Re: World-Valencia

[Sydney Underhill]

"Pain tolerance...?" She dismissed the thought from her mind, as right now, there were more important things to focus on.

The fact that the knife had actually struck Ulysses this time made her failure seem ten times worse to her, even though Quintia had intended to hit him.

[Ulysses Septimus]

"Are you ready?"Ulysses asked as Quintia readied her third blade.

[Sydney Underhill]

" I am," she confirmed, shakily exhaling before turning back to Quintia, attempting to piece together somewhat of a strategy.

It was fast this time. So fast, she almost missed it.

The dagger flew towards her left ear, and based on the projectile path it was seeming to follow, it had been aimed directly for the Armada Admiral's head.

Sticking out her arm, Sydney used her forearm to swipe at the far side of the dagger (and earning a nasty cut in the process), causing it to slam into her chestplate with a clang and fall to the ground.

[Ulysses Septimus]

"Good."Ulysses remarked, "you've reacted well to that one... Let's try something different, shall we?"

He gestured to Quintia, who threw another blade.

It was aimed at Sydney this time, missing her neck by maybe a centimeter before pinning itself into the wall...

[Sydney Underhill]

Sydney blinked quickly, having managed to suppress her natural instinct of fear, but she was not able to react in time. She pressed two fingers to the side of her neck to be sure that the blade did not come in contact with her skin before looking behind her, at the wall that the dagger had buried itself in, right next to the other one.

[Ulysses Septimus]

"We shall stop here for today."Ulysses nodded a thanks to Quintia, who saluted him and retrieved her weapons, walking away to who knows where. "You have done well, Commodore, for your first day."

He snapped his fingers at his lieutenant Sentus Optimus.

The Marine elite offered what appeared to be a metal arm bracer to Ulysses.

Taking it up in his hand, he offered it to her., "A little something for a job well done."

[Sydney Underhill]

"Thank you, Admiral." Sydney took the arm bracer using three fingers from her right hand and slid it over her left forearm, so that the large sleeve cuff of her uniform jacket covered approximately half of it.

"Is there much work to be done with my mental state?"

[Ulysses Septimus]

"Not much, should everything proceed by the speed which I've calculated."Ulysses replied, "now flex your arm: this isn't just a piece of armor, it's a weapon as well."

[Sydney Underhill]

"That's good to hear." Sydney was relieved that she was not as mentally unstable as she thought she was, and that the process would go fairly smoothly.

As for the arm bracer...

She flexed her forearm, holding it a fair distance away from her body.

[Ulysses Septimus]

When she did, a long blade approximately 8 inches in length extended from the bracer, its wicked point shining dangerously in the light.




"This,"Ulysses pulled down the sleeves of his coat to reveal similar bracers attached to his arms, "is the Hidden Blade."

[Sydney Underhill]

She let her arm rest back at her side, smiling as she felt this knowledge add itself to that wonderful feeling of power.

"I see...yes, this will be quite useful."

A million images flashed in her mind then, although they were mostly massive splatters of blood.

[Ulysses Septimus]

"It indeed will."Ulysses smiled as well, "oh and did I mention the wonderful 'attachments' that may be added to this? Attachments like poison darts, Hidden Gun, and Hidden Bolt?"

He traced what appeared like a musket barrel attached to his left gauntlet before clicking a small trigger, resulting in a sound like a musket hammer being cocked back.

Spinning around, he clicked another button, now aimed at a target dummy.

Bang! A sound like a musket firing echoed through the room as a hole appeared on the dummy's head.

"I will be happy to add some of those attachments, if you so wish, Commodore."Ulysses retracted his blades with a flick of his wrist.

[Sydney Underhill]

Sydney did not respond for a few seconds, staring in fixation at the device on the Admiral's arm.

"If you do, Admiral, I will put them to good use."

[Ulysses Septimus]

"Then please give it to me, I shall bring it to you in a few hours."Ulysses pulled his sleeves back over his gauntlets, "which attachments do you want, Commodore?"

[Sydney Underhill]

"Preferably the hidden gun and poison darts," She said, pulling the arm bracer off of her forearm and handing it back to Ulysses. "Those would certainly be useful in a 'tight spot'."

[Ulysses Septimus]

((Guess we timeskip till night  ?))

Ulysses sighed, casting off his coat off and onto a chair as he walked back into his assigned quarters in Cadiz, pulling his feathered hat from his head, leaving it on his table as he carried the bracer back to his work table.

Thanks to his apprenticeship under the genius mechanic Cristobol Auditore, he was able to attach the gun and dart without too much headache..

[Sydney Underhill]

((Yup, I guess so.))

Decimus had led Sydney to her quarters, and both he and Quintus had left for patrol as soon as she had gone in.

She immediately walked over to the single square mirror on the leftmost wall, staring transfixed at her own transformed reflection. This was the first time she had gotten to see the changes made to her physical form in detail, and after several minutes of scrutinizing, she decided that she very much liked this compared to her old appearance.

[Ulysses Septimus]

Ulysses donned his coat, hat, and mask once more, slipping the modified bracer into his unnaturally deep pocket before exiting the room.

Walking through the hallways of Cadiz, he checked his arm mounted computer's constantly updating holographic map once, then continued on.

Stopping before the doors to her quarters, he raised one hand and knocked, "Commodore? It is I, Admiral Septimus."

[Sydney Underhill]

Upon hearing the Admiral, Sydney jumped up from the chair she was sitting in, crossing the room quickly to open the door.

[Ulysses Septimus]

"Commodore, here, as how you've requested."He pulled the bracer from his pocket and handed it over to her.

[Sydney Underhill]

She took it and slid it back over her arm, adjusting it slightly so that it clung to her forearm comfortably.

"Have we received any other missions from Lord Kane?"

[Ulysses Septimus]

"As far as I know, there won't be another mission for us until next week, "Ulysses replied, "though I do have to mention, there is these two particular pirates--Adrian Devereaux and Edward Teach--that has been a thorn in Lord Kane's side for a while, but the problem is they are hiding in Monquitsa, with the Monquistan Opposition..."

(brb gotta go do something  )

[Sydney Underhill]

((Ok ))

"Ah, yes. I've heard of them before..." She trailed off at the end of her sentence, thinking back to when she had been trained under the resistance. Those two had been particularly notorious, and it was no doubt that the Armada had picked up on them.

[Ulysses Septimus]

"As an Admiral in the Armada, I do not need to request for permission to leave Valencia from Lord Kane."The admiral grinned devilishly, "if hunting them down is what you are interested in right now, Commodore, I'd be happy to go with you."

[Sydney Underhill]

She looked somewhat surprised by his personality change at first, but then let a malicious grin of her own slip onto her face, leaning against the door frame.

"I don't think he'll mind, really...after all, it is in support of our cause, isn't it?"

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