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#Post#: 1309--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 8:48 am
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The last thing Bobby ever expected in his life was for Rachel to
kiss him. So when the woman sat next to him and gentle turned
his face to look at her, pure shock colored Bobby's face along
with the deepest blush of his life. It ended as quickly as it
began and all he could do was stare at her. His fingers went to
his lips as if still in disbelief that what had happened was
even real.
"What.... what was that for?" He questioned, the confusion he
felt inside of himself feeling like knots tightening on his
insides.
---
"You just want to see me shirtless," River playfully accused
before gingerly sitting up and pulling his shirt off. The
bandages were soaked through with blood, his wounds still
bleeding pretty badly but looking like they had been healing for
days and not hours now.
By the time Daevon was done redressing River's injuries, the
humonculus realized Rebel had been gone for a while now.
"I'm going to go make sure Rebel didn't find himself in trouble,
I'll be back soon." He told the others, more finding an excuse
to get out of the place when Rachel decided to kiss Bobby.
It wasn't long before he found Rebel running for his life. River
was quick to snack the guy from a doorway in the alley and drag
him farther back into the building, hoping he could help the man
escape whatever trouble he was in.
It was when the beast chasing down Rebel found them that things
truly got out of hand. River had Rebel behind himself
protectively and when he realized the monster wouldn't back off,
it triggered his true form. River held his face shaking his head
before the skull of a raven replaced his face and head. The
clothes he was wearing morphed around him making a cloak and
wrapping up all exposed skin.
----
At Death's scolding, Jun became quite docile, quietly following
her captor with a quiet "sorry" as she was led inside. She
wondered where the man would be taking her.
She didn't recognize this place. A fear welled up inside of her
that this was likely a cage.A place to trap her and keep her
complacent. She tried to stay calm, but I was hard. Was James
here? Was Famine?
Rebel shivered in his hiding spot, trying to remain quiet until
the others were occupied so he could sneak away. Unfortunate for
him, when he went to move, his foot met an empty can and it went
skittering out into the open. He cursed under his breath and
nearly jumped out of his skin when a bloodied female poked her
face into his space.
Rebel scrambled back on his hands, his eyes widening in fear.
The way she spoke sounded wrong..and more than a little creepy.
"I don't think your idea of a game is gonna be any fun, so no
thank you,"
The moment he got the chance, he was running for dear life
knowing better than to look behind him. He about yelped when he
was grabbed and pulled back into an old building. Rebel
instinctively went for his hidden dagger and relaxed a bit when
he recognized River's shadowed face.
"Oh thank the gods. Some crazy chic is hunting me down," he got
out. "She's gonna kill me if she catches me!"
Rebel froze a moment later when the blood thirsty psycho chick
showed up, not even standing down when River suddenly changed.
All Rebel could do was shake, watching as fear filled him,
clutching his dagger and hoping that he'd somehow survive the
unfolding nightmare.
#Post#: 1310--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 8:50 am
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Rachel blushed a bit harder.”.you seemed more in your head.. so
I thought one.. that it would bring you out. And two.. I ah…
like you.” Rachel said and made a bashful look.”never kissed
before so hopefully it wasn’t weird.” She said noticing how his
face looked a bit confused. Her metal hands started playing a
bit twiddling almost. Rachel was a bundle of nerves and
butterflies- but she figured if everyone else was gonna make a
move on the man- she better make her own feelings known.”I liked
you for a while now I just had trouble bringing it up, mostly
due to nerves…” she said before biting her bottom lip a little.
——
Daevon chuckled.”and? Maybe one day I’ll see more than just the
shirt off.” He joked a bit to help River redress the bandages so
he wasn’t sitting or rather soaking in the blood from the shirt.
Daevon simply just followed out the door to give the two some
space and steal a smoke. What he didn’t know was what was going
on given he stayed close to the loft.
——
“Yes it is! You try to stay alive!” She said before she heard a
noise to turn her attention back to the man that was running
away. She chuckled to run/skip her way towards the guy, just
keeping within reach to toy with him and egg on the fear. Of
course she held out long enough to notice a familiar face, what
she didn’t expect was the man to change to his form and just
about froze.”pestilence!” She said it flying out.”I didn’t know
he was your friend!” She said looking fearful. She knew what the
man was capable of to scramble away, wanting to avoid being
touched. War. She needed war, she knew pestilence normally would
never trigger his true form unless it was a job or defending
himself. Least.. that’s what death told her. Her feet hit the
street as she managed to get away.
———
Death managed to come in as he heard voices. One was covered his
face hidden from them both, famine was also in attendance,
sitting on the counter as usual. Eating or fake eating candy.A
resounding pop came out of his mouth.”there you are! Managed to
calm him down a little thanks to some news from some of war’s
men that visited that farm.” He said before noticing Jun. before
he could make a grin, death blocked her view of the man knowing
how uncomfortable she was.
“Jun!! “ said James as his head turned at the sound of their
feet. “Where have you been! Why did you run off? I was so
worried. What were you thinking!?!” He asked.
James was more than gone thanks to having Jun around again as he
tried to come close as death made it apparent he wasn’t going to
let him.”she’s still feeling emotional James, you need to give
her proper attention!” He said with a firm sound.
He turned to famine as he clarified.”the girl with the missing
arms grew up just fine.” He reported.”still need a way for a
blood sample though.” He said his eyes looking or rather
drifting to Jun. his eyes landed on the girls ears as he thought
about chu and what he had done.”oh James!.. when do I get a new
pet?” He asked. James stopped and sighed.”fine fine- you can
have Caleb.” He told him as famine huffed.”what about ju-“ he
started to get a glare from not just James but death as
well.”that will never happen.” Said James.”she’s mine and mine
alone!” He said possessively.
“Your acting spoiled again..” said death.”do we need another
lesson?” He asked as his face slowly showed some translucence to
gain a fearful look from famine.”look sorry! I won’t ask again.”
He said to jam the sucker back in his mouth.
#Post#: 1311--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 8:52 am
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Rachel's confession had Bobby sitting there in shock for several
moments, not knowing how to process what he had just been told.
She liked him. His best friend in the entire world liked him as
more than a friend. It took several moments for him to
articulate the words.
"It wasn't weird.... I... I like you too...." He admitted with a
darkening blush on his cheeks. With all the darkness around him,
he was glad to have some light to hold onto.
---
The name Pestilence rang in River's ears. Seeing the fear on the
woman's face as if he would eat her. Once she was gone, he
shifted back into his human shape, stumbling a little before he
regained his composure.
"You okay? We need to get out of here." River said in a stressed
whisper before taking Rebel's hand and guiding the man out and
back to the loft, sticking to the shadows unseen.
---
A chill ran down Jun's spine hearing Famine and James. She took
shelter in hiding behind Death, not looking at ether man as he
feline ears drooped.
She pressed in closer to Death when the man protected her from
the pair. The comfort was short lived as Famine asked about a
new pet, even going as far as to try and say her name but James
was quick to shut this down. It made Jun's heart flutter a
little at how possessive he was of her. Maybe Death had been
right about James not growing board of her. It helped hearing
James saying Famine would never have her.Rebel was more than a
little surprised by the woman's fear of the changed River.
Hearing her call the man/creature Pestilence had him go pale and
freeze. At least it seemed she was afraid River.
He watched her dash off in the other direction, hoping that he
wouldn't see her again anytime soon.
Rebel stashed his dagger away, nodding silently at River's
whispered question. He was a bit wary of the man/creature but
didn't fight when his hand was taken and led away.
Even though he had questions running through his head, he didn't
want to upset River and trigger that other side. Finding a new
hideout was going to be on the top of his list of things to
do.Rachel’s eyes went wide. She didn’t expect his feelings to be
mutual. She smiled softly. She could still remember going into
the flower shop when she was looking for work. She never
expected Bobby to be so accepting before despite the fact of her
arms, and the rosecroft name. She leaned into him enjoying the
moment she was having.
——
Daevon was finishing his smoke when he notice rebel and river,
in fact rebel looked pale and River looked spooked.”what
happened?” He asked now a bit concerned.
——-
Death gave the leopard chimera a soft smile. “Good now explain..
Rachel lived?” Famine still looking more or less now just pissed
looked away. He wasn’t getting what he wanted so he resorted to
silence, but the man beside him seemed to open up right
away.”yes, she managed , and seems sane.” He finished before a
gun went to the side of his head and a shot rang out.
James made a face.”famine not inside!” He shouted as the body
dropped.”you realize how much chemicals are around here one
missed shot everything will go boom.” He told the man.”it lodged
in his head, and that wasn’t information for him to give.” He
said to cross his arm
Death sighed.”I could just ask war to put you through training…”
he started as famine finished quickly with the report of the
location and time.”funnily enough she was protecting the man
James picked out..” he said as death put a hand to his
chin.”that might work out in our favor.” He said thoughtfully.
——-
Alice managed to make it back to the group, her shoving, and
some being thrown by telekinesis out of the way as she got to
war.”war! I saw pestilence! I was chasing a hider and he
protected him.. I don’t think he remembers me..” she said and
added.”I didn’t know they were friends!” She said as she clung
to the humunculpus’ arm for comfort.Bobby found himself putting
an arm around Rachel and pulling the girl into his lap, cuddling
her closely as he hid his face in her shoulder. His mind drifted
to Rebel and how he might react to. He knew he liked the man,
but he also liked Rachel. This was so confusing.
River shook his head at Daevon's question and moved to go inside
the warehouse. "I'll explain when we are all inside." Was all he
could manage and headed up the stairs before sitting on his cot.
"I... don't know exactly how it happened... but.... Rebel was
being chased by some crazy woman... I... changed into a
different form.... she called me Pestilence and acted like she
knew me and was scared before she ran away... i... I didn't even
know I could do that...." He said covering his face in his hands
and pressed the palms against his eyes.
----
Things seemed to fall into business as usual for a moment before
a shot rang out and a body hit the ground. Jun covered her
sensitive ears quickly and trembled at how no one cared about
the loss of life, only of the mess it would make or danger it
could cause. It chilled her to the bone.
Then the conversation tracked to past experiments and
kidnapping. Her heart hurt thinking of a new person going
through torture for James's goals.
Jun gently pulled on Death's sleeve and looked up at the man.
"Can... we go somewhere I can get cleaned up? I... could use a
shower..." she requested timidly.The battle was over far too
soon for War, but it had at least fed him. His eyes were glowing
around the edges, though no one seemed to notice. At the sound
of Alice's voice, his head jerked towards her, surprise showing
on his features.
"I haven't spoken to him in an age and a half;" he mused and
then his forehead wrinkled a bit. "I should have felt him
though,"
War patted Alice reassuringly on her head. "Don't you worry,
I'll keep you safe. If you see him again let me know. I should
try and contact him, find out where he's been for do long."
A part of War was relieved to know that his brother was close
by. It could be that Pestilence just needed a reminder of who he
was. "Come on, let's go find something fun for you to do. If
Pestilence is protecting a human, you should probably leave them
alone. Getting on his bad side is dangerous, even for you. One
touch is all it would take to end you,"------
#Post#: 1312--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 8:52 am
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Rebel gladly let River answer Daevon's question, not really sure
how to answer. Plus he was still in shock. He followed the older
men up to the loft, hanging back a bit.
When he spied Rachel in Bobby's lap he couldn't help but feel
happy for them. It looked like they were finally showing one
another how they felt. He moved to slump on the other end of the
couch while River explained what has happened.
"Is it possible that the four horsemen of the apocalypse are
real? Cause I think another one was there; I'm pretty sure I
felt Death in the past. When my...mom died," Rebel brought
up.Rachel felt the arm and the pull into his lap. She draped her
metal arms around him to stroke his hair some.
She heard the two coming in as Daevon froze.”take your time..”
he said calmly before looking over at rebel. Hearing his
question he sat down.”realistically no, but the mafia I’m indebt
to had a lot of secrets. I know one named after a horseman-
famine.”He said and saw how Rachel seemed to burrow a little
closer to Bobby.
He went to River and gently touched his arms.”it probably part
of your abilities you don’t quite remember.. maybe we need to
focus on that for you so you can learn them.” He said honestly.
———
Alice blinked at him.”you didn’t feel him?.. and I know that’s
why I ran away- he changed to his secondary form.” She said to
follow war.”if he said that human was his toy- I wouldn’t have
played with him.” She said with a pout.
——-
Death felt the gentle pull.”yes my dear- you must be
exhausted..” he said as famine looked over to see the two walk
by.”why does death get to have Jun.”
James sighed.”she’s not she’s mine.. he’s simply helping her
clean up.” He said as he went to look at the telescope to turn
it down.”so you’re saying death sees her naked?” He asked before
a crack would be heard from him getting too close to the
sample.”like hell!” He said to walk over to grab jun’s
arm.”*I’ll *show* her where she can clean up.” He started before
death grabbed the man’s hand to pry it off.”I’m showing her to
the bathroom not going in.. you’re scaring her. I thought you
loved her..” said death. Somehow that nailed James to the
core.”fine.. just.. ..” he stammered trying to contain his
jealousy.
Famine seemed to be enjoying the drama unfolding and smirked.
Least it made the place around him lively!Feeling Rachel press
closer into him had Bobby holding the woman a little tighter,
protectively even. Hearing about the men who hurt Rachel boiled
rage deep inside of himself. Were these the people after him?
River's eyes glazed over for several moments as a horrible face
flashed behind the man's eyes as an old barried memory tried to
surface at the name Famine. He knew they were in trouble just
but the name. A deep fear welled inside of him.
"We need to try and get out of this town. I don't think it is
safe here... we just need an idea of where we are going
though..." He said trying not to let his panic show.
---
A sweet smile came to Jun's lips at the sweet way Death spoke to
her. Her skin crawled a little as Famine referred to her as if
she were an object to be had. That seemed to spark something in
James who rushed over and grabbed Jun's wrist.
Fear welled up inside of the chimera as she tried to pull away,
only relaxing when Death came to her rescue. If James thought
she was too close to Death before, the feline woman was
practically clinging to the Humunculus the way she used to cling
to James.Rebel wasn't quite so sure what to make of Daevon's
reply. He tapped his jaw while he thought over the strange woman
that had chased after him. If anything, he'd move just to put
distance between them.
Hearing River bring it up had him nodding. "We'll need supplies
and gas for the car. That's going to take at least a few days or
a week to get together. Probably want to get a map too,"
-------
War frowned a bit, running his hand over his jaw. "there might
have been a bit of a tingle, but nothing like normal. Something
must have happened to break our connection,"
Hearing that his brother had changed to his second form
concerned him. Normally they didn't use them. Had Pestilence
really not recognized Alice?
"Relax Alice, you got away. I'll have to go look for him later.
It might be that his memory just isn't the best right now,"
War was starting to get concerned about his brother. Something
terrible must have happened to him. He had half the thought to
find Death and Famine first and see if they knew anything.
"Come on then, Let's find some more fun, what do you feel like
doing? Maybe going on a hunt?"Daevon heard the words of running
away. He looked at his cousin, and couldn’t count how many
times they had moved.”we can try. It would mean changing our
identities as well. Rachel and I haven’t for some time cause the
places we went didn’t know the rosecrofts nor what William-
Rachel’s father had done.” He said as he saw her head shot
up.”do we really have to-“ said Rachel as she often avoided
talking about the family outside of Daevon. “If we are running
they should know.” He said watching her take a breath.”then let
me- it’s not your dad that put you in this position.” She said
and sighed.
“The doctor that is after Bobby worked with my father for a
time-I guess either the man wanted more money or got caught but
they were working on a big project that involved slowing of
aging.” She said and kept her face staring at her metal hands.
“I… ah… my father went out of his way to experiment on not just
my mother- but me as well under the guise of curing our
illnesses. I was or I believed I was a sickly child. But reality
was the treatments given left me bedridden for days- mother
didn’t quite make it- I’m not sure when they started on me.. my
memories are not the best about it-.Course the money father used
was from the mafia, and he fled when he couldn’t pay it back.
They thought daevon or I would know where my father went. We are
all that’s left of our families. “ Rachel said quietly,
“Rachel’s arms were taken from her as a result.” Daevon said
taking over. “We were lucky she managed to survive in the first
place. It was in an effort to get information out of us that we
didn’t even know ourselves.” He said honestly.”we also don’t
know what kind of affect Rachel went through. But her father’s
atrocities were founded in our hometown. Which is why we don’t
go back. There might be a chance they’ll find us.. depends on
how the boss would be if he finds out we skipped town again.” He
said to rub his neck.James watched as the feline clung to death-
but the fear on her face managed some restraint as death ushered
the female away. Of course the moment they went down the hall
would they hear the sounds of the man practically ruining his
lab and cursing out death.
“I thought one shot and the whole place would..” famine started
as James cut him off.”Shut the hell up!” Famine made a smug grin
before popping the candy back in his mouth and heading the same
direction as death. His hands resting on the back of his
head.”Will you stop causing trouble..” death said as famine just
chuckled.”it gets dull if it’s about work.. besides you and Jun
being a thing wouldn’t be bad.. you barely have any other
subordinates.. why not just *take* her for yourself.” Said
famine with a cheerful desposition.”mean the good doctor is
about done with his work and we can go bang and be done and go
back to fishing for bigger things.” He said.
Death kept Jun close and his brow raised.”right now this one
needs to be done- for once stop being lazy- if that woman is
running about make it your business to catch her instead.” He
told the man.
A sigh escaped from famine.”fine fine.. mean be fun to see her
scared look again.” He said with a smirk. Seeing her fear as a
child was one thing but seeing if it continued to affect her
left him curious.”bye bye:. Don’t do anything to **** the doctor
off more..” he teased to earn a glare before he turned down
another hallway to laugh.
Death gave another sigh and got Jun to his room and shut the
door.”you can use my shower.” He told her before he texted on
his phone to sit on his bed. His room was windowless to allow it
to be dark enough. While he couldn’t sleep somehow it gave him a
sense of being normal to lay down and rest. Plus it was nice and
quiet.
——Alice made a concerned look and blinked.”His memory?“ she
asked and seemed to think a little bit.”well I am hungry. I want
something sweet!” She said.”can we get some food?” She asked as
she didn’t quite let go of wars arm. The girl had always been
clingy to war since she was brought under him. If she wasn’t
doing her part, she almost seemingly left his side. “Maybe a
crepe?” She asked being one of her favorite sweets as what was
left of the men were getting into their own cars from the scene
as she heard the sounds of sirens in the distance.Bobby and
River both listened to the others as they spoke about the past
and Daevon even going as far as claiming that Famine must have
done something to River. It made the Humunculus shiver as more
waves of fear washed over him it wasn't a feeling he thought he
could ever get used to.
"I... I don't remember... that name just... makes my blood run
cold...." He said in a defeated tone. "No one wander off on
their own... I don't know why... but I have a feeling we will be
seeing more of those goons soon... if.... if I transform
again... whatever you do... don't touch me... I don't
remember... what exactly happens... but... I know no one has
ever survived...." He said as the pain of not knowing his own
past weighed on him.
He could keep everyone so much safer if he could remember. "We
need to be out of town by the end of the week at the latest..
" River finally decided as he got to his feet. "Stay here, stay
together, I'll be back. Ganna see if I can't get started on
grabbing supplies, and see who is lurking around...."
Bobby got a fresh wave of sad emotions wash over him at hearing
what had happened to Rachel in her past. If only he could have
protected her back then, not that he was much protection now.
She was the one always protecting him, even before things got
deadly.
----
Relief finally came as Death ushered Jun out of the lab moments
before she heard destruction being caused as they made it down
the hall. It caused the feline to tremble, pressing against
Death even more when Famine joined them.
She was near hyperventilating by the time they had parted ways
with Famine and made it to Death's room. The pitch black space
took a moment for Jun's eyes to adjust to before being blinded
as the lights were switched on causing her to shield them for a
moment. Her tail swished back and forth behind her as she
finally began to relax. The thought of belonging to Death
instead of James played on her thoughts.Usually, James had her
undress in front of him before going to shower, so, out if
habit, Jun stripped off her top and shorts right in front of
Death rather shamelessly. She had never developed a sense of
shame about her body, so it didn't bother her in the slightest
for anyone she trusted to see her naked. Once her little show
was over, Jun made her way into the bathroom and got herself
under the hot water rather quickly. After 3 months of being
unable to properly bathe, she took her sweet time getting clean.
Soaping up every inch of her body from the tips of her furry
ears to the end of her long tail. It wasn't until the water
started to run cold that Jun finally forced herself out and
worked on drying herself off.
She gave up on drying her hair and tail once they wernt dripping
wet any longer before returning to the bedroom, still entirely
**** as she went over to the bed and laid down on her stomach,
purring at the comfortable surface.Rebel was more than a little
surprised to hear Daevon mentioning changing identities. It
wasn't like he'd have to, he'd long ago shed his true identity
when he'd left for the streets. It wasn't like anyone was
looking for him, save for the creepy psycho chic.
His face scrunched up as Daevon and Rachel kept talking,
mentioning that the guy after Bobby had done horrible things to
the young woman. He looked ready to kill when Daevon mentioned
why Rachel's arms had been taken.
"That's so freaking messed up," he muttered, already plotting to
hunt those that hurt her down and giving them a taste of pain.
While he had the urge, Rebel knew better than going off on his
own. It was quite likely the Dr. And this Famine guy had people
protecting them.
He was pulled out of his plotting by River's warning about not
touching him in is other form. "Ya don't have to tell me twice,"
He frowned a bit, not liking the idea of staying put, but didn't
argue. The last thing he wanted was to run into the crazy red
head. "I did find a work shop a few blocks over, they might have
done if what you need. I managed to grab a few things, but
there's a lot more there."
Rebel started pulling out what he'd found, handing the bolts and
leather pieces to Daevon. "Here, found these for Rachel's arms.
Oh and got a few tools for you too,"
-----War nodded at Alice's question. "Sometimes our memories are
affected if we go a long time between changing forms." He
explained.
He couldn't help but chuckle a bit at her declaring she wanted
something sweet. "sounds like Famine's sweet tooth rubbed off on
you. Sure, we can get food," he agreed.
By now War was used to her clinginess. Not that he minded it.
Having her around kept him more aware and less prone to losing
himself to his blood lust.
"A crepe huh? Not sure if there's any places open that make
those at this hour," he mused and led her off down the street
away from the police sirens. "If I can't find you crepes, I'll
find you the next best thing," he promised and pulled her closer
into his side.Daevon noted how he was being. It sounded like the
man suffered from trauma.”alright.. I understand.” He told
him.”but you going alone isn’t my thing Rachel and the rest can
stay- it’s faster if there is two of us.” He told the man.
Seeing him out of sorts almost reminded him how Rachel reacted
for a while. He had a feeling if whatever happened came to the
surface.. river was going to need support. He took the things
from the man to shift it to a table.”thanks rebel.” He told
him.”we need to be quick and not be seen.” He said thoughtfully.
Rachel quietly shifted her head and seemed a bit of a mix of
suprise and mild suspicion. She managed to muster out.”thank you
for the parts.” Her reluctance to accept the man’s abrupt
kindness and flirty nature so readily.
“Rachel you need to stay put a while alright?” He told her as
she shifted her head.”alright but if your not back within the
hour im finding you.” She warned softly.
“Deal.” He said.”just have a little time with Bobby.. now that
you finally opened your mouth.” He said to watch her face turn
red.”your lucky there’s too many people in this small space.”
She said flatly.
—
Death was settled before he noticed her stripping her
clothing.”j..jun! I’m not James!” He said not quite covering his
eyes or looking away but trying. Once she walked off he let a
breath off before hearing the door to accept some clothing from
who he contacted and some real food for Jun. he figured she’d be
starving.
Course when she came out naked and laid right down on his bed
did he turn his back.”j..Jun.. you really should get dressed.. I
got food too.” He said as his mind wandered to what famine
mentioned.. almost playing with the idea of taking her from
James.
——
Alice blinked and seemed to understand.. despite not
entirely.”well I was under him before you.” She reminded. She
smiled wide at the positive answer from war, “okay! Long as it’s
sweet.” She said and leaned on his arm. They got into the car to
take off as she looked out the window.At Daevon's protest of
River going out alone, the man paused, deciding not to argue
with his boyfriend, for now at least. He had said to not go out
of their own, would be going against his own rule if he
protested. "Let's get going..." He said with a slight air of
impatience as he led the way out of the warehouse. His feet
guiding them to where he had a vuage feeling they would find an
old emergency stash.
The pair had been walking for about twenty minutes when River
slipped into a back alley behind a pawn shop and easily located
a hidden hole in the brick wall. It had several dufflebags.
After peaking into a few of them, River began putting on ten of
the sixteen bags. "You think you can grab the rest?" He
questioned.
---
"Clothes is so... restricting though...." Jun complained as she
sat up on the bet at the mention of food. Her tail swished in
excitement. "What kind of food did you get me?" She questioned
as she crawled over to the man to see what food he had on offer.
"Is it fish? You did promise me fish," she said with a wide
smile.Rebel wasn't all that surprised by Rachel's reaction. He
was still a stranger to her after all. He probably had come on
to her and Bobby a bit fast as well. It's not like he could help
it though, when he was attracted to anyone, he flirted with
them. For now though it would be smart to draw back on physical
affection. That would of course would be tough.
"I'm gonna go down in the warehouse and look around for a bit.
Give you two some..time to yourselves," he finally spoke up once
River and Daevon left together.
"Don't mind me, I've got earbuds," he added, pulling them out
and cranking up the old iPod so he wouldn't hear anything and
headed down into the warehouse.
He was soon messing around with one of the car's that was half
pulled apart, trying to figure out what the problem was with it.
-----
"Maybe so, but you haven't known him as long as I have. We gre
up together, and usually it's short term memory that goes,"
War gave Alice a fond look, fighting the urge to stroke his hand
through her hair. Maybe if his hand hadn't been covered in blood
and grime, he would have.
It took a bit of searching, but War finally found a late night
diner that served crepes and other sweet breakfast things. War
didn't like to admit it outright but after a fight he craved
sweet things himself. He ordered a tall stack of waffles covered
in whipped cream, strawberries and chocolate syrup. He also got
a huge plate of bacon.
"You enjoying your crepes? Are they sweet enough for you?" He
asked Alice with a soft look.Daevon walked with the man and
began to help out, “yeah I can, what’s in them anyway?” He
asked. He heard a noise to jump a little to see a small black
cat scramble its way given it scared itself.”damn cat!” He
stated with a sigh.
——
Rachel ended up going a shade darker. Particularly at the idea
the man had earbuds. She watched him go and shifted her head
back to Bobby.“…well now there’s just us hm?” She said to smile
a bit. Her eyes seemed to study Bobby’s for a little bit before
she decided making out wouldn’t be a bad idea as her mouth
found his.
——-
Death tried to not look, it was hard given the girl practically
crawled his way and the swinging chest just coaxing him back to
staring.”it’s fish like I promised.” He said as his eyes clearly
was not on her face, right before he pulled his eyes up to her
face.
*she’s attractive.. yes but you promised yourself no
attatchments. You’d be breaking your own rules..* he thought to
himself as his eyes wandered.
—-
Alice was enjoying her sweets with a tea and heard war ask how
she was enjoying her food.”yup! And there’s so many.” She said
with a smile.
“So is this job done?” She asked before taking another bite, the
creame coming out some on her cheek. She ignored the strange
stares given how she looked- she looked the least human and
somewhat like she broken out of the psych ward. “What do we do
next?” She asked.
——-
Meanwhile famine hit the streets after convincing a few of wars
men to help him out. Given what he is, and his ability. Pulled
out a small doll that was in a bag for what looked like a
decade-preserved, for what it was.”her scent shouldn’t have
changed.. too much.. besides being a adult by now..”he mumbled.
His nose twitched a few times at the house where they had
stopped and he began to follow the scent. It was the last place
they had visual and he planned on using the trail.
He made sure his guns were hidden as he peered around town, his
nose leading him to a warehouse.There another scent invaded him
as he made a face.”what the hell?!? Pestilence?” He said to go
inside, the scent seemed fresh but as if he had stepped out. He
could hear rummaging to see some man busy and clearly not
hearing him. He made a few hand gestures as now his priorities
were now messed up. He was more geared on finding pestilence and
putting him through the grinder yet again.Bobby's face was
slowly growing darker and darker shades of red from Daevon's
comments all the way to Rebel's promise to wear headphones and
Rachel's comment of them being alone as well.
"Yeah,.. just us," Bobby agreed. Rachel seemed to know the
perfect cure for the awkwardness the others had created as her
lips found their place on his own. He didn't know if it was her
goal, but the woman was doing a fabulous job of distracting him.
---
Once all the bags were obtained, River grined at his boyfriend,
"Cash, fake ID kits, papers, emergency food, medical supplies,
think there is even a bag with some pistols in it. We can to a
proper look through once we are back at the warehouse and decide
what else we might need to grab before leaving town." He
answered as the pair made their way back to the their hideout.
The pair had opted for going through the back entrance due to
having better access to the trunk of the car. River easily got
everything into the trunk before he realized anything was off.
He could hear footsteps, and way more than what should have been
here. "Somethings wrong..." He found himself muttering, coming
out from behind the junk pile and coming face to face with
Famine. A look of pure terror crossed River's expression as he
was frozen in fear.
---
A happy chirp escaped the leopard as she took the offered food
and sat down, snuggled up to Death. "Thank you! You are the
best!" She said excitedly as she started to eat, scarfing down
all the offered food in record time. She then yawned and
stretched, laying on her back on display for Death to gaze at
his leisure. Small habits drilled into her from James.War knew
that he indulged Alice a bit more than he should. Still he
couldn't help it, he liked her. Sure she came off as odd at
times, but she was definitely his match when it came to fighting
on the battlefield.
"Well take your time enjoying them," he told her, not wanting to
rush her enjoyment.
War took a bite as she asked him if the job was done and nodded.
He picked up a a napkin and reached out to wipe off her cheek.
"Yeah, we'll go find somewhere to clean up and then see if there
are any upcoming jobs to do. If there aren't any, I may see if I
can find my brother."
When they'd finished their food a little while later, War left
some bills at the table and escorted Alice back out. From the
way the people inside had stared, he figured it might be a good
idea to get Alice something new to wear.
"I was thinking it's about time to get you a new dress, or
outfit to wear."----
Rebel was so engulfed in what he was doing that he didn't sense
anything off. The loud music pounding in his ears masked
Famine's entrance into the warehouse.
Rebel finally stepped back and glanced up to see River frozen in
place and turned to see a stranger standing only a foot away.
"Holy ****!" He yelled, grabbing a nearby open bottle of oil and
squeezing it right into the man's eyes.
He scrambled back, grabbing a tire iron from the nearby bench
and began hitting the intruder in the ribs and stomach. "Get
away from me! Get outta here!"Death watched as she ate and was
amazed at how she downed the food. His eye roamed over her body
as it stretched. He made a small groan.”Jun. if you wanted to be
underneath someone new.. would you accept it?” He asked trying
to regain composure and somehow drill the idea of consent in the
girl as he was now just about broke. “I know a way to protect
you, but that means we may do things James may go off the handle
for.” He said honestly. The man’s ears was showing some red to
them as he spoke. His mind on the other hand was making plans on
how to keep Jun untouched for the most part.
——-
Daevon blinked at the man.”sounds good, I know we need to stop
by the apartment or I’ll never hear the end of Rachel worrying
about her cat hiro.” He said as he followed him.
He was giving a hand with the bags before he saw how river froze
and went over to see Famine as he froze as well.”well well well,
been a while little br-“ he started before a bottle of oil
poured in his eyes with a yell. He made a few grunts and laid on
the ground before one of his men knocked rebel back. “Owwww you
**** ****! Didn’t your mother tell you it’s rude to interrupt?”
Slid out from the man on the ground. Daevon grabbed rivers arm
to try to pull him back before the man shapeshifted to his
second form.”I hate this form and you made me use it!” He
shouted at rebel, unlike the others- when he lost his composure
would he slip into the side he hated with a passion, his speed
was almost fast enough to blur as he tried to hit rebel to miss
as he cleared his eyes with the other arm..”now pest… don’t tell
me your snatching the job away from me…*again*” he seethed.”do
we need to do another good few rounds of how fast you can heal
again?” He asked as he screeched.
The sound was almost animalistic that inside the loft would
resound for Rachel to seperate and cover her ears. Her eyes held
complete dread.”why is he here..” she asked her voice shaking
softly. Her eyes went to Bobby.
She seemed to think and sighed.”we need to get out.. we might
have to find a way out differently.” She said as she got
worried.Alice felt the man clean her face off. Not that she
minded- it was surely different under his care than it was
famines. War gave more structure where famine was more wild a
lot of the time. “Okay.. maybe we can find him instead of Job..
I just wanna know how important that human is, and apologize for
almost breaking his toy.” She said and sighed.
Once done she clung to ear as they got out. She heard him
mention about a dress or an outfit. “Fine but still no shoes.. “
she said flatly. For some godly reason the woman preferred to be
barefoot, one wouldn’t know why. Winter was especially hard when
the woman would refuse. “What kind of dress?” She asked as her
head made a tilt.Seeing Famine be attacked was enough to snap
River out of his trance like state. His eyes darting around the
room as if trying to figure out exactly what to do in this
situation. "Daevon, you and Rebel take the car and get out of
here, swing by you apartment and grab anything you have to
have... I'll distract this... monster while the others get
out...." He told his boyfriend before pulling away from the man,
shifting into his own alternate form which caused a black smoke
to bellow onto the floor, easily hiding the humans as he
transformed into the plague doctor like form.
"Leave now while I am still allowing you to breathe," River
threatened, his bravery being derived from his desire to keep
Daevon and the others safe.
---
It seemed the moment the pair got lost in each other was the
moment things decided to go into the critically bad territory.
"Lead the way..." was all Bobby to say when Rachel said they
needed to get out.
Bobby's eyes scanned over the area and pointed out some
scaffolding that worked as the fire escape. Bobby used his good
arm to open the window, holding it open for Rachel.
---
"Depends on who it was, if it was someone I trusted like you, I
would accept it easily... what did you have in mind?" Jun
questioned as she sat up once more, tilting her head innocently
to one side. The look in his eyes reminded her of the way James
looked at her when he wanted to play. She wondered if Death
wanted to play with her too, that certainly would upset
James.Rebel felt hands shoving him back and swung at the new
attacker, making the underling curse when the tire iron hit him.
"No, my mom taught me to go down swinging you piece of ****!"
Rebel yelled back, now fully in fight mode. "Stay back!" He
screamed at the other minions that gathered around the stranger.
He swung the tire iron wildly, his earbuds flying out of his
ears
Rebel paled seeing the guy suddenly shift into a nightmarish
form. What the hell was going on? He managed to pick up on what
River told Daevon and shivered. When River started to shift,
Rebel darted quickly over to snag his bag and scurried out of
the warehouse after Daevon.
"Is this what happens before the world ends?" He couldn't help
but blurt out. He was starting to feel panic blooming inside.
-----
"Probably the best thing to do, I don't want Famine finding him
first. We both know what he'd do to Pestilence," War said
shaking his head. "It's a good thing you didn't or he probably
would never forgive you."
This was the very sentiment War had in regards to Alice. If
Pestilence had hurt her, he'd have to retaliate. Even more so if
Famine got any ideas of torturing her.
"I can't say I understand you not wanting shoes, but I'm not
going to force you to wear shoes my dear Alice,"
War couldn't help but grin at her question. "Something that
hugs your curves perfectly. I think it should be in crimson, it
is your color after all,"Death heard her talk and let a breath
out.”well.. it involves having a baby with me.” He said and
towered a little over her.”well.. If it’s even possible on my
end.. I know for you it shouldn’t be a problem.” He said and
chuckled.”it be an important experiment in his eyes to see if my
kind can even reproduce. “ he said and pulled her chin up.”If
there’s anything stronger than his anger it’s his desire to see
results.” He said gently.”course it means you get to partake in
my abilities as well and won’t die on my watch.” He said
honestly as the hand slid down her form.
“He’ll be pissed alright but can’t do anything.”
———
“That would be bad..” said Alice.”hasn’t been the same since
pestilence took over his work last time.” She added. “I’d like
that! I love the color of red..” she said with a smile that
bordered to crazy.”especially when we fight.” She said with a
chuckle.
——
Daevon saw rhe man pull away before he shifted. His eyes went
wide at the plague looking doctor form, the smoke blocking parts
of things out.”pest! You’re being a pain!” He heard.
His feet took off for the car and slid in. He hoped Rachel found
a way out given the sound famine got out. “This isn’t the end of
the world! I told you their homunculus..river will be okay, just
pray he messes up the other guy worse.” He said as he started
the car to get moving.
——-
Rachel nodded to get up, her own face scanning for a good place.
She heard Bobby to look out.”alright. You be careful .” She told
him before hoisting herself out the window.
She began to carefully make her way down to look up to make sure
Bobby was doing okay, after a bit she managed to get down.
During this she heard the car peel out and looked through the
bottom window. The wind escaped her lungs at the sight of rivers
form.. and the dreadful famine.
They seemed to be fighting trading blows as famine was cussing..
or what sounded like it at River. It seemed the pause was brief
for Rachel to snap out as she saw a small group of men.Her
stomach dropped as she saw one of their hands pointed. “Bobby
run!” She said to push him ahead with her on his heels. She
wondered why they were not shooting assuming Bobby being
involved was why. “Keep running.” Rachel told Bobby.”I’m right
behind you.” She assured. She then briefly stopped to activate
her water alchemy against some pipes they came across in the
ally that was exposed . They busted to soak their persuers
before she cycled around to feel her foot caught before hitting
the ground, she turned to see her foot with a stone hand around
it before her arms. She struggled before the bad leather
strapped one popped off. She managed to glance back to realize
one of the men applied their own alchemy and she was screwed. It
was a nightmare and Rachel was praying she’d wake up.
#Post#: 1313--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 8:58 am
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It was far harder to climb down the fire escape than Bobby had
considered with his wounded arm. Still he pushed through the
pain as tried his best not to use that arm. Thankfully the pair
were soon on the ground and running. Rachel urging him to run.
He had started to until he heard the woman hit the ground and
was quickly rushing back over to her and looked around
frantically for something to free her.
He spotted a discarded metal pipe and quickly snatched it up
before going after the stone hands holding Rachel. Once broken,
Bobby scooped Rachel up with his good arm, tossing her onto his
shoulder before grabbing her detached arm and began to run with
all his strength.
Thankfully the wall of water prevented the alchemist from
grabbing hold of them again, though he came close several times.
Bobby rounded a corner and ducked into the back of a closed
shop, finding a back break room to hide them both in. Bobby sat
Rachel down on a chair before putting her metal arm on a table,
finally sitting down when the door was blocked with all the
other furniture in the room. "Are you okay?" He finally asked
when he was able to catch his breathe.
---
Seeing Daevon and Rebel flee like he had instructed gave River a
bit more resolve to try and keep Famine away from them. He used
a sort of phantom step to appear at other points in the room,
easily touching each of Famine's underlings causing them to form
horrible boils on their skin before slowly dying. Soon all that
was left was the two humuculus. After several more moments of
dodging Famine and making the man dodge him back did River pull
his disappearing act. Black smoke hid his body before he turned
into was appeared to be a Flock of ravens that flew in every
direction out the windows.
River himself having slipped out a back door and started to run.
---
"A... baby?" Jun questioned as Death's hand guided her to look
up at him. His promise to keep her safe as his hand trained down
her body sparked a wave of desire in her.
"Does... that mean I will be yours instead of his?" She
questioned, fully sold on the idea already. The idea of the
caring man being the one to bed her at night bringing tingling
sensations through her.
“homunuculawhat?" Rebel shot back as he dove into the back seat
of the car head first. His face screwed up a bit trying to
decipher the word. "Who am I praying to exactly?" He couldn't
help but ask. "If the four horsemen aren't real, is there really
a god?"
They'd only gone a short way, when Rebel twisted to peer back at
the warehouse. "We can't just leave without the others dude, we
gotta go back. Bobby, Rachel can only run so fast. There were
quite a few minions with that psycho dude," he added,
-----
War nodded, his face going grim recalling what had happened in
the past. Pestilence had been pushed too hard by Famine and had
unleashed a horrific plague which had wiped out over a fourth of
the population.
His mood brightened at Alice's happy crazy grin. "I've noticed,"
he replied. "It's one of the things I like about you,"
He soon parked the car outside of a dress boutique, where the
exact dress he'd described was displayed in the front window.
"Well...talk about good fortune. Do you want try it on or look
for anything else?"
—
“You would be mine, yes.” Said death his head lowered enough.”so
will you be mine? And mine alone?” He asked as he couldn’t help
but grope a breast. The stirring inside was something he was not
accustomed to for quite some time. He never was one for
attatchments other than his ‘family’ of the four.
——
Alice blinked at the boutique, she saw the dress and eyed it.”I
wanna look around.” She said to briskly walk in. Naturally some
of the patrons inside recoiled seeing a barefooted woman waltz
in, and start pushing a lot of the wracks.”e..excuse me.. you
need shoes..” Alice heard for her head to snap.”no.” She stated
to go back to what she was doing. The poor owner got an eyefull
of war and backed down.”ah sorry didn’t realize..” fumbled the
owner. “Is it time again?” She asked her hand to her face
worriedly as protection money was a thing with their
organization.
——
“Homunculus” stated Daevon.”they’re technically an act against
god made by the hand of man- a big nono.” He explained to
rebel.”least that is what the church says.. the government calls
it an act of inhumanity.” He said flatly.
“Pray to whatever you want.” He said before the next few words
just about set daevons poor mind back into place. Rachel, he
turned the wheel without much warning .”sorry just too much ****
going on!” He said as he noticed some goons down a ways looking
soaked to continue.”she went that way but car won’t fit.” He
said to go to the next street over.
———
Famine made an unholy scream- more or less out of
frustration.”you think you can run away from me?!? I’m famine!!”
He shouted before he moved his head. “Boss!” He heard as he
could smell pestilence everywhere thanks to his stunt, he was
trying to figure out where he just went!”shut the hell up!” He
yelled.”sir! The wo-.” He heard. It was short lived as famine
chose to eat the man in half- what was worse was it was one of
wars men. Famine paused horrified at what he just did.”****.” He
stammered. War was gonna let him have it now!During his panic
did another man inform him the woman they were after - had ran
off in some flooded ally.. death was gonna kill him too.. more
than once. “**** it- we won’t go back till we find the ****.” He
said desperate to have at least death on his side out of the
four.
——
#Post#: 1314--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 9:02 am
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Rachel was bright red by the time they got to the shop. She
didn’t realize just how much Bobby had it in him to haul her ass
over his shoulder and run like that. Then she blushed harder as
she reasoned in her head the man did more than *just*arrange
flowers. She felt embarrassed for that.”I.. ah.. am okay. “ she
said her heart beating a mile a minute. Her cheek had a small
cut from when one of the small stones flew by. “Are you okay?”
She asked as her eyes looked him over."Nothing that won't heal,
just glad you are okay... let's see if I can't find something to
fix your strap for now?" Bobby offered as he dug through the
room, coming across rags he was able to tear apart to hold
Rachel's arm on for now. "Not a long term solution, but it will
work for now hopefully." He said, unable to sit still with the
danger they were still facing. He still didn't understand why
these people were after them. What was so special about him?
---
River finally stopped running when he couldn't hear Famine any
longer and no one was chasing him. He stopped, leaning on the
brick wall of a building as he braced his hands on his knees to
catch his breath. His heart was still racing as fear coarsed
through his viens.
How was he going to find the others and get everyone out of town
safely? Maybe if he could remember things from his past it
wouldn't be taking him off guard like this. Famine's face
flashed through his mind as he remembered the man... his
*brother* trying to kill him. Torturing him and leaving him for
dead.
---
"Yes Death, yours and only yours." Jun confirmed nearly
breathless having the man so close, touching her so intimately.
How could she resist the gentle God among men? The prince
reaper... *her* Death.War followed Alice in, not minding her
wanting to look around a bit before deciding.
He came to a sudden halt, feeling the death of the men who chose
to work under him. His eyes flashed dark red, and his hands
clenched into fists at his side.
His eyes shifted to glower at the owner when she brought him
back to the present. It took him a moment to place her face and
nodded slowly. "Yes, though this time, I'll take whatever
clothes my lady desires in payment,"
He moved past the owner to join Alice, watching as she looked
through the racks of clothes. "Pick out whatever you like, but
let's try to do it quickly. Several of my men were just killed,
and I suspect Famine had something to do with it. That little
upstart keeps taking my men out without asking permission. He
should damn well know better by now," War growled out, sounding
very pissed off.
----
Rebel scratched his chin, still not quite sure what a Homunuclus
was. He'd have to do some research on it later. "okay then," he
muttered in return.
Rebel managed to grab the back of the seat and hung on as
Daevon swung the car around. His head spun a bit but he didn't
say a word of complaint. "Yeah, I understand the sentiment," he
replied, grateful he hadn't lost his lunch yet.
Rebel frowned as he too picked up on the soaked guys. It made
him wonder for a moment how Rachel was able to shoot water jets
at people. Was she more than human like River was? He hoped he
got the chance to ask her later about it.Death heard her words
and it was enough for him. His mouth covered Jin’s briefly
before slipping away to not only lock the door but began to
undress. The vest came off before he took his shirt, draping it
in the chair. He joined her back in bed once he finished
undressing, his hands wandering to places as his mouth went to
others. He figured this would fix everything- well least half
the project. He’d just have to find William that much harder to
replace James.
In his mind this was simple and knocking several birds out with
one stone. His promise to protect her, half the project at least
surmised about his kind, and speeding up James end.”moan for me
Jun..” he mumbled in her cat like ear before sliding down to
have a taste of her warmth.
——-
“Yes sir it shall be done.” Said the older woman . Alice heard
war and blinked.”again?” Asked Alice with a frown. Anytime now
when famine killed off wars men interfered with her fun- her
once friendship with the guy had diminished after she realized
how getting out of hand could be. Well when it didn’t benefit
her.
The older woman that had told war yes came out and held a vivid
blue dress against the red head some.”mmmm I like this color.”
Said Alice.”yes quite miss, may I suggest a black accessory.. a
headband?” Alice heard.”really? Okay!” She said and seemed
rather taken back to her own desires as quickly as it felt taken
away.
After a bit of time did they find their clothing to head off..
——
Rachel gave a smile,”wouldn’t be a bad idea.. sucks when the arm
pops off like that.” She said to sigh. She could see his face
looked confused and lost in thought as he worked at tying her
arm back to stay.”I.. ah…” Rachel let off a sigh.”there might be
a reason why they’re adamant on you” she said quietly.”they
check everything- health, background.. family line..” she said
and rubbed her neck.”somehow it factors into their aim.” She let
off a breath.”do you use alchemy.. or magic affinity to
anything?” She asked softly.Rachel was sincerely trying to
figure out what tied the victims together.. even for her. The
blood on her cheek slid down. Rachel went with her good hand and
an extra cloth to wipe it while blood normally looked red, it
looked almost purple.
———
Daevon gave a breath out. “I know we need to find her fast.
She’s been dealing with all sorts of things the past month. Not
to mention her abilities been fluctuating oddly.” He said his
teeth gritting. Given the awkward street builds he came across
River first.”River! Come on.. I’m trying to find the other two.”
He said to wave the man in.Bobby thought for a long moment about
Rachel had said about family lines and such. "I mean, my dad was
supposedly some big shot in the military before he died...
I've... never really tried Alchemy.... I wouldn't know where to
start...." He admitted with sigh. "I swear if it's because of my
looks, I might scream," he said, only half joking.
It always seemed his pretty face always get him into trouble,
some way or another. He hadn't expected it to excilate to
kidnapping!
---
The sound of tires screeching to a stop caused River to flinch
and look up quickly. A feeling of relief rushing him as he
stumbled his way into the passenger seat. He was quite a but
worse for wear. His body sporting several bruses from his fight
with Famine.
"You two okay? Where are the others?" He questioned when he
realized only Rebel was in the back seat.
---
Death sealed Jun's promise to him with a kiss before pulling
away to lock the door, discarding his clothes on the way back to
the bed. Within moments his hands were roaming her body, finding
all of her favorite spots as he went lower and lower.
Hot needy moans escaped Jun, not only at Death's command, but
also the massive amount of pleasure corsing through her as he
pleasured her with his tounge. "Oh yes! Yes Death!" She moaned
out feeling heat rise in her.War grimaced, rubbing his forehead,
trying to ease the ache he'd gotten from being cut off so
abruptly from his men. "Yeah, you'd think by now he'd realize I
feel it every time,"
War was already plotting how he'd punish Famine for the pain he
was going through.
His mood brightened slightly at Alice's reaction to the bright
blue dress. It would look quite good on her, he couldn't help
but think. Maybe even more when he helped her take it off.
Once her clothing choices, along with the crimson dress were
wrapped up and bagged, War thanked the owner and led Alice out.
"Now let's hunt down that little ****," he growled once they
were back in the car.
He revved the engine and let his other side take over for a
moment to get a feel for Famine. "He's gonna regret hurting my
men," War growled a bit deeper and peeled out towards the last
spot Famine had used his ability.
----------
Rebel was more than a little curious about what Daevon said
about Rachel, and abilities fluctuating. He didn't have time to
ask more when the older man pulled to a stop next to River.
"Doing just peachy, they had to leave from the loft and had to
go in another direction. We're tracking them down now," Rebel
replied, tugging at his hair, worry showing in his eyes.
"Who was that crazy dude that attacked? And what is a
Homunuclus? Is there anything we can do to stop him from coming
after us?"
Rachel listened.” Big shot in the military that might be why.
William.. rather my father was a well known scientist, he was
considered a bright mind till the crazy came out. Mom use to
work by him- she knew tons about botany.. guess that’s why I got
drawn to the flower shop.” She admitted. “She always did like
being surrounded by flowers.” She quickly chanted back.”bet
his health was off the charts or perhaps was smart.. your mom?”
She said before she heard a noise. Her mouth formed a worried
look.”tie it as much as you can.. I’ll have to fight and if it
pops up again I’ll be fighting with a handicap..” she said with
a soft tone.
On the other side men were trying to bust the door down. While
one called famine to let them know where they were.
Once the door busted in did Rachel fight back without
hesitation. Her metal arms making contact in the side of one of
the goons face for him to fall back with a broken jaw. After
some struggle did a guy twice her size grab her and fought with
her good arm as the other one popped off again. “Stop fighting
or we can break a leg or two!” Said a man.
———
“Just fine- but we are following Rachel’s work to her. “ he told
river. He heard rebel ask his questions to sigh.”famine can be
only slowed down.” He said honestly.”not sure if all his
abilities but he **** hates fire.”he commented. “I would have
done something but I didn’t want you two to be mixed up in my
alchemy.” He said to sigh.
———
Alice followed war hearing his anger.”famine is gonna run you
know.” She said remembering the first time they met. She was
helping him dip out from war at the time.
—-
Once death felt Jun ready did he slip in. He made a soft
groan.”let me know if I’m hurting you..” he mumbled before he
began to move. The feeling was new, almost as if he was becoming
one with Jun. his jun. his eyes made a faint glow as he picked
up the pace.
——
Famine was in mid panic down another alleyway when he got the
call.”you **** lock them down! I’ll be there!” He said to hang
up and run down a place as he had a nasty feeling war was on his
way.
The thoughts of Bobby's parents floated in his mind. His father
stern, strong, brilliant, his mother nurturing, sweet, and
caring. Oh how he missed them. "My mom was a florist, that was
how I got interested in flowers and got good at arranging them,"
he said before they were interrupted by a noise at the door.
His entire body tensed as he tried to finish tying up Rachel's
arm so she could fight. Even knowing they were coming was still
not enough time. Soon they were swarmed. Bobby tried to fight
back, bitting the man who had grabbed him but the next one
grabbed his arm where be had been shot that morning and caused
Bobby to crumple to his knees, making him easy to capture and
tie up after that.
---
"Humulculus are the result of someone trying to defy nature and
bring someone back from the dead.... I... don't think there is
anything that we can do to stop them... we just need to find the
others and get the hell out of here." River stated, her nerves
on edge as he was ready to ditch town right then and there, he
couldn't leave the others though, his conscious wouldn't let
him.
----
Soon Death's mouth was replaced with his manhood and it was *so*
much bigger than James could ever hope to be. It filled her
nearly to the breaking point as he moved inside her, claiming
her body for him.
Jun was a moaning mess as she clung to her new lover, her new
master. "You are so big! Yes!" She moaned out, his name falling
from her lips with nearly every thrust.
—-
“oh I'm counting on it," War growled back. "You did say you
wanted to hunt, guess we got one after all,"
It didn't take long before he was stopping outside the now
abandoned warehouse and making his way inside to look over the
destruction closer. His eyes flashed when he found the remains
of his men. His jaw twitched as he carefully looked everything
over, getting a better idea of what had happened.
"Looks like they went out this way," he muttered and led Alice
out onto the street and began tracking the trail the others had
left. It might not have been intentional, but War could pick up
on the smallest signs.
He could also feel Famine close by. He would have turned towards
his brother had the sound of fighting not caught his attention.
He arrived on the scene, taking in the two trying to fight off
his men.
"Well..well," he spoke, recognizing the young man as the mark
that James has wanted for his next experiment. "What have we got
here? Looks like Famine found our escapee, and the mark. Too bad
he's not here,"
War looked around at his men, taking in their wounds and the one
sporting a disfigured jaw. "get these two back to the warehouse,
use the sedatives so they're more manageable. The doctor won't
be pleased if you break them. Also take them in separately." He
added. "Now...where did Famine go? He and I need to have a
little talk," War empathized this by cracking his knuckles.
------
Rebel shivered as Daevon explained that famine could only be
slowed down. His right eyebrow jerked up at the mention of
Famine hating fire.
"Wait, you're more than human too?" Rebel asked, blinking
hearing Daevon mentioning alchemy.
How was he suddenly surrounded by all these Homunuclus and
people with powers? Maybe he just attracted strange things.
Rebel felt his skin crawl when River explained what Homunuclus
were. It reminded him of how obsessed his father had been about
his mother and trying to bring her back after she'd died. He
hoped that the man had given up on it.
Rebel nodded and moved to peer out the back window, trying to
see any signs of Rachel and Bobby.
"Oh God no!" He gasped out, seeing both Rachel and Bobby being
dragged out of a building and shoved and stashed into two
different cars. "They got them, we are going to go after them
right? Try and rescue them?" He asked, shooting a worried look
at River and Daevon.
He might only be a lowly street rat, but he wasn't just gonna
run away. Rachel and Bobby needed help.Rachel was in mid
struggle- arms no arms didn’t matter to her. She saw Bobby
crumple and snapped.”hurt him I hurt you.” By the time the few
men got the two out did she get a look of war and Alice to
blink. Course in that time famine had showed up and made a small
face. He let off a breath. “W..war! I swear this isn’t all what
it looks like- I ate one yeah but pest killed the others!” He
said panicked.”I was just trying to complete my job.” He said
keeping people between them. Rachel settled long enough for a
shot to be stuck in her upper arm given the flesh left, they
didn’t have to deal with ropes since they took off the other arm
to ditch it in the ally. They realized it didn’t quite stick
when she gave a swift yank toward Bobby to feel the drag back.
Another one was given as she finally seemed to slack and got
shoved in *a* car.
——
“Anyone can do alchemy even you rebel, it’s just mostly outlawed
here.. Rachel and I use it within our means.” He told the
man.”but I’d recommend one element for beginners- “ he had said.
It was then he saw the scene from the car. He witnessed the way
his cousin was manhandled- his hands clutching the wheel as
they turned white. If he didn’t have the other two he would have
ran in with the car.”I can’t say anything about you two but I am
not leaving my cousin. She been through enough.” He said.”just
too many people..” he said watching as some filed to cars as
they pulled away.
——
Death continued to go at Jun, the feeling of her hugging him
bringing out his own noises. He could feel himself building up..
and a sensation of exploding came from within as he spilled. He
continued to enjoy this new feeling.. letting it linger as much
as it would.Fighting back got harder and harder once they were
dragged out to the street before being stuck with a needle. It
wasn't much longer before he passed out, entirely at the mercy
of his captors.
---
"Well, I certainly can't let my new boyfriend run off into
certain danger on his own," River mused, hiding his fear in the
situation with humor. Fear wasn't a feeling he was all that used
to, even if it was the feeling that drove him to keep himself
hidden from the world.
"We should follow them and figure out when would be the best
time to break in. We can get a safe place ready and get
everything we need so we can bail out of town the moment we have
them," River suggested as he watched tensely as the two were
taken away.
---
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Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 9:06 am
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More sounds of pleasure escaped Jun as Death used her body to
pleasure himself. Her eyes nearly rolled to the back of her head
as she felt him filling her, getting an even louder pleased moan
out of her. Even still, he didn't stop moving, driving Jun over
the edge again and again until he was finally satisfied. She
could never go back to sleeping with anyone else, Death had
officially ruined her for anyone save for himself.
——
War turned his attention on Famine, his eyes flashing and
started towards the other: malice in his eyes.
"I thought I'd made it very clear to you about asking before
taking what's mine," he growled, not really wanting to hear
Famine's explanation. "If you want to delay your punishment
that's fine by me. I'm sure Death would love a show,"
War growled an order to one of the men to collect the metal arms
before stalking back to his own car. While he wanted to punish
Famine, he wasn't going to hurt his own men trying to get at the
spoiled rotten brat.
He was far to lost in musing over how he'd punish Famine to
notice the car of people watching him and his men.
----
Rebel was more than surprised to hear he could do alchemy as
well. "Really? I guess I've been out of the loop too long living
underground for so long," he mused.
He wondered for a moment what element he might try first.
"I'll help in whatever way I can," Rebel spoke up. "I'm good at
sneaking in places, an I can help with getting more supplies. We
might want some fire power too "Death rolled to his side,
catching his breath. He looked at the sexed out chimera to
smirk. “That was amazing for a first time.. maybe I should tell
war to try.. if Alice is that kind of woman.” He thought to
himself chuckling. He definitely wouldn’t get old of this!
—-
Famine saw the malice to shrink.”I am sorry- but I did find
those two!” He said to shut up at the sound of a punishment. He
went to get in a car that didn’t have war in it to a grogged up
Rachel.”can you believe it- I half eat one guy and borrowed a
few and he gets his panties in a bunch.” He said flatly to
blink. His head tilted as it seemed the girl was acting as if
she was half sedated.”two shots and your still up.. pfff! Doc
gonna love you.” He said to laugh a bit as he tried to ease his
mind from being afraid.
———
Daevon blushed.”really?” The man’s hands relaxed and
nodded.”your right.. i just hope Rachel can hold out. “ he said
quietly looking at the cars that were quite the distance as he
followed.
——
It wasn’t long till the cars had pulled up and famine being the
little **** he was already took off. Death was straightened up
leaving a few snacks for Jun to meet the group as he saw famine
lugging in Rachel to put her in the chair.”see I got the girl-
now I’m gonna go to my room-“ he started as death caught him by
the collar. “You need to debrief how many times have I said
that?” He asked before seeing Bobby being brought in.”and we
need you since we got them both. Someone take the boy and get
him cleaned up, girl too, prep the beds- “ he said with his
usual demeanor. The only signs of anything being out of place
his hair, and the tie being slightly skew as he had rushed when
he heard through the door about problems. He straightened his
tie and smoothed his hair some. “Alice..” he said as the girl
came in.”give this young woman some dignity, would you?” He said
as she understood. “War is pissed famine did it.” She said as he
glared over before war would come in.
—-
“Yeah, really, haven't even had a proper date yet, can't bail
out on me before that," River mused as they slowly followed
after the people who had Bobby and Rachel. A few weeks ago, the
man would have cut his losses and left town, but Daevon and the
other humans, they had gotten him to care and that wasn't
something he could turn off.
Once they had a location, River considered their options. "We
can go back to the warehouse, get what we left behind there. We
could set up there for now, or maybe find a spot closer? Reb,
you know of any good hiding locations around here where we can
stash us and the car?" He questioned looking back at the man.
---
"That was your first time? That's hard to believe," Jun mused in
a purr as she cuddled up to the man, groaning in protest when he
pulled away to redress. She watched him for several minutes as
he rushed to get ready before leaving a snack for her as he
left. The chimera huffed to herself as she moved to where her
snack was.
It didn't take long for her to finish eatting and decided she
was bored. Once dressed in the clothes Death had gotten for her,
Jun wandered out of his room. It didn't take long for her to
find the others.
A frown came to her lips seeing the two people taken in. The
latest victims and it looked like one could be a repeat
customer. She recognized the woman's face. "Are these the people
you were hunting?" She questioned as she approached the male
captive to poke his face, getting him to flinch and stir.
"Rachel....." was all Bobby could muster as he weakly tried to
struggle. "What are you going to do to them?" She
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Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 9:09 am
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——
Rebel couldn't help but worry even more when he heard Daevon
talking about Rachel holding out. Just why had Rachel and Bobby
been grabbed? What was going to happen to them if they couldn't
get them out fast enough.
"Just...what were they grabbed for?" He finally asked, feeling a
chill go through him.
There was something oddly familiar about the place the other
Homunuclus had stopped. Not that he could have explained why.
"There's an old abandoned subway station not too far from here.
There's a street entrance to it that should be big enough to
hide the car," he suggested.
It had actually been one of his first hiding spots. "We should
probably grab whatever weapons we can find, as well as
supplies," he added.
He directed Daevon the hideout, climbing out to pull the old
decaying door open so he could drive the car inside. "I'll get
the lights," he mumbled moving past the car to open an old panel
and twisted a few wires until the overhead lights flickered on.
"There isn't running water, but at least we can see in here," he
said and then led them to an old subway car. "Got some extra
dust and cobwebs, but looks about the same," he said more to
himself.
-------
War let Alice go in first, having to deal with telling the
family about the death of one of the dead men. It wasn't a job
he liked doing, which was why he preferred to not take on
married men. Not that Famine gave a **** about that sort of
thing.
He hung up a few moments later, and headed in to talk to Death
and give Famine the punishment he deserved.
He moved to stand near Alice, glaring back at Famine. "Next
time, he's not allowed near my guys without me. He ate one of
them," he growled, black shadowy tendrils starting to climb up
his body.
It was a sign he was close to unleashing his blood thirsty side.
"Also, Pestilence is close by, and may not be completely
himself. Alice said he didn't recognize her,"Daevon blushed
hotly at his words.”be best we can try that.. but I think a
closer spot would be best, I know we might need weapons. “ he
said thoughtfully.”probably medical kits.” Daevon clearly
trying to remain calm.
He listened to rebel and they managed to get to where he was
directing .Daevon seemed to be somewhat a shell, trying to not
worry- but in the back of his mind- every minute Rachel was with
them.. she may lose herself.
——-
Alice was busy behind a screen that was put up unbuttoning the
girls blouse to glance a bit around. That’s when she noticed a
scar on her cheek and a smudge of purple. Rachel was coming out
of it to stare at Alice her jaw flexing.”kick me and we hurt
blue haired man.” She warned just to earn a dirtier glare. Her
ears picked up deaths conversation and heard a woman’s voice.
She groaned softly.”y’all suck.” She commented
—-
“Yes they are Jun, one was an experiment that we didn’t think
would survive this long- tests are needed to see what her body
is capable of. If this is the case we need to recreate the
scenario with the boy.” He explained.”only.. no limbs lost this
time.”
——
Death sighed as he saw war.”I agree, he’s been abusing his
rights lately.” He said as famine shrunk.”I swear I’ll be
better!” He said covering his head to avoid any smacks war might
give.
The moment he heard about pestilence he gained a worried look at
the sound of it.”didn’t?” He asked. Rachel by then was coming
out of the fog as she heard the name. Her brow raised a little
before feeling a gown tugged over and tied.”you shouldn’t listen
to other people’s conversations.” Said Alice matter of fact. She
turned.”yeah I was following this bad boy..” said Alice as she
fiddled with the tie on the opposite screen. The more Rachel
heard the description it hit her. She watched the screen go by
and saw death.”he was defending a human?” He asked.”yeah it was
weird.. he never does.”River couldn't be happier with the place
Rebel had led them to. It was perfect. River got out of the car
and leaned against it as Rebel got the lights on. "There are
some guns in one of the bags in the back of the car but we are
going to need something that hits harder to get Rachel and Bobby
back.... I might know of a stockpile we could raid for better
equipment. Not sure where we could get more medical supplies but
we will need that and parts for Rachel's arms, who knows what
condition they will be when we get them back." He said with a
heavy sigh.
"We should get moving, I have a feeling that Fanine guy will be
looking for me, so you two stay together and get what we need
while I go get those weapons." He suggested as he pushed off the
car. As beat up as he was, he didn't want to sit around and wait
any longer.
----
"James always said Pestilence hates humans," Jun said as she
moved away from Bobby to stand closer to Death. The anxiety of
James arriving was already playing on her mind. She knew she
couldn't avoid him forever. Eventually he would get her to
himself again and it scared her.Rebel was worrying even more
when his question about why Rachel and Bobby were taken for was
ignored. He had the feeling neither of the older guys wanted to
scare him. They definitely needed to get them out ASAP .
"I can help get some med kits assembled. There's a hospital not
too far away," Rebel volunteered. He wasn't just going to sit
around and wait if there was something he could do.
At least they already had some guns on hand. "what would you
want? Ç4? Maybe some grenades?" Rebel asked, trying to think of
heavier things that might pack a bigger punch.
He let out a sigh and nodded when River suggested he that he and
Daevon stick together.
"Yeah, good idea. Just be careful out there. If you get taken
too, it's gonna be harder to rescue Rachel and Bobby. You ready
Daevon?"
-----
War's eyes flicked to the screen that Alice had set up to follow
through with Death's order. Now that she wasn't as close, he
picked up on the subtle changes in the other's scent.
He didn't mention it though, Famine's whined promise making him
glower even more. He waited until Famine relaxed a bit to reach
out and slap the back of the other's head. "You had better. If
you get hungry, eat a different human. My men are trained for
fighting. I need them for my battles,"
War wasn't yet done with Famine but he could tell by Death's
reaction and questions about Pestilence that he might be needed
to go find their brother.
"I can try and find him and bring him in. If his memory has been
messed with, it's not going to be easy. However, I insist Famine
gets locked up. I'm not about to let him have free range of the
place after what he did. I doubt you want him trying something
against Jun,"“Be best given famine.. and your right.” He said
and blinked.”now that I think about it- how did he know we were
there.. hell you?” He asked River.
He heard rebels suggestion of a hospital and shook his
head.”Bobby maybe if they hadn’t tried recreating what happened
to Rachel, Rachel can’t see normal doctors- they would question
things and realize she herself is bordering the same qualities
of a hummuculous” He commented.”they might try to finish what
they started with her- she’s already been eating less,, “ he
said his face twitching.
——-
Death heard Jun, as she came by him. Rachel kept her head down
listening. Hearing famine help at the smack and how famine
seemed to sniff. Granted not as subtly as war would. His eyes
went wide at what he smelled. “You slept with Jun?!?” He said
before a hand smashed over his mouth.”keep quiet.. let that out
punishment is worse.” Death said. Famine pried his hand
off.”lock me up and I’ll sing it from the rooftops!” He told him
before the steps would be heard approaching.”from the rooftops?”
James asked as famine grinned.”oh bout seeing pest with memory
problems.” He said as death wiped his face clean of the ‘imma
kill you’ look.
The man walked over to the unconscious Bobby.”mmm… get those
mixtures we got left from pest.” Said James.”same stuff used for
Rachel just bigger doses.. maybe an iv drip?” He mumbled before
Rachel was brought back. She paused as she took in a familiar
face. James turned long enough to hear the woman say.”auntie..”
The man made a panicked expression.”death get Jun to a room
first..” he started before famine finally smarted off.”so death
can **** her again?” The pause that came felt long.. as James
who grabbed a gag to keep Rachel quiet before she about called
the woman’s real name was produced.”what?” He asked as Rachel
was gagged by his hand.
Famine grinned.”you heard me”
James swooped in to grab Jun.”that’s it your going to my room
and gonna learn who owns you!” He stated.Death took the man’s
hand he didn’t need to use to crush it.”hands off!” He said to
see the other hand swing at death for the man to confiscate a
sedative from one of wars men to stick him with it for the man
to keel over.” Famine your being locked up with supervision and
work. You’re gonna see what this woman can take- take notes.
Want your freedom follow instructions and wars training regime
for the next decade.” He snapped before dragging the unconscious
doctor to a room and shutting the door after to dust his
hand."We need any weapons we can get our hands on." River said
as he opened the trunk and dug through the bags until he found
the one that held several pistols and ammo and loaded one up for
himself before loading two more for the humans and handed them
over.
"Need to stay focused if we want to get them out in one piece.
You and Rebel hit up the hospital and see what you can get ahold
of. I'll meet you two back here." River said as he stashed the
gun in his wasteband. He thought for a moment before grabbing
Daevon's shirt and gave the man a deep kiss on the lips. "Stay
out of trouble." He told his boyfriend before he headed out of
the abandoned subway station.
It didn't take him long to locate another stash. He had a vague
feeling of War that he didn't understand, but knew this weapon
stash belonged to war. He ignored the weird feels as he worked
on gathering what he could from the storehouse.
---
It seemed Jun's new secret was out thanks to Famine, the beast
even going as far to tell James who near instantly got hold of
Jun before Death stopped him, crushing the man's hand and
sedating him.
While normally that would have been more than enough to distant
the feline woman, her mind was stuck on something else. The
woman had called her Auntie. Why? Jun watched the others go
about their business so she was able to walk over to the woman
and attempted to pull the gag off.
"What did you call me?" Jun questioned, gently holding the
woman's face so she could properly look into the girls drowsy
eyes.
—-
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Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 9:12 am
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Rebel opened and closed his mouth, not sure how to explain to
Daevon that he'd mentioned the hospital as more of a source,
than a place to go. It probably wasn't normal to have a list of
places that one could steal from.
He got more than a little worried hearing that Bobby could be
subjected to the same things Rachel had gone through. He
definitely felt the urgency get the two of them out after
hearing this.
Rebel took the gun from River, making sure the safety was on
before stashing it in out of sight under his hoodie .
"Got it, and there's a few pieces I can grab on the way as
well," Rebel replied. He moved to empty what he could out of his
messenger bag, and emptied a bigger bag that they could fill up.
Rebel led the way out of the old subway station and towards the
hospital.
"How do you feel about causing a distraction so I can grab stuff
from the hospital? You Could go the flirting route, or make the
nurses thing it's an emergency," he said, glancing up at Daevon.
A few blocks from the hospital, Rebel veered off into an
abandoned construction site. "Hopefully they didn't unearth the
stuff I had stashed here," he muttered.
It wasn't exactly a quick trip through the site, as there were a
lot of unsafe areas to get through. Rebel finally stopped and
started digging near a half constructed wall. "Oh good, still
here," he said triumphantly when he revealed an old gym bag.
"Should check the lock box they have for anything useful as
well," he suggested. "You want to carry this? I'll need my hands
to pick the lock,"
It took him under a minute to unlock it and they filled up the
empty bag with anything that could be weaponized.
"All right, now to the hospital. Should I just grab everything
that we might need?"
--------
War stood there watching Famine being the brat he was. If he
thought James was any sort of threat to Death, he would have
stepped in to help. As it was, his brother took care of the
human easily.
It was a bit curious to him that Death was protecting Jun from
James.
War grinned when Death announced Famine's punishment and moved
to restrain him. "Alice do you mind keeping an eye on Famine
while I'm looking for Pestilence? I won't be long. I'll leave
some guards to help as well. I look forwards to training you,
we'll start when I get back, little brother," War told Famine.
He personally lovked Famine up in a windowless room across from
Rachel's and left Alice and two of his trusted men to keep a
close eye on him.
War headed out; thinking over what to say when he found his
brother. If his memory was gone, it wouldn't be easy to reason
with him.
He drove around, trying to pick up on Pestilence. When the
silent alarm in one of his storehouses went off, he cursed and
headed to the building. He wasn't quite prepared to find his
brother there stealing his weapons stash.
"I'm guessing you've got a big fight coming up," War spoke,
looking Pestilence over.
He stashed his gun away, not wanting to have a fight with the
man. "What's going on with you? I understand the sentiment of
not liking Famine, but why are you stealing from me?"Daevon
heard river to his and took the pistol for himself to load and
tuck it away in the back of his waistband.. “Right.” He said
before he felt the drag in. The kiss caused the man to blush and
deepen in response to groan. When they parted he heard the man’s
words.”you too… don’t push yourself and get out of things get
dicy.” He to d the man.
Daevon followed rebel out as his face was still bright red.”I
can do a wound- I got a boyfriend now- flirting is kinda pushing
it.” He said to rub his neck.
Once they got to the constructed wall of a site he kept an eye
out.”yanno you should bring your voice down.” He commented
before taking the bag.”go ahead, I’m not good with lock
picking.”
Once they got it full he went to go with the man.”pain pills,
bandages.. much as you can.” He said as his jaw flexed. “Mind
helping me making a convincing enough injury?” He asked as they
neared the place to hand the bag back to the man as he carried
it part of the way.
——
Famine’s face went white before feeling war restrain him.”hey!”
He shouted before Alice hearing the man responded.”yup! I’ll
make sure he is doing what he’s suppose to be doin.” She said to
see death looking rather relieved.”good luck looking for him,
try to find out what caused him to lose his memory.” He said to
watch him go.
He turned to see Jun holding a groggy Rachel’s face up, the gag
gone.
He made his steps to scoop up the gag as rachel only managed a
shocked sob. Realizing it was reality.. and that her aunt was
alive! He swooped in to gag rachel again.”Jun love.. she almost
bit her tongue off.. Gags like these prevent that.” He said
fibbing slightly. He made sure it was tight to earn a
noise.“Alice.. just would you mind taking Jun to my room, love
I’ll be there shortly- I just have to tie things up here since
James is out and got to at least get things going for the boy.
And I need to get Emilia down here to make sure he doesn’t die
on us.” He said naming a subordinate he knew well.
Alice nodded to gently take jun’s hand.
Death took rachel by her upper arm to get her into the room, it
looked suprisingly clean. It held no bed but merely what looked
like it varied from medical tools to tools you’d find in a
garage. Her eyes went wide through the hot tears that managed to
escape from the shock of seeing her aunt- and not an ounce of
recognition from her.”I was hoping to make this easy.” Said
death before he sighed. Now that the door had shut his real side
showed. His face shifting to the translucent skeleton it was as
rachel went from sobbing to yanking to hit the floor.”the
sedatives should be wearing off. You won’t get more if you even
mention her name.” Said death.”Jun is now different, she’s not
the same- she’s dead to you understand?” He said leaning down at
the green eyed woman.”famine will be here shortly. Try to not
struggle- he will make things worse.” He said to stride out and
slam the door, he went to the next room where Bobby was being
strapped down and prepped, he worked at getting the IV drop
ready and once Emilia came gave instructions to note when he
starts feeling bad. Once things were settled and Alice at her
post did he enter the bedroom to look softly at Jun.”I am sorry
for that- hopefully when the work is done you and I can have
some real time away from all this.” He said before sitting in a
chair.
—-
Nearly an entire bag filled as River's hands worked swiftly to
take as much as he could. He hadn't expected the place to have
an alarm of any sort so when he was interrupted, the humunculus
whipped around, flamethrower in hand as he pointed it at the
intruder. The air of familiarity the man had, made River second
guess himself.
"Look man, I... I don't know who you are, I just want to get my
friends back and somewhere safe...." He managed after pushing
past his initial shock. "I don't want to hurt anyone, so don't
follow me..... I don't want anything to do with anyone involved
with that monster..." He half yelled, his anxiety and fear
getting the better of him in that moment as he began to back
away to try and leave.
----
A frown settled itself on Jun's lips as Death stoped the woman
from saying anything before having Alice bring her to his room,
locking her inside away from whatever was going on. She let out
a growl of frustration knowing the man was hiding things from
her. It was James made over!
She couldn't stand being lied to anymore. When Death finally
came into the room she turned away from him in place on the bed.
"You are hiding something from me... just like James is... that
girl *recognized* me.... she called me Auntie..... she must know
more about who I was before James turned me into this....." She
said flatly, she was far more intelligent than anyone in the
facility gave her credit for.War froze in place, his brow
wrinkling in alarm at the utter lack of recognition the other
had on his face. At least Pestilence didn't actually turn on the
flame thrower.
War didn't feel like shocking his brother further was a good
idea. If he told Pestilence they were brothers, it might just
have the guy unleashing flames in his face.
He slowly raised his hands up and stepped back, showing
Pestilence he didn't mean him harm. "I stay as far from Famine
as I can. As for your friends; if you want to get them out, best
do it soon before more men show up at the compound," he advised.
He wasn't outright going to try and stop the man, and this
protective side of Pestilence piqued his interest. "Famine's
going to be locked up with the girl, so you be careful when you
find her,"
While War wasn't about to give everything away, he wouldn't mind
if Pestilence tortured Famine a bit. It did worry him that his
brother had no clue who he was, and didn't remember him. What
had happened to Pestilence? He was starting to get suspicious
and think that Famine might know more than he let on.
"We're not all monsters like Famine." He called after
Pestilence.
-----
#Post#: 1319--------------------------------------------------
Re: Gamble (fixing)
DIR By: Inkglitched
Date: February 12, 2026, 9:15 am
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Rebel hadn't really thought that flirting was off limits for
Daevon. He shrugged, realizing it came down to personal choice.
A wound would work just as well. He just hoped River wouldn't
get mad about it later on.
Rebel's head jerked to glance around when Daevon mentioned he
shouldn't talk so loud. "Yeah, will do," he whispered and held
back from smacking his face.
Rebel wasn't quite prepared for Daevon to ask for his help with
getting a convincing injury.
"Uh...head lacerations bleed a lot and would get a great deal of
attention. I just...don't want to have River pissed at me."Death
saw Jun and heard her speak. A sigh escaped his lips. He knew he
couldn’t give the full truth but at least apart of it.”she
recognized you due to looking quite similar to a woman that
James was obsessed with. But you’re no longer that woman Jun.”
he said.”he tried to make you love him, thinking he could
program it in your head. But clearly that didn’t work.” He said
and rubbed his head some.
——-
“He won’t- I’ll tell him it was my idea- just don’t hit me so
hard that I don’t remember.” He said with a chuckle.”been in
enough fights to take a hit.” He told the man with a soft look.
One hit, and distraction later were the two back together and
him looking like he had a headache.”that nurse was too damn
handsy. Said it was my head not my body.” He said as he fought
the pounding headache he had from the aftermath.Distrust colored
pestilence every move as he slowly backed away taking in what
the man had to say. He didn't know why the man was seemingly
trying to help him, but moment River was out of the room, he
turned and ran. His heart was just about pounding in his throat
by the time he made it back to the abandoned subway and laid
himself in the back of the car after resting the bag of weapons
and flamethrower in the passenger seat, taking up the back for
himself as he waited for Daevon and Rebel to return.
---
No response came out of the feline woman, at least,not right
away as she thought over what Death said. "I was someone before
I became this... I have a whole human half that came from
somewhere.... a person who had a family... I am not just a
pet... or a toy..." Jun said as her voice ****, tears of loss
rolling down her cheeks. She couldn't even place where the grief
was coming from but she always felt she was missing a piece of
herself.
—-
War frowned as he lowered his hands and watched Pestilence back
off and make a run for it. There had to be a way to help his
brother remember them and what they were there to do. Maybe, he
and the others could manage to catch him and help jog his
memory. As well as figure out what had happened in the first
place.
War moved to check over his stash, and sighed seeing that it had
been nearly picked clean. "Of course he'd take all the good
stuff," he said shaking his head.
War grabbed the remaining guns and carried them back to his car.
"What the hell happened to you Pesto? I'm going to get to the
bottom of it and try and help you get your memories back," he
sighed as he headed back to the compound.
After handing off the guns to his men, he went to find Death,
wanting to tell him what had happened. He paused outside the
other's door, hearing the sound of crying coming from inside.
After a few moments he finally leaned in to knock.
"Sorry to bother you Death, I was able to find and talk with
Pestilence. Can we talk? Privately?"
------
Rebel hesitated for a moment, then sighed. "All right, I'll do
it. I'll make sure to grab you some extra aspirin, you're
probably gonna need it,"
Rebel waited until they were a little closer to the hospital
before hitting Daevon hard enough to make him bleed. From there
it was easy for Rebel to sneak in past the helpful concerned
nurses and fill his bag with everything they needed from the
supply closet. He even stashed some extra items in his hoodie
and jeans pockets.
"Nurse Sylvie is like that with every good looking guy.
Surprised she hasn't snagged a boyfriend yet," Rebel chuckled
and pulled a bottle of aspirin out for Daevon. "How's your head
feel? I didn't hit you too hard did I?" He asked in concern.
They were soon back in their makeshift hideout and looking
around for River. "River man, you here?" Rebel called out in a
low voice, not having seen the man in the back of the car.Death
waited before he heard her voice.”she was yes.. but that family
all died out except three- one being a poor excuse of a family
man.” Said death.”the other two became ways to pay the mafia
back. One will beable to continue the line, the other wasn’t so
lucky.” He put his hand on hers.”your a person Jun.. I don’t
just pick anyone to have my children.. “ he said.”I promise…
with me you’ll be a mother, and I’ll be with my you ever step of
the way..” he said to collect her in his arms to embrace the
woman.
It was a bit later he heard the door.”you found our little
plague bringer?” He mused as he made his way to the door.”come
in. Please sit down.” He said to go to where Jun was.
——
Daevon sighed.”it’s probably cause she’s too talkative.He said
and looked at him.”I’ll be fine, promise.” He said as they got
to the place. he walked a bit to the cart to see the man laying
down.”you ok River?” He asked seeing how his face looked in
thought.The sounds of footsteps caused River to tense before he
heard Rebel questioning the room for him. Moments later, Daevon
poked his head into the car finding River. He sat up, groaning a
little from his various injuries, but mainly his chest wound.
"Not any worse for wear... you two didn't run into any
trouble..... what happened to your face?" He questioned, his
voice instantly dripped in worry seeing the bandage on Daevon's
head where Rebel had hit him.
---
The sweet sugar coated words Death spoke eased Jun out of her
panicked distrust as she let herself lean against the man when
he put his hand over hers. A squeak escaping her when he scooped
her up into his arms, saying sweet words that made her feel a
little better, special even.
——
The feline finally calmed down right before there was a knock at
the door and War's voice on the other side. She had expected
Death to excuse himself, but instead, invited his brother in
before returning to her. It made her insides feel all fluttery
feeling like she was being included.War hadn't expected Death to
invite him into his room or expect to talk freely in front of
Jun. Something odd was going on. Was Death growing fond of Jun?
It wasn't something he'd expected to ever happen, then again he
hadn't thought Pestilence would become attached to humans
either.
"I talked to him, and let him go. He didn't recognize me. It's
like his memories were completely wiped away," War shared,
concern showing on his face.
"I didn't attempt to tell him who I was, he had a flame thrower
in my face at the time," he added. "He was afraid of me, and he
thought that I was a monster."
War picked at a hole in his jeans as he went on to tell Death
that Pestilence was planning on storming the compound for the
human and half homunculus girl. "He is somehow attached to them,
and he's not going to give up until he frees them. I figured
knowing that he's going to attempt a rescue, we can be ready and
snag him. Then try to fix him, and find out what the hell
happened to erase his memories. I suspect that Famine may be
behind it."
-----
"More than likely," Rebel agreed before falling silent.
He was starting to worry about if the three of them stood a
chance against a whole compound of fighters, even with a ton of
fire power. He wasn't going to say that out loud though.
Rebel looked down when he heard River's question about Daevon's
face, not wanting the Homunuclus to see the guilty look in his
eyes.
"I'm just gonna relieve myself," he said hurriedly, making
himself scarce.
He took his time before heading back to the car, using a
sanitizing wipe to clean his hands.
"So, we've got weapons and first aid supplies. We probably want
to get an idea about the place's defenses and what else we're up
against. We can go scout it out from a distance," he suggested,
keeping a good distance between himself and River.Death blinked
softly. “That’s not good.. and you’re not wrong. Famine most
likely did one of his stunts probably being jealous again. Might
try to talk to him during a break from the woman.” He made a
slow look.”just how to make him pause long enough to snag him..
if he had reaction to calling you a monster maybe he can recall
what he went through at least?” He said in thought.
——
Daevon heard the man groan.”do I need to change the bandages?”
He asked.”and I’m fine- I had rebel give me a good wallop since
I wasn’t planning on flirting with a bunch of nurses.” He said
to chuckle.”but I still got a pounding headache.” He said with a
sigh. “But I deserve it for a thrown together plan.” He went
quiet wondering just how the two were doing. “How much more
stuff do we need?” He asked.The sudden departure of Rebel had
confused River at first, at least until Daevon explained that
Rebel had been the one to give his boyfriend the head injury. He
couldn't help how his eyes narrowed in disapproval but said
nothing on the matter. "Yeah... they probably need to be
changed." He agreed as he moved out of the back of the car,
moving to sit on the hood once he took his shirt off and waited
for Daevon to tend to his wounds.
"Thinking we have as much as we can manage at such short
notice... I ran into someone when I got the weapons... he...
told me that Rachel would be with Famine... and that more men
would be at the compound soon... think we should wait for
nightfall and try and break in... scouting the place out might
not be a bad idea... but if they are expecting us... we may only
get one shot at getting those two back..." He said with a sigh,
flinching when his boyfriend began to take the bandgages off and
tended to the still massive wounds on his back and chest.
----
The idea of Pestilince not having his memory made Jun a little
scared. She worried that the man would hurt Death or War. "What
if he hurts one of you?" She found herself questioning in
worry.War growled a bit, knowing just how psychotic Famine could
become. He shook his head, frustrated with Famine's pettiness.
"Gonna have to deal with that. Maybe I can work it out of him
with training,"
War knew that it would probably take more than ten years to turn
Famine around.
"I doubt he'll talk about it, but you can try if you'd like,"
War replied with a shrug of his shoulders.
"I don't know. Maybe hearing you might help. Guess we'll find
out soon enough. I'm gonna go clean up and tell my guys to keep
an eye out. I'm betting he'll attempt to hit tonight,"
Hearing jun's question had War turn to look at her, surprise
showing on his face. "even if we do get hurt, we'll heal. We
can't actually kill one another," he tried to reassure her.
------
Rebel tried to not stare at the massive wound in River's chest
as Daevon worked on rewrapping it. It was shocking and
fascinating at the same time. Could anyone be turned into a
Homunuclus? That was a sobering thought.
Rebel's eyebrows narrowed when River shared about getting
information about Rachel, and there being more men being brought
in.
"It could be a trap you know." He said, crossing his arms over
his chest. "They'll probably expect an attack at night. Could
wait until dawn. Or if I can find a way in, I could go in and
cause a distraction for you two."
The thought of going in had his heart pound loudly in his ears.
It was more than likely he wouldn't have long before he was
caught himself. Still, he couldn't let Bobby and Rachel be
subjected to a crazy man's experiments.Daevon could see the
disapproval and made note to not do that again. He began to
unwrap his bandages and got some fresh ones to begin his work.
As he listened he paused hearing about his cousin and famine
together.”that ****?” Daevon slid out. A flashback from the past
played in his head - rachel screaming when she was much younger
watching the first arm coming off and him laughing.
He came out of it to continue.”you sure we can trust that guy?”
Asked Daevon slowly. “If he knows those two are together- then
he’d willingly let her be there.” He said. His mind couldn’t
help but play out the trauma in his own head seeing famine
pinning him down squirming to a half dead girl before witnessing
the forbidden alchemy by one of James lackies. His hands tugged
the bandages making sure it was firm.”not too tight?” He asked
as he settled back.
The man fought with the idea of at night or even later. Somehow
he felt they were on a timer. “It could be, but if we play our
cards right maybe we can figure a way out of this.. maybe even
use that guys words against him.” He said thoughtfully.
——-
“War is right, we will heal fine.. we’ve been around enough.
Course war having fought enough tends to heal the fastest..
granted I’m a close second.” He said to chuckle.”but it’s also
been a while since I even seen the front lines.” He admitted. He
use to fight with war and before war himself. The man was
capable but the more homunculus was made- the more death could
relax.”I may of gotten lazy.. May just join you with training
for famine.. I might of lost my touch a little.” He said now
thinking about it.”it’ll be an attempt- maybe during his work-
he always slips up when he’s doing things. Never was a
multitasker.” He said and sighed.
“Alright- Alice is still watching after famine, might one to
poke your head over there and let her know. You can come with
before heading out.” He said.“I might as well go see famine..
Jun, I would bring you with me but- that girl isn’t going
through anything good.” He told her honestly.
“It’s gonna be a bloody mess and I’d rather spare you what
famine is doing.” He said with a gentle look. “It’s not pretty.”
He added as he went to get up.
——
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