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

[Ultraman950]

As he continued, Sophia's brows furrowed more and more as her eyes glowed brighter. "You're so fucking lucky I'm on the job, asshole. I don't care what you've been doing for eight years, I ain't takin' any shit from anyone, least of all some condescending jackass that thinks he can talk down to me just 'cuz I am what I am. So shut the hell up and get in the damn compound before I decide to use you to check the rooms by shoving you head-first into them."

She turned back around and started towards the door again, a bit more quickly than she really should.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle lead the forest team from the front, keeping an eye out for any signs of trouble, but also for any survivors. She then felt a slightly strange sensation, as the Fae/Human hybrid Simon touched her on the arm, making her briefly see everyone except Vayle as being blurry.

"What in the..." She said to herself sounding very much confused when everything came back into focus. "Hmm, an unusual ability, will have to note that down once back at the base." Isabelle thought after blinking a few times. "Must be some kind of perception filter, or possibly an illusion. Judging from magical nature of the Fae, likely to be the latter."

"Anyone seen anything yet, any signs as to where somebody might have gone?" She asked the group quietly, hoping the illusion would cover sound as well.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Anyone seen anything yet, any signs as to where somebody might have gone?"

Richard shook his head, regardless of who noticed. He was a bit occupied with trying to figure out what the eerie feeling he felt was. Pretty much everything looked undisturbed, apart from some bushes. Suddenly, the reason for the nervousness hit him. Surely, the group before them should have encountered some demons this far into the forest, right? In that case... why was there no demon corpses close by? Actually, there were no signs of a fight at all. Also, from what he knew from trips into the woods when he was younger, a forest wasn't usually this... quiet. It was unsettling.

Surely none of this was important enough to actually report, but still, he felt his hand grip the shotgun harder, and he kept looking around, expecting to see anything.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Well at least I'll go out in style. So mind explaining who you are and how you got those demons to stop chasing me?"

The man chuckled at Mikihail's question.

"I am just a good samaritan. And as for those demons, well...even beasts know when they are out classed. They wont come any closer provided you're standing next to me. However..."

The stranger tilted his head in the air and took in the scents around the area.

"I cant say the same for the rest of the people here"

Merely a few yards behind them, Ghost was stealthily approaching their position.
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The team in the forest were well hidden with the combined illusions cloaking them. No one saw any imidiate danger, which was odd for a place the Lieutenant described as a high demon area.

Those with good enough eyes could see someone in the distance. A soldier, in the standard Division 3 garb, was leaning against a tree clutching his M16. Blood poured from his right temple, and he was shaking violently.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Wandering through the countryside until he found a settlement wasn't the best plan, neither was trying to trick Raguel, but he did have his freedom back and no one had even tried to stop him. In hindsight he should've volunteered for field work years ago and just walked away, but hindsight was never his strong suit.

It was strange, the Lieutenant had said there had been a demon attack, so where were the screams of terror and cries of pain? Where were the corpses of dead mortals? He may have been out of the loop for the past few centuries or so, but demon attacks were rarely stealthy.

Ah well, that didn't concern him, let them fight their fight. He wouldn't be able to do anything for either side until he found Raguel.

 

[Malyc]

Ghost was following the trail, keeping to one side of it so he didn't mess it up with his own footprints. These guys weren't even trying to hide... Musta been in a real hurry. It wasn't too much farther before he started to hear voices, and he shouldered his carbine and cautiously walked up on the two men, or at least what appeared to be men...

"I am just a good samaritan. And as for those demons, well...even beasts know when they are out classed. They wont come any closer provided you're standing next to me. However... I cant say the same for the rest of the people here"

"Let me see your hands." Ghost said, firmly but quietly as he stepped from the shadows, M4 trained on the figure who's uniform he didn't recognize. "Are you with the group who was supposed to be operating here? What happened to the rest of them?" He asked the guy who appeared to be from Division 3, like himself.

 

[deathbydeath]

Spoiler: What Sophia said

"You're so fucking lucky I'm on the job, asshole. I don't care what you've been doing for eight years, I ain't takin' any shit from anyone, least of all some condescending jackass that thinks he can talk down to me just 'cuz I am what I am. So shut the hell up and get in the damn compound before I decide to use you to check the rooms by shoving you head-first into them."

Note to self: Do not anger Bright Eyes here.

"Wait." Aaron touched Sophia's shoulder before she charged in.

"Look, I was a bit too harsh in what I said, and I regret it. I take back any possible condescension there might have been, and I want you to know I was treating you as an equal DICE agent, which is what I would like from you. I do not care about your ancestry, and it has no bearing on my opinion of you. Besides, I'm not one to judge on shady parentage." He winked at her nigh-flirtatiously, emphasizing red eyes of his own.

"If anything, you're cute when your eyes flare like that. Now, let's do our job together as a team, not as allied bullet shields."

Snapping away from his joking demeanor and focusing on the mission, he acknowledged the aforementioned red herring and opened the door cautiously, Irony peeking through the opening crack.

 

[Ultraman950]

Sophia's expression slowly softens and her eyes dim as Aaron speaks, and she sighs softly. Now, she looked more angry at herself than anyone, but she nodded and followed him to the door, bullpup once again leveled at it. She looked like she wanted to say something, but didn't get a chance before he opened it.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar had been sitting outside the plane. Ignoring everyone as she attempted to psychically ping the locations of hostiles. However she had no luck. She noticed some cargo rustling within the plane. She reached in with a massive arm and flipped the box into the air, then caught it and held it against her chest as she dragged it out onto the ground. She gave it a firm hit, causing the contents to spill out.

Azkar didn't even bother to notice what had been moving inside as her eyeless head quickly whipped to the side. The facility team didn't have enough people, if the forest patrol was discovered and avoided the team in the facility could easily be overwhelmed.

Azkar stood up straight and arched up, at around 12 foot tall. Her neck bent and warped as she began to create vocal cords. The horrific jaws spread wide and she left out a deafening roar that seemed to rip the very air. She then threw herself down, digging her claws into the ground and began bounding toward the facility.

 

[wilcoblackflame]

After the less than dignified way he'd been released from the containment unit, Crow brushed himself off and looked around briefly.

Seeing neither his handler or any other personnel save for the creature that had released him, Crow hurried off in pursuit of Azkar, hoping that he'd run into some other DICE members and that he wasn't just chasing an unaffiliated demon.

In any case though, he was out and about again. So far, ride as cargo notwithstanding, this was shaping up to be a pretty good day.

 

[Shadowstar38]

As the door to the facility cracked open, the extent of the damage could be seen. Several DICE agents lay on the floor soaked in blood. Over at the computer console and com tower, was a strange metal device that didnt look like something DICE would rig up.

The only person alive in the room, was a lone D6 agent, sitting bloodied in the corner and staring back at the new arrivals.
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Elizer looked as if he was finally free. There was nothing but wide open spaces and no agents standing in his way. Though his focus was on Raguel, his mind was starting to drift towards the shifting of the ground beneath his feet.

An Earthquake? No. That couldnt have been it. Though, it was still something that made him feel on edge. He didnt want to stick around any longer than he had to.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar's hulking form appeared out of nowhere and crashed into the door with tremendous force. Barely missing Sophia, Aaron and Lara. Azkar ignored them and continued to rampage through the hallways and rooms. Her tentacles peeled off one by one and buried themselves in corpses. Dragging them after her in a sickening display. She purposefully ignored the survivor and only stopped when she had gathered all seven of the Human bodies. She stopped in one of the hallways and let out a terrible roar as she reached up, tearing the pipes and grating over the ceiling. She then lifted herself into it quickly. The long tentacles dragging the bodies into the darkness with her.

Then dead silence.

 

[wilcoblackflame]

Crow caught up to the group just in time to see the corpses ascend into the ceiling like so many broken marionettes, only noticing the others after the grisly show had ended.

"Good day Captain." he said, recognising Lara from around the labs and nodding to Aaron and Sophia as he made note of their presence. Looking toward the hole in the ceiling, he continued. "Was...that one of ours?"

While he had noticed the survivor, until he was up to speed on the situation he didn't want to potentially get in the way.

 

[Nouw]

"So what's your name?"

"Name's Dan Trayne but please, call me Danny. It's more snappy you know?" Danny replied, accepting the two, new fresh magazines.

He took much longer than Sophia to load them, even though he was used to popping in a new round without even moving his firing hand. All it took was a snap, a flick and another snap and Danny's handgun was at full capacity, ready to deliver his justice.

"Half of you need to proceed into the communication facility now. Any of you that have skill in tracking, go into the woods. We need to see if any of our other units survived whatever happened down their. I'll let you decide who does what. Though...do it with haste if you can. We're kind of on the clock"

As tempting the forest sounded, Danny chose to go to the communications facility. Partly because Sophia was going there and he wanted to see more of her magic and partly because he preferred an urban environment over a green one. Although the lack of people going to the facility could have indicated there would be more action in the forest, the action in said forest was probably going to go over Danny and straight to everyone else. He had no magic or experience so at least in the facility he would have some kind of advantage.

He followed behind Sophia and Lara and stayed there until they went in with someone else. It looked like they were having an argument and if there was anything Danny assumed about these people, it was not to anger them...which made crossing the line all the more fun. He had pissed off his superiors before but that became old quickly when they realized he was the best. But a person with super-powers? That, was new.

He walked in with the rest of them only to see the thing smash its way in, take the dead bodies and disappear.

Honestly I'd rather have it in my sights.

"Does that happen often?" Danny asked, whether he was joking or being serious even he didn't know.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

The team who were scouting around in the forest hadn't seen anything to report on, until Isabelle spotted something off in the distance. It was a badly injured man, dressed in a standard Division 3 uniform, and carrying a M16 assault rifle. His right temple was bleeding profusely.

"Look, over there, its a guy leaning against a tree. We should find out who he is, might give us some clues." Isabelle said to the team as they headed towards the man, but also had her whip at the ready in case it was a trap set by demons.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Look, over there, its a guy leaning against a tree. We should find out who he is, might give us some clues."

"There's guy over there?" Richard thought, trying to see what Isabelle meant, bur failing, until they got closer. The man was bleeding, badly, and looked like he could barely stand. Richard noticed that Isabelle tensed, and swallowed. "Hey, wait," he whispered as he realized something. "Aren't we like, invisible?" He knew that he would try running for it if suddenly a voice of out nowhere began speaking to him.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Elizer was savouring his new found freedom and planning how he would find Raguel, he wasn't actually sure how one goes about locating an angel, sure there were so called guides on the internet, but those were written by quacks. Maybe find some high ground? He'd waited at the top of Mount Everest for a year so that probably wasn't it.

Huh?

The ground was trembling beneath his feat, it could've been an earthquake? No, he had been in earthquakes before, this felt different. Well whatever it was it wasn't good, it sent a chill up Eliezer's spine. He should get away, fast.

He started running without any aim but to get as far away as he could.

Could you outrun an earthquake?

 

[Shadowstar38]

The ground continued to shift below Elizer's feet as he ran. The sound of the earth breaking apart could be heard below him. Followed by...screaming. That was the only way to describe the hideous sound emerging from the dirt. No matter how far Elizer went, the screams only got louder, and closer. Until...

*CRACK*

It happened far to fast for Elizer to see clearly, but he could feel a structure similar to a gigantic human hand grasp him and pull him under. The hand through him onto a soft, wet surface, yet even this moved around below him. The solf, pinkish substance lifted up and knocked Elizer into a tunnel, where he fell to what he felt like would be his death.

Waking. Eyes slowly opening. The constant barrage of movement had ceased. Taking in his surroundings, Elizer saw that he had landed on top of a boulder, floating along in a clear blue liquid. A man in Division 3 gear floated by him, his arm around his rifle, and his body half melted in what he soon deduced was acid.

Whatever was following Elizer, he wouldnt have to worry about getting away now. Because for the time being, he was inside it. And he needed a way out.
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In retrospect, the ceiling may not have been the place place for Azkar to do...whatever she wanted to do up there. If she had not chosen it, she would not have run into the dozen demons lurking, ready to ambuse whoever came into the building from below.

Not one's for fighting in cramped spaces, the demons punched exits through the ceiling even deeper and landed squarely on the roof.

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The noise could be heard from down inside the complex. The surviving scientist stared up to the roof, then back at the remaining agents.

"You people...should really get out...get out of here now"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar erupted into the crawl space in the ceiling. She was taken by surprise when she saw the number of Demons squatting in there, ready to ambush her team mates.

The Demons were also surprised to see her, however, they attempted to scuttle away from her, taunting and hissing as the man sized Demons began trying to rip into the next floor up through vents and the floor above them it'self. However the beings of pure evil weren't all cut from the same cloth. Several managed to escape, however Azkar slithered through the cramped space with frightening speed, tearing into the walls with her arms and legs for maximum speed. Her grisly cape of flesh and corpses trailing behind her.

The few Demons still trying to escape the dark, tight tunnel quickly stopped their taunting and insults when Azkar's tentacles spat forth from her neck and grabbed two, wrapping around their arms and necks extremely tightly, snapping bone and rending flesh. Their pathetic corpses soon dragged behind her.

Further up the tunnel she sensed a single Demon was having trouble exiting the crawl space. It was an incredibly beautiful female with cloven hooves and ornate horns. She had armor of pitch black iron covering her body decorated with bloody gold and precious gems.

Izrilith the Succubi commander bashed against the roof with all her strength, yelling curses in demonic.
"Get me out of here right now you pathetic worms or I'll flay you alive!" Her face was twisted in outrage. She glanced back down the tunnel, her Demonic psyche felt two of her minions disappear down the tunnel as if they were being pulled away rapidly right before their physical forms and souls were separated.

She could feel the metal and concrete being worked over above her by her minions which had already succeeded in moving higher up. They would lure the pathetic D.I.C.E members higher into the complex and slaughter them before their main strategy even came to fruition.

Izrilith gave a wicked green as light shun down through the newly made hole above her. She reached her arms up so that the soldier Demons could lift her up. Then she made the worst mistake in the long history of her existence. Izrilith heard her prey tearing around the corner a few meters from her and decided to take a moment to take a look at it.

The only thing a Demon truly fears above all else is oblivion. They can't comprehend death because they reincarnate. However when Izrilith looked into the hideous rows of teeth rocketing towards her, she felt her very essence weaken. She stared for a split second and her ancient, warped mind had an epiphany.

"If that thing gets me, I will cease to exist."

The Succubi screamed and tried to jump out of the hole as a long snake like organ flew around her covered in barbs and hooks. It wrapped around her instantly and squeezed her tight, she screamed and cried as it rended and ripped her perfect skin and cracked her armor.
"GET ME OUT, GET ME OUT! WHAT THE FUCK IS IT, GET ME OUT NOW!"
The soldier Demons tugged on her arms as hard as they could, getting her entire body out...
Then the thing tugged back.
Izrilith vanished instantly into the dark. The soldier demons lost all moral and fled further into the facility.

After she stopped moving, Izrilith sobbed and gagged. She could feel the horrible barbed thing... A tongue? And even more snake like objects wrapping around her. She was completely covered. Then the tentacles over her eyes parted, Izrilith blinked back tears and prepared to memorize the face of whatever had caught her to curse it forever.

Izrilith was dumbstruck at the gorgeous albino girl before her, their eyes were merely inches apart. Izrilith still couldn't talk as sharp bone and muscled tightened around her mouth. The Demon had never seen anything like the monster that had her or the strange girl now looking at her expressionlessly.

The girl looked at her with cold, unforgiving eyes and kissed Izrilith gently on the forehead.
The girl's pale lips moved, speaking fluent Demonic. "I am the monument to all your sins..."
Izrilith tried to scream as the "thing" loomed over the albino girl. It's huge teeth appeared beneath the large plates of bone covering it's head. The organ that grabbed her originally disappeared into the thing's mouth.
The Albino girl put a finger to her lips, symbolizing for Izrilith to be quiet.

The girl giggled and continued to stare at her. Izrilith's heart skipped a beat as she recognized the look in the Albino girls eyes... Then it stopped when she saw that the girl's body was connected to the thing... It wasn't the look of a sadist in her eyes, but the look of a predator.
The tentacles covering Izrilith's head moved, her face was marred and bloody. She was frozen with fear, paralyzed, she couldn't even think.

The albino girl pressed her face against Izrilith and kissed her sweetly. The girl then smiled and licked some of the black blood off her lips.
"I will show you the true meaning of fear... And the justice of the grave."
Like a bolt of lightening the horrific maw was upon her, swallowing the tentacles her body whole in a single motion.

Izrilith didn't have a single coherent thought until the moment her entire existence ceased to exist within the thing's body.

 

[deathbydeath]

Azkar's hulking form appeared out of nowhere and crashed into the door with tremendous force.

Admittedly taken off guard by an 8-foot, 600 kg demon abomination-thing barreling in the direction of the door (where Aaron currently was), Aarom partition nevertheless managed a miraculous backwards dive that would've made John Woo proud, (thankfully) avoiding Azkar and landing in a tuft of grass a few feet away.

Then dead silence.

Both caught off guard and jumped up on adrenaline, Aaron keenly scanned the forest for anything else he missed, his head jerking back and forth like an overcaffeniated squirrel. This did not help when he spotted Danny brandishing a gun somewhat behind the group, as this caused Aaron to flip backwards and land prone in the grass, his twin pistols shaking from the constant jumping in a creepy forest with miscellaneous demons wandering around. When he realized that the figure was Danny (He was here the entire time), Aaron sighed, dusted himself off, and resumed his position (again) by the door, aiming inside, sweeping back in forth.

"Does that happen often?"

"Bah, this nothing. You should've seen the time I was "recruited"; there were six angry D1 agents who were in the middle of a campaign when I accidentally stuck my neck in and started bossing them around." Aaron laughed at the memories, until he remembered what happened with the "noodle" and shuddered.