RPG Into the Heart of Darkness [M-VL,poss S]

[Sinistra]

[FONT=Palatino Linotype]Welcome to my first [B]RPG: [U]Into the Heart of Darkness[/U][/B]

Okay then. This should be simple. There will be no specific posting order, but you will have to watch my posts for information on what to do and continue onto. If you have any questions, please refer to the Underground thread.

[U][B]Summary:[/B][/U]

In the thriving industrial city of Tychus, there is a "perfect society" where the rich and famous strut about in their wealth and glory. Capitalism is like a religion, and technology knows almost no limit. This city, named after the Greek Goddess of Fortune, seems to be perfect.

However, while there are the many things that the city can be proud of, it seems a little odd how no one notices that there is organized crime about, lurking in the streets of Tychus. Syndicates have grown in the masses and rivalries begin with the simple sharing of a glare.

One syndicate seems to dominate, the Black Dragon Syndicate, and two of the highest ranked are the two deadliest men in the United States.

Joshua Christensen and Julian Maeda are two very highly skilled assassins. They both strive for perfection and will take no less. However, Joshua seems to be slipping with each passing day.

Joshua has always been a loner since a young age, and when Julian found him on the streets after the age of fifteen, he was beyond salvation. Abandoned as a child, Joshua had a habit of hurting other people. At the age of ten, he was picked on by another boy much larger than him. Joshua wouldn't put up with it and he stabbed that boy in the arm with a compass.

Julian is the next in line to run the Syndicate; his father is Shinobu Maeda, an old immigrant from Japan and master of the martial arts. Shinobu has taught Julian and Joshua the art of his own style, a combination of swordplay and hand-to-hand combat.

Both boys perfected the art, and are the only two that Shinobu had passed it onto. Julian and Shinobu are the only two that Joshua will take orders from.

It isn't until Joshua is sent on a mission to kill a little girl by the name of Marie Tanaka, that he finally begins to break.

Marie Tanaka is an ordinary 4th grader with the innocence of a child. But her stepfather seems to want her out of the way. When she is confronted by Joshua, she's not afraid of him until she realizes what he's going to do to her. She begs for her life and somehow, Joshua cannot go through with it.

Instead of killing her, he kidnaps her and takes her to live with him. Her stepfather pays Shinobu, and everyone's happy. But after a while, Marie begins to have a more permanent effect on Joshua, and he cannot kill as efficiently as he once could. His conscience is working against him and driving him insane.

This sends the entire syndicate into a rage, Shinobu and Julian are pissed, and now, Joshua is a target on everyone's list. And Joshua himself is almost on the edge of sanity.

This RPG starts just shortly before Joshua is sent to eliminate Marie.

Characters:
Joshua Christensen (Tainted Rose)
Marie Tanaka (Cyriel)
Julian Maeda (Who Am I?)
Jose Brodeur (Samsquamch)
Watanabe (Beta)
?Zee Ecks? ZX-942 (Inuyasha Fandom)
Katana Makagie (cheese master)
Shinobu Maeda (Touma Seguchi)

Chapter 1: The First Time We Met

Description: This is the chapter where everyone will think about their pasts, and relate to the first time that they were introduced to Shinobu and the Black Dragon Syndicate (or in Cyriel?s case, just think about the days from when Marie?s father was alive). This is done to establish the background information and to prepare Joshua for his first meeting with Marie. Joshua will meet with Marie when I specify in my post. Therefore, I am going to post again closer to the end with the actual ?assignment?.

-- Chapter Begins --

Julian was just a boy when Hana was killed. I?ve always felt a sense of regret that he may have felt so?unloved?and even when I did try my hardest to show affection, I knew that it could never amount to the motherly love that Hana would have given her son.

Then again, if it weren?t for the death of Hana, the Syndicate would have never existed. And I would not have the power that I do now. I could never give up my power. Never.

I cannot be forgiven for the choices I?ve made. I know that.

However, that is not to say that I wish to be forgiven. I learned when Julian was young, that once I began this syndicate, and helped it rise to its feet, there was no going back.

I chose my destiny to remain in hell in the afterlife.

What I do regret, is having to drag Julian down with me. However, he does not show the least bit of regret. I have not faltered in the eyes of my peers. I have stood strong just like that day.

Hana and I were simply enjoying the company of our newborn son, taking him on his first walk through the local park. We had just settled in from Japan in a small town not too far from this city. I saw flashes of black suits. Men were surrounding us.

It was then that I realized that our problems had caught up with us, and this time, there was no escape.

I watched my wife fall, blood spilling from her lips as she clutched a wound close to her heart. I grabbed the bundle of blankets in the small carriage and ran for my life. My former boss must have sent some rookies to deal with me, because they didn?t keep up the pursuit for long. I was able to escape into the nearby forest.

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Julian grew to become a fine young man, he reminded me of myself when I was his age. So strong willed and intelligent.

I never told him of the fate of his mother. And yet, he has never asked. I don?t want to believe that he doesn?t care. But he always has been accustomed to it just being the two of us.

It was one strange day when Joshua entered our lives. Ah, yes?

Julian had not come home from the Academy. Naturally, as a father, I grew frantic. I began calling the school, his cell phone, but it was to no avail.

Finally, he walked into this very office with a boy behind him. ?Father, I would like you to meet Joshua Christensen. I found him shortly after he had killed a man.?

I stood there, puzzled. Because it didn?t add up to me. This boy, no older than my son, seemed frail and weak. His jet black hair covered a pale face and tired eyes. I couldn?t believe my son.
?How, he looks too weak?? I looked at him, still angry for his unexplained absence.

?Father, I know I was gone longer than I should have been, but Josh has massive potential. I watched it with my own eyes.?

I just stared at the boy and he stared right back. He looked confident. ?Where are your parents??

?I don?t live with them.?

?Very well.? My son had outdone himself again. He had brought us our newest addition to the family and one of my most valued assassins. I did not know this at the time, but I?m glad that I made the decision for him to stay. ?My boy, why don?t you stay awhile? My son and I would be glad if you did. I would hate for you to have no place to go.?

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That is where it all began.

I trained those two boys at the age of 15, my own style of martial arts. The Sakura-Chikara style was a complicated combination of hand-to-hand combat and swordsmanship. I was impressed when they learned it in only one year.

At the age of 16, I gave them both their own swords. ?These are yours to keep, take them as tools to use what you?ve learned from me.?

Josh and Julian became good friends and partners. The two made a team that was the most efficient in all of the Syndicate, together, they could take on a small army and succeed without a scratch.

BRRRINNNNGGG!

?Hello??
?Yes, is this Mr. Maeda? Leader of the Black Dragon Syndicate??
?Yes. I?ve been expecting your call, Mr. Tanaka.?
?About that. I would like to request the help of an assassin.?
?I have just the one, Mr. Tanaka. I have just the one.?

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OOC: Finally! I just typed this up really quickly. So it?s not as good as the original. I apologize for the long wait, as explained in the Underground thread, I haven?t really had the best luck with this so far. But I?m hoping that it?ll change.

Well?you know what to do.

[U][B]T.S.[/B][/U][/FONT]

[Who Am I?]

[COLOR=dimgray][SIZE=1][B]OOC: Are we playing this in first person point of view??? Here's mine![/B]



As a young boy I was charming and happy. My mother and father cared for me and I loved them very much. I was very young and my parents took me on a walk. I didn't remember much but on that day my mother died.

As I grew older, I became smarter and more confident. See, though I never knew my mother as much, I still lived with my father. He always gave me the attention that I needed. Sometimes I use to wonder if he was trying so hard just to make me happy. But dad....

[I]I'm fine and you don't have to worry.[/I]

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One day after my day at the Academy I went wandering around town. I came across a school and saw a boy in a fight with another boy. One of them looked pissed and the other one was teasing him. I watched and watched silently from afar. The boy grabbed a compass and stabbed him in the arm. I was shocked. My cell phone rang and I didn't bother to pick it up, I knew it was my father. I went over to the guy.

"..Hey. I'm Julian and you are?" I shook his hand.

He shook back and said, "I'm Joshua."

"Can you come with me?"

"Sure." When he said that I was a bit amazed that he would follow a stranger such as me. We walked and talked for awhile and I got to know him a bit better. I walked inside and my father looked at me with relief. He looked over me to Joshua.

?Father, I would like you to meet Joshua Christensen. I found him shortly after he had killed a man,? I said.

My father looked at me and then back to Joshua. His eyes scanned Joshua from head to toe. ?How, he looks too weak?? My father looked angrily at me.

I looked down and sighed, ?Father, I know I was gone longer than I should have been, but Josh has massive potential. I watched it with my own eyes.?

Joshua and my father glanced at each other. ?Where are your parents?? My father asked.

Joshua responded, ?I don?t live with them.?

My father looked at him and smiled. "Very well. My boy, why don?t you stay awhile? My son and I would be glad if you did. I would hate for you to have no place to go.?

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[SIZE=2][I]This is how Joshua became my friend. [/I] [/SIZE]


My father trained us at the age of 15 and there I learned martial arts. I became close friends with Joshua and it felt like we were unspearable. Joshua and I learned how to use a sword and learn the Sakura-Chikara style. It was hard at first but Joshua and I became efficent learners. At the age of 16, we both got our very own swords and my father was proud. [/SIZE] [/COLOR]

[Cyriel]

[COLOR=Purple][SIZE=1]Blessed solitude.
[RIGHT]Was it odd for a little girl to be relieved when her parents left?
It [I]was[/I] odd ? but Marie was relieved. Silence was better than careless laughter; loneliness was better than false love; and solitude was better than the pseudo-family façade.[/RIGHT]

Family ? it was a word that Marie missed, and one that she denied herself to imagine. To imagine would be to hope, and even in her childish innocence, she knew that in this case, her hopes would be shattered.

[CENTER][I]Father. Papa. Daddy.[/I] They were no longer uttered by her mouth; they were strangers to her tongue. The words of love had been buried in a cemetery Marie had never seen, and had never been to. And while she had barred herself in her room, the words decayed and rotted away, until their existence in her memory had been completely wiped clean.
That is, at least in the hours of the day.[/CENTER]

But at night?when moonlight washed her skin, and enfolded her in sweet loneliness...the tears would come; and with every tear was a memory, a piece of her heart that had wasted away.

Marie curled into her pillow as she heard sounds of her mother?s car drive away. Her mother, and?[I]that man[/I], were out for another night of lights and dancing, losing themselves in their sexual bliss and alcoholic maze. And Marie was home again, all alone. Always alone now.

[RIGHT]?[B]Daddy?[/B]? she whispered. And she hugged her pillow, allowing herself to remember the warm strength she had found in his arms.[/RIGHT]
[CENTER][B]~~~~[/B][/CENTER]

[CENTER]It had been their ninth and last Christmas together, when he had bought her the snow globe. He had called her up to his study, with its familiar mixed scent of musky leather, paper, and ink. Old books and ancient tomes lined the walls, and it had been many times that she had brought one down and traced the delicate pages with light fingers, his soft voice lulling her to a comfortable sleep in the secure circle of his arms.[/CENTER]

But this time when Marie had gone up, he had held out a package, simply but beautifully wrapped in textured paper. He had never done this before ? all her gifts had always been under the tree.

[RIGHT]He smiled and beckoned to her, kneeling down as he said in a mock-secretive voice, ?[B]This one is secret from Mommy, alright?[/B]? He winked, and she clapped her hands over her mouth to stifle her laugh.[/RIGHT]

Taking the package carefully in her hands, Marie slowly peeled the paper away, and dug through the folds of tissue paper as well. Her hands alighted on something cool and smooth, and then she held up the snow globe. Beautiful crystal flakes swirled in the globe, and Marie looked closer at the figurines inside: a small girl and a man were standing together in an ice rink, skates on, the man extending his hand to the girl.

[CENTER][I]Daddy and me.[/I][/CENTER]

[RIGHT]But strangely, he had knelt down then, taking both her hands in his. ?[B]?Marie, my little M. I can?t always be here for you. But you?re special Marie ? you?re so special in so many ways, and even if I?m not here, you will never have to worry about being alone.[/B]?[/RIGHT]
[CENTER][B]~~~~[/B][/CENTER]

Silently she slid out of bed, kneeling in front of her window as moonlight brightened the snow globe standing in the sill. Inside the perfect glass globe, the world was perfect ? the same as it had always been. But Marie felt sad? Looking at the two figurines, she saw that the man would be forever outstretching his hand, and the girl would forever be reaching for him. They would never reach each other.

[CENTER][I]I am already alone.[/I][/CENTER]

Solitude. But?not so blessed, this time.[/SIZE][/COLOR]

[GothikMoon]

*I loved my younger brother...I reallly did but I had to do it!! It was my job!!I didn't have a choice!! Did I?*

Katana looked at her bloody hands and then at her brothers bloody corpse. She tried to make it so it wouldn't be as painful as the other asassination jobs she did but he was a fighter and A good one at that.

He was an exspert in gun fighting and she was a master of double sword fighting so it got really messy.

*I didn't want to kill him, acually I didn't want to fight him at all but thats how life goes, sometimes you have to kill the one's you love in order to acheive your goal.....evan if....ifalmost kill yourself in the process.*
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"I used to think like that when I was younger, man I was really stupid. Thinking about my family as if they really cared about what I did or me really. I mean "hey" hows a girl like me supposed to make a living doubting on the past or trying to regain my families honor or for killing my brother. Exactly you can't. You have to live your own life by your own rules. . . . yeah thats the way to be."

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"Hey mommy."
"Yes dear."
"What is ah....sex appeal?"
"Where did you hear about that?"
"I heard grandma say that when she was younger she used sex appeal to distract her enemies. Do you use sex appeal on your enemies?"
" Well I did a little but mostly only on one." She turned her head and winked at her husband who smirked and put his arm around her neck.
"Yeah a "few" enemies."

A group of men wearing black ninja elfits and one woman wearing the same thing, surrounded them and grabbed Katana by the hair and threw her into a barrel of tomatoes.

"Katana are you all right!!!"

Katana got up holding her arm as she watched her parents fight the people who invadede their life.

Katana watched as her mother fell to the ground with four daggers in her stomach.

"M....mmmm..MOOOOOOOOOOMY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!"

Katana tried to run over to her mother but she was stopped her father picking her up and putting her in a dark corner.

"Katana stay here and don't interfere at all. Promise me that you won't!!!"

"I..I...can't do that I have a feeling I can do something..and I WILL!!!!!"

Katana got up and shoved her father out of the way. One of the men ran over and put his sword to her fathers neck.

" Sorry about your wife but the boss always gets her way."

The woman walked over and put her hand on his chin.

"Yuki it's been a long time. I'v missed you. I heard you have Five kids now impressive I must say. But now that that "woman" is out of the way you will be mine."

Katana picked up a dagger and threw it directly at the man's head.

"Bullseye!!" Katana pulled out the dagger and ran over to her mother.

"Mom...mom..Don't die!! Please don't die!!!"

She looked up and...
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Katana woke up with sweat dripping down her face and the sun shining in her face. She got up and walked over to her bathroom and took a shower then got dressed.

She walked over to the front door and saw a note:

Hey Katana whats up?!!! Me and the other dorks have been worried about
you...well at least I was.

Dad is still kinda pissed at you and gramps is having some trouble getting over it.
Well gotta go.

luv ya!!
B.

P.S. I'm sending you these daggers. Take a good look at them you'll remember. ^_^

Katana smiled and hugged the daggers.

"I love you mom. I'll charesh these forever.Brian is so cool!! I love him!!!*

She smiled and looked out the window.

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Katana walked to her closet and pulled out her silver plated cross bow. She opened the window and aimed the bow at a tall man with long black hair and a trench coat.

"Target spotted."

*Lets get this thing over with.*

She looked at the picture she got and examined the profile.

*Well a drug dealer and a father of two. How sweet...not.*

She put her eye on the scope and waited silently for the man to get in a good shooting range. Then the time came. She aimed percisley at the mans forehead and in a blink of an eye the man fell to the ground with a large hole in the middle of his head and blood everywhere.

"Mission accomplished. Time for my pay."