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

[Malyc]

"Well? What now?"

"Now, I ask what the hell is going on around here." Ghost said, lowering his weapon. "So please, enlighten me." Any information he could get from this guy would be helpful, and he was starting to get impatient with this guy. This is supposed to be a demon-heavy area, and here I am talking to a guy who could be one of them... What a path my career has taken.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

The creature let out an agonizing scream of pain when the bullets hit it.

"How do you like that then?" He shouted gleefully.

Click, click, click

The gun had either jammed or run out of ammo. Eliezer didn't know which, all he knew about guns was that you pointed at something, pulled the trigger and hope for the best. The thing you were shooting should either be wounded or dead, unless you missed completely.

Elizer could feel the creature lurch into motion, swaying from side to side on the boulder he was on.

He could see something emerging from the other side of the creature's stomach, slowly floating towards his boulder. Four skeletons, pristine from having all their flesh and clothes dissolved by the acid. They started grabbing at his legs, drips of acid dissolving his clothes and burning into his flesh. He tried smashing them with the butt of the rifle, but the were relentless.

"God dammit Raguel!"He screamed "How the hell am I supposed to serve my penance when I'm a bunch of bones laying at the bottom of this things stomach?!"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Hearing that everyone was in position and ready to act, Isabelle gave the signal.

"Alright then Garath, you can drop this illusion now." She said, nodding him the go ahead. Vayle soon appeared beside her master, giving her status report.

"Master, I have returned. Unfortunately though, whilst I was able to find dead bodies of humans, I couldn't contact them; it felt like their spirit was taken from them. Whether it was by force or not, I simply couldn't tell." She said sounding desperate for answers. Vayle then looked around, confused as to what was happening.

"Uh, what is happening here?"

"Missing spirits? Strange." Isabelle thought before answering the question. "We found this badly injured and obviously scared soldier from Division Three out here in the woods, and we're just about to try and help him. Might be a good idea though if you hide, don't want him running off due to the sight of a ghost."

 

[FinalDream]

Captain Lara Reid, PhD - Sector 14

Hacked? That made some kind of sense. She had never seen anything like it before, the operating system was mess. Lara turned to look at Crow and the wounded man raising an eyebrow.

?Well that accounts for the terrible state of the computer. It?s like someone rushed the job.? She returned her attention to the glowing screen of the tablet. ?Damn it!?

She sighed lowering the tablet. Every time she was about to make some progress a firewall came up to block her, taking the image of a smiley face with it's tongue out. Lara looked like a moody child. The problem was frustrating her.

?There good. I?ll give them that.? She paused. ?Maybe if I??

 

[Nouw]

"I hate to cut in but shouldn't the alarms of 'sacrificial hostage?' be going off right now? You have a thirteen year-old girl, a bad guy, some demonic minions and an empty building. What else could that mean?" Danny said. "Besides, we know there is a hostage. What more do you guys need to know? Her freakin' birthday?" Danny pulled out his handgun and flicked the safety off.

"Shall we go? Or do we need to wait for the screaming to start?"

Spoiler: OOC

I can't post for at least 6 hours so please don't advance without me.

 

[deathbydeath]

"Shall we go? Or do we need to wait for the screaming to start?"

"First, the sacrifice is probably over, as we seem to have missed the party. Second, don't be rude, I'm sure Miss Reid here doesn't want to be interrupted now, especially not when her teammates leave her alone and vulnerable. Third," Aaron squinted for this one and craned his neck out as though he caught a glimpse of something, "I don't want to relocate right not, not if I see what I think I see..." Sure enough, another flicker raced by, this time in a clearly recognizable humanoid silhouette. Hardly perturbed, Aaron readied his pistols, continuing with his list. "Fourth, I'm not sure that thing wants us to leave."

Spoiler: OOC reply

Don't worry, not too much advancing here that absolutely requires you.

 

[IFS]

"Alright then Garath, you can drop this illusion now."

Garath nodded and released the spell, slowly so as to make it appear as though they were emerging from the woods rather than bursting into existence. They were far enough back that the soldier likely wouldn't notice them until they approached, but he didn't want to startle the man.

 

[Nouw]

"Well then she's not exactly a hostage is she? And I only need to know one thing," Danny pulled his handgun up, "where they are."

Danny wasn't keen on going anymore because the demons had found them. It was also apparent that the hostage wasn't really a hostage, she was a casualty. All that was left was investigating the rest of the facility and eliminating hostiles, the latter which he was about to do.

Spoiler: OOC

Cool, it's just really annoying when I come back and see an extra page >.>.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle's vision slowly became blurry again as Garath began to release the spell; but to the guard, it would appear as if they were emerging from the woods rather than simply just appearing out of thin air, which would most likely not do wonders for the soldier's mental health. The side effect soon wore off as they got closer to the man. As they approached the guard slowly raised his gun at the group. Isabelle slowly raised her hands in a surrender like pose in response.

"Relax soldier, we're not here to harm you. In fact, we're from D.I.C.E as well, assigned on to a mission to look for survivors in this area. If you just put the gun down, we can help you. It appears as though you are hurt, don't worry, we have a medic here who can assist in treating your injuries." Isabelle said in her kindest and most friendly voice.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Alright then Garath, you can drop this illusion now."

The world around Richard shifted for a bit, until his sight was clear again. It was good at least that it had happened slowly, instead of instantly. That made it a little more unlikely that he was getting shot. Really, hiding behind the others when he was probably one of those who could come best out of a few shots didn't really occur to him. When they walked closer, the soldier raised his gun, but only as much as he had to, and with an amount of effort.
"That soldier looks as if he can barely stand." Richard thought. "And he doesn't seem to be able to hold the gun steady either. The chance of him shooting and being able to actually harm anyone seems low." When Isabelle raiser hands, Richard slowly stepped out behind the others and did the same. Now that he knew he probably wasn't in danger, it was better to show himself before the soldier started wondering why he was hiding. Or, seen from another point of view, lurking and refusing to be seen. A small detail, but Richard always had thought those were the more important ones.

"Relax soldier, we're not here to harm you. In fact, we're from D.I.C.E as well, assigned on to a mission to look for survivors in this area. If you just put the gun down, we can help you. It appears as though you are hurt, don't worry, we have a medic here who can assist in treating your injuries."

Isabelle told the soldier calmly, but her voice was careful and friendly, trying to make the soldier trust them. Richard kept quiet, but nodded, and though he still had his shotgun, he didn't clench it anymore. That had to be non-threatening, right?

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Now, I ask what the hell is going on around here." Ghost said, lowering his weapon. "So please, enlighten me."

"This, is an unfortunate series of events. And by that I mean, unfortunate for you. To me it's a stroke of luck. Odds are 3 to 1 in favor of your team living. And after this next "test" I'm sure I'll be leaving with the pot"

At those words, both Ghost and Mikhail both heard a strange rumbling under the earth back towards where Ghost came from.

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The Lieutenant casually strolled into the facility and looked around. Upon seeing Crow, he frowned a bit, a rarity for him.

"Ah. Guys? What's taking so long? There's all of one demon left and it looks like you're sitting around talking to him"

The tears began to flow from the survivor's eyes and took one last deep sigh.

"She is not...happy. You blew her cover"

A torrent of fleshy spikes poured out from his arm and dug into Crow's chest, pushing him back. The former scientist rost up slowly, twitching around in animalistic movements. Then he ran around the corner to another room in the facility, and was gone.

Azkar might have been able to take the imposter down, if not for her having her own problems. A large creature with the head and chest of a woman, and the body and wings of a bird came down to pick her up and off the ground. It pecked and clawed at her from dozens of feet above the facility. From that position, Az could see just how boned the forest team was.
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"Relax soldier, we're not here to harm you. In fact, we're from D.I.C.E as well, assigned on to a mission to look for survivors in this area. If you just put the gun down, we can help you. It appears as though you are hurt, don't worry, we have a medic here who can assist in treating your injuries."

The soldier lowered his weapon and smiled.

"Great. We finally get back up and it's way too late. At least for me anyway"

The ground began to shake around the team. After a few moments, the ground behind the solider ripped apart. What came out of the whole, was a creature that shape looked like a human, but it's flesh was gone, leaving only exposed muscle and bone. It stood at the height of a 2 story building, even with it's legs still under the dirt. It let out a sicking scream as it failed it's arms and tried to swat at the assimbled team.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Great. We finally get back up and it's way too late. At least for me anyway."

"What does he... Suddenly the ground shook, and up came a huge human-like demon who looked like one of the pictures in a biology book. It screamed horribly, and before Richard even got the chance to think, he was running away. "I want to take samples," he thought as he ran so far that he was sure it couldn't reach him. "But not until that's dead. They're the soldiers, they should be able to handle it. At least, better than me."
God, they had to be far too few to take care of this creature. His best bet might be to run for help, but hopefully the people in the facility should be able to hear them. "They are, right?" he thought from behind the trees he had found. At least now, he wasn't in the way. That's what he told himself, as he watched from safe distance.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar was now a huge warped growth, connected to the side of the facility. However the growth was beginning to shrink, the large chitin plates were peeling off and falling away. As if the entire being was rotting. All of a sudden a harpy like creature was upon her, it ripped and tore into the flesh and grabbed what was inside, lifting it quickly into the air.

Azkar could see and sense at the same time that both teams were now in trouble. Luckily her mutations were ending just as this monster attacked her.

Hanging from the monster's talons was Azkar who was now Human sized, looking the part of a 17 year old, beautiful albino girl. However her entire body was covered in a dense, tight fitting set of armor made from her own strengthened and taught tendons with immaculate chitin functioning as the armor plates. Her 'helmet' Completely covered her face and had 2 sets of horns. One set faced towards the back of her head, while the others emerged from the sides and came down and forward, like tusks. Azkar now looked like a twisted knight. Her faceplate was blank, except for a dark crevasse from which her now glowing red eyes could be seen. Azkar had condensed and burned all the biomass down. Going for quality over quantity this time. Now she would see if her choice was right.

Azkar swung back and then forward with frightening speed, digging her gauntlet's hooked fingertips deep into the monsters legs. Azkar cackled maniacally and yelled "It was either this, making the corpses my hive mind troops or making myself an even bigger monster." Azkar continued to laugh as the creature began flicking and slashing at her with it's deadly talons, which glanced off her armor and failed to find purchase.
Azkar continued to climb the monster as it started trying to shake her off. But she was sticking her sharp chitin coated fingers straight into it's muscles and skin.
"I think I made the perfect choice in the end!" Azkar smiled behind her helmet as she took in the views. "It's so beautiful up here! I really have to thank you for such a beautiful sight right after my rebirth!"

Azkar managed to get onto the thing's back in-between it's wings and sensed that it was going to suicide dive into the ground out of fear. Azkar was excited as she smashed her fist into the back of it's skull. Dazing it and causing it to fall.
"I really do appreciate the company, but I have places to be you see!" Azkar squeezed her legs around the creature as they plummeted to the earth, clapping her hands together like an excited child. She then put her hand back over her head and tugged on an odd elongated shape of Chitin, she withdrew this to reveal a longsword made completely of her own body, it's black bone blade slid out from between her armor.
"I'm glad I get a chance to try this!" Azkar began to hum as she slammed the sword downwards through the beasts neck, the blade coming out through it's chest. The blade began to twist and hiss as if it were alive.
Which it was, the sword was a part of Azkar and it was now devouring the monster. Mind, body and soul were all being sucked into the blade. After a few moments Azkar figured she had the best bits, she stood up on it's back and kicked off, watching as it torpedoed into a nearby rocky outlet. Azkar giggled as she spun out of control, hurtling towards a group of trees.

She spread out her arms and legs, correcting her descent. Then she focused her mind and right before she hit the ground, she used all of the psychic energy she could muster to cancel her momentum. Which instantly slowed her down as if she hadn't been falling for a second.

She didn't even notice Richard was hiding in the trees until she softly landed ontop of him.
As softly as a girl covered in living armor can land on a man anyway. Azkar knocked him over and lay on top of him for a few moments and she gave him a hug.

"I remember you from the plane." Azkar's helmet seemed to click and hiss as it pulled back behind her head, horns and all. Her white hair fell down around her face. She gave Richard a big smile, then lifted up a single finger and scolded him "Why are you by yourself and lying down on the job! We have things to kill!" Azkar bounced up and down on his chest excitedly, then pounced off and lifted him to his feet with one hand by his collar. "Everyone looks like they're in trouble, but we're roughly the same distance from both groups? Who deserves our aid more?" Azkar gave a puzzled look and scratched her head, then added. "Oh yeah, if you hadn't noticed, I mutated...* She blushes and held her hands tightly against her chest. "How do you think... How do you think I look?"

(Due to Azkar's forced early hatching she is now even more mentally unstable. Yay.)

 

[DarkRawen]

Richard had believed he was somewhere safe, until someone landed on him. It was a demon, it seemed, in a horned armor. He was about to reach for the shotgun, when he noticed her red eyes. Was it...

"I remember you from the plane."

Yes, it seemed it was. Somehow, probably by the means of mutation, Azkar had changed, and had now human-shape. She hugged him, and removed her helmet, revealing her face.

"Why are you by yourself and lying down on the job! We have things to kill!"

She asked, scolding him it seemed. Richard had a hard time breathing, since she was still on him. "I-I'm a scientist, I'm not supposed to fight huge demons. I'm supposed to test them." She then jumped on his chest, making an awkward situation even more awkward. When she was done, she lifted him up with only one hand. Of course, she was strong enough to do that, being somewhere between a demon and a human.

"Everyone looks like they're in trouble, but we're roughly the same distance from both groups? Who deserves our aid more?"

He shook his head, that was a question he couldn't answer. Though, from what he knew, most of the people where in the facility, and the forest group where he had just ran from had been attacked by a really big demon. Richard kept quiet, and looked away for a short moment, before meeting her eyes again and smiling apologetic.

"Oh yeah, if you hadn't noticed, I mutated...* She blushes and held her hands tightly against her chest. "How do you think... How do you think I look?"

"You look... interesting. What kind of demon did you eat to become like that?" He cleared his throat. It wasn't the first time he had said something rude, so he thought to be a bit more careful. "If you don't mind me asking."

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar lifted up her arms and stretched. "Just an officer Demon, tasted like sin mostly..." Azkar blinked slowly and rubbed her temples with her palms. "Probably shouldn't have eaten her soul... But when you find a nasty one... It's hard to resist stopping them for good." Azkar grimaced as if she had a bad headache, then she looked back at Richard and asked "Well, if team forest lacks heavy ordinance then they'll probably need help. The people in the facility should be alright for now. If we regroup with the forest team first we might be able to kill whatever that big thing is..." Azkar was squinting and looking at the ground, as if she were having great difficulty in putting her thoughts together.

Azkar covered her eyes with her hands and lent back, groaning. She then flopped forward and stared at Richard with dreary, tired eyes. "Hey... You're smart... Do you think my head would stop hurting if I ate you?" Azkar's eyes were slow to blink and they seemed to lose focus quickly, as if she weren't looking anywhere in particular. "No... no... That's no good." she muttered quietly to herself.

Azkar shuffled over to a tree, then sat heavily against it, eyes half closed. She gave Richard a small grin and then yawned "I'm going to have a nap, you work out what we should do."
She then closed her eyes, her head tilted to the side and her hair fell over her face. Azkar fell asleep.

 

[IFS]

Garath watched as the massive demon burst from the ground, "Well then, its been something resembling an honor knowing you all," he said, standing up from the tree he had been leaning on, fear visible on his face.

Ideas raced through his head, he doubted he could make an illusion of anything it was afraid of, and he doubted even more that any summons of his could do much to it. He could use his illusions to help them hide and get away, but the thing had already seen them and would likely pursue them, regardless of illusions. That left him with about one useful skill that he could think of.

"I'm going to try and bind that thing," he shouted to the rest of the group, stepping back away from the clearing it was in, he only needed eye contact to start the binding, and with that things size that meant he had quite a lot of range, "I should be able to hold it in place, or maybe make it retreat, at the very least it'll be distracted."

He began muttering the incantation under his breath, and focusing on the monster, binding was a contest of willpower and he hoped he had enough, he felt his mind contact the demon and the struggle began.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

The animated skeletons kept coming at Eliezer and he kept fight them off. Every time he hit one with the rifle flecks of bone chipped off, some were missing ribs and hands, others had their skulls smashed in. Every time one managed to grab hold of him acid would trickle down his calf, burning into his skin, going down to the bone. They were all looking worse for wear, including Eliezer.

As the corpse of the Division 3 soldier he had got the rifle began to sink further into the acid, he saw a glint of metal. The soldier had been carrying a combat knife. He could use that to get out. Once he got the skeletons off him (again) he grabbed it.

Luckily the boulder he was on was near stomach wall and he started hacking at it with the knife, hoping it was thin enough to cut through.

 

[Malyc]

"This, is an unfortunate series of events. And by that I mean, unfortunate for you. To me it's a stroke of luck. Odds are 3 to 1 in favor of your team living. And after this next "test" I'm sure I'll be leaving with the pot"

"So does that mean you're betting for us or against us?" Ghost asked, still not sure of this guys motives. "You know what, it doesn't matter. We'll survive, and you can count on it."

Just then, a rumbling from the direction Ghost had come from drew his attention. What the hell? I thought we weren't supposed to be using explosives. He thought, remembering that part of the mission was to repair communications, rather than blow them up. "Let's go." He said to Mikhail, running toward the source of the noise.

 

[deathbydeath]

It had been a few minutes since the flicker had passed by, and Aaron found himself pouring over the ivory inlays as though it was his first time seeing them. In a sense this is true, as something seemed to click inside of his head, and this click made him see the ivory ornaments through new eyes, in a sense. He also seemed to be muttering something under his breath, with his mouth making faint shapes but no sound was coming out.

"She is not...happy. You blew her cover"

This comment caused Aaron's ears to perk up, and the sound of dull thuds sprung him into action. His attention to his pistols was broken as he spun in a circle, to both protect his back and to position himself as to unleash a .45 caliber hail onto what was the survivor. Several shots made an impact on the monster, causing its movements to jerk more than they already were, but Aaron stopped pulling the triggers when the scientist fled around the corner. Aaron ejected both magazines and began to refill them as he tried to spur the team into pursuit.

"Laura! With all due respect, can you please hurry up? I don't want to remain here if there's a chance our location is being reported. I know that's important, but can't you do it somewhere else!"

 

[Terratina.]

Eligor was buried in a demon's corpse somewhere, his eye redder than ever. You would think somebody would notice a sword come swinging in from the entrance. But no, they had just noticed that the demonic horde had somewhat thinned, somehow. After that little rest, he had enough energy and Eligor pulled himself up from the clutches of the corpse's flesh, only to see a towering twisted knight that laughed with glee. Then whoever than was when off somewhere. Eligor took a deep sigh again and followed after the person. Whoever than was being extremely talkative then suddenly fell asleep. He then turned to the sloppy looking man with messy blond hair.

"Er... hello." He boomed, trying to keep most of the anger inside, "What in the blazes just happened there?"