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A to Z; Ando and Zane
Topic Started: Jan 29 2014, 10:14 AM (955 Views)
Impulse
Zane was out looking for trouble. It was something he did a few times a week, luring young offenders into trying to rob him before beating the living crap out of them to show them that a life of crime only gets you bruised kidneys. Ironic, considering that beating up street rats was a crime in itself. Zane didn't really care about the law. He cared about protecting the innocents of Niwa. The honest, hardworking people that struggled to make ends meet. If he focused the attention of the street thugs to himself, then maybe he could spare an innocent an encounter with someone dangerous.

So far it had been a slow night. He hadn't encountered a single person and was inclined to give up and go home. As he walked past the night club he heard a commotion close by. As he went to see what was going on he saw a few gutterpunks trying to break open a vending machine. Zane shook his head with a frown. There was no way to see if these were criminals, or just really hungry homeless people. He approached with a smile.

"That's no way to get something to eat. You can punch that thing all night and it won't budge. Let me pay."

His voice startled the boys, and they all turned to look at him. There were five of them, and they all looked to be around 18-21. None spoke as Zane approached the vending machine and pulled out his wallet. He made sure they could all see inside as he opened it, revealing a thick wad of 10000 yen bills. It was a trick he had often used before. Revealing to hooligans how much money he had on him to try and trick them into attacking him. He pulled out a bill, and looked at the machine. He then seemed to have a realization.

"Ah, silly me. This machine doesn't take 10000 yen bills. Oh, I know! There's a 24 hour store not too far from here. I can treat you all to something to eat and drink if you want. Follow me, I know a shortcut!"

His voice was cheerful, almost bubbly. Even though he looked like a street thug himself, his voice and demeanor suggested that he posed no threat to anyone. He made his way to the alley behind the night club, and the boys followed, thinking that he was an easy target. The thought of taking that wad of cash from Zane was too tempting to not give it a shot. After all, they were five, and he was alone. As they followed him into the alley, the boys pulled knives out of their pockets. Zane turned his back towards them as he walked. The smartest thing to do would be stabbing him in the back right away. But like most gutterpunks in Niwa, these boys were idiots. One of them raised his knife and spoke.

"Give us your money now."

Zane turned to see all the boys with knives raised in the air. Mentally he smiled to himself, looking forward to showing them their place. Externally he sighed, scratching the back of his head, as if he were disappointed.

"So that's how it's going to be. You try to do something nice for someone, and they want to take everything you have. Alright, if that's the case, then I'll accept your challenge. Take it from me if you can."

His demeanor suddenly changed. He was no longer cheerful or happy. His eyes narrow, fists clenched, he looked menacing. Clearly a veteran fighter. But the boys were too tempted by the money to step away. They were this close. All that was standing in their way was one guy.
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Zane:
The Vast Sea
A Dangerous Mistake
A to Z
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Impulse:
Enter: Impulse!
The Sacrificial Lamb

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Be Still
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SgtXDNX
It was business as usual at the Fallen, and business as usual was booming. There was barely room to breathe inside the club, packed to the rafters as it was, which would certainly explain why the DJ working that night had decided to go outside for a drink instead of just getting one from the bar. Given the choice between muscling his way over there and being hounded with dumb requests the whole time, it was much easier to just take the staff exit and hit up the vending machines outside.

...or not.

Why was it that every time Ando tried to take a smoke break, some asshole always had to ruin it!? If it wasn't drunk patrons throwing up all over the place or groups of giggly revellers staggering into him, it was a bunch of bastards threatening a random passerby with knives. Hang on, wasn't that guy here last time? Out in the parking lot? Guy just can't stay out of trouble, he thought to himself, smiling as he slid the knife out of his belt and hid it in the palm of his hand.

Goddamnit, he was never gonna get that Red Bull, was he?

"Hey kids, didn't your parents ever teach you not to play with knives?"
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Isaac Winchester
Ando Jaeger
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Impulse
Zane noticed the guy exit the Night Club, and couldn't help but smile when he saw who it was. He had been at the first Fight Club meeting, which unfortunately hadn't been quite as successful as Zane had hoped. A something... Argo... No... Ando. That's it, Ando. If he wanted a piece of the action Zane wasn't going to deny him that, even though Zane would probably have no trouble dealing with five street thugs. 2-on-5 sounded a bit better than 1-on-5. Two on the thugs turned to Ando, frowning. They had hoped to get this over with quickly, but now there was another guy in their way.

"Just stay out of this if you know what's good for you."
"Yeah, back away man."

The other three kept their focus on Zane. Zane looked at Ando with a shrug.

"Three for me. Two for you. Sounds fair if you ask me."

This worried the thugs even more. Zane wasn't showing a hint of fear, even with three armed opponents staring him down. One of the thugs attacked, hoping to get in a quick stab at Zane's throat. Zane easily dodged, and grabbed the man's wrist.

"If you're going to use a knife at least you should learn to wield it properly. If you don't hold it tight..."

He twisted the man's wrist, breaking it. The man howled in pain and dropped the knife to the ground.

"...You can easily lose it."

He finished the man off by raising his leg, kicking him sideways on the jaw. A loud cracking sound was heard as the man fell to the ground unconscious. The two men who still faced Zane were no longer worried. They were flat out scared. And there was no way for them to run, what with Ando on one side and Zane on the other. They would have to fight their way through...


...If they could.
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Current threads:

Zane:
The Vast Sea
A Dangerous Mistake
A to Z
Magical Encounter

Impulse:
Enter: Impulse!
The Sacrificial Lamb

Jack:
Tricks of the Trade
Be Still
Magical Encounter
Don't Feed The Animals
The Magician and the Spy
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SgtXDNX
The balls on these punks! Not only were they stopping him from getting a well-earned drink, but now they were going to threaten him? Oh hell no. Ando had definitely had enough of people getting in his way tonight, and he was barely halfway through his set!

"I'd be more than happy to...if you rejects weren't in my way," he said simply, nodding at Zane's little aside. Two against one was pretty damned unfair, but that was all the people they had to spare. If there were time, Ando would've gladly let them go and get a few more guys, but he only had about five minutes before he had to be back on stage!

Luckily, they wouldn't have to wait very long. As one of them lunged forward to stab at Zane's throat, one of his buddies decided that it would be a perfect time to try and get Ando as well. The clumsy swipe would have been much harder to actually get hit by than to just dodge it, which is exactly what the DJ did, ducking under it so that he could deliver a hard elbow to his assailant's throat.

Between the two of them, they were bound to make short work of these punks.
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Having already taken care of one of his opponents, Zane was confident in his victory. Confident enough to want to play with his ability a bit to freak out his assailants even more. Fortunately for him one of them was smoking a cigarette. The glow burning two inches from the thugs mouth would be perfect for Zane to manipulate. With a single thought the glow burst into a small flame, burning up the cancer stick and causing the man to jump backwards in surprise. The two men stared at Zane as the fire grew larger, splitting into two small fireballs that then made their way to Zane's fists.

A moment later Zane's fists and half his lower arms were coated in fire, as if he was wearing gauntlets made of living flames. This they had not anticipated. Their target was a meta. Any hope of victory they had fooled themselves with disappeared as quickly as the fire had appeared. Zane wasn't used to using his powers when fighting men like these, but seeing the reaction on their faces made him want to do it more often.

The men lunged at him at the same time, hoping that together they would be able to win. Zane raised his right leg in response, past the knife, and kicked one of them in the face, throwing him back. At the same time he moved his left hand past the other one's knife, and grabbed his wrist. The fire surrounding Zane's hand burned the man, who howled in pain and dropped his knife. Zane looked at the one he'd kicked to see he was unconscious, or pretending to be to avoid more fighting. He looked at the last one, and let go of his wrist. The man grabbed his wrist, grinding his teeth to keep from hissing in pain, as he was suffering from 2nd degree burns. Zane then got an idea, and loomed over the man threateningly.

"I'll spare you more pain if you do one thing for me in return."

His attention was now fully on his last opponent. He only needed one of the men conscious, so if Ando decided to knock his foes out that would be fine by Zane. Hell, he'd prefer it.
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Current threads:

Zane:
The Vast Sea
A Dangerous Mistake
A to Z
Magical Encounter

Impulse:
Enter: Impulse!
The Sacrificial Lamb

Jack:
Tricks of the Trade
Be Still
Magical Encounter
Don't Feed The Animals
The Magician and the Spy
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SgtXDNX
Well, that was something you didn't see every day, even in Niwa. The remaining thug seemed to have the same idea, scrambling down the street in terror as soon as he saw Zane's arms light up. Any other time, Ando would've stopped him rather abruptly and impressed upon him the rudeness of what he'd just tried to do, but he was running on a deadline. Besides, it would be a lot more fun seeing just what a guy with fire for arms wanted with the idiot who tried to mug him.

"Better listen to the man, he tends to get a bit fired up when people don't listen," Ando said with a smirk, laughing a bit at his own silly pun as he tucked the folded knife back into the lip of his belt. It was nice that he wouldn't have to clean the damned thing later, but the best part of this whole encounter had to be that the path to the vending machine was now clear.

"I'll give you two a moment, I need a damned drink already."
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Isaac Winchester
Ando Jaeger
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Impulse
Zane couldn't help but smile at Ando's pun. The thug seemed even more scared now that someone else had confirmed Zane's ferocity, so he stopped struggling and gave up, hoping to whatever deity he believed in that he'd be allowed to walk away with his face intact.

"What do you want?"

Zane wondered how he should put it. Ando was still within earshot, but Zane didn't really think he had to be worried about Ando. He seemed like a trustworthy guy.

"Very soon an underground casino will be opened. The Casino Mishima. It's going to be a completely neutral place, so anyone from any gang will be allowed to go there. I've been hired to advertise it, but I'd much prefer it if you advertised for me. Go into every alley you know gutterpunks lurk. Talk to grunts in every gang. Tell everyone. However, if you breath a hint of this to the Vanguard or the NCPD I will personally track you down and incinerate you from the inside out. Got it?"

Of course the part about him being hired to advertise the casino was a lie, but he didn't exactly want to tell this street rat that he was opening the casino personally. The thug listened to every word carefully, and when Zane asked him if he got it all he could do was nod. He wouldn't dream of risking getting on Zane's bad side. Zane let him go, and he bolted out of the alley.
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Current threads:

Zane:
The Vast Sea
A Dangerous Mistake
A to Z
Magical Encounter

Impulse:
Enter: Impulse!
The Sacrificial Lamb

Jack:
Tricks of the Trade
Be Still
Magical Encounter
Don't Feed The Animals
The Magician and the Spy
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SgtXDNX
Ahhhh, there was nothing like the sensation of an ice-cold drink after coming out of the sauna that was the Fallen. Even just holding it against his cheek was working wonders to cool Ando down, but he was running out of time. After all, the pre-made mix he'd left playing to cover his absence was only about ten minutes long. Sure, there was some stuff queued up after it, but it was poor bloody form to just leave it running!

The sharp crack of the little metal bottle opening would echo down the alleyway as he made his way back over to where Zane was busy talking to their new friend, downing most of the drink in one hit. By the time it was empty, the wannabe thug had already fled down the alley, leaving a rather confused and amused Ando in his wake.

"A neutral casino, huh? Sounds interesting! You've got some balls on you, though. Running around telling everyone about the place can't be good for your health, the powers that be aren't gonna like it one bit."
Edited by SgtXDNX, Mar 12 2014, 01:27 AM.
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Impulse
Zane grabbed a cigarette from his pocket and bit down on the filter before lighting it, taking a drag. He looked at Ando with a smile.

"I'd worry more about his health than mine. He's the one advertising."

He didn't like the way Ando referred to the gangs as 'the powers that be'. To him it gave the gangs way too much power. Technically he wasn't wrong though, as the gangs did hold most of the power in Niwa, but that didn't mean Zane had to like it. The whole reason for opening the casino was to shift the balance somewhat.

Ando had shown some interest in the casino. Zane looked him over. He still needed people he could trust to work security and be bouncers and such. He knew that Ando was capable of holding his own in a fight, so it couldn't hurt to at least ask.

"Are you looking for a job? Interested in being a bouncer? I promise the pay is good. You'd be working nights, but you seem to have no problems with being up at night anyway."
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Current threads:

Zane:
The Vast Sea
A Dangerous Mistake
A to Z
Magical Encounter

Impulse:
Enter: Impulse!
The Sacrificial Lamb

Jack:
Tricks of the Trade
Be Still
Magical Encounter
Don't Feed The Animals
The Magician and the Spy
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SgtXDNX
"Can't say I need the money," came the rather prompt reply, punctuated by the sound of the aluminium bottle sailing into the trash can next to the nightclub's staff exit. Ando definitely had himself covered as far as living expenses went, and money for all the finer things a man could want was thoughtfully provided by the many visitors to his office, so there was no real appeal in earning a little extra cash.

If that was really the case, why did he have a massive grin on his face?

"...but money's not everything. Sounds like a blast! We'll have to work something out, though, I'm here most nights. Can't be two places at once, unless this place is openin' out here."
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Ando Jaeger
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