Raizar
Junior Batman Sidekick
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Post by Raizar on Apr 1, 2015 22:07:17 GMT
"Like in good old times, Eh?"
"Yeah. Like in good old times." Raizar grinned looking at "panicking" Taffer and thought to himself "and someone is scheming something again." Now he was the only one who had to hold this continuous attack and minigun now become more burdening than useful. And he felt himself blocked in the narrow staircase so he dropped the minigun and rolled back to the office room where he could move more freely. For some time he maneuvered between office desks and walls alone then he heard Taffer's "I'm back". He sighed with relief. A single person can't hold an army for long but two of them could still give others enough time to solve the main problem. Because attackers were still here and someone should keep them away from the main group.
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Post by Belle Starr on Apr 1, 2015 22:18:58 GMT
Erika Widowmaker sprinted to her son, facing him and grabbing his shoulders, but making sure her back was to Atticus, blocking any shot he might make at Cael, then shook him and exclaimed, "Cael, you must shake this! This is your mother! You are doing great harm!"
Cael's large Irathiant eyes softened for a moment, then hardened again as he said coldly to her, "I know not who this Cael is! I am Kabule, assassin for the Collective good! Now be gone woman, or you will be my next target and I will collect your bounty, for I know who YOU are Erika Widowmaker!"
Belle had been hot on the heels of Erika, but she stopped short to stand by Atticus' side, her charge sword and demon pistol at the ready, asking to him, "Holy crap-on-stick! What the heck do we do now?"
Just then a shimmering figure came out of the shadows, a red armored Castithan decloaked behind her slamming a small device onto the back of her neck. In moments, Belle began to tremble all over, a look of surprise crossing her pretty freckled face as her pistol and sword slipped from her fingers. Sharp blue claws burst through her armored gauntlets as her tousled blond hair disappeared to be replaced by blue crystal spikes. Blue crystalline scales began to cover her freckled face and her blue eyes began to glow red. Her shoulders began to get broader, splitting open her liberty trooper armor in the back as she began to transform into a small War Master, her bright red eyes turning to Atticus as an unearthly roar emanated from her no longer rose petal lips.
Still standing on the staircase to her throne, the Mistress of Judgment lifted her head and cackled wickedly, her upraised hands still glowing red as well, although not nearly as bright as Belle's eyes.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Apr 1, 2015 23:17:14 GMT
I watch Belle as I address the Mistress of Judgement. "Well so much for your word that we can all go. You know this also makes it unlikely that Lady will survive. I suppose you don't actually care for your prophecy though. All of this was just to get even more powerful puppets for you to control. Guess that means you are probably being controlled remotely as well. You must know that even with a device you can not control a feral beast for long. So I suppose my question is what are you going to do once you are stuck here as well."
I quickly fling the tooth I am still playing with into the neck of the Castithan causing him to stagger back in extreme pain, not completely sure if I managed to hit his jugular, but if not atleast he is distracted. Then just as quickly I unsheathe my pistol and shoot the controls of the Dark Matter portal, effectively disabling it. I just as quickly send the whole team an encrypted EGO message and re-sheathe the pistol. "Volodja, get that device off Lady and get her to Taffer and Raizar as quickly as you can.
Taffer things are going to hell quick. Erika is trying to get Cael to fight the mind control without success. They just got a device onto Belle that is bringing out her Volge very quickly. And the cackling Mistress is glowing red as well. I have an idea to atleast disable the Mistress, though I am not sure for how long or if it will work, but must try something.
Erika. If you can, knock his ass out and get him to Taffer as well. Once Belle's beast fully awakens I am not sure how much longer I can keep anybody in this room safe."
I then look at the roaring Belle as I approach the throne. "Sorry Starr Eyes, but you must wait your turn." I walk up the stairs, past the Mistress and take Lady's locket from the case. "I will take this back. Thank you."
Then as I walk back towards the Mistress, I remove both gauntlets and secure them to my armor. The blue glow of my hands brightening as I grab her and channel a strong electric charge through her, hoping that if it is mind control that the surge will disable it. If it doesn't, then it should just knock her on her ass, and hopefully out to give me a little time to deal with the other issues in the room without worrying about her treachery as well. As she slumps down in my hands, I set her against the throne. Then I walk down the steps. I slowly walk towards Belle with my hands open, in hopes that she can see that I mean no harm.
"Alright Starr eyed Volge. Care to fight that device and try to talk to me?"
I then have Dinara play a song over Belle's EGO. Although I am not sure if music will tame the beast, or if she can even grasp the messsage in the song. It is atleast worth a shot, and hopefully all the enemy pawns in the room will be focused on the distractions I gave them, long enough to see if this actually works.
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Post by Belle Starr on Apr 2, 2015 0:59:17 GMT
As Atticus starts up the staircase, Cael points his sniper rifle at him, but Erika moves behind him, putting Fakebule into a sleeper hold that quickly renders him unconscious. She then throws Cael over her broad shoulders in a fireman's carry and starts for the door.
Atticus moves calmly past the Mistress of Judgment to retrieve Lady's necklace in the crystal pyramid at the top of staircase, who follows up with her gaze but does nothing. On the way back down, he grabs her and sends an electric current through her, where upon she crumples almost immediately, although her hands still glow red. As her lays her against the throne, he notices that she weighs much less than she should in armor, and that in fact the armor appears to be made of plastic, and that the red light on her gauntlets appear to be just that, light and nothing more. As he set her down, her kabuki-faced helmet falls off bouncing down the staircase, revealing a pretty Irathiant woman he instantly recognized as Erika Widowmaker's daughter, Kara. Kara also has a device identical to her brother's on the back of her neck.
Suddenly on the back wall from behind the staircase and throne, hundreds of vid-screens light up showing hundreds of the same Kabuki masked woman, until they coalesce into one big picture of the woman's masked face, who says, "Oh Harbinger of Death, your brilliance exceeds my greatest expectations! You truly are a superior Votan, and are something to behold! You will make a wonderful mate for my daughter, the right hand of righteousness to the future Mistress of Judgment! You have passed all my tests, seen through all my subterfuge, and I judge you worthy! The only thing better would have been if you had killed the worthless offspring of the race traitor Widowmaker, but justice is served there as well as they will never be the same and Widowmaker will know it is because it is because of her treachery of working with the human animals! I have kept my promise and you may leave unhurt by my hand, although you will have to dispatch your rapid pet, Belle Starr, the murderer of my beloved Nim!"
Belle, now completely transformed into her were-volge form and looking completely like a ten foot tall War Master, the remnants of her Liberty Trooper armor laying at her feet in red, white and blue tatters, reached behind her neck and tore the device from the back of her blue crystalline neck with one claw, bellowing in pain as it is removed. She quickly reverted to her human form, albeit no longer clothed in anything but a winning smile as she said to the screen, "Not today he won't, you... evil... varmint!"
"Bah!" The true Mistress of Judgment exclaimed in a peeved tone, "No matter! My judgment for your murder of Nim Shondu will be all the sweeter by being prolonged, especially when you discover how you have hurt those around you, and will continue to do so as long as you live, Belle Starr!"
With that, the screens on the back wall all winked off at once, leaving a worried and now blushing nude Belle Starr instinctively trying to cover her ample bosom and blond haired nether region with her two pale hands, realizing she could really use three.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Apr 2, 2015 3:27:51 GMT
I take off my helmet, my blue mask on, as I look at Belle and give her a wide smile. "Well I guess that means my song's message got through to you. Look, if you prefer to be nude around me, just say so. I have no problem with nudity, especially from a natural beauty. It's my own demonic form that bugs me. However MY little sister Belle, Lady may not like how often you seem to get nude near me since I met you. So perhaps that should only happen at nude beaches and clothing optional resorts, where you have a good and valid excuse, from now on." I then smile my devious grin, that Belle has grown used to seeing, as I chuckle.
I chuckle again, as I remove all my armor, leaving me in just my blue mask and jumpsuit and I hand all my armor to Belle. "I know it's a bit big and bulky but it's the best I have to offer. Don't worry. Once the chestpiece, pants and boots are all locked together they will stay on, just fine. You can return it whenever you are done with it." As she gets dressed in my armor, I notice Volodja has Lady's EGO collar off and is fighting with the chain, as Erika leaves the room. I send another EGO message. "Taffer I guess my message just a couple minutes ago was premature, because I now have everything in here under control. Although we have ended up with two more Widowmaker mouths to feed, and Fakebule killed somebody, apparantly very important to Belle and perhaps the team, before returning here. I have no idea who. I guess we will probably find out soon enough. My EGO, Dinara, video captured everything that happened in here. It is being sent back to the ship, and your EGO."
I walk up the steps back to the throne and pick up the young woman in the plastic armor, and see Volodja's flask in the burlap sack so I retrieve it as well, though it needs a thorough washing now. I walk over to Volodja and set her down next to Lady on the bed, and give him the bloody flask. Then with his help, we proceed to free Lady from her confines. After we are done I give Lady a quick but passoinate kiss, and return her necklace to her neck. I pick her up and she immediately clings to my chest.
Then I look at the young woman, Kara. "Volodja thank you for your devious distractions and for being Lady's shield. Would you please carry the young Irathiant woman, and be gentle or our Widowmaker may snap you like a twig for hurting her daughter and I doubt you want that. Yes that definitely is who she is. I am afraid it looks like none of us get to make ourselves a martyr or sacrifice tonight. Or is it now morning?" I then look at Belle, and the Castithan who is now on the ground. With Lady in my arms clinging to my chest, I walk over and retrieve the tooth from the Castithan's neck and notice he is still alive but unconcious. I also pick up what is left of Belle's chestpiece of armor and hand it to her, so she can retrieve her belongings from it.
"Belle I suppose you will want him taken up to town and a doctor? Well that is your call, but I believe that Irathiant fellow, approaching us, wants to make sure you are alright first. Anyway, let's go meet up with Taffer and if you want to take that guy to a doctor then one of you can carry him. Erika, Volodja and I all have our arms full." I then head towards the door, Erika recently carried Cael through.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Apr 2, 2015 5:43:03 GMT
"Not to mention all that brainwork, poor Fool spent on solving the case, finding clues, putting them together and discovering, who were the targets and who was the villain. And helping you and Tinkerbelle to stay on straight path deserves extra credit. Not to mention damages on my moral values, I received, when I met that wicked woman behind the plot and had to play a human pet to keep her busy. For that you should at least washed my flask first, before giving it to me, Giant. I still thank you for that. It has sentimental value. Shame that I missed my chance to meet Belle's Volge in it's free form and try my new tactics of calming that beast down. I really hoped for it, but it actually ended up even better than expected. I could become to a victim of failed experiment and Belle learned to control the beast," muttered Volodja, holding Kara in his arms.
He grinned to Giant and said: "No hard feelings though. I gained lot of intellectual pleasure for playing against evil mastermind, but I could not done anything useful without your valuable help and information you provided me, so I owe you all a lot for that. It is a team effort, I was talking about during our flight here. We all gave the best, we have to offer, for our common cause, so all of us did their part to solve the problem. But...I have a feeling, that it won't be our last meeting with our new enemy, so I have more possibilities to ruin her schemes in future. Unfortunately that means also that more people will get hurt, because she prefers play dirty." Volodja went serious and sad, when saying that.
"I bet our scientific team will have handful of work from now on, because we gained some new technology to study - all those mind controlling and brain functions altering devices, we have in our hands now - simple and more advanced models of basic mental control, used on townsfolk; EGO psyche neutralisers, used on Lady and Erika; brain washers for Widowmaker family, capable of give them totally new evil personalities and that thing, our Tinkerbelle has, which is meant to release the the beast from a cage," he continued. "I had plenty time to observe them at work and I can tell, what they can do with people - they block people own beliefs and reeducate them to obey puppet masters orders, but our technical minds have to discover, how these thing work. I'd like to participate on research, because I want to stop her menticide on people. It's disgusting, you know. And I should offer my help to Erika with her brainwashed children. She is probably too proud to ask. And this was supposed to be a vacation. All I see is more work," chuckled Volodja, but his eyes remained serious, when he thought how much power their enemy had in her hands and how much lives she could ruin. She had to be stopped for good!
They solved the mystery, rescued some victims and reunited Erika with her family. That was lot of work, but with a team effort they managed to succeed on that task. But there will be always more work to do, when you finish your previous business, but nobody can say that it is a bad thing - it keeps people going. Still - idea of having some sort of vacation sounded really tempting to Volodja. He should explore the city, walk on a beach and collect sea shells. And make some souvenir seller happy, like real tourist should do. And he should wash his silver flask and fill it with brandy again. But first they had to get to a surface with all people they met. And news about Belle's close ones death made him really worried. Belle will need every support she can get now. Volodja could not die with her as he promised, so he broke his oath, but he can help her to keep living on.
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Raizar
Junior Batman Sidekick
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Post by Raizar on Apr 2, 2015 8:22:04 GMT
Raizar kept running and shooting but suddenly something changed. Inquisitors stopped shooting and just retreated. This happened so quickly that Raizar even did not understand everything is over. He stood for some time in the room aiming the empty air in front of him and watching surroundings but no one tried to kill him anymore. Just darkness, silence, and dead bodies around. Change from battle sounds to silence was so sudden that his ears were ringing and he shook his head to regain his thoughts.
"Well, seems we're done here." He said and stretched. "Whoa... What's a bloody mess. I could use a nice shower then."
He looked at bodies, shook his head slowly and said to the team. "Guess after all we've done here townsfolk won't meet us with cheers and roses. What do you think mates? We probably killed or crippled half of citizens and now they should be awfully upset about this. I'd better sneak to the ship and run before they lynch us. Hope i'm wrong about it but... we leave a trail of bodies you know and not every of them is Inquisitor."
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Post by Atticus Batman on Apr 2, 2015 9:07:33 GMT
As we slowly walk to where Taffer and Raizar are, I continue to talk with Volodja. "You know I think you make a great pet human. However, I only need one pet and have a pet lizard. So I guess you need to be upgraded to my human sidekick instead. As for the flask, if you really want it cleaned now, then there is the shark-gator pit. However I can better sense the electrical signals around, now that the Inquisitor's signal is gone and I believe there are still some living beasts down there to greet you. So wait until we get to a better water source. Suppose if we are tolerated in the town after this mess, I will have to get another flask of my own though. Perhaps I should have a bigger one made. Either way, I used my electrical powers a little to open the trapdoor, a lot to fry the Shark-gator alpha and some to knockout your baggage. So I do need more of a rest than usual. So let's hope that if we aren't allowed in town, that we are atleast allowed to get in our ship and leave peacefully. Besides i am no longer dressed for battle.
As for the new Big bad, she can be all yours. You are the intelectual one. You can become the Mistress of Judgement expert, and play detective when needed. We all have our strengths afterall."
As we get to where Raizar and Taffer are I say, "Taffer the Widowmakers are unconscious but I am sure their brainwashing devices may still be active, atleast Cael's. Not sure if I shorted out Cara's or not. I just hope I didn't zap her with too much voltage. I didn't expect her armor to be a children's toy. Hope you weren't expecting to use their portal as an escape route, because I disabled it with a well-aimed bullet. I am just glad that her distaste for humans helped Volodja get her attention and his knack for insults kept both her and Fakebule Cael's attention on him. It bought me enough time to come up with my plan and for Erika to disable Cael. They had a Castithan back there as well. He is injured but alive and unconscious, although that is only because I am not used to using shark-gator teeth as throwing blades. One thing still bugs me though. Were all the missing townfolk turned into Inquisitors or released to mindlessly wander the town? Or are some locked up in here somewhere?"
I then look at Raizar. "I think we can all use a shower. Sure our intelectual Fool and I swam with the big fishies and reptiles, but that water was nasty. However I hope the townsfolk aren't completely pissed at us. I mean we do need to get past them to get to our ship and we do have three people that need carried. Four if Belle or Vo choose to take that Castithan fellow to the town instead of leaving him to die in a pool of his own blood. And atleast two of them still have mind control units on, so we must hope they stay unconscious until we can disable them."
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Post by Vo Kshaa on Apr 2, 2015 9:14:29 GMT
Most of the time Vo Kshaa was standing his ground in the corner, observing both the room and the staircase, ready to rush in if anyone of the team needs his help. It was a humble role compared to others, but someone had to do it, so he decided to be the one. It was painful for him to watch Belle transforming into Volge again and he was about to go in and distract her until everyone got away but it surprised him to no end when he saw her regaining her control and returning to her human form. He thought of giving Belle his own clothes but thanked Atticus for offering his armor as, on the other hand, him walking in his underpants would be not the most pleasant sight for the team and townsfolk.
He helped Belle put Atticus's armor on, still offering his own jacket in case she finds it more comfortable to wear. Not that she really needed his help with it, he used it more as excuse to have a close contact with her. He stole a moment and whispered in her ear, "You made it Belle. You got your Volge under control. I'm proud of you, I really am. And about whatever they did to make you feel miserable, let's come through it together. I know you don't want me to get hurt, but it was my decision to be with you I made so long ago, and I never doubted it whatever happened to us. So please, let me help you and don't push me away this time."
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Apr 2, 2015 9:55:59 GMT
"You don't need a sidekick, but a partner, partner," answered Volodja in his calm manner: "Don't make me think that all aliens are pricks, Giant. You mentioned us being two sides of a coin before. But coin sides are equal, so I think it's a beginning of a beautiful....partnership. Just don't drop Lady. I don't want you to hurt my Sandy inside her. Actually I have an idea. Let's make a pit stop here and you will dress them into my armour so they will be protected. And Chief!" he raised his voice:
"Please make sure that we have enough mind control devices collected on our way out. Different ones please, because we need to study them afterwards. I wouldn't risk getting off devices from Cael and Kara actually. That might kill them if those things are connected with their vital functions. Maybe I am paranoid, but I'd rather avoid take that chance. We need to stop that manipulative crone for good and for doing that, we need every piece of knowledge about her and her methods, including hardware, she uses. I might admire her evil genius, but I despise her and her ways. But that doesn't change my wish to understand her more. I'd gather them myself, but my hands are full at moment.
Dear Tinkerbelle. I am glad that you learned to control your beast. But if you ever need my help, then you know, where you can find me. Don't hesitate. Just come and we will talk. That's why I am here for. To help those, I...love and deeply care about."
Volodja stopped, put Kara gently down and started to take his armour off. They have to protect their weakest and sweetest at any cost.
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Post by Atticus Batman on Apr 2, 2015 10:44:22 GMT
"Sorry Volodja, Lady is the only partner I need. You will have to settle for being my backside." After I chuckle wickedly I say, "Fine, partner it is." We step into a storeroom, where Volodja does a strip tease, as he says, " Let's make a pit stop here and you will dress them into my armour so they will be protected."
After he is done, I glance at him and say, "Damn Fool! Nobody wants to see your knobby knees or you in just underwear! But very well." I gently set Lady on her feet and take the armor. "Be a gentleman and step outside. She doesn't want you staring." Volo does so and I close the door to ensure Lady's privacy. Then I help her put on the pants. Then the chest piece, and she puts the robe back on over it, to ensure her privacy. Then I pick her back up, and open the door so Volo can get Kara and we can rejoin him in the hall. "Alright let's go." Right after leaving the storeroom, we rejoin Taffer and Raizar.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Apr 2, 2015 11:00:54 GMT
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Post by Belle Starr on Apr 2, 2015 12:39:44 GMT
Vo stole a moment and whispered in her ear, "You made it Belle. You got your Volge under control. I'm proud of you, I really am. And about whatever they did to make you feel miserable, let's come through it together. I know you don't want me to get hurt, but it was my decision to be with you I made so long ago, and I never doubted it whatever happened to us. So please, let me help you and don't push me away this time."
Belle smiled sadly, embracing Vo awkwardly in Atticus' bulky armor as she whispered back in his ear, "But the Volge is always in the back of my mind, and as long as he is I'm a danger to you and the team! I love you Vo, and don't WANT to be the death of you, or of any of my friends!"
Belle kissed Vo on the cheek, then turned to Taffer saying, "I've GOT to go the Cowboy's Headquarters and check on Baby Belle! She's the natural target for the Mistress, and I fear what I may find there, but have to go check! Forgive me for not staying to clean up my mess!"
With that, Belle blurred away with the trussed up Castithan Inquisitor prisoner in tow, dropping him off at the Law Keeper's jail before continuing to Cowboy's Headquarters.
Meanwhile, Lady, now fully dressed, beat a tune drunkenly on the Volodja's armored breastplate that she now wore as Atticus carried her from the second floor room, then turned to Volodja and giggled remarking a full five minutes after Atticus' comment, "Knobby knees. Good one."
As they moved to leave the installation, Erika thanked all members of the team through their EGOs for the rescue of her children, and in particular, their restraint in not shooting them when they were a threat. She also warned that she did not know where her grandchildren and her son-in-law were, so to please keep an eye out for them just in case they were here someplace, and not back in the Collective Capital City as they should be.
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Post by Volodja Uljanov on Apr 2, 2015 12:55:17 GMT
"Sorry sport," said Volodja to Vo: "You have to take this over now. If something has happened with Baby Belle, then I better be there as Tinkerbelle's Jiminy Cricket. Even in underwear." And he passed his delicate burden to Vo and yelled: "Tinkerbelle! Wait for me. I am not formally dressed for occasion, but I would like to accompany you. At least I don't have to be ashamed of my body. Actually I do at moment. Should have changed my clothes after swimming with sharks. So maybe you know decent tailor around. Or at least news stand, so I could wrap my hips into paper."
And Volodja went after Belle, hoping that she won't chase him away. After all, he was not decently dressed, he was far from being neatly shaved and he could really use a bath. Swimming in shark pool didn't helped at all about getting clean. Good, that there was not any mirrors around. One glance at himself and he would never dared to offer his company to adorable Tinkerbelle, because his self esteem would fallen like stock prices during Great Depression. Only things he took along were his weapons and his flask that needed cleaning and some brandy into it. All that weaponry combined with underwear made him really fearsome warrior and compared with him, Don Quijote (The Ingenious Gentleman Don Quixote of La Mancha) would look liked sensibly dressed gentleman.
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Post by Belle Starr on Apr 2, 2015 14:02:37 GMT
"Suit yourself!" After picking up her weapons, Belle said over her shoulder to Volodja, then smiled and added as she started to blur, "But y'all got to keep up!"
"I'll miss Volo if - no, when - I leave!" Belle thought to herself as she raced to the Law Keeper's Office with her Inquisitor prisoner. "I wish we had more time to just talk about literature and philosophy, but not many quiet times with people like us!"
Belle was happy to find Law Keeper Weeks and his deputies alive and well in their office. The mind control devices seemed to drop off at bit after they were turned off, and their victims seemed none the worse for wear afterwards. They locked up the still unconscious Inquisitor and said they would send for Dr. Peters as soon as he had finished with the injured townsfolk at his clinic. Seemed the injuries were mostly minor, with only two confirmed deaths. Still, Belle felt the deputy law keepers stared at her in not a friendly manner, so she hurried on to the Cowboy's Headquarters.
She was relieved to find Baby Belle as well as everyone else there unharmed. Boss Murphy told her that there had been no attacks on the Cowboy's compound, and that many of the townspeople who had been guests there were already heading home. Belle had left a spare set of Liberty trooper armor among the clothes she had left there on her last visit, so she decided to take quick shower and change clothes. She suggested that Volodja do the same as she wrinkled her pretty nose after catching a smell of him. Boss Murphy rustled him up a set of old clothes his size, so that Volo and Belle could continue on checking the damage done to Freedom by the Inquisitors.
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