<Afterlife> Options

[Oliverskx]

The train going through the tunnel moved faster than normal. All passengers had no idea of what had just taken place. Yet Gabriel watched them all from the front of the car. This car out of all others was to be picked for the Afterlife games. The reaper didn't know whether to be sorry for this group or to be excited about being able to run the games for once.

The train now moved through a dark tunnel. This meant Citadel City was near and that now would be his time to start the briefings. His materialization out of nowhere didn't seem to have an effect on the busy passengers at all. He took the appearance of a young boy in a black cloak with white hair and red eyes; the same albino appearance he had when he was alive. *ahem* The gray reaper cleared his throat.

"Good evening passengers." he spoke calmly. "I am Gabriel and I am here to welcome you all to Citadel City before we reach our stop."

"What on earth are you rambling on about?" yawned a young woman sitting in seat 8. "Is this the wrong train?"

"Like I don't even, like, know what this kid is talking about either." another young woman from seat seven spoke.

"That voice sounds familiar..." went the blind male from seat 10.

"You are all a part of the Afterlife games." said Gabriel.

You're forgetting something sir! Show them what's happened sir! came a bubbly voice from his thin black earpiece. Gabriel could always count on advice from his assistant. "It's much easier if I just show you all." Gabriel spoke switching on a monitor conveniently stationed on a wall of the train.

The monitor flashed to news footage. A few heads turned to watch. The broadcast was loud.

This is Tiffany Williams with a mind numbing news bulletin. Right now I'm standing in front of the station outside the city where the train crash that occurred earlier this day is still recovering victims of the tragedy. So far there has been no survivors from what I can tell. More victims recovered from this terrible incident have been discovered to be the bodies of Elanora Jameson, Fae Cantigre, Clarissa Montague, Matthew Jameson, Sachiko Hayashi, Marcus Giles, Thomas Marx, Joe Brody, Ms. Mavin Davis, Stella Marx, twins Allen and Thomas Rhodes, the beloved Fabian Gestalt, Tia Wang, Romeo Willis, Jackie Hayes, Damien Peers and a Ms. Rita Thompson.

Yet insiders say there are still a lot more to be recovered.

"Yo what the hell is this shit?" A scruffy young man in seat 11 shouted. "Is this some sort of joke?"

The monitor footage cut to weeping family members and friends. "So are we like, dead or something, like that?" the female in seat seven asked once more.

"Please stay calm everyone." Gabriel advised. "No one is dead yet. Your chance to gain your normal lives back lies here in Citadel City."

The train emerged from it's dark tunnel and onto tracks leading to an island of sorts. A large city could be seen with a tower in the center that sits high in the sky. The ominous environment seemed to be tinted with the color red. For those who knew no better, this city looked like a picture of an apocalyptic worn place.

"Now are there any questions before I head on to the next subject?" Gabriel asked politely.

"당신� 무슨 ��하는거야?" spoke a little Korean girl as the train got closer and closer the the wretched island.

[Nicsp]

The young girl sitting in the fifth seat, Sachiko Hayashi had been busy listening to her music, the headset only emitting a few low hums to everyone but her. While listening to her music, she planned up her next schemes...Or at least tried to...Despite the fact she was as focused in this as she was managing to be, her mind was drawing nothing but blanks upon blanks upon blan- She snapped out of it when something else called her attention, the fact everyone now seemed to be talking to some boy that was standing up in the middle of the car. She let out a short confused 'eh?' as she pulled off her headphones, only listening as everyone lashed back at Gabriel. She slowly put away the headphones and put them inside of her school uniform's coat. <What's with this idiot...Making a scene and standing up in front of the car like that...Uh...I wonder, if the car suddenly stopped or something, he'd probably be jolted forward against the windows. That'd be bad, I guess.> She, once again, was pulled off her thoughts when the monitor was switched to the news podcast. Sachiko just stood there, staring at the screen with her tired green globes.

She simply put her arms around herself slightly, in a somewhat protective manner, awfully confused by what was happening and not really sure of what to say. While everyone was either getting angry or shooting questions at Gabriel, she merely stood there in her spot, she seemed to be about to say something herself, but it came off mostly as a mumble only she could hear. She glanced over at the place they were approaching, gulping thin air as cold sweat ran down her head. <What the hell is all this, anyways...? Uh...Right, well, I guess that guy already explained that I died...Sort of...In a way...Kind of did and did not...Because if I died, I guess I wouldn't be here, thinking abou- Gah!> She scratched her head a bit, letting out a short disappointed sigh.

<Well...He did say that we're gonna have a chance to get our normal lives back...Through this games, probably...Which is probably good, since i'm good at games! Well...Visual novels, I guess those are considered games, right? Myeh...But what if I lose? I don't want to die...Well, that's pretty obvious...Although, now that I think about it, since everything is already this weird, maybe if I died, I could become a ghost...And then I could sneak into the boy's dressing room...Heheh...Wait...Why am I thinking of this? No! Dying is bad.> She remained silent, continuing her internal monologue.

[Ryuga]

Joe's phone gave off a beep as the train entered the tunnel. He reached into his pocket, pulling out the device, flipped it open to be greated by a text from one of his buddies.
"Stil going to casuals tonight? Can I possibly hitch a ride?" it read.
Joe shrugged in his seat before pressing buttons.
"Yeah no problems man," he sent back before flipping the phone closed. He was still in the middle of putting the phone back when some kid named Gabriel started blabbing.
"Oh geez. Not another one of these crazies," he thought. He turned his head the other way, pretending the kid didn't exist. His attention

Right now I'm standing in front of the station outside the city where the train crash that occurred earlier this day is still recovering victims of the tragedy. So far there has been no survivors from what I can tell. More victims recovered from this terrible incident have been discovered to be the bodies

"Man. Another one of these. Why can't the news report something that's not depressing for a change?"

Joe Brody

Joe nearly jumped out his seat at the mention of his name. It couldn't possibly be talking about him right? He was sitting in the train alive and well. Maybe some other Joe Brody? Yeah, that's it. That name is common enough.
"Is this some kind of joke?" he heard another passanger exclaim.
"Guess I'm not the only one. But, yeah, that sounds about right."

Rather than sit through the charade Joe casually stood up to face this Gabriel person.
"Alright you got me," he announced almost as if putting on a show of his own. "So what's this for? You got Punked? Just for Scares? Cause this is some seriously messed up..."
The train emerged from the tunnels into ominous red sky.
"...shit..."

[Oliverskx]

Gabriel's calm expression remained on his face despite the many faces scowling at him in disbelief. He could easily kill off the hostile ones no problem, but he knew that he would be in trouble with The Almighty if he attempted to lay even one finger on someone. And so he kindly went on to the next subject. "You twelve are dead, however you all have a chance to regain life once more like it never happened. But this only happens if you require enough points in the competition. Naturally points can only be obtained by killing an opponent who will pass along half their total points onto you." Gabriel began as the train pulled into a rickety station.

"Oh dear. Oh my. This place doesn't seem sanitary at all!" cheeped the nurse sitting in seat six.

She was right. The sludge, rust and mold could be seen caked on crumbling buildings from a mile away.

Sir! The Angels are ready sir! Make sure to mention them sir! They are an important part of the games sir! chimed in Gabriel's assistant through his earpiece. "With that said you will all be going into Citadel City to fight each other to the death."

"What?" chimed in Tia, the panicking Korean child who understood nothing.

"우리는 죽음의 게임을하고 있습니다." replied Clarissa who sat in seat 8 and recognized the small girl's country of origin.

"오! 참 재밌군요!" the small girl replied excitedly.

Clarissa gave a sly smile before focusing her attention back on Gabriel. "Each person will be given an 'Angel Phone' which will grant each user a specific power and a partner to help them."

A beautiful male passenger stood in a calm collected manner. "Now, now, now. Do you know who I am? Not to fear fellow passengers." the pop idol Fabian Gestalt winked at a school aged girl in seat 5 before continuing. " I'm sure this is all just a celebrity prank! Why this is-"

"Some sort of sick tournament." the blind man finished.

"You will be given locations of food and water through your angel phones. This is required as you are all still need nourishment to eat to survive despite death. You may also contact each other through message during the course of the games." Gabriel continued. "You will need to eat, drink and find shelter within Citadel, a nearly empty city."

"Like, what happens, like, if you lose your phone?" Luci from seat 7 asked.

"Then you're screwed." the rugged man from seat 11 replied.

"So we have to like, always like have our phone and stuff? Can we like just order food from our phone? Like delivery?" Luci added.

The doors of the train opened. "A full set of rules on the games will be waiting in the systems of your Afterlife phones." Gabriel spoke. "Along with your angels. Each person should choose wisely. With each angel comes a set of unique powers. It's first come first serve."

Clarissa was the first out of the train, seeing the phones spread out on a rickety wooden table in the train station. "Aye! Come back!" Romeo from seat 11 headed out after her as did the rest of the passengers from seats 7-12.

Now all that were left were the remaining six on the train who had to choose which phone belonged to them while the others explored their choices in the station outside. Gabriel stood silently. "For those of you who still don't believe, you can't afford not to."

With that said a loud shot of a pistol could be heard and a few screams echoed outside of the train car as Marcus Giles' head had been completely blown off. He fell slowly to the ground as bits of skull, flesh and bone fell to the ground drenched in red blood. "That's ten points for me." Clarissa spoke as she ran towards the city slums holding a silvery wispy pistol in her hands.

Horrified screams echoed outside the train and in a flash all who were outside vanished into the post apocalyptic city ruins.

"Exhibit A." Gabriel nodded at the dead corpse bleeding out in from of the train car.

"Oh my that's certainly not sanitary!" Fae the nurse squeeked as she stood from seat six, making sure not to get the corpse's blood on her nurse slippers as she exited the train car to take a pick of the remaining angel phones.

<Clarissa +10 points>
<Random Contestants +1 point>
<Clarissa Montague combat data updated in datalog>

This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Jul 1 2012, 10:34 AM

[Nicsp]

Sachiko was just lost in her own thoughts, not really paying that much attention to what Gabriel was saying anymore. She had her arms still wrapped around herself protectively, her head slowly taking in everything that was being told to her, most especifically, the part where she would have to actually kill the others to make her way out of here...She whimpered some in response, not really knowing how was she going to go about kiling someone...Or if she had the guts for it, on that matter. She was forcefully kicked out of her thoughts as the sound of a gun echoed outside. Without even stopping to think twice, Sachiko grabbed the first of the so said phones she saw and immediately ran to the city, seeking shelter in the abandoned buildings that surrounded her. After a few seconds of desperate running, Sachiko found herself somewhere in the slums, panting and gasping as she tried to recover her breath.

Just then it hit her that rushing off ahead like this alone probably wasn't the best idea...But then again...Was staying with the group safe at all? I mean, everyone in there would want to kill her now, for all she knew. Oh how freaking marvellous this situation was, having to fight for survival in the middle of this crazy wasteland...It didn't help that she was only a simple fifteen year old high-school girl...What could she possibly do? Heck, she wasn't even good looking like that other girl that was on the train so trying to seduce her way to victory was out of question...Gah! Why even think about an option like that?! But then again...What choice did she have? She was weak, short and had no experience in survival or combat whatsoever...Well, no practical experience, at least, but she had a feeling that knowing the weak spots of the creatures of Dragon's Dogma wasn't going to help her much in this situation. She sighed faintly, dropping her arms forward and bumping her head slightly against a nearby wall.

She slowly shifted her body around and then rested her back against said wall, slowly sliding down until she got into a sitting position. She was then reminded of the phone she had nabbed from that table earlier, she pulled it out of her uniform's pocket and, with trembling hands, started tapping at it randomly, hoping to get some sort of reaction from it. "Huh...How the heck do I use this thing, anyways? I'm so doomed..." She spoke to herself, dropping her head.

[Ryuga]

Joe was shocked to see the fresh corpse lieing outside the train. His hands shook. Never in his career had he ever gotten the shakes, for that would be a complete killer in the tournament gaming scene. This wasn't just regular old stress. He was feeling fear.
"Like hell I'm gonna put up with this!" he declared. Whether it was out of fear or not, Joe did something he would consider unlike him, walking straight up to the Gabriel kid and grabbing him by his shirt, yanking him upwards. "Alright kid! You'd better tell us how to get out of here, cause I'm not playing some messed up game for your twisted enjoyment!"

[Oliverskx]

Day 1 [2:00pm]

Gabriel the Reaper

Gabriel hung in the air like a rag doll. For a split second his fingers twitched to react. Without an angel this man had no power to challenge him. Gabriel would of, could have killed him but he knew The Almighty enjoyed a game that dragged out, or an immensely bloody one. Why the game last week ended before any of the contestants could claim an angel. Gabriel stared at the man with and expression of dislike. He understood the rage and anger but did not wish to remain hanging in the air. He vanished in a cloud of thick black smoke and yet reappeared somewhere outside of the train car. "Why not channel all of that anger into the competition Mr. Brody. I'm sure you'd get very far with brutality like that."

Gabriel made sure to keep his distance and watched as the two siblings exited the train car and ran off into the distance with their angels. The pop idol Fabian began to pat Joe on the back. "Lets hurry. I'm sure this is nothing more than a celebrity prank and that this corpse is merely an actor."

Fabian stepped out of the train and into the environment. "Yes! This is a test for me, Fabian Gestalt to test my limits! Would you Joe like to join me in becoming a fellow reality star!"

His words sounded terribly scripted and his body posture was that of a cheesy cartoon character. The scene was almost enough to make Gabriel sick.


Luci Ferno & Tia Wang

"Like...where the heck are we?" Luci spoke as she and the small child walked around a mass of abandoned buildings toward a bridge leading to an island.

"난 당신� 좋아하지 않아." Tia mumbled to herself before keeping an eye out.

"Like I'm, like seriously tired of running. Like my feet are hurting so bad." Luci whined.

"Food?" Tia asked pointing toward an abandoned diner on the other side of the worn street on which they ran.

"Oh! Thank GAWD!" Luci cheered after hearing the small girl point it out.

The two headed inside but only saw empty barstools and dusty seating all around. "Like you think there's like, any food in the back?"

"Xiao, 내가 그녀를 죽�까요? � 여�는 정� 바보입니다. 그녀는 정� 시�러운입니다." Tia spoke to her Angel.

"Oh Tia! 그녀는 �한 좋� 산만입니다. 당신� 잡히면 그녀는 다른 사람� 혼란시킬 수있다. 당신� 피난처를 만들어야합니다." chimed the small girl's angel reply.

"Like, I don't see any food in the back." Luci's voice rang out from the back kitchen.

Small tia began to barricade the doors of the diner. "Hey! Like little Ting Ting what are you like, stop!" Luci spoke frustrated as she began undoing everything the small little girl had worked to build.

"Shelter." Tia spoke in a panic.

Luci stopped. "Oh. Little Ting Woo is smarter than she looks." Luci spoke realizing the girl's plan. "I should have known, like all asian people are smart."

"...Ting Woo?"Tia mumbled in reply as the two set up barricades in the empty diner to make it their hideout for now.


Fae Cantigre

"Oh...Oh my goodness!....Oh my! Eep!"

The nurse fumbled around the city ruins. So many buildings were reduced to nothing but rubble. Some buildings stood tall but none of the buildings lacked terrible odor, crawly insects or grim, dirt, and mold. It was a nightmare for a woman who was used to cleanliness in every hour of her life. "I can barely breathe!" she gasped.

Oh shut it lady. the angel from her phone snapped. You seem pretty fine for a woman who's competing in a deathmatch but a bit of dirt can make you flinch? Looks like we're not making in far in this competition.

"Oh hush Rubbard." Fae snapped before seeing the figure of a small girl sitting against a wall.

"Oh! Oh my another player I don't know what to do."

Try an alliance lady. her angel snapped before she shut off her phone.

"Oh um, hi! Oh dear don't sit on the ground there it's filthy!" Fae exclaimed as she slowly etched closer to the girl who's name was printed as Sachiko in the Database.

"Oh dear. This is such an exciting competition is it not?" The disgust of her surroundings couldn't leave her facial expression even as she forced a smile. "Oh my name is Fae by the way."

The nurse noticed that the girl held her angel phone. "Oh? An angel which one did you get?"

Hey lady who said you could turn me off! her angel snapped as the screen of her phone flickered on.

"Oh hush Rubbard!"


Clarissa Montague & Romeo Willis

"An alliance? Are you out of your mind?" Clarissa spoke as she walked across the eastern bridge. "Everyone will be trying to kill each other soon. You're lucky I don't blow your head off as well."

"Aye yo that's not cool yo. I'm just askin you to think about it!" Romeo replied following behind Clarissa on the East side bridge. "Aint nobody realize that 20 points x 12 people means over 200 points."

"Your point is?" Clarissa spoke holding her pistol tightly as she watched the road behind them before carrying on forward to cross.

"Yo can't you see? That's like 200 points for me an you to split! Yo we both could come back to life." Romeo explained.

"Yes, if you survive that long." Clarissa spoke calmly. "What are you powers anyway? My angel gave me this sweet number. I can only imagine the abilities I'll get once I stack more points."

"How do I know I can trust you baby girl. You ain't even all that powerful. Just a gun? Yo seriously that ain't even nothin compared to the magic power I got." Romeo spoke using his angel power to place a rune like marking upon the bridge.

"I'm not your 'baby' or 'girl' in the slightest." Clarissa spat back in disgust as she continued her walk over to Dead Man's Land. "Just be gone."

"Aye"

Romeo threw himself toward her with his arms held back as if readying an attack but in half of a second her pistol was out and she pulled the trigger multiple times before seeing the crumpled man's figure on the bridge. She swiftly turned and continued her walk over the bridge. "Ten more points for me." she chuckled.

"Bitch." Romeo gasped as he managed to slowly crawl away.

<Fae Cantigre updated in the datapad>
<Choose and angel from the signup thread so that they can give you your first new mail>

This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Jul 2 2012, 02:55 PM

[Nicsp]

Sachiko had been busy trying to figure out the phone she had been given, after a moment of tapping away, she managed to get it turned on. Apparently her angel was someone who went by the name of "Cora"...Before Sachiko could question further, however, she heard Fae's voice, letting out a short yelp of panick, almost just hurling the phone over at Fae in reaction. Instead, however, Sachiko just pressed herself against the corner, chuckling nervously in response to Fae's words and holding the phone tightly in her hands. "H-h-hi...I'm...Sachiko..." She replied, her voice coming out mostly as a mumble more than anything. She'd gulp thin air a bit, she hadn't really gotten a good look at who was it that was shooting other people earlier, so she couldn't really trust anyone as of now...But then again...This woman seemed harmless enough, for her to be worrying over filthyness instead of the fact someone just had their brains spilled around a few moments ago.

"I...Don't know..." She then replied, in regards to the nurse's second question. She just stood there awkwardly, her baggy eyes slowly shifted down to the ground as she was just basically staring at Fae's feet, not really feeling like staring at the woman directly. Sachiko held her phone in front of herself, almost as if trying to shield herself away with it. "Wh-...What do you want?" The girl asked, barely managing to shift her green globes up to Fae's face for a moment before they fell back down.

[Ryuga]

"What the!" exclaimed Joe as Gabriel disapeared from his grip and reappeared outside the train. "How in the hell did you..." he continued before being interupted by Fabian.
"Lets hurry. I'm sure this is nothing more than a celebrity prank and that this corpse is merely an actor," Fabian said before stepping outside.
"How does that guy not notice the disappearing kid, the unearthly environment, or anything really?"
With no other options Joe reluctantly stepped outside, just in time to hear Fabian again.
"Yes! This is a test for me, Fabian Gestalt to test my limits! Would you Joe like to join me in becoming a fellow reality star!"
Joe couldn't help, but chuckle at the guy. "Well at the very least I'll be entertained.
"I don't know about stardom, but yeah, I'll join your team Fabian," Joe replied as he made his way to the wooden table where the remaining angel phones lay."Hey Gabriel. There isn't anything in the rules saying that I can't look at all the features on these things before I start here?" He walked up to the closest one, tapping the Powers icon on the screen, reading the text that appeared.

OOC: Either way Joe's going to end up with Maru if that's okay.

This post has been edited by Ryuga: Jul 3 2012, 08:48 PM

[Oliverskx]

Fae Cantigre

"Wh-...What do you want?"

"Oh dear." The question caught Fae off guard.

She didn't really know why she was bothering this young girl. Psst! her phone whispered. "Oh! I was figuring strength comes in numbers really. I'm not so good at all this competition mumbo jumbo-oh my dear do you have a terrible case of Periorbital puffiness!"

Before her angel could respond she clicked the phone off forcefully. "But anyway I just think I'd do better with someone else than on my own really."

For a brief second she stood in an awkward silence. A scream echoed out from somewhere in the distance of the city. It was female and it sounded as if she were in a lot of trouble. "Oh we must get moving. There's just no way I can stay here in this filth- EEP!"

One of the train citizens she recognized as the scruffy man came stumbling their way. He bled openly and seemed to be in a lot of pain. Bullet wounds in the lower torso, arms, and left thigh were gushing continuously. He caught the gaze of the nurse. "The hell are you lookin at lady! Get in my way and I'll kill you too!"

"Oh my." Fae gasped as she flicked both her wrists.

What happened next was a complete transformation of the woman's arms which had, in a flash of bright light, changed from delicate and dainty flesh to silvery shimmering razor sharp blades. "Oh! I'm so sorry." she said suddenly turning to Sachiko. "Would you like to be the one to finish the job on this one? I'd rather not get blood all over my good shoes."

"Woah aye Ladies I could help ya yaknow. I've already taken down another player who tried to off me don't make me kill you too." Romeo turned to Sachiko with a menacing stare. "Tell this bitch to back off."


Luci Ferno, Tia Wang, and Stella marx

"Wha?"

"Shhh!" Luci commanded. "Like you don't want people to know we're here. Like that was too close for comfort."

The small Korean child stood at a window of the barricaded diner. Luci followed her gaze and saw two other contestants just outside. Dude! That girl's wailing is totally gonna attract enemies man! her phone echoed.

"Omg like, really Chad, why do we have to do all the hard stuff." Luci sighed as she began moving the stools blocking the diner doors.

"Stay!" she commanded to the little Korean child.

"난 개가 아니에요!”!" said the little girl.

Luci slowly walked over to the sobbing female contestant. "Um, like, yea."

The girl was sobbing over the body of a male whose front torso looked as if it had been cleanly blown off. "Was he like you're boyfriend or something?" Luci asked.

She got no response but a wail instead. It wasn't until she put a hand on the crying girls shoulder that the girl jumped away from the dead body and spun around with fire igniting at her fingertips. "Like don't be rude I was only trying to help!"

Dude she can't hear you. Like you should totally check the datalog. She's deaf. her angel spoke.

Miss Stella would like to know if you are a friend or foe. the deaf girl's phone seemed as if it were going to speak for her.

"Um friend? I guess. Like I really just wanted her to like go cry somewhere else? Or like join us? I don't know. Just don't cry out here, it'll attract enemies and stuff." Luci explained.

Stella glanced at the text on her phone before resting herself and her powers. Miss Stella excepts your invitation on the understanding that you will help her avenge her brother.

"Like, whatever."


Gabriel and Fabian Gestalt

"Hey Gabriel. There isn't anything in the rules saying that I can't look at all the features on these things before I start is there?"

The boy looked at the man who had just assaulted him in shock and then at the bleeding corpse in front of him. "I believe it already has begun."

"Oh these things are so interesting! These little computer things are so lifelike. I can only imagine the millions that went into making this hidden camera show!" Fabian mumbled as he tinkered with his chosen phone.

Aw man not a disbeliever. Those die every time! Fabian's phone chimed in disgust.

"Oh boy the technology in these! I haven't seen such a thing since I played Agent max in Live or Die 3: Keep on Livin! Of course the movie was mostly CGI."

Really can't I opt out for another owner? asked Fabian's phone.

Gabriel gave one quick glance at Joe. "I doubt you'll last long with someone like that as backup." He smirked.

Sir! Sir! Oh Sir! It's already becoming a blood bath sir! The Almighty would like to see the first event take place sir!

"Okay Nanicci slow down. I'll be right there." Gabriel replied. "Send out the angel messages on my mark."

And with that the reaper disappeared in a puff of thick black smoke.



<Fae, Joe, Stella, combat data updated in the datalog>
<Romeo +10 points>
<+10 points randomly distributed>

This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Jul 3 2012, 08:33 AM

[Ryuga]

Joe frowned at Gabriel's comment.
"Thanks for that jerk," he thought as he continued pressing buttons. "No this one won't do," he sighed moving onto the next phone as Fabian continued to marvel his own.
After going back and forth through the phones he finally settle on one. Maru. That sleep ability seemed like one of the weaker ones, but with a little strategy to back it up, it could potentially be the most useful. He just needed some kind of lethal weapon to pair with it. The fact that the Angel was pleasant on the eyes was a small bonus.
Immediately he received mail from the Angel Phone.
"Guess she's not as pleasant on the ears," he muttered before opening up the Rules and Regulations page, carefully reading through. Most of the rules were things he had already figured out on his own based on the conversation of others, but, there were a few extra tidbits of information he thought were useful to know. Once finished with that, he proceeded to open up the Bio Database.
"Two dead already huh? Seems like this is going to be a short game." he turned over to Fabian who was still marveling the phone. "Guess we should head out there huh?" he suggested. "Might as well take it slow. No sense rushing into that warzone."

[Nicsp]

Sachiko had just read up on the message she received from her "angel", she then turned to Fae and blinked a few times, shocked at the girl's transformation before, after a moment of self-muttering, she replied. "I...Just checked my abilities and such...I don't really have anything that can be use to...To actually kill someone. Not directly at least...I guess..." She stated, looking at the man, who, according to the database, was called Romeo. "I have a question though...A-Answer it and I might not kill you." She'd state, attempting and probably failing at sounding menacing, tapping away at her phone and already getting the invisibility skill ready, just in case. "D-Do you know where that other woman is? The one who killed that man earlier?"

[Oliverskx]

Fabian Gestalt

"You're right. Letting the competition eliminate each other is a very good tactic actually." said Fabian. "There were no other famous people on board. They're probably saving me for last."

He took in a deep gulp of moist air. The scene before him was a dark sort of wasteland. A place that probably cost a ton

Oh man, this is my partner? His angel whined. I need someone who can take this seriously.

"Oh wow this thing speaks? How much of a budget does this competition cost?" said Fabian in awe. "Does yours talk back as well?"

Looking at Joe he managed to hear a scream from far away and began to think that they shouldn't remain in this same place for long. The girl with the pistol may be coming back for them, and he knew that she would not hesitate to kill them both.

Fae Cantigre & Romeo WIllis

"Do I know her? Yo what the hell are you getting at?" Romeo stood for a second bleeding continuously before responding. "Yea I know that bitch. She's the reason I'm bleeding like a fountain."

"Oh my you've lost so much blood already. You should be dead by now from too much blood loss." Fae added. "I don't even know how you're still talking."

You seriously didn't read the rules? What too much filth for-

"Hush Rubbard! I forgot killing someone required destroying the heart or brain." Fae snapped shutting off her phone forcefully once more. "Anyways Sachiko, what are you planning on doing with information on that dangerous woman? She blew that poor man's head to bits and clearly has no regard for germs."

"Whatever you all decide I can tell you where she is." Romeo winced at Sachiko a bit as he dug a finger in one of his wounds. "Hell I wouldn't mind getting my hands on that bitch myself. You can't possibly plan on taking her down without me"

He pulled out a small silvery orb with an appearance so wispy and white it barely looked solid enough to hold. The cheesy smile he gave to Sachiko looked forced but held a great ounce of truth.

Gabriel

Sir! Sir! Gaddet's gone missing sir!

"What? This early in the game? What was the cause Nanicci?" Gabriel asked into his headset.

He stood on the island containing God's tower silently watching the players upon the tower's large monitor. His competition had become a bit interesting. There's no sign of him anywhere. He hasn't been reporting in at all. I've sent the other reapers to look out for him. No remains have been found so far. His headset boomed back.

"Guess I'll be doing the food drop sooner. Keep me posted Nanicci." said Gabriel.

Aye-aye sir! I'll send info to all of the angels sir!

He pulled out a microphone, knowing that every player within this island would hear him. "Attention all players." He began searching the barren streets with his eyes. "I have before me two sacks of food, each full enough to properly feed one person. The first player to reach me will obtain the reward of nourishment. The second and third players to reach me will have to have a duel to see who gets the last sack. Your angels shall update you on the location."

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<Maru: Tee-hee! Oh Master! Master! you've got a message from the reapers! There's a food drop going on at the Hospital district right in front of the giant white hospital building! Tee-hee! I think you should hurry fast and get there before someone snatches up all that yummy food! A hungry warrior won't last long on the battlefield! Whatever you do Maru will stand by her master's decision! >


<Cora: Such a damned situation we're in. I don't like the look of that guy. If you didn't have a weapon I would have demanded that you give me his head right then and there! And that weird chick, she looks just as dangerous. I'd keep her around until we can get more points and then we can rip her shiny little limbs off! There's also a food drop going on at the hospital in the hospital district. We could go invisible and sneak off there first and snatch that first sack of grub no problem. Decisions decisions. I say pick the bloodiest path.>

[Ryuga]

"Man, didn't he read the rules? thought Joe as he listened to Fabian's remarks. He didn't have time to reply as he heard the scream.
"Let's get away from here for now," he suggested as he moved into the city.
As the two exited the station they could hear Gabriel's voice boom across the city, giving details to the first task. Shortly afterwards, he received the message from his Angel phone.He winced at the voice. That laugh of hers was grating to the ears.
Joe looked back at his partner suspicously. This task was clearly designed for breaking alliances, and he didn't feel like getting stabbed in the back by one of his competetors. Luckily, Fabian seemed to not understand the whole scope of the task, at least for now.
"Well, we should hurry over to the hospital district. Figure out the rest of the details when we get there. Be on the look out for white buildings."
Joe continued down the street, walking at a relatively quick pace, stopping just before the end of the street to peer around the corner, checking for other players before moving on. All the while he kept tabs on the guy behind him, ever weary of the fact that something would sink into his teammates head.
"So you checked out what kind of powers you get with that thing yet?" he asked, pointing at Fabian's phone.

[Nicsp]

Sachiko just stood there for a bit, before she finally managed to speak up. "I think that...We ought to get rid of that girl, or at least figure out a way to avoid her...She's obviously the biggest threat so far." Sachiko would state, though her voice was still meekly and failing her as she spoke, she wasn't used to speaking to other people at all...Especially in a situation like this...As she was about to open her mouth to say something else, she was interrupted by Gabriel's announcement, followed by the message on her phone. She gulped thin air. <Oh man...This "angel" thing is probably right...I can't trust any of these guys...But...> She shook her head, she couldn't be overthinking things. And for now, the ideal was for them to work in a group. Or try to, anyways. She spoke up. "Uhm...Let's go and try to claim both the sacks of food. We can share it amongst ourselves once we get it, mhm?" Sachiko would state, nodding in agreement with herself. "Uhm...If...You're okay with that plan, that is."

[Oliverskx]

Day 1 [2:30pm]

Gabriel

Oh sir! We have much more food in stock. Are you sure you wouldn't want to have more than a loaf of bread and a water bottle?

"I think everything'll be alright Nanicci. The games rarely ever get past one day. Why give away fresh supplies?" Gabriel responded.

He stood in front of a very large white building, it's left and white wings were covered almost completely in mold and weeds, but it's white front was clearly visible. The building was very large and very noticeable. he held one sack of food in each hand with his arms stretched out as if he were on a cross. The expression on his face was anything but pleased. "Any updates on finding Gaddet?"

No sir! Not many of the other reapers have been reporting back sir! It seems like they're really into their work sir!

"I'm sure if this was The Almighty's doing he'd tell us." mumbled Gabriel. "Keep me updated."

You got it Mr. Gabriel Sir!


Fabian Gestalt

"Well, we should hurry over to the hospital district. Figure out the rest of the details when we get there. Be on the look out for white buildings."

Fabian nodded at this phrase and followed the man named Joe out into the city. The sights were awing. He had to admit this surprise competition was so realistic. The sights, the smells, the artificial red tinted sky, it all was so imaginative. He surely wasn't going to be eliminated from the competition just yet. "So you checked out what kind of powers you get with that thing yet?"

"Um no actually." Fabian responded.

He took out his phone to check. "Doppelganger?" He said as he read the description. "They've even managed to get stunt doubles for me? Oh this must be big budgeted!"

You should just destroy yourself. I've already abandoned any hope of winning this thing with you as my partner. his angel phone mumbled even more as Fabian tucked it in his pocket safely. "No matter we shall press on! Oh? Is that the hospital?" He pointed to a rather large white building slowly becoming visible with each step. "We should hurry before-" He was cut off as a small child raced past them both as fast as her little legs could carry her.

"난 보여요!" She excitedly shrieked in joy speeding up as she ran for the first free food sack.

"Not so fast!" Fabian shrieked as he ran after the child toward the large white building.

Fae Cantigre & Romeo Willis

"Well look at you. On the outside she looks a little wimpy but it seems like she's got a plan of her own." Romeo smiled while picking at his bullet wounds. "Ya know after a while of bleeding it doesn't really hurt any more."

"Oh yes I like that plan very much -Oh my please don't dig that out with such dirty hands!" said Fae who was a bit alarmed to watch a man digging orbs out from bleeding wounds. "Well then. with my powers I'm sure I could help, but it seems like he'll need some medical attention."

"Seems? Bitch Can you not see?" Romeo chuckled.

Be nice and use proper language when speaking to a woman sir Romeo. Remember it was a LADY who put you in the sorry state you're in. His phone chirped.

"Tch, whatever Karen."

"Oh dear Sachiko, would you like me to stay here and wait for your return? He clearly needs medical attention. A wounded partner will do us no good." said Fae who luckily had her emergency medical kit on hand just as any nurse should. "I'm pretty sure you could handle the food drop yourself what with invisibility and all."

Looks like someone picked something up from the database after all. went her phone.

Fae flicked her wrists and her arms returned to their small frail selves. "We should hurry and make the decision. Oh my, it'd be such a disaster if someone got there first. I'd do it myself but I'm not a youthful teenage girl."

Time was running out fast and a decision needed to be made.

<Fabian combat data updated>

This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Jul 9 2012, 02:02 PM

[Ryuga]

"So you can clone yourself?" asked Joe just as the Joe little girl raced past them. Luckily, Fabian reacted faster than he did, immediately running after her. Joe took chase seconds later.
"I could just make that girl drowsy enough so that she can't keep running," thought Joe as he ran. He held up his arm as if to point towards the girl, hoping that would just supernaturally activate his power. But, something clicked in his mind and he stopped. Something wasn't right. What was one of their competitors doing just running past them? She could have attacked from behind, or more sensibly followed a different street to race undetected. Was this some kind of ploy, or tactic? He they got ambushed now, he might be in serious trouble, especially not while ignorant of the cooldown time of his ability or whether it had one. Gaming instincts certainly told him that such an ability would have a limited number of uses per unit time.
Joe took another quick look through the surroundings before coming to a decision. He saw no other players directly near them, so he pulled the trigger. Just like in fighting games, he didn't have time to be second guessing himself.
"Sorry little girl. But, your going to have to take a quick nap."

[Nicsp]

The young scared girl let out a short 'uhm', her arms wrapped around herself protectively as she seemed to be in thought. "I...I guess i'll go..." She stated, taking a deep breath as a voice deep in the depths of her head told her not to, but she ended up heading off anyways. She quickly went to check on her one skill, the invisibilty one, to be actually aware of what she could and could not do with it. She would arrive there just in time to see Joe, Fabian and some little girl rushing over to the hospital. Upon noticing that Joe was pointing his arm towards the girl and what not, and by Fabian's words, she guessed that they were not all on the same side. Sachiko took a deep breath. Her invisibilty could only keep her hidden away for eighty seconds and it had a twenty seconds cooldown, not to mention, she was guessing the others would probably still be able to hear her or bump into her if she got too close.

A plan slowly formed in her head, against her better judgment. She slowly reached down to the ground and grabbed the first thing she found that could properly be thrown, with the intent of just causing noise for now, a simple rock would do. She rushed after Joe and Fabian and immediately threw the rock over at their general direction, as soon as it landed, she would activate her invisibilty and attempt to rush right beside them, hoping that the noise would distract them for long enough to give her an advantage.

[Ryuga]

Joe had finished making the girl in front drowsy in time to see the rock fly past his face. Panicked that he was under attack he looked in the direction where the rock came from. No one there. That didn't ease his worries though as rocks don't sponataneously fly at people. Maybe some players was hiding somewhere using telekenitic powers, or even something else.
"Fabian!" he called out. "Book it! Get out of here!"

[Oliverskx]

(I'm so sorry for the late post. Ran into internet problems that I just got fixed. >.<)

Fabian had just caught up with the small girl when she accidentally tripped and fell at the cause of Joe's power. "Like, hey! What do you think you're doing?" a girls' voice called out.

"Luci! Tia cried out."

"Fabian! Book it! Get out of here!"

"What?" Fabian asked turning around unsure of Joe's reasoning for panic. "But what about the food?"

"Like, you can have one sack of food as long as we get the other Luci offered jogging up towards the group. "Like, there's no point for us to be fighting in this game."

Fabian didn't know what to say end eye'd Joe. Maybe it was a good tactic to just run. Forget the food.

"Well?" Luci demanded an answer.

Gabriel

Gabriel could hear them all. He stood just twenty meters away, holding a sack of nourishment in each hand while standing his arms out like an eagle. "Nanicci, what's going on?" he asked to his headset.

Well sir, it looks like they're going to try to strike a deal sir!.

"We'll see how that works out. Deals never work in the games. Only one game consisted of every player banding together and even they failed in their duties."

Oh my sir, wasn't that the time you participated in the games sir?

He stood still listening to the voices echoing. If these people didn't hurry, they would all be moving targets. "Why thank you sir." a female player grabbed one sack from his right hand and opened it at once.

"A loaf of freaking bread and a bottle of water? What is this?!" she raged. "Take it or leave it." Gabriel responded.

She scoffed at him, turned heel and left swiftly, heading towards the crowd of voices. She held a silvery pistol in her right hand.

Tia Wang, Fabian Gestalt, Luci Ferno, Clarissa Montague

"My my, don't run so soon." Clarissa spoke, creeping up just behind Joe Brody with her pistol aimed unsteadily at his midsection.

The small girl Tia stood at an instance and ran to her partner Luci with haste. If they were going into battle she would be ready. The girl with the gun spoke once more.

"I have a deal to make. I can't possibly eat too may carbs in one go so." Clarissa split pulled a loaf of bread out of her sack and broke off a small end piece of about four inches. "I'll give this piece to whoever decides to kill another player right here and right now."

Her eyes said it all. She was serious, and anyone could tell that if no action was made she would take out a few of them herself.



<Maru: Oh master this lady doesn't play nice at all does she? I wonder, could we all gang up on her? Tee-hee! Or would those two girls attack us? Oh boo and there's only one sack of food left! Yipes! >


<Cora: On you're a sneaky one alright. I'd suggest snapping their necks but the second sack of food is there for the taking. One day when your stronger we'll spill all of the blood those fools have to offer! >