Katelin's Dismay

[Vixentrox]

(Writing under the guise of my Rimor Omni Alt)

Katelin headed to her apartment in Jobe feeling rather...disgusted. No that wasn't the right word. Apathetic perhaps. Arriving at her apartment she bowed before her private shrine to Buffy and said a few quiet prayers to ask for guidance.

Stripping off her clothes she ran a nice hot bath, adding some special oils and salts she had shipped in from Omni-Prime. It was expensive but well worth it after a long day of spying, battles, or other strenuous activity. Pausing a moment to look over herself in the mirror, she nodded somewhat satisfied. "Your not the best on this rock but your still looking good.", she thought to herself then slipped into the tub. The hot and now scented water brought almost immediate relief to stress and minor pains from a day in the field.

Lately there was something bothering her. She couldn't quite put a finger on it. Then it hit her out of the blue while sitting, selling various pieces of loot on the market channels. She was lonely. Just about all her old friends and fellow Priestess to Buffy had departed the planet or turned up missing. She had sought refuge with these militant coffee sellers thinking she could find what she needed with them. For a while, that seemed true. But one by one her new friends in this divison also left leaving her more alone and isolated than ever. She had little in common with them and didn't think she ever would. It was no one's fault; it's just the way it was.

Still relaxing in her tub, Katelin opened up her waterproof data-pad and began looking around various job openings within the corporation. Most of them did not seem appealing. Not finding what she was looking for, she decided to upload her "resume" to the company's personnel department. "I'll let them come to me", she thought. A woman of her qualifications should be in demand. Tapping a few buttons, she smiles to herself seeing the record succesfuly upload to OT-RK Personnel department. Setting the data-pad to the side, she waited to hear a response.

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To: Omni-Tek: Personel Division
Subject: Resume for Possible Department Transfer Request

Katelin "Vicksun" Ganzer
Female Solitus
Age 28
Profession: Agent
Schools Attended:

Omni-Tek Armed Forces Officer Academy
Omni-Tek Sabotage, Subversion, and Intelligence School
Interplanetary Warfare Academy
OT-RK Primer and Advanced Courses
Basic Interplanetary Econmics School
Basic Chaplin School (Buffy Division)

Experience:

Platoon Commander, Theta IV Security Outpost
Company Commander, Theta IV Security Outpost
Commander, Theta IV Intelligence Service
General & Priestess, The Sisterhood, Rubi-Ka
Priestess and regular intelligence operative, CCI, Rubi-ka

[Aulial]

Day had given way to night and Aulial finally had a moment to herself. Leading the detachment sometimes felt so stressful she wanted to rip out what hair she had. In the end however, she knew it payed off, when she saw her members smiling at the job they had done together with her guidance. Quietly she entered her apartment, made her way accross the dark main room and stood near her desk.

With motion from her hands, and a glow that bathed the room in soft light, she summoned her Cacodemon, Palos. She pointed at the door and chanted in a mild tone, "Presdraidugium!" Palos quickly obeyed, making his way over to the door to stand guard.

She sat gently down on her chair and activated her computer console. The Omni-Tek logo glowed brightly on it for a moment, then gave way to show her options. She was recruiting for her detachment recently, they needed more people. Not just any people though, intelligent, respectful, decisive individuals who could think for themselves.

As such, she opened the Omni recruitment center and selected Resumes. A portion of the list read:

LF ppl that wil gimme all their stuff
Angry, violent NT seeks new home
Resume for Possible Department Transfer Request
Atrox Enfie lf org plz

"Hmm.." Aulial let out in a low tone, selecting Resume for Possible Department Transfer Request . After a breif moment the resume was pulled up. Going over it, she sent a direct message to the person who posted it:

Greetings, I see you are looking to transfer to a new department withing the corporation. Please consider us at The Darkness Nova. We were commission by Philip Ross as a special interest detachment, having many goals and aims. I run a tight crew of people who above all value respect and getting things done with an air of good feelings. Please consider us, I'm sending necessary information to you. Our gridspace area is at http://dn.guildportal.com please review our information and guidlines sections and then contact me later. If all goes well we can secure your transfer with Omni-Admin and get everything set, let me know.

Sitting back in her chair, Aulial paused for a moment with her chin in her hand then switched off her console and headed downstairs to her bed. Tomorrow was going to be another long day.

[Vixentrox]

Katelin accepted the offer and joined The Darkness Nova. Weeks had past and she was mostly running minor intelligence operations against the Clans.

Sometimes she had a spot of freedom to do what she pleased. The very occaisional GSP party, the rare drink with a stranger, a politics discussion with the guild leader, or some quiet time gazing at a river. She enjoyed these greatly but, it was very depressing. So very few she encountered had common interest; and the ones who did seemed to be traitors and Clan sympathizers.

"What the hell is WRONG with the people on Rubi-ka?", she thought to herself out loud. Is this all there is to them? Fighting and killing, killing and fighting. Yes, a war is on, but even wars the troops need a break and entertainment.

Kaetlin went to her apartment feeling very alone.

[Naefen]

Hot indeed. Sweat was running down Naefen`s face from the effort of standing absolutely motionless for now 45 minutes. The young Solitus woman had almost spotted him as she aproached the river but hes lightning reflexes had made it possible to run the required nano programme and disapear. He watched her with curiosity. She seemed very capable to him due to her equipment yet something puzzled him. Why the sad look on her face? Nevertheless he hoped she would leave soon so he could go on with hes business. She looked beautiful, yes indeed, but it was getting quite boring just standing there anyways....

"WHAT the hell is wrong with people?" The woman suddenly spoke into the air. Naefen almost jumped out of hes skin thinking for a brief moment hes nano`s had betrayed him. Still, it seemed she hadnt noticed as she shortly rose up and started walking more determined away. Waiting a couple more minutes before he let hes muscles relax Naefen came out from his disguise.

Looking out accross the river Naefen tried to understand what she ment. Allthough he too had asked himself that very same question many many times. This woman interested him.
Naefen decided to find out who she was. "For every person that walks this gruesome land.........there lies a story behind." He almost giggled, but that would certainly not be suiting for him.

[Vixentrox]

Katelin woke up at her usual time, the twin suns shining bright through the large windows of her Jobe apartment. Yawning, she crawled out of her bed, did her morning exercises, then took her bath.

Taking her time, Katelin padded over to the kitchen after her bath, clothed only in a large towel. After drinking her morning coffee while admiring the suns rise, Katelin let loose the towel and offered silent prayers before her shrine to the Goddess Buffy.

Her duty to her Goddess satisfied, she picked up the towel and got dressed. Opening her data-pad she checked her message traffic. Katelin signed. Nothing interesting was there....as usual. Only details of her next assignment.

"For the greater glory of the Company", Katelin whispered to herself.

[Vixentrox]

Having easily completed her assignment, placing some ELINT gathering devices in various places in The Longest Road district, Katelin went back to her apartment, got cleaned up and headed out again.

She wandered around Bor, checking the lounges for someone interesting to talk to. No luck. Stopping by the furniture terminal, she picked up some statues of her Goddess...just in case a convert would come her way.

Storing the staues in her bank, Katelin decided to try Reets. It was empty but for the staff...again. How in the world did they stay in business. She approached a bartender who talked to her briefly. Ordering a cup of tea, Katelin went back to the fireplace room. She tried to get a couple of people to join her to no avail. Gazing at the dancing flames was soothing. It always had put her at ease. An hour passed with no one stopping bye. Katelin sighed and shook her head.

Leaving the tea cup by the fireplace, Katelin went back to her apartment in Harbor, slipped out of her clothes and crawled into her bed. She cried herself to sleep....her last thoughts before darkness overtook her was how silly a woman she is to still cry herself to sleep.

[Naefen]

Naefen had just recieved reports from one of hes more reliable informants that the Mr.B he was looking for was spotted near Borealis. Worried that a certain assasin would get there before him he packed up hes stuff and hurried away from hes favourite spot deep in the Elysium lands.
Almost without thinking he decided to run past Harbor on hes way back to RubiKa. He had found out a certain Doctor he was curious about lived there. Aproaching her residental area he slowed down and started walking. He abrubtly stopped as he turned the last corner. There she was!!
He casually leaned against the corner trying to just fit in. He had "killed" alol hes nano programmes so there was nothing that made him stand out in a crowd. There werent many people around that time of day though.
She was obviously headed home. Still that sad look on her face and as far as he could see. She was near crying......
"The road to greatness is long and narrow." He remembered the words of one of the senior Disciples from hes days as a applicant. "Still, the road to happieness is only a thread wide." He had added the last part himself.
It was not hes case to comfort. Nor to bring happyness to RubiKa. He had a job to do.
Yet, as he ran towards Borealis, he had her sad face on hes mind all the time.......

[Vixentrox]

"Goddess!" Katelin's head was pounding from the disturbed sleep. Nightmares haunted her for some reason during the night. Rubbing her temples she walked to the bathroom, turned on the sink, then splashed some cool water on her face. "Ughh". She had forgotten to remove her makeup the night before...what a streaky mess. She turned on the water taps for the tub, hot, steamy water quickly filling it while she removed the mess on her face.

"Better", she said to herself in the mirror. Turning this way and that, she looked at herself. Still trim and fit. She slowly slipped into the tub, the water feeling quite hot against her smooth skin. "Ahhhh...hmmmm" Something was missing. Of course. She reached over to the side and picked up a bottle of bath oils, the best money could buy. She opened the bottle, poured a bit in the tub, recapped the bottle and put it back in it's place. "Whirpool" The tub's water jets turned on at her voice command.

"Now down to work". Katelin open up her data pad, water proof of course, and started coallating the data collected from the new sensors she set up, as well as a number of others already in place. Hmmm...no signal from Camera #4. Someone must have found it. "Guess I'll need to replace that after a time", she said to herself. It would be fool hardy to replace it right away when Clan counter-intelligence agents were sure to be watching for the attempt.

Finishing up her work she fired a message off to OT-RK headquarters. Her duty to the company satisfied, she checked her comm traffic. One of her old girlfriends from her first posting had sent a message explain about her new lover and her impending promotion. Katelin composed a message congratulating her on both the lover and promotion, and related how deprived her own love life had been lately along with some of the gossip floating around Rubi-ka.

Closing up her datapad, Katelin set it to the side, closed her eyes, and just drifted in the bliss of the whirlpool.

[Vixentrox]

Katelin sat in her apartment painting her nails thinking over the past few days. Interesting times....at least compared to the usual drudgery.

A strange fellow from Omni-Admin had contacter her about some special assignments. The man questioned her quite intently then asked if she could perhaps perform some special tasks for the corporation. Katelin thought about it and agreed to help. After all, what better way to gain advancement and promotion in the company....along with fatter benifits.

Sitting in Reets a night or two later she started a conversation with a person she hadn't liked much before but decided to try to make peace with. Snowkitten from CCI. Yes...a nice long chat. Maybe things from the past could be forgotten and let go. Buffy would be pleased Katelin thought.

Then a third thing. She felt like she was being watched...unnerving feeling. She would have to be more careful and check to see if she was being followed.

"There...perfect...and such a nice shade of red." Katelin admired her work, then left her apartment to do some shopping.

[Vixentrox]

It had been many weeks since she had felt that feeling...the feeling of being watched. Must have just been and over-active imagination and paranoia that comes with the job Katelin thought. Then she thought about a more recent event

She had met with Rawenna and her suspect husband by chance in Reets a couple weeks past. This Council of Truth staffer seemed intelligent though completly misguided. A shame she got her hooks into Xhairs. No good can come of it she thought. She had gone "slumming" with a few Clan women in her own past, but it was not something meant to be a lasting relationship. Use them perhaps for information...possibly get them to renounce the clans...or just a thrill of a dangerous romp in the bedroom, but a relationship? Never....at least...she couldn't imagine it.

"Back to work Katelin. These sensors won't place themselves", she said out loud to herself. She had a dozen movment sensors to place in Deep Artery Valley to keep tabs on Clan movements in that remote sector. She knew a hot bath awaited her in Jobe...the sooner the better.