A-Bount that Night [Training Thread, R]

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

OOC: Will starting off as a solo-training thread then moving on to an open thread as time goes on. I will put out what is being trained for at beginning as well hue.

SP

Her heart never beated faster than now. Loud roaring of the music all around her. The sight of people dancing, frolicking without a care as to what went on around them, or to the troubles of everyday life. Sweat dripping off the moistened hair of the other ladies in the blurring rush of lights, hopping up and down in them skinny jeans and half shirts. Guys and girls rubbing off on each other as though they were portraying the only thing on the minds of Humans these days. A few drinks that she would help clean up time after time for Zaluu while the others tended to their own duties. Each night was usually busy, but this night was especially full. Hell, she couldn't really move around without bumping into someone else. Zaluu's club had been one to really spark the night life for those who knew about it. Underground entertainment and the such. Not a normal Human could just waltz in as many are brought in through invitation; cuz they know someone who comes often. Tonight was just wild and more exclusive than before. Tonight, things were going to be much more difficult than she thought it would be.

"Get rid of your weaknesses.' Easier said than done." the Bount uttered to herself. Aura had always dreamed of living an ordinary life. Becoming a regular Human girl, fussing over guys, hanging around with the gals and such. Just waking up in the morning having to worry about school and life, then return home to rest her head until the dreams take her off on a delirious trip. That was what she wanted. But reality can be cruel. It can put a dash across what possible dreams there can be, while opening entirely new paths altogether. For this path wasn't one that she wanted. In fact, it was the complete opposite. This path made her stomach turn, but she had a point to it all. If she didn't do it herself, then another would.... and would be used against her in the future to rile her emotions. So, before anyone else could.... it would be done with her own hands.

Chains muffled over by the blaring noise of the music. People often came in and gone out. Only through the specific entrances. These doors that were being locked from the opposite side were alternate paths. She had to make sure that these were dealt with first before anything else to get rid of the possibility of the few people sneaking out. Though, if people made it out, then that would be best. Aura had to eliminate the chances of surprises. Living in the club, the Bount got to know a few things; more specifically how many guards, those who were trained at least to handle themselves, and how to move around in the club. Entrances, exits, halls, catwalks, materials, equipment, etc etc. For her to really think that she would be using such information in this sort of way was actually.........disturbing. It terrified her. Aura wanted nothing more but to cry. But, it had to be done. It had to be done to get rid of her weaknesses, her bonds. She had to crush who she was in order to become something better.

The main entrance was all that was needed. Two side doors were left untouched, intentionally. Too narrow for a whole lot of people to really fit into all at once. That was good at least, that at least a few people would still be able to get away while keeping a lot of the Security busy. Though, none of that mattered as long as he was there. She made sure of it, to pick this specific day to do it. Aura believed to be better this way rather than doing it in front of him. After the work and effort, she just didn't want to see the expression on his face. Not now. If she did, then maybe she wouldn't go through with it. Maybe....... No, there was no turning back. Even with all the noise going on, roaring around her... all she could hear was her own heart beat. In the dead of the cold black night......... she was going to turn it red. After all, she is a Bount.

Her nerves tingled. Aura's hand ran down the bare skin of her bicep and forearm, massaging the goosebumps that sung with ecstasy. The rush of blood coursing through her veins as the waves of brown hair lengthened. Nails regressing back to their bestial state as they inched outwards. Her tongue whipped around the fine edges of her developed fangs. "Hey, Aura right? What are you doing?" a single guard walked up to the girl as she was standing in front of the double doors. A pair of them rounded the small cubicle office as she turned to the locks of the doors. Sliding them into place into the frames while turning the lock knobs to seal. "Shouldn't you be helping out on the floor?" his partner said. The Bount looked over her shoulder with crimson eyes. "I was just about to do that right now."

*OSEN ACTIVE*

Without a second gander, the Bount girl leaped, charging into the guard to cause an eruption of red fluid from the side of the man's neck. Gasping, his partner cried out, attempting to peel the girl away from him. The rush of warm blood filling her mouth, more so when peeled back by the Human man. The man screamed as a large chunk of flesh was torn out from the neck, and another for when the Bount shifted her attention onto the other. When pulled, Aura's body was forced to be drawn in. Close enough, close enough to do what needed to be done. Her Doll was still injured from her last encounter with it, but now, with the life essence of the guard's teammate, Nuru would be completely restored to it's former strength. She had drank from the soul before. A ritual to perform in her case, for most Bounts at least. When she did it the first time, it was due to her hunger.

Sheer madness and pain that caused her will to weaken, her resolve to shake. All the conditions to create the sense of desperation. In her weakest moment, she gave into the urge to feed. She gave into her curse. That same night, she fed on the souls of men. It was nostalgic really. The feeling of life entering into her body. The same life force fleeing from that of another being. An instant high, a feeling that she was told not to dwell in. Such a thing for a Bount can be destructive, and a massive pain in the ass. It was addicting, if not pleasurable. One of the two bleeds out as the other shriveled up into a prune. Tonight will definitely be painted red as much as the Bount's hands were about to be.

Aura already knew where most of the Security patrolled, and were stationed at. The first pair were taken cared of, though it didn't take long before it drew the attention of some passer-byers. Music blurred out the initial scream for those in the distance, but not for those who were her neighbors. Much like it was suppose to, it drew the attention of the Humans that partied around the young couple. Alarming the group was one thing, but escaping was another. Aura lunged. She tackled the young party-goer against the wall of civilians as her fangs rose overhead, then plunged into soft flesh of the Human girl. Aura felt it. The rush of the crimson fluid filling her mouth as taste of life essence made the flavor all the more richer. The two in conjunction made it into its own form of ecstasy, and rushing source of pleasure that could drown anyone's senses.

The Human girl didn't scream any longer. Instead, what came about was a chorus. On lookers wondering what was really going on while others suspected that someone was simply rough-housing with another patron. But when the blood dripping face came up to greet the audience, that is when the hysteria began. Red eyes keen on those in front while those who were meant to guard their guests rushed to stop the chaos from insueing any further. Aura knew she wasn't strong. She was simply being a bully. Picking on the weak, people who were very much like her. Even in a state of constant high, she still felt the deep sorrow that came with this acknowledgement. Another person dead meant another part of herself was dead as well. Like a knife digging deeper into her heart. She had to do it. Aura wasn't like those around her. She wasn't Human.

A guard tugged on her shoulder. His hand felt warm, even with her shoulder covered by her School jacket. A warmth that she wanted. Three lines of red appeared on the man's face as the Bount's sharpened nails ran across from ear to ear. Aura dragged her nails against the fleshy white skin of the guard before aiming for the neck. Another man came about, tackling Aura to the ground before she could initiate it. Humans scattered about, rushing to what were to be open exits. No obstacles but those who ran in front of them. They were stronger than she was. Despite being a Bount, her own physical capabilities right now were not able to push against a man's natural strength. More Humans came, seeking to restrain the girl, Aura didn't have much of a choice anymore.

"Ziege Dich." Beneath the strands of lengthy hair, the small Black Rose that was given to her by Doctor Erika withered away, each petal falling down onto the floor. A single petal drowned itself into the floor, expanding in radius as the others followed its lead in its expansion. Soon, beneath the feet of the piled up formation of Humans and a Bount, the Doll came forth. A pair of white arms erupted from the ground. Silhouettes given a shape in which gave the main body an incline into the World of the Living. A gurgle howl filled the roar of fleeing patrons. No longer was the Doll mishapened by the efforts of its Master from the last time it was called upon. The Humans in which the Bount woman had fed on nourished not only her, but that of her Doll. Nuru was back to its original functionality.

Although it had not been called into the world for some time, all while in the shadows, Nuru had been watching Aura. Always tempting her state of mind with her rampaging hunger issues. Now, however, it didn't need to say or motion to anything. She was doing it under her own accord. The Doll understood this, and understood what it had to do to insure its own survival. A large set of talons ran through the air along the horizon. Blurred motion of white claws swiping against the backs of the Humans that toppled themselves over Aura. Its own motion wasn't quick, but its own physical nature made it seem unfocused as it reclined backwards to stand evenly with that of the floor. Seven feet of blurred energy that made it seem fazing out of reality as it showed little to no physical characteristics beyond that of a white void for a body.

Those that piled on top of Aura were dispatched quickly. Wrestling through the bodies the girl stood, regaining her balance from the cluster of Humans that couldn't find a means to escape. Things were about to get even more darker now that the Doll had been released. Together, the pair filled the room with screams. Aura leaping onto the closest Human she could. Latching onto the man's arm with her nails and pulling herself closer. Her fangs bared, falling, and piercing through the soft flesh of the Human's neck. More life, more essence, and more blood. She had yet to have her fill of what she needed. The Bount's body burned hot. She still required more of what they have.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

OOC: Thread is now an open training thread hue hehehe.

[Samael Moreira]

Samael was part human, at least in body and as a human he had particular needs that arose from time to time. Tonight had been one of those nights, a night where he felt the urge to find someone to have a bit of fun with before killing them and drinking their soul. It had been a while since he had a chance to go to a club, and this one was a special one. He could tell just by walking in he could feel the spiritual energy emanating from everywhere. A nice hunting ground especially with the way some of the woman looked.

Given his looks he didn't have any issue finding someone who was attractive enough for him to bother with. As he was dancing with her, well more like grinding up against her body a particular scent came across his nose, one that he was all too familiar with. See Samael was not only a bount, but a nakabaki. With the ancestry of hell in his blood and the bount side to him his nose was more tuned to smell blood, to sense it when it was spilled only so that he could draw in more souls to feed himself. With this fresh scent in the air he stepped away from the woman to try and track down where the smell had come from, licking his lips knowing that someone had been hurt or killed.

Following his nose he could smell it, the mass amount of blood spilled and death filling the air of this club. There he saw it, a sight to behold, someone biting down and drawing blood from another, there was a husk of a body near the ground as well as the sight of a doll. All of this lead him to understand exactly what he was looking at. He was watching another bount attacking people in this club, a rather attractive bount, but crazed and acting like a feral vampire of legend and not refined like most of their kind was.

The first scream was that of a woman, who was hushed shortly yet wouldn't be the only scream let out that night. The screams of people filled the club, while not the night he was expecting, this was still going to be a good night. He had found someone who was willing to kill, much better she was a bount, one of his kind. He smiled simply watching her from afar as she stuck down another man who had no chance of escaping. This girl clearly couldn't keep this sort of action up, if she did she would be hunted down by someone. If not a shingami then possibly Xcution themselves given how wild she was, so before that happened he would make sure she would join him.

Still it was time to introduce himself, he would make his way towards her confidently walking over the dead and clapping at the very fact that she had been so successful in killing. “Marverlosa, you bela dama. Now show me what more you can do to these sinners.” Samael was having too much fun watching everyone around him die and bleed. The smell of blood excited him and made it too much fun to think straight. If she attacked him however she would find herself surprised. Samael wasn't like other bounts he didn't need dolls to be effective.

[Deleted]

TTP

Neither of them knew what was coming. It was supposed to be a quiet night. A reunion of friends that had been separated for months. Jokes, stories, confessions, light drinking, this was what the night was supposed to be. Taka had been gone for months. She had business to attend to in America, which from what Luke had gathered had been the acquisition of new cars. Surprise surprise when he saw she had come back with not just some new sports cars, but two new dinosaur bodies. But the Yeti body was what he liked the best. Regardless, Luke knew when he saw the friend who had given him so much he wouldn’t be able to keep himself from giving her the biggest, tightest, hug he could muster without Technique assistance.

That was why he was going there that night. Luke had been told that Taka was coming back. Her trip to America was finally coming to a end and he had wanted to catch up. No doubt a lot must have happened on her trip and Luke wanted to hear everything about it. He was born and raised in America, after all. He really wanted to know how Taka handled the culture shift and being in a different country. What’s more, Luke had his own stories he wanted to share. The man had been through a lot since he had last seen Taka. You could even say he wasn’t the same person now. Regardless, their evening was going to be good. There would be enough drink for their tongues to loosen just enough for some light hearted conversation.

How could Luke have predicted what he was going to find that night? His motorcycle roared down the road. The worst part about the drive to the prison was the lack of lights. The prison was “abandoned” after all. While his motorcycles headlights were more than enough to illuminate what was in front of him, it was thanks to Luke’s animal like eyesight that he actually didn’t have any trouble with the drive. He could probably drive without the light on and be perfectly fine with what little moonlight there was. The only reason he drove with his light on was to be courteous to other drives and to obey traffic laws. With the prison in sight, Luke felt a bit of satisfaction that the long drive was finally over.

He was late and he knew it. He’d need to apologize to Taka for being late to their reunion. But it was the drawback to being on call twenty four seven. When Luke was preparing to leave he had suddenly received a call from U.E. Being the Manager of the Help and Rescue Emergency Operation department meant that Luke was on call all the time. He always had to be available and ready to drop what he was doing to follow through with the request to help. It could be annoying at times, but it was what Luke had decided for his department. He couldn’t complain about work that he brought onto himself.

Karakura was raining. It wasn’t anything special though. It often rained in Karakura especially during the summer. Wasn’t like the rain was anything special. It was just raining that evening. Maybe it contributed a little and maybe it didn’t. Regardless, it was raining when Luke’s phone suddenly rang. Not his personal cell phone but his fancy shmancy office phone that came with his new office. Oh yeah, that was right. Luke had a office now. Him. The man who was cleaning grocery store floors a year ago now had his own managers office. It wasn’t anything like Kazura’s, but that was fine. It was small, cozy, and adequate for what he was doing in there. Not like Luke would be having sex in his office. Hmm, not when anybody was around anyways. Wow, this is getting off topic.

Luke’s office was the perfect size for what he did in there. A L shaped desk was in the center of it, with paper work on one part and his computer on the other. The phone sat beside the computer. Two windows were in the office, one behind Luke and the other on the adjacent wall. He could look out into the city whenever he wanted to. A office with a view. Besides the window on the longer wall was a weapons rack but it was empty. Really, there wasn’t a lot to look at in his office. It was new and didn’t have a ounce of personalization put into it right now. That would come with time. Luke was more preoccupied with getting the desks outside of his office filled up first.

He didn’t just need people to help in the streets, he needed dispatchers too. People who could answer the calls that would come in. He didn’t need a lot. Maybe only five. Luke doubted there would be a popular surge of people calling Uzaki’s for help with the spiritual. But when the call came in, Luke did answer it. Evening was coming fast but that wouldn’t cause the Bount any problems. The darkness was his ally, after all. He got quite the buff when the sun went down. But, regardless, Luke was being sent to the Mitsumiya District. The same District that had that weird shop owned by the equally as weird Urahara. Considering the situation, Luke chose to dress in his new uniform. He didn’t wear the bikers outfit anymore. He had something custom made.

Granted, its design was lifted straight from a comic book he happened to see Yoko reading. He had asked his coworker if he could borrow it. It appealed to Luke so much that he didn’t care how people saw it. Plus, it wasn’t too different from how he normally outfitted himself for duty anyways. Just a couple of detail changes. Once his request came through and his order delivered, Luke actually decided to show it too Yoko first. Big fucking mistake. If he had been looking for some positive reinforcement about his costume choice then Yoko was the last person he should have went to. The Fullbringer just did not stop laughing. She even went as far as calling Luke a “shameless fanboy rip off”. Well, jokes on her. She was the one who read comic books.

The situation was simple but dangerous. The silent alarm at a local bank had gone off before the place had been locked down. From the details that Luke could understand, it was a robbery. But UE had been requested because the purps were three Fullbringers. From the employee on site, they weren’t top of the line Fullbringers like Shizuka or Kazura. They were lower class. Regardless, the police couldn’t get close. Luke’s motorcycle glided across Air Ground, high above the city rooftops, as he went straight for the bank. He didn’t like using the roads because of traffic, but driving so high up also ran the risk of him being noticed by a normie. He drove high enough to avoid being seen unless someone was actively looking up, but the rain and the darkening sky would hide him well enough hopefully.

Arriving at the bank and parking a top a roof of a building across the street, Luke looked at the line of illuminated police cars with the officers themselves all standing behind the parked vehicles. They were using them as shields. Looking at the banks glass doors, Luke would notice the holes in the glass and the broken glass on the stairs leading up the bank. Someone had been shooting from inside. At the cops? Luke wasn’t a detective, but he could at least notice details like that thanks to all the movies he liked to watch. Narrowing his eyes underneath the red helmet he contemplated his actions. After spending a few minutes in quiet, Luke decided to make his move after strapping his uchigatana to his back. The Bount would vanish a moment later with the use of a Step Technique.

”God damn it! T-there has to be another way out of here!” one of the masked thugs said as he paced about the banks entrance hall. In his hands was something that looked like a gun but anyone who was gun savvy would know, by looking at it, that no model like it existed anywhere in the world. Except, maybe, in a video game. Those that actually knew about the world around them should have known it was a Fullbring. The guy with the gun wore a monkey mask and a hoodie, hiding behind one of the columns in the entrance hall for a moment and looking out the at the flashing blue lights. ”Shut the fuck up, Chimp. We wouldn’t be in this mess if you could control your fucking shit.” Another voice would say from a different part of the bank.

From behind the counter a few large bags would be tossed onto the floor. Rising from behind the counter was another hoodie wearier, but this one had a wolf mask on. ”Get out of the fucking light newbie. They’ll have snipers looking in for us.” the wolf mask guy said, waving for Chimp to get his ass over to him and help with the bags. ”Okay, but how the fuck are we going to get out of here??” Chimp would ask after picking up a bag and helping carry it over to a dolley. ”Listen. You stay here. Shoot anyone who tries to come in. But don’t fuck up again or we’re leaving your ass here.” Wolf would say before pushing the dolley with all the money, passing by the three corpses of what looked to be completely normal civilians.

Wolf would push the dolley carrying all the bags of money into another room that looked like a storage space. Inside were the other bank goers and employees, all tied up and held against the wall. Standing guard over them was the third robber, this one wearing a pig mask. In his hand, or on it, was something that looked like a pile bunker. He patrolled back and forth, watching the hostages, before looking at Wolf. ”We ready?” he asked. ”Just about. Fucking Chimp and his jumpy finger. Are you ready? We’re gonna need that thing when we make our escape.” Wolf expressed, motioning to the Fullbring on Hogs arm. Hog nodded, the bladed portion of his pile bunker sliding into a ready position.

Back out in the entrance hall, Chimp was getting antsy. Moving back and forth, mumbling to himself, it was obvious he was getting anxious. ”yeah...yeah come and get me. Blow all you motherfuckers away. Yeah, just watch me.” he said to himself, pretending to taunt the police outside. Patrolling back and forth across the dark bank, Chimp had no idea how bad his night was going to get. ”Dame tu cosita~” Chimp suddenly heard whispered in his ear, turning with a scream before he was suddenly pulled into the oppressive darkness. His Fullbring still fired a shot off before it dropped to the floor, rattling against the hard surface.

Hog and Wolf both shot up and quickly sprinted out into the hall. ”Chimp?? What the fuck are you doing??” Wolf shouted, clearly angry and ready to give his partner in crime a piece of his mind, before stopping when he saw the gun on the floor. ”What’s going on?” Hog asked as he ran out right before something dropped down from the ceiling right between them. Both of them jumped in surprise. What landed between them was, in fact, Chimp. But something was wrong. Both of his arms and legs looked...weird. They were dark in color and see through. What’s more, long gashed and puncture wounds dotted his limbs. ”M-mmgh..” Chimp moaned in unconsciousness.

”Who’s here? Who did this?” Wolf yelled, pulling something out of his pocket that flashed green before becoming an oversized sword. Silence was their answer. No response. ”I said who's there! Either come out or...or I slice one of those fucking peasants heads off!” Wolf threatened. Hog didn’t seem to care much for this. ”Wolf, wait. We don’t wa-” he began to say before a sudden explosion of light from behind him interrupted him. Bolts of blue electricity danced across Hogs body, causing him to tighten up and convulse in pain before dropping to the floor. Hog was a big boy. Overweight and tall. His body had perfectly hidden the man behind him.

Dressed in dark combat attire, with a brown leather jacket, and a red helmet, Luke stood “alone” with Wolf. ”I’m right here, bub.” Luke replied as he stepped past the fallen Hog, his voice modulated a little thanks to the helmet. It didn’t alter his voice, just helped to make what he said come off a bit clearer cus he was wearing a helmet. ”And who the fuck are you?” Wolf asked, readying his sword. Luke took a moment to think about that. ”Justice.” he decided to reply, reaching behind him to grab the hilt of his sword. ”Neither of them are dead. Just incapacitated. Surrender to the authorities and it won’t hurt too badly.” Luke offered, despite knowing that these scumbags didn’t deserve it. He didn’t fail to see the three dead people and guard.

”Fuck off. I ain’t going to jail!” Wolf shouted, getting ready to swing his sword before stopping. Luke realized something was up. Why would he stop his swing? Turning to look over his shoulder, Luke saw Hog had gotten back up. Luke had given him a dose of a Class 4 Electrocution and he had gotten back up? ”Not bad. You’re tough.” Luke remarked, as Hog threw a punch at Luke’s head. He didn’t want to be hit by that pile bunker. Luckily, he knew he wasn’t going to.

From the shadows beneath and between them rose Luke’s Doll. A entity made from shadows rushed upwards as Luke dove to his left. Hog yeeked in fear when he saw Jäger’s expressionless face as the Doll wrapped his clawed hands around the Fullbringers arm. ”Sorry not sorry this is gonna hurt.” the Doll commented right before sinking his claws into the mans arm. Yelling in pain, the Fullbring pulled away as the Doll let him go. ”You...you freak!” Hog shouted, before he suddenly heard his Fullbring go clanking onto the floor. Looking down, he saw his arm was undergoing the same effect that Chimps limbs had! ”Kekeke, looks like you’ve been ‘disarmed’” Jäger joked before lunging forward and proceeding to begin pummeling the defenseless Fullbringer.

The ground would explode as the energy wave was released from the sword. A moment later, mid travel, the energy would become solid and form into a wall made of some material. Luke blinked from beneath his helmet as he sidestepped the beam and saw the effect it had. Weird. It was a sword beam that turned into a wall? Interesting. ”You’re one of the rare few born with these powers-” Luke would comment, before leaping into the air to avoid another sword beam ”-and you use them to rob a bank?” Luke would ask as he came back down and landed. ”Fuck you! You don’t know me!” Wolf shouted before swinging again. Dodging the beam with Movement, Luke would reappear only closer to the Fullbringer. ”You’re right. What a waste of talent and power.” He’d comment once more, before suddenly vanishing at a speed the Fullbringer couldn’t follow.

From beneath the mask he would puke. Hell, the mask was completely blown off. Using Schiene, Luke had gotten close enough to collide a Impact empowered punch directly into the stomach of the crook called Wolf. With 200 Impact Strength behind the punch, Wolf would be sent flying like a rocket. His body would slam into the glass doors, shattering them and still fire him out onto the staircase of the bank. The cops outside were shocked, surprised, and didn’t move for a moment until the order to move in was given. Inside the shadows of the bank Luke stood there, shaking his left hand a little before turning to look at Hog. Jäger was done with him. His face was black and blue. He had to remember that the Doll didn’t have as much restraint as he did. ”I got them!” he heard Jäger say from the store room that held the hostages. The Doll had been freeing each of them from their restraints, despite their fear.

Luke didn’t remain in the bank when the police came in. He was close enough, at least, to see the three goons be arrested and those that needed medical attention get it. He didn’t stick around much longer though. His job was done and he had somewhere he needed to be. He didn’t stop to change either. He would meet with Taka in his work uniform. He thought it looked cool, so there was a chance she would too.

Driving past the open gates of the prison, Luke was glad to see the place still looked rundown as shit. It would draw attention if the “abandoned” prison still looked nice and clean. ”I don’t know. She could afford to plant some fuckin tulips.” Jäger would comment as Luke parked his bike and removed the red helmet. Bouncing his head back and forth to crack his neck, Luke entered into the lobby of the prison. As he walked inside, Luke noticed something was...off. Where was the posted guard? There was always a guard watching the entrance. The Bount blinked. He must have been using the bathroom. Frowning a little, Luke shrugged as he made his way deeper into the prison. He needed to do so to find the real entrance to the club. Rounding a corner, going down a hall, Luke approached the big double doors that lead to the club when he noticed something. There was someone there, trying to get the doors open. Wait. It was the guard? ”Hey!” Luke would shout, catching the mans attention. He was a familiar face, and he looked almost relieved to see Luke.

”Jesus christ! Luke where the fuck have you---no, fuck it, help me get these fucking doors open!” the guard shouted in panic. Luke only heard him a little over the music coming from behind the doors. Immediately, worry began to wash over the Bount. ”What’s going on?” Luke asked, rushing over to the doors when he suddenly stepped in something. Blinking, Luke looked down to see red fluid leaking out from under the door. ”Something’s going on. People are fucking screaming in there!” the guard shouted, tugging on the doors again. Now, close enough, Luke could hear the screams too. ”Where’s Taka?” Luke asked, tugging on the doors as well. ”I don’t fucking know!! I tried to raise her, everybody, and I didn’t get any fucking answers!!” the guard was clearly in panic.

Looking between the guard and the doors that, Luke now noticed were being pounded on, he knew what he needed to do. He had no time to think about what was happening. Putting his red helmet back on, Luke ordered the guard to back up. Reaching behind him and grabbing his tempered uchigatana he made three incredibly fast and precise cuts. A moment later the door slide apart into pieces, and the people inside came rushing out. Screaming, crying, trampling over one another to get out, they all rushed into the real prison to get away from whatever was inside. Luke watched the crowd flee and tapped the guards back. ”You deal with him.” Luke ordered, his modulated voice doing well to hide the shaking in his voice.

As the guard chased after the crowd, Luke turned to look at the entrance to the club. It...it was a bloodbaths. Bodies lay here and there. Blood covered the floor. It looked as though a wild animal tore through here. Pulling out his cellphone, Luke selected a app before tossing his phone to the floor. A beacon that UE would receive. A S.O.S of sorts. Luke stepped into the club before stopping by one of the bodies of a guard. He could tell by the clothes. The corpse was shriveled up...as if all the fluids inside him had been…NO!! Luke practically screamed in his head when he realized what could have done this. Without hesitation, Luke began sprinting into the club to find his friend and figure out what had just happened.

["Taka" Sar]

CTP

Zaluu had to admit that she had enjoyed being away from Japan. Expanding Taka's Crusade to the west had been quite the venture. It wasn't going ot be anything huge at first, but after she had met with a couple groups there, it was a little amazing just how in-demand a spiritually-aware only club really was. Sure people were fine with blending in with humans, but to be around ONLY one's own kind? Mod souls, Fullbringers, Quincy, they all came together to race, to drink, to dance, and to just have a good time. Naturally she couldn't build anything like the headquarters in Karakura, she had made that using existing structures. But even so, the prospect of the branches in the Us were promising. There were even some representatives from Brittan and Austria that had assured her that if her club succeeded in the US, they would be interested as well.

All in all it had been quite a blast. It had just been a fun time to enjoy the success of her brand. Of course her journey to the Us had not been without it's perks. First and foremost was the museums. After her ascertaining the dino from Karakura's own museum, she had been interested in collecting all sorts of bodies to convert into actual Gigai for her own personal use. A velociraptor, a yeti, and of course a compsognathus for more stealthy uses. She hadn't actually converted them into Gigai yet, but she had brought them over. She had even sent Luke some selfies of her standing beside them.

Her return was supposed to be grand, majestic. She had the club in full swing, and the races down in the underground were felt even now. The Red light district between there and the upper basement floors having a thrum of their own as a deep base music crackled up through the cement floor. It was actually THERE that Zaluu had been when it had all gone south. She had been breaking in a new large stripping pole. Dressed up in her famous dino Gigai, with little lingerie tailored to the massive body, she had been in the midst of a poledance for some of her VIP members.

That was when the guards suddenly got that COM call from up above. Suddenly the music stopped, the patrons were encouraged to stay where they were. The guests began to grow a little worried, some a bit anxious that perhaps there had been some kind of crash down below. But of course, Zaluu had an earpiece of her own, and she narrowed her eyes. She tossed that big blunted head, the earpiece going flying, one of the guards retrieving it as she used her teeth to remove that frilly lace. She then stalked out of the area, heading straight for the freight elevator.

The word bount had been almost all she needed to know. But the word 'Aura' had been even more damning. That name. The girl Luke had brought to her. She had been apprehensive about her. Right from the getgo. she had TOLD luke how dangerous it was. But worst of all....she had actually had hope. Deep down, she had thought that this girl could turn out like the Hreo of Karakura. That she would be able to curb herself in this crazy fucking world, with a curse such as hers. A thirst like no other. She had asked her guards to keep a sharp eye on her. But the girl had been no problem for so damn long....they had gotten comfortable. Familiar with her. Too fucking familiar.

She had told Luke what would happen.

She knew that once her osen took hold, she wouldn't be sane until morning.

Which meant that there was no need to mince words. When the elevator finally dinged, she opened the door and saw this section of the club almost deserted. Everyone had fled, and the music was still thrumming, giving the place a hunted feel as Zaluu stalked across the dance floor, her talons clicking along the tiles as her Mod Root ability crackled, and suddenly she was completely silent. No sound of footsteps. no low grunts through those dino vocal chords. Not even the rustle of air as she moved. Her mod ability silenced her body completely as she soon made her way up the stairs, and emerged into the bloodbath that was the highest floor in the actual club section of the asylum/prison.

On the way up she had used her Black Mark Seal, releasing her normal body from where it had been sealed inside of a tattoo. It was only a moment's work for her to plant herself into her normal body, and then use the technique to seal the dino's body into a tattoo on her shoulder, a big open dino jaw, baring fangs at the world. When that door finally opened, it was the woman Aura had known for so long who stepped out of the elevator. She was in simple gym clothing, having had no intention of putting on anything fancy just for this.


And there she was. With some strange man who seemed to be in relish of the carnage that Aura was dealing. Of course, likely neither of them would hear her as she stalked toward them. Eyes slowly narrowed as she looked between Aura and this new person within the club. And the bodies on the floor. She couldn't believe that she'd been so stupid. Already a rage was slowly building inside of her. But...it quelled. Instead turning to a hateful focus as she turned her attention to them, and didn't bother announcing her presence. Aura would not be talked down. And this psychopath she didn't even know, so he had not earned any sympathy from her. She used her stealth skills to sneak her way in, watching closely, looking for....an excuse.

Hesitation. Anxiety. Anything that would say that Aura wasn't fully gone for the night yet. Something that would let her know that the woman was not going to keep this up. That Zaluu wouldn't have to do what she'd promised Aura she would do if the woman ever snapped in her club. As she moved, she made literally no sound, and was more than capable of maneuvering the club she knew by heart, there was certainly more than enough cover. She stayed behind one of the bar counters, completely ignoring the blood splattered everywhere. Waiting to see how this went down between this odd man and Aura, not to mention the victims strewn around, hopefully some of them still alive and able to be saved.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

Hacking and slashing was all that the Doll was good for at this time. Those who were stationed to protect the Club-Goers rushed the scene one by one while others waited for more assistance. It was this time that Aura was easily over-powered by the Humans as their bodies piled on top of her. Their added weight halted her Human strength, in which Nuru was needed to remove such a burden off of her. His talons were just what was needed to handle the case when there were no appropriate weapons to be at hand. The Dolls were the Bounts main source of fighting, their strength. Aura knew this early on than most other Bounts. She was of the few that was kept alive to help create the new line of Bounts. What those experiments were for she didn't know. All that she did know was the fact that all that was done to her was for the sake of creating weapons; non-human entities. Their very essence, down to the molecules was solely meant to fight.

She didn't want to believe. With all her might, and every thought, she wanted something more than what they had made her for. Going to school, learning more about the world itself, and to be able to live the life that she felt robbed from. Luke helped to give her that chance here in the Club. Erika helped to open the door to get to the Human World. And Zaluu opened her doors to her and given her a place to stay. But in the end, the curse swelled up inside. It raged as much as her Doll desired to be released. The hunger's intensity grew for every night that she denied herself of what she was to forge what she wanted to be. But in the end, it couldn't be. Just was what the other Bount, Eris, had told her........

".....I'm....not Human."

Aura's hunger wasn't something that can be controlled or hindered. Just as her friends had theorized about her Osen relating to her strength, perhaps there was a link. Looking at it now with the opinions, and those around her, the theory became ever more solid. Aura would be trapped in a never ending cycle of torment and hunger until she completely caved into it. The other Bount pointed it out that Aura would fall into a state of madness if she continued to deny herself. Very much like the friend that Zaluu kept within the club.... she too would become as such. Always hungry, and never allowed to find the peace that she wanted, Aura would be found once again in that White Room. Caged forever by a power she could not remove. And so, in order to prevent herself from falling into such a state there was only but one thing to do. Aura had to feed it. But, that itself was an issue too. Her heart wouldn't be able to handle the prolonged strain of feeding again and again. Feeding with the mind set, the heart, of a Human girl. In order for her to be able to handle herself, there was no other choice but to embrace what she was. This night was to serve that purpose.

"Destroy, what is most precious to you." she uttered to herself as the dead bodies began to pile one after the other. The club was only half of a new beginning. Only half that caused her heart so much pain. The pain of belonging, as a Human. For that reason she compelled herself to do so; to embrace what she was, and kill the Human heart that made her so frail. Aura had to rid herself of the part that clung to the dream. And so she fed. And with every life that she fed on made her skin grow cold, and her heart splintering apart. It may have felt good to feed, but she still remained conscious of what it meant; that she would be the monster in which Soul Society had always intended to be. She just wanted to fall apart. Aura's body instinctively told itself to seize itself by the strong urges of her rational Human thoughts.

A voice called out. A man of some sort with an accent, and.. talking to her? Among the Humans that were still on the run from the area, one stood applauding at what she had done. He spoke, seemingly amused at the fact that she was hurting people. The Osen itself began dying out as the number of lives claimed filled its palette. But she knew that she had to do more. Just because Osen stopped for the time being didn't necessarily mean that it would cease for good. It will come back to stir her once more, and cause her to go into a frenzy yet again. So, before that came to be, Aura had to instill herself with the drive to feed. Unhindered by the Osen, and free of her own will. She had to beat it to the punch before it could trigger her rampancy. However, it may be brutal and the most intense ecstasy she ever felt in her life, though nevertheless, she didn't do it with a light heart either. It hurt her, terribly. The Bount didn't want to hurt people. She just wanted to live. But, now, she can see that dream wither away as sand passing through her fingers.

She didn't like what this man was praising. The effort that was done to commit to this was a waste. And even more so, with someone acknowledging what she has done, only made the matter worse. Even if he didn't intend to do so, the mysterious man was driving a stake into Aura's heart. All the more reason she stepped back as the red hue in her eyes fainted to a small dimmed lighting. Much of her form remained altered by the Osen as its effects lingered so, which would require some time to revert back as the dawn drew closer. But for now anyways, she still had work to do. The White Silhouette of a Doll approached from behind the girl, hunched back as it towered over her person. Aura was fairly average in terms of her height. Only five foot five inches compared to the Doll's seven foot. Its quills resonated as the deep gurgling came from the depths of the throat. The sharp stencil like quills on the Doll's back fluttered as the deep noise came to be directed at the new Human that stood before the Bount. Aura knew what Nuru wanted, "I-I don't know who you are, but stay away from me. I-I'm not like you."

Aura didn't want to waste time as she had to deal with the remaining runaways who were fleeing toward the building exits. There was still some time to head them off before they could fully escape. Still some time left to-

She couldn't believe she was really thinking about it. Actually trying to find a way to cut the Humans off from escaping? Did she really fall that far without herself knowing about it? She wanted to cry as the thoughts came racing to the surface. The Bount didn't want to stay in one place. She had to move. If she didn't, then she wouldn't be able to continue with what had to be done. Aura adjusted the orange headsets around her neck, sliding them near her ears to cover the noise around her as she stepped back. In her place, the Doll approached. Nuru had a desire for the Bount to feed. The more that its Master fed, the stronger it became later along the road. Its strength would be restored to what it should have been over the centuries of sleeping.

The lights overhead continued to flash their arranged array of colors over the bloodied floor. As the lights exchanged their time on the dance, so did Aura's footsteps as she withdrew behind her guardian. Her feet already in a position to run. Her Doll followed closely as it clung close to its Master. That was when she heard another series of footsteps. Not leaving the place but come towards. More guards? Terrific, just when things couldn't get any worse. More Humans that she was going to have to deal with before continuing on with her "liberation." Based on how confident the man was in standing in front of her, there had to be something going on with him. That spelt trouble if she ever had to guess it, and not one she was looking to tangle with for the time being. She had things to do, and wouldn't accomplish anything standing around. She had to move.

A pair of staircases, one located on each end of the room she resided in. The closest one was where the foot steps were coming from, well, at least next to them. The lights made it hard for her to see who it would be, yet, she still wouldn't want to take the chance. She would have to take the chance in going for it. So she did as Nuru followed. All she could hope was reach the stairs in time without any hindering.



Remaining Reiatsu: 250/650 ------ -400 Doll Release, Nuru.

Doll Release: 1/X

[Samael Moreira]

"I-I don't know who you are, but stay away from me. I-I'm not like you." Samael laughed at her saying this. There were so many things that she was wrong about when it came to that statement. She was more similar to him than she understood, both of them were bounts and both of them had something sinister inside of them that made them monsters. The main difference was how they dealt with their inner demon, while Samael came to accept what he was and how to use it to make him stronger, she seemed to have very little control over the demon that plagued her.

Even if he found it funny her summoning her doll was something that he wasn't going to take lightly at all. He was close enough that if she tried to attack him with her doll it wouldn't take too long for it to get to him. There was less than fifteen between the two of them, this was a distance that he wanted to have for a few reasons. One it would give him just enough time to react for most attacks unless they were launched at super human speeds that he couldn't even perceive and secondly it was the perfect distance for his own attack.

His laughter stopped as two tendrils spewed out from his back and towards her. Each of them reaching twenty feet long they would end up resting by her sides keeping her from being able to run away. The moment that she or her doll tried to move away they would wrap around her and squeeze down. The strength in each of them was enough to crush a human being like it was a cheap water bottle. It wouldn't take much to kill someone with them and Samael knew this. Each of his tendrils had a good five feet of slack when it came to how much more they had to go till they were at their maximum distance, enough to coil at least once around a person.

“No Bela, you and me we're the same breed, that thirst you feel, I know it well. You won't see me playing with dolls, but I do eat souls as well. However you have something else inside of you. A demon, I can feel it, no one kills like this without having those whispers of hell in the back of their mind.” By this point Samael would be undoing the bandages around his cursed arm showing off the blacken arm that he had. Under it were scars that glowed bright red as if magma flowed through the veins in his arm.

If the girl started to walk away Samael would walk forward to keep pace with her. “I have a demon too. He's a bastard of a father, but I control him, use him, make him bend to my will and make his power mine. But seeing your fear, you can't control it. It controls you, running won't help you're going to lose control again, I can see it. Come, we can teach you to control it, so things like this don't happen again.” While Samael did like the killing of sinners right now he was trying to get this girl to come with him and under Xcution protection. He knew that Xcution would have use for more bounts and that with his help he could keep her from going on rampages like this again.

He didn't know how long this girl had been alive for as she seemed new to dealing with the hunger that a bount feels. He couldn't really tell as with bounts it was impossible to tell. He had heard from his mentor that some bounts were hundreds of years old but looked like they were twelve. It was crazy to think that given the right conditions a bount could essentially live long enough to see several centuries come and go and not even be at the half way point in their life time.

-100 for two occult tendrils at class six each having 550 strength. 

remaining reiatsu 
700-800

["Taka" Sar]

Well that was a change in pace. Whatever it was, Aura was lucid for the time being. Was it morning already? Then again, she had no idea how the girl's ability worked. They had never let her get on anyone after all, maybe the murder had snapped her out of it. So many things they could have done. To sate the girl's inner monster. And fuck.... now she had to deal with this dilemma. She had to deal with Aura, there was no avoiding that. And if she had been too far away, she might have even helped the stranger talking to her as he seemed to be detaining her.

But hearing him talk in that creepy fucking voice. Fantastic. She had TWO fuck-asses to kill.The word made her cringe just a little. Fuck. Could she really kill Aura? Like this? The girl seemed lucid. If she was still a monster it would have been so easy. Now she had to look at that scared face. Motherfucker. She crept in behind Samael. Her talent in stealth was exemplary, and her ability only made it all the more prominent, eliminating any and all sound as she closed in, her reiatsu suppressed. Coming up behind him, she reached in, and then grabbed the back of his neck, her fingers clenching firmly, a lot stronger than she looked as she would unveil the sound seal over her mouth so that she could speak.

"Don't move or I burn clean through your neck and spine. Aura. You should know my voice by now. Get on the ground and you get to live for tonight. You're going to surrender. And this fucko....." What ABOUT this fucko? Shit, she didn't know what to fucking do about this guy. Should she just kill him? "You get on your knees and put your hands up where I can see them. Same deal as her. You surrender? You get to live." She growled, furious, that seal reforming in the event that something else happened. With all luck, she would be able to suppress the both of them and get this nightmare over with. Already the security would be locking up down below in the lower levels. The Fight ring and the track would probably be the last to lock down. The people upstairs would no doubt also be shutting things down.

She had to admit, the girl had been thorough. But that only confirmed that Aura had premeditated this. Which made this all suck so much more.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

Slimey appendages stood by her sides just as she was about to make a run for it. The disgusting sight of the pair only made her want to run all the more. Above all that she knew that she wasn't suited for fighting just yet. Aside from the sparring she did with Zaluu and the other two Bounts, Aura was still very much a noob at a lot of this stuff. She had really no style of fighting but going with the flow of things. Just little bit of martial arts training wouldn't really be efficient enough to really call it martial arts at all. More like just playing around pretending to be a fighter. That wasn't Aura at all. She wasn't a fighter, or that of a Human being. She was none of these things. Aura was a Bount, through and through again.

The man behind her spoke. His words striking her, forming the connection between the two of them. Their similarities and their resemblance of each other's plagues. Their aliments that sought to destroy them both, or as he referred to them as "inner demons." Unlike her, he had control over the monster that plagued him, while as for herself ran from it. All that she could do was run from it as it sought to devour her whole, and what remained of her Humanity. It was slowly eating it away bit by bit. Fighting against it whittled it away as time went on, and what made it suck the most was that she knew it too. By putting up her barriers against it only stalled it for a few precious moments that she could act normal. But it wouldn't work as it ate her away the more she did so. color=violet]"B-but...I'm not...[/color] Just hearing his words only made her think about what she did already. The blood that dripped from her fangs pulsated in her own veins. It calmed the rush she felt earlier. The hunger was gone, yet her ordeal was far from over. What she had to do here in the club was destroy as much as she could. She had to drown the concept of Humanity from her being by erasing the connections that bound her to it. As she mettled in her own mind the man put the thought out in taking her in. Learning to tame his own darkness, his own "inner demon," he wields it now as a part of himself, something that Aura wouldn't be able to do as she was now. Or ever. Taming a nature such as this wasn't ideally what she wanted to do. If anything, she wanted to get rid of it entirely. And even if she couldn't, she didn't want to embrace it.

"You are a Bount. Embrace it." She wanted nothing more but to tear it to spreads. She just wanted to break down and cry. Her back was against the man but she was laid bare. She shuttered, shoulders fidgeting with contempt and anguish. Remembering what that woman said to her that night... Taking in their overall nature, what she despised... The Doll snarled, rolling its shapeless neck back as it reeled itself forward releasing a resonating grumble deep within its throat. "I..I don't.. I refuse.. she stated. "I refuse. I don't need your help, because there are others who are doing that. And because I am a Bount. And I will not be tied down to those who want to use me any longer." she glared back at the man.

Nuru cried out in a enraged roar.

The Doll was responding to what the Bount felt inside. The distance between it and the Master wasn't far off as the few inches made it easier for it to reach her. The tendril shaped appendages that were beside the girl would reach out for her, Nuru was there aching to motion in to tear them off. Aura wouldn't be able to respond quick enough to the black streaks, but Nuru could match that of the man easily, including the Bount even if she couldn't react as quickly as he could. Yet, she didn't think that it would matter that much considering a familiar voice came out from their surroundings. A voice that she didn't think she would hear again. Zaluu. The woman took her in at the request of Luke, another fellow Bount. She helped to teach her a few things, like getting her weak ass into shape. Zaluu helped to teach her lots about the business, and how to undertake remedial skills that she could use out in the Humans World. Although her stay was short, it was still meaningful. Which was why Aura found it harder to say anything.

Like stones weighing down her tongue, she choked. Only within the moments could she finally speak up over the blaring music around them. "Z-Zaluu, I'm sorry for everything. I-I didn't want it to be like this. But now, I have no choice. I have to see this through to the end.......... I'm sorry." Uttering the words stabbed her heart. Each one that came out was difficult as she came out of this a traitor to someone who put effort into her. And even though she wanted the night to end already, there was still much she had to do with the limited time that was left. More people would be coming soon, and there was little time left. Both the Bount and Doll would turn their attention to the appendages, if they had not released the girl just yet. The man's attention would be drawn over to the newest party guest in the area while taking the focus off her the Bount for the time being.

She didn't know what Zaluu was at, considering the very walls seem to be talking to them. She couldn't stay in one place. She had to move. Nuru's arms sprang to life as the Bount's reaction wasn't as keen as its. However, their combined physical strength would be more than sufficient to peel the tendril like forms away from the girl's body. Only to form a small enough space for the girl to escape out of, and mush towards the stair case behind her. That was if he was distracted enough to really loosen his grip. It would be stronger than the two of them, but only if he was keen on keeping the girl there while his own life would be at risk at this point in time. If so, then she would be able to escape in time to create some distance. If not, then this was going to be a long haul indeed.

[Deleted]

As much as I don't want to do this, I'm unfortunately going to pull out of this thread. With what little time I have, from Mod Work and IRL work, I just don't have time to regularly keep up with this thread. What's more, I think it will contribute a lot more to Luke's story to hear about what happened to the club and potentially track Aura down at a later date. I apologize for any inconveniences this causes.

["Taka" Sar]

(It's been long enough, Twin and I have decided to clip Samael from this, so now it's just between Aura and Taka)

She narrowed her eyes. Instantly she FLARED her ability, wires of incredibly heat, her roots slithering out and burning clean through the tendrils that held aura, as she suddenly threw the man across the way, throwing him to the wall and then stalking her way toward Aura as a slow, heavy growl escaped her, her roots ripping up the gloor around her, burning it away as that incredible reiatsu strength of hers seared through her surroundings as she closed in on the girl.

"You had so much going for you Aura. We could have tried to cure you. There are people we could have gotten to. You could have simply stayed in your cage when your hunger came to you. You could have even been like Reptilia and hunted those who deserved death. But no....you have chosen another path. " She crept in and stopped burning her surroundings, racing in to close the distance between her and Aura in a flash, intent on grabbing the girl by the throat as that stealth peeled away, chowing Taka, though her body was hazy, rippling as if under some sort of intense heat, though if she did grab Aura, there wouldn't be any burning. She still wanted this to end without bloodshed.

"Time was our ally. But it seems we've run out of that. This is your last chance Aura. You can still be fixed. You know that you can't beat me. Just give up. Or else....I'll have to execute you." She warned, as no doubt this was the last chance. She couldn't afford to just stand by on this. And she knew that Aura didn't stand a chance against her. She bit back her own emotions and attempted to pull Aura into an embrace, one last gambit to try and garner some sort of positive response from the girl. Some excuse for her to let them live. Even if it was a lie....she just needed the girl to stand down.

In her mind she was doing her best to think of other solutions. On one hand, she could simply imprison Aura here. But she didn't know if Luke would accept that. Should she just banish her? She could always send them to the soul society. She had enough comrades that it would certainly be possible to push the girl off. Some time in the rukongai might do her some good. But that had it's own complications. Especially if she started trouble and the shinigami traced her back to Taka. It was something she needed time to think of, something she WANTED time to think of. Anyting was better than having to kill this poor girl.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

The tendrils that bounded her were loosened. Loosened enough to break away from and enter into a mad sprint towards the stairs. That was the idea and all in order to continue with what she had in mind. Already, the Bount girl had bloodied herself just as she was told to do. Whether or not this made feeding easier to do, all that she can say for certain was the sensation would easily become an easy habit. Something that all Bounts would have to do at one point or another. And better for her to do so now than later as she would be able to beat her need to feed when the Osen struck her. Better for her to do so in order to separate her thoughts between morality and necessity when the time came to do the deed. It did not matter if she had the desire to do it or not, the circumstances that she was placed under didn't really give her the room to negotiate at all. All the more reason why she had to do this. However, it wasn't meant to be as her sins were creeping up.

Zaluu, the woman that she was brought to by Luke finally got to her. The floor beneath her shook as the humidity shot up, causing the beads of sweat to formulate the longer she was subjected to the change in air quality. Before, Aura faced Zaluu in a mild training session. And when saying "mild" it was more like being toyed with as her different bodies and disappearing act kept on catching her off guard. So, she was already aware that she couldn't beat her in a face to face brawl. Aura's abilities didn't manifest yet as many would have during a thousand year life span. Maybe Aura was just a late bloomer. Late or not, it didn't help her much considering that she lacked that very strength to resist. This was the very thing that Eris told her about. This was the reason why she told her that a Bount had to be strong. This was another sin that was just tallied up Aura's overall count.

Before she knew it, the steps taken to escape the area was cut short as her instincts immediately told her that she was being surrounded. Not as a sense of warning, but knowing full well when something was invading her personal space. The familiar voice crepted up along with the low growl that grew to rumble in her ear drums. The voice that she had hoped that would keep its distance as it would deal with the guy first before coming to follow her. But here it was.....here she was. And her words struck her as they had before. Just slowly stabbing her heart bit by bit was Zaluu's word were coming to an end, bringing back the original reason as to why she was here to begin with. A way to cure her; to destroy her curse and liberate her once and for all. A way to restore some sense of stability in the Bount girl's life in which she never had before. In other words, restoring the hope that she was losing already.

Again. Again the Bount found herself back at the same crossroad that she thought that she had already passed since her first victim. The girl stood there as a presence took a firm grip around her throat, peeling away from the safety of the shroud. With crimson eyes Aura stared back at the figure that caught up to her. "I..I don't know what to do anymore, Zaluu. I did this knowing full well that there won't be any turning back. Knowing full well that I would be betraying the trust that others have put in me." Aura acknowledged it all, despite wanting to place blame onto something else. But the blood smear beneath her lip couldn't hide it. "But I know... I know that I will never be Human. All I can be.... is a monster. The very best that I can be....... is a monster that hunts other monsters, Zaluu." She continued on.

Nuru stood by, understanding full well of what position it was in. Its own life hung in the balance that was that of Aura's own life. They were tied to one another, a cruel fate for the Doll who possessed a weak Master. Its life tethered to hers, as such it doesn't move or fight, but merely growls from beyond the entrapped Bount. There it watches, waiting for a single moment to strike out at the newly revealed foe. A foe that it wasn't capable of meeting before this day, at least physically. Yet, it knew of her from the shadows of the abyss that was the Bount's spirit. There Nuru resided among the other Dolls, those that have not yet to manifest. Those who had not yet formed bodies, but only wills that lingered.

"I don't know what to do." Aura says.

["Taka" Sar]

She detested it. The look she saw in Aura's eyes. That helplessness. That pure lack of hope. It tore at her, made her cringe and wonder why she had ever taken the girl in in the first place. However as she noticed the vhumidity, she simply partially activated her ability, the air suddebly blistering for an instant as any perspiration simply was anhiallated on contact with her skin, making sure that the skin on her hand didn't burn and thus kept Aura safe as the area around and just above Taka's skin was purged, consumed by her own incredible spiritual power.

"Aura.... I told you what you could do. And you don't have to BE human!" She insisted and suddenly pulled the girl in, bringing them up to her face and shaking her head, anger and distress clear on her features. "I'm even less human than you, and look at me! Being a monster doesn't mean being out of control! I know it seems so easy to just give in an dbecome some sort of mindless beast, but you're BETTER than that Aura! That's why Luke brought you to me! It's why I took you in! It's why I don't WANT to kill you! Don't you SEE?!" She shook her head slowly. She didn't know what to think about all of this. And as Aura told her that she was confused...Take tensed.

She kept her ability primed and ready...but even as she did, she drew Aura in close and wrapped her arms around her, hugging the girl to her body as she closed her eyes and sighed. Even though she was ready to turn the girl to Dust, she still couldn't just abandon them just yet. Her grip held firm as she tried to understand. "There's so much more we can do. We can FIX you. There are people we can try. To separate this curse from you, or outright destroy it. It might leave you a bit weaker but....you could be NORMAL." She insisted. she already knew of at least one who could help. A particularly strong mod soul, but she couldn't force this. She could lead a horse to water, btu she couldn't make them drink.

Aura had to WANT to get better. And yes, admittedly Zaluu was essentially saying 'give up, let me help, or die'. But well.....the alternative options were several dozen corpses ago. Aura had forced her hand on this.

[Aura Kyuketsuki]

Zaluu was willing to help. Unlike the other Bount, who sought Aura's own means of helping herself, Zaluu was willing to go the distance for her. Speaking to other Bounts put some perspective in the girl's own life as how she would deal with her Osen. It conflicted with her goal in trying to be a regular Human girl. Finally to be able to laugh and spend time with people without the overwhelming pain of hunger would be a dream come true. It wouldn't be that simple of course, but it would be possible if more time was allowed. However, much of that time was already spent as the lives that she took this night wouldn't be washed away with just an apology. The sins that she committed this night will remain, even as she managed to remove the curse from her body, the blood that stained her spirit wouldn't. Never will Aura be a Human being; this was fact. Eris and Leon spoke ill about her dream, seeing it as being restrictive and just overall humorous. Leon laughed a bit, but still understood what the girl meant by it. However, Eris, the more stern of the two, thought of it to be nothing more than a joke. Despite what she said, Aura continued to feel as though there was some hope. But, she caved into the fact that she can never be like everyone else around her.

Zaluu, with what she spoke of now made it clear to her. Aura will never be a Human being. Just hearing it again didn't lift the girl's spirits. Aura will remain a monster who required Human essence in order to survive. She will be a monster that hunted other monsters. She will still be....... a monster. "This is true. You will never be Human." Her eyes flared with reiatsu. "New life taken made you stronger. Finally, we can be heard." What? How? What was going on now? New voices. Nuru remained off to the side, silhouette eyes watching Zaluu's behavior as it inched closer to the Mod Soul with a peeling mouth. All the noise that Nuru made in her head was nothing more than just grunts and grumbles. The usual noise that an animal would make when displeased, or agitated. For this Doll all Aura could manage to do was pick up on the vibes that were emitted by the tone that the noise carried with them. This was new.

"We've been kept in the shadows long enough. But now, now we are finally awake. So, release us." Her head throbbed. Two new individuals rose from the depths of her own soul. Their bodies touched, entrapped by a third presence. All of it was suffocating to be honest. The new individuals that she could hear now could only be one thing; Dolls. Was she getting stronger now after feeding on more souls? Could it be that her Osen was forcing her to develop herself altogether with that of the curse? What was really going now? "I-It hurts. My head...."

She could feel her heart pounding again. Her blood was boiling. It was happening again. Feeding on two souls wasn't enough. Aura's fangs protruded from their hiding spots from beneath her lips. "..happen-ing....again... It's happening again, Zaluu" Excitement rose from the bottom of her heart. She was feeling it. The thrill, the sweet nectar that came from the souls that she peeled away from the bodies that she fed on. Along with the sense of excitement came the pain. The pain that came with the need to feed was stronger than before. Just as the souls that she fed on made her stronger in ability, so did the strength of her ailment. "You can not stop it." "Feed." They said.

Gasping for air, she could feel her fingers pulling themselves from their sockets. Nails growing past their average length to help her dig into Human flesh. She was changing to mirror the program that was inputted into her body long ago. "Zaluu.... help." A loud gurgling sound erupted from the side of the pair. Nuru felt it. The need to feed pulsated in the heart of the Doll as it did with its Master. The Doll cried out as it steadied itself to charge. Aura stilled herself for as long as her will possibly could hold out. Fighting the pain wasn't something that she capable of outlasting. At least, not while a good meal was in front of her. She pleaded. She pleaded to herself and to those that could hear her. Just make it stop.

["Taka" Sar]

Zaluu felt...relief when she saw that Aura was thinking, trying to struggle, not to give up! And she felt her own hope well inside of her chest! How long had she had to see such destruction? So much pain? She had tried so hard to keep her patrons safe. And no doubt, she had to deal with this. How could she guarantee the safety of her patrons? No she couldn't just stand idly by. She had a plan now, an intention to deal with Aura. First and foremost, she was going to need to move her to another facility, one without so many people. Well, so many innocents. She would have to get some volunteers, staff who were willing to help the girl, keep her company, that sort of thing. But it was doable.

However she soon felt a slight disturbance. Those eyes snapped back open as she turned her attention to Aura. Not only dd she feel the reiatsu welling up from them, but she could see those fangs suddenly sliding out. For just an instant, she readied herself to carve Aura's head clean off, but in that moment she heard that soft and gentle plea. The begging, the duress, that soft murmur of suffering and pain. That it was happening...again. In that moment, Zaluu's eyes burned a bright pink with her reiatsu. The hold she had on Aura suddenly tightened and she narrowed her eyes as she realized what she had to do.

With a sudden SHUNT she slammed her arms downward, and stopped turning off her ability, that veil suddenly swallowing up both of her arms, making them vanish from sight as in that one downward SWOOP, far faster than Aura could likely react to, she used her own arms, surrounded in that incredible condensed reiatsu, to slash down and separate Aura's arms from her body, as well as clipping into the girl's upper thighs, intent on both removing any ability Aura had to attack, as well as to try and cripple her legs in the same blow, those burning veils would immediately cauterize the wounds in the process, ensuring that Aura didn't bleed out if she succeeded.

She knew it was cruel. She knew that Aura would be instantly in an angony unlike any she'd had before. But it was this...or her head. Zaluu's eyes turned their attention to Aura's other doll and narrowed her eyes as that condensed light filmed over her entire body, rendering her almost entirely invisible and inaudible once again. Ready to similarly destroy the doll if need be, if it made any sort of attempt on her person. Her entire body was BLISTERING with energy, ready to carve it open at a moment's notice. She .....she just couldn't take it.

She'd lost TOO much for this night to just be in vain! She would NOT allow this ot be another story like Zane's! She felt her blood BOILING inside of her body as her MASSIVE reiatsu strength began to RIPPLE outward, even though her veil swallowed it up, so that there was no explosion of reiatsu, there was still the sensation of that energy that made the air around her tingle and crackle, bearing down threateningly at the dolls that she could sense around her. The veil over her mouth opened so that she could speak. "Aura....I promise you that I will NOT let this end. I won't let you die. I won't let you succumb to this disgusting curse. Even if I have to carve it out of you myself...."

She began sending her roots out, careful to move them around Aura, her own mod root injecting into her surroundings, and since they counted as a part of her body, they were also invisible, dangerous, a burning network that spilled out for several meters around her, ready to burn and cut anything that attacked her into little pieces. "You may not be human, but YOU CAN STILL LIVE A NORMAL LIFE AURA! I PROMISE you! Don't Give up! I can SAVE you!" She shouted as she kept her eyes out. She needed Aura to pass out. Hopefully then, she could bind the girl up, and then transport her to the other location. She knew someone who could help. Not only in giving Aura her legs and arms back, but someone who had a chance at tearing this evil out of her soul. She just needed to get the girl through this night!