[Closed] Operation: Execution

[justice_is_blond]

WHO: Anders, Jamie
WHAT: Anders is given Inquisition intel regarding a target they want questioned and then eliminated and takes an associate to deal with the matter.
WHEN: In the FUUUUUUUUTURE (dark future AU)
WHERE: Ye Olde Windye Roade
NOTES: Intimidation, violence, threats, death.

It's not the usual raid, and that gives him pause. Raiding is... different, somehow. He's been able to do the mental gymnastics to justify raids - they need supplies, people just happen to be there who are enemies. This is direct.

And yet the pause is short. They're at war, and even though he's fairly certain they're losing this he's going to fight. Anders gathers what he'll need and checks his mental list of who is around before heading out to one of the local hangouts. Sure enough, Jamie's there and he takes a seat next to the Rifter.

"I've an errand to run, if you're interested in joining me. It's not the usual, but it's for friends of the both of us." Which should say enough for any public conversation. Privately, though, he passes the specifics he'd been given over to Jamie while keeping an eye out for anyone trying to read over the man's shoulder.

"Memorize what you'd like to. I'm going to burn that once you're done." The details are simple enough, at least.

Comments

[wontforgetyou]

Anders isn't the only one feeling regret when it comes to the horses - but Jamie doesn't have time to dwell on their fates, unfortunate as they are. The trap's been sprung, and while it's taken out some of the guards, and even though the ice-storm has slowed them considerably, there's still some that can respond to the attack.

Rather than rush down immediately, however, Jamie pops up from the spot he's chosen from behind the practice dummies they'd set up as trap, taking aim with a bow he'd brought with him and firing before running to another position and firing again, making it seem like there's archers on the hill in an attempt to draw some of the men up and into the range of the traps. For now, it seems to be working, at least to an extent. Some of the less injured men do draw their swords, moving up the hill and towards the line of "archers". Not all of them do, however, and when Jamie spots some of the others reaching for bows to return fire with, he ducks back down out of sight, using the terrain to cut across to a spot he knows he can use to hide his movements and allow him to flank the men that remain below.

In the meantime, the men that do make their way up the hill are still moving slowly, thanks to the ice-storm...but it's not long at all before they're in range of the second trap, unaware of the rather nasty surprise that awaits them.

[justice_is_blond]

And nasty surprise it is, metal shards spraying through the air and shredding into the guards. Mercy does not approve of this, cannot, but at least she doesn't flee. There will be so many more lost if they don't take care of this man and determine what they can from him.

Anders does what he can from his own position, trying to keep track of Jamie while he makes fires flare up. By now the men are scattered and few, and their target is struggling out of the center carriage and yelling. It takes a great deal of patience to wait for it, but finally the man steps into the paralysis glyph and Anders activates it, trapping him for a good long time.

As far as the rest goes? Anders weaves together force and ice for a reverberation effect as he yells "Run" to them. It's their only chance to scatter, and they don't have to die here today unless they choose to do so.

[wontforgetyou]

As the reverberation effect starts to sweep through the ambush area, some of the men - the smarter ones - do. They can see where this is headed, and they're not getting paid nearly enough to lose their lives in the process. Some of them are slower than the others, thanks to their injuries, but it's clear to see that they're still going - and once Jamie sees that, he makes no move to stop them.

The ones that are left, however, are another matter, and as they realize that the dummies are in fact dummies and not people, they start to turn their attention towards Anders and their trapped boss. By then it's too late, however. Jamie's made his way into position, and as the men that are left start to make their move, he does as well, springing out from behind a tree with steel in hand and every intention of taking down the few men that remain.

It helps that they're not all in the same place, as well. That means neither he nor Anders are going to get overwhelmed, and barring anything odd happening, between the two of them they'll be able to take down the last of the guards in short order.