[IC] ESCAPE HELL: The Gates

[Stryder]

"I'd rather not think that way..." He said, somewhat glaring at Zaen, what was wrong with this guy, he had no idea what it was like to die here. "Endure? Survive is a better word, if you can't take it, they'll make sure you never come back again." He said, speaking indirectly, it seemed whoever 'they' were, was the source of rebirth, the sole barrier of it. He narrowed his eyes as he remembered the intense conflict he had with the being that removed the soul.

[Dash375]

Seth got tired of waiting for a response from Mina and decided to just live with his doubts of her and Mason for the time being. Instead Seth walked outside to get away from the group so he could relax, he hated large gatherings of people who were always talking but in this situation it was best to stick in large groups for greater fighting potential. Looking out at the scenery of Hell Seth's mind went back to when he was alive he hated his life but in hindsight it was so much simpler, all he had to do was kill whatever group was causing trouble, get paid and then rinse repeat. But, eventually Seth's mind turned back to that day, the day he died along with the rest of his group. The mission was simple, ambush a small work station of some smugglers, It should of been simple. Like every mission Seth had worked out different probabilities and scenarios to ensure success but he had made a miscalculation, he did not expect it to be a trap. So from his sniping point Seth could only watch as his team were slaughtered and eventually Seth himself was executed.
Remembering the last part almost made him sick but he held it down as his mind drifted away from his death and back onto the scenery of Hell.

[Stryder]

Finally able to focus what little sense of mind it had, the red and black of mass, almost the size of a mouse began to creep its way toward a host. All the thing could feel around it was emotions and go from there, it detected many emotions in fact. Anger, Sadness, Hopelessness, Hatred, and the rare one, Bloodlust. "Anger..." The thing managed to rasp out in a hiss as it slithered through the passageway, it had been following the pattern of Mason to get here, not that he knew it anyway. Had Mason been stationary, that would have been its choice, but now it was in dire need of a host as far too weak to try taking a lesser demon by surprise. It had to rely on the weak mind of a human body.

Once it got closer to a source of humanity that, by its own reading, was in deep thought of some kind, whoever they were seemed angry, hateful, and at a point regretful. The closer it got to Seth in midst of its thoughts, latching onto the soldier's shoe and climbing up to his chest, gripping his forearm and slowly spreading like a fire beyond Seth's control. The process would mirrored the pain of being stabbed by tiny needles over and over again mixed in with a burning, fire-like sensation. "Hosssst..." The parasitic thing whispered in Seth's mind, trying to further join his body.

[Dash375]

Seth was in thought for a few seconds longer before he felt the burning sensation tingle all over his skin causing him to break out of his thoughts and look at the thing that was moving over his body "The hell are you!" He shouted trying to scrape it off with his hands but once that failed he ran inside trying to grab his spear to try lightly stabbing the parasite off ignoring the spectacle he was making that would surely attract the attention of the others around him. Giving up on that Seth looked at the group of people before taking a deep gulp "Kill me, before this thing spreads some more."

[souleaterfan320]

Dash375 said
Seth was in thought for a few seconds longer before he felt the burning sensation tingle all over his skin causing him to break out of his thoughts and look at the thing that was moving over his body "The hell are you!" He shouted trying to scrape it off with his hands but once that failed he ran inside trying to grab his spear to try lightly stabbing the parasite off ignoring the spectacle he was making that would surely attract the attention of the others around him. Giving up on that Seth looked at the group of people before taking a deep gulp "Kill me, before this thing spreads some more."

koran looked to seth, and saw the damned thing attempting to take over his body. he heard seth say to kill him, and koran was preparing his tanto to stab seth, when he looked at his hand. "wait, seth, ive got an idea."
he reaches out slowly with his demonic hand, the power fluctuating within it, mainly colors of black and red.

[a00000000000]

Zaen leaned against the wall, thinking, when suddenly Seth started spazzing out. Then he found out he was being taken over. He mumbled something and walked up behind Seth. If the thing Koran wanted to do didn't work, he'd quickly use his knife and slice seth's throat.

[souleaterfan320]

Stryder said
Mason, still entrapped in Verona's hug looked to Zaen, asking him about the process of rebirth. His happy expression faded a bit, that was a pain unlike anything else. "I'd rather not get into that..." He said, speaking in a solemn tone, he disliked thinking about the horrifying process.

verona held onto mason tightly, not wanting to let go, she felt complete with him..
"follow me.."
she let go of him, and slid her hands into his.
i have something id like to show you, a little gift, persay." she smiled, looking into his eyes.
she liked this man, this mere mortal, she wanted to be with him at all times...

[rusty4297]

John's eyes widened and he jumped up, looking at Seth. "What the heck...?" He stepped back, "Wait, that's a demon thing, right? Why would a demon arm stop it? Wouldn't that just make it stronger or do nothing at all? What if you make it multiply or something...?" Oh... Then we can make them all bleed! Let him do it! "No... We have to let him do it, but if that thing multiplies, I'm leaving this house... I'll probably close the door and try to keep it closed too after a minute so at least some of us can leave and not get... Controlled, or parasitically eaten or whatever the heck that thing does..." He grabbed his scythe from nearby, readying it in case something happened.

[Stryder]

souleaterfan320 said
verona held onto mason tightly, not wanting to let go, she felt complete with him.."follow me.."she let go of him, and slid her hands into his.i have something id like to show you, a little gift, persay." she smiled, looking into his eyes.she liked this man, this mere mortal, she wanted to be with him at all times...

Mason looked down at Verona, managing a small smile, slightly raising an eyebrow when she asked him to follow her. he took a deep breath when she slipped her hand into his own, that was a bit odd for him but he tried to be relaxed about it, she was an oracle, maybe she was seeing something he didn't. "Sure thing...lead the way.." He said, a small smirk on his face as he gently squeezed her hand. He guessed he could do with the strange formality, besides it wouldn't be like anyone would care.

The odd parasite began to spread out across Seth's body as if to assimilate itself with him, in actuality that was its goal. This host body, it was different than many of the souls in hell, stronger and more focused but such a focused mind was far too easy to delve into. 'Sssseth....' The thing hissed in his mind before it took in a raspy deep breath, 'I am you...you are me... The thing hissed once more, its body hardening defensively against Seth's chest, as the nephilim's hand made contact, the parasite put a bolt of aether through it, knocking the half breed back. The knife coming toward Seth was stopped by the symbiote, the blade shot back with rapid speed, slashing through Zaen's kidney, allowing blood to freely escape. Quickly and painfully for Seth, it began to enter his body through his pores, causing them to expands as it went through, blood forced its way up to the surface, oozing and bubbling out of spots on his body in a violent manner.

[Dash375]

Seth gasped in pain as it continued to spread around him causing more pain the more the parasite spread around him "Go away, stay out of my mind." He growled and fell on his knees trying to hold his mind together "You are not me, I am me and no one else is me." He started to not be able to tell the choices outside his head from the voices inside his head. It then started to enter his body which raised the pain up to a whole new level, the blood leaving his body through the tiny pours felt like nothing he could of imagined. Seth felt like he could not longer move and almost submitted to whatever the parasite wanted to do.

[Minarawr]

Mina had jumped up when Seth entered the room again after leaving. She had been distracted, wondering what Verona wanted with Mason. It wasn't like she cared if she wanted to have him, but she didn't want her "brother" to give up on their deal so easily.
She looked as the soul seemed to have a parasite on his skin, merging with his body.
Of course, Mina's amber colored eyes saw what others didn't; the creature wasn't merging with his body, but with his very soul.
Upon further investigation she noticed the energy of the creature was that of the void, making it a rank 8 creature in basic terms, which caused her to holster her gun again after taking it out.
A void demon without a body, a parasite in need of a host. Even she could not seperate a desperate creature like this without the proper spells and incantations.
She made her way over to Koran as he was knocked back. 'You okay?' she asked.
In a lower tone of voice she looked at him seriously and spokw again. 'That parasite is strong, killing the boy won't work. You best wait and see who takes over the mind, then deal with it. In some cases the parasite remains dormant and the original host can keep his own mind.' she explained.
She looked over at Seth. 'Let's hope army boy has enough willpower to fight for his mind, as his body is already lost.'

[souleaterfan320]

Minarawr said
Mina had jumped up when Seth entered the room again after leaving. She had been distracted, wondering what Verona wanted with Mason. It wasn't like she cared if she wanted to have him, but she didn't want her "brother" to give up on their deal so easily.She looked as the soul seemed to have a parasite on his skin, merging with his body. Of course, Mina's amber colored eyes saw what others didn't; the creature wasn't merging with his body, but with his very soul.Upon further investigation she noticed the energy of the creature was that of the void, making it a rank 8 creature in basic terms, which caused her to holster her gun again after taking it out. A void demon without a body, a parasite in need of a host. Even she could not seperate a desperate creature like this without the proper spells and incantations.She made her way over to Koran as he was knocked back. 'You okay?' she asked.In a lower tone of voice she looked at him seriously and spokw again. 'That parasite is strong, killing the boy won't work. You best wait and see who takes over the mind, then deal with it. In some cases the parasite remains dormant and the original host can keep his own mind.' she explained.She looked over at Seth. 'Let's hope army boy has enough willpower to fight for his mind, as his body is already lost.'

koran nodded. "hell is quite the bitch to live in.. so many dangerous things..."
he
looked at his hand, pondering about his dormant powers.
"i figured that perhaps i would have some influence on the symbiote like thing, apparently not though.."
he got up, and watched the events unfold.

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meanwhile...

satan sat on his throne, watching the events with the group with mina unfold.
"hmm, a symbiote like void demon, how unique... very rare... most likely powerful, if only i could find a way to control it, since it is taking over that boy in koran's little group, it may side with him... unless i intervene...."
he opened his cellphone lije device, calling someone.
???:" ah, lucifer, my good ol pal, how's things going, hmm?"
satan: " i am well, other than the fact that some nephilim is parading around your floor, with the idea of 'escaping hell, wanna go crush his dream, Karne?'
Karne: "sure thing boss. where are they?"
satan: "somewhere not too far from the first gate, in the canyon."
Karne:" heading that direction now, ill be there soon.
satan: "good, call me when they are dead, i want them squandered within the hour."
Karne:" sure thing, see ya."
satan hangs up, smoking his cigar, shooting out a cloud of smoke.
"this should be interesting..."

[Stryder]

(Dammit)

[a00000000000]

Zaen stood watching over to make sure the creature didn't do anything harmful to the group, when he felt his own knife get shot out of his hand and into his kidney, he immediately winced incredibley, then grabbed the knife and took it out of his kidney. when he did that, he groaned, then mumbled. "Fucking cock!" he said in pain, and he continued bleeding immensly. He was leaning against against the wall now. "Anyone know medicine? I seem to be bleedng out." he said, sneering, but still in quite large pain.

[Stryder]

The horrifying process continued as the parasitic thing worked its way into Seth's body in full, the pores in his body began to close, blood still leaked out of them, running like individual rivers of red. "We are Ssseth..." The thing spoke in a deep, dark, menacing, and ominous voice, this thing was attempting to tighten its hold on Seth, for now all it would be able to do was fight him for it. The dark void creature went through Seth's mind thoroughly, searching through his memories. "Ssseth, I see it all; your pain, your memoriesss, your death, you have been alone all this time, until now." The demon hissed in the depths of the soldier's mind, working on tampering with the man's mind, knowing just what its host thought could make it be comfortable with the parasite, whatever that may have meant.

[Zarkun]

Jerus had remained inside while others went outside to talk some more. He was on edge and felt that they'd already stayed in one place for far too long, if the Zombie attack that had killed Mason proved anything. Sighing as he meditated, he reflected on everything that had lead to this moment, although plenty of it was a haze. He could remember his parents fighting against his ninjutsu classes at first, giving plenty of reasons not to allow him to take it. In the end though, they had relented, especially when he argued he would have something to put his energy into besides his schooling.

He had enjoyed the classes, he remembered that and he'd made lots of friends. He could remember the master saying he had a natural knack for it and was proud of every step towards the black belt Jerus had taken. He remembered learning with the katana and the kama, but he had always been better with the kama, eventually making them his weapon of choice when he got older. He grinned, remembering the first night he'd taken to the streets in his guise, ambushing a mugger as he went to stab the man he was mugging. He was certain the man's soul was here in Hell somewhere, but that didn't matter.

As he reflected on his past, he heard a commotion outside which drew him towards the door. Only when Mister Psycho man cussed loudly did Jerus actually open the door and see what was happening. And it made him facepalm quite painfully. Seth was being attacked by some parasitic demon and Mister Psycho Man was bleeding from a wound that appeared to be inflicted with his own knife. Grabbing a towel, he goes over the Mister Psycho Man and puts pressure on his wound to slow the bleeding. I hope we get moving after this...

[rusty4297]

"I am me and no one else is me? What are you...?" John frowned slightly, lowering his scythe. That sounds like us... MAKE HIM BLEED! "No..." Ugh... no fun... No fun at all! Make someone bleed... Blood is life, shouldn't life be outside for all to see!? John shook his head, finished talking to himself when someone else was having the same general problem. "You're still you. Whatever the heck it is has nothing to do with who you are. It just wants to take you out of you so it can be you. It's you though, so you have the power there, right? Hold it off if you can..." Oh, don't encourage him... He's going to change, and then we'll make him bleed... Just like I said...

[Dash375]

Seth shouted out in agony as the parasite continued to echo through his mind "I don't need something in my head sharing in my pain, I would rather be alone." He growled to himself still unable to tell if the voice was inside or outside his head though he could hardly hear the voice anymore over the pain he was in. In a desperate struggle Seth climbed to his feet and walked towards the front door in which he had entered, a blood trail following behind him. However, once he had reached the door he collapsed against it finally going unconscious from pain and blood loss.

[Stryder]

The void demon was unable to get a hold of Seth as he trudged his way to the door, it could feel the human getting weaker and weaker. Now was the chance for it to move, as Seth collapsed against the door, the soldier's body seemed to spring back to life. Seth's body stood straight up and began to turn, his eyes closed, before they opened, if one looked closely they could tell his iris was red with tiger stripe like black streaks within it. Doing his best to hide evil voice the parasite had, he used his host's. He looked over at John with a smile, red and black color fading to its normal coloring in his eyes. "I think I did it.." He said, his wounds closing up on their own it seemed, like he had a healing process.

[a00000000000]

Zaen winced as Jerus applied pressure to his wound. He knew that that was going to stay for a while... "We need to get moving, somethings bound to find us if we stay here much longer." He said seriously.with a tiny hint of worry in his voice. Zaen sheathed his knife, and thought that Seth seemed better, but wasn't quite sure.