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Post by retrias on Nov 30, 2015 17:22:47 GMT
Huntsman slid through the grate like a liquid, pouring into the chest cavity of the victim. His body spread tendrils through the corpse, assimilating and studying it. Not only did he analyze the body at a cellular level this way, he converted the cells directly to his own, building up a proper body. He would learn anything there was to know about the body this way. ___ Swallower, seeing Arthur had the remaining child safe, released the building and let it fall. The rubble had not been on the ground for a second before he rose from its shadows, unharmed. The utility of that ability was intact even in this state. "I am the friend of nobody who burns. I dislike fire." He informed the child and turned away to survey the rubble. Where had that other fellow ended up? The moment huntsman entered the chest cavity of the victim he was assaulted by the many diseases in the man body, together with that disease comes intense pain and terrible visions. People who were sick were killed by the millions under the crushing foot of an army, with it led a demonic figure coated in blue flame with eyes that only reflect hatred. Image of thousand beg for mercy, their cries ignored as they were slain just like any other. Feeling of the kings despair fighting against this army and the demonic figure , the army accepted no negotiation , no parlay and no surrender as they continue their massacre throughout the kingdom. In the end as only ashes remain, the demonic figure stabbed a flag through on the mountain of corpse and roared into the sky. The body suddenly rebelled against huntsman invasion , trashing around wildly, biting and scratching their own body before giving out an otherwordly shriek that seems to go directly to the mind instead of the ears The little girl stopped hiding behind Arthur, taking a distance from the group " Take you... to the king? What are you going to do?" The girls seems to be afraid at the mention of king "My friend.. is she taken ? Can you take me to her instead ?" the young girl seems to plead to the group. In a run down warehouse in the wharfs, there are three figures standing and talking, "So you actually got beaten up by humans, it is true that the participant of the last war have all died, still it is your fault for not leaving any message at all... this is why its so hard to " the second figure shot a glare toward the first "This is your fault for not authorizing release 2", they both glared at each for sometime before going back to their business, the second tending to his hounds, while the first is moving around cubes floating in the air. Striking in the midst of the silence the third figure broke it speaking in a flat voice "Thank you for saving me, I am third class A Core of this epoch, but it seems you have missed one core, it is very hard for me to hide like that, is it possible to get assistance from another one ?" The Second figure stayed quiet while tending to his wound , while the first said in an annoyed tone " I dont think I need to remind you..... that he is a first class guardian , it is only matter of circumstance that you are assigned here , and the original order were to kill you if it isnt possible to actually save you, the record wouldnt miss one third class A Core" hearing that sentence the third figure nodded with a bitter expression and slipped off to what seems to be asleep before waking up immediately, her face changing back to a worried young girl
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Post by TimePuppy on Dec 4, 2015 22:48:51 GMT
The girl seemed scared at the mention of the king. That was strange. Arthur was under the impression that she liked him. Well, perhaps he simply misinterpreted her previously. "Hm, okay then. No king. So you want to be taken to your friend? Do you know where she was taken to?"
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 5, 2015 6:07:59 GMT
Swallower leaned up from the rubble, having found nothing. He would let Arthur handle the social interactions and simply observe for now. His eyes roved about again, keeping an eye out in case the strange man came back.
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Huntsman didn't mind the diseases in the body, assimilating the bacteria into his own cells and shredding the Viruses for their matter. The pain he welcomed. Even if he wasn't a sadomasochist, he had taken worse. It was the visions that got his attention. He carefully paid attention, trying to memorize the features of the assailant. He would bet all of Eve's money that this was the guy behind the murders now. Whatever was going on before was beyond him.
Then the body jumped to life. Huntsman withdrew in an instant, leaping out in a mass of flesh and clinging to a wall. He fearsomely hissed, a noise that soon became a yelp when the scream began. "Ah ah stopit!"
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Post by retrias on Dec 7, 2015 6:26:01 GMT
Swallower leaned up from the rubble, having found nothing. He would let Arthur handle the social interactions and simply observe for now. His eyes roved about again, keeping an eye out in case the strange man came back. ___ Huntsman didn't mind the diseases in the body, assimilating the bacteria into his own cells and shredding the Viruses for their matter. The pain he welcomed. Even if he wasn't a sadomasochist, he had taken worse. It was the visions that got his attention. He carefully paid attention, trying to memorize the features of the assailant. He would bet all of Eve's money that this was the guy behind the murders now. Whatever was going on before was beyond him. Then the body jumped to life. Huntsman withdrew in an instant, leaping out in a mass of flesh and clinging to a wall. He fearsomely hissed, a noise that soon became a yelp when the scream began. "Ah ah stopit!" The body continues to wail , its limb twisting itself, suddenly it leapt through the air stabbing its nail into the ceiling, the man spoke ancient languages that seems to be directed directly at Huntsman. The man nails and toes digged through the ceiling dripping filth colored blood on the floor, he continually shriek as if he is in pain or calling out to something. "SCORE WE GOT TWO IN ONE" with that sentence, the corpse lower jaw is blown up by a huge bullet, at that moment the 55th came through one of them holding a large rifle with a smoking barrel , while the other two stands ready still training their weapon at both huntsman and the crawling corpses. The girl nodded, her expression softened a little " In the house there is a map and a book, she must have been taken there to the place where the man of the mountains resides" She looked around again, the place have crumbled and the book must have been smashed up "Oh no... Where is the book and the map, without those we cant reach her place"
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 7, 2015 14:55:11 GMT
Oh, great. It was speaking a language even he didn't know. He hoped that wasn't important. He was trying to decipher the strange tongue when the victim got promptly re-killed. Now he really hoped that wasn't important. He managed to form a viable mouth on his small form. "Excuse me, but I was talking to him." Talons lay ready to rush him up back to the grate at a moment's notice if things went sour.
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Swallower looked back at the rubble and turned to dig through it once more. Maybe now that he knew what he was looking for he'd find something.
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Post by TimePuppy on Dec 15, 2015 19:16:40 GMT
"Okay, we'll try to find the map. In the meantime, could you try to think of another way to find her? Just in case we can't find the map." Arthur said before going over to the rubble, to the area where the room with the book was supposed to be. He started progressively moving the debris away and checked ever paper and ever book he found.
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Post by retrias on Dec 15, 2015 21:26:19 GMT
Oh, great. It was speaking a language even he didn't know. He hoped that wasn't important. He was trying to decipher the strange tongue when the victim got promptly re-killed. Now he really hoped that wasn't important. He managed to form a viable mouth on his small form. "Excuse me, but I was talking to him." Talons lay ready to rush him up back to the grate at a moment's notice if things went sour. ___ Swallower looked back at the rubble and turned to dig through it once more. Maybe now that he knew what he was looking for he'd find something. The large man then spoke in a gruff tone "excuse us then , we are trying to get back in time for our break" his two hand still holds his large machettes and out of nowhere the man seems to threw something, the item splattered when it hit the wall, there is a certain fume on the jelly, the same fume as the napalm before. The man with a huge rifle then speak as if to continue his ally sentence "So now fleshy man, you have two choices, either you come with us and we dissect you to find out about the stuff happening in this city" The gruff man nodded "there is that yes, that saves alot of time for us, but however we can also do this like every other freak that came to the city, we will kill you here and now and dissect you to find out what is happening to the city" the lanky man have arrived there too , his harsh breathing resounded through the room The girl nodded "I know where she is going but I dont know how we will reach there, I know who to ask to , but..." the girl seems to hestitate on continuing her sentence, the book should have... numbers I think, instead of directions. The man that locked us shown it to us several times asking if thats where the man of the mountain is" the girl shifted through the rubbles as well trying to find the piece of paper a piece of paper stuck out conspicuously near swallower, a set of numbers seems to be written on it, while several books seems to be still intact near Arthur even after the rubble and the destruction that happened to the house.
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 15, 2015 23:01:45 GMT
Huntsman snarled. "If you want to know what's going on in this city, you want to keep me around. I'm the only one with the skills to figure it out!" He really wanted to avoid a fight here. As he was, it wouldn't go well.
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Swallower gently brushed the rubble away from the paper to make sure it remained intact. "Is this it?" He raised the paper at the young girl. "Who had you locked up anyway?"
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Post by TimePuppy on Dec 18, 2015 23:19:12 GMT
Arthur gathered all the books he could find and brought them over to the girl. "Right, which one do we need?"
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Post by waybig1010101 on Dec 19, 2015 4:22:33 GMT
Alex walks over to the child and offers her a quick glance from head to toe and back again before he asks her a simple question, "Pardon me. But I didn't get your name. Would you mind telling me." Though due to Alex's voice and manners, his question comes off as more of a soft command to the girl. He imagine that finding out about this King and solving the entire mysety of this whole situation is extremly important. Yet, he couldn't help but think that this girl is interesting in her own right. "And if you know the reasonn, could you tell why the burning man didn't try to kill you."
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Post by retrias on Dec 21, 2015 12:12:22 GMT
Huntsman snarled. "If you want to know what's going on in this city, you want to keep me around. I'm the only one with the skills to figure it out!" He really wanted to avoid a fight here. As he was, it wouldn't go well. ___ Swallower gently brushed the rubble away from the paper to make sure it remained intact. "Is this it?" He raised the paper at the young girl. "Who had you locked up anyway?" "Oh really what have you known so far in ? What do you know that you are better off alive than dead?" The man with the huge rifle spoke with an impatient tone , his rifle still trained at Huntsman, the man with the huge machette seems to wait for the answer his face showing a spark of mild interest at what huntsman would say. The girl first looked at the book that Arthur have picked up she nods before picking up 5 leather bound books that seems to be too old to be made in recent years, she switched her attention to the papers before picking one of them, slipping it inside one of the book. She then turned her head to the person that seems to take an interest in her "I am Ilyaliya Tsuluquidza, I thank all of you for rescuing me from captivity" She opened one of the book flipping through the pages "The one that attacked you is considered a demon in my locale" she stopped in one of the pages showing an illustration of a burning knight leading an army "People believe that this demon invaded our land years upon years ago working together with spirits and tribed that doesnt bow to the king" She opened another page , this one showing some people talking with the demonic knight " this pages shows the tale of the 12 betrayer , people who joined with the demon in its invasion baited by wealth and power" she closed the book before looking down on the ground , she rolled one of her sleeves to show a branded mark burned to her shoulder "My ancestor were such one person , and they were punished for it. For all eternity until the second coming of the king to the land , they shall be carried away by the punishers to foreign lands such as this , to never step their feet into the homeland" She shook her head again " I dont know why the burning man didnt kill me , maybe he thought i wasnt worthy enough to kill being a branded person"
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 21, 2015 16:56:52 GMT
Huntsman wracked his brain. "The assholes doing it are everywhere. All over the planet. And by what I felt in that, I think they've been doing it a while. I saw stuff when I touched the body! They have fire! And flags!"
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Swallower focused with all four eyes on the imagry displayed. This sounded like an ancient event, before humans recorded history, and yet it's implications still reverberated. This was not too alien to him. He had dealt with older things than this. "For whatever reason he spared you, I will make sure he doesn't change his mind. However, you didn't answer me. Who locked you and your family away?"
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Post by TimePuppy on Dec 24, 2015 21:56:28 GMT
"And also, how long have you been locked away?" Arthur added to Swallower's question. Were they in that house when the murder happened or did they only get locked up recently, after the police stopped snooping around?
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Post by retrias on Dec 25, 2015 15:11:06 GMT
Huntsman wracked his brain. "The assholes doing it are everywhere. All over the planet. And by what I felt in that, I think they've been doing it a while. I saw stuff when I touched the body! They have fire! And flags!" ___ Swallower focused with all four eyes on the imagry displayed. This sounded like an ancient event, before humans recorded history, and yet it's implications still reverberated. This was not too alien to him. He had dealt with older things than this. "For whatever reason he spared you, I will make sure he doesn't change his mind. However, you didn't answer me. Who locked you and your family away?" The man with the rifle looked at the expression of the large man besides him " Really ? you owe me a drink , if thats all the thing has to say. He only knew what we all knew " The large man only grinned , his grin were feral as if he is a hunter cornering a prey "Go on keep talking , tell us something we dont know, show us why we should keep you living" the large man played around with the larger machetes in his hand " We already knew before meeting you that this has been going a while, and your other talk made you seem like a drug addict, so you better wrack it some more , or we will go with our original planning" "But I did answer you " the girl speaks , she opened another book "The man were a punisher, people like us isnt allowed to set foot in the homeground, so we are told to take our filth away somewhere else, a punisher job is to ensure that we are given proper punishment in another city" The girl shows another image from the book , a man with a tall hat is herding a bunch of people to the outside of a wall , they were tortured after being brought of the city , while black fog spews from their orifice. The girl looked around and shook her head "I dont know, we were kept in the dark, my sister and I . We were not given anything to tell the time. All we know is that we are drugged to sleep at a certain time then after we awoke from the dreamless sleep, we are given a sermon about the king , she pointed at another book "that one is the book at the sermon, i think its the punisher diary too, maybe there are time and dates over there" "I will answer all of your questions on the way , but we must go now " the girl plead , she know that she will never reach her sister if she went alone , hell she wont even reach the city border much less the place they are going to
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Post by HungryHunter on Dec 25, 2015 23:36:11 GMT
Normally, these men would already be fighting him. Possibly losing. But now, even Huntsman knew he was a bit outclassed. He needed some mass. What if he failed? What if... The thoughts where cut off by maniac laughter in his mind. Fail? He was made to kill cults, and finding them was the first step. Nobody did this better. His mind was chaos, tapping into the manic logic of cult members themselves. Nothing was too insane for him to understand. "Only know what you all know? You fucking cro magnons. You think anything here escaped my grasp? You can't just pay attention to crime in a case like this. I tasted bacteria of all sorts in that body. Viruses too. And I've been hearing a lot of coughing about. Find out the patterns of this little flu and you just may find the cult at the epicenter." His tiny human lips smirked. He was quite proud of himself for figuring something out. He didn't often manage that.
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Swallower didn't need to hear any more after learning just what the other book was. He grabbed it up and flipped through it, searching for locations more than anything. Where the cult was was far more important than anything else at this moment. Therapy for the child could wait.
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Post by waybig1010101 on Dec 27, 2015 0:58:00 GMT
Alex nods to the girls answers, and slowly examines the others. Trying to judge their character, while he tries to figure out their motive in the back of his mind. Still, at this point he can't imagine a conflict of interest between the group. He asks the girl another question as they proceed to get ready to change locations, "The boy and the older woman...I suppose that they are not branded like yourself..regardless, I want you to tell me their names and what they meant to you."
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Post by TimePuppy on Dec 28, 2015 19:29:11 GMT
"Very well then. Lead the way!" Arthur said. "Oh, and you. Monster guy. Can you... Can you transform or something? I think you're a bit too conspicuous."
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Post by retrias on Dec 29, 2015 6:28:41 GMT
Normally, these men would already be fighting him. Possibly losing. But now, even Huntsman knew he was a bit outclassed. He needed some mass. What if he failed? What if... The thoughts where cut off by maniac laughter in his mind. Fail? He was made to kill cults, and finding them was the first step. Nobody did this better. His mind was chaos, tapping into the manic logic of cult members themselves. Nothing was too insane for him to understand. "Only know what you all know? You fucking cro magnons. You think anything here escaped my grasp? You can't just pay attention to crime in a case like this. I tasted bacteria of all sorts in that body. Viruses too. And I've been hearing a lot of coughing about. Find out the patterns of this little flu and you just may find the cult at the epicenter." His tiny human lips smirked. He was quite proud of himself for figuring something out. He didn't often manage that. ___ Swallower didn't need to hear any more after learning just what the other book was. He grabbed it up and flipped through it, searching for locations more than anything. Where the cult was was far more important than anything else at this moment. Therapy for the child could wait. The man with the machette only lifted his eyebrow, he looked at compatriot before nodding again. " Too bad , not what we are looking for" the man with the headgear quickly lifted his rifle and shot at one of the jelly, igniting the whole room with napalm, fire and explosion quick filled the room, it turns the remnant sample to cinders, plastic and steel melted due to the insane heat, in the middle of that flame, both men still steps up , largely unaffected by the heat and flame around them "Time to make those smart graduates work again , they prolly would like your body" The girl winced ever so slightly , an act that can be seen as the pain of remembering the gruesome death of both the woman and the boy " The woman is something called a womb carrier , she is blessed by what we called the children of our king , as a womb carrier she has to stay with the branded before giving birth , after the children is birthed into this world , the branded shall then be consumed so their soul can return to the king to receive absolution. The boy... is also a branded now that i think of it " she hesitated a little before continuing "He is however treated differently than us , sometime he is taken out of cellar while we are made to stay there the entire time " The girl sensed it , this other man that didn't fight earlier is more perceptive than the rest , at least he tried harder to dig in . Only one of the cult location were written in the diary , its meeting point is somewhere in nepal in a small village away from the rest of the civilization, instruction on the secret code of the meeting followed in the next pages , there is a writing , written on red in the books in the same unknown language that the woman spoke, at least it looked the same
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Post by HungryHunter on Jan 1, 2016 21:09:51 GMT
The instant the rifle lifted, Huntsman bolted. Back into the vents he scrambled. With the eruption of the napalm, it was too hot even in here. He felt his body drying. This really couldn't get any worse. He couldn't overpower them, and they were already on to him. He couldn't fool the cops again. It was time to abandon this building and feed. He'd do his research on patterns of disease and find the answer that way. Then the cult would be gone, and with the mass he'd get from their bodies he'd wipe this miserable station off the map! He drilled through the roof and entangled a group of pigeons before they could scatter. Their flesh melted into his in his grip and he developed a horribly human grin. He'd do this to every last officer in this town!
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Swallower found the very concept of branding to be a bit beyond him. In a world where all was made of shadow, nothing could be darkened like that. As such, his reaction was lacking. "To Nepal we must travel then. Or rather, I. I cannot take others through me." He planned to wait for night so he could make a vast leap across the planet through its darkness.
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Post by TimePuppy on Jan 2, 2016 18:35:30 GMT
"Hm, Napal? It would take about... Four hours to get to Napal from here via plane. I could fly there in under an hour, although it would take longer if I carried anyone." Arthur commented. "Does it say when exactly the meeting is? How long do we have to get there?"
At the same time, he started writing all the foreign words and all the translations he heard down into a notepad. He would attempt to learn it later, even if it means sending everything he writes down to a cryptographer.
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