Chapter 13- Headin' For the Forest
"Wolf, do you have a computer here?"
Spacy looked at Neko with those piercing blue eyes.
"Yeah, it's in the room by the kitchen. By the way call me Spacy from now on."
With out a word of acknowledgment she slipped down from the couch, and padded to the computer.
It's not like you had a choice. You needed to play the damsel in distress role. All the whimpers, and look of fear amounts to something. The wolf is loyal to you now. He trusts you.
Yet the cat felt bad. She had no conscience. That was for humans. She had not been human since…ever.
Jeez, you should be proud of yourself for the great acting job you did. Don't go soft now.
Changing quickly to human form again to type she flicked open the machine.
Quickly going to a message board she typed in her request.
From Crsh667
Time: 9pm EST
Post # 1
In need of assassin/omnipotent authors or anybody with reasonable power/skill
Job: Will fill in later
Pay: Depending on outcome. Will pay in anything, even beer
-Thank you
-Crash667
-P.S. You will get a quick background check, and then given the address.
P.P.S. No vibrating sheep of doom please
She turned the machine off again.
The wolf won't like the new people I play to hire. Well he wants to get out alive doesn't he?
"Yes the wolf will understand"
So yet again she had rationalized an irrational decision by talking to herself.
Changing into cat form (and knocking a few mirrors off the wall on the way) she walked back to where the wolf was watching a tree outside with a dude standing on a branch.
The other wolf will come. He will join our attempt. And we will wait...
*******
Moore's phone started beeping and he opened it up to check the forum he was listed with.
"Hmm skill and powers, that I've got.... Don't want beer, it's pretty vague but still I need the cash, assassin hmm I've done that before."
He types in a reply.
From Koryorto
Time: 9:10pm EST
Post #58
I'm willing to accept the job can you give anymore details?
-Saiyonara
*post*
"Knowing my luck it'll take months for a reply."
*******
Karu took a sidelong glance at Tanetris, and smirked. "Well now that he's developed some manners, do we let him back in?"
Tanetris spoke through clenched jaws. "Are you kidding?"
"What do you think?" The kitsune's ever-present smile turned sly again. "Soo....why sundown?" Karu picked up the little white ball, pretending to peer into its depths, then tilted her delicately shaped head back up. The sky was just starting to become tinged with yellow. "Speakin' o' which, it's getting near sunset."
*******
Neko heard the computer beep. There must have been a reply to her message. Quickly she shot for the computer.
Scanning the reply, she traced the guy.
His name is Moore. Not the name of any Council member I know. Let's do a quick background check.
Background check for Moore in MegaTokyo file
Status: New arrival
Associations: None
Warnings: None
Re:
From Crash667
Time: 9:20pm EST
Post #2
Your background check went fine. Please come to this address as soon as possible. Some details can be only given in person.
Also be sure to come by the right door unless you want to get mauled. ^-^
*******
Tanetris lifted his head to look out the window, nodding. Almost sunset, which meant it was time to get this show on the road or wait for tomorrow night. As tempting as giving up on the day was, he knew he couldn't keep Karu entertained for 24 hours, and he didn't want a bored kitsune on his hands.
"Back in the weapons gallery, there's a pair of blue and red pendants, just left of the throwing knives. Get them for me please? When worn, anyone who doesn't have the sister-pendant and attempts to teleport to within 100 feet of the wearer gets dumped in the middle of the Pacific instead. Should keep that guy off our backs," he spoke.
While the kitsune went for the pendants, Tanetris took out the bloody hair he had acquired earlier. Pressing a button, the ball came apart at the middle, and he put the hair in, closing it again just as Karu returned with the pendants, already wearing one. Putting his on, Tanetris beckoned her to follow him upstairs, where both slipped out of a window where they both easily leaped onto the roof of the house behind his. As the last rays of the sun dwindled away over the horizon, the ball began humming and vibrating. Tanetris dropped it, and despite the fact that it was made of metal, it bounced back up nearly to his shoulders. After several moments of bouncing in place, the ball bounced four feet away, ahead and slightly to the left of the way they were facing, and bounced in place there, waiting to be followed.
Tanetris remained in half-wolf form, preferring to have full access to his weapons over the slight speed advantage of full-wolf form, particularly the trap-detecting sai. Turning to Karu, he simply said, "Let's go," and they were off, both running at full-speed toward whatever was awaiting them.
*******
After sitting there for maybe a minute or more Gorion heard a sound.
"That must be the tracking ball I saw. Hmm I do not have enough power left to teleport. So maybe I can follow from the sky. Levotate and fly."
He flies in to the air and sees them running at full speed. Then he flies high and fast so not to be noticed. He uses his sunglasses to track them.
"Hopefully they will lead me to the other werewolf."
*******
"Wonder wha- *beep beep* oh a reply.... That's not..... Too far, man I really don't want to leave those two.... Still a job's a job"
Moore climbed back up the building and jumped from one to the other, he got to the target address and jumped down from the building opposite.
Okay quick equipment check..... Okay everything here, now what door was it? Oh yea the right.
He walked over to the building keeping a look out for anybody in the shadows.
It'd be just my luck if Slash is here, *shrugs* now should I knock or what.... Eh I'll just knock
"Why do I feel like I should've brought that silver dagger?"
He knocked lightly on the door.
*******
Sean opened his eyes. MiMizu was suddenly gone, and he was somehow standing on top of some building somewhere.
Did I miss an entire day? he thought, looking at his watch. It was set back an hour from when he last remembered looking.
Looks like I've got to get off this building...
With a quick look left and right, Sean was suddenly enveloped in light, and the light shrunk down to a tiny size, and there appeared a much smaller Sean, less then two inches tall. Wings flipped out from his back, small and fluffy.
Better stay in this form for awhile, besides the council-types said if I interfered I could get terminated instantly. Best not be seen.
With that, and a light jump, Sean soon found himself soaring over MegaTokyo. Being in a...well, let's call it a "mini guardian" form, Sean instinctively looked around for a place to be, and something to do. There had to be somebody around here that needed council of some sort.... Not that he was any good at the job.
Hm... sunset. It'll be getting dark soon.......
*******
"Ha~ha." Karu was in high spirits. Running around in the dark...thin silver of crescent moon in the sky...chaos brewing...this was the sort of thing Karu lived for. She let out a joyful cry and sprinted ahead of the silver wolf several meters, dashed through the open door of an apartment, leapt out the next door, then sat down and waited of "Tannie" to catch up, little white ball bounding along in front of him.
"Looks like we're heading for the Urufu Forest District." commented the six-tails, looking up at the terrain ahead as she loped along. A keen-eyed person (or in this case, fox or wolf) could spot the hints of treetops through the rapidly thinning apartment complexes of MegaTokyo. Not that forests in the middle of MT were unusual; Urufu was just one of the many districts here in MegaTokyo that catered to "special needs."
"Yeah." grunted Tanetris, not particularly talkative at the moment.
Karu however, was.
"This'll be a lot of fun. I know the Urufu's pretty well. They're an older haunt of mine. F'that matter, I might still have a couple of contacts there. I wonder how old Shoka's doing..." The kitsune rambled on, not really even listening to herself. "...And that's how I single-handedly dispatched a pack of Cultists that were invading my den during the first Fanboy war. Not that I don't mind a good rave. Fun stuff. But as a werecat I knew once said-'It's fun to play in the dark, but you have to come up for air eventually.'--Oh, and by the way, your sais are glowing"
"Hn," Tanetris glanced down at his belt. "So they are. THEY ARE?-" Tanetris looked up just in time to see a large spiked log drop down out of the tree-tops, straight at him.
Tanetris and Karu reacted instantly, both in different ways. Tanetris flung himself at the ground, going flat. Karu, on the other paw, jumped agilely up and vaulted over the swinging log.
*******
AC scanned through the information on her computer screen, looking for anything of interest. Eventually she came across a message posted on one message board that looked promising. There were all ready replies, but she might still get lucky. She quickly posted a reply of her own.
From ACDragonMaster
Time: 10:35pm EST
Post #1
RE: From Crsh667
Time: 9pm EST
Post # 1
In need of assassin/omnipotent authors or anybody with reasonable power/skill
Sounds interesting. I have considerable experience with plot manipulation via Author Omnipotence, and can give examples of previous work as well as demonstrations. Let me know if you're interested.
After posting her reply AC went back to looking for more potential targets for both demonstration and for fun.
"Wolf, do you have a computer here?"
Spacy looked at Neko with those piercing blue eyes.
"Yeah, it's in the room by the kitchen. By the way call me Spacy from now on."
With out a word of acknowledgment she slipped down from the couch, and padded to the computer.
It's not like you had a choice. You needed to play the damsel in distress role. All the whimpers, and look of fear amounts to something. The wolf is loyal to you now. He trusts you.
Yet the cat felt bad. She had no conscience. That was for humans. She had not been human since…ever.
Jeez, you should be proud of yourself for the great acting job you did. Don't go soft now.
Changing quickly to human form again to type she flicked open the machine.
Quickly going to a message board she typed in her request.
From Crsh667
Time: 9pm EST
Post # 1
In need of assassin/omnipotent authors or anybody with reasonable power/skill
Job: Will fill in later
Pay: Depending on outcome. Will pay in anything, even beer
-Thank you
-Crash667
-P.S. You will get a quick background check, and then given the address.
P.P.S. No vibrating sheep of doom please
She turned the machine off again.
The wolf won't like the new people I play to hire. Well he wants to get out alive doesn't he?
"Yes the wolf will understand"
So yet again she had rationalized an irrational decision by talking to herself.
Changing into cat form (and knocking a few mirrors off the wall on the way) she walked back to where the wolf was watching a tree outside with a dude standing on a branch.
The other wolf will come. He will join our attempt. And we will wait...
"Hmm skill and powers, that I've got.... Don't want beer, it's pretty vague but still I need the cash, assassin hmm I've done that before."
He types in a reply.
From Koryorto
Time: 9:10pm EST
Post #58
I'm willing to accept the job can you give anymore details?
-Saiyonara
*post*
"Knowing my luck it'll take months for a reply."
Tanetris spoke through clenched jaws. "Are you kidding?"
"What do you think?" The kitsune's ever-present smile turned sly again. "Soo....why sundown?" Karu picked up the little white ball, pretending to peer into its depths, then tilted her delicately shaped head back up. The sky was just starting to become tinged with yellow. "Speakin' o' which, it's getting near sunset."
Scanning the reply, she traced the guy.
His name is Moore. Not the name of any Council member I know. Let's do a quick background check.
Background check for Moore in MegaTokyo file
Status: New arrival
Associations: None
Warnings: None
Re:
From Crash667
Time: 9:20pm EST
Post #2
Your background check went fine. Please come to this address as soon as possible. Some details can be only given in person.
Also be sure to come by the right door unless you want to get mauled. ^-^
"Back in the weapons gallery, there's a pair of blue and red pendants, just left of the throwing knives. Get them for me please? When worn, anyone who doesn't have the sister-pendant and attempts to teleport to within 100 feet of the wearer gets dumped in the middle of the Pacific instead. Should keep that guy off our backs," he spoke.
While the kitsune went for the pendants, Tanetris took out the bloody hair he had acquired earlier. Pressing a button, the ball came apart at the middle, and he put the hair in, closing it again just as Karu returned with the pendants, already wearing one. Putting his on, Tanetris beckoned her to follow him upstairs, where both slipped out of a window where they both easily leaped onto the roof of the house behind his. As the last rays of the sun dwindled away over the horizon, the ball began humming and vibrating. Tanetris dropped it, and despite the fact that it was made of metal, it bounced back up nearly to his shoulders. After several moments of bouncing in place, the ball bounced four feet away, ahead and slightly to the left of the way they were facing, and bounced in place there, waiting to be followed.
Tanetris remained in half-wolf form, preferring to have full access to his weapons over the slight speed advantage of full-wolf form, particularly the trap-detecting sai. Turning to Karu, he simply said, "Let's go," and they were off, both running at full-speed toward whatever was awaiting them.
"That must be the tracking ball I saw. Hmm I do not have enough power left to teleport. So maybe I can follow from the sky. Levotate and fly."
He flies in to the air and sees them running at full speed. Then he flies high and fast so not to be noticed. He uses his sunglasses to track them.
"Hopefully they will lead me to the other werewolf."
Moore climbed back up the building and jumped from one to the other, he got to the target address and jumped down from the building opposite.
Okay quick equipment check..... Okay everything here, now what door was it? Oh yea the right.
He walked over to the building keeping a look out for anybody in the shadows.
It'd be just my luck if Slash is here, *shrugs* now should I knock or what.... Eh I'll just knock
"Why do I feel like I should've brought that silver dagger?"
He knocked lightly on the door.
Did I miss an entire day? he thought, looking at his watch. It was set back an hour from when he last remembered looking.
Looks like I've got to get off this building...
With a quick look left and right, Sean was suddenly enveloped in light, and the light shrunk down to a tiny size, and there appeared a much smaller Sean, less then two inches tall. Wings flipped out from his back, small and fluffy.
Better stay in this form for awhile, besides the council-types said if I interfered I could get terminated instantly. Best not be seen.
With that, and a light jump, Sean soon found himself soaring over MegaTokyo. Being in a...well, let's call it a "mini guardian" form, Sean instinctively looked around for a place to be, and something to do. There had to be somebody around here that needed council of some sort.... Not that he was any good at the job.
Hm... sunset. It'll be getting dark soon.......
"Looks like we're heading for the Urufu Forest District." commented the six-tails, looking up at the terrain ahead as she loped along. A keen-eyed person (or in this case, fox or wolf) could spot the hints of treetops through the rapidly thinning apartment complexes of MegaTokyo. Not that forests in the middle of MT were unusual; Urufu was just one of the many districts here in MegaTokyo that catered to "special needs."
"Yeah." grunted Tanetris, not particularly talkative at the moment.
Karu however, was.
"This'll be a lot of fun. I know the Urufu's pretty well. They're an older haunt of mine. F'that matter, I might still have a couple of contacts there. I wonder how old Shoka's doing..." The kitsune rambled on, not really even listening to herself. "...And that's how I single-handedly dispatched a pack of Cultists that were invading my den during the first Fanboy war. Not that I don't mind a good rave. Fun stuff. But as a werecat I knew once said-'It's fun to play in the dark, but you have to come up for air eventually.'--Oh, and by the way, your sais are glowing"
"Hn," Tanetris glanced down at his belt. "So they are. THEY ARE?-" Tanetris looked up just in time to see a large spiked log drop down out of the tree-tops, straight at him.
Tanetris and Karu reacted instantly, both in different ways. Tanetris flung himself at the ground, going flat. Karu, on the other paw, jumped agilely up and vaulted over the swinging log.
From ACDragonMaster
Time: 10:35pm EST
Post #1
RE: From Crsh667
Time: 9pm EST
Post # 1
In need of assassin/omnipotent authors or anybody with reasonable power/skill
Sounds interesting. I have considerable experience with plot manipulation via Author Omnipotence, and can give examples of previous work as well as demonstrations. Let me know if you're interested.
After posting her reply AC went back to looking for more potential targets for both demonstration and for fun.