12 | Oh the shark babe, has such teeth dear

[sinistral]

WHO: the Soldier (sinistral) and you
WHERE: it's a video post so you know, the Agrii interwebs. But realistically, the Soldier has returned to Temba from Sh'Ka
WHAT: so someone out there wants to play at being an assassin... time for a real assassin to weight in on the matter
WHEN: beginning of September-ish. idk you guys what is time anyway how is it September already what is this
WARNINGS: vague threatening of violence in the post, if any threads get really trigger-adjacent with the language I'll update this accordingly

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Temba
→ Video;

The fact that this post comes as a video message is unusual enough; the Soldier typically sticks to texting on the network. But video it is, the background nondescript enough to not give away an exact location. The foreground is more important anyway, the Soldier in his usual tactical gear, a knife smoothly flipping over fingers and palm like it's second nature. Because it is.

"Sloppy," he scolds, looking at the camera. That knife flips into the air and he catches it by the hilt, going back a moment later to flipping it around in his hand. "The Agrii don't look kindly on assassinating others in this place. And I don't look kindly on people who make such a sloppy attempt at it. You're making us professionals look bad."

Did the Soldier just out himself as an assassin? Yes. Yes he did. Sorry, anyone who didn't know that already. Have fun with the knowledge that the guy who sometimes teaches self defense — and who does still have a few students actively training with him — is, you know, a killer.

"If you want a real challenge, come find a real assassin. I'll be waiting."

Did he really just call out the person who harmed Richie? Absolutely. Is this going to go well in any conceivable way? Probably not. Oops!

→ Other;

Your character is more than welcome to come find this guy in person if you want! Threaten him, roll your eyes at him, call him an overly dramatic bitch, try to get him to see a psych, it's all fair game. If you want to do any plotting, feel free to message me or hit me up on sometimesamuse. And while I wrote this post in prose if your preference is brackets, please go right ahead and I'll happily match your formatting.

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[buildingitsir]

"Honest and humble. Get that from my maker." Yep, there's his own sarcasm in that, even though it's true. He glances at the camera of his device, sizing up Soldier and trying to determine if he's really the assassin that he says he is. It's not worth trying to ask now if he really is an assassin.

If he was, he could lie, but it could lure the actual killers out with the suspicion thrown on this guy rather than themselves. If he was though, it might fumble the entire play the guy was doing.

"Whatever. I might have to come back and get a better look when I've got a fresh sleep cycle done. Here's hoping whatever you're doing works how you want with this whole drama thing," and he flaps his hand dismissively at Soldier as he gets up and walks back over to gather up his comm device. "Despite everything I said, you're a terrible assassin, aren't you? Supposed to hide and stuff.

So much for not calling it out.