The Party NCRP

Another Chance
Kado sits alone outside the Party, his mask on, a prominent crack can be seen on it from the events of the Siege. He says not a word, but gazes off to the east.

Akami: *slowly walks up to Kado* What's on your mind now, Avo?

"..." He says nothing, looking at the setting sun.

Akami: *sits down next to him. Her face has a large gash across her face, her hair somewhat shorter than usual, and her right arm is casted. She looks at the sunset and smiles* The most beautiful sight in the world, isn't it?

"...A meadow of every color flower, the most heavenly birds in choir, and the most perfect of skies, would mean nothing to me right now." He says very quietly.

Akami: *her smile fades* I apologize, Kado...That you couldn't save her...And there is nothing more I can say that will make you forgive yourself for not making it up to her...Sometimes you just wind up saving everyone else except for the person you want save...But I'm still proud of you.*reaches with her left hand and touches his shoulder* For giving it your all. *stands to her feet and begins to walk off*

Kado remains there until the sun has completely fallen, then silently retreats inside.

''Back at in The Slums, there are wounded laid out across the rubble of their home. Not a a single house stands and no water runs. Only a few huts remain and a small water fall trickles through the rocks. People light small candles to see what they're doing.''

Kado looks about for a moment, before heading in deeper.

''Kado travels through a tunnel and after a good while comes to the other side, where the ground is smooth pavement and he looks around at what looks like a section of an empty ally. There is a two-story make-shift house.''

"..." He looks it over.

''There he sees a neon sight light up on the side saying 'Vacation Home'. The house looks sturdy, though the only concer is the way the second floor is shifter half-way off the bottom floor. There he hear coughing.''

"...Hello?"

Obi: Shhhh, it's the blonde. If we ignore 'em he'll go away.
Akami: Dad, you do know Segs is right beside you, right?

Obi: ....Damn. Alright, Alright. COME IN, FAGGOT!

Kado quietly opens the door. "Love you too gramps."

''Once Kado enters, he realizes that the house is alot stuffier than it looks outside. There he sees pillows, plastic crates, and tin plate sheets taking up most of the space. In front of him is a rusty-looking ladder.''

Kado ignores the ladder and just jumps straight up and onto the next floor.

''On the top floor, Kado sees Akami, Segura, and Obi sitting on the ground. Segura has his forehead wrapped in bandaesaswell as his arms and legs. Obi on the other hand is hooked up to a respirator and some of his left side is covered in some vile black and pink fluid. Behind the three are 2 sets of bunk beds, though under the bottom of one of the bunk beds is a freezer.''

"Hmm, knew I should have brought you that iced tea stuff you liked. Not looking so hot chief."

Obi: 'Course not.

Segura: He's dying...

Obi: Fuck you, I ain't dyin'! Not yet. And I was going to tell him myself! Whenever it concerned him...

Kado sighs. "I apologize for being the bane of your existence Obi." He makes a distinct effort to avoid the phrase Obi doesn't like, not wanting to deal with the drama.

Obi: Did you give me cancer?

"No. You still act like I am."

Obi: Well you didn't. I don't treat you like cancer cause cancer can't be treated. Atleast not my kind anyway. I treat you like a blonde. Stupid. But not as stupid when you first waltzed up in here.

Akami: Heh, even Obi's proud of you.

Obi: 'ey man, let's not go too far with that noise. I'm saying he did alright.

"...If you say so."

Torem comes through the door, mildly bruised. "We're back!'

Arnak appears to slowly walk into the room with everyone else, seemingly oddly fine compared to everyone else.

Obi: What is it you got?

Torem: We're going to be stuck down here for awhile. We lack the numbers to get us any form of income from the surface. We'll have to count on Kabuki and the Guilty Titans to provide for us for awhile.

Obi: Anything else?

"Things are still absolutely shitty, but I think you know that already." Arnak makes an exasperated sigh as he sits down.

Obi: Well duh.

Torem: I made you a sandwhich. *gives Obi a peanut-butter and jelly sandwhich*

Obi: Yaaaaay! *removes his respirator, takes the sandwich and begeins to munch it down* Thanks.

Segura: So dad. Next move?

Obi: Fuck you, I'm eating.

"Im surprised you're still even capable of eating."

Obi: Fuck cancer, I'm eating. *finishes the sandwhich*

Torem: How is he?

Obi: *looks over at the cooler, then looks back at Torem* Chillin'. *smiles*

Torem: *gives Obi some what of an mad face*

Obi: Bitch! *gets up in a flash and is up close in Torem's face* You tryin' to give me some look?!

Torem: ...No sir.

Obi: You better not. Now make me another sandwhich... *slowly walks backwards to his spot and sits down. Put's his respirator back on*

Torem: *turns and jumps down to the first floor*

Akami: To be honest dad, that was- *takes a look at Obi and sees him with a facial express that just says 'I dare you'. She is taken back by this look*

Obi: You have something to say to me, Red...?

Akami: *turns and looks away from Obi's gaze* No sir...

Obi: Uh huh...*looks away* That's what I thought...

Kado eyes Akami for a moment, before looking at Obi. "Is this really the right time? If you all are too busy matching dicks, I'll be helping with repairs. The lord knows they need help out there."

Obi: Why measure when everyone knows mine is the biggest. Besides, the city was abandoned anyway. Trying to fix it woldn't do much. We brought everyone we could back down to The Slums. The M.C.C.P are scouting out damages across the whole world. Their Grand Salvaging...That's why I've decided...We need to move. Away from here and 600 miles north...Then 800 northeast...If I'm not mistaken...

Akami: Why can't we go over to The Copper Diamonds? They're much closer.

Obi: They took a hit too. Enough for them to be taking on water. They're rebuilding because it can be done. But not this though. We took a very massive hit, one we can't come back from I'm afraid. So we go to the other orginization left standing: The Guilty Titans. Not only that, The M.C.C.P will still start to scower about for any 'terrorist' groups or any armed forces. The Copper Diamonds are one of them. Not a good place for our sick and wounded and not a good position to them neither. We'd just be a distraction for their problem too. The Guilty Titans are the only oens that will give us what we need and places to stay.

"Hmm. I can repair damage to the underground readily enough, as well as restore our vital areas to buy time if needed."

"I'll be joining Kado with his repairs then, might as well make some use of me. And to humor you Obi, you already know I can manipulate my body so regardless I will have the biggest." Arnak gives a strange laugh, before his face quickly reverts back to its serious tone.

Obi: As much as I like the sound of that, I'm going to have to say no. And when I mean 'no', I mean hell no. To your idea and to anyone who believes they have a bigger dick than me. We  maybe able to repair everything but the M.C.C.P. well just come strollin' around here and recking it all. And due to the information from these cassette tapes. *mations to a box filled with cassette tapes* We basically fucked ourselves over and now tanks to cotdamn freakin' aliens, the M.C.C.P will be back on the ball and packin' the heat. They're not going to let up once we find us...We...Are their mercy...Well we will be if we stay here. We are the partially able bodies that could combat them, but even if we did it wouldn't be enough to beat them. They will forever have the numbers that we don't and the fire-power to back up those numbers. I want to stay here...*sigh* but staying here is too risky. I don't care you guys think otherwise, I am not going to test those waters.

Arnak simply glances over to Obi, clearly thinking. "So what, you propose we just suddenly up and vanish without a trace? In what universe will the M.C.C.P not be able to find us regardless?"

"He's worried about the wrong things. But whatever. I'll just see to it that people aren't dropping dead like flies at the very least."

Obi: At the very least, you can tell them they have two days to pack their stuff up, cause we ain't stayin' here no more.

"It takes three days just for people to get off their asses here. But okay, let's see how this turns out. If anything there's clearly a few of us who can carry the weight of the others." Arnak's body seems to oddly shift as he stretches. "Either way im bored so I'm still going with you Kado."

"Whatever." He walks off.

Akami: Dad, do you really think it's the best for us to--

Obi: Bitch, are you questioning me?! *has his hand ready to swing*

Akami: No sir!

Obi: ...And yes, I am a hundreds precent sho'... We will just end up dead. We need to regroupd elsewhere. Not here. I know you don't want to leave, but atleast we stayed somwhere longer than just a day. But now, it's time for us to be moving again. We lost just about everything and everyone. We have to focus on getting back on our feet and working ourselves up from there.

Akami: *sighS* Yes sir.

Obi: This. Is for the best. We'll come back. Someday. You guys need to get packin' too. Take whatever clothes that isn't torn or burnt and take it with you.

Arnak dissapears with a shadow like flicker as he reappears next to Kado, slowly emerging from a nearby shadow as he walks beside him. "Are you ever going to fix that shatter in your veil?"

A flicker of red lightning like energy is Kado's only response apart from a grunt. He quietly approaches an elderly person and begins healing them with a soft blue light.

Torem walks by with a sandwhich in her hand, grumbling to herself

Arnak does nothing but sneer to himself as he idly looks to Torem, but shakes his head and waves. "Mind giving us a hand? Healing isn't exactly my...forte."

Torem: I'll come back when I give Obi his damned sandwhich...

"Obi comes first..." Kado grumbles to Arnak. "You might as well assume if they're doing something for Obi, he won't appreciate the delay."

"Like I said, I'm surprised that old fucker hasn't died yet. Strange how everyone still bends to his senile whims still."

"...If you're going to talk shit, then you should probably can it."

"Oh no im not talking shit, im saying what I truly believe. How else can someone act such a way and not be senile? But I digress." Arnak turns his hand into a bladed claw, quickly flexing his fingers around out of boredom. "How did you end up with Obi and everyone else anyway? I was never curious enough to ask."

"I ended up here because I was just another shithead like you. Don't talk crap about them, any of them. You haven't been here long enough to deserve that right."

Arnak merely laughs. "Would you rather me lie and be all nice and sweet like some sort of tiny fae? I may be a demon but in this specific case i'd rather speak the truth on what I think. I know that majority if not all people here have been through devastating things, you can see it in their eyes." He teleports onto a nearby roof, crouching down. "Dark, broken eyes."

Obi: *is sitting next to Arnak while eating a sandwhich* Da' Fuck are you doing up here?

Arnak grins and melds into a shadow on the floor, saying nothing to Obi as he appears back next to Kado. "I saw a few other people that appeared weak that seem to be of assistance in that direction." Arnak points left.

Torem: *jogs up behind them* Here. You said left?

Arnak nods. "I pointed, to be exact. But yes, left. You should likely head there before me and Kado do, Kado seems a bit occupied still at the moment with this unfortunate creature."

Torem: They're people. And if we do our part they won't have to be unfortunate. *jogs towards the other injured*

"Animals, people, myths, monsters, regardless of name they're all creatures. Its just that some are less of a creature than others." He seems to eye the person Kado is helping, but diverts his attnetion to Torem jogging away.

Kado finishes and moves on to the next injured person, working tirelessly.

Arnak eyes him for a moment before sighing. "...How can I assist these cr....people?"

"Heal whatever injuries they have, if you can't, see if you can stitch said injuries, if not, comfort them, be it via talking, amusement, whatever. Just don't stand around waiting for orders, just do what you think will help."

Arnak walks over to someone on the ground nearby, crouches down and touches the persons arm, and slowly a large gash on their shoulder begins to reform and heal.

'Thanks, hurts some though.'

"Better than nothing." He stands up and warps onto a building, looking around for more people.

''Arnack sees nothing but scraps and rubble. All he can see is a jet flying high in the sky.''

Kado manages to heal at least thirty additional people before retreating to rest.

Obi: *is laying on the freezer still hooked up to his respirator* Welcome back, faggot. Diner is on your bed. If you aren't hungry, give it to me and i'll put it up.

Kado doesn't acknowledge the insult, instead he heads for the bed and the food.

Obi: Did you tell everyone what I said?

"I'm not a messenger bird. There are more wounded than I can count, once we have bodies that are actually able, that's different." He sits down to eat.

"If I told them now there'd be a mad frenzy to get ready before they were actually capable of it. At the very least if someone is trampled by the time I'm done, they'll at least be able to get back up and not get flat out killed. Riot prevention one o one."

Obi: You take them for wussies. Once they're patched up, they're back up like roaches you try to kill but still keep movin'. They aren't like those softies up there. This is nothing for them, trust me.

"Precaution is my style. Carelessness is something I'm not fond of becoming. Even a single man down is another we can't easily replace."

Obi: Saying this like we're preparing to go to war.

"You're talking like there won't be. Things at this rate aren't going to change. ...Not even what we all went through, or her... ....her death will change that. Sure we've done a few things to try and set things on a different path...."

Obi: All thing work together for good. There was never a moment this shelter witnesses a bad day, even if it looked like it was. Thing was we got though it together.

"..."

Obi: Kado, you can do two things. Wimp out or jump with us. Either way, we're leaving.

"I refuse to leave anyone behind. Enough has been lost as is."

Obi: Who the hell said anything about that? *looks at the freezer under him* Was it you?

"You did, insinuating that I was 'wimping out'. The only thing I have said is my doubts that our course of action of late won't have the effect we want. Look at the destruction. It's everywhere. They will still blame myths even if we were the ones who helped stop the worst of it all. ...I'm only looking out for those around me Obi. You say they will be fine, but you can't make blanket statements like that and expect good results. If a single person falls behind and gets hurt or worse because I missed or assumed they were fine, that's a failure on my part. I've already failed enough people."

Obi: And you still talk like you're the only one here. No one is getting left behind. Not while I'm still throwin' this party.

"Hmmph." He finishes his meal, then begins to walk out.

Obi: Tell Torem to give me some miiiilk!

"Not messenger bird." He walks out, smacking the wall with his hand, and a portal opens up above Obi and drops a milk carton on him.

Obi: Thaaaaank you. *begins to chug milk down*

Arnak seems to be thinking in a corner of the room, his hand morphing slightly.

Akami: What all are you thinking about?

Segura: Contemplating our our weaknesses...?

Akami: Segura. Get out of here with your noise.

"No, I thought about that much much long ago. Just how...easily things have changed."

Akami: The life is like clay. You can mold it however you want it.

Segura: Yomething like you should know what it feels like.

Akami: Didn't I tell you to take a hike?

"No, you see clay hardens. At that point you can no longer mold it. When will be the time when this life hardens?"

Akami: The clay hardens, but atleast by that time you would made the life the way you wanted. Molding isn't the easiest when you don't know what you want.

"Did you know?"

Akami: About you?

"No, did you know what you want when you were molding the clay?"

Akami: Yes. Yes I did. I wanted a world. My world. Without the slightest bit of hatred for differences. One where no one have to suffer for taking or not taking sides. A world that has to be fought for.

"And even though you knew what you wanted, and the clay wasnt hardened, did you get what you wanted? No, you didn't."

Akami: Not yet. But I will. I just have to keep going and keep patient.

"And how long til your clay hardens? Months? Weeks? Days? Your goal is selfish in nature, and thats the truth."

Akami: It's not selfish when everyone here shares the same dream.

"I dont think everyone and their mother here has that EXACT same goal. Even so if you did you're all being selfish together. You want a perfect world for yourselves."

Akami: Nothing is ever perfect.There others out there too, but they're afraid of voicing out of fear of everyone else. Let me ask you, if we're so selfish, then why are you hear? Besides Obi taking you in?

"Because selfish people flock together. Im the only one here that accepts their selfishness."

Akami: So does Torem and Obi.

"Obi is a madman and Torem is....Torem."

Akami: Obi is your boss and Torem...Yea, she's Torem.

"Just because hes my *boss* doesn't mean I have to like him. You can't deny that he has mutliple screws loose. That'd just be ignorance."

Akami: I always saw at whoever called him a madman or crazy was scared of him.

"Everyone should be afraid of a madman. A madman doesn't know when to stop. A madman can and will get everyone close to them killed. If you're not afraid of him you're just as mad as he is."

Akami: Weellll...I have been with him for several decades. At this point, it wouldn't matter.

"Then you've been crazy for several decades. But fine." He continues morphing his hand into various shapes.

Akami: You still need to be helping the injured.

"I've never been the one to heal people. I either harm them or remove the already dead."

Akami: Then find the dead bodies and bring them to the Yard