Under the Hill - Third Circle: Gluttony

[Notus]

Ixidor

As soon as Ixidor raised the chicken over his head, all the people who were looking rushed to him. They were dozens, closing in fast, screaming and pushing each other on their crazed advance, abandoning all traces of logic thinking.

For some reason, Ix didn't think they just wanted to have a talk...

[Ragnar]

Ixidor winced from the craze reaction these people just shown, they seem decent a while ago until he decided to give them food. "Stay back!" the boy panic and toss the chicken away in their direction and quickly draws circle as a huge boulder appears, which he use as a barricade, blocking their path, to avoid being trampled by the frenzied crowd. "What the fuck!?" as the boy muttered and hid behinds the boulder.

[Chevaleresse]

Marcus crossed into the tunnel and looked about for a moment, surveying his surroundings. This didn't take long as a large group of people just ahead caught his attention. He thought that he might have recognized one of them, but who the man was slipped from his thoughts before he could grasp the memory. I could probably take them out all at once, he thought, striding forward. Let's catch them off guard, though. "Hello, everybody," he called out with a friendly tone, starting a brisk jog into the group. "It's good to see other people in here!" Mentally, Marcus prepared himself, in case any of them knew who he was and what he did.

[Rosesong]

Lifting her head to gaze at Morris, Rose nodded her head, pain etched on her face with the movement. "In trying to beat Lilith," she rasped, turning her eyes to her arms, "I used quite a bit of my combative strength, which can cause self harm and what you currently see." Bringing her eyes back to meet his, she continued, "My defensive strength caused some as well, though Lilith was clever in getting out of my favorite method."

She glanced around quickly. "We need to move, this circle must be dangerous, and we're sitting ducks." Trying again to get up, Rose managed to stay up for a moment before slumping to the ground again. "I'll slow you all down," she murmured softly, hating her condition more and more.

Before anyone moved, another person appeared. Struggling to her feet once again, and managing to stay up, she stepped forward only to fall again. Upon hitting the ground, she yelped. Looking up, she said cautiously, "Hi. Who are you, and are you friend or foe?" The young woman had made up her mind awhile ago; should either newcomer try to hurt her friends, she would freeze them at risk of dying in order for the others to go on.

[Chevaleresse]

Marcus chuckled. "A friend, or at least I hope so. There are an awful lot of nasty critters down here, I was hoping that I could find some people to travel with."

[Notus]

Ixidor

The mass of people immediately changed course and followed the chicken as the painter threw it away, falling over it as a group of starving dogs. They fought each other for a piece of the food, biting punching and kicking the others, while completely ignoring Ixidor. That is, until the chicken was finished.

"MORE! GIVE ME MORE!" they screamed at him again, slowly walking towards the boulder.

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Ellaria

Woah, that's a lot of new people. Ellaria thought, listening as Rose talked to the newcomers. As the other girl seemed to be having a lot of trouble standing, she stepped towards her and offered a hand. "Here Rose, I'll help you up." After that, she turned to the others. "Uhmn, I-I think we'd probably better rest for a while till Rose gets better, and think of what we can find here right?" she asked them, sounding a bit unsure. "Or maybe..." she turned to the little girl of the group. "Enya, could you summon that doctor again, or maybe something to carry Rose?"

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Ethic

As the man walked through the corridor, he ended up in an enbranchment. Ahead, into the darkness, he could feel an even stronger aroma of food, but the darkness didn't let he see anything. To his left, through a side passage, he heard loud screams and the sound of people rushing.

[K_H]

Kenny heard the Remark about the Doctor, so he stepped out of the Shadows, and into the Group near Rose and Ellaria.

"There's no need for that, my friends."

Then, Kenny and Rose both glowed Turquoise, and Rose's Wounds healed themselves thanks to Kenny's Healing Power. Kenny then got a minor headache, but he quickly recovered from it.

[Supernovae]

Mr. Taylor was deep in his thoughts after the first lad had shown up. He engaged Phantom and Rose in a conversation, something Mr. Taylor wasn't exactly interested in. Instead he was more interested in figuring a way out. The structure of these humongous tunnels seemed strange and the place seemed peaceful enough. Was this it, would every circle be structured the same way. Some sort of pleasant feeling, mixed with something awful? If so, then perhaps there'd be a great opportunity here. With each circle they could hone a simple strategy, something they could use quickly and effectively to reach the bottom. He'd already asked Phantom about phasing through the walls, though he seemed pre-occupied with the new comer now. If he could find Kenny, perhaps the same strategy could be useful. That might even be the simplest way to the bottom. Use Phantom to scout out the exit, then Phantom could tell Kenny where it was and teleport them there. Now if only they could find where Kenny had gotten too.

"There's no need for that, my friends."

The voice sounded familiar. Mr. Taylor chuckled to himself as he turned around. Unfortunately though Kenny's face wasn't the one that hit his eyes first. "You .... bastard!" Mr. Taylor screamed as he reached and pulled out his empty pistol. "How dare you! You kill me? Then show up acting as a friend?" Mr. Taylor turned to the rest of the group. "This is him, this is the bastard who stabbed me."

[Rosesong]

Rose, feeling better from Kenny's healing, reacted quickly to Mr. Taylor's statement. "Freeze!" she hollered, locking her concentration in on the newcomer. If she could hold Lilith still, there was simply no way that a human like themselves could get away from her hold while she was totally concentrating. She didn't let go of Ellaria's hand as she finally hauled herself to her feet, able to stand again. "Who are you, and why did you stab him?" she questioned, moving in front of Ellaria to protect her and placing her other hand in her bag of daggers.

[SithBaker]

"We need to move, this circle must be dangerous, and we're sitting ducks."

"I'll slow you all down,"

"Well we certainly ought not to fanny around, but... well this place is not that dangerous, but go up ahead, and there is a bunch of... those ´undainty´ things."

Morris stressed the word undainty with unusual disgust, and gestured roughly in the same direction the boy left as he said it, he then saw Marcus come. His attitude towards the stranger had then almost gone back to normal, but he couldnt help slipping an ocassional stare at the woman who had cried before. Luckily for him, the other girl decided to help her at least stand, so he didnt have to do anything he would deem too drastic for having just met her.

"It's good to see other people in here!"

"Hiya, how many are you lot? I haven´t even asked for your names yet, so bear with me a tad and get on with... the formalities before you wander off."

He extended his now vacated right hand towards Marcus.

"Name is Morris, what would yours be?"

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"Rats," Morris thought to himself, "do determined people really fancy killing each other so much? My ol´ company would tomfoolishly stab each other like it were the way they feted Christmas."

For a moment, he chose not to interject, as he had no idea how the strangers ran their group. He merely took a step back and stretched his limbs a bit while he had the time.

Edited August 19, 2014 by SithBaker

[Zephyrus the Priestess]

Mm... food... Enya slowly woke up to the smell of food. It smelled like... like... a multitude of foods.

Anyone who watched the bear in Enya's arms carefully would've seen a faint gleam of hunger that disappeared almost as quickly as it came-- for that split second, the teddy bear looked feral, almost alive.

"This... third circle of hell... for the gluttons...?" murmured the little girl, sleepily. She looked up to see a new dark-haired mister.

"Hello, mister... You've been stuck here a while longer than we have, like Miss Annie was, have you?" she said, rubbing the sleep out of her eye, the open one resembling an icy blue moon with a black hole for a center as she stared. Adorable as Enya was, there was something... off about this precious child.

Then came another mister, whom Mister Taylor screamed at, whom Miss Rose froze after hesitation.

As if curious and drawn to the newer mister, Enya turned her huge eyes on him, holding the bear. Her expression was unreadable, despite the somewhat still-sleepy smile.

[Sutoratosu]

It didn't even take a second for Ethic to make his decision after he came to the enbranchment. after the shit he had done not even a full hour ago, a little bit of darkness didn't phase him. And the screams coming from down the side corridor sounded like they'd be far more trouble than they'd be worth. He reached into his bag and retrieved a flashlight, flicking the beam on and casting it into the darkness of the main hallway, making sure to scan both the floor, walls, and ceiling as he continued ahead. he kept the Death link ready in the back of his mind. It was time to get serious here, no more shitting around like had gone on in the last two circles. This was war, God damn it...

And there was no way he'd allow himself to lose. Not to the Keepers... and definitely not to this damn Hell-hole.

[Ragnar]

Ixidor slowly takes a peak while hiding behind the safety of his boulder, the boy was shock on how quickly they consume the whole chicken and ask for seconds as they approach him. Ixidor was stomp,trying to figure out what are those things are, are they human? they just seem really hungry and apparently they think with their stomachs rather than their brains. from out of nowhere, The boy comes up with a crazy idea, seeing how strong and ravenous these creatures are, its better to gain their trust rather than to fight them. Ixidor puts his plan into action and gains confidence,the boy steps on the top of the boulder, standing tall above these primitive people.

"Listen to me!!" the boy yells at the crowd with authority as it echoes through the crowded corridor trying to get their attention.

"My name is Ixidor Mctracy and I have the ability to create things, I can make my drawings into reality. big or small." he extends his hand, moving it slowly from left to right, showing his glowing hand through the crowd.

"Meaning there's more of that chicken where that came from. But I expect something in return. From now on, you are now my army, pledge your allegiance to me and in exchange, i can provide foods beyond your wildest dreams, you'll never have to starve again! " Ixidor sounded like he was running for president as he delivers these promises.

"So what do you say? will you help me through this circle? ARE YOU WITH ME!?" Ixidor said all pump up trying to convince these gluttonous folks.

[anethia]

Annie gazed towards the door where the smell came from. It was slightly open, allowing her to see through if she got close enough.

"No, Annie. You're not going in there. Don't be tempted. Just take a look, and be gone." she thought to herself. Silently walking up, she peered inside, careful not to make any noise.

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

((Hello guys, it's me........Hukuna, here to ruin your day curiosity of Notus.))

Ix then heard a huge rumbling sound and the hall began to shake.But it was not from the crowd. Something bigger was headed his way.

[Notus]

Ixidor

The mass of gluttons screamed happy (although a crazy looking happiness) and one of them, the same that first spoke to him, answered. "Yes, yes, give us food and we will follow you! Please, pretty please master, we need to eat more now, before it arrives!" he said, keeping a faster pace with arms stretched towards Ixidor.

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Annie

((Surpriiiise! Have fun! XD))

Just as Annie looked through the gap, a face appeared on it - a huge face for that matter, staring straight at her.

The giant threw the door wide open, revealing a dinner room filled with food behind it. However, Annie had more pressing matters to solve for now than to think about the banquet, as the monster quickly, started towards her throwing it's arms to try and grab the girl.

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Ethic

The flash light caught up something big before him. It at first looked like a white marble block, standing higher than Ethic himself, but, after a closer look on it's texture, the man realized, for his surprise, that it was a huge piece of what seemed to be blancmange.

Edited August 19, 2014 by Notus

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

"I HEARSSSSssssss you!" came a frighteningly reptilian voice. "I smellsssssss you too, tasty morsels, come to Papa Panik....." it continued as it stomped down the hall towards Ix and his new friends. This so called "Panik" whatever it was, was still not in sight.

[Sutoratosu]

Ethic stood there for a moment, poking his finger against the substance. He must be crazy, that's it... this is a marble wall, it has to be... why would anyone- His train of thought broke when his finger went in for a few inches, then was bounced right back out. That confirmed it... Either he had indeed gone off the deep end, or this thing really was made of Blancmange. He balled one of his fist and threw a couple of quick jabs at it, each one bouncing right off the pale, creamy substance before him. Yup... this was definitely Blancmange... and it was thick in consistency.

"Things just keep getting weirder down here..." He muttered to himself as he took a few steps back from the wall. For a foolish moment, he actually wondered if he could eat his way through it, it dawned on him quickly however, that such would be humanly impossible. He thought for a moment... from what he could tell, just walking around this thing wasn't an option, it looked like it ran the full width of the path, blocking the way forward. Climbing might have been a possibility... but Ethic honestly didn't want to even attempt such a thing. That left him with one option...

"I'll cut it." He said, stowing the flash light in his jacket pocket. He brought his hands together in front of himself, one balled into a fist and the other cradling that one. He didn't really know why he didn't assume a more traditional grip technique... this was just the first thing that had come to his mind when he thought about it. A moment later, the Death Link was active and his Life Saber blazed to life in his hand, illuminating the area far better than the Flashlight's beam had. he took a few moments, tuning the blade and adjusting how much life force he wanted to put into it. Since this was a relatively soft material, he figured he wouldn't need more than a little. after a few seconds, he was ready to make a test strike to see how things went. he rushed forward, bringing the saber around in a sweeping arc, closing in on the wall with a ferocity that the young man wasn't even consciously aware that he was expressing.

((Notus, I'm just gonna treat this wall like an enemy for now. you decide what happens with that blow.))

Edited August 19, 2014 by Stratos

[SithBaker]

Morris looked at the child with the eyes and face of somebody without the slightest shred of idea how to deal with kids. He was fully oblivious to any irregularities, as the interaction with the child was odd enough to him. He just hoped that his scarred face did not look too terrifying to her.

"Uh, and who might that Annie be? Another of your pals, I presume."

Morris looked in the other way, to the tunnel. "Did the others venture off before I came?" He didnt like it, people fooling around in these tunnels. Somebody could attract the attention of these things. "Well it s ´right, it ought to be fine so long they aren t barmy; we should hear it first before it comes after us..." He mumled to himself.

As the party argued, Morris had a feeling he heard a faint echo of somebody yelling. "Ah, bollocks. Can t they belt up a tad." He turned onto the group "Ehm, excuse me, but I ve a feeling I can hear somebody... yelling... That s no good, you mustnt be loud around these parts, all kinds of crap comes out when you are." Having said that, he took out his browning and went ahead after the source of the noise.

[Ragnar]

Ixidor felt great after looking at cheering yet somehow frenzied crowd that puts a smile on the boys face. its not everyday hellbent creatures is on your side, well at least you have to keep them satisfy by feeding them. The boy seems to start a revolution, a movement, a campaign of some sort with him being as their leader. UNTIL he heard something rumbling not far from his location, but it was completely drowned by mass cheering. Whatever it is its gonna think twice before facing him, now that he got his new found army.

with that said, Ixidor has to keep his promise as he draws something in his pad. He tears down and crumples a piece of paper from his pad and toss it above the starving masses. His magic works as it rains enormous amount of pudding from the sky, pouring down on the people below, it should be sufficient enough to feed his people.

"Wait, What, Who's coming?" the boy raised his voice asking the nearby starving soul at his feet and heard something huge coming closer.

[Chevaleresse]

Marcus took on an expression of utter shock. It looked extremely real, mostly because, well, it was. He hadn't expected to see Taylor again, and for some reason his presence caused a strange effect in him. It was almost fear, almost revulsion, but yet none of those things. Marcus's gaze slid off of the other man and met the girl's. "I have no idea who this man is. What kind of person accuses a stranger of stabbing them? I'm lost and confused, and I finally meet another living soul only to be set upon."

[Supernovae]

Mr. Taylor's expression turned sour. Who the hell did this kid think he was? First, he stabbed him and now he was lying about it. But, still he was starting to notice a rift in the group. They didn't trust him as much, perhaps it was the whole Michael incident or perhaps it was his inability to help in combat. Whatever it was though, it was certainly tangible. He'd have to be careful about how this was handled. He reached for his whip, not pulling it out yet, but at the ready, just in case Marcus pounced.

"Before anyone here makes a judgement, hear me out," Mr. Taylor began addressing the group, while Marcus was still frozen, "If we both have contradicting statements, then I'm afraid it's safe to say one of us must be lying. Now, if Marcus here did kill me, then the reason he lied is simple. Because of course he'd rather live, so he can slit our throats as we sleep," Mr. Taylor then reeled around and caught Marcus's eyes, "But, tell me boy. Why would I lie?"

[Chevaleresse]

"Maybe you're the killer and you just need a convenient excuse in front of all these people? It seems like you know a lot about how to kill people secretly, and they always say that the thief is the one who guards his purse the closest." Marcus, for once, chose to let any anxiety he was experiencing - What is this? I don't get nervous. - show. After all, one would be pretty nervous in his position.

[Rosesong]

Rose was confused. Mr. Taylor had never tried to cause them any harm-- except for when he had kidnapped her, that was, for unknown intentions. The woman quickly reminded herself that the elderly man had lost his memories and wasn't aware of what he was doing. As for this new guy... She knew nothing about him, and had no reason to trust him. She steeled herself, knowing that if she were to say her next statement she could find herself in a rocky situation. Her words echoed in the empty cavern. "I believe you, Mr. Taylor."

[Raindrop Valkyrie]

The lumbering gait of the beast got closer and closer to Ix. He could now see what was chasing him at the end of the long hall. A Giant man-like beast padded slowly, and loudly towards the crowd of lost souls. The giant had long black hair, and his skin was mostly covered in thick motley green scales. He had an old scar above his right eye that looked old as sin itself. Long Black nails protruded from the ends of his fingers, and looked as if they were made of shining Obsidian.

The Man-beast piked one of Ix's followers who happened to still be fighting for food on his long talons. The pathehic man screamed in horror as he was impaled through his chest. The screaming ended as quickly as it started, for the Giant Man-Beast threw the follower down his gullet and swallowed him mostly whole. "Foodssss......" he rumbled. "Panik, SAYSSS RUN PLAYTHINGS!!!" he roared loudly.