Equivalent Exchange--Episode 2: Blood is Thicker

[stonegod]

[sblock=Lust]Lust holds back a hiss, her eyes narrowing at the foolish human. Play time was over. Wordlessly, she shoots her other hand at the soon to be corpse, hoping to pin him against the wall so that the accursed weapon would no longer be a threat.
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[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Lust]*Lust's fingers shoot out, impaling the man, punching straight through his armour and knocking him backwards, though not enough to pin him against the wall. He lets loose a bloodcurdling scream--he looks badly hurt, but there is not an ounce of blood from the cut--in fact, she doesn't feel any flesh past the metal--it's a hollow suit of armour.*

*He snarls and brandishes his dagger at her extended fingers, though she manages to move them aside so he doesn't strike, instead deciding that this prey is a bit too much to handle and slamming his dagger into the groundpoint first, blasting away cobblestones with an explosive force to launch himself high up onto rooftops, scampering away too fast to follow for now--and besides, it sounds like someone else heard that scream and came running. It seems to be an adolescent girl with light ash-brown hair, seemingly somehow familiar though Lust can't be sure why.*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Elysia]*As Elysia heads off to the district preyed upon by the killer, she hears a bloodcurdling scream coming from the direction of a backalley nearby. Dashing to the scene, she sees a dark-haired woman standing alone amidst several destroyed portions of the ground and wall.*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Lust and Elysia](OOC: Lust and Elysia are now in the same place and can interact with each other )[/SBLOCK]

 

[stonegod]

[sblock=Lust]As her fingers cut through metal but not bone, Lust's eyes narrow, suddenly recalling the soulbonds that had been performed by the military at Laboratory 5. She must be getting close. But then, footsteps...[/sblock]
[sblock=Lust and Elysia]Seeing the young girl approach, the woman with the dark hair turns away suddenly, trying to hide her hands. The woman looks confused and perhaps a bit scared.

"A... thing... It jumped at me from the rooftops. It came at me with a knife that made the ground explode! Please, someone must go after it!"

[sblock=Lust]As she hid her wounded hand, Lust contemplated whether she could try healing herself without revealing herself. It was a minor wound; it may not be risky. Either way, this girl may be of use. Lets just see...[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Festy_Dog]

[sblock=Selim]Selim takes his leave and makes his way towards the closest of the crime scenes. Considering the circumstances Havoc had placed more than his professional trust in Selim. Havoc's connection to the case meant that there was an element of personal trust he had placed in Selim to get the job done.

Failure wasn't an option, but it had never been an option for any task as far as Selim was concerned. It was the price of failure that had changed. Failure in this task would be doubly harsh, as he would be failing his superior officer on two different levels.

[sblock=ooc]Rystil, are all the crime scenes in a certain proximity of each other?[/sblock][/sblock]

 

[Rystil Arden]

[SBLOCK=Selim]*All the crime scenes do indeed seem to be in a roughly similar location. Triangulating and averaging leads him to believe that the general area centres around an old district near the line demarcating restricted military areas drawn around a few facilities.*

*Heading over to that region, he hears a loud blood-curdling scream, and follows it around several streets, rounding the corner until he reaches an alley where he sees Elysia Hughes talking to an older dark-haired woman.*[/SBLOCK]

 

[Rystil Arden]

(OOC: Everyone can post without an SBLOCK now )

 

[Festy_Dog]

An armed young man in a military uniform with dark hair and an eye patch appears from around a corner and slows his run to a brisk walk as he approaches the pair. He looks over the dark-haired woman before turning to the younger one.

"Elysia, what happened?" he asked, "Are either of you hurt?"

 

[stonegod]

"Elysia, what happened?" he asked, "Are either of you hurt?"

The woman looks a bit startled at the sudden appearance of the solider. She still holds her hands behind her, but answers the young man directly.

"Some sort of armored thug jumped me! It came from the rooftops with a knife that made the ground explode! Please, you must go after it!"

Behind her shades, the woman glances quickly at the new arrival, looking for that tale-tell silver pocketwatch. I do not like the look of this one. With the eyepatch, he is too much like... but that could not be, could it? After all, what am I?

[Sblock=Rystil]Still waiting to know if healing herself will *reveal* her true self.[/sblock]