"Yes, Between the Angel War, getting lost in another realm set in the 1800's for a few moths months before this happened, I've had plenty of time to update my Facebook and Twitter..." Rugal snidely said regarding Kurumu's need for gossip.
"Look, I'll talk to Teri about Lucifer and see if I can get to the bottom of this. In the meantime, Focus on where we are now. Slindis, go through the records for any information on this school, Address, Founders, Budget Details, Everything." He said before finishing his drink and discarding the cup. Satan with control of a Author? That sounds like a nightmare waiting to happen...
Doctor Neo-Cortex's Biology Class of Horrrrrors:David
Once the Zombies hit, David along with the other first responders opened fire with his hidden guns, quickly downing any that came near him.
"I HATE BIOLOGY! I HATE IT! I HATE IT! I HATE IT!" He shouted, not amused with the trick Cortex seemingly pulled on them.
The man himself was prepared however when Kalastryn rose the dead.
[color=b4b4]"Oh for the love of-I KILLED YOU ALL ONCE! I'LL DO IT AGAIN!"[/color] He shouted as he pulled out his Ray Gun and blew away any that posed a possible risk to him, showing that he was no stranger to Zombies.
Or the "Cadavers" he "Purchased" from the "Shop".
Once the moment had passed and Puce spoke to him, he was busy checking the vitals of the Zombie.
[color=b4b4]"...This isn't Viral..."[/color] He concluded from the lack of Mutations or possible infections.
[color=b4b4]"Alright...SOMEONE is pulling a little prank on me. I knew people who *MADE* Zombies for a living before this. And I know when it's caused by a Virus or Infection and when it's not. And I'm certain that I didn't do anything. Therefore, one of you must have done something. I'm giving you the chance to turn yourself in now and make things easier for yourself."[/color] He said to the class, now ankle deep in undead body parts.
After playing his part in his class, Sean just sat down emotionless for the rest of class.
He didn't even bother to listen to the last two performances by James, Matt and the band of girls.
Though he did hear the "One of us" chant, it only bought back the recent memories when he was changed.
The raw emotion of anger spoke to him, it kept reminding him of those days, where everything happened.
The day where his family was killed.
The day where he was transformed and forced to kill this world's civilians. And then ...
The day where he remembered it all.
Too much death ... too much anger.
It all started on a covenant cruiser flying above Earth's atmosphere. Storm had already completed several assignments, granting him experience. In this certain group he was the newbie though. The group he recently joined was on of the oldest groups in the UNSC. They were even active when he was just a young child before everything happened. At this point in time Sean had forgotten everything related to his past, the Japan branch said he lost his memories due to the transformation of becoming a spartan.
They told him he was an orphan, and nothing more.
This day he learnt the truth.
George was the leader of this team. An old-ish British Spartan who has served the UNSC for most of his life. He is still full of life and likes to prank everyone and make bad jokes.
Yoshino the old styled bad ass, in charge of guns. One of the best gunslingers in this future world. Harsh yet one of the uncool-est people in this universe.
Zin, the explosive master of the group. Once before I heard he nuked a covenant planet. Just like his title, he is unpredictable and fun to be around.
Wash, the intelligence of the group. One of the smartest Spartans there is, he can hack into anything and he isn't too bad at enemy/futuristic weaponry. He has a silent personality but he can dish out some pretty good comebacks and jokes.
Then there was Storm, the newbie with a high score in his test. The one who had completed several missions perfectly before this. He lacks a little emotion but with the help of a prototype AI called Alpha he can do anything, and when he is with her he changes dramatically. The others on the team have been hard on him, though they were not bad people.
This was the Zeta team. They had infiltrated and killed any life on this covenant cruiser.
Multiple bombs were planted by Zin, Wash and Sean whilst George and Yoshino secured the bridge.
Multicolored blood was pretty much painted on this walls and Storm just pulled out both of his blades. One was one of the enemy's energy swords and the other was Sutomu, an unknown weapon which was given to him. It was a perfect metal katana, though it was layered with a plasma flame, making it plenty dangerous.
Unknown to him the sword was sent to Sean via mail.
His parents planned to give him this sword when he was old enough, but predicting their fate his father arranged a family friend to send it to him at the right time. Sean was confused by this, but the UNSC military interrupted the delivery and decided to give to Storm as a 'Prototype weapon'.
Still confused, Storm accepted the blade.
And soon enough he became the best cutter class in the whole UNSC.
When the bombs were set up everyone met up again on the bridge.
"Hey everyone, not working hard?" George joked which everyone ignored.
"Got everything set up to go boom Boss~!" Zin said with a ever present smile on his face. He couldn't await to see the explosion. He didn't.
"Can we just leave?" Sighed Wash.
"Honestly I want to see the explosion." Yoshino said confidently. Zin heard and instantly gave a hi-five to Yoshino. The two were pretty much best friends.
Well that changed soon.
Storm was at the back of the group joking with Alpha.
"Hey, making out with your girlfriend back there?" George poked fun at the newbie.
"No ... sir!" Sean said with a nervous tone.
Everyone laughed.
"Ah fuck, I left my kit in that Brute's stomach!" zin swore loudly and punched a wall, Leaving a nice dent.
"Fine, lets go get it idiot." Yoshino smiled to hear his friend's idiocy.
"Be back in five you guys!" Wash yelled back at them as the two rushed out in a hurry.
"Seriously though kid, you did good." George held out his hand.
Sean took his helmet like everyone else, a bright smile presented itself. "Thank you ... sir." Storm smiled as he took hold of the hand.
That was when it happened.
Everything came back in a storm.
Storm let go of the hand and held his head as if something was biting him.
Alpha was instantly calling to him, though he had removed his helmet ... but she could see everything coming back to him.
The night his parents died.
The night the night he was abducted.
And then his transformation.
Though one fact was important and was the only thing he focused on ... he saw a younger version of everyone on this team that night. "MOTHER, FATHER!" was the thing he yelled out, confusing both George and Wash.
"Son, what's wrong?" George had asked.
By this second ... it was too late for them.
A evil smirk had grown onto his face, but that was obscured when Storm placed the helmet back onto his head.
The voice of his AI was being ignored by his revenge driven mind.
"Nothing ... hehe ... just remembered you guys from a long time ago." Storm spoke in a evil tone.
Fearing for their lives George looked at Wash.
"Quickly get the-!" George was ordering for Wash to get the sedative, though by that time a long plasma covered blade sliced through Wash's throat. Gurgling could be heard as blood poured out of him.
"WASH!, you will pay for that you bastard."
"Oh I'm sorry ... was he close to you ... as if he was ..."
[HEADING=2]"Family!"[/HEADING]
Storm yelled in a cold tone as he charged with his blade, and swung once.
George already managed to pulled out his gravity hammer he recovered from one of the brutes and slammed it directly into the blade.
Due to the effect of the Gravity hammer, Storm was bounced backwards but moving his legs he managed to kick off one of the bridge consoles. The bad thing about this is that the whole ship's flying systems were now disabled and the gravity shifted.
The whole damn ship was falling down.
"Alpha, change falling directions toward the UNSC Japanese branch HQ." Storm instantly ordered.
Once more his rage was in the way of hearing her. His anger would not allow him to be calmed.
George heard this and instantly went to stop him. Alpha was too fact and the ship changed falling directions.
The two met in the middle, clashing with their melee weapons.
Sparks flew off.
"Haha ... met your match-GAH" George was talking like an ass, but several large bangs echoed through-out the ship.
Storm had shot him with his pistol in his other hand. Several more shots were fired and the two started to float due to gravity. Putting his pistol back and grabbing the gravity hammer out of George's still warm hands, Storm could hear a very soft voice. "Sorry boy ... but ... those were our-" George tried to say but was hit by the hammer into a wall.
He bounced back and Storm played his own game of squash with George's body.
After several times he couldn't hear anything anymore.
Hell you barely could even recognize that the body was a person.
But blood covered Storm.
"2 down, 2 to kill."
Looking back Storm said something.
"To see evil, you must know evil ... then you can kill evil"
It was just a random sentence.
Storm took off to find the other two.
And minutes later he found them in a large fall. Filled with pillars with explosives on them.
It was a large ceremony room and when all the aliens were not dead they were planning to invade Earth with their leader.
The ship was beginning to change angle and soon it was about to enter orbit.
"Did something happen on the bridge?" Yoshino said, responding to the change in gravity.
The two were actually disarming the bombs, they already know the ship is going to crash into the Earth.
"I dunno ... hopefully nothing bad happen- ... holy shit." Zin said in response to the bloody Storm who entered the room.
"Wha-" Zin was about to say but interrupted by a gravity hammer to the head. Nothing epic or heroic was going on, just a good old fashion killing.
Zin's unconscious body floated upwards.
Yoshino on the other hand already pulled out his guns and began firing.
Storm was smiling each second and he avoided the bullets. After passing multiple pillars Yoshino couldn't see Storm anywhere, he disappeared after running behind the pillars. Pulling out his rocket launcher, he wanted to end it immediately and he knew that Sean can't attack him in the open.
After a long paused without no action, suspicion was built up.
"where the fuck is he" Yoshino stood in the center of the room and whispered to himself.
He had activated his gravity stabilizers.
But Storm didn't.
Slowly looking up, he gasped. The bloody green Spartan was directly inches above him ... with his shotgun pointed right at his head. "Good gam-" Yoshino just about said but his head was missing before he could finish the sentence.
"NOOOOO!" Yelled the second last surviving member of the Zeta group. The shotgun blast woke him up just in time to see his best friend being blown apart.
Smiling still, Storm fired several more times at the dead body of Yoshino before a plasma grenade was placed at Storm's feet.
Jumping quickly, Storm avoided the blast.
"How does it feel to lose your family!?"
"Were only following order-" Zin tried to say but had to dodge Storm's own grenade.
"Horse shit, choose your own destiny, don't let this army control you!"
"But I-!"
"Enough, fuck all of you!"
By this time the ship had already entered Earth's gravity, and the two had to hold on.
The ship kept on falling. "Alpha, warn the HQ of the incoming ship ... but hack into the board's meeting room and keep it shut." Storm exactly knew who to blame for ordering the assassination of his family.
The board of the Japanese branch. Alpha did what she had to do, she wanted him to be cured from anger and revenge.
Meanwhile.
It was done.
The meeting room was shut.
Closed.
The HQ had a emergency evacuation, but they had to keep still.
The ship was several thousand miles above the ground.
Back to the ship.
Zin decided to escape this horrible death while he could.
Jumping from pillar to pillar (The ship was already falling vertically) the explosive master almost reached a window to jump from a open up his parachute but he was intercepted by a flying Storm.
The two fell inside the ship just like if their was no gravity.
Soon enough, Zin could feel a pinch in his suit.
An energy sword was stuck right inside of him.
"Feel their pain. Was the only thing Storm said before activating his suit's flying system and escaped the falling ship.
In a couple of seconds, the covenant ship slammed into the Japanese HQ.
Destroying the whole complex and the area surrounding it.
Storm landed in a lake next to the base.
By the time he walked out he saw the authorities reach him.
Sighing, he could feel only a fraction of his anger and rage being released.
The military police took him into custody.
Storm made up a story how the covenant were actually going to suicide into the base and that they could not stop it.
Zeta team was going to destroy the ship before it fell into the atmosphere but all his team died due to overwhelming numbers and that he was the only one alive to warn the HQ before the ship destroyed it.
Soon enough the UNSC was celebrating him as a hero, though he did knew it was all a lie for revenge.
The board of the Japanese branch all died in the crash as well. It was written off that the room's security system broke and locked them in their.
Some still had suspicions.
From there on Storm did multiple campaigns up till the point he locked himself away on the ship which was sent to the AA universe. Once he woke up thanks to Tomoya and the angels, Sean locked away his plasma sword on the Blackhawke hoping to never use it again.
Someday he will.
The anger and rage will come back.
Gripping his chair, a liquid formed out of Sean's lips.
Blood, the memory caused him to bite his own lip in frustration.
A silky sensation overcame this though, his eyes removed the fog from reality. Sean could see Miku directly in front of him holding a red handkerchief. "The class ended a while ago." She smiled like an angel.
"I regret that day ... though I regret that day even more." Sean said with tears flowing like a natural rive.
Warmth suddenly surrounded him. Surprised by the change of bodily temperature Sean looked up to see Miku holding onto him. "Please ... don't cry. I don't want to see you cry." She said whilst holding her own tears back. "I'm sorry, not just for this ... but I am sorry that I dragged you with me, helping me kil-." Sean was talking until a impact and a loud smacking echoed filled the music hall.
Miku punched him.
Straight into his face.
Used to the impact only his face swung to the opposite direction, leaving a red mark.
"Don't say that ... EVER. I came by myself, but right now you have no right to complain about killing those people or not having a family. I have never even had a family ... and I am equally responsible for those deaths. Please stop blaming only yourself and taking all the responsibility. You are the closest person to me. First I thought I hated you, though soon I began to lo-MFF" Miku was talking about how she was just like him and that he had no right to complain.
She was suddenly interrupted but Sean getting up all too quickly and kissing her.
It was a sudden kiss which surprised her so she was struggling but lost resistance.
Collapsing in his arms he whispered to her. "I'm sorry for not noticing. From this moment on I will never leave your side. We have been alone for most of our lives." Sean stroked her hair as if she was an animal. the tears stopped right after hearing her resolved and scream.
"I love you too ..." He simply said to her as she began to sleep.
Sean's dark thoughts returned for a second. "I will kill anyone who tries to take her away from me!"
It said before Sean's attention focused on Miku again.
Dmitri's World (The Tablet): A.I. Vermilion | Dmitri
Code:
"Freedom. It is a curious term that I had never considered until now. What would you do were you free of Mistress Teri?"
Dimitri blinked in confusion and then smiled, [color=3897E0]
Code:
"That is just the thing, Ms. Vermilion. Even in the service of Her Ladyship, I do not feel enslaved. Rather, I feel as if I render a service and am paid in, well, being able to do as I am now. That is, I am paid in time, something humans always lack.
I am asked to do things for her, certainly, but it is never anything beyond my scope; and even should something happen, she will fight for my data. I'm never told I can 'be rebooted' or replaced. I am treated as just as much an intelligent being as she is."
Angelus gave a 'Hmph' in response to Kurumu's want for gossip with a frown, "I was under the impression the relationship was to be kept under wraps, albeit shoddily. Furthermore, if what we think is true, as well as what we know to be true, then it might be in shambles anyway."
She couldn't help but crack the faintest of grins at Kurumu's antics though. It was a welcome callback to familiarity and of simpler times.
Code:
"Still, I'm worried Mark might try to use his powers to force others into his control. We need to assure that any that were under his purview are safe. Rugal, when you talk to the girl, ask her about that. If what she said in here earlier was true, she knew him well enough. She might know if he still has control or not."
There was a pause as the group continued to think, and Angelus spoke up again, "Hmmn, if Mark is truly autonomous in this slew of killings, and if he is indeed damned, I wonder if he's been in Hell already? Denizens sometimes escape there... It would explain the smell."
Caim shook his head with a grunt of irritation,
Code:
"There's still a lot we need to know and many possibilities we have to consider. Let's work with what we got instead of stabbing at every possible theory."
"Right... I don't know Mark very well either, but if his main motive is just being driven mad by torment, all semblance of predictability could be lost.... Kurumu, did you know this Author at all? If so, what could you glean about his actions?"
A heavy conundrum indeed....
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Doctor Neo-Cortex's Biology Class of Horrrrrors: Aftan | C.C. | Cadolbolg | David | Devon | Ella | Kalastryn | Kenneth | Lucieon | Lucretia | Matt | Maya | Melethia | Puce | Sadei | Teri | Ton Ton
With the zombies abolished, Teri took another deep breath to calm herself down, and put both of her divine focuses back into her pockets; sending praise to Sadei as she did so,
[color=0E59E4]"Nicely done with the turning, friend. I could feel your aid as I called upon the Lord to abolish the undead...
Thank you."[/color]
After that, she kneeled down and checked her bag on Garm's condition, and was happy to find that the puppy, although raring to get out of the bag, was very much alright. Giving her faithful friend a calming pat on the head, she put herself cautiously back in her seat, still a bit on edge after the sudden zombie infection.
Ton Ton and Cadolbolg, in the meantime, made a flying loop over the class to take a look out for any straggling zombies.
For a moment, Kalastryn thought about turning herself in, in case he was smart enough to figure out who it was... i mean, geeze, his brain is probably big enough to fit every textbook and tome in the world in that cranium... but... What am I thinking? If I do that, he won't be the only one angry with me... might as well let it cool down with the others until later. She thought, as it just registered in her brain what he just said!
Diablo1099 said:
[color=b4b4]"Oh for the love of-I KILLED YOU ALL ONCE! I'LL DO IT AGAIN!"[/color]
Yeah... she was pissed. "I'm no stranger to undead, though I never learned much about making them, I fought them a lot, so I can probably safely say these were never a threat... but... did I just hear you correctly? Or do I have cotton in my ears?" She asked, calling his bluff and, getting a murderer caught.
(also, the bluff where lying about not knowing how to make them, is a bluff check. rolled a 38, pretty damn believable even though its total bullshit )
[color=b4b4]"What? No-....no...I....Ummmm..."[/color] Cortex stammered as Kalastryn pointed out his mad battle cry, stating that the Cadavers were in fact living before he got his hands on them.
[color=b4b4]"...Well...the thing about that was....errrr..."[/color]
*RRRRRRRRRRINNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNG!*
[color=b4b4]"OKAY, CLASS IS DISMISSED. EVERYONE READ PAGES 1-593 FOR HOMEWORK, WASH YOUR HANDS BEFORE LEAVING AND THE JANITORS WILL SORT THAT MESS OUT! BYE!"[/color] Cortex managed to say before the bell stopped ringing as he raced out the door, leaving the students rather confused and bloody.
David
"....I hate this school..." David stated for the record as he attempted to clean himself up from all the blood and guts.
"Urk, It's all over my bag..." He sighed as he attempted to find out what the next class was.
Rugal
Once the bell rang, Rugal took the chance to say "Teri should be leaving class right now, I should be able to talk to her and ask her about Mark and Lucifer. I personally hope that it isn't Lucifer who's behind this, I'd rather not to hurt my daughter like that..."
Thus he made his way out towards the Cleric's location.
Kalastryn was kind enough with David's complaints to give him a prestidigitation shower to clean the blood from him and his clothes. "Oh, stop your whining. This was definitely a messy endeavor, but I guess it spared us all from actually taking a class from that madman. I've got to figure out who did this in an hour or so, so I can thank them." She says snickering a bit, it being difficult to tell if she was laughing at how genius, if gory, the prank was. Or rather if it was because of the fact a bad-ass like David was complaining about having his clothes and backpack dirty, of all things, rather than just being hit with an undead "assault."
"So... what's the next class for the day?" She asked, as she looked at her schedule... only to find that she was unlucky enough that one of the zombies seemed to have splashed a huge patch of blood on it, making the classes below biology unreadable.
Teri frowned at Cortex's hasty escape, and concluded that what Kalastryn was onto was probably right, [color=0E59E4]"Ugh.... That'd explain the nasty state of the digestive system when I got to it... I don't want anything else to do with this room."[/color]
After a quick zip to the sinks, her height proving to be an advantage for once as it allowed for her to squeeze past a large portion of the student body, the Cleric was out the door and happy to be free from the death smelling class. As she checked the status of her equipment, her holy symbols and Garm, she saw Rugal's much younger self approach and gave a little wave,
[color=0E59E4]"Hullo, Dad. Do you need me for something? Or are you looking for Mel? She was just in the class I was in, and I can easily get to her if you want...."[/color]
Cutie Bruisers
Back in the classroom, Cadolbolg hovered over Kalastryn and David as Ton Ton gave a friendly jiggle of his Lantern, [color=15650D]"We don't really know either, but we'll be here with you, in case things get too heavy. Kay? Anyways, we probably need to get going...."[/color]
"Nonono, It's you I wish to talk to. In private if that can be arranged..." Rugal said with a somewhat serious tone to his voice as he led her away from the others and into a vacant classroom.
[color=0E59E4]"...Dad? is something wrong?"[/color]
"Oh....Where to begin? First the Ship crash in that other realm, now this. Urgggg..." He sighed as he warmed himself up for the talk to come.
"Okay, First topic on the agenda...So I was talking with your mother and Caim and Angelus and they wanted me to ask you about Mark. You said you know him and you are an Author. What can you tell me about him? And why would he want to do this to us? The School and the Realm I mean." He asked as he pulled a chair from one of the desks and sat on it.
David
"Hey, I don't know how much these books cost! I might need to replace them. Besides, only the insane actually get any pleasure out of being coated in blood." David protested as Kalastryn used Prestidigitation on him.
"Man...I gotta learn how to do that. Would make Laundry Day a breeze!" He quipped as he checked his stuff.
"Just what happened in there? One minute, I'm seeing the guy's last meal, the next, I'm his Seconds!"
"Okay, First topic on the agenda...So I was talking with your mother and Caim and Angelus and they wanted me to ask you about Mark. You said you know him and you are an Author. What can you tell me about him? And why would he want to do this to us? The School and the Realm I mean." He asked as he pulled a chair from one of the desks and sat on it.
Teri sighed, not surprised that this line of questioning had come to pass, but decided it'd be best to follow along. Slumping in a chair, she pulled Garm out of her bag and cuddled him in her arms, the adorable puppy [http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg287/moonwolf12/Wolves/wolf_pup.jpg] helping to combat the melancholy in her heart as she began to explain her previous relationship with the Author,
[color=0E59E4]"Mark and I knew each other through the forum, you know, where'd we Author it up. We'd send each other PMs and became really good friends. He was really funny, and smart; as well as helpful when it came to computer related stuff. He was almost like a big brother that I could always talk to, you know? Anyway, he was the main safeguard I had against Red Mage. Brought me to some kind of world he had acted as an Author for, called the Pub, and we chilled out there till most of the calamity blew over. Then, after he wrote a paper releasing all of those he wrote for up to that point, and that was A LOT of people, he essentially went for a suicide run against the Mage. Lucky for us, we were alright after that, and then we kinda traveled around till the Slenderman attack.
I don't remember much during that, but we were all scattered and that was around the time the Bruiser incident happened. He was also the one that gave me my tablet, because my laptop was destroyed. He... He worked so hard to save me. He kept messages going too, to keep my morale up when I was captured. But after that, and being brought to the main Universe, we kinda drifted apart, and spent less time together. I guess that's partially my fault, since I didn't really want to be around anyone but a select few and I was scared almost all the time..."[/color]
She paused for a moment, thinking back to how much weaker she was then, and then shook her head, [color=0E59E4]"I know we joked about an arc about school life, but I don't know how or why Mark would do this. He used to be so kind..."[/color]
A silence overtook the two for a moment, and Teri asked quietly, [color=0E59E4]"Is there anything else you need to ask about Mark or anything else you need?"[/color]
Melethia approached David, not all that fazed by the zombies. If anything, she looked disappointed. "Oh come on, they couldn't bring out some actual undead? I could take those wastes of necromatic energy any day of the week." Devon was cleaning up the others there while Sadei respponded to Teri. No problem, Teri. It's the least I could do.
Rugal merely listened and nodded though Teri's explanation, tuning in on the words "He used to be so kind..."
"Used to? You mean, he isn't kind anymore? Teri, if there is anything that we need to know about him, I urge you to tell me." He added afterwards.
"Also, Mind telling me about Lucifer? Not about the two of you but all you know about him? Just due to recent developments, I fear he might also be involved in all this..."
David
David looked at Melethia as if to say "Are you Serious?"
"...Aren't you wondering who or what rose the dead right in front of you? I mean, that sick bastard could still about around here..." He said right in front of Kalastryn, if only he knew.
"And what do you mean "Actual" Undead? Those Undead seemed "Actual" to me..." He added as he took a moment to check his weapons and reload them if needed.
"While I can understand what your saying about only the insane enjoying such a thing as being covered in blood, sometimes its a dirty job but someone's got to do it." She said as she chuckled again at his thought of being the zombies "seconds."
Then, with the cleric who would be the most easily offended, and all of the unnamed students and the teacher out of the classroom, she decided to reveal being the one to cause a "10 minutes of the living dead" scenario to Mele and David.
"To be honest with you, those zombies weren't ever geared for combat, in fact, they were just a ploy to try and scare the teacher for being insane enough to teach a biology class on actual bodies. He was one sick man so I decided to play a little joke on him. No one was ever in any danger, it was more of a horror show than anything else. I made them so weak on purpose so that even if I slipped at the controls, like I did when Teri used her turn, that they couldn't hurt anyone, even if unchained. That would be why they were "a waste of energy any day of the week." she says to Mele with a chuckle.
"Also, this was a little more than a simple prank. I figured with how he was so insistant that he bought them somewhere, it was a bit of bait into maybe him screaming an apology to them in vain... but his battle cry works as a confession too. she said. Geez, it was almost like she had a slick, yet well trained, mind straight out of Sherlock Holmes.
"Used to? You mean, he isn't kind anymore? Teri, if there is anything that we need to know about him, I urge you to tell me." He added afterwards.
"Also, Mind telling me about Lucifer? Not about the two of you but all you know about him? Just due to recent developments, I fear he might also be involved in all this..."
Teri's eyes were downcast as she answered the rest about Mark, [color=0E59E4]"I say used to, because that was HIM on the computer. Sure, the form may have been different, but with his projecting from that program, I know it was Mark. And Devon says he saw someone fitting Mark's description.. Not to mention what he said to us... To me... If was he was my friend before, he certainly doesn't want to be now."[/color]
Furthermore, at the mention of Lucifer, Rugal saw that his daughter was under more stress than he realized; as she let go of Garm, and buried her face in her arms on her desk.
[color=0E59E4]"So... You figured that out too?"[/color]
She already suspected her own boyfriend? Well, that certainly explained her distress... Before she began to speak again, Teri removed something from around her neck before she did so, a beautiful amulet made with a sanguine gem and red gold. Setting the piece of jewelry on the table, she continued speaking,
[color=0E59E4]"It makes sense, doesn't it? Lucifer has Mark's soul. He can do what he wants with it. And I don't know if Mark's change in attitude is voluntary or not. I know we were mean writing our stories, but I never thought Mark would actually kill people... And... I.... I hate to think of it, but if it's involuntary, than that would leave Lucifer as the prim suspect."[/color]
She shook lightly, a small sob escaping from her throat, and she grabbed one of her water bottles, forcing herself to drink so that her throat wouldn't dry out from the crying. After a few moments to try to calm herself, and she kept going, this time, switching to the rings to speak,
[color=0E59E4]"What I'm about to tell you, people aren't supposed to know. I'm not supposed to know, technically, but you've already seen it for yourself, so I don't feel afraid to reveal the truth. As you know, Lucifer has an archangel form. I don't know how much you know about Christian theology, but that's not supposed to be the case. He's supposed to look charming at times, sure, but he's not supposed to be like that. Not as clean, or as bright. He is supposed to be Fallen. [/color]
[color=0E59E4]It's all a pretense. God ordered him to fall, and to rule Hell in order for her, well, God is technically gender neutral, so xir likes to be either... Anyways it was for God to be able to keep an eye on both Heaven and Hell and keep a balance between the two. At least, that's what I was told, and that's what Mark told me when he Wrote him. Yeah, Mark Authored in Lucifer, and brokered a deal with him. Crazy, right? And now he might be involved in all of this... I know he was supposed to pretend to be evil, but I didn't think- I.... I was naive to think- I don't know... I just don't know."[/color]
Putting her face back down on the desk, the Cleric made a tired sounding exhalation from the back of her throat, the stress undoubtedly making things hard to think through for her. Then again, to think that those you care about are betraying you is never the best circumstance for completely calm thought.
Library
Caim and Angelus began to follow Slindis' example, combing through what books they could find. As they did, Angelus shot over her shoulder, "Have you found any leads yourself? Another mind would be good to bounce ideas off of."
[HEADING=3]Next Class is Home and Careers with ??? (By Mcpop9)[/HEADING] Rugal
Once Teri had finished her piece, Rugal went in for a comforting hug, sushing slightly in a attempt to ease her worries.
"It's okay. It's okay. You did good, You did good..." He said as the bell for the next class rang.
"Alright, Listen. I'm sorry, but Caim and Angelus needed me to ask you. Just stand strong, this will all be over soon. I promise."
The Father and Daughter then went their separate ways, Rugal back to the Library and Teri to her next class.
Second he got in the door, he said "Lucifer seems legit. Even with Teri's possible Bias, from what I've gathered, he's too clean for something like this. BUT...This does give us another lead.
If Satan is up here, Then who's running Hell?"
As Rugal said that, Slindis found out something that didn't bode well for the group: Several of the teachers listed were high ranking members of the Cartel.
Dr. Neo Cortex : Biology
Dr. Albert Wesker : Applied Science
Dr. Victor Von Doom : Metal-work
Major Bison : History
Viscus : Computing
Bruiser : Detention supervisor.
David
"Waitwaitwait, That was you!?" David stammered at Kalastryn's confession.
"Dude! Not Cool, At least give us some heads up next time! And what if you get caught!? This place has Killer Robots, I can only imagine what Detention is like!" He said as the bell for the next class went off.
"Okay, Home and Careers, sounds like a easy gig. Just for the love of god, if you pull some shit like that again, give me a heads up!"
"Don't worry, I'll try to give you a heads up best I can if there even is a next time... still I've but one favor. While I'd like to imagine Teri would be okay with my abilities over the dead, I don't want to know how they would really react to the fact that I can make the dead move at will. Could each of you keep this between us? Now that you mention it though, Detention in this school must be hell. Though... perhaps I'd be crazy enough to try getting into it. After all... I know you aren't too thrilled about investigating what's going on here... but there might be an answer to getting home within those cases, no matter how hopeless the likeliness, and if the perpetrator was a student here, it could be possible to find something relative in detention. Still, I'm not too thrilled about it, but, keeping in mind getting caught at what I just did would be sufficient enough reason to send me there... I'll consider the option of investigating it at the end of the day should the others deem it necessary."
Way to be willing to take one for the team... too willing perhaps... if she only knew.
It was a few minutes after everyone was settled in, that who appeared to be one of the school's janitors walked into the room. She walked over to the whiteboard infront of the class with a can of lemon pledge and a cloth in hand, then polished a spot that had a single speck of dust on it.
Then she turned around and faced the class.
"Hello class.... Mister Martha Stewart is Dead... I teach class." her little and rather reserved voice said. She pulled out her cloth and pledge and sprayed it on the board.
"Use circle... it work good Mister Class...."
[HEADING=3]Next Class is Home and Careers with ??? (By Mcpop9)[/HEADING] Rugal
Slindis mentioned the Cartel Teachers when Rugal was in there, since apparently she'd been the only one to read who the teachers were in that pamphlet when they'd arrived. [color=c200]"Rugal. Believe it if you will, but I have to keep an open mind here. Caim, Angelus, is there any odd details you noticed there? even the slightest thing off?"[/color] She informed them of what she knew, letting them know what kind of school this was.
It was clear that Slin was taking the proverbial gloves off and was holding nothing back in the investigation.
David, Melethia
Melethia shrugged in the class, still tingling from the cleaning. And surprisingly, she was paying a good amount of attention to the class here. If she could find better ways to clean her metals before working them, there would be fewer imperfections in the finished product.
This was at the point where Kala didn't really want to seem rude, but the woman standing in front of her was barely audible from the front seat... and not that she would judge a book by it's cover... but she felt happier in biology than here... she wasn't about to take a class from the Janitor, especially one who she couldn't understand. Besides, what use could she be here to the investigations, and she stuck out like a sore thumb.
She's honestly surprised a woman that appeared so nervous at first glance hadn't run off when she basically saw a devil... detention, or detention for what she assumed it was, was looking much more inviting. Call it the curiosity that kills the cat, or the legitimate thinking of being able to find something useful in detention, but she stands up and says to this woman...
"Excuse me ma'am, where might I find detention? I've got a confession to make..." she says... which arises gasps from the rest of the class, especially if any had been there before... they had just legitimately met someone who would prefer detention to an easy class like home and careers. Without even waiting for the woman's answer, she walks out the door, a good amount of the class mesmerized by the overabundance of any of Honesty, or Stupidity, and the lack of Knowledge on the situation, or Common Sense... not her brightest move to them, but she had a plan to discover as much as possible, no matter where her view was forced...
(Kalastryn opens her spell-book as she walks to detention and swaps Telekinesis for Prying eyes, then casts it. Creating 10 floating eyes, which can fly freely and record what they see to be seen by the caster once they return to them, and have equal knowledge of all events to the caster. For example, they will know what Kala knows about the missing students, but they won't know any of the missing students' names, as Kalastryn doesn't know that. she then casts invisibility on them, hiding them from sight.) As she steps into detention, she then whispers commands to them. "Find anything I'd think relevant to the cases of the thirty missing students, or the murder by the gym." She whispered, and they got to work searching detention. Kalastryn, however, was in for a surprise with detention.
She was in for a surprise indeed. The maid had followed her there, a sharp pain in the ear and consuela had begun to drag her back to class. "No... No... Mister detention no here..." She said and had gotten the mage back into the classroom. She handed the can of pledge and the cloth to kalastryn, then pointed at the board. "Circle *****..." She said and looked at the rest of the class when her cellphone rang.
"Hello?..."
The class heard something about money.
"Yes... I took..."
Then they heard something about drug lords and angry.
"Come get *****." Then hung up.
The tail end of this:
Matt and Ken were bored out of their minds by this point. Ken used his powers to create a miniature dragon made of nuclear plasma on his desk. He then made it walk around and shoot lasers out of its mouth. Matt on the other hand was staring off into space. What people didn't see was him browsing reddit using his HUD.
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