Realistic or Modern ♱ Bloody Murders ♱

[fAlLiNgFrOmGrAcE]

Sanyu Kazashi


Lightbringer HQ, training room.





Sanyu noticed that the Commander had switched from a defensive stance, to an offensive stance. This meant she wasn't going to hold back any longer. Just my luck.... Now he would be fighting someone of serious skill, not some other private or trainee. Then, Sanyu had a plan. She was holding her lance at an upwards angle, if Sanyu could keep it up there, he could land a fatal blow to the stomach. It was odd for someone to leave their defenses open like that but she was skilled. She probably felt confident that she would win. What an egoistic- Shut up. She's earnt her rank and should be proud of her talent. Just because you're jealous, does not mean you can throw profanities at her. His grip on his scythe had tightened, Ikari was really starting to push his buttons in all the wrong ways. Sanyu could handle Ikari insulting him and constantly putting him down but when it came to people he respected, it was a whole different story.


Someone else entering the training room distracted Sanyu from his thoughts. Another private called Matthew Greek -if he was not mistaken- took to one of the training mats. He was quite hot-headed and moody but, credit where it's due, Matthew was very loyal. The boy had light pink hair and bright azul (blue) eyes; an interesting combination. Sanyu wondered if it was dyed but then remembered that his own hair colour wasn't exactly normal for someone of his age either. There was a rumour that Private Greek was the half brother of one of the Sins. Sanyu didn't know how true that was for he didn't like gossip but he couldn't help but wonder. His suspicions were confirmed when Greek started trying to beat the dummie to death and was screaming something about a Sin.


The sudden outburst startled the white haired boy and he flinched slightly. He never had been one for loud noises, especially sudden ones. Sanyu remembered once that he was at a friends birthday party and they played a game where they had balloons tied to their ankles. They then had to go round popping each others balloons. Sanyu had sat in the corner crying for the whole thing. Pathetic. He heard Ikari scoff somewhere in the back of his mind. Sanyu merely ignored the comment. Sanyu faced the Commander ready for his attack. Swiftly, he lunged forward, swinging his scythe upwards to meet her lance in mid air to keep it out of the way. Then, he disconnected his scythes once again and used the other one to swing for her stomach.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

"Lilian? Yes, she's somewhere in here," Maggie said. "Pardon me, I'd better introduce myself. Magworth Greek, otherwise known as Maggie, Sin of Lust." She dropped her shopping bags to shake his hand, a calm smile on her face.


This man was interesting. She had never seen someone so...official. What the heck was he doing here? It wasn't normal. So naturally, she had to ask some questions.


"Um, so what kind of business do you have here, anyways?" She asked, pushing her glasses up to her nose. "You look quite important. And handsome," she added matter-of-factly. Stupid me...always taking the chance to flirt...


Maggie sighed and took her phone out. Matthew hadn't replied—still. Oh, well, she wanted to check on him.


Meanwhile.


Matthew looked at the dummy, a look of pleasure on his face. "Not bad," he whispered. "Now if only she could stay in one place, that would be perfect." He heard his phone vibrating and ignored it. His half-sister was always texting him weird stuff. This wouldn't make a difference.


Jerk Sister: hey Mattie, did you remember to eat breakfast? you always forget to.


Matthew scowled but replied anyways.


Me: wuts it to u


Magworth looked at her phone; her face fell. Why can't he be nicer?


She typed a quick message then put the phone away.


Jerk Sister: ok bye just wanted to know


Good. She stopped texting him. Matthew swung his sword at the already-destroyed dummy one more time, then decided to take a breather by watching Sanyu, his fellow private, in the battle, pretty soon cheering him on.

 

[yoikes]

Sanyu Kazashi


Lightbringer HQ, training room.





Sanyu noticed that the Commander had switched from a defensive stance, to an offensive stance. This meant she wasn't going to hold back any longer. Just my luck.... Now he would be fighting someone of serious skill, not some other private or trainee. Then, Sanyu had a plan. She was holding her lance at an upwards angle, if Sanyu could keep it up there, he could land a fatal blow to the stomach. It was odd for someone to leave their defenses open like that but she was skilled. She probably felt confident that she would win. What an egoistic- Shut up. She's earnt her rank and should be proud of her talent. Just because you're jealous, does not mean you can throw profanities at her. His grip on his scythe had tightened, Ikari was really starting to push his buttons in all the wrong ways. Sanyu could handle Ikari insulting him and constantly putting him down but when it came to people he respected, it was a whole different story.


Someone else entering the training room distracted Sanyu from his thoughts. Another private called Matthew Greek -if he was not mistaken- took to one of the training mats. He was quite hot-headed and moody but, credit where it's due, Matthew was very loyal. The boy had light pink hair and bright azul (blue) eyes; an interesting combination. Sanyu wondered if it was dyed but then remembered that his own hair colour wasn't exactly normal for someone of his age either. There was a rumour that Private Greek was the half brother of one of the Sins. Sanyu didn't know how true that was for he didn't like gossip but he couldn't help but wonder. His suspicions were confirmed when Greek started trying to beat the dummie to death and was screaming something about a Sin.


The sudden outburst startled the white haired boy and he flinched slightly. He never had been one for loud noises, especially sudden ones. Sanyu remembered once that he was at a friends birthday party and they played a game where they had balloons tied to their ankles. They then had to go round popping each others balloons. Sanyu had sat in the corner crying for the whole thing. Pathetic. He heard Ikari scoff somewhere in the back of his mind. Sanyu merely ignored the comment. Sanyu faced the Commander ready for his attack. Swiftly, he lunged forward, swinging his scythe upwards to meet her lance in mid air to keep it out of the way. Then, he disconnected his scythes once again and used the other one to swing for her stomach.

Elizabeth Carvaiz


Lightbringer HQ, Training Room


Sanyu is a little bit distracted when another private entered the training room. Ellie was a little bit surprised when the private suddenly started beating up one of the dummies and shouting about the Sins. Ellie quickly memorized the boy's appearance, she have to see his data after this. If he had some mental problems, she can send him to the medical bay for some treatment. And then she saw how Sanyu's focus is turned back on her. He lunged forward, probably thinking that in her offensive stance she won't move her lance fast enough. He did swing his scythe upwards, just in case Ellie attacked him, but she didn't. Sanyu disconnected his scythe once again, just perfect. And he swung it forward at her stomach, just as she have expected. Ellie jumped backwards moment before the scythe could hit her stomach. As she landed on her two feet, she lowered her body and lean forward, then went for a dash. She looked like as if she want to thrust her lance at him, but no.


As Ellie quickly shifted her legs to the left, she throw a jab with her lance at him. And in a quick sequence, she jumped backward and repeated the same movement again, this time she shifted to the right and throw another jab.

 

[StoneWolf18]

Vera had entered the building by now, throwing the wrapper of the granola bar away she hunted for something else. Finding an apple, she gladly took a bite before turning to Lilian "Good morning." Swallowing and taking another bite, she realized the hideout was becoming a bit low on food, and Vera being the sin of gluttony frowned at the thought. Making her way over to the entrance, she saw Maggie talking to a more official looking person. Swallowing the current chunk of the bitter sweet fruit in her mouth, Vera introduced herself. "Hello there. New huh? Vera, sin of gluttony."

 

[fAlLiNgFrOmGrAcE]

Sanyu Kazashi


Lightbringer HQ, training room





Sanyu hadn't been expecting her to jump out of the way, and now he didn't have any long range weaponry. He could always throw one of his scythes but that was a no no. Unless you wanted to die, never throw your weapons. Well, that was true for Sanyu anyway. If someone like First Seegent Rink besides them was to throw her weapons, she had a high chance of survival. She lunged for him, first to the left, then to the right. To counter her attacks, Sanyu had to contort his arms into some kind of zig zag shape to block both of them in such a short space of time. His arms and hands were now pressed against his body, limiting his range of attack even further. Why did I even think I could win this? Sanyu groaned mentally. He had been a fool to think he would ever stand a chance against the Commander.


However, Sanyu saw another opening in her defenses. Now that their weapons were closer together, they and also forced their bodies closer together. This left Sanyu an opening for a physical attack. Choosing his moment carefully. Sanyu aimed a kick for her abdomen. But at the last minute, he was worried about hurting her so he softened it. Even if it made contact, it wouldn't t do much damage. His kindness was a fatal flaw on the battle field. Sanyu knew this but just couldn't bring himself to hurt someone. The private had ever hurt anyone physically before, even when Ikari was in control.

 

[yoikes]

Elizabeth Carvaiz


Lightbringer HQ, Training Room


Sanyu did well defending against her attacks. Not many people can do that. Ellie jumped back and lunged forward again, throwing another jab that Sanyu defended from yet again. The only difference is that this time he throw out a kick. Ellie was surprised by this, since she did not expect the fight to be psychical.


Ellie lifted her knee to defend from the kick, and got very surprised to see that the kick was not as strong as she thought. Using this opportunity, Ellie continued with a side kick to push Sanyu away and then took a step back. She hold her lance in front of her body, as high as her shoulder.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

"Go Shiro!" Matthew shouted. He looked at the Commander. She probably thought he was crazy; maybe his temper tantrum was a LITTLE weird. But hey, Magworth was pissing him off again. Matthew brushed that thought aside. "You can do this!" He added as the fight escalated. Oh, brother...any more of this cheerleading and I'll start looking like Magworth.


"Hi, Vera!" Maggie said cheerfully, waving at Vera. "It's nice to see you!" She kept her smile plastered on her face. She wasn't going to let a boy like Matthew bring her down. "There's a festival in town. I think we should go sometime. Nice meeting you," she added to the official-looking man. "I'll find Lilian." She ducked inside, and, once she spotted her, she said very quickly, "Lilian—hot businessman at two o'clock...says he wants to see you."

 

[fAlLiNgFrOmGrAcE]

Sanyu Kazashi


Lightbringer HQ, training room





Sanyu turned to face Matthew at the sound of his nickname. The other privates had given it to him because of his white hair and now even some of the higher-ups used it. Not that Sanyu minded. It was better than some of the names other people had. He wonders how people opinions of him would change if that found out about his.... condition. Sanyu saw the pink haired boy edging him on. Matthew's enthusiasm was encouraging. Admittedly, the boy was a bit over enthusiastic and was drawing more attention to Sanyu than he would have liked. This made the corners of his lips curl upwards and his cheeks flush slightly. However, this feeling was short lived.


The Commander countered his kick with a kick of her own. That had been unexpected. Quickly, Sanyu tried to move out of the way of her foot but his own ankle let him down. Damn, looks like it was my Achilles heel after all... The private smiled at the irony of the situation as he was booted in the stomach. The air left his lungs. He reeled over, trying to catch his breath, she had caught him in the solar plexus. Putting his hands up as a sign of defeat, he dropped his weapon. There was no way he was going to fight her now he was winded and had a sprained ankle. On the battle field, Sanyu probably would have kept going but this was training. What was the point of getting yourself horrifically injured during training so you could t get out on the field anyway? He just didn't see the point of it.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

Matthew let out an audible groan as Sanyu raised his hands in defeat. But he shook his head. Oh, well. "You did good, Shiro," he said. "Really good." His blue eyes flickered to Sanyu's ankle. "Your ankle. I think it's sprained. You need help, or do you think you'll be fine?" Matthew saluted his commander. "Brilliant, Commander," he said. "That was a good battle."


Matthew especially liked hanging out with Sanyu. He found the guy pretty cool, if not a little timid when it came to Matthew's sudden outbursts. He also found Sanyu a little...mysterious. He could swear that there were moments when he wasn't himself. Matthew only mentioned it twice, but he was all alone those few times, luckily. He had a feeling that whatever it was was personal.


Everyone here was really good. The strength that everyone else had was what he wanted. He wanted to be strong enough to take down the evil wench that was his half-sister. Matthew knew as a fact that he was an underdog here, because he was their youngest officer, if he wasn't mistaken. He wasn't sure if any of them knew about his—ahem—family, but he had a feeling that it was obvious. He never hated being born with pink hair more than ever. It was a dead giveaway that there was a little poison in the family tree. At least he wasn't anything like his sister. He had guaranteed that through lots of effort.

 

[fAlLiNgFrOmGrAcE]

Sanyu Kazashi


Lightbringer HQ, training room.





Sanyu stood up once the Commander would allow him. His stomach did still hurt but he was gaining back his breath. The private wasn't too sad about losing, she had won fair and square. All the odds were against him from the start, he had known that and still went in for it. Sanyu bowed to the Commander and picked up his weapon. "Thank you for that, Ma'am." Then, he turned to Matthew and waved. "Hiya Matt." He called. Sanyu didn't use the nickname other privates used, Greek, because for some reason, Matthew didn't seem to like it. Perhaps it was because it reminded him of his family? In particularly, the Sin? "I think I'll be alright... Thanks for asking." Sanyu didn't want to burden Matt with his injury. It was his fault it had happened so needed to take responsibility for it.


Sanyu glanced back at the woman who had defeated him, she had barely even broken a sweat. That was true power, something Sanyu lacked. Baka. Moron. Idiot. Oaf. Imbecile. Dimwit. Fool. Dork. Pathetic. Inadequate. Insignificant. Puny. Inferior. Alright, alright, I get the point. Sanyu physically rolled his eyes. Then, he realised that he had done that in the direction of the Commander. "I am so sorry! That wasn't aimed at you Ma'am! I was just annoyed at myself for something, please forgive me!" He blurted out frantically. Sanyu saluted to her and looked down at the floor. Look what you made me do!!! Ikari didn't respond to that.

 

[shyguy the RP addict]

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He had finished eating and decided to go outside. Stopping at the small bookshelf by the door, James picked a book at random, having read them all anyway. Outside, the sun was shining. It couldn't be past three in the afternoon and, for once, it was actually beautiful outside. Normally the plains would be dreary and dull but today, the dry grass was a pleasant gold and the sun gave some warmth to James' bones. Smiling despite himself, he sat down on the hard earth, leaning against the cabin wall. Blowing the hair out of his eyes, he opened the book, which happened to be one of his favorites despite it's length, Tarzan of the Apes. It was a classic and not considerably long; James could finish it in less than a day, if he wanted to.


"Best go slow this time around." He murmured, already engrossed in the literature. It wasn't long before he started to feel drowsy. A few minutes later and James was snoring lightly, the open book in his lap. While he slept, a dream came to him, a dream he didn't particularly like.


~One year ago, James was 19 at the time. He was also a corporal, grinding away as a soldier of the Lightbringers. Before his gruesome wound to the knee, before he lost faith in the system.~ The alarm was blaring in his ears, screaming for some unknown urgency. Grumbling, James sat up, looking around with bleary eyes. Cursing, he turned off his alarm clock.


"Piece of freakin' crap... I was sleeping." Still quite groggy, he stumbled into the bathroom and hopped in the shower. After, James put on some fresh clothes, a grey tee and some beige cargo pants. Now that he felt refreshed, He was ready for some breakfast. He hurried downstairs into his kitchen, grabbing a bowl and filling it with fruit loops and milk. James mumbled conversations to himself through mouthfuls of cereal, nothing of importance, just ramblings going on in his head. When he ate fruit loops he always saved the blue ones for last. Just a habit, nothing more, considering they all tasted the same. When he finished, he washed the bowl and the spoon, hurrying to the door. On his way out James grabbed his gun belt, opening the door and heading outside. It was a ten minute walk to HQ.


After a brisk walk through the early morning city, He arrived at the base of operations for the Lightbringers. He was walking past the front desk when the secretary looked up and called his name. Jame stopped mid-step and turned toward her.


"Yes, what is it?" He asked, slightly taken aback.


"Commander wants to see you. Says it's urgent."


"Urgent? What is it?" James was getting a bit excited now. Especially since she was thinking about how to answer him.


"Well... I don't know exactly but it was heavily implied to be a mission." She whispered the last half of the sentence which fueled his curiosity. Giving her a nod, James ran to the commander's office. A mission wasn't something special, far from it in fact. but this reeked of special, He could sense it now. As he got to the commander's door, James wondered what was in store for him...


(Sorry for the wait, I have been busy with work.)

 

[Clouds]

Lilian Lindblad


Location: The Gray Heights Hideout


Lilian was feeling a bit sluggish after all as she did not feel like doing anything but then again, she wanted to go outside again even if it meant to hide her presence somewhat amongst the crowd. Rubbing the bridge of her nose as she thought about the chaotic event from only weeks ago as one of the people spotted her and recognized her face from the wanted posters. Almost the whole town went psycho and ran everywhere and nowhere in order to get away from her or to just go grab something and attack her with. Well, she knew that she was not the most pleasant visitor to have but still that was no reason at all for the small town to go berserk at her. They even were at the point of calling for the Lightbringers but by then she was already gone from their eyes. That town was really small and rather unknown by the people yet they had a lot of energy when it came to it.


As she heard her name being called out by Maggie, she tilted her head to the female and groaned as she did not feel like saying much at the moment. Stretching out as she looked at the girl but her hands did not go back and she sat there as if she wanted to be carried by Maggie. ”Can you carry me there?” She said with a lazy smile on her lips as she was trying to push some boundaries. It was up to the other however if she was to agree with this or not but secretly in her heart she hoped that the female would.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

Maggie was shocked by Lilian's request; usually she didn't ask for such things of her. Probably because Maggie was the Sin of Lust...she smiled. "Lilian? What's gotten into you? I thought I was the resident flirt...oh, well..." Maggie lifted Lilian the way she normally lifted people (bridal style) and carried her through the hideout.


"This is new," Maggie chuckled. "I don't normally carry you. Most of the time, it's somebody else. So are you having a good day?" She stopped and lowered Lilian. "Sorry, I need to catch my breath." Then she lifted Lilian again. "This is fun."


@Marshmallow


Matthew nodded. "Okay, I was just making sure." He practiced his swordsmanship for a few minutes longer, then stopped. He watched Sanyu apologize to the Commander for something that he did. Matthew knew it wasn't a big deal, so he got back to practicing.

 

[InsanEleven]

Inanis Lloyd


Hideout of the sins
​

Inanis had been taken aback by the girl's cheerful and oddly impulsive behaviour. Was she flirting with him? What in the world was that statement about being handsome all about? Better politely ignore it, just in case she hadn't meant anything by it. It would be bad to get too close to any of the sins so soon anyway, it would be wiser to observe for a little while learning how they played the game. In his case... the business had a game called seduction, which was supposedly more civilised than flirting, even if he never had seen how exactly. Perhaps in a way how books related to comics?


"Thank you for those kind words Miss Greek. As for my business here, it has yet to be seen as that is why I required audience with Miss Lindblad for. My speciality would be accountancy and bookkeeping though" And bribery, money laundering, bank fraud, embezzlement and of course forgery. Sometimes he had people disappear too, that was always exciting. Most people always held sins to be about chaos and pain... murder, theft, rioting and so on and so forth. The sin of greed though... the sin of greed was all about power, or more so about all power. It wasn't like dear little Magworth seemed to be too interested in business of that kind though, but at least she was friendly enough to go get the person he came for. Normally he'd at least been invited and served a cup of tea with a stack of biscuits none ever touched out of politeness. Well... politeness and showing restraint, oldest trick in the book, only those seduced easily by small things were impressed by cookies. It was a great way to tell what kind of person you had in front of you... those that took the chocolate chip always took the deal too. These people apparently skipped all the sweets together... except perhaps for the girl Vera that just arrived, she seemed like someone who would deal in cookies instead.

Saami A. Alvarsson


HQ of the lightbringers
​

Saami wiped the sweat off of his brow with a nice clean towel, it had been a good training, even if he broke a bit of a sweat. He'd actually dare say that a training without breaking a sweat was pointless anyway. He looked on his phone and saw that if Shiro was punctual he'd show up within the next few minutes. Better send a quick text anyhow, he doubted he'd forgotten, but meeting at 11 was meeting exactly then, even to him. If you couldn't trust showing your privates turning up on time, then what could you trust them with?


'Don't let Commander Carvaiz get to your head too much... I can kick your ass for being late just as well' That would do it. In the meantime he would take a bit of a rest and sip some water from his bottle.

 

[fAlLiNgFrOmGrAcE]

Sanyu Kazashi


Lightbringer HQ, A hallway somewhere.





Sanyu watched as Matthew went back to his training. The other was much more rough but in turn, better than Sanyu. The white haired private didn't mind it though, Matt worked hard and so he deserved it. Others didn't seem to think so but secretly, Sanyu thinks they are jealous. So are you. No I'm not. Sanyu sighed. He wasn't even able to think anymore without being inturrupted. After wiping himself down with a towel and putting on some deodorant. Sanyu looked at his watch. It was almost time to meet with Saami. The private was started making his way down to the shooting range to meet with Sergeant Alvarson. A vibration in his trouser pocket alerted him to his phone. Someone had just sent him a text. It was probably Saami, speak of the devil. That was the only person who really texted him much.


Unlocking his phone, Sanyu scrolled along only to find that the one and only Saami Alvarson had indeed texted him. The message went along the lines of 'I'll beat you up if you're late'. Sanyu didn't doubt that either. A smirk crossed the private's face at the message. The Sergeant was the only person he really felt comfortable goofing around with. Sanyu replied with: 'Don't worry about that, she got to my heal instead.' He said it in jest even though it was true. Then he added: 'When have I ever left you waiting, hmm???' Sanyu clicked send before he could second thoughts and walked with a smile on his face down to the shooting range.

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

Now Matthew was alone with Commander Carvaiz. He saluted her once more. "Good afternoon, ma'am," he said in his usual serious tone. "I trust all is well." He kept his stance for a few minutes longer, cleared his throat, found a second dummy, and, this one being a mechanical one, turned it on.


This dummy was his favorite kind. All he had to do was tell it which one of the Sins he wanted to fight, and it would collect all the current data on the Sin he was to go against. "Lust," he said promptly. The dummy took a few minutes to boot up, then it began fighting in Magworth's current style. Matthew fought back, spouting out random facts about her as he went. "She's almost always on the defensive. A plus for the Lightbringers." He aimed his sword at the dummy's chest; it blocked his attack. "Also, if you lose it, she's beaten you, so you have to be incredibly calm." The dummy blocked even more attacks. "Another fun fact; most of the battles she fights are emotional."

 

[TheHufflepuffRabbit]

Maggie finally stopped at the door of the hideout, still carrying Lillian. "Here you go, Lillian," she said, dropping her off at the door. She smiled at Inanis, flipping her pink hair away from her face once more. "As you requested, Miss Lillian Lindbland is here." She saluted both of them, winking like she always did, then went back inside, as she figured this conversation was most likely private. Maybe one of the other Sins was willing to hang out or something...


Maggie sighed. What was there to do? She sat down on a chair, looking through her shopping bags. She redid her makeup—again—then decided to turn on the TV. "I wonder what's on..." She skipped sitcom after sitcom, ignored the cartoons, then found something interesting; a romantic melodrama. Maggie watched it mindlessly, occasionally spouting out love advice to the characters.


"He's cheating on you, ma'am, and you know it!"