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

[Evrant-Knight]

As Isabelle was being carried down the stairs, she tried taking swings at the creature, but at even her height she could barely reach it. Vayle meanwhile was trying to help Adriana and Sophia deal with the first bat, when her master was flung into the room and onto the floor, with her sword being embedded into the wall as it flew through the air. Vayle saw this and went to Isabelle's aid as the bat creature dive bombed her. Using her magic, she tried pulling the creature away, but with a mighty swing, it threw Vayle towards a wall.

Despite not working entirely, it did buy Isabelle enough time to recover, and retrieve her blade. It began to glow a crimson orange colour as fire entwined it whilst she unholstered her whip as it burned with the same magic. She then charged at the bat creature, using the whip to try and pull back one its arms, giving time for Vayle to get away.

"Vayle, go continue helping Adriana and Sophia with Bruce, I'll deal with Edward." Isabelle said with some difficulty as she put her physical strength into holding the arm back. The fire magic that was enchanted on the whip caused a burn to form on Edward's forearm, causing him to howl once more.

After a moment, her whip came loose, and Edward looked at Isabelle with seething anger as he charged at her. As he swung at her, Isabelle slid underneath his legs, and kicked him in the back, forcing him to stumble and fall. At the moment Edward was starting to climb back up, Isabelle leapt onto his back, and drove her blade through him, the fire having gone from it. Edward fell to the floor again, and Isabelle was unsure whether or not the bat creature was dead.

 

[Shadowstar38]

Edward's remains ignited the moment his heart stopped beating, and what was left of him burned to ash. The other bat, after having a plentiful amount of bullets pumped into it's body, was starting to only hobble around at best.

Adriana loaded a bullet into her revolver and got up to the bat as close as possible. With a final blast to the creature's skull, Bruce too, was reduced to ashes.

The boy came from upstairs and saw that his friends had failed. All the confidence he displayed before was gone, and had but one option. To flee.

He bolted for the door as fast as he could, hoping Isabelle was too tired from fighting the demon to stop him.

 

[DarkRawen]

"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"

The way Zorrama spoke of DICE, seemed to be proof of that it was true. "You're not from DICE, that's good." How often had he been holding breath, hiding, just for the purpose of DICE not finding him? This man, although Richard didn't care about the use of science, harmony was better than war, right? "You cold bastard!"... emptiness, with a droplet of guilt. Harmony had to be better than war. It had to be better than all those soldiers, shooting or capturing live demons just for the sake of putting them on a table and cutting them up. Every time he saw that, he thought of himself. Should they ever find him, that would be his fate, right? They wouldn't kill him, what his body did unconsciously was too valuable for that. This person, who opposed such a place, he wasn't the same, and that meant he was probably better. Hadn't he tried to ignore the coldness that came with the ticking, he would have known that there were more to DICE than he could remember. However, he smiled instead, and tilted his head. "I guess you aren't that bad," he told Zorrama. "I'm sorry for doubting you."

Richard relaxed, finally, and tried to look out the windows again, wanting to occupy his thoughts. He suddenly realized something, as he saw the ground far beneath them. "This is flying?" he said, not sounding too confused. "How far is it to the place you spoke of?"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle stood up as Edward burned to ash, wiping the sweat from her brow. She looked over her shoulder and saw that Sophia, Adriana and Vayle had dealt with Bruce. After taking a few deep breaths, Isabelle saw the boy from earlier had come down stairs, and upon seeing his guards defeated; all that confidence he had built up earlier, looked as though it vanished in an instant.

"You!" Was all Isabelle could say before the boy bolted for the door. Despite having just dealt with a demon, thanks to all the training she had when she was younger thanks in part to her father; she still had some stamina to spare for a chase.

"The rest of you try and flank him, I'll go after him directly." Isabelle called out as she began to ran after the boy

 

[Ruedyn]

"Safe to say they know we're here. Well, time to shine, We don't have anything to ground the thing, so we need to board it. Unless we want to prove that the D.I.C.E 'freaks' can't handle the same workload as the stuck up magic wankers, neck beard white coats and meat headed soldiers."
Kain smiled, he was trying to listen to what was going on in the car, but with Azkar and the cars engine it was difficult. He caught the gist of it though.
'Amnesia, or tricked? Both.'
"Or do you perhaps hold a different opinion? Doubt a swanky mage with 'several generations of history!' could board a retarded flying car and save the day. I'll even take back what I said about your manhood if you do it fast enough."
Kain growled, taking a few steps back.
'I've never been a religous man-' he began bounding towards the edge at his highest speed.
'- but I like to think I've been doing a sacred duty here-' Kain jumped, using as much strength as he could.
'-so if you would care to, make sure I don't end up like that snake or ogre.' He reached, and grabbed the bender, climbing up quickly. He dug one of his claws into the trunk door, and looked through the back window. He made a wide, wolfish grin, and waved at the two.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"The rest of you try and flank him, I'll go after him directly."

The boy managed to make it outside, but Isabelle was right behind him. He began running to the west, taking all manner of alley ways and shortcuts to shake the woman off his trail.

Adriana split went left and split off ahead of everyone, while Sophia tried to take the boy's right. He cut through another alleyway to loose them, but Adriana was waited ahead of him. She fired two shots directly at his feet, missing intentionally.

"Woah!" The boy stopped in his tracks. "Did you shoot a gun at me?! Are you serious?"

The boy was too distracted by his shock to see Isabelle closing the distance behind him.
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"How far is it to the place you spoke of?"

"OH. We're making good time. It shouldn't be that far now. Just the northern half of France. I rather like France myself. It's a very beautiful country"

Out of the blue, Zorramma had the back of his car torn open. He looked back to see a wolf man smiling at him.

"Oh. Hello. I'm sure I'd like to talk to you some time, but me and Richard are having a private conversation here. So if you don't mind..."

Zorrama put a hand on the car's wheel and another on Richard's shoulder. Everything, save for Kain and Azkar, became intangible, and the unwanted guests began to fall to the ground below.

"Oh my. I think I may have forgotten something"

Zorrama reached into the back seat and took out a parachute. He opened his window and threw it out, not watching to see if it would get to his victims or not.

"No one will say I don't play fair. Now...," he said turning to Richard "Let's get there a bit faster shall we?"

Zorrama hit a button on the car's wheel and a wormhole like opening appeared in front of them. He drove directly into it, and they began driving through some sort of tunnel,

From his position, all Kain could see was the car disappear past an opening, and soon the ar and the tunnel were gone.

 

[DarkRawen]

It had all happened in a flash. The back of the car had been torn open, and a wolf-man had smiled to them, with a girl on his back. However, Zorrama had spoken, and pushed them out of the car and towards the ground, and then he had thrown a parachute after them, though Richard couldn't see if they had gotten it or not. Who were they, and why were they following the car? Would they keep following them, if they survived?

"No one will say I don't play fair. Now...," he said turning to Richard "Let's get there a bit faster shall we?"

Richard nodded, the thought of the wolf-man getting to them wasn't a good one. Had he seen them before? Suddenly, due to Zorrama hitting a button or something, and a portal of sorts opened in front of them. The drove to a weird kind of tunnel, probably one that didn't act according to regular time and space. "Who were they?" Richard asked. Something told him that, even with the wolf-look, neither of them were demons. Something clicked in his head. "DICE," he muttered. "I hope they don't follow us." Yet, somewhere inside his wast collection of suppressed, ignored, or plainly forgotten feelings, he wanted them to.

 

[Ruedyn]

'Screw you god!'
Kain tried to assess his surroundings, he noticed the parachute falling. Too far for him, but... He turned around quickly, grabbing Azkar. He threw her towards it, figuring he could survive the fall. He braced himself, and as he hit the ground he tried the tuck and roll, and although it worked for keeping him alive, he heard, and felt, a sharp crack in his shoulder. He got up, and noticed it was limp.
'Broken.' he frowned, in his current form, pain didn't affect him to much. His human form wouldn't like it though. Right now he had to make sure his comrade was alright.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle chased after the boy with dogged determination as he went through a series of side alleys and streets. The boy cut through to another alley, where Adrianna was waiting for him. She fired off a couple of warning shots at his feet, causing the boy to screech to a halt. Due to shock, he couldn't see that Isabelle was fast catching up to him, her stamina carrying her through it all. Vayle appeared from an opposite alleyway, covering the right hand side.

"Woah!" The boy said as he stopped in his tracks. "Did you shoot a gun at me?! Are you serious?" He asked, not noticing that Isabelle was right behind him, and managed to restrain him by putting his arms behind his back.

"Whilst she wasn't planning to shoot you child, it did allow me to finally catch you. I'll admit, you certainly are a fast one, almost lost me a couple of times." Isabelle said kindly as she looked at Adriana.

"Good job there, I'll be sure to note it in the report. Protocol would normally state that we take this one back to base, but we should also check in on the second team as well, see if anything else has turned up on their end. Since I'm currently have my hands full, could either you Adriana or Sophia call them please?"

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Considering they weren't high up enough to effectively use a parachute. Azkar figured the people in the car did it as a cruel joke, nice of Kain to try and do something nice though. Azkar couldn't work out how she fell the several stories to the ground, she spread out her body flat to slow her descent as much as possible in the mere seconds she had then let her body go completely lax to reduce damage as she smacked into some bins followed instantly by the pavement in an alleyway.

Azkar was barely conscious, but her head had split open and her arms, pelvis and almost all of her ribs were broken. She wasn't going to be alive for long.

 

[Shadowstar38]

The car finally came out of the other end of the tunnel to a large forested area. Zarama flew them down past the trees into what looked to be the hanger for his lab. A section of artificial ground rose up and surrounded them, pulling them to the entrance of the Lab.

Zarama stepped out of the car and usher Richard forward. Please. Come in.
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A man approached Azkar as she lay bleeding out. She could feel serveral needles pierce her back.

"Hold still. This wont take long"

The man placed his hands on her back, and a light ran through her. The pain in her body was slightly alleviated, and her head closed just an inch.

"You get into some odd trouble don't you?"

The voice seemed familiar, but she couldn't place it just yet.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain noticed someone, shining a light on Azkar, so he approached the man, before noticing who it was. The man in white managed to find them, somehow. Kain decided not to think about it, for now he was an ally, not food.
"You get into some odd trouble don't you?"
Kain inched towards him, holding his functioning arm up in the typical surrender position, motioning his head towards his limp arm.

 

[DarkRawen]

"Please. Come in."

"Okay..." he looked around. It seemed calm and safe, so he continued, but he couldn't help but look behind one more time. He felt as if he was making a bad decision. Like... like what? Richard had to get his head out of whatever state it was, and working with Demon DNA always cheered him up. As if it had been forever, he smiled, and turned towards Zorrama. "So, you want me to go down to the labs?" Richard made a gesture at his clothes. "I think I would need something not this... well, casual. Do you have any work clothing? And I need a shower before I start working, it's important to stay clean." If the grey-haired man was to be believed, he would get a lot better of a deal than at DICE, where he had to work with people...

He worked at DICE? No way, that couldn't be. They hadn't... or had they? Richard had hidden a few items in a box, he had known they were there soon to get him. And then, he had gotten a choice. "So, Richard Johnson, how many years have you done this? You don't want to answer? That's fine. According to our data, that would be five years, five years where you have stolen from DICE. Now, we are here to make you an offer, because killing you would be a waste. You can either come and work with DICE, or we will keep you locked up. Depending on what you chose, you can either be free, or enjoy a life-time of prison and... helping us with research in other ways. We would like to know how you survived for this long."

 

[Shadowstar38]

Blight looked at the wolf holding out his arm. The main question on his mind was 'where the hell did a werewolf come from?' Though he seemed to not be dangerous. So he would ignore it for now.

While he moved away from Azkar, not sure if his treatment was working, he turned to the wolfman and injected him with some green gel, then began the process of healing his arm.

"I don't suppose you can explain what's going on?"
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"So, you want me to go down to the labs?" Richard made a gesture at his clothes. "I think I would need something not this... well, casual. Do you have any work clothing? And I need a shower before I start working, it's important to stay clean."

"Ah yes. Downstairs is your living quarters. There's a shower right outside your bedroom, and the clothes are in your closet"

 

[DarkRawen]

"Ah yes. Downstairs is your living quarters. There's a shower right outside your bedroom, and the clothes are in your closet"

"Okay, downstairs..." he looked around, and found some stairs. Richard walked down the stairs, and found several rooms. After opening a few doors and closets, he noticed a note on the bed, where his name was written. On it, were information about where the different locations where, and how to turn on the hot water. He showered, and found a new set of clothes, jeans with a dark t-shirt and a lab coat. He tried to find out where the labs were from the note, but he took a turn and ended up somewhere he shouldn't be, by the looks of it. The room was dark, filled with different samples and documents. A computer screen lit up the otherwise completely dark room, and Richard turned on a switch to see better.

 

[deathbydeath]

Not sure if Garath had thought this out, Aaron silently and sneakily shuffled off to the side in an attempt to get out of the doctor's peripheral vision. When he was out of potential sight, he silently flipped Souldrinker in his hand a few times to get a hand for the balance, and then whispered to Eligor "Go for the gun". He then grasped the sword by the guard, pommel facing away from him, and wound himself up as if he were to throw a discus. Snapping into action, Aaron flung the blade across the room, until the Souldrinker slammed into the pistol with a metallic *clang*, disarming the Phalus.

Aaron wasted no time, pouncing outwards not mere moments after Eligor departed his grasp. The mighty leap sent Aaron soaring across the room, until he was right above the freshly disarmed scientist. Pulling out an ivory weapon, he pointed it squarely at the man, making the stakes very clear. He hoisted the man onto his feet (no small feat), and turned the scientist around to face the others, allowing them to ask the questions while he scanned the room for something to bind the plump scientist with.

 

[Ruedyn]

"I don't suppose you can explain what's going on?"
Kain grimaced from the needle, he hated the things, but began to relax. He shook his head no, and looked at Azkar. She seemed to be unconscious still.

 

[Azkar Almsivi]

Azkar's eyes fluttered for a moment, then she stopped breathing.

The moment she died the runes that she had put all over her body began to appear and fade. Her body shook violently for a few moments, quickly stopping. Everything would have been fine, but her chest suddenly tore open as a massive set of talons reached out, gripping onto the body and the ground as it seemed to pull it'self out of the body.

Demonic whispers filled the air and the doctor and Kain were instantly brought to their knees as the all consuming hunger of an Archdemon was born into the world. sucking and pulling at their very existence as it pulled it's head and torso from the corpse. The face looked a lot like Azkar's, it spoke words that cut into the mind and soul as it swore to consume everything now that it was free.

Suddenly a giant blade appeared from the same hole, bursting through the Archdemon's abdomen, chest and head. The thing didn't even scream as it blinked out of existence forever. The blade withdrew into Azkar's body, which erupted into blue and gold flames, a towering inferno of cool fire. When it was done a tall knight of indistinguishable sex, wielding a huge greatsword. It's visor shining bright and blue as it gazed around it's surroundings.

"I suppose I should spend my time in this dirty realm wisely." The figure's voice was beautiful and strong, inspiring. It then turned to Kain and the doctor.
"Who are you?"

 

[Nouw]

Danny woke up disappointed; he was still stuck in the sea of gibs. He ignored its wheezing, the drawing of its final breath. He had more important matters to deal with than a dying thing. Although he didn't want to bring it more pain, he had no choice as he was stuck in it. He pulled his arms out with ease but his legs were still firmly stuck. He asked it for forgiveness and began kicking. The screaming was unbearable to the point where Danny stopped many times just to stop it. When all of his limbs were free, Danny had to tear it open to escape. The opening often drew long, sharp bones to stop Danny but it was more of an inconvenience than a genuine threat.

"Shall we go?"
Lets.

Danny didn't want to go back into the cockpit, the pilot's body was still there, and so he simply opened the plane exit and stepped outside. The sun was bright in his eyes but even after his vision returned, Danny had no idea where he was. He did know, however, he was in a river stuck in a sinking plane. The bank wasn't far off so Danny dared to swim. He wasn't going to let someone rescue him; they would ask questions and worst of all, know that he was here regardless of whether or not he knew his real name.

"I hope to God you can swim."
Me too!
"Oh for crying out loud let me do it!"

 

[Shadowstar38]

I scene Richard stumbled onto was chilling. All around him, the sleeping bodies off humans and demons lay around the room in giant glass containers. Each oh them were hooked up to a machine on the outside that read their vitals.

One particular glass container looked as though it was broken open. There subject was labeled below the glass.

Zorrama. Test Body.
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"Who are you?"

William was still in awe over what had transpired. He could barely get a single word out of his mouth. Finally, he looked up at the being and spoke.

"I am William Blight. Do you not remember me from before?"