Chapter 9: The God that Failed

["Niel" Samuelson]

Niel took a few moments to digest the new intel and gave Linnea a thoughtful look.

"Does he drop by your place often, Linnea?"

If Keitoleinen came by the art gallery, Niel already had a plan in mind. Originally, he'd thought of numerous long-ranged methods ranging from sniper fire to explosives. He had the hoped that the other members of the Wrath would have been available for a full onslaught or even as backup for a covert operation. Missing allies and adequate firepower, Niel was formulating a new plan. It was simple and lacked finess, like a sock full of bricks.

[Hilja Kukkanen/Sasha Pisarev]

To Kizu, Taylor, and Akira

I continue my walk home but ahead of me, I spot two women and a pink haired man. I am pretty sure that the man must be a Creditor because of his pink hair. I suppose it wouldn't hurt to make sure that everything is settled with the Creditors, so that I know if I have anything to worry about.

I approach the group, but am hesitant to speak to them. There is something about Kizu which seems familiar to me, but I can't quite place it. I feel like I have met her before. (which I had as Sasha, but am not aware of this)

I walk up to the group and smile politely. I look at Kizu and speak to her first. "You look familiar. I swear that I must have seen you around somewhere."

[Linnea Korpela]

"Every once in a while. I upset him the last time I saw him so he might not come by for a while," Linnea said almost with pride. "Sorry. You really want to talk to him don't you?"


OCC: sorry its so short. i have writers block

[Taylor Jones]

Taylor watches as another woman joins them, she seems to know Kizu. Taylor still waiting for Akira to reply, smiles at the new comer.

"Hello. I'm Taylor." She greets, feeling friendly.

["Niel" Samuelson]

There was nothing more to it, Niel had to give Linnea more information. She had to know more than this; his contacts were never wrong. They had said that Linnea Korpela had pull with Keitoleinen and he was Cursed if he wasn't going to use that to complete this assignment. His contracter was too important for him to fail. He was on a holy mission and would not leave empty-handed.

"Actually," he said, shifting to a sly, secret look. Maybe she hated the man enough to help Niel shot him. "I would have liked more than a conversation, Linnea. I was contracted by a very special man to do much, much more than speak with the God of Destruction." He gave her a significant look from under his eyebrows becuase he'd learned that the look gave weigh to his words. It was very dramatic according to the manuals. "Are you absolutely sure there is nothing more that I could learn from you? I would surely assume there would be no love lost between you two and you would be doing me a tremendous favor."

Setting a meeting with Keiotleinen would take far too much time, he had to be direct and this was his best chance. It was either that Linnea helped him or he had to plan how to cause enough buzz at the S.O.T.A. headquarters (an bomb or two might work) to force Keiotleinen to put his head within shot of anti-manala fire. The second option was not what his contracter had in mind but had been deemed acceptable given no other choice.

[Bambi Engel]

Bambi returned to work once more after a few days to assigned she was to visit another company. Gathering her things, she breathed deeply for a few moments before heading to the teleportation booth.

She punched in the code for the Genetech head quarters and stepped out. Her stomach had gotten used to those things after the first few times, thankfully.

She walked through the front doors, almost tripping, and glanced over the lobby. She never liked labs much, but she didn't really have a choice. Thankfully there weren't really anyone else around. Moving up tot he security, she flashed her best smile.

"Hello there, I'm Bambi Engel from Global Bank. There was a meeting scheduled today?" She waited patiently as the security nodded and rang up whoever she'd be meeting with.

((Post to Anthony West.))

[Linnea Korpela]

Linnea's eye widened once Niel called Kieto the God of Destruction, she then tried to play if off casually.
"He's what?" she nearly gasped.
Hoping that he wouldn't read into that, she switched the conversation away from it. He would have to be working for someone to know that information.
"Even though I work directly under him, and he is constantly harasses me I do hate him. I don't hate many people but he is another breed of character entirely."
She toke a deep breath and fiddled with her cup.
"I make it a point to keep away from him and to stay out of his business. If I have to deal with something personal for him I keep it as brief as possible. I don't like dealing with him, it gives him more of a reason to keep hanging around me.
"As for doing anything other then speaking with him, he is a really hard man to target. After all he is the...."
She stopped speaking instantly, she had been careless and now she was being pulled into whatever Niel was planning.
"Even though I can't stand him, I cannot help in a way that would bring harm to him. It's not in my nature. It's not who I am."
Folding her hands in her lap she stared at them. perhaps this behavior was contributed to the fact that she wasn't human but it didn't make her dislike Keito any less.

[Maeve Cullen]

"Damn, forgot about that." Maeve gets up to throw the container her food had been in into the trash before leaning back against the wall. "It's cool. Okay then, where do we get these pretty weapons of yours?" She asks with a grin. She pauses. "Actually, you should go get them and go ahead and hide out in the warehouse. If that guy is still following Tuesday, I don't want to leave her alone here, but it'd also give it away if he saw her with weapons right?"

[Tuesday DeCastro]

Tuesday nods, agreeing with Maeve. "So Alexei would go get the weapons and wait down at the warehouse?" She pauses, thinking a moment. "Maeve, would you be heading down to the warehouse before me so you could get ready? Or would it be a bad idea to leave me to walk on my own."

She thinks a little longer, she could take a cab instead of walking, but then the man might not be able to follow her. "I doubt he would try anything with so many witnesses."

[Maeve Cullen]

Maeve didn't like the idea of leaving Tuesday to walk alone, but she guessed she was right. "Okay... How about before I go, I hand you a stack of papers at the door as if it were an article for the newspaper? Maybe it'd help convince him you're heading there."

[Tuesday DeCastro]

Maeve was officially a genius in Tuesday's book. "Thats a brilliant idea."

She sat back down on her bed, biting her bottom lip a bit. Maybe, just maybe they'd be able to pull this off. "Are you going to be leaving with Alexei, or should he go and get the weaponry, get to the warehouse, call us, and then you'll go and I'll leave soon after?"

[Maeve Cullen]

"I don't know, either could work. If I leave with Alexei I could help him with the weapons. Plus it might look more, yaknow, natural. Then we could give you the call once we're ready." Maeve shrugs and looks over to Alexei. "Your input?"

["Niel" Samuelson]

Niel screwed up his face disapprovingly.

"Ms. Korpela, please don't be stupid. Not with me." He produced his identification and presented them for her to see. "My name is Niel, Ms. Korpela, Wrath operative and contract killer. I've been hired by an important client to execute lethal actions against the God of Destuction. I was not sure, however, of his location, name or of any way to wound him so I contacted my chain of informants." He looked pointedly at Linnea once again. "They told me who he was, what he did and who you were. And how you will help me."

Niel gave Linnea a wicked smile; he had never had to practice his villianous expressions becuase they all came naturally to him. The game now was intimidation, trying to unbalance Linnea so that she'd give up Keitoleinen's location and work with Niel to make the job go smoothly. The job, more important than any person's life or notion of decency, had to be done. It had to be done right.

[Linnea Korpela]

"What I tell you is the truth," she snapped back. If he was going to play a game with her she was not going to participate she was just going to lay it all on the table. She took a deep breath.
"Yes I know he is the God of Destruction. He's used it to his advantage many of times. But as an operative you know that is illegal so its not something he flaunts openly. So being a man of his power he isn't easy to target and he isn't easy to bring down."
This was all she really knew about this, but she was afraid to admit it. Even though she was going to stand up to Niel this new persona was frightening and she was afraid that he would do something to her.
"I do know that right now he is on vacation," she paused so might as well continue. "As of where I do not know. And if you were looking for information on weakness I don't know that either."
She started to wonder, how much persuading she would need before she caved and agreed to help him. As she thought about the situation she found that helping would be more favorable, but if Keito found out what she was doing or these people didn't succeed then he would most certianly bring something dreadful down upon her.

[Alexei Nacharade]

Alexei looked at Maeve curiously and shrugged. His associates may not like a stranger with him, but he could always just think of something.

"Up to you. I'm not sure I know the way to this warehouse, though. I could probably find if you give me directions. Ka-.." He paused, thinking he should probably not bring up Kaschei's name, in case they recognize it.

"A few of my friends say they are willing to loan me quite a bit here in Helsinki."