The darkness within [Pvt] [Jade]

Gage had not spent much time away from his work, his injury finally settling into a place where he was able to manipulate objects well enough to not be causing problems. To anyone that did not know him directly, they would not be able to tell that his arm was actually missing, the nimbleness and dexterity of his replacement limb good enough to pass as the original. To him though he could tell all the time, the small sting of the metal bound to bone and skin being so constant that he can never forget that he is using a fake arm. Now though he wore a jacket, black with a soft furry interior to keep his neck warm. Over his metal hand and arm he wears a black leather glove, the wrist strapped tight to keep the glove on.

Down below he watched, the small group of men all working at a singular goal of unloading a bunch of gear into a nearby building. Up the street she finally approaches, Gage having stalked her for nearly an hour and a half. The cold billow of air from his breath carried away in the wind as she starts her fun. "Its time for you to impress me." Sitting back he watches the show unfold.

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Gage eyes her warily, she was fast, her drive for blood seeming to push her faster and harder than any instinct that could have told her to calm down and preserve her life. Blood was everywhere, the trails turning to small streams in the alley, pooling in one big drain before vanishing into the dark of one of the sewers below. There was not many situations that he had seen this kind of blood thirsty death, the few times that he had been witness to the horrors still being fresh in his mind. She was not one hundred percent okay, her ferocity being more like that of a badger on drugs than any demented human. By the time that the last body slumped to the ground the sound of cracking bones and tearing flesh seemed to scar the night. She was done but her act was still in the air, leaving a shadow in the alley. She most likely did not realize it now but these souls, as rough as their death was, would most likely be back to haunt this alley in a few days.

Then the hollows began to appear, the beast seeming to appear out of nowhere, all pouncing on the lone FullBringer. The battle changed, the pace going from an out right blood war to what could only be described as two monsters raging war on each other. If she ever managed to get to his level of strength she would be a nightmare to deal with, her pure aggression and all out attack making her the most dangerous of beasts. An animal that fights as if it were always backed into a corner. The frenzy finally came to a stop, the after battle wound licking commencing.

Pulling a quill from her torso she tosses it on the ground, the bodies around her giving the alley a blood stained paint job. Pulling her phone out she dials a number, her body slumping from a combination of exhaustion and mental fatigue. Gage feels his phone vibrate once, the ringer plain and generic, echoing into the alley. Ring ring ring. Ring ring ring. Standing up he steps out into the alley, his body descending into the darkness below like a shadow before he lands on the ground nearly soundlessly. Standing the phone continues to ring as he looks at Yeong. "You buzzed?"

"Fantastic, executed with as much vigor if not more, than I expected from you," She had potential, tons of it. The question though is whether or not the potential was leaning more towards good or evil. IF evil then she would be more of a problem than an ally but if she was more drawn to doing the right thing, or at least the more 'balanced' thing then she would play an invaluable role in the safety of the world. "I will do as I promised, the FN Five-seveN. Decent weapon. Not as much recoil and twice as reliable as regular equipment now a days. So do you have any particular wants with this?" Not that what she wanted was really going to influence what he did. At the end of the day Gage always puts in maximum effort into all his projects and makes sure that each one is the pinnacle of its powers.

He was not one to put out product that was lack luster or even sub par in any aspect. If it was going to go out into the real world then he would make sure that it would have to power to carve its name into history. "You did a good job here. While I work on my next project would you care to take care of another problem for me? Its more...delicate than this one but it has to be done none the less."

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And of course he did shake, what kind of monster would not have shaken during the middle of the most INTERESTING business transaction that he has ever encountered on the streets of...well anywhere. She was effective. Extreamly effective and that makes her more than useful. A good associate is hard to come by and even more so a competent one more so. That being the case he was at a loss, her falling forward to rest her head on his shoulder making him a little uncomfortable. Not that he did not find her attractive, quite the opposite actually. However he had not once stopped to even let that thought drift into his mind. Then she spoke, her native language being something that he did not quite have a grasp on. I am going to have to get a translator to deal with this. He did not care for missing out on any information during a conversation. Standing up again her ears lay flat against her head, Gage assuming that the phrase was some kind of apology based on her posture.

Pistol in hand he cycles the weapon a few times, going through its functions, and even tapping into its inner workings using his soul communication to feel about its interior.

"Silenced, ability to switch between conventional bullets and bullets that kill masks," - Gage nodded, dropping the magazine and used a spark of soul communication to funnel breach lines along the barrel, turning the entire length of the top into the vent holes normally used in suppressors. That way when it is fired the gasses escaping from the top of the pistol would counter act the vertical kick. Normally this would not be possible due to the fact that the barrel has to have equal amounts of rigidity all around the circumference but by pulling metal around the sides and to the top he was able to make it to where chamber detonations were next to impossible.

"Also. Barrel gated to allow explosive rounds killing masks," - That one was a bit more complicated, the gating of a semi automatic pistol being a little odd. However all that had to be done was the removal of the left side of the slide, Gage's green soul communication energy peeling away the metal and polishing the removed portion. Next he molded what was left to allow the loading of individual rounds at a time. All she would have to do is hold the slide lock down right when firing and the slide would leave the gate in the open position. Then with her left hand she would be able to insert the round directly into the chamber in a similar fashion to a bottom loaded shotgun.

"Reflective strips on iron sights, no scopes or optics," - This was by far the easiest alteration, Gage pulling off the reflective strip off of the rear bumper of the truck, with a flash of green Soul Communication he then cuts the grain of the reflective material down by 80% making the material feel smooth to the touch but still reflective as a safety vest. Drawing up the sights slightly he molds them in and heats everything to a smoldering red as it hovers mid air, the pistol now starting an air cooling process.

"Well for starters I can get you some of those explosive rounds you are looking for. As for the job, here is what I need from you. I have business to tend too the mainland and I can't take care of it myself otherwise I would. However you can be my hand here. At the docks of friday there is going to be a shipment coming in of goods, its going to be four containers each holding about 15 units each. I need you to go and disrupt the receiving of the shipment and do something with the goods. I don't care what happens to it as long as it does not end up where it was originally planned. Destroy it, dump it in the ocean, I don't care. As long as they don't get to keep it." Pulling out a piece of paper he hands it to her, the dock number and the container numbers all scribbled down. "That thing will fire regular rounds, the metal being able to transmit your energy into the rounds so it will kill your 'masks'. Do you have anything else?" Gage rubs the blood smudge on his shoulder before ignoring it and turning back to her.

Gage couldn't help but think of his first work, the knife that he would carry on his person to this day, the shape starting off large and bulky but now being more slender and thin after each time he has sat down to habitually sharpen its edge. All the way from a knife to that of an accidental AI. One that would out perform his work in almost all fields, as any good computer should. Then to top it off his most recent battle suit, each ones complexity making the design and fabrication of a new pistol rather easy.

"A home out of the way...when you say out of the way what do you mean? Like in the mountains? Because you already have access to something like that, just like everyone else on the market. However if you are looking for more of a fortress of solitude then I think I have something that you might be interested in." Gage smiled and pulled a pack of dollar store smokes out of the inside pocket of his jacket, taping them into the palm of his right hand to pack the tobacco before offering her one. Gage didn't bother bringing up that it was the unused half of a development lab a hundred and fifty meters under the floor of the city bank.

Such an interesting character, the pain of battle still in her side and all she wants is to figure out her next step towards getting settled down. The lab itself would be easy to convert into a living quarters, the only person that knows about its whereabouts being himself and one other Shinigami whom he had invited in for some less than sanctioned experiments. "Next to no one knows of its location as I had dug it myself. The base floor is a hundred and fifty meters below the basement of the Main Financial Institution here in town. To get there you can either take a powered sled which is a quarter mile away from the bank in a subway station through one of the service entrances. The Elevator in the bank also goes down to the facility. The staff on the ground floor all work for me so none of them should give you any issues, in actuality they tend to be decent company should you ever stop with lunch for them."

Gage snuffs out his own cigarette underfoot. "Its a shipment of 28 foreign nationals, all trying to make a new life for themselves. Personally I don't give a damn, these people sold themselves to a gang of murderers but they are getting shipped here into my town. For that the gang is now trespassing into dangerous water. Just go there, interrupt the shipment and turn the people loose or over to the police. Your call. When your done I will walk you through the lab and we can see what you think of it."

"No matter to me. Lets go then," pulling out his phone Gage begins to dial up a local cab service, lower end so that if for any reason they saw anything that they shouldn't they would most likely keep it to themselves so that they don't become the focus of unwanted attention. Pinning a location a few blocks away he starts walking, expecting that she is following but not looking back to make sure. "Your an odd one. I would have assumed that you would just as soon punch holes in the container and let it sink to the bottom of the bay." She seemed to be at either end of the spectrum, or at least a decent amount normal. Unwarranted bloodshed not being in her agenda while at the same time she had no issue tearing into someones neck and leaving them bleeding on the ground.

Gage has met his share of odd balls in the spiritual community, ranging from blood thirsty monsters that take off a babies head as soon as save it from a car wreck. Then there were those that would literally die, letting their own life go so that a single insignificant soul could be saved. It was a short walk to the pick up location for the cab, it being at least five more minuets before it would pull up.