>>5322553Now that the immediate bloodshed is done and dusted, you wipe off your KABAR and re-sheathe it; there’s little you can do about the battle scarring or blood splotched on your armor, so you’ll just ignore it for now.
Who knows, maybe anyone looking to start another fight with you might realize what a bad idea that’d be.
> “Looks like that’s the last of them.” “For now, at least. I would’ve provided fire support, but any such attempt would’ve risked hitting you as well.” Warrant says, a slight note of apology visible in his voice.
It’s not you can rake him over the coals for that, especially if the alternative was risking a high-powered sniper shot in the back.
Besides, pointing fingers and playing the blame-game is what debriefing is for; throwing a temper tantrum out in the field is tantamount to painting a big fat bullseye on your helmet.
> “Don’t worry about it. Has anyone else reported any attacks?”“No, but that means little. Other intruders could still be positioning themselves for a strike, or even killed them before they could call it in. You saw yourself that they favor ambush tactics. And their proclivity for primitive weaponry is strange. Maybe some kind of cult native to Kahndaq?”
> “Could be. Did you see how hard it was to put that one guy down?”“It was…unusual, yes. Definitely a point of investigation for later.”
> “Agreed. I’m going to make a quick sweep of the scene to see what reveals itself. Watch my back.”“Roger.”
Your first stop is the assassin who gave you the toughest fight. In addition to his curved sword, you find an old leather sheathe that perfectly fits it. He’s also got a small (and incredibly old) talisman that looks like a weird eye.
The other two assassins posses talismans as well, but nothing else that’d help to identify them. Curiously, all three talismans have the exact same design, except in one aspect…
The seemingly undying one had a talisman made of gold, while the other two only had talismans made of bronze.
Maybe the talismans have some kind of power directly proportional to their quality? Or perhaps it’s just a status symbol of some kind, to identify the heavier hitters?
At this stage, all you’ve got is wild speculation to work with, but details are details.
