D.I.C.E(Game Thread/PM to Join)

[Ultraman950]

Something was wrong.

Honestly, it was the alarm that gave it away. Sophia could still hear it. But even without it, she could... feel something wrong in the air, even as she ran full-pelt down a corridor, her sidearm drawn and pointed at the floor. She wasn't even sure which level she was on, or where exactly she was headed. She just followed the wrong feeling, and tried not to friendly-fire whenever something that wasn't dangerous to her showed up suddenly.

She had just showered (in fact, her hair still looked a bit wet) and changed from her fatigues to something more comfortable, a muscle-shirt that showed off how fit she was better than her digital-camo jacket and body armor, and a pair of baggy jeans. She still had her holster for her sidearm, though. She never went anywhere without her sidearm.

 

[deathbydeath]

Ding

The elevator crawled to a halt as it reached its destination on the third floor. An office chair creaked by it's lonesome in the middle of the hall, until a slight vibrato shuddered through the hallway. Isaac and Eligor went on ahead, hunting down the remnants of the goofed teleporter, while Aaron took up rear guard, sweeping through everything in case something important, demon or not, was missed.

 

[DarkRawen]

Getting into the D6 labs had been just as he had expected, while the systems would let him go through with his cards, the few people that had seen him had questioned why he was there regardless of what the chief had said. Word sure got around fast, but Richard was accustomed to sneaking into areas he wasn't supposed to be in. Because he had ran most of the way, he arrived at the cells soon after. When he opened the door to the cells he noticed Eliezer. "Hey, didn't you manage to run away? Also, why are you out of your cell?" he asked, but then he noticed Azkar, sitting on a bed with a lot of blood on it. She seemed okay, but he ran over to her. "Azkar, you okay? What happened, weren't you going to sleep?" Richard stopped. While it didn't seem like she was hurt, Azkar still had this paleness over her, and the blood was likely to be hers.

"What did they do to you?" Richard asked again, more carefully this time. "You are fine, right?" Had they already done experiments on her? There was no reason for them to do that, she was a human according to her tests. D6 weren't supposed to do experiments on humans. Richard touched his neck for a short second, and then he spoke to Eliezer, but he was still looking at Azkar. "You being out means you managed to get access to an ID card, right? I won't stop you if you're leaving, El, but I might want Azkar to join you, depending on what's been going on here." If they had been doing tests on her, he wanted to know why. He wanted to know what had happened, because the small amount of trust he had in DICE told him not to reach a conclusion without thinking it through.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar saw Richard run in from the corner of her eye. "Stuck me in a cell, stuck me with a spear, they could try experimenting on me but I really doubt they would." Azkar also looked around at the blood groggily, waving an arm around to point at it "Also that's all mine. Thank Captain Toilet Paper or whatever he actually is called. Azkar smirked at her joke and laid down on the bloody bed anyway, although it was still fairly warm as it began soaking into the back of her shirt.

Azkar closed her eyes and continued "I woke up from my nap with an epiphany about where I want to be in life. One thing lead to another, destruction of property, endangering the lives of fellow D.I.C.E, assaulting some annoying girl who helped let the demons in with her boyfriend or something because they think they're cool." Azkar kept rattling off the things and stopped for a few seconds, breathing slowly. "Oh yeah, I decided to go look at my own past, let's just say it's a little messed up." Azkar gave a quiet laugh and looked up at Richard "Eliezer here is obsessed with running from his problems or something. Mind asking someone when I'll get let out? I would ask the lovely lieutenant, but I was a little mean to Eliezer and I think they're an item."

 

[DarkRawen]

"I woke up from my nap with an epiphany about where I want to be in life. One thing lead to another, destruction of property, endangering the lives of fellow D.I.C.E, assaulting some annoying girl who helped let the demons in with her boyfriend or something because they think they're cool." Azkar kept rattling off the things and stopped for a few seconds, breathing slowly. "Oh yeah, I decided to go look at my own past, let's just say it's a little messed up." Azkar gave a quiet laugh and looked up at Richard "Eliezer here is obsessed with running from his problems or something. Mind asking someone when I'll get let out? I would ask the lovely lieutenant, but I was a little mean to Eliezer and I think they're an item."

Richard took in the information calmly, but quite frankly, he didn't know how he was supposed to react. So, Azkar had been causing trouble, but from the sound of it it wasn't anything really bad. That was good, however, she had been stabbed, and all the blood was hers, however, she didn't want to run away. That was her choice, but Richard winced for a slight second when she had said she wouldn't. Also, he didn't know what she meant by Eliezer and the lieutenant being an item, did that mean they worked together? It would explain why Eliezer was out. "I could ask someone, bu--" he stopped. Didn't she realize it? There were several places to keep someone prisoner, but you were never taken to the D6 cells unless for them to experiment on you. Besides, if she had healed like that, chances were she weren't a human anymore, and experimenting on non-humans were allowed, and they were encouraged to do it.

"I'll find someone," Richard muttered. "I don't think they would allow it... I'll see what I can do."

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar kept looking at Richard with an annoyed, slightly embarrassed look "I've been bleeding out and I've been through a bit..." She frowned, lifting herself up so she was sitting "I can't get out." Azkar muttered dejectedly.

She was starting to feel a bit better. Not just because of the change in conversational partner, but because it seems she was fixing her blood leakage at an abnormal rate. Azkar figured it wasn't a giant mutation, so she'd let it slide. "How did your trip go? Get your teddy?" Azkar gave a Richard a sly look "What did you want to grab?" She giggled to herself as she thought of the potential contraband Richard might have snuck in. Although in Richard's defense, it was probably just something weird, or maybe a microscope or something.

 

[DarkRawen]

"I've been bleeding out and I've been through a bit..." She frowned, lifting herself up so she was sitting "I can't get out." Azkar muttered dejectedly.

She was starting to feel a bit better. Not just because of the change in conversational partner, but because it seems she was fixing her blood leakage at an abnormal rate. Azkar figured it wasn't a giant mutation, so she'd let it slide. "How did your trip go? Get your teddy?" Azkar gave a Richard a sly look "What did you want to grab?"

"Ehm..." Richard looked around the room, as if people were staring at him. "J-just some clothes. Nothing much, just some-- I mean--" As a subconscious action, he put a hand on his stomach for a short second, and he felt the two items, but only slightly. "I--- hey, look, I also grabbed this," he said, and lifted the demonic tooth up for Azkar to see it. While it was demonic, it looked off, somehow. "Yeah, so, that's what I did. N-nothing more." Why was it, that every time he tried to lie, he managed to mess up? If he hid something, you could see it on him, but he managed to sound somewhat fine. However, if he had to actually lie directly, he started like this. It wasn't very convenient. Richard swallowed, and tried to change the topic.

"Hey, you're starting to look a bit better," he smiled, it was a mischievous smile. "That's good."

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar gave Richard and awkward stare "I was just having a joke around... Nice tooth thing..." Richard must have brought something pretty private or embarrassing to react like that. Maybe it was a massive pile of old pornography? A creepy shrine to an ex girlfriend... A blow up sex dole!?

Azkar burst out laughing and wiped a tear from her face. "Whatever floats your boat Richard. Just store it away if you ever want me to visit your room." Azkar felt better, taking her mind off the gravity of the situation, of all the situations. She then stared at Richard with puppy dog eyes and a pout "Get me out, please..."

 

[Terratina.]

Mr. Spector swung with swift and sure strikes through the pair of kouza. At the end, the only remains were bits of patchwork flesh scattered about on the floor. No doubt the little rough patch in between was him recover from a hit, but that was the price of bravado. Back in the age of knights and castle, Eligor had passed through many owners, one a noble knight from a noble family, another the mercenary that had cut him down and took the sword as his spoils. Chivalry had gone hand in hand with pride then. Eligor thought the whole thing was nonsense, how could you bring manners and order to the stark chaos that was war back then? However, Eligor did value technique and poise, but people got cocky and then they got cut down. After the quick battle, the blade was heavy with blood, so Eligor chose to keep his eye closed.

"You know, I think you might be one of favorite weapons Eligor. I've never seen a sword power through demon hides like this before." The swordsman remarked as the battle ended.

"Nothing but a gilded cage." Eligor solemnly replied.

As Isaac pointed it upwards, the drips increased in frequency, creating a mini-torrent of red rain. Eligor centered his thoughts on the two blobs on the third floor. They were definitely cleaning house; these were the only ones remaining. Turns out Isaac and Eligor was now Isaac, Eligor and Aaron. A three-man squad, if Eligor counted. Aaron took the elevator while Isaac phased through to the third floor. It would be over soon, but something itched in the back of his mind, not one to keep these types of thoughts to himself, he spoke his mind.

"Are the rifts created by the teleporter malfunction sealed?" Eligor enquired.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

This little girl thought one of the seven archangels of heaven was a lesser angel, what a joke, Eliezer may have been cursed by Raguel, he also hated him for it, but he gave credit where credit was due, this girl deserved none of that. Of course there was no way she could of known that Raguel had cursed him, however the way she assumed it was a lesser angel and calling him a 'mutt,' it just wouldn't do, he wasn't just any old chaos demon after all. He made a mental note that once he was free from his curse he would at least some have fun with his powers, starting with her.

Richard then burst into then, complaining how it was so wrong for her to be locked up and experimented on, making no mention of how DICE's experiments on Eliezer weren't, he registered as human on the DNA tests after all. Eliezer was starting to recognise the hypocrisy in that man, it was worse then the bible, it's alright to experiment on them if as long as they didn't fit his wishy washy parameters of humanity, how contrived. He even asked him if he would travel with that girl, why would he want to burden himself with another curse was preposterous.

"Richard, while you're busy making doe eyes maybe you might use them and see that she's clearly not human, that makes it alright for her to be experimented on, right?" He sneered

Eliezer wondered for a moment if he should do anything before he left, he would need a change of clothes that's for certain, wearing plain white scrubs and slippers would certainly raise eyebrows, and definitely attract the attention of the more esoteric populace, there would be clothes in the Division 5 dorms, he would change and leave.

"And I don't real feel like being saddled down with her anyway, twos a crowd and all that," He shrugged and walked off towards the lift leading to Division 5.

 

[deathbydeath]

Thud. BANG!

Sophia's pistol spat supersonic lead into the floor as Aaron suddenly stepped into her path, exiting from a nearby door. The unexpected shattering of the silence alarmed them both, doubly so as Sophia's momentum rammed into Aaron's relaxed form. The pair slid several feet from the impact, both of them sprawled on the floor. Aaron was the first to rise to his feet, and he promptly helped Sophia back onto hers.

"Well, Ms. Marshall, I am enthused to meet you again. Care to join me in some demonic housekeeping?"

 

[Ultraman950]

"Well, Ms. Marshall, I am enthused to meet you again. Care to join me in some demonic housekeeping?"

"Yes. Let's," Sophie replied with a smirk. "Where shall we start? I can't find 'em. I just kinda woke up." She moved some of her loose hair out of her face. "Didn't even have time to tie back my hair."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"I'm going to give you a choice now, you can come with me, the scientists here might be able to help you, or I can kill you, just tell me which."

The kouza eyed the gun it had thrown down upon it's arrival. It reached over and grabbed it by the stock, then held it outwards.

None of us wish to continue this existence any further. But may I ask a small favor. The human within this body wishes you to tell a female named Sophia he is sorry he couldn't make it back.

With that, the demon bowed its head and waited for Garath to finish the job.

With those 2 still talking, Adriana and Isabelle walked outside towards the sound of voices drawing near. They spotted Isaac along with Aaron and Sophia.

"Are the rifts created by the teleporter malfunction sealed?"

"I sure it is. I felt a weird spacial shift a few minutes ago near your teloporter room. That may have done the job"

Isaac turned his head when he saw Adriana approach.

"Oh. Hey kid. How's the cleanup going?"

"No complaints here boss. Well, except DICE agents are fucking lunitics. Other than that, fine"

"Great. Now we just need to find the..." From the room across the hall, a kouza crept from around the corner slowly towards the group. "..last two"

The demon didn't try to look menacing at all. Rather, it just kind of stood there smiling just out of Eligor's blade length.

Hello huuumaaans. You have done well in killing the others.

"Oh great. They can talk now. That's just kind of dumb"

Make jokes while you can Master Isaac. Your time will soon be at an end.

"...Are you serious? It's like, 6 to one. And you arn't even one of the big ones. You're so not gonna live through this"

No one said I was.

The kouza dug it's claws into it's own stomach. He ripped it open slowly, reviling an esplosive with a smiley face crudely drawn on it.

"...Scheiße."

Isaac extended his left arm, forming a portal behind the beast, then used Eligor to hop off it's head. With a single kick, he knocked the body back into the portal and closed it with a wave of his hand.

"Well Detroit's going to be pissed when that goes off."
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I would ask the lovely lieutenant, but I was a little mean to Eliezer and I think they're an item."

The Lieutenant sighed at the quip Azkar made and leaned against a wall.

"I'm not letting you out because anyone willing to endanger other agents as you have doesn't deserve to roam free. If I were you Richard, I'd leave her to rot. That Division Head was onto something when he through her in there"

 

[IFS]

None of us wish to continue this existence any further. But may I ask a small favor. The human within this body wishes you to tell a female named Sophia he is sorry he couldn't make it back.

With that, the demon bowed its head and waited for Garath to finish the job.

"I'll do that," he said, he concentrated on his shotgun, which he had left in his storage locker, the mark on its barrel began to glow and he pulled it from the air. He checked to make sure it was loaded with slugs, then walked up to the demon, pointed the gun at its head and fired. Sighing he dismissed the gun, letting it return to its spot in his locker, and went to find the others.

He found them just after Isaac had finished punting the demo through a portal. Without saying anything he joined them, he saw Sophia, but decided he would tell her what the demon had said later, once they had finished cleaning up this mess. He glanced over his suit, checking to be sure he hadn't gotten blood on it, quietly covering up bloodstains with illusions, he would have to get the suit cleaned, or maybe even get a new one.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Richard, while you're busy making doe eyes maybe you might use them and see that she's clearly not human, that makes it alright for her to be experimented on, right?"
Eliezer commented, and Richard didn't know whetether to nod or not. He knew she was no longer human, but it was never okay to experiment on anyone, the only difference was that personal difference it made to him. If humans could be experimented on... Elizer then said he wouldn't take Azkar as two were a crowd or whatever, and left. Richard turned his attention towards Azkar, who was still talking.

"Whatever floats your boat Richard. Just store it away if you ever want me to visit your room."

"Huh?" What was Azkar talking about? Had Richard missed the main point or something? Well, at least she didn't realize what he was carrying. Richard put the tooth back into his pocket, confused of why he had brought it out, but fairly sure it was because he had panicked. Azkar then did the same thing his sister had done when she wanted something, which was to make herself seem as cute as possible "Get me out, please..."

The lieutenant, who had been following their conversation, said this:

"I'm not letting you out because anyone willing to endanger other agents as you have doesn't deserve to roam free. If I were you Richard, I'd leave her to rot. That Division Head was onto something when he through her in there"

"Division head?" As Richard knew less about how the chain of command was in DICE than he knew about geography, that was as puzzling as ever. "Which division?" Something interested him about a mummy being a division head, but he snapped out of it. "Oh wait, more important things right now. So, about Azkar, I'd get that you would lock her up, it sounds like it was pretty crazy," he looked shortly at to Azkar and added, "No offense, Azkar." Richard continued.

"But why here? This isn't being locked up, this is being next in line for the big "legal" torture party, which is not a good thing, and that should not be used as a punishment." Richard thought about it. His "punishment" for getting too close to DICE all those years had been what could be akin to a "free" imprisonment, where he could do what he wanted to, but not really, and where he was forced to work together with people he, when it came to it, really despised because of their eager use of live specimen. Even so, it was still hundred times better than what could have happened.

"What would it take to get her out of there?" he said, trying to bargain.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain began to laugh. It started off as a light chuckle, but now those around him were starting to pay attention. A pro-demon rally? Too silly for him to handle. The security was a joke as well, a few lucky guesses and some lies to the zealot guarding the rally was all it took to get in. Some minor demon was speaking to the crowd, but he stopped to tell the security to take me out of the place.
One approached him slowly, human except for his eyes. The red was intimidating to some, maybe, but it didn't work on him. He reached out an arm slowly, not expecting it to be grabbed so quickly. He made sure to laugh through all this as well, it was needed for the act. Kain placed one hand on his forearm, and the other on his shoulder, and brought his head down on his straightened elbow. His arm snapped, and Kain threw him aside, using the surprise to kick the next in the ear. The rest of the security began to rush towards him, but he had begun his transformation.
The black creature moved quickly and quietly, bringing his claw down on the kicked guard, who had begun to transform as well. The wings and horns surprised some of the crowd, the rest began to cheer him on. Kain was sure he enjoyed the cheering, before his head was cut neatly into three pieces. The rest of the security hesitated, but rushed him as well. A flurry of claws and they fell one by one, most of the crowd began to run out, and Kain saw the speaker was running as well. He went to all fours and sprinted after him, as quickly as possible. It turned out to be pretty quick as well, as he caught up to him in seconds, tackling him and sinking his teeth into his neck. He made sure not to swallow any of it, his mouth could regenerate from the burning black blood, but his inside couldn't.
He got up and began hunting around the town, Providence Rhode Island was big, but he managed to track them whilst staying in the shadows. He doubted it mattered, though. Most people woulc chalk it up to trick of the light or something, and those who believed wouldn't be believed anyways. He rounded them all up, and killed them. By the time that was done, so was the transformation.
Kain sat atop a building, naked with his hands and chin covered in blood. He found a walky-talky on one of the guys who fled, and tuned it to the right frequency.
"Kain, DICE Division 4, mission complete. Will return to base soon."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"But why here? This isn't being locked up, this is being next in line for the big "legal" torture party, which is not a good thing, and that should not be used as a punishment."

The Lieutenant cocked his head, looking a bit confused at Richard.

"Not really sure I understand. You've worked in here for months while these experiments went on. I would have thought you were alright with it given you havn't made a peep before. What's different now? Why her?"

 

[DarkRawen]

"Not really sure I understand. You've worked in here for months while these experiments went on. I would have thought you were alright with it given you havn't made a peep before. What's different now? Why her?"

Richard didn't really mind that he seemed like a hypocrite right now, but what lieutenant had said was off. "I have, several times. I just stopped caring, it's not my business, and to be frank, I don't think I'd make a difference. Only thing I can do is to keep away from using the live specimens, and I have never participated in an experiment." He spoke calmly, and everything he said was true. However, the lieutenant had a point, why did he speak out now? It had to be because seeing Azkar there, like that, somehow made him think of the other options he had been given, one of them worse than death. "Because there is no reason to experiment on her. There isn't a scientific justification behind this, only means of punishment." It was partly the reason.

"Also, why did you let Eliezer out? He's been here for a long while, and he has a whole lot of grudges. Who's to say he's not killing scientists now?" The last part of the question, was part of that answer, but yet again, not. "As for why Azkar... well, we had some plans for later," he said, not realizing this could be taken any way else than what the words said. "But really, it's the situation that is bothering me."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Both Isabelle and Adriana left Garath behind to talk to the Kouza, and headed towards the sounds of destruction going on ahead. They soon caught up with people that Isabelle recognised from the earlier mission, Aaron and Sophia. An unknown gentleman was also there, and he appeared to be carrying Eligor with him, and noticed the blood splatters across the blade's surface, obviously the pair had seen some action earlier. She didn't respond vocally to the not so kind remark about being called a 'fucking lunatic' by Adriana, but was certainly annoyed by it.

It was then that another Kouza appeared from around the corner; though this one didn't even try to intimidate the group, instead it had a rather large and wicked grin on its face. Isabelle had her sword at the ready, as it became charged with fire magic, the flames wrapping itself around the blade like vines. Both the man called Isaac and the Kouza seemed to know each other, throwing a few choices words at one another. The demon soon dug at its own stomach, revealing an explosive with a large smiley face on it.

'Really? How childish?' Isabelle said to herself. But before the demon could act, Isaac created a portal, and booted the demon through it, explosive in tow.

"Well Detroit's going to be pissed when that goes off." Isabelle held her sword by the grip with one hand, its blade pointing downwards to the floor, the flames still encompassing it.

"Indeed, I don't think they are equipped for demons composed of various bodies simply coming in out of nowhere, then suddenly exploding." She remarked in a sarcastic tone. Her anger grew slightly inside, but she managed to remain calm.

"Now that business has been dealt with, would the two of you mind explaining to us who exactly the hell you are; since no one has ever seen you around her before. Also, explain yourselves for what just happened, since the way I see it, you two were the cause of all this." Isabelle said in a serious and focused tone, but kept her cool throughout, as she spoke to Isaac and Adriana.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain sat on a wicker chair in the DICE safe house, legs crossed and staring out the window. He was glad that the business was done, but he didn't want to go back for more Test from Division 6. Psyche, physical, blood, etc. He got up to use the bathroom, and when he was done he looked at himself in the mirror.
He had done a good job at washing the blood off him, and his minor healing protected him from most of the burns caused by demon blood, but he was still healing. Kain figured another hour and he'd be good as new. The clothes he took from the safe house were a good fit, navy blue shirt and plumbers jeans, black. He took off his glasses to rub his eyes. It had been too long a day. He took another moment to slick back his hair, and cast a dismayed glance towards his stubble, almost a beard now.
'That's what you gets for not shaving since last night.' he sighed, and pulled out his teleporter, bringing him back to base.
The alarm was going off for a few seconds, then stopped. He walked through floor 4, cautiously.