A shot of the building displays a towering antenna as a few of its light blink in response to it receiving signals. Inside the tower resides a radio station
A rap song plays in the studio as it comes to a close, a lady approaches the mic as she says "That song was 'Payback' by the multi-grammy award winning artist Dee Grizzy"
The studio door slams yet due to the sound insulation it sounded muffled, the man who kicked the door pointed at the DJ and said calmly "Keep playing"
The DJ scrambles around to find the next song "Er- Uh- Here's 'Superdry' by Marcy Q now playing"
She turns around to face them and raises an annoyed gesture "What the hell? You can't just barge in and kick the door! I just got that thing fixed!"
Four men carry a gigantic man; head wrapped in black cloth, and his hands tied with multiple cuffs to hold him down due to his strength.
They unwrap his face as it reveals that he's actually the same guy that attacked Claire and others in the hotel. His face was plastered with skin grafts on his face – obviously coming from a different person.
A man wearing a leather jacket, circles around the giant as he's hunched down kneeling "3 shots of lager was all it took to get you in a retarded drunken rage huh?" he proceeds to smack him with the back of his hand straight to the jaw.
The giant screams in pain as the skin graft hasn't fully healed, it began to bleed.
The man in a leather jacket bent down to look at him straight in the eye "Do you have any idea- ANY FUCKING IDEA how much money was burnt for damage repairs in the casino!?"
He looks around as his veins begin to bulge on the sides of his forehead "Huh? Any ideas? No?" He picks up the chair and throws it at the wall, shattering it into disfigured parts.
He began to pull the giant's hair to force him to look at him and asked "Tell me which people did specifically attack?"
The giant speaks as his speech is still slow and a little slurred
"The… little girl… in the match… she won…
Skinny… pink girl…
Long hair… brown man…
Bearded man… in black…
The- the guy in black said
The… God Slayer… cometh…"
They stood there in silence; soaking in what he just said
One of them snickered and they all started to laugh, they laugh and laughed uncontrollably
But the guy in the leather jacket suddenly pulled out a pistol almost the length of his forearm and SHOOTS the giant clean off of his head
A deafening silence imploded in the room.
"I don't think you DIPSHITS realize how fucked up of a situation that he- all of you involved in the casino got ourselves into?"
A loud thunder suddenly crackled over the studio, most definitely hitting one of the lightning rods embedded on the radio tower
"He's here, ice up and find him!"
Lightning continues to strike the radio towers
The view switches to the underground bar on the basement floor. No one was waiting on the metal door when Kremidal arrived, but there was a peephole.
He knocked on the door gently 3 times, it clanked as he knocked
No response
He knocked again this time but aggressively, 4 loud clanks was heard loudly
The slider in the peephole revealed some eyes and shouted "What's the password?"
A scream was followed after a squelching sound, blood puddles up on the floor, the view pans toward the bouncer's face, his eyes were already gouged out. Kremidal cuts the door hinges with his claws as glowing sparks flew from it; kicks the door down as it crushes the bouncer.
He steps on him while the door was over his body while screaming "Oh God call an ambulance!~"
He continued screaming for help, but Kremidal uses is geta – with sheer blunt force he severs the bouncer's head.
Silence ensued as Kremidal's getas dip the puddle of blood on the floor. Lightning crackles around his body as he exposes his metal claws to everybody in the bar as the reflections of the neon light were seen on his fingertips.He looks around the room with a killer stare, he tells everyone
"get out"
The people began to skedaddle while Kremidal walked; people even avoided touching him while leaving. Towards the hidden entrance right on one of the bar stools, he steps on one of its footrests revealing an elevator
While all of that was happening; over the orphanage the day was running the same things for all students except for one.
Clarice sits on her desk with a soulless look, while the nun who's lecturing them just keeps going – Clarice just keeps staring down at the desk in front of her; this is where Claire used to sit.
She was also affected by the attack in the casino, thus she wears neck brace due to almost being choked to death, though she still manages to hide it through a scarf, but the scarf she's wearing is not usually in her wardrobe style, it was yellow with crocheted with marigolds, it's flashy, it's Claire's favorite.
From time to time, she gets a feel of the neck brace – caressing it flashes the haunting memory of their near-death experience; the image of her sister looking like roadkill as blood puddled from her nose and mouth on the carpeted floot while she hangs helpless from death's grip made her shudder – a frightening realization that despite her sisters strength, their bodies remain fragile, but suddenly a hand slams down her desk as her name "CLARICE" was loudly heard.
She snaps back to reality – her face pale as a corpse looking at the nun, it's not sister Gertrude, it's sister Ann: one of the nicer nuns.
"Are you feeling alright? I oblige you to leave if you're not feeling well"
Clarice rubs down her scarf covered neck "I'm doing fine, my neck just hurts a little."
Sister Ann also notices this so caressed her head and tucked her brace back in the scarf "Well please sit up straight dear, or you might end up with neck stiffness"
The lecture continues as everything went back to normal except for Clarice she still feels traumatized. With her sister's absence she's restless as part of her body shakes uncontrollably; her legs, her fingers, her foot tapping on the floorboards of the class. She even itches her hair aggressively, from time to time she takes off her glasses to rub her eyes. Her classmates notice this as well because she usually acts composed.
After an hour passed, the bell rang - the students scuffled around to pack up. Sister Ann noticed that Clarice was acting a lot more anxious, among the students: it was a good minute before she could realize what's going on thus she was actually the last one to leave.
Sister Ann politely stops her "Excuse me; Clarice was it?"
Clarice acting a little jumpy and stepped back a bit "uh- huh? Oh yes ma'am?"
Sister Ann with her fingers wrapped together suggested "Why don't you talk to the other students in class?"
Clarice nods in approval aggressively, after that she speed walks and finally leaves the class.
This time she's forced to eat in the cafeteria since Claire usually brings home some money after every delivery gig, vegetable slop and rice porridge was served on the trays of the students as faces of disgust and disappointment scrunched out from their faces. Clarice grabs a tray and falls in line to get hers. Right beside him is a male student, naturally he's a bit taller than her. He couldn't help but notice that her face is a bit sweaty and pale with the fact that she wears a 3d printed neck brace underneath her scarf, out of curiosity he asked "are- are you feeling alright?"
While he asked this, the line kept moving slowly
"N- No not really, I almost died by getting my neck almost snapped off my shoulders" Clarice noticed him and hid her brace back in her scarf
The guy leaned a little closer to her "Goddamn! did you- *whispers* did you get into a fight?"
When it was Clarice's turn to be served, she was given a chicken leg, fried rice, a soda, and some gravy on the side.
The guy notices this too, so he asks the lunch lady "Hey can I get some of that too?" The lunch lady looked at him with contempt then proceeded to serve him veggie slop and rice porridge, the look in his face melted into disappointment while the lunch lady smiled annoyingly.
As Clarice managed to get out of line, she noticed that most of the seats were already taken while the students were bustling around, enjoying their meals. The same guy that talked to her approached her and flicked her shoulder. Clarice whom is still jumpy got startled and almost dropped her tray
"Hey sorry - Clarice, right?"
Clarice looked behind with a stern look as she asked "how did you know my name?"
He pointed it out on her chest "You're kind of wearing a name tag" She notices this too as her face turned a little red out of embarrassment by the way I know a great spot where we can eat"
When they arrived at the table: it was the most raggedy, moldy, and looked like a health hazard as the table was the most yellow compared to the other plastic surfaces that the students were eating. She was forced to use her napkin to place her arms.
The moment Clarice placed her tray on the table, she immediately started eating, but after taking her first bite, she noticed that the guy prayed first before he ate. Because of this she started praying while there was food already in her mouth.
Once they both got to say 'amen' they started eating
The guy asks while chewing "So what really happened? I haven't heard a fight break out in this place recently, though if it's okay to ask: do you get into a lot of fights?"
She answers while chewing "No, that would be my sister. I think you know her given that she's more extroverted than I am – wait a second, I didn't even get to know your name?"
The guy swallows his food down and taps his chest "Oh the name's Nicodemus but my friends call me Nick"
Clarice is still slicing a piece of chicken while she asks "So Nick, where're your friends at?"
He takes sip from the bottle of water and says "They're actually sparring right now" he said as he closed his water bottle down and gets back to eating
Clarice stops eating for a moment and asks "What are they sparring for?"
Nick with food still in his mouth, swallowed it quickly to say "fencing… Hey you know what? you actually look perfect for fencing, your body is pretty lanky so you'll fit just right in!" he says this with a smile and his thumb pointing backwards
Clarice finishes her meal, and she starts to wonder by putting her finger near her lips, mind you she's still chewing her food even at this point
"Well since we have more than half an hour left for class… yeah why not" she says this while touching her fingers together.
Switching to the school gym, they see a variety of sports; volleyball, basketball, gymnastics, taekwondo, etc. all training at the same time, Clarice thought to herself 'how come Claire never trained here? Or maybe she sneaks out at night to train here'
Moving towards one of the corners of the gymnasium a loud clang was heard as the rapiers clash, one steps back and lowers their guard, the other steps in to deliver an overhand thrust, but his opponent pivoted back, they dodged the overhang thrust and swings the blade towards the opponents' neck. They suddenly stopped because the victor was already clear. The buzzer sounds
Nick in the back clapping his hands gayly as he says this with a condescending tone "You really know how to put on a show huh?"
The guy who won takes off their helmet, revealing their face as long blonde hair flows from it as he whips it reveals his face all sweaty "Nicodemus! You just really love sneaking up on someone huh? And who's the pretty lady? You know nuns finna get your ass faded if you're having a relationship here"
They walked closer to them as Nick places his hand on Clarice's shoulder "Ah no this is Clarice, she was about to take lunch alone but you know how coincidence works"
The blonde guy walks down from the platform then approaches Clarice to give out a firm hand gesture, waiting for her to shake his hand "Sup princess, the name's Donovan"
Clarice pauses for a moment her gestures show hesitation but Donovan takes the lead thus grabbing her hand and shaking it. Clarice was startled and Donovan doesn't seem to let go. Matter of fact he pulled her even closer to whisper "Sorry I just didn't want it to be awkward"
As he stops shaking her hand Donovan's opponent also takes off her helmet to reveal herself. She was sporting dark blue hair, a wolf cut if you will.
Clarice asked "Isn't colored hair not allowed in this school?"
The blue haired girl smiles awkwardly as she snickered "No that's not my name silly~ Just call me June"
Donovan rubbed his elbow on June and said "Nah it's all good here princess, I'd be mad as hell too if my name was a whole month"
June punches Donovan in the arm and pulls his hair as she jokingly says "you're such a freakin' dick Don!"
Don puts his helmet on his hip, as he whips his hair back and asks "So what brings you two here anyway?"
Nick already holding a uniform said "Well since we still had more than half an hour of lunch left, I figured she should try out fencing because I mean look at her build, it's perfect for this sport"
June inspects her a bit closer "Hmm… you know you're right, her limbs are pretty long, maybe a few more weeks of training to bulk her up and she'll fit right in.
The both of them stand on the platform, both of them were already geared up, it was June vs Clarice
1st round – June swings her sword around while Clarice is frozen while her guard is up, like a frightened prey cornered against a predator. June just simply hits her hand really hard and disarms her, even though the gloves were thick it did make her let go of the weapon, leaving her rapier dropping on the ground. Buzzer sounded leaving June the victor
Nick and Don look at each looking, their faces looking grim.
Clarice picks the sword back up as she still wiggles her hand to mitigate the pain, this time she equipped the sword to her other hand
2nd round – this time Clarice swings, but it's wild and she's not even looking at June, she was looking at her hand. June was able to block most of these attacks. She notices that June tends to flick her wrist like a whip every time the stretches her arm, June's blade rotates upward; it didn't really hit Clarice because this is actually a feint, then June lowers the swing after one spin overhead, then just pokes Clarice right below her chest right before she notices the blade was already swung once again - Buzzer sounds; declaring June the winner again.
Nick commented on this quietly to Don "Hey notice that she's starting to look at June's hand?" Don nods in agreement while Clarice was noticing this
"come on princess, you're not even trying" June said while she was taking her helmet off, but as both of them stopped for a while; Don whistled to catch their attention
"Clarice, was it? Yeah try to move your feet, as if your brain making you move with your legs, let your arms do the defense and your hands the offense"
Clarice listens to this, but by the looks of her face she didn't really understand this
3rd round - June strikes first, she lunges forward to get past Clarice's high guard. Clarice using her off hand grabs June's hand to redirect the blade. In these seconds, Clarice takes a closer look on how June's hands move and her wrist twitch again and notices that her shoulder twitched, but as she stopped June just raised her wrist upright and hits Clarice's face, the buzzer sounded as it declared June as the victor
"Okay, I'm liking what I'm seeing" Said Donovan
"Y'know maybe do a couple more step back so you won't get tangled in a clinch" Nick pointed out to Claire
4th round starts
Clarice now learned enough to read her opponent, she lashes her blade to get the match going, naturally June responds to this. The first three strikes were a bunch of feints, June saw through this due to the lack of power Clarice is putting.
Clarice flicking her elbow to expose the full length of her arm – June leans back to her non-dominant side, leveraging the next strike: a spin of the blade, Clarice tries to block this but whiffed miserably. The blade started to thrust upwards, Clarice switches her dominant leg (the left foot) to the front, helping her lean back to dodge the literal uppercut
Since the lunge worked for June, she figured it'll work since that's the move that Clarice hasn't countered, she used it again. But this time Clarice decided to switch stances, she forced her dominant foot (the left) to the back and switched it to the right. Effortlessly dodging the first thrust. They suddenly realized they switched places, so June swings to the side attempting to hit her by the head.
Clarice stretched her right as it lowered her body, thus evading the right swing. She sees an opening on June's stomach, and pokes it.
The buzzer sounded and declared Clarice the winner
The match was quick but chock full of details that seasoned players would notice like Don and Nick
Clarice takes her helmet off, revealing a lot of sweat on her skin.
"Woah there Princess we ain't finished yet, Nicodemus what time is it?" June was still wearing her helmet as she pointed Nick with her blade
Checks his phone from his pocket as he sees the time after unlocking the screen "We got about 20 minutes till lunch breaks' over, might I remind you it takes a minimum of 5 minutes to head back to class"
June points her sword at Clarice saying "you heard him princess, match isn't over until the bell decides it.
5th round – they gear up once more, they position themselves to their stances, June taking the mid guard while Clarice takes the low guard
Sweat was trickling on both of their cheeks, but Clarice this time decided to strike first, because she learned that she can turn her arm into whip, she lashes it from the shoulder to the tip of the blade.
June blocks this but as the blade landed on her block, her rapier reverberated due to the power that whip crack released. Clarice notices that her grip weakens and strikes her block a second time by twisting her wrist thus hitting June's block on the other side. June does an upward thrust, a move that she already tried. Clarice learns to counter this by stepping back and aiming under her arm, but June was able to dodge this by raising her arm.
It looked like the opening was wide enough for Clarice to strike at the right moment. As she was smiling Nick and Don noticed that Clarice surpass June at this moment - but June decided to step forward
Using her leg to pull Clarice's dominant leg, Clarice's leg span suddenly stretched. She couldn't pull herself upward, because her hips lacked the leverage to raise her guard up. What's worse is that she started to lose balance; forced to lean forward to maintain balance.
June carries Clarice's chin to carry her, but she was using her blade
The buzzer sounds and it declared
June twists her shoulders to ease off the tension and said "Dang princess you were cooking me for a hot minute there, but alas the experience outweighs talent once again"
Donovan approached Clarice as he rested his elbow on her shoulder "Clareeeece~ that was phenomenal work for a newbie, you SHOULD join the varsity, Nick can you please look for the next training elimination in this week's schedule"
Nick checks on his phone calendar and says "Next training is about this Wednesday"
"Ah sweet, it's actually earlier than I thought-" before Don could talk further, Nick notifies all of them
"Uh guys it's already 12:57, we – all of us should really get going"
As they got out of the gym they went to their separate classes, Clarice observes the three of them as they leave, June and Don walk together, as for Nick: she noticed that Nick is talking to a nun. She tried making out the silhouette of the nun to identify her, but when the nun looked back while talking to Nick; it was actually sister Gertrude
Clarice looked at her flick flack watch as she notices that she has 2 minutes to arrive at class this time. The bell finally rings.
This time it was a different teacher; he stepped inside the class as his leather shoes clicked and clacked on the floorboards. He was carrying an absurd amount of paper, then he dropped them on the desk, then they looked at him for a brief moment
"please stand up; greetings class"
The students stand from their chairs and said in unison "Greetings father Joseph"
"You may sit down"
They sit down in unison
"As you may all know these are the exam results, and just in case you're wondering why I'm the one giving out the scores. Sister Gertrude had to attend an important meeting with the headmistress"
The students began to murmur and gossip - they talked to each other like gossiping aunties in a local playground
"Alright settle down, here are your score"
Clarice - on her desk gripping her skirt as she waits for both her and her sister's scores
While all of this is happening Kremidal finally arrives at the second floor. A metal door was seen after the elevator door opened. As soon as he opened it dozens of men were already standing their ground against him in the hallway in which it looked like they were tens of meters away; ready to turn this man into Swiss cheese. Yet before they could react, electricity sizzles throughout the hallway as Kremidal's body suddenly blinks to the man nearest to the door, armed with an assault rifle shaking as he approaches.
He walks closer as he says "Wasn't it clear to your friends in the casino that guns
Don't
Work
On me!"
The man pulled the trigger, but before the bullet got out of the muzzle; Kremidal flipped the rifle out of his hands perpendicularly, disarming him and killing him in the process and pointing straight towards the shooter instead of the instead of himself
This happened all in less than a second
Kremidal was now armed with the rifle, he uses the bullets sparingly by snapping his aim from the next target to the other, ALL headshots
Taking down a handful, then a dozen, then more than a dozen. Suddenly a woman also armed with a rifle suddenly hid in the corner.
She jumps out leaving the both of them in a stand-off, Kremidal pulled the trigger, nothing but a click of the hammer.
The woman smiled as aims down sights but before she could do that He already swooped in; claws open as lighting trails behind Kremidal.
In less than a split second, his hand was already gripping her neck, slowly raising her from the ground, off her feet. Grip tightens as the veins on her forehead keep bulging, she pulls out a knife from her pocket. But Kremidal was able to grab this time, grabbing a tight grip on her wrist and twisting it, the metal claws on his fingers digging through the flesh of his victim.
He lets go of her neck but does the same for the other arm, twisting it as it contorts it, losing its function. Kremidal charges his body as he discharges a lethal amount of electricity, frying the woman in the process; burning her to a crisp.
He notices the door right behind the woman's body.
As he got in, it's an office, with cubicles that are waist high, just enough to hide what they're working on but not enough to hide the top of their heads. The sounds of keyboards clacking, phones ringing as it stops once the workers answered them, the sound of the printers cocking as it hums when the papers are extruded.
Kremidal looks over the office workers, but then he notices one peeking towards him
He shouted "have any of you been involved in the Golden Palace Hotel Casino?"
A brief silence ensued as he kept looking around the cubicles.
Though catching the attention of the office workers, he proceeds to walk through the cubicles
"Anyone? No one? In that case~"
A surge of electricity suddenly bursts from his fingertips as he strikes the office lights shutting it down causing a blackout in the office. Panic ensues from the office worker, yet when they turned their eyes near the exit door, they see his figure with eyes glowing neon blue with sparks of lightning coming out from the sides of his eyeballs
"Anyone who is unarmed is welcome to leave!" said Kremidal as the light from his eyes reflect on his claws
When the office workers saw this, they sprinted towards the fire exit door
But suddenly a laser was pointing at him in the dark, he immediately fires a lightning bolt towards it, the light from the bolt of lightning illuminated the room as it revealed that he was armed with a pistol, but he also notices there is more than one gunman all in that second of light; he gathered that information in his head.
During that brief moment of light, he saw a computer right beside him.
In the dark he placed his palm on the monitor and released electricity from his hand that's unseen from the naked eye. The power kept surging as the monitor started to light up, it overloaded.
The glass of the screen exploded, exposing smoke in the room. The sprinklers noticed this
Because of the sprinklers, the revealed the amount of workers who are not workers but are actually armed gunmen
The lasers are the only thing visible in this room, as every flash of light just reveals Kremidal brutally murdering them in cold blood.
The first one had his face torn off as the skin hung from Kremidal's talons. He throws this at the second man's face as it splats down like wet towel, the man held it in front of him but as the light flashes reveal the torn face, claws sprawl from its hollow mouth and shoves his claws down the mouth of the second gunman to pull out his tongue.
The flash of lightning reveals the blood fountain Kremidal made, the sound of a man drowning in his own blood was masked by the sound of the sprinklers.
The last two men frantically point around the dark to search for him, but to no avail. But luckily one of them actually has a flashlight on their gun which they remembered. Suddenly, a water jug from a dispenser was sent flying towards them. They see this through the flashlight, the both of them sprayed their bullets at the water jug poking holes around the plastic jug. As it hit the ground it burst, causing the water to puddle up in the office carpet and got their clothes wet.
Suddenly their bodies stiffen, their muscles relax and contort rapidly. They were having a seizure, though they failed to realize that Kremidal's electricity travels through the puddle to their clothes. They kept having a seizure as the other gunman (who doesn't have a flashlight, hasn't let go of his gun despite shaking uncontrollably.
Kremidal walks toward them slowly as the man with the flashlight mounted gun, fired as he couldn't control his hand. He sprayed until he ran out of bullets; Kremidal emerging from the dark entered within the flashlight's vicinity as he just kept walking towards them until they were only inches away
He struggled to point the gun at Kremidal, though he grabs the muzzle before he could pull the trigger, he charged the gun with so much electricity that it exploded from the man's hands.
He looks down to witness that his hands are now nothing but stumps
The claws dug into his stomach as Kremidal slashes in an upward motion – exposing the ribs.
The electricity from the puddle stopped, Kremidal pulls the man's heart out from the exposed ribs. The other man whom dropped down after the surge died down.
He flopped on his stomach and immediately turned on his back, he points the flashlight towards his friend only to see his lifeless body being toyed with. As Kremidal pushes the still beating heart down to his mouth.
The man with the flashlight screamed as he pulled the trigger only to get a click of the hammer, he frantically reloaded but he couldn't put it in the hole of the magazine. Suddenly he hears a plopping sound from the puddle.
"Terrible work environment innit?"
He finally got the rifle to reload, but it was too late.
For when he pointed his gun towards Kremidal's direction, he was already hunched over, it illuminated his irises that are golden yellow, looking straight at his soul with a devious smile spanning cheek to cheek
"Toxic innit? Yesterday you were just punching buttons on a slot machine, the next day you're punching buttons on office computer
Your brain just goes to autopilot as the fat whales just stare down at you laughing
You commit so much, but for what? Just an endless slog of work/life balance while the scales are already tipped but you have no idea. You're jesting yourself with this circus of white and gray"
The man screamed and fired the gun but Kremidal's fingers were already lodged inside the barrel. His claws are made out of tungsten. The bullet just bounced back to the mechanism as it hit the next bullet causing the gun to explode into pieces.
"All of your effort amounted to nothing"
The lights in the office start to flicker as the electricity was slowly getting back to normal this happened
Kremidal got a good grip of his hands, and lodged his getas on his stomach, broke his hand and pulled as hard as he can. You can hear the getas pressing on the man's ribs cracking inside. Kremidal pulls even harder, now he starts pulling him by the forearms, his grip is so tight that it broke both of his forearms; the limbs finally popped out revealing the sharp ends of his victim's bones, lodging the bones to his ears. Their eyes roll to the back of his head as it gets filled with blood – it overflowed like tears down his cheeks, the nose started overflowing with blood as well.
The sprinklers stop, the man coughs up the blood while his body drops, it splattered onto Kremidal's face and licks it
"I'm so fucking disgusting" he says to himself
But the job isn't done for Kremidal walks towards the next room heading to the next door is a hallway leading to the building's recreation room.