Special Delivery [Shouhei's Awakening]

Subject: Special Delivery [Shouhei's Awakening] Sun May 05, 2019 9:06 pm

Even at night, the scene in Suzie Q didn't die down. Bars and nightclubs happily operated after the fall of night, the cinema continued to screen films despite the dark...there were even several productions that could only be viewed after the sun had fallen.
There were still things to do if one were so inclined. A world of entertainment to see, oblivious of what lurked in the alleys...
...or perhaps, you were dragged out on work long past the time you should be home at rest, right into the thick of the night's dangers.

As was the case here, a courier carrying a package to be delivered to a warehouse squirrelled away into a frustratingly isolated location.
He might suspect what was coming, but he would not be prepared for the true extent of it.

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The roar of a motorcycle’s engine died down. Shouhei Kagawa flipped up the visor of his helmet, blinking his blue eyes slowly at his surroundings. He pulled out his phone to double check the address and its coordinates. Without a doubt, make no mistake, he was where he needed to be.

...A damn near derelict warehouse tucked away in a labyrinth of other abandoned buildings. Hell, half the lights weren’t even on in this area. Even the sounds of the city were drowned out in a dreadfully ominous silence. The air was frigid, almost bone-chilling. Questions piled up inside Shouhei’s mind as he began to ready his delivery. First and foremost, why would a warehouse need a delivery? Was it drugs? A bomb? He wanted to examine the package closely but dared not disturb its contents.

Parcel carefully tucked underneath one arm, Shouhei strode up to this foreboding warehouse.

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The night came as it always did, and earlier too, with winter drawing on. It was a little chilly, and Tamsin pulled the cap down as if that would keep her ears any warmer than they were already. She'd just needed a walk. To clear her head. A lot of things had been happening lately and the world was a darker place in general. She found herself spending more and more time away from the orphanage. No one had commented on it yet, but they would. In truth, the innocence of the children was a double edge blade, reminding her why she did what she was doing, and what she could lose if she failed. Any one of these kids could end up on Giddy. They were exactly the kind of no-bodies that Faust was looking for.

But she didn't want to think about that. That's why she was out here.

Before she knew it, she had no idea where she was. She had walked and walked, taken a wrong turn somewhere and ended up walking along a string of dark buildings. Warehouses that were no longer in use. Relics from the divide, doubtless. Shadows clung to the gutters and cracks in the walls like old scars, and the windows were pitch black, reflecting light from flickering street lights.

It was dead silent, until a familiar sound of a motorcycle could be heard. She turned around. A single motocyclist drew up to a warehouse Tamsin had previously walked past. It had given her a bad vibe, so she'd given it a wide birth as she'd walked. Now though, she turned to see that the bike and it's rider were familiar. She'd worn that helmet herself not long before.

It was Shouhei.

She'd had a bad feeling since she passed that building. Was willing to let it go, but now she had to wonder if it wasn't something supernatural in origin...and if that was the case, she couldn't let Shouhei walk right into it. Her brow knit into a disgruntled knot as she turned to pace quickly back toward the building.

"Shouhei. Is that you?"

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Lupin was organizing the supplies that were going to be shipped to the Lunawell Orphanage as well as Selene as a whole. It was annoying that despite the fact Roi and some government official had organized a deal to supply Selene with you know the vital shit food water maybe some tools to help self sustain itself nope not once supplies have been delivered from the government it's always Lupin with his donation money and other supplies. "The Government is so lucky that people like seeing me bounce on a pogo stick. I am in half the mind to go up to the queen and complain."

Triboulet just as well timed as ever spoke up to try to convince Lupin otherwise. "And I am the other half of your mind that is telling you Lupin don't do it, that's not smart at all first of that bitch has control of an army of persona who all want to screw you over hard, second off why the fuck would she give a shit. Your just some orphan from a small town who's adoptive brother now controls. Do you really think that will pan out well" Lupin responded in his head annoyed "Your right that would dumb just to waltz up without an actual plan."

Lupin decided to close up the warehouse and call it a day. He started to get a lot colder all of a sudden, it was like this during Lupin's awakening so Lupin had a strange thought as the air around him choked him slightly. "Oh shit Triboulet do you think someone is about to go through an awakening?" Triboulet noted the gravity of the situation responded with a strained tone. "I don't think so it is around winter time but you should check around anyway just in case." Lupin then starts to bounce around on his pogo stick trying to see anyone in this grey path of warehouses. As Lupin was bouncing around he noticed two people talking to each other. Lupin knows who one of them is at least. It's Shouhei, and as for the other person a small girl with a baseball cap. Lupin acting against his better judgment decided to call out to the other two. "Hey is that you Shouhei? what are doing here? Who's your friend. I have so many questions right now." Lupin said this while bouncing on his pogo stick. Triboulet then snapped at Lupin "Lupin you Fool if there are demons about, you may have just alerted them to our location." Lupin was somewhat happy that he found a familiar face and decides to bounce closer hopefully those two don't mind.

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Isabelle was just finishing up with a few deals she needed to make for the underground arena she worked at, and was heading to the surface from one of the hidden entrances, a smile on her face as she had made quite a few good deals for the next few fights that got lined up, it was all really going to line her pockets....if she won...though honestly she didn't see much chance the other guys had, she had a bit of an edge thanks to Astarte, an edge they couldn't really detect or deal with, so it made it all the better.

Though as she got to the surface she felt that cold air, sure it was getting close to winter but she also had felt this air before "god damn it...." she grumbled a bit before she realized that meant she got to have a bit of a fight and she then smiled "On second thought this could be fun..." she finished as she closed the hidden door and headed off to where the feeling was getting stronger.

Thankfully before she turned the next corner she heard a voice calling out, then another, and she had to put her face in her hand a moment as she heard the name they were saying, thankfully she was out of sight at the moment and she peeked around the corner to see the three people gathering, and she only shook her head, keeping hidden for now as she was well aware that a demon would be showing up, the chill in the air that wasn't the temperature, she didn't know who was awakening though, but she also wasn't about to revile herself to whoever it was, so for now she watched the three from the shadows staying hidden.

Subject: Re: Special Delivery [Shouhei's Awakening] Mon May 06, 2019 11:11 am

Just a little further ahead lay the delivery point for this strange night-time delivery. The package Shouhei carried had a comfortable weight to it, one that could be felt as you tried to gauge its contents. The delivery instructions remained untouched, only to be read upon arrival at the destination.
Everyone other than Shouhei would feel the electricity in the air, lightning running through their veins in a way that marked the coming of ill things. The tension could be cut with a knife, as thickly as it hung in the air.
Shouhei, however, would feel something different - the call of something burning in his blood, the reach of something he couldn't ignore that set his every fibre alight will a passion that burned and seared into him. It was something that had to be answered, something that to ignore would be a greater humiliation than he had ever suffered or would ever suffer again.
The flames scorched his mind, demanding he answer the call of his blood.

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That same fire continued to burn within, building with intensity with each passing moment, matching the rapidly increasing beats of his heart. The frigid air no longer had any bearing upon his person, nor did anything surrounding him. Only a festering, searing heat that consumed his body, his mind, his very being. Shouhei staggered over to one knee, unable to bear this newfound weight that threatened to crush and swallow him whole.

“Let me out,” a singular voice called out amongst the inferno, echoing and resonating within his thoughts. With that said Shouhei’s arms felt the full force of this conflagration; it felt as if he had directly plunged his arms into the maw of a volcano. He roared in pain, his arms crossed, his hands clenching his shoulders in an attempt to stifle this excruciating sensation, to hold his body together in a pathetic attempt.

All too familiar voices also attempted to breach the tempest consuming him. His vision a murky haze, Shouhei’s shock in seeing them paled in comparison to the pain.

“T-Tamsin… Lupin…” he choked out in ragged breaths, his fingers clawing deeper into his agonizing shoulders, his mind unable to focus on any one thing for too long.

“R-run…”

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Tamsin's pace quickened as she neared Shouhei. As she did, there was a new person arriving. Someone Tamsin didnt know. She should have waited. Donned her garb and kept to the shadows. But now she was here and there wasnt anything she could do about. She wasnt about to leave Shouhei here. Not after the kindness he had shown her.

She knelt by him, placed a hand on his back where he knelt, and shook her head. "I'm not going anywhere. But you should. I'll take care of Shouhei, but things are about to get dangerous in ways I cant describe." she passed a look back to Lupin, directed the warning at him. Shouhei would already see her for who she was, she didnt want this stranger seeing it too. "Run away, and tell no one."

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As Shouhei collapsed Lupin quickly rushed to his side. "Shouhei!" Lupin saw how Shouhei was choking hard. "Triboulet tell me you know the Heimlich maneuver" Triboulet said in a annoyed tone. "Dude I am basically your Psyche manifested if you don't know CPR why would I know it." Lupin responded in a whiny voice. "You know how to shoot fire." "That's different, why are you arguing with me isn't your friend dying out or something?" "Oh Shit."

Lupin turned his attention backed to Shouhei. Lupin is now concerned for his health."Damnit I am used to helping kids not fully grown men, Ok Shouhei I know this sounds obvious but breathe in and out in and out." Lupin was not going to let Shouhei die here of all places. After all, he never got his burgers after that roof grill incident. Lupin is not going to let Shouhei die without making it up to him in some capacity. Rooftop cadets crazy gardeners they been through too much together for Lupin to just ditch him now.

Lupin noticed what the girl with the baseball cap said and registered her words carefully. "From the sounds of it this girl has a persona or some kind of demonic power." Triboulet said in serious tone. "Check around for cameras and if there are none I think you are good to go Lupin." Lupin have taken a quick look around to check for cameras. There are none.

Lupin turned to Tamsin and said to her. "Don't worry this isn't my first tussle with demons Tamsin I think Shouhei just called you, you can correct me later if I am wrong about the name. Because right now demons are coming." Lupin then transformed into his yellow and purple striped Psyche terrorist form complete with half melted happy theater mask with green soap shoes."I suggest that unless you got a way to fight back to just hide."

Triboulet pops and starts to stretch his body. "Oh yeah its good to be out of cramped space you call a skull Tempo" Lupin nodded and responded to to Triboulet "Get on standby and be ready for demons."

Lupin and Triboulet are ready for a scrap.

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Isabelle watched what was happening, and she could hear the girl tell the boy to run that it was something she would handle, this only got an eyebrow raise from Isabelle, if this boy wasn't aware of what was going on, then the girl just might have admitted to something dangerous, but then surprisingly the boy mentioned it wasn't his first tussle with demons? Well it would seem incidents like this had a tendency to attract people that were willing to help...or maybe it happened by chance? It was hard to say really, though when her's happened people showed up to help her as well.

Looking at the group the boy changed and Isabelle couldn't help but wonder if these people understood they needed to be careful with all this, considering the close call she and the others had it was best to keep it hidden it seemed. Though as she stood there she realized she should probably change to so she could help immediately once the Demons showed up for Shouhei, as they had shown up for her when this happened to her.

As she allowed the change to happen she stayed out of sight, her body growing and her hair and eyes changing color, her Fingerless gloves changing to Cestus, her legs becoming digitigrade and growing fur on them as a tail sprouted from her spine, and horns from her head, it always felt quite liberating and she could always hear Astarte rejoice at taking this form, maybe it was closer to her own? She would have to spend time getting to know her even more later.

Fully transformed now Rampage continued to watch from the Shadows keeping an eye open for the Demons that were sure to show up.

Subject: Re: Special Delivery [Shouhei's Awakening] Mon May 06, 2019 7:42 pm

The sense of foreboding intensified. A low roar started to rise in the ears of the awakened as the source of the electricity that could be felt approached.
Not in Shouhei's mind, though. His mind was ready to burst as a figure as what seemed to him a shadowy figure approached, one that set his body alight with a desire for its blood. The rest would see the figure sneer as it saw Lupin and Triboulet, casting a blade across its palm and scattering the blood to form a figure that brought searing heat to the world as it formed.

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As the demon stepped forward, the creature it had spawned reared back. Something screamed to be let loose on t̵h̸is̷ ͞g͡od҉damn ba҉ştard͏, a seed planted long ago blooming and awakening the thing that the biker had long carried with him to resume an old rivalry. The veil shattered as it stood over Shouhei, the fiery creature it had made of its blood spewing forth magma set on a path to destroy his motorcycle.

Now, his eyes were open to what had been set upon him as it turned its attentions to Lupin.

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"Do not interfere here. Stay your hand so I may recover his stolen limbs, and you each may leave unmolested. Let your companions know that before they act foolishly against the thunder."

Somehow, that made Shouhei's blood boil most of all.

Awaken, or be severed from your future hold.

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The world seemed to violently shake all around Shouhei, matching pace with the raging inferno within, thrashing, until it was ready to explode. The flesh on his arms appeared to be wreathed in crimson flame, burning brighter and brighter, to a brilliant shade of blue until finally a pure white blaze. Soon enough his body was engulfed entirely by the bright white flames until nothing but an opposing shadow, a white silhouette of Shouhei stood.

The fire died down to reveal Shouhei in a new form. A black biker helmet with a print of a reversed skull adorned him, followed by black leather and armored plates of steel to cover him. More importantly, his arms from shoulder to clawed fingertip were clad in jagged and spiked plates of crimson and ebony, adorned with demon-like skulls.

“My shackles have finally been released.” A voice, much like Shouhei’s own, but twisted and distorted came from within him. “These fools seek to claim me as their own. But you and I are one, Shouhei. Show them that we cannot easily be separated.

“I, Take-Minekata, shall lend my arms to you as our strength.”

Despite the absurdity of it all, it was as if Shouhei had known everything all along. This newfound strength he acquired, the Demon Take-Minekata, he had felt as if they were together for a long time. So Shouhei moved accordingly. His body once weak and wracked with pain, he felt a new vigor surging within as his footsteps carried him quicker than ever, his body moving in to intercept the flames that threatened to destroy his motorcycle.

The fire licked and crashed upon Shouhei as he defended his bike from imminent destruction; what would have immolated a normal person only caused seemingly minor injury to him in return. His arms crossed in defense, he swiped away the embers from his being in detest.

“Ya fuckin’ dumpster fire… I ain’t plannin’ on runnin’ away. If ya want it come get it,” his voice, altered by the helmet, had a powerful but strangely synthesized quality to its acoustics. Shouhei pointed his clawed finger at the two demons, then made a slitting motion across his neck.

“And don’tcha fuckin’ dare think ‘bout hurtin’ my friends.”

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Tamsin blinked when the boy transformed into a psyche terrorist. She wasn't sure if this was better or worse. On the one hand, it was one more person who would know her identity, but on the other hand, he was aligned with her kind of, so it wasn't as bad as if a civilian had seen.

She stood up and looked around, for cameras, civilians, unmarked cars, anything that could be recording what was going on right now. Seeing none of it, thankfully, she turned back to Shouhei. He was on fire. She stepped back away from him. This was not how her awakening had one. The monsters, showing up clear as day now, seemed to have it out for him. As far as Tamsin was concerned, he may have deserved it, she had no idea. But for the time being, She didn't trust a demon to keep to it's word anyway.

As Shouhei charged for his bike, blocking the fire with his newfound alternate appearance...Tamsin bit her lip. "For fuck's sake." the fourteen year old swore, stretching out her hands to either side, here colorful leather armor began to form around herself, and the bandanna and goggles that completed her bandit-like attire. "Brace yourselves. This one looks tough. You might want to stay behind me, Shouhei." She said, taking a few steps to put herself between Shouhei and the enemy. She addressed the samurai skeleton... "This is your chance to flee "unmolested." I may be small, but I promise you, I pack a punch."

	HP: 266/266 \|\| SP: 174/174
Level: 11 (Rank 6) Uses: 0 Wk/str: Earth/Strike HP: 266 / 266 (216) SP: 174 / 174 (193) PEnd: 26% MEnd: 26% Ppstr: 63 Pmstr: 28 Dx: 24 Lk: 85 (70)	*Counter Equipment Head \| Velvet Lenses : +50 HP (PVS) : Hands \| Suppression Gloves : -2% skill cost : Body \| Vest of Victory : +15 Luck : Feet \| Tearless Loafers : Minimum 20% agility : Accessory \| Shroud of Unbroken Soul : 4% HP Regen each combat turn :

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Lupin had a furious gaze set on these two demons. Too bad Lupin didn't fully understand what the demons meant when they said unmolstered. If the others could've seen what was underneath Lupin's mask it would be the face of someone who was absolutely livid. Lupin begins to talk in an angry and condescending tone with the demons with his right hand making a crushing gesture "How dare you to use that language in front of children you dishonorable perverted lowlife's if you two want to reclaim your honor and limbs you will state your names and fight me and my companions in combat."

Lupin is now pointing his pogo stick at the demons ready to pierce their bodies to dust. That is when Triboulet chimed up tapping Lupin on his shoulder using his big persona sleeves, he then whispered into Lupin's ear. "Ah Tempo your friend is on fire buddy I suggest you do something about that." Lupin in shock responded to Triboulet with concern in his eyes. "Isn't he supposed to be awakening his persona? Why is he on fire. Did that happen in my awakening." Triboulet then told Lupin a simple fact. "I was in your head at the time I am not sure you might have to ask Romeo later but right now help Shouhei." Lupin nodded and turned to Shouhei to help him. "Shouhei I am coming to help"

Only for Shouhei to get back and to rocking a sweat biker outfit. He even got a voice synthesizers. "Never mind you don't need my help. Ok just help me kick these pervs ass you two."

Lupin and Triboulet are ready to roll.

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And as if Right on que the Demons appeared, and Shouhei seemed to have awakened, he even blocked the attack meant for his bike, "Well seems I can come out now" she said quietly to herself.....till she seen the smaller girl change into Runaway? well Shit...Wicked wouldn't be to happy if something happened to her...

With that realization Rampage came out of the shadows and started to rush down the street towards the fight, to the group they would hear the loud rumble of her now hooved feet hitting the ground as if they turned around they would see the 8'7" tall Minotaur woman rushing towards the group with death in her eyes.

Wicked would be rather upset if she let anything happen to Runaway, and besides she was here, Runaway had been quite frazzled by what she saw that one night, and no doubt she needed at least a friend around, Though...if that girl was Runaway, then Where was Wicked? she would have assumed she would be with her considering how she seemed to worry about the girl.

In the end that didn't matter, she needed to help....well maybe she didn't NEED to help but she certainly wanted to, Though Shouhei being a PT like her was a bit worrying...he was already slightly creepy in the way he had basically searched for her to talk to her at the gym not to long ago, she would have to clear things up with him later though, and she wasn't about to show him it was her coming to help, not for now anyway.

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» A Delivery Request (Ace)
» Delivery Guy, at your service! [Open]
» Cold Hard Cash [Shiina/Lisa Delivery Topic]
» A Little Something For Someone Special [Callie/Shouhei]
» A Special Kind of Hoo[Gabe]