Chapter 7
Everything starts with a pin drop. Thrown, haphazardly, in a stack of hay outside the “titular” barn.
Surrounded by multiple similar stacks of hay, you give a condition. Like, a reward, where you leave your hands clean of hunting down the thin, pointy thing in the multiple stacks of hay.
People desperate for this pin but found themselves unable to look for them pay you to locate this imitation of a pin.
Above is the vague descriptive feeling each member of the Good Will has to the mission at hand. No, there was no ill-will to read between the lines.
Just weak and hopeless importance to the job at hand, planted into them by the situation none of them created at will. Sure, they disguise their motivation by succumbing to the greed of seeking money and knowledge, but at a cost, none can assess. Much like an elephant in the room.
The mission brief simplified their operation by describing their goal a
The chance of this current mission going down the drain has a high percentage. Since many aspects of the Primer and “Dimension Pocket” remain under study and research, their incentive needed a higher deal. Money was an impetus for some, but the majority of people in this group are loyal to C-city, that it reflects well in the incentive versus equal performance rate. Somehow this made their group look like volunteers compared to the Hunters, as Prof. Tenorio remarked previously. As Dr. Munar recalled Prof. Tenorio’s words before they left to each other’s assignments, “Rest assured, Kelvin. These men are trustworthy. Unlike them, mercenaries are worse. But...” His words cut off. The next was mumbled under Prof. Tenorio’s breath that time, but Dr. Munar was sure he heard him say, “at any rate, they’re better fodder.” The Captain continued discussing with the surveyor lead the situation. While the rest settled inside the cafe, a few did ground recon from
He also briefed them on the Good Will base the surveyors suggested they use. Their base will be a three-story building located in a back alley, partially hidden from the main road. To enter the place, you’d have to access an inner alley between a convenience store and a fast-food joint.Vicinity sweep, of human and Primer life signs, told them that the area is ideal due to its distance from three Primer territories the surveyors suggested as their research subject. Several human groups settled within those territories. If they need a clear result, they have to leave the food component of Primers.Evidence proves humans have been the Primer’s food source since the Primer Task Force witnessed it in one incident in C-city. The blood and horror that entailed watching a comrade become fed during a mission made Capt. Fairmont’s hackles rise. This insatiable hunger for meat without consideration of where they get it has brought many of the Primer Task Force
“More or less,” Capt. Fairmont slowly nods. “In summary, these brute shits are once humans, right?”“Correct.” Replied Dr. Akyl. “As much as I’m not a worker in the field, we need observational data besides biological ones. If we’re going to discover any point of humanity within these creatures, not because they’re monste—”“Hol’ up.” Interjected Capt. Fairmont, an expression that looked like disbelief on his face. “You tellin’ me these things can still have ‘humanity’ in them? That’s hard to believe doc.”Dr. Munar looked at Dr. Akyl. Even Cristian and Patraika, who were finalizing the boot-up of their units, paused to listen to what was happening.All the eyes looking at Dr. Akyl had one question on their faces, and it was the one thing she had known coming.Blinking, she thought back to when Prof. Tenorio messaged her mon
“Better date than the one you were thinking of, right?” Cristian joked to Patraika.She said with a small smile. “Best date ever, Cris. You’re such a romantic.” She stuck out her tongue playfully.“Nothing tops a work date that pays double. It’s like over time, with vintage hardware to keep me company.”Cristian pinched her arm, thinking how it was good **** gave them equipment ahead of time. But, it was halfway decent.“Confident. Eh—” Waving his fingers to indicate a halfway motion. “In bed though—” He said, grinning.“Oh, look. It’s done.”Cristian opened the application, first opening the A-city map. It showed minimal Primer activities in their area.Leaning down, behind Cristian, Patraika saw the map in astonishment. She was surprised at how empty of Primer their area was.“Is that correct?” She asked.L
From below, it looked like a silhouette of a large man lying on the ground. All buff as if tired for the day with its legs sprawled and almost spilling out the sides. Yet the extension of a tail from between its legs mildly swaying from where it hung made them realize that it was a Primer.Both Dr. Akyl and Dr. Munar looked at each other and made sure to look up so their headgear camera could see the image above. There was a specimen they could observe, but their distance from it posed a sort of danger yet at the start of their mission.Nodding in understanding, they mouthed at Beers and Belle that they should move forward. The scenario is not an ideal deck for observation. Breaths bated at the moment, their eyes trained straight ahead, clearly waiting on the creature.Assessing at how big the body was, it seemed to be a Primer with a large build. Its size surpassed that of Beers, who was the biggest out of all of them. Steady in their steps, they trekked furthe
Once he successfully could see through the camera feed, seeing the moving Primer in their direction, he hand signaled Belle to retreat with the two doctors.One by one, they snuck behind fallen things they hid from or walked cautiously, crouching. Belle in the lead retracing their steps. Crouched with his gun ready on his hand, he snuck up the corner they came from when he stopped dead on his track.His nose itched as if on instinct. He knew that something was beyond that point. Slow thuds echoed from over the corner that he instinctively held up his hand for them to stop. Calmly looking back at Beers, he saw that his focus was on the camera. He figured that in any case, the Primer neared, he would charge as a distraction.No time to waste, he signaled for them to go over an alcove of one building that they passed by. Pushing their bodies together, Belle hid the doctors as best he could behind him. Back at Beers, the visage of the Primer on the camera approached
Hi guys, Nate here :)First time to write an update to my potential readers.Hey there! Thanks for reading! How you guys on that side? Hope things are well. Mine's a bit rocky, hehehe.Sadly I've been sick last week, it's not that bad, but it made me lose a lot of writing days oTLFor now, I won't be posting anything for the last two weeks of November.I'll be resuming my updates on Dec 1st.While you're waiting, feel free to browse around GoodNovel! There's a lot of stories here that's pretty interesting to read. I'm not confident to suggest any of the title's I've read...because...they're all different from the genre I write about, hehe.As of now, please patiently wait for the next chapter.Nate, out!@AcrimonyNate
Chapter 8The second day from the incident brings a few new things to the house of Darmstadt. The morning after Horaz came into their “hideout,” Lena, the rightful head of the Darmstadt house, found herself conversing with a young boy she suddenly found lying at the base of the bed of her daughter’s room. He was casually sifting through two phones on his hand, rather one hand was a bit limp, the other was swiping through the two phones.He grinned at her bashfully while Lena rubbed the sleep from her face. Experiencing an extended, unwanted sleep made her head feel muddled. She had been used to waking early before sunrise, starting the day with a nice drink of alcohol, and sifting through the kitchen for breakfast for two.A night of lengthy rest was the last thing she thought she would do due to the nature of the events yesterday. The stress must have caught up to her finally that it made her sleep longer when two p