The lower deck was exactly as one would imagine. It was dark, with minimal furnishings and no windows. The lights were emitting an eerie glow from there postions on the wall and ceiling. The only entrance to the small ten meter by ten meter room was the stairs at the rooms opposite end. Some members of the Guild would use such a place to get information from tight lipped foes.

Revel stalked silently down the steps, which numbered eleven in total. Aeryk and Rylnod were already in a heated discussion. There was a flair behind the eyes of both men. As Revel stood there, he could for the first time, take in all the features of the two deadly assassins that stood feet from him.

Aeryk was tall and stood with a vigour that only a man that possessed power would have. His stance was almost alluring, like a venus fly trap luring its prey close enough, and then it would snap.

Rylnod held his shoulders back, the sign of a soldier. His black hair and midnight blue eyes were enough to pierce even the most worthy foes defences. His stance was less alluring then Aeryk's, but equally as dangerous.

The two men both looked up and watched carefully as Revel approached. His feet never seemed to leave the ground as he stepped silently towards them. The scar that carved its way down through his left eye made his face very distinguisable, but easy to remember and fear. He may have been a talkative men off the job, but even now, before the planning began, he was dead serious and both Rylnod and Aeryk half expected him to try and run them through with one of many assorted modern laser blades.

"Help us settle something Revel." It was Rylnod who had spoken. He continued without waiting for Revel to awknowledge his remark. "Should we go onto this cruise ship in a traditional assassin approach, or should we do this the proper way. Infiltrate as staff and guests." Aeryk sighed. He evidently did not agree with Rylnod. "Why would we put ourselves in the open like that?!? We do not even need to go on the ship. We have been told to blow it up when we are done. If we blow it up first, everyone dies, including Rayez Trendor and his executives." Revel seemed to turn into a human computer. He went into an anylitical state. "Blowing it up has some levels of risk. It has occured before that assassination attempts have failed because of this broad spectrum, it is better if someone put a bullet in his head with no room for error. I vote we infiltrate as guests and staff."

Rylnod let a grin creep across his face. And turned his gaze in Aeryk's direction. "I think you would be a good waiter.... I shall infiltrate as a guest. I will not be able to get a weapon in with me, or explosives to destroy the ship after. And that is where you, my favourite waiter will come in." Aeryk rolled his eyes. "You will need to smuggle in the explosives and arm them. Mr. Kindun, you will need to bring in the weapons and provide a route of escape. I have a bad feeling about this. It seems to easy for the three of us."

At the moment Rylnod stopped talking, the computers voice activated. "Blueprints for cruise ship available now." Revel opened the blueprints and the jaws of all three men were very close to dropping. The three men must have been thinking this is ironic.....

Aeryk was the first to speak. "I know they said cruise ship, but they never mentioned the fact that it was a heavily armoured private cruise ship....."

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This was a group collab from the start. No single one of us came up with the plot, it was one big group effort. I simply had the awesome opportunity to post the first chapter. Hope you enjoy!

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Name: Aeryk
Appearance/Characteristics: No one really knows what he looks like. You never know hes hunting you until you hear the shot, and things go black. Those who do have the... opportunity... to see him rarely live long enough to tell anyone. Those who employ him, meet on HIS terms or he walks. On the rare event that they meet him in person, he either comes up behind you, or remains in the shadows so you never see his face. Although most wont admit it, most of the other assassins fear him.

Trademark weapons: An extendable, un-foldable sniper rifle, with range of somewhere between 3500-4000 meters. The rifle has a laser edged bayonet that can be released with the flick of a second trigger. He also has concealed laser edged wrist blades which are spring loaded and can be extended in the blink of eye. These are the weapons that he has been known to use although many say he has more, but never needs to use them. ~Starwarsfreak117

Name: Rylnod Taonn
Appearance: Tall with black hair. Dark midnight eyes. Lean build. Tough. Master in multiple martial arts. Despite height and build, can easily vanish in plain sight.

Characteristics: Enjoys toying with targets. Often leaves a note for the victim to see moments before they die. Takes no pleasure in everyday events and finds the lives of normal individuals dull and boring.

Trademark weapons: A traditional handgun with futuristic modifications that allow it to fire silently and disable the need for reloading. Also uses a Sniper rifle when needed. Can kill use hand to hand combat. Loves to subsidise by using a vast array of trap ~DTMN

Revel Kindun
Appearance/Charactheristics: Has a scar running down his left eye. Eyes are a deep blue.On the job wear dark clothing with a dark orange on the inside, with a red and white mask, and some armoured gear. Off the job wears casual clothing. Generally a talkative fellow outside of work. once on the job though he is seriouse, secretive, gets a little talkative if a co-operative mission though. Used to have the rank of fifteen but demoted to 14 when he comprised a mission by his own choice. Usually does what he thinks is right even if that means defying an order. Is however a very skilled asset within The Nebual Paradox despite his shortcomings. Is known fairly well within the organization.

Weapons:silenced handgun that fire deadly lazer rounds with small scope that can fold from the top as needed. Laser knife, Wrist pulse canon only used when things go south, and semi automatic sniper. A rumour among the lower ranks that he once took on a whole privatized army with the pistol and lazer knife alone. Whether this true or not is up to the observer. Is skilled with most weapons he comes in contact with and notabbly good pilot.~ChimeraKiller2

updated Jan 6 by starwarsfreak117