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[Oce]

Oce wasn't sure if she was vaguely impressed or horrified as she had the immense displeasure of witnessing Googy make her icecream disappear far faster than someone of her size should have been capable of. Perhaps the girl would be bouncing off of the walls, literally, once the mass amount of sugar registered in her system... But at least the girl had manners, she supposed, not that that was much of a consolation. 

 

Sloppy? Coming from a mere child, that was rich. And very insulting. Though if Oce were to actually consider her words, she would agree. She enjoyed precision, and it was actually required, being a cryomancer. Using her energy inefficiently would have major repercussions, but would this kid even be able to help them? Warlord or no, it seemed like a gamble. Oce merely hummed her acknowledgement, choosing to save her words.

 

Her gaze flicked to her brother momentarily at his question, raising an eyebrow. She barely nodded at him before refocusing her attention on Googy. "Ready to go yet?"

[Thugren]

googy dabs her lips with a handkercheif.

 

"if youre going to be bear me.. Please keep such disrespectful thoughts to yourself."

 

googy says with a gentle smile, kicking off the seat and walking over to the counter, tossing money onto it and bowing.

 

"Im probably 1/3 your age? and my body count is in the triple counts....  If youre going to work with me, youll be working to my standards."

 

outside, a limsoune pulls up and googy ushers them inside, sitting in the plush interior and moving her hand.

 

On the glass, a vr screen flickers on, showing a little girl, sitting terrified in the center of a room, bound by wrist and arm shackles.

 

"THis is hanzos daughter Kiori..... Shes 4 years old and has issues processing regular food due to a stomach disorder... Due to this hanzo has to work extra hard for higher quality food to handle her needs... Her handlers have been doing the bare minimum to keep her alive , and she wont last another few days."

 

she snaps and a small apartment building can be seen.

 

'This is where they are holding her...... Id prefer to do it quietly as to not disturb the sleeping neighbors.... Work after a gunfight is difficult. But im not above smashing through walls to get her."

 

she shows the faces of about twelve men.

 

"Its possible all twelve of these men are amoungst the houses..... If i where them id buy the adjoining houses and make a kind of base from it...So i think we are going to use zonmbie boy to sneak in first."

[Armoured Priest]

He looked at the two girls with a confused look on his face, wondering what Googy meant since he didn't hear anything from his sister that would get that kind of reaction. But before any explaination could happen, they were back into the limo getting briefed on the job they were taking. Barren looked at the 12 pics of the men, so he knew who was ok to kill when he was in the apartment complex. "I could probably sneak in as a gremlin real easily, but what will you two be doing?" he asked them. He was fine with his part of the plan, he just needs to remember its a 'rescue' mission, not a kill all kind of job they were so used to.

[Oce]

Oce's eyes widened as her focus snapped to the little girl sitting across the booth. She blinked slowly as she processed her words before a wide grin spread across her lips, leaning forward just slightly, eager and curious. This kid could read minds. That was amazing! And slightly horrifying, but Oce's smile shifted into an arrogant smirk, though it seemed a bit off; it appeared more playful than anything. My thoughts are meant to be private. It's hardly my fault that I can't have a moment to myself, inside my own damn head. 

 

She huffed as she pushed herself up from the booth, paying more attention to the chastising remarks. "I'm not that old," she muttered defensively, the playful mood not yet subsiding. We worked at Ho Siht standards. Why wouldn't a 'mere' little girl be capable of whipping us into shape? 

 

The blonde claimed the seat against the door, bracing an arm against it as she half peered at the screen. "We could take out the guards silently, working our way inwards," she offered rather blandly as the doors window began forming a very thin layer of frost. Her fingers curled around the bar, reigning in the coolness a bit. Tight spaces were a challenge that required a firmer grasp on her temperature. A giant ice cube in the back of a car, limo or not, tended to make the degrees fall a little until the heat was turned up and stifled her. She hated being in vehicles for that reason; her chest feeling far too tight as the heat robbed the moisture from the air and made it more inconvenient to breathe. 

 

She merely hoped that she could control it enough that no one would bother flicking on the heat and annoying her.

[Thugren]

"Mere little girl....."

 

Googy chuckles as the car pulls up to a strip mall and she hops out of the car, cleaning her dress of some cookie fragments, waiting for you both to come out to her side she breathes in deep.

 

"YOu are on the far side of the strip mall, with several stores between you and the building. Barren, youre going to actually do the snatching... Your sister is going to work with me directly..Since she has to see things to beleive them."

 

a tendril appears from her back and she points to an open vent that leads into the sewer.

 

"Get to moving zombie boy."

[Armoured Priest]

"I'm going tentacle girl, I'm going." Barren said, waving his hand as he prepared himself for a moment to change into the creature called a Gremlin that he was thinking about. Taking off his orridium mask and laying it on the ground next to him, once again his body began shrinking as pops of bones rearranging size and placements and the the wet squirming sounds of fleshing changing drastically. From the pile of seemingly vacant cloths and weather cloak, emerged an almost goblin like creature with wiry arms and legs much longer than porportionally correct for a body of its size, pale leathery skin that turned black at the end of his legs and arms along with most of its muzzle which was lined with sharp almost arrowhead shaped teeth and elongated fangs and tusks at the end. Red beady eyes looked around as barren got used to its more sensitive sense of sight, the large pointed ears swiveling around picking up subtle sounds around them. His mind was fast, erratic, and rather violent at the moment. Focusing himself, he gathered his things and threw it back into the limo for safe keeping rather than make his sister carry it. "Ok, SeeYouGuysLater! BeSafeSis!" he said to them in a high pitch raspy voice, the speed of his speech reflecting the hyperactive mind he head now, before going to the vent and diving on into the open vent. 

[Oce]

"Can you really blame me?" Oce muttered defensively as she glanced warily at the kid's tentacle. She was either showing off or was completely adapted to possessing the tentacles and has integrated them into her every gesture. It was more interesting than unsettling. After all, her own brother was an undead shapeshifter of sorts. 

 

"Try not to die," was her response as her brother crawled into the vent. His gremlin like form was peculiar and as such she tried to avoid watching Howl's awkward movements caused by lanky limbs and what she considered to be the results of too much caffeine. At least he was considerate enough to throw his things into the limo. Though carrying around two gameboys was definitely a motivation to finish the mission. 

 

Oce finally focused her full attention on Googy. There was no point in wasting the energy to speak when the kid read minds. Well?

[Thugren]

"im going to show you something."

 

googy says with a smile as she walks over to a midsize truck and cocks  her head.

 

"This will do.."

 

she says after looking it over for a few momnets and smiling. In a starling show of power her tentacle lashes out, slamming into the truck and wrapping around it with a groan of steel.

 

"We start loud..Causing a distraction.."

 

The steel groans in protest as the tendril tightens and lifts it off the ground, drawing back like a pitchers arm.

 

"Keep close, and keep focused.

 

she says as she seems to concentrate and hurl the ruined vehicle high into the air. Tubmling end over end like a crumpled paper ball, the vehicle smashes down with a loud BOOM, exploding in a shower of ruined steel that sends a shock wave through the neighborhood, shattering windows and setting off car alarms.

 

People in black coats swarm out to see the display of power, shouting and screaming in fear as googy sighs.

 

ready to go?"
 

 

 

 

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The vent rattles overhead as a loud boom is heard. Barren drops into a sewer that is a network of tunnels ,, filled with foetid air and reeking garbage. Rats scatter as you touch down and instantly you can feel multiple presences around you.

 

"FOrward..."

 

a powerful, deep voice says in your mind, its unfamiliar voice rining through your being as it shows you a nearby storm drain, leading down a dark coordiror toward the building.

 

"Move ghoul..Now."

 

The voice says, its strength resounding within you like a fever

[Armoured Priest]

His over sized ears flatten against his head as this new voice spoke, instantly disliking it. "Pff, QuietYou, MustFocus, YouNotMotherAnyways." He hissed quietly, getting his eyes adjusted to the lesser light of the sewer tunnel while trying to not let the stench of the place get to him too badly. Ignoring the rats, the Gremlin ghoul that was Barren scurried down the tunnel, keeping his eyes and ears open to anything that might be lurking down here till he reaches what he thinks the Apartment building is sitting on top of.

[Oce]

Oce grimaced as the metals shrieking rattled around in her head, her fingers curling into fists as she witnessed the brutish display of raw strength. The kid had the power to back up her word, but was she intelligent enough? Shooting a playfully arrogant smirk towards Googy, she compared her to the stereotypical buff bad guy in films; strong but completely incompetent. Her challenge was playful enough, not really intending to infuriate her new.. boss. More like motivate. 

 

"I am unsure what I will be able to do with ice in this scenario, but I will try my best." In the very least, there was little point in unleashing all of her energy from this far away; small areas were best, but she could work with this so long as she was efficient. 

[Thugren]

alright fine than.."

 

the voice says as something in the distance into view.  In the scant light you can see hard metal outlines and two glowing red eyes, one of the polices gorger hounds. The beast is impossibly big. at least 6 feet long if it stands on its rear paws, and the metal frame grafted to it makes it even wider and more intimidating. Its metal jaws snap shut menacingly as it drags out a trapped ghoul and begans to gnaw on it.

 

"In your current state you cant take that hound boy... THose hounds are specially made to end things like you...ANd im sure the police would notivce immediately if that dog went offline.."

 

the sound of tearing can be heard as the hound does its work, dispatching the ghoul that had crept into the city and an odd purple line begins to trace along the floor, into a hallway past the hound.

 

'Go that way...... Carefully...DO not even breathe as you are going past it."

 

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Googy says nothing, her body seeming to darken as black mist covers her form, obscuring her features from view. Soon she is completely wreathed in shadow, only two glowing white eyes distinguishing her from her shadowed form.

 

"Come..youll have time to use those powers."

 

she says, in a much older, much more..... Terrifying voice, as two large bladed tentacles jut from her back, swaying idly behind her.

 

She breaks into a sprint, keeping low fin the shadows that the flickering flames provide, seeming to blend in and out of sight as she leads you carefully through the neighborhood, weaving behind garbage, and passing a few homeless men, stopping long enough to put a 10000 yes n chip into their cups before moving on. Soon though, she stops, crouched behind a garbage bin, watching down the alley.

 

"Youre move.."

 

she says, pointing at two men who are searching around the street opposite to them, looking for anty cause to the sudden disturbance

[Armoured Priest]

Barren of course froze and crouched lower to the sewer floor to make profile size even smaller as he tried to quiet his breathing. He's heard of them, since they were something the police employ, but he's never actually seen on before. Probably because of their very nature. As the other voice spoke, he saw the weird line form on the concrete floor where it was telling where to go. At first he thought he was just seeing things, cause this was something straight out of a game if anything, and he knew he didn't have any A.R. equipment on. But since he wasn't really in a position to question, or change into a more combat oriented species, he followed the line in a slow and quiet manner, while trying to hold his breath as well. He didn't exactly want to be the reason their mission here goes down the drain.

[Oce]

As soon as Googy's form almost entirely disappeared from Oce's view, she knew that this was why the kid was so important. She certainly had the raw strength to do some massive damage, and if she managed to pull off what the blonde assumed her plan was, then Googy was truly frightening, so much more so than whatever Ho Siht could ever manage. The only thing that kept the kid from being something that would haunt her nightmares was her earlier childish behavior. Though now it seemed debatable on whether or not that kind of innocence was faked.

 

In the very least Oce never flinched away, or got caught up gaping at the stealthy display. Googy was showing her what she was capable of so she would do the same. While being as pale as she was and with an obvious lack of tricks up her sleeve, her only saving grace was her dark clothing. The black leather jacket and skinny jeans of the same color worked somewhat decently on blending her in with the shadows, but not entirely. In the very least she wasn't crouched over or hugging any walls, thus if anyone paid much attention to her they probably wouldn't think much of her presence. 

 

When Oce caught up to Googy nearly an entire minute or so later, she didn't bother peering directly at the men on the off chance that they would feel the weight of her gaze and react accordingly. Instead, she paid more attention to Googy's pointing before releasing a silent breath of preparation and taking a few steps forward, ideas of assassination methods flickering through her mind before settling on the third simplest. 

 

She wasn't required to move too close to the guards to be able to use her cryomancy effectively, fortunately. The humidity around them made it easy enough to freeze the air around them; suddenly each breath feeling like a thousand tiny knives carving their way down the guards' throats. A couple of breaths later, the little knives grouped together into an icy blockage, suffocating them. Or at least that was her intention. Oce may have gotten a little carried away and formed the ice block a little too large, piercing through flesh.

Edited by Oce, 04 November 2017 - 08:44 AM.

[Thugren]

the mens claw at their throats in silent screams, and googy lashes out, peicring thee ice easily and puncturing their throats to silence them and sever the spine.

 

"little showy.."

 

she says, her voice alternating from between the childlike giggle from before to this much more mature state.

 

"but good....fine.."

 

the tendrils slam into the mens skull and silence them completely as googy points to a darkneed guard house.

 

'One man is in there...Pessibly doing something like sleeping..I want him dead."

 

 

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as you move, you trip over a peice of sludge. you land hard on your face and when you roll over a heavy paw lands on your back, pinning you down.

 

The hound looms over you like a menacing obelisk, its metalling jaws clicking as it scans you, deciding waht it needs to d. After a few minutes it leans down and licks your face before turning away, letting you be on your way as the hound leaves.

 

DOwn the hall yo usee a vent leading up to the survce, and you can hear a faint crying waftign through the pipes

[Armoured Priest]

'But...why?' Barren thought to himself, wondering why the weaponized hound didn't tear into him when it had the chance. Did it not see him as a threat? Or even a ghoul? The boy wasn't sure and just counted himself lucky that it did not act. His thoughts were soon turned to the crying he heard traveling through the pipes and the opening ahead of him. Could be the girl, and it didn't sound like she was doing too good. Without having to worry about stealth in the tunnel now, Barren goes and rushes to the opening to go see where it lead.

[Oce]

Oce raised an eyebrow, staring down at the little girl with an amused smirk. "Unfortunately ice tentacles wouldn't work very efficiently." But she still nodded at the order, closing her eyes in order to focus on the air in the house that Googy had pointed out. Specifically, she focused on the condensation on the windows and humidity, searching for the spike of heat and shift in airflow. While it wasn't very efficient, it would be much more discreet than peering into various windows until she spotted someone.

 

Once she found the spike that was large enough to represent a person, it took a chunk of concentration to use the humidity to her advantage, intending to suffocate them by crushing their windpipe; a thin layer of ice quickly growing and tightening around their neck and pressing inwards.

[Thugren]

It takes a while , but soon you are up in the vents and come to a grate. A young girl is crying , hard , obscuring her face in the sleeves of her hood as you see two men moving back and forth , checking windows.

“ who’s hitting us..”
You hear one of them ask nervously.

“ is it the cujos? I hear they came back.”

Another man huffs.
“ ain’t no cujos coming for this girl.... they mostly muscle rackets and gambling.... why would they get involved with this killer?”

The little girl looks at the grate and goes dead still, her eyes wide and nervous.


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The sound of the man dying was garbled but apparent . Goofy smirks and slinks Alain shadows and ensures his death and she comes back.

“ ok...... ready for the show? “

She asks as her form begins to swell and grow , becoming a large feral beast o shadows and madness . Her face was sleek and feline with two massive tentacles on her back.

“ stay behind me and pick off anything getting close.... I’m the distraction.. got it?”

[Armoured Priest]

Gremlin Barren raised a finger to his lips in a motion to keep the girl quiet with his ears flatten against his head, while trying not to look too much threatening or scary looking as a ghoul can be. "Rescuing you. Get you to your dad." He whispered quietly and slowly so she could understand him with his higher pitch raspy Gremlin voice. With that, the boy gingerly slips his talon tipped fingers onto the grate to see if it would move or not at all before committing fully when the two men in the room weren't paying attention to her.

[Oce]

Oce nodded stiffly at the question, unable to keep her gaze from the dramatic transformation. It was kind of .. cute, though she tried to shoo away the thought before the now feline-esque girl could notice. It was a fitting form, and it reflected the power that lurked underneath her skin. Though whether or not the cryomancer should be afraid of Googy remained to be unseen. At least she was on their side, for the moment. The blonde still believed that Kamui's offer of shelter would always be threatened. If she and Howl failed in any regard, he would likely just end them himself. 

 

Growling under her breath, she stepped behind the girl, leaving several feet between them as she kept her eyes peeled for any men approaching. As an icy blade formed in her dominant hand, she held a few lethal appearing shards in the air, already prepared to be flung. She would take this seriously, though it was unlikely that Googy would need much help.

[Thugren]

the girl nods as the men begin to pace the room, trying to  look for any way touyt of the room to evacuate the girl.

 

She keeps her eyes on you the while time, and you can see in her hand is a small knife. She must have stolen it while they had left her alone and as she moves out of the way, she slides it into the grate, sitting beside it.

 

 

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Gunfire erputs all around you as googys body is buffeted by the bullet storm. She lets out grunts, but the ammunition seems to be absorbed inside her, feeding more and more tentacles that lash out n call directions, sending cars and bodies flying .

 

you hear a bullet whip from behind you and googy jerks forward as the shell hits a crystal in her back.

 

"fuck!@"

 

the girl grunts, gritting her teeth as you turn and see four men running twoard you, weapons drawn.