Master of Puppets (Unfettered)

["Unfettered"]

OOC: Now for some Hitler-inspired rage speech (meant to be inspiring IC-wise). >.> Sorry for the delay and lack of detail.

Mr. Caeser Still Got Stabbed, Though

“I can respect that, however… remember that the moment you become completely obedient to what I say, you’ve lost much of your usefulness. I need someone worthy of respect and intelligent to challenge me… to make sure I keep from making those mistakes for as long as possible.”

The German smiled. He realized then that there were some glaring discrepancies and miscommunications that were still to occur... However, the German would let the man solve it for himself.

"Hrm. So essentially, you vish for me to act as your retainer und adviser. Which is a given."

'...And to act as a man to clean up after you---a PR man.'

Ha...

"Unfettered" did not return the amused joke, his eye looking back at Kiyoshi with severity.

"That is not just statement of fact. Why are we still arguing when we both have ze same goal? Are you trying to make me reconsider?"

"Ich beg, show prudence und be patient. Let my achievements under you prove whether or not Ich deteriorate in being less useful to you or no. Do not make me mock you. Ich know you understand the freedom given to ze faithful follower und ze restless, constricted movements of ze good leader. For vith me at your side, you will waver, but surely will Ich insure you stay ze path."

"If you suffer a thousand nights of nightmares over your prior actions, you prove yourself a man of conscious, a man of empathy, und a man of ze people. You wish to go down ze road Ich have and hope to avoid mistakes? Ich say now thrice: You vill become respected as a leader for how you get back on your feet from those mistakes, legendary for your decisions that are made vith conviction. Ze insufferable endurance of mankind perseverance burns in you."

...The air had become colder...

...And it wasn't the wind.

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Kiyoshi smiled lightly, knowing full well now that everything was set. It was necessary to beat the point to death because he needed them to some manner realize, perhaps Unfettered more than the rest, that he would be relying on them greatly. He had watched a man try to achieve similar ends as his own in New York. Auroth Lin the Crimson Fury, a more capable fighter, a more eloquent speaker, and far superior thinker, still the man and his organization Nocturne had failed several times. Maybe Kiyoshi could reach that level of combat proficiency, even the manner of speech, however he knew he’d never have the mind. Call genetics or the drugs he’d flooded his system with earlier in life, either way it wasn’t going to happen.

Regardless, the Japanese male nodded lightly at the end of his counterpart’s speech. Inwardly there was a small inkling of a odd feeling when the subject of nightmares and conscious came about, it had not been mentioned on Kiyoshi’s end thus it made him wonder if Unfettered had inside information on his past or just a good guess. Either way it didn’t matter, eventually the subject might be discussed in detail and he would no… or not, who could really know what the future held.

“Alright then.”

A simple response, as Unfettered had asserted there was little more to discuss.

“I’ll send out the word when the time comes to make our presences known.”

["Unfettered"]

So Be It

“Alright then.”

“I’ll send out the word when the time comes to make our presences known.”

"Very well."

Standing up and walking a few steps back to give the man his distance, "Unfettered" would give a bow from above the waist to waist-down, arm sweeping across his front. There was a neutral look on his face.

"...Sir."

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Kiyoshi nodded lightly at the unnecessary bow, though returning it in a more Japanese fashion, with his arms held tightly against his sides. He didn’t drop as deep to keep the somewhat informal structure intact. That was the custom, bowing to each other was customary however the higher ranking person did not drop as low.

“So… who are these joinees of yours?”

Kiyoshi asked in reference to the people he had to accept as part of Unfettered’s terms for joining up.

["Unfettered"]

OOC: This'll be a bit short, since it's mostly just words saying words saying words.

THERE'S A STORY OF A MAN NAMED---

“So… who are these joinees of yours?”

"Well..."

The German smiled.

"There is the five plus the one more."

"Tai is my legal-acting Guardian, but acts more as a retainer. We met about two years ago. Skilled in melee combat, but has a mouth that I beg you ignore."

"'Green' is my technical man. As a whole he's a bit more skittish, but he's bustling with energy. The whole group is trained with technological ways to gather information, but he acts as our primary technical support."

"Marina Wolf is a girl skilled in street fighting and is an all-around to help plug missing roles in our group, primarily acting as a supporting-supporting.

"Dora White is... our ranged weapons expert. I don't like resorting to her, her attitude is terrible... but she's stuck around with us for some time."

The last two... are different, however.

"I have known 'Teal,' since before I transferred here, when I was back in Germany. I rely on him for my own personal strategies... when his health allows."

"Vespyr is the name of sixth but non-commited member I have in mind. If you meet her... you will see why. If, though."

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“Sounds like an interesting group…”

Kiyoshi said with a quick nod of approval, not that it mattered, and sly smirk. He’d made one great choice, especially considering the German had a unit of his own that seemed pretty top notch. He idly brushed a hand through his hair while committing the names to somewhat of a memory.

“Tai, Green, Marina, Dora the Explora, Teal, and Vespyr… who I may not meet and is possibly not going to join but is still important. Got it, Fett.”

Oh yeah, Kiyoshi did have some sense of nicknames… though Dora would probably not like her’s and one would probably come up for Marina when they actually met. The real question was would the German be bothered by his own… after all Unfettered was a bit of a mouthful sometimes…


… besides…


… he’d have something in common with the universe’s coolest bounty hunter. Not that Kiyoshi had ever seen Star Wars, but I have!!!

["Unfettered"]

OOC: On a series of short posts tonight.

A Small Surprise

"They are."

There was a mild twitch to the German at the noted... nicknames.

If Kiyoshi ever said that to Dora, he was going to die, after all.

Via hundreds of bullets to the face.

'Couldn't be helped. The joke had been made one too many times. And Dora wasn't too fond of "those damn fence jumpers" either, which made her rage ten times worse.

But that was something for another time. The German dismissed it and gave it a smile.

"Very well. It's almost time for me to part, then, as the night wanes..."

...Smirk.

Glint of eye.

"But, Ich have something Ich want to show you. One of my compatriots is waiting for me in the parking lot... if you like."

A sweep of his hand to the door.

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Kiyoshi interlocked his fingers and brought his hands to rest on the back of his head with a small smirk. He was aware of the twitch in response to the nicknames, so he’d drop explora but Fett would stay at least for a little while longer. He nodded lightly to the invitation.

“Very well… lead on my man.”

Said very informally as he agreed to go along… not like he had anything better to do tonight.

["Unfettered"]

A Little Something...

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The German would go onto leading the man downstairs to the large, black van waiting for them outside. Marina was waiting down there, leaning boredly against car's back doors when she nearly fell over at the sight of "Unfettered" and the mysterious man.

"Sir, what're you---"

"Iz it still sealed?"

A slow look of recovery came over Marina's face as she stood up, brushing the dust off her thighs, a sudden solemn look coming over her face.

"Yes sir."

"Open up ze back. We are showing it to him."

Nodding briefly, Marina reached into her jeans, unlocking the car, before she abruptly opened up the back door. Inside was a long, sealed case with three latches. At this point, however, Marina stood aside. "Unfettered" would look over back at Kiyoshi and smile cryptically before going forward, stepping up and into the car, where he would kneel next to the case.

With a few dials spun, he would open it up, revealing a length wrapped tightly in several layers of bandages.

Grabbing it by the tip, the German took it with his other hand as well and slowly lifted it up---tilting the car to the right slightly. Craning his back a little bit, he would extend the wrapped "blade" towards Kiyoshi, smiling still... but sweating lightly under the weight.

"Grab it. I cannot give zis to you, but I can show you what it can do."

If Kiyoshi chose to step forth and grab the wrapped thing by its wrapped hilt he would find that he could lift it only with both hands... or it would plummet into the ground, cratering slightly into the asphalt.

Neither result would be shameful, given the object at hand.

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Kiyoshi cocked an eyebrow at the whole situation, kind of odd. He simply nodded to the woman by the van with a wry smirk on his face. He needn’t say anything at the moment, just to go along with whatever it was that Unfettered wanted to show him. As they approached the back and Unfettered went about opening his case with… something, Kiyoshi just kind of blinked at it all. Did he have a nuke or something in there? What was so important in that case? Was Marina single?! All important questions that needed to by answered.

When the object was revealed there was a slight look of disbelief at the moment, Kiyoshi was definitely wondering what the hell the big deal was. Still, after Unfettered spoke, he reached out with both hands to grab the item. Two hands because given the care shown for it, he was under the assumption it was valuable. Thus when the full weight of the object actually hit his hands he almost dropped it, he had to drop to a squatting position and adjust to deal with its weight before standing up again and giving Unfettered a puzzled look.

“Holy shit on a stick this is heavy… why do you have this? And why is it so heavy? Seriously… that seems impractical.”

Kiyoshi in the passing moments of the conversation tried to do arm curls with the blade, it had one use he found.

["Unfettered"]

This Is Why

“Holy shit on a stick this is heavy… why do you have this? And why is it so heavy? Seriously… that seems impractical.”---

Kiyoshi's Statistics
Strength: 43 -> 52
Dexterity: 45 -> 54
Constitution: 60-> 72
Intelligence: 22 -> 26
Wisdom: 50-> 60
Charisma: 31 -> 37

The German had taken hold of the bokken as Kiyoshi attempted to do more bicep curls with it, wripping off the bandaged covering away from it. The heavy sword pulsated as the German poured in a small bit of his personality into it... and onto Kiyoshi.

He would tilt his head, smiling quietly, in an almost eerie way as power would begin to flood Kiyoshi.

"Ich may never be able to use it properly... but for you, Ich shall use my 'Ambition.'"

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{OoC: Perma or semi-perma boost? and reconciliation with caps?}

Kiyoshi could feel the strange surge rushing through him, it was still an odd feeling considering he’d gone through this sort of thing before with the fruit that Leon guy had given him. Slowly his head tilted up toward the German as the words were spoken. It seemed to be another oath of loyalty of some kind, which was fine. Really Kiyoshi was just confused by what was going on…