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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 1, 2011 23:26:03 GMT -5
Harry looked up from the seat he had taken, thanking Halt with a quick bow, never sparing longer then a moment for such a gesture.
"Now we just need to..." Harry murmured the remainder of the sentence, working over locations in his head before walking to the door, motioning for Halt to follow him.
The two made their way out to a small Beatle, a very small and old looking car at that. The hood seemed to have been colored red, with a green door on one side, and a white one on the other. It looked as if it had been driven (by some miracle) out of a antique garage sale. Harry slid himself into the driver seat and motioned for Halt to join him, positioning the staff so it doesn't hinder his driving. As the old vehicle started up Harry took one, silent, glance at Halt as if to say *Not...one...word*
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 2, 2011 1:08:03 GMT -5
-The two new companions putt-ed along in the Blue Beatle, making short work of the usually harsh traffic. They arrived at the first address written on the paper, got out and went to go investigate. Halt stayed behind and let Harry do the detective work. After all it was his case. Harry looked over the crime scene, noticing the patterns of the wounds on this victim. They were similar to Noven's except for one major difference. This man's face had been completely torn off. Harry could smell the blood and it raised the hairs on the back of his neck. Part of his mind wanted to scream as loud as possible, but he forced a door to close it off, locking it securely. Once Harry had gotten a good view of the victim, Halt joined him making sure not to step on anything important. "So, did this guy die the same way Noven did?" Halt asked as he stepped over a puddle of blood.
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 2, 2011 1:25:22 GMT -5
"Looks like it..." Harry nodded to Halt, noticing his approach, holding him back a little from the scene, writing a note down or two, cradling his staff between his elbow.
"This one is more violent however... what a gang fight huh? Maybe if one of them had a chainsaw..." Harry half jokingly, half sickeningly remarked, kneeling in front of the massacre. Slowly, Harry took a small vial, dipping in into one of the deepest wounds on the corpse, collecting a small amount of blood, pulling back onto some flat ground Harry held up his hand, as if to say *stand back*, producing a chalk stick from his coat and began to draw a circle around himself. After he finished, Harry placed his hand to the ground sending a push of Will through it, as it became active, he felt the soft embrace of the energy field surround him. Now prepared, Harry pulled out a compass, dipping the blood onto the surface as he softly chanted, words Halt could neither hear, nor decipher. As he finished Harry slowly opened his eyes, as if praying, his plan had worked, looking down at the compass.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 4, 2011 22:58:17 GMT -5
-The small effort of will that Harry had pushed into the compass finally set it off. The needle spun around wildly for a minute before finally setting on one destination. Southwest. Harry smirked as he smudged the chalk circle, releasing all the extra energy back into the air. Harry showed Halt the compass. "Okay then," Halt said. "Now all we have to do is run by my place so I can pick up some equipment. I want to be prepared for whatever we're facing.
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 4, 2011 23:16:27 GMT -5
Looking to Halt, Harry nodded, getting back in the small vehicle, keeping the compass from falling down, driving back to Halt's home. As Halt ran inside to gather his equipment, Harry looked out at the people passing by on the street in the afternoon sun, before rolling the compass in his hand, the needle pointing Southwest the entire time. *That man better prove to be as good as he seems to be...* Harry thought to himself *The way things look, this is no novice demon...*
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 5, 2011 0:14:31 GMT -5
-Halt dashed into the house, not bothering to close the door behind him. He ran into the back room where he kept his secret stash of weapons. He grabbed his throwing knife, saix knife, his katana, a small medical potion, his water skin full of fresh water, his longbow and a full quiver of arrows. 'Damn,' he thought 'I must have left the other potion in the next room.' Halt quickly walked into the next room scanning to find the potion. Suddenly he heard a knock on the door and a voice say "Can I come in?" Distracted by his search Halt just yelled a quick affirmative, assuming it was Harry wondering what was taking so long. All of the sudden he heard what sounded like pounding footsteps charging down the hall towards his room. Halt immediately dove behind some cover just as a huge...thing came crashing into the room. Hidden behind the cover, Halt couldn't see what it looked like, but he could hear it breathing heavily from its nostrils, trying to sniff him out. Halt quickly wrapped the cloak around himself, blending into the background and didn't move a muscle.
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 5, 2011 0:25:21 GMT -5
A sudden loud crashing shook Harry from his almost trance like state, looking to the house Harry suddenly felt like something was very wrong. Opening the car's door and hurrying towards the house, Harry raised his staff, keeping it handy should he need it, leaving the compass behind for now, rushing into the swinging door and near the back where the noise came from.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 6, 2011 15:41:26 GMT -5
-The beast was standing there, sniffing violently trying to find Halt's scent. The demon stood easily over 7 feet, with black leathery skin, arms that got larger as they made their way to the hands, which were bigger than 2 bowling balls put together. The legs were the same way, but not as large. The demon's head was a rounded oval-type shaped stuck on top of a stumpy neck. It's ears were small and barely noticeable on the side of it's head. It slammed it's fist into a nearby table, easily smashing it in two. Halt heard and felt this, but managed to stay perfectly still behind the couch. The beast started walking slowly into the room, smashing anything and everything in it's way. Suddenly a new scent slammed into the demon's senses. A very powerful magical aura had just entered the house. The beast picked up a nearby chair and threw it with the force of a cannon at the door. The chair slammed into the wall just as Harry got to the room, forcing him to drop back onto the floor. The demon now turned it's attention towards the new prey. It ran at Harry from the middle of the room and raised it's fist ready to slam it down right on Harry's head.
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 6, 2011 16:19:19 GMT -5
Shocked when the door suddenly fell before him, Harry turned his attention to the demon ahead of him as it knocked him back, kneeling now. Watching the horrid beast approach, Harry could almost smell the stench this vile fiend gave off, as it drew back, bringing it's twisted claw down upon Harry. Acting fast, Harry forced his hand outward, as if to demand it to stop, shouting out
"tornarius!" A blast of light directed the energy of the punch backwards, sending the demon flying into a bookshelf, which then fell on top of the demon, burying him under hundreds of texts.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 6, 2011 17:13:49 GMT -5
-With the demon temporarily knocked back, Halt grabbed a revolver that was lying on the table next to the couch. Halt couldn't remember why it was there, but he was thankful it was. He aimed quickly and shot 3 times at the demon's head. 2 connected, but the 3rd shot off, vanishing into the dark of the next room.
-The beast had been blasted back and shot twice within 5 seconds. Needless to say he was in a massive rage. He recovered quickly and kicked Harry, sending him flying into the wall, then he ran over to Halt and swung his arm.
-The blow connected, and Halt could feel probably one of his ribs cracks slightly. But before he hit the wall, he turned into mist and flew into the next room, changing back and taking a gulp of the health potion. His chest burned slightly as his rib mended itself. Halt breathed deeply to test how well it worked. Satisfied, Halt drew his katana and tried sneaking up on the demon, but the demon had already taken off after Harry.
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 6, 2011 17:31:40 GMT -5
Harry slowly stood, some pain from being thrown back going to his legs, as he looked up to see the demon charging at him. Harry rushed for the door, now not far away, and lured the creature outside.
"That's right... follow me you ignorant beast." Harry muttered, then seeing it burst through the doorway shouted
"forzare!" soulfire glared to life inside Harry, as from his outstretched palm came a translucent gauntlet, grasping hold of the beast, which struggled furiously against him, straining Harry's powers until he was forced to slam the cretin down earlier then he intended, making a sizable dent in the pavement. Withdrawing the hand, Harry pointed his staff at it, the rune engraved wood glowed a bright red and orange as Harry shouted in a loud, strong tone
"pyrofuego!!" Fire jolted forth from his staff, as if from the jaws of a dragon itself, bathing the demon below in a scorching sea of flame.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 6, 2011 20:36:02 GMT -5
-The demon let out an in-human scream. It's flesh melted as the flames poured over every spot of his body. It thrashed around, trying desperately to escape the hole in the concrete, but the blast of flame kept it rooted to the spot. After a few seconds, the scream stopped and all that was left was a charred husk.
-Halt had just gotten to the door when he saw the column of flame shoot at the demon and just stood in awe. Once it was over Halt looked at his longbow and knew this would not be enough. He went back inside dropped the longbow and quiver in a corner, and pressed a button underneath an end table. All of the sudden a bookcase rose up into the ceiling, revealing a whole steel wall filled with guns. Halt grimaced at what he was about to do, but he knew it was the only way. He grabbed 3 Clements44's, an M24 shotgun, an FN2000, and a USG-50 Ultor. He grabbed two ammo belts and strapped them on under his cloak, put the revolvers in their holsters, one on each hip and one on his right thigh, he then put the FN and USG on his back in and X-formation, and decided to just hold the M24. Halt then grabbed a refill for his health potion and grabbed another, just in case. He saw something glint off the sunlight that was coming in the window. Halt debated with himself whether to wear it or not, but decided to just grab it and put them on. Halt then walked out to meet Harry wearing Wychwood sunglasses, with his hood now down. he looked at Harry and said "Ready to go?"
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 6, 2011 20:48:37 GMT -5
Breathing a small sigh of relief, while Halt was gone, Harry examined the corpse, ensuring it was dead with a quick poke of his staff, before kneeling before it, the smell atrocious. Noticing Halt's approach without looking, he answered
"Ready... I just can't figure out wh-" Harry stopped himself, having turned in Halt's direction only to see a walking human armory. After a small silence Harry raised an eyebrow
"Are you sure you have enough guns? I'm not sure that 'army in a pocket' you have there is enough." Harry said, with a light chuckle at the end, now standing before Halt, making a motion with his staff at the new outfit Halt decided to pick.
After a moment of conversing with the man, Harry and Halt returned to the vehicle, taking up the small compass once more, the pair headed southwest, following the only lead they had.
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Post by graybeardhalt on Mar 11, 2011 0:18:58 GMT -5
-Just as the sun was setting over the tall buildings of Chicago, they reached their destination. The building was almost outside of city limits, but still fell within it's jurisdiction. It looked as though it was an old garage that was used to fix up cars, but the top half of the it looked as if the brick had merely fallen off, leaving only half of it still standing. Harry and Halt walked into the run down building and saw corpses of empty toolboxes, workbenches, and various tools scattered across the ground. A thick layer of dust had settled into the place, indicating that nobody had been here in years. Halt looked around, the ceiling had been taken off, so the last traces of sunlight left in the day easily shed some lighting to the otherwise dark place. It looked like any other garage, nothing really out of place for something so old, until he noticed the light footprints on the ground. He quickly bent down and inspected them further, noticing that they were fairly recent. Made today in fact, probably just a couple of minutes ago. The prints didn't match a regular boot, but looked more like someone, no something, had crawled on all fours, each paw the exact same. Not moving from the spot, Halt quickly traced the path with his eyes, following it into the door leading to the next room that was covered in shadows. Halt pointed this out to Harry and told him to be ready. Suddenly an inhuman screech echoed through the building, seeming to come from every direction at once. A blur passed before Halt's vision and suddenly he felt a sharp pain in his side. He looked down and saw a deep cut, now starting to ooze blood in his side. Since his body was in shock, he couldn't feel the pain yet, but he knew it would start fast. He tried to reach for a health potion, but only grasped empty air. Whatever had injured him had managed to steal his potions. His vision starting to blur Halt ran into the shadows where the beast couldn't see him and transformed. Hopefully the nundu's healing powers would help in this situation, and also help him fend off any attackers that might come his way.
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Post by lukuz13 on Mar 11, 2011 0:36:07 GMT -5
Walking into the garage, Harry felt the strange sense something was wrong, the light in the room seemed too dark even for this time of day. Suddenly interrupting Harries thoughts, the dark figure cut through Halt, Harry cursed, turning his body to where he could hear the beast
"riflettum" Harry called, a shield materializing out of his braclet, forming a barrier to block any attack the shadow casts, closing in on Halt
"Get down!" Harry cried, protecting Halt while he transformed
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