"Well, he's breathing, I think. Whatever these soul objects are, they aren't capable of killing." Josh sighs. "I was just a normal citizen of Solus up until today... They said that I have the power too... I don't even know what's going on myself."
<No point lying, not like anyone's going to believe me or us anyway.> He thinks. <If what the 2 guys say is true, I have magical powers. That's the sort of thing I dreamt about as a child.>
"I don't need your life story, just what happened here." I say, frustration echoing in my voice. "I was to far away to get a clear picture, but from what I saw, there's some seriously freaky business going down." Glancing off in the direction that the figure traveled, I decided that this guy knew just about as much as I did. There was only one way to get answers, and that was to do it myself. Sighing deeply, I turned back to the man standing in front of me, gesturing towards the direction the unknown... Magician? The figures dueling it out certainly seemed magical, I asked, "They went that way right? Did they mention where they were going?" Looking back out towards the direction the mystery man took. "Y'know what? Forget it, I'm gonna lose them If I stick around... If I haven't already" Turning back towards the stranger, I tell him, "If you see or hear anything else about those guys, I'm in the Starbound apartment complex. Unit 84. If not, sod off, I don't like having people around for just small talk."
With that, I broke out into a sprint towards the direction of the mystery figure's escape route. Launching myself, I vaulted through the air, landing in a roll on the next rooftop. I continued onwards, repeating those actions. Looking out for any sign of whoever the hell it was that ran.
I look up at the sky and smile. /away from everything, everything seems so peaceful and quiet./ I sigh and get up. I go down the fire escape and shake my head. I mutter to myself."Haven't seen very many people today. We're is everyone?" I start walking around the block until I see a fire escape with it's ladder pulled down. I cautiously step towards it and start to climb the ladder. After I get to the first part I begin to get a little nervous. I quietly start ascending the stairs until I reach the roof. I climb up the last steps and see no one on the roof. I breathe a sigh of relief and sit on the edge of the roof. I look down at all the small lamps and all the strange people. I strt whistling 'American pie' as I lay down on the roof and look at the sky.
Josh watches the man as he goes with a faced screwed up in anger. "That guy pisses me off." He states to himself, whipping his head around to face the other direction. The man who was beaten up by the mysterious kid is still laying unconscious. "Why did people with talents like theirs bother fighting each other. If these special humans banded together, they could create a revolution and change the world for good. But instead they're chasing each other around on rooftops."
Josh approaches the man slowly and places his hand on the man's neck. A pulse is felt. Still alive and well. How strange, Josh thinks. Suddenly, he feels a hand fall onto his shoulder with a considerate amount of force. In other words, enough force to know the person attached to the hand isn't friendly. Josh's first reflex is to jump out of harms way. He now stands on the other side of the unconscious man, facing the newcomer. He looks to be the same age as the man on the ground, but with a eccentric, green coat. His eyes are green and his hair is a aqua colour.
"I'm Kenny and I'm guessing you are the person who took out my friend over there." He points to the knocked out man. "He was chasing some other guy, not you. Did you intercept my friend or did you run into him by accident. Either way you're dead."
Kenny seems to have a thick Italian accent that screams 'Mafia'.
"This is just a misunderstanding." Josh states, fearing for his life.
"Haha. Beginners excuse. You know exactly what you did and you're lying." Kenny says. He holds his arm high into the air and a retro style, red sword appears after a burst of pink light. "This is my Soul Item. How about you show me yours?" He grins as he takes slow steps towards Josh, who is nearing the edge of the building.
Kenny takes more steps forward and Josh takes more steps back. He is now literally on the edge of life and death. Josh takes a look at the distance he will have to fall before hitting something solid and ultimately ending his life. Things aren't looking good.
"How did an amatuer like you, who can't even summon his soul item in a serious situation, beat my friend?" Kenny asks.
Josh has no response.
Suddenly a feeling of despair overruns Josh. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. No-one to save me. It'll probably look like a suicide for god's sake, He thinks.
But these negative thoughts are swept away just as fast as they had came. Josh realizes that there is hope. There's still a chance for him to get out of this alive. He slowly brings his right arm up to shoulder level and opens his hand.
"Let the fun begin." Kenny says, smiling.
A flash of almost blinding, light blue light happens at the palm of Josh's hand. He clenches the hand into the fist, but is stopped halfway by the feeling of something solid. He turns to see a luminescent, blue boomerang in his hand. He has no time to be amazed by his new found ability and throws the boomerang at Kenny startling him. Josh wastes no time and quickly runs past him and to the ladder.
Just as Josh reaches the ladder, he hears a familiar sound behind him. He puts his hand out and the Soul Boomerang lands in his hand. "Heh." Suddenly, he hears the less welcoming sound of heavy footsteps.
"Get back here!" Kenny yells. "I'm not done with you yet!"
Josh doesn't hesitate to jump down on to the ladder and slide down into the alleyway. Once he reaches ground level, Josh begins to run. He squeezes the boomerang before it shatters in a spectacular fashion. He isn't at all worried about never being able to summon it again. He had a feeling it would.
Once on the busy street he had left only minutes ago, Josh merges into the crowds and attempts to disappear. When he feels like he isn't getting followed, he returns home, forgetting the supplies he had set out to get in the first place.
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Current Equipt (Soul Boomerang LV-D)]
I pull myself out of bed as I wake up from my nap. While cleaning my eyes I take a look at the clock in my phone. I thought I couldn't have slept more than an hour or so then I take back what I thought, it was already 8:00 p.m. I've been asleep for 5 hours straight! I finally get out of bed as I finish having the thought and turn my PC on. I guess I can play some of the good stuff until night today. Let's see what happens. Barely half an hour passed when those flashes of light I've been seeing for a week from my windoew started to appear again. How is this possible?! It makes no sense that lightning can struck in a clear day, you'd figure it would have to be raining...
"Well! I guess there is no point beating around the bush. I should go for a walk, and while I'm doing that I'll take a look at those lights." Just as I finished talking to myself I turned off my PC and headed out to the street. The light flashes had already stopped by the time I got out for a walk so I just forgot about it for the day and headed to a small mart nearby, I needed something to drink.
As I got out of the mart I felt tired again, enough to get sleeping for 8 hours straight, so I just headed home and while I was wlking I was trying to figure an explanation. I still wonder: what could that light be...? I have to admit it doesn't look like lighting at all but creates the same light effect as one, also, it emits no audible sound, which is weird for a lightning bolt. Is this a new kind of lightning? I don't think so, the light flashes come in at the around the exact same time every day, 8:30 p.m. Nature isn't that picky to have a phenomenon like that appear with such frequency, this haves to be man made somehow. Now the question is, who and how is it causing this? I keep thinking about it as I walk around some alleys to get home.
Keo Slides the Curtain on the makeshift-hut's entrance to the side and enters, the mud and clay covering the hut still hardened into place and the grass already starting to make it's way across the hill. "Soon it won't look suspicious at all..." Haze just brushes past Keo and enters, inside are the other main members of their little 'gang' they had recently banded together to try to stop at least some of the trash abusing their powers, though it was still tough to figure out who could be trusted amongst them.
Haze's claws had already dispersed, he would have to keep a low profile on the Soul Weapons for a while if he wanted to stay in power, as he had found out the hard way, soul didn't seem to last forever, it needed to be rested just as the rest of the body did. "Well, we took down one of the flame-gang's goons, he should be waking up soon, but he'll be in no position to fight for a while..." Haze noisily slurped at his cold drink he had retrieved from the clubs lonely refrigerator. "Wouldn't be supprised if he ran straight back, crying to their boss." Haze took another sip with a smirk spreading across his face.
I sigh and close my eyes on the roof. I hear footsteps approaching. I slowly crack open both of my eyes. I then turn my head and see a strange man approaching me. I quickly jump up and look at him. He looks at me and snarls. "You, come here." I back away and say "No." The man starts walking towards me. I back up and glance behind me. I see I am on the edge of the roof and the fire escape 10 feet away. I look back and see the man coming towards me except this time he has a set of glowing, filmy-ish katana. I Clench my fists and get ready to jump. He starts running towards me. In panic I jump blindly. I curse as I see I overshot the fire escape. I close my eyes in fear and I spread out my arms. All of a sudden I feel caught. I look up at my hands and see tonfa in my hands hooked onto the fire escape. They look like a glowing black color. I Pull myself up and then run down the fire escape and see the strange man following me. I quickly run to my apartment building after losing the man. I then head up to my flat and lock the door and lay down on the couch. I look at my hands and see no tonfa. I think about how they looked like and I see them appear again. I clench my fists and they disappear again. Strange, they appear when I think of them. [HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Current Equipt(Bladed Tonfa LV-D)]
As soon as I get back home I turn the PC back on again. Time to do some researchon this stuff! I put my headset on and forget about everything else. Now, where should I start? I searched the internet for soundless lightning, random lightning flashes, lightning with clear scky, etc. with no luck at all. How can this be?! I can't be the first one to notice this! In my head, an idea pops out I should try being a bit more specific... I look for "Light flashes at night in Anima" Just as I thought, I found a video of the exact same phenomenon. I didn't think twice and started watching it. I could see the same light flashes, but the person recording was at a higher point than where I usually am and allowed me to see the rooftops. Everything in the video seemed like the exact same thing... except for 1 thing. Wait... Is that someone in the rooftop? You could see the silhoutte of a person doing something in the distance. As I kept watching I notcied this shady figure had some sort of shining object in it's hand. What is that thing...? Holly mother...! That's a sword! As the silhoutte swung, the sword those light flashes appeared in the sky. Just what is this guy? What is going on in Anima? When the video ended I took a look at the video's comments, one in particular captured my attention "And that, my friends, is the power of the soul." Power of the soul? yeah right, as if there was some kind of supernatural power in our soul... I should research this... What I found next was shocking to me, it just seemed like something that would only happen in videogames and anime. This just doesn't seem real...! All over the web there were sites that explained the use of this "Soul powers", and also it was all happening in Solus. No wonder I couldn't find much info in other places. I was skeptical and to relax myself I put some music.
Back at my "Research" i read a certain line that said: "The power is withing your soul." As soon as I read this, a sort of electric shock went through my body and passed out for a good 5 minutes in my chair. When I woke up, some sort of blue-hued light was coming out of the center of my palm. What the hell did just happen...? And what is this in my hand?! I shaked my hand vigorously trying to get that "light" out of my hand. Turns out I was successful. A ball of light came out of my hand... Now, that's interesting... Turned out that I could control this light as I wished! I wanted to keep using this, but in a more comfortable manner, so I took my headset off. As I tried to mimic the same motion that worked for launching the ball of light I noticed nothing was happening. Aww man! this was so rad! Guess I just had a lucky shot there. I grabbed my headset again, and as soon as I touched it again the light came back to my hand. What the...?! Ahh! now I see. So my headset is acting as a medium for this thing. I mimiqued the same motion again to see if it worked. I was right. I could now use this power at will as long as I had my headset with me. Good thing this "thing" is comfortable to wear! I felt really tired all of a sudden. The fact that I wanted to sleep came back to my mind and just forgot about the subject and laid in bed so I could sleep.
The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Join Date:
2/18/2011
Posts:
238
Location:
In a large pokemon forest
Minecraft:
Evanist
Xbox:
NOPE!
Member Details
(Ok, here goes first post. Also the beggining of using soul.)
After the plane landed, Vincent looked over his window. He was now in Solus. It was time for him to start a new life in this city. He was lucky, because while working in university, he had a job that made him have contacts with multiple companies. And it so comes that one of them had a building here in Solus. He was already employed there, having his apartment supplied. He calmly walked out of the plane, and looked around. This place was huge! He was use to small towns, but this… was something else. After taking his luggage, he took the bus towards the registration plaza. If he was going to stay here, he might as well be considered a citizen. 1 hour later…
After everything registered, it was finally time to see where he was going to live. He looked at the number the company gave him. Apartment 593. He entered the place. It was a mess! It was rather small, and some cleaning had to be done… Great… One thing he always hated to do… Cleaning. After a couple of minutes, the place looked better already. His bed was in place, he had his cloths placed in a closet, things were looking better. He walked outside, locked his door with the key, and breathes. The company gave him 1 day before starting work, so he would have a clear head. Might as well explore the town…
He was going for a walk, when he heard something.
“Stop thief!” a woman said chasing a man with her purse.
“Someone help!” she said exhausted. The thief then came near him, and was going to pass him when Vincent gave a quick kick on the thief’s legs. He almost dodged it, but he fell down on the floor.
“Why you little!” he says, taking out a knife. Vincent quickly delivered a kick on the man, trying to disarm him. The knife thought hit his leg hard, but disarmed. In pain, Vincent gave a big punch to the thief, knocking him out cold. He then removed the knife from his leg, and holds it.
“You ok!?” The lady said quickly. “Let me call an ambulance!”
“I… I am fine” Vincent said, though he was not. He quickly rushes towards a bench, and using some cloth, stops his wounds bleeding. The lady called the ambulance, already. Meanwhile, thought, Vincent was calming his self-down. Then… he saw… light forming around his leg. Next thing he knew, his wound was gone.
“How the…” he said. The lady rushed to him, but saw the wound disappear.
“What…. I thought you were wounded… It’s…. It’s a miracle…” she says. Thought Vincent really did not know how it happened. He walked away, without the pain. The lady kept saying it was a miracle, without understanding what happened. How…. Did my wound heal so fast…
[HP(100/100) SP(40/50) Current Equipt(Bare fists (for now))]
[TimeSkip; The next day, lunch-ish time.]
[It is currently the school holidays in Solus]
Haze returns to the make-shift hut, carrying a bag of stuff in one arm and a large box of assorted goodies from the closest fish+chip shop. "well, that was an exiting mission..." The others ignore his blatent remark and dig right into the food. After eating his fill Haze sits back on top of his old desk in the corner of the 'base' it sure was nice here, he was glad they had made it. Though they all agreed that it was to act as HQ whilst fighting for good he knew it was mostly made to keep them all getting too bored these holidays.
Keo Sits up from his hammock. "I wonder what that guy from yesterday is up to... Im sure something interesting has happened to him by now." Keo had an almost smug look on his face as he continued to rock back and forwards as he drank his concentrated sugary drink.
Coming to a stop on a rooftop, I realize what I'm doing is pointless. There had been no sign of the shadowy figure, and there was no telling if I had already passed the direction he went. Kicking an AC unit, I snarl in frustration at... Well, everything. I hated not getting a reasonable explanation for something. Looking out towards where my apartment would be, I realize with a groan that it's across the street, meaning I've got to either get down to street level, or go the long way from where I came.
Not in my right mind, I get a sudden, irrepressible urge. Without even questioning what the hell I'm doing, I walk to the opposite edge of the building. Bursting into a full on sprint, I run towards the edge of the building. Something in me burst, whether triggered by my anger or another catalyst, I'll never know. I felt myself move faster than I ever had before, and I could move pretty damned fast. Not even aware of the faint cobalt after-image I was leaving, I vaulted off the edge of the roof, sailing at incredible speeds. Clearing the entire street in a single bound. Hitting the other roof, I land in a roll, and spring up, not losing any momentum. I proceed to continue jumping along the rooftops, clearing buildings two at a time. I'd never felt so alive, so pumped, so fast!
"Wheeeee-Hoooooo!" I shouted, bounding along the rooftops. Whatever the hell happened, it was damned enjoyable!
Josh lies on his lounge, staring at the ceiling. He had been doing this for a good half hour, thinking about the events that the previous night held. So I can use my soul as a weapon and there are more people out there with the same ability? Heh. I can't deny the exsitence of this strange phenomena, for I also have it, He thinks.
Josh opens his hand and the boomerang appears in the same spectacular blue light as the first time. It all seems to easy. There must be more to it, he thinks. Maybe I should go find that irritating guy from last night and show him. Or I could find the people who introduced me to these powers... I'll go for option 1 for now. At least I know his address. He gets off of the lounge and stretches. And maybe get some food too.
Starbound Apartment Complex. Unit 84
Josh stands in the brightly lit hallway in front of the Unit 84 door. He lifts his right arm up and hesitates before knocking on the door. If this guy is an asshole to me, I'll give him a good kick to the face, Josh thinks, waiting at the door impatiently.
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Current Equipt(Soul Boomerang lv-D)]
Lying in my armchair, I was attempting to relax and think about what the hell I did the night before... I'd never run that fast before, I didn't think I ever could run that fast before, but sure enough i did, and I have no idea how.
I was snapped out of my deep pondering by a sharp knock on the door, sighing, I managed to extract myself from my armchair and make the perilous journey to my door. The only obstacle in the otherwise sparsely decorated apartment standing in my way was the sofa. Deciding that I wouldn't cave into its demands, I simply walked over the top of it. Reaching the door, my quest complete, I took a brief glance through the peephole, revealing whoever it was that decided to bother me.
Upon seeing it as the man from last night, I perked up. Maybe he had information on whatever the hell was happening, and if he didn't, well I'd give him a good kick to the face... Opening the door, I merely looked at the visitor, a single eyebrow raised. Somewhere in the back of my head, I realized I hadn't changed since last night, my trademark duster and fedora still firmly attached to me...
Josh is annoyed by the man's eyebrow raising further up his forehead, but stops himself from saying something rude or aggressive. "I haven't come here with information about the guys from last night, but I do have something interesting to show you. Can I come in? I'm not comfortable showing it in the hallway."
The fact that he said I'm not comfortable showing it in the hallway would raise suspicions. First of all, he doesn't seem to have anything on him. Maybe a phone or a wallet in his pocket. Second of all, if it can't be shown in the hallway than it may be something illegal.
The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Join Date:
2/18/2011
Posts:
238
Location:
In a large pokemon forest
Minecraft:
Evanist
Xbox:
NOPE!
Member Details
The next day
Vincent woke up in his appartment, still not believing what happened the other day. First, he had that healing thing that happened to him. He just did not even know how it happened. Afterwards, while he was training in the gym, some crescent blade appeared on his hands, slsshing the punching bag... Lucky no one saw him, because he was quick enough to hide those things and just get out of the gym. Why was all this happening to him? He goes to the bathroom, and started to wash his face. Having removing the water with a towel, he saw... A cristal ball behind him tht was levitating. You had to be kidding me... He stares at it for a good 3 second, then looks for any attached string. None, as expected... It was just getting wierder and wierder. He looks at the cristal ball, then points his hand towards it. He start controlling it... Moving it at every direction. How was he even doing that? Then the ball dissapeared, like the blades from yesterday. He walked to his table, going to eat breakfast, even with all those wierd things happening. Then he saw a letter... Closed with candle wax on the table. How... Did that get there. He opens it and reads. The power of soul is within you. You might be wondering how everything happened, how things got this way. There is nothing to understand, scientifically at least. More people have the same power as you, but be warn, some will abuse of it. Never show your power in public, keep quiet and understand how to use your powers. We got high hopes for you Vincent Letendre.
Then, after reading everything, the letter cought fire, burning itself off without spreading other things. Now 2 thought were in Vincent head. He was ether hunted, or he had those powers... Now he looked at the time. Oh god he was going to be late for work. He quickly eat and rush outside, running at full speed.
Up and about the next day, I thought what had happened yesterday was just a dream. Energy balls coming out of my hands? Didn't seem like something that would happen in real life. I graved my headset and head out for some fresh air. I had no specific place to go at that time, maybe I could find something interesting to eat instead of having to cook today. I took off from my house while listening to some music and started walking around the streets aimlessly, at the same time I was trying to recall a good place to get something to eat.
I sigh and get up from the couch. I look out the window and see people bustling about. I go and walk to the door. I check quickly that I can still summon my Soul weapon. I can. I turn it off and go outside. I then walk down and head outside. I look up at the sky and see it mostly clear. I start walking around looking for a job. I look for a job that involves being outside most of the time. I stop looking for a job and look at the forest. I grin and think. Thankfully, somewhere away from civilization. I start walking towards the forest and I find a tall tree. I start climbing it until I can sit on the top branch. I look over the city. [HP(100/100) SP(50/50) Current Equipt(Bladed Tonfa LV-D)]
The Meaning of Life, the Universe, and Everything.
Join Date:
2/18/2011
Posts:
238
Location:
In a large pokemon forest
Minecraft:
Evanist
Xbox:
NOPE!
Member Details
Arriving at work, Vincent was surprise to see the laboratory closed. Seem someone started a fire last night, and they did not find the suspect. Wierd... He just wait a bit until his boss sees him.
"Vincent... Here you are... Sorry for inconvinience... I can't believe someone would do such a thing. Seem we are gonna have to work and get this place back up... I remember that you also had some studies in other subjects. I want to see what you know. I want a report on anything you can think of next week when this place is back up." the boss said.
"Yes sir!" Vincent said, confident. Again his work was postpone... If this continue he should just find a other job... He starts walking towards the forest, calmly maybe he would find a idea there. (note, he's in Solus... And I need to find someone to rp with lol)
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Currently equipt(Double crescent blade gloves, D rank)]
Daemon walks into the hotel that he will be living in until he can get an apartment. His flight had been cancelled and he had to take a red-eye flight into Solus. He loved the contemporary style of the hotel. Being that he had to stay up all night for his flight, Daemon lays on the bed and drifts to sleep. Soon, he dreams. A very very peculiar dream. He was sitting in a chair in a large circular room...or ring more like. A figure was standing at the opposite end. It looked to be...himself! The figure was glowing and wisps of smoke were coming off of him, and he seemed to be transparent. "If you are going to survive here, and have an awesome time, you're going to have to learn how to use me." The figure says in an echoic voice. "What do you mean?" Daemon asked, confused. "Why, I am your soul. If you want to and know how, you can shape me into whatever shape fits your desires. People usually have clashes with this power. You could have loads of fun!" The figure says happily. What an interesting prospect this was."You know what? That sounds really freaking cool. What do I do? " Daemon asks. "Simple. First, imagine this ring. It represents a chakram, the weapon I can be molded into. Focus on the shape." The figure instructs. Daemon complies. "Good. Now, imagine moving that shape to your hands and holding it, then give it all the energy you've got." Daemon moves the shape in his mind and then concentrates heavily. To his shock, 2 light blue and yellow chakrams were in his hands. and the figure was gone. "Excellent!" The voice is coming from the rings. "You can also perform certain spells when you use my soul energy. Good luck Daemon." Daemon then shoots awake. The first thing he tries is summoning the rings. He does, and is completely shocked. He gets rid of them, puts on clothes, and heads out.
As soon as we're all outside, and away from things we could accidentally break, I summon Draco, and my Steel Fist. [Hp(100/100) Sp(40/50) Current equipment (Steel Fist Rank-D)]
I then nod to Draco, and he flies up to keep away from the man, who charges at me with both of his swords. I manage to block one sword with my steel fist, but, the other one came from my left side and slashed upwards for about two feet. [Hp(85/100) Sp(40/50) Current equipment (Steel Fist Rank-D)]
The man then gets blasted by a fireball that flew from Draco's mouth and then into the man's back, Draco's surprise attack gave me an opening, allowing me to give the man a swift, and painful punch to the back of the spine.
My eyebrow raised itself to new heights. If he wasn't comfortable showing it in the hallway, something serious was going down... Contemplating for a moment, I stepped back from the door and gestured inside my apartment, it was sparsely decorated. An ordinary armchair, sofa, dresser were the only objects in the living room. The only personal touch my apartment really had was an exquisitely crafted Kukri knife sitting in a stand on the dresser, a gift to from an old friend...
Stepping inside my apartment, I turned to look at the man, still standing in the doorway. "You gonna stand there all day looking like something found its way up your pants? Or are you gonna actually show me whatever the hell it is you found?"
"I don't need your life story, just what happened here." I say, frustration echoing in my voice. "I was to far away to get a clear picture, but from what I saw, there's some seriously freaky business going down." Glancing off in the direction that the figure traveled, I decided that this guy knew just about as much as I did. There was only one way to get answers, and that was to do it myself. Sighing deeply, I turned back to the man standing in front of me, gesturing towards the direction the unknown... Magician? The figures dueling it out certainly seemed magical, I asked, "They went that way right? Did they mention where they were going?" Looking back out towards the direction the mystery man took. "Y'know what? Forget it, I'm gonna lose them If I stick around... If I haven't already" Turning back towards the stranger, I tell him, "If you see or hear anything else about those guys, I'm in the Starbound apartment complex. Unit 84. If not, sod off, I don't like having people around for just small talk."
With that, I broke out into a sprint towards the direction of the mystery figure's escape route. Launching myself, I vaulted through the air, landing in a roll on the next rooftop. I continued onwards, repeating those actions. Looking out for any sign of whoever the hell it was that ran.
Josh approaches the man slowly and places his hand on the man's neck. A pulse is felt. Still alive and well. How strange, Josh thinks. Suddenly, he feels a hand fall onto his shoulder with a considerate amount of force. In other words, enough force to know the person attached to the hand isn't friendly. Josh's first reflex is to jump out of harms way. He now stands on the other side of the unconscious man, facing the newcomer. He looks to be the same age as the man on the ground, but with a eccentric, green coat. His eyes are green and his hair is a aqua colour.
"I'm Kenny and I'm guessing you are the person who took out my friend over there." He points to the knocked out man. "He was chasing some other guy, not you. Did you intercept my friend or did you run into him by accident. Either way you're dead."
Kenny seems to have a thick Italian accent that screams 'Mafia'.
"This is just a misunderstanding." Josh states, fearing for his life.
"Haha. Beginners excuse. You know exactly what you did and you're lying." Kenny says. He holds his arm high into the air and a retro style, red sword appears after a burst of pink light. "This is my Soul Item. How about you show me yours?" He grins as he takes slow steps towards Josh, who is nearing the edge of the building.
Kenny takes more steps forward and Josh takes more steps back. He is now literally on the edge of life and death. Josh takes a look at the distance he will have to fall before hitting something solid and ultimately ending his life. Things aren't looking good.
"How did an amatuer like you, who can't even summon his soul item in a serious situation, beat my friend?" Kenny asks.
Josh has no response.
Suddenly a feeling of despair overruns Josh. Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide. No-one to save me. It'll probably look like a suicide for god's sake, He thinks.
But these negative thoughts are swept away just as fast as they had came. Josh realizes that there is hope. There's still a chance for him to get out of this alive. He slowly brings his right arm up to shoulder level and opens his hand.
"Let the fun begin." Kenny says, smiling.
A flash of almost blinding, light blue light happens at the palm of Josh's hand. He clenches the hand into the fist, but is stopped halfway by the feeling of something solid. He turns to see a luminescent, blue boomerang in his hand. He has no time to be amazed by his new found ability and throws the boomerang at Kenny startling him. Josh wastes no time and quickly runs past him and to the ladder.
Just as Josh reaches the ladder, he hears a familiar sound behind him. He puts his hand out and the Soul Boomerang lands in his hand. "Heh." Suddenly, he hears the less welcoming sound of heavy footsteps.
"Get back here!" Kenny yells. "I'm not done with you yet!"
Josh doesn't hesitate to jump down on to the ladder and slide down into the alleyway. Once he reaches ground level, Josh begins to run. He squeezes the boomerang before it shatters in a spectacular fashion. He isn't at all worried about never being able to summon it again. He had a feeling it would.
Once on the busy street he had left only minutes ago, Josh merges into the crowds and attempts to disappear. When he feels like he isn't getting followed, he returns home, forgetting the supplies he had set out to get in the first place.
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Current Equipt (Soul Boomerang LV-D)]
"Well! I guess there is no point beating around the bush. I should go for a walk, and while I'm doing that I'll take a look at those lights." Just as I finished talking to myself I turned off my PC and headed out to the street. The light flashes had already stopped by the time I got out for a walk so I just forgot about it for the day and headed to a small mart nearby, I needed something to drink.
As I got out of the mart I felt tired again, enough to get sleeping for 8 hours straight, so I just headed home and while I was wlking I was trying to figure an explanation. I still wonder: what could that light be...? I have to admit it doesn't look like lighting at all but creates the same light effect as one, also, it emits no audible sound, which is weird for a lightning bolt. Is this a new kind of lightning? I don't think so, the light flashes come in at the around the exact same time every day, 8:30 p.m. Nature isn't that picky to have a phenomenon like that appear with such frequency, this haves to be man made somehow. Now the question is, who and how is it causing this? I keep thinking about it as I walk around some alleys to get home.
Haze's claws had already dispersed, he would have to keep a low profile on the Soul Weapons for a while if he wanted to stay in power, as he had found out the hard way, soul didn't seem to last forever, it needed to be rested just as the rest of the body did. "Well, we took down one of the flame-gang's goons, he should be waking up soon, but he'll be in no position to fight for a while..." Haze noisily slurped at his cold drink he had retrieved from the clubs lonely refrigerator. "Wouldn't be supprised if he ran straight back, crying to their boss." Haze took another sip with a smirk spreading across his face.
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Current Equipt(Bladed Tonfa LV-D)]
Back at my "Research" i read a certain line that said: "The power is withing your soul." As soon as I read this, a sort of electric shock went through my body and passed out for a good 5 minutes in my chair. When I woke up, some sort of blue-hued light was coming out of the center of my palm. What the hell did just happen...? And what is this in my hand?! I shaked my hand vigorously trying to get that "light" out of my hand. Turns out I was successful. A ball of light came out of my hand... Now, that's interesting... Turned out that I could control this light as I wished! I wanted to keep using this, but in a more comfortable manner, so I took my headset off. As I tried to mimic the same motion that worked for launching the ball of light I noticed nothing was happening. Aww man! this was so rad! Guess I just had a lucky shot there. I grabbed my headset again, and as soon as I touched it again the light came back to my hand. What the...?! Ahh! now I see. So my headset is acting as a medium for this thing. I mimiqued the same motion again to see if it worked. I was right. I could now use this power at will as long as I had my headset with me. Good thing this "thing" is comfortable to wear! I felt really tired all of a sudden. The fact that I wanted to sleep came back to my mind and just forgot about the subject and laid in bed so I could sleep.
After the plane landed, Vincent looked over his window. He was now in Solus. It was time for him to start a new life in this city. He was lucky, because while working in university, he had a job that made him have contacts with multiple companies. And it so comes that one of them had a building here in Solus. He was already employed there, having his apartment supplied. He calmly walked out of the plane, and looked around. This place was huge! He was use to small towns, but this… was something else. After taking his luggage, he took the bus towards the registration plaza. If he was going to stay here, he might as well be considered a citizen.
1 hour later…
After everything registered, it was finally time to see where he was going to live. He looked at the number the company gave him. Apartment 593. He entered the place. It was a mess! It was rather small, and some cleaning had to be done… Great… One thing he always hated to do… Cleaning. After a couple of minutes, the place looked better already. His bed was in place, he had his cloths placed in a closet, things were looking better. He walked outside, locked his door with the key, and breathes. The company gave him 1 day before starting work, so he would have a clear head. Might as well explore the town…
He was going for a walk, when he heard something.
“Stop thief!” a woman said chasing a man with her purse.
“Someone help!” she said exhausted. The thief then came near him, and was going to pass him when Vincent gave a quick kick on the thief’s legs. He almost dodged it, but he fell down on the floor.
“Why you little!” he says, taking out a knife. Vincent quickly delivered a kick on the man, trying to disarm him. The knife thought hit his leg hard, but disarmed. In pain, Vincent gave a big punch to the thief, knocking him out cold. He then removed the knife from his leg, and holds it.
“You ok!?” The lady said quickly. “Let me call an ambulance!”
“I… I am fine” Vincent said, though he was not. He quickly rushes towards a bench, and using some cloth, stops his wounds bleeding. The lady called the ambulance, already. Meanwhile, thought, Vincent was calming his self-down. Then… he saw… light forming around his leg. Next thing he knew, his wound was gone.
“How the…” he said. The lady rushed to him, but saw the wound disappear.
“What…. I thought you were wounded… It’s…. It’s a miracle…” she says. Thought Vincent really did not know how it happened. He walked away, without the pain. The lady kept saying it was a miracle, without understanding what happened.
How…. Did my wound heal so fast…
[HP(100/100) SP(40/50) Current Equipt(Bare fists (for now))]
[It is currently the school holidays in Solus]
Haze returns to the make-shift hut, carrying a bag of stuff in one arm and a large box of assorted goodies from the closest fish+chip shop. "well, that was an exiting mission..." The others ignore his blatent remark and dig right into the food. After eating his fill Haze sits back on top of his old desk in the corner of the 'base' it sure was nice here, he was glad they had made it. Though they all agreed that it was to act as HQ whilst fighting for good he knew it was mostly made to keep them all getting too bored these holidays.
Keo Sits up from his hammock. "I wonder what that guy from yesterday is up to... Im sure something interesting has happened to him by now." Keo had an almost smug look on his face as he continued to rock back and forwards as he drank his concentrated sugary drink.
Not in my right mind, I get a sudden, irrepressible urge. Without even questioning what the hell I'm doing, I walk to the opposite edge of the building. Bursting into a full on sprint, I run towards the edge of the building. Something in me burst, whether triggered by my anger or another catalyst, I'll never know. I felt myself move faster than I ever had before, and I could move pretty damned fast. Not even aware of the faint cobalt after-image I was leaving, I vaulted off the edge of the roof, sailing at incredible speeds. Clearing the entire street in a single bound. Hitting the other roof, I land in a roll, and spring up, not losing any momentum. I proceed to continue jumping along the rooftops, clearing buildings two at a time. I'd never felt so alive, so pumped, so fast!
"Wheeeee-Hoooooo!" I shouted, bounding along the rooftops. Whatever the hell happened, it was damned enjoyable!
Josh lies on his lounge, staring at the ceiling. He had been doing this for a good half hour, thinking about the events that the previous night held.
So I can use my soul as a weapon and there are more people out there with the same ability? Heh. I can't deny the exsitence of this strange phenomena, for I also have it, He thinks.
Josh opens his hand and the boomerang appears in the same spectacular blue light as the first time. It all seems to easy. There must be more to it, he thinks. Maybe I should go find that irritating guy from last night and show him. Or I could find the people who introduced me to these powers... I'll go for option 1 for now. At least I know his address. He gets off of the lounge and stretches. And maybe get some food too.
Starbound Apartment Complex. Unit 84
Josh stands in the brightly lit hallway in front of the Unit 84 door. He lifts his right arm up and hesitates before knocking on the door. If this guy is an asshole to me, I'll give him a good kick to the face, Josh thinks, waiting at the door impatiently.
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Current Equipt(Soul Boomerang lv-D)]
I was snapped out of my deep pondering by a sharp knock on the door, sighing, I managed to extract myself from my armchair and make the perilous journey to my door. The only obstacle in the otherwise sparsely decorated apartment standing in my way was the sofa. Deciding that I wouldn't cave into its demands, I simply walked over the top of it. Reaching the door, my quest complete, I took a brief glance through the peephole, revealing whoever it was that decided to bother me.
Upon seeing it as the man from last night, I perked up. Maybe he had information on whatever the hell was happening, and if he didn't, well I'd give him a good kick to the face... Opening the door, I merely looked at the visitor, a single eyebrow raised. Somewhere in the back of my head, I realized I hadn't changed since last night, my trademark duster and fedora still firmly attached to me...
The fact that he said I'm not comfortable showing it in the hallway would raise suspicions. First of all, he doesn't seem to have anything on him. Maybe a phone or a wallet in his pocket. Second of all, if it can't be shown in the hallway than it may be something illegal.
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50)]
Vincent woke up in his appartment, still not believing what happened the other day. First, he had that healing thing that happened to him. He just did not even know how it happened. Afterwards, while he was training in the gym, some crescent blade appeared on his hands, slsshing the punching bag... Lucky no one saw him, because he was quick enough to hide those things and just get out of the gym. Why was all this happening to him? He goes to the bathroom, and started to wash his face. Having removing the water with a towel, he saw... A cristal ball behind him tht was levitating. You had to be kidding me... He stares at it for a good 3 second, then looks for any attached string. None, as expected... It was just getting wierder and wierder. He looks at the cristal ball, then points his hand towards it. He start controlling it... Moving it at every direction. How was he even doing that? Then the ball dissapeared, like the blades from yesterday. He walked to his table, going to eat breakfast, even with all those wierd things happening. Then he saw a letter... Closed with candle wax on the table. How... Did that get there. He opens it and reads.
The power of soul is within you. You might be wondering how everything happened, how things got this way. There is nothing to understand, scientifically at least. More people have the same power as you, but be warn, some will abuse of it. Never show your power in public, keep quiet and understand how to use your powers. We got high hopes for you Vincent Letendre.
Then, after reading everything, the letter cought fire, burning itself off without spreading other things. Now 2 thought were in Vincent head. He was ether hunted, or he had those powers... Now he looked at the time. Oh god he was going to be late for work. He quickly eat and rush outside, running at full speed.
[HP(100/100) SP(50/50) Current Equipt(Bladed Tonfa LV-D)]
"Vincent... Here you are... Sorry for inconvinience... I can't believe someone would do such a thing. Seem we are gonna have to work and get this place back up... I remember that you also had some studies in other subjects. I want to see what you know. I want a report on anything you can think of next week when this place is back up." the boss said.
"Yes sir!" Vincent said, confident. Again his work was postpone... If this continue he should just find a other job... He starts walking towards the forest, calmly maybe he would find a idea there. (note, he's in Solus... And I need to find someone to rp with lol)
[HP(100/100) SP(45/50) Currently equipt(Double crescent blade gloves, D rank)]
[HP(100/100) SP(50/50]
[Hp(100/100) Sp(40/50) Current equipment (Steel Fist Rank-D)]
I then nod to Draco, and he flies up to keep away from the man, who charges at me with both of his swords. I manage to block one sword with my steel fist, but, the other one came from my left side and slashed upwards for about two feet.
[Hp(85/100) Sp(40/50) Current equipment (Steel Fist Rank-D)]
The man then gets blasted by a fireball that flew from Draco's mouth and then into the man's back, Draco's surprise attack gave me an opening, allowing me to give the man a swift, and painful punch to the back of the spine.
((how's this for one of my 6 battle posts?))
Stepping inside my apartment, I turned to look at the man, still standing in the doorway. "You gonna stand there all day looking like something found its way up your pants? Or are you gonna actually show me whatever the hell it is you found?"