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

[Shadowstar38]

"I'll use some necromancy, try to contact your family,"

"Yeah...how about hell no. Or option 2, fuck that. That's the greatest abuse of power I've ever heard of. It's bad and you and you should feel bad."

Isaac left it at that and went back to working on the terminal; powering down a few of the external devices in the process.
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...who?

"Shhh. Try not to exert to much energy until that head of yours is fixed. Just know that I'm a friend of yours, and we're going to go on a happy adventure together"

The man pressed a button on the dashboard as he spoke.

"How are you feeling by the way?"

 

[DarkRawen]

He could hear more clearly, but he still missed a few details. From what he could gather, this man was his friend, and he was to relax, and something about an adventure. Rich... what ever the rest of his name was leaned back, relaxing. The man had spoken somewhat carefully, so he didn't seem to mean any harm, and his head was still hurting. He saw that the grey-haired friend pushed a button, but didn't know for what purpose.

"How are--- feeling..."

His friend had to be asking how he felt, so he replied; "Not that okay," but slowly, and feeling as if he was supposed to say something more. "But it'll be... fine." You were supposed to reassure people, else they got unnecessarily worried. He went quiet for a while, but suddenly he spoke again, mind clearer. "Where... are we going?" he asked, what he could see outside gave him no clues, as it was mostly squares of light and glass.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Not that okay. But it'll be... fine

"Ah. That's good to hear"

"Where... are we going?"

"I heard you like biology. So I'm taking you to your very own lab. I big ol building filled with all kinds of exotic species of demons and lab equipment. All just for you"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Yeah." Adriana responded. "Looks like what was on that asshole that tried to blow us up. And me and Isaac saw it on a couple of hacked DICE computers during our investigation."

"Oh? You've seen my calling card? Awesome. I'm famous!" The boy said with joy as he popped a few more M&M's into his mouth after being recognized. It was then that Sophia got a phone call from someone, but the nature of the conversation didn't reveal as to who.

"Ooo. Who was that? Another friend? On second thought, doesn't matter. You ladies are obviously busy so...I don't know. Just wait there for a second while I open this safe up. My guys should be back from their break in no time." The boy then began tapping a metal box, looking irritated.

"If what you say is true, and this is your calling card, then you are connected to all the events that have happened today at the facility in Russia, and at one of our bases." Isabelle remarked in a calm voice.

"If so, then do you know what that makes you child? A threat." She then added, her tone becoming more colder as a result of her words.

 

[DarkRawen]

"I heard you like biology. So I'm taking you to your very own lab. I big ol building filled with all kinds of exotic species of demons and lab equipment. All just for you"

Biology? demons? Of course... that was interesting, that was what he did, he remembered it now, partly. Demon DNA, and... something else. The reason he was still alive. Why wouldn't he be alive? What had happened? This grey-haired friend seemed to have gotten him all that. Why? Someone didn't just... or did they? He could remember kindness, someone comforting him when he didn't feel like there were some need. "Is your intention to make me happy?" he asked. The lab... it seemed too good to be true. "Why? For what reason would you need that?"

 

[deathbydeath]

"I'll use some necromancy, try to contact your family,"

"Yeah...how about hell no. Or option 2, fuck that. That's the greatest abuse of power I've ever heard of. It's bad and you and you should feel bad."
Aaron objected to Isaac's objection. "No, Garath, feel free to contact his family. We could use some light shined onto this situation. Besides, Isaac, if I were you, I'd want as much evidence as possible to confirm your innocence." Aaron left the table at this point, Irony still in his hand, and he walked around the room, examining the demons on the walls.

 

[Terratina.]

The little argument sent rifts between the group, Isaac was now cornered by both Garath and Aaron, being assaulted by their questions and threats of necromancy. Eligor was beginning to get ticked off at this. For one, he could have been tricked into aiding an enemy, and two, he was hoping to get this mission over with as soon as possible. But this little row was getting in the way. He had enough. Eligor levitated off the floor where Isaac had placed him and turned to face him, tilting the blade so that the sharp point in was his face. This would make sure that Isaac's answers weren't stuttering, stumbling excuses.

"Hear me, Isaac." Eligor threatened, his voice rang with a metallic ring, and boomed with all the majesty of a Great Duke, "If there is ANYTHING you would like to COME CLEAR WITH. Now is the time. Otherwise, you will be deemed a problem, and that problem will need to be fixed. Preferably with the point of this sword. If you are more involved with this case than a simple occult detective would be, please say now and earn your stay of execution."

The guy was crouching, facing away from Eligor, working on the terminal. The kill would be quick and merciless.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"No, Garath, feel free to contact his family. We could use some light shined onto this situation. Besides, Isaac, if I were you, I'd want as much evidence as possible to confirm your innocence."

"Well dumb ass, how about actually investigating it like a normal person instead of raising the dead like the sickos I have to fight off every day. He's not contacting anyone in my family. End of story"

"If there is ANYTHING you would like to COME CLEAR WITH. Now is the time. Otherwise, you will be deemed a problem, and that problem will need to be fixed. Preferably with the point of this sword. If you are more involved with this case than a simple occult detective would be, please say now and earn your stay of execution."

Isaac stopped typing for a moment and put his hands to his side. He lifted his head up looking straight forward and uttered only 3 words.

"You bore me"

Isaac turned and quickly grabbed Eligor by the hilt, and shoved the blade into the wall behind him.

"This is exactly why I hate working with other people. This mistrust bullcrap is better saved for someone with time to waste"

He went back to the terminal and pressed one more button, keeping his eye on the sword.

"I'm only here to solve this case and maybe save some lives in the process. If I have to deal with death threats and accussations the whole way through then I'll move on to another case and you can handle the Specter on your own. Christina's orders be damned"

With one more pull of a switch, the hose attached to the girl's spine was released. A cough signified she was slowly awakening.
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"If what you say is true, and this is your calling card, then you are connected to all the events that have happened today at the facility in Russia, and at one of our bases. If so, then do you know what that makes you child? A threat."

The boy kept on jamming his finger on the box, hoping it would do something before he was in any danger.

"That sounds serious. You're not gonna kill me are you? That's like, against the good guy code or something isn't it?"

He backed up a bit away from the group' slowly gaining a sense of dread.
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"Is your intention to make me happy? Why? For what reason would you need that?"

"Because I think you're a great man Richard. And great men deserve a little kindness once in a while. I don't think you've been treated very kindly lately"

 

[DarkRawen]

"Because I think you're a great man Richard. And great men deserve a little kindness once in a while. I don't think you've been treated very kindly lately"

Richard. Of course, what else could it be? Richard tried to look for that little something that seemed out of place, but he felt that what the man said was true. He had been treated badly lately, for some reason. "Oh," he muttered. "Really?" If he could only remember what or who it was that had wronged him, then that would be great, but for now, he couldn't place it. Small bits of seemingly random memories returned, as if the files was being restored from scratch. However, this man seemed to be wanting what was best for him, even if Richard couldn't remember him. He really was his friend then? What was his name? "What's your name, again?" Richard asked, smiling sheepishly. "I seem to have forgotten."

 

[IFS]

"Yeah...how about hell no. Or option 2, fuck that. That's the greatest abuse of power I've ever heard of. It's bad and you and you should feel bad."

"Really? I'm not making zombies or anything, its more like a seance," he said, though he had to admit that he disliked using necromancy, it made him feel cold to reach into death.

"No, Garath, feel free to contact his family. We could use some light shined onto this situation. Besides, Isaac, if I were you, I'd want as much evidence as possible to confirm your innocence."

"Well I can't contact his family without his cooperation, I need a link of some sort to find their souls," he said, he neglected to mention that the link didn't have to be willing, or could even be an object, but he didn't want to increase tensions even more.

"I's only here to solve this case and maybe save some lives in the process. If I have to deal with death threats and accussations the whole way through then I'll move on to another case and you can handle the Specter on your own. Christina's orders be damned"

With one more pull of a switch, the hose attached to the girl's spine was released. A cough signified she was slowly awakening.

Garath ignored Isaac, walking over to the girl, "Are you all right?" he asked, offering a hand to help her up.

 

[deathbydeath]

"Well dumb ass, how about actually investigating it like a normal person instead of raising the dead like the sickos I have to fight off every day. He's not contacting anyone in my family. End of story."

"I have been investigating, asshat, and I've got several solid links connecting you to our mystery antagonist. You're simply refusing to help us, and impeding us in some circumstances. If you truly have nothing to hide, then allow us to make certain several things, and we'll go down our respective paths. If you are hiding something, then you're simply delaying the inevitable. My apologies for the semi-endless accusation, but look at things from our perspective. Besides, the only way to survive working with DICE is to be as paranoid as possible." Aaron never looked away from the demons strung up on the wall as he gave his mind.

"You bore me."

When Isaac embedded Eligor in the wall, Aaron, only a few feet away, strode forward to retrieve the sword. "You're not helping yourself, Isaac. All you need to do is prove that you're not our enemy."

When Isaac pulled the lever, Aaron panicked. "Shit, don't do that yet! We don't know if that's the best idea!" Aaron sprinted over to the stack of papers, Souldrinker in hand, and rummaged through them, searching for details as to what happened to the Russian mage girl.

 

[Terratina.]

And with that, Eligor was thrust into the wall, partially splitting it, yet another indignity he had suffer while imprisoned in this form. As steel met solid wall, Eligor mumbled to himself, "I truly miss home, don't have to deal with difficult mortals such as these back home..."


The man with a hat proceeded to retrieve the sword, prying it out of the wall and rushed over to some paper after a few words with dear Isaac. The guy thought that rummaged through papers on the girl while having a sword in hand was a good idea. "You could always just set me down!" Eligor exclaimed. It was painful to watch, really it was. He just wanted to just stand guard for a while anyway. Yes... That was the one thing about this place - the lack of guards. Maybe whoever the 'mystery antagonist' was, as the man put it, was either careless or had hired muscle more ethereal in nature.

Why the sudden grab for the sword anyway? What was Aaron going to do? Open letter? Eligor sighed and repeated the same speech again, this time more calmly, "I believe I would be more use to you somewhere other than your grip, to put it politely."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"That sounds serious. You're not gonna kill me are you? That's like, against the good guy code or something isn't it?" The boy asked, sounding scare by the potential threat. He then slowly back away from the group, and kept jamming his finger on the box he was using.

"Hmph. I've never really seen our organization purely as 'good guys'. We're more of a mixture; there are those who are pure and noble, those who are not, and those who lie somewhere within the in-between. Sure, our goal may seem like its good, but good people have often done bad things to accomplish their goals. But, to answer your question child; depends really, on whether or not you'll cooperate." Isabelle remarked, feeling a little conflicted about the situation at hand.

"Though, with you saying that you have guys on the way back here, we shall have to see." She then calmed down.

"Anyway, why don't I ask you a question. What is so important about that safe you're trying to access?

 

[Shadowstar38]

"What's your name, again?" Richard asked, smiling sheepishly. "I seem to have forgotten."

"The name is Zorrama. The Specter of Peace. And I am at your service"
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"Are you all right?"

The girl toke Garath's hand and rose slowly off the ground, trying to get her balance"

"Spasibo, ser." She looks around the room. She grimaces at the monsters on the wall, but seems to have gotten use to the sight of them. "Vy zdesʹ, chtoby spasti menya?"

"Yes. Yes we are," Isaac replied. "Ne volnuytes"

"Shit, don't do that yet! We don't know if that's the best idea!"

"She looks alright to me"

When Aaron checked the most resent entry, it mentioned that the scientist experimenting on her needed a critical part before he injected the "splice gel" to the girl's veins. It was more than the likely the green stuff in the vials around the room.

While everyone was busy, they barely noticed the man standing at the doorway, staring dumbfounded at all of them.

"You fools. You fools! You're recking everything."

The overweight scientist pulled a 9mm gun from his belt and pointed waved it around.

"Step away from the girl. Now!"
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"Anyway, why don't I ask you a question. What is so important about that safe you're trying to access?"

"Oh, money. Just money. I have my own demon underlings now courtesy of Zorrama. So I thought I'd profit from it in some way"

The boy gave everyone a grin as he backed away towards the window.

"Speaking of which..."

Suddenly, 2 human sized bat creatures crashed through the window, raining glass everywhere. They landed on each side of the child, ready to protect him.

"Say hi to Bruce and Edward. Take these bitches out!"

The first bat fly by at lightning speed and pulled Adriana out of the room with it's claws. The second flew forward at Isabelle, claws extended.

 

[IFS]

"You fools. You fools! You're recking everything."

The overweight scientist pulled a 9mm gun from his belt and pointed waved it around.

"Step away from the girl. Now!"

Garath left an illusion of himself standing in his place holding its hands up in surrender, as he faded into invisibility, he drew his pistol and began to walk towards the man, trying to get behind him. In the meantime illusion-Garath spoke, "Doctor Phallus I presume," it said, "Is it all right if I call you doctor, phallus is a bit awkward for a name," the illusion stepped away from the girl, Garath hoped he could keep the scientists attention focused on his double while he snuck up on him. The illusion motioned to Isaac and Aaron to stand down, "We don't want the girl to get hurt, do we?"

The illusion continued to speak, "Really its you who should be giving up, any second now more DICE operatives will be here, did you think we found this place and didn't call for reinforcements, what kind of idiots do you take us for?"

As Garath snuck around the scientist he reached out with his mind to the demon he had bound, he wondered if he could awaken it, it would be more difficult without the incantation, and he was already straining himself with the invisibility, but it would be a good plan B.

 

[DarkRawen]

"The name is Zorrama. The Specter of Peace. And I an at your service"

"Zorrama..." he had never heard of the name before, it just didn't ring a bell. Other names did, but not this one. So, rather than being a friend, he was someone with Richard's interests at heart? Or, at least, something like that. "Specter of Peace, that's a rather unique title..." He stopped, tried to read the situation. Richard would have tried to figure out where he was by looking more closely out the window, but he still felt somewhat sick and disoriented. The left side of his stomach hurt a bit when he moved around for some reason, and it felt hard. Together with this, and his slowly returning memories, he realized that he had been doing demon biology and DNA sequencing for several years, but he didn't know how he had found out or where. He thought to ask Zorrama, but that wasn't the only thing bugging him.

A feeling, somewhere, told him he should go to the hospital. As bad as he felt, that wasn't the reason, it wasn't just a hospital, but the hospital. Was this part of his memories? Trying to remember it more in detail, he flinched as the image of a girl who looked somewhat like him, hitting him and calling him something. "You cold bastard! "You cold, selfish, scum! why you?! You who didn't even... I hate you! I never want to see you again!" A last slap across the face, leaving it red, but for an unusually short amount of time. He didn't react, he just looked at her as she left. He had to be somewhere.

"I need to go to the hospital, I think," Richard muttered, coldly, but confused. "I think there is a reason I'm supposed to be there, and I'm running out of time."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Oh, money. Just money. I have my own demon underlings now courtesy of Zorrama. So I thought I'd profit from it in some way" The boy said as he slowly began to back away towards the window, giving the ladies as grin. The name Zorrama was familiar to Isabelle, as the Kouza carrying the explosive back at the base spoke it.

"Speaking of which..." It was at that moment in which two human sized bat creatures came crashing through the window, raining glass everywhere. Isabelle but her arms out in front of her face to avoid the shards. Both of the bat creatures landed on either side of the child, ready and willing to protect him.

"Say hi to Bruce and Edward. Take these bitches out!" The first bat then flew by at lightning speed, pulling Adriana out of the room with its claws. Then the second came towards Isabelle, its claws extended. Isabelle quickly managed to unsheathe her sword, and block the incoming attack; and began pushing back.

"Huh, a bat man, well you are no dark knight that is for certain." Isabelle remarked, somewhat laughing at the fact that she might of just made a bad pun. She then charged her sword with lightning, causing the creature to stagger backwards, briefly stunned from the experience. It then regained its senses, and charged towards Isabelle again, its claws flailing. Isabelle had to move deftly left and right as she avoided the frenzied swings and screeches. Much of the room was getting destroyed as a result. After dodge rolling to the right, she leapt up and cut of one of the bat creature's wings, causing a scream of pain to occur. This shook her briefly, but she managed to refocus herself as it came for another charge.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"I need to go to the hospital, I think," Richard muttered, coldly, but confused. "I think there is a reason I'm supposed to be there, and I'm running out of time."

"If you have fallen ill, I can take care of you. There is no need for concern. What is the matter Richard?"
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The bat creature tried to play the next move smarter. Instead of attacking Isabelle's face or body, it went for her legs. It knocked her off her feet and dragged her down the stairs with Adriana.

Both the girl and Sophia were busy taking care of the other bat when Isabelle was flung into the room. While she was on the ground, the bat jumped into the air and divebombed at her , looking to end the battle.

 

[DarkRawen]

"If you have fallen ill, I can take care of you. There is no need for concern. What is the matter Richard?"

"I... I don't know. There is just this... ticking? Feeling?" He shook his head, he wanted to leave it. It was the past, right? It was too late now, he had already lost them, they were gone. And he didn't feel sad, even though he should. Or... what was this emptiness? Richard closed his eyes, and fixed his hair, wanting to get rid of the horrible feeling.
"I think I've hit my head, everything is... like that time." How had he even gotten home then, as dazed as he had been. How had he even managed to remember the name? Them. It was those people, had he been shot again? That didn't matter, how had they found him?

DICE. That organization was at the bottom of this, somehow. They had been the cause of this feeling the last time. Damage... his brain was slowly getting itself together in a way, collecting what it could at a speed no other human could. "It's--- you're from DICE?" he had been following their operations for three years or so, sneaking away each time he got the samples he wanted. Had they found him? Why? Was it for his abilities as a biologist... or in order to collect his DNA?
Richard leaned closer to the door, holding the handle in order to open it if he needed to. "What do you want with me?"

 

[Shadowstar38]

"It's--- you're from DICE? What do you want with me?"

"You think I am from DICE? Richard. What a horrible thing to think of me. I would never associate myself with such people. No Richard. DICE is merely a savage weapon of war. I only use my science for harmony. I want to make organizations like DICE become obsolete"