Society of Justice 3: Crisis on the Earth
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The opening and closing of the kitchen cabinets lasted a whole ten minutes before Garrus realized that there was no candy in the vicinity. There wasn't even any hidden away inside of pots pushed all the way in the back or hidden behind spices and plates. 'Why people hide their shit in the kitchen I'll never know,' Garrus thought to himself as he closed one of the doors to a bottom cabinet before standing up and turning to his brother.
"Where is your stash of candy?" he asked as he watched Leland stop carving his pumpkin to look at him.
"I'm not telling you. That's my secret stash and you're not getting any," he replied after eying his brother.
"Look we need candy to pass out to the children that drop by, and there isn't any here even though I asked someone to go and buy some yesterday."
"Maybe you should have gone yourself instead of simply asking someone to go and get some. It doesn't matter to me though, since you're still not getting any of mine," Leland said as he returned back to work on his pumpkin, doing his best to stick some toothpicks into a small tree to keep it from falling over.
"It does matter since you're going to have to watch Renton while I go out and buy some. I'll be back in a bit," Garrus said with annoyance as he grabbed his jacket and took out the keys as he left the kitchen in a huff.
Leland frowned as he looked over at his nephew. Renton was eating some cheerios that were in front of him and seemed relatively calm enough.
'Hopefully he stays that way,' he thought to himself as he maneuvered a toothpick through the soft flesh of the pumpkin.
"Where is your stash of candy?" he asked as he watched Leland stop carving his pumpkin to look at him.
"I'm not telling you. That's my secret stash and you're not getting any," he replied after eying his brother.
"Look we need candy to pass out to the children that drop by, and there isn't any here even though I asked someone to go and buy some yesterday."
"Maybe you should have gone yourself instead of simply asking someone to go and get some. It doesn't matter to me though, since you're still not getting any of mine," Leland said as he returned back to work on his pumpkin, doing his best to stick some toothpicks into a small tree to keep it from falling over.
"It does matter since you're going to have to watch Renton while I go out and buy some. I'll be back in a bit," Garrus said with annoyance as he grabbed his jacket and took out the keys as he left the kitchen in a huff.
Leland frowned as he looked over at his nephew. Renton was eating some cheerios that were in front of him and seemed relatively calm enough.
'Hopefully he stays that way,' he thought to himself as he maneuvered a toothpick through the soft flesh of the pumpkin.
"Okay, I'm finished. Finally! It came out way better than I thought." Jason announced to himself in exhaustion as he looked at his costume, the several pieces strung about his desk.
"Couldn't you have did another blue beetle? Like the Ted one? That would've been easier."
"Yeah, but the newest one and I have so much more in common. I mean, we got the same color scheme, and both of our names are Jaime (well, it's my middle name, but you get my point). And we practically have the same powers, only I can't fly." He explained, rising to his feet. Getting into the costume was a slight challenge (the chest piece being the most strenuous) but it was nothing he couldn't handle. Pieces in tact, the armor soon followed, filling in the blanks where the black parts of the costume would be, stopping short at his neck.
"Welp, that's done." He added simply, now going to rejoin the others in the lounge.
"Couldn't you have did another blue beetle? Like the Ted one? That would've been easier."
"Yeah, but the newest one and I have so much more in common. I mean, we got the same color scheme, and both of our names are Jaime (well, it's my middle name, but you get my point). And we practically have the same powers, only I can't fly." He explained, rising to his feet. Getting into the costume was a slight challenge (the chest piece being the most strenuous) but it was nothing he couldn't handle. Pieces in tact, the armor soon followed, filling in the blanks where the black parts of the costume would be, stopping short at his neck.
"Welp, that's done." He added simply, now going to rejoin the others in the lounge.
Richard caught up to Alex as she hid behind the tree. He wasted no time as he immediately rounded it and caught her before she could run off again. He held her arm behind her back with the other crossing around her stomach.
"There, got you. Now to go back inside with the others." He said as he started to walk back still holding her.
"There, got you. Now to go back inside with the others." He said as he started to walk back still holding her.
Rowan's demonstration of his ability to perfectly assume the form of Simon, Kaylee, and Shepherd Book was quite...fascinating. Levi could grasp the changes in physique and vocal cords, but he was stumped as to how Rowan's clothes transformed along with his form. It was a question that he pondered somewhat before his train of thought was broken by a freshly intoxicated Steven loudly greeting everyone. Levi offered a hesitant nod of acknowledgment in the general direction of the inebriated man before returning his attention to Rowan, who had returned to the form of Mal.
"Don't worry about it," Levi told the shapeshifter. "No awkwardness here. In fact, I think it's sort of fun".
"Don't worry about it," Levi told the shapeshifter. "No awkwardness here. In fact, I think it's sort of fun".
Leland did not know how it started, but he knew when it did. He had been working on carefully cutting out the panes for a window on his haunted house carving when Renton's loud crying started (causing him to almost completely knock in the already flimsy carving). At first he simply tried to cheer his nephew up with some kind words and a marshmallow. When that didn't work he checked to see if he was hungry or needed changing, but that proved fruitless as well in coming up with an answer. Finally he simply tried to ignore the child as he worked to restore his carving before the crying simply became too much.
"Stop I beg of you," Leland said after banging his head against the table a few time (leaving a dent from his helmet). "What do you want from me!? I know what I want, for you to stop crying! Maybe...we'll walk around a little? You like exploring right? Up you go," he told the child as he picked him up from his high-chair and started to walk around with him. "Look there's Levi and Taryn, you like them right?" he asked Renton who stopped his wailing to look at them, his eyes all red and puffy.
"Hey you two who are dressed up as...some people from somewhere I assume. Unless that's just what you feel like wearing for today, then please accept my apology for assuming it was a costume...or something. Anyways, say hi to them Renton," Leland said as the child looked back and forth at the two, "This is good maybe I'll just leave him with you two if your presence makes him stop crying."
"Stop I beg of you," Leland said after banging his head against the table a few time (leaving a dent from his helmet). "What do you want from me!? I know what I want, for you to stop crying! Maybe...we'll walk around a little? You like exploring right? Up you go," he told the child as he picked him up from his high-chair and started to walk around with him. "Look there's Levi and Taryn, you like them right?" he asked Renton who stopped his wailing to look at them, his eyes all red and puffy.
"Hey you two who are dressed up as...some people from somewhere I assume. Unless that's just what you feel like wearing for today, then please accept my apology for assuming it was a costume...or something. Anyways, say hi to them Renton," Leland said as the child looked back and forth at the two, "This is good maybe I'll just leave him with you two if your presence makes him stop crying."
"Hello, Leland." Taryn said with a wave "and hello, Renton." she added with a smile and another, shorter wave. An apparently fussy Renton, she noted. "You've never seen Firefly?" Taryn asked. She was a bit disappointed. Gesturing to herself, Levi, and adding Rowan into the mix with an nod she explained. "It's an old sci-fi/western television series. Short-lived, but awesome. We're two..ah...three of the main cast members." 'Technically, more, if you count Rowan's costume changes.' Taryn reached out up to nudge one of Renton's hands with her own in an attempt to keep the toddler's attention. "You should check it out sometime." she commented to Leland. "It's on Netflix." Taryn's gaze flickered to Levi and she grinned briefly.
Levi met Taryn's brief gaze with an amused smirk before turning his attention to the fidgeting Renton. Despite Taryn's best efforts to entertain the toddler, he continued to wriggle restlessly. "Looks like he's a little cranky..." he said over Renton's groaning protests. "...or something". Small children were never a field of expertise for him. Despite his grasp of the principles of electromagnetism and his college degree in engineering, Levi had a hard time understanding toddlers.
"Oh that show...never liked it from the few episodes I watched. Though their are other things I can watch since we do have Netflix...I did miss the last season of Entourage and Mad Men," Leland mused as Renton swatted away Taryn's hand from his and started to cry again as he buried his face against Leland's tunic.
"Oh come on, she was just trying to say hi kiddo," Leland said as soothingly as possible, lifting the child up as he added, "I think he just misses Garrus. You know how kids are like with parents. Or he might just be in a bad mood. Garrus said that he had been this morning."
"Oh come on, she was just trying to say hi kiddo," Leland said as soothingly as possible, lifting the child up as he added, "I think he just misses Garrus. You know how kids are like with parents. Or he might just be in a bad mood. Garrus said that he had been this morning."
"Hey I can walk my self you know Richard." Alex said trying to get free and sighed. "Dammit Richard let me go.. we're not having sex so this isn't fun just annoying." Alex protested the whole way. "What the hell did I do to have this coming. Jerk." she said.
Being an orphan, Levi couldn't really say he understood what having parents felt like. It was always a fact that was just accepted while he was growing up, that his parents were gone. He knew nothing of his mother or his father. Who they were, what they did, or even what they looked like. To this day, it still bothered him. He had been meaning to do some snooping around to see what he could find, but his position in the Society of Justice left him with little time to pursue it. Levi banished the thought for now. This was a Halloween party, not a time to be a downer.
Some day.
Levi shrugged. "I'm not good with kids, so I don't know what would make little Renton feel any better," he replied. "Uh...maybe take him out for a walk or something?"
Some day.
Levi shrugged. "I'm not good with kids, so I don't know what would make little Renton feel any better," he replied. "Uh...maybe take him out for a walk or something?"
"Hmm that might work. Hey Renton you want to go outside before the storms come?" Leland asked the child who babbled as tears started to well up in his eyes. "Well that doesn't sound appealing to him from what I can tell. I think we'll just continue walking around and talking to people. Thanks for at least trying to calm him down. If you see my brother tell him to find me as soon as possible. Come now Renton, let us go and see...Tommy! How 'bout Tommy? You like him well enough I believe," Leland said as he gave a wave goodbye to Taryn and Levi before turning towards the living area doors (having to tell Renton that they were not going to the doctor when the child first saw them).
Leland hit Tommy's door a few times with his prop Mjolnir (letting Renton give the door a few whacks too) as he asked if they could come in.
Leland hit Tommy's door a few times with his prop Mjolnir (letting Renton give the door a few whacks too) as he asked if they could come in.
Tommy answered the door, when he swung it open Leland and Renton could see the silvery transparent figures of the illusory ghosts. Tommy's hand we're covered in a goo that had the same silvery tint as the ghosts.
"Sup Leland, sup mini-shaker, I was just in the middle of finishing my ghosts. Sorry about the goop, ectoplasm's messy stuff. So what's up?" Tommy asked as he grabbed a towel off the floor and used it to wipe the ectoplasm off.
"Oh, I was just wondering if you could take care of Renton for a bit. Nice ghosts by the way." Leland handed Renton off to Tommy.
"Uh, ya sure, I'm not usually put on baby sitting duty,"
" It's just his parent's aren't around an I'm carving pumpkin, and I don't want him to be around the knives."
"Makes sense." Tommy said, forgetting the numerous enchanted swords, axes, daggers, and spears he kept lying around his room.
"Alright I leave you to it then." And with that Leland left.
Tommy looked at Renton for a bit, before putting him down of his bed.
"So, don't get into trouble, I've got to finish my ghosts."
With that Tommy foolishly let a baby to his own devices. As Tommy began resume molding ectoplasm. Renton quickly became restless and began to crawl. First he move to the foot of the bed, from their he crawled down and over to the book shelf, where several shiny amulets and jewels drew his attention. With the understated strength of his limbs Renton began to climb up, shelf by shelf, until he got to the top. There he found amulets and rings among the books. He picked up a ring and held it up, before giving an innocent giggle and sticking it in his mouth. As he teethed on the ring he turned invisible, but he the sense of self yet to realize it. He continued to teeth on it until he saw it, a bowl of keys. Keys of all different kinds, plastic keys, car keys, skeleton keys, and as all babies love keys he explored. But when he touched it he realized it wasn't a bowl of key's rather it was a book. Even if he wasn't a babe he would have paid the revelation no head, because something about this book beckoned to him. Mesmerized he open it's cover and flipped it open, and as he did a breeze that didn't exist flipped the pages to a point in the book. The shapes and symbols flowed on the page, and even though Renton was illiterate he knew their meaning. And even though he could barely say is father's name, he spoke them. In a tongue no man was meant to hear a spell was cast, and a seal was broken.
It was at that point the protector of the book noticed what was happening and turned around. And saw Renton with the Book of Death.
"Renton did you read all that by yourself?" He asked, giving the child a pinch on the cheek.
His only response was a innocent chortle.
"Leland's got to see this." Tommy scoop Renton and the book up and headed to the lounge where Leland was carving a pumpkin.
"Leland! Leland! You're not gonna believe this! Mini-shaker read this whole page by himself! Aloud!" Tommy gushed, clutching to book.
"Check it out-" It was at that moment Tommy realized what he was holding and what just happened. Tommy knew five languages, English, Romanian, Spanish, Cantonese, and one reserved for special matters. In the entirety of their vocabularies only one word was apt.
"Fuck"
"Sup Leland, sup mini-shaker, I was just in the middle of finishing my ghosts. Sorry about the goop, ectoplasm's messy stuff. So what's up?" Tommy asked as he grabbed a towel off the floor and used it to wipe the ectoplasm off.
"Oh, I was just wondering if you could take care of Renton for a bit. Nice ghosts by the way." Leland handed Renton off to Tommy.
"Uh, ya sure, I'm not usually put on baby sitting duty,"
" It's just his parent's aren't around an I'm carving pumpkin, and I don't want him to be around the knives."
"Makes sense." Tommy said, forgetting the numerous enchanted swords, axes, daggers, and spears he kept lying around his room.
"Alright I leave you to it then." And with that Leland left.
Tommy looked at Renton for a bit, before putting him down of his bed.
"So, don't get into trouble, I've got to finish my ghosts."
With that Tommy foolishly let a baby to his own devices. As Tommy began resume molding ectoplasm. Renton quickly became restless and began to crawl. First he move to the foot of the bed, from their he crawled down and over to the book shelf, where several shiny amulets and jewels drew his attention. With the understated strength of his limbs Renton began to climb up, shelf by shelf, until he got to the top. There he found amulets and rings among the books. He picked up a ring and held it up, before giving an innocent giggle and sticking it in his mouth. As he teethed on the ring he turned invisible, but he the sense of self yet to realize it. He continued to teeth on it until he saw it, a bowl of keys. Keys of all different kinds, plastic keys, car keys, skeleton keys, and as all babies love keys he explored. But when he touched it he realized it wasn't a bowl of key's rather it was a book. Even if he wasn't a babe he would have paid the revelation no head, because something about this book beckoned to him. Mesmerized he open it's cover and flipped it open, and as he did a breeze that didn't exist flipped the pages to a point in the book. The shapes and symbols flowed on the page, and even though Renton was illiterate he knew their meaning. And even though he could barely say is father's name, he spoke them. In a tongue no man was meant to hear a spell was cast, and a seal was broken.
It was at that point the protector of the book noticed what was happening and turned around. And saw Renton with the Book of Death.
"Renton did you read all that by yourself?" He asked, giving the child a pinch on the cheek.
His only response was a innocent chortle.
"Leland's got to see this." Tommy scoop Renton and the book up and headed to the lounge where Leland was carving a pumpkin.
"Leland! Leland! You're not gonna believe this! Mini-shaker read this whole page by himself! Aloud!" Tommy gushed, clutching to book.
"Check it out-" It was at that moment Tommy realized what he was holding and what just happened. Tommy knew five languages, English, Romanian, Spanish, Cantonese, and one reserved for special matters. In the entirety of their vocabularies only one word was apt.
"Fuck"
"Hang on one second. Just need to fix this cobblestone," Leland told Tommy as he shaved off some pumpkin shell to get the right look for the cobblestone road. He proudly showed the haunted house he had spent the morning on before frowning at Tommy's cursing.
"Language! You're carrying a baby Tommy. One that learns new words each day, and will soon be reciting everything bad he hears! Now you said he read something? How adorable! Good job nephew; heh, he sure seems to be in a better mood now," he said after giving Renton a pat on the head, taking the book from Tommy to see what the child had read.
"Well this certainly isn't See Spot Run! Huh, can't believe he...actually...read...this," Leland came to a halt as he reread the page a dozen times before putting the book down with a shocked look on his face and repeating, "Fuck."
"Ffuutc," Renton tried to say, getting a quick 'no' from Leland who reread the page once more before turning to Tommy, "You're sure he didn't just...look at the page, right? Like, maybe he read a different passage or something? What exactly happened Tommy!?!? How could you let him get his hands on this?!? Were you not paying attention?!"
"Language! You're carrying a baby Tommy. One that learns new words each day, and will soon be reciting everything bad he hears! Now you said he read something? How adorable! Good job nephew; heh, he sure seems to be in a better mood now," he said after giving Renton a pat on the head, taking the book from Tommy to see what the child had read.
"Well this certainly isn't See Spot Run! Huh, can't believe he...actually...read...this," Leland came to a halt as he reread the page a dozen times before putting the book down with a shocked look on his face and repeating, "Fuck."
"Ffuutc," Renton tried to say, getting a quick 'no' from Leland who reread the page once more before turning to Tommy, "You're sure he didn't just...look at the page, right? Like, maybe he read a different passage or something? What exactly happened Tommy!?!? How could you let him get his hands on this?!? Were you not paying attention?!"
"He read it, I know he did, I head him." Tommy said," I don't know this happened, he shouldn't have been able to get the book."
He didn't have any time to worry about it anymore. He needed to get to work, he grabbed the book back and read the spell. Cursing under his breath as he examined it's effect and the clauses attached to it.
"Everyone!" Tommy yelled, trying to get their attention, " To make a long story short we probably have less than an hour before the Promenade get's besieged by zombies!" Tommy lifted the Book, "They're possessed by spirits of nine hundred and thirteen lesser demons, who want to get this book, we can't let them, if they do it's game over. These zombies should be slow at first, they'll come in waves, as the demons get stronger their vessels will become faster and stronger. I am not joking around, do you understand me?"
He didn't have any time to worry about it anymore. He needed to get to work, he grabbed the book back and read the spell. Cursing under his breath as he examined it's effect and the clauses attached to it.
"Everyone!" Tommy yelled, trying to get their attention, " To make a long story short we probably have less than an hour before the Promenade get's besieged by zombies!" Tommy lifted the Book, "They're possessed by spirits of nine hundred and thirteen lesser demons, who want to get this book, we can't let them, if they do it's game over. These zombies should be slow at first, they'll come in waves, as the demons get stronger their vessels will become faster and stronger. I am not joking around, do you understand me?"
Brian just stared at Tommy as he made this outlandish claim. "Hahaha, oh yeah," he laughed. "That's a good one, eh? I'm sure they are just going to come running right through that door there, and we're supposed to smack them down or something, just like the movies. That's a really good Halloween prank there Tommy. Now where's the booze hiding at eh?" Brian rested his cricket bat on the counter as he continued the search for booze. He could have sworn there was vodka handy, but it seemed to have disappeared.
Tyson had wondered over to the window and decided to look outside while the others conversed amongst themselves. Never feeling a connection to anyone else in the society and always staying inside in order to prevent as much risk of being seen as much as possible, the Promenade was starting to seem like another cage he moved into. Looking outside always put him in a better mood it showed that there's something to look forward to, tonight itself was one of those things because its hard to tell who someone is with a mask or hood covering most of their face.
Tyson's alternative thoughts subsided and his mind turned back to reality. Trying to think of something different, Tyson started watching people coming towards to Promenade. From what he could tell they were dressed like zombies. However something about them was off but from the current distance Tyson couldn't tell what it was.
Tyson's comm came to life as Tommy's voice flowed over it in regards to his announcement. Swallowing hard Tyson knew exactly why those people seemed off. They weren't dressed as zombies but rather were zombies. Tyson focused on them to see how fast they were moving because he knew Tommy's time frame clearly wasn't anywhere close.
"You're wrong!" Tyson announced over his comm. "Not about the demons or the spell but your time frame is off. I can already see them coming. We've got ten minutes, maybe fifteen at the most from what I can see." After finishing his announcement Tyson turned for his room in order to get into his armor and prepare for what was to come.
Tyson's alternative thoughts subsided and his mind turned back to reality. Trying to think of something different, Tyson started watching people coming towards to Promenade. From what he could tell they were dressed like zombies. However something about them was off but from the current distance Tyson couldn't tell what it was.
Tyson's comm came to life as Tommy's voice flowed over it in regards to his announcement. Swallowing hard Tyson knew exactly why those people seemed off. They weren't dressed as zombies but rather were zombies. Tyson focused on them to see how fast they were moving because he knew Tommy's time frame clearly wasn't anywhere close.
"You're wrong!" Tyson announced over his comm. "Not about the demons or the spell but your time frame is off. I can already see them coming. We've got ten minutes, maybe fifteen at the most from what I can see." After finishing his announcement Tyson turned for his room in order to get into his armor and prepare for what was to come.
Alex blinked and ran to her room and grabbed the guns Jason gave her and ran back out. "Good think I know how to use these now." Alex said putting on the spare ammo and put the guns in their holsters. "Seems like I should of dressed up as Zoey and not Chell." alex joked.
Richard held the gun readily, his suit was currently undergoing a full system sweep and upgrade so it would be out of commission for the day. He was stuck with merely the weapons on his back, luckily he and Lillian had long since squirreled away enough ammunition to keep an army well stocked so keeping the gun firing wouldn't be a problem. They had figured storing all of the guns and ammunition they had was a good idea after the multiple break ins the Promenade had suffered. At least this way they weren't defenseless if some lesser Union members broke in.
"Well it seems like I picked the right costume then. All right, well if I might put my two cents in, we should move Renton to the security room so that he might be out of the way. The rest of us should start setting up blockades and defensive positions in as many choke points as we can find. We should probably make the security room our last line of defense, hopefully if it comes to that Leland and Tommy can make us a way out."
"Well it seems like I picked the right costume then. All right, well if I might put my two cents in, we should move Renton to the security room so that he might be out of the way. The rest of us should start setting up blockades and defensive positions in as many choke points as we can find. We should probably make the security room our last line of defense, hopefully if it comes to that Leland and Tommy can make us a way out."