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mod.livejournal.comThe in car fight became nasty quickly. At first it was failed blow after failed blow, their P'o exerted its influence and they entered fire soul. Then the teeth came out, at least Temujin's did. He pinned down Nai and bit and drank and rended his flesh in a grisly and bloody explosion. All the while Xian was transforming into demon form and Aki was hitting him with a Yang charged stick as best he could in the cramped quarters. Temujin too found himself at a tactical disadvantage due to the cramped quarters and Nai capitalised on it with several huge blows sending Temujin into the little death. The transformation complete, Xian tackled Nai who was ravenous from blood loss. Aki took the wheel after realizing the driver had wisely left at some point during the melee, and he drove back to the hotel.
Nai put on a coat and went hunting, but could not control his urges and killed a passer-by in full view of witnesses. Realizing that trying to contain the situation would create a new even worse situation - he fled. The car was ruined.
Nai took to resting, while the others continued the shadowing of the Shih codename 'Chan' in a tuc tuc. Aki tried to get close to him, but was spotted and was forced to move away. Instead they used spirits to follow him so they could remain at a distance in the windy passages of the slums where they had found him. Xian found a local disease spirit in the Yang realm, and agreed to supply it with Yang Chi while Aki crafted a wooden bird and brought out its spirit.
After some nights they heard some news. Chan was meeting with some men in an out of the way place. They were on it. Rushing to the tuc tuc they raced through the quiet night streets of Bangalore.
They took off down a side street at a blistering 23mph, the close walls of buildings crawling past them - they suddenly found themselves in the familiar streets of the Wicked City. And they were not alone. Along with the usual array of Demons of Iron and Violence, was a new faction. Laser wielding oriental men in militia looking getup, shooting at the demons while making a retreat in the direction of the remaining wu. Aki decided to perform a doughnut turn to beat a hasty retreat, and tipped the tuc tuc over.
They scrambled out and left along with the other men, who met with a recently arrived van and fled without saying a word to Xian or Aki.
Disturbed by this turn of events, the pressed on.
They arrived at the piece of disused scrap land, and saw the men gathered. They were all Indian but Chan. They learned through their spies that they were discussing a mission of some kind, that they were planning to kill someone. They seemed to think this would go towards a quota of some kind.
Then they headed off, with Xian and Aki in pursuit, on foot. They seemed to enter a somewhat rundown house in an ok neighbourhood. Moments after the wu had arrived, a person was cannoned through an upper flow window, over their heads, hitting the ground and turning to dust rapidly thereafter.
They hid and watched the suspected Shih leave the premises and begin to disperse. They recognized one as working at the market they'd staked out, and knew where another lived. So they used their spirits to follow two more and Xian made a new deal with a new spirit of neon.
From this they learned the movements of some of the 'Shih'. They picked a target from among them: someone who lived in the lowest of the slums. They approached him, Nai coming along as backup, though he was still heavily Injured. Xian tried to obligate him, and it succeeded. They tricked him into taking them to the temple to get him into the new stolen tuc tuc. They took him back to the Shen's house from the assault.
He grew anxious but Xian's praternatural presence convinced him otherwise. They led him into the basement, where they found convenient chains which they secured him to and began interrogating him.
He talked of someone named 'God Slayer' for whom they were accruing their quota. He was unclear of details, having heard it through rumour and speculation. They decided to find a source for these rumours, and he identified a physics professor who had spoken to him of God Slayer and the need for a quota.
They set out for the University. It was closed.
Nai put on a coat and went hunting, but could not control his urges and killed a passer-by in full view of witnesses. Realizing that trying to contain the situation would create a new even worse situation - he fled. The car was ruined.
Nai took to resting, while the others continued the shadowing of the Shih codename 'Chan' in a tuc tuc. Aki tried to get close to him, but was spotted and was forced to move away. Instead they used spirits to follow him so they could remain at a distance in the windy passages of the slums where they had found him. Xian found a local disease spirit in the Yang realm, and agreed to supply it with Yang Chi while Aki crafted a wooden bird and brought out its spirit.
After some nights they heard some news. Chan was meeting with some men in an out of the way place. They were on it. Rushing to the tuc tuc they raced through the quiet night streets of Bangalore.
They took off down a side street at a blistering 23mph, the close walls of buildings crawling past them - they suddenly found themselves in the familiar streets of the Wicked City. And they were not alone. Along with the usual array of Demons of Iron and Violence, was a new faction. Laser wielding oriental men in militia looking getup, shooting at the demons while making a retreat in the direction of the remaining wu. Aki decided to perform a doughnut turn to beat a hasty retreat, and tipped the tuc tuc over.
They scrambled out and left along with the other men, who met with a recently arrived van and fled without saying a word to Xian or Aki.
Disturbed by this turn of events, the pressed on.
They arrived at the piece of disused scrap land, and saw the men gathered. They were all Indian but Chan. They learned through their spies that they were discussing a mission of some kind, that they were planning to kill someone. They seemed to think this would go towards a quota of some kind.
Then they headed off, with Xian and Aki in pursuit, on foot. They seemed to enter a somewhat rundown house in an ok neighbourhood. Moments after the wu had arrived, a person was cannoned through an upper flow window, over their heads, hitting the ground and turning to dust rapidly thereafter.
They hid and watched the suspected Shih leave the premises and begin to disperse. They recognized one as working at the market they'd staked out, and knew where another lived. So they used their spirits to follow two more and Xian made a new deal with a new spirit of neon.
From this they learned the movements of some of the 'Shih'. They picked a target from among them: someone who lived in the lowest of the slums. They approached him, Nai coming along as backup, though he was still heavily Injured. Xian tried to obligate him, and it succeeded. They tricked him into taking them to the temple to get him into the new stolen tuc tuc. They took him back to the Shen's house from the assault.
He grew anxious but Xian's praternatural presence convinced him otherwise. They led him into the basement, where they found convenient chains which they secured him to and began interrogating him.
He talked of someone named 'God Slayer' for whom they were accruing their quota. He was unclear of details, having heard it through rumour and speculation. They decided to find a source for these rumours, and he identified a physics professor who had spoken to him of God Slayer and the need for a quota.
They set out for the University. It was closed.
