That Creeping Darkness [Concluded]

[ULC]

End Night 5...

To tired - really need to get to work on these. Threaten me more GH.

[In the words of a certain Dread Pirate, as you wish - GH]

"That'll be 26.27."

The young man nodded and passed the money over quickly, looking about him with disinterest. When the cashier moved to give him his change back, the young man waved him off. "Keep it, you'll need it for your groceries later - you'll be short 2 bucks and the only line open will be Maisey's, and you know how you get along with her."

Before the cashier could protest in confusion, the young man had already grabbed his paper-bag full of groceries and was out and in the streets, and in a moment disappeared into the frosty night.

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Beskar was a smart man, you could give him that. In the days after his illness, he had grown to become somewhat of a lead figure in the town's "hunt" for the psychics. It was a mask however - he was far more interested in the survival of the town, and had gone to great lengths to further his own goals. His loyalty to Lovell's cause however, had earned him some trust and leverage.

That trust and leverage transformed into protection when Lovell sent his men to get Beskar from his place of work - the bus station - and send him to sleep off the night at an old apartment building. Beskar himself wasn't greatly enthused by this notion, but under Lovell's insistence, and Beskar's concern for living another day and maintaining his cover, he agreed.

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The young man sat out in the cold frigid air not truly wanting to go inside with all the people about. Snow fell in droves, making it difficult to see and quickly covering the world in white. "Damned bus better hurry up...I'm not walking in this back to the apartment." Rubbing his hands together to keep warm, the young man leaned back and began to meditate to take his mind off the cold when the doors to the bus station swung open, and several men came out, with Doctor Lovell and Tiberius Beskar in tow.

Seeing the poor young man out in the cold, and thinking of an ingenious idea, Lovell asked for Beskar's coat, who quickly handed it over. Watching the men as they passed, the youth was surprised when Lovell approached him, and suddenly tense. Lovell smiled warmly. "Here young man, you'll catch a chill in such a thin coat - take this, keep yourself warm for the night."

Caught off guard by the generosity, the youth took the coat and wrapped it around himself, and mumbled a "thank you" to Lovell, who had long since moved away and into the white night. The youth pondered why he hadn't seen that coming - normally he'd be prepared for such things...

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He giggled madly as he watched Beskar from afar, his makeshift blade twirling in his hands. "Yet another sinner to kill!" The cultist scratched himself, his skin having started to develop a rash, and continued to make his way towards his target with methodical determination, crossing the street even as cars passed around him. His vision narrowed, his mind became dull, and all he could hear was the roar of his masters commands...or the fluid in his ears.

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From the darkness, a figure charged, kicking up a flurry of snow as it came. The youth did not immediately recognize his attacker as anything more then a flurry of wind, but when his senses activated, the assailant was already upon him. Tossing the groceries into the air and dropping to the floor, the attacker went flying over the youth, who caught the cultist and using his momentum, sent him colliding with the wall behind him.

Reaching out to quickly catch the groceries, the youth immediately brought up his leg as the cultist stood up and pinned him to the wall by his neck. The Cultist struggled violently as the youth put the groceries in a safe spot, but found himself unable to break away. But just as the youth finished placing the groceries down, a nearby snow bank reared up and hit him across the length of his chest, sending the youth sprawling and releasing the cultist.

Flipping up onto his two feet gracefully, the youth prepared to defend himself, suddenly realizing why he hadn't seen Lovell offering him the coat. "Two attackers in the same night...what luck, " the youth grunted as the cultist came at him again, only to have his arm twisted, his feet kicked out from underneath him, and then knocked to the ground. Screaming in frustration, the cultist continued to thrash at the youth, who easily sidestepped his attacks.

The snow bank, sensing an opportunity with the youth distraction at the cultists frenzied assault, attacked from behind, but the youth fluidly ducked, causing the snow bank to collide with the cultist. Stepping back as his two attackers tried separate themselves form each other, an old lady exited from the bus station, and the youth was startled by her intrusion. Running over to insure she wouldn't be hurt, the youth stopped short as the old lady lashed out, a sharp hissing coming from her mouth which opened up to show many more mouths and faces forming from deep with her throat.

She suddenly threw herself at the youth, who was able to escape from her attack by sacrificing the coat that Lovell had given him. Quickly backpedaling, the youth dodged yet another desperate attack by both the snow bank and cultist, grabbed his groceries, and ran off into the night, while his attackers fought over the coat...

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"I said entertain me - my books can only hold my interest for so long. Well go on! Say something you rubber faced freak."

Gasmask stared at Adastriea, his body caught and held fast by several ghosts from the afterlife. He had expected this to be a simple matter - the dead becoming involved had caught him by surprise, and now, much to his chagrin, he was now captive to this woman.

Adastriea lounged back in her chair, getting comfortable. She smiled at Gasmask, her lips curling in a devilish, tempting manner. "You know you'll never be my equal. Your a messenger of death - you hold no real mastery of it. You cause it...but you never control it."

Again, Gasmask refused to take the bait, and Adastriea seemed to be growing impatient by the minute. Gasmask chuckled at the thought, and he suddenly regretted doing so. Adastriea's eyes narrowed. "So you can speak - maybe I'll just have to find another way to force conversation out of you...hmmm." Adastriea reached over and grabbed a bottle of brandy and began to drink from it.

Gasmask started to grow concerned from the looks he was receiving from Adastriea, who seemed to be sizing him up, and also mildly drunk. As she approached him, Gasmask struggled to get away as Adastriea reach through the impassive ghosts and placed her hand on his mask. "And what do we look like underneath..."

Finally realizing he was risking to much being patient, Gasmask dispersed into black mist, leaving Adastriea holding Gasmask's mask, which she studied for a bit as she continued to drink most of the bottle of brandy. Making her way back to her chair and plopping herself down, she smiled smugly to herself. "I'll have you yet, oh yes I will...and I'll be keeping you for a long time Mr.shyguy, all to myself, and your cute little friend too..."

The Ghosts remained present for the night, doing their best to ignore Adastriea's triumphant giggles and her drunk antics.


This night has remained bloodless - time will tell if this is a good thing for the town...

Alive(28)
Sasaki Kojiro
AVSM
Atheotos
Beskar
Sprig
Double A
Renata
Yaseikhaan
Centurion1
Captain Blackadder
Khazaar
Scienter
SplitPersonality
Seon
CCRunner
Thermal Mercury
Greyblades
rhawn
A1_Unit
TheFlax
Andres
White Eyes:D
Wishazu
Diamondeye
Sevis
Jooray
Jolt
Nictel

Quite Dead(13)
ACIN
Lord Winter
scottishranger
Death is yonder
Sigurd
pevergreen
CDF
Askthepizzaguy
Winston Hughes
Beefy187
Roadkill
slashandburn
Yaropolk

Begin Day 6...

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