At once, when Viktor asked "What are your terms?" A click of a revolver hammer being pulled back could be heard. Ozzy shifted slightly, clearly distrustful of the Defender. Ozzy had however raised an eyebrow as Viktor's reaction to the crystal, it was truly out of character for the Machine Herald. Ozzy looked from the crystal to Viktor, why not just kill the Defender now and take the crystal shard? Would make things a bloody sight easier.
"I have a bad feeling about this Viktor... I think he's playing ye for a fool." There was no reason he could think of that Jayce would do this. Unless he was going to do something to hurt the Herald in one way or another, "I say we kill 'im now and get it over with. Take the crystal and use his body to infiltrate Piltover."
Post by Andrei Tosya on Jul 9, 2013 5:07:49 GMT -5
When Ozzy armed one of his revolvers Andrei looked at him, a small sliding sound could be heard and from a handle in Andrei's hand a blade came out. Andrei's heart rate lowered as he focused on Ozzy, trying to find his "weak" spots. If he decided to attack Jayce without reason Andrei would advance onto Ozzy. He didn't say anything, he just stared at him and waited for him to make a move, his extra arms would be an issue, nothing a blade to the neck wouldn't take care of.
Noticing the borderline acts of hostility from his acolytes, and showing a clear disinterest in a quarrel within his laboratory, Viktor straightened his posture and held his open right hand up in front of him. "Ozzy, Andrei, we are not savages." the Machine Herald's artificially altered voice echoed through the office as he stared very sternly at the two he had just addressed. The last thing any of the men present needed was for an all out brawl to break out that would damage the sensitive equipment surrounding them. "I would much prefer we remain civilized and dignified, lest we make ourselves examples of Zaun's less than savory populace in the eyes of our guest, here."
The mechanically augmented Zaunite then turned his attention to his counterpart from Piltover, leveling a somewhat suspicious but very much curious gaze at him from behind the mask. "The only question remains, Jayce, is what exactly is your aim in offering this item to me without any glaringly malicious intent. Do please enlighten and educate us, what you are after in your seeming generosity?"
Post by The Defender of Tomorrow on Jul 10, 2013 6:12:51 GMT -5
"There is nothing I would do at this stage to cause more discord between the Piltovian-Zaunite alliance at the moment. Besides, the past is past, I can't live in it forever, I have to move on, progress." He shifted his arms uneasily for a moment, but then turned his gaze to Viktor again.
"Run scans on the crystal, whatever, there is nothing wrong with it. It may not supply the unlimited power that the original one would, but I hope it will aid you in your evolution. Now don't take this the wrong way, I'm not joining it, I just want you to see this as a friendly sign of peace. There is enough conflict between us as is." He rose from the wall, taking his hammer with him and slinging it across his back, per usual. "I think my time here is long overdue. I must go. Good day to you, Viktor."
He walked over to the exit of the office, waiting for the two men to make way for him to leave.
Post by Andrei Tosya on Jul 10, 2013 7:31:43 GMT -5
Andrei took a step to the side as Jayce walked up to the door, he retracted his blade and put it back in his robe, still keeping an eye on Ozzy if he made a move Andrei would follow up. He hadn't brought Jayce to Zaun just to have him slaughtered, had he wanted him dead he would have attacked him in Piltover.
Ozzy remained in the way of Jayce, his golden iris' circling to focus upon the Defender, he spoke, addressing Viktor, "Just like that?" He glared at Jayce, squeeze the trigger... Jayce would be a lifeless husk. Not a burden on his brother or anyone else. He pictured it now, a quick snap of the arm, squeezing the cold metal. The recoil kicking through his arm, the buck of the revolver, the energy released would seer through Jayce's skull. Right between the eyes. A simple drop and Viktor's problem would be solved.
Ozzy looked to Andrei as man stepped aside, "You pull out a weapon and look at me like that, you better damned use it next time. I ain't seeing why we are just letting this... Pompus ass leave here like this, a fragment? A single sliver to make up for destroying the damned thing, and all Viktor's work."
He moved his gaze back to Viktor, "There's a difference between being a savage and making damned sure he don't screw you over in future... Tell me to step aside and I will."
Behind Jayce, Viktor looked long and hard at the box that he now held in his hand. He opened it to confirm the crystal fragment that rested safely within, as Jayce tried in vain to make a safe exit from the laboratory. An initial analysis made the Herald certain that there was no foul play at work here, and a small scan with his augmented eyes resulted in the detection of a much smaller energy output from the fragment than the entire crystal had generated, which again confirmed Jayce's prior words. Looking up from the box in his hand, he set his gaze upon his rival's back as ideas already began to fade into existence in his mind regarding how to properly utilize the crystal fragment.
He saw how his most diligent brother, Ozzy, was still giving Jayce trouble as he aimed his revolver at the otherwise pacifistic Piltovian. Heaving a great sigh of exasperation, Viktor raised his free hand and signaled for Ozzy to move aside. "Ozzy, Jayce's death is not for you to decide. And while I have no doubt that you could get a good shot in, you forget that this man has gone toe-to-toe with the likes of myself and even the Terror of the Void on the Fields of Justice time and time again. As a Champion of the League, Jayce has certain liberties and as such killing him will only be more harmful to the Glorious Evolution if it were to be determined - as it likely would - that he had never meant any harm in his coming here. We don't need to create a scandal by ending the Defender's life, regardless of whether or not he intends to continue standing in the way of our progress. Even the briefest of cease-fires between two opposing armies is preferable to unyielding war."
Ozzy lowered his guns when Viktor explained the situation, it made sense. He stepped aside and glanced at Viktor, "I bet he ain't never met a girl he likes more than his own hair. Would be a shame to mess it up by blowing out his skull." He smirks, his demeanor changing drastically from totally serious and willing to kill, to now simply joking about the situation. He did however shoot a glare at Andrei, he didn't trust the guy... The glare was gone just as fast as it had appeared. Ozzy then simply watches Jayce leave.
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