Prey: A Character Driven RP [FINISHED]

[JoJo]

Lily internally groaned as Maya spoke, she had forgotten how irritating children could be, apparently having powers made no difference to that. She noted that at least the kitsune seemed somewhat more mature, she suspected that he was a good deal older than he appeared, although unfortunately he didn't seem to speak as much as his young companion.

One hundred "baddies"? When they couldn't even take two of us? Who does she think she's trying to fool?

She considered calling out the young girl on it but Zetta and Gabriel seemed happy to play along, so she kept quiet. As the discussion continued she became impatient, and eventually she couldn't hold her tongue any longer.

"Look people, it's a nice little chit-chat we're having here but unless you want to end up in some jail cell or on the end of Rin's wrath when she returns, which I'm sure she will, we better leave right now!"

~​

The stout woman gave Alec a stare and then coughed deliberately in a disapproving manner.

"Sorry, but no give out personal details about clients, yes? Now if you no wish to be served would you please leave the premise, sir."

She pointed a stubby finger towards the door, and turned away to get back to her customers, who had fallen silent and were now watching the two Americans intently.

 

[SamuelT]

"Not that I know, but all I can remember is stepping into some bar all the way across the pond, and I guess something of heavy drinking, and then the next thing I know I'm in a parkinglot in france, picking the gravel off my torn jeans."

He grinned weakly.

"I guess I took some wrong turns on my way home or something."

"Seeing as this Rin character just got busted by the..what, two of you? And this place is in the middle of nowhere, in the even middler of nowherest of this city, I don't think that likely, lady." Gabriel said, jumping off the table.

"Though I guess hanging around here ain't gonna do much good, I'll give you that."

He stod for a moment, arms swaying lightly as if he was searching for words.

"Mind if I tag along with you people? I've got...well, nowhere to go until I figure out a way back."

 

[i don't know]

Alec walked up to the woman and tapped her on the shoulder.

"I'm sorry, but this isn't exactly one of those times when you should practice customer confidentiality. This woman is a danger to us all, and can cause some serious trouble if not found. I need to know more about her!"

Oh no! She might force me into pulling a gun in a public area! Then more police will be breathing down my neck! Alec thought to himself.

 

[JoJo]

Maya felt disappointed when she found out she wasn't in America after-all, all she had seen so far of this country was dark scary things and she hoped the rest wasn't the same. On the other side of the warehouse she spotted one of the last remaining followers; a man lying face-down clutching his leg from which was covered in trickles of red blood. The small girl wondered if he was the hooded person she had accidently shot when she dropped the gun Rin had given to her, she couldn't remember what that man had looked like though. She shuddered as she stared at him, the sight made her feel very uncomfortable. She looked away and instead turned to Gabriel to answer his question.


"You can stay with me and Takeda, if you want. I don't like it here though, can we go somewhere else now?" she asked in a quiet voice.

~​

"No, you think you lie to me like this, then I tell you?"

The women brushed Alec's hand off her shoulder, and then called out loudly. After a pause a gangly teenage boy carrying a small toddler came running out of one of the rooms behind the bar to stop just a few feet away. She spoke to him briefly in Chinese, then he handed her the baby and approached the two Americans with a stern expression.

"I'm sorry sir and madam, you have upset my mother, you will have to leave the premises."

 

[LunaSocks]

"I'm sorry sir and madam, you have upset my mother, you will have to leave the premises."

Blackrose was aggravated enough, and now this kid was trying to force them to leave. This was where she started to lose control of her temper.

"Listen kid," Blackrose said, getting a grip on the knife in her back pocket if it was needed, "You and I both know that we didn't come here just to be thrown out because we 'upset your mother.' We are not exactly in a listening mood, so tell us where Rin is, or I will raise hell like you've never seen!" She could tell that the people in the restaurant were staring at her, but she didn't care. She was ready to show this kid what 'being upset' could be taken to.

 

[Sporky111]

Takeda kept to himself as the others talked to each other. He felt a little shy suddenly, partly due to Maya telling them he'd beaten a hundred baddies and the other adults seemed impressed.

At least now that he knew their names they weren't so intimidating. They even seemed kind of nice, now that they weren't fighting.

Looking at Gabriel now, since Maya had invited him to stick with them for a while, Takeda studied the newcomer a bit. His story about somehow winding up in a completely different part of the world made him wonder if he had met someone like Rin. Someone who could teleport.

But he would ask about that some other time, right now everyone seemed anxious to leave, Takeda included. The weapons and the blood and all the other evidence of the fight was getting to be unsettling. And he wanted to see what France was like outside of the dark warehouse.

"Yeah, I think we should go." he said to Maya, but extended it for everyone else. He took her hand and walking toward the door that Gabriel was now standing in front of. After being in the dark for a while the light was especially bright outside and the little fox-boy had to squint as he stepped outside, trying to discern some information about their new domain.

 

[DktrAgonizer]

Rezetta let out a short sigh as she pushed herself back onto her feet. "I don't mind you staying with us," she told Gabe. She paused, then added, "As long as Lily doesn't either, I guess." She looked over as Takeda and Maya began to walk towards the door, wincing as Excalibur scraped along the floor after the little girl. "Um, Maya? Would you mind if one of us takes that for you? I think it's a little too heavy for you to be carrying."

Zetta looked around for a moment, scanning the room for the case the sword had come in. She eventually spotted it and walked over to pick it up. As she did, she spoke up once more. "Where exactly are we going to go this time? I don't know of any place to hide from time-travelling madwomen and their wizards." With the case resting in her arms, she walked back over to Maya and waited to see if the girl would hand the sword over.

 

[SamuelT]

"Thanks" Gabriel said with half a grin as no one objected to him tagging along.

When Zetta menioned the taking of Excalibur he perked up.

"I call dibs on the sword."

 

[JoJo]

Feeling the weight of Excalibur, Maya hesitantly handed the sword to Zetta, before running after the kitsune to take hold of his hand again. As she and Takeda passed through the door to the blindingly brightness outside, she spoke briefly to Gabriel.

"You should have been listening silly, the sword isn't called Dibs, it's called... umm... it's called..."

As hard as she tried though, she couldn't remember the blade's actual name, however she know it was something long and grand; certainly not "Dibs".

~​

The boy shook his head defiantely at Blackrose's threat and raised his fists in a fighting stance.

"No, my family will not be pushed around by bullies and thugs like you! We are honest people and we won't have anything to do with your criminal ways. You have one last chance to leave, take it."

The other customers were all watching intently, a couple of them cheered words of support in Chinese to the teenager, and several others were swiftly taking out their mobile phones.

 

[i don't know]

Alec at a loss of what to do, so he decided to try to calm the boy down instead of risking getting arrested for gun possession.

"Look, I think that if you or your mother don't give us what we want, we might make a MISTAKE that will harm both of us. We aren't stealing your money, and we came here for a good cause. We honestly didn't come here to bully anyone. We don't have much time, Rose got shot and her wound might get infected. I really don't want to ruin my reputation as a respected geologist any time soon."

Alec thought over the situation and got an idea.

"Ok, better yet. You know the name Dr.Bernsworth? Well you're looking at him. Now, why would a successful scientist all of a sudden decide to harm a family? When have you ever read that about me?"

 

[SamuelT]

"Sure thing, hon." Gabriel said to Maya. He shielded his eyes as the sun, now not hidden behind the horizon, nearly blinded him after the shady insides of the office...warehouse...thing. His hand moved from his brow to his stomach after it loudly growled.

"Say uh, any of you people mind visiting one of those fancy lunchrooms? I'm dying for something to eat."

He got several colourful bills out of his pocket.

"And this duplication thing I learned is really paying off." He said with a small grin.

 

[DktrAgonizer]

When Maya handed Excalibur to her, Zetta couldn't help but run her fingers along the shining blade. She hadn't noticed before, but the sword seemed to resonate some sort of power. It was faint, but it was there. She frowned, trying to explain to herself how it felt, and found that she couldn't. I suppose I should just be grateful it's not burning me. Or that this thing wasn't used to chop my head off, she thought to herself with an inward sigh.

As she tucked the sword, now resting in the long case, under her arm, she followed the others outside. She squinted her eyes against the light, looking in Gabriel's direction. "I hope you don't mind if I hang on to this thing myself. No offense to you, but I'd just... I'd just rather keep it right now."

She shifted the case so that it now lay in both her arms, since it was too heavy to keep under one for long. "I've got no objections against getting to a place with food. Though right now, I'd much prefer finding a place with a nice, cozy bed. And maybe a hot shower."

 

[JoJo]

Spotting the colourful bills in Gabriel's hand, Maya ran up to him and tugged on his trousers for attention.

"Please, I'm really hungry too, can you buy me some food? I haven't eaten since... huh?"

A couple of months living outside had taught Maya a few skills, one of which was being able to guess the time by the position of the sun. A quick glance at the French sky revealed a sun that was unsettlingly far in the eastern direction. She turned around in a circle and looked again in case she had got her directions mixed up but found it was definitely not where it should be. Confused, she decided to ask the kitsune.

"Takeda... it's morning here isn't it? I don't understand, it was afternoon when we were at Rin's house, how can it be morning again?"

~​

For a moment the teenager looked uncertain but then his expression hardened.

"I've never heard of you, Dr. Bernsworth, and if you have such a good reason for us breaking our customer confidentiality why won't you tell us? If it's really so urgent then call the police, we'd be happy to speak to them, wouldn't we mother?"

The stout woman nodded, however then the baby began to wail, she gently rocked it but it's cries only got louder.

 

[i don't know]

"Look! I have no time for this! There is too much to explain! I might say something that might anger the company and then god knows what they'll do to me! This woman doesn't appear to have a criminal record...yet, but I 'm not after her. I'm after the sword she owns. I cannot explain any more information! Please don't make me use force to get information. I really don't feel like getting arrested today."

Alec once again considered pulling a gun in the bar. Instead, he quietly reached in the hidden holster, and waited to hear the boy's response.

 

[SeanTheSheep]

"Well Maya, the time in different countries changes sometimes, so people can make sure nothing stops working in the middle of the night" Lily said, trying to explain timezones in a way that removed the need to go into detail about the earth's rotational axis, but also wasn't condescending. She figured she'd just about managed it, but felt a little guilty for lying to a child, shrugging it off after a moment as she reminded herself that the girl was simply useful.

"I don't know this area of town well, but I think I saw a cafe that sells food while we were being kidnapped, so one of us could drop in there while the others wait nearby. Three adults walking into anywhere with two children rarely looks normal, and especially three adults with a big sword case. After that, I recommend we get out of here and back to a friend of mine's place to lose some heat." She said, outlining her plan for the next couple of hours, but retained a quizzical expression that left it open to corrections and suggestions.

 

[Sporky111]

Takeda nodded understandably to Lily's answer. It wasn't completely right, but it might make sense to Maya. "Yeah, Maya. France is a really long ways away from Jinan, so the time's a bit different."

The conversation had suddenly gone off on a tangent and the fox boy had to listen for a moment to get back up to speed with the adults. "I'm a little hungry too. I don't know anything about this place, though. I've never been to France, and I haven't seen outside of that warehouse."

 

[LunaSocks]

As the baby got louder and louder, the voices in the back of Blackrose's head did the same. The louder they got, the more the pain in her head built up.

"Lady, shut that thing up before I do. Now, we didn't come looking for trouble, and I honestly don't give a damn about whatever he has to do. We're not really in a position to talk to the police, so I suggest you back down before things get any uglier." Blackrose said, drawing the knife out of her back pocket, keeping it hidden and attempting to hold on to it with a steady grip.

 

[JoJo]

Maya thought that Lily's answer seemed to make sense, but she didn't much like the sound of her suggestion afterwards.

"I want food now!" she whined "Why can't we all eat there?"

The little girl pointed up the hill to an outdoor cafe on the edge of a crossroads where it was much busier. Around it stood a number of newspaper and magazine stands, and people were coming and going all the time.

~​

The teenager sighed, then spoke briefly to his mother in Chinese, the baby she was holding quieting down. She eventually nodded, and then without warning he leapt towards Alec, one fist aimed directly at the American's jaw. As he did so the customers gasped, several with mobile phones out but all focused on the sudden action taking place.

 

[DktrAgonizer]

"I've seen all varieties of families going into cafes and whatnot," Rezetta said, leaning down to carefully rest the sword case at her feet while everybody talked. "I don't think it'd be too weird for two of us," here she gestured to indicate Lily, Gabriel, and herself, "to go in with the two kids. Though I'll agree one of us should stay behind, at least."

She looked down at the singed sleeve on her arm and frowned. "Probably best if I stayed behind. I'm sure to get really odd looks if I walk in with my shirt messed up like this."

 

[LunaSocks]

The teenager launched forward, blasting Alec in the face with a strong punch in the face. He fell backwards onto the floor, and Blackrose saw blood streaming from his nose. She scrambled forward and talked the Chinese boy, punching and kicking him as hard as she could. She felt the boy fighting back, with blows being dealt to her head and torso. As she tried to scramble away from him, she remembered the knife she had been clutching, and stabbed it at the boy as well as she could. She could feel it catching air, and felt it catch on her pants, ripping a hole in the side of her pants near the knee. She kept thrashing around until she felt it the knife sink into the boy's flesh. As she managed to get away, she saw she had gotten the knife into the back of the boy's shoulder. She ripped the knife out, and shoved the boy off of her, right into an occupied table. As she felt her head, she could feel some of her teeth missing, and blood pooling in her mouth. She looked behind her at Alec, who she could see had drawn a gun, holding it out at the woman.

"How are you holding up?" She asked, seeing the blood dripping rapidly off of his face.

"I think my nose my be broken, but other than that, I'm doing fine." Alec responded.

Blackrose turned to face the boy, who had staggered to his feet, and the woman, still holding the baby. "Alright, you better give us answers, and you'd better give them NOW! We're armed, and as you've seen, can easily be dangerous." She said, very threateningly.

Spoiler: OOC

Was told by JoJo to make the next post, i don't know is currently a little busy.