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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 16, 2015 22:20:13 GMT -5
For a while now, Jack had simply been wandering, taking in the sights this island had to offer... most of which he left destroyed in his wake. His trail was one not hard to miss. Fires, property damage, nigh-inhuman acts of devastation. But Jack himself disappeared every crime scene without a trace, thanks mostly to his powers of invisibility that he constantly toggled whenever he wasn't in the act of wrecking stuff.
Eventually, his aimless walk led him to the church, a sight that stopped him dead in his tracks. As he circled around, he stared up at the ancient structure's steeple, tilting his head in curiosity, narrowing his eyes in contempt.
"What's this? A church? A sanctuary of God.
A sickening sight... but with opportunities abroad.
Surely there's enjoyment to be had in there,
But a demon in a holy place? Do I dare?"
He pondered his options for a mere five seconds, then he smiled, shrugged and swung his cane into the nearest stained glass window, climbing inside through his makeshift entrance.
"What penance this brings me, I cannot tell,
But for irony's sake... what the hell?!"
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 16, 2015 22:53:14 GMT -5
"UUUUUGGGGGHHHHH... Where is this guy?!" Cat whined as she bolted through the trail of carnage alongside Rio, Patrick and Todd. "He is SO getting a smack where the sun don't shine for stealing all my fun!!"
Out of pure frustration, she smacked Goldenhand against the remnants of a truck. The resulting Pandemonium energy burst sent it flying northwards, very likely to land somewhere in Igloo Village.
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Post by DMis on Aug 16, 2015 23:02:22 GMT -5
Todd quietly flew above. He was wanting to reach Jack quickly. 'Now where did you go clever one?' he thought as he landed just outside the church.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 16, 2015 23:17:00 GMT -5
"Cat, if you could..." Rio sighed, trailing magic in his run that transformed the debris he passed into various strange chimeras. "Monotonous wrack shall yield us no aide."
Patrick scrambled to a frantic halt, accidently crashing into Todd. He stumbled back and hastily muttered, "S-Sorry."
Perhaps I could cast a locating spell, Van offered. Even if I'm unfamiliar with Jack's aura, anything unusual should-
Whatever it takes to find this a*****e!!
...On second thought, maybe Riordan should do it. It's hard enough suppressing this dolt; I'd rather not add to my strain.
"Good idea," Patrick replied. "Hey Rio, think you could-?"
CRASH
"Nnnnnnever mind."
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 16, 2015 23:26:17 GMT -5
"Really? A church?" Cat muttered as she approached the source of the violent noises. "This guy sure is the theatrical type, ain't he?"
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Post by DMis on Aug 16, 2015 23:31:20 GMT -5
Todd nodded. "Seems so Cat. And very much so. Most demons I've have been," he replied as he attempted to look in a window.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 16, 2015 23:55:40 GMT -5
Patrick anxiously joined him, peering through the colorful glass in the hopes of finding his buddy.
Jack walked cheerfully down the center aisle, ripping apart the pews one by one and chucking the wooden slabs through the windows. He even went so far as to completely rip pews off the floor, swinging them into any other nearby structure with inhuman strength; one pew in particular was chucked towards the front of the room, colliding violently with the pulpit. At one point, Jack picked up an old, discarded Bible, flipping through the pages for a bit, then tearing them out, setting them ablaze and tossing them about to fill the sanctuary with their ashes. And all of this was done to the tune of Amazing Grace.
"Such a churl!" Rio protested; he kept his voice low, but his constant flow of magic was changing the colors of his surroundings psychedelic. "Desecrating a holy sanctum. Hath he no esteem?"
"Evan..." Patrick was shaking, five seconds away from charging in.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 17, 2015 0:00:17 GMT -5
Cat was having a hard time watching Jack. Not because of the heinous things he was doing, but because Rio was distracting her. His dialect was hilarious enough, but it was becoming increasingly difficult not to burst out laughing as his magic covered the church in sixties-style graffiti. "Y-Yeah... GCHT...! What a douche...!"
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Post by DMis on Aug 17, 2015 0:05:36 GMT -5
"Hold up Patrick. Jack isn't your normal enemy," Todd reasoned or at least trying to reason.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 17, 2015 0:15:25 GMT -5
"I know, I just...!" Patrick bounced with impatience and worry. "I wanna help Evan!"
"And we shall, but with great attentiveness," Rio responded. "This Jack is a guileful fellow. We must take heed."
Patrick nodded, understanding what Todd and Rio were saying. Well, mostly Todd, but he got the basic idea with Rio.
Patrick, duck!
"!!!" Hastily obeying Van's orders, Patrick dropped to the ground just in time to dodge the flaming crucifix that came crashing through his window and the subsequent shower of glass shards.
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 17, 2015 8:42:22 GMT -5
Cat jumped aside, and though she had been caught in the middle, she remarkably sustained no cuts from the barrage of glass. I say remarkably because this girl was wearing a tee-shirt and cutoff shorts, for crying out loud. That Armor of Pandemonium, lemme tell ya...
Sorry, maybe later. For now, Cat shot a scowl through one of the broken windows. She was sick of this guy. Not only was he threatening to hurt people that she actually thought were kind of cool, but there was so much to destroy and SHE wanted to be the one to destroy it! This dude was toast! "Yeah. Okay. Yeah! Okay! YEAH! OKAY!!"
No more holding back. Cat swung her flyswatter in a wide arc, busting the already-shattered window open even further and diving in after Jack.
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Post by DMis on Aug 17, 2015 12:28:58 GMT -5
"There goes any element of surprise we had......" Todd muttered before following Cat. A few small cuts were starting to ooze on the vampiric violist. 'And I'm not going down my idiot counterpart's path,' he thought.
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Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 17, 2015 18:49:47 GMT -5
Rio bristled at Cat's hasty entrance, literally setting off a fireworks display of pure arcane magic. Anything the colorful bolts collided with was affected, teleporting random objects elsewhere on the island, animating plant life, turning rocks into black cats, and even somehow granting a spectating raven the voice of Samuel L. Jackson. "WHOA, hey, what was that all about?! What's wrong with this mutha f***a?!"
"Catarina, you dotard...!" Rio hissed, opting to circle around and find an alternative route. Surprise could still be achieved if Jack was unaware of their numbers.
"EVAAAAAN!" With everyone else taking the initiative, Patrick decided he might as well too, having long passed the point of holding himself back.
Jack jumped and whirled around, fully prepared and even excited to face his guests. The first person he saw was Cat... and the mere sight of her lowered his enthusiasm substantially. To any logical person (which Jack arguably was not, but nonetheless), Cat's appearance was a joke. A dog... weasel... thing with comically undersized wings, wearing a smiley face tee-shirt, ripped jean shorts, tube socks, sandals and oven mitts, threatening him with a fly swatter. She was definitely an odd sight to behold, one that Jack had never seen anything like and quite honestly hoped he never would again.
"...This is usually where I state my opinion in a charismatic way,
But I... No, there's just... I have nothing to say."
But then Todd and Patrick entered the church, and Jack's demented grin returned.
"Ah, the violist and the mage. Good to see you again.
What brings you gentlemen to this holy domain?"
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Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 17, 2015 19:49:08 GMT -5
"Enough with the rhyming already! What is this, the Nightmare Before a Christmas Carol?!" Cat shouted, raising Goldenhand in anticipation. "I'mma smack that hat off yo' smug face! And my eyes are up here; stop staring at my shorts, bucko!"
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Post by DMis on Aug 17, 2015 19:52:23 GMT -5
"I came out here to talk and maybe form an alliance. This island could use a shake up and you saw what Beth could do- I simply do it better," offered Todd.
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