the floor our safe house was on. When the door opened Niren sneezed, a thick film of dust covered everything, showing just how long it had been since anyone had been here. "Before we set up any equipment we should clean the bloodstains." Niren said while pointing at some dark marks on the wall. "Looks like the knights found this one." I said as we began to look for some stuff to clean the mess with. "Looks like it." Niren said after turning on a water faucet.
Vanir Argent
I walked down the street with Mithril, things here seemed to be better than in Mistral "So, where are these free captains you were talking about?" Mithril asked me as some people moved to the other end of the sidewalk, taking note of Gram. "They like to gather in a bar a few blocks from here, as to whether they'll help I have no clue since I don't have access to massive amounts of money, though a few enjoy fighting so the idea of a massive fleet battle should make them come around." I replied, already annoyed with that fact that I might end up only adding twenty or fifteen ships to the fight. "So, what about the rest of them?" Mithril asked me as we turned down another street and saw a group of soldiers on patrol. "I might be able to convince them that knights have plenty of plunder in return for their services, the idea of new ships and weapons should also convince a few others." I said before taking a moment to look at the buildings around me and figure out where we had walked to. "Then after we get their help what do we do?" Mithril asked me while moving a little closer to me. "Then we wait for a message to arrive over the old morse code machines we've been using that says the battle will happen, I give the time for gathering forces at least two months." I replied before stopping in front of a somewhat decent looking bar. "This the place?" Mithril asked me after she came to a stop. "Yeah, don't let the outside fool you the inside is actually nice, free captains have their own standards." I said before opening the door and stepping inside with Mithril following close behind me.
After my eyes adjusted to the soft glow of lamps I was greeted by silence and only grinned. "Is this how you treat guests old man?!" I shouted so that the bartender could hear me clearly. "Only scoundrels who forget to pay!" The bartender shouted at me before grinning, several other patrons also started to grin before laughing loudly. "Good to see you again old man." I said while embracing the bartender who had walked up to me after the other patrons went back to their drinks or games. "Likewise, though you still owe me for last time." He replied while ushering Mithril and I to a booth. "So, what'll you have? Or are you here looking for a ship?" The bartender asked me while pulling out a notepad. "Im looking for a whole damn fleet, and it looks like most the captains in the area are here tonight, what's the occasion?" I replied, confused at the number of captains and crewmen. "Ever since Vale the military has been cracking down on free fleets." The bartender said while taking a seat across from us. "Then I don't have to wait long for word to get out that I need their ships do I?" I replied with a smile as the bartender pulled out his notepad and a pen. "What do you need them for?" He asked me in a business like tone, I leaned in before replying with one simple word that anyone would be able to understand "War."
As Mithril and I walked back to the safehouse I noticed how quiet she was. "Whats wrong?" I asked her as my eyes began to adjust to the dimming light. "Nothing, it's just that feel like someone is watching us." Mithril replied while looking over her shoulder, I frowned before deciding what to do "When we get to the safehouse get inside, I'm going to hunt for any tagalongs." I said as we neared the block that the safehouse was at. As we continued to walk I thought about the reaction the bartender had as he wrote down the details, the free captains had more knowledge of the Argent War than Atlas did given how many times we had hired some of them in the past. "Go inside and let Niren know what I'm up to, he'll understand." I said after we reached the door "The door should be open just listen for motors and electricity." I said as an afterthought. "Right, be careful." Mithril said before giving me a hug and walking in the building. "Yeah." I said quietly before walking away from the building and starting what would be a long patrol.
After several hours of walking I finally heard a pair of footsteps behind me, they were far off but my ears picked them up with ease, I quickly turned down an alley and hid behind a dumpster, waiting for the person to follow me down it. After a few moments the person began walking down the alley, I could tell from their footfall that it was a woman, the smell also told me that. After she had walked past my hiding spot, which was poor enough I quickly stood up and wrapped an arm around their neck while holding the Hades up and letting a small amount of heat vent towards her face. "Scream and I will not hesitate to kill you." I said to her quietly and noting her eyes widening. After a moment she nodded, and I let her go while keeping Hades charged and ready in case she pulled gun or knife on me. "Why are you following me?" I asked her after she crossed her arms. "You're a wanted man, I'm taking you in." She responded, only eliciting a chuckle from me. "No you're not, I have a war to win and I won't let some new cop send me to jail for a crime that I haven't even committed." I said after I finished chuckling. "You think I can't take you down?!" She said, offended by my attitude. "I know you can't, go ahead and fire your little peashooter at me." I said before turning to leave and letting my aura flare up, the black energy nearly invisible in the dark, a moment later I felt a bullet bounce off my back. "See you later kid." I said before leaving the alley and frowning "Can't believe I got worried about a fucking cop." I thought to myself as I returned to the safehouse.
When I closed the door to the safe house the first thing I heard was Nexus playing a tune on Kyofu, it had been a while since he had a chance to use his weapons other function as a guitar for a more recreational purpose. "You're back, who was it following you?" Mithril said as I entered the room that had been cleaned and set up with several computers. "Just a cop, Niren check and see if there are any bounties or arrest warrants out for us." I replied before walking to sit down on a couch and sigh, it had been a long day for me. "On it, CCT may still be fucked up but I should be able to pull up some local files from databanks, which we have access to of course." Niren said while typing on the keyboard in front of him. "So, what did you do with the cop?" Nexus asked me, still playing a tune. "Let her go, no point giving them a reason to arrest me beyond what may or may not be there already." I said while closing my eyes. "Found something." Niren said after a few minutes of silence "Well, what do they have out for me?" I asked with interest. "Someone put out a missing child report a few days ago, description of the suspect matches you to the letter, Hades and all." Niren said as I stood up to go look at the report for myself. "What the fuck?" I said with a confused look on my face as Niren began to pull up several dialogues between an investigator and a woman. "Copy these, I need to do some reading." I said, my face straight as I thought of who would put out such a ridiculous thing. "Do whatever you want brother, I'm going to keep looking for things, see if there might be anything on Nexus and I." Niren said as the printer on the far end of the room before to print several pages out. "Right." I said as I went to grab the pages. "Well then while you're doing that, I'm going to get some sleep." Mithril said after yawning, I nodded to her as she walked down the hall towards one of the three rooms that weren't filled with supplies. "I'm gonna get some rest too." Nexus said while getting up to head into a room as well. "Just like the old days eh?" Niren said after the others had left the room. "Yeah, those were some interesting years." I said as I began reading the very lengthy report and sighing. "Hey, don't fret over what you did back then, the knights made you do that, Morgana made you do that with her semblance." Niren said, thinking I was still angry at myself for my own actions. "I know, but she's dead and the both of us are still alive, so what does that say?" I responded as I went to another page that was more interesting. "It says that we made the right choice in fighting her ships and forces on that mission." Niren replied as he began to print more pages. "The only reason we won that fight was because of Qrow." I said after using a mark to outline some information that I considered interesting. "Nah, we did our fair share of fighting and killing." Niren said with a grin on his face. "This is interesting, who's Alice Greywater?" I asked after reading the end of the report and finally finding the full name of the woman who came to the police about this. "Let's take a look." Niren said, already pulling up several pages of names within the city limits and outside of it. "Fuck me." I said as we began to look for the name Greywater.
Lirril Evergreen
I sat up in my bed and sighed, it had been about a month since the battle of Beacon and I was still in therapy, Niren and Vanir had left with Nexus and Mithril and left Talia, Rennic, Torque, and I behind to recover. "I hate this." I said to myself as my hand went down to the scar on my leg, the doctors told me that whatever went through had left me hamstrung and that I would need to spend a few months in therapy. "At least everyone made it out ok." I said as I reached over to the radio to turn up the music that was playing, wishing that Talia would return soon. I was thinking about Vanir and Niren when the door was practically kicked open and Talia entered the room with food and drinks for the both of us. "How's Yang?" I asked her after she sat down, we were still on Patch since airships were tight and Qrow had given us the address of his nieces, Talia had taken a liking to visiting and trying to cheer up Yang, and also to see if Ruby was recovering well. "Still mopey, even Vanir wasn't that bad after he lost an arm." Talia replied as she leaned back in her chair "Vanir was disillusioned at the time and Niren was working on the Hades as soon as he got the chance to." I replied while frowning, perhaps the battle had left me disillusioned as well. "No, that happened long before then, when I saw the brutality of life from Vanir and Nirens perspective." I thought to myself as I took the bottle of water Talia had offered me. "Thanks." I said with a smile, at least I wasn't completely alone on Patch. Talia had begun to eat a bag of chips and turned on the television, all we were able to get was movies that the hospital had and the Talia had used her own money to buy.
"So, any letters from Niren?" I asked after the movie started. "Last one I got was sent from Mistral, looks like He and the others are finally making a move to finish off the knights, and Mordred is leading the charge with his own men." Talia replied, her attention on the TV. "I hope Vanir can put his hate towards Mordred aside." I said, worried about what might happen if Vanir let that cloud his vision. "So… Mordred seems like a nice guy, pretty handsome, you thinking of claiming him?" Talia suddenly asked me, a sly look on her face as she sipped her soda. "What makes you ask that?" I asked, my face starting to get red. "I've seen those drawings of yours, I'm surprised that you could remember his features so well." Talia said, still looking sly and still drinking "You looked through my sketchbook, when did you look through it?" I asked, feeling the blood burning in my face. "While you slept." Talia replied, of course she would look at it while I slept. "I get why you're so worried about Vanir getting pissed at Mordred, you don't want Vanir cutting him up like a pork roast." Talia said with a smile on her face. "Please don't tell Vanir or Niren, I don't want them to be mad at me." I said, unable to deny it. "I won't it would be better if you told them when we finally meet back up with them again anyway." Talia said to me, still smiling as she turned her attention back to the TV.
The next few days had me doing more physical activity than the last few weeks had, I guess the doctors wanted me to get back into fighting shape as soon as possible, probably something Niren said to them, or my own insistence at the very beginning of therapy. "Keep going Lirril, your almost at two hundred." Talia Said as I pushed myself up again, she was heavier than she looked and was currently sitting on my back. "One hundred… eighty… seven." I gasped as I pushed myself back up again, a bead of sweat running down my face and over an eye. "Come on, Vanir can do three hundred with me on his back, you don't want to be weaker than him." Talia goaded me on as I kept doing more pushups i kept silent count as I neared the two hundred mark. "One more." Talia said as I struggled to lift myself one last time, after a split second of my arms being fully extended I fell on my stomach. "Good job, now let's do some squats and follow it up with a jog." Talia said after helping me up, my leg was burning but I had to keep going. "Here drink some water." Talia said while handing me a large bottle to drink out of. "Thanks." I said after swallowing. "Let's go." I said as we moved over to a barbell with weights set up already. "Alright, try for fifty today." Talia said as I moved to lift the bar, it was heavy but still a weight I could lift. After a few minutes of lifting my legs had begun to feel like jelly and I was starting to have trouble bringing myself back up "Forty three." Talia said before I went back down again for the forty fourth. "Almost there." Talia said before I had to rack the bar, my leg in a great deal of pain from the strain. "Sorry Talia, couldn't do it." I said in between breaths. "It's fine, you managed to get to forty eight, let's take a minute to rest then start jogging. "Yeah." I said before finding a bench to sit down on, I really wanted to use Garuda to fan myself with the rotation of it's blades, the gym had rules against weapons though so that was a no go.
"This is fun." Talia said as I caught my breath, she was rubbing her back where she had been cut, and I was rubbing my leg that had a bullet hole in it. "Yeah, let's get jogging." I said as I stood up and stretched, feeling the muscles in my body relax. "Sounds good." Talia replied, also getting up as we went outside to get ready to run.
Niren Argent
I had fallen asleep in my chair after spending the entire night and part of the morning looking for any connection Vanir had with this Alice Greywater, I was woken up by Mithril gently shaking my shoulder. "What's wrong?" I asked groggily as I opened my eyes and accepted a glass of water from her. "Just wanted to know what you found out about that police officer from last night." Mithril said as she sat down next to me, I noticed her hair was wet meaning Nexus had actually fixed the shower. "Yeah, just a name that has no meaning to either of us." I replied before drinking some of the water. "What's the name, I might know something about whoever it is." Mithril replied while leaning back in her chair "Alice Greywater, do you know her?" I responded after draining the glass, I had just noticed that the shower was running. "Don't think I do, did you find any pictures of her?" Mithril replied while rubbing her chin, a habit she had picked up from Vanir. "Doesn't matter who she is, I want some answers about this whole problem." Vanir said as he stepped out into the hall, his hair still damp and only using one arm to dry his face, the Hades was sitting on the table, in several pieces. "I can try and find a picture of her or an address." I said after yawning "Maybe after breakfast and a shower though." I thought to myself after my stomach growled.