On Kyrpos (encrypted between TNI and Ryuk)

Twain has found himself in a horrible situation. On a destroyed ship, trapped on an isolate isle on the fire sea of Kyrpos.
But that's not the worse of it. He's surrounded by K'ias Sanguine Lords. A single one would be a match for the infamous group 2. So for Twain on his own, he knows he's lucky they didn't destroy him when they arrived.
Maybe just maybe he can talk his way out of this one.

(If not a week 7 vs. Fight will be created).

Twain saw one of the K'ias Sanguine Lords set up and speak in a monotone voice.

"You have two options, the first is you and your crew voluntarily come with us, where you will be turned over to Su Maehlfor questioning. Your second option, if you refuse the first, is to be killed, a piece of you taken, and locked so you cannot be revived, and turned over to Admiral Layne Yr for questioning. Our commander, Ryuk, wishes you to know that whatever you face under Maehl, it would be far worse to have Admiral Yr find out the truth from you. IF you take the first option, you will be not harmed by Ryuk or his mean while you are under his care"


(OOC if they accept the first option, the men will be transferred to Marduk and immediately arrangements will be made to send to Su Maehl, If the take the second, The body parts will be sent to Admiral Yr, with the note, "these people were involved in the assassination attempt, try and find out what you can. Ryuk.)

It took Twain about 30 seconds to process the Sanguine Lord's proclamation and the possible ramifications of them being on Kryptos at this sensitive time. If this situation was not handled delicately a new war could be started and many beings killed, including himself. Sighing with regret and looking at the ruined hulk of his Trident, Twain gave in to the realization that no research would happen today. But at least he would get to see a Sanguine Lord up close and possibly live to tell the tale. How many people could say that? Twain carefully considered his options and realized that the only option open to him was diplomacy. Carefully turning on his emergency beacon and using sub vocal commands to tune his communications suite to the TNI emergency com channel, Twain activated his armors external microphones and video recording equipment. Even if they killed him here at least the crew on his Capital Ship the River Boat would know his last location and who it was that took him.

"Ummm, excuse me? Did I hear correctly that you work for Ryuk? Is this the same Ryuk who has a casino and tried to join the IRLC?" Twain asked as politely as he could while trying to find a spot on the island where he was far enough away from both the lava and horrifically mutated K'ias to make a dodge if it became necessary. "I am a former and hopefully future member of the IRLC and was quite shocked when Ryuk's application was denied."

Twain continued, "I'm not certain why you're here to be honest or why you destroyed my ship without warning. Thankfully it was a merchant vessel and not an EEF or IR ship because that would have certainly touched off a major incident. Could you ask Ryuk to either come here so we can continue to have this conversation in person or can one of you provide some way for the two of us to communicate?"

Feeling his stomach tighten Twain delivered the kicker. "Please keep in mind that the Hive Queen surely already knows that you are here and what you have done. While everyone in the Polar Expanse knows of the nigh unstoppable powers of the Sanguine Lords they also know that the Quall do not take incursions into their territory lightly nor do they look kindly upon those who would molest business men who were just dropping off product samples when attacked. While I am not savvy to the thoughts and motivations of Hive Queens I can tell you this much, there is almost certainly a massive Quall force on its way here right now. I expect that if they don't find me here alive and unharmed they will have some hard questions for Ryuk and anyone who gets in between them and him."

While delivering this speech Twain continued to move not letting the Sanguine Lords box him in all the while moving towards the wreckage of his ship and adjusting a small nob attached to a small box attached to his wrist.

Ryuk was speaking to his other new recurits, 10 more Sanguine Lords, when the response came in. He immediately burst out laughing, and in moments, was doubled over. "He wants me to think the IRLC will take me as I am? They told me what was required to join, and those conditions are unacceptable! And the he is involved in the attack On Su Maehl, the only one from the IRLC that has dealing with me" Ryuk exclaimed between bits of laughter.

Regaining his composure, Ryuk asked the Sanguine Lords to wait a moment while he sent a message to their siblings.

On Krypos

The Lords move to surround and apprehend Twain, and they inform him "You were given two choices, make your choice or we will choose for you. Do not try and insult Ryuk by trying to entice him with things you do not understand. Ryuk only wanted to join the IRLC to aid the expansion of his business, and you are involved in the attack on the one person from the IRLC that was willing to help. Your words are hollow."

The Lords move to apprehend Twain by surrounding him and restraining his limbs, being careful of whatever he is playing with on his arm.

The second the Sanguine Lords made the move to corral him in and abduct him Twain hit the 1st of 4 pre-programmed strobe patterns his armor was capable of and then activated it's cloaking capabilities while the Sanguine Lords were stunned. Knowing that he only had seconds Twain threw himself between the two K'ias who were having the most problems recovering from the strobes.

Once out of the ring of still stunned Sanguine Lords, Twain took a second to reflect... HELL FUCK YEAH SCIENCE!!! If beings as improbable and advanced as a Sanguine Lord could be stunned by flashing lights then there was hope for beings who didn't need to constantly rely on overkill. Immediately after that thought the next was: 'wait, did they just say that a member of the IRLC was just attacked?'

Twain knew that given the ambient heat and constant noise of Kryptos his armor's cloaking capabilities would keep him hidden for now but he still had to last long enough for rescue to come. Rescue. Hmmm... There was only one other being that Twain had met in all of his travels who had the same menace and reputation as the Sanguine Lords and Twain knew just how to contact him. Reaching into an armored pouch at his hip Twain pulled out the ear of the being called The Scalpel. A favor was owed.

Placing the ear next to his helmet Twain whispered "Scalpel, if you can hear this I need your help about 2 minutes ago." Following the quiet plea Twain returned his attention to the silver monstrosities that were just now beginning to shake off the effects of a very low level strobe.

Quickly readjusting his suits internal BN Device for a tighter band but normal sound, Twain pointed his hand at the wreckage of his ship, flipped his com mic to the BN Device's input and spoke. "I'm sorry about that but we're really not done here. You seem to think that I had something to do with an attack on one of the members of the IRLC. I can assure you that I did not. I was here to give a sample of TNI's newest products to those Earther Tech's and that was all. Given how technomantically advanced you are I'm sure you have voice analyzing capabilities. I will give you 3 true statements and then 3 false statements to analyze against my telling you that neither I, nor any of my people took part in any attacks that have taken place against any members of the IRLC since TNI lost it's license."

Twain, conscious of the stunned and angered looks of the Sanguine Lords kept moving all the while keeping the BN Device focused on the wreckage of his ship, using it's twisted hull to reverberate and cause odd echos making his position impossible to correlate.

"Are you ready for the 3 true statements? Here they are in no particular order! My name is Twain, I am a citizen of Refuge and have worked for the EEF. I am a curious sort and an inventor. By being here and attempting to abduct me you will very likely start a war with the Quall and the EEF. Ok, those were the 3 absolutely true statements, now for the 3 absolutely false ones. The Quall like uninvited guests. I am not actually an Earther but am instead a pod person who wants to eat your souls. I am a teapot, short and stout, here is my handle, here is my spout." Twain realized that he had actually sung the last sentence to the tune of the old Earther nursery rhyme and felt a little embarrassed.

"Ok guys, there you have them. 3 absolutely truthful statements and 3 absolutely false statements. So now when I say: neither I nor any TNI personnel took part in any attacks on any of the IRLC members since TNI lost its license, you know it's true. Now, please pass that on to Ryuk."

One of the Lords States
"If you are innocent of wrong doing, then Maehl will quickly determine that, then release you. It would also benefit you as the energy bridge that was created lead right to where you are at. If you come, you can clear you name completely, and not have anything to worry others believing you where a part of this. If you really want to be part of the IRLC again, then this will aid you, as your word will have value in conducting transactions. The more you run here, the more your word is going to be distrusted by your peers."

Twain chuckled to himself, the attack couldn't have happened to a more deserving person.

"So it was Maehl that was attacked? I take it that he survived since you want to take me to him. Ask him or his security team if any immutables were involved. At this point in time TNI only employs immutables and I am an immutable."

Seeing the blank look on the Sanguine Lords faces Twain continued, "you have Unity Uplinks I trust, have Ryuk or whoever is with Maehl ask him or check the security cameras I'm sure the guy has set up everywhere. By the way how's that statement analysis going? The idea that I would submit myself to Maehl's questioning is outrageous. I don't trust him and I know for a fact that he doesn't trust me. In fact the only member of the IRLC that I do trust is Blackheart and even he is a bit ambiguous at times. Have you been keeping track of how much time has passed since you attacked those RedFist Commandos? My chronometer says it's been about 5 minutes. I'm guessing that you have about 2 more to check with your boss and then depart peacefully before the Quall get here."

Checking his armor's internal communications suite Twain saw the "go ahead" light blinking. The River Boat had his beacon, was receiving his transmission and had hopefully called in some sort of back up.

Turning his attention back to the Sanguine Lords he could see their silver bodies starting to ripple and realized that pushing a deadline might not have been the best of ideas. Then he noticed the rippling again and had an idea.

Meanwhile, moving as though controlled by someone else, Twains hands readied 2 more EMP grenades and switched his regular clip for an extended mag of zela tipped rounds.

(ooc this is leading to a fight, I want admins comments on this before I post next, mainly because my post was would be to grab you the moment you looked into your armour)

(ooc I'm an immutable who is completely cloaked and is the hottest plain in the known universe, how are you seeing my eyes looking down inside a full helmet?)

(ooc good question, I would figure something out, but im trying to keep this going at work)

(ooc, I probably won't be available from 3:30 to 10 anyway since I have school so take your time. We have a 4 or 5 days to work this out until it's time for the mission thread.)

OOC Yep went to battle

Mission will be posted this friday in the mission thread, start calling in allies...