Fortifications

[Nox]

There was no way the Atharim could function without being above the law. Do you try rougarou? Do what with them afterwards? put them in jail? There was no quarter. As it should be. Same with rogue gods, sentients and wolfkin, and any other creature disturbing humanity's existence.

Nox says "So you want to help? If they come through that door right now guns blazing, you going to let me put a bullet in their head, or you going to try to bring them in peacefully?"


Ivan looked at him. "If someone busts in a room guns raised and firing, that's called self defense. Of course we can defend ourselves."


Nox shrugged. "There is nothing 'defensive' about what I would do if someone came in here and threatened me and my friends."
Nox walked over to Dorian's bar and poured a shot of tequila and tipped it back straight. It wasn't going to do any good for his nerves but it might do something about the pounding headache he had. "You want to catch the two guys who I'm pretty sure killed those kids. That's why you are here. You, and your family are safe. You get involved now, you put them at risk. The Atharim have known about you. No one has threatened you. You're a cop. Cruz, he's not safe. He's the son of an Atharim. He should be all rights be dead right now. Dorian's right, though, I'm nothing if not Atharim. Just because I won't kill a sick kid doesn't mean I won't kill someone like the guy who terrorized the city. I'd put a bullet between his eyes. I chose a side a long time ago and I took my oaths and I will die by them. I will protect humanity at whatever costs. And I'll protect myself the only way I know how."


Nox grabbed the power while he talked and crushed the crystal shot glass in a weave of air and let it settle into another glass. A pinch of shattered crystal hung in the air and Nox threw it across the room at the place a moose head had once hung. It had been gone for awhile now, but the discolored paint told the tale of it's existence. The glass shards embedded deeply into the paneling. To make a point that he wasn't going to be nice about it all.

He continued "And that's making sure these people are safe while I hunt down those hunting me and I plan on killing them before they kill me. The Atharim aren't going to stop because you put two dipshits in jail. You catch those other two, put them in jail, for what? You have nothing on them except maybe attempted murder but no proof of it right now. The Atharim have good lawyers too, just like we have cops and politicians too. You can arrest whoever you want but they aren't going to stop hunting until they are dead or too afraid to come after me."


[[with ivan]]


Edited by Nox, Dec 22 2017, 03:19 PM.