Welcome to Gaia! ::

((fun. xd I knew Waffle would have more of a sadistic love of torture anyway.))

Twi grit his teeth at the waves of electroshock coursing through his body, but he couldn't withstand the jabbing. he yellped in pain, body spasming the whole time.

when he saw Waffle come back with a box of tools amd seemingly random liquor, his face contorted with a mixture of pain and fear. who knows what that psychopath had thought up?

but Twi had to endure it. he was already struggling to control himself... he couldn't let Koji and Waffle get hurt...

Waffle snickered as she heard Nariana's request, "No, nothing in there will cause blood to gush, unless you're doin' it wrong. I don't know where you get your definitions from, but bleeding someone out isn't really 'torture' either."

Oh yeah, I forgot I had these still... she thought as she pulled out a long and narrow box that made a light clinking noise as she set it down on the side table. She turned around and saw Nariana pouring the liquor on Twi's thigh. "Hey, don't waste all that, I was plannin' to use that for something else," she snapped as she slowly pried the bottle out Nari's hands, spilling some of it onto the torture table.

Waffle picked up the paper funnel and tightened it some. She stuck the tip of it in one of Twi's nostrils, but purposefully kept it near the opening. "For stuff like this," she said as she tilted the bottle and poured some of the strong alcohol into his nose. She giggled as she did the exact same to the other side of his nose. After that the paper funnel was thrown off to the side and the bottle was set right back next to the box. "I'm tempted to put it in his ears and eyes and burn the hell out of them too, but he'll need them I guess. Seriously, come over here and check out this box some more."

Growling in annoyance as the bottle was snatched from her, Nariana placed her now-free hand on her forehead and thought, 'What is wrong with this girl...She's impish, immature, rude, an a--hole for sure, probably not getting any...' Thoughts like those ran through her mind as she tried to filter her words before she spoke. Seriously, she had never met anyone so sadistic in her life! 'Who gets excited about torturing, anyway?!' she thought and rolled her eyes. She commented aloud, "Calm down a little, please. You're giving more than him a headache." She couldn't stand watching Waffle enjoy herself like this. Covering her eyes with her hand, she only watched the elf work through a small crack between her fingers. As the guy-- she still didn't know his name-- convulsed in agony, Nari reminded Waffle, "This is a job, not a fun playground game. Let's not get carried away." Reluctantly, she forced herself to walk closer to the table before saying to the prisoner, "How about we start this over again. Now that you've been... reacquainted with Waffle... Why are you here?"

Koji wanted to believe what Twi was saying, but he had to admit, it all sounded truly insane. He was going to try and defend him when Nariana gave her last warning, but anything at that point might have come across as traitorous to their leaders. Before he could think up anything to say, Waffle had returned and the torturing process began. He winced and stepped back at what was going on, trying not to get caught up in the commotion. There had to be something he could do, some way to stop his former teammate from getting hurt like this. That's when he noticed the floor. With everyone gathered around the table, it made a good sized shadow. There was a possibility, if he focused enough, he could get Twilight through a shadow portal. He took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and focused on another location in the HQ. The only one that came to mind was his room, which he knew for a fact was shrouded in shadows. He heard as Waffle poured fluids down Twi's nostrils, chocking him. Koji wanted to rush in to make sure he was alright as the others took a break to look through their torture devices, but he needed to focus on getting the portal open. He opened his eyes and walked over to the table again as Twilight started pleading for them to stop and stepped in between him and his teammates. "Guys stop!" He said, reaching out to put his hand on Twilight's shoulder. "Obviously he believes what he's saying, regardless of whether it's true or not." He paused, trying to see if he could get Twilight to slip through the shadow without looking like he was the one letting their prisoner escape. It was starting to give him a headache though, and he knew it was going to be tricky. "Maybe this is just the story the vampires are brainwashing their recruits with." He could feel the shadow beneath him connect to it's destination and he grabbed Twi's shoulder tighter. "Just give him a chance---" As the last words came out of his mouth, he went to push Twilight through, but the pounding in his head caused him to stumble and step into the portal as well. "Oh sh--" The shadow quickly reached up and surrounded them both, then sank back into the ground and spat the two out from a dark patch of shadow in Koji's closet. He panted as he tried to prop himself up. "--s**t.." He said, the room around him starting to get fuzzy as his head pounded harder. "I'm really out of practice." Twi still seemed to be recovering from the last bout of torture, but at least he wasn't still in chains. Are you alright? He would have asked, but everything blacked out before he got the first word out.

The sudden noise made Waffle turn around, only to see that both Twi and Koji were gone. It didn't take long for that to sink in. "SON OF A b***h! They're gone!" she shouted, stamping her foot on the ground. "********' weenie can't handle someone crying about a little liquor up the nose, but is totally okay with beating the piss out of people when on a mission. What difference does it make?!"

As Waffle's rant continued, Sabe descended the basement stairs as he felt obligated to come back; there was obviously a commotion going on. He only got two steps into the room before Waffle, who was pacing around and essentially throwing a tantrum, saw him from the corner of her eye. Her focus was now on him and gears were clicking in her head with ideas. He froze in place.

Koji got in Nari's way as he tried to justify the prisoner's rash way of thinking. 'I never really considered that... Perhaps he's right. However--' Her thoughts were cut short as Koji and the prisoner disappeard through the floor out of the blue. "NO!!" she roared and dropped to the ground in a futile attempt to grab them. When they were gone, she remained on her knees for a few seconds and gritted her teeth as Waffle rampaged. 'What just happened?! How did the guy teleport like that?? Where are they now?!' her mind raced as she tried to process what she saw. Her hands idly rubbed against the area of the floor where they disappeared almost mechanically; she wasn't really paying attention to them. Nari was ready to yell at Waffle to shut up when she suddenly stopped on her own. 'Thank God...' she thought and sighed. This was not the time for immature antics like that; they needed a new plan of action. Turning around toward the door, Nari noticed Sabe. That gave her an idea. Standing up and dusting herself off, she asked them somewhat hurriedly, "You two know about teleportation, right?" She recalled the portal the gang used to visit Waffle's homeland for their wedding. Her head flipped between them, wondering who would answer first.

Though Nari appreciated Sabe's honesty, his answer displeased her. She was disappointed that his technology couldn't help them out. It was their only real help at the moment. At Waffle's answer, she groaned. Her free hand ran through her hair as she frowned in aggravation and said, "Since when did you suddenly get to decide what was and wasn't your problem? This is completely your problem! You know why?" Her hand snapped down from her head, and her pointer finger hovered right in front of Waffle's petite chest. Glowering, she said, "Because you're a part of a team! Get your attitude checked!"