on_her_korhal: (qob: back)
"My Queen, our scouts have just discovered a massive wave of Zerg in high orbit. Hundreds of Zerg have landed upon Tarsonis and are even now approaching our location! A number of our outposts are already under attack by the renegade Swarm!"

Duran's report came quick, in the heavy staccato of his Zerg-modulated voice. Kerrigan's expression scrounged up. Of course. She could not have expected to rest longer than she had.

"So, the UED is testing out their control of their pet Overmind," she said, thoughtfully. "I had hoped to lay low after we razed Korhal, but it seems the UED is intent on forcing my hand." She turned away from the screen, dismissing Duran without as much as a word.

He was a capable field commander, but she was going to need someone more precise for this job. "River," she called, "Report to my Hive at once."

[[ for the river-child, dialogue taken from StarCraft Brood War mission Z06, 'Fury of the Swarm' ]]
on_her_korhal: (qob: smirking)
"You have all performed superbly."

Hyperion was hardly neutral ground, but there were enough members of different factions here to make it... safe. Kerrigan's heels clicked against the metal plating, leaving an echo of something tinny and unnatural bouncing around the room.

Especially you, Fenix. )

"My Queen?" Duran asked, respectfully, his arms crossed lightly behind his back in his ready position. "Mengsk has taken his forces down to reestablish a foothold in the city of Augustgrad. He appears to be taking back his reigns."

Kerrigan turned her head. Her mouth curled into a ready smirk, half-meant, half-edged with bitter loathing. "Hope he knows about the Booth tactic," she said, her voice flooding with irony, and paced past the infested Terran into her chambers.

[[ NFB, NFI, OOC-okay. most dialogue taken from StarCraft Zerg mission 4, 'The Liberation of Korhal' ]]
on_her_korhal: (qob: back)
Stukov had been disposed of with DuGalle's own help. Now, the Earthlings approached Char, and the fledgeling Overmind that had been brought to life there by the other Cerebrates. The new Overmind had been Kerrigan's target all along - even up here, she could feel its mental forces reaching out, trying to claim her.

But Kerrigan was stronger than that. )

[ some dialogue taken from StarCraft: Brood War Terran Mission 8, 'To Chain The Beast'. and we're done with the terran missions! ooc-okaaay. ]
on_her_korhal: (qob: back)
The UED was going to get winged badly in just a few minutes' time. Kerrigan was proud of her handiwork. She was starting to get the hang of this, of directing a grander and grander swarm, as more Zerg came into her control.

Soon, she'd have to deal with the remaining cerebrates. As it stood, she was perched on the edge of yet another victory. Right now, somewhere down there, in that Science Vessel, UED marines were seeking out the supposed traitor Stukov. The good UED Admiral's former right hand.

Quite possibly the cleverest man the Admiral had had under his employ, and the Admiral was going to get him out of Kerrigan's way himself. It was a pretty bit of strategy. Especially considering her Duran had been chosen to do the job himself - which meant they got a play-by of events as they unfolded.

Nothing left to do but watch the Earthlings tear themselves apart.

"It won't be long now, River," she said, and trailed her hand down one of the Overlord's jagged bones.

[ for river, if she pleases! ]
on_her_korhal: (qob: watching you)
Far above the fray, someone sat watching. Her long fingers rubbed idly over a Hydralisk's back, like it was a particularly gruesome dog. The structure breathed with comfort, one steady familiar heartbeat at a time. Much like hers.

Much like all of theirs.

'Cerebrate,' said the Queen of Blades. )

"Will that be all, my Queen?"

"Pick up River on the way. I'd like to see her up here before she gets redeployed."

"As you wish."

[ NFB, NFI, OOC-okay, la! based on events from StarCraft: Brood War Terran mission 6, 'Emperor's Flight' ]
on_her_korhal: (qob: watching you)
"Report, Duran."

She was strolling along the hybridization station at a leisurely pace - once a Terran command center, now a home for the armies of the Zerg, it was packed with the living, breathing bodies of men and women yet to be put to the test. So far, all of them had either died or become mindless shadows of themselves, but Kerrigan was intent on perfecting the process.

"The UED has taken the bait, my Queen." The infested Terran's raspy voice - Duran was the second and last of her hybrid successes, barring herself - was rather clear and to-the-point in her mind. "I have now joined their forces as a respected advisor and expert on the territory."

"That was easy," she commented, "The UED is sloppier than I expected. How's the ranks?"

"Admiral DuGalle is close with his right hand man, Stukov," he said, "But they're pompous and arrogant. It may only take some paranoia."

She nodded thoughtfully, leaning her hand against one of the breathing walls that had once been pure steel. "And what of their plans?"

"They want to 'liberate' some of the Terran Dominion's battlecruisers."

"Arcturus will launch a counter-attack almost immediately," she supplied, tilting her head at the Terran inside the cage. "Within sixteen standard hours. They'll reinforce the outlying outposts. Make sure that information gets to our new friend the Admiral."

"Of course," he replied.

"That'll be all, Duran." She took a deep breath.

Inside, the Terran screamed; and Kerrigan felt, as always, another peculiar twinge in her heart: loneliness, maybe.

She was starting to grow weary.

[ 'stablishy, la ]

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