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"Purspose my friend is overrated, but to each his own I suppose." Rhev laughed at the robot's stutter. Before he could continue his conversation large man approached them. His missing arm and eye gave him a quite threatening appearance. Rhev tensed up as the man prodded him with question's losing some of his threatening appeal the man started to come off as a weirdo.

"Uh, name's Rhev." He began, "I'm one of the new mercs the Daedalus hired. No real reason to be here besides wanting to be back out on the clouds, I'm a bit of an adventure seeker. I hear this crew gets a lot of excitement. " He turned his back to the railing and leaned, crossing his arms and giving the man a quick look over. "Might be too much excitement for me from the look of things. What the hell happened to ya? You're in worse shape than my buddy here." Rhev pointed to Sculley. "No offense man."

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The Daedalus was well on it's way the city of Eiregard now vanished in the distance. A large and vast sky spread out before them. The sailor's seemed to get along with each other fairly well, many of them were going below deck since dinner would start soon. The ship was an image of peace. Jack on the other hand was falling apart. He had spent all day worrying about how he would handle the ship. In a a few hours he would give his toast at the dinner banquet. He would also tell the crew the details on the mission.

Right now he stayed in the captains's quarter fashioning himself a uniform that made him seem pirate like. He believed a gruff looking outfit would make him seem more authoritative than he was. His slander and weak build was not one to inspire respect in people.

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Victoria struck a nerve in him.
"Things are more complicated than that." Edwin turned to look at her with a cold and serious expression. "Harris is not what I would call human, he is a monster ruthless and unforgiving. His way is the only way. In time you will understand my reasons but for now you need to trust me. Either that or go back to the holding cells. I don't want to talk about this right now."

Thomas was Edwin's trainer he had taught him everything he needed to know to become the fighter he is today. He walked up on them while they talked and when it looked like they finished talking he butted in.

"Ed, looks like you got a mission on your hands. About time eh?" He put his hand on his should and looked at him with pride. "You elves have a knack for learning things, but you are the best student I've ever had. No one's picked up my training as quickly as you."

"Thank you sir. Your compliment is well received."

"Still respectful I see, that's good to hear, many trainee's forget about respect once I'm not their superior. Anyways about your mission. Thomas pulled out an envelope from his uniform and handed it to Edwin. "Inside you will find special order's created to fit your specific set of skills. Don't open it until you are on the Daedalus. Ed, I've got a bad feeling about this one, I can't quite put my finger on it. Whatever you find on those islands you best keep to yourself. Be careful." With that farewell Thomas headed back under the ship to the war room.

Edwin looked at the letter in his hands before tucking it away.
"Victoria, come." He said, a different air surrounded him now. He was not the same weak elf he once was, this would be his chance to prove it. He headed to where the other member's of his team were waiting for him. The recon unit guys were all pretty reclusive and kept to themselves. They always got high class missions and special masks that concealed their faces completely. They were mysterious, dangerous and everyone wanted to be them. Ed already hated them.

"Hey there pal!" one of the first approached him and wrapped his arm around his neck dragging him forward onto the ship they would be taking.

"Well, look at this. We got the brave Edwin joining us on the mission. My what an honor." One of the guys said as Edwin walked on board. His mask had a large gash in it, like some sort of scar. Ed freed himself from the mans hold, and stepped away giving him a fierce look.

"Guys let him be." One more recon member showed up, this one seemed different than the rest. "Hey there I'm the one in charge of first recon. The one who had his arm around you is Keets, the guy in the fucked up mask that's Liam." The leader walked up to him and took his mask off. "My name is Nowah."
Behind the mask was the face of a human girl. Not at all what he expected to see he stood dumbfounded when she offered to shake his hand.
"What's the matter something on my face?" She joked with him.

"Oh sorry. It's a good to meet you, I'm Edwin." He shook her hand and looked to Victoria. "This is Victoria, she's my. . . assistant."

"Bloody hell, this lads got a slave? Why don't I get one?" Whined Keets.

"Shut up Keets, be respectful. I'm sorry for my friend, hes an idiot but hes good at what he does. It's good to meet you both. Welcome aboard our humble vessel."

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