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Post by fierano on Apr 28, 2007 22:03:42 GMT -5
((Whoooobibletalk. Anyhoo, I'll let the others post here before adding Eddie, since they're ahead in the pack.))
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 29, 2007 2:11:21 GMT -5
(Darn... Can't do much without Ebony. I need to sleep. Will be back on tomorrow night, though. Night y'all!)
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 29, 2007 9:56:26 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Sorry, it's just that after 11pm/Eastern my brain's dead of all creative thought. That location was some sort of abandoned warehouse with a collapsed well, right?)))))
It hadn't taken the group long to come upon a warehouse that looked like it had seen recent fighting, probably hours ago, but there was nobody else about right now. Ebony could, however, catch several familar scents in the air. Kamui's and Glimmer's. She wondered briefly if this was the same place where they had had their duel the night before during that electrical storm, but pushed it to the back of her mind for now. She'll ask one of them later on when she has gotten this demon business over with.
Tempest stopped abruptly, her own unique senses on high alert. The demon was nearby. She could feel it. Turning to the two cars that were still with her, Ebony and Eddie, she gave them both a stern glare.
"Stay still," she ordered, "both of you! There is a demon nearby and I will need full concentration to locate it."
Ebony halted and did as Tempest had ordered, remaining still as Tempest's magic probe swept over her, searching for the demon. She still had a little bit of fear left when it had been tormenting her at different intervals. What would happen if Tempest found it? She was nervous throughout the whole process.
Tempest thoroughly checked over Ebony, making completely sure that the demon wasn't near the Viper. Then she turned her attention to Eddie, sweeping her probe over him. She gasped when her probe started to push against something. Something evil.
"It is here," Tempest announced, raising a sparking antenna above her hood and aiming it at Eddie, "Ostendo tui praesentia, Demon!"
(((((OOC: Latin for: Reveal your presence, Demon.)))))
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Post by fierano on Apr 29, 2007 10:36:46 GMT -5
((Quick note: Steele wiped out all physical evidence of the fight from this warehouse. Glimmer and Kamui's "trail" could probably be picked up here, but their strongest "presence" would be in the field a good distance from here. ANYHOO.))
Eddie did not have a good feeling from the moment their path took them out of town. Then again, he didn't have a good feeling from the moment he woke up that morning. He suspected something was up when they started to head away from city limits...on the other side of town from the police station. He didn't resist though...particularly because he wasn't about to take on two very tough-looking sports cars, gender regardless.
Eddie stopped and gasped as the Ferrari suddenly faced the two of them. The Enzo's increased energy suddenly started causing him to breathe faster, and his engine temperature to start rising abnormally.
This...isn't good...why did I follow her!?
Then the Enzo shouted something that Eddie suddenly understood, despite the fact that he clearly knew only English and Japanese.
Eddie started to choke, finding it suddenly very hard to breathe. His engine locked up as if it were out of fuel...before starting up again with an even more ominous sound than its Piston Cup V8. His vision started to blur rapidly and darken...and speaking of darkening, patches of pitch black started to appear on his dark red paint. Those patches slowly started to grow.
"What...what's happening!?" His voice was barely a guttural murmur, and slowly transforming into a whisper. "Annie...Annie!? Where are you!?"
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 29, 2007 10:59:58 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Think of Ebony as being a bloodhound. She can pick up even the faintest of scents.)))))
Tempest strengthened her magic, realizing that here was the demon all along, right under everyone's hoods and nobody was the smarter for it. This felt like the same demon that she, Kamui, and Veronica had faught in Miami to save Ebony and the twins. She did recall that that demon had spoken of having plans for Eddie, and knew that she just had encountered a possession in progress. How deep did it really go? That's what Tempest was concerned about.
Ebony was watching with wide, emerald eyes as the demon began to reveal itself in Eddie. She was shocked and realization also struck her.
"Tempest, it looks like the same demon that's been tormenting me," she called to the Enzo above the loud noise of the force of the spell, "and it's Eddie!"
"Let us not jump to conclusions just yet, Ebony," replied Tempest as she tried to focus her powers, "This demon may just be using Eddie as a living vessel for whatever plans it has, but we must make sure!"
"It's hurting him," Ebony called back, worried, "Can't you do something to stop that?"
"I cannot say for sure if that is a good idea. It looks like the demon has its hooks firmly dug into Eddie's soul and it will not let go," replied Tempest, "and it is quite strong. Be ready if it suddenly attacks!"
Ebony nodded silently, knowing that she had a short supply of holy water ambules left that she kept in her side compartments just for something like this.
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Post by fierano on Apr 29, 2007 11:27:10 GMT -5
"Please...stop...don't...make me..." Eddie was trembling and shaking, sometimes spasming to side to side as he transformed. His vision was almost completely gone...and he hoped he'd never have to remember what would happen as soon as it did. He could hear himself sobbing from the searing pain that racked him. "Don't...make...me....Annie...please...save..."
((Must sleep. I started early, thus I must end early. D: Nighty!))
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 29, 2007 12:30:38 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Aw, geez... that's what I get for going to get some lunch... XP Oh, well, see you later, Fierano.)))))
Tempest was having a hard time trying to separate the demon from Eddie as it was clinging as strongly as ever to the red Toyota. She could hear just some faint mumblings coming from Eddie himself and at least one word caught her attention.
Annie.
Is he really in love with racer who is sponsored by UltraShine Paints? Or is the demon? She wasn't sure.
She turned to Ebony, "Have you seen Annie?"
"No, I thought she was with us," Ebony shook her front, "She must've been cut off when we encountered that traffic jam. I'll go find her."
"Stay here," said Tempest, "I may need your help in this. Your spikes might be useful at some later time against the demon."
"How? My spikes can only run through solid objects, not supernatural beings," protested Ebony.
"Pour one of the ambules on your spikes," suggested Tempest, "That would give you more leeway against the demon if it attacks you."
"Okay," Ebony took out an ampule from her side compartment and poured it on her spikes.
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 29, 2007 22:26:17 GMT -5
(Gah... Beginning to dislike weekends; I can't be on in the morning.)
A sudden squealing of tires and a reving engine announced the arrival of another car, followed by a lethal-sounding snarl.
"GET AWAY FROM HIM!"
She had turned on her radio after she found herself seperated from the group in traffic, in hopes that they would notice she was gone and Eddie would try to find her through it. After asking several cars, she discovered they had headed out of the city- and the dull sense of something wrong had become a little stronger. She hadn't been too far away when Eddie's voice finally did come over her radio, and it made the fuel in her lines freeze. It had taken her a little while to find them, but now that she had she'd be damned if she let them hurt him any more than they already had...
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 29, 2007 22:39:06 GMT -5
Maybe it was the overall sense of dread that she was feeling or maybe it was the fact that what Tempest was trying to do to extract the demon from Eddie was scaring Ebony just a bit. She had hoped that this would be over as quickly as possible and everyone go their separate ways, but it looked like that was not to be any time soon.
She watched Tempest struggle to hold onto the demon with her magic. Flashes of lightning arced out from the center and it looked as if they were all inside a small cyclone.
"No, there's a demon," Ebony shouted at Annie, "Tempest is trying to get it away from Eddie! Please don't do anything rash or something much worse might happen!"
She had to put it bluntly as there was no way she could sugarcoat the truth.
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 29, 2007 23:28:26 GMT -5
"You're hurting him!" she responded, not quite seeing the demon until she neared. It looked all too familiar, but her thoughts were going in so many directions at once it was hard to make a coherent thought. She did, however, manage to stop and stare at the form that was beginning to appear over the Toyota's still writhing body. She recognized it now, but had no idea it was a demon...
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Post by fierano on Apr 29, 2007 23:59:29 GMT -5
((I hate waking up at 11AM. D:))
By the time Annie would have arrived, she would not have found Eddie but the same "creature of desire" that had visited her twice before. Same dark form, same glowing eyes. Only this time, they were glowing not blue or red...but gold. Like high-powered spotlights.
"Annie...get back..." it said...before it began to resist.
Slowly it began to reach out to those that were hurting him with morbid appendages. Each one in a different yet equally frightening shape. They swirled around its perimeter for the time being, at least until it had the strength to lash them out properly.
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 0:18:47 GMT -5
She retreated as the limbs formed, staring wide-eyed. A demon. A demon was the creature visiting her when she was alone. Her engine ran high. Chrysler, this was insane...
And yet things began to make sense. The sudden appearing and disappearing. She and the demon were never interrupted by Eddie. How Eddie's dream seemed to correspond with what had happened to it the day before. How it had rememberd what had happened when she had almost died, and how both she and the Toyota escaped with hardly a scratch.
The limbs grew, and she suddenly became very afraid. She could't see Eddie anywhere and she feared for his safety. It was ticked off, and someone was going to get hurt...
She turned towards the two other women. "STOP! JUST STOP IT!"
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Post by fierano on Apr 30, 2007 2:05:18 GMT -5
((Sorry for the delay...didn't realize Ebony had left.))
"Anastasia..." it said, trying not to look at her for fear of distraction. "...get away...I can take them...I will take them on...for you..." it growled, before letting loose a very feral roar and lashing out one particularly sharp tentacle at Ebony.
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Post by Reiji Neko Mitsukai on Apr 30, 2007 2:12:14 GMT -5
(Want to respond, but that wouldn't be fair to Ebony... I should probably go to bed, since five hours passes quickly when you're sleeping. But I will be on as soon as I can get on campus tomorrow morning! At least all three of us will be online at once then... Night y'all!)
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Post by ebonyviper on Apr 30, 2007 8:14:01 GMT -5
(((((OOC: Well, it's kinda hard to figure out what times I want to be on in the morning and still leave some time for myself during the day... XP The best course of action is to slow this RP down a bit to allow everyone a chance and time to respond. That way, all three of us would be fair to one another.)))))
Ebony's side spikes, already covered with the holy water, had sprung out in automatic response to what she perceived as a threat when one of the appendages shot toward her. She had never fought a demon before and this scared her. If only Kamui was here, but...
It was just her, Tempest, Annie, and the demon that had its grip on Eddie within the swirling vortex which enveloped them all.
I hope this holy water works, she thought hopefully, ready for the attack.
She turned toward Annie. "Please, if the demon doesn't let Eddie go, everyone will be hurt," she said, "I can't have that on my conscience."
In the meantime, Tempest was doing her best to stay in control, but it was becoming difficult for just one sorceress. Where was Veronica?
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