(Brilliant picture provided by Endless Void.)
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A vile and thick fog filled the streets of mega city as pale moonlight clung to the outlines of shadows and illuminated the mist. Block after block of the city was completely deserted and empty save for the
silvery fog rolling around aimlessly, ceaselessly spreading. The street lights flickered quietly to themselves, as if silent resistance to the fog was slowly failing them as even their light did little more
then fall easily into the nothingness below. A trip down a small alleyway, not even a side street would yield the sight of two men outside a rough looking metal door, the first was pressed against the wall,
his arm held behind his back. The other held it in place with ease as his eyes looked over the door.
"This is it then?" The one staring at the door asked.
"Yes!" The other replied in agony his resistance only causing him more pain.
With his free hand he reached down and opened the door, and stared curiously at the door on the outside of a building that lead to the outside of another building. With a twist of his occupied hand he forced
his friend through the door and followed closely behind, closing the door after him. They emerged on a street facing a small city block, but behind them there was a seemingly endless ocean of grey nothingness.
Tree's and cars floating around at different heights, a pink and blue sky painted above them but below the city block was nothing - it seemed to float there aimlessly.
"What is this place?"
"Heck if i know but i showed you where it is - can i go now?"
"What? - Oh yeah sure, i'm done with you."
The man's scream filled the air for only a short while as he plummeted into the grey abyss below, his features growing smaller and smaller until he could be seen no longer, Darminian brushed his hands and moved
towards the city block. After wandering aimlessly for a short while he came across an area similar to debir court - it's strange familiarity was upset by an even stranger feeling in his gut. He moved across the
court taking in the sights and sounds, there wasn't the familiar echo of traffic or people through the area, but it seemed so similar - the faintest footsteps could be heard close by - very close by.
A gloved hand reached into his coat slowly before flying out of it with a pistol in hand. As he looked to where he'd heard the steps the gentle wizzing of the shuriken cutting through the air caught him off guard as it planted itself in his thigh. Where his aim rested he'd barely caught a glimpse of a long strand of material at around head height zipping by the dumpsters quickly. He lead the target on and fired a few shots, ripping the shuriken out of his thigh he chased after the target. Where the shots had landed there was a piece of stray material - a headband of sorts. His attention quickly turned to his side and he saw the target flee through a nearby door.
Minutes later he was creeping up on the target along the catwalk of a warehouse - her frame was slender and she wore a traditional style gi, her headband was something out of an old ninja movie he inched closer, sure he'd not been detected when to his absolute surprise she'd spun on the spot and kicked him in the head, sending him toppling over the edge of the catwalk. His body hit the ground with a loud thud, as he groaned in pain rolling onto his back and staring upwards - before he'd even turned all the way over his eyes caught the woman falling through the air towards him - her knees extended to collide with him. In the last possible second he rolled to his side and watched her collide with the ground, her eyes turned to look at him sprawled on his back with his pistol pointed right at her - two shots rang out and she crumpled to the floor.
Getting to his feet he began to dust himself off as he watched the cloud of smoke show up and the body dissapear - in the same instant a wrecking ball of force collided with his back sending him across the floor, he turned in time to
see another female ninja of a different color standing before him - poised in a martial arts stance.
"what in the hel..."
The woman reached into her gi and withdrew a few shurikens aiming down at her target- when suddenly a black hole of code ripped itself wide in the wall of the warehouse and both parties stared dumb-struck at it - a long black tentacle
ripped forwards and gripped the ninja's leg dragging it towards the hole. She kicked and shoved and clawed trying to keep herself in place but to no avail as her frame was sucked into the blackness and dissapeared. There was a sort of slurping popping noise that emmanated from the wall before it seemed to pour itself from the brick and stone into a man's frame. Darminian looked on in surprise before it all started to make sense - the white haired individual with no eyes stretched out in a strange inhuman manner before licking his fingers lightly.
"Ah - here you are Darminian."
"Bottomless......what a.....pleasure?" He asked more then stated.
The void seemed to float more then walk towards him as he turned his head in another inhuman fashion a dark and playful manner present despite the fact that he'd literally just consumed a code entity whole.
"I understand you're the man to see about kernel acquisition."
"Uh...yeah i know how to get them."
The void offered a hand to him while he was on the floor, the look of bewilderment of Darminian's face said volumes about the awkwardness of the situation, a moment passed before he accepted it, half expecting to come to the same fate as the ninja he'd just encountered.
"Do you think you could help me acquire one?"
"I...uh... tell you what - " He finally manged the cogs finally working again.
"You help me take care of this little ninja problem, and i'll help you deal with those oligarch code puppets."
Darminian spit out noting that in a cloud of smoke another ninja had arrived. The void turned with a sigh, before kicking the ninja into a pile of boxes just beyond the two of them.
"Very well human."
"Easy now bottomless - they seem to be getting stronger."
The two turned to watch as the same ninja emerged from the box with twice as many shurikens in it's hands.
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The stuff you really care about!
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Tommorow we will be farming a ninja box or two in Sati's construct before moving the entire group to the oligarch hide out to help anyone who wants a kernel get one - it's going to be sloppy and chaotic, but the goal is to get enough people on board to overpower the stupidity.
We'll meet up in the warehouse in sati's to start off with kuniochi box then move on to the construct where in which the team or hopefully teams will be recalled and an order of loot we'll be sorted out, i'll be staying until everyone has one or my eyes fall out of my head.
Yes endlessvoid will be making a cameo, no he won't be signing autographs.
