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Colt looked at Jasper and Marquess and back to Aya. " Aya hun... I love you and all but... Are you insane?" He asked, drawing his handguns without a second thought. Soon Jasper and Marquess both had a pistol pointed at each of their foreheads. "Explain. Now."
 

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"Yeah Aya, what the hell is going on?" Adam asked, still really confused about what they were supposed to be doing and where they were supposed to go. "I can tell we're going to rescue Metzli but...where are we going for that?"

That was when he saw Jasper and Marquess, his eyes turning towards Aya, a faint smile on his face. "Well well, now what is this?" he asked with a grin.

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"Well, I mainly want to take down Null," Kane nodded his head. "But I also want to make sure that this whole matter, Rifts, Riftwalkers and the like is made known to the public, Null keeping everything in the dark just kind of drags things out a lot and makes it harder for everyone that isn't them, it only makes it easier for them to take advantage of it more."
 

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"Remove those from us or you'll be in a rift," Marquess responded calmly.

Jasper meanwhile had had his hand on his headphone set up and turned the music on lightly, but not enough to be seen being done or heard.


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"I know that a helluva lot better than you kid!" Marissa fired fire at the man.
 

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Aya looked at Colt. "Stand down," she said. "This is necessary," she looked to Marquess. "And we have an agreement of mutual interest. If you do anything to break that, I'll gun you down."

"To put it simply, there's something that needs to be dealt with," she explained it to her teammates. "Something that... I can't trust Null to respect. So, at this moment, I'm acting entirely outside of protocol..." she looked back to Marquess. "To be perfectly clear; I still absolutely abhor you people. But, I'm not an idiot... I know when the situation calls for a truce."

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"Hm," Ripred nodded. Kane had a point - one Ripred mirrored. "And you wish to use my advanced forces to bring the Riftwalkers to the public, am I correct?"
 

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Colt glared at the riftborne for a long moment, looking disgusted with the situation. "You should know by now that I fear nothing, least of all rifts." He mused, taking a long moment to consider his next course of action. "This is a bit more severe than a breach in protocol... to the point where I'd get a damn medal if I killed all four of you." Colt was clearly ticked off. "A medal and a promotion..." He chuckled before twirling the guns in his fingers, sliding them back into their holsters. "The things a man will do for love." He mused.
 

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"Well I for one am fully on board," Adam smirked, pocketting his hands before shrugging. "We get to save the others, I get to piss off Null, and I also get to feel the sweet pleasure of being right," he stated as he glanced at Aya playfully.
 

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"Gun guy's an idiot," Marquess said walking forward.

"Wait shouldn't we think more about this than walking onto a Null ship?" Jasper whined.

"I'll tell Andry you left me alone with Null."

The young male sighed following him onto the ship.

Marquess once on walked up to Aya, moving close to her in a non-threatening way. Rather he was examining her momentarily before backing off. "Andry is much prettier. Smells better too. You seem mean. I don't see why he likes you. I wish you would leave him alone so he would like Andry. They would be happy together," he told Aya. He then took notice of Adam doing the same. "You hurt her and I will slit your throat," he told Adam after his examination.
 

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Adam looked at Marquess for a moment before shrugging, not really feeling like he wanted to add anything to the conversation.
 

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"Shoulda just had me shoot them Aya." Colt quipped under his breath.
 

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"Kid, you better get the hell out of my face," Aya pushed Marquess back away from her. "I don't want to smell like rotting flesh. And you better keep those threats to a minimum - all of you."

Looking back to the ship's computer, she spoke. "Start heading to the destination."

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The creature was hit by the fire, only for it to deal negligible damage. Then, it retaliated, sending a wide blast of flames at Marissa.
 

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Marissa countered the fire with a combination of fire and ice, slicing right through and the slicing at the man.

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"Ironic considering you're in the worse positions," Marquess shot back.

"Marquess stop!" Jasper quickly clamped his hand over his mouth. "Ignore him. He's just taking a liken to Ares so he's acting out. And he's very protective of Andromeda but he doesn't mean anything," he quickly told them hoping to calm things down. "Actually why did you call u-ew," he cut himself off as he began wiping his hand on his pants, apparently from Marquess licking it. "Gross man, just gross."

Marquess walked up to the computer examining it.
 

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"Now now let's behave like the grown consenting adults we are," Adam reminded, thoug he was secretly enjoying the moment.

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"Yes, pretty much," Kane nodded his head in confirmation.
 

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Colt glanced at Aya and Adam, fuming. He still had no idea what kind of mess Aya had gotten herself into and what she was dragging him into. "Aya, just what the hell is going on?" He asked again, really hoping he'd get a straight answer this time.
 

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(OOC: Why am I just realising that Yun's signature is Pyrrah when I'm obsessed with rwby?!)

Robin was barely hanging on while she got dragged by Marrisa. She didn't know what was happening around her or what was going on. When Marissa stopped dragging her, Robin was propelled head first into a tree's root. The world was spinning around her when she looked up. Her eyelids felt heavy and she thought she was hallucintating.

"I'm...I'm sorry..." Robin said in a barely audible voice as she started to flicker out like a light.
 

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"Trust me on this, Colt. You'll see," Aya knew how angry the man was. She knew exactly what this looked like. "I'm not faltering in my judgement. Please, just... believe in me."

It was hard to ask, hypocritical even; believe in her when she was unwilling to accept other's words when it was convenient for her.

What Marquess would find over at the computer was a rather sophisticated tracking program. It was obviously untraceable by most forms of GPS, and was mostly a 3D view. On the screen, there was a picture of a holographic diamond.

"Cephalon can sense... newcomers. Hello, Mr. Riftborne. I am Cephalon; Sophisticated All-Purpose Artificial Intelligence," he said to Marquess.

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"Weakness..." the voice in Robin's head spoke lowly. "You... must... weakness..."

The creature's body was hit, but the damage was still negligible at best. It soon healed, with the creature about to send a blast down on Marissa.

Then, an extremely loud bellow was heard. The creature stopped in its tracks, before it disappeared. Suddenly, the battlefield was barren once more.

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Ripred nodded. "I think this might work. In return, I want information on Null's various suppliers."
 

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Marissa dodged, escaping with only a scratch and watched as the creature disappeared. Shaking it off, she walked over to Robin and picked the girl up, turning to Metzli. "We stick together. The ether isn't a playground," she said in a commanding tone as she began walking.

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"AIs...so Null doesn't trust its operatives then. That's the true use for AI. Humans can't trust each other truly. At any moment they can betray one another. Ares did that for Null after all. But then again does it count as betraying when you never truly worked for someone?" Marquess mused, seeming unimpressed by the tech.
 

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While Robin was carried by Marissa, she continued to flicker more vibrantly. She cringed when she heard the voice, and said in a low whisper, "I...am weakness..."
 

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"My programming is such because concurrent complex calculations are too much for the human brain to process. Redundant memory, caching, engineering preparation... I am merely a tool. Therefore, I do believe that your deduction is incorrect," although he was disproving Marquess, Cephalon's tone was still pleasant and amicable.
 

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"If humans spent less time distrusting and fighting then they could spend more time actually learning to use their brains," Marquess countered.
 

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"Cephalon's a nice dude though," Adam pointed out before patting the computer lightly. "He kicks ass at chess," he chuckled before turning to Marquess. "So I wouldn't say he's just some AI...he can be pretty rude sometimes too."
 
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