Hunters and Heroes

[pepsi]

-- ABADDON #1

Club Avenue discoclub, Seoul.

Alexander looked through the middle of the Samkhar Ring against the red-purple light in the room. Such a worthless piece of metal, but it was worth a pretty penny. Alexander found it on his last trip aboard a Charon Skiff; he was hired to help retrieve some "buried treasure" in Pandaemonium which turned out to contain quite a few interesting artifacts. He accepted a portion of the treasure as payment, with the hope to be able to sell some of the most valuable stuff to interested Devil Hunters. It's what the Velvet Underground was made for, he believed.

The music from the dance floor reached all the way up to the private room he had rented for the occasion; after a few weeks of silence he had finally found a good buyer on the Underground, set up a meeting with them - or whoever they wished to send in their place - to discuss the price in an isolated environment.
Perhaps a bit cliché, but a private room in one of his favourite nightclubs seemed like just the right call. Perfect control of the flux of people who could enter or leave at multiple stages before getting to the room was the best perk; plus, by then he was basically a regular and security knew him very well. Besides, he loved being dramatic: if there's one thing he absolutely wanted the world of Devil Hunting to know him for, was style.

Alexander rested the Ring on the glass table in front of himself; the clock was just about to hit the agreed time for the negotiations. He took a moment for himself to relax; lounging on the red velvet armchair, he let out a long sigh of relief. One life to manage was difficult already, living four of them was just exhausting.

-- NAME // ALEXANDER

-- RANK // D

-- TECHS USED // None.

[nicotlt]

Blue Parade

Celeste Azuline

Devil Hunter

21 years old

Club Avenue Discoclub, Seoul.

Celeste exits the car slowly after thanking the hired driver tasked with taking her there with a kind smile and a wave as he drove away. She carried with her a small suitcase that she brought to South Korea for the jobs needed to be done around the country. She was at the entrance of the said Club for her first job in South Korea in this season; Her objetive was to retrieve the Samkhar Ring from a seller that is hipothetically waiting for her arrival right this minute.

She enters the Club hall after a quick security check around her suitcase, luckily, she hid the offering cash and her weapons really well. Celeste walks around the dancing hall up to the private rooms area, she knocks on the door to the room specified on the scheduled meeting papers. Right after knocking a few times in quick succession, Celeste twists the doorknob and opens the door slowly.


She enters the room and closes the door behind her, quickly excusing herself with a smile and making eye contact with the man sitting in the room with her.

"Good evening! You must be the seller i am supposed to meet. Mind if i take a seat so we can discuss further details?"

Celeste slowly steps toward the seat in front of Alexander, sitting down with a tad bit of elegance while still maintaining eye contact with him. She emanates a weird friendly aura from her, well, completing a job usually means a paycheck by the end of it, so it isn't that odd at all.

[pepsi]

-- ABADDON #2

The door creaked open just as Alexander decided to rest his eyes for a moment. With an audible sigh he sat up, and regained a balanced posture on the red velvet sofa.
The buyer, or perhaps a representative, had just entered the room: he better keep a semblance of decency. And as his eyes met with the opposite side, he'd say...

"... oh my."

Alexander crossed his legs and spread his arms wide over the back of the sofa. "Nobody told me I'd meet with such a beautiful woman today." His heterochromatic eyes seemed to sparkle as he talked. "Sure," he confirmed, "take a seat." A cheeky smile was drawn across his face as he introduced himself: "I'm Alexander," he said in his warmest voice, "and may I know your name, miss?"

Alexander nodded towards the Samkhar Ring sitting on the glass table. "That's the Ring. As you know, I found it in the recesses of Pandaemonium; it probably still has strong traces of demon magic." Alexander shifted in his seat, bringing his arms in front and resting both elbows on his knees; tips of his fingers joined in front of his face, he looked at the young woman and tried to surmise any details that would help him identify which organisation she might've belonged to. To his surprise, he found none.

"Before we continue, are you the buyer? I'm not gonna lie. I think this piece of jewellery would look amazing on you."

-- NAME // ALEXANDER

-- RANK // D

-- TECHS USED // None.

[nicotlt]

Blue Parade

Celeste Azuline

Devil Hunter

21 years old

Celeste had a small glimpse of the mysterious metallic ring shining on top of the table, but soon had her eyes back on the seller, she couldnt help but notice that he seemed incredibly confident and comfortable just by watching his body language. After hearing the compliment coming from the man, she couldn't help but blush slightly, she did enjoy to get compliments afterall.


"Well thank you very much! It's very nice to meet you today Mr.Alexander, you can call me Celeste."


Celeste looks directly at the ring this time, as Alexander presented it to her. She crosses her left leg on top of her right leg and lays her arms on top of her lap slowly to show tranquility as she listens to the details of how the young man had acquired the ring. She nods twice at the end of the explanation, really seeming to be paying attention. After receiving another compliment, Celeste tilts her head to the right slightly, her smile widens a few notches before responding;


"I'm the representative hired by the buyer, as they are currently based at Europe. I do admire the lovely way you have with words, sir."


Celeste widens her stance, leaning forward while resting her hands on the seat she is currently sat on to look at the ring closely. She had no doubt that it was the real thing after seeing the way it shines with demonic power. After having a good look at it, she gets back to her upright stance and looks at the young man's eyes.


"This ring truly is an amazing piece and has been very well conserved, you did a good job finding this. Because of your formality, i raised the offer to 950K US Dollars. Do you have any objections, sir?

[pepsi]

-- ABADDON #3

Alexander smirked at the girl's introduction. He had met many people in his Devil Hunting career, but usually they didn't give off sheer innocence like the one he was speaking to. Innocence, or perhaps ingenuity, which told him that the trade would probably be an easy transaction to conclude.

And yet, something at the back of his mind was screaming "danger". The hair on his neck was standing up, and he just could not figure out the reason.

"That's a very generous offer, Celeste" Alexander said. As he predicted; nice and easy, no haggling, no struggling, no begging for a discount. He produced a sigh of relief, and declared: "I think I don't have any objection to that."

"But I do."

Alexander turned his head to find a woman sitting on a sofa on his right. There was absolutely no way anybody other than Celeste and himself could enter the room without him noticing, so who the hell was that?
The Devil Hunter was frozen for a split second before realizing. That was not a woman, that was a demon. He clutched the Ring in his hand, and immediately stood up; his bright red eye sparkled with energy and the ethereal silhouette of a sword appeared out of thin air, crackling with the same energy.
He only had a fraction of a second to announce his attack, and he had lost that opportunity. The woman pointed index and middle finger at Alexander's hand.

"[Excali-]"
"[Esau]."

The deafening sound of an explosion filled the room, and Alexander's arm was blown clean off. The hand that contained the Ring, severed from the rest of the arm, impacted against the wall on the opposite side. "ACK!" Alexander groaned, surprisingly not shocked at all about the status of his limb. He immediately dived towards his lost hand, and picked it up in one motion
His back against the wall, he was only given enough time to scream "Celeste, run!" before the woman performed the same action once more.

"[Esau]."

This time, the explosion blew Alexander's entire body away, punching a large hole in the wall. The demon's expression looked annoyed; "What a pain," she said, under her breath, "he already figured it out." She turned around to face Celeste, and once more she pointed towards her with index and middle finger extended.

"I'm not leaving witnesses. [Esau]."

-- NAME // ALEXANDER

-- RANK // D

-- TECHS USED // None.