Re: Runic

[Book the Hero]

James paused, turning to the alley where he heard sobbing. "Hello, is something wrong?" He asked, taking a step towards it, before hesitating. Something didn't feel right, but he had another feeling, that told him that it would be in his best interest to continue forwards, toward it.

[Shadoe Mayari]

Something hissed at James and a pair of red glowing eyes stared at him through the darkness. The glow illuminated a small Hispanic girl, soaked by the rain, being strangled by a long, bony hand. There was also the corpse of a woman who appeared to be the girl's mother nearby.

[Book the Hero]

James eyes widened, before he dashed forward, and ripped the hand off of the girl's next, before kicking the thing back. "Stay away from her!"

[Shadoe Mayari]

The "thing" appeared to be a zombified woman with a hunchback and unusually long and sharp fingers. However, the floating Runes all over her scantily-clad body showed that she was a Madness Runic. As she was kicked, she dropped the little girl but remained rooted in place. She growled and tried to scratch and grab her attacker.

The little girl hit the ground and rolled up into a ball, crying. There were several scratch and bite marks all over her, however they didn't appear to be from the Madness Runic.

[Book the Hero]

James punched his attacker, his hands beginning to light up with fire. Great...another one of these things...

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne walked hand in hand with Sam the final few blocks to the store. Shopping wasn't exactly his favorite thing to do in the world but it was much more bearable with Sam with him. As they walked in he let go of her hand and grabbed a cart. "Do you need anything?" he asked Sam.

[Rose Hathaway]

"Just some basic toiletries. Toothbrush, toothpaste, soap, shampoo, hairbrush. Stuff like that. Do you want to get started and I'll go grab that stuff and meet you wherever you are?" She asked him. Sam was more reluctant to go back home and get those things now that her house was probably swarming with cops and social workers or god only knows who.

[blackoutEquinox]

"Well uhm, uh, you should probably get that stuff. I actually know what I have at my house for the most part. Like the fact that we ran out of cookies mysteriously." Wayne laughed a little loud as he said the cookies thing. "So we're gonna need stuff to make more cookies and things to actually make some decent food." Wayne started walking off to start his little shopping adventure. "Come find me in the fresh produce when you're done with all your hygienic stuffs!"

[Rose Hathaway]

"Alright." She said, knowing what he was probably thinking she was getting. That wasn't necessary right now, it could wait for a couple weeks. She went back to the aisles where everything she needed was, and grabbed a cheap wire hairbrush and a package of ponytails. Sam then found her favorite soap and shampoo along with a package of disposable razors before grabbing the toothbrush and toothpaste. With her selections close to falling out of her arms, she wandered back to the produce, found Wayne, and dumped everything in the cart. "Much better." She smiled.

[blackoutEquinox]

"Well that was fast," Wayne hadn't even finished buying all of his organic food stuff yet. "Now that you're done here will you help me finish shopping around here. And by helping I mean going off to find some food you'll eat besides noodles in various soups." Wayne had weird diet based on the fact that he ate a lot of homemade noodles. He loved noodles. And cake. Lots and Lots of cake.

[Rose Hathaway]

"Noodles are good. I'll eat mostly anything besides fish, because fish is nasty. So, really, I don't care." She shrugged. Sam was used to throwing weird things together, since her mother was often at work, so this wasn't a big deal. She grabbed a package of baby carrots though, deciding to get some spicy ranch later for dipping, and also grabbed a package of Hearts of Romaine to use for lunches or sides for dinner.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne and Sam walked around the store and together were quickly able to finish the shopping. As they walked out of the store after paying Wayne noticed it was still raining. "You know this is why I wish I had a car sometimes. Things like this would be a lot easier." He stepped out with his share of the groceries and started walking back home at a faster pace than what he walked to get there.

[Rose Hathaway]

Sam grabbed the remainder of the bags and tried to keep up with him, despite the cold rain. Several minutes later, the pair returned to the apartment. She went in the kitchen and set the bags on the counter before starting to put stuff away in their respective places.

[Shadoe Mayari]

The light from the fire appeared to make the Runic even more angrier, however the flames were quickly doused by the rain. The Madness Runic pulled herself up, took a few seconds to balance, and clumsily ran towards James. Her clawed hand appeared to grow larger as she tried to swipe him.

Isabella was still knocked out on the couch.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne put his bags on the counter and started helping to put all the groceries away too. With two people helping it took half the time Wayne usually took. When all the groceries were put away Wayne took off his jacket, after he took his weapon out, and put it up. "You should probably go find some clothes and shower or something. Being cold isn't all that great. And I'll need to shower after you too, so hurry please."

[Rose Hathaway]

"Alright." she said, and took the toiletries and gathering them all in one bag. She unwrapped the things she needed, took a quick shower, and wrapped herself up in a towel and retrieved her clean clothes from the dryer. Wayne must have switched them in last night. She dressed and hung the towel up before coming back with a hairbrush and her toothbrush to let Wayne know it was his turn.

[blackoutEquinox]

Wayne got up and went into his room to get some clean clothes. HE walked into the bathroom and noticed that Sam had left her dirty clothes in there, so he just kicked them out of the bathroom. Before he shut the door he said, "Hey Sam come get your clothes." The door was shut and Wayne quickly undressed and hopped in the shower. The warm water quickly expelled the chill from his body. His shower didn't take long and he was quickly dressed and back out in the kitchen, after he put his dirty clothes away.

[Rose Hathaway]

"Oops." she said to herself before throwing the dirty clothes in the washing machine. She didn't know where else to put them. She returned to the kitchen and saw it was nearly lunch time now. She pulled out the bag of lettuce and spicy ranch along with the croutons and dumped some of it on a plate. She did the same for Wayne only without the dressing, deciding that he may want some other kind.

She looked up when he came back. "Lunch is ready. Pick whatever dressing you want." she said, getting a fork and sitting on the counter to eat. "Isabella hasn't woken up. Is she one of those people who sleeps until noon like a normal teenager?" she asked. Isabella hadn't said much while they were with her, more like a tagalong they knew was there but didn't talk to. She probably didn't want to say much either. "And James hasn't come back either."

[Book the Hero]

Shit... James mentally cursed, before ducking down below, avoiding the attack. Now in a more tactical position, he punched upward, punching the lady while jumping into the air, before spinning, and landing on the ground facing her.

SHORYUKEN!

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OOC: If you want to know what James just did, go here: http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Shoryuken

[Shadoe Mayari]

The Runic fell to the ground limply, a dark red aura forming around her. She raised a clawed hand and threw several sharp spikes headed towards James and the little girl, who was still curled up in a ball. The puddles around the poor girl suddenly became restless, very small waves forming in them.

[Book the Hero]

Fuck! James thought, before jumping in between the attack and the girl, his arms raised up, to block the attack. The spikes pierced into his arms, causing hi to curse out loud, before he quickly pulled them out, his wounds already began to heal.

[Shadoe Mayari]

The girl poked her head up, her eyes wide in horror. She rubbed her eyes, trying to keep herself from crying. "Enough..."
The Madness Runic suddenly stopped moving. The water around her was frozen solid. She managed to fire a few more spikes before she was completely incapacitated.

[Book the Hero]

"No way..." James said, before turning to the girl. She's a Runic! He thought. She probably just became one, after being touched by the Madness Runic, so that means the runes should be on her neck, right?

[Shadoe Mayari]

There were no Runes on the girl's neck, instead there was one near one of the bite marks on her leg. "...She's trying to break out," the girl said, staring at the frozen Madness Runic. "She's really hurt..." She stood up and cautiously approached the Runic, forcing herself to cry.

[Book the Hero]

"Wait, don't go near her, she isn't human anymore!" James shouted, rushing over.

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