<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.

"당신이 무슨 말을하는거야?" spoke a little Korean girl as the train got closer and closer the the wretched island.

[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