Sanctuary, Third Uprising

[Shinigami-X]

Just because I'm working on an MMORPG, and since none of the others seem to be active, I thought it'd be a good idea to keep my mind running with ideas. ^^

Rules:
1) You cannot kill another character at all. The fights must be handled in a way both players can enjoy. And please, don't give your character too much insight. ^^; It makes things rather boring.
2) ****Removed****
3) You play a being lesser than god, but more than human. Enjoy that one. =)

Background: Imagine a world that has been ravaged by warfare, causing demons and angels to come to earth. There is really no good or evil, just beings living their lives and doing their jobs. The story can take place at multiple places at a time.

Information:
-Character Name:
-Age:
-Gender:
-Race: (Human, Angel, Demon)
-Slight Description:
-Image?
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My character:
-Name: Io, Angel of Death
-Age: 700 years
-Gender: None
-Race: Demon
-Description: Ino is a demon child raised by angels after the first Angelic Revolution in the 14th Century. Although angelic in appearance, his demon markings were never removed. He is cursed with the ability to read into the future of anything he sees, something that gives even him nightmares. For this, he wears a mask to prevent any light from touching his eyes. His staff is a gift given to him by the angel that cared for and taught him the ways of angels.
-Image: Soon to come
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The morning was frosty as Io first stepped into the city of Babylon. Birds could be heard all around, but seemingly engulfed by the slow-moving fog. "This is it, I suppose," he whispered to himself as he walked through the gates of the waking city. His purpose here had much meaning hidden in his slow steps.

He was to join with others, no longer strangely, a mix of angels, demons and humans. The Odessa Corporation had previously found traces of the undead traversing Babylon and decided to take action. Thier finest hunters gathered in the ancient city of learning to discard of their soon-to-be prey.

[jojo]

-Character Name: Deranu Kabashi
-Age: 25?
-Gender: male
-Race: Human?
-Slight Description: Deranu is the last remaining descendant of the Kabashi clan. As a member of this once powerful clan Deranu wanders the country doing what he feels needs done regardless of the law. Deranu wears a bagy black cloak that hides most of his bodily features and many weapons. Those who get the chance to see his face and body find that he has scars from top to bottom left from his battles with the Kabashi clan's worst enemy, themselves
-image:will make one
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Deranu wiped the blood of his dagger as he stroled out of a dark ally. "no that i have some money i should head to the meeting place" Deranu said to himself as he placed the dagger back in his cloak. Deranu walked down the street tring not to notice that everyone was staring at him. As the people stared the voice in Deranu's head would constantly chant "kill them kill them all".

Deranu finally reached the pub where he was to meet the others. Deranu took a seat in a corner and started to daze off into another horror from his past. the last thing Deranu remembered thinking before he fell asleep was "i really should be working alone".

[Shinigami-X]

Seeing that Deranu had fallen asleep, Io lightly tapped his shoulder. "Still the same as usual, eh? Well, it's time to get going. The others have just left." He finished his drink quickly and stepped outside the door.

"I'm in position," he quietly whispered in his headset. Crouching on the roof, he smelled a familiar odor. Feeling a sticky substance under his hand, he slowly brought it to his eyes and noticed some blood. "It can't be... Have they already been fighting each other?" Something mysterious was going on and there was little time left to figure it out. "We must take action soon."

[jojo]

"Deranu where the hell are you!!!" kept ringing in threw Deranu's head set. Deranu held himself against the roof as he waited for a gaurd to walk by below him. When the gaurd was almost out of sight a blur flew past, leaving the gaurd dead. Deranu dropped to the ground and ducked into the nearest empty room.

"uhhh Io i don't think we're the only people that are breaking into the place." Wispered Deranu into his headset "i'll explain when i get to you." Deranu then crawled out the nearby window and ran off into the shadows to find Io.

[Shinigami-X]

"Understood," Io confirmed with Deranu. "There's something strange going on. I'll head to the corridor and meet you there."

Running through the hallways, the corpses of humans filled the path. What on earth is going on? As he hurried, a mysterious tapping sound came from above him. He quickly glanced up and turned away in terror. Seeing Deranu approaching the room, Io gave warning. "Deranu! There's something above us!"

[PlutoMaster]

-Character Name: Aura?
-Age: n/a
-Gender: Female
-Race: Angel
-Slight Description: Half a year ago, she lost her memory. All she could remember since was that she had some very important mission. She once had an angelic weapon but lost it soon after her arrival. She now wanders aimlessly across the landscape searching for her purpose. She is well now for her kindness and power. Although she can’t remember her name she is know to all as Aura.
-Image

minus halo, wings, and weapon. (done in 2 hr., ah, good practice)
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Walking along a beaten path, the so called Aura sidestepped several craters and cracks. She was concentrating so much on her footing that she barely realized she had entered the city center. She stopped to observe the signs and posters and around the block. The words were totally illegible to her but she felt comforted by some and freighted by others. A strange man had once tried to teach her how to read, but she could not concentrate enough to learn. A senesce of great urgency still followed her wherever she went.

Starting again down the road she came to an ally. A sense of great pain and suffering came from it. She was about to enter but she was not looking where she was going and got caught up in a large group of people. As soon as she managed to extricate herself from the group, she tripped and fell under a sign that said “PUB” in flickering red letters.

Sitting on the ground she rubbed her burses and looked around blankly. People looked down at her as they passed but gave her no heed. She felt alone and rejected there in the dust and she didn’t even know why. A man exited the bounding next to her. “He is a demon” she thought immediately, not that she knew the full meaning of the word. All she knew for sure was that something was about to happen.

[jojo]

"No problem! i got this" Yelled deranu as he jumped into the air and takled the creature to the floor. Deranu placed his opponant into a headlock as if to question it, but as soon as his arm touched his opponant's skin he let go with a yelp. The creature stubled as if it was learning to walk, but then fell to all four and disapeared in a black blur. Deranu pulled a small throwning dagger out from his cloak and threw it at the small target that might as well be out of sight.

"don't waist your daggers Deranu" commented Io just before a loud yelp ecoed from down the hallway. "now we'll follow the blood trail so that we can catch that thing before it lets anyone know we're here." explained Deranu as he headed off down the hallway.

[Shinigami-X]

Io followed Deranu down the hallway as he attemped to make sense of what was happening. Although he learned to see without using his eyes, not everything was clear. With his senses sharp, a faint tapping noise rang in his ear as the sound grew nearer and nearer. "Hold it Deranu! We're being followed." Io grabbed his visor as if to lift it from his eye as Deranu grabbed his arm.

"Hold it," Deranu said, "I'll be your eyes to prevent your pain."

[jojo]

"wait a secound!... Your angelic arn't you?" Deranu said after looking at their follower with more interest. The angelic girl was about to speek, but Deranu quickly shoved her and Io into the nearest room. After diving into the room himself Deranu cussed under his breath. "damn robotic cameras! O.K. we can talk here. What are you doing here, this is far to dangerous of a place for an un-armed angel like yourself." Wispered Deranu to the angelic girl.

After a little conversation Deranu And Io learned that the girl's went by the name Aura, and that she really didn't completly know why she was here herself. "this is gunna change the planns a little Io, We have to take her with us 'cus if they find her they'll start searching for us. You the plan maker what do we do?" asked Deranu in a rather iritated voice.

[Shinigami-X]

The other three from our company should be here as hell. We must quickly search this place for any suspicious activity, much like we've already found, without any risk to our own lives. I suppose we can go in two groups of three, with Aura following us.

"Tetra, come in. Do you hear me?" Io spoke into his headset.

"I hear you. What's up?" Tetra asked, curious as to the reason of the call.

"There's something strange going on. Meet with the other two and we'll investigate this place."

"Sure thing, but when we're done, you owe me another drink."

"No problem," Io said with a slightly cheerful voice. "Good luck, and be safe."

Care to take the lead, Deranu?

[jojo]

"of course" Deranu said as he started out of the room. A dark shadow apeared shadow apeared infront of the door. Deranu took a firm grip on the doornob then swung the door open knocking the figure out cold. Deranu dumped the body in the room as the others started down the hallway.

"Well this place seems awfully quiet now... aww crud we never caught that thing earier cus of aura... they know we're here now. Get the others out of the Building Io i'm gunna find out how much they know." Ordered Deranu as he jumped into the vents threw an opening in the roof.

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As Deranu crawled threw the vent is started to talk to himself, like he always does when hes alone.

"this is what you get for not just killing that damn angel when you found her. ya but that would have been crule, besides thats the infamous Aura you know as well as i do she could have majorly hurt us. Ya but now we have to do all this work to make sure we don't get killed." the conversation between Deranu's personalitys went on for quite some time.

[Shinigami-X]

"Sure thing." Io called the others immediately.

"There is something strange going on in there," Tetra informed Io. "It seems as though a vampire is in control, but does a vampire drink the fluids of the undead?"

That can't be right. It could possibly be... a demon?

"Let's go, Aura. We'll leave this part to Deranu." Turning to Deranu, "The rest of us will be picking up supplies for a raid. Call us if you find anything." Io and the others began to search for items that would possibly aid them in their investigation of the city.

[PlutoMaster]

Aura could sense a dilemma in her newly acquired companions but she didn’t have enough time to figure it out. Thoughts of the pain and suffering she had just saw filled her head. Going along with the one called Io, they dodged through several corridors and halls until they finally reached a door with a glowing red sign above it.

[Shinigami-X]

"What is it, Aura? Do you feel something?" Io asked in a discerning voice. "I, too, sense something behind these doors. Shall we enter?"

Io put one hand on the door, while shielding Aura with his body. "Careful, there may be something waiting for us."

[PlutoMaster]

How did he know? Was he like her maybe? Or maybe it was just a coincidence. They entered the room. Nothing attacked; instead several bodies lay around the room.

Io gave some orders to search them for any clues. Kneeling next to one of them, Aura touched its shoulder. She felt something, the throb of a faint life. She might be able to bring it back! Using her own strength she reached for the soul of life as if to bring it back to the body, but something was wrong. The soul would not go, as if it was just a spectator to an empty shell.

“What are you doing, that’s…!?”

Just then the body twitched, its arm shot out and closed around Aura’s neck. It was definitely not alive but it was moving of its own free will. “Undead?” she gasped.

[Shinigami-X]

"No!" Io shouted as the ghoul attacked Aura. The whole room moved as if it came back to life. "We're trapped! Aura!"

Running to her, Io pulled out his staff and smashed the ghoul's arms off. "Are you alright? We must be careful here. We do not know of their strength..."

[jojo]

Deranu eventually came apon a vent where he saw that there was a battle going on. Noticing that it was the rest of his group Deranu broke threw the bent and landed in the middle of the fight.

"you just had to find the undead didn't you Io!" Yelled Deranu as he pulled out his sword.

"i'll take care of these guys, besides you guys will just get in my way. Theres a empty room three doors down on your left in the hallway where you came from, i'll meet you there!" slicing the arm of the corpse that was chocking Aura.

As the others left Deranu closed his eyes as a large wind came out of no where. Deranu slammed his sword into the ground and the room lit up with fire. As the corpses fell to the ground burnt to the bone Deranu mumbled under his breath "never mess with the Kabashi clan." then he ran after the others.

[Shinigami-X]

"Deranu, I'm glad you're safe. There is, however bad news. Tetra has informed me that a powerful force is what we're facing. One of our own has been killed. His body has already been recovered."

Gripping onto his staff tightly, Io ran stretched out his wings. "Follow me. I'll cut a path to the entrance. We'll return once reinforcements arrive." A dim blue light was emitted from underneath his visor as he shot down the hallway. The others quickly followed. As they approached the front entrance, a myseterious creature that moved with incredible speed tackled Io away from the door.

"I am the gatekeeper of this palace. You may enter alive, but I choose whether or not all of you will leave." The creature licked its immensely large claws and chuckled.

"That smell! The very same one as outside! Careful, you two!" He shouted to the other two. "This is an unholy creature, created from unnatural methods. We must fight with caution."

[PlutoMaster]

Aura was feeling quite useless now. “All I do is get everyone in trouble.” She thought. The strange creature gave off a very evil feeling. Even though Deranu and Io were very powerful it didn’t appear to be phased in the slightest.

“Un-n-unnatural methods?” she repeated. The others moved around the creature with weapons drawn yet the creature just chuckled. Again she felt useless, another bystander.

Going rigid the creature leaped and swung its claws. Red lines shot off the tips and cut anything they touched.

Suddenly Aura’s powers came to her. A blue halo formed around her head and her hidden wings shot out. Spell lines glistened like bracelets around her wrists. Her face shone with a bright radiance as she said “You will hurt no one!"

[Shinigami-X]

Not being able to tap into his other senses from the pain, Io lifted his visor in an attempt to make sense of the situation. "Aura..."

It'll take me a little time for any healng spell I know to get me back on my feet soon. What can I do? Io looked around for Deranu and saw that he was only slightly injured. "Deranu! Be Aura's shield and don't allow them to hurt her. I have a feeling she'll be able to help you."

"Aura, take this!" Io threw his staff to Aura in hopes that she, an angel, would be able to use the staff given to him by a being of her likeness.