Operation: Quiet Kidnap

[Bayen ronToketi]

We haven't had one of these in a long time, and this one's pretty bad...

SECRET MALEFACTOR!!

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Tsunade lay quitely on the floor, resting her droopy eyelids.  "She was pondering in her head, when am I ever going to get all of my crap over here?"

She was tired, today had been a long day.


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A quiet woosh was heard as something large landed on the floor.  Actually, it was multiple somethings, multiple big somethings to be exact.  All that could be heard was the ruffle of what sounded like leather rubbing on leather.  There was a faint clicking as the shadows moved about the hallway.  They closed in to their prey, who was completely unaware.  They were about to assist in carrying out the biggest twist in Toketi history.

They walked over to Tsunade as silently as such large beings could walk.  They could not avoid the clicking of their claws on the floor, it was not possible, but they kept them as quiet as they could.  How had they even gotten into the palace?  That, was a trade secret...

The beings surrounded Tsunade quietly while one of them took out a needle and administered a powerful seditive, just in case.  He was humming a familiar song...  He smiled silently, he wished he had been there to see and hear that spectacle.

One of the beings scratched the floor with his massive claw.

"Dammit, came a gruff voice"

Tsunade stirred slightly, but, was totally unaware of the massive beings above her.

The beings stood around her, and slowly lifted her up.  Then they spied a window, and took flight, bashing through the window, flying why into the sky.  Guards heard this, most definitley heard this.  They stood below in awe as the mysterious winged creatures flew away.  They did not yet know of the precious cargo they were carrying.  Then, poof, they vanished.

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I really hope someone does something about this...

[Prodigy Almighty]

Sonnova... Scorpiox, I'm going to kill you. ¯_¯;

[Bayen ronToketi]

Bayen dashed into the room as soon as the guards raised the alarm, still wearing his hobo sleepwear.  He quickly organized the palace staff.  "Secure the castle," he ordered.  "Whoever did this might be planning something even more.  I'll notify the rest of the nobles.  We must act quickly."  He rushed off, calling up Prodigy in his mind as he ran...

[Tsunade]

Ah poo! Scorpiox if this is you, I'm going to make sure to turn your
region back to Doshtan.

Tsunade sat tied up in an absolute darkness. There was no light from
anywhere, not even seeping in through cracks in the wall. Tsunade
pulled against the bonds holding her but it was no use, they were
incredibly strong. Whoever had done this had a sinister and dangerous
plan in mind. The only real hope at this moment would be that someone
in Toketi would be able to find this place. The worst thing in the
universe was t obe the damsel in distress.

I would have more, but there isn't much to go by. I don't want to step
over Secret Malefactor's bounds.

[Roman]

OOC: Bahaha, Atticus' evil lives on!!!!!!!!!!! Oh Atticus, you're such
a gentleman.

[Erin, Eater of Evil Socks]

Is it really you or are you just trying to take someone else's credit?

[Prodigy Almighty]

Prodigy and some Chelkran Royal Guard stalked in the half-open door to
Tsunade's room, where Bayen and a few royal guards surveyed the scene.
Obviously, it was too late to stop the kidnapping, but now was time to
search for clues.

"Sonnova... Scorpiox, I'm going to kill you," the Prince breathed
between his teeth, sweeping his eyes over the room. He didn't need
proof this time -- he knew it was Scorpiox. Sorry, Lucifer. Prodigy
snorted at the thought.

Someone cleared their throat from Prodigy's hip. "It seems you're in a
bit of a pickle."

He stopped. That voice wasn't familiar. Bayen turned and looked at
Prodigy, then at the golden sword at his side.

"Yes, that's me talking, O Angry One," the voice chided. "Surprised to
hear me?"

"Mal'Sor?" Prodigy asked, a little taken aback by his sudden presence.

"Who do you think it is?" he scoffed, sounding a bit haughty. "Colin
Powell?"

"You haven't talked to me until now, though. Caught me a bit off
guard."

"Yes, and so did that terrorist - Atticus, you said? - but that didn't
stop you from mercilessly slaughtering a town." Mal'Sor did not sound
pleased. "Maybe that's why I haven't talked to you until now."

Prodigy scowled. "He deserved that, and you know it."

"He did - not those innocents."

Bayen just turned and went back to what he was doing as Prodigy left
the room with his guards and his sword. It was time to have a chat.

[Erin, Eater of Evil Socks]

Oi! I was making a taking weapon. Damn I've been beaten to it, but that doesn't mean I'll stop.

[North]

A shimmering portal opened and two figures strode into the royal
palace. Both wore dark robes. They walked calmly through the palace. A
guard shouted at them to stop but they ignored him. The man began to
chase after the intruders but he felt a sensation of cold and fear
wash over his body. As they continued on they eventually came across
Bayen. The two removed their hoods The first was Nargoth Lord of
Taonas the other was of the draconian people though its grey scales
were highly unusual if perhaps unnatural.

"What seems to be going on?" North asked bayen

[Roman]

OOC: I don't care who did it, this is funny! I'm so glad I saw this
before I went to bed.

[Scorpiox]

Lucifer reached out to Prodigy via Magic...(this is assuming that I
know Prodigy said he was going to kill me, which is plausible since we
were just talking over the phone... actually, I talk to prodigy on the
phone...)

"Ok, what advantage is there if I kidnapped Tsunade? That puts you in
power, and I certainly have no desire for that, no offense, but thats
the truth. In addition to that, I have nothing to gain from such a
kidnapping. I don't want to be king, because thats a pain in the
butt. Tsunade has done a lot for me recently, so I'm not angry with
her. She changed my domain for me and supported the name, sorta, but
she did more than most of you. She also supported me when YOU tried
to strip me of my power. And now that she's gone, I propose that
instead of just killing people like how you reacted to the nuke, I say
we should find her. You said you wouldn't react like this again, you
said you wouldn't be brash.
You're acting King right now, so start acting like it!

On Oct 12, 10:31 pm, "Erin, Eater of Evil Socks"

<evilsockea...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Oi! I was making a taking weapon. Damn I've been beaten to it, but that
> doesn't mean I'll stop.
>

> > the room with his guards and his sword. It was time to have a chat.- Hide quoted text -
>
> - Show quoted text -

[North]

"So you think it was scorpiox? hum i suppose he fits the bill, he
would definitely be the first i would suspect for this sort of action.
Regardless please don't tell me though now your going to go and burn
down all of the western realm now."

[Ben Pringle]

"The Western Realm is Longbow's territory," pointed out Bayen, "but I suppose you can be forgiven with all the name issues going on right now.  Unless...  you know something?"

[North]

"Are you insinuating that i had something to do with this?"

[Ben Pringle]

"Of course not," said Bayen quickly.  "But do you know anything yet?  You're rather famous - or infamous - for a certain omniscience on events in Toketi, for some reason, almost as if you were watching everything at all times...  I thought maybe you had an idea of what happened."

[North]

Nargoth couldn't help but laugh. "I'm sorry bayen, but im afraid I
don't have any information. I'm currently in the process of arranging
for a visit to the Draconian Capitol city in Taonas. For some reason
they are wary of allowing me to show up without first having had time
to speak with Sobek and some of the other academy students."

[Gerk Whitman]

Gerk walked in, this time rather expectantly :P
"I'll be DAMNED if I can get five hours of sleep this month!"
Everybody turned to look at him.
"What, you think I have any ideas?  I'm as clueless as the rest of you.  Unless..."
"What are you thinking?" Bayen asked.
"Well, this might be a good time for some reverse psychology.  How about instead of giving reasons why we wouldn't kidnap Tsunade, we all give reasons why we WOULD do it."
"Don't you think that's a bit of a waste of time?" asked North.
"I dunno, but what else have we got?"

--
Google is taking over the world---
And I'm helping.

[Bayen ronToketi]

"ME FIRST!" shouted Bayen, whipping a long, thin sheet of paper from his pocket.  It was covered in tiny bullet points.  "Let's see, I'll just give you guys the highlights...  hrm...  'Lack of activity stimulation as Queen,' 'Not handling the tidal wave in Chelkran Kesh,' 'Boredom,' and..."  He trailed off, looking up to see the strange looks that people inevitably gave him.  But there were no strange looks, all the people here were used to him enough that they were basically ignoring him.  Bayen sighed.

[North]

"Alright i suppose I shall play along. I would kidnap tsuande to mock
korey specifically to shoot up his absolute rule concept. To cause
event in the nation to remain interesting. To have a reason to call
the tokian military into service and crush someone else who i would
get you to think was the kidnapper and take over their land expanding
my power. To anger/upset korey. And finally to win the Novan piracy
competition.

But other than that I would have no reason to kidnap Tsunade."

On Oct 12, 10:48 pm, "Gerk Whitman" <gerk.w...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Gerk walked in, this time rather expectantly :P
> "I'll be DAMNED if I can get five hours of sleep this month!"
> Everybody turned to look at him.
> "What, you think I have any ideas?  I'm as clueless as the rest of you.
> Unless..."
> "What are you thinking?" Bayen asked.
> "Well, this might be a good time for some reverse psychology.  How about
> instead of giving reasons why we wouldn't kidnap Tsunade, we all give
> reasons why we WOULD do it."
> "Don't you think that's a bit of a waste of time?" asked North.
> "I dunno, but what else have we got?"
>

[Prodigy Almighty]

Prodigy scowled, speaking into the microphone in his visor. "I'm sorry
you were the immediate thought, but I can't help it if you jump to
mind. You DID mention a little something about a governmental change,
and if you ask me, this would be step one."

Mal'Sor piped up. "Besides, who would he mercilessly slaughter like a
strategic genius? He doesn't have any scapegoats now thanks to your
rebuttal."

"Shut up, Mal'Sor," the Prince snarled.

"You're certainly not making me regret talking to you right now," he
drawled sarcastically. "Though, I must say, I would've reacted in a
similar manner 'twere my king being taken. Oh, those were simpler
times..."

"And now we have all this technology," Prodigy growled.

Lucifer listened silently to this one-sided exchange, wondering why
Prodigy was talking to himself.

OOC: Tsunade, I didn't invent the Sun Sword... :P I'm afraid the
Solarians beat you to it a looong time ago.

[Gerk Whitman]

"I would kidnap Tsunade not for the power, wealth, or personal gain, I would do it for the mental challenge.  Just to be able to say that I was smart enough to figure out how to kidnap a monarch.  Oh, and for the fun.  But do I look like I'm happy now?  DO I?"  Gerk was shouting at this point, and began to breathe deeply after he finished talking.

[Scorpiox]

Lucifer appears out of nowhere...

"Oh what the heck, I don't feel like reaching out via magic anymore,
thats tireing... my motivation to kidnap Tsunade you say... Hmmm ah
yes, well, I guess if you think about it, I could kidnap her thus
putting prodigy on the throne who would act rashly, and attack me as
he as already threatened, be seen as irresponsible as he is already
being seen, and then (Lucifer erupts into a ball of white light)ALL OF
TOKETI RISES UP IN GLORIOUS FASHION TO OVERTHROW THE TYRANICAL KING
and set up a democracy where there would be peace everywhere!! Yep
thats my only motive... I would say bored, but I'm a tad busy with my
region at the moment, busy arguing with people over a name... and
now, it turns out that MY NOBLE HAS BEEN KIDNAPPED???? OHHH HECK NO!
Lucifer's bout to do sumthing bout dis..."

[Gerk Whitman]

OOC:  democracy and peace don't go together.  generally, the less people in power, the more domestically peaceful a country will be.  sad but true fact.

"So I think the only plausible person here would be Bayen, because he just would do something like this.  Other than that, North is just THAT maniacal, Lucifer, unless he's orchestrating a hell of a lot, wouldn't have used demonic like beings or kidnapped his own noble, and Prodigy is as loyal as you can get."
All eyes were on Gerk at this point.
"Oh, right, me?  I'm just too damn lazy.  I do believe, though, and I'm sorry Lucifer, but we need to look into the possibility that Roman did this, and that his kidnapping was just a cover-up.  It would be a very easy way to avoid questioning on the matter."

[Andreas the Wise]

The sound of a bell rang, as Andreas was now in the habit of doing
when he teleported uninvited, and Andreas stepped into the room. He
looked marginally angry. He was holding a piece of paper. "I've just
received a missive from Mel'Kat, that he received from the Shirithian
MoMA, telling me that Queen Tsunade has been kidnapped. Is the state
of our relations that bad after Gralus that I should hear a third-hand
report as Baron of Atterock rather than a direct missive as King of
Novatainia? I sincerely hope this is some sort of joke Shirithian
training exercise ..."
He looked at the faces of those around him. His anger sank. "This is
serious then?" he asked. Bayen nodded. "Then why are you standing
here? Why aren't we scouring the countryside? Trying to trace foes
magically? Scrying her?"
"We're all saying why we would have kidnapped her, in order to
eliminate the least likely people," Gerk replied.
Andreas rolled his eyes, and then said, "I guess that means I need to
too then ... hmm ... why would I bother kidnapping Tsunade? Only
thing that comes to mind is stealing her for Manuel's piracy
competition ... now that'd be a heist almost as good as my one of Mar
Sara ..." He paused. "Was there a note or annoucement saying
'Stolen: 1 Queen Tsunade'?" he asked.

[Scorpiox]

"I guess you're right Gerk, heck right now, everyone is a suspect, so
don't go ruling people out just yet... But, where would Roman hide
her? His city isn't complete and thus not secure. Does anyone know if
there were any secret chambers at Breath-hold? Deep down? That could
still be intact?"

Lucifer paced a while...

"Have we even checked to make sure the palace is secure? How do we
know they aren't coming back. I'm trying to think, if I was running
this shindig, and my motive was what I have already stated, the next
step would either be A) Provoke Prodigy into a fight or B) Eliminate
Prodigy, either would irrevocably destablize the government... So I
propose that Prodigy be secure at all times because if he goes missing
we're all in big big trouble..."

> > And I'm helping.- Hide quoted text -

[North]

North leaned up against a wall listening to the conversation. Then he
turned to his companion they exchanged a few unfamiliar words, The
draconian nodded and began to leave. North merely sighed and leaned
his head against the wall. Reality sure seemed to have gone insane.

[Lady Luna]

Luna felt good today. Well, she felt good everyday. But she felt
especially good today because she had had an idea. She had really
liked the idea. In fact, she liked it so much, that she fully intended
to go through with it, and hopfully make the idea a reality in almost
no time at all.

Grabbing her staff, she sang as she danced through the house too the
door. Picking up her white scarf, she wrapped it around her neck and
snapped her fingers. The scarf transformed and turned into a full
white cloak that shimmered smartly in the sunlight.

"Not exactly my usual style, but it shall do!"

Humming even louder, she practically leapt out of her house and
dissapeared with a flash.

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Tempers were starting to flare in the scene-of-the-crime as everyone
gave reasons why they would steal the Queen. Things were getting tense
as they each said that they were the culprit (???) for this and that
reason.

Suddenly, everyone noticed a commotion from the downstairs. They all
stopped and listened intently.

Sounds of shouting wormed their way up to their ears, and they all
glanced warily at eachother. Could the culprit have returned for
more?

Grasping their weapons, they dashed downstairs to see...

"HOLD!!!!! Stop right there..." Prodigy began to yell when his suprise
caught in his throat "...Luna??"

The sight was an odd one indeed. Luna was being accosted by two (VERY)
very angry looking guards. They were yelling and had their weapons
leveled at Luna, who was standing there, with a few papers in her hand
trying to be heard over the angry voices.

"...see Queen Tsunade!!!" The group heard her finally say, as the
guards quieted at Prodigy's approach.

"FINALLY!!!" Said Luna, shaking a finger at the guards who were
bowing. "Now, as I was TRYING to say earlier, i just want to..."

"My Lord..." began one of the guards, pointedly ignoring Luna, who
stopped talking and glared at the guard. "...This, she-creature,
attempted to penetrate our guard line, which you set up in order to
stop any person from entering the royal grounds in order to
investigate our queens...departure. We tried to stop her, but she
appears to be raving mad and she barged right past us. We were in the
process of apprehending her when you arrived, Lord. Please allow us to
continue our arrest..."

"Hey!!!" said Luna "I am NOT just some "she-creature". I am Lady Luna,
former Lady of Magic and Fomer Earl of...umm...where was that place
again?" She tapped her thin chin questioningly "Ah well, it dosent
matter! Im friends with Prince Prodigy and Queen Tsunade and alot of
other important people! So you should be more respectful!"

Prodigy held his hand up as the guards approached. "Stop, shes with
me." He said. The guards looked uncomftorable, but they bowed and
returned to their posts.

"Hah..." Said Luna. "Sure showed those two." She turned around and saw
the everyone standing around. "Hey everyone! Come to see little old
me?" she said happily.

"Erm, no..." Said Gerk, amusedly "We were actually just investegating
Tsunades capture and..."

"Her WHAT?" Said Luna, jaw dropping.

"Her capture." Said North "She was apparently whisked away in the dead
of night and no-one knows where she is."

"Ohhhhhh great..." Said Luna, groaning "Today just went from good to
bad..." She put away the papers she had been holding and faced the
group.

"Well, shouldnt we go find her?? Why are we all standing around??"

"We were just using a reverse psycology idea to figure out who did
it..." Said Gerk proudly

"That dosent matter right now!" Said Luna "All that matters right now
is finding her. Have you guys even looked at the scene of the crime
yet?"

"Uh, well, not really..."

"Then lets go! All that matters right NOW is our queens safty! We can
figure out who did what later or as we get her safe!"

The group nodded. They all then looked to Prodigy, for leadership.

[North]

As the group looked to prodigy, North rolled his eyes and began to
ascend the stairs once more.

As he reached the room he began to look around for any tell tale
signs, but all he noticed was a scratch in the floor, and the broken
window of coarse.

[Gerk]

Prodigy touched his helmet, at which point a very large magnifying
device assembled in front of his eye. "There are claw marks here on
the floor. We can get a good measurement and compare possible
suspects."
"What about this glass from the window?" said North.
"There's got to be a DNA sample in there somewhere," replied Gerk.
"All right, it's a start. Let's get moving, then," said North.

On Oct 13, 7:35 pm, Lady Luna <luna.lom.k...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Roman]

Roman is unconscious somewhere.

(That's all I was told by my kidnapper. What a rip off.)

[Roman]

Or not?

[Scorpiox]

"Hey Chums" said Lucifer. "I have an idea..."

And Lucifer was gone...

Minutes later, Whamo, Lucifer reapeared, with a vial...

"This aughta clear things up, one sample of demon DNA, compare with
whatever you find..."

(ooc: sorry i didnt put much work into this post, should be doing
homework...)

On Oct 13, 8:14 pm, Roman <Ro...@toketi.org> wrote:
> Or not?

[Prodigy Almighty]

Prodigy stood up from the claw marks. He had sent the photos he took
with his magnifying gadget to every reputable - and some not so
reputable - forensics labs he could think of, all over Toketi,
Novatainia and Chelkran Kesh. Hopefully, someone would come up with
something.

Until then, it was time to start searching. "Dammit," Prodigy mumbled
to himself as he moved away from the commotion. "I KNEW I should have
bugged Tsunade as soon as she became Queen... it would be so much
easier to find her..." He tapped his head, and told his phone to call
East.

It rang a few times before someone answered. "CAA Headquarters secure
line, please give your authorization," an automated female voice said.
He replied with "Prince Boris Ivanovich Serov ronToketi VI." There was
a pause, a beep, and it continued ringing.

"Demon of the East's office," said Sirith's secretary.

"This is Prodigy, I need to talk to Sirith."

"Right away, sir." She patched through to East's personal office line.
Prodigy rolled his eyes; he hated this whole sequence.

"East here."

"Hey, East, it's Prodigy. We need your help finding Tsunade."

Beat. "Finding her how?"

"Any way you can think of. She's been kidnapped."

East swore. "Alright, I'll fire up the tracking stations we have in
orbit. Any other way I can help?"

"I'll let you know later. If you have any bright ideas, let me know."
Prodigy terminated the call. The CAA GPS system was the most powerful
and sophisticated in all of Micras; hopefully, it would turn something
up.

[North]

North stood glancing occasionally towards a balcony coming off of the
room. Suddenly he stopped waited a few moments then nodded he began to
proceed towards the balcony.

[Prodigy Almighty]

"Mhmm. Yeah." Prodigy sighed. "Yeah. Thanks." He tapped a button with
his tongue and walked back to the group. "That was the last of the
forensics labs. It's unanimous - nothing demonic or human. That rules
out Chelkran, satyrs, and Black Slayers too..."

"So she wasn't abducted by anything human or demon?" asked Scorpiox,
eager to remove implication from his demonic soldiers.

"No, but this says nothing about the mastermind of the crime," Prodigy
pointed out. It was met with a dejected "oh" from a few of the group
listening to the report. "Still, at least we've narrowed possible
henchmen down."

[Gerk Whitman]

"I HAVE AN IDEA!" Gerk suddenly shouted.
"Another one?  It had better not be as poor as your reverse psychology bit," commented Luna
"No, this one is good.  Though it is possible it might not work, but it's worth a try.  Why don't we try to scry Tsunade?"

[Bayen ronToketi]

"You could give it a shot, I suppose," sighed Bayen.

[Demon of the East]

East reached onto his desk and pressed a small button. His Xander
prototype computer came to life, programs swirling about the air,
until finally, the mainscreen shimmered and hummed at a level
frequency. Tapping the holographic system, he began accessing the
orbital stations.

"Not that one...no...no...Yes!" He said, after finding the electro-
signal/photo-imaging/tracking satellite. After waiting a few minuets,
he input the code to activate it. The satellite booted up its tracking
system and did a mandatory check on its systems. Another second, and
they were ready.

Finding Tsunades guild records, he started off by inputing her cell
phone number into the satellite. A few seconds later, the results
screen showed up blank. Nothing.

"Damn..." Muttered East. So her cell was destroyed. Switching
frequencies, East sent out a pulse to locate all Guild Watches. A
world map popped up, and dots appeared all over the place. East
isolated the signals until he matched one with Tsunades.

Nothing.

"Goddamn..." East said again. This culprit had thought of seemingly
everything. "Unless..." East said, tapping the holo-computer again, re-
accesssing the satellites database.

"YES!" A stroke of luck. The satellite he had tapped into had been
monitoring the Royal Palace.

Opening another application, a musical female voice resonated from his
holo-computer.

"Greetings Guildmaster. How can i help you today?"

"Ah hello Fountain. I need all the hi-res video files from satellite
AD-2461-TZHR32 for this week?." East said, excited by a possible lead.

"Of course. Retreiveing Data....Retreiving Data...Data accessed. There
is currently, over 806.4gb of data here. Would you like to refine this
for you?"

"Uh...Yes please..." Said East "Narrow it down to yesterday."

"Right away. Yestedays file is signifigantly smaller. Downloading to
Xander now...."

Seconds later, the entire file was downloaded, and East began to
browse through it. He skipped over most of the file, as it was during
the day. He got the night section, and simply sped up the video. His
eyes scanned the screen, watching it carefully. At around midnight, he
slowed it down. Nothing appeared on the screen. Then...

East eyes widened as he watched the window break. The vidow was only
in short segments (constant streaming would take more space), and the
glass separated from the window at a jumpy rate.

East's pulse quickened. He watched even more closley now.

His eyes widened from what he saw.

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Prodigys visor buzzed.

"Damnit what now?" He said, receiving the call. "Hello?"

"Hey, Boris, its East. Ive got somthing here thats worth taking a look
at..."

"Really, what could that be?"

"Pictures. Im uploading them onto your helm now." A soft 'ding'
announced that the file transfer was complete. Prodigy opened up the
files, and found ten pictures.
Easts voice came through as he looked at the pictures.

"...At first glance they seem like "Demons" - you would know, as any
of us would - but on closer examination, one of them (flying in front)
has no wings, and is noticeably smaller and differently colored -
something closer to if not actually a human. Also, in one of them, a
"Demon's" wing can be seen overlapping halfway with a piece of the
roof of the Palace, passing straight through it..."

"Im not saying they are demons, but they could be. Hope this helps
Prodigy. Give me another ring if you need anything else. Otherwise,
unfotunetly ive got alot to do. Good luck.