Sumnor was getting angry, sat at his desk, his main troops still not back from their *censored*ignments, he punched the desk, beginning to get ariated. "What is it with them and taking their time? God, you'd think if we were to ever get this war ended, they would hurry up and report back so I can decide what to do next!" As he yelled, the blue biotic energy in his mind flared and blew the door of his office off it's hinges, "Da.mn..."

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Xaphan was walking around the biotics camp, annoyed by the fact the last battle had gone so well, the biotics had suffered next to no losses and caused hundreds of deaths, he had decided that when given word by Sumnor, he would not think twice about decapitating the leader of the biotics, as he knew he was now strong enough, the last battle proving that to him.

Lamina was walking back from her *censored*ignment. she had been sent to sentry around the base, but had found that boring, so went off to join the others in battle. she knew it was reckless of her, but she knew the base was well hidden, i thought it better to use her ability to stop each side fighting.

She wasn't one for killing, not that she was ever *censored*igned to do that, but she saw it as negative, so instead she just paralysed people. depending on what their role in the war was, it was either temporary, or permanent. like a fleet Sargent, making them bed ridden, she had done that on several occasions, but each side just kept on producing more.

Lamina picked up the pace as she entered the camp. she dodged out of the way of a flying door before chuckling. "having some trouble Sumnor?" she questioned, looking at the hinges of the door she had fixed countless times before.

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"Xaphan!" called Lilith, as she jogged up to a fellow squad member. "That was a a good battle was it not?" she stated as she walked closely beside him. her bangs flowing in the breeze, revealing the glowing gem centred in her headpiece, still settling from biotic energy use.   

Xaphan smiled as friendly a smile as possible under the current circumstances as lilith jogged up to him, he had always been attracted to her, but didn't want to say anything, for two main reasons, what he looked like, and he couldn't bare to lose her if anything did happen between them, as this war may kill all of them.

Xaphan looked ahead, to avoid his face giving away the lies he ahd to tell, "It was a good battle, extremely so, the New Race should suffer those losses greatly, but there are always more recruits from the remaining cities... This war will be forever fuelled."

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Sumnor smiled awkwardly as Lamina walked in, he always got embarr*censored*ed when his temper got the better of him and caused his biotic energies to flare. "I'm so sorry Lam..."  He shrugged slightly, more so to break the tension than anything else, "I got a report back from Abadon... The new Race suffered many losses.... I'm afraid we're going to have to go in and even the score."

Sumnor winced slightly at the thought of butchering so many people in one go, he may have been a ruthless warrior when he had to drop the gauntlet... but lately he had developed a conciounse and didn't like killing too many people at one time, "Xaphan is starting to get worried, he wants us to behead the groups... but it wouldn't work, we'd just end up giving them resolve to go for us, and although I would rely greatly on our strengths, as you are a brilliant warrior, I can't see us being able to end this war until a better opportunity arises."

Lilith smiled softly. she could tell Xaphan was anxious about something, but thought it rude to ask. "this war will end eventually, i don't know how, and i don't know when, but nothing is forever." she spoke imp*censored*ively looking to the ground before her as she strode beside Xaphan. Lilith looked up as she heard her name being called. "I'd better go." she said, looking over to the medical hut, before turning to leave. one thing they had been taught, was to not look back.

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"Xaphan always has had his own way of doing things." she said cheerfully, running her finger along the hinges. "Even so, we are going to have to do something sooner or later, if we continuously sit round doing nothing, they would both equally have an opportunity to strike us when we least expect it."

Sumnor sat on the edge of his desk, his hands holding the edge to stop him falling off. He was looking at the shattered door, whilst the breeze coming from the frame caused his long red trenchcoat to billow behind him, "Funny, that smashed door is the perfect metaphor for the utter magnitude of how smashed my life is right now..."

Sumnor's hand went into his pocket, pulling out a pair of leather gloves as he pulled them on, clenching both fists to tighten them into a perfect position, "Looks like we're going to war with the biotics... best they don't know about it, after all we wouldn't be a good splinter contingent if we announced all of our moves..."  He smiled, bowing and looking up slightly from his bent position, "Organise the troops, my general." He laughed, he had alwaysenjoyed having a laugh with his second in command, rank didn't concern him like it would most.

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Xaphan smiled and waved at Lillith, looking down and kicking the earth as he followed her, deciding he had better see the medical advisor... he had suffered quite the cut on his arm at the hand of an advisary, normally elves used to heal themselves, finding it within their biotic energies to seal the wound and let it heal without danger from bacteria, but Xaphan was not an elf from birth, so he did not learn that skill.

Lilith stop just before entering the tent and turned to see who's footsteps where behind her own. She tilted her head softly when she sawn the gash in Xaphan's arm. it had been on the side turned away from her, so she had not seen it before now. Lilith showed some concern across her brow and took Xaphan by his good hand, and leading him into the tent without a word. Lilith Checked in and led Xaphan to one of several small rooms holding up the cloth-like door to enter. She knew how Surreal her actions where, but Lilith felt it necessary.

"Sit on the bed, we cant have you walking around camp with a wound like that, there are many air feasted diseases that could enter your body." Lilith spoke softly, as she indicated to Xaphan to sit on the bed.

Xaphan looked around as Lilith lead him to the tent, a slight smile on his face due to being able to hold her hand, however temporarily it may have been. He allowed her to lead, he knew the way, but he enjoyed being lead rather than having to lead, as he did with his platoon when he took them into battle, they were loyal, so much so that they would follow him even after he broke away from the biotic clan.

He sat on the bed as she suggested, offering a genuine friendly smile to her. "You're a sweet heart Lil, but I've never really cared about diseases, you know how my bolsterred immune system can fight off almost anything, this whole elf thing is a lot better than it looks." He looked down, realising only too late that he had revealed his quirms about his looks, hoping she hadn't noticed, he looked back up, the smile returning to his mouth, "But I appreciate your concern. I only hope I can help you in return one day." he didn't mean to, but Xaphan always spoke as if he was a true high elf, it must have been something in his DNA.

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Sumnor waited for his general to leave, before turning and straightening various papers and official documents up on his desk, realising that they weren't completely necessary at a time like this. Dryac strolled in, stepping over the broken down door, nodding to the leaving Lamina before hand, "Well, my friend, I see you lost your temper again."  he smiled, sitting in the seat in front of the desk, followed my Sumnor sitting in his large, plush armchair, "Things are looking bad... the dead lay everywhere." "Aye, Xaphan sent word through a courier... apparently the biotics aren't even allowed to contact the outside world through phones anymore." "This war's going too far friend... we should put a cap on these clans while we still have a chance."

((I'll post Dryac's profile now. ^_^

Lamina Nodded in return before leaving. She looked at the shattered wood on the floor several meters away from the doorway. Lamina chuckled before gathering the Splinters and taking them to the work shop where they made the weapons. "Here you go, more Firewood." She joked, tossing it onto the wood pile before conversing with the blacksmith for a few minuets. 

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"You may say that, but from a medical point of view, i still need need to look at it." She said closing the curtain. Lilith pulled the chair to beside the bed, rather unprofessionally, but She wasn't there because of good etiquette. Unlike the elf's, Lilith's healing was different. She Positioned Xhapan's arm so it was parallel with the bed. Lilith removed one of the armlets from her left arm before placing her hand on the gash. The gem on her head band started glowing more vigorously. A gleaming blue aura formed at her hands filling the gash. "So, how have you been?" she asked, blushing.

((That has taken me over an hour and a half to write ¬_¬ my sister has the T.V on.)) 

Xaphan moaned slightly, the aura already causing his elf arm to sting, "I've been good, troubled conciounsce as any right-minded elf would have." He smiled slightly, "I would be much happier if I could tell the girl I like that I do like her, but I know she wouldn't like me so I don't, and when I sleep at night I just think of ways to tell her, none of which come into fluition" Xaphan realised this was too obvious a way of talking about it, but he didn't particularly care, in this rushed state he was feeling due to the war being so fierce, he just wanted to talk.

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(Haha, I can concentrate with everything going on around me, lol.)

((jealous ¬_¬))

Lilith flexed her fingers vaguely when Xaphan moaned to change the energy input. "well I believe you should tell her." She said imp*censored*ively, so she wouldn't sound disappointed. " She might like you in return. You will never know unless you ask." She continued softly before closing her eyes at the rush of more energy Pulsing through her body. She finished off by placing the armlet back onto her arm. "There you go, its all closed up." She smiled before sighing out of exhaustion. It was hard to continuously contain that much energy. She looked at the faint line remaining on his arm and squinted at it.

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Xaphan stood, taking a hold of her wrists, looking at her and smiling nervously, not quite sure how to word his revelations, "It's you, Lil... you're the girl I like... damn this is hard to say... I know you probably don't like me for either who or what I am... but I've wanted to tell you since I've met you." He would blush if his blood wasn't blue like his skin, but how it was he was lucky to be an elf, as his nerves stayed hidden.

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Sumnor and Dryac had been sat in silence for twenty minutes, thinking of ways to end the war, unable to think of any possible ideas. They stood, elaving the office, not bothering to prepare a shielf to stop people from enterring Sumnor's office, as there was nothing of importance in there, and doing so was punishable by death.

Lamina had finished gathering several troops for her own specific fleet before reporting back to Sumnor. She entered through the door way knocking on the wall beside her. "I Have a list here of participants in the Bionic Genocide." She said casually, even though it was a gruesome topic. "I have already instructed my own fleet members that we will move out on your orders." she handed him the list, knowing that if he chose someone not on the list they wouldn't argue, but all the same, it gave him something to do, he seemed to have a large sum of vacant time on his hands. "Oh, and i have informed the carpenter of the door." she added with a smile.

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Lilith looked down to her wrists, and to the hands grasping them. She was slightly confused with the situation. She looked up to see Xaphan's smiling face. "Are you serious? Or are you just messing with me?" she questioned, looking back down to his hands. Lilith Blushed away from his line of sight before stuttering with an ounce of authority in her voice. "Beca- because, this would be very awkward if it was just a joke." she paused. " I - I like you too."

Xaphan smiled more confidently now, leaning his firehead on hers to prop it up so he could look her in the eyes, "Look at my eyes, can't you tell I'm not jooking, I like you, I have ever since we became friends all those years ago..." Xaphan continued to gaze into her eyes, letting go of her wrists and holding her hands gently instead, happy that he had found the courage to tell her, and relieved that his feeligns were returned.

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Sumnor and Dryac stopped in their tracks as they were getting up, the pair smiling at Lamina. Sumnor eyed the list, there were around 30 men, a full phalanx, "I'm surprised you got all of your troops to go for it, I know a few that are against genocide." he thought for the briefest of moments, "Dryac will get his phalanx in, with this much troop=poer we can't be defeated... I just hope we do not suffer any losses, of course I will join the battle."

Dryac shoved his hands in the pockets of his black trenchcoat, eying Lamina up and down, taking in her measurments, seeing just how much good she would do in battle, "I'll join the battle as I do every time... we should be able to level their forces as they did the New race..."  he sat back down, turning thechair to face the two stood there, he missed his wife... and his daughter... this war had taken everything from him and he planned on returning the favour.

 Lamina Nodded to Dryac when she saw him examining her before smirking out of satisfaction. "I'm as surprised as you where, it was unlike them to offer, but they know the consequences if they refused me." She said immaculately. Her own particular style of killing was quite frightful, despite the minimum visible damage. "They are on stand by, so when you say the word, we'll move out."