Kuroba Kaito [Kaitou Kid] (![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
nowyouseeit) wrote2017-06-05 08:55 pm
nowyouseeit) wrote2017-06-05 08:55 pm
[WEEK 3: Tuesday evening, the library; Jay, Yukina]
[he can still feel it. the sting from yesterday's sacrifice lingers in his index finger, a tiny ghost that can't be exorcised. the memory of his stomach dropping and turning inside out at the news of Dave's death is as fresh as the memory he's making now, as he walks up to the locked library with Yukina and Jay in tow. but even clearer than any of that, and what Kaito had decided to hold onto, because fuck it if he would ever let this place get to him, are Craftly's words]
["The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. That... that is what you must contend with. Your contract is binding and thus, until the very end... you must face the unknown."]
[he never thought this job would be easy. not from the very beginning, when it was obvious he was going to have the point a gun at a living being and pull the trigger in order to end this farce of a game with as many survivors as possible. so even with the pain from yesterday-- physical, and emotional-- still lingering in his mind, Kaito manages to hold his head up high. he promised he would, and he is if nothing a man of his word]
All right.
[a head that he tilts towards Jay and Yukina once they're standing in front of their target building, of course]
According to Jay's map, this is the library. Are you guys ready?
["The oldest and strongest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest and strongest kind of fear is fear of the unknown. That... that is what you must contend with. Your contract is binding and thus, until the very end... you must face the unknown."]
[he never thought this job would be easy. not from the very beginning, when it was obvious he was going to have the point a gun at a living being and pull the trigger in order to end this farce of a game with as many survivors as possible. so even with the pain from yesterday-- physical, and emotional-- still lingering in his mind, Kaito manages to hold his head up high. he promised he would, and he is if nothing a man of his word]
All right.
[a head that he tilts towards Jay and Yukina once they're standing in front of their target building, of course]
According to Jay's map, this is the library. Are you guys ready?
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[he bolts for the east end of the floor, nearly tripping as the shocks of the west end collapsing shake underneath his feet. but he comes to a stop at the beginning of the chasm, gaze flickering between the north and south slivers of flooring]
[he steps back, fingers flexing around the handle of his gun, and nods at the other two]
You go first. Let me have your backs. If the big guy catches up to us, I'll shoot.
[he hates using a bullet like this, but. better to be down a bullet than to be dead, right?]
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"it is my duty to keep you from doing anything incredibly ill-advised."
they're going to have to apologize to him later, if they all make it out of this.
still, kaito is right. even though both jay and yukina are armed, they can only really take out the smaller creatures with their weapons. and any case, they can only attack if the beast gets too close, and if that happens it'll be over. at least with kaito's gun, he has distance on his side. so jay goes first, mostly so he can fight off anything that might suddenly show up from in front of them. and if the path breaks or something, it'd be better if he falls to his death than yukina. ]
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[As safe as any of them can be when there's a raging tentacle beast out for their blood, anyway.
Yukina's expression is deeply concerned as Kaito stays behind and as Jay forges on - once he's made it part of the way there, she starts after him, glancing over her shoulder and hoping that Kaito will catch up with them soon.]
bon appetite mon amies
Yukina and Jay will make it across safely, if not covered in dust from the building and blood from their own injuries. Kaito, who has remained relatively unscathed until now, will not be nearly as fortunate. For you see — though the beast is a creature of instinct, it's still capable of analyzing its environment. When it notices the three hunters have begun to move east, it follows. The only warning they will get is a deafening roar, terrible enough to their senses that it causes their vision to shake and blur.
The next thing Kaito will know is that he's been impaled through his shoulder, one of the beast's smaller appendages holding him up like a humanoid shish-kabab. It yanks him down, pulling him off his feet and towards the second floor. Suspended in the air by his shoulder, Kaito will have to think fast unless he wants to be eaten alive.
After all, he only has a couple of seconds before the monster tosses him into its mouth and chews him up. Nice.]
PHANTOM THIEF IS NOT ON THE MENU!!
[and the next thing he knows his shoulder is burning, white hot with pain that pierces through him like electricity. he's vaguely aware of the fact that his feet have left the ground, vaguely aware that he is being suspended in the air by a tendril that has embedded itself in his skin and bone like a hook. vaguely aware of the gaping maw underneath him, full of sharp teeth and stinky saliva and oh god he can't die like this, he can't, he can't]
[it's fortunate the creature grabbed him by the shoulder of the arm that wasn't holding the gun. with a yell, adrenaline pumping through his veins and telling him to survive god damn it, he levels his handgun at that mouth. at the creature that snaps at him hungrily from below]
[his finger twitches on the trigger]
[and he shoots]
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[ he almost runs right back to where kaito is, but stops when he reaches the edge because of the sound of gunfire. he's so dead, how is a bullet going to stop something like that? ]
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[Oh god oh god he's going to die, isn't he-? What can they do? There has to be something they can do...
Yukina starts back along with Jay, but also stops at the edge. They don't have ranged weapons... There's nothing they have that can stop the beast.]
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The Gangster's rules are simple. Four shots, each intended for those "who have selected to speak the words of monsters." What Kaito's handbook does not specify, however, is how effective it will be on monsters themselves. Neither does it specify how, exactly, his aim will be true. As Kaito pulls the trigger, an invisible force will steady his hand and redirect the focus towards the beast's head. Golden lights will burst from the muzzle, and for an instant, Kaito will be unable to smell anything but sulfur and copper. A moment later, the bullet lands smackdab in the center of the beast's forehead.
Its head blows up in a mess of gore; slime, blood and slippery flesh coat the library's walls, floor and ceiling. All three of them will be unable to avoid getting hit with the stuff, though Kaito in particular will be absolutely covered in it — but that's not as pressing as what happens next. Now that the monster is dead, he'll find himself falling to the ground along with the rest of its body. The impact will definitely give him more injuries for the road, and from his position, he'll see a dog tag hanging from the remains of the beast's collar.
The engraving says "Fluffy" in neat, cursive script. Cute.
A second later, someone sighs. Warm breath brushes against the Hunters's neck as the Library is plunged into darkness.]
She didn't give you a gun so you would kill my dog, little one. [Says a feminine voice, identical to the one they heard when they first entered the building.] But what else can be expected from three nimrods? Go to sleep and don't bother us until next week.
[An intense drowsiness will take over them, causing Yukina and Jay to pitch forward and crumple to the ground.
They'll wake up a hour later on the floor of Room 112, sloppily applied bandages and emergency dressings (in Kaito's case) around their injuries. Someone will have left a bottle of fish antibiotics (amoxicillin) and a sling on top of the pull out couch, but they'll need to hunt down any additional medical supplies.
They might also need a bath to get the gore off of their hair and clothes but, eh. You're welcome, kids.]
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[WHY!!]