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Let's take the middle road...you take a moment to examine your character. Taki crouches on a crumbling wall, silently watching for movement. Her signature jumpsuit is augmented by pauldrons, bracers, and armored boots. You aren't sure why she has such a strong desire to protect her shoulders when her entire midriff is exposed but for your purposes it's perfect.

You'd always thought that at a certain point breasts were just too big and you still stood by that, however your definition of "too big" had just changed. While they had virtually no support Taki's melons somehow maintained their shape, jutting out from her chest beautifully while the jumpsuit left absolutely nothing to the imagination. You'd heard that people argued over whether Taki wore clothes at all or just wore body-paint. You can see why.

Her face is beautiful but...cold. "Ice queen" seemed an understatement, which was bizarre considering how her body WAS sex appeal. She just radiated no-nonsense, focus, and you weren't sure how but she just...FELT deadly. This was the kind of woman you didn't want to tangle with, regardless of gender. Of course, you wouldn't be the one tangling with her. With a little grin you watch intently for the coming encounter...

(Perspective Change)

Spotting her targets stumbling through the ruin, Taki dropped down to face them. Shouting a warning, the first began to draw his sword-CRACK-before he flew unconscious into a wall. CRACK-the second flopped limply across the floor-CRACK-the fourth did an impromptu flip before landing in a heap. The last man, really not much more than a boy, struggled to pull his sword as he reeled backwards, panic etched on his face.

WHUMP-he hit the ground hard, but not hard enough to knock him out. Dazedly, he tried to push himself up and make out what had hit him. Taki effortlessly held him down with one arm.

"Where is the Shard?" She spoke quietly but with an edge that told the boy he wasn't worth her time.

"You're a girl?! GAgK-"

"Where is the Shard?" She repeated mono-tonally as the boy fought for air.

"I (cough) don't know (gasp)! Jack took it (cough) to the buyer this morning! GAgK! I SWEAR!"

"Where did he take it?"

"To the (cough) warehouse, on the river!"

Taki inwardly ground her teeth. There were maybe a hundred such warehouses scattered around the local rivers. She'd been tracking this shard of Soul Edge for over a month. To be this close and lose the target....She desperately wanted to beat something. But not the boy. He probably wouldn't survive.

"Who was the buyer?"

"Some foreigner...GAgk-Ok! Ok, Uh....Blonde hair....Blue eyes....kind of a dick..."

Hm. Sounded like Raphael. Son of a bitch was trying to piece the thing together again. For such an old and reportedly well-kept secret, it often seemed like the entire world was hunting Soul Edge. Well, if she was lucky she might be able to track down Raphael before he left the country, hopefully he decided to spend the night...Taki rolled her eyes. As if. She'd probably have to chase the bastard all the way back to Europe to get the damn Shard.

(Interesting, the story is unfolding before you eyes without your intervention. It's like watching some kind of dynamic movie, which is pretty cool in it's own respect but you don't think watching Taki chase Raphael across the world would be that interesting. The controls were a little overwhelming, all of the base content plus the mods made for hundreds of possibilities. Combined with the fact that the game was dynamic made it hard to choose a direction.)

(Scanning through the options you see "fast forward to next event." Hm...What to do...What to-)

"...Um....could I go now? Ma'am?"