Each of you has been summoned to Fort Gravender, just outside of Tolkeen City - on the Eastern front.
Tolkeen is in a state of confusion. They are gathering whoever is "ready" to head out into the conflict zones, and forming them into squads. They assign an Officer and send them on their way.

Tolkeen is swarmed in people. There are hundreds of soldiers entering or leaving the City. There are mercenary posts, recruiting hundreds of "guns for hire". Another division of Cyber Knights has just arrived. Still, the Federation of Magic has not come...

Borderline went down yesterday. Apparently the entire population dug in and defended their home. The Coalition had too many. Nobody made it out of Borderline alive.

It is a sunny September day. You would all be approaching the fort you have been told to look for. You are also to seek out an officer named Sorkhan Shira. All any of you know about where you will be going is closer to the Coalition advancements...

Standing outside of Fort Gravender is a small group of people. There is a tall man, native american in decent, with long black hair. There is a bald man smirking mischieviously while talking to the gorgeous woman in the group, a red head.

Another figure is approaching the group, a large Grackle-Tooth covered in guns and ammo clips, topped with a human cowboy hat. He"yells down to the 4 people "Any of you Shira?" as he hops down a steep grass hill.
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   Lotus walked across a wide field filled with long yellow grass.  She approached from the south and walked up onto a gravel road only a few hundred feet away from Fort Gravender and made the rest of the trek from there.  She marched at a brisk pace, not wishing to waste any time and eyed the fort from behind the skull-faced visor of her helmet.  Lotus spotted a small gathering of people by the main entrance to the fort and decided they would be the best place to start looking for this Sorkhan Shira.  When Lotus heard the oversized lizard shout the name aloud, Lotus knew she was in the right place.  She approached the group at about the same time as the grackletooth, and remained silent for the moment, waiting for a response to his inquiry.  Lotus stopped when she got to within ten feet or so from the group, close enough to hear, but far enough away to avoid having to introduce herself just yet.

Xion had been in Tolkeen for a few years now, and while happy to be traveling, hated the notion that he may never see his city again. Xion wandered closer to the fort just in time to hear the large creature shout the name he was hoping to hear. The sound of the name sped him along his course, almost jogging to get there faster. Once near enough to the gathering outside the gate he speaks up, "I am Xion from Tolkeen, it is good to meet you all." He pauses briefly, "I am a battle mage from an elite group that has been facing off with the CS for sometime now, mostly hit and run tactics as the groups we met with were small in number...not like what happened in Borderline." Xion will then nod to each person present, and shake hands with those that will allow. He will make eye contact with the ladies present and give thema sly wink. "Do we know how many are to join us?"

I been fightin' the CS for a while too

I don't know how many are coming. They told me a dozen or so.
I'm Glad to have you aboard Xion. Might need your help, we might be surrounded by philosophical mercenaries like this one soon. (motioning towards the grackle tooth)

"I am Shira, and I will be in charge"

 -Any of you who could recognize Tolkeen ranking insignias would realize that Shira appears to be the same rank as Xion. Of course Xion would realize this first. Not that this is a mistake or anything, this happens often.
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"You are the one I was told to find," Xion smiles, "at your service maam." Turning to the Grackletooth, "From the looks of you I would say you had handled your fair share of CS troops too," he laughs a little at his joke.

A Big Boss ATV came down the road towards the large front doors of Fort Gravender. Both D-bee and human alike, on either side of the road, turned toward the odd looking and sounding vehicle. The sound was some-what high pitched like from an electric engine. The other thing that made the vehicle different was that on both of the doors, hood, rear and top of the ATV was a big white painted square with a bright red cross in its center. After giving the driver a few odd looks, they looked away and continued with their own business.

A few yards from the gate, the ATV turned off the road and parked. Soon afterwards, the door to the vehicle opened and out stepped a woman with long blond hair wearing a white Bushman Full Composite Environmental Body Armor without the helmet. The woman closed the door and turned her head as if looking for something. It did not take her long to find the small group in front of the fort’s door and started walking towards them.

As she drew closer, the people would notice that she had the same Red Cross on both shoulders and left chest of the armor. She was tall and looked looked attractive (PB: 20) with her long blond hair, lovely dark blue eyes and red full lips. When she got to the group, she put her hands on her hips and looked each person in the eye before speaking.

“Excuse me; I am looking for a Mr. Shira. Does anyone know where I can find him?”

Van approaches Fort Gravender on his hover-board, skimming across the top of the tall grass like a wakeboarder across the water. He passes the droves of refugees, volunteers, militia men, and soldiers on the left hand side. While he has the look of a cocky young good for nothing, wearing khaki-green cargo pants and an undershirt with a few tattoos, the look on his face is not one of arrogance. He is pensive. He seems lost in thought watching the grass go by. It is only at the last minute that he looks over and notices he's at the fort.

He stops short and begins flying around slowly, looking for groups of people. He asks around abit and finally comes to the group.

"Is this to be the squad of Sorkhan Shira?"

For Reference:
Age: 17
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 150lbs
MA - 16
PB - 18

Has a thin yet fairly muscular build.
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Mephisto turns around from his concersation with Saila, to look at the source of this voice.

He looks the hover boardist up and down, "Van?"

"Mephisto? Strange meeting you here again, like this. I did not know you had any ties with Tolkeen, or are you just doing contract work?"

   Lotus waits patiently in silence at the sidelines of the group.  She keeps her face and emotions concealed behind the deathly visage of her face plate while glancing at each of those present.  She doesn't appear shy, but rather uninterested in small talk.  For now, she just watches...

Piloting a hovercycle at a cruising speed just above the tall grass as to not disturb it, I slow down to a stop as I approach the ever growing group, get off the vehicle, introduce myself to anyone willing to return the favour. I however do not refer to myself using the prefix "Sir" - it is just Tecumseh.