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

[Shadowstar38]

"You know about my friends injury, which you shouldn't, you think one of our agents is a demon, something civilians shouldn't know exist, and you say there is a problematic man. Also your friend is wearing a gas mask, which has nothing to do with this but is curious enough for me to bring it up."

"Fair enough. I guess I owe it to you to at least inform you on why I think it was a demon attack"

The man in white put his arms on the table and folded his hands.

"I took interest in your friend as soon as I saw see was injured. Her lack of mobility was hard to miss, if I may be blunt. But I also noticed something was...off. At the base of the cut for each limb, some magical residue from an aura was lingering. Anyone with an advanced enough study of the arcane can spot it. However, this aura was darked and twisted in a very demonic way"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar rolled around on the couch for a bit with the phone. Then plopped it on the floor with her bag next to the couch. "I left a message with D.I.C.E for Kain to get patched through to us when he tries to make contact next." Azkar then rolled off the couch on purpose and dragged herself over to the little bar fridge "Hope you don't mind." She reached in and took out a wine bottle, she didn't bother reading what it was, she took a bottle opener from near the fridge and got the cork out, then took a swig from the bottle. When she lowered it she caught Richard looking at her "What? I kept my manners in the restaurant didn't I? Plus you drinking in front of me when I can't is rude."

Azkar carefully made her way back over and sat against the couch "This couch sure is comfy, you were right. There's more stuff in there if you're in the mood, by the way." Azkar took another swig from the bottle and picked up her phone, then put it back down. "I wonder how long Kain will take..."

 

[Ruedyn]

"I took interest in your friend as soon as I saw see was injured. Her lack of mobility was hard to miss, if I may be blunt. But I also noticed something was...off. At the base of the cut for each limb, some magical residue from an aura was lingering. Anyone with an advanced enough study of the arcane can spot it. However, this aura was darked and twisted in a very demonic way"
"So, you study arcane energy? I know DICE picks up on that sort of thing quickly, and you seem to be a professional. You still haven't answered how you know magic or demons exist, or why your friend is wearing something so conspicuous." Kain started to consider the man in white as an actual threat now.

 

[DarkRawen]

"What? I kept my manners in the restaurant didn't I? Plus you drinking in front of me when I can't is rude."

She did have a point, but he was used to more... grace when people drank wine. Still, he guessed it had been a bit rude for him to drink when she couldn't.

"This couch sure is comfy, you were right. There's more stuff in there if you're in the mood, by the way." Azkar took another swig from the bottle and picked up her phone, then put it back down. "I wonder how long Kain will take..."

Richard looked at her phone, and went to get a really small bottle of white wine. He found the proper glass, and poured the drink into it. "Hey, you tried to get ahold of the main office, right? Is it okay if I try to get through to--- well, the chief, whatever his name is? I need to try something. It won't take long, I promise," he asked, tilting his head. He swirled the white wine, and took a sip while holding out his hand for Azkar to lay her phone in it.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar flicked the phone onto the couch and skulled half the bottle, lowering it and coughing. "This stuff tastes like ash." She frowned at the bottle and drank more anyway, shrugging. "Do what you want, can you put me back on the couch please?" Azkar lazily raised her arm. She was starting to feel fairly detached and fuzzy. Surely it took longer to get drunk, didn't it?

 

[Shadowstar38]

"So, you study arcane energy? I know DICE picks up on that sort of thing quickly, and you seem to be a professional. You still haven't answered how you know magic or demons exist, or why your friend is wearing something so conspicuous."

"So you are from DICE. Well that answers one question."

The man looked over at his associate in the mask.

"Mister Grimjow doesn't hold the same level of personal style I do. I don't hold it against him. And I myself learned of the demon threat after having been attacked by one myself in my youth. A very kind gentleman found me after that and instructed on how to combat them"

 

[DarkRawen]

"Do what you want, can you put me back on the couch please?"

"Yeah, sure," Richard said, and put her back into the sofa. "There ya go, I won't use a lot of time, I'll just---" he stopped when he had dialed the number he could remember had been drilled into his brain his first week at DICE. He did have a phone, but after he joined DICE it hadn't been used. After a short while someone answered, that someone being the chief of his division in division 6. "Hey, you're still at work right? It's Richard Johnson, I have a few things to say," he smirked with a dumb confidence. "One, you people did drain my blood, I know you did. Two, I'll be taking a week off in France, and thirdly, I want DICE to pay for it." His speech wasn't slurred, but he sounded... different from usual, more direct and actually somewhat demanding.

"Mr. Johnson, I---"
"Also, we're currently investigating something, so it's not really a vacation-- and I have a few other people here. I'd say apart from doing something you have advised me to, I'm not being idle, and I could still reveal the fact that my research back home was stripped after I went to DICE. I may or may not be able to prove that it happened, but I most definitely are willing to try. What I'm trying to say is... pay for the hotel."
"Have you been drinking? Look, Mr. Johnson, since you have been a valuable employee these months, I might be willing to let DICE take some of the costs. Just don't drink too much or go somewhere expensive."
"Yeah, sure," Richard said, looking around the suite and only now noticing that there was a huge painting that looked expensive. "Whatever you say, boss." He ended the call and gave the phone to Azkar. Richard then gave her a nudge.

"Much better, you want to do something a bit more interesting?" he asked her, already being a bit bored.

 

[Ruedyn]

"So you are from DICE. Well that answers one question."
Kain winced slightly, hopefully too fast to pick up. Played my hand too quickly...
"Mister Grimjow doesn't hold the same level of personal style I do. I don't hold it against him. And I myself learned of the demon threat after having been attacked by one myself in my youth. A very kind gentleman found me after that and instructed on how to combat them"
"Thanks for the name. Yours would be lovely, provided we drop the hostilities." Kain smiled affably again, looking at Grimjow.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

"Thank you." Azkar smiled and took her jacket off, carefully removing the gun and laying them both next to her bag. Then she gave a little wince and pulled her shirt off, she had a bruise across some of her ribs "I didn't conceal the gun very well... Oww." She took another drink, poking her tongue out. "Tastes a little better, but still..." Azkar seemed to lose track of what she was thinking about. She suddenly grabbed her chest and inched closer to Richard "I told you my underwear had fairies on it!" Azkar was slurring a bit and her eyes were a little glassed over.

"Much better, you want to do something a bit more interesting?"
Azkar gave Richard a bemused expression. Then gave an evil smirk "Knowing you, that probably just came out dirtier than it was supposed to. Either way..." Azkar leaned against Richard looking up at him "What did you have in mind?"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Thanks for the name. Yours would be lovely, provided we drop the hostilities."

Grimjow cross his arms; apparently upset that the other man had given his name so freely. The man in white was still as smirky as ever.

"That would be the polite thing now wouldn't it? You may call me William Blight. And who may I ask am I speaking to?"

 

[DarkRawen]

Azkar took of her jacket and shirt, said something about concealing her guna and yelled that her underwear had fairies or something like that. She them smirked, somewhat maliciously.

"Knowing you, that probably just came out dirtier than it was supposed to. Either way..." Azkar leaned against Richard looking up at him "What did you have in mind?"

He patted her head, and ruffled her hair, before standing up. "I dunno, talk, or play a game, or something that isn't sitting in a couch staring at our glasses." He looked towards the wall. "Hey, is that one of those "TVs inside cupboard" thingies? We could watch a movie or something, I dunno? Or we could just get our duvets from the bedroom and relax on the couch. Just something, something," he laughed, muffled, but still louder than he would have usually. He got back on the couch again. "I'm like a broken record now, I only repeat the same things over and over. I wonder when or if Kain is going to be here soon, but that's okay, as long as he takes care of that white suited dude. I mean, I could have, but someone was going to have to take care of you, since that fucking lieutenant sliced off your legs."

 

[DarkRawen]

Double, sorry guys.

 

[Ruedyn]

"That would be the polite thing now wouldn't it? You may call me William Blight. And who may I ask am I speaking to?"
"Kevin Fairborn. Glad to meet you. So, are you men independent demon hunters, or simply interested in magic?" He would have DICE look up their names later, right now he would pump them for information. He still believed they would pull something the second he turned his back, but he'd cross that bridge when he got there.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar sighed, grabbed Richard by the collar and kissed him on the lips, gently holding it for a few seconds, then lightly pushed him back. "You can look through the movies if you want, I'll probably just stay on the couch. Azkar leaned over and grabbed her phone and a piece of paper, softly lobbing them onto the nearby coffee table "Maybe we can ring him and ask when Kain will be back?" Azkar sat thinking for a while, then giggled "Oh wait, that'd be stupid, never mind."

She then turned back to Richard "Duvets on the couch sounds good. You can decide what we watch or do I guess." Azkar flopped onto her side and rested her head on a hand as she took another drink of her bottle. "Well?"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Kevin Fairborn. Glad to meet you. So, are you men independent demon hunters, or simply interested in magic?"

"I am a doctor by trade. I'm interested in magic for it's restorative capabilities. Mainly, restoring the loss of body functions for victims of demon attacks. I have a method of full limb regeneration that combines science and magic available and ready for testing. Now I'm simply in the process of looking for volunteers"

 

[Ruedyn]

"I am a doctor by trade. I'm interested in magic for it's restorative capabilities. Mainly, restoring the loss of body functions for victims of demon attacks. I have a method of full limb regeneration that combines science and magic available and ready for testing. Now I'm simply in the process of looking for volunteers"
'A likely enough reason but-'
"Why would a doctor hang out with a man like Grimjow?" a vague motion towards him
"He hardly seems to be the pacifist or scholarly type. He seems like a bruiser, and this other man you were speaking of, the one who was a good guy, why would he prove to be a problem to your operation?"

 

[DarkRawen]

Azkar grabbed him, and kissed him. On the lips. For several seconds. She said something about the movies and something. Why did she kiss him? Had she already gotten drunk? Or--- He blushed, slightly, and shook his head. She had to be drunk, she even suggested calling the dude in the white suit in order to ask him when Kain would be back. Yeah, she had to be drunk, that was it.

"Duvets on the couch sounds good. You can decide what we watch or do I guess." Azkar flopped onto her side and rested her head on a hand as she took another drink of her bottle. "Well?"

Richard held his breath, and then he dashed over to the TV and all that. "We'll watch a movie!" he almost yelled, and began looking through the movies. There were blue-rays and normal DVDs. Since she had told him he should decide, he chose a movie with a horse and some guy on it. The director was probably the only director he knew the name of, Steven Spielberg, and it seemed decent enough. He didn't hate or like horses, so he didn't mind watching it. "We'll do this one," he said, turned on the TV with the blue-ray player, and put the blue-ray disc into it. He gave Azkar the cover so she could approve of it, put the remote in front of her, and went to get the duvet. Considering these were large duvets, they only needed one... however... "I'm sure it will be fine, she was just a bit drunk," he thought, not sure if the thought made him feel better or worse. He took a single duvet, and got back onto the couch, covering both with the duvet.
"That movie is okay, right?"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Why would a doctor hang out with a man like Grimjow? He hardly seems to be the pacifist or scholarly type. He seems like a bruiser, and this other man you were speaking of, the one who was a good guy, why would he prove to be a problem to your operation?"

"We have a mutual friend and like to meet up every once in a while. Nothing more. The possible problem to our operation i that scientist you were with. I was told by Mister Grimjow here there was a man going around fooling with the bodies of dead demons a number of times a few years ago. The man is either a complete creeper or a brilliant scientist. Either way, he'd probably be able to help me in some way. That is, if DICE hasn't made him think that working with people other than them is dangerous"

 

[Ruedyn]

"We have a mutual friend and like to meet up every once in a while. Nothing more. The possible problem to our operation i that scientist you were with. I was told by Mister Grimjow here there was a man going around fooling with the bodies of dead demons a number of times a few years ago. The man is either a complete creeper or a brilliant scientist. Either way, he'd probably be able to help me in some way. That is, if DICE hasn't made him think that working with people other than them is dangerous"
Kain sighed, he sensed some history between this guy and DICE.
"Well, sorry I doubted you guys. If you want, I can take a card back to my friend." He held out a hand, getting up. With luck, he could get his scent off it, and provided he didn't leave Paris he could track him. It'd be easier to find him that way than tailing him more.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Well, sorry I doubted you guys. If you want, I can take a card back to my friend."

"It's no problem friend. Given the circumstances, your caution is reasonable"

William pulled a card from his jacket pocket and handed it to Kain.

"Do stay safe. And have a good night"