The Rift

[GamerKale]

((Wait, 2,000? I'm getting a shot of this. *click* Alright, now I can post this. And don't worry Dark, I'm in a similar position as yourself. Speaking of which, I'm gonna get back to my stats soon as I post this.))
Deal with anything? Probably not, deal with a lot? Probably. And there are a lot of blasted buildings oh well at least I won't have to sit still too much. When they arrived he did as Mike had said. You don't have to tell me, y'know? This isn't exactly my first time working with a group. He grabbed his blade and a sniper rifle before heading out. He set the gun up on top of the building, checked the surrounding area, and then began working his way down through the building. Think of the scene from black cat where Train's checking every room in the third or fourth episode I think it was.

The only reason Mike knew he was there was because he could detect Ken's thoughts as he laid out a mental map of the building including it's contents and structurally weak areas. He glided over Mike at one point and was gone around the corner before he could look up. He thought pointedly, Don't go wandering too far, Musician. The building's old and the floor could give out on you if you're unlucky. Once he finished with the building he checked the area from the sniper roost, ran the perimeter, checked with the sniper again, and then repeated the process with the other buildings. After that he hopped back up on top the roof and set up to keep vigil with the rifle. Thoughts of some of his assassinations cropped up to keep him company for the long night.

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

Hibiki dismounted Wes and sat down on the floor examining his tuning fork. "Oi Sharkie! What's that? Looks pretty important!" "It's a tuning fork, my mother gave it to me as a gift a few years ago..." "Oh...was she a musician? I can look up some of-" "No...she was a scientist..." "Was your father a magician?" "I don't know...I never really cared about his job when I was a child..." "Er....awkward...do they like any-" "It's nice that you're trying...but don't..." He smiled faintly and walked out of the building they were in. "I messed that up...I should really check out his info..." His screen turned into a blue background and multiple windows popped up.

He stepped on the air and simply walked upward until he could see over everything. He had his eyes closed and accidentally walked into the wall of a building. He fell a story or two, but recovered easily. His face was red out of embarrassment and he scanned the area for witnesses.

[Azalan]

Jacklyn woke up as kenny locked the car doors. She didn't feel comfortable leaving the truck. Though she had been knocked unconscious. she was still able to hear kenny's conversation with Kiva. "Kiva, how does kenpachi know so much about me?" Jackyln said as she started blushing. why do i feel this way about him? Jacky thought as a warm fuzzy feelings wrapped around her like a wet blanket. Jacklyn relaxed in the truck seat as her emotions went haywire.

[GamerKale]

Kiva stood in front of Jacklyn with her lips pursed. "Um, I think that's something you should really ask him about, but he did say that you remind him of someone. Maybe you look like a somebody he knew before he got his soul ripped out, or it might have been someone he liked but ended up having to kill because of his prior employment. He talks with me about his nightmares not his dreams. Maybe he doesn't have them. Or maybe he just wants somebody more...real to talk to about them. As an AI I don't really dream so he might not think I'd understand. The only other thing he told me about you was that you've had it rough, he might think of you as a kindred spirit, more so than the others." She shrugged. "I don't know anymore than that. But he considers each of you part of his family at this point, so you can talk to him about anything if you want and he'll answer as truthfully as he can. That's what the rope symbolized, family bonds. If you want I can tell you more about his past, but you might rather ask the man himself. I can open a channel if you want to talk, or just head up to the roof of that building. He'll be heading back up there soon enough, especially considering he's on the last one."

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((Is it just me or is mine and alazan's post...and kale's post all missing?))

[GamerKale]

((No it's not just you. On the plus side they do show up in the topic review at the bottom of the page when writing a response.))

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

I re-posted them for my convenience

Hibiki dismounted Wes and sat down on the floor examining his tuning fork. "Oi Sharkie! What's that? Looks pretty important!" "It's a tuning fork, my mother gave it to me as a gift a few years ago..." "Oh...was she a musician? I can look up some of-" "No...she was a scientist..." "Was your father a magician?" "I don't know...I never really cared about his job when I was a child..." "Er....awkward...do they like any-" "It's nice that you're trying...but don't..." He smiled faintly and walked out of the building they were in. "I messed that up...I should really check out his info..." His screen turned into a blue background and multiple windows popped up.

He stepped on the air and simply walked upward until he could see over everything. He had his eyes closed and accidentally walked into the wall of a building. He fell a story or two, but recovered easily. His face was red out of embarrassment and he scanned the area for witnesses.

Jacklyn woke up as kenny locked the car doors. She didn't feel comfortable leaving the truck. Though she had been knocked unconscious. she was still able to hear kenny's conversation with Kiva. "Kiva, how does kenpachi know so much about me?" Jackyln said as she started blushing. why do i feel this way about him? Jacky thought as a warm fuzzy feelings wrapped around her like a wet blanket. Jacklyn relaxed in the truck seat as her emotions went haywire.

[Azalan]

(OOC: Sorry everyone, my computer died a day after my birtday but I just got a new one today. But with it being late I gotta get to bed. I will edit this post tommorow morning with new content. Bump thread to top! Go Mighty Bump Hammer!)

[Dark Blade]

((OOC: Sorry for the stall. was doing mad japanese studying/work. And just for your guys sake if i ever actually DO use japanese in my posts I will give a translation. Did Az ever edit his post? If so i'm not seeing an edit on my screen so i'm sorry if my post makes no sense. and one last thing to say .... IF MY BROWSER CLOSES ON ME AGAIN BEFORE I HIT SUBMIT THERE WILL BE BLOOD!!))


'If the building is unstable the last thing anyone should be doing is running around the place.' Mike thought to himself as he walked on. Around the fifth floor he walked in to a corner office in the building. Other than a small hole in one wall and one pane of glass missing from the windows overlooking the surrounding area the office was pretty much intact. Against one wall was an old leather sofa. It was ripped up in some spots but good enough to support him so he picked the best spot on it and sat down before continuing his repairs on the holo-harp.

After a few minutes Mike closed the device back up, satisfied with his repair job. Placing the disk on the ground in front of him Mike pushed the activation button and sat back in the sofa again. A cone of light came out of the projector on the top of the disk before the image of a full size harp solidified in front of him. He ran his hands over the 'strings' of the harp. Each one made a beautiful sound. Mike turned the holo-harp off and put the disk back in his pocket. He just sat there for a long time enjoying the quiet and darkness and slowly drifted off to sleep.

The nightmares hit him. A haze at first, then came the searing pain, a surgical saw cutting through flesh and bone. A child being torn apart alive. His left arm lay on a table beside him, still twitching, still very much alive. Eyes wide with fear and horrible pain. There was no sedative. No drugs to foul the readings that the surrounding doctors were measuring and recording. He tried to scream, tried to call for help. No sound escaped his mouth. He had been gaged. Tears clouded his eyes. Not tears of sorrow but pain. Again that terrible sensation of being cut apart. This time his right leg. A surgeon removed it casually, even whistling, as if he was working on some cadaver and not a living person. He tried to get off the table and run. Run to anywhere but here. He found he couldn't. He was bound tightly to the table he lay on. Some of the nearby doctors looked at each other and smiled as they went over some readings. His eyes followed them as they walked from his right side to his left. Thats when he saw... His entire chest cavilty was open, tubes were everywhere. Fluids of various colors entering and leaving him. His mind snapped. Pure fear gripped him. Only one thought could be found in his mind. "I'm going to die."

The table Mike was on began to shake violently. His severed arm and leg began moving franticly. All the doctors in the room began running around. There was shouting in many different languages. An alarm sounded. The doors of the lab sealed. The doctors began beating on them, screaming to be let out. The doctor closest to Mike screamed before his head spun 180 degrees but he did not die. His face contored in pain as he fell to the floor. Another doctor had seen what happened and started to scream. Her head exploded in a shower of blood, brains and bone. Another had his arms forcibly ripped from his shoulders by an unseen force. Yet another was torn in half at the waist. The doors of the operating room opened and a heavily armed squad stormed in. A rifle barrel was put to his head and the world went black.

Mike awoke screaming. The remains of the table in the room went flying out through the remaining glass of the windows. His mind was overwhelmed with thoughts that were not his own. It was pure chaos. It took him a moment to remember where he was and calm himself enough to control his powers again. Mike kneel/laid on the floor of the room he was in and spoke a question to himself, "Did ... Did I broadcast the nightmare?" He was afraid he had. Most who encountered his memories of his years at the facility couldn't bear them and had their minds simply crushed from the pain he had felt in those moments from his life. The room he had been assigned was just for that very reason. It was away from everyone else and sheilded to prevent him from broadcasting to anyone.


((OOC: Sorry if this is kinda graphic. Trying to get a point across. Oh and NO I did not create a plot hole here. I'll explain why I have my arm and leg back later.))

[Haseo{Terror of Death}]

((My antenna went up and received yo signal!))

Hibiki's body shook violently as he woke up, something disturbed him while he was sleeping. "W-what was that? Was that a nightmare? No...I don't think it was mine..." He got up and looked for a place to douse himself with water. He found a little puddle outside and slashed his face. "I'll take watch now..." He transmitted to the others, levitating to the top of the building to get a better view of his surroundings.

He looked around and saw that the sun would rising soon. "It's useless to be on watch this early in the morning..."

[GamerKale]

((So, we dead or what? I was waiting for Az to post, but should I go ahead and post or we gonna put a tombstone up for this?))

[Azalan]

(OOC: Fear not noble Kale! I have returned! Sorry to all I have held up, I've just been busy with Foody's work recently. I was also away at a concert for the past few days. I went to winter Jam in tallahassee Florida. It was at the civic center and there were thousands of people. I bought two cd's from a band called fireflight. There pretty awesome I suggest you check them out. Also, is it okay if I use italicized for Jacky's Thoughts?)

Jacky sat up, a little of the blush still on her face. " He may have told you already but, I don't trust men that much; regardless of the way I may feel about Kenpachi." After this Jacky continued on. " If it's okay with you, would you mind telling me more about his past?" Jacky then picked up her strand of rope which had fallen to the ground and she held it in the air and looked at it curiously. We are all so different and yet all the same. It'll be interesting to see how this whole thing pans out. I still wonder though, why do I have these feelings for Kenny even though I hate men?

[GamerKale]

((I thought I posted sometime yesterday already, oh well. I'll just type it up again.))
"Whether you trust him or not doesn't matter. He's decided to stake his life on you lot. If there's one thing certain about Kenny when he starts considering someone family he is willing to do anything to protect them or if he fails at that then avenging them and if somebody causes harm to them he will respond by ruining their lives if they survive. Disproportionate perhaps I know, but he's thorough." Kiva flopped down on her stomach. "Best to start at the beginning, no? Ahem, Kenny is 26 years old. The vast majority of his first 16 years were spent in a gang. He enjoyed working with his hands so he taught himself everything he could about cars which is what makes him the wonderful mechanic he is today. During that sixteenth year he and all but one other guy had their souls ripped out.

The pair of them made their way to Haven where they went their own ways. Kenny became an official mechanic but his friend fell back into old habits. That was perhaps Kenny's most peaceful year and his happiest or very near it. After a year his buddy came running back to Kenny, he never learned what it exactly was the guy did to piss off a mafia capo but it got him killed and very nearly Kenny although as it turned out the capo was looking for a new star hitman and Kenny had all of the qualifications. Fast, strong, hard to kill, and both willing and capable of killing 'most anyone. I don't know what exactly happened, but two years ago a rift formed between Kenny and the capo, a massive rift that ended with the capo's blood on Kenny's blade. After that he allowed the scientists and whatnot to run experiments and tests on him. I can only speculate as to why or how he got in contact with them. But that's the quick recap of his life. Any more questions, or have you built up enough courage to try talking to him?"

[Azalan]

After hearing all this Jacky felt ashamed. Kenny's life has been just as hard as mine; perhaps all men are not monsters. Jacklyn thought as the last of the blush faded from her face. A single tear rolled down her face. " Kiva please open a channel. I would like to speak to him." Jacky said as she wiped the tear away. " I want to let him know I trust him." Jacky looked at the rope in her hands. So we are all like a team? A team of monsters I think. I also wonder if Kenny's mad at me for the way I've been around him. After all he was doing was trying to protect me. A few minutes after Kiva had opened the channel Jacky spoke. " Kenpachi, I'm sorry for the way I've been around you. I haven't been all that trusting of you; if there is something you want to talk about, I'm game." Jacky said with a smile.

[GamerKale]

Kenpachi didn't respond for a a minute, he wasn't sure what she meant. The fact that she was talking to him as such was quite shocking. Did Kiva have something to do with this? "It's fine."

Kiva rolled her eyes. "He's a real charmer ain't he? I can't guarantee anything, obviously, but they do say that food is the way to a man's heart or at least his stomach and there's some tomato soup in the back. Bring it and a couple spoons up there and he should be able to heat it up for the two of you. But he's kind of dense, so you might need to come out and say things directly if you want him to understand." It feels like I'm playing matchmaker, I wonder if Kenny's opposed to it. There hasn't been anyone since Angie. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, but I'm sure he'll at least be careful not to hurt her...probably. She needs to get out of her shell and learn to be a little trusting at least to have a chance at a normal life relatively normal...ish. Is that the right way to use ish? Oh Kenny, don't screw this up, for her sake if nothing else.

[Azalan]

(OOC: Sorry for the delay guys I have been REALLY sick the last five days. But now I'm back on my feet and ready to post! )

Kenpachi didn't respond for a a minute, he wasn't sure what she meant. The fact that she was talking to him as such was quite shocking. Did Kiva have something to do with this? "It's fine."

Kiva rolled her eyes. "He's a real charmer ain't he? I can't guarantee anything, obviously, but they do say that food is the way to a man's heart or at least his stomach and there's some tomato soup in the back. Bring it and a couple spoons up there and he should be able to heat it up for the two of you. But he's kind of dense, so you might need to come out and say things directly if you want him to understand." It feels like I'm playing matchmaker, I wonder if Kenny's opposed to it. There hasn't been anyone since Angie. Maybe this wasn't such a good idea, but I'm sure he'll at least be careful not to hurt her...probably. She needs to get out of her shell and learn to be a little trusting at least to have a chance at a normal life relatively normal...ish. Is that the right way to use ish? Oh Kenny, don't screw this up, for her sake if nothing else.

" Well how did you expect him to reply I have been a bit of a b**** in the brief time we have known each other. But I'm willing to try anything to talk to him." Jacky said as she unlocked the car door; got out and retrieved the two cans of soup and metal spoons like Kiva had suggested. Jacklyn blushed when Kiva said how she would have to be forward. " I'm not so good with that, do you have any tips? As you know...I'm not exactly a pro when it comes to guys." Jacky said as she put the two cans of soup and spoons on the middle console separating the two seats. What am i doing? If he shoots me down I'll just feel that more lonely. I hope this will go somewhere; I really need someone I can trust after all the only one I can trust is....Doctor Sue. Jacky thought as she looked at the two cans of tomato soup.

[GamerKale]

What is the world coming to? An AI giving love advice. "Well, let's see. Uh, if you want him to hold you, don't just say you're cold snuggle up to him and say how warm and comfortable he is and/or ask him to hold you. AH! That's not to say you should jump straight to that. That was just an example. Um, if it's just conversation ask him for his opinion on something. Although that might end up just being one or two things so um uh. If you want him to give you a compliment you might need to lead him a little, but not so much that it's obvious you're fishing for one. But um... Oh, you know what? Forget everything I just said, just go up there ask him to heat up some soup and offer him a can and then just be yourself things will develop or they won't. As long as you two talk some and don't end up trying to kill one another, that's progress enough isn't it? He won't press you to talk and he isn't going to invade your mind. If all you want to do is share the same space for a bit he'll be fine with that."

[Azalan]

"I'm not exactly the touchy-feely type. I have bad memories of that.Thanks for the advice Kiva it's okay you helped me some." Jacky said with a smile. She was probably trying to make me feel better, I'm more than a bit insecure. Well here goes! Jacky thought as she took the two cans of soup, and the spoons and looked around a bit. Sensing his mind Jacky started walking towards Kenny's location. I hope he gives me a chance. Perhaps this could be nice? Jacky thought as she was walking towards the set up perimeter. After awhile Jacky could see Kenpachi; excited she ran up to him. " Hi kenny, would you like to eat something?" Jacky said as she offered the cans of soup to Kenpachi. Well the ball is in your court kenny! Whatever your decision I'm happy with it. she thought with a smile on her face.

[GamerKale]

Kenpachi almost jumped at the sound of running, but he looked up at Jacklyn and well relaxed isn't quite the word but he calmed himself down. "Food? Uh, sure." Come to think of it, when was the last time I ate? "Let's go somewhere more secure." He wasn't sure how bad of an idea this was, but she was being rather...sociable? so Kenny decided to give it a try, given proper warning of course. "This will be fastest so just try to relax and don't squirm." He approached slowly and cautiously put his arms around her, thinking each step slowly before he did it. And once he had a firm hold on her he picked her up and leaped to the top of the closest building. As soon as he landed he let her go, but didn't step away for a second in case she needed the stability.

"Here, it will take a few minutes for these to properly heat up." He was careful to be gentle as he took the cans. He walked over to a corner of the roof and sat with his back facing empty space. He created small fires between his palms and rotated the cans as he looked out into the black absently thinking. First she was apologizing and now she's bringing food? What exactly is going on? The last time somebody changed tunes this quickly they were trying to jab a knife between my ribs, but Jacklyn doesn't seem the type for that. Of course she also doesn't seem the type to be in my presence alone and purely by her own will. But if she wanted me dead she would probably just squish my brain or something, besides poisoning takes preparation and these haven't been opened as far as I can tell.

[Azalan]

(OOC: Were always glad to have another member to the game. Db's a little busy sometimes but he does post. Just put up your charrie and wait for his reply blood candy. I'm sure he won't have too much of a problem with it.)

Jacky wasn't angry at all when Kenpachi picked her up. In fact she felt calm, his arms were warm and she enjoyed it. She frowned when he put her down but did so in a way he wouldn't notice. Jacky blushed at his comments. He's so cute when he talks. Jacky thought as she walked up to him and sat down beside him. Jacky noticed he was deep in thought so she read his mind. " You think I want to poison you? Why..would I do that? That's not it at all!" Jacky said as a tear went down her face. " If I wanted to kill you, don't you think I could have? I...have these feelings I don't understand. Kenny your the first one in a long time I've been able to trust." Jacklyn said as she put her arms around him. What am I doing? I'm not like this! These must be the "emotions" Dr. Sue explained. Jacky thought as she watched Kenny heat up the cans of soup.