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[Metal Trsu]

"Hey..." He spoke up his hands coming up to catch some of the splashes of water that had been shot up from the ocean below due to the ball that Oni had so gladly spiked down in front of him. Looking up at her and reaching out grabbing the ball with his right hand and rolling it up close to his body he stared and narrowed his eyes as she stood there giggling now. Metal with the ball in him he lifted his hand up with the ball and then bounced it up once and drew back his own hand. Smacking the ball as hard as he could it went flying in an arcing motion right over Oni's head. When it did he jumped too his feet and began to dash towards her, his feet kicking up wet sand and water as he ran along the shoreline before making it to the dry sand. His hands came down to his sides much like they would if he had claws and spread out, Oni should have known what he was going to do, it was almost like Heiden had done, expect this time it was Metal coming for her, and maybe he wouldn't be so nice about tossing her to the ground.

[onyx2047]

Metal Trsu

Location: Asper ( Beach ) ~


As Metal had drew back and spiked the ball back her eye's caught the chest, the abs, the way it all flexed. That...just wasn't fair. Her eye's greedily drank in the way his now black hair clung to his wet form in random tendrils. Much like her own. Her eye's ran down his body, chasing the flow of water and beads that leaped off his body. Even as her body got into the position to 'bump' the ball with the insides of her wrists, her body was just following the motions. Her attention was actually...elsewhere. Was she...allowed to be curious about him now that he was human? I mean more so now that he was human and not feel bad about it.

The ball went up over her head. Her eye's followed its trajectory up and over her. Her body turned slightly to see where it landed. Metal's movements would make little sound in the sand. She began to speak as she simultaneously turned to look back at Metal.
"You suck! You totally over sh-s**t!" she yelped.

In the words of a great heavy metal band...'Brace myself for the impact!' It was all that Onyx would be able to do really. She didn't have the time to combat the sand and how slow it made her. She wouldn't make a clean getaway. Instead she just tried to back pedal by backing up as quick as she could screaming.
"METAL NO! DON'T!"

[The Magnificent Bistrad]

[The Burning Sea]
Years Ago.

The moon in its shimmering silver brilliance hung as a malevolent silver orb in the sky shinning upon the black marble platform amongst the soft ripples of the sea. All was peaceful and serene the stars hovered in the sky beautifully as azure lights governing and guiding sea going travelers. A streak of blue lightning arching from the heavens themselves dancing like a ballerina across the cosmos ducking and darting through the atmosphere giving it the appearance of life itself as it crashed into the smooth shimmering surface of the onyx stone dropping a child of indistinct nature. Clouds gathered over head as rain began to fall in thick warm droplet from the sky falling in sheets. The child would fuss and fidget as it was assaulted by the cool droplets on its meek young body. Screaming the storm a omen in of itself of the child's arrival tot he earthly plane. The cool slick surface of the platform began to drop inwards its stone nature causing it to grind and groan as it fell away into steps water rushing inwards. The plat and slaps of feet echoed as woman garbed in black made her way into natures building ferocity until she came upon the infant laying on the wet hard ground. She took the child into her breast cooing gently as she placed upon its tongue a silver sphere no bigger than a pearl the child's wailing and screaming ceasing upon the comfort it brought him.

The woman would offer a tender smile of reminiscent of a new mother upon her silvery lips. With a voice as sweet as honey and as venomous as serpent embrace the child with a sense of security from her words." Lets get it right this time." She smiled as she gently rocked the infant in her arms turning on the ball of her foot marching back into the mouth of black stone from which she had spawned marching with a sense of purpose disappearing into the bowels of the sea the stone platform sealing itself shut behind her.

The ground would rumble and the earth groaning and roaring would break as the stone platform began to rise awoken from its millennial sleep. The mount violent waves ceasing as the water began to swirl in a maelstrom around the base of the growing obelisk rising high above the water barnacles and coral falling from its side falling helplessly into the maelstrom below swallowed by its unrelenting appetite crushed upon the stone spikes at the base of the great tower. The clouds would swirl in counter to the whirlpool at its base connecting with the top of the tower nature itself protecting the secrets held within the Obelisk until the day its bouncing new baby Overlord had come to maturity. On that day its agenda would be made clear. Untill then aircraft and ship alike would be consumed by the unrelenting storm devoured and killed never to return from the burning sea.

[The Burning Sea]

Present day.

The storm raged for decades never relenting in it violent nature consuming any ship which dare enter its domain destroying and killing any sailor who dared to seek out its mysteries or explore its confines. The Obelisk dormant for so many years began to stir red fissures opening its high glossy black surface red light radiating from within the sky turning green as cyclones lowered from the sky twisting and turning over the water they found ground upon the time was now The secrets of the obelisk would be unleashed upon the very earth itself.

High up within the upper levels of the stone tower the child delivered to it so many years ago sat a man upon a throne of skull and bones of various races Elf, vampire, lycan, harpy, Succubus, and many other various creatures present within its abominable structure. The child now a man sat his head propped upon his hand his form slumped on his throne his body clad in robbed armor his face hidden behind a Silver and black laden iron helm. He drummed the claws of his gauntlets bored upon the elven skull which sat under his right hand with rythem staring bored from the glowing red circled of his helm darting about his throne room. His eyes gazed upon the stone faux human figures which littered its halls as guardians each armed standing in prefect unison with one another awaiting a word from his lips to act even if just to move.

The woman now garbed in black lace her eyes hidden by her hood entered the main chamber with her previously mentioned sense of duty and and purpose her silver lips offering her poisonous smile." My son....The time has come....Make known your agenda...Let the world know you are here....let them know....the secrets you have guarded the time has come to purge this world of its impurities."

To her words the drumming of his fingers stopped and his head his head rose from his hand as he stared at the woman without word or question. He slowly rose from his throne to his feat standing firm. He reached down touching the tip of his claw to the ground slowly pulling it up a staff emerging from the ground which he wrapped his hand firmly around pulling it from the floor. He walked sternly towards the balcony overlooking the chaos of the endless storm. He raised his staff in the air bringing its hilt crashing down with a loud clack of stone upon stone.

His voice would boom across the globe unheard by normal human ears. His message was not for those of the earthly realm. His voice boomed with authority deep and unrelenting almost enough to burst the ear drums of the listeners." Inhuman Filth" He his voice would boom from nowhere and yet everywhere speaking with power and authority. " For to long you have inhabited a realm which does not and has never belonged to you. You will be Purged from the world and purity will return. War has come prepare for your demise." He said with utter finality his booming voice would fade from the atmosphere echoing into nothingness.

He would raise his staff once more striking the ground. Burning stone spikes would fall over various parts of the earth. One to each nation, The stone spikes slowly shrank away into nothing as stone dolls marched from within them out into the desolate lands unseen by the human eye they would keep to the shadows laying in wait for any supernatural which would dare investigate or make themselves known to the featureless dolls destroying otherworldly portals which could be used by any one of them for transport to this realm. The Obelisk had awakened the Overlord now mature he had made his goal known to them. The complete and utter genocide of all inhuman beings upon the earth.

[Metal Trsu]

onyx2047

As he ran along the beach he could hear her begin to fuss about how he'd overshot the ball over her head, well actually that had been on purpose, that way he could trick her to an extent. At least distract her so that she wouldn't see him coming, which it seemed to be working cause she hadn't looked back yet. Though now he just smirked more when the good captain had turned around and finally realized that he was running up towards her. Metal didn't pay her pleas any attention and continued his charge through the wet sand up into the warm loose sand, his feet pushing through kicking it back up behind him. His long black hair flowed through the air and behind him while he continued forward. The shirt he had on just hugged to his skin one from the water that had splashed up on it and because he was running towards her. As he approached her his upper torso leaned downward and positioned his right shoulder right below her stomach. His arms would go to wrap around her legs just below her a** and quickly he would raise up his body attempting to catch her and lift her off her feet before she could get away. If he was successful he'd turn on his heels and begin to run towards the oceans edge, sorta like her son had done with her.

[ImNoHero]

Khoi finished his apple rather swiftly. It was delicious, though surely not as much as this nice bowl of rice and yummy stuff! As he looked back to Jenica whom previously answered his smile with one of her own, he watched her use the fork. It was the first time he had ever seen one. Though it seemed like a good idea. He noticed how she held it, and how she used it to pick up her food. He had tried once to use chopsticks, though his hands were much much easier. And culturally acceptable. Picking up his own fork, he referenced her hand a few times to make sure he held it in his hand just like her. He they mimicked how she used it, only to take his first bite.

"!"

He made some sort of weird chirp before shewing the food, swallowing it with a smile. It was amazing. Possibly, probably, the best food he had ever had. And it only took a single bite to know it. It wasn't just because a pretty lady made it for or gave it to him, but also because he had lacked the love of a Mother's food growing up. For most average men, mom's cooking was the best!!! Until you got married, then the wife's cooking was the best! There was no hesitation to eat more. He continued to scarf the bowl until it was empty, scraping every last bit before abandoning the empty bowl and used fork on the table.

"Ah-hehehe, food eat...."

He snicker in a giggling manner as he muttered the two words to himself yet again, slouching back in his chair, his right hand came to rest on belly. He sighed lightly, his eyes shutting for an exaggerating moment. Soon he would get tired, a good meal always made one sleepy. And in this case it added insult to injury that he was already tired. He was physically exhausted anyway, his body hurt. Nothing hurt more than his hips, knees, ankles, and feet. His lower body was wrecked from all that walking he had done the past couple of days. Walking and Running...

"非常感谢！这是惊人的Jenica。"
( "Many thanks! That was amazing Jenica." )

onyx2047

[onyx2047]

ImNoHero

Metal Trsu

Location: Asper ( Beach ) ~


Jenica giggled a little at the young males cuteness. He seemed so happy and content now...she supposed that a full belly could do that. Jenica was so pleased that he had successfully used his fork and was impressed at how quickly he caught onto things. Perhaps it was the way his eye's fluttered or the way his hand rested to his fully belly but it seemed to Jenica that sleep might be imminent for Khoi. She would be damned to let him sleep on her nice clean sheets looking like that! Remember she was the one that did the laundry around here. Still...how was she going to get him cleaned up? Getting to her feet she would pour up two glasses of filtered water. Setting one down before Khoi she pushed it towards him.
"You drink." she said and then drank from her own glass.

'Water...onyx is at the beach she need to be informed...water...thats it!'

Jenica set her glass down and when he was finished with his she would take him by the hand.
"Come with me" she said lightly tugging him up to his feet.
Jenica would take him to the beach where Onyx and the others were. Upon arrival she saw the Captain being whisked away. She tried calling out to her but they weren't close enough yet.


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Metals right shoulder would hook up under her ribs, pressing into her stomach. The motion would bend her to drape over him. She felt his arms and hands secure themselves around her thighs.
'NYEEEK! OOF!' she initially went as she was plucked up off of her feet.

Next things she knew she was bouncing slightly in Metals grasp as he was running back ...towards...the water! She tried to lift her upper self up some to alleviate some of the pressure off of her stomach.

'NO DONT!' he would then feel her body purposefully try to throw the rest of her weight over his shoulder. She was cool with falling face first into the sand. He was going to toss her into that ocean and once more her breath would be taken. She just knew it was coming.

[Metal Trsu]

Metal's hands just grabbed against her skin, his fingers tightly holding to her thighs as he carried her towards the waters edge. His shoulder holding the rest of her up as she dangled behind her back. He hadn't any intention of letting her go any time soon. Well not before reaching the water anyways. "What's the matter can't swim?" He asked his feet rushing into the water as it rushed up against his legs, now walking out to about knee deep he just trudged along pushing further into the water as the woman squirmed along his shoulder. His mind raced for a moment, whether or not to just drop her there and then or to wait it out and see if she squirmed more. Waiting for a moment while his feet continued forward his body was about waist deep, the waves still came rushing but up in small humps not yet formed into the rushing vortexes that barely crashed along the edge od the shoreline. "Take a breath." He spoke and hesitated just a moment for her to gather a quick air supply and then he leaned forward, no jumping no rough housing but just dropped forward so her butt hit the water first and allowed her to somewhat safely enter the rushing ocean water along with Metal himself. When they penetrated the water he let go of her legs and moved away from her allowing her to gather herself within the water before rising up to the surface and peeking out and coming to a crouch under the water. This allowed only his head and shoulders to appear out of the water only his black raven locks sticking to the side of his face and running down his back and spreading out into the waters surface.

[onyx2047]

Metal Trsu

Location: Asper ( Beach ) ~


The water from horsing around with her son, the grappling, the running, her hair had started to unfurrow. Tendrils had fallen loose swinging forward as she bounced along Metals shoulder. She pinched her eye's shut as water started to flick up from entry. She squealed. Using her ab muscles she lifted herself a bit off of metals shoulder once again. She slipped both of her hands down along side Metals hips below his shorts! She heard the command for her to take a breath. Wait...what? She quickly took in a shot of air and no sooner had she done that, she felt the coldness take her.

Two things happened in this moment. One the cold ocean water from that angle, hitting the lower nerves of her back nearly took the breath she held from her. Her back would be the first to get everything! It would rush up her stomach and then her chest like a wildfire that could not be stopped. Nothing could stop that water from enveloping around her. The other thing that happened was that her hair had broke completely from it's hold. Below the water her hair floated and coiled about her head as though it was momentarily frozen in its suspension. Her feet clamored frantically below her to try and get a footing for her to be able to stand. When her feet made contact she pushed up hard and when she broke the surface of the water she flicked all of that hair back. A loud gasp proceeded, panting. Her hands immediately came up to wipe at her face. A few more deep breaths. Her honey brown eye's were like heat seeking missiles hunting metal down. When she found him her face fell flat for a moment. Then she started to laugh! He looked like a devilish crocodile what with the way he bobbed at the surface like that! If he had been Vampire metal she probably think of him has a shark but today, he was a crocodile. With her hands she shot a wave of water at his bobbing head.

"You dorkis" she laughed. "Ima get you back...buddy...best hold onto those shorts less you want to lose them!" she said before she started to rush forwards towards him.

[ImNoHero]

The boy drank the water down in one fell swoop, he was very thirsty. Especially after eating. But now there was no time to rest, it was time to go somewhere else apparently. Leaving the ship made him feel confused and a little uneasy, but so far he trusted the blond whom just had a moment. An epiphany expressed in more few words he still didn't properly decipher to direct meanings. It wasn't long before they made it onto the beach. In the distance he could see a few people. Again, his first hope was being that one of them could properly communicate with him. Though unless this Japanese woman Jenica knew could speak Chinese, they were out of luck. Unless one of the others could speak it, which was unlikely. But one had to hope right? He silently walked with Jenica towards the others, mostly just remaining a bit cautious in case he felt the urge to run.

[Metal Trsu]

Yes indeed the crocodile and such as a crocodile he waited for his prey to come to him ever so willingly and even unknowingly it may have seemed. She had already began her journey through the water towards him his toes squeezed down grasping the went sand letting the small grains run through and over his skin while he waited. Metal's body just swayed back and forth while he waited, small humps of water rushed over him sending him higher in the water before his bare feet came down to rest along the cold sand on the bottom of the floor. His hair still being spread out along his back and the water. His mind raced, what would he do when she got there, after all her threats of yanking his shorts from him seemed rather interesting and somewhat hilarious. To think that someone who got so flustered at the mere touch or even the mere thought of him being anyway attracted to her even in Rome, it had sent her skin in a panic as blood had rushed to her face that night. She'd no clue what to do let alone be able to contain herself half the time, especially when he teased her about the receptionist. Maybe he'd wait this one out, see if she'd be clear to her word, might be a hell of a show; for now the crocodile would wait. "If you think you can." He motioned his hand up above the water his index and middle finger twitching for her to come to him.

[-The Golden Flower-]

((ooc: Sorry for the late reply, my computer has been having fits!))

arrow The Beach

Ailsa Graystone

Ailsa laughed inwardly as she fell backwards into the water. She let go of Heiden as soon as she was sure they had both gotten very soaked and popped back up above water. Ailsa was glad Heiden had a sense of humor and laughed along with him. It had felt like ages since had had last had fun like this. But the laughter was cut short.

"Aek!"

Ailsa was dunked under the water, caught off guard by Heiden. When she came back up she was ready to splash him but he snapped her top strap and tried to run. As if Ailsa was going to let him get away with that!

"Heiden!"

Ailsa went to tackle him and push him back in the water. She just hoped she caught him off guard again.

[onyx2047]

Metal Trsu

To think that someone who got so flustered at the mere touch or even the mere thought of him being anyway attracted to her even in Rome, it had sent her skin in a panic as blood had rushed to her face that night. She'd no clue what to do let alone be able to contain herself half the time, especially when he teased her about the receptionist. Maybe he'd wait this one out, see if she'd be clear to her word, might be a hell of a show

Location: Asper ( Beach ) ~


I can do to you, but you may not do to me. That was how it worked, or so Onyx felt and if you asked her, she'd flat out tell you so. It was a concept that was perfectly okay with her! Where Metal was concern, it was just different. He was different. His history and species is what made her go off on the inside (with a side of helpless attraction to his Vampiric self). He doesn't exactly scream 'nice guy'. For those two factors alone Onyx wouldn't be able to help but to react in such manners.

It was out of the norm for Metal to flirt and put the moves on her. When he did those things it's was like getting your a** kicked into the outer limits, the twilight zone. Onyx would find herself quite skittish, flinching, jumpy and sensitive. Down right paranoid that he was 'up to something'. Aka No good. In her mind she asked the question: I'm so going to get hurt aren't I OR What the ******** is happening right now? - It weirded her right out.

There were a lot of important factors that came into play regarding the complicated relationship and emotions that existed between Onyx and Metal, to consider. Such an observation simply was unfair to note without firstly considering them. Metal no longer was a vampire and the things that made him scary as a supernatural were no longer there. Metal was human. Onyx was no longer afraid of a flip of character. She didn't have to worry about a blood lust. Nor did she have to worry about his other abilities.

It goes without saying that this was also true for Onyx. She was different in that as a human, the freebird personality was shinning brightly. The human she had been birthed as was bold and daring yes, but also carefree and extremely playful. No longer did Onyx think about consequences. A good and bad thing. But a human thing never-the-less. Onyx was simply 'feeling' without inhibition. Right now she wanted to have fun and right now she was loving this feeling of carefree freedom. Right now she was not really thinking about WHO Metal was in terms of their past. The fact that he had been a vampire was muted. For the first time in knowing one another they were pretty much equal. One and the same.

So...this notion of touching him in any way, the exposure, was mentioned in hopes that he would quicken her heart by allowing her to chase him. She should have known that he would call her bluff and in doing that, she was forced to recall just who she was speaking to here. Onyx tried to not fold in on herself with the way his fingers had inclined her to come forwards, his words giving a dangerously playful chip on the situation. Onyx bit her bottom lip a moment in pause thinking quickly.

She hated this. Whether he knew it or not, he always had an upperhand in sexual dominance. Oni didn't like it. For once she just wanted to see him 'sweat'. If ever there had been a time when she succeeded in truly surprising him, truly curling his toes in wanting, he had never let on to it. Onyx shrugged her right shoulder.

"Pft, I know I can but lucky for you I'm too greedy for that..." it sort of just flowed out of her mouth. The look on her face, her own surprise as she had just admitted that, that a** ought to be hers and only for her viewing, shocked her. She needed to win this one so she didn't let her coolness stop there.

"Besides, I consider myself already won. I could have proven all that I wanted to the first time when I had both of my hands on your bare hips" she said as she had now come to stand right in front of him. Her eye's flicked just past his shoulder. She saw jenica standing with someone she didn't know. Perfect timing!!!

[onyx2047]

-The Golden Flower-

Location: Asper: Beach ~l

Heiden needed to be very careful about using his abilities. He didn't forget that they still did not yet know whether supernaturals were accepted here. So, Heiden didn't use his abilities to escape. He had tried to run but against the water he wasn't quick enough to escape Ailsa. As she had reached out for him, lunging and tackling him from behind, Heiden went down with an 'OOF!' - SPLAT - arms flailing. He tried to crawl even with Ailsa clung to him to get more on the sand all the while saying: "Oohhh soo not looking cool right now!" and chuckling.

[onyx2047]

ImNoHero

Jenika had waved once to onyx once she thought they had seen one another. Turning to the boy she spoke "her name is Onyx she will be able to help us. "
Still having a hold of his hand the two would make their way closer to Onyx.

[-The Golden Flower-]

((I should probably have Ailsa 'hear' the Overlords voice shouldn't I?))