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Post by Justyce on Apr 14, 2021 20:32:03 GMT -6
Viola watched the teen carefully as she examined everything around them. Kayne was right she hadn’t spoken since the battle ended.
“Hey kid, can you talk?”
The kid didn’t seem to stop and suddenly she turned and looked at Viola and Kayne. Her pink eyes were the first thing that gave away she was exactly human. The second thing was she appeared to be muzzled. She grunted and pointed to the Kayne and then to Viola.
“Yes we fought with you.”
She looked at Kayne smiling a bit nervously as the girl again pointed at her then Kayne.
“Kayne let’s get her to a place and see if they have some paper and a writing utensil.”
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Post by kaynemorgenstern on Apr 15, 2021 11:40:25 GMT -6
Kayne wasn't sure what the girl was trying to say. He nodded to Viola. He didn't want to take her somewhere public, not with the chaos going on in the city. His flat was in a shitty part of town, but it was private. In his neighborhood, no one sees or hears anything. "We'll go to my place." He eyed Viola up and down. "It may not be quite up to your standards, but it's safe."
Taking the lead, he led Viola and the girl through the city to the slums on the outskirts, the buildings less cared for, graffiti covering the walls, garbage littering the streets. He led them to a four floor walk-up. His flat was on the third floor. Once they were all inside, he locked the door behind them.
It was a basic one bedroom unit, clearly old and run down but still kept clean. The space was sparsely furnished, but there was a couch in the living area across from a tv set and a small round table in the kitchenette with four chairs around it. He gestured for his guests to take a seat at the table while he rummaged for a pad of paper and a pen. Setting the tools in front of the girl, he took the seat across from her. "Ok. What is it you are trying to tell us?"
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Post by Justyce on Apr 16, 2021 20:43:25 GMT -6
The walk to Kayne’s house had been nice. She had been in places before and this was one that did not even bother her or even come close to them. Viola would have taken issue if people had started to shoot at her. She might have asked Kayne if he was trying to win her favor with a quick and easy scuffle. She smiled as they walked up the stairs and the teen follower along like this was the most normal thing in the world. Viola had been stealing glances at her attire and realized she was dressed in a traditional kimono and everything. The strangest part was she seemed to be muzzled. Once they had gotten inside and the door secured she looked at Kayne one he deposited the paper and pencil in front of her.
“We should have stopped at that store and gotten something. Anyways nice place.”
The teen took the paper and wrote a little bit and then looked at Kayne and Viola. She wrote some more and then slid the paper to them.
“That’s Latin.”
That little piece would give Kayne more insight into Viola’s background from the singular statement. She could make out some of it but it was rough. She sighed as they would have to go to her house.
“We are going to have to go to my house to see what she wrote. Which means we have to walk to my car. It’s actually parked close. You game for a trip Kayne? I’ll cook and we can drink booze.”
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Post by kaynemorgenstern on Apr 16, 2021 21:01:18 GMT -6
Kayne looked at the Latin words scrawled on the paper. From the attire the girl was wearing, he had expected her to write something in Japanese, which he could speak. He had a passing familiarity with Latin, but had never extensively studied it. With it being a dead language, it was not deemed important for him to learn.
Normally, he would not agree to get into a vehicle with someone he did not know and had not done a thorough background check on, but he was willing to make a concession considering the fact that they had both just fought some whacked out shit, and now there was this muzzled Japanese girl who spoke Latin...truly, this was the weirdest puzzle he'd ever come across. The pieces didn't just not fit, they seemed to be from different puzzles entirely.
Food and booze sounded good, too. "Why not? Carpe diem." he said, the corners of his lips pulling up in a small smile at his attempt at humor.
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Post by Justyce on Apr 18, 2021 21:58:14 GMT -6
Viola nodded to Kayne. Carpe Diam indeed. It had started as just a normal day. Crawling through some abandoned buildings, stopping some child trafficking, and ending with fighting some creatures from the crater that was Hellfire.
“It’s agreed to. It’ll be a quick walk to my vehicle and then we can be off. I hope she doesn’t freak out in a car. That would be terrible.”
She was very confused by all this. She had expected Japanese but Latin was what she wrote in. It was a fine hand that wrote the words. That meant as far as she could tell it was practiced.
“I feel like she has practiced writing Latin. Anyways let’s get moving.”
She checked her weapons and smiled at the teen. She motioned for her to follow them. The young woman grabbed the pad and pen and rose from her seat.
“She understands what we need at least.”
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Post by kaynemorgenstern on Apr 20, 2021 19:07:47 GMT -6
"Smart girl," Kayne observed. He stood and opened the door, waiting for Viola and the girl to leave first, locking up behind them.
Once they were out of the building, he gestured at Viola. "Lead the way."
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Post by Justyce on Apr 21, 2021 20:28:02 GMT -6
Viola took the lead as Kayne indicated and the teen seemed to fall in between the two of them. She didn’t say anything as she heard the soft rasp of the lock and soon they were outside Kayne’s building and heading to her car. It wasn’t long before they had come to her car. Well to Kayne’s it was lightly up armored. She pulled out the key for the SUV and unlocked it with some serious sounding locks.
“Kayne go ahead and get in. I’m going to help the teen in.”
Viola motioned to the teen and opened the door. She waited until Kayne got in then pointed to the seat and the girl. The girl seemed to understand and got in. Viola bucked her seat belt. She grunted in disapproval and tugged at the seat belt.
“No...leave it on. That’s not a request...”
She seemed to calm at Viola’s stern tone and that was the end of it. She closed the door to another grunt of disapproval. She climbed behind the wheel.
“You think you can handle her if she gets out of hand when we are driving?”
She started the car and they began the drive to her house.
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Post by kaynemorgenstern on Apr 22, 2021 9:50:25 GMT -6
Kayne got in on the passenger side, stifling a grin when the girl struggled against the seatbelt. He clicked his into place, hoping that would calm the girl a bit. He glanced over at Viola, perking his brow. "I'm sure she won't be too hard to handle."
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Post by Divine Saber on May 15, 2021 20:00:57 GMT -6
Suddenly, Ryuusei felt like he had a sinus headache! He felt dizzy and stumbled into a wall before falling to the floor and proceeded to vomit. "What...the..." Then just as it came, the pressure ceased and he was able to stand. "Huh, that was weird."
And then he began to glow... "Oh no, no, no, no..."
The light completely overtook him. "SON OF A BIT..."
"CH!!!"
He no longer stood in a room, but on a city street, near a ruined building. It took a bit to get his barrings, but the place looked like the Hellfire Club?
Seeing the building like this, brought a tiny smile to his face; he knew a number of people who would LOVE to do this, but didn't think they had the balls for it without being hunted to the ends of the Earth. He might've attempted it, but the group hadn't wronged him personally, nor was he offered enough money to do it on someone else's behalf.
While this was cool, something felt 'wrong' here. There was a screwy energy around, and what the Hell was up with that strobe light up there?!
He moved slowly and with his guard up, moved towards the remains...
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Post by Justyce on Jun 15, 2021 21:49:16 GMT -6
Zela felt the energy and nudged her vessel. What was her name……Ember….that was it. She had drifted off for a moment. Ember was a good one too and so eager to please. Those fools in Hellfire had locked her away and used her as a magical battery. That was why she needed Ember and if Ember performed well she would empower her and hell maybe even see if she could handle some demonic energies to become a lesser demon.
*”Ember….let’s move. I’ll tell you where. Oh also you’ll need this….”*”
She concentrated and manifested a fiery crossbow. This one reloaded itself and actually would cause targets to explode.
*”Lets head back to the crater where I saved you and gather some friends along the way.”*
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Post by Justyce on Jun 15, 2021 21:53:56 GMT -6
As Viola strapped herself in she looked in the rear view at the girl staring back at her. She could tell if she was sullen or angry. It had to be the muzzle. Well she would cut that thing off her at her house.
“I hope you like the country Kayne because well that’s where we’re going.”
She started her vehicle and took off at the proper speed so as not to draw attention to them.
“You know I have people living on the grounds from here. They are now a community on the grounds. It’s like a miniature village. You’ll like it there.”
That was all she wanted to tell him for now. She had taken to her title she had always avoided and now she had several hundred people across her land that looked to her for anything they believed they couldn’t resolve.
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Post by sportsnutd on Jun 17, 2021 21:49:33 GMT -6
Ember heard her Boss loud and clear and looked around checking the surrounding areas.
She waited just as Zela asked her to then her eyes lit up as somehow a firey crossbow appeared before her. She grabbed it and first noticed that the fire was not burning her alive which she was of course thankful, it had the opposite effect: it lit a fire in Ember.
Ember nodded and was scared to go back to where she died but it faded quickly as she was going to do her damndest to help Zela achieve her goals.
She started off back to the crater being stealthy and watching the space surrounding Them.
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Post by kaynemorgenstern on Jun 20, 2021 13:48:14 GMT -6
Kayne looked at Viola, studying her. A miniature village, she said. On land she owned. This woman was not merely a soldier. As he had initially suspected, there was more to her than met the eye. It was unusual, coming across someone with wealth and power who was also humble, not boastful. "How much land do you own?" he asked.
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Post by Justyce on Jul 12, 2021 19:07:16 GMT -6
Zela just wanted to survey the area. She wanted to establish dominance over the lower beasts and STO him their power and then really establish some power. That crossbow would allow her vessel to defend herself and also siphon energy to her as well. It was wonderful.
~*”Vessel keep an eye out for targets and aggressive beasts. That will allow me to give you more tricks the more you eliminate. That would include that shadow coming toward you on your left. Pay attention…”*~
The shadow was visibly moving toward Ember and she would be able to define its movement from the unnatural glow of the sky and the fired burning in the background.
~*”Also be careful I felt another energy. Different but present.”*~
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Post by Divine Saber on Jul 13, 2021 12:54:47 GMT -6
Ryuusei slowly moved about the rubble. He felt a strange energy all around him, it wasn't like anything he'd sensed before.
Except back home...
(This is REALLY fucked up! No way this was just a bomb, or a mutant who got one too many shocks to the balls freaking out.)
Before he could contemplate things more, Ryuusei heard a growl... He turned to find a two-headed, quadrupedal creature, it had canine features, but also horns on each head and spikes covering the body.
And a demonic aura.
Without a thought, he used his Souhajin technique; the green air-blade was bigger than he'd been used to firing, and it was aimed at the space between the two necks. The beast howled in agony as it was split down the middle.
(That takes care of the 'scout'.)
Whenever these things showed up in his world, they were usually in small packs; three or four. They couldn't be any bigger with each having two mouths to feed.
He heard two growls coming from his right and left.
As the two larger beasts lunged, Ryuusei lept back and when the two landed, started to give chase. Ryuusei began to move in a zigzag pattern; zipping about to confuse the eight eyes currently following him. When the beasts were close to each other, he pivoted and used his Rondosenpuu technique by performing a spin kick, releasing a wide wave of air that cut through the pair.
That just left the pack leader...
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