Summer Harvest

[immortalrose]

Who: Augustine G. Vlad Tepes & Lucky (ShishiRed)
What: Hunting down the serial killer in the Everglades
When: Mid-July (Day the Newspaper comes out)
Where: Everglade (night)
Warnings: Mentions of blood and gore, possible swearing, conflict


"A little too quiet for my liking." Augustine mentions as he steps out onto the desolate streets.

Unlike the other cities, Everglade is typically teeming with life during the after hours. However, news of a serial killer made headlines as of late. The citizens of this haunting little town are too scared to venture out, everyone except for the dhampir and his demonic little pet.

It's not often that Augustine makes a trip here to Everglade. Why? Well, might have something to do with the evil count that lives nearby. He makes it a point not to be in town with Dracula so near. The last thing the dhampir wants is to run into the Lord of Shadows in person. So, he makes it his business to stay out of this town but tonight is a special occasion. News of this serial killer reached his ears in Genessia City. In need of some extra spending money and also a tad stir crazy, Augustine took the bounty.

"Spot anything yet, Astaroth?" He asks the overgrown black hound ahead of him. The shadowy demon peeks over its fuzzy shoulder, its expression completely obscured by the elk-like skull it wears. "Nothing besides the usual spooks and horrors." It answers in a low whisper-like growl. "But we're not alone here..." The creature whirls around quickly and gesture's its massive head towards the roofs above. Augustine glances up with a frown.

"So we have a 'guest' here?"

( ooc: brackets or prose allowed! i will adapt to match )

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[crapton_of_luck]

"Right?" Lucky mused, looking around as he rubs his hand over the strap on his Seiza Blaster, then making sure he has both his kyutamas in his pocket just in case they were needed.

Falling silent until Astaroth said they were being watched, Lucky spun around and looked up at the roof. "Apparently," he said, his hand slipping into his pocket, ready to transform if he absolutely had to.

[immortalrose]

Augustine peeks over at his companion for the evening looking a little bit amused. He doesn't know much about this man but apparently he's one of the more prominent bounty hunters in business. The dhampir is still considered a novice in this line of work but that's only due to the fact he doesn't find too many opportunities. That and the fact he's a working single father with a budding opera career on the rise.

Nevertheless, Augustine doesn't mind sharing the chore of this particular bounty. Not because he doubts his strength but rather because he has no idea what he's stepping into. "Be on guard." He warns once glances up again. "I think I see the silhouette of his latest victim."

Sure enough there's the body of a man hanging up there at the chimney. A grown man within his late fifty or so completely bloodied and empty of any organs on display. It seems their killer is definitely nearby. "Gruesome." Augustine sighs once he gestures for Astaroth to cut the victim down. The wolf-like beast leaps up onto the roof in a single bound without much effort. The shingles under its paws rattle nosily as it reaches up there to yank down the corpse by its teeth.

"What do we know about this murderer?" He asks Lucky. "Is he a mage---"

Before Augustine could continue, Astaroth let's out a strangled howl when something or rather someone leaps out of the shadows and stabs the demon right in its massive jaw.

[crapton_of_luck]

Looking up, Lucky narrowed his eyes slightly at the figure that Astaroth was bringing down. "No kidding," he murmured, rubbing the back of his neck.

He was about to answer Augustine's question when Astaroth's howl caused him to go for one of the kyutamas in his pocket. "Looks like he was trying to lure us out," he said quietly.

[immortalrose]

The dhampir snarls in frustration. "That's exactly what he wants." Before he could say anything further, Astaroth comes tumbling down in a heap of fur and bright gold ichor.

"He fled to the next roof!" The injured hound explains as it yanks the knife out of its throat. The weapon in question is like a long machete with the handle of a tactical blade, a customed weapon. This loosely explains how the murderer could butcher his victims but does it mean he's disarmed now? Probably not.

Augustine says as he quickly checks on Astaroth's wound. The demon is a little stunned but not in any great jeopardy. So instead of recalling it away, Augustine unwraps the bandage around his left hand and presses his bloody hand against the wound. Blood magic is an uncommon practice in general, especially Augustine's take on it. A strange amber light engulfs the demon's injury briefly, healing it fully.

"Come on!" Augustine bandages his hand again before climbing onto the wolf demon's back. "We can corner the killer if we take to the rooftops. Bringing him in alive is the only goal."

[crapton_of_luck]

Lucky nodded, scrambling up onto Astaroth's back, giving him a pat as he decided which kyutama he was going to use once they got up there. Sure it felt like he used it way too much but if it got the job done, why not, right?

"All right, ready," he said once he got settled, glancing up to the roofs to see if he could see their target.

[immortalrose]

Astaroth takes off running once Lucky climbs onto its back. With both his master and the extra weight in tow, the demonic wolf speeds down the desolate street before eventually leaping up towards the rooftops. It hops briefly onto the side of an old brick gate before leaping onto the roof of an old rickety house nearby. It's then that they see their target scrambling onto the roof of the next house.

"Astaroth, go!" Augustine commands once he spots the killer. It seems that the man behind the murders is a man in his mid-thirties. A rather dapper looking bloke, top hat and all. While he looked to be just your average man, the killer pulls out several knives from within his suit jacket and throws them at the incoming bounty hunters with deadly precision.

[crapton_of_luck]

As soon as Astaroth hit the roof, Lucky was diving off to the side, a hiss escaping as he got nicked in the arm by one of the knives as he rolled up to his knees, pulling one of his kyutamas out and slotting it into his Seiza Blaster.

"What's Up? Saiko Kyutama! Super Seiza Change!"

"Star Change!"

In a flash of light, he was in his Shishi Red Orion suit, scrambling up to his feet. Throwing his hands out, his cape telekinetically shoots towards the killer in an attempt to wrap around him like it did the first time Lucky fought Bakugo.

[immortalrose]

The killer manages to slow down that overgrown demon with their many knives but the alleged Power Ranger manages to take him by surprise. Before the man knew it, he was wrapped up in some kind of fabric from head to toe. However, the killer manages to break free by slicing through the cape with what seems to be an oversize scalpel he summoned out of thin air. Genessia is filled with all sorts of bizarre supernatural people but this one takes the cake. Maybe this bloke is a magician or something, the killer certainly looks the part.

The killer was about to scramble onto the nearby roof but Augustine aims his pistol and fires. That shot knocks the man's hat clean off his head. "Stop or this turns ugly!" He warns but the killer ignores that warning and charges right him with that enormous scalpel in tow. Astaroth races over to strike at the knife-toting psycho but the demon gets struck down for the umpteenth time. The killer slices that enormous scalpel right through the demon's side but the blade of it gets stuck within the beast.

"Lucky!" He yells over towards his partner. "Try to detain him again." Augustine suggests while Astaroth is trying to pull the enormous scalpel out of its flesh.

[crapton_of_luck]

Lucky nodded, a bright blue portal opening under his feet and dropping him right on top of the killer, taking a knife to the leg as they both hit the ground. Letting out a soft grunt of pain, his cape (or what was left of it at the moment anyway) wrapped itself around the killer again, Lucky wrestling him a bit until he got to where he could sit on him until Augustine could get there.

"I think we got him," he finally said a couple of minutes later.

[immortalrose]

Once Lucky manages to flop on top of the killer, the jig was up. The man gets wrapped up in what's left of that accursed cape. While he certainly puts up a fight without his oversize scalpel, the man's a sitting duck. Astaroth finally manages to pry the blade out of him and ends up snapping it apart with his teeth. The demon is hurt but Augustine is already knelt down beside the monster trying to heal it. Being a summoner sometimes leaves Augustine at a disadvantage since Astaroth, more often than not, has a mind of his own. Thankfully, Lucky is more reliable than his pet beast.

"Success!" Augustine cheers once he sees they have the culprit. "Now we just need to bring him in alive." The dhampir states as he gingerly approaches the two. "Just how long can you keep him detained? Did you check for weapons first?" He's somewhat worried that this bastard will try to flee night again.

"I'm afraid that if I allowed Astaroth attempt to restrain him, the beast will kill him." That's why Augustine was holding back a lot here. He doesn't want to kill the man. They won't get their reward if they bring back the killer dead.

[crapton_of_luck]

"I knew I forgot something," Lucky grumbled, clenching his fist at his side to keep the cape wrapped around the guy as he checked for weapons with his other hand, pulling out whatever he could find and tossing them over next to Augustine. "I think that's it," he said, moving to sit on the man again. "Can't we just knock him unconscious?"

Was he serious? Probably.