THE WORLD ENDS WITH YOU [welcome to shibuya]

[sephiroth2]

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Sleif looked down from the rock face, watching as Kyoroj leaped down onto the ground, and briefly collided with a lone player.
"Why, I do apologize, dear lady, for my clumsiness..." Sleif heard Kyoroj start to say to the girl, until he finally realised what had happened.

"Why, Sleif, I think I've found one..." Kyoroj said back to Sleif. "Why yes! It appears you have.....!" Sleif began to say as he turned and walked through the darkness that was in front of him.
"Have fun now!" his voice seemed to echo from it, before closing.

Sleif casually walked through the darkness, looking at message which had appeared on his phone. It was from Shouten, and he seemed to have been asking about further orders.
Not taking his eyes away from the message, Sleif raised his free hand towards the darkness, causing a rift to open before him.

Walking through it, Sleif arrived just behind Shouten, just at the moment he putted his phone away. "Well, here you are!" Sleif said to Shouten, a slight grin on his face as he found him.
"I know you must feel rather bored! So why don't you go and have some fun with any players you find!" said Sleif.

[Imperial Chaos]

Just as soon as he placed his phone away, Sleif appeared. Ah...A search and destroy? Better that than nothing at all. Giving a mock salute to his boss, he jumped out of the window using his wolf like senses to search for some unsuspecting victim. He bounded through the streets of Shibuya, taking a sharp turn at random intervals and corners. He quickly placed his earphones on to get an extra rush of adrenaline. He rushed past several other Reapers until he stopped near ne corner where he could have sworn that he had smelled a player...

[Takushi Rena]

"Ahh!"

The compulsive cry only cued the stumble back of Kusari. Thankfully, she hadn't gone tumbling, but it was indeed close. She was too busy looking to even notice anyone walking by! She cursed under her breath, seeming very mad at herself for just a moment. She should've been watching herself, not staring up, and making sure nobody randomly ran into her. The tomboy immediately assumed that it was just someone walking down this dark corner of Shibuya, someone who probably couldn't see her; she kind of figured out that people weren't able to see her, or they would've noticed those shadows and creatures yesterday, which they failed completely at.

Kusari gave an quick bow, lowering her head, as she apologized, "Sumimasen..." They probably wouldn't have heard her, anyways, but it was better to apologize than to just walk off. The tomboy went to turn and take off back towards her partner, but she failed to do so. Just as she tried to turn, a voice perked up.

Why, Sleif, I think I've found one...

Kusari stared, eyes wide, at this figure. All of the colour drained from her skin, making that bit of blue in her hair brighter than ever, and she froze once more. Heart pounding, fear latched onto the kid's stomach. Once again, she couldn't move. This had to be one of them: it had to be a Reaper! Why, oh why, did she have to meet a Reaper!?

Why yes! It appears you have.....!

Another figure had appeared; not another one...!

Have fun now!

Yet, they disappeared much faster than they had appeared. The tomboy took a step backwards, trying not to look so terrified, but she felt her heart race faster than when she had noticed the Reaper in the first place. But, what if it wasn't even a Reaper? Wait... what was a Reaper in the first place? Those guy sending those text messages? Crap, she couldn't even remember... Yet, she couldn't help but be terrified, especially by what that last guy said.

"What!?" she exclaimed, blue eyes widening, "No, don't... Please don't! I didn't do anything bad, I swear!" Great, she felt like she was pleading; or maybe whining...

[Ack, I'll be back with Kage's part later D: Maybe not tonight, but I'll be back with it; I promise!]

[Sora the warrior]

"He scanned the area trying to decipher the message. He couldn't scan some people in the area.
"Who are these people. Are these thoughts? If so, how come these guys aren't thinking?" He asked himself. The players beside him couldn't be scanned though. So he walked up to the ones with wings.

[Akans]

"What?! No, don't... Please don't! I didn't do anything bad, I swear!" Kyoroj heard the Player say.

He chuckled mockingly.
"You may not have.... but your still in this game. Whether or not you did something bad is irrelevant. But don't worry, I won't hurt you. I'm just need to occupy you for......" He checked his watch. "Oh, 53 minutes and 29 seconds. Or else I get erased. It's a lose-lose situation isn't it?"

Kyoroj sighed. "Well, do you wish to continue talking, or do you want to do something else? Like run away? I promise I won't do anything if you don't do anything. But if you run away, I might be forced to do something. Painful."

"Want to listen to some music while we wait? Classical?" He snapped his fingers, and Mozart's 5th Symphony suddenly materialized in the dark alleyway. "Or pop? Rap? Personally, I like heavy metal, but you don't seem like the type." He grinned.

"52 minutes and 47 seconds left."

[Takushi Rena]

She had felt so damn pathetic just a moment ago. She believed this guy one of those sending out messages to them and she still didn't trust him one bit, even though he didn't start punching her or anything like any bad guy would. Now, Kusari just glanced up at him, still looking rather freaked out.

But don't worry, I won't hurt you. I'm just need to occupy you for...... Oh, 53 minutes and 29 seconds. Or else I get erased. It's a lose-lose situation isn't it?

Okay, so he had to follow her. She didn't get why, which she wanted to know terribly, and wanted nothing more than to take off while screaming 'Find someone else!' in his face. But, she was way too shy to do any of that; well, excluding the run away part, which she could do in a heartbeat. Her mind seemed to trail off, however, after hearing that he had to follow her as she glanced behind her. Kusari heard some sort of strange music, unlike anything she ever heard before, but was more concerned with something else. Or someone else.

Eyes wide, the tomboy abruptly took off down the alley. Something was missing; something wasn't there...

"RIKU!!"

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A groan emitted from his mouth. A figure appeared from behind the counter, carrying a rather large bottle full of some bronze-coloured liquid.

"Hey hey..." the man pulled himself to his feet and scuffed his shoes as he stepped towards a fox; that was definitely Cam...

"You don't have to do all of that..." Kage said just before he took a big swig from the bottle. He found rum behind the counter, up on the shelves of drinks. He occasionally stole a bottle every now and then, knowing that the last time the cabinet had been opened was when some crazy guy with sunglasses and a creepy smirk was here. However, Kage never seemed to get drunk, no matter how much he tried; and the bottle only had about a fourth or so left and he still wasn't drunk.

He swung the bottle around a bit, trying his best to at least act drunk. "It's just me, ya know. Nobody else's here, 'specially not our idiot Conductor thankfully."

Kage took another gulp of the bronze liquid, "You want a drink or somethin'? There's tons of 'em and nobody knows they exist."

[Sora_Rox_My_Sox]

Akira sat lazily on the grass, a small island surrounded by concrete, watching everybody mull around. "What the hell is going on?" She shouted out to them, hoping to grab their attention. "Does anybody even know what our task is?" She questioned them, while grazing her hand over the itchy grass. She reviewed the task in her mind, going over every possible meaning.

"Crawl into the minds of-" But she stopped as she heard screaming near by. Did that mean there were reapers near by? Who was screaming? Akira leapt off the grass, springing to her feet. "Hear that?" She asked the group, looking intently in the direction of the panicked cry. "We need to get going! We're being timed, and by the sound of who-ever, there are reapers about! I think the text means we need to persuade people into doing things to benefit us. Make sense?" She was growing impatient, not wanting to risk erasure over unclear thinking.

[Rhapsody Flows]

Looks like her nose picked up something after all. Kage was back. He came from behind a counter, his tall body towering over her small one. Cam cocked her head to the side when she saw a large bottle in his hand. One sniff from the air and she knew that it was rum; as soon as he opened his mouth, a heavy smell of rum lingered in the air as well.

At first, Cam assumed that Kage from his apperance, but maybe not. She saw the teen drink heavily a couple of times, but he never did get drunk. Plus, she's crossed paths with a drunk person before, and Kage's drunk state was a bit . . . off to her. He must have been just acting. Probably he was trying to get drunk, but he was failing.

Cam frowned while looking at Kage. She let out a sigh and shook her head in disbelief. Geez, is this guy a mess. Trying to act drunk is making him look like a fool. But Cam couldn't help to feel at least a bit better. So far, Kage's silliness was drifting her boredom away.

Her ears perked up as she realized that Kage was right about one thing that he mentioned. No conductor. No conductor equaled freedom.That's something to look forward to, she thought while sitting down. Her mind wandered into what she would do during her free time. When the male reaper asked if she wanted a drink, she shook her tiny head absent-mindedly. Maybe some other day. Drinking would be a waste of her time off. "Don't you have anything better to do besides trying to get drunk? It's mostly just a waste of your time anyway, don't you think?" she asked, turning over to Kage.

[Sora the warrior]

Sora walked up to Slief, hesitantly.
"Hey, do you know what the mission for today means?" He asked, wondering about the wings on his back.

[Akans]

Hey, this player was pretty smart, Kyoroj thought to himself. Usually, players facing a Reaper either were all super-brave ("I'll kick your ass and beat the crap out of you!!) or super-whiny (HELP ME!!)...Instead, she actually listened to what he said, and didn't do anything stupid.

Then she screamed RIKU!! and ran off.

Sighing, Kyoroj stood up. Players. They were all the same.
He chased after the female (was it a girl? It looked a lot like a guy...) player, dashing quickly through the small alleyway. He knew a shortcut, though. Kyoroj leapt onto a nearby staircase, and ran up, landing on the roof where he continued to run forward before leaping off and landing silently in front of the player.

"You Players... all such idiots. I told you I'll have to hurt you if you try escaping..." Kyoroj said with a sadistic grin on his face as he took out a small knife from he pocket.

[Imperial Chaos]

OOC : Rena, I'm guessing the Reaper you're referring to is moi?

IC : Shouten grinned as she tried to call for her partner. He wouldn't have that. Oh no, he wouldn't! He hungered to hunt. His ears lengthened slightly to the point that it made Shouten look like a werewolf, hungry for blood. His music had stopped suddenly and quickly changed into something much more wild. The area blared with loud rock music as he tapped his foot to the beat of the drums.

He crouched slightly and looked Kusari straight in the eye, all the while licking his lips." I hope you're ready, girl..." He gave a small snicker and rushed forward, his left leg storing up energy for a kick.

[Takushi Rena]

[Actually, I was referring to Kyoroj, but so you don't have to rewrite your post... Kusari'll think that there was Shouten, too 8D;]

Run, run, run. Kusari didn't think running was such a bad thing; she was just going to find her partner after all, and doing that wasn't bad, right? Apparently, taking off wasn't good at all. Now out in the West Exit Bus Terminal, the tomboy came to a halt, thanks to that curious figure from before. He said something about having to hurt her if she 'tried to escape', though she never clearly remembered hearing that, but the worst thing was the knife in his hand. Kusari froze up and stared at it, eyes wide.

'Crapcrapcrapcrapcrap!' Kusari exclaimed inside of her thoughts, 'Aw mannnn... I don't want to fight anybody; I just gotta find Riku... That's not bad, right?'

I hope you're ready, girl...

Kusari blinked. Who on earth was that? She didn't remember hearing that voice before; though she definitely spaced out at one point. The tomboy turned about, giving a growl at that horrible name, and found someone rushing forwards, ready to slam a kick into their prey.

"AH!" the tomboy exclaimed, stumbling to the side. No hit, that was good... Maybe that guy could distract the other one; for about ten seconds, anyways.

Kusari took off running once more, charging up the hill and heading off towards the other end, straight towards the Hachiko statue. All while screaming her partner's name once more...

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"Hey!" Okay, she went to far when she said that. Acting? He wasn't acting and this was NOT any sort of waste!

"It's not a waste!" the Reaper protested, taking another swig from the bottle as he glared at that 'stupid' fox, "I ain't actin' either!"

Suddenly, there came a loud crash. A slam. That bronze liquid was dripping in a burst onto the carpet and Kage didn't really give a damn. He had to prove himself, show that he wasn't 'acting' drunk.

"See?" the Gamemaster gave a pout and folded his arms, seeming to sulk, "Not acting."

[Rhapsody Flows]

The female Reaper just sighed at Kage's complaining. He stated that he wasn't acting drunk, but that was hard to believe for Cam. She turned her head to the side, hoping that that would tune out his talking.

Abruptly, there was a loud shatter that caused her to jerk. Swiftly, she twised her head to the source. Kage had dropped the bottle on the floor, and the drink was starting to seep out onto the floor. Cam did nothing but let out a "tsk". The fox took no care to the broken bottle of rum of the floor. That, and it didn't prove any statement in which Kage was making to her.

The female took a step back, avoiding the liquid as it bled out of its container. "Now that was a bit extreme," she said in a easy tone while looking at the broken glass that used to have rum in it. Sitting herself back down, the female scratched under her chin with one of her hind legs, sending the message that she still wasn't convinced about Kage saying that he was drunk. He's probably not gonna even clean it up, either, she thought, referring to the broken bottle.

The teen then got up and went toward the liquid, staring down at a small puddle of rum. After taking a cautious look at the rum, she took a sniff. Wrinkling her nose in distaste, she started to switch the conversation over to something that she was more interested in talking about. Not taking her eyes off the liquid, Cam asked, "So tell me, was it any fun taking down those Players?"

[Takushi Rena]

Kage looked down at the fox Noise; well, specifically at the bottle. He actually felt rather pitiful for a moment, that feeling glimmering dominantly in his golden orbs. He frowned and mumbled.

"Damn, I wanted the rest of that... nice goin', Kage..."

With a heavy sigh, Kage threw himself onto a nearby couch, trying to keep the thought of more alcoholic beverages off of his mind. Thankfully, Cam presented a query; aren't people awesome just to take your mind off of things?

The Reaper looked rather pensive when he heard her speak. Something about if he had fun taking down those Players...

"Yeah, it was... It was loads of fun, Cam," he spoke, still looking pensive, "What, you miss out or somethin'?"

[OmniChaos]

"Aww... It seems I missed a fun game," Gendou said, appearing before Kage and Cam. His black trenchcoat folded over his right arm and black sunglasses over his eyes. "In case any of you mind, I had a great vacation, thank you. And..." Gendou picked up a small bag. "I brought presents!"

He walked behind the couch which Kage had claimed. "For Kage..." he said, reaching into his bag. "A bottle of rum. But, it seems you arealy beat me to the chase." Gendou slightly shrugged and sat the bottle next to Kage, knowing he would take it anyways. "For Cam..." He reached into his bag and pulled out a furry mass. "A new playmate!" Gendou tossed the furry mass, which turned out to be skinned fox fur, toward Cam, which landed next to her. Gendou chuckled softly as he tossed the bag and the rest of its contents to the side.

"So, where's our 'great and mighty' conductor at?" Gendou chuckled, leaning up agianst the bar. "Off playing with the kiddies?"