CHAPTER TWO
The sun was setting as Li began to return inside with the thought of finding a workshop of some sort, it was probably more of a wood workshop, but he could make it work...hopefully.
He stopped as a shiver went down his spine as he quickly turned his head around the see the setting sun. "Huh, must be my imagination." with that thought, he entered inside the male ward.
A hand gripped the wrist of another hand within the shadows, close to the double doors Li walked in through as the setting sun basked some light on the shadow, but not enough to erase it entirely.
"Calm down." the figure told themselves. "Not now, the sun is still setting."
The figure in the male ward, was clearly a male. He had short black hair that spiked out in several directions as well as having a few small locks of hair falling in front of his eyes, which were a deep blood red.
His prison garbs consisted of a short sleeved white top that was quite common with the orange jumpsuits, but he was also wearing a pair of matching white bottoms that seemed to be similar to the black and white striped pants, but these ones were completely white. The figure standing in the shadows was currently barefoot and was wearing handcuffs that bound him from using his arms pretty much.
The blood red eyes just continued to stare at the double doors before the figure shuffled over to the reinforced chain link fence that guarded the outdoor training equipment.
He pressed his face up against the fence as his tongue slid out of his mouth, entering the space that Li had cut his finger on. His tongue swirled around, licking any and all droplets of blood that was left on the fence.
Not a single spec of blood remained as this black haired figure fell to his knees and smiled blissfully. "Refreshing~" the figure weakly stood up and walked back into the shadows, towards the double doors. "I haven't had blood in a while. Shame." he frowned at the sun that had yet to vanish completely.
"It's not much, but it'll suffice for now. Until the moon rises."
He couldn't wait for the moon to rise, by then he'd be wide awake.
"So, what was this email you received?" Eris asked, leaning forward in her chair as her exposed eye focused solely on her fellow warden.
Seimei leaned back on the dark green, leather couch. "Well the interesting email was about our little problem. We also got available assistance from Riot Hero, Furore." he placed the papers in his hands on the small coffee table nearby. "However, Furore's assistance was more of a general offer rather than a specific problem."
"I did get some other emails." he revealed. "The first was from our guard on vacation. The second was from our benefactor."
Seimei watched Eris' expression shift from the influx of information.
"That's good. While we don't really need help, the offer is always nice and having it on hand when we need it is great." she clasped her hands together that resembled a prayer as her eyes focused into space for a second before locking eyes once more with Seimei. "And they're coming back? That's great! But what's that about our benefactor?"
"Just that our recent benefactor here wants to schedule another meeting in the future." he watched as Eris sigh.
The female warden rubbed her temples as she glanced towards the window on her right. "That old man."
The male warden stood after spotting the time on the clock. "Well, I believe it's time for me to return to my own office for the time being. It's almost time for my own meeting."
"Right." Eris pulled out a laptop from one of the drawer of the desk and opened it up. "Sei, be sure to send me those emails later."
Seimei smiled as he opened the door. "Sure thing, Eri."
Muika was currently sorting out the three new files she received as she walked around a room that was padded with soft colours among dimmed lights. A maroon coloured chaise lounge sat in the middle of the room and looked very comfortable to lay on with similar styled and coloured armchair.
The only outdoor source of natural light came from a large window that was covered by a large dark purple curtain that was currently blocking the said source of light (that was almost gone for the day).
The purple clad guard who was more of a counsellor placed the three new files on her desk next to a filing cabinet. This was her job after all.
Counsel the inmates that needed it.
"Hey, it's almost quitting time for you." the voice of Osamu called out as Muika immediately turned to face her older brother. "You should start heading off now."
"I-I'm just putting new files away just now."
Osamu looked around the room that was spruced up by his sister. "I still remember when this room was more grey than anything. You did a good job with the interior."
"Thanks, I quite like it too." she smiled as she glanced back to her brother. "Thanks again for helping me."
Osamu blinked at that. "Nah, that's fine Muika." he gave a short laugh. "You should be thanking our bosses for that."
The purple clad guard put the files on the desk away as she responded, "I guess I should, but you also played an i-important part in that too." The older brother shook his head.
"Come on, it's getting late." Osamu walked out of the room first, leaving Muika behind as she gave one last look to the room before flicking the light switch off, leaving the room in complete darkness.
Seimei was back in his own warden's office as he looked across from his desk to see a rather new face. "Are you prepared for your first day?" he asked as he got a better look at the new guard.
He was a small and lean individual with short and messy sandy blonde and white hair with two extremely large fennec fox like ears, two round dark brownish hazel eyes, fox like fangs and his facial features had a rather fox like shape. The new guard had slight tanned skin and possessed a bushy fox like tail that was slightly darker in colour than his hair, with the tip of the tail being coloured black.
He was wearing the standard guard uniform, however it was edited and altered for him as it had a hole in the pants for his tail and lacked the guard hat.
"I'm ready, sir." the new guard said with vigour.
Seimei smiled with a shake of his head. "That's good to hear. I'm just sorry you have to start your first shift as a guard during the night."
The foxy guard tilted his head to the side a little a bit confused. "Why's that sir? Wouldn't night shift ease me into the routine?"
The warden leaned back in his chair as a smile graced his face. "That is indeed true Hokori." a finger moved the strand of wavy hair out of the way. "However, at night while there is fewer prisoners, that also means less guards. Now don't get the wrong idea, there's still plenty of guards patrolling at night and security is still the same as the day, but not as much as during the day in terms of guard numbers."
The guard, Hokori, watched as one of his bosses pressed a button that was connected to a phone, probably an intercom of some sort. "Your fellow coworker will be here shortly to show you around."
The doors opened as a new guard walked in. This guard wore the same standard uniform without much change, in fact, it didn't have any addition details and was just the plain old uniform. He was taller than the new guard but was also a bit slender as well. His white hair seemed somewhat spiky as it was confined by the green guard cap, he also possessed a dark skin tone that went well with his white hair as his pale yellow eyes locked onto Hokori.
"Hokori, meet Bunri Shikiri. Bunri, meet Hokori Arashi." Seimei introduced the two. "Bunri will be showing you around the prison on your first shift."
Bunri raised his hand into a simple wave. "Nice to meet ya, Hokori. Glad to have you with us."
"Nice to meet you too!" the fox said rather energetically.
"One last thing, Hokori. While we are dealing with criminals, not all criminals are necessarily bad people. Some don't deserve to live, yet others do. Keep that in mind."
The fox guard saluted once more. "Got it sir." a smile graced the fox-eared guard's face. "Keep an open mind when it comes to the prisoners, basically. Got it."
Within a matter of seconds, Hokori got the basic tour of the place as they walked down the halls. "Most prisoners are in their cells, but there's a few prisoners that have yet to call it a night, mostly those who are more nocturnal due to their quirk. However, the inmates that stay out at night have a curfew and don't have much time to stay up or out long."
"And so it's our job to make sure they follow the rules."
"Bingo."
Bunri led Hokori down a flight of stairs as they passed different cells and even rooms. "We'll introduce you to the other staff later, but that's the prisoner workshop, mainly for woodwork. We also have facilities for when inmates get injured and even a place to counsel them." Bunri continued on before he held out his hand, stopping the new recruit in his tracks.
"What's wro—" the large fennec fox ears twitched. "Oh!"
Bunri sighed. "Guess your first hour into your shift is going to put you right into the action."
Bunri then watched with wide eyes as Hokori ran ahead. Great.
Li sighed as he walked out of the woodwork workshop. "Not much in there, but maybe I can make something work, but it seems everything is locked down during the night." He couldn't go that far in to begin with.
Noticing that the moon was out, it was time to return to his cell. Yet…
...
He couldn't help but shiver.
Li barely had the time to react as a small cut appeared on his arm as he forced himself to fall to the side.
He was attacked.
Li saw his attacker instantly. The assaulter licked their sharp teeth that drew out Li's blood. "Ah, that's the stuff." the black haired blood addict titled his head back as he licked his lips. "You're blood is different. Something new."
"Why the fuck did I have to run into a weirdo?" Li grumbled mentally as he sent the attacker a narrowed glare. If it was a fight he wanted, it was a fight he was going to get.
"You don't mind if I drink some more, do you?" the attacker dashed towards Li once more, this time Li had more time to react to the sudden attacker.
He was slightly faster than before.
The attacker did not go straight for Li right away, instead choosing to bounce onto the wall and pushing off it, barrelling faster towards Li.
Li, defending himself, threw a punch at the speeding, insane man who not only dodged the punch effortlessly with greater speed, but also flipped over him. "I'm willing to play with my food~." said the clearly insane blood drinker.
"Urgh, I don't have time for thi—" Li found himself on the defensive as the man attacked once more, this time aiming his fangs to get some of his blood.
The blood addict leapt once more, barring his own fangs towards the new arrival in the prison as a pair of feet implanted into the face of the attacker.
"Halt!" Hokori yipped loudly as he jumped off the attacked that was sent to the floor with a well placed kick.
The attacked tumbled somewhat before getting back onto his feet, glaring at this guard he had never seen before.
"Rin Yonaga, stand down and return to your cell now." Bunri called out as he walked onto the scene.
The now named Rin hissed in return. "Give me your blood!" he tried to move forward but was held back by a pair of arms.
"I said, return to your cell, Rin." Bunri said as he held Rin from behind, keeping him in place as he also walked forward towards the inmate.
The original Bunri glanced at his clone and nodded, causing the clone to walk off with Rin.
"So that's his quirk?" Hokori thought as he watched while Li had similar thoughts.
Bunri then took notice of Li. "You, new arrival. It's getting late, return to your cell immediately."
Li put his hands in the jumpsuits pockets as he walked off to go to his cell. That was what he was doing before anyway. Bunri gestured Hokori to follow as they approached Bunri's clone as they threw Rin into his cell.
This was his quirk.
Division: A cloning quirk that divides the user in basic terms, but only through the geometric progression such as: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, etc. This also applies to the clones themselves as they can also divide, but is still connected to the original and their geometric progression.
Rin screamed as his cell was locked down for the night. The screaming was aimless and incoherent, the only thing that made sense was the occasional shout for blood. Thankfully his cell deafened it a bit.
"Don't let tonight fool you, Hokori." Bunri warned his junior guard. "Just because you managed to put a stop to a inmate quickly, not all fights will be like that."
The fennec fox guard's ears twitched as he nodded silently.
"I'm also glad that Rin's quirk wasn't at its strongest. His quirk can be difficult to handle at times." Bunri added.
"What about that other inmate?"
Bunri just gave him a smile. "That's what we're going to do now. Make sure he's locked up in that cell of his."
The night was silent, especially when Rin finally calmed down from his blood fit. Yet, not everyone was sleeping this night.
"So this is my new life now?" wondered one Demelza as she stared up at the ceiling in her cell. Her dull silver eyes couldn't really focus on anything, so she focused on staring at the ceiling.
It was boring, that was for sure.
"However, I did meet new people." Nozomi, Koneko and Sora entered her mind as she thought about it. "They'd be good to be around."
"I wonder how those other two are doing?" she thought back to the only other two she came with on the bus ride over. Li and Jin she recalled. The memories on the bus were silent, and she was fine with that. "Not like I won't see them again with the co-ed area."
Her eyes drifted over to the small, barred window as the moonlight seeped into the cell, illuminating the bed she laid on, and even herself. Demelza picked up the mask she wore today. "Still can't believe I got to wear something like this in here."
As she dropped the mask and stared up at the ceiling once more, her eyelids got significantly heavy. "...today was a busy day..." and before long, she closed her eyes and quickly fell asleep.
It was the crack of dawn as a black boot stepped on the step of the grey bus. The bus driver turned her skeleton skull-looking head towards the new arrival on the bus. "Hey, good to see you again." the bus driver greeted, as she wore the same standard outfit. "Ready to go back?"
"...Yes." the deep voice of the new arrival confirmed.
The bus driver turned back to the road and revved the engine. "Then let's go, back to Styx!"
Hey, Merry Christmas.
I hope you all had a good christmas/holiday, and hope you all enjoy the rest of it to! ^v^ Consider this a christmas gift, maybe. Anyways, here are the rest now that the SYOC is closed (and please, those who have talked to me prior about sending OCs in/those with extensions, time is going to come to a close for those). Please note, that the new inmate is only because of previously mentioned inmate extensions.
INMATE ROSTER
Touya Kotaki (Kaolyn)
GUARD ROSTER
Hokori Arashi (Wolfgang1795)
Shi Banken (Wolfgang1795)
Alexios Tatopoulos (Crimson Spider Lily)
But I can say for now, the SYOC is officially closed and the story is good to go. Now go out there and have a blast. A bit of a short chapter, but I wanted to get something out for the Christmas Holidays (even though it's a little late depending on your time zone). Have a good one everyone!
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays.