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Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#201: Dec 9th 2015 at 5:09:31 AM

Completely taking the Inspector's advice seriously, Billy came with a flamethrower that spurts out fire generated by the seven sacred oils, the holy hand grenades of blessedness, and a knife. That's not all, he sported body armor and a gas mask that made him look like a legionnaire from hell.

http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/killzone/images/f/fe/Psp_helghast_soldier.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20071014033415

The sheer amount of overkill each of those weapons had put any ambitious killer to shame. The weight of the flamethrower was onerous, but you were seen as both awesome and terrifying at the same time. Grenades were visibly dangling from his bandoliers, and his knife was by his hip.

"Branson," Billy smiled beneath his intimidating mask, "I am ready for you and your Grim Reaper buddies."

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
The Man in Black
#202: Dec 9th 2015 at 5:34:28 AM

Before he could make it out of the parking lot, however, he found Fiona in front of him, a seething look on her face.

"Look. I have had it up to here with you." She said, fire in her eyes. "I don't care what you do in your off hours, but showing up prepared for a war zone is not the way to handle a grieving family whose son you put in the ground." She closed in on him, less than in inch between them. "I don't care what you expect but right here, right now is not the time for it. You will go home, you will dress appropriately, and you will come back here and present yourself. That is a direct order from your superior. Do. You. Understand?"

edited 9th Dec '15 5:35:24 AM by Wysp

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#203: Dec 9th 2015 at 5:51:46 AM

The Inspector sighed at Billy's handiwork.

"Guess sarcasm is not in his vocabulary." The Inspector murmured before he looked at Fiona and Carter. "Just make sure you guys head to the GMP when you can. I'll send you SMS messages on when the burial's going to take place."


A SMS was sent to the other SCS officers that the burial ceremony was to take place three days from now in the evening.


The Inspector was already in the memorial park, already present and shaking hands with immediate family members.

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#204: Dec 9th 2015 at 6:00:01 AM

"Heroes are always persecuted by the people they save," Billy said with bravado, "I am here to rescue the helpless even at the cost of torching down million dollar buildings. I am appropriately dressed for combat, so why should I dress for a funeral? God is my superior and I totally understand that."

He paused for a short while and said, "On my off-hours I prowl the alleyways for knaves and engage them in combat for desecrating the city. From morning to night, I sleep only two hours a day."

Ever since Billy came to the city, littering and vandalism has dropped sharply to 20%. There are several urban legends that originated from him. The first was about the scary man with the knife that chases down people down the street at night when you're making graffiti. The second concerned a madman preaching in the alleyways regarding the coming of the Kingdom of God. The third would hint about a nice young man that keeps the streets clean and paints over the graffiti on the walls.

edited 9th Dec '15 7:38:24 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#205: Dec 10th 2015 at 9:54:52 PM

Carter was a bit late to the funeral due to an incident involving his father and a deterioration of his health, the innate potentially Harsher in Hindsight notion in it disturbing to the young soldier. And when he did show up, respectfully dressed, and saw Fiona confronting that lunatic, he knew he'd have a difficult day.

He hadn't known how difficult. The damn psychopath showed up at the funeral of the man he killed wearing an armory. Carter's only regret was that he didn't carry his side arm.

He walked up next to Fiona, glaring at Billy - overhearing his latest shpiel and finding it utterly distasteful, "I know your type. I know your type real well. A whole bunch of guys like you are currently executing anyone in the Middle East who don't follow Sunni Islam. You're even more deranged than I thought if you honestly believe you're any different than ISIL's average executioner."

Carter spat once on the ground, confident the higher ups present could control things. "You're nothing but another so called holy psychopath mowing down anyone who crosses him. Your God is your own ego."

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#206: Dec 11th 2015 at 1:59:03 AM

At least he didn't spit me in the eye. Billy was used to these vulgarities, part of being the spokesperson of the Revenants.

When Carter concluded his vituperation with carefully selected choice words. Billy listened to these words intently and didn't flinch at all. He apparently dealt with this before in his arguments with his neighbors, but this one hit the mark quite well. No matter, Billy had read Carter's profile in the event a conflict like this would happen.

"On the contrary," Billy retorted sharply, "We respect the ISIL and their passion to convert others to their faith as misguided it may be. Their zeal matches our own, though we are better equipped and more professional in our approach. If only they willing to see the righteousness of our Lord they might have fared better because God is the God of perpetual victory."

While speaking, he had remembered certain aspects of Carter's profile. Something about being a soldier, he could use the typical rhetoric directed against well-decorated thugs.

"Carter, Carter, Carter, I know your type real well as well. You're the sort of person that walks into people's homes from far far away and shoves bullets into their heads. You're sent to keep the peace, but all you do is wage war in a broken country. They call you the beacon of hope, but you are nothing more than a little devil. They call you a soldier, but you're just another ruthless thug."

He said these words harshly, and he briefly wondered if Carter would go out of control and reach for his revolver.

"You may think they sent you there because you thought you were fighting for your country, but in reality you were just fighting for their oil. You may think they sent you there because you were protecting the interests of your people, but not only were you actively fighting against them, you also broke their hearts. This makes you a hypocrite."

(Victor facepalms.)

"You are nothing but a thug and a hypocrite. You take pride in the very things you hate. Your ego is bankrupt because you are nothing but an empty shell."

He looked at Carter straight in the eyes.

"Someday, you'll come back crying to me for forgiveness. Someday you'll be seeking an explanation for all these incidents, but I'll be gone by then, Carter. I won't come to save your ass when you need me most. That won't mean I abandoned you, instead you would abandon me to my fate because you have no balls."

(Ohh, what's Carter gonna do now?)

[up](It's spiel not shpiel, your vocabulary is wider than mine.)

(EDIT: Grammar problem of my own.)

edited 11th Dec '15 3:34:43 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#207: Dec 11th 2015 at 3:11:15 AM

Mark sighed when he saw Carter and Billy face off once again.

"Please don't let this end in a bloodbath."


The Inspector had just finished talking to the relatives when he approached the officers.

"I see that you guys made it. The family's waiting..." He trailed off before he saw... Billy's getup. "I suggest that you be a bit more careful with your clothes there. You're... going to offend some people and I don't want to have a department issue in my hands and a news nightmare too."

edited 11th Dec '15 3:11:30 AM by Ominae

Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
The Man in Black
#208: Dec 11th 2015 at 5:34:29 AM

Fiona locked eyes with Billy.

"Corporal." She said, reminding him of their respective ranks. "I know you heard me."

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir
Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#209: Dec 11th 2015 at 5:47:59 AM

"A man with a flamethrower outranks everybody," Billy quipped back.

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#210: Dec 11th 2015 at 6:05:49 AM

Some of the family members in attendance were now wondering what the hell was going on, specifically with the commotion between Billy and the rest of the SCS.


"I think we're becoming a newsworthy event here, folks." Mark told the others.

"I'm warning you." The Inspector was now starting to get upset. "I don't know what was done to the Commissioner to get you accepted into the unit, but I will not tolerate insubordination. You will drop that weapon..." He pointed to the flamethrower held by Billy. "And behave yourself in the funeral. That is an order. Or I can call in state police to intervene."

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#211: Dec 11th 2015 at 6:26:40 AM

"Fine," Billy took off his mask and started disassembling his flamethrower to smaller parts, he got a ginormous bag and stuffed it all in there. He took all the grenades and stuffed it in the bag as well. He imagined hurling grenades at the state police and keeping them at bay. A plausible scenario, he would have held off for a while before the TIG operatives came in and busted him.

Billy was still clad in his body armor and had a knife visible on his hip.

edited 11th Dec '15 6:27:20 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
The Man in Black
#212: Dec 11th 2015 at 8:56:14 AM

"Sir, I'll go take care of the family." Fiona said. She stepped back and headed toward the burial ceremony. She gave them a solemn nod. "Sorry about that. Office politics." She offered her hand. "You have my deepest condolences for your loss."

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#213: Dec 11th 2015 at 7:27:48 PM

Melissa and Donald Branson were present to greet Fiona when they shook hands with her.

"Thank you guys for helping out." Donald spoke to Fiona. "It's good to know that we can put our brother to rest."

"The ceremony's about to start in a while since the priest needs to go to the toilet first."


Mark followed after it seemed that Billy's case was settled. He greeted the Branson sibling as well.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#214: Dec 11th 2015 at 7:43:02 PM

Carter didn't seem in the least afraid of the flamethrower, in part it was bravado, in part it was pure, unbridled rage. He was almost ready as soon as Billy put the mask and weapon down to tackle him and beat the life out of him.

He decided something else would do.

He'd make Billy a public relations nightmare.

Carter smiled brightly and shouted, pointing right at Billy, "Hear it right from the horse's mouth! This man, Billy, who executed this family's son, showed up in combat gear here and declaring his sympathies for the terrorist group ISIL!! He finds their faith in Allah and their willingness to slaughter many, many "heretics" ''admirable!"

"This holy sociopath is the same as the likes of Westboro Baptist Church, a painful old relic of times much more intolerant and hateful. Hear how he calls a serviceman of the United States Army a decorated thug, and says I, the serviceman, should come to him, the ISIL sympathizing cultist lunatic, to beg for forgiveness!"

Carter looked over, seeing an absolutely thunderstruck bunch of reporters coming to report ostensibly on a previously rather boring funeral for the mental health case that turned deadly. He saw how they looked at such a scoop.

Go on, Fox News, report this - report it to EVERYONE.

edited 11th Dec '15 7:43:27 PM by NickTheSwing

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#215: Dec 12th 2015 at 3:19:42 AM

[up](Be Careful What You Wish For)

(The Battle for Everyone's Souls : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lbhz0O0dAyk )

(Carter, what have you done? Well, at least this keeps things interesting. Remember that I still have another character in the signups, and if this becomes a boss battle I'd gladly play a different character. I have to warn you guys though, he's now on edge!)

I am seriously considering to incinerate that devil to vanquish his empty accusations against me.

Billy was a sincere type of person that truly believed in the cause, but his guileless nature alienated him with the rest of society. It did not help that he also happened to be an extremely deranged individual. With Carter's provocation, Billy stopped disassembling his flamethrower and assembled it back together and put everything back in place for everyone else to see. The comment had driven him to hysterics, and the scandalous priest's face turned so red hot that it could boil eggs if you threw it at his face.

Any sensible man would have gone pale at the sight of a fundamentalist with God knows how many grenades and a flamethrower that was perfectly willing to torch everybody in the building with not a moment's hesitation. The Inspector's previous attempts to pacify the lunatic were rendered futile in one astonishing act of stupidity that would baffle any person, living or dead.

It was once said that the best thing to do is to do the right thing. Not if the right thing was obviously wrong to the average person, but to this particular person who made an Inquisitor look like an angel, such evident situations never appealed to him.

Constable Billy Macklin did the first thing what he thought was right; he fired a jet of flame at the first reporter that bothered to ask questions; he stormed into the church that housed the Branson family and friends to approach the sarcophagus that held the dead Branson; he screamed at them to stand back for he had to deal with the evil spirit that still was imminently resurrecting from the dead to kill them all; he started throwing out family members and friends who refused to move.

(This is it. This is how it ends for our poor, psychotic Billy Macklin.)

(Some minor edits by GM's orders. ANOTHER EDIT because of grammar.)

edited 12th Dec '15 6:14:43 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#216: Dec 12th 2015 at 3:28:14 AM

Carter looked horrified - if he'd realized what would've happened he wouldn't have done all that. The fucking psycho had done his last, attacking that reporter and going after Branson's body would be the final straw.

He directed some of the people around, trying to ensure Bystander Disorder didn't happen. "Nobody panic! I know panic is natural, but get yourselves together. Douse those flames! Get fire extinguishers and expunge it!"

He remembered he didn't bring his gun, looked over at Fiona and the others nearby and asked, "Fiona, Mark, any of you have a gun? I didn't bring mine. Given, y'know, funeral. I think I need it."

I am not gonna let that lunatic defile this funeral any more than he already has.

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#217: Dec 12th 2015 at 3:35:40 AM

Desperate to get this over with, Billy reached for his grenades and threatened to blow up the entire church if the infestation wasn't contained, but he first had to deal with the Branson corpse first, "STAND BACK!"

(Warning: Billy is fully equipped. He has his body armor, his gas mask, his helmet, his flamethrower, his grenades and his knife. If you are considering lethal force, you must also consider the fact that he is armed and dangerous so you have a chance of dying as well if you aren't careful. The building is filled with the Branson family and friends, and a whole lot of other people so he can take them hostage if he wanted to. Fortunately, Billy is just agitated and does not intend to hurt them, but if you provoke him further he will... do things... that even I'm afraid of.)

edited 12th Dec '15 3:47:34 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#218: Dec 12th 2015 at 5:57:37 AM

"Ah shit."

Mark saw what Billy was trying to do.

"Ah shit. Ah shit. Ah shit. Ah shit!!!"

The ex-TIG operator's patience wore thin as what Billy was trying to do.

"Yeah!" Mark drew out his STI Tactical DS 5" pistol from his IWB holster. "Didn't bring my revolver though. It's in the office."

He took aim with the iron sights at the deranged officer.

"ばかやろう!" He yelled out in Japanese. "What the hell happened to him?"


The Inspector was now upset as well. But he placed his attention in getting people out of the way and making calls to the GPD and to the WSP.

He also told the Bransons to immediately flee from the scene.

Fucking hell! My career's going to be over!!


Some of the brave civilians took some of the fire extinguishers and began to douse the flames. After they were taken care of, they chose to flee.

edited 12th Dec '15 6:04:08 AM by Ominae

Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#219: Dec 12th 2015 at 6:25:45 AM

[up](Since there's police, can I have a number of people on my side as well?)

From all over the state, and probably the nation if not the entire world, everybody's eyes were glued to the interplay of madness and violence that was brought to them by the news. Most were absolutely terrified upon hearing it, a few were exhilarated since they got to watch something thrilling for a change, and thousands of members of the Armed Revenants sprung into action once they saw their fellow believer take the initiative to expel the evil from Branson's putrid corpse.

They grabbed kevlar and mummified themselves in it, wrapping themselves from head to toe. They clutched illegally manufactured grenade launchers, assault rifles, and shotguns. The Armed Revenants were prepared to defend their faith and their brother even at the cost of their own lives.


Billy saw what Mark was doing with his drawn pistol, "Mark, I've got to cleanse Branson's body before he comes back to life to kill us all! I have to stop him."

edited 12th Dec '15 7:40:57 AM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
The Man in Black
#220: Dec 12th 2015 at 8:24:04 AM

Fiona whirled around to spot Billy going absolutely insane, rushing toward the coffin and howling like a madman. "Get down!" She ordered everyone, drawing her M1911 and wishing she had a Taser.

"Get on the ground!" She hollered. "Get on the ground, now! You are under arrest!" As she shouted, she levelled her pistol at Macklin, knowing that he wouldn't stand down. Despite that, she was obligated to give him a chance.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir
Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#221: Dec 12th 2015 at 9:27:12 AM

Billy did get down on the ground, but that was to take cover behind one of the pews to start lobbing grenades all over the place. He also began to torch the whole church in an attempt to burn the coffin along with it. Swinging the nozzle of the flamethrower wildly, he could potentially cause massive collateral damage to the surrounding area.

(Billy usually responds to violence with greater violence. This includes threats and petty insults.)

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Wysp The Man in Black Since: Jan, 2001
The Man in Black
#222: Dec 12th 2015 at 9:34:51 AM

"Everyone get out!" Fiona shouted at the top of her lungs. Her order was punctuated by the first grenade going off. Fiona ducked behind a pew and leaned under it, getting a good look at the kneeling madman's unarmored legs and feet. She levelled her pistol and fired.

"Your mission is not to nuke the squid god." —Faramir
Victor_Skye Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi from The Imperium of Man, the million worlds. Since: Mar, 2015 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
Hot-blooded Catholic Space Nazi
#223: Dec 12th 2015 at 4:02:58 PM

"Oh shit," Billy swerved the nozzle of his flamethrower at Fiona's general direction.

(Note: Billy never follows the orders of Carter. Billy rarely follows the orders of Fiona. Billy sometimes follows the orders of Mark. Billy often follows the orders of the Inspector. But since you've agitated him with a weapon, his paranoia factor has doubled.)

(Billy only let Mark get away with pointing a pistol at him because they were on good terms. But he freaked out when Fiona told him to disarm his weapon, especially since they left on bad terms and that she disagreed with his theories the last time they met.)

"I knew it!" Beneath his menacing mask his lips twisted into a smile, "YOU ARE ALL WORKING FOR THE DEVIL!!!! YOU'RE PROTECTING BRANSON ONLY BECAUSE I'M RIGHT!!!! I'M GOING TO BURN YOU ALLLLLLL!!!!"

edited 12th Dec '15 4:32:20 PM by Victor_Skye

"In the grim darkness of the future, there is only war."
Ominae Since: Jul, 2010
#224: Dec 12th 2015 at 4:45:12 PM

"Dammit!"

Mark was forced to take cover behind the benches when the grenades went off.

This is not how I envisioned things to go down.


The first GPD cruisers arrived at the GMP memorial park. A few minutes later, cruisers from the WSP were in hand to help their GPD counterparts get a cordon up, evacuate the remaining civilians and make way for tactical teams to arrive.

NickTheSwing Since: Aug, 2009
#225: Dec 12th 2015 at 5:59:24 PM

Carter immediately ran toward the police, showing his badge in his wallet and talking to some of the people showing up. He explained what had happened, and how Billy had shown up there. He was prepared to shoulder some blame later, but for right now he needed weapons.

Thankfully for once the militarized state of police paid off - they had some weapons in the back of a vehicle.

Carter quickly stripped off his shirt and dress jacket, putting on a bullet proof vest, and equipping himself with a rifle and two hand guns. He made sure to get some extra ammo, and then started running back toward the inferno of a funeral.

I'll stop you, even if I need to fight through you and all your little friends too.

The agent looked around for any more active shooters just in case, and then proceeded down to where the action was. He saw Billy training the flamethrower on Fiona and his protective instincts flared. Billy would not harm the woman he loved, not in a million years!

Running to the side, Carter took aim at the tank and fired out of his rifle right at it, aiming to disable Billy's weapon or possibly make it explode and take him out with it.


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