Loa Blood

[PoliteSuccubus]

Mary Monroe

Mary slips out of her clothes and puts on a cheap long coat and a pair of dollar store mules. Into a brown paper bag she puts in a childs nightgown, slippers, robe and a Raggdy Annie doll who's much worse for wear.

"When did we frist met?" She asks the much repaired doll's button eyes. Inside the dolls rag chest is a candy heart, like all the orginal Raggdy Annie dolls had when they were frist made.

The SWAT team has been dispatched. So it's time to start heading over to the scene. Of course, by direct route it should only take her a half hour, but the direct route there could lead to a direct route back HERE.

Mary opens a few windows and makes sure all the caps are tight on the tubes of panit and fluxes into a nice solid 55 year old. Perfect for rideing the bus unmolested. Bus to downtown, taxi to midtown, and a nice little walk to the Ayslum should give them plenty of time to get things cleared up.

 

[SpectralDragoon]

"ksssshhhh - Dex you fool that place could cave in on you! - kshhhhh"

Dex glances at the radio in his hand in surprise, having last seen Kryna unconscious. He arches a brow and turns to look over his shoulder for a minute, then clips the radio onto his shirt's breast pocket.

He enters the asylum cautiously. He knows that there could be someone dangerous, perhaps with a gun, lurking around any corner.

Making his way to a stairway leading down, he's aware of someone moving on the stairs. He crouches and waits at the top of the stairs, just out of view. An escaped patient is running up the stairs with a police issue pistol in held in front of him.

With a flash of light, Dex's hands are outstretched with beams of light jumping from the tips of his fingers, coalescing into one large beam that slam the man back down the stairs and against the wall, pinning him there. The beam seems to shrink back into his fingertips and the man slides down the wall, stunned and helpless.

Dex moves down the stairs slowly, quietly, and carefully picks up the gun as he passes the man with glazed eyes.

 

[RoyalPurpleVelv]

Kryna Ennairy

Pulling her stunner out of a hidden pocket she stands leaning against the police car as her head finally stop spinning. Still feeling a little weak she starts working her way back out of the sea of police cars so she can go around towards the back of the building.

Frequently stopping to catch her breath she works her way around the police and finds a side entrance to the building. She walks in cautiously stepping around the body of a nurse, willing her mind not to think about what had been done to the woman.

In the dark building a light flares and disappears somewhere around a corner ahead of her. She slowly heads in that direction.

 

[Lady_Siren]

Nikki breathed a sigh od relief when the man opened his eyes. Her sigh turned into a gasp when he stood up. She had known he was big but not this big. She merely stared for a few moments then realized he was speaking to her. She blushed "Well it seems as if things are beginning to calm down. You saved our lives. I don't know how you did it though." she met his gaze curious about this strange man. "I'm Nikki" she gestured to where Damien stood "that's my friend Damien. May I ask your name?"

 

[SpectralDragoon]

Holding the gun out with both hands like he's seen in the movies, Dex makes his way downward into the dungeon-like basement of the old asylum. The lighting situation isn't really bothering him due to his eye's ability to shift their sensibility to other parts of the spectrum.

His breath catches in his throat as a very loud thud echoes through the hallways and the floor beneath his feet shakes for an instant. He finds himself crouching for cover against a wall, looking around nervously and forcing himself to breath.

He waits there a few moments, scanning the ill lit hallways for any signs of movement.

 

[amon_darknight]

Ghost Elva

He than awoke to the sounds of yelling and cheering and his door was opened, he poked his head out and looked around and he saw everyone running around. It extremely bothered Ghost that he didn’t know where he was or what was going on. He than saw a few dead soldiers on the ground and it started to come back to him, he ran over to them and saw there ID badges and it said Asylum guard on it. He thought back and wondered why he was in here, he than saw a large group of people walk down a set of stairs carrying a body. He knew right away that they were the escape prisoners, but he was going to find out what was going on and than evaluate the situation. He followed them silently and saw they were carrying the body of the head doctor and he knew what this would end in. He looked to the ones beating the man up and saw they had weapons, so Ghost just took that into factor and he had to get a weapon (more because if anyone came in from behind Ghost, he would need to take them out.)… WAIT, WHERE WAS MY KATANA!!! He thought to himself, he than heard someone approaching behind him and Ghost took cover and heard some guards talking about not letting anyone get into storage where inmates personal belongings were held and anything taken away from them. Ghost saw the two guards walk away and stand in front of a door and Ghost took a mad charge at them and chopped one of the guards in the throat making his wind pipe collapse and he grabbed the gun arm of the dead soldier and took the handgun from him and blasted the other guard right in the head making blood splatter all over the wall and door, Ghost only looked to the dead bodies and laughed as he tried to open the door and saw that you needed some kind of card to open the door. He than looked down to the guards and saw they both had one and he quickly took it and opened the door with it and ran in and saw garbage everywhere, but he went through it all and he finally found that his Katana was in there and he grabbed it and ran back to the stairwell and saw they were all gathered around him and that the man was still alive, but he was badly hurt. He ran back to the other guards and took their gun holsters and guns, which were two M9 9mm’s and he put them on his waist, he was going to fight all these people down there to help that man. You see Ghost believes in the Ying-Yang, a balance in everything must occur; there must never be a tipping in one side, but this was different, these doctors’ men killed all of his friends and family and he would avenge them. Ghost starts to mingle with the crowd as they are cheering and yelling. He taps one of them on the shoulder.

Ghost> “What is going on man?”
Man> “They are kicking the shit out of the head doctor and the rumors have it that he has a vial of LOA blood, so the leader wants it. Cool huh?”
Ghost> “Oh that is something, I am going to go up front to check it out. See yeah man.”

Ghost tries to get through the crowd as fast as he can so he can maybe help the man. You see Ghost believes in the Ying-Yang, a balance between good and evil, and there could never be a tip in the scales, it always had to remain balanced. So if that leader got that vial than it would be a tip in balance. He pushed his way to the front of the crowd and saw the doctor was bound and beat up. He than saw a large woman step forward with a scalpel and was threatening to cut him open, Ghost was going to step in, but he saw another woman with raven black hair and magenta highlights step in and she does something to this large woman that makes her fall to the ground and has foam coming from the mouth, Ghost looks in awe, but quickly snaps out of it as he sees the large mob rushing the doctor and the woman, Ghost than runs and tucks into a roll and dives in front of the woman with black hair and magenta high lights, he draws the two M9mm’s and yells out.

“ALRIGHT EVERYONE FREEZE, DON’T ANYBODY TAKE ONE STEP CLOSER, I WILL KILL YOU ALL!!”

He pulls the hammers back in the guns and sways the guns back and forth aiming at everyone. He would be ready for anything, guns in hand and his sword at his side. That LOA blood would be his so he could prevent future things like this from happening.

 

[SwampThing]

Kryna is right behind Dex when he catches sight of Monolith, Damien, and Nikki in the darkened basement. All of them hear the sounds of a struggle escalating in the operating room.

Sugar is just coming to, seeing the white-haired man, guns drawn, standing between her and the crowd of maniacs.

In the crowd, some inmates turn to look at Ghost, others continue to struggle for the small vial of Loa Blood. Then the vial opens in their hands, sprying across the room.

Loa Blood is a thick, black liquid, accompanied by deep green mist, and arcs of violet ligthtning. As it sprays across the room, the inmates scream, some in triumph, some in awe, most in horror.

The 5 people closest to the vial are instantly melted into puddles of greyish sludge. One catches fire and falls, writhing, to the floor. One turns into a mass of flowers, collapsing in the vague outline of a man. One woman writhes, her eyes rolled back into her head, as she vommits a stream of small spiders. Another woman transforms into the "Drowned Woman" of Phrygian legend, beautiful, cold, and dead. One bursts from within as his bones grow to twice their normal size. One teleports his own brain across the room, his body slumping lifelessly. One lucky man is only caught by the fringe of the spray, his left hand turns to glass just below the elbow.

All organic material is affected by the loa Blood, and most of it is consumed by the power. But a few mutations survive. A gnat, living in an inmate's hair, grows to three times it's normal size (giving it a distinct advantage over other gnats, but still being well beneath the notice of anything else). Two different strains of slime-mold, one orange, one silver, crawl up the walls and battle for dominance of the room, quickly transforming it into an eerie, fungoid jungle.

Sugar and the doctor are shielded from the spray by Ghost, who catches some on his arm.

An eerie silence settles over the room. The few surviving inmates huddle in the corners, weeping. The doctor is praying quietly, over and over. And over in the gloom and draped webs of fungus, something staggers to it's feet. Something gibbering.

It stands like a man, but it is covered in mouths. No eyes or other facial features, the thing has mouth on the top of it's head, mouths on it's arms and fingertips, mouths on it's back and on the soles of it's feet. And all of them are babbling, laughing, singing, filling the air with mindless noise.

 

[KisstheSky]

Sugar

She awoke slowly, despite all the noise around her-mostly shrieks.
She knew the Loa had been unleashed.
There was a man with white hair standing between her and the doctor and the mob of inmates.
Though that mob was soon diminished to almost nothing after exposure to Loa. The smell of burning flesh made her want to vomit.

She rose to her feet slowly, the fear trickling off her skin as her eyes darted around the room.
Her attack on the woman had torn her dress and pulled her hair out of the pigtails, leaving it now flowing freely around her shoulders. Must've been when the woman had fought back, though she scarcely remembered the details of it all.

She watched in horror as the abomination rose before them.
Covered in mouths she could sense nothing from the creature and as the cacophany of sounds burst forth from the numerous orifices she covered her ears and buried her face into the white haired man's shoulder, "make it stop," she begged.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Mary Monroe

Having dumped the coat and shoes that she had traveled in Mary now wore the face and figure of a ten year old in blue stripped flannel PJ's, a tattered old robe, bunny slippers and hugged her Raggdy Annie doll.

She hid in some bushes beyond the ring of lights and men, and far enough away for the K-9's not to be bothered by her scent. When the time was right, after the SWAT team left, she'd throw herself down the hill and get a little banged up (the part she hated the most) and wander down the main road away from the Alsyum until someone noticed her.

OCC: But with this new development, Mary might have a long cold night!~

 

[amon_darknight]

Ghost Elva

He feels the spray of the LOA blood and he could have sworn that he could hear voices in his very soul now. The voices told things of power and everything he could have ever imagined come to him, Ghost was overwhelmed with these callings and he let out a loud scream that sounded more like a roar. If anyone was still alive, than they were in fear of both the mouth thing and Ghost, there was than a large cloud of smoke around Ghost and no one could see him. Ghost felt that his arm was heavier and he felt his arm had a cold steel feeling, the funny things was, that he could see himself but he saw a wall of smoke swirling around him. He looked at his left arm and saw it was metallic and his hands ended in those of claws, he looked and saw he had dropped the two M9 9mms to the ground and he picked them up and holstered them and he clenched his Katana, his body felt different, he saw things differently, he heard things differently, he could not figure it out yet, but he knew something had to have changed except for his arm of course.

The smoke clears and you see Ghost standing before this mouth creature, the smoke is still swirling around his feet and his long white hair flows with the werid wind blowing, he than feels someone touch him and he was about to react when he almost felt that it was the woman that took down the larger woman that was going to kill the Doctor, he only stares at the monster with mouths all over its body. He than takes a deep breathe and starts to think of how this will be dealt with, he looks all over his targets body looking for a weakness, he thinks of two, one: He has no eyes and two: he will just shoot the thing.

“Don’t worry, I will not let anything happen to you. By the way, my name is Ghost, just stay behind me.”

He puts the sheathed sword in his belt to his side and he draws his two guns and opens fire on the monster, but he notices that it is doing nothing to it, Ghost than holsters his guns and grabs the red haired woman with blinding speed and he moves away from this monster. He stops on the other side of the room and sets the red haired woman down; he looks to her and he half smiles at her, but the woman with Black hair with red streaks in it, did notice that Ghost had a Black eye and one White eye.

“Well this looks like it’s going to be more of a difficult challenge. But don’t worry, I wont let it hurt you.”

He again turns and he draws his guns and checks the clips and sees he has a few more shots in the clips, before he had to reload. Sweat dripped off Ghosts forehead as he had to think of something that would hurt this monster, if a bullet didn’t phase it, than what would. He started to look around the room, maybe he would find something, I mean Ghost was not a dumb person.

 

[Democable]

Damien looked over to Nikki as the large stone man stands up. Damien simpley nods to the man. Nikki looks back as she sees Dex and Kryna walk up. the sounds up stairs has setled down some what.

Damien looks over to Dex "Dex, right?" Dex nods, Damien smiles "Would you mind telling me why you have a gun?"

He waits for Dex's response....


OCC: tag Dex

 

[SpectralDragoon]

"Dex, right?" Dex nods, Damien smiles "Would you mind telling me why you have a gun?"


Dex arches his brow and shoots Damien an incredulous look while biting his tongue in an effort to hold back any number of comments that had sprung to mind. At that moment, the floating question was shattered by the echoing volley of gunfire from the nearby operating room.

"That's right, I'm Dex, but somehow I think I'm the least of your worries detective, but if you really must know, I picked it up so that one of those freaks wouldn't pick it up and shoot one of us in the back," Dex replied cooley, then turned to check all their backs and notices Kryna's haggard approach.

He steps back and slips an arm around her waist to steady her and re-approaches the assembled group. Noticing that the being Monolith isn't actually a shadow of something, Dex's jaw drops in awe. He regains himself in a moment, after a somewhat dry swallow in his throat.

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

I chuckle at the many responses of those around me, which is not a small sound coming from me.

"Why don't we check out where that gunfire is coming from?"
I move forward, shedding the shredded remains of my shirt & jacket, exposing my smooth stonelike skin, and a big blast mark across my chest & stomach. That will take some scrubbing to get clean.
" Follow me, if anything comes our way it should bounce off, but I don't want it hitting any of you"
I started moving down the corridor, heading twoard the sounds of chaos & gunfire.

 

[SwampThing]

A few minutes ago . . .

When Mary boards the bus, a few of her fellow passengers catch her eye.

Near the front of the bus, a Svetland man in his thirties wears a tiny silver capsule around his neck. These capsules, containing a few cells of Loa Blood, are considered by many to be like keeping a piece of God with you. The capsules are not illegal themselves, but selling them is. Long term health risks from wearing them have yet to be determined.

In the back of the bus, a group of teenagers is singing loudly and badly. They are excited about the upcoming Twelve concert in the city, and in between songs they are discussing what drugs they will buy for the show.

Towards the middle of the bus, two middle aged Argon women are talking.

"My son was just stationed to a new air base on some island . . . Myrmia or something, I think it's called."

"The Wheel bless him," the other woman replies, "Someone needs to be keeping an eye on those Locrians. Did you hear they took over Petang? And Reva's already allied with them. That dictator is going to have all of Phrygia soon enough, and who's he going to be gunning for then?"

The first woman nods soberly.

 

[Lady_Siren]

Nikki looked at the new arrivals feeling suddenly weary. Everything was happening so fast. She looked at Damien who seemed like a stranger to her. After what they had just shared. Shaking her head she turned and followed the giant.

 

[RoyalPurpleVelv]

Kryna Ennairy

”Thank you again, I owe you,” she said softly as Dex put an arm around her waist.

After everything else that happened that night the sight of Monolith didin't even faze her. She thought it funny that the others seemed to think Dex was dangerous simply because he had a gun. With Loa floating around a gun was the least of their worries.

She leaned on Dex, trying to regain her strength as she followed Monolith with the others. She was gratefull that for now, no one had bothered to introduce her or ask who she was.

She found herself wishing the police hadn’t turned off the power when suddenly the lights come back on startling everyone.

Gunfire was coming from directly in front of Monolith, but with his size and being in the back of the group she couldn’t tell what was going on. She kept her stunner up and ready, just in case.

 

[Democable]

Damien cought Nikki's movement out of the corner of eye, he knew there was something wrong he could feel it in her right now. they both stoped as Monolith stopped to allow the gunfire to cease Damien knew that was his chance. He grabed Nikki by the arm and planeted a long deep kiss on her lips. He broke the kiss and smiled "I will not let anything happen to you I swear it." He said as Monolith moved forward.....

 

[SwampThing]

Ghost just catches sight of the towering black Monolith in the doorway when the chattering abomination leaps for him. Ghost would be able to dodge easily, but trying to sheild Sugar slows him down. The horror wraps it's arms around Ghost, it's many mouths tearing at his asylum uniform, and at the flesh underneath.

 

[PoliteSuccubus]

Re: A few minutes ago . . .

]When Mary boards the bus, a few of her fellow passengers catch her eye.

Near the front of the bus, a Svetland man in his thirties wears a tiny silver capsule around his neck. These capsules, containing a few cells of Loa Blood, are considered by many to be like keeping a piece of God with you. The capsules are not illegal themselves, but selling them is. Long term health risks from wearing them have yet to be determined. Mary makes a moue of distaste and moves past him, making sure her coat doesn't even brush his knes.

In the back of the bus, a group of teenagers is singing loudly and badly. They are excited about the upcoming Twelve concert in the city, and in between songs they are discussing what drugs they will buy for the show. In her current state she can't join them, although...didn't she hang out with the band once? When they were new and playing clubs? She seemed to remember......

Towards the middle of the bus, two middle aged Argon women are talking.

Not really paying attention she sits near the women and holds her bag on her lap. The women are talking about the army and goverment.

The first woman nods soberly. Mary advoids meeting her eye and joining in. Poltics bore her to tears. What do leaders and boarders have to do with living a life other than complicate it? A nice world goverment that stayed out of everyones business would be nice. But when you say something like that they lock you up and .....She frowned to herself. They lock you up and....Rubbing her temples she stopped thinking about it and waited for her stop.

 

[SpectralDragoon]

Dex leaves Kryna's side tentively and moves up behond Monolith on the left side, sticking his head around the massive arm to see into the room. His eyes widen as he takes in the creature. He watches in horror as the man's clothes and body are scoured by hungry mouths.

With a flash of confidence, Dex springs past Monolith and into the room, skirting the grappling couple until he can bet behind the thing.

Dex flings his arms out and stretches his fingers out towards the gibbering mouther, beams of light leap from his fingertips and coalesce into a beam that slam into the being's back.

Ghost is thrown to the floor as the mouther rages, and Dex is back on the move again.

"Hey Stoneskin! If you can hold it still we can blast that thing!"

 

[Abraxas Winterlight]

Monolith

A man rushes past me, firing beams of light at the creatue, which only really seem to be pissing it off. Time to do my thing. I move up to where the creature is engulfing a man, mouths chewing on him. I also notice a bright red tinge to the creature's body.
Jesus!! It's draining his blood!!
I reach in & grasp the man around his torso & rip him from the creatures grasp. Mouths howl in frustration as their warm prey is torn from their grasp. I move back & place the stunned man down , then turn & face the creature. It was closing, I needed more room.

Stepping forward I spread my arms out & brought my hands together with all the power I could bring into my arms. A wave of concussive force & sound exploded from my hands, battering the creature & throwing it back. Some inmates (the few remaining standing) were blown back down & my newfound companions stepped back as forcewave washed over then.
I stepped over & ripped the operating table from the floor, holding it in my hands.
" Somebody find some way to slow this thing down. Either fry it or freeze it!"

 

[RoyalPurpleVelv]

She quickly scans the room for anything that might be of use against the mouth creature.

“Either fry it or freeze it!”

Of course, fry it. Her eyes fall on the defibrillator.

“Keep it occupied,” she yells to Monolith as she starts skirting around the room to the machine.

When she gets to the machine she grabs the paddles and without thinking or hitting any switches or turning any dials she approaches the creature. When she gets close enough it moves towards her she quickly thrusts out the paddles and the maximum voltage the machine is capable of is sent into the creature not in a single pulse but constantly.

Because the thing had nerves, the electric pulses keep it from moving, but because it has no brain or internal organs they don’t kill it. The silence as the mouths stop screeching and chattering is deafening.

“This isn’t going to kill it, and I can’t hold it for very long, we need to find a way to cage it or rip it apart.”

While she’s holding the paddles against the creature she realizes with a shock that she’s controlling the machine, without touching the dials and switches.

 

[Lady_Siren]

Nikki was surprised by Damien's sudden kiss but pleased nonetheless. She didn't have time to reply because they came upon a creature who seemed to be draining the blood of his victem. She shuddered at the image. Nikki looks around trying to think of a way to kill the creature. As the woman contained it Nikki came to a conclusion. If she could somehow focus her talents on the creature she might be able to blow it up. However she had never been able to control her talent before. Well now was as good as time as any to learn. Slipping away from Damien she inched closer to the creature. She closed her eyes and focused all her energy then mentally through it at the creature. Nothing happened. Cursing softly she frantically searched her mind for a solution. The creature wouldn't be held much longer. At that moment the creature broke free and rushed towards Nikki. The creature tackled Nikki to the ground fear took hold of her as she saw the blood stained teeth of the creature. With a cry she closed her eyes and awaited death. One moment the creature was there, it's beath making her want to retch the next there it was gone and she was being showered in blood and remnants of the creature. Her eyes opened cautiously, her talents did work after all. Nikki giggled with relief and shock, was she ever going to get the hang of this.

 

[RoyalPurpleVelv]

Kryna Ennairy

She held the creature with the defibrillator as long as she could, but still shaky from her recent dose of Loa it wasn't very long. Exhausted, she collapsed to the floor panting as the creature broke free.

The effects from the Loa exposure were fading, she was just exhausted. Staying conscious this time she watched as the creature attacked the other woman in their group then suddenly exploded.

 

[Democable]

Damien let Nikki slip from his grasps as the creature moved around the room searching for it's next prey, He saw Kryna try to use some mechine to stop it then nothing, Damien heard Monolith yell something out, right now all Damien could do was watch Nikki move towards the creature, "NIKKI NO!!" He stepped forward but it was to late the beast landed on Nikki, but then suddenly exploded, Damien shilded his eyes with his wings.....