Gantz

[anb3rlin15]

Target doesn't count as answers, Renata thought. However, she stood, holding the little girl's hand, watching intently, eyes narrowed with suspicion. Suitcases and guns appeared in front of them, along with a naked man. Oh... my... goodness... She covered the girl's eyes. Not something a child should be seeing, even if she is 'kinda' dead. "What are we to do now?..." Ren finally asked.  

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The guy smiled at her as he pulled a gun from the shelf "I would suggest you get the suit that is in the case on and grab a weapon asap". He place the gun on his side and went to stand back in the corner.

Leon went over and grabbed the case that had his name on it. He opened it up and inside was a skin tight black outfit. He tried putting it on over his clothes but it was to tight. "Ummmm" He noticed a hallway that lead into a dead end around the corner. "Okay so we will each take turns getting changed in the hall, ladys and children can go first... and I guess I will dress the cat seeing as there is a suit in here for it too..." He looked around to see if there were any objections.  

[anb3rlin15]

None objected. All slowly went to grab their respective cases, then the men stood along the walls while the women went to the hallway. Renata let the old woman go first, allowing her to get into the suit. The old woman was fit and peppy, and she took no time getting into the suit. Then the 20-ish girl was next. Finally, Ren took the little girl into the hallway with her, carrying both of their cases. Pulling out the little girl's suit, she helped the girl slide the legs of the suit on first, under her little pale pink dress. Renata made conversation, trying to keep the girl calm, saying that the girl's dress was pretty and that she must miss her mommy and stuff like that. (In the small talk, the young woman found out that the little girl's name was Tonya ((random name that popped in my head)).)

Once Tonya was dressed, her suit a little big, Ren told her to stand with the old woman, then dressed herself, sliding her body into the suit. Oh... my... goodness... she thought, as she jumped up and down trying to pull the suit on. What'd they do?? Plan for size 0s!? Geez! Finally, situated, Renata grabbed the 2 cases, and gestured for the men to go next. To the cocky jerk in the corner, she called, "This Gantz guy may suck at selecting people, according to you, but you suck at figuring out the sizes for each of us."

((I'm sorry if my character is annoying... x.x She's pissed and is outspoken when pissed. smile Plus, I'm trying to get some dialogue into the story so it's not all narrative on our parts... Hopefully that's okay...))  

[enclosedsoul]

((no, no that works awesome! one of the best role players so far.))

Leon Let the other guy go and get changed first then he grabed the cat and carried it around the corner with him once the guy was dressed. He tried squizing the suit onto the cat but it kept freaking out. Holy crap! this poor cat is going to die in this thing, finally he had got it on him and it waddled out from around the hall. Okay my turn, He liturly had to yank it up over his body. He fianlly got it on and went into the room and saw the girl and the guy arguing still.

"It wasn't my choice lady, Gantz creates them when you get summoned here" He began to fade and vanish. "Well guess the game is about to start" The ball now a had a thirty minute timer on it.  

[anb3rlin15]

((Haha. Okay. Sounds good. And I LOVE the mental image you gave me of the cat!! Oh my goodness. That made my night!))

As soon as the guy had vanished fully, Renata turned around to the group and spread her hands in astonishment and disbelief. This wasn't a joke and they weren't getting answers. She dropped her head into her hands for a moment, a face-palm action. Straightening, she addressed the man she'd spoken to before the cocky jerk had shown up. "Okay. So, apparently, we have no choice but to play along.... What do you guys want to do?..." She looked at all of them. The old woman didn't say anything, just stood and patted Tonya's back. The others shrugged. The young woman sighed. "Well... what do you think we have 30 minutes until? He said 'the game is about to start.' I don't know what that means... Or even how we're to know what to do or where to find this so-called target...." Ren placed her hands on her hips for a few seconds, thinking, then she dropped them to her sides again and walked to the window. She could see a large amount of what the guy had said was Tokyo. A lot of people roamed the streets, totally oblivious to the insanity that seemed to be happening up in this tower with the large black ball clock thing. This is so not good... She turned back to the group. The clock was ticking. "I say we introduce ourselves... try to work as a team. I'll start by saying my name is Renata Auditori. I am from Italy originally and, last I knew, I was on a cruise with friends when a storm started to sink the boat... Then I woke up here."

((Ummm..... I really hope that's an okay transition for you to post... sweatdrop ))  

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((Hahaha thank's I liked your comment before about the size of the suits made me laugh and no that is all good ^-^))

Leon went and grabbed a gun from the self and attached it to his side mimicing the cocky guy. "My name is Leon Heart, I am from canada. I came here on a plane to attend some college courses here. I took some sleeping pills on the plane and ended up here so I don't know what fully happened" He never really said much to the others when he had gotten her but Renata had a good idea. Maybe there was a tie in there background stories that could help them figure this all out. "The cats name is Neko, and I think working as a team is a good idea" He liked the name he had givin the cat, Neko ment Cat in japanese as lame as that was. "Also I am not 100% sure but I think the timer is how long we have to kill the target" The cat pounced onto Leon's shoulder and curled up around his neck. Leon felt bad for the cat if it had to go to the bathroom because the suits were made of rubber so it was going to hurt getting it off.  

[anb3rlin15]

((Poor kitty....))

The rest rattled off their stories, either having been asleep or in a scenario that could have meant their deaths. Was that the key, then? They just so happened to be about to die or to die around the same time? Or was there more to it?

Tonya had started to cry again, even as the elderly woman (who they found out was named Charity) tried to soothe her. Ren frowned sadly at the thought of the innocence of childhood being ruined so easily and so early and in such a fashion. But, if they only had thirty... well, less than thirty minutes left to get the game going. "This sucks..." she muttered, mostly to herself.

Grabbing the gun from the shelf that had been given her, she gripped it and checked it like she'd seen in the movies. She was actually inspecting it to see where the safety was and how to remove and replace the magazines. She also checked the number of rounds in the gun. There were no extra magazines on the shelf as far as she could see. If the timer really was for finding and killing the target and not until the game started, they needed to get going. Ren went back to her case and realized there was another piece of equipment she'd missed before. Pulling it out, she realized it was a radar. The young woman strapped the device on. Fully suited, she said, "Okay. We need to go. Now. And if we can.... keep the kid and the cat out of the way.... They don't need to be involved anymore than's necessary..." She turned to Leon. He'd been the only one she'd directly spoken to and felt a little more comfortable with him. "I think you have a better feel for this whole... 'game' crap that guy keeps talking about. You wanna take the lead? I have no idea where I'm going or how we're getting there or who it is or what we're specifically to do upon arriving there."

A thought hit her, out of the blue. I bet we're assassins... This Gantz guy chooses people that have died or are about to die (however that would work), gets them transported here through that ball thing, says it's a game, then gives them someone to kill, with no one outside the tower being any wiser to the fact that we are the murderers... It's the perfect crime... We're all supposed to be dead. So, the cops would figure it's just a fluke if they find any of our prints or DNA or any other trace of us, and so, the cops would be forced to file the murder(s) as a cold case or hope to find a new lead. But all along, it was one of us. She realized that that might not be the case, though... If we win, we get turned back into our old lives as if nothing had happened. Which means we'll be alive again... and we could have the crime pinned on us... Ren was starting to get a headache. Hopefully, Leon would be able to do better as a leader than she was doing.  

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((Hahahaha nice!))

Leon looked around the room and felt as if his body was starting to fade, the lasers were begining to erase him from feet upwards. Before it could go to high up he looked around the room "Everyone grab a gun, I assume its transporting us to our location. Ren I want you to watch over Tonya, Yuki (The 20 year old girl) and Hiradeki (the 20 year old male) I am counting on you two to take care of Charity. I will watch for the cat... everyone be careful out there... something tells me that things won't be as they seem on the other side." The lazers finished erasing him, the cat had jumped off before hand landing on the ball. It tried to walk around but the leather was really tight and making him walk as if he had a wedgie going right up its a**. Next the cat and the older girl began to get erased, Neko remained still almost instinctivly.

Leon was standing under the Tokyo tower looking up at the stars when his head reapeared on his body. People were walking the streets and walking right past him not even aknowledging the fact that he just appeared out of thin air. What the hell is going on around here, He was use to the idea of being invisible but this was rather rediculous. The cat had emurged from behind him and jumped back up onto his shoulders. "Hey Neko, how are the others doing. hope they aren't freaking out to badly"

Yuki had been placed in a seperate location, it almost looked as if it were a run down warehouse. She hadn't grabbed a gun because it went against her beliefs and she thought they were all going to be starting in a group. She wanted to cry but instead she ran out side in search for help, a man was waiting at a bus stop just outside. "OH! excuse me sir? I need some help, I think I am lost" The man just ignored her, the bus pulled up and the man got on. She tried to follow him but the bus driver slammed the door in her face and drove off. Well I never... we must be in some illusion or something  

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Renata waited for the world to become unfuzzy as she appeared in what seemed to be a random alley of Tokyo. She didn't see anyone from the group. Not good, she thought. Then she heard a soft blip. Looking at her arm, she realized it had been the radar. There were six dots, except two of them were practically on top of one another. Each dot had a set of digits next to them. There was even a dot in the center of the little screen that had a number over it. 20117, 20118, 20119, 20120, 20121, 20122, and 20123... She realized that the individual dots were each member of the group. There were two fairly close together just north of her position. Ren immediately headed that way, hoping to connect up with the rest of the group.  

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Leon looked around in search of the other members of the group, hell he would be happy just to see that jerk from earlier. Leon heard a scream in the distance, it sounded like Yuki but he wasn't entirely sure. He began to sprint in the direction the sound had came from. The cat remained still on his shoulders just letting Leon carry him around as hif he was Neko's horse. Damn this can't be good, only a few minutes in and someones already under attack. He hated the fact that they were all seperated from the get go, it ment the little girl was out there alone.

Yuki gave up trying to make contact with any person she happened to come across. It was pointless, she was a ghost which ment she really was dead. Upon looking for the others she came across a river which had a white ball just floating in the middle. A beach ball?, she grabbed a near by stick and began to poke at it instictivly. The ball twitched and rolled over revealing a huge retna. "OH MY GOD ITS AN EYE!" she felt the shivers run up and down her spine as the eye ball lifted out of the water. It began to glow red as a beam shot from the center of it. The beam began to slice threw her body from her waist going upwards. "AHHHHH!" she was getting cut in half, the pain was to the extreme and then everything went black. Her mangaled halfs of her body fell to the ground each going into a seperate direction.  

[anb3rlin15]

((Whoa. eek ))

The young woman was running towards dots 20119 and 20123, when suddenly a ping sounded and number 20118 was gone. Ren stopped her run in the middle of a crowd on a sidewalk and stared at the screen. What did that mean? Had someone gone back to the tower? Did that mean they had succeeded and made it out of the game for this round? Or had someone died? Renata couldn't shake the feeling it was the last of these questions that had hit closest. She started to shake a little, wondering who it had been and how it had happened.

That's when she noticed no one around her had been looking at her or taking any note of her, though she was in the way of many. However, for some reason, the people split around her without caring. She went to ask one of them what street she was on, tapping him on the shoulder. She could feel the fabric of his jacket and she could see the depression her finger was making in the leather, too. But it didn't take her long to realize that none of them could even see, hear, or even feel her. This really could make for the perfect crime, she realized, seeing as we can't leave anything behind at all, or at least anything visible... The young woman began shaking a little harder, but decided she had to go on. She had to find 20119 and 20123.

The dot in the middle of the screen was 20120. So, that had to mean that was Ren. So, who were the others? The two dots directly on top of each other were 20117 and 20122. So, that left 20121, since 20118 was no longer there. She began sprinting towards 20119 and 20123, the crowd flowing out of her way. Suddenly, the woman turned a corner, not far from 20123. That's when she saw Charity. A huge sigh flowed through her as she saw the old woman standing with her back to Renata, skin-tight suit giving the woman an intriguing silhouette.

The Italian sprinted to the old woman. She grabbed hold of Charity, who let out a startled gasp. Seeing who it was, the old woman hugged Renata, apparently having been distraught since leaving the room. A sad thought flashed through Ren's mind. I don't think she's going to make it long.... Even with all her veracity and energy, she's still an old woman of wisdom and set beliefs... Having to kill someone or fight for survival seems so cold-hearted to make her do... Speaking to Charity, the young woman asked, "Charity. Have you seen any of the others? Tonya, especially?" The old woman shook her head, her face a deathly white. "No, dear... I haven't. I was looking... Honestly... I was... Oh... I feel responsible... I shouldn't have let go of that poor girl's hand..." Waving away the woman's apology, Ren said, "I don't think that would have mattered..." Showing Charity the screen, the young woman showed how all the dots except two were spread out. She also noted to Charity how one dot was gone... "We have to find Tonya. Look. There's me: number 20120. And there's 20123 next to my dot, so that has to be you. 20119 is not far from here. Let's go after that dot and see who it is...." A beat, then Renata added, "And we have to hurry... I think the clock had read 25 minutes left as we were being scanned out of the room..." Together, the pair made their way for 20119, hoping to make it before it too disappeared.

((Yikes... Sorry this was so long... Hopefully you don't mind reading... x.x))  

[enclosedsoul]

((not at all! it was good ^-^, hope you dont mind the descriptive death. This is a gory roleplay after all >.<))

Leon had finally made it to the general area of the scream only to see two halfs of a rotting corpse on the ground. Is that... Yuki?, He examined the seperate body parts closers finally comming to a realization, It is Yuki! what the hell happened! He could feel his heart racing as he searched around for what ever had done this to her. Not a single person could see or feel them so either one of there teammates murdered her or she had an encounter with there so called target. He grabbed the cat and placed it on the ground pointing to a little cluster of houses "Neko I want you to go look for Tonya. Lead her to somewhere safe, I don't want her to see this body" The cat seemed to be rather intelligent, it showed signs that it understood what he was saying to it. Neko took off towards the houses in search of the little one. Leon looked around for a place to hide when he noticed some water droplits that lead into a warehouse from Yuki's body. What ever attacked her must of went in there, He took in a deep breath and began head into the entrance.

Hiradeki had just finished watching that thing turn Yuki into swiss cheese from inside a near by warehouse. "What the ******** was that thing" He could feel his heart race, he didn't spend to much time staring at the eye thing. His goal was to find another way out where he wouldn't have to cross paths with the eye creature. The warehouse was huge with many different rooms and stairs, none of the rooms seemed to have windows though, great just my luck!. He found a stairwell that lead downwards into some kind of sewer. The smell was horrendis, almost as if it was filled with a thousand rotting bodys, it made his nose want to cry. "Well either I die or lose my sense of smell"

Neko had ran down block by block and stopped at a certain point, there was miles more that he could run but he stopped and stared at an invisible line. The cat backed up and ran down the streets in another direction where he found the little girl Tonya crying in the bushes. He pawed at her leg to get her attention and tried to tug on her suit with its mouth.

((hope you dont mind roleplaying the little girl and the old lady? I will play as Leon, Hiradeki, Neko, and the jerk but Hiradeki won't be around to long he needs to be a sacrafice for us to learn something. Also the radar can also pick up on the location of the target and there is a purple square that the red dots are inside but you won't know what that is until after))  

[anb3rlin15]

((Okay. That's good. And that's what the "whoa eek " was for. haha. Yuki's death. razz But I know it's dirty and that's totally fine. I wouldn't have joined if I wasn't prepared for it. XP))

As Charity and Renata were running in the direction of dot 20119, the young woman noticed that dots 20117 and 20122 were separated, with 20117 running away from 20122. Ren watched it head one way, then turn and head straight for 20119. Somehow, the young woman had a feeling that 20119 was Tonya and that 20117 was about to find her.

The old woman and the young woman were finally within 10 yards of 20119 and 20117, when they both noticed the little girl crying with the cat Neko tucked in some bushes. The women could hear the girl crying and immediately ran over. Both called Tonya's name, at which point the little girl looked from Neko, whom she had been petting, to see who had spoken to her. With a small shout, she jumped up, holding Neko closely and running to meet Renata and Charity. Tonya buried herself in Charity's arms. It was a relief to find the girl safe. And the cat, too.

"Good... We're slowly accounting for everyone," she murmured, watching her other three teammates. That left Leon, Yuki, and Hiradeki. Ren was pretty sure Leon would be okay. He seemed a pretty seasoned character or at least someone with a good head on his shoulders. But Ren wasn't sure about the other two. "We need to hurry and find the others." That's when she noticed the little blue 'x' also sitting on the screen. "X" marks the spot? That must be the target, then...

Slowly, she was learning. But there wasn't any time. "Come on..." Neko started squirming out of Tonya's arms, then, and hopped to the ground. He meowed, pawed at Tonya's foot, and scampered in one direction. Then he came back. It was obvious he wanted something. "I think the kitty wants me to follow him..." the little girl suggested. Ren nodded, then she said to Neko. "Neko, I assume you're taking her somewhere safe. But after that, do you think you can find us to take us to the others?" The cat flicked its tail, pawed once more at Tonya, then started off in one direction. Tonya quickly followed after it.

Ren couldn't help feeling nervous about letting the girl out of her sight, but she had to assume the cat was pretty much a genius for its kind. She and Charity would simply go towards one of the other two dots. Question was which one. They were both moving. One was extraordinarily close to the dot that disappeared. Best idea to stay away from there? Probably... Ren started leading she and the old woman for 20122. Both 20122 and 20121 were near where 20118 had been. But that was where the women were going to have to go in order for all of them to meet up...

((I'm going to let you decide on obstacles. I'll do descriptions of death and stuff, but if there is another eye thing or whatever, you'll just have to say "in front of the women, such'n'such was waiting ahead" or something like that, just so I know what to expect and what to do... And I don't mind playing Charity and Tonya. Sorry for uh... "god-modding" the cat for a moment. I was just trying to make a smooth connection between our posts. And I don't mean to ramble in my posts... >.<))  

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((Not at all, I love role playing with you. There is a long story no signs of the role play dying and your on here at least once a day))

Leon had made his way into warehouse, the light slowly fading behind him the farther he walked in. Wow is it ever dark in here, he un-holstered his gun as he progressed. This area seemed like a rather good place for creepy and dangerous things to hide out. With the gun at his side he made sure his senses were open to any sounds or movements. There were many ways for him to go but he decided that heading downwards would be the best bet. If he was a murderer then the basement would be his personal choice for a hide out. He traveled around for a while until he stumbled across a stair case that had some muddy foot prints trailing down them. One of our team members must have came this way... or the murderer, he was hesitant for a while but he managed to convince himself to proceed onwards. The area was damp and dingy but any movement made an echo which would help him as a warning for anything that was to sneak up on him. There was a shadowed figure up ahead trotting further into the darkness. It took Leon's eyes awhile to adjust but he was able to figure out that it was Hiradeki. He began to run towards his excited to finally find a living team member.

Hiradeki was starting to hate this so called game and the fact he was in a place he had never been before. A sound of pitter patter caught his attention causing his heart to race unconditionally. Oh god I am going to die!, he was over whelmed with anxiety and fear. I have to run now and fast, adrenaline took over as he ran as fast as he possibly could. He couldn't hear Leon calling out to him to stop, his heart beat drowned out any possible noises around him. Finally his body stopped in mid step, his head began to expand and finally burst. Blood splattered the walls, his brain was impaled to the ceiling.

Leon stopped as soon as he say what had happened to Hiradeki in the distance. The explosion was strong enough to send the blood far enough to paint his shirt red. He looked around and saw that nothing was around or hiding in the shadows. There must be a boarder that we can't leave or we die... that's the only explanation. He decided he would wait there for the others to arrive and hoped that Neko was able to find Tonya. Please be okay guys.  

[anb3rlin15]

((I try to do what I can. smile I enjoy role playing with you, too. You've got an excellent story line and you give the other role players (only me for now) freedom to do as they please, within reason, of course. It's fun!))

The Italian woman and the elder had taken it down to a fast walk, their energy pretty much depleted. However, they were already near where 20118 had gone missing. It seemed to be a set of warehouses along a riverside. Looking to the water's edge, the two were repulsed to see some sort of fleshy object laying there. That looked about the spot that the dot had disappeared... Ren had to know if her hunch was right. "Charity, stay here for the moment... I just...want to... check this out..." the young woman said slowly. Leaving Charity's side, Renata cautiously made her way to the the lump.

The closer she got, the better she could see the charred edges of flesh as well as the red on the grass where blood had run out in rivulets to make a pool beneath the object. But it didn't take Ren long to realize what... and who... it was. She let out a gasp, turning pale... It was Yuki. So, Ren had been right... The dot disappeared when the girl was killed. Staggering back to the old woman, she fell on a knee, trying to catch her breath and calm her reeling mind. The horror was unspeakable... And the gore of the scene would never leave Renata's mind, even if she made it out of the game to go back to living her life. But Yuki will never get that chance....

Charity had seen enough from where she stood and understood Renata's reaction. But she was wise as well as sprightly. She knew the two of them had to keep moving, that whatever had done that to Yuki could do it to the two of them. Not only that, but the team still had to find, and apparently kill, the target. "Come, dear..." Placing a wrinkled hand under Renata's arm, she tugged the young woman to her feet. "We still have the others to find."

At that moment, the radar on Ren's arm pinged again. The two of them looked at the screen. Another dot was gone. This one 20121. "Oh God..." whispered Renata, "Another one's died..." The women stared at the radar for a moment. Knowing they had to keep moving, they turned to go for the last dot, 20122, which was very near 20121. "That's either Hiradeki or Leon... I guess we'll find out..." Charity said, feeling numb and sounding like she'd died a little. This so-called game is going to kill us, even if we don't remain dead physically... thought Ren. We'll simply just be dead emotionally... We won't be the same, even if we get out of this...

By now, Tonya had followed Neko for a good amount of time. The cat had seemed conscious of the energy level of a 9 year old and took numerous breaks. Finally, they were reaching what seemed to be Neko's ideal destination. He slipped into a hole leading into the foundation of a building. It was small, and it was only 2 or so feet in depth, big enough only for a child and a cat to fit in together. The cat darted into the hole, then poked its head out. "Moaw." Tonya, tears still in her eyes from before, nodded, then crawled into the space. There was a trash can not far from the space. The girl pulled it to cover the shadowy hole, leaving room for the cat to slip out, if necessary. But she was so frightened, she hoped the cat wouldn't leave...

Charity and the young woman made their way for 20122, which seemed to be inside a warehouse. Warily, they approached the entrance to one of the warehouses. It was exceptionally dark inside. The two women didn't want to enter, but didn't see much else as a choice. Together, they entered, Charity pulling out a submachine gun, Ren pulling out her supplied handgun. I'll have to go back to Yuki and find her gun... I refuse to have just a handgun this whole time... thought the Italian. Then the women entered, safeties off, ready for anything in the dim interior.

((Leon is 20122, by the way. I don't know if I'd made that clear. Ren is 20120; Tonya is 20119; Charity is 20123; and Neko is 20117. Yuki was 20118 and Hiradeki was 20121. I guess I should have said that earlier to be clear. Didn't think to do that... Sorry... redface ))