The Chaos Campaign!

[Sasha Fyer]

*Begnion*
Guard: Where is he?! We might not be able to see him, but he might still be here!
Zelgius: *enters the Palace* ...Am I too late?
Guard: General Zelgius! The Apostle has fled, but the assassin is nowhere to be found...
Zelgius: ...I see. Keep your guard up. Your assumption that he's still here in the shadows may be right...
*Elsewhere in the palace...*
Sanaki: (Where did I put Cymbeline? I know it's here somewhere... I'm going to need to carry it with me if this continues. ...I also need to find a bandage for my shoulder while I'm at it...)
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*Somewhere outside Melior...*
Nolan: There's the capital!
Leonardo: ...It's been swarmed by soldiers...
Edward: They've got a whole bunch guarding the doorstep too!
Soldier 1: Halt! You aren't authorized to be in this zone!
Quince: ...Should we just turn around and leave?
Nolan: ...I'll see if I can negotiate a way through. *to the soldiers* We have an urgent meeting in the city. Please let us through!
Soldier 2: ...Are you kidding me? The city's occupied, and you've got a MEETING? Pssssht!
Soldier 3: ...10 gold says he's lying.
Soldier 2: 10 gold says you're right!
Soldier 1: I'll put another 10 gold in for that. You shall not pass!
Quince: Uh... we should really just leave...
Soldier 2: (...Hey. We haven't explicitly been given orders not to harm the armed, right?)
Soldier 1: (...No. What are you getting at?)
Soldier 3: (I say we take care of these suspicious armed strangers. What do you think?)
Soldier 1: (Well, if it's not a good idea to kill them, we can take them prisoner...)
Nolan: (...Now would be a good time to make an escape.)
Edward: (I didn't think people actually got distracted like that!)
Leonardo: (Now's not the time to contemplate the plausibility of what's happening! Get running!)
Quince: (W-wait for me, guys!)
Soldier 1: (...I just hope the higher ups will-) Wait a minute! They're getting away! Troops, apprehend those suspicious characters immediately!

*In Melior*
Sasha: *fires Asceron at a soldier* ...How many soldiers are there? They're here, there, and everywhere!
Darrah: *parries an attack from a Pegasus Knight* ...We're going to be here for a while...
Eiva: *trying to blast another Pegasus Knight away with Nereid* Stay back... BACK, I SAY! BACK!

[animefreak249]

OOC: *facepalm* Quit taking liberties like that.

Sharpshooter: Because they were just decoys *begins shooting Genisis and Rician*

Ephraim: *facepalm* Idiots....they should at least learn what's fake and what's not.

[Cloned]

Rician: And like always we fail after we try to kill someone.
Genisis: And I think we got called idiots again.

[magicfreak]

Zihark: Look, the Greil Mercenaries are in trouble! Quick, they need help. *runs over and slashes at one of the death templar*

[Volke]

Volke: Apostle, this isn't a game of hide and seek. It'll be easier if you give up. *throws a knife*

[Sasha Fyer]

OOC: ...Sorry... I wasn't sure how to resolve that conflict with Quince's group (ie. how to make it lead to a fight), so I opted to let them escape... I'll patch that up.
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*Outside Melior- the soldiers have caught up to Quince's group*
Soldier: What was wrong with those blithering idiots back there?! Get them! *a group of soldiers charges at Quince's group*
Nolan: *parries a soldier's attack* Here they come!
Quince: *nicked by a soldier's javelin* Uh oh...
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*Grado*
Traveler: Oh, my. They're certainly impetuous. Hmm... I wonder if this will help them out? *he launches a few fireballs toward the sharpshooters, only hitting one of them* (...I've been using this world's standard spells for a bit too long... I'm becoming a lousy shot with spells more natural to me. Bah...)
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*Begnion*
Sanaki: *hears a knife fly by her, nearly hitting her* (He's here... it's no use trying to hide. All I can do is guess where he is and hope I hit him at least once.) *she fires Cymbeline in the direction that the knife came from and doesn't hit anything* (...This is off to a terrible start...)
Zelgius: *patrolling the halls of the Palace, looking for Sanaki* (...I just heard someone gasp loudly... it might have been the Empress!) *he starts walking towards the room that Sanaki is in* (...Really, where is the Lord Sage? There's something very suspicious about his prolonged absence...)
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*Somewhere...*
Sephiran: *blasts a soldier with Creiddylad* ...This is quite a large number of troops for an ambush squad... and how did they know I would be here?

[Cloned]

Genisis: Now they have mages?
Rician: Calm down its just Traveler.

[animefreak249]

Ephraim: *strikes at another Death Templar* how are they this strong?

Eirika: Ephraim, look!

Ephraim: *sees two Light Gatling Guns* Oh no...EVERYONE! FIND SOME COVER!!!

[Cloned]

Genisis: Hello.
Rician: Run!
Genisis: Is it aimed at us?
Rician: I'm not looking.

[Volke]

Volke: Sanaki, you're just making things worse for yourself. Now, be a good little girl and come out, and I promise it won't hurt... much. *throws two more knives*

[Sasha Fyer]

*Grado*
The Traveler: *runs with the others* I'm not going to lie to you- I'm not sure what to do with those... bullets. They can take away large chunks of my energy in such a brief period of time... and I'd hate to think of what they could do to those among you who bleed.
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*Begnion*
Sanaki: *one knife hits the wall behind her, but the other hits her "cape," pinning her to the wall by her sleeve* ..... *fires Cymbeline in the direction of the knives, again not hitting anything. But the fire briefly illuminates the dark room, exposing Volke for a moment* There you-
Zelgius: *barges into the room* Empress! Are you unhurt?
Sanaki: ... (...Answer that yourself, General.) He's... over there...
Zelgius: ...I do hear something... *he starts walking to where Volke is*

[Volke]

Volke: (Well now, this got interesting. Time to end this) *throws a small object into a different area of the room, creating a small noise, then starts sneaking over to Sanaki*

[Sasha Fyer]

*Begnion*
Zelgius: Wha- *starts heading in the direction of the noise*
Sanaki: No! He's over here... he's coming closer! *"lights" the area with Cymbeline again*
Zelgius: *does an about-face* ...I've almost got you now. *he separates Volke and Sanaki with his sword*

[ledcampbell]

Persephone: *runs up with Zihark* This...could be interesting. *begins to drain the energy from a sniper*

[Volke]

Volke: (Well then, seems I need a new plan.) *dashes forward and slashes at Zelgius*