Bloodlust

-Human District: Feo Copy 1-
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The boy sat on top of the wall watching at the undead began to swarm around. "How wonderful, starving the humans to death, but that makes for so little blood splatter, I want physical wounds. I know, we'll play a game with some of them!" He leaped down from the wall, inhaling at the right moment to stop his momentum from causing him to splatter over the ground himself. Lucky for him, he happened to be right next to a lovely couple known as Gwen and Hunter.

"Now now love birds. You both seem like the types to hate being trapped. What if I told you there is a secret underground route that connects the districts?" He gave a dark grin as he looked at them both. "I might be willing to tell you if you can beat me in a fight. 2 on 1 is fair seeing as you are just simple little human pigs."

-Lustor District: Feo Copy 2-
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"The plan was for me to go to the human district and myself to go to the lustor district. Lets stir up trouble!" Feo was now by Orpheus, Sven, and company. There were more lustors around as well that were weak and unimportant. He grabbed his claws and began to slash at the innocence, trying to drive the more important characters attention. "That's right, scream for me. Don't worry though, I will let you live, just to hear your agony and terror. Hahaha!"

 

Hunter tossed another dagger over the wall, loving the sound it made as it came down again and hit another undead on the other side. "I don't know, if you can shoot enough arrows into one of the things, that one will be too weighed down to do anything, doesn't sound that useless to me. What's the matter, scared you're not going to be able to hit them the same way I can, Ginger?" he taunted. He didn't particularly like people, but Gwen wasn't as annoying as the other people, and they had almost a friendly rivalry going. If she ever annoyed him too much that rivalry wouldn't change his opinion about murdering people enough to spare her, but it was good to have fun once in a while.

As Feo appeared and made his offer, Hunter tossed the remaining dagger over the wall. Up it went, only to descend out of the air and hit the undead with a sickening thunk sound, indicating another hit. He glanced in Gwen's direction to see what her opinion was. It didn't particularly matter either way, he was determined to fight, but curiosity killed the cat and he didn't wanna be next. "Geez, and we thought the commander was up himself" he said bluntly. Focusing his attention on Feo now, he lowered his blade so that it was held in a more easy-to-use position. "Alright Scrawny, you're gonna regret callin' us that, cause if anyone's gonna be squealin' like a piglet, it's gonna be you!" he said as he stepped forward and made a wide swing with his sword. ​

 

Beuce ran onto the scene quickly. He'd found him. The man with the sense of humor. No one else had that! It was such an uncommon character trait. And gasp! It seemed they were being confronted by some overpowered prick who was enjoying forcing people to listen to him being a prick. Beuce hated people like that. "Hey! You over there! I hear by sentence you to one fight's worth of ass kicking on the crime of being a prick!" He shouted. Heating up his hands to rather high levels, the air around his gauntlets started to wave from the intensity of it. The gauntlets themselves began to glow dimly under the heat, but they were only allowing a small portion to get through. tungsten. That's what they were made from. It was a particularly hard metal and had an extreme melting point. Running past Hunter and Gwen (to whom he winked and delivered a tongue click to as he passed), the white haired lustor struck the first blow, by throwing a heated punch in Feo's direction.


Orpheus didn't pay much mind to the squabble Sven and Cierra seemed to have. He never did when they had something of the sort. It was none of his business what they did with each other. As long as they didn't hinder the mission, he would allow almost anything involving one another. Along the way, he heard someone shouting and killing the weaker lustors around them that had accompanied his personal band. Orpheus wasn't a particularly passionate person, nor did he feel pity for anyone. However, the man wasn't killing the lustors, simply torturing them. "I don't know who you are, but those are my troops you're torturing. I can't have wounded men going into battle." Said the dark general as he dismounted the horse and walked over to Feo, showing not even the slightest hint of fear. He cast a glare down at his current victim, then drew his sword. The lustor cried out with relief, believing the powerful Orpheus had come to save him."If you intend to attack my men, there are two things you should keep in mind. First, be prepared to face the consequences. Second..." He paused, then plunged his sword Arondight into the lustor laying on the ground's throat. "Finsih the job."


The warden grew silent for a moment, as though recollecting his thoughts. "She's out there. Someone attacked the prison while i was away. She didn't die in the attack. No body was found. I'd wager she's still with whoever did that to this day. Bloody coward." The warden said with a low growl. He was angry that the attack had been while he was away, as though they were too frightened to face the warden. "After the prison was attacked, i found bone fragments all over. Not just normal ones. These were sharpened, made to be blades. I'd stake my life it's from a lustor. We find one like that, he'll probably lead us to 123." Said the warden. 123. The number of the cell that girl had been kept in and what he referred to her as most of the time. He'd find her, one way or another.​

 

Sven had dismounted from the horse and was about to go and stop Feo from assaulting the soldiers, but he was soon stopped by Orpheus' actions. While Sven despised the humans to the point he wanted them wiped from the face of the planet without mercy, he had no issues with lustors, and while he wasn't particularly against murdering them, the very idea of killing someone just out of boredom, or because they were deemed was weak disgusted him. Had it been anyone but Orpheus, he would have thrown himself at them and possibly attempted murder himself, but he held himself back.

"Orpheus, there are thousands of zombies here, I don't think we need any more of them. Killing humans is one thing, but we shouldn't be killing our own kind" he seethed, making himself just loud enough that Orpheus would probably hear him. He didn't want to continue that conversation, knowing full well it would probably end in conflict, and he respected Orpheus just enough that he would rather avoid that, even in his state of anger. Instead, he stepped over to Cierra. "What you said as we were riding here, about me not knowing things..tell me. Make me know. There should be no secrets kept between us" he said, making it sound almost like a request rather than a command.​

 

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Maye smiled, giving the bars one more tap. "I don't doubt it. All this chaos makes it easier to find her eh? Though it's gonna be bad for the human population. Shame...they were a large portion of my contracts." She slid out her dagger and gave it a small twirl before slipping it back into its hidden sheathe. "But you gotta do what you gotta do right? Also..." She cocked her head. "You should be careful. Making yourself known too much is bad. Because one day...someone will contact me to get you. I don't want to do that to my favorite contractor. You don't ask a lot of questions. Everyone else does. It's such a shame that I have to dispose them sometimes because they get too much on their hands~" She leaned back against the stone wall.

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So much for an awkward presence. Mostly everyone was too busy with the new kid and all the talk about the whole conflict with zombies and whatnot that she was somewhat left alone. It really made her question how Humans prioritize (If you really think about it, a random girl most likely being a Lustor walks into a building full of humans would freak out at least a few). But whatever. She decided to follow the people towards the wall. "Probably not a good idea...it's a trap...

At the wall, her predictions were right. Feo was there. She had a good idea of his personality. Wild. Unpredictable. most of all, dangerous. She stood in a shade and watched the scene. She wouldn't act reckless like the humans. "Pity for Humans...He will murder them both..." Though she wouldn't let it happen like that. If one was in serious trouble, she would intervene. For now, she would watch from the back.

~~~Stare~~~​

 

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At first, he wasn't sure what to think. Alright, there was a shortage of food rations, but was it really time for such an amount of riots to break out? It annoyed him to an extent, hearing random shouts outside his window sometimes. It interrupted his beauty sleep. People need those these days! And it didn't end there. Rumor had it that zombie guards were being deployed to the gates to stop people from entering and exiting. Not like he was going to leave any time soon, but it seemed rather suspicious. Then, he heard that a prisoner had escaped, and that the guards were to find the prisoner and kill, or recapture them. All of these events happening around him made a rather messy life. It was a life Poke could expect, but not one that he could prepare for most of the time. Deciding that he'd had enough of staying cooped up in his home, he left his house for a walk around town, deciding to check out some of the guards himself. After all, there wasn't much else to do, and maybe some outside time would help him. Making a friend or two would definitely be an improvement from his near-boring life.

Needless to say, what he saw there wasn't boring at all. It looked like there was a fight going on. Stopping near a stranger, he overheard her saying something about the humans possibly being murdered. That grabbed his attention immediately.

"Uhh--What do you mean by that?" He asked, unable to keep a bit of shyness out of his voice. It'd been some time since he'd try to be social with someone, if this even counted as that.

 

-Human District: Feo Copy 1-
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With simple ease, Feo could dodge Beuce's attack. He really wasn't the brightest of people clearly. Attacking someone who has the high ground and can levitate with a physical hand-to-hand attack never really works well for the attacker. "Humans, lustors, doesn't matter who, you're all morons. Now, seeing as one of you is brave enough to fight me and retort, I am glad to finally make some more life suffer. Squeal for me, you arrogant sow!"

He released the air and took another breath in allowing for his levitation to regain completely. Being light now gave him an advantage with speed, as such, being the demon he was, he wouldn't play by the rules of chivalry. His first tactic was a clean cut sucker punch into Hunter's stomach. "Am I too fast for you, swine? Maybe you should stop pigging out."

-Lustor District: Feo Copy 2-
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Now this was interesting. The general himself showing mercy by killing his own. This made Feo laugh. "I quite like you. Originally I was going to just play around with you but I think I'll give you a free one. Know that kid that escaped? Yeah, saw the whole thing from up above." His finger pointed to the sky while his eyes remained focused on the necromancer. "Some girl was with him. A lustor by the looks of it. The two are most definitely in the human district now." And they could get out soon too, that is once the other him decided to talk about the way in and out. The chaos he could stir, it just brought shivers down his spine.



The feeling of relief began to envelope Emi. She swore that Chief was going to scold her for this one. He seemed angry but he didn't do any form of punishment... which was unlike him in her thoughts. He seemed more inspired after seeing Kai do his ability. He seemed to know more then he let on but wouldn't tell anyone. He was just such a mystery. It was hard to comprehend why everyone was so obedient with him. It was in the past now at least.

She turned over to Kai and smiled. "Looks like you're in, kid. By the way, this or Loette. She's one of the few people here that is actually really kind to our kind." She tried to introduce the two, just so the boy could have more comfort around others within the HQ.

However, before this Kai was deep in thought about what was going on. He was confused about it all, but this made sense since he was only 10 and couldn't comprehend much. He wanted to apologize to the woman for his outburst, but before he could, the two left only to be followed by a girl with purple hair that they all seemed to ignore incredibly.

The sound of Emi's voice jolted him back into his sense as she introduced her to the human girl. "Oh, um. Hello ma'am. I'm Kai... It's nice to meet you." He held out his hand to be more proper.

 

Hunter would have probably laughed at Beuce's entrance were he not in the middle of fighting. He outright missed Feo with the sword attack due to Feo's incredible speed, and was left open, but thankfully the opportunity seemed to not be taken. As Gwen performed a crotch-kick to Beuce, he nearly cringed; that had to hurt. He was still having this thought as he heard a movement from his side. It appeared Feo was on the move, but for all his speed he simply wasn't quick enough. A cocky grin appeared on the fighter's face as he held up his sword and his arm to block the strike.

It happened in less than an instant. One moment he was blocking, the next the attack connected. It wasn't blocked by the sword, in fact it had seemed to nearly curve out of the way. Did he have some time altering lustor power? Was he secretly Batman? Or was it- no, it couldn't be- had he been hit with the power of a god? Legends spoke of a technique so powerful it would stop at nothing to hit and win the fight, they called it godmodding. He was fighting someone OP, and at that thought a shudder went down his spine.

With a slight grunt, Hunter picked himself up off the ground and dusted himself off, winded but otherwise fine. "You still callin' me a pig, Scrawny? Oh you're going to pay for that. Enjoy your last glimpse of light, because after i'm done your head will be so far up your rear you'll never see it again" Hunter threatened, crude but making his intentions clear. With a small leap, Hunter practically dove at Feo and attempted to crash tackle him to the ground, believing him to have the advantage if they fought so close to earth like he intended to.

Gawain Griffin, soldier in Mordecai's force of lustors, sat and could only watch on in horror as the soldier in front of him was killed. While it may have been perceived as an act of murder by some, Gawain saw what Orpheus did in front of him not as murder but as an act of mercy. The man may have survived the attack, but he would have been useless afterwards, and there was no room in the army for useless soldiers, so by killing him, Orpheus may have actually helped him. It wasn't him that Gawain was looking at, but rather the lustor to his side.

The boy he was looking at was someone he didn't recognize, but Gawain knew one thing; he was a murderer. While he didn't kill the soldier, he had undeniably been the reason the soldier had died. The soldier had been the main reason that Gawain had the nickname of Freak, so he should have felt some positive emotion, be it joy or relief, but he didn't; the army was almost a family to him. Standing up now, Freak unsheathed his blade. They may have been close to the human encampment, but the battle had already arrived, here outside of it. "You think because we're nobody important, because we don't have some fancy title, that we'll stand by and let you slaughter us like mindless beasts? You've got another thing coming, I'm not going to let you!" he yelled out, challenging Feo's actions.


Sven listened to Cierra's explanation. He had known a few basic things, like the fact she had been imprisoned, but never had he heard her explain things the way she had. It made him feel sorry for her. She had been through a lot, and from the sounds of it it had been caused by a human. Once again, he felt that all too familiar hatred of them, the desire for massacre of their kind. "The Warden.." he echoed. He would remember that name, and should he ever come across this Warden, he would pay with his life. Not just because of his species, but also his actions and the damage he had done to Cierra. Cierra was someone he trusted, one of few people he thought of as a friend, so the very idea of her being tortured as she had been was one that got his blood boiling.

He was still in this train of thought when he heard Gawain's outburst. Turning his head to look in the direction of the sound, he saw a common soldier standing there. The way he spoke though, and the way he stood, showed a firm sense of confidence, as though he thought he was the most important person there. The way he spoke reminded him of the way he had once been, before his brother had died. Believing in a sense of right, standing up for people, and not liking senseless violence, he had left that behind along with his brother's corpse, but something stirred within Sven. Despite being at risk of execution for what could be seen as treason, since he was confronting and challenging someone that undoubtedly outranked him, the soldier was willing to stand up for who he saw as brothers. And he wasn't going to be alone. "That soldier's right. We shouldn't be killing our own kind, especially for something as pathetic as amusement. Cierra, I'm going to help this soldier, but you're free to make your own choice. You don't have to help if you don't want to" he said, knowing full well that the girl rarely did things of her free will and more because it was what he was doing. After taking a few long strides, he found himself standing next to the courageous soldier, and standing opposite Orpheus. How would he react to what Sven was doing? He had not said anything, but his actions and posture spoke volumes; he was prepared to fight if he had to.​

 

As Gwen's fist connected with the man's nether regions, A slight sizzling sound was heard. The intense heat radiating from his boyd (crotch included) caused burns to any average person who touched him. Just so happened Gwen fit the bill. The slight sizzling sound had been from the skin on her knuckles cooking. However, this hadn't spared Beuce from toppling over in pain. "You are a horrible evil person! Didn't your mother ever teach you that when you meet an extremely attractive lustor that seems into you, don't punch him in the nuts? Apparently not! What do they teach in schools these days if not important stuff like that?"


Orpheus looked at the man in front of him skeptically. He'd already had his suspicions about where the boy might be, but Feo had just confirmed it...That was, if he could trust him. He didn't speak it, nor make any motion which would indicate it, but he ordered several small squads of undead he had stationed around the district to perform a search. A large majority of his forces were stationed outside the human district, but they were never all in one place. Some were on reserve. And part of that reserve was what he issued to hunt for the missing fugitive. Just in case this man was lying. Couldn't be too careful. It was then that one of the grunts, a lowly soldier stood up and seemed to oppose Feo with him. He didn't seem shocked by Orpheus stabbing the wounded soldier, so he must have understood his logic behind it. A wounded soldier would be nothing more than dead weight, so better to make him undead and free him from his pain, as well as make him unhindered by his injuries. Sven on the other hand, did not seem to quite get it. He would explain it to him later, but for the moment he had to focus on this new lustor which appeared. Orpheus cut a slit in his finger and dripped the blood onto the body, which then rose up to a standing as an undead. "We were headed there now. Planning to gather him in exchange for securing supply routes to the humans, and moving our forces so they could gain supplies. Unless you've got a better method of extracting him?"


The warden let out a deep, low chuckle. "Better than you have tried to take me down. But i'd hate to turn my best informant into a floor stain. What do you say we come to an agreement? Someone issues a contract on me, You can guess i'll issue one on them. Pick and choose your targets." The warden offered. "Still, forcing you to lose contractors isn't good business. I'll keep to the shadows when i can." Although that could be somewhat difficult at times. When you were a monstrous height and collected criminals like a farmer collects crops, people tended to talk about you. Still, very few new more about him than the legend. A dark angel of vengeance sent from god to punish the wicked. Heh. He was about as far from angelic as you could get. He was no divine entity. But he was justice incarnate. Judge, Jury, and Executioner all in one. There were still a wide array of target on his list. Some, there were no traces of them. Like they'd just plain vanished from existence. Waldo, the *******. He'd find him yet.

Standing atop the wall surrounding the human district was a green haired man looking down onto the sea of living corpses. He had a smile on his face. Orpheus was finally making his move, and sending the brunt of his forces. There was already panic in the streets for fear of the shortages that would come. He turned around, so he was overlooking the city. "People of Humanity! You think too low of your savior! This army is the Lustor's main force, but on our side is an army of one! Your savior will defeat this army for you and avert this crisis!" He called out with a loud booming voice to the inhabitants of the city. After that, he turned back and leaped off the wall. As he plummeted through the air, he held his shield out in front of him. As he landed, the long shield impaled a zombie through the neck and his feet slammed against its chest, softening his blow and knocking it to the ground easily. He stood and pulled his shield out of the corpse, and swiftly dodged several blows from multiple undead soldiers around him, and countering with inhumanly fast blows of his own. The first was sliced in half at the waist like butter, then he turned and grabbed another by the head and caved in the front of it's skull with his right knee, another with his fist, and a spin with his shield out dispatched three more who were unfortunate and stupid enough to get close to him. In the span of 2.5 seconds, he'd successfully taken out seven undead. His sash hadn't even floated down all the way from his fall by the time he was done. A cocky grin spread on his face as he jeered to the undead, inviting those who would challenge him. ​

 

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Sasha turned to the boy next to her with a long ~~~Stare~~~ before turning back to the fight with the humans and Feo. "Feo is madly unpredictable and sly...it's near impossible for a mere human to conceive his thoughts and even his movements. Even I don't have the mindset to follow his ideals and motives. Which is why it makes him a dangerous opponent..." She tapped her fingers together. "As one sided this fight may be, I will have to intervene. He it too dangerous to continue his rampage." She narrowed her eyes. Hunter...or whoever is getting his ass kicked is losing momentum. He was gonna be priority number one should he start to play more foolishly. Her hands rested at her sides, watching them fight like a referee in underground brawls, looking for that one move that would trigger her reaction into the fray.

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Maye giggled and twirled around a random key she picked off from one of the key holders. "I wouldn't get smashed very easily. Even with a man much bigger and stronger than me." She placed the key back in it's holder. "Why of course. Though I don't think it's gonna happen. No one is foolish enough to put a contract over your head. They know I don't do stupid contracts. Why would I go after the Warden? The man that punishes criminals and brings..."justice" to the district? Only a convict would put that on your head." Her eyes narrowed and put on a cold tone. "Those kinds of people don't deserve to stain my blade. I'd rather feed them to the dogs or even some mad Lustors." She quickly swapped over to her bright (?) tone. "Don't worry my precious Warden. I'm the last person you would think that would go after you~ I love my job, but I'm not stupid~"

 

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He stared back at her, a single sweat drop dripping down the side of his head. Why'd she have to do that? Now things felt awkward. Or was it just him? Being out of social contact didn't make him THAT unapproachable, did it? Thankfully, he was proved wrong when she started talking. Since there wasn't too much to do besides listen and watch, he took out his yo-yo. It was modern(Not literally modern RP-wise, I mean modern as in the kind of yo-yo in real life), and it looked metallic. There were also small, faded scorch marks on it. Putting his middle finger through the loop, he flicked it downward, and then up, catching it, and repeating the process.

"Well, he's definitely got that crazy unpredictability..." It was more than that, this guy took it to the next level. Even his eyes radiated 'Cuckoo head here'. Poke couldn't contain a recognizing smile. Ah, nutty thinking. What could THAT possibly be like? Poke certainly didn't know, nope. "Well, if he IS too dangerous, as you say...Maybe I could join. I don't get much action nowadays. A sudden change like this doesn't happen often, and I don't like to let chances slip away." He looked around. If he was going to use a lot of force with his powers, he had to make sure that people weren't in close proximity. If he was lucky, he could simply act as a 'support', sparking a few flashes here and there just for irritation.

"Oh, by the way. M'name's Poke." He caught the yo-yo one last time, and then, moving his hand to his side, he started to twirl it. The string curled and wrapped around his hand three times before he grabbed on to it tightly, the yo-yo now spinning rapidly as he rotated his hand to keep it swirling.

 

Even though Kasen had gotten a head start on the trio still in the dungeon, he didn't really get too far away. In fact he was resting on a wall hidden by his cloaking ability. Now the first thing that comes to mind is that he was wasting his time waiting in a place like this, but the reality of what his was doing was part of his plan. Since Kasen wasn't much for trusting other people and saw just about everyone as a potential enemy, he had the idea to follow behind Orpheus and his group undetected. While he didn't know exactly how long he would be able to remain under the radar from the other lustors, so long as he could gain information on them how long he could remain undetected matter not.

However, things took an interesting turn as some strange person suddenly appeared and started injuring the other lustors in the giant group that he was staring at. The man seemed to have no intention of killing the lustors, only torture them. As interesting as this was, it was only worth a small mental note inside his head as Orpheus dismounted from his horse and finished off one laying on the ground. Still nothing of true interest or anything that he could use to his advantage was revealed.

As more time went by, nothing noteworthy to Kasen had happened. This was slowly turning into a wasted effort on his part. Least the one bit of useful information that he got was when the made responsible for attack the lustors revealed the location of the escaped prisoner, confirming his assumption that he had help as well. So my hunch was correct, now that leaves the execution of my plan. Still, I should continued to follow them encase something does get revealed that I can use to my advantage.

Kasen had thought up his next course of actions as the man continued to talk. It seemed that even more information would be revealed soon. Good, the more information he got, the more he could use it to his advantage. That and it would be pleasing to see not only who had helped the prisoner escaped, but just where were they seeking refuge. There were only so many safe places in the Human District, and not many of them were ideal hiding places for long periods of time. Least that's how they were last time he checked. It was yet another possibility that could occur, but this time he doubted it.

 

After she had made her glorious welcoming statement to the new ally of justice that was to join them, it was then that the new recruit seemed agitated by both Gwen and Hunter's, an interesting pair at that, point of views towards their enemies. As he spoke out their glorious leader of justice had agreed with new one's own point of views. He then went on to inform them of the large amount of zombies that now were gathered outside the city blockading all that was the humans. As things stood, they would not do well in a blockade, and so they needed to do something. After the leader had spoken and left, Gwen and Hunter followed soon after, and Charlotte stood there, sheathing her sword. She felt as though she too should follow after them and help them in their conquest against the zombies, enemies of justice. Before she could move though, the newcomer than introduced himself to her as Kai. Returning the handshake to the young boy she smiled, saying "a pleasure to meet you Sir Kai. Meeting someone who is willing to join in our pursuit of justice is always a welcome sight." After that, she heard something. Despite being indoors and lord knows how far away from him, the boisterous voice that belonged to one she could recognize as a champion of justice was able to be picked up by her ears. And knowing the man, he was most likely without aid. Cheerily she said, "now, I'm sorry our introduction is cut short, but I feel as though I am needed elsewhere. I hope you can find comfort within our team for now." With that, her expression became more alert and she rushed out the door.

Having run to where she was the source of the voice was, she sighed as she looked down to see that there he was, slaying the undead in his graceful yet unnaturally destructive manner. Pulling her sword out of her sheath, that looked strangely like his sword, she jumped down and planted the blade down on the zombie to keep from taking much fall shock. Pulling the blade out, she quickly preformed a spin attack cleaning away any that would advance towards her. Lopping through the zombies swiftly and cleanly she yelled out, "Sir Jed, I must say you have to stop doing these reckless things like jumping into an army on your own and so I shall aid you in your endeavor against these enemies of justice." She continued to slice through them, moving in a way that made her able to clear out multiple zombies at once preventing them from ever swarming her. She may not be like Jedediah in terms of speed or reflexes, she was still an excellent swordsman who's skills were not to be underestimated. As though this fight was merely a backdrop she called out to the man casually and said, "nevertheless I must ask how you are fairing on this day."

 

-Human District: Feo Copy 1-
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Feo smiled at the reaction he received from Hunter. Just what he expected from a human swine. Of course, next was a bit of a problem. Before he could pull back an arrow cam shooting into his shoulder. "Damn!" He cursed out before taking the tackle from Hunter.

"Damn... you really are heavy. You must eat like a pig to way this much." He retorted back. He tried to nudge out of his grip but couldn't manage to get out. The disadvantage of being light. He had the muscle to punch and make it hurt, but his being pressed on by someone so heavy was just not expected. He probably could've gotten out if he really really wanted to, but this entire operation was meant to end this way anyway.

"Alright, alright, you win. In the middle of the district in the square, there is a a blue tile that can be lifted and let you go into the Lustor district whenever you want."

-Lustor District: Feo Copy 2-
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Feo looked over to Orpheus and sighed. "You have some really disobedient soldiers ya know? Here I am being a nice guy and helping you out a little. All I asked was to kill a little bit and have some fun. Such a pain. I may be able to help you a little with getting them. My other self should have told some humans exactly where a secret entrance is. Of course, I'd only be willing to tell you if your bit*es would lighten up a bit."

 

Hunter simply lay there for a moment, keeping Feo pinned down with one arm while the other was raised ready to punch knock his lights out should he continue to put up a fight, and to his surprise Feo did actually concede; they had won. Still, the comments he had said really annoyed Hunter, and as much as he wanted to reach for his blade and spill a little blood, there was no knowing whether or not what Scrawny had said was the truth or if he knew more than he was letting on, so he decided against it. He started to get up, but halfway through his urges got the better of him, and he found his arm rocketing towards Feo was he gave him a swift right hook to the side of the jaw. Not enough to do any lasting damage, but enough to get the message across.

He stood up now and took a few steps back until he was near Gwen. "You can have as much range as you want, but as much as an arrow will hurt, they'll never see you as threatenin'. Sure, you can do some damage, but all you're really doin' is hidin' behind that bow of yours, ain't ya? Nowhere near the impact that a knuckle sandwich gives off" Hunter said, not making up for all the old comments that Gwen had made, but doing his bit in turn.

Gawain stayed put, although he was more than a little pissed off. Here he was, simply standing there as this boy tried to justify hurting people for fun, making it seem as though it were just some kind of game? It really riled Gawain up, but he had to refrain from doing anything drastic. He was just a soldier, nobody important, and it was wrong to act as though he was. However, after thinking about it a little more, he found his legs were suddenly able to move, and his body wanted to run over to Feo and crush his skull there and then. A title was only that; a title, in his eyes. It didn't make him any less important. Before he even knew what he was doing, he had taken a few steps towards Feo. He didn't understand why this person they were after was so important, but he did have respect for General Orpheus, so he would hold off until he at least held his answer. Despite every bone in his body telling him no, to just unleash his fury right then, he resisted and simply waited.


Sven mentally sighed. Despite what he had said to Cierra, he had sort of hoped she would stand by him. While he couldn't tell her off for what she'd done, and he wouldn't, he by no means liked the outcome of how their conversation had gone down. Other self?, he thought. He, unlike Gawain, could not resist the urge to say something though. Opening his mouth, he called out to Feo. "Well, maybe people would find it a bit easier to lighten up if their comrades weren't being cut down in front of them like worthless garbage. You can't just kill our kind for fun, if you do you may as well be inside of there with the humans helping them out. Nobody here has to 'lighten up', either way you're going to tell us what you know, and you're going to do it right now" he said, an air of authority and confidence to his voice. One thing that hadn't changed from when Sven was young is that when he made a decision he stood by it, no matter what, and he was doing just that.​

 

Beuce had finally been able to stand after the pain from Gwen's punch dulled. He wobbled to his feet, still unsteady. "Do me a favor, Redsy. Don't do that again. I will find a way to attach a pair of nuts to you and punch them if you do. You think i'm kidding but i swear it'll happen." Beuce said, trying to sound intimidating. He then got on his guard in case she decided to openly defy him and try to punch him again. to be perfectly honest, he hoped she did. He found that reaaaally extremely hot in a girl.

Orpheus gave a skeptical stare to Feo. This boy was quickly getting on his nerves. His disrespectful demeanor irritated him to no end. However, he seemed to have somewhat useful information. If there really was some sort of alternative route, that was crucial information they needed from him. Of course, this could all be a ploy. So whether or not to trust him was a difficult question. It was then a sense a few miles away from him indicated one of his undead being slain. His message had been delivered. "I said you would face the consequences for attacking my party, and i meant it. I don't know who you are, But i can tell you that if you are allied with our forces, you aren't a higher rank than me. The only one who fits that description is Mordecai himself. Attacking me or my troops is tantamount to treason. Henceforth, i mark you as an enemy to the Lustors. If there is an entrance to the human district, we'll find it ourselves. For the information on it's existence, i'll give you a head start. I advise using it wisely." Orpheus said intimidatingly. It was apparent he wasn't going to let the murder of his troops go unpunished. He held up a single hand with all five fingers out. Shortly after he put down his thumb. The message to his troops was clear. When it hit zero, kill.


The conversation stopped there. Not because the warden himself stopped it, but because it was interrupted. A body which was mostly skeleton with armor and a few chunks of flesh left here and there staggered through the door. It was quickly dealt with as the warden effortlessly lifted it off the ground with a single hand, and crushed the skull into dust. "Damn Lustor general. Thinks he can send his scum into my jail." It was then he noticed it holding a small scroll. He picked it up harshly and opened it, beginning to read the contents aloud, as he assumed The Joker would be curious. "Warden, you are a vigilante who has killed a great many of our kind, and tortured more than that. However, i am aware that you have a sense of justice. There is a fugitive on the run from us. He is a dangerous criminal. At the mere age of ten years, he has already killed several not only lustors, but innocent humans. A man like this isn't good for either race. Should he be allowed to progress to adulthood, one can only imagine the crimes he would commit. I leave it to you to decide whether this is a worthy task or not. Just remember, you have made it your self-appointed duty to bring justice to criminals of the world."
~General Orpheus"

The warden's shadowed eyes narrowed, and he turned his hulking body in its whole to the girl he towered over standing next to him. "What do you make of this? Think it can be trusted?"


Jedediah was pleased as a familiar face appeared near him on the battlefield. Charlotte. She was as beautiful as she was dangerous. And she just dove into a horde of undead like a swimmer dives into a lake. "Charlotte! I've never been better! This is what i've been waiting for all this time. Orpheus finally sent his forces to face me! I knew he could resist challenging me!" Jedediah called back. Apparently he assumed that this entire stunt was purely for him. He back flipped and landed with his palms against the ground, then swung his legs in a rounded motion and smashed his feet into the heads of a few undead. Once they were down, he pushed up and landed steadily upright once more. "Besides, I'm the savior of all humanity! God gifted me with these powers to fight the lustors! If i didn't do a crazy stunt once in a while, what kind of savior would i be?"​