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Note: Remember when you post to put above your post which Ward your ghoul/human is currently in

I recommend using your first few posts to meet other people and get to know them before we get into anything serious. I'd prefer it for everyone to have at least one regular person they RP with so that you can always have something to do/someone to meet. With that said...let's get into this! Time to spill some blood!

There he was, crouched like a gargoyle on the side of a nearby building. If one glanced up they would mistake him as such. Such a quiet neighborhood. Though within the city, it still contained large office buildings and row homes. A few cars here and there but not much activity and yet, there he was, surveying the area in search of a meal. 'Been about a week since I last ate. Might as well get something now before I move on. The wind broke over his mask and his hood. He wore a long black trench coat that laid over his shoulders, its sleeves and tail flapped into the wind. He adorned a somewhat mesh looking shirt underneath of the trench coat but wore nothing else. He also wore a pair of combat pants that were wrapped up at the bottom to give it a military feel. His black combat pants were sort of baggy on him but more or less loose enough for free movement. To complement the pants was a pair of combat boots.

As he search he heard a blood curdling scream followed by a few other shouts and laughs as his attention quickly honed in on a terrified lady who was bleeding on the shoulder followed up by 3 ghouls of low caliber, definitely low caliber. His eyes gazed in on her with pity as she passed underneath a streetlight. She looked beautiful. About in her mid twenties with nice flowing brunette hair. As he looked closer his eyes soon turned from pity to anger as he quickly took notice to her stomach. 'Such a shame real- Wait...She's pregnant.' Mitsurugi had a few rules that he followed and made other ghouls follow, especially when he was in the area. One of those being that a ghoul will never kill a pregnant women. 'Time to move I guess' he thought as he stood up and hopped down from the building. It was a fairly high jump, about 5 stories but nothing he couldn't handle since he fell from higher before. However he landed gracefully and without a sound, something few could do. He watched as the lady and the ghouls turn down an alleyway.

"Hey Rabbit! Keep watch, huh? I don't need any Dove sneaking up on us while we handle this."

"Aw come on Jackal, you always put me on watch. Let Sabertooth do it this-"

"Rabbit! don't argue with me! Remember who saved your ass!"

"Fuck you Jackal!"

Mitsurugi stood against a a wall in an opposing alleyway as he watched the argument between the two ghouls. His head tilted to the side as he concentrated on the situation. 'Obviously the one called Jackal is in charge. Guess I'll cut the head off the snake before anything else can happen.' With that he looked up to the building next to him and jumped up to its ledge before taking off down the other buildings to go around the alleyway to flank them.



"No No please! Please!? Don't kill me! Don't kill my baby!" The woman sobbed heavily as she held her stomach. Jackal and Sabertooth moved in on here until she made the comment of binging pregnant which stopped Sabertooth in his tracks. "Oi, boss, I don't think we should do this. At least not to her." Jackal, who had his Kagune activated, which was a large ax, stopped and turned to Sabertooth in disbelief.

"The fuck? What you say?"

"I said we should leave her be."

"You do realize we haven't eaten in a month and im hungry. I'm not about to wait another week to lure one of this idiot humans to our feeding grounds just because what? You afraid?"

"Yeah I am." Saber said with conviction. Jackal sighed as he lowered his ax down.

"Afraid of what? The CCG? If you haven't forgotten they're all-"

"Goddamnit Jackal not the damn CCG...Of Hyde, he's been known to traverse this ward and the two over. He's powerful Jackal. He has rules that some of the ghouls are supposed to follow while he's around and if they don't-" This caused Jackal to take a step back before grabbing Saber by the collar and lifting him a few inches off the ground.

"Hyde? HYDE!? Your afraid of a random ghoul!? What the hell is wrong with you? Have you gone mental on me. I'm not afraid of some goddamn nobody ghoul who thinks he has some fucking human morals. And for your information no one has even seen him here in months so, WE own these streets now! NOT HIM! I wish that bastard did show his face so I can tear him a new asswhole." He stepped away from the woman and sabre and paced back and forth, arms raised as he yelled at the top of his lungs. He heard of Hyde there was no denying that. Most of the Ghouls in this Ward know him, or better yet, knew OF him. He left quite n impression in the ward when he took down Eden's Furry, a ghoul crime syndicate that had purposely broken three of his rules and paid the price. But Jackal's arrogance was stronger than his reasoning.

"HYDE! COME OUT HERE AND CLAIM YOUR RIGHT AS KING OF THESE STREETS OTHERWISE THEY BELONG TO THE JACKAL'S SQUAD!" After a moment or to of dead silence, minus the few car sounds and what not, he went over to Sabre and grabbed him by the color and shoved him to the ground. "Told you, he's not here. Your like a child crying about monsters being under your bed." Rabbit had heard the yelling and turned to the group. "WILL YOU GUYS SHUTUP!" Your so loud!"

'Damn idiot. Time to shut him up before he DOES bring the CCG by.' Mitsurugi had made his way around to avoid the sentry as the first argument took place. As Mitsurugi had made his way around he could hear the plea from the woman and the argument starting up between the other two ghouls as he neared the ledge that dropped down into the alley. The leaders voice was annoying and it was plainly obvious he was egocentric. He shook his head as he dropped down when the leader shoved his subbornate to the ground. As he landed he looked of to the lady and gestured to her to keep quiet as he stood back up and slowly activated his Kagune Claw which he dubbed the "Crow Claw".



Saber had enough of Jackals arrogance as he was shoved to the ground. He went to stand as he glared at Jackal until something caught his eye that caused him to become paralyzed with fear. Jackal glared at him until he saw the fear in his eyes. "What?" The only response he got from Saber was a very shaky had followed by a scream from rabbit who immedieately left the two of them. The hair on the back of Jackal's neck rose as he heard a very familiar and haunting voice.

"What is rule 2?"

"R-R-Rule t-t-t-two?"

"What....is it?" Hyde placed crow claw on Jackal's shoulder and dug into his flesh.

"I-I-I-It's.....i-i-i-i-its...i-i-its" Stumbled Jackal as his ego and fearlessness was shattered in a matter of seconds. What followed was what one considered a bloodcurdling scream from a male before an abrupt silence. Blood and guts were splattered across the alleyway as Saber sat there in a state of disbelief and paralysis. A smell lingered in the air that resembled feces. That's becasue it was. Saber was literally scared shitless. Hyde had taken Jackal out in only seconds as was expected of his reputation, specifically if one was to break his rules.

"Never eat any women who is pregnant you simpleton." He flicked his wrist, sending the excess amount of blood and organ particles onto the ground. His kagune slowly deactivated until only a single claw remained. He looked over to the woman. Behind his mask was pity once again. "Are you alright miss?" IN response a very shaking nod followed by more sobbing. He then turned his attention to Saber who jumped back slightly from where he sat.

"You...What are my rules." He said as he looked over at him. His claw to his side for a moment before raising it, keeping one claw up to count. "Rule 1"

"D-D-D-D-Do not kill children" A second claw formed. "Correct...Rule two."

"Don't eat anyone who is pregnant."

A third claw. "Rule three."

"T-Though they are our food source, help them out if you can."

"Correct." He replied as he struck three of the claws across Sabers chest, which left him in agonizing pain.

"Do you know why I did not kill you just now Saber?" He shook his head vigorously.

"It's because you...sort have kept to my third rule which voided the necessity to punish you for the second rule. You attempted to stand up for her which I congratulate you for however you still attempted 1 and 2. there for I'll leave you with those." He pointed to the newly acquired scars on Saber. "To remember never to break them again. Do you understand?" Saber shook his head as he just laid there with his eyes closed. thanking whoever that he survived.

"Miss, you are free to go."

"You...you monster!" She yelled at him as she got up shakily and ran out of the alley. He watched with a slightly annoyed expression under his mask as she yelled at him and ran. he leaned to the side and scratched the back of his head. "God man...."Thank you mister for saving me. I thought I was a gonner, jeez." Cant I get that once in awhile." He groaned. He figured that after this incedent the CCG would be on their way to investigate so he decided to clean himself up and removed his mask, pacing it on a hook he had on the inside of his coat before he made his way to the end of the other side of the alleyway. He walked down a few streets before taking a left to a coffee house that was nearby. Mitsurugi sighed as he withdrew his pack of cigarettes and his zippo. He flipped it open before lighting the zippo and bringing the flame up to the tip of the cig. He took in a heavy breath, inhaling a large fraction of the cig before exhaling a cloud of smoke. Mitsurugi placed himself on a nearby bench that was at the entrance of a park. He liked to sit down and enjoy his smoke. He had a thing about what he smoked when he smoked. Menthol was meant ONLY for the summer while reds were ONLY for the winter. Once in a while he would break this code of his but tonight was not one of those nights. 'Ugh, what I wouldn't give for a coffee and some fresh food.' He thought as he brought a hand to his aching head. He rubbed his temples as he grunted before letting them plop down next to him.

[20th Ward]

The 20th Ward was a blood bath, a giant battle going on throughout the entire Ward. The peak of the battle was taking place in the former CCG Headquarters in the 20th Ward. A Special Class Dove was leading the CCG forces to killing one of the Kings.

"Squad 2, 3 flank to the left! Squads 4, 6 and 7 go to the right! Everyone else, with me!!" The Special Class sliced through a Ghoul, going through the Ghouls like it was child's play. They were going up the floors with incredible speed, the Special Class Investigator leaving his subordinates to push further. He couldn't waste time with the King within his grasp. He pushed open the doors, the King staring at him with a large grin. "Hehehe, bout time you stupid Doves finally made it...oh wait...just one? How boring"

The Dove calmly walked forward, his black-bladed Katana quinque in hand. Two Ghouls ran at him, each with a Bikaku kagune "Hmph" He ran at them with phenomenal speeds, ducking and jumping over their simultaneous attack. He made a single slash, the two Ghouls collapsing dead. The Ghoul raised an eyebrow

"Ohhh, it seems like this Dove has some nice wings." He stood up off his throne made of bones, two hard shells sprouting from his shoulderblades and wrapping around his arms. They formed into two giant crimson fists with spikes at the knuckles. "Come on, lets get him~" The King and the people below him all charged at the Dove. The Dove chuckled, charging towards him with his lone Quinque. He jumped towards him while spinning himself, going past the Ghouls like a drill and heading straight towards the King. His blade was stopped by the King's giant fist. "Do you think you can stop me? Your minions are dying and only your elite last. This is CCG's victory" He jumped back, flipping and skidding to a stop as the other Ghouls charged at him. An Ukaku fired dozens of of shards as two Koukaku users charged. The Dove sliced at the Koukaku numerous of times and lightning fast speeds while also smacking any shards that came within his blade. His speed was too great for any of the Ghouls to attack.

Suddenly, a terrified voice began to speak in the Dove's comm system "S-sir, Ghouls...Ghouls!!" The Dove looked annoyed, almost slipping for a moment and narrowly dodging a stray shard. "Ofcourse there's Ghouls. What did you think this wa-" "NO SIR, THESE AREN'T ORDINARY GHOU-" The voice was cut off, followed by a continuous static. "What, there were over 20 Doves down there and theres even more within the building" The King laughed, running at the Dove for a surprise attack "Whats wrong, your Doves having trouble?!" He swung his giant fist at him, the Dove raising his Quinque and letting it absorb most of the damage. The force was too great for him and sent him skidding into a wall. Blood dripped from his mouth as the King charged at him followed by his men "Tch" He pulled out a handgun with a clip of Q Bullets, firing them at the Ghouls. The King jumped out of the way, using one of his men as a shield "Crafty aren't you~"

At that moment, a Squad of Doves came running in. Terror was evident in their eyes. "S-Sir, G-ghouls! They're taking out everyone!" The commanding Dove rubbed his mouth, swiping the blood away "How many are there?" He asked his subordinate, his eyes still glued on the King. "T-t-TEN" "What?" Before he could process the thought, a giant explosion occurred where the Doves came from. A pair of glowing red hot eyes pierced through the smoke, glaring at all those inside of the top floor. Even the King began to sweat "W-who are you?! WHO DARES TO ENTER MY DOMAIN"

"Your domain? I've lived here ever since I was a child...and I've come to claim what was ours" A man walked out of the smoke, wearing a black steel dragon mask and a large black coat. His attention turned to the main Dove, staring at the Bikaku Quinque he wielded "...Mika....I've returned"

The Dove rose an eyebrow, looking down at his Quinque and slicking back his hair "Ah I see now...so this was your former friend? I'm guessing from childhood?" The man clenched his fists. The Dove smirked "Looks like I'm right. Wait there, I'll kill you after I'm done with this King"

The man charged at the Dove and his subordinates without hesitation, two black and crimson scaled appendages coming out in a flash. He cleaved the other Doves in two with ease, only the Special Class one having enough time to block the attack and be sent flying across the floor. By now, the King was fed up and at his limit. His eye was twitching "...motherfuckers ignoring me...I'LL SHOW YOU WHAT HAPPENS" He ran at the man from behind, swinging his giant fists at him. The back flipped over him with ease, his eyes glaring down at him

"So slow" The two appendages easily pierced into the King's shoulders. The man landed, his Kagune still squirming inside of the King. He stared at him with cold eyes "This isn't your fight" He flung the King aside like a rag doll, his attention returning the the Dove. The two met eyes for a second, charging at each other. The man swung his two appendages at the Dove only to be met with his blade, slicing through the two tentacles. The man gritted his teeth and screamed in pain, feeling as if he lost two of his own limbs

"Pathetic...you must of not known your friend very well to have come at me so recklessly." The man grinned "That's where you're wrong" The cut off tips began to bubble, two appendages sprouting from each end. The Dove's eyes widened, now facing 4 limbs rather than 2. "Interesting...but that only means for more limbs for me to cut off!" He charged at the man, swinging his Quinque at him. The man used his Kagune to block the attacks, the Quinque slicing through his 4 limbs once again. The Dove didn't end there, swinging one last time and slashing across the man's chest "Now fall Ghoul" The man collapsed to the floor, his back exposed to the Dove "THIS ENDS NOW" He raised his Quinque, planning to bisection the mysterious Ghoul.

Before he could deliver the blow, the man's back rapidly bubbled up and sprouted 8 limbs now. The Dove was cut off guard, the appendages grazing but slicing him in numerous places. The appendages followed up by wrapping around his limbs, squeezing tightly "Jesus that fucking hurts. No matter how many times they cut off, it still hurts as much as last time Before he could deliver the final blow, dozens of shards came from behind and landed in the man's back. He grunted, his grip on the Dove loosening up. The man turned, seeing the King and his last three men charging at him from behind. The Dove chuckled despite his situation "You're neck deep in this situation. Do you really think you can take both me and the current King on?"

The man laughed [color=maroon]"I...dont know but...it doesn't hurt to try" He jumped back to gain some distance from the Ghouls, swinging two of his appendages to block the incoming shards from the Ukaku user. The two Koukaku users were close, one with a giant axe and the other with a sleek blade. He ducked under the giant axe and leaped back to avoid the blade. From above the King came crashing down, swinging his giant arms at the man. The man used all four appendages to stop the attack but was still slammed into ground. He gritted his teeth, blood spurting from his mouth. He released the Dove, using his four appendages to stab the King's side. However, the Ukaku user had fired a large amount of shards into the man's side. The man pushed the King off him, standing up and glaring at the Ukaku user. The Ghoul gulped, heavily panting and desperate. He fired a shard at him but to his surprise, the man caught it with one of his tentacles. Take it He threw it at the Ghoul, the shard lodging itself deep into the Ghouls skull. His eyes rolled back and his body dropped to the ground, lifeless. The two Koukaku Ghouls took a step back. A wide grin formed across the man's face, charging at them and sending his 8 appendages to pierce through their Kagunes and their bodies.

The man chuckled, feeling a brief moment of victory before it was cut off with a black blade piercing through his chest. He looked down, a Quinque piercing his chest. The Dove was behind him, his cold eyes staring at the man "This is the end ghoul...checkmate"

The man's pupils began to rapidly vibrate, his hands slowly lowering and wrapping around the katana "M-Mika...you stabbed me...WITH MIKA!!!!" The man entered a beserk like state, his body becoming surrounded in a crimson and black substance. The Dove tried to pull out the Quinque but wasn't able to since the man's grip was too tight. "K-Kakuja" A massive head came from his back, taking out a giant bite from the man's upper torso. The man pulled out the Katana, gritting his blood stained teeth. His clothes were torn and his mask was on the floor, his black hair and eyes revealed. His body was back to normal, covered in injuries from head to toe. His eyes were calm as he bent over, picking up his former comrade Mika. The King coughed "Hehe now I recognize that Kagune. I saw you as a kid. You were a monster then and you're a monster now...fuck" Two scaled heads sprouted from his back, one biting his neck and the other biting into his stomach. "Please...shut up...I'm too tired to listen to another word. Eat him up" Two more tentacles with mouths sprouted from his back, chomping away at the former King.


[20th Ward]
Tatsuo felt something poking his head, opening his eyes to see what it was. It was a tiny bird he took care of called Motoro. He sighed, standing up and picking up his sheathed katana [color=maroon]"Yeah yeah, I'm up. Stay here, I'll be back" Tatsuo walked out of his office and into the main hang out of his organisation Hydra's Nest. He looked at his people, scratching the back of his neck [color=maroon]"Well..let's go guys. Make sure there aren't any unwanted Doves or Ghoul huntings" It wasn't as much as a command but more of a question, to see if anyone wanted to get out of the former CCG Headquarters.

In the middle of a dark street stood a single lone figure with spotlights set on them, around the figure fires raged whilst the smoke blocked out the night sky above. Before the Figure were bodies, yet these bodies were of Ghouls...ones that belonged to Yatagarasu. The figure wore a long black cloak with the hood thrown up, the Cloak moved gently with the wind as they looked down at the bodies before looking up at the many CCG Investigators standing at the other end of the street, a voice then came over the megaphone being held by the leading investigator "Scarecrow! We know it's you...surrender yourself to the CCG otherwise we will have to take you down"

The cloaked figure slowly lifted their right arm up from their side to their head and pulled down the hood revealing the signature Mask of Scarecrow. Yet he just stood their looking at the CCG investigators, the reflection of fire in his masks eyes "I figured you wouldn't give up so easily...CCG! Prepare yourselves! Let's end this today! ATTACK!" With a war cry the many investigators ran towards Scarecrow, trampling over the bodies of the dead ghouls of Yatagarasu. The investigators closed in on Scarecrow, quickly surrounding him completely.

Scarecrow then raised his right arm up slightly, the underside of his forearm facing towards his chest as he then grabbed his wrist with his left hand and twisted it slightly causing it to crack loudly as blood then sprayed over Scarecrow from all directions. Letting his arms fall back to his side he looked around at the many dead CCG investigators...and standing over their dead bodies were many ghouls wearing long purple cloaks. Standing at the end of the street in disbelief was the man who had sent his men to their death's, the street grew eerily quiet with the only sound being the crackling of wood burning from the fires...that was until foot steps began echoing through out the silent street "Those men didn't have to die like that...if you hadn't lead this attack on the 8th Ward then you'd all be alive right now...but you chose to attack my men...they were simply patrolling these streets to ensure people weren't causing trouble for Yatagarasu and yet they ran into you and your men...you murdered them in cold blood. It's a shame really...These men were fairly new and yet I'm sure you're so proud of yourself for taking their short lived lives. I have no pity for you Investigator."

Scarcrow then stopped a few feet from the investigator who was now trembling as Scarecrow raised both hands up to his mask and slowly took it off revealing his face and piercing red eyes "I will grant you chance to return a hero...If you can kill me then you can take my head as your trophy...my men will not pursue you either. You will leave a true hero...now" Scarecrow then threw his mask down to his side before continuing what he was saying "Come at me..." as Scarecrow finished saying this the whites of his eyes turned black. The Investigator grit his teeth as he tried to put on a false smile "Y-Your so full of yourself...I'll gladly take your head!" The Investigator pressed the button on the case in his right hand releasing his Quinque which took the form of a large and thick sword

"RAAAAAAH!" The investigator then immediately burst into a sprint towards Scarecrow, his Quinque held above his head as he then slashed down at Scarecrow who stood to the side to avoid the attack before placing his left foot on the side of the Quinque's blade and pushing it away before stepping forward and slamming his left palm into the Investigators face and pushing him down into the ground with great force "If this is all you are capable of then you are better off running away while you still have legs..." The Investigator grit his teeth as he pushed himself up and onto his feet as he then glared at Scarecrow "Shut your fucking mouth! I was just testing you..." The Investigator then grinned as he quickly swung his Quinque towards Scarecrow in an attempt to cut him across the chest, yet as he Quinque got close he pressed a button on the hilt of his Quinque that released sparks of electricity that wrapped around Scarecrows body seemingly stunning him as the investigator then lifted his Quinque above his head, holding it with both hands as he slashed down at Scarecrow cutting down into his left shoulder. The investigator then grinned and smiled "Aha...hahahahaha! I did it...I actually injured you..."

The Investigators expression then turned to that of a shocked one as Scarecrow spoke "That's correct...you injured me, however you failed to kill me..." blood then sprayed onto Scarecrows face as the Investigators eyes widened dramatically as he looked down to see two tentacles pierced through his stomach, his body then jolted slightly as he raised his left hand to his mouth as he coughed, blood shooting into his palm and leaking through his fingers. "You're out of your Depth...I however have no pity for you..." Scarecrow's Rinkaku then slowly faded leaving a large hole in the stomach of the Investigator who fell to his knee's, his hands over his stomach as he then looked up at Scarecrow with tears in his eyes "P-Please...I-I don't want to die! I-I've got a family!" Scarecrow turned from the Investigator and began walking away before stopping hearing the Investigators voice again

"Please!!! I-I can't die here! I don't want to die!...I-I'm scared..." Scarecrow looked to his left shoulder which was already healing "You should have thought about that before you massacred my men...just what do you think we ghouls are? do you think we are incapable of love? can we not raise families?...some of those men you killed were fathers...now their kids will grow up in a world of darkness and hatred, they will spend their lives running from you CCG investigators" Scarecrow then looked forward as he continued to speak "As I said already...I have no pity for you..." as he said this many of the ghouls from Yatagarasu circled around the crying and dying investigator "Farewell Investigator..." Scarecrow was then handed his mask which he then put on before walking away as the ghouls closed in around the investigator

The investigator looked around frantically as he then spoke "N-No! Please! Spare me! I was just doing what I was told! I-I'm sorry! NO PLEASE! NO! NO-AGHHHH!!!" soon after that the screams of the investigator echoed throughout the street as the ghouls of Yatagarasu began to slowly consume him, tearing him apart piece by piece...eating him alive. As Scarecrow walked down the street he spoke to himself "Pleading for your life after what you had done?...how ridiculous. You lost you're life when you murdered my men..." Scarecrow then walked off into the distance, no doubt returning to the 23rd Ward

@FallenTrinity



Karasu was on his way to his job, walking with his hands in his pockets as he glanced up at the moonlit sky "What sort of coffee shop runs 24 hours anyway...so glad I'm jacking this job in, it seems to be getting to heated around here anyway." As he continued to walk he pulled out some cigarettes from his pocket, holding the packet in his right hand he used his thumb to flip open the top as he took one out with his mouth before closing the top and placing them back into his pocket. He then began to pat him self down trying to find his lighter then stopped as he mumbled a little due to the cigarette being in his mouth "Ah shit...left it there again" Karasu then looked up and noticed a guy sitting on a bench smoking, he then approached him, taking his cigarette out his mouth with his right hand as he then spoke to the guy "Hey, you got a lighter? Left mine at my place..." Karasu looked down at the guy who was sat on the Bench awaiting his response.

Ryan sighed as he worked the coffee machine to make another cup for another customer. He had been at thhis for 5 hours straight now and business was starting to slow down. Unfortunately he still had another 5 hours to go. "The things I do for my craft." He muttered to himself as he passed off the coffee to a server. It was so sad too, all anyone wanted was the most boring coffee. There were so many more types of beans and ways to make it! His personal favorite coffee bean at the moment was the Kopi Luwak beans, but they were highly expensive at 19,025 yen a pound. He alonly served himself that during special occasions. Like tonight the 5 year anniversary of his first kill. He looked at his watch and groaned. Just 7 more hours and he could go hunting.

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It was now time. He had closed up shop a couple of hours ago and he just got done cleaning up. Ryan opened up his cabinet and removed the false back from it. He took out his mask and put it in his backpack.

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Ryan walked through te park in search of new victims when he smelt something interesting. He looked around when he saw where the smell was coming from. "Crap." Ryan turned around and began to walk away from the Ghoul he had just identified. He did not want to intrude on this guy's territory, he'll just move on over to Ward 17 or something.

After putting on her helmet and fastening it below her chin, Natsumi flicks up the latch covering the keyhole atop the motorcycle before inserting one of the various keys on her keyring and twisting. The motorbike quietly comes to life, purring under the moonlight, before her leg comes up and the motorbike moves out and onto the street. The red light at the rear of the vehicle briefly shows a pool of blood and a soaked limp hand lying in the centre, palm up, before it returns to the darkness of the alley.

The motorcycle blends right into the night streets from the moment the wheels meet the asphalt. The dominantly black vehicle with its dark tinted glass pane, metallic accents and trailing red light bearing a rider wearing a black suit with a grey vest and white button-up shirt with the top button undone, topped off with a matte black helmet with a reflective black visor which the street-lights stream over like water, almost make the image picturesque.

The rider - Natsumi - isn't opposed to hunting. Just like any other animal in the world, ghouls need food as well; it doesn't make it any less discomforting to have to hunt on your genetic twins though, who are only a pair of contact lenses and an organ away from being exactly like her - particularly when she needs to make a mess of the corpses to pin it on the 21st wards particularly violent overlords. It's tempting to think about what their lives would have been like sometimes: their families, their futures, who they would have met, where they would have lived, what jobs they would have had - especially when it was a trio of happy-go-lucky teenagers that wandered into the alley this time - but she knows better than to think of that.

"I have work in the morning," Natsumi's thoughts quietly input as she turns a corner to head up to the toll road, "I should get home and sleep." The motorcycles engine comes to life as she zips along the toll road.

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The humble bell above the doorway rings as Natsumi pushes open the door to the small workshop.
"I'm heeeeere~" she calls with somewhat concealed fatigue, accented by vague bags hanging under her eyes. She leans over the front desk, which lacks a receptionist with opening still being 20 minutes away, where she takes one of the pens scattered across the desk and pokes her tongue out in concentration as she signs in upside-down. Before she can really comprehend it herself, she's backed off the desk and moved out the back to the staff lounge slipping a mug under the coffee machine's barrel and pressing the first button she sees that starts with "Lat".

Natsumi lets out a sigh of relief as she sips her coffee whilst stepping into the workshop, wearing her black steel cap work boots and dark blue jumpsuit.
"Hey, foreman," she calls out, "what's the go for today?"
"You know I have a name rig-" the so-dubbed 'foreman' begins to retort before letting out a sigh, "Just services, really. Nothing new to learn today, hope you don't mind."
"Eh," Natsumi responds with a shrug, "the revision always goes well - I'm still working on getting quick with the service sheets anyway." She raises her mug of coffee up to her mouth and takes a hearty sip as she looks over to the one car up on a hoist from yesterday before she looks over to the clock mounted on the wall. She still has about 20 minutes before opening. "Maybe I'll go sit in the lounge and enjoy my coffee..."

Mitsurugi took a deep breath through his nose until he caught the smell of something, something that was not human. 'A ghoul perhaps?' He arched an eyebrow as he spotted the ghoul as he approached, muttering to himself about a job at a...coffee shop? "Hmmm...Coffee sounds good right about now. He looked up as he took noticed to him fiddling around his pockets. 'Guess he's looking for a lighter.' He sighed as his hand wriggled about to get into his pocket and pulled out a lighter. Resting it on his lap. "Hey, got a lighter? Left mine at my place..." He gave a light smile as he passed him his Zippo. He cocked his head to the side with a raised eyebrow, Analyzing the man that stood infront of him. Then he cast a gaze down the street passed him. Observing the street in case he was being setup or there were any CCG members out and about.

He looked back up to him with a light smile. "Name is Jekyll. Kinda late to be out here wouldn't ya think? Just to let you know," He paused for a moment. His voice never showing hostility but more or less respect for a fellow ghoul. "I have a three big rules while I'm here." He took a drag from his cigarette and blew out the smoke before raising his other hand with his index finger up. He would raise all three as he went through his "Rules" to follow while in his "Territory". Though he never liked the concept of owning territory." It just didn't make sense to him."One...No eating children. I don't like the concept or the idea of doing that to someone so young. Two...Never eat a pregnant woman. The child hasn't even come into the world and already becomes a food source? Not while I'm around. It's my biggest pet peeve when I see that happening. I already took care of someone who did that. And finally...Even though they ARE our food source. You still treat them as you would want to be treated. I expect you to follow these as well. But besides that I'm actually quite thirsty and famished." His face then turned to a mild frown. "I had overheard you talking to yourself about a coffee shop that your about to go to work at. Mind if I tag along?" He had a slight pleading look in his eyes, figuring this man was a bit on the kinder side.

@Kurisa

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Karasu looked at the man as he took the Zippo with his left hand, he then raised his right hand to his lips placing his cigarette in between his lips as he then flipped the top of the Zippo open with a distinctive 'clink' sound before using his thumb to roll back the flint wheel causing it to spark and light the wick before bringing the flame to the end of his cigarette to light it before closing the Zippo and handing it back to the guy as he then took a drag out of his Cigarette as he then raised his right hand to his mouth to remove the cigarette as he exhaled and released cloud of smoke then listened to the guy introduce himself and then speak. Karasu took another drag of his cigarette before speaking "Nice to meet you Jekyll, You can call me K." Karasu then took another drag off his Cigarette before speaking again "Not really...I've got a job to get to and I do the night shift, And those are some pretty strict rules you got there...but I can't say I don't agree with them. They seem more than fair...and sure, the place is quiet at this time anyway..." With that Karasu began walking down the street towards the Coffee shop expecting the guy to follow

Norio normal day began with a nice hot cup of coffee followed by another cup of coffee with a cigarillo. He for sure wasn't one of those dreaded morning people. He usually needed three or so cups of coffee to even start the day. Today though he felt would be a good day. The weather felt nice, the temperature was perfect too not too hot, not too cold. He decided that once his coffee was done brewing he'd sit outside and enjoy it while he woke up. It would take a good hour or so before he finished it, but it was always worth it. While he was outside he'd watch the people walk by enjoying their lives. Not knowing that a war was happening right on their doorsteps. Norio at times wished his life could be like that. He for the most part enjoyed working for Hydra's Nest it was just those rare days were people that he knew or were under his command that died. Those days made him wish for peace between the warring factions. He decided that was enough thinking for the morning he decided that he would sit and enjoy his coffee and cigarillo while listening to some music. "Right now my days is pretty damn good.

An hour later he had finished his coffee and was finishing up his smoke. He walked back into Hydra's Nest headquarters. There were several people working doing various tasks. He walked toward the kitchen area of the building and placed the coffee pot back where it belonged. As he pulled his last cigarillo and lit it. He heard his organization's King speak asking if anyone wanted to accompany him on a hunt. Having it rest at the corner of his mouth. "My King." Norio said as he made a fist and placed it over his heart. "I'm not busy. If it pleases you I'll accompany you." He said hoping to annoy the king slightly.

He walked along side of him with his fingers intertwined behind his head while he strolled in a lax form. He kept quiet for a moment as they started walking. He glanced over at K before speaking up again eyes half shut. " Hey K...Mind if I ask you something and before you say no just here me out. At the current moment I don't have a job or money to pay for a fresh cup of coffee. Would you be able to pay for one for me? I'll pay you back when I get the money." He cringed a bit, thinking that it was too early to start mooching off of someone but he really was thirsty. Plus he was hungry but resigned to just a cup of coffee. "So, where are you from?"

Kazumo Igiri 15th ward-13th ward

Rolling up to a wall with his helmet on he pulled out a can of purple spray paint and let out a mischievous laugh from under the helmet. "I love you, you love me. You are as shit as your securityyy." Kazumo snag as these blackish wings came out of his back and he flew up and started on the head then the body the arms and legs. Remember the tail and don't forget it! His belly is the next big thng! Whipping out the green spray can he sprayed in the green stomach and then wrote next to the realistic Barney 'Psycho jester was here, which means two of your lookouts are probably dead.... in my stomach. Think they were called Chad? I dunno, fuck with your shit later.' And then he walked away flipped on the hig beams to cover the entirety of the wall and taking out a cell phone he took a picture of it, and sent it too both of the kings, except Juki got one saying. "Lol called the bitch Barney. Also dont ask how I got this number" And Leviathan got one saying "HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA" With that he got on the bike and just touching the acceleration made the bike tear through the air. "Oh yeah." Kazumo said hitting the brakes and pulling out a switch, he pushed the button and a coffee shop would the explode sending rubble everywhere. "Now Im done here..... after another Barney." And he did just that drew fucking Barney on the empty ass road and took back off towards ward 13 where a certain automotive shop had a certain part he needed.

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As they walked towards the Coffee shop Karasu took in the nice cool feeling of the gentle breeze as he exhaled smoke gently from his mouth as he listened to Jekyll speak before responding to his questions "Don't worry about it...I give out free coffee all the time. It's a good thing I'm leaving this job soon anyway, I'd likely end up fired for the amount of free coffee I give out...and I was born here in Tokyo...not sure where though, I don't remember that much. My family moved around a lot...anyway...we're here" Karasu stopped outside the coffee shop and dropped his Cigarette onto the pavement before stepping on it with his left foot and twisting it a little before walking into the shop, a bell ringing as he did "I'm here now Aki...you can go now" Aki stood behind the counter cleaning one a cup as he looked over at Karasu "Damn...you're a few minutes early for once an-wait...you didn't bring another homeless guy in to give coffee to did you!?" Karasu rolled his eyes as he walked behind the counter

"He's a paying customer and besides what's wrong with giving someone a free coffee once in awhile? besides the guys I bring are homeless...it isn't safe for them to be out there with Ghouls prowling the damn streets. Now piss off so I can get on with it already." Aki shook his head and placed the cup down before walking out from behind the counter and to the coat rack by the door as he grabbed his coat and spoke "Yeah well just don't let anymore homeless people in...they stink the damn place up" Aki then opened the door and walked out. Karasu then looked over to Jekyll and spoke "Well as you can see it's pretty empty so sit anywhere...I'll start making your coffee now" Karasu began to make the coffee as usual, it was something he was surprisingly good at...

Ryan chuckled as he cornered a defenseless woman in a alleyway. "Ooh, you're going to be delicious." He was talking to himself as he began to drool. The woman was crying now as she curled up into a ball. She covered up her stomach as if it would protect the unborn child inside. Ryan let his Kagune emerge and stopped right in front of the woman. "What's your name? Tell me and I'll let you go." He whispered as he let the woman get an up close look of his mask. "Jennifer." She whispered with tears in her eyes. "What was that? I didn't quite catch that." He tilted his ear towards her mouth. "Jennifer." She said a bit more loudly...

"Well then, you're free to go!" Ryan exclaimed as his Kagune retracted into his body. Jennifer looked at him with a mix of confusion and fear as Ryan helped her up. He pushed her to te exit of the alley and smiled underneath his mask. As she was about to leave Ryan spoke up. "Hold on there Jennifer, I forgot to tell you something!" She stopped and turned around to see a mass of green and black heading towards her stomach. "I have a bad habit of lying." Ryan began laughing as the life drained from her body. He dragged her corpse to the back of the alley and feasted. Pregnant women were a delicacy after all.

After he was done eating he walked back to his coffee shop to splurge on those special beans he had bought.

"Don't worry about it...I give out free coffee all the time. It's a good thing I'm leaving this job soon anyway, I'd likely end up fired for the amount of free coffee I give out...and I was born here in Tokyo...not sure where though, I don't remember that much. My family moved around a lot...anyway...we're here" He nodded as he talked. " Yeah well, I grew up in the first ward until I was sixteen and then...Just went off on my own." He trailed in at the end as his mind brought up the past. Jekyll was brought out of his thoughts with the delicious smell of freshly brewed coffee. "Colombian Roast, Brazilian light roast with a hint of walnut, Dark Roast with Irish crème." He began to mumble to himself as he nearly floated over to the doorway of the shop. As the doorbell rung the man behind the counter seemed to look up with a slightly annoyed expression. 'Few minutes early? Is he always la-" Stopped in mid thought at the sound of "Homeless" "Heyy~ I'm not homeless. I just can't afford shelter." He frowned at the man who probably gave a smug look when his back turned away from him. Then to add insult to injury the word "stink" was brought into the mix as the man walked out. "I stink?" Jekyll eyes widened ever so slightly as he scratched the back of his head, discreetly smelling himself.

K gestured to the counter where he sat down and quickly took a sniff of his clothes. "I don't stink.." He said with confidence that quickly lowered as he looked at K. "I don't stink do I?" He gave him a semi somber look, which was kind of funny considering that he WAS homeless and a bit of a drifter, a nomad of sorts. He sighed as he looked at the counter. It's beautiful counter top a nice polished mahogany with a slightly darker oak finish along the front of it. "Speaking of homeless." He looked up at K with a chuckle before looking down. "Would you be able to tell me where I can find a place to stay cheep?" This was the only part about what he wanted to be that he hated. Consistently asking people for things. Sure, he would pay them back and then some but it was the initial question that always bothered him. "I mean I'm a very tidy person, don't need much and am very good at staying out of the way."

"Uggggggghhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh" Ayame hated not being able to sleep, or rather feeling tired because of it. She knew she shouldn't be out this late, work in the morning and no doubt ghouls everywhere, but nothing could beat a night out on the town. Quickly, she looked at her watch; 2:53 AM. Was it really that late? Damn, I'm gonna be dead tired once work starts... She sighed as she walked up to the shop, noticing what was probably a guy who's shift just ended leave the building. She stared at him, trying to figure if he was a ghoul or not, but then dismissed it as she didn't really care. She opened the door and entered the shop and walked up to the counter. "Hey! Pardon me.... One medium black coffee. Thanks" She didn't let the poor guy get in a word and quickly turned around to find the place rather empty. Other than the coffee maker, there was one other person. She sat down a couple of tables away, keeping an eye on the fellow.

To be finished

It was a sunny and enjoyable morning in the 5th ward, and if one was to have a moment of blissful ignorance, everything seemed thoroughly peaceful. Elizabeth had passed over here from the 17th as part of her morning routine for weeks now. It was a bit of a ritual to her, at this point. She would get up early in the morning, get herself something resembling a drink and wander over to a small shrine in the 5th to watch the sun rise. Or rather, the remnants of a shrine, as it lost its keepers before her time here, and since then slowly sank into the overgrowing maw of oblivion. It was an odd sight - a ghoul in worn-out, oversized rags sitting in a tiny, forgotten and overgrown temple, admiring something that trivial while sipping coke.

There was not much "normal" about Liz - for instance, she was probably the only ghoul in the world who didn't like the taste of coffee. It didn't taste like -dirt- to her, but the taste still wasn't to her liking, so she actually preferred the murky-rainwater-flavor of just about anything else.

The girl didn't really have her day planned out, ever. She would go and steal or buy some food at some point of the day - after all, she had a 'family' to feed - but other than that, she had no obligations. She was alone in the rat's nest currently, and the area had been rather quiet over the last few days. She'd have to hunt soon, but that had no hurry. After sitting on a stone bench and enjoying the relative isolation from the usual traffic noise for the better half of an hour, Liz stood up and stretched her arms. She threw her empty cup at an overflowing trashcan, where it simply bounced off and tumbled to the ground. "We should probably clean this place up someday. Might score us some positive karma." she said to no one in particular. But the attentive observer would notice a living bulge in her clothing move from the girl's stomach area into one of the oversized arms of her jacket and poke a whiskered snout out of its sleeve. "You heard me. I said 'we'." The snout disappeared and the living bulge wandered back to her torso to disappear there. She made a hybrid sigh-grunt noise and turned her back on the place, getting back down the small stone stairs, through a forgotten back alley, back onto the street.

To her great surprise, somebody saw her climbing over the waist-high barrier fencing off the temple area. And that someone bothered approaching her. What an impractical thing to happen. Two unfamiliar faces approached her. A tall man in what seemed to be a business suit, with a three-day stubble and warm, brown eyes. He was flanked by a less happy looking woman, who was equally overdressed. As they were closing in, it dawned on Liz that she seemed pretty annoyed, probably embarassed over being dragged into a conversation with some homeless girl, judging from her fiery gaze at the stubble face.

"I'm sorry miss, but I couldn't help noticing that you climbed over the fencing here. There is probably a good reason for the barrier being here, may I ask what you were doing back there?" The man's voice was friendly overall, as was his expression. He didn't come across as mad, rather interested and law-abiding to her. The woman, not so much. She glared back and forth between the two people in front of her and looked like she'd start giving a sermon every moment, to either her partner or Elizabeth, maybe both. So Liz hurried her answer out.

"I...yeah, I'm sorry that's true. The area behind here is a bit 'unsafe', the old temple isn't in the best shape and there's roots and stuff everywhere." She assumed the two weren't from this area, seeing how the man didn't seem to be aware of what was back there. "I know it's not exactly accessible, but from up there you get a real nice look at the sunrise and... I was gonna clean up the place a bit. You know, paying my respects and all. That's not a bad thing, is it?"

The friendly expression of the man turned into a genuine smile. "A temple, huh? I didn't know we had one around here."

"Not a lot of people do, evidently, it's in a pretty awful state." She added quickly, not giving the woman much time to throw in angry comments. But she pried her way in anyway.

"How about if we check that, hm? See what's going on for ourselves?" Her point was directed at the man, but it carried several messages for Liz too. Obviously the woman didn't enjoy their little talk as much as the man did. And obviously, she didn't believe much of it, either.

"Yeah, why not. I've seen a temple in a long time. Have a nice day, miss." He didn't share her suspicions, evidently.

While the fiery woman was putting together an upset answer, Elizabeth smiled her brightest and replied "And you too. Be careful with the stairs, some of those are a bit brittle. Your ankles will be grateful if you stick to the left side." She implied a bow and wandered away from the two before the woman could put handcuffs on her for ignoring certain furious implications.

"We can't... you let her go? We don't even know what she did up there! Have you seen how happy she was? Don't tell me that's normal for a hob-", Liz could hear her wind up like a harpy.

"Reiji, calm down. Not being depressed is not a crime and there's not exactly a giant 'Off Limits' sign here either..." She heard him laugh the woman's anger off, then they were out of eavesdropping range.

The cogs in her head were spinning really fast. Business suits, out on the street, speaking up to homeless people and investigating in back alleys? Overdressed for a cop, but doing cops work? Teams of two? She didn't see briefcases on either of them, but everything else -did- point in a very specific direction. But except for her heart beating a tad bit faster, Liz was quite able to handle herself in situations like that. All they'd find up there was overgrowth, the old temple and a lot of trash, so really, she had nothing to be afraid of. Still, it happened dangerously close to her 'nest', and she'd hate having to resettle. At any rate, she made a mental note not to hunt in the 5th for a week or two, before returning to her schedule. Which involved wandering semi-aimlessly.

Keisuke lurked in the shadows, watching his prey as it drunkenly stumbled through the overpass. He smiled behind his mask, not taking his eyes off the man for even a second. He watched as the drunkard moved haplessly in circles, trying to find the exit but only managing to retrace his steps. There was nobody else around. It was dusk, and the morning light was only beginning to break through the clouds, but the streets were still quiet. The occasional car rolled by from above, but there were no distractions other than that. Keisuke licked his lips and ran his tongue over his teeth, composing himself before he struck.

It had been an extremely long time since Keisuke had eaten properly. He'd only just recently escaped the Ghoul Detention Center thanks to the group Yatagarasu, of which he was now part of. Keisuke was probably on countless watchlists and had countless CCG agents on the prowl for him. But he didn't care. He liked the attention. It had gone to his head, and Keisuke thought he should give those looking for him somewhere to start, and decided to begin with the drunk being directly below him. Guy probably had a family. A job. Keisuke didn't care. To him, the guy was just another face, another meal, another life to take.

Keisuke pushed himself off the ledge and glided seamlessly down, until he landed in front of the man. Keisuke's red eyes pierced into the man's, and he could see the fear building up. His kagune appeared down his right arm. Keisuke smiled once more, enjoying the power he had over the man. He advanced, and the drunkard attempted to run in the opposite direction, only to trip over his own feet and go down. Keisuke stepped over and raised his arm.

"Don't do that," he goaded. "I don't like my food dirty."

And with that, Keisuke plunged his kagune into the man's gut. The blood streamed out, and splattered onto Keisuke himself. Keisuke cackled as the man groaned in pain, and continued stabbing until the scene looked like somebody had detonated a tonne of red food colouring. As the last few ebbs of life left he man, Keisuke kneeled down, and removed his mask, revealing his disfigured jaw. His teeth were still intact, and the sharp fangs inside his mouth still had their uses.

"Feel special," Keisuke taunted. "You're my first meal in a long time."

Keisuke smiled once more before sinking his teeth into the man's throat and feasting on him.