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

[Shadowstar38]

"What do you want me to do? And where should I begin? Do you have the DNA sequencing done, or are we looking at weeks of waiting just there?"

The sound of Richard's voice broke Zorrama out of his trance and he snapped back to the real world. He looked at Richard and put his smile back on.

"Oh. Unfortunately, I havn't even touched any of those yet. I've been so caught up in my main project that I haven't been able to focus on the other samples. It's kind of sad really"
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"For your sake, Human, I hope your next sentence is more useful to me. I have wasted an eternity. Not an unnecessary moment longer."

"My teacher watches over this country in a way. I'm sure if I took you and the werewolf to him, he could help you out"
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"That's excellent, apart from that little fight we had just now with Bruce and Edward, this has been a rather successful mission. We should probably get this child back to base, and try and find out exactly whats going on here; I sense a scheme in the works."

"Right. Isaac can take us back as soon as we meet up with him" Adriana turned back to Vayle. "Sorry for that. Someone stole my communicator and Isaac refuses to talk on anything he hasn't secured himself"

Adriana gives Vayle a quick hug and hands Isabelle a pair of handcuffs.

"These should keep you from having to hold him like that all the way there"

"Um. Hey! Guys," The child protested. "Can we maybe not go to this base. I mean, I know I tried to kill you and all, but that's water under the bridge right? Maybe you can just let me off with a warning?"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar stepped back, a whirlwind of light and mist whipped around her in an instant and she was back looking like she was when she was Human, although healthier and with normal black hair and blue eyes. She had the same outfit and everything.

"I care not about the details. Lead the way." Her voice was back to normal, which made her sound slightly ridiculous, however the way she looked at William was still intimidating for a seemingly young girl. Azkar didn't care whether the lycanthrope came or not, but figured it would.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Oh. Unfortunately, I havn't even touched any of those yet. I've been so caught up in my main project that I haven't been able to focus on the other samples. It's kind of sad really"

"Main project? What kind of project?" Richard asked. He looked at the samples around. None of these had anything to do with that? So he would have to wait for the whole genome sequencing, but then again, he could find out a decent amount of information without the A's and T's and G's and C's. He knew enough from memory -though the recent months were still somewhat hazy- to be able to work without problem. Or was he supposed to start on the "main" project? He might not want to do it, depending on how interesting or uninteresting it was. "Is it something I'm supposed to worry about?"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Is it something I'm supposed to worry about?"

"Oh, no. Not at all. Well, maybe. I don't know if it will interest you or not"

Zorrama walked over to a specially marked containment unit and flipped a light switch on it. The creature inside had the body of a pale woman, but with coal black forearms and feet.

"Tell me Richard. Have you seen one of these before?"

 

[DarkRawen]

"Tell me Richard. Have you seen one of these before?"

When he saw what Zorrama was talking about, he tensed. It looked like a human, but had to be something else. He couldn't tell if it was alive or not from the looks of it. Like the subjects in that one room, it wasn't conscious, and that meant that it wasn't currently "thinking". That was the area where he didn't go, where he would have to ask himself whether or not someone who wasn't conscious, could be deprived of their freedom or rights. And, as he had in that other room, he suppressed this moral dilemma, probably never going to let it resurface. Coldness filled the room, though, perhaps only he could feel that. Richard tilted his head, and curiosity took over what should have been doubt.

"No, I haven't. Is it a kind of demon?"

 

[Terratina.]

And then Eligor ended up in another wall, with the barrel of a 9mm in his. It was beginning to look like this would be a bad day. Sure, he saw the purpose of the action, but it the scientist was clinging to that gun in fear of his work being destroyed, not simple aggression. Eligor noted than man's preference for rash actions and sighed. It was a shame, the sharp edges of the barrel had scratched part of the blade, leaving a long crack in its wake. It would surely buff out nevertheless, but it marred the magnificent of the blade. Another thing was nagging him, they didn't know very much about this place, whatever it was, and the actions of the other members could be summed up pretty accurately by the old saying 'shoot first, talk later'. Except for the case of the girl. Eligor decided to bring in some theatrics and the astral image of his gentlemanly self appeared before the scientist with a puff of smoke and a flash of hellfire - just simple astral illusions. He turned towards the scientist, who was quite content to stare at him.

"Why, the lack of manners here is painful." Eligor said while walking in circles about the scientist, giving a shrug, "Why don't we have a nice polite chat? Preferably about this place and its purpose." He stop for a moment and gave a sinister whisper to the large man, "Your purpose..." Then continued to walk about the room, smiling at the thought of the ace up his sleeve, "I apologise for the actions of my colleagues, but then again, what could I say?"

It was time to take charge, Isaac had been running the show for too long. These Humans had been running the show for far too long. As soon as they recognised that the wisdom of the Great Duke, the better.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Your purpose..."

"My purpose?," The man said quitely at first. "My purpose?! What would you know of purpose! What would any of you DICE fools know of having a purpose in life? You are nothing but the mindless weapons of a war humanity can never hope to win! You are all pathetic?"
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"No, I haven't. Is it a kind of demon?"

"Not just some kind of demon. This beautiful creature is a lilith. It's quite the favored female in the underworld you know. All the most powerful Demon Lords seek them as their queens. They have the uncanny ability to use pheromones to take control of the countless lesser demons in the hiarchy. They are simply...amazing"

Zorrama stroked the outside of the glass slowly. Almost lovingly.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Not just some kind of demon. This beautiful creature is a succubus. It's quite the favored female in the underworld you know. All the most powerful Demon Lords seek them as their queens. They have the uncanny ability to use pheromones to take control of the countless lesser demons in the hiarchy. They are simply...amazing"

Richard shrugged, that ability seemed interesting enough, though, by the way Zorrama was looking at the demon, he wouldn't be able to find out what part of the DNA that made it possible. He had some interest in demons outside what could be read in their DNA, so he continued asking, but his enthusiasm for the project was lower. "Okay, so, this is a succubus. How does it relate to the main project? Is it the main project? If not, what is actually the main project? You never got that far." The amount of questions might have been a bit over the top, but he had never been one for listening to the details of why a project was done. As long as he could find out what he wanted, how it was used had never been in his interest.

 

[Terratina.]

"My purpose?," The man said quietly at first. "My purpose?! What would you know of purpose! What would any of you DICE fools know of having a purpose in life? You are nothing but the mindless weapons of a war humanity can never hope to win! You are all pathetic?"

Eligor gave great laugh as soon as he heard those words. He couldn't fault the scientist, after all those words had some truth in them, Eligor was a 'mindless weapon' after all. He had heard the same song before. In fact, the same tune had been echoed throughout the centuries by various cowards. Yes... That was the word - coward. If the worm wouldn't talk then he would have to make it wiggle some. But not now, now was far too soon. Let the worm wiggle of its own accord.

"Pathetic?" Eligor mused and then spat out, "I am not the one laying with the dirt. Now me, for what purpose did you do that?"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Right. Isaac can take us back as soon as we meet up with him." Adriana said as she turned to Vayle. "Sorry for that. Someone stole my communicator and Isaac refuses to talk on anything he hasn't secured himself."

"Well apology accepted I guess. But for the next time, perhaps Isaac should get himself a mobile phone or some other form of communicator, and do whatever needs to be done to make it secure." Vayle said in response, still annoyed, but a little calmer about the situation. Adriana gives Vayle a quick hug and handed Isabelle a pair of handcuffs.

"These should keep you from having to hold him like that all the way there."

"Thank you, this one does certainly wriggle about a lot." Isabelle said as she fastened the handcuffs around the boy's wrists.

"Um. Hey! Guys." The child protested. "Can we maybe not go to this base. I mean, I know I tried to kill you and all, but that's water under the bridge right? Maybe you can just let me off with a warning ?" Isabelle then gave him a look that said 'Really, do you think we're that stupid ?'

"After what just happened boy, do you really think that we are simply going to let you walk away? Chances are you'll probably go back to this Zorrama, and start this dance all over again with another bunch of people. However, I can be reasonable, when we get back at base, and if you co-operate, how about I see to it that you get some more of those M&M's?" Isabelle then looked at Adriana.

"Adriana, would you kindly lead us the way please to Isaac and the second team. But, whatever route we take, try to make it so we go through a less crowded area; don't want people getting the wrong idea now do we."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Okay, so, this is a Lilith. How does it relate to the main project? Is it the main project? If not, what is actually the main project? You never got that far."

"Ah. Yes. The project" Zarrama pulled a metal box from his coat and showed it to Richard. "This is a small part of it. I've synthesize her pheromones into this device. Using it, I can take control of all the lesser demons in any area. However...that's not really enough"

Zorrama went over to another containment tank. This one held an enormous Oni demon.

"You see, her powers don't work on the big guys like this. I had to think bigger. So then, if I was going to control more and more powerful demons, I was going to have to make the powers of the Lilith stronger. The fastest way to do that is to combine large groups of demons into single bodies. The traits of each demon would compliment each other. And I'd be able to control nearly every demon I'd come across. No more demon attacks ever again. All thanks to this chemical"
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"I am not the one laying with the dirt. Now me, for what purpose did you do that?"

"You think yourself better than me" The scientist laughed at Eligor. "But that's okay. We will soon be equals. All of us. No one shall hold more power than the other"

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"Adriana, would you kindly lead us the way please to Isaac and the second team. But, whatever route we take, try to make it so we go through a less crowded area; don't want people getting the wrong idea now do we."

Adriana looked around for the best route to take.

"I think I can handle that"

She waved everyone over to her and the group were on their way to Isaac's location. They received only a few sideways glances whenever they had to pop out of the dark and unto roads to continue.

"So, kid. What was with all the hacking business? What do have against DICE?"

"Nothing really. It was just business. I got like, 1000 each time I did it"

"Seems pretty low. Given the risk"

"Not much of a risk at all. The guy said I would never ger arrested if his planned worked. Guess we'll see"

 

[Ruedyn]

"I care not about the details. Lead the way."
'Certainly still blunt, and looks like herself. Far more dangerous now, though.'
Kain shrugged, and walked to the man, William Blight, dropping to all fours again, staring at him in a 'get on' sort of way, whatever that looked like.
'Might as well play taxi for awhile more.' Kain sighed.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Ah. Yes. The project" Zarrama pulled a metal box from his coat and showed it to Richard. "This is a small part of it. I've synthesize her pheromones into this device. Using it, I can take control of all the lesser demons in any area. However...that's not really enough"

Zorrama went over to another containment tank. This one held an enormous Oni demon.

You see, her powers don't work on the big guys like this. I had to think bigger. So then, if I was going to control more and more powerful demons, I was going to have to make the powers of the Lilith stronger. The fastest way to do that is to combine large groups of demons into single bodies. The traits of each demon would compliment each other. And I'd be able to control nearly every demon I'd come across. No more demon attacks ever again. All thanks to this chemical"

No more demon attacks. As good as that sounded -even for someone who didn't care that much- such a chemical could be dangerous in any hands. Not just the wrong ones, everyone, doubtlessly, would take the chance to use it for their own good. He would like not to mind, but he did, somehow. However, all he could do was not to help out. Now that he knew, he doubted he could just walk out. "Really," Richard said. "I don't think there is much I can do about that, using what we found out for making it ourselves was never my strong side. So, I'll just start examining the other specimen, if you don't mind that."

 

[IFS]

"But that's okay. We will soon be equals. All of us. No one shall hold more power than the other"

"Right," Garath said, "So were you planning on giving your demon army to the people? Because as far as I can see you are the one harming innocents to amass power for yourself."

He turned towards Isaac, "Sorry for suspecting you earlier, given that chubs here didn't recognize you I think its safe to say you're on our side," he thought for a moment, trying to decide the best way to get the scientist to talk.What images should he show him, flaming clown-spiders worked on most people.

"What do you fear most?" he asked the scientist, "because unless you tell us what you were trying to accomplish here and where your master is I will pull your worst nightmares from your mind, give them flesh and leave you trapped in this room with them."

As he said this he slowly replaced the room around the scientist with his illusions, to the scientist the room would appear to melt away, replaced by an endless black void, lights like stars glittered in the distance, then crawled closer, if he tried to look more closely at them he would see twisted abominations of fire, half-formed monstrosities, the man would see himself running out of the dark, only to be grabbed by these monsters and pulled away screaming.

He let the illusion drop, "So are you going to tell us why you're torturing children, or do you want to spend an eternity there?"

Garath hated using his powers like this, but if anyone deserved it then it was this man. He ignored the memories of the first time he'd done something like this, tormenting a student who'd bullied him, he pushed it away, putting it in the part of his brain where he kept the memories of all the horrible things he'd done.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"So are you going to tell us why you're torturing children, or do you want to spend an eternity there?"

The scientist a shaking in utter horror at the display. Still, even with all the fear pulsing through him, he was able to put on a smile.

"I was not torturing her. I was preparing her to be part of the final Kouza's body. She was just going to mesh with the minds of all the other beings we bond her to. It's actually kind of...how do they put it? Zen"
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William hopped on Kain's back begrudgingly along with Azkar and pointed east.

"We need to stop at my place first. Just go in that direction and we'll be there in no time"

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"I don't think there is much I can do about that, using what we found out for making it ourselves was never my strong side. So, I'll just start examining the other specimen, if you don't mind that."

"Oh. That is fine Richard. Go right ahead. Will you be needing anything before I depart to another part of the building?"

 

[DarkRawen]

"Oh. That is fine Richard. Go right ahead. Will you be needing anything before I depart to another part of the building?"

"Well, I need access to a computer, if you don't mind," he said, as he found a pair of gloves to wear and went over to one of the countless specimen boxes. He took out one, and found some tools, which he placed at one of the tables. "So, do you have one?"

 

[Terratina.]

Eligor watched Garath at work. The projection walked over to the corner and attempted lean back on the wall, a mean feat given that the projection could not interact with the physical world. Eligor was quite content to stand back and let his team-mates, or lackeys. do the work for now. The scientist was content to go on about how 'better' this world would be after whatever they were planning happened. Eligor smirked at that, meshing demons together didn't do any good for anyone, especially the humans who had to deal with beings driven insane by the process. He knew the line of reasoning - no individually, no suffering - well, that was all fine and dandy as long as you were alright with the idea of losing your very consciousness. Eligor wondered if the scientist knew exactly what he was getting into here... Probably not.

 

[IFS]

"I was not tutoring her. I was preparing her to be part of the final Kouza's body. She was just going to mesh with the minds of all the other beings we bond her to. It's actually kind of...how do they put it? Zen"

"Have you touched the minds of demons before, I have and it is farther from zen than you could imagine," he began to pace back and forth, trying to give the impression that he was losing his patience, trying to think of what the man needed the girl for.

"So what, you needed her as a commander, a controller for your forces, or just a way for them to communicate?" he said, "You have not answered either of my questions to my satisfaction, so why do you need the girl specifically, what role does she play in all this, and what do you know about your master?"

He stepped back, and let his illusions creep over the edge of the man's vision, then made them receed, "Think quickly, and don't lie, there are worse things in the dark than what you saw."

He was glad that the first illusion had shaken the man so much, it meant that the threat of it was now more effective than the illusion itself, and that he didn't hve to create more illusions, using the same one repeatedly, no matter how horrifying it was, and the subject would adjust to it.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Think quickly, and don't lie, there are worse things in the dark than what you saw."

"The-the demons arn't enough!" He said out of fear of being shown another vision. "He needs mages. Human ones. The same process he uses to get the demons to obey, he can do to humans with enough raw magic"

The scientist looks over at a clock on the wall, and smiles a little.

"The Master's name...is Zorrama. He's the Specter of Peace. He resides the wilderness of Northern France. The coordinates are in my lab notes over there"

The scientist nodded over at a table, then took another look at the clock.

"It seems I've missed my call..."
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"Well, I need access to a computer, if you don't mind,"

"Yes. It's right over there at the main table," Zorrama said pointing over to the left. At that moment, a buzzer went off somewhere in the lab. Zorrama looked down at his watch and frowned, then turned the alarm off.

"If you'll excuse me"

He departed from the lab, giving Richard a nod of farewell before leaving.

 

[Terratina.]

The scientist that given them the information they needed. He was only of use to this 'Spector of Peace' and was now going to go off somewhere. Well, Eligor couldn't have that. With a quick flick of the apparition's arm and enough willpower to break out of the wall, the blade flung itself at the scientist's neck, decapitating him instantly and landing straight in the floor, alongside the scientist's bloody head. The astral projection faded away as Eligor floated towards Isaac.

"There; a sword is only good for killing." Eligor said and went to say rather sheepishly, "Now that's finished. How about we put that little spat behind us and march on?" He bowed, offering the pommel to Isaac.