Interlude: Reflex in the sky
Ryvr stood at the end of a table, a map on the table showing a diagram of an old church mission with an outlying fortress. "All right men and women, this is your operation, but Paulida has requested my support in planning, so I'll do my part tonight is the day after a holiday a good amount of the fortress guards are going to be tired from last night's festivities or off duty for the holiday, our objective is not the killing of the guards they offer little to no strategic purpose we want the big meal on the plate” he slammed a picture on the table of a bald man and placed a knife through it “this is your primary target one Col Marw he is officially listed in records as deceased but as you know that is not correct, to kill a lich we gotta use dark magic stronger than theirs, Light magic or destroy their core his core is probably inside of his body somewhere so you'll probably have to destroy him completely, for him Paulida and Carmilla should go in because Paulida's indiscriminate area of attack magic makes him good for this Carmilla because she can heal through most of it” Kian spoke up “What will i be doing?” Ryvr pulled a small model of an airship off the desk “drop off and pickup” he pulled a backpack from the floor "courtesy of daniel from FSOC a backpack that will slow decent and allow you to be scooped up mid air” he moved the small airship in over the map “Kian flys in drops off you four quietly and under the radar and flies off comes back when it's time to retrieve you this is a stealth operation.” Ryvr pointed to Senarre, “I've noticed the integrally suppressed weapon my brother gave you. I am granting you a silversteel blade in addition, as you should not use your normal weapons, as their muzzle report will alert the base.” Ryvr pulled out a blade in an intricate sheath. He handed it to his brother, the words “Fading moon falls upon” etched onto the blade.
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“You two, brother and gunslinger, will be in charge of distracting the archdemon long enough to kill the lich and break the contract. Odds are they will flee immediately after that's completed.” Ryvr reached under the desk and pulled out a series of uniforms with the patch TSOC on it “odds are this is probably treason based on the fact that Marw’s service records are heavily redacted so we are running this as a standard False flag operation, that way if anyone gets a glimpse of you its not us who did it, when you get back here tonight we will take these uniforms and any damage they've sustained and burn them to ashes along with all equipment” he tapped on the table “Marw is in the main keep and the Demon is likely to be in the churchtower spire. He slammed his fist on the table. “Let's go get this SoB.” Rosario raised his hand, “Are you usually this intense when it comes to mission planning?” he walked around to his brother “This is a matter of morale brother if you are not confident in a missions success are you really doing it right, we don't bring the sadness to the war room when you are working with lives losing them is a very real possibility that is why we fight hard as the living and honor the dead, this is an in and out operation i will be unable to provide support as its a false flag operation were conducting here.”
They boarded the ship, harnesses and fake uniforms prepared, Rosario's foot bobbed up and down. Senarre placed her hand on his shoulder, “Me too.” Kian pressed buttons on the pilot's seat. Paulida stood over his shoulder, “Let's do this.” He turned back to everyone in the ship, “When we get this done, the drinks are on me.”