1: Young Talon Part 1
(Court of Owls Sanctuary)
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The Younger Talon Was fighting against a Dozen Seasoned Opponents under the watchful eye of his master. Every Time they struck him down he got back up despite his body begging him to stay down.
His Opponents didn't hold back, sometimes they burned him, others the cut into his flesh, but mostly they just beat him black and blue.
He was trying to rely on his ears, hence his blindfold. But the goal wasn't to defeat or outlast, but to go Dodge quickly and perfectly.
His Back ached, and he was certain his Ribs were cracked, but he pushed through it.
The boy's master stood at a Balcony observing.
''He's determined.''
''Grandmaster.'' Talon Bows his head to the Head of The Court.
''He shows a lot of promise and a high pain Tolerance. Where did you find him?'' Grandmaster asks.
''On the Streets Grandmaster, fighting for a scrap of food and light flimsy blanket. No matter how badly he was beaten down he kept getting back up. He showed remarkable grit and sheer tenacity. His Will to survive impressed me, and so far it has carried him this far.'' Says Talon.
''Has He Selected a Discipline?'' The Grandmaster asks.
''Not yet, I wanted to test his reflexes and general skills before doing so.'' Says Talon.
''When he has and has shown satisfactory progress, send him to the Watchman, subject him to the Sample 1117 treatment, and if he survives give him a target. Then present him to us.'' The Grandmaster instructs.
''Yes, Grandmaster.'' Talon obediently replies.
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(Purgatory)
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''Why are we here Master?'' Asks The Boy.
''Your job is to retrieve an Experimental Serum from a derelict Japanese Submarine for the Court. You may only take one thing with you, what do you choose.''
The boy looks amongst the Objects.
A Sword.
A Single Throwing Knife.
A Bow and Quiver.
A Garrote Wire.
Picking up The Sword, He nods his head to his master.
''Remember, you must Recover as many samples as possible, it's critical to the Court's future Plans. When you have, head northeast to the Summit. You'll find me there.''
As The boy departs, Several figures come behind Talon.
''Don't pull any punches.'' Talon instructs as The Figures nod and vanish from sight.
''Good luck Kid. Do us all Proud.'' Talon says knowing The kid has his work cut from him against the past Talons of the long years past.
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Running into the Forests, The Young boy Found something thrilling about the serenity of the forests. But knowing his mission and the fact that There was a Derelict Japanese Submarine carrying an Experimental Serum meant that the crew likely lived and died here.
He first needed to see tha Island Terrain from high up. Then he needed a Base Camp, preferably an easily Defensible location with easy access to a reliable source of Water and replenishable Food Source. A suitable area to mine some ore and cut trees will also prove valuable as he can't expect to solely rely on his sword. He can use Animal Muscle Sinew in order to form a bowstring, and use the Wood for the Bow. Alternatively he can craft a Polearm Weapon with his sword, or he can craft primitive weapons to save his Swords Edge from being quickly dulled.
Following this he could survey the Terrain more closely. But first he needed a temporary home, daylight was fading and he wanted to make the absolute most of what he intended to be a very short period of time spent here....
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(Talon POV)
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Watching his students progress Talon Was satisfied with the boy's activities he immediately created a temporary shelter and set up multiple early warning alarms with what was on hand.
The Past Talons sent after him to test him were Alexander Staunton, Felix Harmon, Ephraim Newhouse, Henry Ballard, and all three generations of The O'Malleys. Alexander was the Talon of 1856, and though very effective was too flamboyant, his kills lacked the desired subtlety of the Grandmaster at the time. Felix, Alexander's success could be summed up with Six Words: Gigantic, Psychotic, Unreliable, Unpredictable, Hormonal, and Unworthy. Ephraim Newhouse was the Talon of 1665. However, his sloppiness forced the court to retire him, stripping him of his weapons and armor with a mark of disgrace on his record.
Henry Ballard was the Talon of the 1840s, and as such will remember the Gotham City of 1847 as a violent place and saw the city's present the same way. He allegedly regards women as "vermin", thus suggesting he possessed outdated and frankly unwelcome misogynistic traits. The O'Malleys were an interesting Bit of Talon History, seeing as three generations of O'Malleys have served as Talons: James O'Malley, his son Brandon and his grandson Nathaniel. Nathaniel is seen as a failure by his grandfather in particular, especially for having failed to sire an heir. But more likely Nathaniel chose not to.
Of Course, The boy would have to face a final challenge. The Talon Gauntlet; Mary Turner ,Uriah Boone, Xiao Loong, William Cobb, and his own Master in Alton Carver. Still Fighting your forebears was never fun, especially when they were a blood relative. But if the kid could get past them all, he'd have to fight Talon himself to prove his mettle wasn't at all just for show....
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I could go on, but it's far better to leave you all in suspense. Now yes it's Lian Yu and yes they sent him after the Mirakuru. But the real Kicker is gonna be Sample 1117.
Anyways please vote on his ancestor.
Next Chapter will be at least 975 words of story content I promise you. Anyways, Goodnight you Beautiful Bastards....It is past my bedtime after all according to the cranky wife next to me.
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