ROLEPLAY HQ - turning-point

TW: Violence, self-loathing, possible sexual themes, gore, more TBD

Damn it all. Damn. It. All. That’s all that was running through Xander’s head as he ran down the alleyway, transforming into a cat as he heard several footsteps running behind him, with shouts of ‘Monster!’ and ‘It went down there! Go around and cut it off!’ He didn’t ask for this. Why did they think he wanted this? He was just some random guy, nobody important. Yeah, he had a rough childhood due to constant illness and general poor health, despite everything his parents tried to do. Then he woke up to someone clamped down on his neck, and he tried to fight them off.. Things went downhill from there. ‘Over there!’ He heard shouting from below, and then several bullets hit the wall beneath him as he climbed, trying to get out of their reach. Several bounds of his feline body later, and he was off running again on the rooftops, voices quickly fading away as he leapt from building to building. Even if he couldn’t do this kind of thing in his normal body.. If there was one thing that was good about his transformation into a monster.. It gave him a way to run when his normally weak body failed him. Slipping into a hole in the attic of a house, he transformed back into his normal form and slumped against the wall. Damn it all.. He felt so damn weak now, weaker than he ever felt before.. All because of that damn monster.. In this city, there were monsters lurking in the shadows. Supernatural monsters, things that the public weren’t allowed to know about. There were rumors, whispered over hushed tones, but nothing was confirmed to the common man. But Xander knew for sure that they existed. Because he was part Vampire.

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He didn’t know what happened.. But when that monster, the vampire that attacked him, broke into his home and fed off of him, he changed. He felt so weak after the first couple of days, with an undying thirst in him.. A thirst for blood and flesh and to kill those who couldn’t defend themselves. That’s what scared him the most of what happened, because he had absolutely no idea where that came from. When he started having this thirst, he looked further into the rumors and came to the conclusion that he had become something simply not human. But he wasn’t completely a monster, because he could still go out in the day without bursting into flames like other vampires. Yeah, he wasn’t comfortable in the bright light of the sun, but he could move around. He still had a reflection, still cast his shadow.. Could enter places without an invitation.. So there was still a part of him that was human. Finding it was another thing entirely.. It was after the first week that he was forced to the streets by his thirst. A homeless man, obviously drunk, was in an alleyway.. It all went dark from there. When he came to, the man was on the ground, torn apart.. And the thirst was gone. Xander wanted to throw up right then and there, but found he couldn’t. His body was sated, but he was disgusted. Utterly disgusted. That’s when he heard people coming, and he needed to hide. Seeing a cat above, he blinked a couple of times, thinking that it’d be so easy to get out of here if he was light and agile like it was.. And then his body shifted into the form of a cat, nearly an exact copy of that cat.. Xander ran. He ran like the coward he was, as terrified screams came from behind. Someone had found the body, and was calling the police.

05:53

That was a month ago, and he found that raw or bloody meat could sate the thirst.. To an extent. Buying meat from a butcher wasn’t all that unusual, so he was able to keep a low profile and not draw too much attention.. But then people started coming after him. Hunters, with their guns and wooden stakes.. Someone figured out what he had become, and he didn’t know how.. That led to today, where he was squatting in someone’s attic, exhausted and thirsty.. A monster hiding from the light, trying not to get killed even if he wanted to die.. Damn survival instincts refusing to let him die. Damn it all. @darkkid1000

Asuna watched from a roof top. A headset wrapped around one ear, with a mouse peace infront of her mouse. she left herself muted as she listened in. She would lay ontop of the roof, her feet slightly kicking as if a child was laying in a field of flowers. She heard as the group said they lost him. "Fucking amatures" she mumbled as she followed the cat through the scope of her rifle. The bullet she had in the chamber wasn't one designed to kill, but one designed to to track. Adjusting for distance, wind, and atmosphereic pressure she would fire just one subsonic shot as the cat entered a hole into a building. Hit or missed she would at least know the building he was in. leaving a watcher to keep an eye out to make sure the cat doesn't leave Asuna would pick up her weapons. "Lets go meet the monster." she would say with a smile. Turning herself off Mute "target located and hiding place being monitored for movement. Amatures stand down, your too loud and clumsy and will get the mission cancelled, make sure you didn't hit any humans with your crappy aim." she would chastize coming up with a reason why she could go in a lone. She hated that the company forced her to bring a team out on monster hunts. But, it was that or not be allowed out. so she relented and looked for any reason to ditch them. Her handler while expecting this action most likely would chastize her later. Asuna was an Elite operative, picked up from an orphanage and trained from a child eight years of age to even now to hunt these monsters and keep their existence as quiet as possible. After a month of tracking and hunting for this guy the normal forces were having too hard of a time. Asuna backed up to the middle of the rooftop she was on "Asuna your not going to..." she would run before the male voice over the ear piece could tell her not to and leap from the building roof to the next. her red hair billowing in the wind as she herself would run jumping roof top to roof top. As she was human she couldn't just jump in a straight line as some of the gaps was too wide but had to make more of a zig zag pattern to get to the attic the target was hiding in. The entire time her handler telling her to stop being reckless and take a car like a normal person. Asuna ignoring it like normal kept moving until she got to the attic the voice she was waiting on came through, "target hasn't left" "Good, going silent" she would turn herself back to mute, and the volume down so she could barely hear the chatter. The whole looked barely big enough for her to fit in. Sighing she would unsling the rifle and lay it on the roof for extraction later. she would then pull out a couple of 9mm pistols and slide into the hole quickly swinging around looking for a cat or humanoid feature to point her pistols out, wanting to confirm the target before firing.

08:23

@Cecil

With the harsh sound of people above him, Xander moved to hide behind some old boxes that somebody had left here. The scent of blood continued to fill his nose, as he hadn't had an opportunity to clean himself before running. God, it was all over him.. His hands were stained red, and he could still feel the warmth upon his chin.. Damn it all. He never asked to become a monster. Yet he was being treated as prey in a hunt. His damn survival instincts told him to hide, despite his desire to step out and let whoever was there fill him with lead. So, instead of stepping out as whoever was hunting him climbed inside, he peeked out from the space between the boxes. A girl? Great, this was what these bastards sent after him? She looked like she could be a high school student, but a part of him doubted that. No student in their right mind would come after a monster like him. It was clear that she was armed, too, with a couple of pistols in her hands as she scanned the attic- For him, he assumed. For now, it was best to lay low, see what happens.. Though his new-found energy from his feeding meant he'd be ready to fight if his instincts told him to. Damn them. @darkkid1000

Asuna huffs as she start to catch her breath. Stepping around as she turns, her footsteps soft. "Come out, come out where ever you are." she would say in a quiet singsong voice. "I know your in here kitty kitty." she would say Moving so her back was now to the exit after having cleared and made sure he wasn't there. "I saw you come in but you haven't left yet." she would say her pistols sweeping the room. She was ready to snap back to any point in if she had to. "If you come out willingly, and peacefully, I can see about not killing you. Get you registered, processed... Tagged and numbered. Set you up on a program where you can blend in with the human world. I mean you would be subject to check ins on a moments notice, Psych evaluations monthly, have to pay a tax, but all that boring paperwork stuff can be handled then. For now I can fight you, kill you... or you come peacefully and the people down stairs don't need to get involved. Also, I should note time is not on your side kitty, they may send another wave of idiots who will be honing in on this place." As she explained everything she would cautiously start sliding boxes and looking around corners. It was clear she was looking for him, and each time she would look around a corner at least one pistol was pointing there first. "So you killed someone... I lost count of how many i've killed. My main purpose is to ensure there are no rogue monsters. You have been giving the government and my company a run for their money this past month. Now they brought me in, and if I was keen on listening to my handler, I would be shooting you... Others are faithful lap dogs. So you really lucked out... This whole building gone in a flash, and tomorrows newspaper would say it's a gas mane explosion. That easy, sooo think about it."

20:23

@Cecil

So it was either die or become nothing more than a caged beast for people to gawk at. He, to be blunt, would much rather take death than be stuck in this existence for the rest of his days. He never wanted to be a monster.. "I didn't ask for this, girlie." A voice suddenly came from the corner of the attic as a tall, yet unnaturally thin, man stepped out. "I didn't ask to need to kill people, or to need to hide what i've become. I fought it, for so damn long. A month's a long time to hide with such a monstrous hunger inside me that I tried to stop." Each word came out in a snarl, fangs reflecting what little light came into the attic. "But you and your gun-happy friends wouldn't care about how I 'tried' this, 'tried' that. It only matters that someone's dead because of me." With clenched teeth, he let out a hiss. "So make it quick before my damn instincts tell me to tear your throat out." The man tapped the center of his forehead, intent clear. @darkkid1000

"gladly" Asuna would say placing the gold barrel to his forehead. She would pull back the hammer and hold it there. Time may seem to slow down, Seconds to minutes, to hours. The barrel pointed point blank to his head. pull the trigger, its just another monster why aren't you doing it COME ON ASUNA Her thoughts were flooding her head. She had done this so many times before. Why now... why this guy? BANG The gun would go off. Only instead of the bullet piercing the guys head it was pointed straight up "Dammit!" she would hiss. "Look if you just sign up for the government supernatural integration program, method, you can go on with a normal life. when you get the urge to kill, raw meat, or the ability to hunt a death row inmate is provided." her voice was soft eye pleading. "If you really didn't ask to be a monster, this is your best bet. I could help you, and even get myself assigned to you for the first couple months to make sure you actually follow the laws, protect you from any other nasties who try to take you out, or get you to join their little turfwar... I'm sure you have at least one of the two already trying to follow you... BANG BANG Two loud sounds happened at once in this moment. First would be the wall Asuna had her back to errupting inwards. The second is a second discharge of her pistol as a beam hit her across the back. Standing in the large whole would be a male vampire staring Asuna down, looking like he was ready to eat. In a flash the male was ontop of her pushing the beam that landed across her back down further pinning her. "The Don sends her Reguards little hunter... time to die" he would growl leaning in. he would chuckle a little, then look to Xander. "New guy... why don't you have the first bite. savor the fresh taste of an elite hunter." he would offer. Asuna would grunt and groan as she struggled under the weight "Dammit" she would growl. Apprently the pistols had been knocked form her hands and laid just out o

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f her reach. "Get off of me you god damnned mother fucker!" "QUIET!" the male would snap before bashing the young womans head into the floor. The smell of fresh blood would fill the air as the head smashing opened a small wound on her forehead.

21:31

@Cecil

His eyes were closed as the barrel went against his forehead, fully accepting his imminent demise. At least he wouldn't have to live as a blood-sucking leech, a parasite on humanity.. But then his eyes opened, and the girl was.. pleading with him. Why couldn't she have just done it? Why did she want him to live? It wasn't like she knew him. He didn't mean anything to anyone, now. She was going on and on about this damn integration program to put people like him in semi-normal lives.. "Why didn't you just kill me you damn-" Xander jumped back as the wall burst open and a man- clearly a vampire- stared down at the both of them. It.. wanted him to feed..? On her? Xander stood there, frozen for several seconds as the scent of her blood filled the attic, his senses sharpening and instincts demanding he move in for the kill. He took several steps forward, staring down at the cut on her head. Oh, blood.. Sweet, sweet! Bang. A moment later, one of the girl's guns had been in Xander's hands, and a bullet shot at the vampire pinning her. When the hell did he even grab it? @darkkid1000

The vampire would stumble off of Asuna as pain ripped into it's chest. It would stare at Xander in disbelief. Then lunge for him, this however proved to be a fatal mistake for the vampire. As for that moment it forgot about Asuna, and didn't realize it was her pistol. Asuna would trip the vampire causing it to crash to the floor. they were on. Swinging herself up from the jerk of movement of the vampire being tripped. Asuna jumped onto its back "Ultraviolet bullets" she hissed downward punching the vampire in the face before it would begin to glow. Asuna stands up stepping away from the vampire. If and only if Xander doesn't have her pistol trained on her she would casually walk over and retrieve her second pistol from where it slid. Walking back fire one more time on the glowing, writhing vampire. This time in the head. Then holstering that would hold her hand out "Please may I have it? And thank you for the save" If Xander is pointing the pistol at her, she would slowly raise her hand up in the surrender position, the hands up in the air. "Xander, was it? I read your files, you've had a shit life up until you were attacked, and turned. I think that's why I want to sympathize with you, and let you lead a semi normal life instead of killing you. Give you a chance to have a better life. I'll buy it with more checks and balances, but for the most part, free and healthy." She wouldn't forget the vampire writhing in pain as it burned from the inside out and step on it's back to prevent it from trying to bite her ankles at the last second. She would continue to address Xander, "A life for a life, and now that you saved mine, I want to help even more." she would say watching him and aside from stepping on the vampire under her foot now, not making any sudden movements.

09:07

@Cecil

The gun dropped from his hands as he backed away from the writhing vampire, looking down at his hands. What had he just done..? Now he had murdered both a man and a vampire.. Who the actual fuck was he supposed to be? He didn't want to be a monster, but had killed a person. If he wanted to accept what he was, he couldn't now because of what he just did, no vampires would accept him. Had he just alienated himself from every group out there..? Looking at the woman, he watched as she picked up and holstered the pistol he just dropped, explaining what she read from his 'file'. Of course these crazy bastards had a 'file' on him, of course they were a bunch of insane stalkers who tracked his every move since before he even turned. Why the hell would someone even think he was that important? He was just a guy! At least.. Before all this, he was. He didn't exactly have much of an interesting life before then! His eyes narrowed at her. He didn't want to live like this. This wasn't him. Xander was a shadow of himself now, with a monstrous craving for blood and an unnatural body that allowed him to transform into animals. Letting out a sigh, his hands dropped to his sides. "..If you're not going to kill me now, just promise me that you'll put a bullet in my brain if I ever lose myself. I refuse to be a monster.. I don't care who does it, just kill me the moment I'm becoming one." If this was his punishment for some vile crime he commited in a past life, so be it. But the moment he wasn't himself.. He scowled. @darkkid1000

Asuna sighed "So dramatic." she would pick up her second pistol and force a round to eject out. Catching it she would holster the gun in the remaining free holster and pull out what looked like a nail filing. "Whats your name?" she would ask, almost as if the two just met on the street. "The file only said things like 'target' and 'MV267012' or some other number I could care less about." As she explained this she sat there with the bullet in her hand and the sharp point of the file as if she was about to write his name on a sticky pad. She would hold up a finger to delay his name for a moment. Bringing the finger then to an ear piece to push a button "cool your jets, Second surprise enemy neutralized, currently in negotiations." after a brief pause she would sigh "Ya, ya lecture me when i'm not in the middle of negotiations, as you always say to me..." her voice drops to mocking and unprofessional with whoever is on the other line " there is a time and place for everything. This isn't the time nor the place." after a moment of silence she would roll her eyes "Let me finish negotiation so we can end this a bit more on the peaceful side like you alway keep telling me to do. Jesus fucking hell your pissed at me for killing them with out giving them a chance and your pissed at me for giving a chance. make up your fucking mind and lecture me later K! Asuna. OUT!" She would then rip the piece out of her ear and put it in her pocket. thumbing the bullet back out of her fist and resuming the position she had before she was interrupted. "I'm sorry about that, my handler is a pain in the ass some times. Can I get your name? That way I can show you I have a bullet with your name on it, so if you do lose control you know I'll be the one to put you down." Her voice seemed soft, caring and apologetic especially near the end. Almost, as if she sympathized with the man in front of her. "also don't mind that guy he was just fodder, to be an annoyance for me, sent by the Noble fact

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ion. While they might try to leverage his death over you promising to forgive you for killing him. They honestly didn't care about the servant, so you can rest easy... it's not like you killed a noble. THAT would piss them off. But, it did show resolve and I like you a bit more." she would say trying to help sooth his nerves

09:13

@Cecil

Dramatic, she said. Yeah, no shit.. Of course he was being dramatic, considering the fact that he was turned into a monster only like a month ago and then out of nowhere had a bunch of people hunting him down. He was a murderer now, against his will. Of course he was going to be dramatic about it! How couldn't he?! He went to speak, but stopped when the woman told him to wait. She seemed to be arguing with someone.. If she clearly didn't get along with them, why the hell would she put up with them..? Ugh, it's not like it was any of his business.. He was better off dead than playing all these games. If this girl wasn't going to kill him.. Then he didn't really have much of a choice. He didn't have a gun, and particularly didn't want to die through a piece of wood through his chest, like all those stories described. It didn't seem like a particularly good way to go out.. "..Xander." He looked away from her, staring at the ground. It was clear that he didn't really trust her, even if she was trying to sympathize with him. She hadn't killed him yet, which meant something, he guessed.. But it didn't matter how he felt about things. It's not like he had much of a say in the way his life went now. It was either this or death.. "..Look, I'm not all that interested in pleasantries. We both know that i'm just a monster, and if your friends out there get their way, a caged one. Don't waste your time trying to be all nice." @darkkid1000

Asuna held up the bullet after he finished talking. His name engraved on it. "Welcome to the cage then big guy." she would say as she put the bullet away and pulled out with her name on it showing it to him "At least you're not leashed whiled in the cage." She would pocket that bullet "i'm not turned like you, I'm still human. But I know to much, and i'm too good at what I do to be let loose. Its been this way since I was eight. You get use to it. If you really interested in trying to break out, play nice and first moment you get Join the Anarchist group of vampires. I'd hate to have to hunt you down, but they are the ones who hate the rules the government lays out. I promise, it could be worse. At least you get to live a semi normal life, like how you had before being turned." Asuna would step up into the now large hole and wave with her full arm. "While you get death by power point. I get death by lecture, a tighter collar because I can't keep MY handler happy, and if they don't let me baby sit you for your first official month to help you adjust, then I get confined to my room for that month, only allowed out to eat and train. Like I said Xander, it can always be worse." As she finished the loud rotating blades of a helicopter would fill the air as a bright light is shined in on the two. A rope ladder would drop in front of Asuna who motioned for him to climb up. If he was to climb up she would follow behind him. Once both secured in the Helicopter it would bank away as the doors closed and fly away to a government building on the end of town.

13:02

@Cecil

"A leash allows the animal a life on the outside. A cage only shows the beast what it cannot have." He mumbled as he looked at the bullet. The vampire didn't truly know what he wanted.. Whether he wanted to be free and live this life as a shadow of himself, or if he wanted to stay caged and see where it took him.. He'd have plenty of time to think about it, since monsters like him didn't die like humans did. Not naturally, anyway. Though he knew for a fact that he'd never have the same kind of life he had before turning. It just.. wasn't possible. He couldn't enjoy microwave dinners and soda, watching the game with the few friends he had before it all.. The loud noises that came with going to the bar every Friday night and getting drunk. Xander always regretted those nights, because of how heavily his hangovers hit him, but it was so fun in the moment that he didn't care. As the bright light shone on them, he covered his eyes and flinched away, a quiet hiss escaping him. While he wouldn't be killed by sunlight or any kind of bright lights, it didn't mean that his eyes weren't sensitive, and the bright light made him unbelievably uncomfortable. After a few moments, he started climbing up the rope ladder and slumped into the seat, allowing them to place any restraints on him that they'd put on.. Time for his prison sentence to begin, he supposed.

@darkkid1000

"Unless you are on a leash in a cage" she would call out under the helicopter sounds as he approached the ladder. Once he was in his seat they would make a movement to lock put shackles on him. However with a wave and a shake of Asuna's hand they instantly backed away. As Asuna had predicted, He would be ushered into a room with a projector projecting the first slide of what was soon to be many on one wall. Another vampire, this one fully shackled and bound sat at the far end, looking defeated, yet anxious. Before Xander was to enter Asuna would pat him on the back softly. in attempt to show him support, before she herself was ushered away. "He..hey man, how do you get to walk in with out the bindings? what the hell? how are you so special!" There was a buzzard "MV564 you are restrained for resisting, and posing a threat, please settle down so we can get both of you processed. The other vampire would slump in his chair cursing about something being unfair. Over the next three hours would be slide after slide with monotone narration of what was to be expected of being a citizen vampire. Government benefits of free blood supply, and a few rips on how to mix blood with drinks, and food to appear to resemble eating actual foods and drinks. Ways to order at public places to secretly disclose the dietary changes need for the condition, and then rules and regulations read to the two. Not thirty minutes in the other vampire seemed to be passed out in his corner bored out of his mind. Finally at the end of the three hour slide show the same voice "Please make your way to the door on the right side of the room. There you will receive and expected to consume in front of personel a blood bag. You will then proceed to take a blue pill. When you wake up you will be back at your last known residence, and a care taker for the first month of adjustment will arrive at your residence. This caretaker will have experience in hunting vampires, as well as containing them. Their purpo