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[This is a Steampunk roleplay. That means that I'd prefer no one with "powers" unless they are minor superhumans. Furries and humans alike welcome, but no vampires, angels, and so on please.]

Thaddeus rested on a wall near the weapons shop. He was smoking a cigarette, minding his own business.. He'd just bought some new screw-on blade sharpeners for his armblades that would sharpen them as they opened. Quite useful actually. There wasn't much going on, other than his face being in the paper for breaking up a mugging earlier the day before, so people stopped and applauded him on deaf ears, lucky to get a "Mmhmm, yeah, uh-huh, thanks" out of him, if anything.
Ace Roano (played by Prince-Dono)

Noticing the applause happening down the street it grabs Aces attention which on any other day it wouldn't, but since there was no work happening now he thought “might as well see what all the commotions about”.
Walking into the crowd his eyes are right away drawn to a man smoking a cigarette with an expression of I could careless what these people think. Ace recognized his face from the paper, he was some kind of hero for breaking up a fight and once he remembered that he hated the guy more then life its self. There was nothing Ace hated more then a hero, but when he saw what was on his arm he went kinda speechless.
“What the hell would a guy like that be doing with weapons like those” he said to himself with a confused look on his face “well he got a little interesting there for a moment, maybe in another life we could have been friends.....maybe”
Ace walked out of the crowd towards the alley hoping to get some work, he could feel requiem was getting heavier on his back and that was a sign that he needed to be swung around.
“Dam this sword...its like taking care of a baby"
Nomti (played by EonRising)

Nomti walked along, quite content with life at the moment. His ears twitched at every sound the city made drum the steady sound of the zeppelins above to the motor cars on the road. His nose picked up on the scent of a cigarette and he gagged, looking in the direction of the man. He was about to tell him to find somewhere more private to smoke but recognized him as the man whi had broken up the fight. That actually didn't matter much when it came down to it, but out of the corner of his eye he saw a man approaching with a sword, not drawn but he could tell something was up. The young jackal leaned on the wall next to the man with the paper, repressing another gag.
"On your right, man with a sword. His gait suggests hostility, expect a fight," he warned nonchalantly.
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

Thad was quiet for a moment before looking up at Ace. "Hm?" He watched him walk away before turning his eyes to the jackal. "Yeah. I know. Didn't even really want all this applause.. I only broke it up cuz' the mugger stole my cigarettes..." A lie, but not an obvious one. Thad had always been the "good guy", but he didn't want to admit it. His father always told him.. "Heros get killed. Because I kill them." His father had always been quite a prick.. He put his cigarette out before working his way away from the others and going into an alley, sitting down on a crate of spare parts. He'd then look if the jackal followed, quite curious of him in fact.
Ace Roano (played by Prince-Dono)

"What happen hero...you don't feel like taking in all of that praise" Ace says appearing from the end of the alley swing his sword around like a childs play thing. "I would have thought a guy like you would loooove all those smiling faces...what's wrong? all heroed out?" saying as he gets closer and closer to him still swing the sword hoping to start something.
Nomti (played by EonRising)

Nomti hadn't followed but had actually turned the other way but the second the other man started swinging his sword, Nomti was there, fist in the side of his face and he rolled sideways with his momentum, drawing two double sided cycles and twirling them masterfully.
Ace Roano (played by Prince-Dono)

Ace slowly moved in towards Dred still swing the sword hoping he would make the first move the thoughts "Come on hero let me see those weapons in action" staring down at his arms with a smile on his face.
Ace now averted his eyes to dreds face, but instead of getting his face he got the top of his skull just setting Ace off screaming "YOU THINK YOU CAN JUST SIT THERE AND IGNORE ME!!!!". Before Ace knew he begun to swing his sword toward Dred and just before it made contact a fist caught him right in his face sending him flying 15 feet from where he was. Looking up collecting himself Ace saw a guy with two cycles looking dead at him with a serious look on his face, Ace smiles, stands up, and grabs requiem as if it was his part of his body. He points the sword at the guy as says "I don't know who you are, but I want to thank you. If I went at him like I did I would have without a doubt lost, however this matter had nothing to do with you at least I didn't till now" Ace looks a Dred " Watch carefully hero...you'll see what you would have gotten, hey kid before we get started how about you tell me your name?"
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

Al barely really noticed the scuffle, though he did take interest. "Hm? I'm Doctor Dredd. Professional hitman of a 204 bodycount so far... But that's only counting the jobs. By the way, I must urge you to look closer." An armblade flicked out, moving through the air to his side before getting caught on something nearly invisible. "Tripwire mines. Spring action. If cut, they explode. If pushed too far, they explode. You need to remove them with care.. I kind of assumed you'd try something stupid, to be honest, no offense. You just seem like the violent type." He clicked each of the mine bases, having them roll up into pocketable contraptions before putting them away. "Thank you, sir. I'm not quite sure of your name." He nodded to the jackal.
Nomti (played by EonRising)

The two-sides cycles span so fast that they were merely a blur, acting like propellers as he briefly glanced at Thaddeus, acknowledging his question, "Nomti, Egyptian for Strength."
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

Thad nodded. "I see. Nice to meet you.. Well.. You can put those away if you want, I don't think Sword Guy will do anymore damage." He began to flick his blades out over and over, sharpening them it seemed.
Ace Roano (played by Prince-Dono)

"Will ya look at this....and here I thought you were a goody two shoes there hero, to find out you would even win by any means actually surprises me" Ace puts the sword back on his back and looks around his feet to see if it was O.K to walk or not.
"Don't turn me into the bad guy that just likes to cut and see blood, it was nothing personal exactly its just if I don't swing this sword around it gets in possible to be around I just need to realive some stress and you hero....look like the person that could help me with that".
Ace looks at Nomti "O hey......whatever your name is since you were kind enough to give me your name, the names Ace Roano"
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

He burst into laughter. "A hero?? Goody two-shoes?? With.. Multi-personality disorder, whose second personality has dementia at that?? You've GOT to be kidding me. Buddy, listen to me, okay? I took my cigs back from the guy and got unwanted attention, that's all. Psh. If i wanted to be famous I'd just go kill someone well known."
Ace Roano (played by Prince-Dono)

"Multics personalities and of all that one of them dementia....classic hahahaha" Ace takes a few steps towards the alley wall watching where he steps putting his back on it to get comfortable."Well that's all well and great, but unless you have a job for me or want to go a few rounds how about you pick these mines up so that I can be on my merry little way"
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

Thad smiled. "I only set the ones that were closer to myself. See, I would have taken damage, but I have.. Certain things in my blood that makes me have less of a reaction to it. You can go if you like, but... Maybe our paths will cross again someday."
Nomti (played by EonRising)

Nomti had stopped spinning his cycles and they folded in on themselves, becoming two normal cycles and he cautiously stepped towards Thaddeus, "You're a real smooth talker, an I mean that in a good way. Or is that just one of your personalities?"
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

He nodded. "My 'other' personality, whom I refer to as Doc, comes out when I get either a bloodrage, or when I am very excited. I can't directly speak to him but he is conscious of everything I do and vice versa. It's sort of like... An extreme fight or flight response. The reason that i'm a smooth talker is because i'm an ex-con. " And that was true, too. He'd use his charming skills to lure in women and then steal money right out from under their noses. That is why he had so many high dollar things today. He didn't stop because "he felt sooorry..." though. he stopped because he'd gotten tired of being caught. He was a selfish bastard, and didn't care whatsoever about his own actions toward others, but really.. That's what made him so able to be a "hero". Under the radar, hated, but loved.
Ace Roano (played by Prince-Dono)

"So you just have the whole package huh?" Ace says picking himself up from the wall, he looks at both Doc and Notmi eyeing them down head to toe seeing if they had it in them. Ace takes out his pocket watch to see the time and instantly a smile comes across his face "OK if you guys would like to continue this story time of each other how about we do it in a bar I know a really good one"
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

Thaddeus yawned. "I could go for a drink. How about you, Nomti?" He asked, looking to the jackal with a smile.
Nomti (played by EonRising)

"Too young to drink and the one time I tried, it left a horrible taste in my mouth. I'll come with you though," he started twirling one of his cycles again, no aggressively, just habitually.
Doctor Thaddeus Dredd (played by Doctor_Dredd) Topic Starter

He chuckled. "I'll be sure to just get you a shake or something then. How about that?" He asked, picking up from the alley what seemed to be a rusty metal pipe at first, but revealed it to be a warhammer of some sort. It almost looked like a meat tenderizer.. Of overkill. He secured it on his back before turning to the other two. "Ready to go?"

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