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Post by trent on May 13, 2007 13:49:34 GMT -5
A Torrential rainstorm is pounding the pavement in front of the cafe and the town in general,people scurry to be anyplace but outside.
the cafe' door opens and in steps a well dressed very attractive young man wearing a black leather trench coat.
"gods it's wet out there!"
He begins to shake the water off himself,a waitress comes up to him with a smile on her face
(chuckling) "yes it's very wet out there,please feel free to sit where you like and may i take your order?"
"ah yes (small laugh) a cup of coffee and a pastry of some type..surprise me"
The waitress moves off and the man takes a seat a few tables back directly in front of the door,once seated he looks around to make sure he's reasonably alone and pulls a cell phone out and hit's a button.
"Trent here i just got into town...so now what? wait?..I don't like complete strangers i know not a thing about hiring me to do gods knows what...for your sake she'd best be attractive!"
The waitress comes up with his order and Trent stops his talking on the phone to thank her then he resumes his conversation.
"whoever i'm working for the moment is pointless...what is most important is finding out if these "objects of power" exist..if so finding them will be of paramount importance."
Trent hits a button and puts the cell phone away and sits looking out the cafe window to the rain soaked streets.
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Post by Kaden on May 13, 2007 14:03:38 GMT -5
Sitting with Cassandra, Kaden had been chilling out of the rain when he heard it.Turning his head from his coffee at the sound of the door opening, the wizard saw the man walk in. He'd seen much more than his share of people wearing trench coats similar to the one he was wearing, and they almost never meant anything good. Turning back to Cassandra, he decided to ask her. "Hey Cassie, what do you say we go introduce ourselves to the guy that just walked in?" Anticipating a look of confusion, he quickly followed with, "I've never seen him around before and with all the people leaving, it's gotten rare to see someone new in this place." It wasn't complete BS at least.
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Post by cassandra on May 13, 2007 14:09:20 GMT -5
"Well, sure hunny. I mean, I'd love to make sure that any newcomers get a far warmer welcome than I did, so I think that'd be a nice thing to do." Cassandra had the feeling there was more to it than he was saying, but still thought it would be a friendly thing to do, so she didn't push it. Standing up, she motioned Kaden to go ahead of her, and fell in behind him. As the neared the stranger's table, she thought she detected a certain tension in him, but put it down to being new in town, plus the sucky weather. "Hi, I'm Cassandra, and this is Kaden, mind if we join you?" she asked him.
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trent
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Post by trent on May 13, 2007 15:00:11 GMT -5
Sitting at his table enjoying his coffee Trent immediately notices the young male and female making their way towards him,as they approach Tent tenses up and begins think to himself....
"damnit nothing was said about a companion..oh well this will teach me to be lax..calm down Trent old boy and get to the business at hand"
Trent looks over the two..before he can react the female speaks
"Hi, I'm Cassandra, and this is Kaden, mind if we join you?"
"I'm never one to down turn a beautiful lady" Trent gestures with his hand towards the chairs....all the while thinking
"if she is my employer let's get this BS done and over with and if not i need to get them the hell out of my way."
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Post by Kaden on May 13, 2007 15:06:39 GMT -5
Sitting the chair nearest the window, he extended his hand to help Cassandra into the seat next to him. Not drawing attention to the fact that he didn't get the man's name, he took a glance out the window himself. It really was a horrible day.
Shaking the thoughts from his head, he turned his attention back to the man. "So, are you just coming into town?"
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Post by cassandra on May 13, 2007 15:16:22 GMT -5
"I'm sorry, I didn't get your name"? "Cassandra said as she extended her hand to the stranger. As she did so, she noticed a ring he wore on the little finger of his right hand. "Oh, sh*t," she thought. " He's here! And I haven't told Kaden anything about this yet! He's going to throw a Kaden fit I just know it! I had no way of knowing he'd be here this soon!" Trying to keep her face expressionless, she continued on to shake the man's hand.
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Post by trent on May 13, 2007 16:03:14 GMT -5
Never really bothering to look at the male..Kaden Trent offhandedly replies."been here about thrityfive min" his full attention is to the female..Cassandra as she extends her hand,Trent notices her gaze to his ring and her face twitch ever so slightly.
Smiling Trent pulls off the ring and pockets it,"first time meetings can be a bit....tense my lovely lady.As to who i am well you already know that but if you must insist on calling me something then Mr.Trent will do.
Looking at her proffered hand Trent politely shakes it.
"As you well know my friendship is for sale and you my dear have just bought it,So i'll get straight to the point in a decade of doing this work i have never failed or broken a contract to do so would be...devastating to my line of work."
Trent pauses a moment..then says "Est Solarus oth Mithos,i know not the langauge but it means My Honor is my Life."
Trent sits back to gage the reaction of the two people before him.
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Post by Kaden on May 13, 2007 16:30:04 GMT -5
"Thirt..." Kaden began to reply, but he trailed off. He had noticed Cassandra's fleeting glance down to Trent's ring and her slight change in demeanor, but he was willing to chalk it up at first to his own paranoia. When he took off the ring, the wizard began to wonder about it again. The ensuing conversation helped matters none. His attention, which had been on the stranger, swung around to Cassandra.
"Just bought...Wait, what? Contract? Cass, tell me I'm just imagining things here please. Tell me I'm just imagining this." He basically pleaded with her.
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Post by cassandra on May 13, 2007 16:42:39 GMT -5
Ignoring Kaden for the moment, partly because she was ashamed that she hadn't already discussed this with him, and partly because she was terrified of his reaction. "Mr. Trent it is then. You're 'friendship is needed to assist me in getting back some money and other items that are rightfully mine. However, the person who has them now doesn't see it that way. Basically, this is what the job entails: Sneaking into a neighboring kingdom that I have been forbidden to enter, and threatened with death, if I did, along with whomever came with me. Making it through that kingdom to the King's Castle, and basically breaking in it and raiding it. Should you accept this 'favor' your pay will be $50,000.00. Half now, half when the job is completed. Keep Kaden alive and you'll also receive 25% of the monetary value of any goods we make it out with. If Kaden dies, I'll kill you. Now, having heard that, are you my man?"
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Post by trent on May 13, 2007 17:58:48 GMT -5
Trent looks Kaden up and down..sighs "So the kid is your lover eh?..pity.You must have strong feelings for the boy to make such a bold statement."
Trent seems to lose himself in a moment of thought...then looks back to Cassandra
"I can appreciate such emotion..hell even admire it! but to your proposol..eh what the hell I'm just in town and nothing better else to to."
Looking back to Kaden.."Well kid as far as i know you may very well be very handy in a fight..i learned long ago not to judge a man by his appearance, (shrugs) but apparently your companion here thinks differently..so why don't you do both of us a favor and go home..plop in a easy chair and crack open a book..let the adults here do the work?"
Looking back to Cassandra..."Happy? Your love stays safe and sound...while me and you plunder a castle for riches and loot."
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Post by Kaden on May 13, 2007 18:19:06 GMT -5
"Kid? Let the adults...handle..." His anger had been rising already but that was mainly at Cassandra for keeping him in the dark about all this. Now both of them saw him as an ineffectual child who couldn't do anything for himself? No, this wasn't happening. Kaden stood up from the table, but kept his hands firmly planted atop it. People even on the other end of the cafe were starting to feel the cold emanating from the pissed-off wizard. Ice started to creep along the table, starting from where his hands were sitting. His brown eyes flashed blue and he stared directly at Trent.
"Listen, I don't know what idea you got about me from her, but I am no kid. You want me to leave and let you adults do the work?" By now the part of the table he had his hands on had become brittle from the freezing cold, and as Kaden said these words, it splintered under the pressure he was putting on it. "That's just fine with me. God knows I don't want to do something I'd regret."
He turned to Cassandra next, but no more words came out. The ice-blue eyes just glared at her, unblinking for what seemed like hours before he said anything. "Excuse me Cassandra, I'd like to leave now and you're in my way." Kaden said with no emotion in his voice.
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Post by cassandra on May 13, 2007 18:41:50 GMT -5
Cassandra felt furious, at everyone involved, herself included. "Kaden Torrick, that is NOT what was meant to be implied on my part , and you should know that. Now, get your ice under control, and sit down and let's finish this. I'm sorry I hadn't already discussed this with you. I've only been back less than 24 hours! I had no way of knowing they would send him this quickly!" Turning to the mercenary she continued, "And as for you Mr Trent, before you go calling someone a kid, it would behoove you to know just who and what you're dealing with. If the ice freezing this table isn't clue enough, let me break it down for you, he's an ice wizard. He's had more people than you probably even know try to kill him, and not one of them lived to tell the tale. The only weakness that this MAN has been found to have is me. He'd throw his life away in a New York minute to prevent my getting so much as a scratch on me. The thing is, I'm immortal. He isn't. That's why I said what I did. The only reason I said what I did. The MAN is coming with us, because we need him. Period. Insult him again and I'll get really angry. You won't like me angry. The last man who made me angry wound up sans throat......After I popped his eyes like grapes. Now, if you think you can show the proper respect, I'd still like to hire you. I need the best. I've heard that's you." Turning once again to Kaden, she spoke with all the love in her heart showing in her eyes, and in her voice. "Kaden, I never for once moment meant to imply that you couldn't take care of yourself, or me, for that matter. But I know you. Better than you think I do. You'd be careless if you thought I was in danger. If you die, I die. Only, my body and mind and heart would still be here, without you. I lived in that hell for 6 months, I can't go through hit again. And at least that time, I knew you were alive, and I could sneak back and watch you from a distance. He has to know that his main focus, should a choice come up, is to protect your life, because in doing so, he's protecting mine as well. Now, will you please, for me, sit back down and let us get back to the matter at hand?"
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Post by trent on May 13, 2007 19:22:38 GMT -5
Trent let's a small laugh escape his lips as he regards the two individuals before him..
"Well it's nice to know that my in ital judge of both your characters is dead accurte...as it always is.My actions and words were used to prove a point...point being this....if you want to go on a raiding mission such as what you propose then emotions such as this won't do!!"
Trent leans over and picks up a piece of the iced over table....
"Know this..be ye human or otherwise everybody walks a path there will be decisions made,consequences to pay..such is life..if you two love each other as you say you do then you'll both accept that,if not then i guess you don't love each other after all...you'll have to trust one another to make the right decision and be willing to suffer the consequences of a bad one together or separately if need be."
Trent examines the piece of the table nods and throws it to the ground.
Looking Cassandra dead in the eyes.....
"To your little tirade the fact your "young man" is a ice wizard makes not a damn bit of difference to me...he dies just as easy as I do...you hired me for a reason I've killed wizards, vampires, werewolves and yes even shape-shifters have fallen to me..even tho I've had to knock them unconscious and take them to somebody who could finish the job.
Trent pauses to look around....
"Now if you two still want to pull off this raid I suggest we go someplace a little less public and make our plans or call off the mission."
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Post by Kaden on May 13, 2007 19:57:28 GMT -5
Looking between the two of them, Kaden's eyes regressed back to their normal brown, but they never lost their glare. Most of the cold in the building receded, but it wasn't completely gone. The two in his immediate area could still feel it. "Fine." He said to Cassandra. "But we are going to have a long talk about this later. Believe that." Looking back at Trent, his demeanor changed.
"You may have killed wizards before, but you've never fought me. I've had people leagues ahead you in power come after me only to die. If you ask me, the only help she would need on this little jaunt of hers would be me." Kaden said, no arrogance in his voice at all. "But she called you, so obviously she knows something I don't. So come on, you wanted someplace less public? I know just the place."
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