~Keiko Yamada~

Well, this was just a great way to start the day!

Keiko thought, as the earth violently heaved and shook beneath her feet. She, had been walking right through Akiba when the earthquake had hit. The Red-head had been on her way to school, deciding to take a detour through the crowded streets of Akiba on her way there. She had wanted to see if there was anything worth buying - she needed a new cellphone which was what she was currently looking at. She had decided to come back later that afternoon by...borrowing, a bit of money from her father, but it looked like that plan was completely shot currently.

Currently, she was on the fourth floor of a building, trying to make her way down stairs. Being up so high was probably not exactly a good idea during an earthquake. Who knows how stable this rickety looking building was? It could fall out from under her feet any second, and then she'd be a little red paste all over the street below....hah, like that would happen. She'd walk out of here - well, run, and everything would be fine. She just had to wait for the earthquake to settle a bit before heading down stairs. Like hell she was taking an elevator in this situation. She had seen too many movies where elevators failed. She already didn't like them enough, but in an earthquake? Hah. Like that was going to happen.

Soon, the first of the quakes had settled, and with a relieved sigh, Keiko stood shakily stood from where she had tripped and fell when the first one had surprised her, gently rubbing a sore spot on her forehead. She was glad no one saw that, and if they had they were too focused on the earthquake to say anything. "Oooh....I think i'm going home after this. School is probably going to be closed anyways..." She sighed to herself, grabbing her cap, which had fallen when she tripped.

After brushing a bit of dirt off the cap - can't have any smudges on her clothes, after all, she placed it back on her head and headed for the stairs, which, in this particular building was a separate section of the building, with tall glass windows running the entire height of the building, save for a few signs placed high up on the building. It was about this time, she had received a text on her phone, distracting her as she took it out of her pocket and opened it. Something called 'Cortensia' was on her phone, displaying a single message. Perhaps, if that had been the end of the earthquakes, she would have been fine, but as fate would have it, it seemed she was destined to have a dance with death.

"What...?" As she looked confusedly at the new app as she walked. It asked her if it believed her death was inevitable. This had to be some sort of...joke, right? However, as she thought - another earthquake hit, causing the distracted Keiko to misstep, and send herself tumbling down the stairs. For a moment, it seemed to her as time slowed. The railing should have been enough to prevent her from falling off of the ledge, plus the glass beyond that, but either extreme bad luck, or fate seemed to want to end her miserable existence. A sign, that had been higher up on the building fell, taking a portion of the railing and glass with it.

Keiko yelled, her hands grasping for whatever they could find to hang on to as she slid over the edge of the building, her body now dangling from four stories up as she barely managed to hang onto the ledge with both of her hands. She swallowed hard as she came to terms with her situation. She really was about to die unless she could get herself back over the edge of the railing...but what the hell could she do? No way in hell was she strong enough to pull herself over. She looked at the street below, already seeing the destruction of the earthquakes, The sign that had fallen had crushed a car beneath her, and it looked like a few other people had been killed as it fell.

Like hell she was going to go out like this. That app on her phone...could it do something about this? Her grip wasn't going to last forever. Her phone had slid to the edge of the balcony when she had, just out of her reach. To get it...she was going to have to let go of the ledge with one of her hands, and make a grab for it. Well, she was likely dead either way, and she had no intention of dying here. If there was a slim chance - even a chance that seemed nonsensical, she was going to take it. If that app could prevent her death, then she'd do it.

With a deep breath, she extended her hand to her phone, her grip lasting just long enough to grab it before she couldn't hold herself up any longer. Staying as calm as she could possibly manage, as she fell she pressed the 'no' button. For a moment, it seemed like nothing had happened, that is until she felt herself suddenly stop falling. Something was holding onto her jacket, making little huffing noises as though it was trying to lift something heavy.

"Oooof. You're heavy lady!" A tiny voice called out. For a moment, Keiko was visibly stunned. Moreso at being called 'heavy' than at the sheer...absurdity of what she was looking at. She craned her head towards the sound of the voice, and was surprised at what she saw. What she saw, could only be described, as a Fairy. It was roughly child sized, wings flapping madly as it slowly lowered her towards the ground. After she was finally lowered to the ground - well lowered until the little creature seemed to lose all strength in its wings and drop her a few feet onto the ground. She landed with an muffled 'oomph' as she panted, regaining her breath, letting out a small laugh as she learned that she was, in fact, alive - at least until she sat up and turned to face her 'savoir' with a somewhat sour look. At least her purse was still relatively intact...she last a bit of makeup, but other than that the contents were secure.

"Hrmph. Calling a lady heavy is quite rude, pest." She replied, standing up as she dusted off her clothes again.

"Hey! I'm not a pest! I'm a Pixie! It sounds similar, but its totally different!" The pixie cried, with a little pout.

"Whatever." Keiko sighed. "I suppose I should thank you for saving me? You are related to that...Cortensia, app, aren't you?" She asked the pixie. Unfortunately, the Pixie didn't seem too keen on answering that just yet.

"Hmmm~ Maybe I'll tell you if you beat me~" She giggled playfully. Beat her?...did she mean fight her?

"And if I refuse?" She asked.

"Then I'll kill you and be free!" She giggled again. Well, that was all the motivation Keiko needed to fight. She had no idea how to fight anything other than with her charm or money, but she wasn't going to let some pest get the best of her. Without another warning, the Pixie attacked her. Damn it, that pest was fast! Small and fast, how was she supposed to defend against that? Well, at least she couldn't do any real damage, could she? She couldn't be that strong.

Well, she was quickly proven wrong. The Pixie landed a solid blow on her mid section, easily knocking the wind out of her. Damn, how could she possibly do that in a single punch?! She knew she wasn't the most physically inclined people, but damn! Keiko attempted to grab her wings, and possibly do some sort of counter attack, but before she could do so, the Pixie flitted away out of her reach, giving her a solid sucker punch to the face. "You're gonna have to do better than that, smelly human!~" She giggled, sticking her tongue out at the Pixie as she flitted back away, out of harms reach.

That statement, made Keiko frown, a low snarl coming from her lips as she looked at the creature. Making fun of her, was she? Well, then she'd just have to do something else. With a confident smirk, she let go of her stomach which she had involuntarily clutched in pain when the Pixie struck her. "Tsk. Alright then, pest. Do your worst." She panted, still trying to catch her breath a bit. With another giggle, the Pixie obliged her request, before zipping towards her again. This time though, Keiko was prepared. As the fairy closed in on her, she swung her purse right at the creature, smacking it square in the face and sending it's flight path, right into a wall. "Owie!" It shouted. Before it could get up though, Keiko walked over, and grabbed the little creature by its wings, holding them together.

"Look here, creature. I don't know who or what you are, but listen closely, pest. You, are going to listen to me now. If you don't, then I'll just swat you like the fly you are, understand?" The fairy folded her tiny arms against her chest, giving her another pout. After a few moments of silence, she sighed.

"Fiiiine. You look like you'll be fun to hang around anyways! Don't really have a name, so call me Pixie! Or Pix, if you're feeling affectionate~" She giggled. "But the contract has been established, I'll do your bidding now. Shall I call you mistress?" She playfully giggled. Keiko simply gave her a blank stare at the remark, causing her to sigh. "Welp, anyways, looks like I'm done here for now!"

"What about my question?" Keiko asked.

"No idea!" Pixie giggled, causing Keiko to let out a small gasp of disbelief. Before she could do anything though, the Pixie disappeared in a white light, disappearing with another little giggle before being gone completely.

...just what the hell had even just happened? With a sigh, she checked her purse. Looks like mostly everything was intact...she was surprised at how effective that smack had been. Either her purse was heavier than she thought it was, or she was stronger than she thought...she was going with the latter. With a sigh, she slung her purse back over her shoulder...what should she do?...she'd keep this to herself for now. Not until she had a better handle on the situation, anyways.

With a heavy sigh, the redhead started to walk, trying to find out what exactly just had happened.

~Keiko Yamada~

Kaiko walked calmly through the street, stopping only briefly to dust off a smudge off of her coat. She had to admit, even for her the destruction she was looking at in Akiba was a bit...much. She may not have cared so much for other people usually, but she couldn't find a word too describe how she felt about the current state of things. Conflicted? Yes, that would do. She was conflicted. Certainly she held no notion of actually feeling bad about those who were unfortunate enough to...die in such a way from the earthquakes - she passed by several dead people currently and didn't even seemed fazed by it.

Uneasy though? Yes, she felt uneasy. About what, she couldn't say, but she hadn't felt so uneasy in quite the some time. She had so many questions, and so very little answers. First of all, was that 'Cortensia' app that had suddenly appeared on her phone. Though she had no solid proof, that definitely had something to do with all of this. That pest of a Pixie, saving her life...maybe even the earth quakes. Second, was the Pixie. Just what was that? She knew it was a creature from western mythology - a playful little trickster spirit that like causing mischief. Was the Cortensia app being snarky or something? Sending a creature like that to her, who was undoubtedly a bit on the mischief maker side?

She shook her head. She wouldn't find answers just by thinking about it. Maybe that little Pixie could give her some more answers? She had said she didn't really know much, but Keiko got the distinct impression the little troublemaker wasn't entirely being truthful. Perhaps it wouldn't be best to summon her again though - no telling if she would be helpful or harmful in this situation, best thing she could do was try and find someone else and get a handle on things. Surely, there was someone else in Akiba that was alive.

With that mind set, she set out, running by a few people who seemed a little worse for wear. She tried to get some information out of them, but most seemed a bit too occupied with something else. Getting someones attention, was proving to be increasingly difficult. Soon, she found herself in a rather isolated part of Akiba - it looked like most people had cleared out of here, leaving only the dead and debris from the earthquake behind. She wasn't getting anywhere fast...with a sigh, she looked for a place to sit.

It took her a bit to find a relatively clean place to sit, but eventually she decided to make a little seat for herself atop a pile of debris. Taking out her phone, she opened the Cortensia App.

"Alright...let's see what you can do." She quietly commented. The app opened with little trouble - it seemed simple enough to use. There were several buttons, although there were quite a few grayed out - namely one named fusion. However, she was more focused on the one named 'demon summoning'. Demons? Was that what the pixie was? Was that little pest a demon? She thought demons were supposed to be horrible abominations...not that...Pixie thing.

"Hrm...What else?" She commented, not pressing the button for now. She had a good idea on what it could do, and she wasn't in the mood for messing with that pest. Instead, she opted to look into the one labeled 'shop'. She could...buy other 'demons'? There were more of those things? She opened the store, and began perusing the goods there. She was surprised to see things - food, water, even...weapons. She would have tried to purchase one, but it seemed she didn't have enough 'Macca' - whatever the hell that was. With a sigh, she continued browsing the functions of the app, still with more questions than answers at the moment.

~Keiko Yamada~

"Huh...Compemendium. Keeps a list of all the demons you've owned, then? Well, that'd be useful..." She muttered to herself, still checking out the app. This...Cortensia thing, was going to be quite useful if she could get her hands on some other demons, or this...'Macca' stuff. Apparently, she had to fight demons do get her mitts on whatever that was. Demon money? Possibly, but she couldn't be sure until she had some. Well, that just meant she should probably go see if she could find some more demons and possibly hunt them...or, rather, if she could also 'contract' them. She wasn't sure how that worked, but having more than that pest around would be beneficial, surely.

"Uh, hey, I'm Taidana Wakahisa. I'm looking for my father, you see him? He's got black hair, about this tall, wearing a really nice business suit?"

The voice had surprised her a bit. She hadn't heard the other boy approach. Keiko looked up from her phone, giving the other kid a brief once over, quickly deciding to put on the charm here. Perhaps, he had some information that would prove to be useful. Plus, if she could...'befriend' him, her chances of getting some Macca would go up too. With a smile, she put the phone in her pocket and playfully leaped down from where she had been sitting.

"...that is like, half the population of Japan." She giggled, giving him a friendly smile. Despite the bit of childishness she spoke with, her tone still carried a bit of formality to it. Really, he was looking for his father in a time like this? How droll. He should be doing something a bit more productive, honestly. Like trying to find out how to tame those so called demons through contracts - whatever those were. She was going to be doing that herself. "But, apologies. I have not seen your father." For a moment, she was silent as she looked around, seeming slightly worried. It was an act, of course though - an attempt to look a bit on the 'weak' and 'helpless' side.

"Uhm..." She hesitantly started. "I-I would not mind helping you look, Wakahisa. I...well, travelling alone doesn't seem like the best idea right now, does it?" She fidgeted uncomfortably on the spot she stood in. "I mean...with those things around, right?"

~Keiko Yamada~

"H-huh, hm, really? Thaaaaaaanks...What's your thi-demon, what's you demon like? Mine's, um, he's like a little red guy, with like a ponytail braid thing. And he's really to the point about stuff, and uh... Stuff."

So he did have one. She ignored his stuttering and his seemingly uncomfortable state. Then it was likely this 'Cortensia' app was installed on more than just one phone, and had aided in the survival of other people too. She didn't know if that was good or bad. Still, it seemed as this Taidana person would be easy enough to...persuade, to do what she wanted. At least, long enough for her to get a bit more info out of them before leaving him for dead with a horde of demons. However, before she got to answer his question, he suddenly turned his attention from her, to another person.

"Hey look another person let's go talk to them."

How utterly rude. Here she was, a helpless looking girl and he just decided someone else was more important. She supposed though, having a third person here was probably a good idea. She turned her head towards the person in question. He looked to be an older man. He looked old enough to be in college - or at least in his last year of highschool. He was carrying a rather large looking metal pipe too - where he had gotten it she didn't know, but it looked like he at least knew roughly how to use it. Perhaps though, it might be better to keep Taidana away from any outside influences. At least, until she had a good handle on her new...'friend'.

"Are you sure that is a good idea? I mean, they might be-" Before she could finish her sentence, however, Taidana had already walked over to the other man. It was no use in pretending like they didn't see him and leave now, so she'd make the best of it. She followed Taidana quietly, giving the man a brief once over as he spoke to the other boy. Taidana really had no idea how to eloquently choose his words, did he? She inwardly sighed, though she outwardly gave the man a friendly smile.

Well, that is until another quake started. He was pretty sure that he had said something about having it, but now wasn't the time. Odd portals began opening around the three of them. Demons spilled from them, like some sort of rift in the fabric of reality was connecting them to hell. Not only that, the dead rose and shoved the impossibly heavy debris off of them. Well, perhaps now was a chance she could get some Macca...and some information on if she could possibly tame these demons...

A beep from her phone however, got her attention. The Cortensia App activated, displaying a warning - something about demons being detected and activated the summoning app. Well, looks like she was going to have to deal with that pest then, but she didn't seem to have much of a choice. The Pixie was summoned from a beam of light that came from her phone. Another thing the Cortensia app was probably letting the phone do. Seconds later, the Pixie was fully summoned, sporting her same blue dress and wings flapping slowly as she floated.

"Aww, I was having a nice nap mistress~" She yawned, but turned around immediately as she saw the zombies and other things around them. "Ooh! Looks like we get to fight, right?" She asked, giving Keiko a more than friendly smile.

"L-looks that way." She stuttered. She was certain she could easily handle these enemies by herself, but she had an act to keep up in front of the boys.

"Alright! Pixie ready for combat! Lets kick these guys butts!" The pixie struck a little fighting pose, placing herself between Keiko and the demons.

"U-uhm, I'm not too good with this whole fighting thing." She quietly said to Taidana and Daisuke, feigning being scared of the demons. "I do not even have a weapon of anything on me. I-it was a miracle I beat that thing in the first place." She was glad the Pixie seemed to not note the change in her personality. If she did, then she didn't say anything. Perhaps she could be useful, after all...

A silence filled the air much like before after oswalds first encounter with these mysterious demons. His cut, sliced hand slowly gripped the handle of the front door, turning and opening it up, and in turn Oswald felt a warm yet icey cold breeze sink into his skin, as all that could be seen of the ruinous Akiba were corpses, fire and blood plastered over every car, window and lamp. The death like sombre serenity of muffled screams set the mans mind at ease, as he strolled nonchalantly away from the house onward toward the direction of the breeze. He slowly crept his hand into his pocket and checked the phone, examining the contents of what it had available.

"Demon summoning... A store...? Who bestowed this little treat to me, hmm? The ability to summon demons... To gain power and rip my foes asunder... I could get away with murder... Much more easily anyway~"

Oswald twisted his expression once more into an arrogant smirk, before he let out a small chuckle and shoved the phone back into his pocket, what a joy it was to him, now he could do what hes always wanted to do and without anyone being able to stop him, it was like his prayers were answered, the years of torment, abuse and ridicule all led up to now, how could he contain his excitement? Oswald gripped onto the bloody knife tightly in his left hand and slowly approached the inner city of Akiba all while his blade sunk slowly into the palm of his right hand, the squelching sound of flesh and skin slipping apart from the pressure of his blade sent massive amounts of pain through his hand like a vibration, causing him to wince and tear up, the long haired demon summoner beginning to weep into his jacket, but at the same time, the man laughed, it was simply amazing...

A squeel knocked him out of his maddening stupor as he immediately removed the knife and glared around himself, until he spotted what looked to be a young male fleeing from a horde of zombie like creatures, no more than three, but still a threat to the boy, and without somebody to save him, there was no doubt he was as good as dead. Oswald flashed the knife and gripped the phone inside of his pocket and used the touch screen capabilities to summon forth the Jack the ripper demon, a smile on his face as the summoning worked according to what he had predicted.

"Aaah, just as I thought... Alright, little man... Those zombies chasing after that weak poppet... We're going to slaughter them with our own hands~ MOVE IT!"

Oswald shoving his demon ahead as the two quickly broke into a run, dashing down the alleyway that the defenseless human had ran down, it didnt take long for both jack the ripper and Oswald to reach their foes as Oswald quickly snatched one of the Zombies by the frail hair upon their head and janked them back, making the zombie groan as it collapsed against the cold bloody ground, but before it could even act, Oswalds knife had already lodged itself inside of its neck, and had completely sliced through the weak rotten flesh, effectively decapitating it after several swings of his sharp blade, causing a disgusting gargling sound to echo as its blood squirted from the open hole in its neck, the first zombie having let out its last decaying breath.

Jack the ripper, ahead of oswald cackled as madly as his master, before it sank one of its razor blade like knives into both their legs, causing both undead to fall on their faces. With one preoccupied by jack the ripper as it hopped onto a zombies back and happily sliced away at its victim, Oswald jumped merrily ontop of the zombie with a giggle and applies his heavy boots pressure into the skull of the other undead and quickly cracked the undeads skull beneath his boots, like a watermelon being crushed with a hammer, both Oswald and jack had slayed their foes, and all that remained was finding the boy, however that would have to wait. In a street at the end of the alleyway, he heard the voices of more demons, along with humans and went to investigate, finding the other heroes in Akibas streets ready to combat against a zombie horde, with jack the ripper still summoned.

The other characters would notice the bloody tall man exit from the alleyway, knife in hand, as he effortlessly sunk the blade into the zombies face and cleaved its head from the jaw in half, sending the zombie onto its back to further decay from its second death. Oswald simply stood there, smiling gently as his vision turned toward Keiko, blood drenching half his face, his knife twitching in his grasp and a gentle but creepy and raspy voice spoke to her, sending the feeling of worms crawling her her spine... He looked uninterested in the carnage around him, as if the zombies and the blood drenching him were non existent as if the new world and his visage blended shockingly well together, one thing to note was that his eyes werent normal... its hard to explain... But they didnt look right, they looked emotionless, hollow and for lack of a better word... Dangerous. A thin smile rested on his bruised and battered face, his knife loosely by his side, dripping fresh with the undeads blood...

"Hello... You wouldnt have happened to have seen my darling son anywhere... Have you?"

~Keiko Yamada~

Well, it seemed that statement had the desired effect on the Taidana boy. He was eager to fight, and for her no less. Boys were such simpletons. She stayed back, letting Taidana and the new person take the front lines. She'd support them from behind with that pest of a Pixie. She was pretty sure she read something in the Cortensia app about her being able to heal people and use some sort of 'magic' attack. Whatever that even was...she would like to say magic didn't exist, but with everything else going on, she wasn't going to refute whatever that app said.

She took the moment too look at their demons. The new person seemed to have some sort of...dog thing. It looked strong, and a bit on the ferocious side. She was glad she didn't have such a...unique, looking demon. Then again, a brute would be easier to manipulate and control. Taidana's looked to be some sort of red...Imp thing. These two looked more closely to how she imagined Demons would look. Not the pest pixie. The other two seemed to be fairly...intelligent as well, just like the Pixie. Well, they could talk anyways. She was about to join the other two in this 'fight', when someone...or something came out of a nearby alleyway.

The person was covered in quite a bit of blood. The stench of death seemed to hang onto the person with an unnatural duration. She had no idea who this man was, but he was...certainly not someone she would ever find herself associating with under normal circumstances. However, normal flew out the door when she was almost made into a red splat on the pavement. Perhaps this man could be a useful....tool, should she need it. However, now wasn't the time to try and be friendly to...it. She had an act to keep up around these two. The man then, asked a question. Something about his son. She almost laughed at the idea of some woman having a child with this...man, if she could call it that. If she didn't have better self control, she would have.

She took a step back from the blood-soaked man, hand covering her mouth as she visibly flinched at his mere presence. She was glad that Taidana had gotten in front of him, if only because it meant that her plans were going right so far. "N-no. We haven't seen y-your son." She echoed Tai with a stutter. She took another step back, her free hand tightening around her purse strap, seemingly ready to defend herself with it if she had too.