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Lord Vaako (lord_vaako) wrote in mirage_rpg,
@ 2008-07-20 09:24:00

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arrival, complete, day 8, lord vaako, richard riddick

Day Eight
Who: Vaako and Riddick
What: Vaako arrives on Mirage
When: Day 8, late afternoon
Where: On the beach, near some palm trees to start.
Rating: PG-13 for language
Status: Complete

Though everyone else, including his wife, would see that moment as a failure on his part, he knew only satisfaction as he saw the Furyan's knife stab through the top of the Lord Marshal's head. Finally, he knew, his army would have a leader who wasn't a tyrant, wasn't mad with power. In short, they would have the leader they deserved. He'd been right all along, it wasn't he that was destined to lead the Necromongers. Despite the urgings of his wife, he'd never really wanted to.

He was one of the first to sink onto his knees in front of the man who had become their new Lord Marshal. You keep what you kill, and Riddick had killed the Lord Marshal, so now he was the Lord Marshal. It was that simple. No one even thought to question it. The entire Necromonger army fell onto it's knees before the new Lord Marshal, and Vaako had to struggle to keep the smile from his face. This was as perfect as it was possible for something to be.

Suddenly, everything changed. Underneath Riddick's feet, a strange sort of black hole opened up. It wasn't like a true black hole, though, because it only sucked Riddick in, not everything else. Everyone walked in shock as their new Lord was abducted, and Vaako rose to his feet, shaking his head in denial. Now who would lead the people?

The hole dwindled away until it was tiny, smaller than a marble, and then, without any warning, it opened wide again. This time, though, it wasn't here for Riddick. It was here for him. His eyes widened as he was pulled down into complete and utter darkness. His last, half-bitter thought was at least his wife would have a hard time controlling him if he were dead.

That wasn't his fate, however, and he soon realized it as he fell heavily to the ground. To the very sandy ground. Of course, he'd been on sandy worlds before, that went without saying. But this sand was strange. He went to his knees and examined it. Pure white, sparkling, nothing like the dull orange sands of Helion Prime. He picked some up, let it run through his gauntleted fingers, and sighed.

"Well, this is slightly inconvienant..."

He didn't notice much around him, which was unusual, but then he was shocked. He turned his gaze from the sand to the trees. He'd never, in his entire life, seen trees like this. He hadn't been wearing his helmet when he was taken, so the wind blew through his long, tightly-bound hair as he looked around.

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lord_vaako
2008-07-22 11:20 pm UTC (link)

"As you wish. I will not complain."

Actually, if Riddick told him to leave, he would go, even if it meant sleeping on the beach. It was the whole obediance thing that was basically drilled into him from day one of being a Necromonger. He took off a plated boot, dumped some sand out, and then repeated on the other foot. He looked at the armor for a second before sighing and leaving it off. It was just his lower legs, he couldn't be hurt too badly if he was attacked there.

This was going to be a challenge, no doubt about it. A Lord Marshal's commander should not be this close to his leader. It was just a bad idea, and would likely, in Necromonger society, lead to a dead commander. Here, that couldn't happen, but still. It was going to be awkward.

"Perhaps, sometime soon, we can find some sort of alternate arrangement. For now, this has to work."

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r_b_riddick
2008-07-23 02:56 pm UTC (link)

Riddick watched as the other man got undressed and he seemed to be confused about the fact that the clothing provided didn't have armor with it. Riddick would have laughed, he honestly would have. But laughing was the last thing from his mind right now. In fact, Riddick's mind was not even close to being cleared, but it was heavy with confusion.And clearly trying to figure out a way out of this new situation. Maybe he could somehow find a way to get another room. Though he somehow thought that was out of the question.Why? because clearly this planet thought he needed a worshiping,mindless fool by his side and in his room. At least it was kind enough to provide him with an extra bed or well that would have been awkward. Then the intense man had to shake his head at that thought and try not to think about the fact that Vaako had stared a lot longer than needed when Riddick was battling the towel earlier. Letting out an annoyed sigh, Riddick moved to takehis knives from a resting place at the foot of the bed and moved them to the table right beside of his bed. He wasn't sure he should trust Vaako. Hell right now he didn't trust himself.

"Yeah well when ya come up with a suitable arrangement that doesn't involve curtains hanging in places they shouldn't be or complaining on deaf ears for lack of a better expression let me know."

Sitting down upon his bed, he tried to ignore the other man,the confused state he must be in. He also tried to ignore his own confusion, the calmness still within and the fact that he was wishing like hell that he could get angry. He wanted to, he needed to. Yet it just wasn't happening. And here Riddick thought he was fully in control of himself at all times.Maybe the anger truly left him,but Ridick was doubtful.

Pulling out a notebook, he managed to get lost in it,forgetting Vaako was there as he wrote down the information he had gathered as that was very important to him. Getting lost in finding a way out of here was just what he needed.And now it was more important than ever for him to find a way.

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