|
|
Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 29, 2015 22:35:05 GMT -5
Ray folded his arms behind his head, completely at ease as the wall came tumbling down. "Let me see if I understand this. You're offering me full permission to... essentially axe off your own gender-bent counterpart." He pondered Beth's proposal for about eight and a half seconds. Then, unsurprisingly, he smirked and shook her blood crystal hand. "I like the cut of your jib."
You're despicable, Van grumbled almost inaudibly.
----------
Jack peaked over his shoulder. The explosion at the front of the building was one thing, but he thought he heard something right behind him. He was too late to spot the peeping vampire, so he simply shrugged it off and continued experimenting with the control panel until he finally figured out how to use the PA system.
|
|
|
|
Post by DMis on Aug 29, 2015 22:37:52 GMT -5
"Good to hear," she offered with a firm shake. "And yes. Yes I am giving you permission to kill Todd. Just let me land a few good hits. Fair?"
|
|
|
|
Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 29, 2015 22:44:54 GMT -5
"Save some for all of us, bucko," Cat stated as she briskly stepped over the debris and into the mall, scanning the darkness for any signs of life.
--------
Mickey opted to take his place on the other side of the mall. Even if Cat had no interest in surprising Jack, that didn't mean he still couldn't.
|
|
|
|
Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 29, 2015 22:50:33 GMT -5
"Heheh... Yeah, fair enough," Ray chuckled as he followed Cat inside.
Wow, she's, uh... really at ease with this whole thing... Patrick murmured. It's, um... kinda scary...
Ray rolled his eyes at Patrick's usual dicklessness and looked around, sighing with contempt. "Okay, real talk. If you scared him off with that stunt, I'll toast your buns into an even bigger eyesore than they already are, Daisy Duke."
|
|
|
|
Post by DMis on Aug 29, 2015 22:55:29 GMT -5
"She just gave him the warning shot," offered Beth with a dark chuckle. 'I wonder if I should tell Ray, Patrick, and Van about Todd's fail safe.....? Nah. That'd probably cause my new ally to turn on me.' Beth mentally asked as she climbed over the rubble.
-
'What the heck was there?' thought Todd as the bonds seemed to relax slightly. 'They're getting close! And Beth is still intent on killing. Great.'
|
|
|
|
Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 29, 2015 23:01:30 GMT -5
"Pfft. Don't hate just 'cause I have better taste than you," Cat huffed, noting Ray's (or more accurately, Patrick's) mismatching clothes and patterns. "Now then... Little pigs, little pigs, let me come in..."
She slowly walked down the hallway, Goldenhand at the ready, sandals clacking against the floor and echoing off the spacious interior.
|
|
|
|
Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 29, 2015 23:16:51 GMT -5
Ray scowled as he followed Cat, scrutinizing his surroundings. Something was off. Aside from the occasional zombie (a mental note he gladly took into account), it was easy to assume that there wasn't another soul to be found in these hallowed halls. Gut instinct told him that this was not the case.
Static played over the mall's speaker system, followed by the warbling noises characteristic of a radio attempting to find a signal. Then a simple melody began, the odd, buzzing chords sounding as if they were being played on an electronic organ.
"Dès le premier jour
Ton parfum enivra mon amour
Et dans ces instants
J'aimerais être comme toi par moment
Mais depuis ce jour
Je n'ai qu'un seul et unique regret"
The music quickly turned minor. Haunting. As Ray had predicted, several monsters rose from the darkness to play the accompanying instruments that the minimalist karaoke recording couldn't feature. The viola was projected from all around, soon followed once again by Todd's voice as dictated by Jack.
"My wing tips waltz across naïve wood floors
They creak innocently down the stairs"
Ray turned around. He thought he saw something, that something being a mere shadow that crept along the wall, towering over them malevolently.
"Drag melody
My percussive feet serve cobweb headaches as a
Matching set of marching clocks
The slumbering apparitions
That they've come to wake up"
|
|
|
|
Post by DMis on Aug 29, 2015 23:22:50 GMT -5
"I think I'm Panic'd out. Shall we show our host some discord, Ray?" Beth asked as her eyes watched the shadows.
'All you know is Panic!..... Great.... BETH! RAY! GET ME OUT OF HERE!!!!' Todd mentally screamed.
|
|
|
|
Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 29, 2015 23:40:05 GMT -5
"Oh yay, more show tunes, just what we friggin' needed!" Cat griped, being the first to chase the shadow down the hall. Pandemonium energy was building up around her like a psychotic aura.
|
|
|
|
Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 30, 2015 0:02:16 GMT -5
"Discord sounds highly favorable," Ray grumbled as he followed Cat's example, pursuing the looming shadow towards a fountain.
"Here I am composing a burlesque
Out of where they rest their necks
Sunken in their splintered cradles"
Ray whipped around and glared into the shadows. For a moment there, he thought he saw Jack... Or was that Jack all the way down the hall? It was so hard to tell in this darkness.
"And ramshackle heads
They asked for it
As a girl"
Ghostlike mirages seemed to pursuit them from all corners.
"You have set your heart on haunting
Me forever, from the start
It's never silent"
Fireballs shot from above the fountain like tiny falling stars. The gentle streams of water sprayed in elegant patterns. The dim orange light glistened off the water's surface, reflecting back sparkles like a hellish night sky. Above the fountain's center, Jack, as the Witch of Blood, floated majestically as he was illuminated by the fiery glow, playing a grand, sweeping chorus on the viola.
"Ever since we met
I only shoot up with your perfume
It's the only thing
That makes me feel as good as you do
Ever since we met
I've got just one regret to live through..."
Jack's blazing silver eyes locked with Beth's. He pointed directly at her with Todd's bow. A playful smile tugged at his lips.
"And that one regret is you"
|
|
|
|
Post by DMis on Aug 30, 2015 0:07:41 GMT -5
Beth smirked. "Am I really your only regret?" she offered bringing up her right arm to shield.
'WHAT THE EVER LOVING F***?!?!!' screamed Todd mentally as he watched through Jack's eyes.
|
|
|
|
Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 30, 2015 0:14:22 GMT -5
From afar, Mickey scowled and followed the music, circling around in the hopes of catching Jack from behind.
--------
Cat's ears flattened. "Nope. Not doing this." She quickly charged at Jack, raising an enlarged Goldenhand and more than ready to bring it down on this smug-faced, suit-and-tie, overly-dramatic jerkoff.
|
|
|
|
Post by ParamountKeymaster on Aug 30, 2015 0:21:13 GMT -5
Jack easily avoided Cat's flyswatter by bolting to the left, spiraling through the air and disappearing into one of the mall's many shops.
"Aw, what the s***?!" Ray snapped as he followed Jack into what he quickly discovered was an electronics store. He grimaced but continued on in anyway, knowing full well what was coming.
The televisions of varying sizes that lined the shelves and floor filled the room with the grey haze of flickering static.
|
|
|
|
Post by DMis on Aug 30, 2015 0:26:46 GMT -5
Beth recklessly followed with a hunting grin. "Hey RAY! I have an idea! How well can you animate blood?" she called to her ally. "Cat! Keep up the swats! Destroy as much as you want just don't hurt the team!" she offered to the flyswatter wielding warrior.
|
|
|
|
Post by Pink Moon Wolf on Aug 30, 2015 0:33:04 GMT -5
When Jack dodged Cat's swats, she wound up obliterating the fountain instead. Water spilled all over the floor and continued to spray haphazardly from the pipes.
Likewise, Mickey shot down the hall like a bullet, his initial plan to tackle Jack from behind utterly backfiring as he found himself with nothing to collide with and was instead propelled to the other side of the mall. "GOD DANG IIIIIIIIIT...!"
And somehow, no one even noticed him.
Cat turned to Beth and quickly followed her and Ray into the electronics store. "Oh, I plan to," she replied darkly, twirling Goldenhand between her fingers.
|
|
