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 Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 6:56 pm
(( Legend, Kyou : Black, Jeremy : Darkcyan, We`rika : Sienna )) Monday night, the hour hand just ticked past number twelve on the face of the clock. The moon was bright and round in this particular night, a full moon. If werewolves do exist in this world, tonight would be the night where they prowl the streets, or the forest, whichever they prefer. A low cloud drifted across the moon, shrouding it's light that shone onto the land below, the streets were dimmed. Street lights flickered a little as a sudden cold breeze ruffled the trees outside the laboratory. But other than that, the night was oddly quiet tonight, too quiet for comfort.
Kyou stood just outside the lab doors, sipping on a cup of warm hot chocolate. He just thought some fresh, cool midnight air would do him good after cooped up in his laboratory for so long. Ears perking up he listened intently to his surrounding. Strange, even the crickets are not chirping, no frogs and certainly no cicadas either. The silent was so intensed, it's starting to hurt Kyou's ears somehow. Fighting a shudder from the creepiness that surrounded him, he decided it's best to get back inside the lab lest a werewolf decided to appear.
But as he turned around towards the lab reception doors, a sudden noise not far behind him caught his attention. Although the break of silence pleases his ears very much, but the nature of the noise scares him. It was the sound of someone breathing very heavily, as if out of breath, or hungry for something that they're too excited, and it seems to be growing louder by the second, as if the sound is slowly approaching him. Whatever it is, Kyou is not going to wait outside to see. He dashed back into the lab behind the glass lab doors without a back glance as fast as his long legs could carry him. He locked the doors and stared out into the darkness, if anything tries to attack him, at least the glass doors will become a barrier protecting him, he hoped.
He squinted into the darkness, looking for any sort of movement that may be the source of the sound. It was really dark outside since the moon seemed to be hiding behind a cloud still. But vaguely, he could see a figure not very far from the lab entrance. It was small, and hunched, and definitely too wobbly to be a werewolf. The figure slowly approached the lab, as it passed a lamp post that litted up his face, Kyou recognised who the face belonged to.
"Jeremy!" Kyou exclaimed, unlocking the doors immediately and rushed out of the doors. Grabbing Jeremy just in time before he collapsed onto the floor.
"Jeremy! Are you alright?!" Holding Jeremy in his arms, Kyou placed a hand onto his chest. Only to come in contact with... blood? Kyou stared in shock at the blood on his hand, his eyes fell onto the trail of blood that Jeremy left behind on the streets. It must be really bad if he's bleeding so much.
"K-Kyou..." Jeremy muttered weakly, "Nice... to see you." he managed to say with a weak smile before he coughed some blood out of his mouth. Man, he felt like his body is going to break down any moment now. Blood flowed out from the three large gashes on his abdomen, it's like his life is slowly flowing out of him. He could almost tasted death in his mouth, which probably is just his blood. His head felt heavy and dizzy, his eye sight is getting blurry too. But he can't pass out yet, not until he gave Kyou that.
Grabbing onto one of Kyou's arms weakly, he sat up. At least he tried to, but he didn't have enough strength to do so. "Kyou... B-Baphomet... the backpack..." he muttered urgently with the last bit of his energy, before his grip weakened and he passed out in Kyou's arms.
"No! Jeremy!!" Kyou screamed as the weakened man passed out. Despite the cold midnight air, Kyou was sweating. His hand was shivering slightly, but he tried his best to stay calm. Drawing in a deep breath, he checked Jeremy's pulse. "Thank God..." he muttered in relieve. For a moment there he was so afraid that Jeremy had died. But he still have a pulse, although it was weak, and he was still breathing too.
Backpack? Baphomet?? Kyou wondered, confused. Jeremy wasn't carrying any backpacks when he collapsed. Taking a look around his surroundings, he narrowed his eyes to see clearer in the dim lights. There, about 10 feet away from them, sat a backpack on the ground. What was so important in the backpack?
Before that though, he had to send Jeremy to the emergency ward first. If only Tsu is in the lab right now. But he's probably sleeping at home or getting himself drunk in a bar somewhere. He couldn't just leave Jeremy here alone out in the dark. Desperate, he cried out. "Help!! Anyone around??! I NEED HELP!!! HELP!!!"
Lighting a new cigarette, We`rika put his crumpled pack back in his pants pocket. The rough wind blew the grey smoke back in his face every time he exhaled. It was kinda annoying actually. He should have been sleeping, as he usually went to bed at 10 pm. He wasn't an old ******** fart or anything, he just had to get up at 4am every morning to go to work. But tonight, this night made him itch. It was a restlessness he hadn't felt since was young. It was bewitching.
And since pacing around his house would have woken up Sevilin, he decided to walk the streets. It was refreshing actually. And all the hookers were nice to look at. Somehow the shaman found himself by the lab. Weird. It was quite out of the way. Letting his latest cancer stick fall to the ground, he breathed in a lungful of fresh air and suddenly held it.
What was that sound? His long ears perked up around his face like a bat.
"Help!"
"Wh--?" We`rika darted toward the noise reflexively. There were two men on the ground outside the Lab. "Hey, man--Whoa! Hey!" It was the doctor!
Kyou was expecting someone to appear, anyone! But We`rika's appearance relieved him a great deal. "We`rika!!!" he exclaimed. "Can you call the ambulance??!" he cried urgently, getting straight to the point. This is no time for chitchat or catching up, they could do that later when he knows that Jeremy is safe. "Jeremy... this man, he's badly hurt and bleeding uncontrollably. He needs medical assistance ASAP!!!" Even as they speak, Kyou could feel the blood still seeping through Jeremy's wounds. His hand is soaked red from Jeremy's blood. The unconscious man's face looks so pale underneath the dim street light, as if like he's a ghost.
"And can you please grab that backpack laying over there too?"
"U-Uhh yeah..." We`rika's shaky hands fumbled in his pockets for his cellphone, it almost slipped out of his grip. Flipping it open, he dialed 911 quickly as he could before shuffling over to the backpack. As the dial tone ringed, he chucked the pack over his shoulders. "Y-Yeah hey we need an ambulance a' uhh...." ******** what was the address to this place? Kyou relayed the information, regurgitating the address back at the operator. "Yeah, he's bleedin' pretty badly. ... N-No I dunno how i' happened, I jes walked up on i'.... No ya dun hafta stay on th'line... I'm a doctor..." Okay well it was kind of a lie and kind of not. A witch doctor TOTALLY counted. And Kyou was a doctor.... or a scientist at least and that TOTALLY counted. With the operator saying the ambulance was on its way, We`rik hang up and squatted down beside Kyou.
"Here--" Taking off his white shirt, the huichol balled it up and handed it to Kyou. "Pu' pressure on his wound with this. It'll be easier than yer hands..."
"Th-thank you." Kyou muttered, why didn't Kyou thought of this earlier? He accepted We`rika's shirt and do as he was told. As he pressed the shirt onto Jeremy's wounds, bright red blood started to slowly seep up the pure white shirt. So much blood, Kyou was really worried about Jeremy's dire situation and hoped that the ambulance would arrive sooner.
After about 5 minutes of waiting, an ambulance alarm can be heard around the block, coming closer. Kyou sighed in relief as he could finally see the ambulance with his eyes. Squeezing Jeremy's body for the last time, he whispered comforting words into his ears as the paramedics carried him into the ambulance, putting him on life support. They asked if anyone of them are going with them, and Kyou nodded.
Before he got up with Jeremy in the ambulance though, he went to We`rika. "Thank you very much! Thank God you were around just now, or else... I wouldn't know what would've happened!"
We`rika smiled faintly as he assisted Kyou into the ambulance. "No problem. S'no' like I'd jes walk by..." Maybe when he was younger he wouldn't have looked twice though. It was a scary thought. "Oh shi' hang on!" Turning around, the huichol took off the light back pack the doctor had wanted him to pick up. "Dun ferge' this...." He handed it over quickly before the EMS crew ushered him away from the doors.
"U-Uhh well... ehmm... good luck? I guess... ah... yeah..." Shrugging sheepishly, he waved him away as the ambulance took off.
That was weird.
"........." He needed to go home and get backed sooo bad. Sevilin would like the story when he woke up tomorrow.
Kyou waved goodbye to We`rika as the ambulance sped away, alarms blaring at it's loudest as it snaked through the streets towards the hospital. Jeremy's breathing is a little more steady now, but it's still very shallow and very fast, probably due to the blood loss. He threw a wary glance at the paramedics, and they just give him a reassuring nod as they cut open Jeremy's clothes to reveal his wounds. Kyou couldn't bear to watch, so he looked away. His eyes fell onto the backpack that We`rika just handed to him. Oh yeah, he almost forgotten about it. Pulling the zippers open carefully, he wondered what could be in the backpack. And why was it so important? Was it whatever that is in this backpack that caused Jeremy's wounds? Many questions raced through Kyou's mind. But as Kyou pulled the item out of the backpack, he could only stare in amazement.
It was a soul bottle! With a soul in it even. Now it finally dawned upon Kyou why Jeremy would go to him first when he got hurt. Whoever or whatever that wounded Jeremy, was after this soul bottle, or is it already in it? Kyou couldn't help but wondered as he stared into the violent swirling smoke contained within.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:06 pm
A week had passed, and Jeremy had finally being moved out of the Intensive Care Unit. His condition is stable now but he is still unconscious since he was admitted. The doctor said it's probably due to his age as well, his body couldn't recover as fast as younger people do.
Kyou had been visiting him every other day, hoping that he would wake up soon so he could ask him what exactly happened. He is still in possession of the filled soul bottle that Jeremy gave him, and he still don't know what to do with it. The smoke in the bottle had been swirling violently all this time, so violently that the bottle even vibrates sometimes. Kyou is worried that whatever soul is in it might break out on it's own soon if he don't do something about it.
As he sat in his office with the soul bottle settled on the table, he stared at the furious soul swirling behind the one inch thick glass. He can almost be sure that whatever is inside the soul bottle is the thing that injured Jeremy so badly. If this was one of Jeremy's exorcist jobs, he could just kill off the demon or ghost, why would he capture it in a soul bottle? Kyou wondered. Jeremy knew very well what the soul bottles meant for Kyou, so does this mean that Jeremy wanted Kyou to use this to create a Raevan? He wondered as he stare at the soul bottle, which had just started to vibrate gently on the table.
Picking up the bottle, he hung it by the ring on a hook to prevent it from breaking itself by vibrating against the hard table surface. If that is what Jeremy wanted, Kyou will do it then. Besides, since it's already in a soul bottle, waste not, want not. Dragging out his box full of fel essences, he clicked open the lid to start searching for a fel essence to go with the soul. He wasn't sure what soul it was, but judging from Jeremy's scope of exorcism works and his wounds, he could roughly guess that the soul was of a demon. And he mentioned 'Baphomet' before..? He couldn't be sure. Rummaging through the box, he had a good one in mind to use for it.
Careful not to touch the glass directly, he pulled out a jar by it's lid. A large chunk of rock sat inside, one tip covered in ice, but in the other edge you could see the insides of the rock burning. Kyou had wanted to use the Lava Ice Rock for a Raevan, because this was one of first fel essences he found. He felt like this is a good time to use it.
Standing up, Kyou went to grab the soul bottle to prepare for the Raevan creation process. But as he took a step forward, he forgotten that the fel essence box is still in front of him, and he tripped, falling face down onto the ground. He heard a sickening crack on his face, which is probably the sound of his nose breaking, and another loud crash not far ahead of him. His winced hard as he lifted up his face to look. The Lava Ice Rock sat idly on the floor of the lab, broken glasses scattered about it which was used to be the jar that held the fel essence. "Damn it." Kyou cursed under his breath. The jars were designed to resist extreme temperature, but they are still not indestructible. But perhaps the fall had blurred Kyou's thinking, or maybe it had affected his judgement somehow. Or maybe the pain on his nose was affecting his brain, he just knew that he must get the Lava Ice Rock. And without a second thought, he went and grabbed it with his two bare hands. An action that he regretted immediately as the extreme heat of one end burnt his left hand and the ice tip of the other stung his right hand sharply. "AAAAAAAAAARRRGH!!!!!!" he screamed loudly as he dropped the rock onto the floor, his left hand scorching in excruciating pain, he could see his skin burning off! While his right hand stung like no other as the ice burnt his hand like how dry ice would. The combined pain was so intense, that Kyou keeled over, he fell sideways onto the floor and felt himself losing consciousness.
Right at this moment, Lazarus burst into Kyou's office. He had heard the scientist's scream and rushed here to check what was happening. "Oh my God KYOU!!!" he shouted in alarm. Rushing to his side, he checked on Kyou's wounds, his mind racing. He needed to do some quick temporary first aid treatment on Kyou's hands before it's too late. He took note of the piece of fel essence laying in open air on the floor and the shattered glass. Somehow, he felt his head throbbed for a moment when he stared directly at the fel essence. Annoyed, he looked away and focused on heaving the semi-conscious Kyou up and dragging him to the adjacent bathroom with all his might. He turned on the cold water tap of the bath tub and dunk Kyou's hands underneath the running water.
"UUURRGH!!" Kyou groaned loudly and his body jerked from the contact.
Grabbing on to Kyou's arm, Lazarus held his hands under the water steadily, just in case he jerked his hand away. Kyou was almost unconscious at this point, his nose still bleeding profusely from the fall. He needed medical attention, and he needed it BAD. Moving Kyou around, Lazarus adjusted his position so that his hands stayed under the running water at all times. Then he headed out to call an ambulance. As he passed Kyou's office, he saw the fel essence again, and the Baphomet soul bottle hanging on a hook, waving slightly. Sighing, he picked up the phone in Kyou's room and dialed for the ambulance. He will finish Kyou's work later for him.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:07 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:09 pm
First Time on the Job. A new Raevan emerged when Kyou is still in the hospital, Lazarus had to do his job for him.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:39 pm
Monsters. Kyou discharged and the Baphomet Raevan born. Who will Kyou entrust the Raevan to?
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:39 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:44 pm
Cupid's Quickdraw - A Quick Date with Aki. To commemorate Valentines day, Lazarus tried to set up an anonymous date for Kyou. But instead, he was confronted by his old fears as the date turns out to be Aki and Melisande.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:46 pm
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 7:48 pm
No Sugar, Just Spice. During Alex's meeting with Ebony, Lazarus got infected by a virus accidentally and lost it.
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Posted: Thu Nov 05, 2009 9:11 pm
When Lazarus came around, nearly two hours had already passed. His head felt heavy and groggy, and his stomach was rumbling. Opening his eyes, the first thing he saw was the floor. Wha...? I'm laying on the floor? Not only that, as he tried to get up he realized his hands were bound as well. What the hell was happening? Fully awake now, he finally recalled what happened earlier - how he attacked the girls and how he was taken down and bounded. Anger surged through his body as he remember Kyou draining his energy with a strange enchantment, and the memory of Zul with the newborn Frei. However, he doesn't feel restrained or weak now. Lighting the now plain white cloth on fire, he released himself from his bonds with ease, the burning scrap falling to the floor lifelessly as Lazarus got up.
Taking a look around his surroundings, he realized that he is in a room, one of the empty rooms located across the corridor from his own room. It used to be Kyou's secondary bedroom but he had since moved the bed elsewhere. There isn't much in the room now except for some chairs, a chess table, some paper crates and some shelves with old useless books. Eyes darting around, he looked for the scientist, but the room was obviously empty. The door however, was wide open. Lazarus could see his own room door from this room. Determined to find Kyou, he headed swiftly towards the opening. However, he didn't manage to cross over as his head collided with an invisible barrier located at the door frame.
"Agh..." he growled angrily, rubbing his forehead. He was sure there wasn't anything at the door. Tentatively, he reached out a hand to feel the space in front of him, and sure enough, he felt an invisible wall. A light, barely visible white ripple formed upon his touch. Dragging his hand along the invisible wall now, he reached the wall beside the door frame when he saw it - A string of strange red words written in an ancient language. Eyes following the trail that he now realized goes around the door frame and all along the four walls of the room he is in. That was when he realized - there is a magical barrier around this room. He is being imprisoned inside!
"You're finally awake!" A voice came from the doorway.
Wheeling around, Lazarus saw the demonic scientist standing just beyond the invisible wall. His anger started to flare.
"It took me a while to setup this barrier, but it will all be worth it." Dr. Kyou sneered, crossing his arms in front of his chest, looking smug.
"I swear, Kyou. Let me out of here or I'll burn the lab down again." the Sigel nearly hissed every word.
Kyou let out a hearty and slightly sinister chuckle as he leaned in closer to the seemingly empty door way. "I'd like to see you try."
With an angry roar, Lazarus grabbed the nearest chair, the wooden furniture burst into flames upon touch. Turning towards the scientist standing outside the doorway, Lazarus flung the burning chair towards him. The chair smashed against the invisible wall and fell to the floor in broken pieces. The shelves came down next as Lazarus goes on a burning rampage, determined to tear this room down.
Kyou could only stare in horror as Lazarus destroyed all the furniture in the room. What did he do to make Lazarus so angry? He arrived here concerned, and offered help, but not only did Lazarus ignored his pleas he threatened to destroy the lab instead. He almost seemed delusional. Like he wasn't in his right mind. Words couldn't reach the Sigel now without being twisted, Kyou felt helpless as he stared at Lazarus smashing the remaining chair onto the wall.
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Posted: Sat Nov 14, 2009 3:24 am
Visiting a Friend. Xiu came to pay a visit to Lazarus out of concern, but things turned awry and Kyou was attacked by Xiu instead. In the end, Xiu was to stay in the lab temporarily until a cure was found for the virus.
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Posted: Sun Nov 22, 2009 7:45 pm
(( Legend, Kyou : Black, Xiu : Slategray ))
Xiu: *knocks on the Doctor's door smartly before opening it* Dr. Kyou? I am here as instructed.
"Wait a moment." The scientist said as he picked up Lazarus's clipboard. The chart had not been updated since his infection. Hesitating a little, Kyou opened the door nervously. "Good morning Xiu, feeling better?"
Xiu stared at the Doctor flatly and after a moment of uncomfortable silence. "I am well, thank you," Red eyes however, still glared angrily at the Doctor. "Your instructions?"
Kyou took a nervous gulp. "Here, take this clipboard." He said as he handed Xiu the clipboard. "And follow me." Taking big strides, he walked towards one of the Raevan tanks.
The clipboard was taken and the white frei gave the Doctor a curt nod before following him to the raevan tanks. Once there, the raevan gave the tanks a thoughtful look. "It's been a while since I've been here," said the white frei softly.
Kyou nodded, feeling a little bit more comfortable now. "Since you emerged from them." The water in the tank was a muddy dark green, visual was low but a rough figure can be seen inside. Kyou pointed to an indicator at the bottom of the glass panel. "This indicates the tank's current temperature." The indicator says '10 celsius' now. "You have to note down the temperature every 3 hours."
Xiu nodded. "And once I have, what do I do, Doctor?" the white frei asked; his voice taking on a gentler tone as he stared at the vague figure from within the tank. So this was how a raevan was formed? Xiu wondered how he looked like back then.
"If the temperature falls below 5 celsius, you must push this red button here and inform me immediately." The scientist said as he point to a large red button at the side of the indicator. Then he walked around to the left side of the tank and urged the Frei to follow.
"Red button, five degrees. Got it," said Xiu before floating towards the scientist. That was all getting rather interesting and despite not wanting to admit it, Xiu was rather enjoying this little tour of the lab. It gave the frei a chance to try his hands at something different for a change.
"You see this hose here?" Kyou said as he pointed to a large hose connected to the tank. "The pressure in the tank will sometimes make the hose loose, keep an eye on it and screw it shut like this if it got loose." Kneeling down, Kyou grabbed onto the little handle bars beside the hose connection and turned it clockwise until both handles are completely vertical.
"Understood," said the white frei as he observed the Doctor's demonstration. Then, floating closer, the white frei gave the handle bars a soft tug and was glad to find that it was not too difficult. He could certainly handle that.
"That's all for the major things to note." Brushing the dusts from his lab coat, Kyou stood back up. "Just keep an eye on everything else and make sure nothing goes out of place." Kyou wondered if he should ask Xiu to make his morning coffee everyday, since Laz does that everyday. Laz does make good coffee. However, he glanced at Xiu's red eyes and thought better of it.
"Alright, I will," replied the frei. The Doctor had then seemed undecided; as though wondering if he should add another task to the frei's set of intructions. However, after giving Xiu a worried glance the Doctor seemed to have thought better of it. Floating out of the room containing the raevan tanks, the frei gave the clock on the wall a glance. It was a little late for breakfast but… Xiu was quite certain that the Doctor had not had any yet. Making his way to where the kitchen was Xiu inspected the cabinets and was glad to find that they were well stocked at least. And there was coffee there.
“A coffee person huh?” said Xiu quietly to himself. Well, he had learned a thing or two about food preparation from the housekeeper and now was as good a time as any to try them out.
Fifteen minutes later, the frei appeared out of the kitchen with a cup of strong coffee (the way Hazeline drinks them when working on a dateline) and a sandwich.
“Doctor Kyou?” enquired the frei as he gave the Doctor’s room a soft knock. Then balancing the cup of coffee and sandwich in one hand, the frei opened the door before placing the food on the table. “It’s not poisoned,” said the frei before floating out; leaving the Doctor to his work. “I shall collect the dishes in half an hour,”
Kyou stared at the breakfast Xiu prepared for him, looking incredulous. He did WHAT?! It is truly unbelievable, but Kyou is glad. Taking the warm cup of coffee he took a sip tentatively and winced. Xiu put too much coffee and too little sugar.
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Posted: Fri Dec 04, 2009 7:33 pm
Burn. Alex came to the Lab, seeking help for a sick Zul. It somehow turned into a huge fight between Zul and Lazarus, but in the end they gained more than they lose.
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