Xion JericusSoftly falling rain masked his footsteps, obscuring the heavy footfalls of three men. Silently the trio wandered aimlessly through the outer Rukongai in pursuit of the man dressed in pure black. Every now and then The middle man, who strode slightly behind the other two twitched and stifled a strange gurgling laugh when their prey glanced furtively over his shoulder. Abruptly he turned a corner and disappeared down a narrow alley. The leading two looked back at the leader, who bowed slightly and gestured toward the corridor almost as if to say
ladies first. With set jaws the two slid into the walkway after their quarry. The third man chose instead to leap up onto a nearby roof and continue from there. With a few bright blasts of light the two in the alleyway were knocked off their feet as the nameless shinigami unleashed his kido upon the duo. With a maniacal laugh Xion picked up a large chunk of concrete from the crumbling roof and threw it with unerring accuracy into the soul reaper's jaw. A sickening squish echoed through the alley as the man went down hard.
A girlish giggle accompanied a sickly green light escaped from the roof as Xion leaped down and pointed to the unconscious shinigami. With only a moment's notice the two men sprang angrily into action, binding the broken creature's hands and feet with strong ropes as well as breaking all ten fingers and toes for good measure. "He won't be casting any spells anymore boss" the first man said as they lifted the body into a nearby cart and covered it. "I cannot believe you two would make such a mistake, imagine how hard your life would be without me" Xion commented casually as his fingers rapidly and violently twitched in anticipation.
In several hours they arrived at an abandoned warehouse outside the Rukongai, the body groaning softly in pain and fear. Xion once again gestured, and the two men lifted the body to be tied on a pristine metal slab in the center of the room. With careful, gentile fingers Xion loosed the gag upon the man, and pulled off the man's blindfold to reveal glaring lights. With a heart-wrenching sob the man finally realized where he was. He begged futilely for his life, to be spared from becoming one of the stripped skeletons that he and his squad had found a few weeks ago. Xion clucked and picked up an extremely sanitized scalpel and gave the man the last words he would ever hear other than his own screams of agony. "You really should have been more careful wandering that part of the Rukongai. You were warned to stay away, yet you did not. Now we shall have some fun! Last time I managed just over a thousand cuts before she died, and I am eager to best this personal record" he said calmly, his minions leaving to stand watch outside as the scalpel swiftly liberated a thin strip of flesh from the new toy's right forearm. The two outside flinched at the fresh screams, then dug into their pockets and removed earplugs.
This the two thought in tandem
is going to be a long day.
What can I do to keep activity up? I can be active myself and try to amuse the other squad members I suppose. But making this a better place? Not possible with you around Awesome Sensei heart heart heart