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

[Nouw]

"I understand, not to worry though we are well equipped for this sort of thing, I will inform my superiors and you will be moved to a more secure area until we've run the neccessary tests."

"Really? Fuck yes! YES!," Danny would have hugged her if she wasn't in a suit. He fell back on his bed out of joy, only to receive a sharp pain from his ribs. He wasn't in the clear yet, but the future looked promising. Danny wondered if the man would be able to find him, although by tomorrow he was probably going to be quarantined. He could wait.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain was entering his, what, 3rd hour sitting here? Time was starting too really drag, and he wished they hadn't taken his clothes. He felt his new and improved teeth again. Yep, still there. And deadly. Oddly, his only thoughts were that of his job. Would he get moved to another Division again? Fangs make covert missions difficult. Perhaps he'd be put back with D3, doing search and destroy missions again. He was starting to not care anymore, perhaps they'd deem him a failed experiment and throw him in an oven. That might even be preferable. In the end it all came down to what the division head wanted. Which was Richard now. Still difficult to imagine him being in charge, though the powers that be must've had their reasons. Best to drop those thoughts. Kain sighed, and a scientist came in looking confused.
"I'm not sure what's going on in your body right now. It seems like you're reverting to a more... canine like being." Kain merely raised an eyebrow, and the man of science sighed. It sounded pretty stupid, but Kain could tell he was telling the truth. Kain settled in as the scientist explained his findings, in the most dry and boring way possible...

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Since introductions on this side are finishing, seeing as you already know who I am, how about introducing yourself?"

"I'm Blaze. From Division 6's engineering staff. I won't go into any more than that. I know such things bore you guys"

She looked over at a clock on the wall. She had pulled another all-nighter.

"Anything else you or the boy need? I should probably start packing up now"
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...Who are we looking for now, and where are we looking for him, if you don't mind me asking?"

"Well. DICE's first priority would be to send someone to track down the missing agent.We're covered in that area," Zhang said as he walked back out of the front door. He pulled out the file that all had thought was taken from him earlier and flipped through it to the picture. "But what's more interesting is who would send this thing. The Father's words more telling than you'd think"

Zhang brought the picture up to where his mouth would be under the mask and moved it around a bit.

"We need one more stop..."

Zhang headed back to the car and typed something into the computer. After waiting for all the information to load, he nodded silently.

"This next part is going to get a bit...dangerous. I'll fill you in on the way"
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When the portal had finally booted up, Aaron and Jean were taken to an abbandoned home within the city. Their pagers said that they were in the area of the disappearance, and the church would be only a few blocks east of were they showed up.

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Sometime in the morning, far before every agent was fully awake or out of bed, a warning came in over the speakers sounding off to every floor.

"Attention all DICE personel. Please report to the meeting area of your assigned Division. I repeat. All agents please report to the meeting area of your assigned divisions. This is a code 3 operation. All hands on deck"

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Isabelle had grabbed something to go for herself and Vayle after not seeing Richard in the canteen, which was a shame thinking that is where he would be this time of the morning; when suddenly an announcement blared out over the speakers, the person talking sounded rather urgent.

"Attention all DICE personnel. Please report to the meeting area of your assigned Division. I repeat. All agents please report to the meeting area of your assigned divisions. This is a code 3 operation. All hands on deck" Isabelle immediately made a beeline for the elevator before people could swarm the halls.

'Oh well, guess I'll have to talk to Richard later.' She said to herself as the elevator descended back down to Division Two, it stopping a couple of times to allow others to enter. As the doors opened to her level, Isabelle sidestepped out of the way to avoid people who were coming in, and proceeded calmly to the common room.

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Vayle was deep in research as the announcement came through, as sigh escaped her lips as she shut a book about levitation, putting it to one side whilst making sure she looked respectful. Seeing that the coast was clear, Vayle made her way down to the common room to await further instruction.

'Guess the research will have to wait, its a shame, I was so close to perfecting that levitation enchantment spell.'

 

[IFS]

"Attention all DICE personel. Please report to the meeting area of your assigned Division. I repeat. All agents please report to the meeting area of your assigned divisions. This is a code 3 operation. All hands on deck"

Garath

Garath grumbled as he pulled himself out of bed, even he knew better than to sleep through an alert and while he couldn't remember exactly what a code 3 operation was he knew it had to be important. He quickly got dressed and made his way to the meeting room, wishing that he had time to grab coffee first, he still felt very sleepy.

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Mary

Mary woke quickly, she was still used to getting woken up in the middle of the night to go help from her hospital days and she got dressed quickly, she doubted there was enough time to put on her hazard suit so she left it, double checking her surgical mask and gloves for breaks or tears before heading out to the D5 meeting room, moving at a brisk pace.

Damn, I hope I can still meet with the new head of D6 today, I don't want to put that off very long she thought as she rushed down the hallway.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain growled at the announcement. A whole hour, and the scientist had yet to get to the point. Kain hopped off the bed, pushing the meek man away, and began jogging. He still belonged to D4, so he started his journey there, trying to look as passive as possible, and keeping his mouth shut. The journey was fast, D6 elevator was barely in use. He walked in and pushed the D4 button, and waited. A yawn was the only noise he made on the ride.

 

[DarkRawen]

Richard had finished his breakfast, finally. It was early in the morning for most, as not a lot of people were in the cafeteria, but he liked the silence this early. After having eaten, when was about to go back to his office, he heard the sound of the speakers turning on, and then the announcement.

"Attention all DICE personnel. Please report to the meeting area of your assigned Division. I repeat. All agents please report to the meeting area of your assigned divisions. This is a code 3 operation. All hands on deck"

Richard remember the one for D6 being over the hall from his new office, and entered it. As soon as he did, those few there looked at him. And then he realized that he was the one who was supposed to know what they were to do. He looked around the room, trying to find anything that would tell him what to do, either something to give him a hint,or Daniel, who might have more information.

 

[Nouw]

Danny was being carried off in a glass tube when the announcement came, the only sign of one was the sudden halt but Danny didn't reach that conclusion. After the wave of frantic people disappeared, they continued towards their destination where-ever that was. The glass tube was sound and sight proof, all Danny could hear was the sound of his own breathing and all he could see was black. Somewhat claustrophobic but the uneasy feeling went away after closing his eyes. He would have fallen asleep too if they weren't moving.

They came to a stop again and this time Danny knew what was happening, they were going down in an elevator. It wasn't for long, but considering he was on the lower levels it was somewhat odd. They continued moving for a while, going through twists and turns, but they came to their final stop. They dropped him off, gently, and for a moment Danny thought they had ditched him. Perhaps this was the quarantine? Maybe he was going to be left to d-

The glass tube opened to a hiss and Danny was inside a glass room. It wasn't one-way, thank god, and so Danny could see the people in suits; a strangely comforting sight.

 

[Shadowstar38]

The other Division heads waited for everyone to get into position and made note of how many people were in the meeting rooms. Each one punched into the main office, alerting the Boss it was time to get moving. A second annoncement came over the speakers.

"Attention all agents. Due to a series of security breaches over the past week, High Command has decided to move the Head Quarters. It is a standard operation that takes place every couple of years, so there's nothing to worry about. Although, people have been known to get lost in the past. So as added precausion, you are all near all other agents so as to be accounted for should you disappear"

A wall opened up in the back of the Division 6 meeting room. A box was placed inside a small safe filled with portal room pagers. There looked to be enough in the box for everyone present.

"Your Division heads have locators for all of you. Take then, and try to hold as still as possible. 3 minutes until zero time"

 

[Terratina.]

"...Anything else you or the boy need? I should probably start packing up now"

Blaze. You might that say little conversation warmed the cockles of Eligor's heart. But more importantly, she was part of Division Six. Eligor felt a little nudge in that direction, but was it from the outside or the inside? He couldn't tell. He simply replied negatively to that question and took his leave.

The speakers ordered the D.I.C.E. personnel to go to meeting area of Division One, or so he assumed. Eligor wondered what the look on the Colonel's face to see him and his new-found wielder. Another announcement came through after a few minutes. Security breach? Well that was a long time to move shop because of the Kouza incident. Nevertheless, Eligor did as was told and headed for D1.

The meeting space held a few familiar faces, though they were more concerned on the situation at hand than on the latest arrival. A device was then thrust into the boy's hands and they were told to use this. With a sigh of reluctance, Eligor pressed the button, expecting the worst.

 

[Nouw]

One of the scientists spoke.

"So uuh Dan, we've heard that you had a parasite. A demon parasite that was in the form of liquid blood. Could you care to tell us when you came into contact with it, or rather when you were taken as a host." Their voice was indistinguishable between the sexes, it was muffled and almost synthesized.

"Not sure, the night of the investigation at the Russian facility. I'm sure D.I.C.E. has a record somewhere, you can look there," Danny replied.

The scientists deliberated among themselves and after a couple of minutes another one spoke.

"Not even a rough estimate of when? Last week? Yesterday?"

"Well it certainly wasn't yesterday," Danny chuckled "it felt like last week," he shrugged "I can't tell, my sense of time was blurred with the blood in my head."

They were taking notes down of everything he was saying. His body language, his tone, everything. They had been recording him as soon as he was placed in the glass tube but that was more for legal and evidence purposes.

"I see. Well then, could you care to answer a series of questions for us? We'll send you a tablet."

A small door opened and a tablet appeared. Danny grabbed it, turned it on and was disheartened to see a questionnaire of over fifty questions.

"It's for your own good."

Danny smirked and began to fill them out. As he did so, the scientists dispersed.

"Do you think he's lying?"
"Can't tell yet, we'll see."

Some of the questions made sense, such as "have you been hallucinating recently?" or "how often do you have difficulty sleeping?" It was standard procedure, Danny even did such psychological tests when he joined the police force. Come to think of it, he answered them quite often. Strange. Some questions were odd, completely random, such as "Do you enjoy listening to the rock band Queen?" Some were embarrassing, and others straight up offensive.

This better be fuckin' classified.
"I wouldn't bet on that one."
Aargh! You again. Well, enjoy your last moments of freedom buddy because time is running out for you.
"I wouldn't bet on that either. Now don't let me disturb you, you have to answer whether or not you engaged in sexual activities with the blood."

 

[DarkRawen]

"Your Division heads have locators for all of you. Take then, and try to hold as still as possible. 3 minutes until zero time"

Richard turned to the portal pagers; he was supposed to make sure everyone got one? That was uninteresting. He didn't know how the items in the building would follow them, but he had no choice but to do as he was told. Picking up the box, he started giving the different people the pagers. Daniel, who had arrived a bit before, had confirmed that everyone from their division was there now, and they had handed a pager to each scientist, most of which Richard had never spoken a single word to. He let Daniel give one to his former boss just because he seemed to have something to say. Talking to him would be annoying, since the former boss seemed to have some complaints. When they were done, Richard handed Daniel a portal pager of his own, and put one in his own pocket. He decided to wait it out, they were supposed to stand still when they could right.

"Did you know about these kinds of procedures?" Richard asked Daniel. It didn't seem as if he had been through one before, as Daniel had only been for about half a year more than Richard, but he might have heard of it. "Is there something else I should do?" Doing his job, only the necessarily of course, was the only thing he could really do now. He didn't think he could escape now, and even if he could, DICE probably could track him down fairly fast, unless he went into hiding. Richard refused to do so, that was even less interesting than doing a bit of uninteresting jobs for DICE, and it still limited his choices.

 

[IFS]

Garath

Garath listened to the announcement, he remembered the last time this had happened, it was a hassle but standard procedure. Nothing to get too excited about, code three: moving day.

He sighed, wishing he'd stopped to grab coffee before coming to this meeting.

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Mary

Mary had never been through this before, and the thought of dissappearances worried her, nevertheless if it was a neccessary precaution then there wasn't much her worrying would accomplish. She wondered how they were going to move all the possessions and equipment they had here, she doubted D6 would want to leave their labs and experiments just lying here and abandon them. She was also concerned as to how it would affect medical patients, she didn't think there were any at the moment who couldn't be moved but she had always wondered if the process could affect injured or sick people.

 

[Evrant-Knight]

"Your Division heads have locators for all of you. Take then, and try to hold as still as possible. 3 minutes until zero time." The announcer called out after explaining what was going on, this caused Isabelle to remember the last time it happened; she remembered feeling a little sick after the move occurred as she hadn't gotten used to that kind of teleportation properly yet on such a scale. Part of her would still feel a little dizzy, but it was nothing that would be of grave concern over.

She soon noticed Vayle entering the common room, and soon went over to her with a portal pager in each hand.

"Ah Vayle, good to see you've arrived here in plenty of time. I hope you managed to get some studying in beforehand?" Isabelle asked whilst handing Vayle a pager, putting the other one into her coat pocket.

"Well, I kind of did and didn't in a manner of speaking. Whilst I managed to learn a fair deal, I wasn't able to learn any new spells. Was just about to start casting some levitation spells when the announcement came. Its something that I shall try to be continuing after we make the move." Vayle responded with, sounding a little more mature in the process.

"At least progress is being made Vayle. Oh, by the way, managed to pick you up some pancakes from the canteen; along with some maple syrup, I know how much you've got a sweet tooth for the stuff." Isabelle remarked as she placed the food items on a nearby table. Vayle's eyes lit up a little after seeing the food. With no approval needed, she began to eat after feeling a little empty inside. Whilst she was busy eating, Isabelle sat down and waited for the move to occur.

 

[Ruedyn]

Kain sat, legs crossed and eyes closed. He had no idea what was really happening, didn't care. He just knew someone was missing, and that the powers that be wanted to keep the calm. He sighed, and looked around. Unfamiliar faces, nobody cared who he was. An infiltrator among infiltrators. Kain rubbed his eyes with the back of his hands.
"Man, I'm hungry." He muttered to himself.

 

[Shadowstar38]

"Did you know about these kinds of procedures? Is there something else I should do?"

"I'm not actually sure. They're never done this in the time I've been here. Must be a rare thing"

When every agent in each Division was in position, the operation began. The engineers up on the first floor through the first set of switches that set the base into motion. Throughout the facility, the sound of gears churning could be heard from all of the rooms collapsing in to the center. Everything was stacked neatly into a single tower with every agent above or below each other. Now came the hard part.

The portal room split in half to accomedate the new shape of the building. One half to the top, and one half to the bottom. Each half began to twirl and churn out rays of dark red energy pulsing visibly through every room. Everyone was deafened by what sounded like a large fan rotating and soon enough, people began exploding in rays of light. As every man or woman went through, they hoped they'd get to the other side in one piece.
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Heat. Water. Steam.

On further inspection, it looked like Garath had made it through the transfer in one piece. Though for some reason he didn't end up back in the D2 meeting room. Instead, he was under the running water of a shower. He had some company in the form of several women that looked to be in the middle of bathing in the locker room before the unexpected guest had arrived. Many of the mouths were still hanging open in surprise, so they had yet to scream.

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Sand. Cool air. The smell of death

When Isabelle finally made it through, she was greeted by the frigid cold of nighttime in the Sahara. Sand littered her clothes on reentry, and the only landmark for miles was a tower leaning sideways a mile away. The one guy that looked closest to human was Elizer sitting in the sand next to her. The things that obviously weren't human were the 7 large blue horned creatures staring at them. They looked puzzled, but one managed to get a word out.

"Hello?"

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Familiar. Yet unfamiliar. Body aches. Smoke.

The majority of agents were well off after the move. Richard, Mary, and Eligor had at least made it back inside DICE HQ. Though they were nowhere near where they started. And they were on the floor. Or rather, wall as it use to be before the current prediciment. The room they were in didn't look like anything they had been in before. And to make matters worse, it was feeling with smoke.
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Zhang was still flipping through files as he drove to the next destination with Byron. The two had made it to Florance with little trouble and were on their way to the next job when a flash of red light enveloped the road in front of them. Zhang had to swerve so as to not hit Kain, but he still managed to nick him in the leg.

Zhang got out the car and served the man.

"What. The. Actual. Hell?"

 

[Ruedyn]

"What. The. Actual. Hell?"
"Eh... Hi." the werewolf barely even cared anymore. His minor healing was already working his leg into its' correct position, though he needed to get rid of the guy before it was done. If he acted like a nutter, most stayed away.
'Eh, just tell the truth. It works as a good cover story.' Kain turned to look Zhang in the face.
"I am a teleporting were-wolf, from an orginization that hunts down beings most consider to be legends. Where are we, and what year is it, my good man." The fact he had some dirt on him, and no shirt really compacted the crazy.

 

[IFS]

Heat. Water. Steam.

Garath was just as surprised as the various women around him, though more pleasantly surprised than they were. He realized almost immediately that there would be a great deal of shrieking in a second, and while normally he migth just turn invisible and walk out unnoticed the running water would still outline him in the shower.

"Sorry ladies, my friends seem to have pranked me, uh I was on my way to a meeting could you perhaps tell me where I am?" he said, trying to come up with the best excuse he could, hoping to avoid getting screamed at, it was obvious the teleport had gone wrong somehow, he glanced around at them, trying to focus on their faces and not their more distracting parts, he doubted he would recognize any of them but it was worth a look.

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Familiar. Yet unfamiliar. Body aches. Smoke.

Mary groaned and tried to stand, there was someone from D6 and a sword next to her, the sword had an eye on its hilt which was quite odd. She checked her gloves for tears then turned to help the scientist up, already smoke was filling the room so they needed to get out, somehow she doubted this was a standard occurence with these procedures.

She tried not to breath too fast or panic, she wasn't used to this sort of thing, and she didn't have the steel nerves of a surgeon, still she knew that they had to get out.

 

[DarkRawen]

"I'm not actually sure. They're never done this in the time I've been here. Must be a rare thing"

One moment Daniel had answered Richard's question, the second Richard was lying somewhere unfamiliar, a room akin to some of the DICE ones he's seen before. However, he didn't know where it was, nor did he think he had been exactly there before. It had been turned over, he was lying on what had used to be one of the walls. He was then helped up on his legs by a woman in scrubs and gloves. She had a surgeon's mask over her mouth. "Thank you," he muttered, but he stopped. Smoke were filling the room, it were starting to bother his eyes. He didn't think it would kill him, too soon, but he'd rather get out of there before he started coughing too badly. Richard looked around, saw the sword he had seen in Russia, if he remembered correctly, and went over to it, motioning for the woman to do the same, as it seemed to be less smoke over there.

"Closed room, about to get filled with smoke. Anyone knows where to get out?" he asked, looking for something that could help, or somewhere to get out. "Also, don't panic, or anything like that," he added, even if the woman in the scrubs seemed calm enough, people tended to change their behavior the next moment in situations where their life were in danger. He had seen that more than once.

 

[Nouw]

Spoiler: RECOVERY

"Hey guys look, I'm done," Danny announced, standing up again. It had taken him a while, undoubtedly the worst paper-work he had ever filled out in his entire life, but whatever made them satisfied Danny was going to do. He supposed the worst part hadn't even come yet, the prodding and testing. The violation of the human body that would match the blood's mental intrusion.

Danny looked around the dome and saw no one. Surely they had to have at least one person watching him. Their carelessness with a potential threat somewhat worried him. For all they knew, he could unleash the blood right now and wreck havoc in D.I.C.E. He looked around for the slot the tablet came in to return it, but all he found was a large screen placed on the wall at a height slightly higher than Danny's head. He could have sworn there had been more stuff; perhaps this place wasn't what he thought it was.

"Can I help you?" A robotic voice asked. Danny turned around to see the screen lighting up to a blue background. The most notable thing, however, was the circle and the rotating rings around it.

"Who, I mean what are you?" Danny asked. It wasn't a threat, yet.

"I am an artificial intelligence created by D.I.C.E. How can I help you?" It replied. Despite its synthetic nature, it was clearly a man's voice.

"I need to return this tablet, I filled out a questionnaire and I'm not going to let it go to waste," Danny answered.

"Well, pass it over here," it said. A tile in the glass wall, previously invisible, pushed itself out and slid to the side. A robotic arm came out and prompted Danny to pass it to it with a gentle nudge. Danny complied and the arm disappeared behind the now invisible tile.

A loading bar appeared on the screen under the A.I., which within minutes filled up. During which the rings rapidly rotated in different directions and different times. After the bar disappeared, the circle shrank and enlarged.

"I see. Well, I now know why I am here. I'm afraid I'm going to have to run a few tests. No more yes or no questions, things like Rorschachs. It's part of the recovery program. I hope you understand," the A.I. said.

It was inevitable, and so Danny set out to do another mundane task.

"Did you miss me?"

Danny blinked and upon opening his eyes he saw the A.I. disappearing into static while furiously moving.

The screen turned darker, turning into purple and eventually red. It stopped at a certain shade. At first he had no idea of its significance, but Danny soon knew where he had seen it from. The entire dome turned dark, the only source of light being the red screen. Blood began to drip out of the screen, slowly oozing down the glass. At first sight, Danny ran away and banged on the glass, desperate to escape. He screamed for help but none came, only a mocking voice in his head.

"You'll never escape me Dannyyyyyy,"

"Abort, abort!"
"Why is this happening already?"

One of the scientists reached for the button but another with glasses stopped him. He gave him a stern look, and they continued to watch Danny. He had been lying down without struggle for an hour but he had started to violently shake and scream. They could see what was happening through his POV and the A.I., but the blood had made the details harder to make out. They could piece it together later but for now they had to keep recording and watching. Little did they know it would be useless to watch it later.