Krystal, IN STARWOLF!?

[Asper Sarnoff]

"That much I allready know. And that you ran into a pirate frigate shortly after leaving Cornerian space." Wolf said as he leaned forward on the desk. His mechanical eye scanning for heat signatures in Krystals face. To detect whenever she was lying, or holding something back. "But there are still large holes in my knowledge. Why did the pup force you away? Last time I heard he was practically like clay in your hands."

[Kursed]

"That much I allready know. And that you ran into a pirate frigate shortly after leaving Cornerian space." Wolf said as he leaned forward on the desk. His mechanical eye scanning for heat signatures in Krystal's face. To detect whenever she was lying, or holding something back. "But there are still large holes in my knowledge. Why did the pup force you away? Last time I heard he was practically like clay in your hands."

"He was afraid I'd die while in starfox."Krystal started her replied. "apprently he hadn't realized that  Starfox and Starwolf were actually the safer places to be considering the Cdf gets it's butt kicked and  Coneria get's laid waste in about every war I've read about or been in."Krystal finished.

(when's a good time for her to touch his brow?)

[Asper Sarnoff]

(I'll say when. Just wait a little bit.)

"True that, true that." Wolf mumbled as he leaned back into the chair again, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "I think there is another reason why he forced you away. The same reason most armed forces is made up almost entirely out of men. Because men can't handle the tought of a woman close to them dying.

That is why he forced you away. You made him weak, forced his attention away from the mission."

Wolf leaned foreward again. "Now, over to another question I hope you can answer. Why did I save your life? I could just as easily have left you onboard that frigate as we blew it up. One rival less to worry about."

[Kursed]

(I'll say when. Just wait a little bit.)

"True that, true that." Wolf mumbled as he leaned back into the chair again, crossing his arms in front of his chest. "I think there is another reason why he forced you away. The same reason most armed forces is made up almost entirely out of men. Because men can't handle the tought of a woman close to them dying.

That is why he forced you away. You made him weak, forced his attention away from the mission."

Wolf leaned foreward again. "Now, over to another question I hope you can answer. Why did I save your life? I could just as easily have left you onboard that frigate as we blew it up. One rival less to worry about."

"Simple, Although your my supposed Rival ,you also spotted potential in me I may have been loyal to Fox ,but I have no Loyaties to anyone  now.  I could be a valued asset or a hostage to you."KRystal replied simply  thinking that she knew the answer ,but didn't say it.

[Asper Sarnoff]

"An asset? Maybe... But my experiences with a certain hog who shall remain unnamed, I don't place my trust easy.

I'm a wanted criminal Krystal. The largest bounty in the whole Lylat system is on my head. Dangerous, paranoid, and unpredicable. Your telepathic abilities are indeed an asset, but also an even greater threat. As I see it, the best tactical choice would be to have you killed. But still... I haven't." Wolf said, staring her in her eyes, searching for weakness.

(Okay, now you can say something about you that you don't believe he is evil, and then go ahead and break into his head.)

[Kursed]

"An asset? Maybe... But my experiences with a certain hog who shall remain unnamed, I don't place my trust easy.

I'm a wanted criminal Krystal. The largest bounty in the whole Lylat system is on my head. Dangerous, paranoid, and unpredicable. Your telepathic abilities are indeed an asset, but also an even greater threat. As I see it, the best tactical choice would be to have you killed. But still... I haven't." Wolf said, staring her in her eyes, searching for weakness.

(Okay, now you can say something about you that you don't believe he is evil, and then go ahead and break into his head.)

"Despise all that Wolf I really don't think you evil you've just been in the wrong place at the wrong time, no Mercenary or bounty hunter is evil or good unless they truly are, because they work where there is money not politics.

"Krystal replied really not thinking he was evil at all ,but to make sure... "You got something above your good eye."She muttered reaching for his brow making contact with his head and his mind with her telepathy. By having physicle contact with wolf near his brain she was able to break most known barriers blocking her telepathy there were  few things Wolf could do to stop her now she could knock him out right here by overloading him with emotions ,but she didn't threaten anything she wasn't going to harm him just shift through his memories.

(I'd like to Congratulate Asper and Juilus on  a excellent job so far anybody know what's up with Showtime?)

[Asper Sarnoff]

Wolf was taken by surprise, and before he could jerk his head away, her fingertips made contact with his brow.

A flood of images from his past ran past in front of him. He was watching his entire life unfold in a matter of seconds, but he could still see them all clearly. As if the memories was from the day before.

He could see a young wolf walking down the narrow streets between massive, dark buildings towering over him, it was Macbeth as he remembered it. His homeplanet. He saw his parents, the hardworking couple that had brought him to life in poverty and hunger. He had hated the his childhood on Macbeth. The only friend he had was Leon. Everyone else vent out of their way to bully him, beat him up and spit on him as he was down.

The day that had changed everything stood out clearly. His mother lying unconcious on the floor, his father standing over her, cluthing a half empty bottle of booze in his right hand. Wolf had attacked him, to protect his mother. Now he saw his father lying on the floor of their apartment as well, bleeding from a large gash in his chest. The young Wolf let a knife drop down from lifeless hands and fell down to his knees over the motionless bodies of his parents. Crying for help. For someone to save them.

Next was his memories with him and Leon as stowaways on a freighter on route to Corneria, the most properous planet in the the entire Lylat system. It was here he had got to known the McCloud family. They had given him shelter for several years untill he could stand on his own feet. James, which was a part time instructor at the Cornerian flight academy had fullfilled his dreams, he had been accepted into the academy. Where he had excelled far beyond everyones expecttations. For his first time in his life, he had a future, and friends in the form of the McCloud family.

But once again, his dreams were shattered. He could see the air show clearly, him and his teacher, James manouvering around each other like they were one mind, one entity. And then, how their fighters had made contact and sent him in a spin towards the ground, to low to eject. The lest thing he remembered was the ground coming up towards him, the canopy shattering and everything going into darkness.

He awakend in a hospital, with only one eye. He could clearly remember the day he was standing in the principals office with a patch over his eye. Getting told that his vision was ruined, and he could never fly again.

He hadn't been able to bear it. Seeing heaven only to get it ripped out of his reach. In his desperation, he had turned his back on the McCloud family, and accepted an offer from the newly elected emperor of Venom. Andross.

For several years, he had been a grunt in the numberless Venomian army, untill Andross invented a final test where he could prove his worth. The Venomian invasion of Katina.

It seemed like an easy mission at first. But proved more of a hell than anyone could have guessed. The rest of the galaxy didn't interfeer openly, but the  locals sure put up a fight. And Andross had refused to change his plans and send them reinforcements. He was still surprised he had lived trough it all. The only bright spot in that hellhole had been their guide, a local mercenary they had hired. The she-wolf had been his only true love to that date, and had been the only thing that had keept him going trough the year they were stuck in that place.

And as the final victory had come withing their grasp, she fell, taken from him by a snipers bullet.

After that battle, Andross had started forming his new airforce, and Wolf was chosen to be the spearhead of their elite squadron. Starwolf. Their first mission had been to shot down two Cornerian fighters that had come to spy on Venom, with strict orders to spare another one, the turncoat which had swapped sides.

The dogfight had been the most intense one he could remember. Never before and never after had he experienced something like it. But they emerged victorious, both the enemy fighters had been shot down, and the pilots captured. Only later he got to know who it was. James McCloud, the closest thing he had ever had to a father.

James had died on Venom, after several months of torture. But Peppy had managed to escape, an escape Wolf had participated in.

The memories went by faster now, he was fighting to regain controll. She had seen to much allready, he wouldn't allow her to see more!

The invasion of Corneria, the fight with the new Starfox, the defeat of Andross, all the skirmishes that had followed. It had been at that time he had meet his other love, the one who gave birth to his child.

The Aparoid invasion was short and brutal, and then came the episode which had taken place only a few months ago.

His wife was lying in a sickbed, with him and Freya sitting by her side. The sickness had finally gotten the best of her, and she had passed away in his arms.

With a final burst of willpower, Wolf severed the conenction, and his office floated back into his vision in front of him. He was breathing heavely as he looked at the blue vixen with anger and shock shining in his eyes. He expected to see the disgust shining trough her face, but the reality was rather different.

A single teardrop rippled down Krystals face. She pitied him, somehow that feelt even worse to him.

[Kursed]

Sucking  up her pity for wolf the one she had thourght had just been a lowlife mercnery  was truley a hurt and torn person a caring core coverd by a thick  gritty tough shell of hate misery and sorrow. "I Want to join Starwolf."She immidiently said not letting Wolf make any moves. "I want to join Starwolf and show you and the whole of Lylat how good I really can be that I'm not some Damsel in distress."

[Asper Sarnoff]

Wolf was about to open his mouth to bombard her with his anger, but her sudden offer caused him to stay silent for a second, cooling down and reflecting on her offer. She was undoubtly... an asset. A telepath, and a skilled pilot on his team was almost to good an opportunity to pass. Besides, she knew to much now. He couldn't let her run around with her knewly aquired knowledge about him. It was all to be locked inside, for good.

Why did she offer him this? She needed somewhere to stay now that she had left Starfox. But why here? Wouldn't anywhere else but here be just as good an option?

It was then it struck him. Like him and Fox, she had also lost almost everything she had. Thrown out into a cold, hostile galaxy on her own. She needed someone who understood that, and deep within, he realised he did as well.

"You've got to mad!" he growled as he roose up on his feet. "But that is a requirement for flying with Starwolf." He streetched a large, scarred paw over the table.

[Kursed]

"Glad I can be of service, Deal then."Krystal said reaching her paw out to his claw to shake "And can i get a room far away from Panther's he's really starting to creep me out."Krystal asked, she wondered about this other she-wolf she saw in his memories his daughter apparently she hoped she could help her with her girl things something her mother  most likely couldn't do, due to her apparent death it would give her something to do while onboard the station if Wolf approved of it.

[Asper Sarnoff]

(Are you sure you want to be so openly hostile towards Panther? They were together in Command remember.)

"It's a deal then." Wolf said as he bared his teeth into a grin, the closest thing he had gotten to smiling since his wife had passed away. "We'll talk more later, you still need some rest after what you've been trough. You can get one of the quarters on the top floor, below the main cuppola. With the exception of one, those are all empty now."

He gestured towards the door. "Panther will show you the way. Please be gentle with him. He's been on his toes the entire time since we brought you inn."

[Kursed]

(Are you sure you want to be so openly hostile towards Panther? They were together in Command remember.)

"It's a deal then." Wolf said as he bared his teeth into a grin, the closest thing he had gotten to smiling since his wife had passed away. "We'll talk more later, you still need some rest after what you've been trough. You can get one of the quarters on the top floor, below the main cuppola. With the exception of one, those are all empty now."

He gestured towards the door. "Panther will show you the way. Please be gentle with him. He's been on his toes the entire time since we brought you inn."

(She's a diffrent person now.) Krstal grumbled under her breath at the mention of panther. "Fine."She replied simply walking outside of Wolf's office.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

(Sorry guys, I had no internet for 4.5 hours today!  Plus, I had to finish my classes online.)

Panther waited outside of the office for Krystal, grinning ear to ear.  He held out his elbow for Krystal to take "Shall we, my dear?" he asked her.

[Kursed]

"I'm not your dear now comeon let's get going before I have the Urge to punch the nearest thing to me."KRystal replied waiting for Panther to lead the way.(plus he was only a tool to  fuel Fox's jealousy)

[Guest Julius Quasar]

"I'm not your dear now comeon let's get going before I have the Urge to punch the nearest thing to me."KRystal replied waiting for Panther to lead the way.(plus he was only a tool to  fuel Fox's jealousy)

"Krystal, my sweet...there are millions of reasons to go steady with me...get revenge on Fox, look much better just by standing next to me...maybe you just hate yourself, who knows?  I know deep down you can't resist me..." *purr*

Panther led Krystal to her room.

"Here we are, angel..." he said, slapping her gently on the butt.

[Kursed]

Krystal had been struggling to keep her coo around panther, but that was  pushing it too far she grabbed his arm,  puling it she forced him to the ground face first.  "Jerk." She growled walking to her room her muzzle potinted straight up.

[Showtime 1-1]

Leon walked up behind Panther as Krystal paced off. Panther was still lying face down on the ground.

"Tell me, Panther. Do you enjoy being shunned? Perhaps it's some infantile need for attention? An attempt at compensation for your piloting skills?"

He's really off his rocker, going after every lady he comes across... Such a blatant lack of pride. Idiot.

[Guest Julius Quasar]

Leon walked up behind Panther as Krystal paced off. Panther was still lying face down on the ground.

"Tell me, Panther. Do you enjoy being shunned? Perhaps it's some infantile need for attention? An attempt at compensation for your piloting skills?"

He's really off his rocker, going after every lady he comes across... Such a blatant lack of pride. Idiot.

"Oh, shut up and mind your own business, idiot..."

Panther said to Leon, after getting up and walking off to his room.

(gotta go, dinner)

[Kursed]

Leon walked up behind Panther as Krystal paced off. Panther was still lying face down on the ground.

"Tell me, Panther. Do you enjoy being shunned? Perhaps it's some infantile need for attention? An attempt at compensation for your piloting skills?"

He's really off his rocker, going after every lady he comes across... Such a blatant lack of pride. Idiot.

(AHha ha Shunned Lol nice one  showtime!)

KRystal walked int  her room and sat down in the chair  thinking about what was going to happen next she honestly didn't care if she had her fighter or a wolfen either would do. she had to figure out a way  to keep panther off her back as well  perhaps that word Leon had used...

[Showtime 1-1]

(AHha ha Shunned Lol nice one  showtime!)

(thanks, it's gonna be a challenge to stay in character here, but I'll try my best)

Leon stood for a minute after Panther had walked off.

hm, maybe Panther is growing a bit weary of Krystal's steadfast mindset, usually he doesn't snap back like that...

He walked towards the hangar as was his custom. He thought about having Krystal as a teammate.

This can't turn out well, he thought. she has a history with our foe; emotions and hesitance can cost a pilot their life in combat.

He entered the hangar and looked over the row of gleaming Wolfens.

Hopefully Krystal will at least be a better pilot to have around then that useless Oikonny, and the traitorous Pigma...

He saw the rose on Panther's Wolfen and frowned.

... but she'll have to go if Panther is going to be constantly... distracted.

[Kursed]

(good luck kicking Krystall out with Wolf's memories that must not get out lol night guys)

[Asper Sarnoff]

(good luck kicking Krystall out with Wolf's memories that must not get out lol night guys)

(It's Leon who is talking here. I think he'd rather push her trough an airlock and into outer space, or put a knife in her back rather than simply kick her out of the team. That is more his style.)

17... 18... 19... 20. Finally Freya let herself drop exhausted down on the padded floor of her room. Her right arm ached after she had taken pushups only using that to push herself up, it would certainly not be easier to do the same with her left.

Sometimes, she caught herself wondering if other children vent trough the same as she did. There was no way for her to know, as there were no other children on Sargasso space station. No one to talk with, befriend or play with. It had become even worse when her mother had passed away. The only thing her father seemed to care for about her was how hard she trained. Panther was nice to her, but he was always busy. Leon mostly lik her father, cold and... Suddenly she remebered she were supposed to have a sparring session with Leon now!

She kicked her feet up in the air and pushed away with her arms, jumping onto her feet before she started to change clothing into the loose, white martial art uniform. What was she supposed to learn now? It had been Krav Maga last time, and knife fighting before that again, she wondered what Leon had in store for her now.

She strapped her red belt around her waist. Red was the color of the apprentice, only over the purple of a youngling.(Not basing these on any real MA ranking systems.) Finally, she walked out of her room and locked it behind herself before she started running down to the training hall. Her bare feet vent like drumsticks over the cold metall floor.

(Okay, I'm not going to bother calculate what Freya's age would be here. According to the next generation RP, she would barely have been born yet. So I'll just go with her being about ten for now.)

[Kursed]

(I'm pretty sure the next gen roleplay can be from a good 20 to 1 years after assault)

KRystal decied to check out this training hall she had  stolen memoreis from the ruffins around she had already been on her way ,  her ears pekre dup as she heard  the beat of sombody running towards her ,but it was too late for either of them to make a course correctiin  Freya slammed into the older Vixen Forcing her to the floor "Heh, and what are you in such a hurry for?"KRystal asked, smiling at the young she-wolf as the two got back to their feet.

[Asper Sarnoff]

(Fox was 47 and Wolf was 52 in the next generation.)

Freya crawled back at her feet and looked curiously at the stranger in front of her. The blue vixen was older and taller than her, but her warm smile told Freya she had no intent to harm her. She had heard the gossips among the ruffians and grunts that Wolf had brought a blue female on board the station about a week ago. But since only a handfull of people had clearance to the medical bay, there had been no way to confirm that rumor.

"Ehh." She started shy. "I'm late for a sparring session wit Leon Powalski. I have to go now." She didn't wait for a reply before she started running away from the blue vixen, throwing a last glance at the vixen over her shoulder before she passed a corner further down the hall and was gone.

[Kursed]

(Fox was 47 and Wolf was 52 in the next generation.)

Freya crawled back at her feet and looked curiously at the stranger in front of her. The blue vixen was older and taller than her, but her warm smile told Freya she had no intent to harm her. She had heard the gossips among the ruffians and grunts that Wolf had brought a blue female on board the station about a week ago. But since only a handfull of people had clearance to the medical bay, there had been no way to confirm that rumor.

"Ehh." She started shy. "I'm late for a sparring session wit Leon Powalski. I have to go now." She didn't wait for a reply before she started running away from the blue vixen, throwing a last glance at the vixen over her shoulder before she passed a corner further down the hall and was gone.

(there for krytstal was 40 therefore it was 20 years after assault)

Krystal sighed at the she-wolves inpatients.Patience is key to any fight young one.  She thought continuing  her path  following  Freya's path ,but at a slower pace. She arrived at the training hall  a few minutes later than Freya walking slowly into the hall she made sure not to interrupt anyone already inside as she searched for something to do.