<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]

(I apologize for the long delay and the massive walls of text.)

Luci Ferno

Luci reached the top of the stairwell. The second floor loomed ahead quietly in contrast to the thumps and low growling coming from the floor below. The flaming hell hounds followed up the steps quick at her heels. There was a third floor from what Luci could see, but the way up the staircase in the direction had been blocked with rubble. It seemed as if this building could fall apart at any moment. The echoing steps of Joe could be heard following below. "Are they coming after you?" she asked.

Not once did she even consider him being the demon. He looked to old and had already given her an act of kindness. And even if he were to somehow betray her she had her flaming hounds about. She heard Joe say something before pausing herself. There could be more of them. "Go" she nodded towards the dark hall before her.

The demon hounds entered the hall first lighting the way so that shadows bounced about. From what she could tell there were no imps coming out. "It looks clear up here." called down.

She slowly began to tiptoe down the hall after her flaming pets, cautious enough to check around corners.


Lily

The cool air felt food on her face as she glided silently through the wind. Lily had only been a reaper for two months and she enjoyed every minute of it.. The sights of Citadel city were something out of an apocalypse movie. The broken buildings and crimson sky had given it a feel of tragedy, which ironically was the exact description of everyone within Afterlife, even the reapers. Johann traveled a head of her. He always liked to be alone, which suited her just fine as she felt the same way. She glided a few inches above the ground taking in the sights and passed Gods tower when she saw a glint of blonde disappearing behind a smoking diner up ahead. It was at that moment she heard Johann contact Nanicci through her own nearby headset.

Ah hello Mr. Johann sir! I see you're listening in too Miss lady Lily! Just give me a few moments. The cheery voice in her headset went quiet a while before starting up once more in it's happy, bouncing, bubbly tone.

Ah! Oh wow! It seems like you two will be really busy here! Currently two players are residing in the hospital within the Hospital district, a man and a woman. A female player seems to be running from Imps within that area as well. Somewhere straight ahead a few blocks away from there is a two men-wait, no one's face is being chewed off. Make that one man and one female holed up in a building. On the other side within the slums there's a man and a woman resting within the Honey-badger hotel. It looks as if the Imps are crawling all over but the man and woman are safe inside though. Grrr! I figured the game would be over by now! Good luck Sir and Lady and remember to stay safe!

"3 locations 7 players. Seems like we got the raw deal." Lily muttered. "Where should we start investigating first? This demon could be any one of them."


Clarissa Montague

One, two, three pulls of the trigger and all three of the attacking black creatures fell before her. Her aim was precise and each bullet lodged somewhere within the bulbous skulls of the nasty looking things. She stepped casually over the corpses before casting an icy stare at the dark humming sky. More of them. She rushed forward and into the nearest building, slamming the door behind her as she went. A sigh escaped her mouth before a black shape came lunging at her torso, latching onto her blouse. She pulled the trigger once more and it fell to the ground.

"Damn things. Where the hell did they come from?"

She walked slowly down the corridor before entering a nearby office. She rummaged through the desk inside and found nothing of interest. She did the same with and overturned filing cabinet and found a flashlight with a battery. She flicked it on with a frown. The light was dull and weak. If she were lucky it'd last about a whole minute.

The building was big and by the looks of things it contained many individual rooms. It also had many of the dark creatures from outside littered about. Clarissa didn't mind the creatures, she could take on three no problem. Lucky for her the ghost pistol needed no ammo or reloading. It was a powerful weapon indeed. Suddenly she heard something as she turned a corner. It felt like a human presence, or a few.

Clarissa flicked on the flashlight for only a moment before dropping it and aiming her pistol at the five imp creatures before her. They screeched loud and flew toward her. One went down with ta squeeze of a trigger. Another toppled with it. She held one hand on her stomach before running and sliding on the cool tile floor, shooting upwards and catching another one of the creatures with a bullet. Two more shots rang out before she felt a pair of teeth sink into her hand.

She dropped the pistol and within mere seconds Clarissa bashed her hand into the nearest wall, along with the creature who was latched onto it. Withdrawing her hand from the wall with the pattered creatures skull she dropped down on her knees. This as much more that she hoped to ever experience. One day she was studying, not counting her recent ventures, and the next she was forced into a game of kill or be killed. She knew she'd have to kill. It was the only option, no only for her but others as well. The flashlight was still on and it illuminated the place with a dull dying light. She could now see that this was some sort of medical center. A hospital.

Clarissa had just enough time to see a girl sitting within a corner before the flashlight finally blew out. She stretched her arm out with her pistol and shot at the girl's direction within the darkness. She probably wouldn't have missed if it weren't for the injury on her hand.

"Haha I spy with my little eye some points that are mine for the taking." she chuckled as she walked closer and closer to the young girl.


Gabriel

The small white haired reaper knelt down before The Almighty once more. "Yes sir." he replied before standing and walking out.

No sooner had his investigation begin did The Almighty decide to interfere with his own plans. The Lord was always impatient when it came to inconvenience. He had a lot of thinking to do as he rode the lift down God's Tower. Sure the games had lasted longer than usual but the next part would surely have more deaths. It would be a test of every player. "Nanicci, I've got a task for you. How long until Day 2 begins?"

Aye aye sir it'll be about thirty more minutes until the next time jump! Just what is this task sir? boomed her cheery voice though his earpiece.

This post has been edited by Oliverskx: Sep 9 2012, 06:36 PM