RidOv Chpt-7

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==Ridiculously Overboard!! (A Captain Roberts Tale!!)Chapter 7 - Find the Girl!==
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The communication...
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...to the Clan's Loremaster went better than expected, and Seron got a new instruction.
"We found the remains of a Word of Blake cell almost under our feet on Alpheratz."
"Savashri-you mean-"
"The bodies of eleven young people were also found, victims of invasive surgery, the running suspicion is that this was a cell involved with their 'Manei Domini' seeking to create more. Extensive cybernetic enhancements, and explosive control collars...it is a mess, Seron. Your girl matches with the same batch of their victims. She may be operating under instructions, or she may have escaped...after resisting successfully. You must retrieve this girl alive and intact if possible. she is your priority now."
"What of the suspects you found?" Seron asked.
"Slaughtered like animals. We believe she may be among allies who attempted a rescue, but we have no information on unaffiliated mercenaries in the region, and the ones that were in the region either accepted a reduced status under the Clan, or departed swiftly upon our arrival, so the running theory combined with the case you were already reporting on, is that she is in the hands of a desperate, aggressive, group of armed operatives, possibly genuine pirates. I need you to add as much detail and possible identification of what, exactly, your quarry may have suffered in the hands of these...butchers."
"Seyla. I will go over records...perhaps I can divine her destination ahead of her...what kind of modifications would be likely?"
"The surgeries that murdered the other eleven children were internal, neck and head mostly, though there were other...things. These monsters have no conscience, no honor, to do this to children. Expect the worst. If you can not secure her alive, secure her corpse for examination."
"I understand."
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