Time to Hunt (Plot Thread)

[Mystic Serenade]

A pair of lizard-like hollow scamper around the realm of the living world. They stand roughly 2 meters off the ground and make their way around a network of alleys in the sleeping town. Every now and then they pause and flick their tongue out to taste the air. They are hunting for prey, but not souls. What is it that they are searching for?

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Mani wakes up to the blaring sound of his alarm. The digital clock reads 10:00 PM. Ah such a short nap today he thinks. Today he has only slept roughly 3 hours, mostly because today certain circumstances forced him to be awake at a time he normally wasn't. He found himself alone in his bed.

Heh, must of left early. He was surprised with how little sleep his companion could go with...though that was probably attributed to the fact she wasn't entirely a normal sort of being.

Rolling out of bed, Mani quickly dressed himself. There was no need for a shower, it was rather pointless since he could get rather dirty doing what he did. So it was better to take one when he got back from his nightly excursions.

After quickly consuming a small bowl of cereal he prepared to go out for the night. He made sure to be as quiet as possible as he left. He'd rather not wake up his current guest. She had a rather rough day he supposed and despite her enthusiasm to meet up with everyone else he somewhat "assembled", he was not particularly gathering them all up today.

Making his way out the door, he walked down the corridor that lead to his home and began is ascent upward. First order of business was to find wherever Masaki decided to run off to.

[Maosha]

Tossing and turning a bit, Kleis realized that there would be no more sleeping getting done tonight. Mentally cursing timezones she meanderd into the kitchen in hopes of aquiring some food. Noticing a lacking presence in the house she figured it might be best to stay up for a while anyway.

[Mystic Serenade]

The duo continue on their search, making their way to the center of the town and soon reach a nearby park. Their prey is the living and while at this hour most have retreated into their beds for the night, there are some who are particularly active at this time. This is fortunate for the hollow, they prefer their prey awake so they can see the fear in their eyes. The horror they experience as they are consumed. At least one of the humans that are still wandering about will meet the hollow's taste.

[blackluster]

Sano landed with a thud on a nearby rooftop. His movements were sluggish, as he was still nursing injuries. He had to get a meal tonight if he was ever going to recover properly. He had been tracking the hollows for quite some time now, remaining undetected, trying to predict their movements. Sano was pretty sure he could take one of them, but both at the same time would be somewhat ambitious with his current wounds not fully healed. He just needed some sort of diversion to split the hollows up for long enough so he could drag one of them off. He could then come back for the other. He slumped down out of sight, pondering how to make his mealtime easier...

[Dizzy]

Hmm? What the hell is that?

So far this night, it hasn't been amazing for my work, and although I'm grateful for that, I do have to earn my keep. It won't feel so nice when I'm being booted out on the streets. Thank god I don't have some kind of drug addiction or abusive pimp to make things worse like is the stereotype in my profession. Well to be fair, I haven't talked to enough prostitutes outside of this brothel to get a good idea of the norm, but some stereotypes manage to be surprisingly accurate.

I pause and let out a sigh. Maybe people just want to go home early today without indulging in something like me. And I can respect them for that, a rare moment indeed, but still. Flip my train of thought back over to side one and press play, thanks.

Suddenly, a noise. Vaguely in between the rustling sound of somebody brushing past a bush and a loud stomp. What could it have been?

It came from the park, I know at least that much. I gaze at it warily, eyes trying in vain to search past the hedge walls for some clue. But it's probably nothing. Minds play tricks on you in the dark, make you hear things, amplify noises, et cetera.

Nothing to worry about.

[Mystic Serenade]

The hollow had soon found a suitable prey and luckily she happened to be alone as well. One slinks away to travel behind the hedge fence the girl that is their prey stands. The other moves in for the more direct approach, charging forward to burst through the fence.

[Dizzy]

"W - who's there?"

A short pause, just enough to set the atmosphere, and then the sounds start up again. The crinkling, bristling sounds akin to moving in dense undergrowth. Though in this case, it's probably more just flattening leaves underfoot and brushing past some branches. But it's far too loud to be just that ... no, it sounds like somebody's walking through the hedge -

Without warning, the rustling's volume blasts up to full throttle, and panic flares up inside me like a lit firecracker, fueling my veins with adrenaline, cold sweat dotting my forehead and neck. I consider running.

And before I can even decide, a giant fucking salamander crashes through the fence and lunges at me. I scream and dive downwards, rolling painfully onto the road and over a manhole, stale dirt working its way onto my clothes. The lizard makes itself heard with a bone-jarring crash down onto the tar, a sound indicating that if I hadn't moved in time, I'd now be some sort of gooey paste below it. Claire pudding.

Bones aching, I pull myself back up to my feet, staring at the thing and wondering, what the fuck could it be?

[blackluster]

Sano's timeout was interrupted by some noise below. Peering over the roof's ledge, he spots the woman from a few nights ago. The hollows had targeted her. The one that charged had already reached her, the other was executing some flanking maneuver.

Crap, what's she doing here?

The other hollow had already reached the woman, there was nothing Sano could do about it. Perhaps though, he could give the woman a shot at winning, if he could take care of the other hollow.

"Oh well, no choice then..."

Sano, transformed, and leapt from the building roof. Predator became prey, as Sano ambushed the hollow moving along the fence. He would have to kill it and remove it before the other one noticed. Sano went straight for the hollows throat, his teeth guaranteed to make short work of both flesh and bone.

[Mystic Serenade]

(OCC: both hollows are at about 500 in soul points)

The hollow was not pleased that it was unable to get a bite out of its prey. It roars at the young woman, saliva frequently coming out along with noise and spraying about. It charges again in hopes of being more successful this time.

It's companion was having a bit more of a troublesome time. Feeling the teeth of its sudden aggressor on its neck was not something it liked. It begins to roll about and attempts to scratch at his attacker with all four of its limbs.

[Maosha]

Kleis's head snapped up. Something was wrong. Her arms had transformed without her consent. Following her instinct she bolted out of the house and headed to the part she was at earlier. Something was telling her to go there...

[Dizzy]

It lunges again, and I dive across the tar roads, getting a faceful of old newspaper. Scrambling to my feet, I look around wildly for an escape route, anything to get out of this alive. Panic has me under its spell now, and I'm operating practically on reflex. I could try going back through the hedges and hopefully lose it in the park, or ... no wait, I could find a building with multiple stories and get up onto the second floor. The lizard doesn't seem very equipped to climbing stairs. No ... way too far. It'd get me before I could even make it halfway.

And here I thought I was ready to die. I'm such a stupid fucking coward, I could burst out laughing. Goddamnit ... I hate the fear. It feels like there's a bunch of baby spiders crawling down my spine, like the air's been hardened to the viscosity of bricks and I can't move or think or breathe and I SHOULDN'T FUCKING BE SCARED OF THIS, but I fucking am, and how can I still be so scared of death? I've seen those black-robed weirdos, heard their explanation of the afterlife, so why does it still get me so badly?

I find it a struggle to even move my trembling legs, but I somehow manage it, rounding the corner to put more distance between the lizard and me, staggering across the dark road once again, chasing my shadow underneath the dim glow of the streetlights, and then I charge into the thicket, panting and trying to stave off the fear for long enough to get away intact.

[blackluster]

The hollow's thrashing knocks Sano around quite badly. Between claws nearly missing him, his already injured body met with the pavement a number of times. The ferocity of the flailing hollow eventually threw Sano clear, though Sano's jaw strength made sure he departed with a significant piece of the hollow's neck.

He glanced over at the woman, who seemed to be trying to make an escape.

Heh, I can't tell if she'll survive. Why does she look so desperate, I'm almost sure I saw her wielding something that might hurt these guys... why doesn't she fight...?

Turning back to his opponent, Sano ferociously consumed the chunk of hollow flesh hanging from his mouth. The effect was immediate. The nutrition was exactly what Sano needed to restore his strength. His wide, blood-soaked grin flashed brightly in the streetlight, along with his eyes, now wide with the prospect of the meal he needed.

Sano leapt onto the fence and dashed along it approaching the hollow's side at great pace. He hopped off the fence as a feint, and then leapt back against it, still maintaining his forward momentum. Using the fence as a spring board, he jumped over to the hollows other side, going straight for the same wound he had made earlier. The flesh around the wound would be tender, and the easiest to tear off afterall.

[Mystic Serenade]

Such an annoying prey the hollow thought. It was best when they just stood unknowing and died in their last moments overcome with fear. However something was wrong, why did its companion not yet ambush their intended prey? It got its answer as it heard a shrill roar in the distance. It stopped its pursuit of the girl and looked to the source of the noise to see its partner being ravaged by something that seemed to be one of them but was not.

It gave up pursuit of the girl and turned back to charge on this intruder. Once it was close enough it dived forward, jaws open wide to make this human pay for the flesh it took from its partner.

[Maosha]

Just in time to run smack into another girl, kleis arrived on the scene. Panting heavily she crawled over to the girl she knocked over. The girl looked scared out of her wits, this was usually a sign that you're in the right place for a fight.
"I'm ...sorry...are..you...al...right?" still gasping for breath. Maybe she could get a clue as to what was going on. Hopefully this girl wouldn't be too startled by her current appearance.

[blackluster]

Sano was faring quite decently against his meal, though a glance at the ruckus behind him changed his mood quite quickly. He leaped to dodge the oncoming hollow, but only managed to partially evade it's teeth. The wounds in his side were opened, and a few more were added to his legs and shoulder.

Tch, dammit. It wasn't meant to go like this...

Quickly assessing his situation, Sano found himself surrounded and outgunned.

"Well, those who fight and run away..." he muttered as cynnically as he could. In a quick movement, he leapt at a nearby drain cover. Ripping it open, he made sure to toss it squarely at the one hollows' face, before jumping into the narrow hole. The hole would be tight for the hollows to persue him into.

"If I can navigate these sewers properly, perhaps I can get another shot at that wounded one. Besides, I need to see to myself as well."

Sano's eyes in his transformed state could easily reveal everything in the dark sewer. Unhampered by the rank smell, he waded through the tunnels in the general direction of the woman.

[Dizzy]

( OOC: haha, I'm so lazy it isn't even funny anymore )

Upon emerging from the other side of the thicket, I run into another girl and fall down to my knees, gasping for air. The other girl seems just as tired as I am, out-of-breath and panting. But in light of the situation, I hardly even notice that she just ran into me. Instead, I’m thinking, W - what? What the hell is wrong with this girl? Did she run all this way just to see the lizard? Does she have a death wish or something? Who the hell willingly walks into a situation where a giant lizard is going to eat her?

What I actually say is more tactful, if only slightly.

“I’m … ‘m fine,” I rasp, still having trouble finding my breath. “What the hell … did … you come … here … for? You … you wanna die or something?”

Still, the other girl’s presence is a comfort; the instinctual fear that had me caught in its jaws is subsiding, and a warm, calming feeling is spreading through my veins. I’ve nearly stopped shaking, and I can control my thoughts now. I twitch a finger just to be sure my limbs aren’t locked up, but I’m completely fine. It’s a wonder what not being alone will do for you.

The grass feels wet and dewy underneath my shins and palms, even though it isn’t yet morning. But on closer inspection, the entire area seems to have been crushed flat … in the shape of a footprint, even. I wonder where the lizard could’ve come from – they seem to have come from the park, but surely that couldn’t be where it originated from, can it? I turn back to the other girl.

“Did you – “ I begin, but a small coughing fit stops my inquiry. I try again. “Did you see where that fucking lizard came out from?”

And then, as an afterthought, “oh, by the way, I’m Claire.”

[Maosha]

"Fucking l-lizard?" Kleis' language barrier caused her to misinterpret the word 'fucking' making her believe it was a type of lizard,"...no..I can't say I've seen any of those tonight..."

Kleis looked around. No lizards. Just this girl. Is this what her senses sent her to? Kleis decided she REALLY needed to get her womans intuition checked out. Kleis sighed while rubbing the back of her neck, "I'm Kleis. Jus' came here t'day. I was try'n t'sleep and I felt sum thin weird, so I came out here. I dun think that merits a death with..."

Just then Kleis just noticed the incredibly large footprint Claire was sitting in. "H-holy SHIT! Are all Fucking Lizards this size in Japan? What do you FEED the damned things!?"

Well at least her intuition hadn't failed her...

[Mystic Serenade]

The lizard closed it's eyes in shock as the drain cover smashed into its face. Nothing lethally damaging, but in that moment it seems the human had escaped elsewhere. Its attention turned back to its partner as it groaned out in pain, a sort of gargle coming from his mouth as blood flooded into its throat. There was no hope for this one, there was only one thing to do.

The hollow slammed one claw into the injured hollow's neck and began to consume its body. Each bite adding unto its own reiatsu. By the time it was done, its strength had doubled in comparison to before. It couldn't sense the one human, but its original prey was still present along with a new prey it seems. Maybe today wouldn't be so bad for it after all considering the "loss" of its partner. It charged into the direction of the two women.

[Dizzy]

"No," I grimace, hauling myself back up to my feet. "Goddamned lizards that big shouldn't even fucking exist."

For the moment, they seem to have disappeared. Strange. But the silence here is an uneasy one ... even the air feels more humid than it ought to. The lizard is still out there, I can feel it - even if only by instinct.

Clambering out of the footprint, I eye the hedges warily ... although I managed to dive through them with relative ease, they still hide the exterior of the park, and the lizard could be anywhere behind them.

"... Do you think it's still out here?"

Without warning, it answers my question itself by charging through the bush.

[Mystic Serenade]

The hollow tore threw the bush at a blinding speed, front limbs outstretched. As it came crashing down it felt that it had at least one of them under its grasp.

[blackluster]

Sano made it in the nick of time. His dive to knock the two women out of the way had worked, but now he found himself completely at the creature's mercy, trapped beneath one of its enormous claws.

Wait a minute, were those lizards this big before...?

Sano, pinned with his chest to the ground, managed to twist his head back slightly to look at his captor. The lizard was definitely different, and a hell of a lot bigger. Sano sighed as he realized he had made a mistake.

"So you ate your buddy huh? Crap, I didn't think of that..."

Resigned to have being duped, Sano shrugged slightly. Beneath the hollow's awesome weight, he couldn't push it off, especially not with the injuries he was nursing. With nothing left to do, Sano sunk his teeth into the fleshy part of one of the finger like claws that was pinning him down.

[Maosha]

Somewhat less than gracefully, Kleis landed in what looked like an incomplete somersault. Unfazed by the abnormal cracking noises in her spine she watched as another animal-thingy-like biting the lizard-like thingy from under her lower half. Since that whatever it was helped her, maybe she should help back? She was a bit new to fighting courtesy, but that seemed like the right thing to do.

Now the next thing to do was come up with a plan. How could she attack this thing so as to take the least amount of damage but give the greatest amount of damage? One idea would be to go for it's rear, that would surely take its attention off of its captive. However, the rear is made up of mostly fat, not much damage would get done. Another setback would be that it could probably reach back and find a way to pick her off, it looked pretty flexible. The most prominent reason was that she didn't want to hang off its ass, even if it would be funny as hell to see that thing shakin' it's booty trying to get her off. The next idea would be to go for the neck, surely this would slow it down and it wouldn't be able to bite her, but it had claws, yet another setback. It's back was covered in tough scales and its gut was probably no different, she wouldn't be able to get through that. She was definitely too slow to go for it's eyes and face. She was stuck with either hanging off it's butt possibly getting bitten, or going for the neck and getting stabbed.

While she was making up her mind she adjusted herself upside right and stood up. Then she realized something, if she did go to it's rear and it turned around it would give her savior a chance at the neck. Kill two birds with one stone. The derrière it was then. She charged forward as fast as she could while the lizard was distracted with its prey and sunk her fully armed claws right into its hindquarters, and hung on for dear dear sweat life...

[Dizzy]

Buh - wha?

Out of nowhere, somebody tackles me out of the lizard's path and I crash hard into the still-wet dirt. The night has become incredibly surreal, in both the arrival of the lizards and these two people with death wishes.

I do two barrel rolls to my right, both to avoid any subsequent lunges from the lizard and to get off of my stomach and into a position from where I can see. And when I do see, I realize that either the lizard has turned bloody fucking enormous.

Either that, or ... god forbid, there are even more of them running around the park. The scent of fear clings to my skin in the form of cold sweat, and once again, my body is frozen stiff on the ground, helpless as an overturned tortoise.

From my spot, I notice that the lizard has shifted its attention to the man who'd rammed into us - and that he's Arielle's Stinko, the very same man I'd met before and desperately hoped to never see again.

The other girl - Kleis - suddenly reveals herself to have enormous claws and leaps forward, sinking them into the lizard's rear.

Just what the fuck is going on? What kinds of cruel fates are conspiring against me here? Why can't I just get back to my train wreck of a life?

I cringe where I lie in the dirt, and then suddenly realize that my body isn't locked up anymore - I can move. I immediately throw myself backwards from the fray, with the intention of turning around and running for my miserable excuse for a life, but pause in midstep.

I've already tried running once so far ... and now I've been drawn back in, this time with a challenge that actually wants to kill me. If I leave again, it's apt to get worse ... until I either give in or die. No, better to give in to torture early than let it extend with the same results. It might not be noble, but it's by best option. And running away again isn't exactly a show of courage either.

I take slow, deep breaths and stready myself. Calm. Peace. Tranquility. Meaningless mantras that I urge myself to adhere to. But what can I use to help them? I'm feeble and frail, and I have neither the magic claws that Kleis is using or the brute strength of Stinko ...

And suddenly it dawns on me that I'm an idiot, for the memory of Stinko has just evoked within me the memory of having Selestial tucked away somewhere in the folds of time and space. I mean ... it's not like I ever use it or anything, but it's something that plainly sets me apart from others, something that could even be called inhuman, and definitely not something I should forget.

Am I really that useless, that incredibly panicky and neurotic? The first person to go insane if it was a Lord of the Flies scenario, rather than this demented lizard attack one?

Selestial is conjured into my hand as if by magic - which might even be true - and I charge at the lizard, aiming my javelin at the other buttock, on the opposite side of Kleis.

Self pity later; right now, perhaps for the first real time in my life, people need my help.

[Mystic Serenade]

All these little gnats attacking it at once, couldn't they just let it eat one of them in peace? It's legs slumped down from the sudden attacks on its hind quarters, removing the pressure that once remained on its intended meal below it. In annoyance it turns and tries to snap its jaws at the one who decided to stick the over-sized shiny toothpick into it.

[Maosha]

Ecstatic with joy, Kleis cheers on her partner in crime, " You show that bastard! Show 'im GOOD!!" In Kleis's world this was the equivalent to a girls slumber party.

She dropped down off the lizards butt when it slid down, glad the thing was dumber then her for not noticing her charging at it. She readied herself to stave off an attack. Now that she knew her partner could fight, she could be the defense, which she did best.

[Dizzy]

Selestial only just barely sinks into the hollow's flesh, the only fruit of my stab a slight tear in its buttock. I stand there in awe, completely amazed, too shocked to move. The lizard's scales lack any sort of protective plating or armor that could possibly stop my javelin - in fact, it isn't an object at all that has my weapon halted, it feels more like some kind of phantom force. Like the sort of energy barriers you read about in science fiction.

What the hell are these things? I'd say what on Earth, but I'm convinced by now that their origin is from some bizarre, faraway planet, an outland where the inhabitants have outgrown the need for the laws of physics.

I was probably wrong to call it a lizard; it probably isn't even in the same animal phylum. In fact, at this point, I'd be surprised if it could actually be classified as an animal.

I'm frozen stiff again, my fear of the otherworldly beast paralyzing me yet again. This time it's not my body locking up, but me being entirely unwilling to move, straight-up incapable of even taking a step. My arms, already tense before I'd even lunged at the monster, feel like I'm seconds from pulling a muscle straight out of its socket, yet there isn't even any pressure on them.

Yet they're still able to shake, with this all-consuming, pathetic fear.

The hollow rears back a turns to bite my head off, and it's a yell from Kleis that saves me. Her voice ringing into my brain dispels the panic for just long enough to dive backwards onto the dewy grass, scrambling for safety with all the finesse of a drunken dance hall girl.

The other girl seems to be enjoying this somehow, relishing the experience of attacking giant lizards that could kill us with one swipe of its tail. Though, to be fair, she seems a fair bit more competent than I am. Her claws rise back to the surface of my mind, and I wonder just what they are.

My javelin, Arielle's umbrella, the ferocious teeth and claws that Stinko is using to tear into the lizard, and now Kleis' claws. All of us are somehow inhuman, just like that lizard. There must be a connection. But I'm - I'm not from outer space or anything ... as far as I can tell. Which isn't very far at all.

Just about the only thing I do know right now is that I have to shake off this ridiculous fear that has me enveloped; I'm an enormous liability on the battlefield right now.

Pathetic, pathetic, pathetic.

I fumble Selestial between my sweaty fingers, regain my grip, and swing it into a position that I hope doesn't look entirely stupid.

[blackluster]

Sano sputtered as the weight the hollow was placing on him, changed in intensity. This was certainly not helping the healing process. The two ladies had finally started to attack, and the big lizard on top of Sano was definitely not enjoying the attention.

Don't forget about me friend. I'll have to make you pay for making me get so serious. I must be mad, jumping in to save other people. I've survived for so long expressly because I didn't get involved....

Enraged by the forceable changing in his lifestyle, (which however honorable it was still angered Sano because someone had made him do it) Sano roared as he pushed upwards. His massive push, heaved the hollow off balance. Instead of letting it topple over though, Sano grabbed its claw and yanked it down, sending the massive hollow careening over Sano's shoulder, face first into the pavement. Even as it landed, Sano leapt for its face. If he could bite its eyes out, they would have a much better chance of winning. Sano dug his claws into the side of the hollow's mask to gain a strong anchor point, and surged at its eyeball, aiming to deliver a savage bite to the pulsating, bloodshot orb nestled in the protective hole of the hollow mask.

[Mystic Serenade]

The hollow gave out a roar as its eye was gouged out by the bestial human. It's situation began to look grim. Each one of these humans alone should have been easy pickings, but together they were beginning to be a problem. It would have to take one of them down.

It swung its massive tail at the one holding the spear and attempted to ram the clawed one with the side of it's head where the thing that bit out his eye was hanging on to.

[Maosha]

Kleis turned her head just in time to watch herself get mawled by the lizards head and what looked like giant dog. Kleis went flying in the opposite direction, hurt like a devil but she was okay, she had a thick skull. It would have hurt more of the large fluffy thing wasn't there. She used the opportunity to hook one of her claws onto the lizards head, so when it pulled back she retracted her arm to get a good hold on its head. After that...she haddn't quite thought that far ahead...

[blackluster]

Kleis turned her head just in time to watch herself get mawled by the lizards head and what looked like giant dog.(OCC: It's my mistake for not doing proper pics yet, but even in his transformed state, Sano does not look much different from a normal human. The main differences are slightly longer hair on his head, different eyes, and slightly longer teeth and nails)

Sano felt himself swinging rapidly as the lizard reacted. He was only peripherally aware that his back struck something as the beast tried to shake him loose. Sano's grip however was solid, and he managed to hang on even as the creature reared again.

It must be preparing for another attack, I should change position to somewhere less vulnerable. Besides, this eyeball tastes like shit.....

Sano raised his head in time to see one of the woman retaliating against the hollows head. Strangely enough, they ended up right infront of each other. The woman with her arm latched onto the hollows head, and Sano dangling from its mask just below the eye.

"That's not the best place to hang out!" Sano shouted over the lizard's thrashing and roaring. "Don't stick around too long! If you're feeling up for it, try and take out its other eye! I'll g-", Sano stopped for a moment to better his grip as the lizard lurched particualrly violently. "I'll go for it's throat so long. I can't fight for much longer, so we should try to end this soon!" Before Sano dropped from the lizards face he shouted some words in passing, though he was unsure if the woman even heard them. "Try not to get eaten yeah?" He called with a grin, dropping out of sight for the moment.

[Final Boss]

Gabriel arrived to see a rather large, lizard hollow shaking violently. From what Gabriel could see it was attempting to get rid of an uninvited guest who attached itself to it's face. Upon closer inspection, "A girl?! Have no fear, your knight in shining armor will save you!" Gabriel quickly pulled out his gun, Dawn of the End, spinning it a few times before he aimed at the lizard.

"Bye bye hollow."

Gabriel unleashed a barrage of bullets directly at the hollow's body. The speed and power of the bullets easily penetrated the hollow's body leaving it with numerous holes. As it collapsed from the pain Gabriel instantly appeared to catch Kleis before she touched the ground, cradling her in both arms. "You're safe now my princess."

He helped her stand, brushing off dirt from her clothing. Suddenly the hollow jumped up from behind Gabriel, it was extremely furious and saw this as an opening for a counterattack. Gabriel simply positioned Dawn on his shoulder, pointing directly at the hollow's head, "Don't interrupt me." He blasted one bullet, instantly piercing the hollow's face, it flew back and disintegrated into dust.

The interruption from the hollow helped Gabriel realize how late it was getting, he glanced at his watch, "Shit! The potatoes!" He frantically looked around, searching for a grocery store. He spotted one and immediately ran towards it, he remembered Kleis and quickly sprinted back, "Until next time beautiful." He reached into his pockets pulling out a handful of cards, "Stop by at the cafe anytime, and give those out to your girlfriends!" With that he raced towards the store leaving Kleis, Sano, and Claire in the park.

[Maosha]

Kleis stood there a moment rather dazed, mindlessly waving goodbye. Picking on of the cards off her head she looked at the name... shame she couldn't read Japanese. After a moment of colecting her thoughts she stated her discovery, "he's European." and with a self assuring nod, she headed toward Claire to see if she was Okay.

[blackluster]

Sano stood for a moment seething, watching the hollow crumbling slowly.

"That was my supper asshole!" he shouted at the man as he ran off. "Who the fuck do you think you are huh!? Mind your own business next time you idiot!"

The man was already out of sight, though Sano's irritation remained. Without hollow flesh, his healing process would be painfully slow. The effect of the man's weapon however concerned Sano.

It wasn't a bow, but there seems to be similarities. I thought they were supposed to be gone though...

Sano spat in disgust, kicked the dusty hollow remains, and wandered off into the early morning mist, cursing as he walked. He'd have to stop by a convenience store somewhere for bandages. The night life these days was getting far too interesting for his liking.

[Mystic Serenade]

A figure watched in the distance. "Looks like they still got a long way to go," it said to itself before walking away.

(OCC: Alright this is done, sorry that it took much longer than expected :-_- Now that there are more people hopefully the next plot thread will be a bit more active and be more enjoyable. Also as a note to Maosha, Dizzy will be MIA for a while, so you have permission to go elsewhere for now and finish up your conversation with his character at some other date.)