A "normal" day (Open)

[Slivsoul]

It was a bright and almost pleasant day in Purgatorio City. The sun was blocked by the grey clouds in the sky. It projected the average winter's day, as the world seemed full of grey and white. It was only the late morning and yet it felt later. Piles of snow were everywhere on the streets, almost giving it a christmassy feeling. It was past christmas though, way past. The girl had just been on her way, all bundled up in a white coat that shielded her from the cold. Her blue hat had her hair tucked in and her ears covered by it. Underneath the jacket though were the holsters for her two guns on her waist that were overtop of a simple white dress shirt and jeans. She also had another holster which held the knife she carried, because you never know. The city was mostly clear of demons but anything could lurk in the shadows; having an extra weapon just made her feel safe.

Renae had stepped out to do some shopping, she had recently gotten her own apartment with the acceptance of her job. Recently however, thoughts drifting back to the research being done there made her feel ill so the girl blocked it out of her own mind. All that blood... made her feel woozy. She walked along thee streets of the residential district, her white boot's traction enabling her not to slip up on the paved streets. There were lots of shops here, too many for her to choose from. Nervously she wandered back and forth from shop to shop, trying to remember what to buy and earning some weird stares from the people from the stalls. What was this girl up to? They probably thought, Nothing, just being awkward her own mind answered. She hovered around the fruit stall, looking at all the shapes and colours. What to do, what to do.

[Ian Grim]

Ian walked through the streets of the city he called home wearing what he normally would wear underneath a large jet black trench coat with the collar spiked up and black gloves. He hated the winter time mainly because of the cold weather and the season of being with family, seeing how dysfunctional his family was it was never that good of a season for Ian just yelling and more yelling.

"You sure the demon's here?" Ian asked Carol who was on the phone with him. He was just recently assigned a mission where he was to locate and kill a demon who was posing as a human and attacking young women.

"Yes the demon is in the area. The human the demon is posing as is a adult male about 5' 10" tall and blonde short hair with a scar over one eye," Carol said with a bit of anger in her voice. She too had been attacked by a demon once before somewhat like this and wasn't happy to see another demon doing something like this.

"Alright Ian out," Ian said as he hug up his phone and put it in his pants pocket as he started to scan the area. He walked past groups of people looking around for his demon No one seemed to match the description Carol had gave him some were close but not exactly it.

There you are Ian thought to himself as he noticed the fake human walk up to a blonde woman in a white coat and blue hat. If this woman got in his way she'd end up with a red hat and coat. The demon looked like he wanted to make this woman his next target. Ian would wait to make certain this was his man so he stood at a distance, his blood red eyes glaring at the two from a distance, if anyone where to notice him the first thing they would see are his bright blood red eyes staring.

[Slivsoul]

The girl stared at the fruit, her green eyes glimmering with a sense of spacey confusion. She couldn't help but notice the red sheen of the apples, they were so red against the pale colours. They almost seemed stained with this vibrant colours. In reality the apples looked normal but her mind was obsessing over the incident. It was a fixation she could not ignore, her stomach clenched up at the strike of a memory. She grabbed at her stomach area, her fingers pressing into it. Finally the female repressed the memory, burying it underneath the thoughts that she distracted herself with. Renae couldn't think about it, the blood, the shrieks or anything; all she could- "Oye! Lady, are you going to buy something?!"

[/color] The stall owner's voice was gruff and demanding, wondering if the odd girl in front of her was a shoplifter.

"Um, yes. Sorry sir, I'll take-"[/color] She started to answer, until something caught her eye. Walking towards her was a man with blond hair, like hers and a scar over one of his eyelids. He looked odd but seemed interested in her, it made her wary but maybe it was something about her. "Uh, hello."[/color] She started off saying, looking over the man again. "Is-is there anything I could help you with?" She asked with a stutter. It's probably a normal interaction, right? Right?[/size][/blockquote]

[Ian Grim]

The man made a devilish smile when the woman had began to talk to him. He figured this would be easy prey seeing as he didn't even have to say anything and she was talking to him. Now he would play it up and bit and lure her away from the crowd so he can take care of her.

"Actually miss could you help me with something real quick. I need some help with something in that alleyway and would like some assistance I'll fill you in on the way," The man said with a kind smile and pointed over to the alleyway where he wanted to take the woman.

Ian stood and watched the man and woman his finger getting trigger happy, it had been a while since he last killed anything and wanted his next kill to be this demon. If the woman were to follow Ian would be mere feet behind them getting ready to kill the demon. He's blood red eyes still shine in his sunglasses.

[Slivsoul]

As soon as that smile crept on the lips of the stranger, Renae felt a shiver go through her. The was the same smile that her co-workers made on the job, the smile of a devious plan hatching. Cruel and cold-blooded, that was what the person wore on his face. The small action opened waves upon waves of uncertainty to Renae, her mind juggling the possibilities. Even if that little spark of devilishness faded, in lingered in her mind. Besides, those words seemed so fake. Putting herself together again the female concluded what could happen, he was most likely a rapist, or a petty murderer or.. at the worse a demon. Though, she could handle all of the above. During this the human looked over the man, no horns and no fangs. Maybe a rapist, but if so she could give a warning to him, this was all to reassure herself though. In reality, the blonde did not know if she could handle killing him.

No! Not kill! Scare, I'm going to scare him! Maybe knock him out and report him to the authorities. Not kill.. blood..

Her expression changed from uncertainty to a little smile; eyes lighting up. "Okay, you lead the way." She suggested. Her left arm moved to undo her coat zipper, revealing her attire being tight light blue jeans and a white dress shirt. The man would have only been able to see the front part of the holster, not the guns that were hidden to her sides. "Don't mind me, it's getting warm." She spoke cheerfully, waiting for the man.

[Ian Grim]

The scarred man would lead the blonde woman into the alleyway and lead her to their destination, he wouldn't pay attention to what the woman had just did. He would not say anything and it would get surprisingly dark and eerie. He would then lead her to a deadend and turn around to face the woman with a devilish smile.

"So this is the place," He said his voice now sounding a bit gravely. The woman would then notice that his skin was starting to flake off and the man would start to laugh creepily.

Ian ran around the corner to the alley way and noticed the man had started to shed his human skin and to his demon form. It looked more like a huge reptile rather than a demon. It had snake like scales and spikes coming out of its back and some spiking out of its tail. The demon had razor sharp claws and teeth both looked like they wanted to shred something apart.

"Great this one looks interesting," Ian said as he walked over passing the blonde woman. He smiled as it seemed the demon had finished transforming. The black scales of the demon caught Ian's attention maybe he could kill it and then skin it and then use the scales for something.

"You might want to get out of here lady this might get a bit messy," Ian said with a smirk as he pulled out Cross Grave and then pressed a button turning on the beam katana.

"You think you can kill me human?!" The demon growled as he got eye to eye with Ian and stuck his tug out at the bounty hunter almost licking his sunglasses.

"I don't think I know," Ian said as he noticed something. There were lesser demon's coming from the walls, weak looking demons though they all wore hoods and carried scythes. So this demon had partners eh? There were at least three demons that came from the walls this might a bit hectic.

[Slivsoul]

The girl timidly followed, her heart pounding in her chest. She was making a stupid move, she knew but what happens if other people got hurt because of this man? The blonde cringed; if she didn't do something then no one might. As they entered the alley, the girl's right hand went into her coat, reaching for the holster which carried one of the guns she had named "Bolverk". Her slim fingers rested upon it, soon they would draw the white metal weapon. Most people become frightened at the site of being aimed at, but with all of these demons around lately it might have just been better to suffer a quick death as torture seemed to be relatable with demons. To no surprise, it was a dead end. The alley way stopped and there were only wall around them, they were alone; only each other. Bolverk was drawn in her right hand as the stranger turned around. This was it..

That skin. Renae's eyes widened at the sight; it was disgusting but reveal her worst fears. A demon. Not just any, not just a drone but something powerful and bloodthirsty. For a second, the girl let out a muffled whimper at the horrifying lizard, her eyes traced over all of the spikes and scales. A slight reminiscence of the blood on the white tiled floor of the laboratory came to mind. This demon, they could dissect it. It would help them with their research on devil anatomy. Her fingers clenched the gun, everything seemed to happen in a blur. The demon hunter, this title came without a doubt, had walked past her. He urged her to leave and in reality she would have ran. Turn back and forget what happened today, go back to her apartment and cry out of fear. Yet her feet did not dare to move.

Perhaps, it was a good thing that she did not run. Lesser demons, perhaps attracted to the larger one began coming out of the walls of the alleyway. She scanned the area, hooded skeletal like demons. They had been speaking, the demon and the hunter, but finally breaking out of the trance Renae suddenly blurted out, "No, wait! Don't kill it! I need it!"

[/color] This was odd of a young girl to say but her reasons were that of her position. She pulled out the other gun, holding both of them out. She needed to take care of the lessers, the female aimed at two of them. Firing a shot at both of them, hopefully catching the left one in the head and the other in the shoulder.


Please let there be no blood[/size][/blockquote]

[Ian Grim]

"The hell do you mean by you need it?!" Ian asked angrily as he turned around glaring at the woman thinking that this woman was crazy or something.

The demons the woman had shot at both got hit bye the bullets in their aimed spots. One went down and two more demons took its place coming out of the floor and wall. The other one that got shot took the hit and kept slowly creeping toward the hunter and blonde woman.

"You need me? Ha! No human could possibly contain me!" The reptile demon laughed as he then swung his spiked tail at Ian. Ian wasn't paying attention and when he turned around he had mere seconds to bring up Cross Grave to block the attack. The impact of the tail still sent Ian crashing into the brick wall on the right side.

He cursed under his breath as he slid down the wall a bit back onto his feet. Ian then charged at the larger demon as the demon charged at him. The demon used its claws to slash Ian but the human was fast enough to block its attacks. More lesser demons came from the walls starting to surround Ian and the woman. Ian then took out Black Rose and started to shoot at some of them only taking down about two of them and injuring a third.

"It's pointless to try and kill me Demon Hunter I am to strong for you," The largest Demon laughed. Ian smirked and the two clashed again struggling to knock the other back.

[Slivsoul]

Both of the shots hit, to her relief but only one of them went down. One down, one to- two to go. From the portal it seemed that two new enemies took the place of their dead ally. Almost like the mythological hydra, cutting off the heads of the lessers just wasn't going to work. Teeth gritted in fear, the female heard the response of the male to her statement. Renae looked him dead in the face, he looked normal and human except for.. those eyes. The girl had not seen them before, or just looked past them but now seeing them glare in frustration and anger she realized the colour. The irises of this man were a vibrant red, not a human colour. Was this man a half breed? Though the female had no time to conclude.

The demon replied too, she marvelled at his haughtiness. The young woman had not been sent on missions to retrieve demons, of course, she was new and inexperienced but it was amazing to see one in action and at the same time, scarier than anything she had seen. It was only then she remembered to respond to the man's question. "Um, I want to dissect him. I work at-" Cut off by the demon's tail striking the devil hunter, a loud noise was heard as the man(?) attempted to block the strike only to be sent flying into the wall. "Oh!" She gasped in response, completely forgetting the situation she was in as concern grew for the boy.

He was alright, he got up at least. The demon and the stranger seemed to clash, the lizard's thoughts obviously not on her in the least. Taking her eyes off of the struggle, Renata became aware of a horrible sight indeed. The lesser demons had surround her and the boy, while she had been gawking! Oh, this was bad, very bad. She looked around, one had been making it's way up to her. Almost there. The girl aimed at it with both of her pistols, shooting it dead in the chest four times. It went down, turning into sand. A tinge of pain went through her heart as she realized the severity of this situation. There were tons of demons and only one of her. The demon hunter could only hold off the stronger demon for so long too. Her green eyes welled up with tears, a juvenile reaction from one not always on the field. She was going to cry...

Perhaps, perhaps if she shot the lizard. The girl's guns began to glow, a light blue hue. She fired then fired two needle like laser objects at the devil, hopefully hitting him in the neck area. Though this did not stop there, she turned and shot two other of these objects at two of these lesser demons. But they were surrounded.. it was pointless. Tears streamed down her cheeks. Rookie.

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[Ian Grim]

"Damn it!" Ian growled as the lizard demon has pushed him back. He clashed a few more times with the demon before it used its large tail to smash it into the hunter sending him flying almost completely out of the alleyway. This guy was beginning to get on Ian's nerves and the woman being there wasn't helping either. That damn demon had just sent him flying into the air and landing hard on the concrete floor.

People stared at Ian before he slowly got back up and ran down the alley again. What had that woman said again? She wants to disect him?! What was this some kind of high school biology lab?! He was going to kill this demon and get his money that's all he cared about. The six lesser demons that were left stop going for the blonde woman and turned around to go after Ian, the shots the woman fired did take two of the down however as they turned around. Two more demons wearing red cloaks came from the walls. They were much faster than the other lesser demons and came dashing toward Ian swinging their scythes at him. He quickly used Cross Grave to block the two scythes and shot at two other lesser demons as he struggled to get the red cloaked demons off of him.

The Lizard demon, who was distracted by Ian flying through the air, didn't notice Renae at first but when he did he tried to dodge the attack but got hit in the side of his stomach when he tried to move out of the way. He let out a groan of pain as he then glared at the human female that just shot him. The lizard demon then got very close to her, face to face with a devils grin.

"Now it's just you and me little girl," He laughed as he opened his mouth a bit showing off his razor sharp teeth. He then stuck his long tongue out and wiggled it in front of the woman just to freak her out. Ian watched as the lizard demon got closer to the girl he had to get over there before she got killed. He then winced when he felt a sharp pain in his side.