thenearshore | [ closed ] If Greed is Stronger than Compassion

Jade watched as he reached out slowly. He couldn't sense anything wrong other than the obvious. But he was a god, so there were most likely powers and senses that he had that he himself didn't.

"Well?" he asked, his voice still quiet. "I'm guessing this place is as shady as you thought, hm?"

"Dammit." The gears were turning. They could just walk away. Right now. Leave it for someone else to deal with. That was what smart people did. But...

...He had his powers for a reason, didn't he? That was what Yuuko would have told him, and thus, he felt as if he had no reason but to plow ahead.

"...Let's just go inside. We can make up that we're just checking in for your job." He should have known it was weird to meet up with a guy on the street to get those fliers! He glanced back at Jade. "...Just be on your guard."

He opened the door, easily. Too easily. He stepped into a narrow hall. There were several pairs of shoes by the door. A thick black curtain blocked their view of the rest of the room. There was a person standing there, guarding.

However, as they walked in, the man seemed to blink at the door coming open--he had just seen it blow open on it's own. He didn't notice the two standing just before him. Watanuki glanced to Jade. He made a "follow me" motion, heading towards the curtain. He hoped Jade just left the door open, because the man was already heading over to close it.

Jade did, in fact, leave the door open. It would have drawn strange attention if it had opened then closed on its own like a person had just walked through.

He looked around and over Watanuki's head, keeping his eye out for anything that he might have needed to. But what was it, exactly? Humans couldn't see them unless Watanuki willed it, so the humans were of no danger to them. But...what did that man call them...?

"Ayakashi..."

Watanuki parted the curtain, stepping through with a bustle of petticoats. This part looked like a host club... albeit a small one. Like Jade, men were dressed in butler uniforms. There was a small bar to the right. there was a door to the left down a hall that read in red letters EMPLOYEES ONLY The smog was coming from there.

"Ayawhat?" He hissed back quietly. "...I swear I've heard that before..."

"Ayakashi. A man explained to me that they're spirits that corrupt souls and humans alike and that we can exterminate them" Jade explained as they stepped through the host club. This place may have had men in butler uniforms, but it didn't look all that classy.

"We should be aware of them"

"Wonderful." Ayakashi. Spirits that corrupted souls... and humans, too. Something like that shouldn't be taken lightly, even if he was in a bad mood. He came to the employee door. The smog was thicker now, and he waved his hand in front of him.

"Ugh, the smog is so thick here..." He turned his head to the side, coughing and covering his nose. "It's smells awful...

"There's something in here. Maybe it's an ayakashi like you were talking about." It was usually something like that, anyway. He waved his hands in front of him again, shooing off what looked to be imaginary smoke.

Jade couldn't see or smell what Watanuki was seeing, so he would use that to his advantage.

"Here. Allow me" he said, stepping in front of Watanuki as he was waving his hand in front of his face, fanning away...something. He opened up the door to the employee room and stepped inside quickly.

There were bundles of drugs stacked on a table and men were counting stacks of money. One man was doing a line of cocaine on a nice glass side table. And those men were among some otherworldly creatures.

There were strange creatures that gave off a dim glow. Some were a sickly green in color and was shaped like a wallet. Others were blotchy in color that gave off a psychedelic array of colors. They seemed to be associated with the drugs and money.

"m̖̜̦̖̪ͅỌ̦̱̠͎̗r̹̞̣Eͅ ̟̼̪̳͓̝͔m̤̬͈̥̠͉Ọ̩̱̮n̖E̥͔͇̣͙͔̠̗̜Y̬̜̙̘̲͈̰̖̲!̳͇̳̜͔͉͔ͅ ̼̞͙͚n̝̥̩̟E̫̜̭̬͈͉E͔͙̦̜̖ͅd̤̤̲̦̩͙̭̤ ͖̰̼̺͇̥̦m̦O̹̭͖r̙͕̥̖̭͓ͅͅE͎̩̥!͎ ̣̥b͉̼U̪s͔͍̬̟̤I͉n͉̘̜͚̟̜͇ͅE̱͈̠s̘̝͖̲͇̘͓͕s̲̱͎͉̼̟ ͚̠̘b̘̫̯̤̲ͅU̻̝͙͈̝ͅs̱͈̖Ḭ͙n̖͖̻̱̦E̩̲͚͎̟s̻͔̺̺͔s̭̺͕ ̦̜̰̫͍̲͎ḇṶ̼̠̱̠̟͎ͅͅs̪̖̺I͇͙̲n̳͓͎̯̠̜̖ͅE͕̟̩̟̝s̳s͖͚̹͍͍̥͎͈ ̩̮͈̫̤b̦̖̜̮̯̪͕Ṳ̥̳s͔̳̥͎̣ͅͅI͇̰̟̮n̦͓̙E̙̙̘͙͖͕̟s͚̭̙̫̦s̤̪̙̳̭̹̬!͓̟̭
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̬̙͓d̩̹̮̥͓̝̗r̘̪͈͓U̦̖̭g̭͚̝̘͖̱̰̻̻s͔~͕̯ ̩͉͔̩̰̹̥̹f̦E̞̺̝ͅͅE͍͓l̦ ̹̬͖̹͖g̯O̻̘̲̼O̭̥̖͚͕̬ͅO̗͍̲̹̦͙ͅO͍̯̖̠O̥͉͎̳̜O̳͍̟͎O̪̙̩͎̭d͍̪͍͚̲̩̲̩ͅ~̙̝͖͓̘̙͉ ͓̬͎̝͓ͅf̰̤E̮̠̯ͅE̯̗l͖ ͉̬̜̗g͙͉O̙̗O̭̰̲O̪̣͙͚̘̙̼O͇̯O̰̳͈͈̱O̙̲͚̠̼O͉̥͖d̹̱̯͙̖̭̥!̥͖̠̰"

"There's no mistaking. Those are the ayakashi."

The men didn't take notice of them, like everyone else they'd encountered. Watanuki's eyes drew away from the guy just doing lines off to the side. The amount of money and straight up drugs they had was insane!

"Th-those are...?!" Watanuki exclaimed as his eyes landed on the strange little monsters in front of him. "Ayakashi...!?" He moved up beside Jade and pointed. "Th-the smoke is coming from them! That's what I'm smelling that's so rotten!"

As Watanuki started shouting about them, they took notice of them.

s̹̖͔̪̦̺͉m̰̞̮̗̩ͅEll͕͚̦̲͍͇s̖͓ ͇n͔̟̳̝I͇͈̞c͓E̬! ͉͖s͉͍̪̲̭̠͚m͖͙E̱͖̪l͙̟̦l̠͕̻̟̗̮͓s̝ ̺̘̬͇̜̖ṉ̩̪͕͖I̙̼̮c̘̭E̺͈!

̭̹S̤M̳̱̖e͖̖̥̙̞̠L̞̼̭L͇̖͈̥S ̟̬N̻̰̘̤i̞̩̺̪̰̩͈C̖e̬̙͔͓̩!!͖͙̳̬̫̪ ͙̬͈͈̜SM̜̪͖̩̼͚e̤͓L̼͓̲L͕̞͕͕̮̰͉S͕̭̭̪̗ͅ ̪̝̩̲͍N̙͕̟̦̙i̯͈̙͈̮͔̮C͈̯̖̳̣̻̜e̱̲̹͚͍̭͉!̮̻̞͔̝̱!̟̩͈̙ ̠̰̟͙̻̬͎SM̖̦̩̥ͅeL̞̦͙̻̘L͓̗̗͕͍͉̼S̟̤̱̼̫̝ ͍͙̟̥̣ͅN̙̳̭̺i̘C̰̱e!͓͙̺̰̳̝!̳̮̥

Ayakashi started leaving their hosts of debauchery and started moving towards them

s͉̲̗̺̹̝̺̺̹̩̝͈̦̟̬͓͊̽ͭ͌̓̇ͭ͂ͪͣ̆̓ͧ͌̇̀́̕m̨̗͚̜̠̖̉̆̂̈́͂̾ͥ͐̒́̃̉̑͛ͥE̷̡̬͈̖̭̺̝̫͉̒̉ͩ̓͋̅͞l̨̯͚̮̯͊ͬ͑ͩͣ̒ͪ̚͘͡͞l̛̛͔̙͈̝̟̗̙͕̺̝̳͎̞͈̭͉ͬͤ͂̄́͆̿̿͋́̚̕͜ͅṣ̨̛̪͈̥͈̝̮̠͍̞̞́̏͗̑̐ͯͧͯͩ̆ͨ̽͛̉ͪ̽ ̛̣̱̲̙̹̳̗͚͙̦̘͔͍̩͌̍̾ͨ̐̅̆̏̾ͣͥ̎͘͝n̅ͣ̽̒̀̊̽͏͕̗͔͕͇͈͎̬̬̞͉͇̥́I̷̜͎̗̳̦̞̘̗̿ͧ̓ͮͭ̏̂ͧ̍̆̒̀́͟ͅc̶̛͉͇̞̲ͯ́̂ͣ́͆ͬ͌̔̎́E̴̷̯̖̝̹̥̤̖̮̤̩̝̘̝͖̞̒̌̔̽͆ͤ͑̾̒ͨͅͅͅ!ͭ̍̈́̉͑͌ͧ̓ͯͩ̿͏̷͔̫̜̬̜͉͎̙̲̻͖̬ ̧̨̼͉̯̻̻̹̞͉̳̩̥͕̙ͩ̿̌̐ͫ̅̊̄͞s̵̻͈̠̼̗̻͈̻̝̝̲̤̟̗̺̼̙̪̋̅͂̂ͤ̌̒͗̋̽̏̓͒̅̔̃͊̕m̢̡̾̏̓ͧ̌ͦ̍ͫͨ̈́̀͢͠҉̖̘̰͓̲̲̙̲̼͉̯E̴̞̬͉͉̞͓͎̖̹͍͕̰͈͈̩̼͍ͩͧ̿ͦ̆͑ͯ̓͂̌ͧ̀͂̓͝l̴̡͇̖͍͓̘͇̣̼̈́̐͒̅̄̆̍̏̾͝͝ḷ̸̷̞͉͎̮̟̜̝̱͇͔͈̰̉̓ͨͨͥ̽̔̍̆͋̄̀͜͠ș͖̻̳͓͙̗̺̲̗̖̳̯̤̄ͬ̒̄̈́̿̒ͨ̈̄ͩ̈̊̊͆̅̆̾̕ͅ ̴̨̡̫̻̗͖̹̥̼͙͒̓̒̑ͭ̈́ͦ̋̂̊ͧ͟͞n̵̶̢̢̪̗͙̤̺̻͉̈́͗ͣ̋ͤ̒̓̆͆̔̒̌́I̴̢̽́̒̐͛̃̓͗ͪ̑̿́ͫ̀̄ͨ͜҉̵̼̞̺̮͈͚̪̝̹̻̤̣͔̹͍c̃̓̒̆ͨ̑̉̐̀͏̦̖̩̱̤̞͍̟͕̜̜̹͞E͛̊̔̀ͫ̅̀͊̔ͬ͏̨̩̹̫̻͍͙̤̩̮̹̱̤̖̀͟͜!͔̩̣̲̹̮͇͔̯̼̌͆ͣ̐̉̆̓͂̂͂̓̂̍̋̔͞
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̵̫̟̣͇̗̜̦̖̗̤͇̖̮̳̮̭̰̅ͮͭ̄͛͑̒ͮ̚͝s̆̿̒̒̂̅̇͘҉͔̲̺̳̲͉̣̩̖̳̫͉͎̞̦̞̮̦̕m̡̲͙̠̼̫̾͑͑̂͗̑͋̀́͜E̵̝̩̝̤̦̺̠̫̘͔̖̙̝̐̈ͤͧ͒ͩ͡ļ̷͓̟̟̦͕̞̤͚̤̟̠̰̰͕ͩ͋̑͛̆̽͆̄ͪ̚ľ̸̛̟̥̙̜̃͒͗̑͌̃͌͆̉̋ş̷̌ͬ̆͒̆̈́͋͑ͯ͆̓̿͘͘҉͉̱̥̯̭̲ ̶̴̢͕͉̤̖̱̦̥̻͎̟̗̟̲̩͊͐ͯ͂ͧ̓̏̀̚n̨̳͕̭̻͖͓̣̜̼̞̟͖ͭ̐̍͗̉̓̏̽ͦ͆̇ͥ̉͛ͦ͐͆͛́͟I̵̡̧̜̰̪̯̫̳͓͉̤̼̪͍̋̈̈́̆ͬć̟̩̖̤̩̞̥̬̭̦̿ͮ͌̅̐̑̽̎͘Ȩ̸̻̫̳͕̼̪͍̮͇̪̑̓͑̓̔̈͗́ͩ̐͋͋͜!ͦ̿͗̓̊̿̂͑͛́͡͠͏͖̜̥̻̟̗̥̣͕͔̪͕̞̫̟̦̬ͅ ̴̛̦̘̞̹͔͎̥͍̟̫̣͕̒́ͩ͂̍͑ͭs̢̻͎͎̻̝̻͇̙͈̜̱͖̮̯̭̗̜̜ͩͧͧͩ̄ͬ̓ͣ͒ͭ̅ͭ̎ͣ̋͂́̍̚͞͡ͅm̧̧͉̳̙̪̣̰̹̮̭̻̌̑̐̐͋̈̍͌̓̋̈́̏̑̚Eͮͣ̅͑͒̎̿ͪ͗̿͊ͬͮ̓̒ͦ̀̚̚̕͏̪̬̫̞͉̲ͅl̷̓̀̽̌ͫ͛ͫ̃͂̐ͨ̅̏ͨ̌̔͐̄ͨ͢͏̷̴̘̮̺͇̲͖̬͙̱̹̲l̵͎̼͙̰̣̲̹͓̪̤̤̰͚̓ͯ̇̓ͦ͞s̷̼̠̟̲͂ͭ̋̃ͪ͋̑͛̂̊̔͝ ̴̧̺͇͎̞̱̹͔̟̫͉̝̬̯̣̣͖̱ͨͪ̽ͭͮ̔ͬ̊͆̊̐͗ͯ̚͢ͅn̶̡͇̖͍͇̱̤̻̼͈̝̙̼̻̲̙͚͓̰͑ͧͣ͊̔I̢̥̼͇͎̗̬̠̩̟͎̱̲͙̭̦̬̖̘͎̎͒̏̅ͣ͛̀̕͢c̢̤̗͔̞̮͎͖͈͚͚͔̀ͩ͒͛͝E̹̠̤̖̘͖͒̃̏̋̎́́́͡ͅ!̾ͯ͑͗̂͊ͤ͒̋ͮͥ̅̅ͭ̈́́̀̚͜͏͏̛̥̬̞̬̝s̪̼̺̬͍̼͇͚͕̦͕̯͖̞̻̩̪͓̟͆̽ͥ̇ͮͥͥ̎͂̈̆̉͐̋̑̕͢͢͜͠m̸̷͔̺͎̥͎͙͎̫̬̮̪͎͙̹̞͍̭̦͗͗ͤ̌͌ͤ͛ͦ̎ͣ̔̔̒̏̓̆͜͠͡ͅÈ̡̮͓̟̩̝̣̭̯͙͈͎̹͂͂̐̊͐̃̇̉̓͗ͨ̎ͫ̽̑͟l̶̉ͭ̅ͮ͞҉̭͖̞̬͕̰͖l̷̜̟̪͍̪͔̺̊̋ͧͣͭ͌̑͋̾ͪ̔̉͒̐́s̵̛̠̹̲̥̼̥̲̜̮̺̭̬̲̫̥̳͔͚͐ͩ̂͒̈̎̏́ͮ͗̆̃ͬ͜͢ ̛̭̝̥̬͉̙̳͔̗̟́ͩ͆̾ͩ̄͐̔ͣͯ̃̉͋̚͢͠ͅͅn̨̢̼͕̥͙̙̺͚̳̭̫͓̝̙̝͉̾̽̌ͪ̃ͮ̂͐͢I̯̹̭̺͔͉̮͙͊ͬ̊͊͋̈ͮ̔ͥ͛ͦͩ̋ͨ̍ͩ̓̚͢͝ͅç̴̢̘̖͖̼͌̈́͊̽͆̃̄͒ͦͫ͜Ę̸͉͎̣͓̙̼̄ͬ͆ͩ̌̚̕̕!̶̧̛̞͇͕̲̬̺͕̒͒́ͨ̄ͦ͗ͫ͋ͫ̍ͪ̈͞͡ ̛̬̯̟̹͓̝̳̭̖̙̣̲̖̥̙͉͉̋̏͒ͨ̋ͮ̀̄̿͂̓͗̃͑́͞s̷̪͓̱͓̩͙͙̲̳̫͉̗̫̩͔̥̗͙ͯ̄ͤ̒͟m̨̦̮̫̯̞͕̲͓͍̳̠͔̭͔̭̈́̔̊̒ͤ̂ͣ̄ͣ̓ͫ͗͘͟Ḛ̺̘̭̜̖͓̟̮̰̝͇̙̩͍͕̌̌ͨͣ̽̇̓̎̋͂͢͡͞l͍̱̙̘̰̙̮̳̙̫͓̫͕͚̻̞̇͊͂̄͐ͨ̇͊̔̚̚͝͞ļ̴̛̹͕͚͇̖͍͎͎̯̣̠̖̱͓̤̆ͨ͗̏ͨ̓ͯ̑̌̓̌̀̚͝ş̰̞͍̱͇͈̯͍̭̝̭͙̝̫̗̆ͥ͛͗ͬͪ̀́ ̴͉̣̮̃̓̃̽ͦͧͤ̎̕͟͡n͓̦͎͚͖̦̜͖̺̜̭͚̙̩̱̺̟̻ͫ̂̀̋̈̾͘͞I̧̨̢̛̗̲̩͈̯̼̫̙̲̩͓̲̟̮̮̟̯̭ͤ̏͊̉̅̃ͧ̆̄̊͌͆̍ͤ̍̑́ͅç̢̧̛̣̹̜͚̹͍̥̹̫̲̟͊̍͋ͬͅĖ̶̢̖͎͈͎̲̠̣̝̪̘̫̋̄̄ͩ͊͑̔͜ͅ!̶̨̦̭̪̦͓̞͖̑̒̔͑͌̀ͬͨ̽̉̕ͅ

"Ah~ It looks like we're a new source of interest"

Oh no. Oh no. NO.

"N-No!" And Watanuki was stumbling back. He bumped into the glass table. The guy doing his lines snorted, looking around wildly at the sudden bump. He couldn't see the mass pile of lace and pink in front of him. Watanuki, however...

Looked horrified.

"Th-they smell me...!"

Despite the handful of ayakashi coming towards them, Jade was remaining abnormally calm. It was like he was used to this.

"There are two things we can do, My Lord. We can run or we can eradicate them" he suggested.

"WHY ARE YOU SO CALM?!" Watanuki screeched at him with a stomp of his heeled foot. His fists were both balled up. "I don't know how to fight these things! I don't even have a--"

"--Weapon," His voice said in a completely different tone. His expression had changed too, as he looked at Jade.

"...You!"

"I'm supposed to be your tool, aren't I?" He was watching as the ayakashi slowly moved towards him, wanting to engulf him.

"So what will it be? Your options are starting to run out."

"Urk..." He was right. The ayakashi were coming in closer, and soon there wouldn't be anywhere to run. He had to pick... NOW!

Run--! Was his first thought, and he stumbled back a bit, bumping into the door they came into. His eyes were wide with fear. He didn't want to get eaten by those things. It was clear on his face that he did not have good past experiences. His legs were shaking. But...

But... this was supposed to be different. He had awoken as a god. He had a weapon to use--one gifted to him, and he, Jade, Jihiki, was a spectacular individual. He'd only known him for a little while, but it was obvious he was intelligent, a quick learner, a pain in the ass, but--

Something in him knew what to do. Fine.... fine!

"Jihiki!" And Watanuki cast his hand out to the side, palm open, ready to catch Jade in his newly appointed form. "Come to me!"

Jade became that ball of light and formed into a spear in Watanuki's hands. He could see everything around him from a strange space not of their current plane.

"You mentioned that you have no experience with a spear, but it shouldn't be too hard. Pointy end goes in front of you" he said, ready for a good fight. For some reason, the thought of action excited him a little bit.

Watanuki lifted the spear in front of him with both hands--pointy end first.

"Well I know that much!" He snapped as the Ayakashi drew near. He was surprised that the other people hadn't even noticed him. "Okay...!

"I'm going!" And he took off--somehow managing to take a few forward steps in those short little pin-heels of his. He decided to attack how he knew best. Watanuki's arms reared back, and he swung at at an ayakashi.

Yes, well, unstrategically swinging him around at the ayakashi was one way of doing it.

Unfortunately, Jade was as sharp as his wit and he slice the ayakashi that just so happened to be nearest the tip of the blade. He also sliced the side table with all of the coke, narrowly missing the man near it. The humans began to freak out at the mess being created.

"My Lord, you need to actually aim" he said. His voice was almost not as calm as it normally was.

"I'm swinging!" Watanuki shouted as he swung again--this time, cutting up the table where the money was being counted. It missed the people yet again, sending money flying into the air. Some were trying to grab handfuls before fleeting--others took off screaming without a second thought. Men started flying by a bustle of petticoats and frill. "I don't know how to do anything else!"

He decided to try a jab this time. He pulled the spear back at his side, before jutting it out forward with one hand in a heavy jab, right at an ayakashi.

The ayakashi was stabbed and exploded with a shriek, but there were too many to stab them one by one and he wasn't skilled enough to spear multiple at once like a kabob.

This wasn't good.

An ayakashi jumped onto Watanuki, clinging to his fluffy skirts.

s̔̾͐mͪͨE͂̍̆ͯ͋lͨ̓̿ͯͩͥl̅͋̌̄́͛s̆̎̍̒ ̿͌nͪIͭ͐̆ͩ̂̚c͛̏̄ͣEͣ̃!̒ͥ͑̾ͧͤ̒ sͦ͊͌͛̈́̄́ṁͫ͂̍ͧ̏E͒̾̋̆̚lͦ̔̃ͮ̈̊͆l̔̃s̐̽̎̚ ̇ͤ͌͐ǹ̆̄̆̿I͂̒ͣͤ̀c̐̍Ẽ̇͌̑̿̔!ͩ͆ͭ̓̈ͣ̈́ͩ

"Push forward quickly, the instability of your skirt should shake it off. Then strike downwards at a thirty degree angle."

"EEEEEEEEEE!!!!" Watanuki did as he was instructed, but with an additional shake of his hips to fling the ayakashi off of him. "THIRTY DEGREES?!"

He knew his cuts, at least. Watanuki jabbed the spear again, sending another one of those ayakashi bastards home to their mother. "Smells nice my ass! GET AWAY FROM ME!" Two more flew at him, but this time, his swing was more sure. He swung his baseball bat spear as hard as he could to the right to hit them both at once. "Jihiki, get 'em!"

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He was connecting more and more precisely with the ayakashi, but it was still a chaotic mess. Jade felt like he was a little responsible for the mess since his blade was extremely sharp, but with a more accurate hand, he would have been fine. But this was starting to become a disaster.

As he sliced through the ayakashi, he sliced through some other things.

They were really going to have to really practice.

"There are only a few left, but they're too close. You'll need to gain some distance before you can utilize me properly."

"This room isn't big! What do you want me to do?!" But he jumped back---

Really jumped. He screeched as he flew back with a force stronger than he intended, dress flying along behind him. His back crashed into the door, holding the spear close to him. "OOPH!!!"

The little wiggling monsters were to the back of the room. He pushes off from the door, holding the spear out.

"Okay." Concentrate. There were four more, one further back than the other three approaching. Was that one the main one? Whatever, he had to get rid of all of them! Watanuki's eyes looked over the three approaching. His Jihiki was incredibly sharp. He cut through tables like butter!

"I'm going for all three of them!" He could cut things! The spear is an extension of his arm! Filet the fuckers! Watanuki stepped off, stronger than he had previously, moving forward to gain momentum. He swung his arms back, this time taking extra care to swing in a straight line horizontally to catch all three--and hoped Jihiki could take care of the rest.

This was more like it! As Watanuki took the swing to slice the little monsters, he kept his blade sharp for his god and cut through them cleanly. Those knife skills were coming in handy.

"Shall we end this?" he said, looking towards the largest ayakashi that sat in the back.

It let out a screech and started heading for them.

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