Murder XX: A Night In Terror Town

BarrenThin said:

Vlad looked at this blatant assault on his ally, tilted his head, then spoke. "You're an idiot, too." The vampire looked at Grell and crossed his arms. "Do you really expect me to be able to keep him under control after that?"

He bared his fangs at Ethan. "Or to want to?"​

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thatguyinthestore said:

"SHIT!!!" Chucky shouted, still managing to hold onto his scythe despite being punted.

Once he landed, Chucky grilped his scythe and held it high in the air before screaming.

"YOU FUCKING COCKSUCKER!!! I'M GONNA CUT OFF YOUR FUCKING HEAD!!!!" Chucky screamed, though he mentally stopped himself and turned to Vlad before he did anything.

"Let me have the fucking exception this one time. I've been holding off all goddamn day, and I've gotten punted like ten fucking times. This asshole needs to be taught a fucking lesson when I REPLACE HIS HEAD WITH HIS FUCKING DICK!!!" The doll shouted, now gripping his scythe so tightly that his plastic knuckles were turning white.​

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"Nice fuckin' fangs. They don't scare me though, if that's the plan," Ethan shot back, standing his ground firmly when a normal human might have backed down, deciding to take charge in this bizarre situation that he was still reeling over occasionally, "It's one thing for a blood sucker to look down on me when I've put down others of your kind, but let me make one thing clear; I won't stand idly by when anyone or anything insults a lady, and sure as shit not when it's a dumb walking toy. He's been spouting more shit from his mouth than his ass, and you expect me to sit idly by and take it? I'm a born American."

Crossing his arms, he held a defiant stare, making his position firm. He had had enough of this uncouth, uncivilized behavior. He may as well be surrounded by lawless animals.

Holding his ax firmly as Chucky readied himself to move, Ethan continued when Vlad stopped him, sternly pointing his finger at the murderous doll for a brief second.

"And you. I'd like to see you try. If I could get my hands on you, I'd break your dry flesh to pieces," he spoke with unwavering conviction, a murderous glare that matched Chucky's, but in a different way. An almost animalistic way... resembling that of a feral wolf. Still, he steeled himself, looking at both Vlad and Chucky, crossing his arms.

"But that's all... hypotheticals. We're in the now, and in this now, I suggest we lay down some ground rules. After all, if we're gonna be stuck being fucked around with by some big monster and foggy forests, we may as well learn to work together... or at least, pretend to be able to co-exist. I've seen white folks do an almost convincing job of liking colored folks, and I'm sure this'll work out just as well, for example."

As in, he meant to say, it would work at all.

"When there's a monster with a thirst for life chasing us down, only a fucking moron would basically ask to cut to the chase and do the act himself. There's a lot of people who wanna live just as much as you do, and if you're gonna keep wanting to put them at risk -- or for that matter, refusing to be cooperative -- then I wonder who's gonna be the first to leave you out for that there monster to help himself to."

Ethan clapped his hands together.

"That's the basics of the golden rule, isn't it? Do unto others what they would do to you. I'll treat you just as well as you treat me. Simple. Right?"

He glanced at Jack, and then back at the two. "Do it for the kid. Hmm?"

Turning to Grell, he put a hand on the redhead's shoulder. "Don't you worry yourself, Grell. I can take care of myself. You should see how fast I can get a shot right between someone's eyes," he said, giving a small wink, before crossing his arms again, "But more than that, I think you'll find I'm full of surprises."

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Yun Lee said:

"No! We're the only ones who can access them! Anyone can use it if they have it, but you can only get them from Grim Reapers!"

"I wouldn't lie to you about this! To even pull this off I'm risking a demotion, or even a suspension! Please, I'm begging here-and I never beg, so you know this is serious!"

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"I don't give a fuck if you're begging! You're the same bitch that tried to throw me in a fire earlier and set my goddamn hair on fire, you fuckin whore!" The doll shouted before looking to Ethan, then turning back to Vlad.

"I swear to god, I need to kill this asshole! Who gives a flying fuck what they have to say?! They shouldn't have fuckin punted me and set my goddamn hair on fire!!"

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BarrenThin said:

Vlad blinked at him, then sighed and rubbed the bridge of his nose. "You're not making this easy, boy. I'm trying to resolve this peacefully." The vampire held up his knife... Then tucked it away, as a show of good faith. "If you don't want blood on your hands, attacking Chucky can't continue."​

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"Well, that's just out of my hands. Words and actions just happen to have consequences to them. It goes both ways," Ethan said, as though it were no fault of his for Chucky's outburst, "It's only happenstance that I was the one who laid a boot on him. It could have just as easily been anyone else, you know."

He pointed a finger at the ground, as if to signal that he was being completely down to Earth here.

"I'll behave myself. If he behaves himself. The problem is, he simply isn't behaving himself, and every action... has a reaction. Now then, let's calm that little tucker down, and we can put this ugliness all behind us, hmm? But maintaining that... It's a group effort, you know."

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Atomyk said:

This truly was Hell, if these were the people Robert was stuck with.

"You kill him, then we kill you," Robert grunted. He glared daggers in Chucky's direction, his gaze shifting to Vlad occasionally. The man seemed to care about the interests of this vile little thing and Robert wasn't sure what to make of that. "We're scared, we're tired, and we're strangers. But most of all, the majority of us are willing to be reasonable goddamn human beings, something a cursed thing like yourself may not understand. You're the weak link of this ill-fated group and I doubt few would regret to be rid of you."

Robert felt no fear from this doll or those who would choose to support him. He had no doubt the group as a whole would rally behind his sentiments. Even if they didn't, Robert cared little, for death would come when it wanted to.

Robert held a hand out to Theo. "You've got me intrigued, kid, that's all I can say for now."

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"Who the fuck put you in charge, asshole? I've already died more times than I can count, and every goddamn time I do, I come back. And believe me, the tenth fuckin time'll be worth it if I get to see that fucker bleeding out on the ground with his intestines spilling out." Chucky said to Robert, meeting his gaze without even a flicker of hesitation. Dying was a fucking bitch, yes, but he'd come back just like he always did.
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Verite said:

"Well, that's just out of my hands. Words and actions just happen to have consequences to them. It goes both ways," Ethan said, as though it were no fault of his for Chucky's outburst, "It's only happenstance that I was the one who laid a boot on him. It could have just as easily been anyone else, you know."

He pointed a finger at the ground, as if to signal that he was being completely down to Earth here.

"I'll behave myself. If he behaves himself. The problem is, he simply isn't behaving himself, and every action... has a reaction. Now then, let's calm that little tucker down, and we can put this ugliness all behind us, hmm? But maintaining that... It's a group effort, you know."

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thatguyinthestore said:

"Who the fuck put you in charge, asshole? I've already died more times than I can count, and every goddamn time I do, I come back. And believe me, the tenth fuckin time'll be worth it if I get to see that fucker bleeding out on the ground with his intestines spilling out." Chucky said to Robert, meeting his gaze without even a flicker of hesitation. Dying was a fucking bitch, yes, but he'd come back just like he always did.
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"Fuck you. I'm not gonna treat you and your slut of a girlfriend nice for shit." Chucky said to Ethan with a snarl. "It would have been different I I hadn't been kicked around all fucking day, and had my hair set on fire on top of that shit. That was the last goddamn straw."

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"You guys really are an interesting bunch, aren't you?"

Numahime laughed unrestrained, amused by the immediate fighting once they'd become a full group once more. She hadn't seen such repeated chaos in quite a number of years, the last major battle she'd seen being 300 years ago. And while relative peace was nice and all, the mischievous demon had to admit that it got pretty boring. While being in danger of losing her life wasn't exactly the best of circumstances, she had to admit this was rather interesting.

Though not so interesting that she wanted to get the only tenuous allies she had potentially killed due to it.

"Okay, doll. Revenge is sweet and all, but you should really look at the odds," she began to speak to Chucky. "You might think you're hot shit with a scythe in your hands, but that's a pretty poor weapon, you know? The dangerous side faces you, and you're even smaller than I am! Though I guess that goes without saying since you're a doll."

Numahime gave him a wide, girlish smile as she laughed again.

"You wouldn't win. There's better ways to commit suicide than attacking your allies. Let's keep it civil, okay~?"

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Kaykay said:

"You guys really are an interesting bunch, aren't you?"

Numahime laughed unrestrained, amused by the immediate fighting once they'd become a full group once more. She hadn't seen such repeated chaos in quite a number of years, the last major battle she'd seen being 300 years ago. And while relative peace was nice and all, the mischievous demon had to admit that it got pretty boring. While being in danger of losing her life wasn't exactly the best of circumstances, she had to admit this was rather interesting.

Though not so interesting that she wanted to get the only tenuous allies she had potentially killed due to it.

"Okay, doll. Revenge is sweet and all, but you should really look at the odds," she began to speak to Chucky. "You might think you're hot shit with a scythe in your hands, but that's a pretty poor weapon, you know? The dangerous side faces you, and you're even smaller than I am! Though I guess that goes without saying since you're a doll."

Numahime gave him a wide, girlish smile as she laughed again.

"You wouldn't win. There's better ways to commit suicide than attacking your allies. Let's keep it civil, okay~?"

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"Yeah.. you're right." Chucky said, dropping the scythe on the ground beside him, only to pull out his knife seconds later.

"Guess we're going back to the basics."

Without another word, Chucky ran at Ethan at full speed and attempted to stab him in the knee.

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Atomyk said:

The doll was having a tantrum now. Robert wanted none of that.

He turned his attention to Theo, who, all in all, didn't seem to be coping so well. A situation like this was liable to make anyone at out, but there seemed to be something else going on. Now was really not the time for a crisis of sexuality, but Robert supposed no one ever got to choose the right time.

"The name's Robert," he said, crossing his arms. He felt off with his clothes still being wet from falling in the water. "You have experience with this sort of thing? The unexplainable? The supernatural?"

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Yun Lee said:

"...Ethan..." This stupid situation! It was making everything so damn complicated! Grell couldn't care less about most people here, and certainly hated some here with the passion of a thousand Suns. But Ethan...she liked Ethan. His charm and looks and his...his friendliness towards her that Sebastian and Will rarely gave, and Ronald gave too exuberantly... If Ethan went and died, leaving her with this group of people she could barely stand, with only a tiny lighter to defend with...

"I can't let you die." It was an honest thing she said, voice soft and serious for once. "I don't mind giving up that Death Scythe if it means keeping you around. I've been suspended once, I can do it again. Don't get me wrong, I trust you to stay alive through your own means, but..." She rubbed the back of her head, glancing away so as not to finish the sentence out loud.

You're my first real friend.​

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thatguyinthestore said:

"Who the fuck put you in charge, asshole? I've already died more times than I can count, and every goddamn time I do, I come back. And believe me, the tenth fuckin time'll be worth it if I get to see that fucker bleeding out on the ground with his intestines spilling out." Chucky said to Robert, meeting his gaze without even a flicker of hesitation. Dying was a fucking bitch, yes, but he'd come back just like he always did.
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"Fuck you. I'm not gonna treat you and your slut of a girlfriend nice for shit." Chucky said to Ethan with a snarl. "It would have been different I I hadn't been kicked around all fucking day, and had my hair set on fire on top of that shit. That was the last goddamn straw."​

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BarrenThin said:

Ethan's insolence was becoming increasingly harder to to tolerate. "You're right. It does go both ways. Did I ever once see you lot trying not to provoke him? No. I will not die for him any more than I'd die for any of you, but I do know when one side shares in the blame. Do you also prod bears, and then act surprised when they try to bite you?"

Hearing Chucky's response, Vlad sighed, and stepped aside, watching Ethan closely. He drew his knife once more, as it was becoming increasingly clear that peace was at risk. "Though I won't deny that he's bringing this upon himself." Even Vlad wasn't sure he'd intervene if this became violent.
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thatguyinthestore said:

"Yeah.. you're right." Chucky said, dropping the scythe on the ground beside him, only to pull out his knife seconds later.

"Guess we're going back to the basics."

Without another word, Chucky ran at Ethan at full speed and attempted to stab him in the knee.

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"You shoulda been seen it when he kicked me down because he was so intent on having dibs on this here ax when we found it," Ethan simply said to Vlad, gesturing toward his weapon, "I'm a gentleman of principle, like all men who have any right to call themselves men are, and I'm simply not a person who responds well to such a vulgar little imp like him, nor am I someone who goes against his own spoken word. I don't usually fire first, but when I do fire, no one ever forgets, I'll tell you that much."

Still, he said little more than Grell spoke to him in an unusually soft tone, almost... vulnerable. Almost... like Brona. And like her. Ladies could be such beautiful, tragic creatures.

Ignoring Chucky's initial words, equating them to a barking dog at this point, he sighed toward Grell. "Look... I don't know what you're ever on about when you talk about this... Grim Reaper and Death Scythe shit, but..." He took Grell's hand in his, looking her in the eye, "I can get the gist that you..." He cleared his throat, "... don't mind having me around, and... Well, I do--" He began, before being interrupted when Chucky decided to make a break for it and make his move, quickly prompting Grell to counter-act in response as well.

That didn't take long.

In the event that Grell's maneuver might have failed and Chucky's knife stabbed into his knee, Ethan didn't audibly react even as he was wounded, except for a small, muffled groan, before he looked down at Chucky, poised eyes staring right into the doll's being.

"... Doesn't hurt nearly as much as a bullet. Sorry."

Without allowing himself time to reel over in pain, Ethan kicked Chucky down on the ground before the knife could go too deeply in, practically stomping on him a bit, before quickly reaching down and grabbing the doll by his hair and flinging him into the nearest wall! If the best weapon his enemy had was a knife... Well. He'd fought infinitely worse before. A minor stab wound was nothing. Even if it might be a bit annoying to walk around for a little, until he at least channeled the pain out.

'Tis just a flesh wound, after all.

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Yun Lee said:

Grell would take the chance to take the dropped scythe and make a swipe for Chucky's neck.
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Verite said:

"You shoulda been seen it when he kicked me down because he was so intent on having dibs on this here ax when we found it," Ethan simply said to Vlad, gesturing toward his weapon, "I'm a gentleman of principle, like all men who have any right to call themselves men are, and I'm simply not a person who responds well to such a vulgar little imp like him, nor am I someone who goes against his own spoken word. I don't usually fire first, but when I do fire, no one ever forgets, I'll tell you that much."

Still, he said little more than Grell spoke to him in an unusually soft tone, almost... vulnerable. Almost... like Brona. And like her. Ladies could be such beautiful, tragic creatures.

Ignoring Chucky's initial words, equating them to a barking dog at this point, he sighed toward Grell. "Look... I don't know what you're ever on about when you talk about this... Grim Reaper and Death Scythe shit, but..." He took Grell's hand in his, looking her in the eye, "I can get the gist that you..." He cleared his throat, "... don't mind having me around, and... Well, I do--" He began, before being interrupted when Chucky decided to make a break for it and make his move, quickly prompting Grell to counter-act in response as well.

That didn't take long.

In the event that Grell's maneuver might have failed and Chucky's knife stabbed into his knee, Ethan didn't audibly react even as he was wounded, except for a small, muffled groan, before he looked down at Chucky, poised eyes staring right into the doll's being.

"... Doesn't hurt nearly as much as a bullet. Sorry."

Without allowing himself time to reel over in pain, Ethan kicked Chucky down on the ground before the knife could go too deeply in, practically stomping on him a bit, before quickly reaching down and grabbing the doll by his hair and flinging him into the nearest wall! If the best weapon his enemy had was a knife... Well. He'd fought infinitely worse before. A minor stab wound was nothing. Even if it might be a bit annoying to walk around for a little, until he at least channeled the pain out.

'Tis just a flesh wound, after all.

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Chucky managed to narrowly duck out of the way from Grell's scythe swipe, though he was practically powerless against Grell's throw across the room. The doll soon hit the wall with a thud, though he still tightly held onto the knife. At this point, Chucky didn't even fully want to kill Ethan anymore. No, he was close to that Grell chick. He wanted to make this uptight prick suffer. So, turning to Grell, Chucky grinned and rose his knife.

In the next few seconds, Chucky would have run over to Grell and attempted stab the back of her leg, trying to sink the knife in deeper this time and trying to make sure to attack at an angle where it would be hard to slash at him with the scythe.

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