[IC] HCL 2: Twisted tinkers' triumph

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
Mandy sighs and goes about getting ready for the meeting. And by that, I mean getting ready to tear HIM into tiny little pieces.Mimi gets back to her feet and lashes out, a bit harder this time.Meanwhile, HIM enters Drac's domain, slipping through anything meant to keep him out with apparent ease. He walks through the realm, not attempting to hide himself in any way, carrying a box at his hip with one arm. Expecting to be stopped by some kind of guardians, or maybe the big man himself. That'd make his plan a whole lot easier... Instead of having to find the bastard...

Clayman gets kicked into a shelf this time, it falling on him and splattering him against the ground. After a moment, Clay reforms.
"Good job." He says, now looking like an average bus driver.

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No one pays him much mind, although a few spirits look at him curiously. Soon, Drac does show up, looking as if he had just awoken.
"Welcome to the realm of the forsaken. I am Drac, the king and creator of this realm. What the fuck do you want?" He says, adding the last bit with a bit of confusion.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
Clayman gets kicked into a shelf this time, it falling on him and splattering him against the ground. After a moment, Clay reforms."Good job." He says, now looking like an average bus driver.No one pays him much mind, although a few spirits look at him curiously. Soon, Drac does show up, looking as if he had just awoken."Welcome to the realm of the forsaken. I am Drac, the king and creator of this realm. What the fuck do you want?" He says, adding the last bit with a bit of confusion.

Mimi nods in acknowledgement of what he says. "..."

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HIM smiles. "Hello Drac. You can call me... Well, my real name would poison your tongue. You can call me HIM." HIM pulls HIS sunglasses down, looking at Drac. "And I've just come to talk..." HE stares down Drac, actually taller than the giant man, at least by a head. "Y'know, sooner or later, Death catches up to all of us. Or, most of us. Not me." HE smirks. "But I hear you're a family kind of person. You've got kids, no? That you want to protect from Death?" HE smirks. "But, as long as Death exists, trying to protect them is simply pointless. Try as hard as you like, Death will come. And it will claim their souls."

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
Mimi nods in acknowledgement of what he says. "..."HIM smiles. "Hello Drac. You can call me... Well, my real name would poison your tongue. You can call me HIM." HIM pulls HIS sunglasses down, looking at Drac. "And I've just come to talk..." HE stares down Drac, actually taller than the giant man, at least by a head. "Y'know, sooner or later, Death catches up to all of us. Or, most of us. Not me." HE smirks. "But I hear you're a family kind of person. You've got kids, no? That you want to protect from Death?" HE smirks. "But, as long as Death exists, trying to protect them is simply pointless. Try as hard as you like, Death will come. And it will claim their souls."

"I know this....but I cannot destroy death......to do so would...well...throw off the balance of the multiverse it seems. So, I have an idea......force death to not take them...I have no idea how...but.....I will find it." Drac says to him.

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"But now...THINK FAST!" He says, before throwing a hardened clay spike at her.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
"I know this....but I cannot destroy death......to do so would...well...throw off the balance of the multiverse it seems. So, I have an idea......force death to not take them...I have no idea how...but.....I will find it." Drac says to him."But now...THINK FAST!" He says, before throwing a hardened clay spike at her.

HIM smirks. "It is easy to convince yourself that you can do that. But death cannot be stopped. He will lay claim to their souls, nothing other than the demise of Death can stop this. Don't worry, his boy will take over when he is gone and..." Him smirks. "Let's just say I can handle him."

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Mimi steps to the side quickly, dodging the spike, but a little too close for comfort.

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
HIM smirks. "It is easy to convince yourself that you can do that. But death cannot be stopped. He will lay claim to their souls, nothing other than the demise of Death can stop this. Don't worry, his boy will take over when he is gone and..." Him smirks. "Let's just say I can handle him."Mimi steps to the side quickly, dodging the spike, but a little too close for comfort.

"So.......Let me guess......You want me...to destroy death." Drac says, raising an eyebrow. "Well.....I've been planning something...." Drac says.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
"So.......Let me guess......You want me...to destroy death." Drac says, raising an eyebrow. "Well.....I've been planning something...." Drac says.

HIM grins, satisfied he doesn't have to use the hand. Yet, anyways. While a Drac blinded by rage and grief caused by the hand's hyper-realistic showing of the slaughtering of his children by the reaper would be just as good, it'd also be a bit too unpredictable for his liking. Might destroy something important. "Oh really? Well, please, do tell. I'm very much intrigued."

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
HIM grins, satisfied he doesn't have to use the hand. Yet, anyways. While a Drac blinded by rage and grief caused by the hand's hyper-realistic showing of the slaughtering of his children by the reaper would be just as good, it'd also be a bit too unpredictable for his liking. Might destroy something important. "Oh really? Well, please, do tell. I'm very much intrigued."

"You don't destroy death via force...you destroy death though his...figurative heart." Drac says. "Destroying his friends and family.....That should do the trick...but I am no murderer. Even his monster of a wife I won't kill without reason...and the reason you said......That wouldn't make me seem any less.....what's the word?" Drac says, scratching his chin.

[supertinyking]

Tyki said
"it's just a simple protection job but your training won't stop while we're traveling" he says evenly, giving her a deep massage in order to get through her scales

"Sounds.....wonderful~." She says, almost purring the last bit. Her back is rather tense, and the rub seems to help that.

[Tyki]

supertinyking said
"Sounds.....wonderful~." She says, almost purring the last bit. Her back is rather tense, and the rub seems to help that.

"i'll let you use your glave again, but i don't want you to rely on it ok" he says evenly as he continues the back rub, moving to be propped up with his knees on both sides of her as he rubs, using the leverage to his advantage

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
"You don't destroy death via force...you destroy death though his...figurative heart." Drac says. "Destroying his friends and family.....That should do the trick...but I am no murderer. Even his monster of a wife I won't kill without reason...and the reason you said......That wouldn't make me seem any less.....what's the word?" Drac says, scratching his chin.

"...His wife has committed more crimes in her time than anybody. Well, except me of course." HE says. "I'm sure Death himself can be destroyed, if his own soul were destroyed. Yes, Death has a soul, but it's not so easily destroyed, or separated from it's vessel... I've tried... Oh, that blasted scythe of his! Anything cut by it cannot be repaired and always gets destroyed. So, decapitate him with his own scythe..."

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
"...His wife has committed more crimes in her time than anybody. Well, except me of course." HE says. "I'm sure Death himself can be destroyed, if his own soul were destroyed. Yes, Death has a soul, but it's not so easily destroyed, or separated from it's vessel... I've tried... Oh, that blasted scythe of his! Anything cut by it cannot be repaired and always gets destroyed. So, decapitate him with his own scythe..."

"But...as much as I hate him...Grim isn't a monster.....far from it. I hate the guy sure...but I won't murder him." Drac says.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
"But...as much as I hate him...Grim isn't a monster.....far from it. I hate the guy sure...but I won't murder him." Drac says.

"But killing everyone else and leaving him alive would be pointless! Death will still do his job, no matter what. Do whatever you please, but unless he's destroyed completely and utterly, then your children will never be safe. I have proof, if you don't believe me." HE says.

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
"But killing everyone else and leaving him alive would be pointless! Death will still do his job, no matter what. Do whatever you please, but unless he's destroyed completely and utterly, then your children will never be safe. I have proof, if you don't believe me." HE says.

"Proof? What would be that...proof?" Drac asks, getting a bit angry.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
"Proof? What would be that...proof?" Drac asks, getting a bit angry.

HIM moves the box so he's holding it forward. "This box holds something that allows me to see in the future, to what will be. This is a future, where you do not end death. You tried everything... except killing the reaper..." He opens the box right in front of Drac, even though Drac might recognize the item, he never sees Horror's Hand. Instead, he's plunged directly into his nightmare, with HIM spectating every second. The nightmare is so realistic, so vivid, that Drac thinks he's actually experiencing it. As if it were an event going on in real life, at that moment.

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
HIM moves the box so he's holding it forward. "This box holds something that allows me to see in the future, to what will be. This is a future, where you do not end death." He opens the box right in front of Drac, even though Drac might recognize the item, he never sees Horror's Hand. Instead, he's plunged directly into his nightmare, with HIM spectating every second. The nightmare is so realistic, so vivid, that Drac thinks he's actually experiencing it. As if it were an event going on in real life, at that moment.

He is chained to a tree, and before him is bug and Lisa, kneeling. Grim is standing behind them....
"You coulda stopped this...." Grim says.
"Daddy...please...help me..." Lisa whines, almost crying.
"No...no...end me, not th-" Drac starts, before Grim severs Lisa's head with his scythe. Drac attempts to move forward, but the tree and chains hold him. "I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Drac screams, his rage being felt.
"You had your chance..." Grim says, before lining up the cut to sever bug's head.
"It's...not your fault dad.....I am gonna...miss you...." Bug says, before he too, is reaped.
"You...monster....I...will.....DESTROY YOU! I WILL KILL YOU! YOUR WIFE! YOUR CHILDREN! I WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!" He roars, his mouth almost foaming.
"No....Good bye...drac..." Grim says, before swinging his scythe into Drac. Drac fades, before returning to reality. He looks shocked, and he falls to his knees.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
He is chained to a tree, and before him is bug and Lisa, kneeling. Grim is standing behind them...."You coulda stopped this...." Grim says."Daddy...please...help me..." Lisa whines, almost crying."No...no...end me, not th-" Drac starts, before Grim severs Lisa's head with his scythe. Drac attempts to move forward, but the tree and chains hold him. "I WILL DESTROY YOU!" Drac screams, his rage being felt."You had your chance..." Grim says, before lining up the cut to sever bug's head."It's...not your fault dad.....I am gonna...miss you...." Bug says, before he too, is reaped."You...monster....I...will.....DESTROY YOU! I WILL KILL YOU! YOUR WIFE! YOUR CHILDREN! I WILL DESTROY ALL OF YOU!" He roars, his mouth almost foaming."No....Good bye...drac..." Grim says, before swinging his scythe into Drac. Drac fades, before returning to reality. He looks shocked, and he falls to his knees.

HIM doesn't seem to care much. "Death is inevitable as long as the Reaper lives. Your children will not be as lucky as you. To become immortal. This is their fate... Drac, you called him a monster, but Grim was only doing his job. Funny, it's kind of sweet, how you all were destined to be reaped at nearly the same time. Least they'll have that, I guess, since you're not willing to do what must be done to save them. Oh well, I doubt they'd blame you. I wouldn't. It's only natural that Death do his job. Right? He's no monster, like you said..." HIM says, testing how this has affected Drac.

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
HIM doesn't seem to care much. "Death is inevitable as long as the Reaper lives. Your children will not be as lucky as you. To become immortal. This is their fate... Drac, you called him a monster, but Grim was only doing his job. Funny, it's kind of sweet, how you all were destined to be reaped at nearly the same time. Least they'll have that, I guess, since you're not willing to do what must be done to save them. Oh well, I doubt they'd blame you. I wouldn't. It's only natural that Death do his job. Right? He's no monster, like you said..." HIM says, testing how this has affected Drac.

Drac reacts....violently. First, he unleashes quite the energy blast into the hand of horror, aiming to destroy it. He then punches Him in the stomach, as hard as he can with his gauntleted hand.
"SHUT UP!" He roars.

[Akihisa Yoshii]

supertinyking said
Drac reacts....violently. First, he unleashes quite the energy blast into the hand of horror, aiming to destroy it. He then punches Him in the stomach, as hard as he can with his gauntleted hand."SHUT UP!" He roars.

HIM closes the box, and it protects the hand before HE teleports a ways behind Drac, out of reach. "Well, that set you off... I'm not meaning to torture you, if that's what you're thinking, I came to warn you... This will happen... Unless Grim no longer exists. I have no power over him, but if he were removed, and his wife, I could control his son... Your children would be spared..." Even now, HE lies. While Minimandy doesn't seem like much, she's as ruthless as her mother, and she'd surely exact revenge in some form, but that didn't concern HIM. The son, he can handle, but the daughter was almost annoyingly like her mother... Except for her rather creepy... fondness... for her brother.

[supertinyking]

Akihisa Yoshii said
HIM closes the box, and it protects the hand before HE teleports a ways behind Drac, out of reach. "Well, that set you off... I'm not meaning to torture you, if that's what you're thinking, I came to warn you... This will happen... Unless Grim no longer exists. I have no power over him, but if he were removed, and his wife, I could control his son... Your children would be spared..." Even now, HE lies. While Minimandy doesn't seem like much, she's as ruthless as her mother, and she'd surely exact revenge in some form, but that didn't concern HIM. The son, he can handle, but the daughter was almost annoyingly like her mother... Except for her rather creepy... fondness... for her brother.

"....I..see....fine...." Drac says. "I will attack castle Grim, but before I do....I want to get an ace in the hole." He says, before vanishing again.

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