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 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2017 2:51 am
There was something different about the air in this part of Destiny City tonight. Kain couldn't help but notice the moment he stepped out of the supermarket with his hands full from the grocery shopping. It was still. Too still. It was as if everything had stopped and was waiting for something big to happen. The calm before the storm.
Glancing sideways at the watch on his wrist to check on the time, he gave a sigh when he realized how late it was. His mistress should be expecting him back any time now so that he could ready the bath that she absolutely must have as part of her daily ritual before she turned in for the night. Almost as if resonating with his thoughts, his phone rang, no doubt his mistress calling to check on his whereabouts.
Setting down one of the grocery bags so that he could free up his hand to answer his phone, he fished it out of his pant pocket, answering it by the third ring. "Kain here. Yes mistress. I got a little too carried away while shopping for groceries. Sorry about that. I'll be back asap."
Returning the phone to his pocket, he looked at the mostly empty street and gave a shrug. His mistress' place of residence was just down the street, a 15 minute walk at most. So long as he walked quickly and kept to the well illuminated part of the pavement, he ought to be alright.
After picking up the grocery bag and checking to ensure that he had everything with him, he set off.
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Unbeknown to Kain, there was a feral youma prowling the same street that night. Having come away empty-handed over the past couple of nights because of a bunch of meddlesome senshis and knights who came between it and its potential preys, it was almost rabid from hunger by now when it chanced upon Kain and decided to tail him using the rooftops, biding its time while it tried to decide on an opportune moment to make its move.
Whimsical Blue Sorry for taking so long to get this start out Blue. I hope that this works for you otherwise please let me know! ^^
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Posted: Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:11 pm
For the most part, General Cinnabar cared little about the movements of youma in Destiny City. They were like vermin; getting into places no matter what you did to keep them out, causing mischief and generally being a nuisance. They were useful, infinitely replaceable cannon fodder and the best of them made good companions and helpers for officers in their work. Save for once, though, she’d never had a chance to be around one just on her own, and since then, she’d never had one of her own either. Youma didn’t care for her. She only cared about them so far as the boost of energy and vitality that came with eating them, which was also why they didn’t care for her.
Tonight though, she caught one skulking about while she was scouting an empty house down the road. It suddenly left off its wandering to focus on something and that in turn drew her attention. Cin watched with a curious light to her eyes as it felt into a stalking crouch and took off quickly, using the rooftops as a way to hide from whatever was on the ground. Considering it was a youma, it was probably one of the cattle that filled the city for this purpose, to feed the energy needs of the Negaverse. Leaving off the house she had already thoroughly explored, she took off after it at a sedate pace, close enough to watch while not close enough to disturb it. It was a little like watching a spider creep towards a fly caught in it’s web… sort of morbidly fascinating.
Angling her path around, she slunk over a neighboring house with a loose and easy pace, moving to get a better angle to watch the youma take down its prey. The new vantage point got her a look at who was walking below them… revealing a young, dark haired man and a bundle of groceries.
Bad day to decide to walk to the store, Bunny Boy.
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Posted: Fri May 05, 2017 7:18 am
The purposeful movement of the General didn't go unnoticed by the youma which had spent the past couple of seconds observing Kain to determine his intended path of travel. Did the Negaverse General have other plans in mind for this human?
Skulking along the rooftops ahead of Kain, it noted Cinnabar's intent to linger at the peripheries and decided that it was safe to ignore her in favour of focusing on the hunt at hand. The light from the street lamps were bothersome alright but taking them out first would rouse the human's suspicion and no one likes having to deal with a combative adult male later. An element of surprise with a tackle from above to knock him out then drag his unconscious body to the nearest alley would probably be the best approach in this case then.
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There was no sense taking the car when the supermarket was just a 15 minute walk away on the other end of the street. Kain rationalised with himself as he walked briskly down the street. The hair at the back of his neck were standing on their ends now. Every fiber of his existence telling him to get off the street or make a detour despite knowing very well that he couldn't do either lest he incurred his mistress' ire as a result of the tardiness and risked losing his job in the end. All he could do was to walk as quickly as he could and hope that he would reach his mistress' home unscathed.
He was half way down the street when the youma leapt from the rooftop to tackle him from behind, causing him to drop the grocery bags as he instinctively brought both his hands to the front of his body to try to brace the impact of the fall.
Something from above? But what could it be?
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Without wasting a moment more lest the human started to figure out what was going to happen, the youma licked its chops and immediately bit down on his shoulder with a low feral growl.
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Posted: Tue Jun 06, 2017 8:30 pm
The walking meal seemed to have at least a sense that he was being watched. That there were... unsavory things lurking in the shadows. She could see the way he tensed up, though he was too brave, or too stubborn, to change his course and head for safer areas. He had a mission and he planned to see it through, it seemed.
Cinnabar twitched as she saw the youma jump, her body reacting with sympathetic excitement. Watching a predator take down prey tickled instincts she wore close to the surface lately... and watching it bite down set her to gritting her teeth as well.
On impulse, the general rocked forward and off her perch, dropping to the ground and using the momentum to send her forward. She covered the distance with long strides, her boots hitting the ground in a quickened beat. It was a matter of moments before she was close enough to cuff the youma with a hand, knocking it's head away from the human it was latching on to. A low, rippling growl rolled from her throat as she bared her teeth at it, before she turned her bright eyes on the man on the ground.
With a smooth motion, she bent down and fisted the back of his coat, dragging him upwards till he could get his feet under him if he tried.
Her snarl was a grin now for him, and she chuckled, that growl still in the back of her voice.
"That was too easy, Toy. Run. Make it a good chase, hmm?" She said as she released him, a laugh bubbling out.
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