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It's All in the Mined; Everything will be mined, all mined.
Topic Started: Feb 13 2010, 03:28 AM (265 Views)
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The Shibusen pair had been called out to investigate a large mine. The miners toiled day and night to dig out coal from a cliff face, and had a quarry for processing the stuff down below. The mine itself was both old, and extensive, with many old and disused tunnels, and a vast number of workers at any given time. There were miners, truck drivers, quarry workers, overseers, engineers and more. Some of the older tunnels had been dug by hand, but now it was more down to machinery. In any case, there were still an ants nest of miners in the shafts and tunnels of the cliff, and recently there had been a lot of trouble. Some claimed it was a tunnel dwelling beast, with eyes suited to the dark, and giant slashing claws, that could tear into a man and rend him apart before he even had the chance to scream. In reality, very few had actually seen hide nor hair of the creature that was causing the problem, and all that circulated were rumours. Several of the older tunnels had collapsed, a few strange, organic, new tunnels had been discovered, and more than twenty good men had disappeared mysteriously. This was why Shibusen had been called in.

The team had only arrived that day, and had taken a ride on one of the workmen’s buses, that ran on a free loop to and from the town, as there were no houses near the mining area. Quite apart from the noises of explosions that could be infrequently heard, the ground was so riddled with tunnels that no place was safe to build domiciles. The team consisted with one large boy, both tall and wide, and one short scrawny girl, with red hair and freckles who seemed both talkative and energetic. They were to be fitted up with the proper safety equipment and shipped off into the tunnels post-haste, accompanied by a rather gruff looking older foreman, who was still in tip top physical condition, and looked more like a grizzled military leader than the overseer of mining activities.
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Damn Bitch Cruun thought as he sat on the bus that was on its way to the mines. Akavia had just left him in this town with a word of warning. She left him to fight for himself as a "training session". A kishin that was in the mines. He knew her plan was to use that kishin as a scape goat to get free souls. Any souls he got in the mine would be blamed towards the kishin, but the only problem was that she had left him to do this on his own and disappeared without an explanation as to why she was leaving. All she had given him were gloves for his hands. When he had arrived to the town he had to play it off as a kid looking for a job rather than act cute which he could do naturally. It wasn't easy to get in either because he had to prove he was strong enough to handle himself despite his size and physique. He proved he could be an employee by cutting down rocks with the pickaxe they had given him. When they let him take the job, he hopped on the first bus out and began taking it to the mines.

The bus was making its way to the mine as Cruun looked around the bus. Some rugged men were scattered around as they looked out the window, some stared at him wit h a nod of approval. Being strong around here was a good thing. What caught cruun's eyes the most was the shibusen pair near the front. He had heard they were shibusen students because of the townspeople's excitement. They chattered about how they could finally stop praying for their loved ones and relax. It is a good thing they are here too. They could occupy the kishin, and when I finish eating all the souls I can, I will get theirs, go back to town and get the rest in town. It will be so easy. Cruun closed his eyes as a smile crept on to his lips, enjoying the rest of the bus ride.
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Cruun was saddled up with five other miners. Three were old 'Bats (shorthand for Wombats), who had seen and done everything (it seemed) in the mines, while Cruun, and the two others were fresh and green as the proverbial sapling. They were to be taken on an ad-hoc tour of the mines. With so many people disappearing they wouldn't be taking the traditional day long walk through all the old mines, through the area that was built by people whose sweat and blood (literally at times) was fused into the history of the work, and then after a break for lunch at a particularly pretty area, continuing into the more modern areas, followed by a health and safety talk and demonstration. It was called the babysitting run, and everyone was taken on it at least twice, once as a pup, and once as a full mining Wombat. All of the older miners had tattoos of a wombat with a pint of beer, and the year of their graduation from pap to 'Bat, written proudly for all to see. With gruff demeanours they took their charges on the start of the tour, and were fondly farewelled in the traditional manner, by a group of the night shift coming off work making a great noise and hullabaloo as they spotted the pups, each eager to slap a pup on the back for 'good luck' (the harder the slap the more luck they bestowed, and the night crew were always eager to bestow as much luck as possible).

The Shibusen crew watched all of this while they waited to receive their equipment, with sardonic smiles and a gaze that disallowed such affectionate attention from the burly miners. The boy had protective clothing on that made him look just like one of the workers there, but the girl wore clothes that were far far too big for her, her willowy limbs protruded comically from rolled up shirt sleeves, and a mining helmet dangled from her head as though it had been placed on a hat stand. Without warning, the boy glowed white for a second, before transforming into a large, heavy looking shovel. With an ease that belied the huge size of the shovel, the girl caught her partner and deftly twirled him about her, as a strange transformation seemed to take place. Within an instant she had gone through a growth spurt, both up and out, until she had taken on proportions more like those of her partner. Muscles bulged under her skin, and her clothes suddenly fitted perfectly. With a huge grin, the girl gestured to her (now shorter than her) guide, and they set of in a similar direction to the pup/'bat group. They would soon split paths, as the pups were taken along a safer route, and the Shibusen crew would be guided along one of the new 'organic' tunnels that had appeared. It was relatively new, and dangerously close to the newer areas of the mines.
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Cruun watched as the the people prepped up to get ready for the tour. He was hoping Shibusen wouldn't be with them, it would cause a problem and could end in disaster for him, if he has to fight them head on. During the prepping, some of the older men who were with him charged to the front making all sorts of whooping as they smiled and cheered, ready to take all the pups on the tour. While they whupped, all those who had worked during the night were coming smiling speaking about how much beer they would drink and drink until they went home to marital sex with their hot or ugly wife. Upon seeing the pups they hollered.

"AHHHh It's the young-uns!" They walked towards the pup, one especially gruff man whose face had shown fatigue walked towards Cruun. His face blackened from all the work he had just done. Although he worked all night, the happines he projected towards other seemed to be unaffected. Especially towars Cruun. "Today is your first day on the job huh?" He asked placing an arm on Cruun's Shoulder.

"Yes..." Cruun looked down trying not tomake eye contact. Showing Frailty by accident.

"What's the matter with you? You should be proud! Today is the day you begin your journey towards wombat. Just remember this old fool was the first one to wish you luck!" His smile never waning away. He cocked his palm back and send it on its way as it came down with a thunderous slap on Cruun's back sending Cruun to the ground. "When you finish your first day on the job, look me up. I'll treat you to your first miner's beer, my Name is Brock, so you know who to look for."

"O.. okay. I will" Cruun squeaked out as Brock turned around and continued marching his way back to the bus with the other night shift workers. All of them laughing and sharing stories of what they had done in the mines that day.

"Okay then." One of the wombats holding the tour spoke up after the night shift workers left. "Shibusen team, you shall be sent down this tunnel, it's a newly organic tunnel just made these past few days. Hopefully you can find whatever is causing this problem." He pointed them toward organic Tunnel as miners around them wished them luck with a slap on their backs. "As for the rest of you. COme with me so we can go ahead and start this off right!"

Cruun's hand twitched as his smile widened, almost showing his row of jagged upper teeth. Like he had hoped, the shibusen pair would be seperated from him and would continue on it's way towards the kishin. Both of them would be kept busy with each other as he could begin his feast and chow down on the five with him on this tour. THe tour had started going dwon through one tunnel to which Cruun did not pay much attention to. The Wombat at the front was tspeaking of fact and stories that occured in these mines. Cruun's anxiety was getting to him. THey were close to the point where Cruun Would Strike them down.

After thirty minutes in the tunnel. The wombats were speaking as the pups looked towards them as idols. The pups hung on every word the wombats said. Cruun tried to do the same, because once the wombats had finished this speech and turned around, Cruun would kill them all.

"... and so this section mine was nicknamed as such to honor the man in who mined this by himself." With that finishing line, the wombat who was speaking turned around and continued the tour.

Not holding back any longer, Cruun's hand changed to his yo-yo as he swung his yo-yo forward. After this he would roam the mines free finding any available souls to eat.
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There was a strangled scream from one of the pups as a yoyo burst through his chest in a fountain of gore. One of the other pups fainted clean away at the sight of the blood on both the slain 'bat and his fellow pup. After a startled and enraged shout from the 'bats they quickly acclimatised to the situation. They had a long life of hard labour behind them, and they were not strangers to having to react fast in a dangerous situation. Unfortunately they were utterly outclassed, and pouncing forwards in an attempt to bring down the psychotic pup only ended in their inglorious deaths, bubbling and spasming on the floor as the lifeblood leaked out into the packed dirt floor. Soon everyone was dead and five innocent souls were there for the taking. After the screaming and shouting had died down, it seemed like not only had Cruun killed the people, he had also killed all the noise in the tunnels. Everything was dead silent up and down the tunnels he was standing in.

Somewhere further down... Two eyes black as the coal being mined swivelled in their sockets uselessly as a delicate pink nose twitched, sensitive to the scent of death and blood in the tunnels. The scent was too inviting to pass up. No doubt there had been a small cave in, and now there would be lots of tasty souls for the god of the mountain. With a skull shattering screech of triumph, the creature surged forth, tunnelling at an incredible pace through dirt, rock, and coal, causing the earth to shudder around it. With a soft black furry hide, the monster stretched a good 5 meters in length, with an indefinite number of clawed paws along the length of its body. The claws themselves were rather blunt looking, but were perfect for digging and tunnelling, the nose was excellent for sniffing out life and souls, and the mouth was filled with row upon row of serrated teeth, ready to kill and grind any who came before it. In short, the god of the mountain was perfectly suited to its environment, like a shark in the ocean, or a python in the jungle, it had adapted from the lowly position as one of the earliest miners of the mountain to a being, mole-like in appearance, that had preternatural strength, and speed in its underground home.

In the natural tunnel, the Shibusen duo felt a rumbling from deep within the earth. With barely a glance at the old miner, they began to sprint down the tunnel. Their prey was on the move, and they needed to catch up to it, before it could eat any more of the miners. With giant shovel over one shoulder, the meister girl looked a fearsome sight to behold. In her other hand was carried a lantern, because her eyes were not working too well in the dark, and she needed to see what was going on before making any judgements. She merely doubled her speed forwards as the shriek echoed down the earthen corridor, not showing any signs of fear at all. The old miner who followed behind was not as swift, but his steady jog implied that he could have kept up that pace all day without tiring. He did show the first signs of fear, as a few noticeable lines around the eyes, but he had a bit of a hero complex, and being asked to guide the Shibusen duo had stroked his ego just enough that he was (theoretically) willing to die a heroic death for the other miners if need be.

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Around laid the corpses. Cruun enjoyed each soul. The pups had a soft texture which were caked with the sense timidity and fear. It was the best of the the pups and wombats. Wombat were much more hardy and harder to swallow. Their soul had hardened to the same degree as the rocks in the mines. If it could be compared to what kids don't like to eat, it would be like like boiled cucumbers. Cruun shuddered after finishing the souls off.

When he prepared to find more souls to eat, the cave rumbled. "Damn it. It must be the monster. It can sense all that occurs it seem..." Cruun grumbled as he turned his hand into a yo-yo. Hold the blade close to his body, he made small cuts over his chests and proceeded to gather blood from the dead people. Using the blood, he smeared it over the cuts. Appearing as if been attacked, he picked up one of the axes and traveled down the tunnels he had just went through. The enemy would catch up to him as would the shibusen duo. He could use this advantage to gain safety from the Shibusen pair long enough to kill them both when they weaken the enemy.
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The beast was very quickly drawn to the scent of blood, and moving at a top speed reached the area in under ten minutes. It paused to sniff around curiously. There was the scent of fear, and horror... usually (but not always) cave ins killed people fast enough that they didn’t give off much fear or horror at all, or killed them so slowly that by the time the god of the mountain got there, they were still alive. These people were all strangely dead, there was no cave-in, and the souls were gone. The beast let loose his howl of fury and thumped the walls of the tunnels with the blunt side of his claws. He was the god of the mountain, and he wanted to let his subjects know of his outrage. All souls, both clothed in bodies, and freed from their fleshy confines belonged to him, on the mountain. He demanded his tithe, and that no one else took what was rightfully his. His temper tantrum lasted a good long while as the creature shredded the corpses and caused the tunnels to rumble in a dangerous way. Calming down somewhat, and taking a deep sniff of the tunnel air, the creature caught another whiff of blood. It was further along, and the mole-like beast was curious to know if it was yet another soulless corpse or whether it was the person who had committed the high treason of eating the mountain god’s property.

Barely had the god put one foot forwards in search of the new scent than a sharp pain came from its tail. Screeching at the shock of being attacked after millennia of being the top dog, the creature performed a tricky looking manoeuvre where it turned back on itself and turned to face in the opposite direction. It screeched once again as a lantern was thrust into its tiny gimlet eyes, the light burned and left it completely blind. Lashing out wildly, the creature’s surprising reach caught the Shibusen duo off guard, and smacked them into the tunnel wall, breaking the accursed lantern, and leaving both parties temporarily in the dark.

Some way off from Cruun, but approaching fast, a party of miners were rushing to investigate what was going on in the tunnels. They all wore fearful expressions, but had all rushed to the aid of the pups, which they knew to be taking their tour somewhere nearby to the disturbance. Coming upon Cruun there were expressions of concern, and he was quickly told to sit in the tunnel to have his wounds seen to, while elder ‘bats asked him gently what had happened.
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