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Aug 23, 2018 21:17:34 GMT -5
Post by Ling Xiaoyu on Aug 23, 2018 21:17:34 GMT -5
It was around evening time in the city of Tokyo, people in the workforce were on their way home, children coming home from a day of playing outside, it was peaceful and quiet. Towards the inner city, a dark colored vehicle came to a stop at a red light, the car had extremely dark tinted windows so that no one could see inside. Inside of the vehicle were men dressed in all black from head to toe and carried rifles and other artillery. On the floor of the car laid a badly beaten Eric Hasson who had ultimately slipped unconscious from his injuries he sustained while in Sweden...
Once the light turned green, the car sped off and continued to drive until they stumbled upon a deserted road, just outside of the city. The boss of the corrupted men, snickered as he smoked his cigar. He halted the driver, letting him know that it was their time to stop and drop off extra weight.
He looked over at Eric and then at his men, "Looks like our company decided to take a nap... wake him up." The men proceeded to aggressively kick Eric repeatedly until he eventually woke up, and started to cough up blood.
To his dismay, the boss of the group was not pleased with his actions, "Ugh! You bastard!" He took one last puff of his cigar and threw it out before stomping Eric on his rib cage, causing him to groan in pain.
Getting out of the car, the boss and his group of thugs dragged Eric out of the vehicle and onto the dirt road. Eric at this point was too weak to even bother to move and laid on the ground almost motionless.
"You just don't get it do you Hasson? Your father is the reason my business went down the shithole and you're going to pay for every cent of it. You are connected in this deeper than you think you are Hasson, I spared your life just this once because I thought it would be too easy for me. But be warned, next time, you will be dead quicker than you can imagine..."
At this point, Eric was confused by all of this and wanted to get answers, what exactly was he connected to? What information about his past did his father leave out??
"Stay out of Sweden if you know what's best for you..." The unknown man shoved Eric's face in the dirt and proceeded with his thugs into the car and speeding off, leaving Eric there to practically bleed out..
He slipped into another unconscious state once more, only to be woken up by a familiar voice...
"Hasson?? Hasson? Can you hear me??"
Opening his eyes, his vision was blurry but the voice was so familiar to him, "M-Marcella?"
Marcella was clothed in her Tekken Zaibatsu Soldier attire, meaning she went back into the line of duty against her husband's wishes to do so. Although, she hated being away from her family, this kind of work pays the bills and being a soldier is in her bloodline..
"C'mon people! Let's move and get Hasson to the nearest hospital!" Marcella ordered her troops as they gathered Eric and rushed him to the nearest hospital where he had to go for immediate surgery..
The surgery took hours but Marcella was in the recovery room with Eric, ready to answer questions that he may have in regards to what happened to him. In her hand, she held a folder. She sat across from Eric, as she stared at him in silence.
"This is a confidential folder, Hasson. Any clue what's in it?"
Eric shook his head as he couldn't talk just from how weak he was...
Marcella got up from the chair and walked over to Eric's bed and placed the folder on his lap, "Basically, consider yourself lucky..." With that, she left out of the room closing the door behind her...
Curious, Eric grabbed the folder and carefully began to open it and there in the folder was a picture of him and he was labeled as a terrorist and an immense threat to society. He was wanted for other crimes that he knowingly did NOT commit... As he looked further down along the page, he was sent out as a search and destroy mission for... Marcella Torres...
Eric immediately thought that someone is trying to frame him, and cover up their tracks but.. who?? This lead to Eric becoming curious as to who would want him dead...
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Aug 28, 2018 22:41:13 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 28, 2018 22:41:13 GMT -5
Zakk made it to Japan after visiting his family in England. He had to leave and continue on his hunt for his cousin. He heard that there was a possible lead that he would find in Japan. But in the meantime, he was going to look into Kazuya's sudden disappearance.
Kazuya's reputation has somewhat waned thanks to his discovery with Julia, Paul, and Steve. He shared the information to the world, well he tried to, before the evidence "vanished". Zakk suspected a mole, but he did still have the flashdrive.
Zakk couldn't shake one of his discoveries: Gigas. That's what they called it. A man unwillingly kidnapped and turned into a monster. As per Kazuya's orders. That thought alone made him sick to his stomach.
Zakk sighed as he stood at the Tokyo Bay area. He got intel from an anonymous tipper that Lian is hiding out on a cruise ship. He doesn't have a warrant, so he can't do anything but watch from afar and confirm the suspect's his cousin's location. Zakk had so many questions to ask her.
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Aug 31, 2018 17:01:01 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Aug 31, 2018 17:01:01 GMT -5
Since she came back from her three month sick leave, mostly psychological trauma like many other G-Corp employees who survived the explosion, Julia had continued once more to know what happened to Kazuya. She knew he didn't die from the explosion since he fought and killed his father later. But then he disappeared once more and he had not come back at the head of G-Corporation since the explosion.
As she learned about her missing co-workers, many who were now dead, she also learned that some, who she was suspecting of being into the more shady parts of G-Corporation's doings, had left the company, probably believing that Kazuya was dead, and were now working for some criminal organization and that they may hang in a cruising ship around here. So trying to not get too noticed by anyone, she patrolled the Tokyo Bay area, trying to see if she would recognize anyone she knew.
She did, as she suddenly noticed a face, she had not seen in month: Zakk. He was probably also investigating around here... She silently walked toward him and said once near:
"Hey, you intend to take a cruise or something?"
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Aug 31, 2018 20:33:42 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Aug 31, 2018 20:33:42 GMT -5
Zakk was slightly startled by Julia.
"Oh! Hi! Fancy seeing you here. What are you up to these days?"
It was nice to see a familiar face. Especially one that was with him that day.
"I am actually trying to find out where a suspect is hiding. I heard rumors of a half-Asian like myself last seen boarding a cruise ship. I don't have a warrant, so I can't board the ship, but I hope it is docked."
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Sept 1, 2018 17:13:24 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 1, 2018 17:13:24 GMT -5
A half-Asian… Yeah Zakk was half-Asian, like her own mother Michelle, who was half-Native American, half-Asian…
Somehow Julia wondered what she was herself. She never knew her real parents… Yet she looks so much like Michelle that they probably share some genes, she is probably at least part Native-American, mostly that she has been found on the reservation… But to look so much like her adoptive mother, was she part Chinese as well?
What if her Chinese grandfather had an affair with another Native American woman and that woman had given birth to her real mother or father? Then she would be Michelle’s half-niece… Probably not, from what she knew of her grandfather, he wasn’t like that, both her grandmother and Michelle remembered him fondly but then extra-marital adventures were often kept secret… mostly from the family. But that this theory be true or not, Julia was often wondering who her real parents were… Not that she didn’t like her actual mother, she loved, even adored her adoptive mother and often thanked the spirits for sending Michelle to her when she was still a baby, crying alone in the deserted settlement but she still wondered who were her real parents and why they abandoned her.
Despite fearing for her beloved adoptive daughter, Michelle had tried to find who they were but never got any clues… Julia was certain that she probably had family ties with Michelle and the person who brought her to the deserted settlement probably knew that Michelle was often going there. It probably was some cousin or something, maybe a male cousin since a pregnancy would have been noticed with a female cousin by either Michelle or her mother, or anyone else… The male cousin and his lover probably both didn’t want her so they decided to ‘give’ her to Michelle, knowing she would be a good mother… When she told those suspicions to her mother, Michelle didn’t see which cousin it could be and mostly thought that none of them would do that but then she didn’t know everybody personally. What she always told Julia was that if someone intended to give her their baby, they gave her the best gift of all. Michelle was always bringing it back to the fact that she loved Julia, probably because she wanted to protect Julia…
Yet sometimes it pained Julia to not know about her real parents… When she met Lee, he always acted friendly toward her and told her he liked her very much because she was adopted like him. Except that Lee knew who were his parents. He didn’t know or remember them much but he had known them while Julia didn’t have a clue on who they were… She didn’t have any real roots… She sometimes thought that maybe that was why she wanted to create a forest, somehow to create the roots she felt she lacked… The forest was somehow giving her deeper roots to her land… She needed to belong…
But now trying to stop digressing about her roots, Julia asked Zakk:
“Does the person looks more Asian or the other half?"
She then added:
“Well, there is supposed to have some cruising ship indeed around here, with criminals aboard… Maybe some knowing about Kazuya Mishima… Probably the same ship you're looking for. Lars is also around here, trying to get some info on Kazuya and we were looking for that ship. We don’t hang together too much to not blow my cover but he is around in case of trouble.”
After a moment Julia added:
“After Mom saw what happened to G-Corp and how I was affected when I came back home… I tried not to show her how I felt but it was too hard, I couldn’t hide it and I sometimes started crying, thinking about…”
After a pause, still thinking about the tragedy that happened at the G-Corp tower that day and all the people who died, becoming too emotional, Julia got a hold of herself and continued:
“But with everything that happened, mom asked me to quit my job. She didn’t want me to meddle in any of this anymore. She wanted me to stay in the States. But I told her that what I was doing was important and I had to do it. Revenge aside, I had to stop those who hurt my grandparents since they were also hurting others. I called Lee so that he would try to convince my mom of letting me go but he took Mom’s side and asked me to not put myself in danger anymore. I was against the two to argue, Mom in person and Lee on the phone. But luckily, Lars overheard the conversation and took my side, saying that sometimes it’s better to confront our fears as soon as possible and eliminate them than to flee from them, letting them grow and never heal from them. If I felt I had to do it, then I should. And I felt I had to. Then Lee reluctantly took my side and told Mom he and Lars would watch after me. Mom agreed to let me come back here but I know she is worrying sick… She told Lee she would come and kill them if anything happened to me. And now I have to call her two times a day… I know I can be in danger sometimes but I’m not a fragile little girl… But I guess Mom will always be like that…”
Taking out her cell, Julia opened it to show something to Zakk.
"Lars sent me the list of all the ships that have docked, left or will arrive soon. In fact, all the nautical traffic. Do you recognize the name of your boat in this or you don't have a clue?"
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Sept 1, 2018 20:45:10 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 1, 2018 20:45:10 GMT -5
"She looks kinda like me... How... She looks kinda oriental but not? You know what I mean? Have you seen her? She wears a blue dress."
Julia then mentioned criminals knowing about Kazuya. He was immediately interested. While he was looking for Lian.
"Interesting. Good to know." Zakk wasn't sure if Kazuya was even aware of his existience.
Then Julia mentioned about how sad she felt and the horrors that she had witnessed and the stress that she felt. Zakk felt bad for Julia.
"I know... But yes, you have to do what's right."
Once Julia calmed down and checked the list of ships in the harbor, Zakk immediately searched for the Poseidon.
"Hmmm... it's about to set sail tonight."
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Sept 1, 2018 21:31:56 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 1, 2018 21:31:56 GMT -5
Julia thought for a while and said: “Hum… I don’t recall having seen a woman with a blue dress… Yet there was that cruise ship with some woman on board… But I didn't notice a blue dress.“
Then Julia seemed interested when Zakk talked about the boat that will set sails.
“It will set sails? And what do you intend to do? Should we discretely board it?”
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Sept 1, 2018 21:50:10 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 1, 2018 21:50:10 GMT -5
"So, you haven't seen her." Zakk looked disappointed. But it was nice to have a friend around.
When Julia suggested boarding it, Zakk nodded. "Yes, of course. Only for a quick sneak peak." He smiled. "Yes. But then we have to get off before they sail. Just long enough to know if the suspect is there."
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Sept 1, 2018 22:02:00 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Sept 1, 2018 22:02:00 GMT -5
"Okay, I'll tell Lars. In case something happens." said Julia as she picked her cell once more. "I guess we either hide or pretend to be ordinary guys, so Lars wouldn't be discrete enough to come with us but I'll just tell him."
Julia then told Lars about which ship they would board so that he came nearer in case of problems. She assured him she was with a detective friend so it was okay. She then told Zakk:
"Okay we can go."
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Sept 17, 2018 7:29:11 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Sept 17, 2018 7:29:11 GMT -5
Zakk sat down at a cafe with his date, Betty. He couldn't help but stop thinking about Julia. He felt very bad about this. He honestly didn't plan for things to end up this way. He didn't think he'd run into Betty while he was investigating. After hearing and finding out that Madison somewhat invited Betty, Zakk knew that this was no coincidence. This was staged. Madison knew Betty was a very jealous woman. She knew Betty was going to impede on his investigation.
"What's wrong, Wan-Wan?"
Zakk looked up at Betty. "It's just Julia... She seemed pretty upset."
"You're thinking about her!"
"Well, I mean, you jumping to conclusions didn't help the situation. Not one bit."
"I was simply doing us a favor! I was testing to see if this girl was going to steal you away from me."
"And she won't. Betty, look, I understand, you were burned in the past, but why can't you just trust me on this? Just because I hang around with a beautiful Native American woman doesn't mean I'm just suddenly going to drop you just to date her. I know that happened, but Betty, I'm not like other guys."
"Ahah! YOU ADMITTED THAT SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL!"
Zakk just realized what he had said. "Of course! Everyone is beautiful in their own way. Besides that, Betty... It just wasn't acceptable. And you wonder why I never take you to meet my parents." He rolled his eyes. "I can't have you accusing every girl you see hanging around me of being my 'side-piece'. What if I introduce you to my cousin, and you start assuming she's my 'side-piece?'"
"Well, you're obviously getting some elsewhere. You refuse to sleep with me."
"We've only started dating a month ago, Betty. That's such a huge step for me. I like to take things slow. I've already told you this."
"ARE YOU BREAKING UP WITH ME?"
Zakk waved his hands in defense. "No, no, no no! Betty! It's not_"
"OH MY GOD! YOU ARE BREAKING UP WITH ME!"
Zakk grabbed Betty's hand and tried to "shh" her as the two caused a scene. All eyes were on the pair. "Betty, shh! You're causing a scene."
"LET THEM WATCH! LET THEM SEE! WAN-WAN IS BREAKING UP WITH ME! HE'S DUMPING ME FOR SOME NATIVE AMERICAN TRASH!"
He really didn't appreciate Betty calling Julia that. "BETTY! JULIA IS NOT TRASH! SHE'S MY BLOODY FRIEND FOR FUCK'S SAKE!"
Betty smirked a little. It was so hot seeing Zakk all flustered and angry like this. "THE WAY SHE REACTED! SHE GOT ALL DEFENSIVE!"
"OF COURSE THE BLOODY HELL SHE IS, WHEN YOU KEEP GOING AROUND ACCUSING EVERY BLOODY GIRL YOU SEE OF BANGING ME!"
"Well, Wan-Wan..." Betty began. "I think I am going to have to let you go for the evening. I got work to do. Oh, and by the way, don't ever come back on that ship, or else Mrs. Grant will have your head. Bye, Wan-Wan. Have fun with that American whore."
Betty got up and left as Zakk chased after her, shouting, "SHE'S NOT A FUCKING WHORE!"
Eventually, Betty hopped in a car and left, as Zakk sighed to himself. As Betty was in the car, she smiled.
Zakk apologized to the people and wrote a large check and returned to the hotel. Zakk hated that he can't go back on the ship. He and Betty weren't broken up, but the girl was seriously pushing his buttons. Betty's understandably abrasive, but she's sweet and kind and packs his lunch every day. But he's seeing her in a different light. Is she really so insecure? Not to mention, she gave him a pet-name on their first date without any thought.
Zakk sighed. He'll have to talk to Julia about this later and apologize. Right now, he had to figure out how is he going to find his cousin, now that his girlfriend sabotaged his investigation. Again. Well, if he dated Julia, she wouldn't sabotage his investigation like Betty would, wouldn't she?
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Oct 9, 2018 20:45:02 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Oct 9, 2018 20:45:02 GMT -5
Lars would receive a call from Lei's cellphone...
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Oct 9, 2018 20:47:18 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Oct 9, 2018 20:47:18 GMT -5
Having his phone right in hand, Lars quickly answered: "Hello?"
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Oct 9, 2018 20:48:30 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Oct 9, 2018 20:48:30 GMT -5
"Hello! This is Lars Alexandersson, yes?" Elise said on the other line. "Listen, I have some very important information that I believe that I should pass along to you."
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Oct 9, 2018 22:00:20 GMT -5
Post by White Tiger on Oct 9, 2018 22:00:20 GMT -5
"Hello! This is Lars Alexandersson, yes? Listen, I have some very important information that I believe that I should pass along to you."
"What? Who are you?" asked Lars, suddenly surprised by the feminine voice.
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Oct 9, 2018 22:07:59 GMT -5
Post by Lei Wulong on Oct 9, 2018 22:07:59 GMT -5
"Oh! I apologize for not introducing myself! You see, my name is Dr. Elise Kristovitch. I was formerly a scientist for the Mishima Zaibatsu who did experiments on the Devil Gene. I am currently in a long-term committed relationship with Wulong, or the man whom you know as Lei."
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