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

[Terratina.]

The sight was not a serene one, that was for sure. Isaac was squeezing tightly onto the pommel in fright, Eligor wondered if a certain someone was behind this. If it was one person who know how to manipulate the demonic, it was that snivelling slip of youth that cursed him into this dreaded existence. Oh, how he wanted to give him the taste of his own medicine. Eligor, if he had a face, smirked, if this led him to the conjurer than all the better.

"No. It's not. It's much, much worse"

Eligor sighed, "Get to together man. You face Kouza with a smile and then you see this and shudder? You knew the risks when you signed up. Now shrug that fear off, on the double!"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"What are they doing to her? We should get her out of there,"

"Get to together man. You face Kouza with a smile and then you see this and shudder? You knew the risks when you signed up. Now shrug that fear off, on the double!"

Isaac shook his head and nodded at Eligor. His resolve was present, but he still looked unsettled by the girl's presence in this.

Isaac approached the girl and took a look at the tube at her spine. He feared touching it before he knew what it really did, so he opted to take a quick peek at the computer terminal for a safe way to get her out.

Net to him, Aaron picked up a stack of sloppily written lab reports accounting for the past couple of days. The top sheet were the boring scientific logistics you'd find from anything like this. The ones detailing day to day activites, however, proved to be more valuable.

-Day 17-

The Master has supplied me with a small lab in England in order to further my research. It's a fairly populated area, so human test subjects won't be a problem. Though I must say, using these poor souls has been weighing heavy on my heart. These are not the regular demon thrash I've come to hate. This were actual people once. Still, the work for Zorrama Specter and the Black Marshall must go on

-Day 25-

DICE has been getting closer to what we've been doing here. I've sent word to Zorrama that their scanner technology will evolve to the point of being able to pick up his creations. He assures me it will be okay, and has hired someone that can ripple their scanners. I shall wait for further updates

-Day 29-

I'm not sure what Zorrama is playing at. He sent me a small boy of all people. He even forced me to waste my demon pheromones on giving the child demons to control. Still. He proved he could take down the computers at several of DICE's branches. So he isn't completely useless.

-Day 45-

I finally have her. The boy brought be a young mage from Russia for the final stages of the project. We've never been this close to prefecting the technology before. In less than a day from now, Zorrama's project will be completed at the true labratory. And we will finally be able to report to the Black Marshall

In the time that Isaac was working on freeing the girl and Aaron was collecting info, Garath has delved deep into the mind of the demon he was binding. What he found, were images of a portly scientist with think brown hair, talking to a second scientist that had the body of fighter, yet still wore a grey labcoat. The second scientist was odd further still, in that he had similar grey hair and dulled eyes to Isaac's. The first scientist was named Phalus, and he only addressed the second man as "Master".

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Lets try and head up to the second floor, see what had that child so enthused."

"Fuck. Open up you piece of..."

The voice had come from the second floor. After all 3 of the women went up the steps, they slowly walked into a large opened room with a safe. The young boy they had seen come in was gone. Who they saw now was a slightly older one, most likely 11 or 12, trying to hack into a computer protected safe. The laptop he was using had a smiley face on it, one Isabelle remembered from an earlier encounter.

As soon as he heard the footsteps, the boy turned around and gazed at the assortment of slayers.

"Ah. Are you kidding me? Did they really just let you guys waltz on in here? Damn, damn damn. You know, I try so hard to find good goons to watch my back but the really alert ones are hard as hell to find"

The boy opened up a bag of M&M's and looked everyone over.

"Well, you don't look like cops," he said as he munched on the candy "You must be hunters. So...what's up?"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Fuck. Open up you piece of..." Was what could be heard from a room up on the second floor as the group had entered. The young boy they had been following was no more, instead replaced by a now older, albeit only slightly, early teens at the best. The boy had been trying to hack into some kind of computer protected safe; with the laptop he was using had a smiley face emblazoned on it, one which Isabelle instantly recognized as the one on the Kouza's explosive back at the base. After hearing their footsteps, the boy turned round to face the slayers.

"Ah. Are you kidding me? Did they really just let you guys waltz on in here? Damn, damn damn. You know, I try so hard to find good goons to watch my back but the really alert ones are hard as hell to find." The boy remarked, annoyed at the failure of his goons. He then pulled out a bag of M&M's, and started to eat them as he continued talking.

"Well, you don't look like cops. You must be hunters. So...what's up?"

"First off, there wasn't any guards outside the building at all; we basically walked in. In regards to "what's up", not much, just trying to track something down is all, nothing you'd be probably be interested in." Isabelle remarked without much emotion as the tip of her sword pointed itself towards the smiley decal on the boy's laptop.

"Say, I have seen that design before, quite recent in fact. Does anyone else find it familiar?"

 

[IFS]

What he found, were images of a portly scientist with think brown hair, talking to a second scientist that had the body of fighter, yet still wore a grey labcoat. The second scientist was odd further still, in that he had similar grey hair and dulled eyes to Isaac's. The first scientist was named Phalus, and he only addressed the second man as "Master".

Phalus, man freud would have a field day with this guy, or his parents, although I hope he didn't go through childhood with that name.

"I've got something here Isaac," Garath said, "This demon saw a couple of scientists, one fat guy with brown hair, name of Phalus," he had to suppress a laugh at the name, his surroundings certainly help him reign in his humor, "the other was an athletic looking man, had eyes and hair just like yours, Phalus only ever called him Master, think he's a relative of yours?"

Garath couldn't help but feel suspiscious of Isaac again, though if he was involved in this Garath couldn't see how it benefitted him at all.

 

[Shadowstar38]

Crack!

The window to the groups hotel room is smashed open, and less than a second later, a large sphere of metal connects with Richard's skull. Before the other two can gather themselves, two demons fall into the room after the cannonball. The first, a large, 12 foot shake, manages to wrap itself around Azkar, binding her in place. The second one, a rather hefty looking ogre, grabs Kain by the throat and lifts him into the air.

Outside, something that looks similar to a car raises up to the window. The occupant slowly steps out and looks around the room. The man is 6'7 and well built. He has short grey hair and dull colored eyes that glow yellow as soon as the light of the room hits them, and he sports a blood stained grey lab coat.

He see's Richard laid out on the floor and picks him up, looking over the slowly healing damage.

"Ohh...Mister Johnson. I have so longed to get my hands on a man like you. I think we're going to be such good friends" He then looks over at Azkar over at the side, being strangled by the snake."Oh. And look at this. The little one managed to get her legs back. That's quite an interesting feat. I'll have to figure out how you did that. Do me a favor gentlemen, and pick these two apart for me"

The man leaves craddelling Richard's body and returns to his transport, leaving Azkar and Kain to their fates. The snake applies more pressure to Azkar, hoping to make her pass out, while the ogre tosses Kain into the nearest wall.

 

[Ruedyn]

The man leaves craddelling Richard's body and returns to his transport, leaving Azkar and Kain to their fates. The snake applies more pressure to Azkar, hoping to make her pass out, while the ogre tosses Kain into the nearest wall.
Kain yelped as he hit the wall. His senses were back to standard human, but he couldn't transform for another couple of hours. He was positive they weren't willing to wait. He staggered to his feet, assessing his situation.
Kain decided the ogre was too big for a fair fight. He opted to charge in, wait for a swing, and duck it, hopefully being able to claw at a vulnerable area. He sighed, and initiated the plan with a bounding charge.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar quickly wrapped her left arm around her ribs to reinforce them and kept her chin down to protect her neck as the snake landed and began wrapping around her, she made sure to lift her right arm up slightly.

Azkar was focusing on the snake, but caught a glimpse of the other two. It was a bad time for Kain to be turning Human. Azkar could hear someone talking.
"Oh. And look at this. The little one managed to get her legs back. That's quite an interesting feat. I'll have to figure out how you did that. Do me a favor gentlemen, and pick these two apart for me"

Azkar let herself get completely wrapped up by the snake and could here Kain hitting a wall. Once the snake was done and trying to crush her, Azkar reached out and grabbed it's head, slowly unraveling it and loosening it's coil. The snake didn't seem very happy about losing it's position, but couldn't really do anything about it.
"That's the problem with picking to constrict the person who's been attacked by demonic snakes and tentacles for longer than you've existed." Azkar quickly stepped up, did a little 360 to confuse the snake and swiped her MP7 off the floor, flooding the snakes head with 9mm rounds.

Azkar then stood there, tapping her foot at Kain as the snakes brains and blood oozed out onto the floor. "You need a hand Scruffy?" Azkar ejected the magazine and slid a hand into her handbag, finding another and slamming it in.

 

[Shadowstar38]

The ogre made a rather slow, but dangerous swing at Kain, the force of it's blow when he missed cracked right through the floor and Kain was able to make a direct hit against his side.

Furious, the ogre swatted him back and went into a bezerk charge.

 

[deathbydeath]

After Aaron finished sifting through the papers, he took out his phone and took an image of each page, just to be safe. Then he dialed a number on his phone and waited as the receiving phone rung.

"Hey, Sophia, how's it going?"
...
"Sea turtles, but that's not important now. We found a lab where someone was experimenting with demon bodies and that mage girl captured in Russia, remember her?"
...
"Well, apparently the boy leading the demon forces there was collaborating with this person, and I'd bet a kick in the face from you that he's in the area somewhere."
...
"Well, lovely! Make sure to take him alive, okay?"
Before Sophia has a chance to respond, Aaron whispers into the phone, "Don't trust the Specters.", so quietly only Sophia can hear it.
With cheerfulness so obscene, Aaron finishes the call with, "Love you, see you later, goodbye.", and hangs up. Aaron returned his phone to his pocket, and brought himself back to the task of re-examining the papers in front of him.

"So, Isaac, you last name is Specter, correct? Also, describe your occupation in detail, please."

 

[Ruedyn]

"You need a hand Scruffy?"
Kain looked at the raging ogre.
"Give me a moment." Kain picked up a lamp, and chucked it at the ogre, striking him on the head. He used the temporary confusion to sprint up, drive his hands, palms together into his leg at the knee. He began pulling his hands apart with all his strength, ripping a hole into it, then severing his leg at the knee. He began to stomp on its head with all his strength. When he was finished he turned to Azkar
"I'm fine. What do you want to do about Richard?"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar shrugged, throwing Kain her phone. "You better call it in, I couldn't catch everything due to the snake." Azkar went over to her case and pulled out some leggings and boots. She pulled on the leggings then did up her new footwear. "Are you able to track them or something?" Azkar asked as she got her handbag and other assorted stuff together, she lay them next to her case and pulled a tactical vest out of it, which went over her shirt and under her jacket. It was already kitted up and she quickly slung her submachine gun and strapped a holster high on her thigh with her pistol in it under her skirt. Once she felt thoroughly equipped she jammed her bag in her case and shoved it next to Richard's leftover belongings on a clean patch of floor. "Can you page them back to HQ? We can't carry it all."

Azkar then heard sirens wailing in the distance. She grabbed the snake and began dragging it over to the ogre. "Better hurry, it's about to get complicated."

 

[Shadowstar38]

[HEADING=3]~London~[/HEADING]

"I've got something here Isaac. This demon saw a couple of scientists, one fat guy with brown hair, name of Phalus, the other was an athletic looking man, had eyes and hair just like yours, Phalus only ever called him Master, think he's a relative of yours?"

"No. All of my family is dead," Isaac said with hardly a trace of emotion. He seemed too absorbed with trying to figure out how to work the console to release the girl.

"He...could very well be the other specter you told me about. I'd have to get a good look at him for myself"

"So, Isaac, you last name is Specter, correct? Also, describe your occupation in detail, please."

Isaac taped on a few keys and stared into the monitor.

"Haha! Okay. I found her vital signs. Now I just need to unhook her. Um. Yeah. Specter. I'm a supernatural investigator. I look into weird stuff whenever it happens. Why do you ask? Did you find something?"

 

[deathbydeath]

"Haha! Okay. I found her vital signs. Now I just need to unhook her. Um. Yeah. Specter. I'm a supernatural investigator. I look into weird stuff whenever it happens. Why do you ask? Did you find something?"

"Yes and no. By "detail" I don't mean ""weird stuff". I mean "What exact kind of tasks do you do", and "Who exactly have you worked with recently?" Also, it wouldn't hurt you to tell me exactly how old you are, and exactly how you know the last name of "Pertition".

Aaron made no attempt to hide the aggression in his voice.

"Because if you are anything but exact in how you answer my questions, you might find yourself kissing lead soon."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Yes and no. By "detail" I don't mean ""weird stuff". I mean "What exact kind of tasks do you do", and "Who exactly have you worked with recently?" Also, it wouldn't hurt you to tell me exactly how old you are, and exactly how you know the last name of "Pertition".

Isaac didn't want to break his concentration on what he was doing, but the girl wouldn't be any more harmed than what she was, and something seemed really wrong with Aaron.

He looked over at him with his full attention.

"I don't work for anyone but myself. Adriana helps me out but that's about the only person I bother bringing with me anywhere. Whenever I here rumors of something supernatural, ghost, demons, whatever, I go to the source of it and check it out. Then I make sure it doesn't harm anyone. It's usually never the same thing twice"

Isaac stopped to think for another moment.

"Yeah. Pertittion. It just sounded familiar is all. What's all this about exactly?"

 

[Ruedyn]

"You better call it in, I could catch everything due to the snake."
Kain sighed, but called. On about the third ring, she spoke again.
"Are you able to track them or something?"
"Yes, the ogre smells bad enough for me to track him a continent away. Should be simple." He heard sirens in the background.
"Better hurry, it's about to get complicated."
"Let me." He tossed her the phone back, picking up the snake and grabbing the ogre by the neck. He climbed out the window and to the roof. Difficult, but possible. He then threw the bodies over, and climbed back down, completely human.
"They are now a fine paste. The hotel can take a lower rating. We have extra time."

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

"I was going to leave the bodies to freak out the cops, but whatever." Azkar put the call through, hanging up on them after a few seconds. "They really expect me to sit on the phone and give details? Pfft." She snatched the pager and warped their stuff back to D.I.C.E HQ. "How are we supposed to follow whatever they were in? I didn't even see what it was."

Strangely, Azkar wasn't worried, she wasn't really feeling anything, rescuing Richard and getting the 'bad guys' just seemed like the natural thing to do. Plus he was the one with all the money.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain looked down and realized his blanket was no longer on him.
"Um, what should I do about this?" he asked, attempting to cover himself.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

"Oh come on Kain, this is why nobody takes you anywhere. Hurry up." Azkar wasn't really in the mood. She stepped out the window and dropped down, turning and grabbing onto the window. She then dropped onto a ledge and began making her way down the side of the building. Kain shouldn't be too far behind, surely.

 

[deathbydeath]

"Yeah. Pertition. It just sounded familiar is all. What's all this about exactly?"

Aaron dropped the papers on the table on which they were found, pulled Irony and Despair out of their holsters, and set Despair on the table by the stack of papers, Irony pointed at the ground.

"Garath, I'm certain that the man in the memories who looks like Isaac, his name is Zorrama Specter." Aaron pointed at the papers with his free hand. "The Master gave this lab to somebody, where that person has been experimenting on both demons and humans alike. He/she's been doing work for Zorrama and somebody named the Black Marshall. That girl being strung up there, she was kidnapped in Russia by a boy, hired by Zorrama, who attacked our base there and messed with our computers, probably to interfere with the scanning technology being developed."

Aaron turned his head to face Isaac, the malice in his voice not dipping in the slightest.

"Isaac, you knew the suicide bomber demon at the DICE base, and it referred to you as "master". Later, Christina Noble berated you for bringing those creatures with you, and the bomb on the demon was the calling card of our boy hacker, who attacked our base in Russia and inflicted our computers with a virus with that same face on it. I'm afraid that puts you "beyond a reasonable doubt", and so I'll have to ask you to cooperate with us while we get this mess sorted out. Besides, you look 18, and anyone who was eight ten years ago shouldn't know the name Pertition, especially someone as anti-DICE as you appear right now."