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Do the Ends justify the means?
[1 - locked to one very specific person]
At the Knights of the Guiding Hand headquarters...
"Volya Alkaev still walks these lands alive. He is under Unity Group's protection, I realize - but that organisation has fallen weak, and then had time to rebuild, and in the meantime no actions were taken against them? I am severely disappointed. What do you have to say for yourself, Percival?"
"I have... no excuses."
"Sir Zieg, your own sworn brother..."
"Silence, Nathaniel. I know what you are trying to say - Unity Group's goals and intents are noble, we should be on the same side. But how can we be if they keep harboring that child? Don't they understand he will bring doom to whole of humanity?"
"..."
"Percival and Seraphina will be delegated to counter-Aerogator action. Someone else will take your place in hunting down Volya. Lilica, please step forward."
The horned figure of a demon defeated and long since redeemed by the Knights enters the room.
"Don't worry Zieg. I won't fail where they did."
"Lastly, David..."
"Yes, sir?"
"I am really happy with your progress. Your skills as a knight have improved considerably - keep it up. Sir Nathaniel de Sayard's training did you well, but from now on Lilica will oversee it instead. That's all - dismissed!"
The knights leave to their own devices. The demoness, however...
"I heard you got really close to that Volya child several times already. And yet he's still alive, when have you grown so weak?"
She walks up to you, mockery clear in her voice.
"Or is it... I know - he reminds you of your own son, doesn't he?"
[2]
"The Lady's Good Men are operating in eastern Europe. Apollonius Gavin's group has detected them and are further investigating on location."
Suddenly out of nowhere, a transmission from Major Ingram Plisken.
"I want you to go there and reinforce them. Gavin managed to destroy a cell single-handedly, but it was a small one. He's not the kind to evade detection, which means the Good Men will be expecting trouble. I don't trust him and his friends to be able to handle this. That's where Unity Group steps in. Find the Good Men' base of operations, defeat or capture as many of them as possible, and see what else can you learn."
Several maps flicker on the screens. Volya may find one of them showing a very familiar area...
[3]
Scouting rural Russian regions may bring you to a special place from Volya's past. Of course there is a likelihood of a trap since other interested parties may know of it too (hopefully excluding the knights who hunt him down), so an advance guard was decided on to look around and see if there's an ambush lying in wait.
You are a part of the advance guard and fortunately, there was no ambush. There is only a small town, where one of the buildings houses a certain individual.
"So you're Unity Group, right? Thanks for taking care of my nephew."
Says the local shopkeep, Sergei Sokolov. Also, Volya's uncle.
[4, for Volya and people who decided to accompany him, one thread only please]
So the area is clear and Volya can come in to visit his whole surviving family (one person). But Sergei's apartment is eerily quiet... is everything alright? Did he just walk out for a second?
At the Knights of the Guiding Hand headquarters...
"Volya Alkaev still walks these lands alive. He is under Unity Group's protection, I realize - but that organisation has fallen weak, and then had time to rebuild, and in the meantime no actions were taken against them? I am severely disappointed. What do you have to say for yourself, Percival?"
"I have... no excuses."
"Sir Zieg, your own sworn brother..."
"Silence, Nathaniel. I know what you are trying to say - Unity Group's goals and intents are noble, we should be on the same side. But how can we be if they keep harboring that child? Don't they understand he will bring doom to whole of humanity?"
"..."
"Percival and Seraphina will be delegated to counter-Aerogator action. Someone else will take your place in hunting down Volya. Lilica, please step forward."
The horned figure of a demon defeated and long since redeemed by the Knights enters the room.
"Don't worry Zieg. I won't fail where they did."
"Lastly, David..."
"Yes, sir?"
"I am really happy with your progress. Your skills as a knight have improved considerably - keep it up. Sir Nathaniel de Sayard's training did you well, but from now on Lilica will oversee it instead. That's all - dismissed!"
The knights leave to their own devices. The demoness, however...
"I heard you got really close to that Volya child several times already. And yet he's still alive, when have you grown so weak?"
She walks up to you, mockery clear in her voice.
"Or is it... I know - he reminds you of your own son, doesn't he?"
[2]
"The Lady's Good Men are operating in eastern Europe. Apollonius Gavin's group has detected them and are further investigating on location."
Suddenly out of nowhere, a transmission from Major Ingram Plisken.
"I want you to go there and reinforce them. Gavin managed to destroy a cell single-handedly, but it was a small one. He's not the kind to evade detection, which means the Good Men will be expecting trouble. I don't trust him and his friends to be able to handle this. That's where Unity Group steps in. Find the Good Men' base of operations, defeat or capture as many of them as possible, and see what else can you learn."
Several maps flicker on the screens. Volya may find one of them showing a very familiar area...
[3]
Scouting rural Russian regions may bring you to a special place from Volya's past. Of course there is a likelihood of a trap since other interested parties may know of it too (hopefully excluding the knights who hunt him down), so an advance guard was decided on to look around and see if there's an ambush lying in wait.
You are a part of the advance guard and fortunately, there was no ambush. There is only a small town, where one of the buildings houses a certain individual.
"So you're Unity Group, right? Thanks for taking care of my nephew."
Says the local shopkeep, Sergei Sokolov. Also, Volya's uncle.
[4, for Volya and people who decided to accompany him, one thread only please]
So the area is clear and Volya can come in to visit his whole surviving family (one person). But Sergei's apartment is eerily quiet... is everything alright? Did he just walk out for a second?
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[Volya's voice sounded a bit anxious...yet there was a tiny note of hope there.]
I... Major... there hasn't been anything crazy happening there just yet right?
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A curt answer.
"It's on the fringe of suspected Good Men activity. Pray you won't find any of them there, and the town will remain quiet as it is now."
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There... won't be any problems if I go there for a while right?
[He fidgets anxiously, after all the Unity Group managed to get him into a school without many problems.]
My Uncle... I need to let him know I'm okay...
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"As long as Unity Group duties aren't compromised, you can go."