"Once again, fuck you, house. Really, what you just did? Its the equivalent of shouting BOO behind someone in a dark alley. Ametuerish and terrible. Please, your badness is making me want to go vomit. Go kill yourself."

"...I agree with Ragnarok. I was expecting...I dunno, something more impressive. A jump scare? Really? You just removed ALL the tension."

"...How the flying fuck do you know what a jump scare is. I thought you didn't watch horror movies."

"Doesn't mean I don't know whats in them."

"Moving the fuck on from this weird ass topic, Connor, I think your name was, I don't think the fucking house can do that, because it is a fucking house. And if it could, it wouldn't because its afraid of us. Especially me. Because I am fucking awesome."

edited 22nd Apr '14 6:37:03 PM by caliburnplm

Veigar barely understood the human, but he understood something. One of these machines charged them and morphed into a more dangerous monster. Another coming, with a human at the helm, probably isn't a coincidence. Veigar brandished his wand towards the wretched human. "Another one of these things? Should we kill it now before it changes?"

Team 1

   "No. Not yet, at least."    The mauled revenant responded, observing the party from behind his gasmask.    "I've been notified of your presence when the anti-magic field went off. It's normally reserved for dire circumstances such as this one."   

   "However, I was hoping that perhaps we might be able to come to some sort of agreement. You came for Bruschev, didn't you?"   

"Let's just say your team has friends up there." Albrecht chuckled, getting behind a wheel. "Certain individuals situated in Heavens would like you to survive. They believe you might be willing to cooperate with them if they portray their arguments well enough." The beaten-up chevy slowly made its way out of the alleyway. "Now we just need to pick up the rest of your team. Any ideas on how do we do that?"

Just as Lee made his way on the sidewalk, another shot echoed through the air.

This one hit. What the ninja was carrying in his hands was now nothing but a lifeless body growing cold. In the forehead of a late post girl was a single bullet with a skull emblazoned on it.

The chainsaw went in Epicurus' neck without much trouble. In fact, it was a little distressing how little resistance the giant monster offered to this treatment. A fountain of blood erupted from the wound, spraying the marine all over.

Meanwhile, Chaos stood on the rooftop, dividing his attention between Doomguy, incoming Lucas and his phone call. Seemingly completely not phased by the events, he trained his aim at the boy with his free hand before launching a rocket at him.

"I, uh, name's Jake." The truck driver responded to Henno's question before moving away from Veigar as the latter expressed his urges to perhaps blow him up as well. "Whoa, my wheeler over there's nothing threatening. Easy there, little guy."

"But still, who are you? Killing Chupacabra without breaking a sweat in the middle of the desert... that's kinda weird."

"And yet you reacted to this little trick. Hiding behind brave words, I see." A low, bloodcurdling chuckle. "Don't worry. There will be more. For now, however, please follow the light." Indeed, just as the daemonic house finished speaking, a bright light came up from the other side of the corridor. To reach that place, the team would have to pass near the tormented faces... and they apparently weren't mere decorations if their eyes darting here and there at high speeds were an indication.

Veigar scoffed at the human, who didn't know about the Champions of the League. "I am Veigar, Master of Evil! Champion from the League of Legends!"

Team 4

Guy stepped in between Veigar and the driver. "Setting aside our feisty little friend here, I'm Guy Cecil. Could you tell us what a chupacabra is and where it came from? We're here to help."

edited 25th Apr '14 6:43:49 AM by neobowman

Team 4

A vein popped out unseen on Veigar's hidden face. "Is that a short joke! I am the Master of Evil!" Veigar focused his wand and threw a magic bolt at Guy.

edited 25th Apr '14 4:23:45 PM by stephanreiken

Viktor observed this strange being,it's appearance of decay and mauled body reminded him of the undead beings of the Shadow Isles,something that the Glorious evolution will finally stop,the time limit issued to all living things..

Viktor,his death ray still aimed at the unknown being,said to Goldbaum.

"Yes,we came to deal with him,what is this..."Agreement" you speak of?" He said to the revenant.

edited 25th Apr '14 3:55:34 PM by darkomega245

Team 1

Nightcrawler's eyes immediately widened. The style of this man, the way he spoke, his clothes... they all screamed at him that this man probably belonged to the ranks of history's most despicable organization. His frown furrowed and his teeth gritted, the mutant leaned forward. "Damen und Herren... I do believe we should not associate ourselves with this filth. Why, if I am correct in my assumptions... then we are standing in front of a being who would make the hair on the back of the necks of monsters and demons stand up in anger." He stepped forward. "I made a vow to never injure any man or woman, to always seek a non-aggressive way out... yet here I am presented with a being who makes me momentarily forget my vow... to even consider killing, for his death would be a service to the universe."

edited 25th Apr '14 8:54:53 PM by TheBigBean

Team 4

Guy reflexively pulled out his sword to block the strike. The force of the bolt knocked him off balance but he was otherwise uninjured.

"Woah, Woah, Woah! I didn't mean that! Sorry if I insulted you. Veigar, was it? I'll make sure to call you that from now on."

Team 2

Mercury sat back in her seat and thought, allowing her transformation to break for the moment. She'd need the energy for later and there was no point staying in uniform if she wasn't in immediate danger.

"I think it'd be best for us to find Lee first, I think he and the post girl were being chased by someone," Ami said. "Can we circle back around to the front and look for him? He should be wearing all green."

Team 1

Link for her part, let the rest of her team do the talking and simply stood grimly with her shield raise and eyes on the horrific figure... reading to move.

Lucina shrugged, looking down with reprovation. "If I am to fall for these tricks, then I might as well lose my mind before we reach our objective. Try to calm yourself, Lucina". She searched for her courage again, taking a deep breath before looking toward the corridor again.

That was when she saw the haunted faces glued to the walls, an ominous light showing them the way through these abominations. Her fear tried to take over again, telling her to cease and desist with the attempt of crossing the corridor. One step at a time, the swordswoman continued her trek.

Before she could move a meter away from her starting position, the ominous lights were exchanged for a more ordinary looking one - if 'ordinary' was something that could be said about it, since it came literally from nowhere. No torches or lamps were there to radiate that strange light. Yet, it mattered little to Lucina. That house probably could do anything it wanted at any time, including these strange phenomenons.

"These are mere tricks. They can't harm us, only hinder our proggress. We have little to fear", she affirmed aloud. With this mantra on her head, she continued to walk, and did not halt even after noticing the quick shifting eyes inside the hollowed faces covering the wall. "This is but child's play, compared to the true terror that I've faced so many times. I can't let it get through me!".

Team 1 used DIPLOMACY!

Sheik had to smother a laugh when Nightcrawler announced his hatred. Where did the peace-loving negotiator go? If this thing was abominable enough to turn him feral, then maybe they should find a way out before things went downhill.

Then again, what harm could there be to hear the creature out? It was more than what the guards outside wanted to do. This might be a chance to finish the mission without any more bloodshed! And if it wasn't, at least she could use the time to get familiar with the area.

"Sorry Nightcrawler, but I agree with Viktor. No one will suffer from a brief ceasefire."

Team 3

Having felt that Doomguy had the monster under control, she left to find the missing Lucas... When Chaos fired a rocket, she tackled Lucas and rolled out of the way of the rocket with him in tow.

"The armored one has the monster under control," Sypha said softly to Lucas, explaining the situation with him.

Team 3

A fountain of blood and thick chunks of meat splattered across my armor as I drove the chainsaw into the soft flesh of the demon's throat. The deep red coloring my armor and the smell of copper filling my nose, even through my helmet. It was a smell I all too familiar with. Enemy soldiers, demons, they're all the same when they're reduced to a smear of bodily fluids. The whirling blades of my chainsaw continued to tear at whatever it touched and I let lose a manic laugh as a tore away the demon's life, little piece by little piece.

But there was something disturbing at the massive monster's reaction to me running my chainsaw through it. Or rather, the lack there of. I was expecting it to fight back. To let out some reaction of pain. Anything. But is laid slump on the ground. Was it dead? No, there would have been some shutter in its death throes, before finally slumping into a lifeless corpse. This was more an act, though I could not be sure that it saw playing dead or something more insidious.

Either way, I had the thing where I wanted it. If this was some ameture hour trap to catch me off guard, I would be able to feel it moving under my boots and I'd take its head off. If it was out of commission or just flat dead, then I had little to worry. Because it'd be dead.

I grabbed onto the demon's chin and hoisted myself onto the face. Bits and pieces of flesh peeled themselves of my armor once I was off the now open neck, with me helping that along as I tried to wipe some of the gunk off with my empty hand. All I really succeed into doing was making my hand dyed red. The chainsaw was not much better, the entire chain entangled with meat. That it still worked was a miracle of science. I placed it onto what I figured was Epicurus' forehead but held my finger off the trigger.

"Alright you giant walking foreskin," I spoke to it, other hand grabbing onto my pistol "if you can understand me, I suggest you keep still. Or I can punch this," I wave my chainsaw a bit "through your skull and I get put down in history for first to give a lobotomy via a chainsaw. Or you don't understand me and I'm just talking to myself" But that would crazy, right? Right.

Team 1

Goldbaum looked at Nightcrawler for a brief moment before letting out a small, low chuckle.    "Look at you, my friend, you're so easy to scandalize. Then again, I never really felt any more affable towards my mortal associates. They castrated science in all forms, among other things."   

   "Regardless of your feelings towards Nazi Germany however, I suggest listening to your companions."    The revenant's stare turned towards Sheik.    "In return for Bruschev Reichsfuhrer Gunsche wants the one who provided you with information about his whereabouts. As outsiders to this world you had no means of knowing without acquiring it... and if what we suspect is true then elimination of this person is the very first thing we need to do before proceeding with larger operations."   

"Alright. Keep your head low, there's a sniper about." Albrecht nodded before turning the chevy on the main street. "It might be some trouble to just casually pick him up though: this place will be swarming with cops and crowds in a moment."

Epicurus didn't respond in any way for a brief moment... and then seemingly there was less of him. Around its giant body there was a puddle of blood slowly but surely forming, getting bigger as the demon was smaller. The process wasn't volatile, it simply... melted as if it was made of ice, leaving Doomguy with nothing but lots of blood.

Meanwhile, Chaos had frowned at Sypha saving Lucas from harm, but in spite of his giant monster's defeat he'd shown little reaction. In fact, his smile grew a little wider as he finished the conversation, pocketing his cellphone. "You guys having fun?!" He shouted to the team, grinning. "If not, get ready for some bucketloads of it!"

The truck driver moved a little bit away when Guy and Cecil decided to exchange blows. "Seems you're not from here." He spoke, scratching the back of his head. "Well, uh, chupacabra's this one giant demon known all around here. Mexico, that is. They're usually smaller though, the size of a bear at best, so you've likely got some engineered one, specifically for combat. To me it sounds like someone knew you were coming.

"In any case, we can talk some more while on the move. I can get you to the nearest city, sounds better than sitting in the middle of a desert." Jake said, gesturing to his 18-wheeler.

Just as Lucina was passing through one of the faces, it... sprang out of the wall with a disgusting sound, its neck clearly made of flesh. The tormented face stared right at the party before unleashing a powerful, ear-shattering shriek.

Lee had prepared to run when he felt the girl go limp. Assuming she had fainted he looked down...

...and saw blood. The postgirl was dead. With a heavy heart he set the girl down on the sidewalk and quickly ran back up the wall, hoping someone would find the body and call the authorities. Lost in town, he couldn't do anything to help her get a proper burial. The only thing he could do was make sure whoever did this was punished appropriately. Moving much faster without the girl to weigh him down, and motivated by his need for justice, Lee quickly scaled the building and leaped back through the same window. His teammates were still there, after all (most likely) and he would need their help.

"My teammates!" He shouted as he re-entered the room. "Are you alright?"

Team 1

"You will never wash the stench of the Teufel off you, no matter how hard you try." Nightcrawler responded, clenching his fists. "I will not make any deals with this Viech." He took a step back, clasping his hands. "Meine Hände sind sauber."

Team 4

Henno carefully approached the truck, making sure that the coast is clear.

"Is there enough seats for all of us?"

Sheik used STALL!

The Sheikah turned her head towards the peace-loving Nazi-hater. "Patience, Nightcrawler. No need to disturb our host. If you wish to withdraw from negotiations, then so be it. I, however, am willing to barter."

Of course she wasn't. Inside Sheik shared her comrade's disgust for this rotten officer, but the Sheikah needed more time to examine the tunnel.

Facing Goldbaum again, she sheathed her dagger and folded her arms; that way the deku nut could be easily hidden.

"As for you, Hauptsturmfuhrer Goldbaum, this trade seems remarkably steep, not to mention transparent. We come to silence Bruschev, but what guarantee do we have that he has not already outlast his worth—to both of us?"

Team 3

I had given the demon a moment to reaction before mulling over whether I should just take the thing's head off then and there when I felt it moving under me. I raised my chainsaw up over my head when I noticed that it wasn't some kind of attack. it was...shrinking? The plain face that I stood on became smaller and smaller and in only a brief moment I couldn't stand on it any longer and I was forced to jump to the side. It disappeared only a second later and I was left with a running chainsaw and a small pool of blood. Considering how the monsters summoned itself before, I had no reason to believe it was dead and I should move before it comes back.

Chaos' blathering only further cemented my suspicion of Epicurus' deception, but my focus was on the demon officer and his claptrap. This fucker was already on my nerves and his continued taunting had now pushed me over the edge. With my hand already resting on my pistol, it only took the blink of an eye for me to quick draw it from its holster, raise it up, and fire a bullet into the demon's knee cap.

"I've had enough of your shit, you ass talking, spunk drinking, hellspawn knock off!" I yelled, following through with several more pistols shots regardless of if I had hit with the first one. I knew that my rage a boiling over the point of clear thinking, but I just wanted this asshole dead. Deader than dead. So dead Hell would have to carrying him around in a bucket. "When I get up there I'll rip out your intestines and hang you with it!" I moves out of the pool of blood and towards Chaos.

"........Eh, I give it a seven."

Crona, meanwhile jumped a little at the screech, before settling down, and looking at the head with a mixture of pity and disgust. He swore, he would make this house PAY. "Sword mode, Ragnarok."

"Aye aye." With that, Ragnarok transformed into a blade, and Crona approached the head, raising his sword before bringing it down in an attempt to sever the thing from the wall.

Team 1

   "There was a misunderstanding between us. As a result he became useless to us as a source of information, but not for the other side. I believe you'd provide a much better protection to him than we can offer as it is now as he likely can still give said information to you - assuming you press him well enough."   

   "Of course..."    Goldbaum's stare had focused on Nightcrawler.    "If we want to make this trade, I expect your entire party's approval."    With those words he focused back on Sheik, his tone as neutral as before.

Veigar was still suspicious of this truck, but the situation was ludicrous enough already. Mine as well go with the flow.

It's not very effective...

Examining through her peripherals, Sheik finally had a solid grasp of the tunnel. It seemed like an old mine shaft, not unlike the abandoned depths throughout Hyrule. Strong wooden beams stented the passage while a chord of modern lights decked the ceiling. Since the tunnel was illuminated at Goldbaum's command, it seemed safe to assume he had the power to activate them. But the Sheikah noticed one other thing about her opponent—his eyes glowed in the dark. Nature supplied that trait only to creatures of the dark, like Stalfos and Keese. If her deduction was right, a strong flash should affect the Redead more than anyone else.

The deku nut in her hand could prove quite useful.

She returned to the negotiations with a smirk. "You betray your own cause, Haupsturmfuhrer Goldbaum. If Bruschev has proven useless to you then this trade is too bias; we would sacrifice our eyes and ears only to gain your scraps. The fact that you offer to trade at all means that your troops cannot find this individual themselves, which suggests they are either strictly limited in number, or inadequate. Both implications work in our favor should we decide to take Bruschev by force."

The Sheikah sauntered to the front of her group, making sure she was far enough from Goldbaum to react and out of Viktor's line of fire.

"Unless you have something more to offer, consider these negotiations over."

edited 6th May '14 4:36:30 PM by TheodoreHastings