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[Thugren]

you slam able back and he lungesforward like an expplosive corkscrew. tendrils like razors lash over your skin, tearing out chunks and knocking you back as he lands on the ground behind you.

 

"More..."

 

he kicks you hard, sending you back , clutching your chest.

 

"Awaken more.."

 

Inside, something begins creeping across your mind like a veil. The voices fall silent, impulses die away as something,....more begins to grow. Feral urges, wild impluses flood your mind as long blades extend from your arms unbidden

[Armoured Priest]

He knows he felt this kind of rush before, several times, when he fought ghouls and other things hand to hand just like last week...no a few centuries ago. But it was an echo compared to what was driving him now, making the wounds feel insignificant despite the bloody mess they really were as he swiftly turns around toward Able as he felt his bones began to ache. "Really want to play with fire Jüngling?" he asked, his voice already sounding distorted. He raced forward with one of the claw blades arching over his head as his other went to grab able's ankle when he tries to dodge.

[Thugren]

"ENough."

 

A voice commands. and instantly, everything fades.

 

Standing in the doorweay, Augustus leans agasint the door, his eyes smoldering.

 

"I did not clear you to weapon test Abel..'

 

The ancient warrior growls, his presence like a black hole that drains the very life from aqround it.

 

"Weanted to spar father...thats all..'

 

Abel whispers like a small child as his clothes return to normal.

 

"nothing more.."

 

augustuss waves his hand.

 

"How do you feel old firend."

[Armoured Priest]

Alduwin bent over and coughed for a moment as organs and bones readjusted themselves in his body rather loudly. "Ugh, Well that felt like a bad tease." He grumbled  as he stood straight again, the thrill and energy now drained out of him leaving him and his senses feeling dull and mute compared to just a few seconds ago. He looked between augustus and Able, with a curious and somewhat uneasy expression. "Was there something going wrong here Augustus? Remember you starting some randoms spars before." he shrugged. 

[Thugren]

" Abel is not meant to partake in fighting outside of actual combat. He can't stop. Once his triggers are slipped he will keep fighting. It takes a lot to restrain him afterward."

The younger warrior looks away from his father as Augustus eyes him.

" he'd very easily rip this sub apart in seconds if we let him."

[Armoured Priest]

"Huh.....so, what other overpowered things are around today that I should know about? Also, what's a mutagen again?" He asked augustus, realizing just how much he probably  doesn't know or understand about the world around him despite it looking the same so far. "Actually there's probably a lot of Scheiße I missed." he said to himself.

[Thugren]

augustus points his hand to a dummy across  the room and it is lifted into the air.

 

"A mutagen is a mutation.....AN ability that occured due to exposure to certain chemicals or man made tampering."

[Armoured Priest]

Alduwin was surprised as he watch the inanimate object float and moved at Augustus's discretion. "Did you make all of them? Or did some just pop up as well?" he asked, grabbing a broken dummy and making it into a makeshift chair as he listened to the improptune lesson.

[Thugren]

"not all of them...i made a few. "

 

He makes  a casual motion at able.

 

"his.....A few others like a Abrega......."

 

he waves his hand dismissively.

 

"Most mutations now are a result oif alot of bombs dropping."

[Armoured Priest]

"Oh right, nukes. Um.....how many of those got launched after I got put under?" he asked now, now thinking of how twisted the landscape was around the world looks after centuries of fallout and ghouls running around.

[Thugren]

"Europes aresenal is spent....Theres a couple warheads in china.....Inhotep controls a large number of the nukes...As does Germany...A couple in the sandbox...And australia."

 

He sits and folds his leg.

 

'A nuclear war is unlikely in this age."

[Armoured Priest]

"I feel like you just jinxed that..." Alduwin sighed as he shrugged his shoulders. He scratched the back of his neck, a look of hesitation appeared for a moment before being replaced. "....So, what's nocturne been up to? Kind of dissappointed to not see her right next to you when you woke us up bruder." he asked now, a question that's been dancing around in his head for awhile now.

[Thugren]

"Thinking she can outmaneuver me , wrest control of the goverment and turn inhotep on its head so she can wage war with her father."

 

He folds his arms with a smirk and shakes his head.

 

'she fails to realize that ive been around the block."

[Armoured Priest]

" Uuuuh, last time I remember, we were all still friends. What the hell happened?" he asked now more confused by his answers instead of understanding. "Also, are we not... you know... all fighting.... nightmare...together?" he also asked, wanting to know why this suddenly became a split effort with turning on each other as a side effect.

[Thugren]

"time happened old friend."

 

He answers simply.

 

"She got too used to power, got too used to control........Now it isnt just about her father, its about how much she can controlk after its over."

[Armoured Priest]

Alduwin let out a great sigh as he leaned back in his makeshift dummy chair. ".....Well, this could have been better." he said under his breath, the dour demeanour he had earlier returning. "It does bring up a good point, what is suppose to happen once nightmare is out of the picture? For everyone that is." he asked Augustus now. "I know we should be thinking of how to get there in the first place, let alone the whole aftermath, I'm just....curious I guess." he explained.

[Thugren]

"We see the battle lines drawn in the sand and go from there."

 

He says curtly, leaning back and pulling up a chair.

 

"I dont want ot hurt her..but if she keeps this up...I will have to."

[Armoured Priest]

"....Did not think I would be having this kind of conversation before going to sleep way back." Alduwin said quietly after a few moments of silence. He stood up from his makeshift chair and dusted himself off. "I don't know about you bruder, but I think I want to lay down for now before we start on our next operation Ja?" he said, his exhaustion starting showing through on his expression.

[Thugren]

augustus nods as two figures can be seen in the doorway, one is in elaborate blue armor, the other in deep red .

 

"My sons would like to speak to me anyway...Go rest brother."

 

He stands and walks to the two figures, leaving the room with them.

[Armoured Priest]

"Right.....now to find my way back....to the bunks." Alduwin sighed to himself as he realized he forgot already. "I hope I don't change during my sleep, I don't need knew weird problems." he said as he tried to make his way back, the voices chuckling quietly in the back of his mind.