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Oct 31, 2021 20:05:24 GMT
Post by Tayla Smith on Oct 31, 2021 20:05:24 GMT
Frankie ran. He ran and ran. He didn't know why he ran to the piers, but he did. It was a bad idea. Maybe he thought that going to a more open area would keep him safe.
He was wrong.
Tayla was kind of proud that her codename that she'd picked, Tenebra, was starting to be whispered through the dark underbelly of Astaria. Assholes like these were starting to get scared that this crazy woman that just appeared out of the shadows could pop up anywhere, beat the shit out of you, and ask you cryptic questions. No use fighting back, she apparently couldn't be stopped. There were some rumors that she'd killed some.
Tayla grinned under her mask as she watched Frankie panic. Those rumors were accurate. She'd snapped a few necks, but only for the real dicks, and only after she'd gotten the information she wanted. Frankie was one that she might actually leave as a corpse. In her sneaking she'd heard that he had a nasty little habit of slipping a little something extra into people's drinks when he went out clubbing or bar hopping and having his way with them.
But honestly, that's not why she was terrorizing him. She'd found out he had ties to a drug starting to be distributed around the streets of Astaria, and that drug was rumored to be connected to this Perses character she was investigating. From what she had heard, he seemed like the kind of person that could, possibly would, become the tyrant from the universe she had escaped from.
She dropped down off of the rooftop she was watching from, and slipped around in the shadows until she could reach out and grab his leg, tripping him. "TELL ME WHAT I WANT TO KNOW!" she growled.
She wasn't stopping him yet. Let him corner himself. She moved swiftly, impressively for being largely without powers, to come at him from another angle. She whipped out a fist to clock him across the face. "TELL ME ABOUT YOUR SUPPLIER."
Frankie just screamed, starting to cry. Tayla thought that maybe there was a "I don't know anything" sobbed out there, but she knew that was a lie. She'd done her research.
Frankie screamed again, a choked, startled, cut-off cry. Tayla swung around, attempting to smack him with a solid kick, but he wasn't where she thought he was supposed to be. She stopped herself, and looked back to see someone, someone... laughing? standing over the late Frankie with his windpipe in their hand.
She barely resisted the urge to retract her mask into the black bodysuit that allowed her to have some feeling, so that she could truly allow her fury to be seen.
"You FUCKING idiot. You fucking dumbass. Why did you kill him? I needed him to fucking talk first and he kind of needs a goddamn windpipe for that!"
She stomped up towards this person, and took a swing at them, pouring all her frustration into this punch coming from her odd, uniquely developed fighting style.
"You'd better hope you can make up for this!"
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Oct 31, 2021 20:40:46 GMT
Post by Hades Black on Oct 31, 2021 20:40:46 GMT
Hades grins, chuckling and letting his brothers know that the hunt was over. He was startled at being yelled at, turning his head to where he heard the yelling. He cocked his head to the side and listened to her come up to him, curious. Hearing the whistling of a flying limb, he dodged it and retaliated with a palm to her esophagus, which helped put distance between the two.
"...Who are you?" He asked after a bit, not looking at her yet keeping his distance away. His painted skeleton was flaking off in some areas while in others, it's covered in blood. The shadows clung to him like a second skin, making his fangs look longer and him more feral in general. He looked dangerous with his sharp hands and lashing tail, while blank glowing eyes seem to look into your soul and judge you on your crimes. "I'm Daeva. One of The Moeraes here in Astaira. Who are you and what do you want?"
Hades frowned when he realized her anger was towards him killing her target. He snorted and grinned at her. "You were in my way of cat and mouse. I took my prey for he has already been judged and his punishment was waiting."
"The man, one Franklin Joseph Paolin, also known as Frankie, was given a trial for his sins. He was found guilty for his crimes against the people of Astaria and his punishment was execution by a game of cat and mouse. What was it that you wanted to talk to him about? I know of what he's done to those he'd take home from the bars. I know he's one of the suppliers of the new drug in Astaria. I know of his supplier, at least one of them. They will be brought in for their crimes and we will judge them and will see what the punishment will be given to them." He reached up and tapped twice on the comm that him and his brothers shared.
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Oct 31, 2021 22:07:31 GMT
Post by Tayla Smith on Oct 31, 2021 22:07:31 GMT
Tayla was shoved backwards by the strike to her neck, but it was only when she realized she was having trouble breathing that she realized exactly what he had hit and how much pain she would have been in. That just made her more angry. She had no other choice but to listen to his words, given that she couldn't talk. Once Daeva finished his little monologue she swung a kick at his head. "If you want to call me something, use Tenebra. What are you, a goddamn priest? Talking about sins and bullshit." she rasped out once her voice returned, " Your 'cat and mouse game' fucked up my investigation. I hope you're fucking happy that you've made the screwing over of this universe more likely because you couldn't wait ten goddamn minutes." She swung and kicked wildly, with no seeming sense of self preservation and guarding herself. It honestly threw most people off, because she didn't react with any pain to any attacks that hit her. She didn't feel any pain. She liked to think that it gave her an advantage. "For fucks sake you try to save a universe by beating up a few assholes and someone goes and kill-steals them" Hades Black
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Oct 31, 2021 22:22:27 GMT
Post by Hades Black on Oct 31, 2021 22:22:27 GMT
Hades blocked the kick and winced at the force of the blow. He wished he had his brothers with him so that he doesn't feel so open and vulnerable. He listened to her and continued to block most of the hits, wincing when she was able to hit him. He decided enough was enough and on the next hit, he grabbed her and flipped her over his shoulder before pinning her onto the ground with one of her arms pressed against her back. He used the shadows to help keep her there as he didn't trust his own strength to be able to hold her.
"Calm down. I am not a priest. I'm just a part of the fates to help deal with the corrupted and the monsters that live in this city. As for your comment about saving the universe, I can help you if you stop trying to attack me for being so damn butthurt on losing your prey." It was then that he noticed that he broke her arm when he flipped her based on the grinding noise that he heard from the arm he was holding. He sat up and poked at the arm, frowning when he felt the clean break.
"...Do you not feel that your arm is broken?" He asked as he gently set the limb and wrapped it with the material he had on his person, trusting his shadows to not break.
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Oct 31, 2021 22:34:39 GMT
Post by Tayla Smith on Oct 31, 2021 22:34:39 GMT
"Oh shit!" Tayla was surprised when she got flipped and pinned. She heard some sort of snapping, maybe the wood of the pier? And then she couldn't move. She growled under her breath as she struggled against the shadows keeping her pinned, but reluctantly listened to Daeva. When he asked her if she felt the broken arm, she sighed in annoyance and defeat. "God damnit. Lemmie up. I gotta take a look at it. You win. Lets chat, and then I'll head over to Donny and get this fixed. But no, I don't feel it. Don't feel most shit like that. One of those blessing and a curse kind of thing. You want the story or not?" Hades Black
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Oct 31, 2021 22:39:36 GMT
Post by Hades Black on Oct 31, 2021 22:39:36 GMT
Hades hummed and got up, letting her free from the shadows. "There's a splint on it. It's not as good as a cast, but it's better than what most blinds guys can do" He grinned.
He sat down on the pier and looked in her general direction. "So what's the story? You got kidnapped into this dimension and currently trying to find a way to fix this one because it's just like yours?" He asked. "And I'd take the lack of feeling pain as a curse, due to how reckless you can be. You're too reckless and it leads to you being caught and trapped, unable to move." He pointed out while fingers run over his pants.
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Oct 31, 2021 22:51:27 GMT
Post by Tayla Smith on Oct 31, 2021 22:51:27 GMT
Tayla rolled over and sat up, having the nanofibers of her mask retract into the neck of her suit. She figured there wasn't any point to it right now. This guy said he was blind, and he seemed like the sort that wouldn't snitch when they were both working the same kind of lines. She inspected her broken arm. "Not really kidnapped, more escaped here. I ran from my universe into a world that absolutely sucked, one of those "twenty minutes into the future" kind of things, run by an absolute asshole. Caught me. Tortured me. Broke my powers and my sense of touch. The resistance broke me out, and eventually I figured that world was a lost cause so I moved on and ended up here. I could tell that this place seemed earlier in it's respective timeline so I decided I'd find neo baby Hitler before he becomes neo Hitler and kill him. I've been working my way through the underbelly of Astaria piecing together clues ever since." She sighed and put down her arm. "I'll be fine. I'll see Donny and he'll have me patched up in no time. So what about you? You part of some sort of cult or something, you called yourself part of the "fates" or some nonsense." Hades Black
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Oct 31, 2021 22:59:45 GMT
Post by Hades Black on Oct 31, 2021 22:59:45 GMT
Hades listened to her and knew that others would think she's insane, but he heard how she spoke about it and sense that she was speaking the truth. That and having Honos as a nephew, kind of put life into perspective. He did hum and thought about what she said and decided to tell his brothers about it, to see if they can help too.
"Well then...we can help if you need it." He offered, only to laugh when she asked if he was a part of some cult. "Nah, I'm a set of triplets. We do this thing where we hunt those that need to be punished for harming the working class or getting away with shit that would have me in prison for life. We're not a cult, but people kinda named us The Fates. At least the rich folks who be hiding skeletons. Maybe because there's a rumor going around that each of us is deaf, blind, and mute. Or because we do the judge, jury, executioner thing. I don't know, but I find it funny. We out here doing what we do best, making grown adults piss themselves and either do better or kill them." He shrugs "What else are we supposed ta do? Cops ain' gonna do shit on them white rich folks, so we do it for them."
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Oct 31, 2021 23:15:44 GMT
Post by Tayla Smith on Oct 31, 2021 23:15:44 GMT
Tayla laughed. "Well, you certainly dress the part. That tail real? Is that rude to ask?" She sighed, standing up. "I get what you're saying. Hell, I'll even help you guys out if you guys help me. But here's the deal, it's still gonna happen, they're just going to find you a nuisance until you catch the wrong end of a firing line, and they'll just keep going on. So I guess so long as you don't have delusions that you're actually going to change things significantly, good for you guys. The only reason I think I can do something about neo Hitler asshole is that I somehow got here before it happened yet." Tayla stood up and offered the hand of her broken arm to Daeva, not realizing she was using the damaged limb. "I guess we should have formal introductions. I'm Tenebra when I'm in the mask. You said you were Daeva?" Hades Black
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Oct 31, 2021 23:28:09 GMT
Post by Hades Black on Oct 31, 2021 23:28:09 GMT
Hades reaches for his tail and smiles "Yeah, it's real. I got the ears too, granted they're made with shadows."
"I'm willing to help out any way I can. My brothers will feel the same too. So how can we help you?" he asked. "I'm Daeva when I'm in the mask as well" He spoke, holding out his hand, specifically the one that will connect with her uninjured hand. "You're interesting, ya know? I like it."
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