<Afterlife> Options

[Nicsp]

Sachiko heard the shots, of course, she was tired and her mind wandered off elsewhere but she was still trying to pay attention to everything around her. She didn't use her ability at first, wanting to save it for when it was really necessary. And then she saw the light being pointed at her. It was pretty much a reflex as she then, once more, turned invisible. Simply freezing in place as she heard the shot zip past her and smack not very far from where she was standing. ...I think my life just flashed in front of my eyes...Lots of scrolling on Tumblr, now that I think about it...Gah! Not the time! She shook her head a bit, gulping thin air, shifting herself around as she searched for anything that could be used as a weapon. She obviously wasn't going to go for a frontal strike, but if she ran out of there, that madwoman would hear her, and if she took too long her invisibility would wear off. That was when she spotted something...A crutch! One of these metal ones, with four smaller feet at the bottom end of it. She slowly moved over to it, trying to make sure she was not in Clarissa's line of sight. Slowly picking it up and wielding it with both of her hands, she would then try to smack the crutch against the back of Clarissa's head, a feeble attempt into knocking her out or at least doing some damage. Regardless of the result, Sachiko would then immediately drop the crutch and duck some, at least now if Clarissa turned around and started spraying bullets, she probably wouldn't try to aim downwards. ...Probably...Hopefully.

[John Lau]

Listening to Nanicci's report, Johann looks back to check on Lily, who seems to be enjoying herself as she was gliding around in mid air.
(Good for her.) He silently thought to himself. Continue on with his attention back to Nanicci's report, Johann took notes on both the players' locations and Nanichi's cheerful tone of which he found to be mildly annoying.

"Thanks. We'll keep in touch." Johann had gotten what he needed, 7 players and 3 three locations. "This is going to be a long night." He will not have to decide what move to take at this point but that's easier said that done. (Do we split up to speed things up? or do we stay together for safety. Time works differently here, We'll have to get as much done as possible before the next time skip, but on the other hand five Reapers have already gone MIA. What now.............) Johann stopped his foot steps to ponder for but a few moments before turning back to Lily and spoke with a much stronger tone compared to the usual soft tone he speaks with. "We split up from here, you will head for the slums and I'll head for the hospital area." Seeing as Lily has some form of flight ability, she should be able to get to the slums faster and as there are only two players there, it shouldn't take too long. "Be careful and stay safe. If anything happens contact me and I'll go and back you up as soon as possible(less staff members means more work after all.)." Reverting back to his usual weak and soft tone, Johann added "and umm well, good luck."and went off into the direction of the hospital area.

This post has been edited by John Lau: Sep 11 2012, 03:10 AM

[Oliverskx]

Romeo Willis

The bed at the Honey-badger hotel was damp on his side. The comforter, when he woke from his nap, was a red darker than crimson, yet wet and uncomfortable as if he'd had an accident. The room itself was small and square. It was dark and illuminated with a tiny lamp sitting on the end table. He sat up and noticed another figure on the bed shifting away. Fae had decided to share the bed with whim despite her constant complaints of him being "unclean". Her snoring was soft and her breathing steady. Romeo got up and looked around. First at her, then at her angel phone which seemed to be lying at the foot of the bed. What are you planning to do? his angel's voice spoke from the phone within his jacket. Killing her would be easy. You should hurry before she wakes.

He stood over the bed. He could kill the woman, he wanted to. If he had some sort of gun, or poison it would be easy, quick and simple. But he didn't. She'd saved him from the worst of the pain in his wounds. She also took care of him which meant he was in her debt. Romeo never owed a debt to anyone. Not the dealers he met with on the street, nor his nonexistent friends and family. He sighed and looked at the bandages wrapped around his body. They were red and soaking, but at least he didn't look like a human water fountain like before. "I've decided on something else Karen."

Like what? His angel phone replied. You're closer to winning this game than she. Just get the points already.

He took out his phone and gave her a toothy grin. "Returning to that world's not going to do me any good. I'd like to cash in for the reaper prize."


Luci Ferno

Luci nodded towards the stairwell and one of the hell hounds went to stand guard. The other lit up the office space with a brilliant light. She sat down across from Joe on the cold carpeted floor and caught her breath. He apologized for what had happened to her friend. She could only manage to reply "Likewise." and after a moment of silence. "Like, thanks for the bread n stuff."

It had been a crazy day. Her watch read 5 o clock pm. Nothing made sense anymore. She missed her small dog and her vanilla iced latte and her friends and her cheer quad. Now she was holed up in another place. "I hate this. It isn't fair, like, I want to just get out ya know? There's got to be a way to just stop fighting and go home."

her voice was a bit shaky and she had no idea why she'd decided to pour her heart out now of all times. "I keep thinking there's got to be some way to call this whole thing off and just have everybody live. Like, this is so messed up."

She shut her eyes to attempt a moment of rest of she could not get to sleep. Closed eyelids still helped ease her headache and her breathing.


Lily

Johann had decided to split at soon as they reached their destination. Lily didn't know if it was because of his disgust with her or what. Things felt a bit eerie gliding along the dark streets of Citadel city. Her round owl like eyes seemed especially watchful tonight. She had only gotten past the diner when she heard the sound of sick churning. On more than one occasion she turned over her shoulder to look around. Nothing but dark shadows from moonlight.

She glided once more past a smoking burned down diner before hearing the sound again even louder. She braced herself and her wide eyes enlarged even more as a large creature burst through the charred rubble of the diner and lunged at her. Lily flipped back in reaction but within midair the fat creature caught her leg with it's stretched out tongue. She gasped as it sent her pounding down within the gravel. "Nanicci!" Was all she managed to say before the tongue jerked her toward a large gaping mouth hole.

She spun and materialized a small scythe and cut the creatures tongue that held her. The creature bellowed out in a deep voice of pain before it's severed tounge began to grow back almost instantaneously. The creature was fat and black. It looked eerie and no doubt it was an extremely powerful demon. "But how on earth could it be HERE of all places?" she thought. This was a creature reserved exclusively for hell.

Yes Lady Lily? You called? Came Nanicci's bubbly voice.

"There's a Mammon lose!"

The fat creature was fast and ran toward her, lashign out it's toung again. AShe slashed at it as it came. The toung e= dodged time and time again as she struck defensively while the fat demon came close r and closer before jumping in the air. I'm sorry I must not have heard you correctly Lady Lily. You said Mammon? Are you sure? Mutatued imps are common as well. It could just be overfed. cheered Nanicci's annoyingly happy voice.

"Just send backup!"

Lily let out a scream as she struggled to get away from the creature's landing zone. The pavement cracked and went flying in all directions as Mammon landed. It's fat body was wet with lust for blood. Lily panicked. Not even she had enough power to defeat one of the Seven Princes of Hell. "Johann! I've figure out what's been happening-ah!"

The Mammon's slimy tongue had wrapped around her throat so tight that she couldn't mutter the rest of her words. She felt around for her scythe before the creature jerked his tongue toward it's twisted vertical mouth. She had never expected to be taken out like this. What was a high level demon doing in these games? "Gabriel!" she managed to mutter with tears in her eyes before accepting her fate as this beast's victim.

Her owl like eyes were at their largest when she felt the creature's sharp like teeth chomp down onto her bones and devour her whole. Any of the Seven Princes of Hell were powerful rouge demons who didn't discriminate with who their prey was and reapers were no exception.


Gabriel

Hurry Gabriel Sir!

"Quiet I'm almost there."

Gabriel arrived on the scene too late. A materialized small scythe sat on the ground. "A Mammon?"

It's what she said Gabriel Sir.

"Where the hell's Johann?"

No idea sir.

Gabriel put his hand to his forehead. So that's why reapers were disappearing at such an alarming rate. But a Prince of Hell does not belong in Afterlife. It's for Hell. To rule hell. "What on earth is happening?" the boyish looking reaper mumbled.

Got it! Johann's in the hospital area! Looks like the Mammon's headed that way as well.

"Right." Gabriel disappeared in a puff of black smoke and made his way there as fast as he could before there were any more casualties.


Clarissa Montague

Clarissa staggered forward after feeling a crutch smack her in the back of the head. She quickly slide her back up against the wall threateningly poising her gun out and shooting a few bullets in haste.

Held her breath. "Come out come out my sweet." It was all she could do not to chuckle at her mimicking voice.

"Your power is invisibility right? Pretty lame if you ask me. This datalog is so useful. It tells me all about you and the many others that'll help me win. "

She paused holding out her silvery wispy pistol in the dark hall. "You know I'm not as mean of a person as I seem miss Sachiko Hayashi. That's your name right? Or are you that stupid Luci girl? From what I saw you're too young looking to be that old nurse wench. Whoever you may be. I'd like to see you grow up and live a happy life. Maybe even have a child like me."

She waited for a reply from the darkness before continuing. She heard no footsteps or breathing but she knew somewhere that girl was watching. " I'm fighting for two don't you understand? She held her hand on her stomach. I never wanted to participate in these games but if it's for my child I'll kill you too. We could strike a deal? How about it?"

She smiled a bit before continuing. She would kill the girl as soon as she revealed herself. "So?" A heavy crash came from a hall not too long from here. Even in the darkness Clarissa could spot a fat black shape before she dodged it's flapping young.

She pulled her trigger at it a few times before it lunged forward, it's nasty vertical mouth opened and full of bloody razor sharp teeth with strands of pink hair. "Shit"

<Datalog Update>
<Reaper choice Prize is no longer available for remaining Players>
<+6 points random distribute>
<Creature watch "Mammon">

A large, extremely powerful creature with a vertical mouth filled with razor sharp teeth and a tongue that latches onto it's prey.


<Maru: Whew master! That was exhausting! Tee-hee! Fight Fight Fight! My master survives no matter what! Well at least you're safe for now. Get some rest sir. We've got many players left until we win the game! Tee-hee>


<Cora: You've got this woman in the corner. The question is do you beat her once more and make sure that thing eats her and her kid or do you get out? I'd go for option 1. Maybe if you can find some needles you can cut up that beast and that nasty woman! The bloodier the better!>



This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Sep 11 2012, 07:35 AM

[Ryuga]

Joe took out his phone checking the status updates as well as to look up the profile of the girl. Last he checked, he didn't actually know her name, and the moment to ask formally had long gone. More bad news on the phone as usual. One of the players had taken the Reaper Reward. Things were going to get harder now that there were 30 less points in circulation, and there was another threat to potentially deal with. Well that was one less way out of all this for Luci Ferno here.
"Hold on..." paused Joe as he recited that name again in his head. "Luci Ferno. Luci Ferno. Lucifer?"
Joe cast the thought aside as nothing more than coincidence. It was a far stretch he had to adimt. Not to mention, it was fruitless to cast suspicion on another player, especially one that was pouring her heart out. Though if this girl did turn out to be the demon, he had to admit, she would have quite the sense of humor.
Joe finally stood up, throwing his over the cubicle wall, and sluggishly leaned.
"I suppose it's all kinds of of f-ed up," replied Joe. He leaned over to see Luci eyes closed. That didn't stop him from continuing though. If she listened fine but, this was more for getting things straight in his own head. "It's like that Clarrisa girl said. Chances are, we aren't coming out of this holding hands and singing... whatever it was she said. Point is, the only thing we can do is follow the rules, and hope we get what's promised. It's about as fair as real life really..."

Joe trailed off recalling events in his gaming career. This first time he failed to make top 8. How the gaming community got on his case for it. Booing him off the stage. Calling him washed up, Treating him as if he were some fresh scrub.
"Move aside Joe Brody. You're finished. You can't compete with the real players," they told him.
Sure, there might have been a grain of truth to those statements. He was naturally getting slower with age, and he found it increasily more difficult to win than before. But, did that really give everyone to treat him like garbage? Especially with all his previous accomplishments. How was that fair to him?

Back in the real world Joe could grew more and more agitated, re-experiencing the frustration that no matter what you did, you ended up screwed. He clenched his fist as the anger boiled over, before finally releasing it in the form of a punch directed at the cubicle wall, which caved under the force. Guess these things were a little older than he had thought.
He withdrew his hand from the dent in the wall, taking a deep breath to sooth himself, and to keep himself from wincing in pain. In hindsight, punching the wall wasn't the smartest idea.
"Sorry if I startled you there," he apologized.

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[John Lau]

Johann walks along the empty street that will take him to the hospital area wondering that if the city is always like this, that it might used to be an actual city instead of the grounds used for the game there're holding. Holding a black scythe that is about equivalent to his own height in his right hand in the case that he would need to defend himself without warning, something that is likely to happen. As he goes on only his footsteps can be heard echoing about the empty streets with occasional sighting of imps running around. Turning around to check up on what's behind him in each interval,Johann continued cautiously onward. He would have been much more at ease if he hadn't decided to split up. It was really nothing personal, with 7 players and 3 locations the best way to handle it was to divide the work, of course, it would have been much easier with more Reapers around as with his original complaint.

"Johann! I've figure out what's been happening-ah!" was what he could hear before Lily's words were cut off. It happened around the time when Johann was considering about contacting Lily to check up on her. "Lily?! are you alright? Lily?" It doesn't seem like she would be replying anytime soon. "Nanicci, I need Lily's location right now. Do you hear me, I need her location NOW!" Johann's heart beats are increasing as he is starting to regret splitting up. He didn't care about anyone else other than himself, but if she died because he decided to split up, he would not be able to forgive himself especially when he knew of the risks. It would be just like that other time.

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[Nicsp]

Sachiko did her best to stay quiet, not wanting to warn Clarissa of her presence, but hearing her words nonethless. ...A baby? No no no...! Sh-She's just trying to fool me! It's not true! Sachiko thought to herself, shaking her head slightly. She snapped out of her thoughts, however, when she heard the crash. Sachiko flinched a bit, turning slightly to see the incoming tongue, not sure if she should stand there or run. She then heard her angel's words, however, she considered the idea for a moment. Right...! Needles!

She stated, glancing around once more, not moving or anything yet. Needles...Needles...NEEDLES! Her eyes widened a bit as she spotted a bunch of left over needles not far from there. Figuring Clarissa would be busy dealing with that thing, she tried to walk away from the location to grab the needles, her invisibility starting to fade away.

She grabbed a single needle, holding it nervously with both of her hands as she tried to take cover behind a wall. She took a single deep breath, if Clarissa came close, she had a weapon now...Sort of.

[Oliverskx]

Amos

"Just what do you suppose happened partner?" The effeminate reaper gave a hair flip after turning away from the shack where one of the contestants were holed up, safe from all imp attacks. "I mean Lily and all of that noise. You heard it too didn't you?"

He stood looking out at the unrealistically large moon shining above the broken city. He couldn't help but to reflect upon the harsh sounds of Lily's incoming report. She mumbled something about a mammoth, there were sounds of a fight, a crunch and then her mic seemed to have been crushed by something. "You think she probably died?" he asked running his fingers through his long hair. "I'd bet she probably did. Lily was one of the newer reapers. It kind of suck to be taken out as a reaper though to tell you the truth. It's like, what did you even choose this option for if you can easily be taken out and written from existence. I'd like to think there's a heaven for reapers- Oh look at me rambling again."

He twirled and stretched his arms up. "Well, I guess we should go check it out with the others, right Fagelein?" he made a mocking face and pushed his lips together.

"Right my Faggy Waggy Poo? <3" The attempt at cuteness was actually frightening in this lighting and setting.


Clarissa Montague

Clarissa stood almost paralyzed before she turned and screamed running the opposite direction. Down the dark corridors of the hospital the fat creature thrashed it'as tongue violently as if trying to get a hold of something. The fat tongue took out walls, lights, and other hard concrete ceiling pieces. Rubble tossed everywhere and every so often Clarissa would have to shield her eyes and blindly shoot out a few rounds. She held her hand towards her stomach before she dodge the tongue once more. It was long, stretchy, and quick. it struck like a viper and gave of a slight sucking sound after touching surfaces. "The hell is this thing?!" she gasped before spotting the Sachiko girl going completely unnoticed on the other end of the hall.

"Hey! Look!" She pointed in the young girls direction but the monster's tongue came lashing out at her. The creature's head turned but it's body continued to follow her.

She quickly spun behind a corner and spotted another player, only this time she was not prepared to kill. For once she was alarmed. This man however took one look at her and seemed to effortlessly float away with a look of pity upon his face. he left her fast and the creature was coming around the hall corner. You'll pay you weird kid. What's his name again Damien? You're mine next time. she thought as she ran down the hall herself.

The narrow halls were almost too much for the creature to run after her. It's tongue continued to smash the place. She could hear it. Perhaps it had gone After Sachiko instead after all.


Gabriel

Johann wasn't hard to hear. His shouting at Nanicci could be heard from Gabriel's location. The small boyish albino reaper materialised beside him from wispy black smoke. "She's gone. I was just there." he responded as fast as he could. "Did you happen to see the creature around here?"

Actually Sir's I've managed to spot the Mammon myself. It's in the hospital, going after players.

Gabriel wanted to curse but chose to nod his head instead. Any interference within the Afterlife games did not please The Almighty one bit. As he seemed to recall the only reason he'd become the head reaper was because The Almighty had destroyed the last one for her interference with the killing of a former friend of hers. "We're going to hunt it down Nanicci." Gabriel spoke looking at Johann. "Give the other reapers our location at once. This fight is going to need at least three if we want to survive and send that thing back to hell."

Aye aye sir! I'll update the others asap sir! Good luck sirs.


Luci Ferno

Luci's eyes fluttered open as soon as Joe hit the wall. "Like what are you doing? Do you want your face eaten too?" she nodded toward the stairwell. There was no telling whether those black creatures could comeback.

She'd been thinking long with her eyes closed about what he said. Follow rules and kill each other? That was too barbaric. "So this is it then huh? We die and god makes us kill each other for his own entertainment? Like, this still isn't fair."

She was frustrated even more and stood to go glance outside a nearby window. There were small creatures retreating toward the sky. They looked like black skeletal children with wings and they grouped in the sky to return to wherever they had come from. "I wonder..." she began. "Do you think if we somehow managed to kill the reapers we could escape the game? I mean, like, think about it they like, run the game and stuff. So if there's none left we could all leave and go home right?"

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[Ryuga]

"Yeah, yeah," replied Joe to the girl's comment. "I feel stupid enough without you rubbing it in."
He continued to rub his hand to ease the pain before responding again. "We could have a whole philosophical discussion on what's fair. But, that's going to take to long, and won't accomplish anything. Sure, it would be nice if we could all just come back to life as if nothing ever happened but, we all have to die at some point. It has to happen. Though I share your sentiment for being used as entertainment. If I'm going to die, I'd rather just get it over with rather than take part in someones Battle Royal."
Joe returned to his spot on the floor as Luci got up to walk over to the window. This whole alternating between sitting and standing probably wasn't necessary but, it made Joe feel more secure having some person on the alert while the other rested. He leaned his head back against the wall, closing his eyes in relief after he had he looked over at the same window to see the face-eating creatures fly away. He did it, he survived another day.
"I wonder..."
His eyes slowly opened at Luci's remark.
"Do you think if we somehow managed to kill the reapers we could escape the game? I mean, like, think about it they like, run the game and stuff. So if there's none left we could all leave and go home right?"
Joe pondered those words for a moment. He had never thought of that option. Did Luci's idea hold any merit. After a few minutes of mulling it over, he came to the conclusion that it was very likely not.
"I doubt it," he finally answered. "Sure, the rules say you can challenge a reaper and get more points circulating into the game. Killiing all of them is likely not going to save us though. I'm sure if 'God' has something to do with this, than he gets the final say. Or, we could just be screwing ourselves over by killing those who may have the power to get us out of here. And even if this plan did have some merit, the reapers are stronger than us. I wouldn't go after them without at least the 50 points, which would require... well... killing people."

[John Lau]

Johann was panicking and didn't realize the he was shouting, the reason for his distress was the fact that he had already knew what to expect. 5 Reapers went missing without anyone noticing what had happened before it was too late, that means that they must have been taken down within a very short amount of time. Johann would not have made it even if he were to run with anything he had and even if, by some miracle, that he was able to make it in time, he would be too tired to be of any use. It was only moments later that he heard it from Gabriel himself, who had appeared in a cloud of smoke, that Lily was no more. Johann looks down towards the ground with his hand clutching tightly onto his scythe.
(I made the wrong choice again.......)

When he was asked if he saw some creature around here, Johann lifts his head back up again. Interrupting before he could answer, Nanicci's transmission came in saying that she spotted a Mammon in the hospital attacking players. (Why the hell is a Mammon doing here?) Johann knows that it clearly did not belong in the game and what's more is that it is now attacking players. (This just got from bad to worse.) Johann felt Gabriel looking at him as he calls for back up, wondering what Gabriel wants with him as he gazed back at him. Johann made one comment with his eyes clearly stating that he is thirsty for some blood.

"Looks like this is going to be a long night."

[LiquidCyanide]

Hearing upon all the commotion really got Fagelein worried. He stood by thinking of what might have happened till his partner starts talking. "What do suppose happened partner?" Amos' hair flip really got Fagelein dumbfounded for a second. "I mean Lily and all of that noise. You heard it too didn't you?". "...I'm not too sure bout the rest but I could already tell that the girl's in trouble." He couln't help but notice that Amos was really deep in thought. "Do you think she probably died?". "I would rather not..." "She probably did". (I wasn't even finished) "Lily was one of the newer reapers. It kind of suck to be taken out as a reaper though to tell you the truth. It's like, what did you even choose this option for if you can easily be taken out and written from existence. I'd like to think there's a heaven for reapers- Oh look at me rambling again." "Its fine, I like listening to oher people's opinions." Being the new kid in the block, Fagelein just stood by and waited for Amos to make a move. His excessive amount of hair interaction is really getting to Fagelein. "Well, I guess we should go check it out with the others, right Fagelein?". Before Fagelein could say anything he added "Right my Faggy Waggy Poo? <3" Fagelein's eyes twitched abit and his elbows started to wobble. "Lets just get a move on already." He started walking twice as fast as he thought to himself (My Lord, just who is the one that arrange our partners?)

[Nicsp]

Sachiko took a deep breath. "...Okay...18...19...20!" She spoke out loud before activating her invisibility once more, rushing off from her hiding spot and quickly heading down the same route that Clarissa had gone earlier, since now she had recharged her invisibility skill, she would be able to go on with her tactic without the risk of the skill ending when she needed it. She would run right past Clarissa with her invisibility skill and attempt to stab her with the syringe she had picked up earlier, regardless of sucess, Sachiko would drop the syringe right after the attack and rush back into hiding. It was a cowardly tactic, that's for sure, but hey, at least it would work...Probably...Hopefully.

[Oliverskx]

(OOC: Mixing past and present tense in writing sometimes makes posts hard to read. Please use past tense guys! )

8:30 am

Damien Peers

Damien had just finished off another one of the black imp creatures before the rest who were attacking retreated to the skies. Upon exiting the hospital he'd heard sharp shooting sounds and a cry of anger. The sky outside seemed to be turning a bright pink. *cough* *cough* You seem to have survived the night. *cough* chimed his phone.

Damien's gaze left the sky as he drifted along the streets of the city. "That one lasted a good two hours..."

Well then now now what's your plan? This game's nothing like your last one. If you keep trying to save everyone you'll end up dead.

The mousy faced looking school girl on the screen of his phone pointed and scolded before letting out a few coughs. "I can't be the only one-"

He spotted Gabriel heading in the opposite direction and paused. The two shared a look before continuing on about their own ways. "I can't be the only one who wants out. And I've figured out a way..."

Ah so you're planning on winning the game again? *cough* Or perhaps starting a peace movement again. Remember how *cough* *cough* that worked out last ti-

"It's not peace or an escape I want. Everyone should be allowed to live."

The mousy faced girl on his angel phone looked confused. But how?

"It's easy. We just need to take out the one in charge." his eyes led him to trace God's Tower, which stood in between the two islands of Citadel city. "In order to live God would have to be the one to beat."


Luci Ferno

"I, like, suppose you're right." Luci said at the man's remark.

Killing reapers still wouldn't mean a thing since God had the final say. She'd never gone to church, but the jewelry crosses the women wore always seemed nice and fashionable with a conservative outfit. "Well. It looks like the suns up again." She said looking out a nearby window. "And it looks like those things are going away..."

There was a short pause as she gazed down at the streets, if only. "So like, all we need is more power to take down the reapers?"

She stretched a bit before heading towards the stairs. "So exactly how do you suppose we get points?" She asked. "And, like, when do you think we should fight each other?"


Amos

"Oh my dear Gabriel, so sorry I'm late."

The trip from the second island was much easier as he took the far Western bridge. Gabriel stood not too far from Johann. The head reaper was short like a child yet wore a serious expression which Amos could hardly take serious. "The team tasked with taking out this Mammon creature will be Johann, Fagelein, and Amos. I apologize, I have....sudden business to attend to." after speaking Gabriel vanished in a cloud of black wispy spoke.

Be careful guys! Don't let it eat you like Lily and the others! chimed Nanicci though the networked headsets.

"Oh my. More fun fun for us guys," Amos said with another flick of his dark hair.

The pink morning sky was close to becoming it's usually red color before the ugly fat Mammon creature had bursts from the nearby hospital building. The blast it made could be heard blocks and blocks away. It only took the creature less than a minute to burst it's fat ugly body onto the scene before them. Amos walked over near where Johann stood. The creature was closer to his direction.

In a flash he summoned two mid sized scythe blades and connected the ends together. With his double bladed scythe in one hand he took a battle stance and stood looking the creature in it's cold dead eye flesh. "This hideous thing looks hungry. You boys ready? "

He flipped his hair once more.


Clarissa Montague

"You bitch! Where are you?"

Clarissa shouted in the hall. The lightened sky had made it much easier to see. It took her a long while to realise there was a needle sticking in her side. "How dare you harm my baby! You deserve to die like the rest!"

Clarissa shot a few bullets in every direction, spraying near, far, up, down, everywhere. She wouldn't stop until everything was made of holes and she counted each shot for each second Sachiko's invisibility wore one. 23, 24, 36, 47, each bullet ran through the surfaces of the hall. Sachiko would die by her hands. She had to for the sake of her unborn unformed child! Clarissa had never been challenged. if intimidation was no good, she'd need to step up her game and kill on sight. Once the girl's ability wore off she would find her and she would shoot her dead no questions. "The next time I see you..." she managed to mumble through gritted teeth.



<+5 stolen points from Clarissa go to Sachiko!>


<Maru: Oh master tee-hee! You sound almost as if you were considering the idea for a second! Well whatever master chooses is alright with Maru! Just be careful and kill some player! You can do it! Tee-hee! Oh? Wait! Master you have a message from the reapers! They say to kill one player by 11pm or else your two parents will be sent to Hell immediately at the end of day 2! Oh my I can't wait to see what this game has in store tee-hee!>


<Cora: Oh my dear you simply flatter me with your actions. If only it had been the heart! But she looks a bit angry now and invisibility wont last forever! I'd suggest retreating. Wait. What's this? New reaper mail says an Akira Hayashi will be killed and sent to hell if you don't kill another player by 11pm tonight. I'm not worried. You seem to be learning from the best. Chop! Cut! Kill!>

This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Sep 17 2012, 02:11 PM

[Ryuga]

"Unfortunately we're going to need two more kills to hit that 50 point mark. Unless you are really adamant about the not killing thing. In which case, you can sneak up on every player you see. But let's be practical here," replied Joe. "From there, we could try challenging some reapers. If all goes well, we won't even have to fight each other.
A message from Maru put a dampener on that plan.
"THOSE BASTARDS!" he shouted, unable to contain his anger in the slightest. It took evey ounce of self control to not throw the angel phone across the room. Instead he stood there for a few moments gripping the phone so tightly that his hand shook.
There was no alternative. He had to play by the rules, otherwise his parents were going to get wrapped up in this sick and twisted game.
Now he in the worst possible situation. He had to kill a player, and there just so happened to be a player in the same room as him, probably thinking the same thing. The only difference between him and her, was that she had the means to kill him if necessary.
That realization brought Joe back to earth. If he blew a fuse now, he was dead. He needed to get a grasp of the situation. He slowly put the phone back in his pocket before turning to Luci. He studied her face trying to get a read from her. Was she going to try and kill him right now? Or was she thinking of sustaining the alliance for a little longer?
Regardless, Joe was ready with his sleep ability. If Luci would summon one of her wolf familiars he was going to book it.

[LiquidCyanide]

It somehow felt like it took a long while to get here, but neither the less, the orders have been given. While Amos walked over to Johann, Fagelein just stood there and started analyzing the situation. Up till now there really isn't a noticeable pattern of the Mammon's movements. Rationally, no one would try to attack something that size head on, he's itching for more information about the Mammon but he couldn't separate himself from the team. (I'll just go with the flow for now) He thought to himself as Amos turned to ask "This hideous thing looks hungry. You boys ready?" His tone of voice sounds too carefree for Fagelein, as if he is one who would spoon-feed himself to the monster. Trying to prevent that, he quickly suggest :"I think we should plan things out before hand, what do you think, Johann?"

[John Lau]

Johann was impatiently gazing off towards the direction of the Mammon considering the damage it was causing as he wait around for reinforcements. As soon as the other two Reapers arrived Gabriel assigned the three to deal with the Mammon as he left in haste, claiming that he had business to attend to. Johann shot him a look that says he had some questions before Gabriel disappeared in a wisp of black smoke.
(I guess I can do that later.)

Enduring the annoyance received from the comments of two unusually cheerful Reapers as the sky becomes brighter each passing moment, Johann gazed towards the hospital building as if he was expecting something to happen as blasts of walls being blown apart could be heard in that general direction. Soon enough the fat ugly Mammon bursts out before them. As Amos approaches him from behind materializing his weapon, Johann replied him with his eyes fixed upon the Mammon. "Weather ready or not we will still have to fight." With that, Johann lifted his left foot and slammed it into the ground creating a slight vibration as some parts of the concrete ground 5 meters around him broke apart and being steadily lifted up in midair. It was done by his Psychokinesis, the motion he performed with his left foot was unnecessary but it helps strengthen the image of lifting in his head empowering the ability. Turning around with the debris floating about him Johann answers Fagelein's question that seems to be directed at him. "Plan? that's simple, kill it before it kills you. Also, try aiming for the head and watch out for that tongue, it's long for a reason. Considering the conversation over Johann lifts his free left hand, gesturing towards the fat ugly beast, generation a strong image to throwing in his mind, he sends the floating debris flying at the Mammon with as much power as he could put into it.

[Nicsp]

Sachiko had barely managed to get under cover, before she realized how much of a bad idea that was when one of Clarissa's bullets scraped against Sachiko's arm, she held her other hand against the wound, letting out a short, muffled 'eep' as the pain stinged through all of her body...She had never really felt pain before...Well, not like this, at least...She had scraped herself some time or another, but nothing like, you know, actually getting shot. She shivered a bit, shaking her head as she tried to get the thought out of her head before she started moving away from where Clarissa was. Sachiko realized that she would have to continue with their little cat & mouse game, her, Clarissa and the monsters if she wanted to have any hopes of winning.

She didn't really have any offensive abilities other than anything she might find laying around after all. Both of her powers had unlimited uses too...Sachiko wondered for how long she'd have to keep that up but just then her phone let out a short beep, she pulled it out of her pocket and read the message. Br-Br-Brother will...? She gulped thin air, now her hands shaking even more than they were before. "Fuck..." She simply muttered, trying to take deep breaths as to keep herself from freaking out from the pressure.

After a moment or two, she finally settled down, letting out a short sigh of relief, noticing her invisibilty faded away. "...All right then...Here we go once again." She stated with another sigh, this time searching for another weapon for her to use, a pair of scissors this time, the kind used to cut bandages and such. She maintaned her position in the room she had hid herself into and then waited a few seconds before she non-chalantly threw the scissors down on the ground, she then whistled hard, making sure to make as much noise as she could. Now her plan was to, at the first notice of footsteps, go invisible once more and wait for Clarissa to fall into her trap. Hopefully the one to come in would be Clarissa, not any of the monsters...But then again, the invisibilty would also help out in that situation.

[Oliverskx]

Luci Ferno

Luci had long read her phone message before Joe looked up. Her hellish hounds stood near her. She felt their warmth and radiated with their flames. Joe had a look of betrayal. Would he kill her right now for the convenience? She had a younger brother she wished to see alive. She could kill Joe. She'd read his ability in the datalog. The ability to make one drowsy wouldn't be of much help if her flaming familiars were on the attack. It would be easy to kill him.

Yet Luci didn't have the fighting spirit in her. She hadn't attacked one person since the game started. Her personality was somewhat like her powers. She relied on others to get this far and now she had about 15 hours to kill or else Lucas would be rotting in hell. For all she knew 15 hours, hell, time itself didn't mean a damn thing in Citadel City. She stood still anticipating Joe's attack. She wouldn't dare turn her back on him. Instead she stood there. "What is it?" she asked.

His reply and actions would be the deciding factor to her fighting him sooner or later.


Gabriel

"Becoming a reaper means serious business." Gabriel spoke to the newcomer.

"yea yea whateva, let's go." the new recruit replied.

On the upside the reapers were in a shortage. They could use a bit more. The downside, was that this kid was a little too defiant for his taste. "Once I grant you the power you will have to be careful. Players do have the right to challenge you to duel, and if they win you vanish from existence completely. These players will also obtain any powers you had."

The youth stared back with cold bored eyes. Romeo Willis was going to be a handful. Nevertheless he continued his mandatory lecture. "Your scythe can materialize in whatever form you see fit. There is also a possibility of being attacked by rogue demons and other reapers. The ten commandments of Afterlife is in the pamphlet given to you. Your headset looks like it fits just fine, and you know of Nanicci."

"Look do I gotta sit here an listen to all this? It's getting on my nerves." the young reaper protested.

Gabriel sighed. "Stay close and observe me then."

Aw Gabriel sir. You're right. maybe reaper shadowing will break him in. I suggest getting back to the others. That Mammon is a real piece of work. chimed Nanicci.

"Got it." Gabriel stood.

"We're finally gonna do stuff? Aw man it's about time! I'm more of a doer than a..."

Romeo's pause made Gabriel give him a questionable look. "We're headed to a battle so stay close and you may survive. There's been a recent outbreak of a powerful demon. Keep up."

With that he took off for the edge of God's tower. It's domed top was much bigger than expected. "Aw hell yea!" he heard Romeo scream as the new reaper followed.

He jumped out into the air. It rushed all around him. Hopefully the Mammon wouldn't have killed the three he left behind by the time they returned.


Clarissa Montague

Clarissa ran through the halls of the hospital. furious. She would kill the little bitch for harming her child. She would kill the little bitch and save her child's father from hell. If anyone were to judge she was the closest to obtaining life. She ran around the hospital and heard a rustling sound. She peeped through a doorway and saw a shape. "Ah I see your game" she thought. "The girl will keep turning invisible to get close and attack! What does she take me for an idiot?"

Clarissa crept back from her position. She stood around a corner thinking for a minute before finding an old fire extinguisher. She grabbed it and tossed it near where Sachiko was. As soon as the girl would come out she would have her! But then Clarissa thought for a small moment. She would use invisibility. That girl was sneaky. It was not long after she threw the old container that Clarissa threw herself out into the open where she'd seen the girl before and opened fire. She pulled the trigger time and time again, shooting low, shooting medium, shooting left, shooting right. She was determined to kill.


Fae Cantigre

"Oh dear I might not look that strong but I'm not so bad." said Fae who'd recently found her way out of the Slums district.

She had woken up alone only to find Romeo gone and one of the potential prizes locked out. "At this rate I'll never get far."

She waked for what seemed like forever. She had no idea what she would do if one person attacked her. On one hand she had an amazing skill and would fight with her very best determination. On the other hand she would just be killing for the sake of killing. Not only that but there was a very high chance of her clothes being soiled beyond recognition. She already felt like she needed a bath and had considered going for a dip in the black waters surrounding the island. Judging by her experience there was most likely a nasty surprise waiting in the black water.

She was too wrapped in her thoughts to spot the man who had appeared before her. he seemed to glide on air. She managed to focuse in the present day and reacted by immediately turning her limbs into sharp silvery blades. Her arms were ready to cut up any opponent. "Oh my I'm not nourished enough for a fight." she mumbled.

"Lucky you I'm not looking for one." said the man.

He wore all black. His cleanliness was moderate level. His intentions were unreadable upon his face. "What do you want then?"

Her arms were up. She was ready to counter if this was a trick. "I just need..." The young man stared over the bridges at the tall tower in the middle of Citadel city. "I need a few people who can help me with something."

"You want...an alliance?" Fae thought it over just for a second. She rushed at him and sliced the air. He hovered above her."Oh dear. I'm sorry but another person's life is at stake I got a message-"

"I got the same message. There is a way out of it. You don't have to fight me." he replied.

"What do you mean a way out?"

"We don't have to participate in the game if we don't want to." he said.

Fae could see his eye burning. He looked all too sure of his words and this gave her hope. She wouldn't have to loose her humanity of she had the hope of escaping this game. "But how do you plan to escape the games? We're all already dead." she remembered hearing her name called on that news channel long ago. It still sent shivers down her spine.

"It's simple. We just need to defeat God."

Simple? ha! This guys talking crazy! Don't listen to him.

"Hush Rubbard." Fae's tone of voice was cold and concentrated. "There's no way anyone can beat god. Wouldn't that destroy everything?"

"You would think. All you need is power and skill. Once God, The Almighty as the reapers call him, is defeated the one who kills him is given his powers and the wisdom."

It took a while for Fae to piece it together. "So you want to become God?" she asked.

"There's nothing left for me in the human world any more. But if I'm god I can return everyone back to life and stop these games."

Fae went silent for what seemed like forever. Combined could the players defeat the reapers and God himself? Was there a chance for her to get out of this predicament and back into clean linens and her pristine housing? Fae returned her limbs to normal. "Oh dear this might get a bit exciting."


Amos

The Mammon creature's jagged vertical mouth had caught the flying debris and ground it up easily mas if it were lunch meat. "Oh dear with dental work like that I'm afraid we'll have to pass on planning Faggy Waggy." he smirked with a flip of his hair.

He jumped toward the creature and with a twist of his scythe he cut the tongue that lunged at him. The creature however lunged it's body forward running towards Johann. It's tongue grew back almost instantaneously. "Nanicci!"

I saw sir. It looks like it can regrow it's tongue so attacking that is a no go. Try and find a vulnerable spot sirs. I'm rooting for you! Nanicci cheered.

Alos flicked his hair as he landed behind the Mammon. It's large body was surprisingly fast. No wonder it made short work of the other creatures. "Watch out for it's mouth!" he called out as the fat creature lunged towards Johann.

It looked frustrated and it's mouth almost seemed to be drooling...

[Ryuga]

"This kid is sharp," Joe could only think to himself as he re-assessed the situation. "And here I was hoping that she wouldn't get the memo."
"Well..." he answered, pausing to think of a suitable answer. "I get a text threatening my family, and now the person next to me has her hell hound out. Pardon me if I feel a little threatened right now." That sounded far less sarcastic in his head.
Good news was that Joe was reading similar feelings from Luci. If she wanted to kill him out of convenience she could have done it by now. It looked like he could continue this partnership a little while longer. With that in mind, he decided to take a gamble.
Joe relaxed his body as much as he could. He slipped his hands in his pockets, and took a slow step towards the exit, turning his back to Luci. Of course, he couldn't hide all the tension. Just like getting a flu shot, he was preparing himself for the pain that might come with the being mauled to death by a flaming hound.
Well, no attacks so far. Joe took another step, and then another. His apprehension faded with every step, until he was nonchalantly making his way to the hallway. He was just about to disapear from Luci's sight before he turned back.
"You know, I could still use your help. I mean, in all honesty, we'll likely end up at each others throats by the end of this. But, maybe we can worry about that when the time comes, and work something out in the meantime."

This post has been edited by Ryuga: Sep 24 2012, 07:21 AM

[John Lau]

It was no surprise to Johann that his attack had little effect on the Mammon, though he had hoped it had distracted the mammon more than it did. Amos went next, cutting off it's tongue as it lunged towards him. Johann followed from behind planning to back him up when the Mammon attack but stopped mid-dash as the repulsive beast came Lunging at himself instead. Both of Johann's eyes widened in surprise by the regeneration ability of the Mammon and even more so by it's choice of target. Few moments before the Mammon came into range and ready to chow down, Johann's eyes narrowed and disappeared in a light blue flash and appeared behind the fat demon in a similar fashion. Using his Point Jump ability for a counter attack was not often dome by Johann. Since it had a cool down of 5 seconds, it gave him a moment of vulnerability. However in this case, he had backup, even if he should fail there's still Faggy Waggy there to finish it up and he doubt this fat creature is quick enough to dodge two consecutive attacks. Even so, Johann had no intention to let this chance slip away. With assist from his Psychokinesis, he swung his scythe with as much speed as possible as he aims to severe the Mammon's head from it's body.

[LiquidCyanide]

Suggesting that they should have a plan didn't go as well as Fagelein expected, in fact he felt as if they deliberately ignored his pleas. Before he could further address anything the other two started attacking already. "Argh, you guys are the worst." Fagelein complained as he moved into battle.
Amos started attacking aggressively, he cut off the tongue of the mammon but it just grew back. Johann, on the other hand went for a more tactical surprise attack behind the mammon. Almost knowing Johann's intent, Fagelein went charging right in. He swung his glaive like a madman, cutting through his thick skin and flesh while keeping an eye on the mammon's movements, hoping to just 'ghost' away the moment the mammon flinches.
Standing so close to that thing has really got Fagelein's heart racing. He tried to hold back his thoughts, but he can't stop thinking about what Amos said last time about dying as a reaper. (Well, since I'm already here, might as well do one for the team.) He encouraged himself and focused even harder with every strike. With all his escaping abilities, its actually pointless to worry. But Neither the less, it is his first time after all.