We Are Our Avatars VIII: Interdimensional Jaunt. (Closed up, thanks for playing.)

[Zepherus14]

"Gideon what are you stopping for!? It's still coming man!" Franky exclaimed when Gideon stopped. "I'm in a sodding vehicle! You don't need to wait for me!" He added.

'What the hell is that thing!?' Franky eyed the figure as he continued on.

 

[Chungus]

"I thought it was gone!" Gideon exclaimed.

Begining to feel the sense of dread creep up on him again, but still seeing nothing, Gideon gritted his teeth, and began to strafe to his left. Damn it... Turning to his left, Gideon reached into his pocket and retrieved his phone, opening the list of saved numbers and scrolling through them as he began to pick up speed, going from a walking speed to a jogging speed.

If the number of the WAOA was present in the list, Gideon would call it, bring the phone to his ear, and speed up into a running speed.

 

[DotSlash]

Carmen spun on her heels and gave Fredrick a small curtsy. She was going to give one to Mary as well, before noticing the woman about to lick the blade. [color=bb0066] (....Hmmm? ...That looks a bit odd. A vampress, perhaps...? Wait, no.... she's something different.") [/color] After wiping the gel from her heel, she summoned a small jar and began to collect some of the gel what came from the phantom, humming a small bit as she did. [color=bb0066] "And a little something extra." [/color]

[hr]

With the entirety of the beast on fire, the crowd was in an uproar. The slag had almost dried off at his point, but Axton's fire still did much more damage than usual, sending the beast reeling and wildly swinging at anything to get at the little ant that was hurting it. While it no longer had slag in its eyes, the smoke from the flames on his burning flesh clouded his vision anyway, he grunted and moved in the direction of the gunfire, roaring despite the pain it was in and swung with the chainsaw once more.

[hr]

As Gideon ran once more, he might notice that he shoved a woman to the side. She winced as he blew past and looked back, a small pout on her face before she turned again. Looking forward at what seemed like noting, the large fox ears on her face turned forward as what seemed like a breeze blew.

Franky would notice that the figure just looked human, but was passing through the pedestrians, until the breeze occured and the reading would show the figure suddenly spurting some liquid and falling to the ground, the reading fading into nothingness. Gideon would no longer feel the effects as he called the WAOA up, where a jingle answered the phone. "The lines are currently busy. Please hold for a moment."

 

[Outisakanobody]

Axton rolled away to the side and emptied his magazine into the tank's side, then went back to his explosive pistol.

 

[HatchyHatch14]

Fredrick watched as Carmen summoned a Jar. [color=F87217]"Impressive little magic trick!"[/color] he then watched as Carmen collected the strange gel. [color=F87217]"And what is sort of substance is that?"[/color] he asked, pointing to the Gel in the jar.

Mary flicked the blade to make it seemingly disappear again then came over and stood by Fredrick, she simply played with her bracelet while she watched. The bracelet had silver chains and one single Ruby in the middle of it, there was a small inscription on it, but would be far to small to see without looking right at it.

 

[Chungus]

When in a moment of carelessness, Gideon pushed a woman aside, he marginally slowed down and glanced in her direction, still holding the phone to his ear and holding the arm in which he held it close to his side. "S-sorry!" he exclaimed, before quickly looking straight ahead. As he made the call, and heard the jingle, Gideon gritted his teeth. Ugh! Son'f a *****! [sub]"Come on, come on..."[/sub]

While Gideon felt the feeling of dread subside again, after having felt it before, only for it to come back, he didn't stop running, not knowing the creature was vanquished.

 

[Zepherus14]

When Franky saw that the figure had disappeared this time, he continued to watch for a long time, wanting to make sure it was actually gone and not simply hiding for him to just say 'it was gone' only for it to appear again. "I think it's gone now." Franky informed Gideon. "It turned to goo and poof gone!" He said. "I'm still looking around right now, but... fuck... the hell was that thing!?" He shouted annoyed.

 

[DotSlash]

The tank continued to buckle and fell to the ground as Axton emptied the clip into it. Its roaring stopped and turned into a moan as it struggled to get back up.

[hr]

[color=bb0066] "You've heard of ectoplasm before, right? Perhaps in a fairy tale or two?" [/color] Carmen stated as she stood up and capped the jar off, and caused it to disappear in a puff of black smoke. [color=bb0066] "It's quite valuable here, and seeing as that was a phantom we just vanquished, it was probably a decent grade of it as well. Now where were we....?" [/color] She said next, tilting her head to the side a bit.

Looking at the small bracelet on Mary's arm, Carmen noticed but kept silent.

[hr]

The woman smiled to herself as she continued walking past, her nine-tails swishing as she went on her way.

The WAOA phone line would continue to jingle for a few moments before a secretary answered. "Hello, this is the WAOA. How may I help you?" She sounded both rehearsed and bored as she answered the call.

 

[HatchyHatch14]

Fredrick put a hand to his chin. [color=F87217]"Yes I believe I have heard of that before from...somewhere at least..."[/color] he replied to Carmen. [color=F87217]"Valuable? you mean you get money for it?"[/color]

Mary wrote a note.

If that's true, then people can hunt and kill these things for cash?

 

[Outisakanobody]

Axton continued to fire at the beast with his pistol.

 

[Chungus]

When Franky rolled up to him and stated the phantasm was gone, Gideon slowed down to slightly quicker then a walking speed, but didn't stop. "Are you sure? It's gone for real this time?" He asked with uncertainty. Even as he had run for a bit, Gideon didn't pant, speaking with an even, if frightened voice.

When his call was answered, Gideon blew a small sigh. "Yeah, I being chased by something invisible! A ghost, or something! It's been coming after me for a while, and no matter where I run to, it's not letting up!" He hurriedly explained, begining to look for a sign telling him what street he was on as he did.

 

[Zepherus14]

"Dude I don't know, it looks like it is? I'm not picking it up if it is still around." Franky answered back quickly. He continued to look at the various screens, being a bit paranoid about the whole situation.

 

[DotSlash]

The secretary said nothing for a few moments, but sighing and unenthusiastic talking would be prevalent. After a while, she came back on the phone and replied, saying "I'll need you to give me your location and we'll dispatch someone qualified to assist you and have you file a report about the incident, alright?"

[hr]

Carmen nodded casually to both of the duo as she began to walk back down the pathway. [color=bb0066] "Yes, it fetches a pretty penny back where I come from, amongst other things. Fairy blood, dragon's teeth, unicorn horns, etc. While hunting these things seems like a good idea, usually actively hunting them is much more costly than the reward for killing them." [/color] She said, idly waving her hand around as she rifled off the items on her little list. [color=bb0066] "Given we put in little to no effort, we made a large profit margin. Win-win for us, a loss for our poor departed soul now." [/color] She added, smiling a small bit to herself.

[hr]

As Axton continued to fire, the beast wouldn't get up or even respond to the shots. He'd notice that the crowd had gone silent before they erupted into a massive cheer and confetti began to drop from the ceiling of the arena.

HE'S DONE IT!!! LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WELCOME YOUR ALL NEW ARENA CHAMPION: AXTOOOOOON!!

The crowds began to cheer his name as something else, other than confetti began to fall,along with a bit of broken glass. Axton might not notice this with the fanfare going on around him, but a small black shadow was above the arena and beginning to grow fast.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Axton revelled in the fanfair even as he went about reloading all his guns. He also started to wondered what to do now.

 

[HatchyHatch14]

Fredrick gave a small hmmm noise. [color=F87217]"Seems rather...cruel but...as far as I'm aware, money does not grow upon trees..."[/color] he said to Carmen, giving a small smile. [color=F87217]"Another dammed soul for the next world....this one doesn't seem like it was good so yes, rather win-win I guess"[/color]

Mary shuddered slightly and put her hands behind her back, clenching both fists rather rapidly only to release them as quick as they were made.

Is that what all demons do for money?

She wrote to Carmen after taking a deep breath of fresh air.

 

[Chungus]

"Hurry it up, would you?!" Gideon called out into the phone. While the secretary went to talk to others, Gideon looked down to Franky's ball, finally stopping. "I-I don't feel its... pressense, or whatever you'd call it... But that's not saying anything." He remarked, then continued looking around for something denoting the street name.

When the secretary returned to the phone, Gideon began slowly walking again. "A-alright..." Looking around for a bit longer, Gideon eventually noticed a plaque on a wall mentioning the street name, and relayed this to the secretary.

 

[DotSlash]

Carmen looked toward Mary, tilting her head a bit at Mary's physical response before shaking her head as she read the note. [color=bb0066] "It's not something many people do. I just knew it was worth a pretty penny and wanted to capitalize on it. Best not to let his remains just waste completely, don't you think?" [/color] She replied before looking toward Fredrick. [color=bb0066] "That's the nature of Hell, being nice or civil is generally dead last on the priorities list of its inhabitants." [/color] She shrugged casually before looking upward toward the sky.

[hr]

The secretary gave Gideon a grunt, probably in the affirmative before the call was disconnected, the dead tone now beeping.

[hr]

Axton's answer would come from the sky as what crazed into the Arena hit with a large thud and kicked up a lot of dust. Once it cleared, he'd see his coach standing on top of the corpse of a bull in a fancy red suit. "Thanks, mack. Ya made this real easy for me. Guards took a liking to ya match and that made my gettin' in a walk in tha park." Jensen said casually as he walked off the bull corpse and patted Axton on the shoulder. "Tell ya what... Now that I'm callin' the shots in this here ring, I'll give ya a little piece of the cut here, huh? Take the bull bastard's head inta the bounty office and ya should be set, jus say I got 'tied up' in things if the desk dame asks, alright?" He said, smirking his usual smirk all the while.

 

[Outisakanobody]

"Yeah sure. Whatever you say." Axton said as he went over to the bull man and hacked his head off with a few swings of his tomahawk. He then headed back to the bounty office.

 

[HatchyHatch14]

Fredrick nodded. [color=F87217]"Yes I Completely understand, it's just a rather touchy subject...is all..."[/color] he said to Carmen.

Mary let out a silent sigh before shrugging, as if to say "I guess so".

[color=F87217]"Ha...well now that's out of the way, how about we resume moving around this fine town hmm?"[/color]

 

[DotSlash]

As Axton left, Jensen took his place as the new leader of the ring. The crowd seemed bummed that Axton had left, but cheered on as usual once more fighters walked on out.

Once at the bounty office, the secretary would give Axton a quizzical look at the head before nodding and beginning to prepare the payment. "Where's the loudmouth at?" She asked casually as she continued clacking away at her computer.

[hr]

Carmen looked over toward Fredrick and nodded. [color=bb0066] "Right..." [/color] She said somewhat softly before moving forward, though a faint smile was on her lips as she walked. [color=bb0066] "Well, the only other thing of note is the fight ring... but I think I can show you all that tomorrow." [/color]

OoC: Later.