cal and shade stop at the gate of the graveyard to be greated by some police man
Meanwhile Mabel looks for a couple to test out her new Voice. As well as her Eyes.
There are two cards inside, a black and a white one.
@FadeBlade @Ami
Cal: Oh, thank god.
Officer: Evening. Which one of you called?
Cal: Him.
Officer: So you said something about public disturbance?
He turns to Fade
@PolikShadowbliss
As a matter of fact, one is making out under a street light.
(Iāll suppose I can advance to the next day now yay also do I have enough for my 2nd gen to activate?).
Thomas wakes up into the morning by once more his phone ringing, apparently he slept trough his alarms.
Hello, Thomas here.
E: Hey Thomas I looked at these images you sent me aobut that language and I corss referenced them, nothing came up. Litteraly nothing.
T: So it isnāt a variant of any known language?
E: My best guess itās encrypted and decrypted the language is alphanumeric but I canāt even guess to start trying to crack this one, where did you even find this?
T: During one of my cases, either way thanks for the help, Iāll let you know if I find anythign that could help solve this, also itās nice hearing from you again.
E: Sure thing, and itās been nice spekaing to you Tommy, but I have to go, weāll talk another time.
With that Emma ahngs up the line. Thomas sits down on his bed and spaces a bit out thinking about everything that happened.
As the couple kisses under the dim street light, Mabel sees their sin. It isnāt very pretty. The manās a professional lounge lizard, to use an old term. He lives through swindling stupid lonely middle aged women. He had three victims in the last 12 days. It comes with numerous lies, naturally.
The woman isnāt much better. She used her husbandās money to gamble. She left her husband after she ran into a debt and met the lounge lizard.
@AgentBoin
(Just RP the gen-up)
Thereās a letter. Looks like heās called as a witness. The trial is in two days.
Mabel walks over to them, switching over to her Voice.
"Ah so sweet. The sloth and gambler making out in the moonlight."
Mabel doesnāt flatter as they turn to her.
"It must suck to be in the bed of this loser, isnāt it, young lady and you young man, wouldnāt it be better if you didnāt have to worry about this dept she owes people? Who knows? Maybe she will steal your money and run off with it. And you wouldnāt want to lose that hard-earned cash now would you?"
Her smile grows wider.
āIt is either you or her. You or him. Which one? You canāt live together forever you know.ā
Thomass mind is foggy and to clear it he decides to take some morning practice before breakfast with the mana balls in the same allyway behind the appartment building like he did yesterday
Thomas shoots several mana balls at cans placed at varying distances and heights just to see how good his aim is with these things
A warm feeling and clarity seem to spread trough his body and Thomas evenr ealises itās form the card in his pocket which he hadnāt touched sicnehe put it there. He decides to pull out the card realising itās shining and new text has appeared on it.
What the hell? Thomas reads the new text
2. Arcane knowledge Thomas scratches his head and then the clarity comes back. Thomas realises immediately that it has to do with the book.
Thomas heads back into his appartment and puts the book on the table and opens it. The language still canāt be read. Thomas focuses harder using the mana like he did with his hands.
The text starts to change revealingā¦
Both of them frown with distate as Mabel approach them. But as she recites their past, that distate turns into anger.
Woman: Piss off! Donāt act like you know everything about us. Am I right, darling?
Man: Whatās this about debt? I thought you said you have no ready money because your husband hasnāt sent you any.
The woman laughs and waves her hand in front of her mouth, as if trying to swipe the matter aside. Her laugh sounds forced and panic can clearly be seen in her eyes.
Woman: Oh, I was hard up a few times because of some rigged games I played. Nothing to worry about. Letās go to our usual bar, okay sweetheart?
She tries to pull his arm away from Mabel. He doesnāt budge.
Man: ā¦sorry darling. I just remembered about an appointment with a business partner tonight. Maybe-
Woman: I knew it! Youāre sleeping with other women, arenāt you?
Man: So what if I am? Iām literally your other man, you slut!
Woman: Donāt call me that with that filthy mouth of yours! You-
The argument escalates quickly into a shouting fight. The couple both strain their voice to overcome the loud music from a nearby bar.
Mabelās Voice is now a whisper that can only be heard by the man and the woman.
Thatās right. Fight! Itās you or the other. Fight and let blood reign.
(Dama, would it make more sense to have Lillian or other stop by the graveyard earlier today or the next day?)
Basic elemental magic. Neat. It covers many things you expect to be able to use as novice mage in RPG game; Fireball, earth spike, wind gust, splash- Holy hell itās more complicated than game. It will take time to learn them.
@Polikshadowbliss
Woman: You said Iām the only one you will ever love and now you-
Man: Shutupshutupshutup SHUTUP YOU B*TCH!
The man charges at the woman. His eyes are wild. His hands are targetting her small, fragile neck. The woman screams, but he keeps charging in, and the next thing that happensā¦
fat, drops of blood taints the street red. The woman is trembling. Her hands are holding a pocket knife, the same knife that now pierce the manās heart. Cough of bloods escape the man as he falters and falls slumped on the street.
Woman: i-I didnāt mean to kill him! He made me do this! I would have died if I didnāt kill him, right? What I did is self defense, right?
She turns to Mabel. Her tear stricken face smears her make up. Her eyes shine of desperation. Her face pleads for redemption. For someone to tell her she isnāt wrong.
Mabel trembles as she looks at the dead man, trying to keep a smile from entering her face.
As a result it takes a while for her to compose herself to meet the woman face to face.
āYes, yes, it was self-defense. He attacked you first and you reacted. Entirely self-defense.ā
Woman: Heh. Hehe. Heheheheehehehehehehehe. I wasnāt wrong. It was totally self defense, you hear? Iām not wrong and you are dead. Serves you right. Hehe.
The womanās hands droop to her side. A shout comes from the direction of the bar. A leaver sees the bloodied man and the knife in her hand. But the woman keeps giggling.
Mabel blends into the shadows and quickly leaves the scene.
Just as she does that, she feels her card vibrate and feels more power come over her. But she doesnāt know what it is. Smiling wickedly, she quickly returns to her apartment.
Once she enters her apartment, Mabel jumps on her bed and laughs manically as she looks at the next ability. Oh, this is going to be fun.