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 Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:24 pm
Riyo took a simple glance around the large room before her gaze settled on Suto. She listened to his explanation of the bracelets very closely and couldn't help but be amazed. These little things did that? How? She wanted to know how all these things worked, because they seemed much too complex for magic.
When his eyes looked into hers, Riyo gave a short nod. Nothing else needed to be said, she supposed. There were still reservations about this in her mind... But maybe once she got going, all of those would just disappear along with the things she didn't want to think about.
Quietly, she watched as he left her alone in this room, but she didn't stay alone for long...
Her ears perked at the sound directly behind her, she made a quick turn around only to see...
This little... Thing approaching her. Who didn't even come up to her knees.
She looked back at the door Suto had left out of with a "excuse me wtf is this" expression apparent on her face.
Well... If that's really what he wanted her to do. She started off with a run towards the creature than drew one of her legs back, and as soon as she had it where she wanted it, the leg snapped like a slingshot, sending that little sonofabitch flying into one of the windows. SPLAT!
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:48 pm
At first Suto couldn't believe what his eyes were seeing. They couldn't possible have sent....no...no they did. They sent that. No doubt to only be rid of the tiny creature but still, this was no test. It was really just pathetic. Dropping his head a little he rubbed at his temples taking in a long deep breath. "Idiots." He hissed, the first sign of anger showing as his smile turned downward baring his teeth. From the front his teeth looked rather normal, but it was obvious that the back incisors were all pointed and sharp.
When the splat resounded against the glass Suto took his hand away from his face and forcefully pressed the button to the intercom. "Let's try that again shall we. Send something stupid out again and I'll be sure to send the tech who sent it out into the arena as well." As he pulled his hand away he looked to either side and saw that the techs had shied away from him a bit. At first they had been rather amused by the sight of the creature, some laughing and having a good time. Now all was silent as they tried to keep from staring at Suto and turned back toward the arena.
This time around they had something a little bigger. In through the door was forced a man or at least something that was somewhat human. All eight eyes that adorn his face turned to look at Riyo as the cuffs fell away from all of his extra limbs. He flexed them a bit before he looked around unsure if this was who he was to fight. They said if he won he could leave, but seriously....this was nothing but a little girl. With a shrug he rotated his shoulders as he approached, at least this would be easy. "Come here little girl." He pointed to her before curling his finger in a 'come hither' motion.
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"Oh you know her, huh?" The larger tech mused. To Blade's other statement the tech only laughed. "Oh, I like them feisty. Makes victory all the much sweeter."
The other tech, displeased with the conversation, said nothing. He only stared worriedly around waiting for Suto to show up and ask him why young man was here. When he heard the voice over the intercom call for them the try again he only flinched as the techs hurried about to comply. There was a manner of rushing before a large spider like creature was pushed into the arena and from there it started all over again.
"I really don't know if I want to be here," The tech said solemnly.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 6:57 pm
"Tck."
Guys like him disgusted Blade. It seemed that Riyo kept getting that sort of attention too, as he recalled around the time he first met the group.
The first creature was taken care of rather quickly. But as the doctor ordered for something more threatening, a spider-man was sent out into the arena. He was definitely more of a threat, but having seen what Riyo could do, he had little doubt that she would have trouble taking care of it... especially since there didn't seem to be anything restricting her magic around.
At least he wasn't being jerked around so much now, but having his arm behind his back all the time like this was rather uncomfortable and painful.
"Then go home," he told the weasel, "Unless you really get a kick watching people suffer."
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:06 pm
Riyo folded her arms as she watched the next opponent step out and onto the field. Her face immediately turned to disgust when she realized what he was supposed to be. Spiders. She HATED spiders.
"Why don't you come over here, you little s**t?" She called and made the same motion, taunting him much in the same way men often did to her.
As she did so, her finger spewed black ooze that formed a puddle on the floor, which took the shape of the same cat creature Suto had seen back in her room, except it didn't stop there. Her unoccupied hand idly fell behind her back, where another abomination sprouted, staying still between her shoulder blades.
She sent the first one after him without a verbal command, letting it go after his legs. If he managed to get close, which she figured he would, Riyo would have a little surprise for him.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:19 pm
The spider gave a bit of a growl as the girl stood there taunting him. Who the hell did she think she was? "Little brat." He took another step closer, all arms tensed and fists clenched. Another word was on the tip of his tongue but he was quickly distracted as a pool of black dripped from her fingers and formed into a cat like creature. "Aww, how cute. The kitty wants to play." He mocked as he continued on.
Suddenly the creature was coming at him, quick as a light. He had barely seen it even with all eight eyes. It was at the girl's feet one moment and this it was at his chomping down on his leg. Letting out an inhuman howl and spider tried to shake the creature off while continuing to move forward. No way! No way was he going to lose to a little girl! "I'll show you, you little b***h!" He bellowed.
Quietly Suto watched though his smile never returned. At current he was focused as he studied what Riyo was doing. Clever girl to keep a trick up her sleeve, but how far would little tricks get her? How much energy did she burn using these little creatures?
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"I..I can't go home." The weasel said as he still look from one end of the hall to the other. The ever constant fear that Suto might show up rising from the pit of his stomach to sit in his throat. "If I try to leave my family will die." He nearly squeaked again his voice rising a bit. "If I fail in my duties I will be put to death AND my family will die!" He didn't know that to be true, but Suto was not a forgiving man.
"Ah, quite your whining," The other tech said. "You spend to much time thinking about it." He pressed forward a bit more to get a better view, pushing Blade into the glass of the window. "Would you look at that. I've never seen anyone do that before. What do you suppose she is?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:25 pm
Narrowing his eyes at the response the weasel tech said, Blade let out a sigh. Of course that would be the case. He couldn't really see why many would want to work for that freak of a doctor if they weren't being strong armed into it. There were people like the one holding onto him still, but he didn't think that all the techs here were like that.
"Figures."
When he was pushed into the glass, he winced and squirmed some, trying to somehow get into a less painful position.
"She's a cat. Are you blind?" he grumbled to the big tech. Riyo didn't hide the fact that she was a demon, but he didn't feel the need to say more than what was obvious to this man, "If you really want to know, why don't you go down there and ask her yourself?"
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:36 pm
Riyo's little monster didn't budge as the spider shook, in fact, it seemed to fuse to his leg like clay. It continued it's vicious assault on his leg, using the rip and tear method, exposing as much skin as possible.
When the spider man approached, Riyo took a few steps forward so he was right up against her. Though, she didn't wait for him to make a move. As soon as he was in range, the cat hiding behind her back took aim at his neck and bit down, while her clawed hands took aim at his chest.
She showed no signs of being drained, though her focus was on the task at hand and not in defense. It wouldn't need to be if she could finish him off quickly.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 7:50 pm
The spider began to scream as the creature at his leg began to tear into deeper flesh. He was barely able to keep focus on his goal and completely missed the appearance of the second creature but it was already too late. The cat bit into his neck sending blood gushing out and down his front. He reached up to pull the creature away, but there was another pain at his chest. "D....damn you." He spat, his legs starting to go weak. He reached out one of his hands toward Riyo. If he could maybe get a hold of her, if he could just grab her.....Before he knew it he was on one knee, kneeling in a pool of his own blood has still stretched out like he intended to grab something, anything.
Suto gave slight nods of his head as he watched, hoping the bracelets were picking up on the data. He would be sure to look over the numbers as soon as this was all over. Hopefully the next opponent would prove to be more of a challenge.
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"That is no mere cat," The tech laughed in amusement. "Looks like we have more than one demon to worry about. Though she looks to be more of a threat than you, my friend." Leaning against Blade a bit the tech smiled. "So what is she, you're girlfriend? Lover? I bet she's good in bed."
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:02 pm
"I'd like to see how much of a threat you are after being stabbed, starved, and tortured," he hissed back. The bigger guy was getting on his nerves and that last string of words just grated at him more. Though, he couldn't help but get a little flustered from it. Considering how pale he was at the moment, it was probably fairly noticeable.
In any case, he was getting rather pissed here.
"Get your mind out of the sewer," he growled, "Shouldn't be that hard considering how tiny your brain has to be. I bet your balls are just as small too."
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:09 pm
As the first cat's job appeared to be done, it, squirmed it's way up as the spider fell to his knees. A portion of the blood that came from the man's neck squirted on her face, to which she didn't flinch.
As he made one last-ditch attempt to take hold of her, he did end up squeezing something. <********!" She exclaimed and very quickly kicked him away. Why were people so keen on doing that now?
It made her think back to the last time...
She looked down at the man and seemed to imagine Neko in that same position for a split second. Laying in a pool of his own blood...
As monster after monster was sent out, Riyo's emotional state sunk farther and farther, which made the creatures more vicious in return. The last one sent out ended rather violently, with a cat creature bursting out of his chest from her forcing the liquid down its throat.
Riyo was covered head to toe in blood now. It felt good, and she couldn't deny it to herself. As both creatures sat at either side of her, she licked one of her hands clean. Her energy level was only half empty at this point, and she was ready for whatever was to be tossed out next.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:35 pm
That trade mark smile seemed to be creeping its way back onto Suto's face. Yes, the girl certainly had power. Far greater potential than Suto could ever imagine. But where was her limit? Certainly she had one? He had to know, though it wasn't surprising the energy level she had if she were able to take out her entire village as a mere child. Pressing the intercom again Suto nearly purred into the machine. "Send in the next one." His little kitten was having fun, who was he to deny her that? Oh yes, he liked this one. He would have to find a way to keep her.
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The techs in the other hallway were scrambling in a panic. They seemed to be at a loss now. Who were they going to send? They had run out of hapless victims and no one was going to volunteer. That's when a pair of eyes settled on Blade.
"You, send your's in," The tech told the big man.
"Him?" The larger tech pulled Blade around. "He's not here to fight."
"No no no no," The weasel drew in on himself. The boy would be shoved out in the arena, Suto would see him then. What would happen to him?
"I don't care, we have no one else unless you want to volunteer." The other tech spat at the large man.
The large tech shrugged, "Could be interesting."
"W...what?! W...we were supposed to take him back!" The weasel squeaked. At this rate he was going to keel over from a heart attack.
"Then I suppose you would like to go in instead?" The small tech was silent at that. He had nothing to say. There were no words to describe the horror he had seen. "Alright then. In you go." The large tech hauled Blade to the door, barely allowing the lad's feet to touch the ground. The door was opened swiftly and Blade was unceremoniously tossed in. With a slam the door was shut and so it began again.
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Posted: Sun Jul 25, 2010 8:55 pm
Fight after fight, Blade watched Riyo take down her foes violently. He was getting worried about her, and he had to wonder if the doctor had done anything to her exactly. As time went on she seemed to be getting more and more into the arena battles. It was rather unsettling to see really.
As the techs scrambled to get another victim into the pit of death, he stared as people seemed to nominate him for the brawl. Before he could say anything, he was hoisted up, causing him to cry out in pain.
Then, landing onto the arena floor with a thud, he groaned and clutched his shoulder. For a moment or so, he just laid there in a crumpled heap, breathing heavily. The thief then slowly tried to push himself up, though he only managed to get up onto one knee. He tried standing up, but it was no use; he just fell back down.
With a hand over his stitched up wound, he slowly brought his dark red eyes up towards the carnage around him before focusing them where Riyo stood. He wasn't sure what was going to happen now, with how into these fights she had been getting. Should she not recognize him or for some reason decide to attack him anyway, he knew he wouldn't stand a chance in his current state. Yet, he wasn't afraid of that possibility.
Even if he was fit to fight, he wouldn't do much more than put up a defense. He had no intention of hurting her after all.
"Riyo.. we need to get out of here..." he said softly in between breaths.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 4:15 am
Riyo was about to approach the next 'challenger', but froze in her tracks as Blade lifted up his head and looked at her.
Blade...
She could feel her heart start to beat out of her chest and her hands shake. This wasn't like the other illusions. His face stayed on the body, and his scent filled the air.
"I don't understand." Wide-eyed, she took a few steps back, unsure of what to do. "Y-you're dead. All of you are dead." Was she telling herself or him? hard to tell.
As she stepped back, the seemingly unconscious creatures at her side became sentient, both looking to her with a low, unnatural growl in their malformed throats. "Riiiiyo. It's just your guilty conscience. The vision will go away once this man is dead. He's just like all the others." Came a voice just behind her. He had been watching, and he sincerely enjoyed where all of this had been going. The scientist was a man after his own dead heart. "Do it. Slaughter him. Make him scream in agony."
Riyo raised her hand as if she was about to attack, but immediately hesitated. "I.. I can't do it."
"Yes you can. Do it. DO IT." The strange man raised his voice, yelling through his teeth. The two cat creatures creeped closer to their creator, growls deepening. She'd been about to turn around and run towards the door, claw at it helplessly like an animal in a gas chamber, but the abominations stopped her. They grabbed ahold of her arms with their razor sharp teeth and flipped her to the ground. The tables had turned, and the predator was now the prey.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:29 am
"I'm not that easy to kill Riyo," he replied, noting the shock she seemed to be in. Did Suto tell her that everyone had died? "No one is dead... I'm pretty certain of it."
Right around then, he had the feeling that they weren't alone in this pit, but heard nothing aside from the cat creatures growling. It appeared as if she was going to attack him anyway, but nothing came his way. The way she was talking made it seem like she was talking to someone else, like someone was trying to egg her into attacking.
"Riyo!" he shouted before cringing. Blade's eyes widened as her own spell seemed to turn on her. That's never happened before. At least not that he was aware of. Gritting his teeth, he tried to dart forward to help her, but he pretty much only ended up falling on his face. Slowly, he tried to push himself back up onto one knee, struggling in the process. If he couldn't get close, he'd have to try and help her from afar.
Closing his eyes, he tried to control his breathing as he focused his energy towards his right hand. The damage done by the needles had healed up completely at this point, making it a little easier for him to access his magic again. It was at least warmer here too... which just left his own exhaustion to keep him down. Soon, his hand was ablaze as a fireball formed before he hurled it at one of the cat creatures. He gave a shout after doing so, clutching his chest and doubling over more.
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Posted: Mon Jul 26, 2010 7:50 am
Suto's eyes grew wide with fury at the sight of Blade being tossed into the arena. "What is the meaning of this?" What had that imbecile lab tech been thinking? That he wouldn't notice the boy if he were just casually tossed in? "I'm going to have someone's head for this." Suto growled as he fetched the remote from his pocket. He had not cleared either of these experiments as expendable so someone would be paying dearly for this upset.
For a few more seconds he watched, his eyes taking in what was happening. Rage had made his normal round pupils into vertical slits. The girl was hesitating, her world was falling back together even if it was in broken pieces. Then all of a sudden the creatures turned on their master. Oh, that was different. Without further hesitated Suto pressed the button to activate the bracelets to turn them from data mode to defense. In this mode they would be just like the collar that had been about her neck. Once that was done Suto turned to the men around him, they all seemed to cower at his stare.
"Well, don't just stand there! Go collect them!" He bellowed. "And bring me the idiot who thought this was a good idea!" Their movements were sluggish at first but before long the door was open and the techs filed in, some to collect the girl and others to collect Blade. While that was happening the two techs responsible were collected and taken to Suto. The weasel was the picture of fright as he made himself as small as possible while the large tech looked only frustrated at being pushed around.
Looking to the weasel Suto took off his glasses so that the full extent of his anger could be seen. "What in the bloody hell were you thinking?" He walked up to the little man leaning down to stare in his face. "And who is this idiot with you?"
"I...I...I went to get help." The weasel tried to explain. "I did not know t..t..the boy was a demon."
The stuttering only seemed to make Suto angrier so he turned from the weasel toward the other tech. "So I can imagine that this....brilliant idea was all yours?"
"Hey, he's still in one piece. No harm done." The larger tech retorted trying to pull his arms free from the other techs.
"Oh, there was no harm done. Not just yet." Suto took hold of the tech and ripped him free from the grasp of the others. The larger tech wasn't sure what was going to happen but he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his gut that radiated slowly toward his chest. It was very hard to breath and as his gaze moved unsteadily downward he saw Suto's arm, nearly up to the elbow, worming its way up the inside of his chest cavity. How....had he even been able to do that? The tech grab hold of Suto's arm weakly, shock starting to settle in.
"How did you....?" The tech began.
"No harm done right?" Suto hissed as he finally took hold of what he was looking for. The man's heart fluttered wildly in his hand as he started to withdraw his arm. He finally came to the resistance as the arteries pulled taught. With his free hand he pushed the tech away while he pulled forcefully with the other. It seemed like minimal effort as the heart came free and the man fell to the floor dead. The heart in Suto's hand gave a few more futile pumps sending blood all over the place before it too finally faded. Crushing the organ in his hand he threw it to the floor before turning back to the weasel. "In the mean time send him to the C block. Be sure to put him in with someone who hasn't been fed in a while."
"W..what? Wait! No!" The man started to wail as he was dragged away.
Suto somewhat regained his composure as he stepped up to the door. "Be sure this mess is cleaned up." He instructed before he entered the arena, blood covering his right arm and most of his side and face.
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