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Hey. How’s it going? I’m the Void’s Devil. Actually I’m Gray but that’s the name that the public gave me. So I’m guessing you are wondering how this story starts? Simple like this-
The fractured reality of the hollow was beautiful in a messed up sort of way. I was running from a N.E.P.S. officer, one of my favorites as bullets fly past me from her gun. “Haha! Nice try Zhu Yuan but I can’t let you catch me now,” I yell while jumping rooftops and dodging her bullets, “you see I can’t fail this gig I’m on blue, so maybe for me you can sort of leave me be-” “You have the right to remain silent! I beg you practice that right,” Zhu Yuan begs, as I roll my eyes and retort back, “is it just you today? Think you can handle me by yourself? Bold~ very bold~” I drop down into an alleyway as I open a small hollow above my shoulder as I pull out my katana Revolt and stab it into the wall to slow my fall as I run down through the streets.
I hear Zhu Yuan drop down behind me catching herself with the fire escape as I run into the streets as 2 ionized Dullahan ethereals drop down in front of me. “Lovely time to show Zhu Yuan what’s up~” I say to the dullahans despite them not being unable to understand me. A couple of energized Fossers raise their heads up to see the commotion as they charge me on sight as I jump over them and fire my Cable shooter down at them, yanking myself down as I shove Revolt through the chest of one of them before slicing upwards it bursting into ether. I slice at the other fosser before charging to one of the dullahans. Not before Zhu Yuan finally catches up and starts firing at the Dullahans like I don’t already have it handled. “Damn it Blue! I had them handled!” I get onto her before she speaks up, “Sooner I can take you in the better!” I look at her like she’s stupid before intercepting between her and the ionized Dullahan with blinding speed, “That’s the problem! These guys are Ionized! You ain’t keepin’ up with them like I can!” I cut into its ether crystal shield before hacking at it like a butcher.
“Here’s the deal. I save ya and you let me go, fair?” I offer.
“...Fine,” says Zhu Yuan, albeit reluctantly.
I’m guessing you’re wondering why the cop that was chasing me, a very attractive criminal, just agreed to letting me handle this fight. Well you see while yes I’m a criminal, I am also a really, really powerful one. I do have a code, don’t kill officers, children, or innocents, cause at the end of the day we are all trying to get by in this messed up world. Anyways I’m powerful if you couldn’t tell from the Hollow Fissure I made. I have a plethora of abilities that help me with my jobs and currently I am on one. Retrieval of this truck or at the very least its contents. I was looking for the truck until the cop lady showed up but now that she has accepted my deal I can focus on that. First lets handle these a-holes and delta before Zhu Yuan changes her mind.
I push Revolt deeper into its shield before hacking into two as I then slice upwards as a geyser of ether crystals hits it up and away from me. I jump up to it and slam it into the ground via jabbing my katana through it. I finish it off by twisting my blade as it bursts into ether. I look over to other Ionized Dullahan as it charges to me, it’s fast. To fast for a dullahan even if ionized I block it before its form shifts. Doppleganger? Maybe but that doesn’t make sense, typically they copy what they are fighting not what they fight with. I hit it off as I notice its sword is the weird bow hand a Thanotos has, but its shield belongs to a dullahan. Must be a mutant of a mutant, or even a fusion. I wish I could take it in for studying but currently I’m on a job. I charge at it and a second before my sword connects with its shield I open a fissure and fall through it appearing right behind it “Checkmate.” I then cut its back open and jab Revolt through its chest and slice down the Dullahan-Thanotos bursting into energy. Gonna have to come up with a name for that. Oh! “A Reaper” I say, naming the thing I just defeated.
I look back to Zhu Yuan, “deal’s a deal, blue~ now you can leave and say you lost me in the hollow. It’s either that or I string you up to a lamp post or something.” Zhu Yuan huffs, annoyed at my charming personality and then says, “Next time expect me to be much more ruthless.” She finally runs off leaving me to complete my gig.
After a few hours I find the truck and check the back to make sure it has the items it should before hopping in the driver’s seat and starting the engine. Queue dramatic pause, and cut to me driving off of a building and smashing onto the road as I start speeding through the hollow and to the drop off point. Then of course since life has a sense of humour, queue the thuds on top of the truck, I look around for something to hold the gas pedal down as I pop open the glove box and a ham radio is in it. Guess that answers why they wanted the truck, I place the ham radio onto the pedal and use the assortment of chords to hold the steering wheel in place. I jump up to the top as I point finger guns at the ethereals, 4 fauns. “Heh look at that just a couple of small fries well let’s go boom” I say that and Odysseus forms onto me as I start blasting at them as they are quickly taken care of as I hop back into the speeding vehicle and move the ham radio and wires out of the way as I make it out of the hollow.
After a 15 or so minutes I pull into the drop off location and check with the guy that hired me as I get my full payment. Well, time to head home. What? Thought this job was important? Well it isn’t. I just need the money for food. Dropped out of high school because of how tight money was, needed to do this full time. So in a city full of corrupt suits, egomaniac corpos, and Hollow Raiders where does a 17 year old kid live? Well where I love is interesting, unlike a lot of criminals I don’t live in some abandoned warehouse or on the outskirts of the city. Instead I live in a Hollow or more specifically a hollowed out Hollow. I’ll explain it once I get there.