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

[Evrant-Knight]

As they moved along the floor, Adriana cellphone, now reconfigured for the correct target, lead them down to the floor that housed Division Three. When they got nearer though, a could be seen nearby that was almost off its hinges, it being held on by a single metal bolt. The sign which had been clawed at a couple of times, had the word 'Armoury' clearly written on it.

"Um...demons can't use weapons, can they?" Adriana asked, obviously concerned about what might happen.

"Depends on the demon mostly, some prefer to arm themselves, others meanwhile, like to get close and personal with hand-to-hand combat. Its all a matter of personal preference." Isabelle remarked as she looked around the corner to the next hallway, making sure that there wasn't any trouble lurking. It was then that Garath had disappeared, no doubt into the armoury itself.

For a while there was silence, then suddenly the clang of a gun could be heard, then the sound of someone crying.

"Garath, is everything alright in there? And who is it thats crying in there?" She asked, sounding a little confused.

 

[IFS]

"Garath, is everything alright in there? And who is it thats crying in there?"

Garath ignored Isabelle, and hid himself behind some crates in the armory, the invisibility spell wouldn't last much longer, and he'd prefer to be hidden when it broke. Then he created an illusion of himself walking slowly towards the demon, its hands raised to show it was unarmed.

"Are you all right?" the illusion said, its voice calm and reassuring, Garath was careful not to let his own confusion seep into it, "You seem upset can I help?"

He had never seen a demon act like this before, and he wanted to be sure it wasn't one of D6's experiments, or worse a fellow agent, before he did anything.

 

[Terratina.]

If a sword could smile that would describe Eligor right now. A sure grip and sure hearth, swordsman and sword were together and Eligor felt like he that some purpose again. Nevertheless, he couldn't linger on that for long, there were demons, to be exact Kouza demons, to kill.

However, Eligor couldn't help but draw parallels between sensing aura and radar. He closed his eyes and saw coloured outlines surround back silhouettes, but there were some that were clumps of colour. Undoubtedly the Kouza. Like someone had mashed not only body, but soul together.

Eligor felt the air shift, or rather didn't, but something shifted. He open his eye to find that him and the grey man were standing a floor below from where they once were. Curious, maybe he had underestimated this little human? He wasted no time in asking this man about this ability.

"Just who are you, anyway?" He enquired, and added. "Pardon my obscene officiousness."

Best to get acquainted, and then Eligor realised that this lout didn't even introduce himself at the opportune moment. That soured his mood. But still, things were looking up, sure the wielder was about average, give or take, and the Colonel still wasn't exactly fond of him. But things could be worse... Suddenly Eligor was snapped of his train of thought.

There.​

They had found it. Sword and swordsman were ready. They ran towards the glowing blob.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

So much for his grand escape plan, they were right, he was pathetic. What kind of idiot wanders the Russian wilderness, half-naked with no supplies, no map, no nothing and is foolish enough to think they would succeed. If he couldn't even come up with a good plan to escape to escape, then he shouldn't have tried to. He should've taken his chance when that fool Gareth let him out, killed him with the scalpel he had palmed and taken his I.D badge, or even better taken him hostage. Instead he went with them, deciding to play along until he could escape. What a fool he was, pathetic fool at that.

"Elizer? Are you finally up?"

He lay there in his cell, not bothering to open his eyes.

"No, I'm laying down, but if your question is whether I'm awake or not then I am"

 

[DarkRawen]

Richard opened the box, the top of it filled with seemingly innocent items, like a small bible and a pair of cloth. However, he could see the shapes, barely, of the items he had intended to get. There were one of those he wouldn't get into DICE unnoticed. Wouldn't have been able to, I mean. Pretending to look for something else, he went into other bedrooms and the upper living-room with the handmade fireplace in white stone, but it was only to throw DICE off his intentions. After what he thought would be enough of a tour, he went into the master bedroom, where his large closet was. He found a suitcase in it and started carefully placing clothes. Mostly it was Cashmere sweaters, expensive shirts and expensive pair of pants, but he also put a dark grey suit into it.

It wasn't that these were the only clothes he had, but the other clothes were at DICE. The only reason he took some of these was so that he would have more clothes, as well as the fact that he needed a reasonable explanation for being in the bathroom so that he could hide the items in the box. He chose a pair of gray suit-pants and a blood-red shirt to wear, and went into the bathroom.

He made sure there were no cameras or anything of the likes, which was easy as this was the most basic bathroom, with only a toilet, a sink and a mirror, as well as some towels. Richard removed his woolen coat, sweater and t-shirt, and put them away. He picked up a towel, to have it within reach. He then opened the box, and removed the cloth. A knife, a loaded gun, a tooth shaped like a fang on a string, a few straws of blond hair, an USB flash-drive, and a small ticket. Every thing here was important, however, one wasn't leaving the bathroom, and two wouldn't get through the DICE in case he should get checked. Hand shaking, not going to enjoy what was going to happen next, Richard lifted one of these items.
And ripped open his stomach with it.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar walked up behind Isabelle and Adriana, peeking over their shoulders. In Azkar's current outfit it would be hard for anyone to recognize her, not that she really cared. "Hey, bet whatever you guys are doing is really fun and everything but..." Azkar had been swiping the scanner she had over Adriana and it gave a positive and showed her where the portal device was.

"Hey, you." Azkar put her scanner away and lightly held something against Adriana, something plastic, the two were too close for Isabelle or Adriana to see what it was. She looked the girl in the eyes through her goggles and nudged her "You have a portal thing. I need it."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Are you all right? You seem upset. Can I help?"

The kouza turned around and primed itself, reasy to attack. Although, something was off about this human. It seemed like it wasn't a threat. It even seemed a little concerned for the demon.

"No. You cannot help me human. I am...far beyond repair.

The demon slumped down against the wall behind her, keeping her eye on what she thought was Garath.

Adriana stood dumbfounded outside as she heard the demon talk to Garath.

"The guy is trying to talk to a demon..." She said in utter disbelief. "Why in the hell is he trying to reason with it?"

The two of them were interrupted by the sudden appearance of a woman in heavy combat gear.

"Hey, you. You have a portal thing. I need it."

Adriana stepped away from the strange woman and gave her a disgusted glare.

"Are you insane? It's for my hands only. Buzz off"
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"No, I'm laying down, but if your question is whether I'm awake or not then I am"

The Lieutenant breathed heavily and sat straight up in his chair.

"Oh. Um. That's good. Are you feeling alright. I was getting kind of worried when they brought you in all frozen like that"
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"Just who are you, anyway? Pardon my obscene officiousness."

"My apologies. I didn't actually tell you much of anything back there. My name is Isaac Specter. I'm kind of a..."

The man stopped as soon as Eligor had lead him to the target. It was a large monstrosity with a head poking out of it's stomach, and a wicked grin on both faces. The thing would certainly be on them in mere moments, so both the sword and the swordsman took the offensive.

Isaac charged at the demon with a brisk speed. The first move he made was take a quick jab at the creature's kneecap. The second the demon tried to avoid another strike it tripped over itself onto the ground.

It scrambled up, balancing on it's arm and remaining leg. It swiped its other arm at Isaac's head, which was knocked away by Eligor. The Kouza kept thrashing about wildly, trying to make some distance between itself and the sword wielder but Isaac merely cut deep into it's flesh each time a limb drew near.

Ready to end the altercation, Isaac performed another pair of stabs to where he guessed the beast kept it's lungs. Now it was both immobilized and coughing up blood. Raising Eligor above him, Isaac came down onto the creature's neck and decapitated it, then thrust the blade into the second head quickly to make absolute sure it was over.

"That takes care of that"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Adriana took a step back, revealing Azkar's plastic device was a taser. "Nice choice of words." Azkar said flatly as the wired pins were already stuck to Adriana's chest, pumping her full of electricity. As the girl began to slump Azkar caught her by the arm and lowered her gently. She then knelt down and swiftly looted Adriana, taking her phone and the portal device. Azkar was feeling up her thighs for any weapons but figured she should leave her armed. Adriana started to stir and Azkar laughed "Don't worry, you're not my type." the masked did a motion of blowing a kiss with one hand followed quickly by punching Adriana flat in the face with the other, knocking her out.

Azkar stood up and faced Isabelle. "What? I said I needed it, not that I wanted it." She then pat Isabelle gently on the cheek and began jogging toward the portal room, stuffing her winnings in her bag and readying her SG550.

 

[DarkRawen]

The pain was horrible, and he had to swallow and he slashed again and made sure a somewhat big opening had formed. Since he was going to hide the chip and the gun into his stomach, one would believe it was okay to have a smaller opening than that, it was quite a big wound, but the tissues started repairing almost instantly, trying to reverse what damage had been done. He picked up two of the gloves from his pants-pocket, and stuffed the two items into them to make sure they wouldn't get damaged or destroyed. He then placed the tied together gloves slowly into an area that was somewhat safe, for him at least.

He didn't risk getting internal bleedings and dying from that. When he was done, he waited for a few minutes, pain subsided. Finally, when he was sure he was no longer hurt, he dried up the blood. Richard undressed further until he was only in his boxers and socks, and he then put on the suit-pants and the shirt. He put the knife back into the box, but the other items into his pockets. Then he exited, making it seem as if he had just changed clothes. It was perfect.

 

[Shadowstar38]

Spoiler: N

Desregaurd

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

(Edit: I wrote it first but my post was longer. dealwithit.jpeg)

Azkar took the device as she ran and smashed it against a wall together with Adriana's phone, she ran hard as the fabric of reality tore around her, demons of various sizes began warping into the facility behind her easily, these things sure were faulty! Azkar chucked her gun away and started stripping her gear, she whipped something out of the bag and chucked that down as well, she also ripped all her headgear off. Now she only had the damaged portal device and the unknown object wrapped in cloth in her other hand. She continued her path towards the portal room.

She burst in and stood there in the center of the room, waiting, waiting, waiting... The demons she had released swarmed in after her. Azkar spun on the spot kicking the device hard into one of the active portals. Sirens blared and red lights flashed as a computerized voice declared
"WARNING, LARGE SCALE TEMPORAL DISTURBANCE DETECTED, LOCATION: PORTAL CHAMBER-"
It didn't matter. The device ripped a massive tear in reality as it merged with the demons in the room and the existing portal energy. However it was soon destroyed in the process. The alarms stopped and the portal room had a large perfect circle cut into the floor, brimstone and sulfurous residue littered the room. Azkar, her item and the demons were gone.

Azkar found herself falling high in a massive pillar of smoke high above the hellscape. She unveiled her item. It was a confiscated talisman that allowed people to call objects to themselves that they knew as well as themselves, or shared a bond with. Div 3 personal had been using them after devising some pretty interesting tactics and strategies with them. Usually involving resupplying or explosives.

Azkar pictured her angel blade Zeruel in her mind. She opened her eyes and saw a burst of white and yellow light in the distance, now speeding towards her. Her eyes stared in confusion as she fell further and further. A second light of pure black and red exploded as well and began propelling at her. The lights came closer and closer to one another. Azkar could see them clearly now. One was her angelic weapon, the other was the demonic living sword that used to be a part of her. Azkar gasped as the lights hit each other barely 100 meters in front of her, but instead of glancing, they merged into a single light and hit her with terrific speed.
The combined sword impaled her, but didn't come out her back, it then sucked it'self into her chest. Her momentum completely shifted. It felt like all her bones were breaking as she was propelled upwards. Azkar blacked out.

Azkar's unconscious body lay smoldering on the floor of the portal room, with her eyes shut, not moving.

 

[Shadowstar38]

A figure in bandages walked into the portal room, altered by the disturbance from earlier. He looked down at Azkar's body and nodded as if he gained some understanding. He grabbed her by the neck and dragged her down to the Division 6 experiment cells.

When he entered, he saw the Lieutenant sitting outside of one of the cells.

"Good day sir"

The man opened up an unoccupied cell and through Azkar into it roughly. Before shutting it, he removed a spear from his back and dove into Azkar's stomach and down past the floor, pinning her to the floor of the cell.

He shut the door and nodded at the Lieutenant before exiting the room.

"Make sure that one is comfortable"
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Adriana stirred awake a while after the explosions started. She slowly rose to her feet and clutched her head in pain.

"What is that crazy *****'s problem," she asked Isabelle.

 

[IFS]

"No. You cannot help me human. I am...far beyond repair."

The illusory Garath walked closer, hands still raised, "How and why did you come here, are there others like you here?" it asked, then shook its head, seemingly annoyed with itself, "I'm sorry I haven't asked what your name is, I'm Garath," it said with a short bow.

The invisibility spell on the real Garath dropped, and he carefully expanded how large the crate he was hiding behind appeared to be, concealing him more thoroughly. He heard a commotion outside, but ignored it, hopefully he could learn a few things from the demon before they barged in here.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

"Oh. Um. That's good. Are you feeling alright. I was getting kind of worried when they brought you in all frozen like that"

Yes, worried that he had escaped. If this Agent really cared about his well being he wouldn't have brought him back to the labs to experimented on. Oh well, maybe after another 10 years of this torture he'd have another chance to escape. Was this what you meant as penance Raguel? Teasing him with hope, admonishing him for his own nature. He was a demon of chaos, to be so stagnant was wrong.

"Actually I found being frozen to be quite...relaxing. It's being back here that ires me. I did get some new clothes, but it will take a lot more for you to gain my friendship then false platitudes,"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle took cover behind a wall as Azkar rushed off towards the base's portal room with a portal device and Adriana's phone scanner. What followed appeared to be a series of explosions, after which Azkar appeared to have collapsed unconscious. She was going to try and pull her out, but a figure in bandages came out of nowhere and grabbed Azkar by the neck, and took her to somewhere else, hopefully she would be safe.

Meanwhile, Adriana slowly came too after the taser attack. She slowly rose to her feet, clutching her head in pain. Doing the decent thing, Isabelle decided to help the young woman up.

"What is that crazy *****'s problem?" Adriana asked.

"Well considering that Azkar used to be some sort of weird demon hunting abomination type thing a while ago, who knows what her problem is. Trust me, her outer form wasn't all that pretty to look at, but her inner form was nice, almost beautiful in a way. But somehow, due to an explained event that happened to her whilst we were in Russia, she has become a human being."

 

[Shadowstar38]

"How and why did you come here, are there others like you here?" it asked, then shook its head, seemingly annoyed with itself, "I'm sorry I haven't asked what your name is, I'm Garath,"

"My...name?", it asked. The demon winched in pain as it sorted them the thrash inside its own mind. There is no name. Only memories of those that had names before.

The human was getting closer, but the kouza didn't mind it. It merely stood still and looked on.

I came here following the specter, as I was told. I don't know how many more came through.
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"Well considering that Azkar used to be some sort of weird demon hunting abomination type thing a while ago, who knows what her problem is. Trust me, her outer form wasn't all that pretty to look at, but her inner form was nice, almost beautiful in a way. But somehow, due to an explained event that happened to her whilst we were in Russia, she has become a human being."

Adriana stared at Isabelle blankly.

"You know what...I'll just file this under weird shit and move on"

She looked back at the room where Garath has run into.

"The magic guy is still talking to the demon? Would have thought they would tare each other apart by now."
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"Actually I found being frozen to be quite...relaxing. It's being back here that ires me. I did get some new clothes, but it will take a lot more for you to gain my friendship then false platitudes,"

"Huh. Well maybe this will be enough"

The Lieutenant opened the cell door and threw in a card on top of Elizer. It was a Division 5 D.I.C.E card with his name on it.

"You'll need that if you're going to get out of here without fuss. I just hope you'll pick somewhere sunnier this time"

 

[IFS]

"I came here following the specter, as I was told. I don't know how many more came through."

"Specter, What specter? What else did the specter tell you to do?" illusion-garath asked intently. This was important, Garath needed to find out who or what this specter was, it was letting demons into the base, and who knows what else it was planning. He wondered if the specter might be the hooded figure that absorbed the Kouza, maybe it had created this demon and other from its corpse?

He glanced out through the door and saw Adriana looking in, he quickly created an image of a few words about a foot from her face I may be able to learn something here, go warn the others that more demons may be in the base. The last thing he needed was her attacking this thing, it could provide information, and maybe they could find a way to help it.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar felt foggy. Her brain, soul, body... Everything was numb. She was lying face down, shifted slightly on the ground, she could faintly feel a metal pole through her chest and a dull, agonizing pain. She moved her face so she was resting on her cheek. But didn't open her eyes. "I recognize your voice..." She murmured fairly quietly.

 

[Terratina.]

"My apologies. I didn't actually tell you much of anything back there. My name is Isaac Specter. I'm kind of a..."

Great, at least Eligor had a name to work with, but they were cut off as the demon stumbled into view. As soon as the demon was sighted, Eligor was swung about, cutting flesh and bone as Isaac charged and slashed, eventually cutting off the Kouza's heads. Eligor scoffed, these weren't real demons, true demons - those that had risen from the pits of Hell or landed there as they were cast out of Heaven - just the results of someone playing about with demon parts like Lego.

"That takes care of that."

Eligor concluded that the Kouza should be dispatched as such and Isaac didn't disappoint. Unfortunately, they couldn't continue the conversation as there were others to deal with. Red blobs still swarmed the D.I.C.E. headquarters. Nevertheless, it was just getting rid of some pests, some pests this gentlemen had accidentally brought with him, hopefully, he would redeem himself soon. Eligor quickly sorted through the locations of the remaining Kouza.

"Let's not rest on our laurels just yet." Eligor replied, "There is more where that came from, as they say."

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

"Huh. Well maybe this will be enough"

Eliezer heard the door of his cell sliding open and then the faint weight of something falling onto his chest. He finally opened his eyes to inspect the object. It was a key card for the base, one assigning him to Division 5 to be precise, not that he cared. He looked up to see the Agent leaning against the cell, leaving the door open. This was certainly a surprising turn of events, but if he thought he would earn Eliezer's friendship with this gesture he was sorely mistaken.

"I recognize your voice..."

Wasn't that the voice of the half crazed thing he had met on the train? So much for divine will, if it was locked up in here. The sudden shock of pins and needles running though his body as he rose reminded just how long he had been lying down for. Not wanting to stay in the cell any longer he briskly walked out to investigate.

"Well you look different then before, still think you've been given a divine purpose now that you're human?" He mocked, "Or are still as crazy?"