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 Posted: Mon Jan 23, 2012 8:05 pm
Darkness descends upon the city of Galwin, the mists rolling in from the ocean as it is custom. It covers the city like a blanket, keeping it safe and secure from troubles across the water. Many townspeople retire to their warm homes and comforting families while others venture out for some fun with friends. The streets are quiet save for the few souls who scurry through the fog-filled streets to their destinations. Nothing unusual about this night except for perhaps less people out and about.
But a phenomenon is about to occur on this very night; something that has not happened in the recorded history of this civilization.
It is exactly midnight, the witching hour. Across the island little tears appear in the fog and from them a creature emerges from another world much different from this one. Each form gasps for the musky smoggish air it is used to breathing and finds nothing but chilly crisp sea-salt air. They gag, feeling the almost purity of this world digging at their skin in an attempt to drive them back through the wrinkle in realms. But these creatures will not be deterred so easily.
Many of these creatures will perish before they can claim a vessel, but those who survive find refuge within the body of a humanoid creature. They are not sure how they did it, but they know that they are alive and free.
But this is just the beginning......
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:17 pm
I'm....free.
Vira coughed violently from where she was kneeling on the ground. All she could remember from the moments that passed recently was passing through the gates of the Netherworld and into the land beyond. Then suddenly a tear in the world itself opened up and she fell through it to this place. Everything from then till now was a blur.
She spat out some blood, its metallic taste lingering in her mouth and making her gag a bit more. Something was needed to get rid of that awful flavor, so she crawled around on her hands and knees until she found some liquid in a puddle on the ground. Leaning close to it she lapped it up, noting its own unique flavor as she did. Once that horrid taste was gone she leaned back on her feet and wiped her mouth with the back of her hand. Things came into focus and all that was seen was fog, a substance not too different from what could be found in the Netherworld.
Looking into the puddle of water she had just drank out of Vira got to see her reflection for the first time. At first all she could see was what she should have looked like: dark hair, red eyes, horns, and the face of an angel. But then the image began to change and she could see the elven form she had taken. Dark hair hung from her shoulders, shaken loose from whatever events had occurred in the time between passing through the tear and waking up in this body. The horns were gone and her eyes were now a brown color.
"Wow....." Vira thought aloud as she reached up to touch her face with her hand. She looked behind her to see no tail and no wings, just a pure elven form. Perfect for blending in with the humans.
I wonder if any other demons made it out...
Footsteps were heard moving through the fog. She peered through the mist almost as if it were not there and saw a person heading in her direction. Giving a bit of a panic Vira quickly rose to her feet and made her way into the nearby alley to hide behind trashcans until the figure passed by.
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:26 pm
Aiyana blacked out as soon as she stepped through the nether gate. She had no idea what happened for the next few moments. When she finally came too, she was falling to the ground towards a bunch of trash cans that were pushed together. She crashed into them and there was a massive racket.
She stood up looking around at the mess that her 'crash' had caused. Nearby was another woman who appeared to be hiding. She shook her head, her head slightly dizzy from the collision. "Oww . . ." She said as she tried to get a bearing as to where she was. "Ehh . . . where am I? Do you know where I'm at?" She asked the woman nearby, not fully knowing that she was trying to hide from an approaching person.
As she looked around, she looked down at herself and just blinked. She didn't recognize anything that she was wearing. And when she thought about it, when she rubbed her head earlier, she remembered feeling a hat on her head. So this was her . . . 'human' form. For a bit, she actually didn't like it, but she knew it was necessary to hide away from any demons that tried to chase them down.
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:29 pm
Its now or never!! Nius thought as he took his chanced through the portal. Blinded by the portals light Nius fell into an unconscious weightless state. How much time that passed exactly Nius was not sure. While time in the Netherworld did differ from that of the human world the basic concept was still the same.
Nius entered the human world greated by darkness for the body which he had entered eyes were closed. For a moment he felt nothing but then a sudden intense pain hit his new body. In his demonic body Nius would of been able to shake this pain but this humans body was not the same causing Nius to groan in agony. It was then he heard voices.
"He is alive! Yasu's alive! Come on guys lend me a hand here!" Yasu? That was the name of which the body he now inhabited. Nius had now found a new name. Nius felt as his body was picked up by two people. Their voices were now fading together, he had no realized he had occupied a body of a dying man. Ah, this would be my luck. Nius though as he felt his body be carried. A new body only to be staring at deaths grip again.
His body was placed on something soft for the most part. There was light he could feel it against his closed eyes. As much as he tried he could not get his eyes open. The voices were still talking, though this time there was another added into the mesh. Just what was going on? As much as Nius tried the body began to shut down and conscious began to slip from him again.
A few hours later his body returned to consciousness and Nius was able to open his eyes. It was obvious he was not in neatherworld as he was staring at a wooden ceiling. Strands of black hair blocked his view. Moving his hand up to move it out of the way he was greeted by shouting again. "Hey, hey , hey. Yasu is awake." Just who are these humans. he thought as he moved his new body to a sitting position. Looking over to the source of the voice Nius seen a man in light armor
"How are you feeling Yasu?" The man asked. Nius was hesitant to answer. He was not sure how this Yasu acted or behaved.
"Well you're alive and that's good. Healer said you made a surprising. recovery, fastest he had ever seen." Than man said relived. To Nius it was strange. This man did not seam to expect and answer out of him.
"That's good." Nius manged to say. The man with talking to him was taken by surprised and his body and face clearly stated this. Well.... so much for being subtle.
"You can talk now?! You've been a mute since we've known you! This is great!" This human was ecstatic. Who ever the body Nius now possessed was a good friend of these humans who were probably soldiers. "Well get some rest. I've got to let everyone know about this." The man turned around to walk out but stopped and turned back to face Nius. "When we found you after everything was over you were holding some chakarams. We're holding them for you. Not sure how you got them but you know the rule so they are yours."
So they made it! Still I best play along for now. Nius nodded back at the man and with out any more words he turned around and left.
It was a success. He was in a human body again and he was happy despite the unpleasant beginning. But just how much had changed in the human world since he departed it. The light in the room was not from candle but of a strange fixture that hung in the center of the room. Laying back down Nius's felt tired.
I've got some adjusting to be human again. But I'm free..... Though for how long...
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 7:42 pm
Verderis had stepped through the gate about ten minutes ago and was wandering around in what appeared to be a park. Just being in this realm sickened him but he had to make up for the mistake that he had made. He had allowed so many demons to get past him. He could not let that happen again. He looked around to see a few children playing around nearby and he was very tempted to kill them to make up for the aggravation he was going through currently.
He walked his way out of the park and approached a black and white vehicle on the side of the road. A bit of help thanks to a demon back home allowing him to better work his job of bringing them all back. He looked the vehicle over and then sighed. He wasn't entirely sure how to use this piece of metal. He was going entirely based off what his comrade had told him. He opened the door and leaned against the vehicle, looking around and reaching deep into his senses. He couldn't currently sense anyone nearby. Just the pathetic humans that were going along on there normal lives.
With one last exasperated sigh, he climbed into the vehicle and turned it on. He looked up in the rear view mirror and gritted his teeth. He reached up and shattered the mirror before pulling the vehicle out of its spot, and though terribly, began to drive down the road. He was not going to enjoy a single bit of this time here on this realm. He couldn't wait to get all of the demons he let through and bring them all back, even if he had to bring them all back dead and on a stake.
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Posted: Sun Feb 12, 2012 8:02 pm
From under the village of mist, tiny splashes were heard from inside the sewer system. People looked around them thinking to see a rat as the sound of the splashes traveled from gutter to gutter. But with nothing to be seen they end up shrugging off their suspicions and continuing on with whatever they were doing. Meanwhile underground, dozens of rats quickly scurry through the sewage behind a little girl, who was moving as fast as she could despite the sores and bruises on her legs and feet.
It had been almost half an hour since she had fallen into the sewage system, away from her cozy little hole in the wall behind the old tea shop. Since then she had spent no time resting as the rats and rabid dogs chased her under the village non stop, some even getting a n** out of her from time to time. It seemed hopeless for her to go on but her determination to find some way out fueled herself enough to keep her little legs moving.
Gotta find a manhole or something! Anything! Oh god, this is it! The little girl looks back at the swarm of rats chasing her just for a moment, then trips on an old broken chair outside a gutter. She quickly sticks her hand inside of her blouse and pulls out a small doll, then twists off the head to reveal a blade and starts to stab the rats as they cover her body. With her left leg broken she grabs the chair she tripped on and stands it up from under the open gutter, then sits her self on it and attempts to reach toward the light
Suddenly the sound of footsteps could be heard from outside of the gutter, and an asian woman could be seen crouching by some trash cans. While the rats claws dig into her legs, she attempts to call out while inching towards the light "Please! Help me! Oh god please!"
(Dark enough for ya?)
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:31 am
Vira jumped when a crashing sound came from a person falling into some trash cans behind her. Her sural had flicked open and the four long tails lay around her feet as she watched the figure lay in the mess she had created. With the "Oww..." Vira caught a voice that sounded familiar, almost gutteral in sound: The voice of a demon hidden within a human body. But then the rest of the sentence by the human sounded more human-like, or at least she assumed it did. It definitely wasn't demonic anymore.
Listening back out into the alleyway she noticed that the footsteps were gone and she relaxed a bit. "I do not know, I only got here myself," she replied softly, noting the coolness of her voice. "But we are safe for now, that is certain. Are you-"
Her question was cut off by the sounds of screams near her feet. Again Vira jumped, bringing the sural back to an attack position as she searched for the voice. Looking down into a grate she saw the face of a young girl with things swarming around her body. She was thankful that even in the human form she had retained her strong senses. Reaching down to the grate she yanked at its frame but it only barely budged. "Come help me with this!" she half-growled over her shoulder to the other who was still lying in the mess they made.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 9:40 am
The girl in the gutter looks back to the rats making their way up her blouse and starts to bush them off of her, while at the same time kicking the rats off her good leg and the area around her "You! Are! Not! Getting! My! Jewel!" She yells at the rats with her doll knife in hand, now cutting the throats of the rats as they climbed up her blouse. The girl looks down at her small body for the first time, not realizing how small and fragile it looked, or how much damage she had really taken from the rats and dogs. Suddenly she felt the claws of a rat cutting her from within her dress, causing a nearly automatic response to throw it off of her "You dirty rats!!!" Yells the little girl while cutting the neck of another of the carnivorous rodent
By now a quarter of the rats were dead, and the other 30 were still cutting up her legs and ankles as if she was already a corpse floating in the sewage. The little girl looks up at the gutter and reaches for the asian women attempting to break the guard, then focuses her attention back to the rats. I don't think I'm gonna make it.. Oh god.. Not even an hour in this place and I'm already dead...
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 2:46 pm
Aiyana blinks as she regains her composure and her senses, looking around at everything around her. The woman before her talks about only just getting here herself and she stops and looks over at her why she talks about being safe. Unfortunately, she doesn't get to finish her sentence nor does she get to start her own. The woman drops down on top of a grate on the ground and immediately rushes over to assist her. 'Why are we helping a human?' She thinks to herself as she looks down through the grate. She wasn't able to detect energy at all so even if the girl wasn't hiding her energy she wouldn't be able to detect her.
She slipped her fingers through the slits in the grating and pulled as hard as she could. The metal plate basically was nearly impossible to lift, but she tried her best. She noticed the fact the grate was rusted somewhat, which would make it harder to lift, but hopefully her and this other girl would be able to lift it up sooner or later. Something about this girl in the sewer . . .
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 4:57 pm
The girl looks back up at the gutter's opening and see's another trying to rip the grate off. Two people... Or demons... and they can't get it off? She places her right hand on the jewel on her choker and sighs. Its too soon... I can't.. Seeing no other way, the girl grips her doll knife and starts randomly slashing the rats on her dress and blouse, not caring if she was tearing her outfit or her skin underneath. Within a few moments fifteen more rats lay dead in the sewage, and after a few moments more her arms were exhausted "I can't..." She gasps as she grabs hold of the rusty grate. With the last of her energy she pulls herself up and thrusts herself back into the sewer, breaking an area of the grate large enough for her to fit. The little girl falls into the rats and the sewage and attempts to reach for one of the creatures outside "Help.. Me..."
(This is pretty ******** up right here... and sorry if the 'breaking the grate' thing was unrealistic but come on... She's suffered enough...)
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 5:11 pm
Vira and the other female tugged at the grate as the little girl underneath struggled for consciousness. Then suddenly the young one breaks a hole in the grate as she falls back into the underground sewers. Because of her own smallish build Vira fit her body down through the hole in the grate without another thought as she tried to get to the girl. Hanging onto the remaining bars of the grate she swung herself clear of the little girl and the sural came free again.
Her eyes glowed slightly in the darkness as the tips of the sural became piping hot. Flicking the ends around she gave a low hiss at the rats that remained alive. They caught attention of her and some charged while others munched on the young girl's body.
"Come and get some," she snarled, bringing the ends of her weapon around and snapping them. The sound of whips cracking and shrill screeches from the rats echoed in the surroundings as the searing hot metal hooks met flesh. After a few more cracks and lifeless bodies the remaining rats made a retreat, leaving Vira with the young girl. She looked pretty weak now, but Vira had no idea what to do. Looking up she could see the other female still watching from above. Getting an idea she walked over and picked up the young girl.
"Hey!" she shouted to the female outside the grate. "I'm going to hand her up, see if you can reach her." Carefully she balanced the little girl atop her shoulders and head before pushing her up with her hands. "Here!"
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 6:59 pm
Aiyana watched the other woman as she jumped down into the middle of the whole mess, hissing at the mice below. The girl fought them all off or just scared them away and then picked up the girl, calling up to her to tell her to pull her up. Aiyana reached down through the grating and grabbed the girl's hands and lifted her out of the pit slowly. She laid her next to the grating away from any of the trash laying around.
"Hey! Hey! Are you okay?" She asked to the girl. She looked over her wounds and they were mostly superficial other than a few knife wounds from her own attacks. She saw one wound that was pretty deep and she placed her own hands on it, trying to staunch the bleeding. "What are we going to do about this?" Aiyana called back to the girl in the grating.
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:45 pm
The little girl, now safe, stares at the women holding her with half closed bloodshot eyes. She had no idea who had rescued her or what their intentions were now that they had her, and after spending a half an hour running from rats she wasn't about to trust them so easily. Alright.. She thought to herself, figuring that's all she could do unless she came up with a game plan I'm in the arms of some.. Women.. Ugh.. So blurry... If I struggle enough I can run back to where I had fallen and think of a way out of this area.. I just need to move my leg just right and... Oh god! The pain!! She looks down at her legs for a moment and flops her head back. Its not the bites... Though one of the little nubs on the right limb is swollen.. Oh god I must have broken my ankle on that chair... I can't move... She picks her head up a bit and looks around, then spots an old crutch by the garbage cans. I can use that to walk.. I guess.. It looks sturdy for oddly shaped stick... but how am I going to get away from these two...? She flops her head back again and looks at the woman holding her If she was a Sentinel she would have killed me by now.. Like they care about the lives they claim, human or demon... If I'm gonna get anywhere I'll have to stick with this one until I can move on my own again... So.. I'm gonna have to say something..
The little girl swallows the saliva in her mouth and opens her mouth to speak "Thank you.. For getting me out of there..." In her mind the little girl scoffs Listen to that puny voice... I know I wanted to look non threatening but for god sakes I sound so.. Little and weak! Ugh.. Gonna have to role with it... Now.. To say something only a demon would know, and a human would call delirious banter... Hmmm.. The little girl coughs a bit and attempts to speak again "You.. Fall from the sky, recently?" She says with serious expression on her face, trying to see how the women will react
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Posted: Mon Feb 13, 2012 7:47 pm
Vira looked around in the sewers at all the bodies of the dead rats. She saw a teddy bear tucked between them, and nearby a knife. Picking both up and tucking them into the bag at her side she climbed the wall and jumped to grab the bars of the grate. Peeking her head out she saw that the other woman had placed the young girl not too far away. She seemed pretty beat up, whoever she was.
It took some doing but eventually Vira worked her body through the hole and back up to the surface. "Wow....smells almost like home down there," she commented to herself after brushing some of the sludge off her hands with her pants. The young girl moved about, making some noise about thanks and whatnot. Then she said something quite peculiar that made Vira freeze. Was this a Sentinel they just saved, or another demon looking for freedom? She opened her mouth to say something in reply that would not give away her own identity, but then a sound was heard from down the alleyway. Vira jumped and spun around to see a cat watching them. Its eyes, one green one black, watched them from its position on the trash cans. Suddenly it jumped down and disappeared, only to appear again with something in its mouth. It dropped some wraps of sorts on the ground and gave a rhaspy meow to greet the people in the alleyway.
"Ummmmm......thanks?" Vira replied, scratching the back of her head. This cat struck her as particularly odd, but it may have just been its sudden appearance or the fact it had two different colored eyes. The black one looked like blood had filled it many years ago and just solidified in it, giving it the illusion that the whole eye was black. Poor cat.
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