Hoshī no Gunman! [ Not Accepting / Started / IC ]

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

"[i]Damnit! Wolf Dust! The area covers a bit to much for me to avoid when surronded by these rock walls. I'm screwed.[/i] The light lightbulb in his head grew bright as he remembered what he did when he blocked that other attack. "[i]It's simple physics. Force multiplied by mass equals force. A bullet makes up it's low mass with it's incredible speed. This attack breaks the bullet into a bunch of smaller shards which means an incredibly low amount of mass for each individual shard. The force from my shockwave might be able to slow it down to a non-lethal level or if I'm lucky even stop it in my tracks. Plus if I'm right about not being able to use his attacks in succession then This Is My Chance![/i]"

Michael quickly aimed his dual revolvers at the incoming Wolf Dust and pulled the triggers as it got close enough. The guns emitted the powerful shockwave and then as quickly as he aimed he rotated the revolvers around so they were in a tonfa like position and covered his face. "Reinforce!" He ran straight through the incoming attack ready for whatever to happen but most namely to kick the living daylights out of Harvey with a few punches and pistol whips.

[.:Blu:.]

((Don't you mean acceleration multiplied by mass? lol))

Harvey only smiled when he saw Michael using his shockwave gunspell to lessen the force of his Wolf Dust gunspell. "(Well, I sure am right to think that this kid is good at coming up with plans on the spot.)" Harvey thought to himself, watching Michael using his Reinforce gunspell to prevent his gun from sustaining damage while he dives into the Wolf Dust gunspell head on. The Wolf Dust has been reduced dramatically to the point that it only caused tiny cuts on Michael instead of being lethal to someone who is diving head on into the gunspell. Harvey stood there calmly, his body facing towards the left instead of straight at Michael.

"(I knew this kid would come up with a plan to avoid my Wolf Dust, and that's why I've been training to lower my cooldown time.)" Harvey thought, his smile growing a bit larger. Harvey was waiting for the perfect moment to strike. Regularly, Harvey would have to stall somehow until he can fire another gunspell, but due to the two days of intense training. Harvey was ready for Michael. Finally, Michael was at the right distance for Harvey to attack. Harvey then lift up his revolver towards Michael, and time seemed to almost slow down as the revolver was aimed directly at Michael. "Wolf Fang...." Harvey simply said.

A single bullet was fired off towards Michael. With the Wolf Fang gunspell came the wind vortex that encircled the bullet, causing a fang-like appearance. This gunspell is Michael's signature and strongest gunspell in terms of how much damage it can cause, and this one was aiming straight at Michael at an incredible speed. How would Michael defend against this attack? Especially when he was caught off guard.

[Hotaru987]

Under the pillow Kai was silently cursing the gods for her terrible luck. Why on earth is Flint bothering her now? And in the middle of the friggen night!! Not only that but he kicked down a door that wasn't even locked. She wanted to pretend she was still asleep but Flint was a very persistant boy, that much she knew. With a sigh she sat up, and swung her legs on the edge of the bed. Once seeing the room door, her eyes widened and her mouth dropped to the floor. "YOU KICKED IT OFF THE HINGES!!! I HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT NOW!"

With a glare at both having to pay for the door, and an inturrupted her nap she asked, "When I said to come here if you needed me I was expecting that to be at a more reasonible time." She crossed her arms, "So tell me what the hell was so important that you couldn't wait until morning."

[Mysterium Tremendum]

Albin had only left the saloon and walked away to the outskirts of Silver Town when a sudden phrase caught his ears, "Today, I might just be following the devil into hell for a tea party...." Albin turned his head to see a man walking a few meters behind him, but he stood out well enough to send the signal. Albin kept his face emotionless and walked back to the man. Scanning around, Albin saw that there was no one around that could overhear their conversation. Albin looked straight at the man and spoke with a hint of his smile breaking through to his lips, "What do you want? If you wanted to contact me, you should've done so more discretely." Albin's eyebrows arced downward in an almost comical serious expression as he awaited the man's response.

[.:Blu:.]

The force of Katie's yell was powerful enough to comically blast Flint out of the room and into the wall behind him. A loud thud was created and Flint sat there for a brief moment with stars twirling around his head. When Flint finally regain his composture, Flint jumped back into the room and walked towards Katie's bed. "Look, I'll pay for the money, but right now there is something very important that only you will be able to help me with." Flint proclaimed. "The bartender, Catherine, and Ron has been kidnapped by Buck Liar!" Flint finally said, a single sweat drop could be seen moving down the side of his face. "Please Kai, I know you're a good person. You're the only one who will able to help me. If you don't help me, they'll die and their blood will be on my hands!" Flint pleaded, his eyes showing sincere signs that he needs Katie's help.

-Meanwhile-

The man stopped when Albin finally recognized his existence. "Hehe, why discreet when I can have fun out in public?" the man simply said. "I think you might be interested in what I have to say Albin "The Devil" Hinderson...." the man proclaimed before turning in the opposite direction. "I know you have some interest in learning about the forbidden dark gunspells correct? Well, if you want to know more about these powerful techniques, follow me. It will be worth your while I promise, or else I'll pay you 500,000 daploons for wasting your time, and I'll let you kill me. However.... I'm pretty sure once you hear what I have to say you'll won't have any intentions at all to kill me. In fact, you'll need me...." the man proclaimed before walking off.

[Hotaru987]

Whatever it was Katie believed he was going to ask, helping him to save some people from Black. Katie stared at Flint for a while all trace of annoyance gone from her system. He was really worried about those people, and more surprisingly, Flint actually wanted her help. Katie looked down, "You really are something Flint. I've never met anyone who was willing to give their life so readily for others....But, you're a terrible judge of character." She glanced up a cold look in her eyes. "You don't even know who I am. I'm 'The Red Bullet'. I'm cruel, and a cold murderer who shot their parents point blank range, when I was only 12." Flint was wrong about her. She wasn't as kind as he was. Sure she may offer her help with little things, but never would she go out of her way to help people. Why should she? "The only reason I'm not an outlaw myself is because even the law are corrupted people who would willingly take a bribe. So whatever good you saw in me, you were surly mistaken."

Katie needed to tell him who she was - kind of. To the world she killed her parents, and was cold to everyone - Though Cheri somehow got through that without Katie even knowing. It was because of her that Katie could come here without gaining too many looks. For a brief second sadness flashed through her eyes. Cheri had did a lot for Katie, but she repaid the kind woman with lies. Though Katie pushed it to the back of her head, and once again cold eyes fixed themselves onto Flint. "What do you have to say now?"

[.:Blu:.]

Flint listened to what Katie had to say, a bit disappointed about what he heard. Flint clenched his fists tightly while listening to what Katie had to say. However, by the end, Flint saw a bit of sadness in her eyes, and thought to himself that she can't be like what she saids. With his fists still clenched tightly, Flint began to speak. "I.... I don't believe you!" Flint shouted fiercely, swinging one of his arm outwards. "There's no way you can be like what you said. You're cruel, a cold murderer?! If you're so cruel why would you help me out?! Why would you step in the way of Black when he was about to harm the bartender, Catherine, and Ron?! Why would you do unnecessary things that wouldn't bebfit you in any way possible?!" Flint continued.

"You're a cold murderer?! Then murder me where I stand! That way, you won't have me bothering you anymore! Cheri, what about her?! I don't see you act cruely to her or try to murder her, why is that?! I don't believe that you murder your parents, but I sure as hell believe that something happened that would cause others to believe so. But so what?! Who cares what the world thinks about you! What's important is what you think about yourself, and what you really want to do deep within your heart, and I may not be perfect at guessing people but when I look into your eyes I can say that there's something completely different than a cruel and murderous person. Look at me, people think I'm crazy for giving up my own life to help people who I don't even know in this world that seems so selfish. But do I don't care about what others think of me. All I know is that if I can then I'll will risk my life for good people!"

"I know that deep down there is good in everyone! Take Black, even though he is an evil person, he is not completely evil. There's got to be some good in him that would make his subordinates so loyal to him, and they wouldn't rat him out even though they themselves will die! You, you aren't like Black.... You have more good in you than him, or else you wouldn't have done the things you do. I believe you've been treated like a cold murderer and that's why you think you are, but I know you're not.... I don't want to ramble on any further.... Right now, there are people who need me to save them, and they need you too, and so do I. Please Kai, I know there's good in you.... I'm willing to bet my life on it.... If you are so cruel and a cold murderer as you say, then please, shoot me and end my life...." Those were Flint's last word as he stood there and closed his eyes as if waiting to be shot down.

[Hotaru987]

Katie didn't know why but everything that Flint retaliated with only made her furious. Who was he to tell her who she was?! He didn't know her like she knew herself. Katie grinded her teeth together, now on her feet glaring with everything she had. By her side her fist clenched and were shaking from the force. "You don't know anything about me! I am a murderer, and the only reason I helped those people was because I planned on turning Black in for myself." She lied. "As for Cheri-" Her anger faultered for a brief moment. "I only need her because her father is the sheriff....Other than than she's nothing to me." Though what he declared next was what threw Katie for a loop.

He wanted her to prove that she was a cold murderer? "Fine..." She whispered. "..You want a demonstraition?..." Katie walked over to the desk and picked up the pistol. She checked the magazine quickly before returing to stand in front of Flint. She aimed the gun to his forehead, pressing the cold barrel to his flesh. "You're wrong....I'm not good..." She waited to see if he would do anything. But he kept his eyes closed, and body relaxed. The moonlight from outside came through the window shedding little light on the scene in the hotel room. Her pistol shining lightly due to the moonlight. Her eyes narrowed as she readied to fire. Then....She pulled the trigger.

Katie's eyes widened in completely shock. Flint didn't move at all! The pistol she had used was emptied during her last haul, and was empty, there for a light '[i]click[/i] sounded instead of a gun shot. Though she had to be sure which was why she checked the chamber before hand. With a sigh her hand dropped to her side, A defeated smile on her face. "Guess you were right Flint.....But...It's easier to just be what the world assumes of you, and I guess....After so long of playing that person I really believed I was like that." She ran a hand through her hair before chuckling. "I can't believe you would trust me so much. What would you have done if I really was as I claim?"

"Though I guess it doesn't matter....You really are something you know." Katie walked over to her brown belt that held her gun holsters on them, and equipped them. She then reloaded her pistol before placing it in her left boot, and the knife in her right. When she was finished she rounded on Flint. "Well then shall we go?"

[i]I have good in me too....I'll believe that Flint....[/i]

[Mysterium Tremendum]

Albin listened to the man's words with intrigue nearly visibly dripping from his thoughts and written across his face. How the man knew Albin was interested in Dark Gunspells almost seemed irrelevant, Albin was very interested in gunspells and if the man was willing to stake 500,000 doubloons and his life on it that the information was genuinely worth his time, than there was little need for him to question the man's sources. However, Albin filed it away into the back of his mind why the man would want to inform him about it. With little hesitance afterward, Albin smiled wickedly and followed the strange man.

[Cozmosus]

((I'm good for a subplot. I'm going after Sims, after that, I'll go into the town everybody's in.))

The only noise that was heard was the thudding of horse footsteps on the soft sand. As he galloped through the deep dark desert, he went over his plan in his head. Over and over again, he thought of exactly what would happen and how the confrontation would end. He was coming up on a large rock structure. He slowed his horse and swung around to the side of the lair. The bandits trotted into the hidden entrance, not knowing of John hidden among the rocks and debris. He watched carefully. The mark he had left on the bandit was glowing to his eyes, and even though they had disappeared behind the rock walls, he was able to see where they were headed. They were moving down, meaning this construct took a while to build, going under ground. Quickly sweeping past the junk that was scattered everywhere, he moved toward the secret entrance. the hole in the wall had been hidden behind a fake stone wall, merely a cleverly made out of a piece of wood painted as stone. It didn't seem to John that this gang was very smart. He removed the piece of fake rock with ease, and searched the inside. It was a small cavern, with a ladder at the end of the room. [i]Here I go[/i] He thought. He had actually been tracking down Sims for a while, but could never pinpoint him. Now he was there. John slid down the ladder. He began walking forward, through a long hallway. Two men turned a corner. John noticed this with just enough time to duck behind a rock. As the men passed towards the ladder and back, John prepared his throwing knives. The two men walked down and as they were about to turn the corner, he threw his knives straight into the backs of their heads. They collapsed, and John walked down the hallway and around the corner. Through the door he saw the mark, which meant that this was their infirmary. Two voices were heard on the other side, and they were getting closer. He looked up and saw a small hole, which looked like it might go somewhere. He took a rope out from his bag and climbed up into the hole. He found that it was a vent into the outside. [i]Could come in handy[/i] he thought. He climbed back down and left the rope so that he could escape if need be. As he walked through the tunnels, he placed various boxes along the walls. These were filled with gunpowder, and would aid in his escape. He finally reached an open room, where a man resided. He was an older man, with a short, gray beard, and a black hat. He wore a blue collard shirt and black pants. Sims. Sims looked up at John, smiling. "What's a boy like you doing in my hideout?" He asked. "Just admiring the amazing architecture and craftsmanship, Mr. Sims" John responded. He needed to stall for time, so that he could get his gun out. "Oh, and may I add, I love your work."Sims now sat upright. "Stop with the small talk boy. How did you get in here?" Sims said, now slightly angered. John replied "It's a long story involving a guru and a pack of bulls, but I'll save that story for later". John was able to get closer to Sims, walking around, picking things up while talking. "I need you to assassinate a man. I'll even pay you." he said. "And how would one as young as you pay me?" Sims was now amused at Johns offer. [i]Almost there[/i] thought John. "I have my sources" he said, now within arms reach of Sims, "Here, I have a picture of the man I need dead." John reached into his inner coat pocket, pulling out a folded piece of paper. What Sims didn't know was that John had used slight of hand, bringing out his revolver hidden behind the paper. When Sims took the paper and began unfolding it, John secretly brought the gun towards Sims. Sims unfolded the paper, revealing a picture of he himself. "Hello Mr. Sims. I am John Smith, and I am here to either take you in or kill you for your cruel deeds." Said John smiling, and at the same time holding his gun to Sims' head.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

OoC: Sorry, I rushed a bi-lot.

IC:
Michael smirked as he saw the incoming bullet. "I win." He seemed to gain a random burst of speed as he quickly sidestepped with ease completely evading the bullet and with this new found speed he ran up to Harvey and pointed his silver revolver up to his head.

-1 Minute Before-

As Michael headbutted Harvey and released his leg he used the now free arm to take out his pistol and shot himself in the head activating Evoker. The headbutt seemed to have knocked out senses temporarily or just the pain had him lose focus from the noise which only worked out better for Mchael.

-Now-

"I have no personal vendetta against you. i'm just a greedy bounty hunter after the money on your head. Keeping you alive is to much of a hassle but if there's anything you'd like to say do it now."

[.:Blu:.]

((Ed, you might want to break up your big paragraph into smaller paragraphs. Also, you just can't come into town with eerybody in it and expect to join everybody. You need to have a story structure.))

As the gun clicked, Flint never thought that he would die because he knew Katie was a good person at heart. Even so, this trait of Flint's may be both a virtue and a vice. Flint opened his eyes and looked at Katie, his hands now relaxed. He listened to Katie as she spoke, his eyes showing a bit of sadness for her. However, soon his sadness was replaced by assurance as she agreed to help him. Flint nodded with a smile and walked out of the door. When walking out, Flint paused for a moment and turned to look at Katie. "To answer your question. If you were what you said you were, then I guess we wouldn't have become friends and our destinies wouldn't have crossed, but I'm glad that I did. Oh, and thank you." Flint said.

Going outside, Flint had a surprised expression on his face seeing a lot of people sticking their heads out of their rooms and looking towards Katie's room. "Uhh, hehe, there's nothing to see her folks. Go back to sleep, alright." Flint said with a nervous smile. "(I think I just may have caused too much of a racket.)" Flint quickly went downstairs and was approached by the innkeeper. "Hey, what was all of that noise up there?" the innkeeper asked eagerly. "Umm, I was just having a little talk hehe. Oh by the way, take this." Flint said, handing the innkeeper a bag of what appears to be money. The innkeeper didn't question Flint because he knew Flint had just given him a bag of money for nothing. "Alright, see ya!" Flint said before running outside.

Flint awaited for Katie outside. Flint reached into his pocket to take out the letter that was on the door of the saloon. "(Wait just a little more you guys, Kai and I are coming to rescue you.)" Flint thought in his mind.

-Meanwhile-

Harvey was quite surprised and irritated as he watched Michael being able to dodge the attack. "WHAT?! Impossible!" Harvey shouted as he clenched his fists tightly. He didn't believe what he was seeing. There was no way that Michael could've dodged that attack. However, Harvey quickly regained his composture. "Well, I don't know how you managed to dodge my attack, but I can definately tell you that you won't so lucky the next time. And I'm not going to go down so easily. I still have a couple tricks up my sleeve." Harvey explained as he cocked his revolver. "Say hello to the devil for me when you get to hell alright?" Harvey taunted.

Suddenly, Harvey began to fire off a barrage of rounds at Michael. All of them coming in different directions. It wasn't anything special, but Harvey knew that he couldn't just stand there and do nothing. Harvey knew that as of right now he is in cooldown time and so he won't be able to fire off another gunspell until later on. A part of Harvey wanted to compliment Michael on his tenacity and his abilities.

-Meanwhile-

((It's daploons dude, not doubloons))

The man continued to walk, making sure that Albin could follow him. When he reached a certain alley, the man slipped through the alley and began to pick up his pace while still making sure that Albin is able to follow him. The man began twisting and turning through alleyways, keeping up his quick pace. It seemed as if he was almost trying to get away from something. Soon, the man and Albin entered into a rather dark and wide alleyway. The moonlight, luckily, was bright enough to just make the alleyway visible to see. "We've arrived." the man sinply said before walking towards what appeared to be a dead-end. Then, the man removed from his belt holster a small black revolver. The man then fired a single round towards the wall.

When it made contact with the wall, the wall seemed to have a bright white outline for a brief moment. After the light had disappeared, the wall began to rumble, and soon, opened up. "Let's go, and be quick about it." the man said before entering.

[Hotaru987]

Despite herself Katie blushed at hearing what Flint said. Though she had to turn her back to him otherwise he may get suspicious – or freaked out that a “man” was blushing because of another man. Quickly regaining herself, she turned only to see Flint was no longer in the room but had left. With a sigh she left the room, ignoring the remaining people that were still peaking from their rooms. When downstairs, Katie spotted the innkeeper holding a bag of money, a childlike giddiness on his face. “I still can’t believe he gave me this money for nothing!”

Katie smirked, but chose not to say anything. When she walked outside Flint was still there waiting for her. He was looking at a piece of paper. Silently Katie moved behind him, and leaned over a bit to read what it said. “Now I understand what is going on.” She said most likely startling Flint. “Let’s get this over with quickly. Who knows how long we have to get them.”

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

The smirk on Michael's face was lost when he saw the incoming bullets. It seemed a bit to late to celebrate. Evoker's boost allowed him to quickly react. He pointed his revolvers at the ground and as he jumped up pulled the trigger. The shockwave plus jumped managed to quickly boost him over the barrage of bullets. When he fell to the ground he smiled and looked at Harvey. "The limits naturally held on my body were lifted by five percent. My body and mind have been boosated by 50% of the norm. Or maybe it's 25%. I don't really know. I forgot that detail."

Michael aimed his two revolvers at Harvey. "And another thing. You've fired off a lot of bullets in this fight. You're gun is bound to have run out of bullets by now and I doubt These revolvers together have five bullets left and then there's my pistol which still has eight. It was a good fight and all but I win." Michael took aim at the arm that was holding his gun and the other at his leg. Michael pulled the trigger from each gun.

[Mysterium Tremendum]

Albin followed the man through the twisting alleyways as the speed of the man suddenly increased. For a few seconds, the increase in speed confused Albin; were they running from someone? After all, this man knows something about the Forbidden Dark Gunspells, many would be after such a prize. Keeping pace with the man the entire way, they soon came across a dead end. Albin scratched his head in confusion at first than he heard the man say, "We've arrived" and than saw him draw the revolver. Albin quickly went on his guard and swiftly prepared to dodge roll to his left, he'd been tricked!! Then he heard the sound of the shot and felt no pain. The man had aimed the shot at the wall. There was a momentary outline of white before the wall rumbled fiercely and soon fell away, revealing another passage. Albin stopped midstep and clutched his heart while still wearing his signature grin and spoke mockingly, "He he he, that was close, for a second I had a feeling you were about to get rid of me." Albin stepped up to follow the man, "So mind telling me where we're going now? Albin continued to follow the man through the passage.

[.:Blu:.]

Flint was reading the letter when all of the sudden he heard Katie's voice from beside him, surprising Flint enough to make him jump to the side. "Ahhh! Huh, Kai it's you! Hey don't surprise me like that or else I might get a heart attack and die, and then I won't be able to rescue anybody!" Flint shouted comically. Flint then regain his composture and nodded in agreement with the last thing Katie said. "Yeah, we have to hurry, but the funny thing is that Buck Shot actually told us where to go. Don't know why he told us that.... Hey I know! Maybe he's a nice guy and he would like for us to turn him in a get our reward!" Flint said cluelessly with a wide smile. "Anyways, our destination is the old abandoned copper mind not to far from here." Flint said before walking towards the exit of the town.

"If we go by foot it would take us at least four hours to get there, or maybe five days. Ahh! I'm not good with directiooonnns!" Flint shouted as flames comically shot out from his mouth into the air. Flint then paused his walking and tilted his head around to look at Kai. Flint's expression was pretty weird, as if he looked at Kai as a mountain of money or something. His expression was also accompanied by a devious grin. "Hehe, oh Kai. You're a gunman, which means...." Flint took a long pause before tiptoeing backwards to Kai without even turning his body. "You must have a horse!" Flint finally said. "Why didn't you tell me earlier you sly dog you! Whoohoo! A horse! Now we can get there in no time!" Flint celebrated without even giving Katie a chance to say if she actually has a horse or not.

"Alright then Kai, bring me to your horse!" Flint said rather energetically. Within the inn, the innkeeper walked upstairs to room 15 to check on things now that the occupant was gone. Once he got there, his jaw fell straight to the floor and his eyes popped outward towards the room. "Ahhhh! The door!" the innkeeper yelled, grabbing his hair. The innkeeper then regain his composture though he was a bit angry. "So that's why that strange hair-colored kid gave me this bag of money." the innkeeper said before opening up the bag. Seeing the contents of the bag made the innkeeper want to pull his hair out. Inside the bag were small rocks and a small piece of paper that read "IOU" in red crayon and a poorly drawn picture of Flint with a wide smile and a thumbs up also in red crayon. Suddenly, the innkeeper comically fell to the floor, unconscious from the shock of the contents in the bag.

-Meanwhile-

Hearing Michael's explanation on what had happened caused Harvey to clenched his hands tightly. An angry frown also formed onto his face. "(This kid had it planned all along?! He's been hiding more gunspells! Damn it! Just when I think I've caught him, he has something that can counter my strategies. This kid'll make a great bounty one day. However, that day might never come.)" Harvey thought to himself. Suddenly, Harvey pointed his revolver towards the ground. Without saying anything, Harvey shot out a current of powerful wind towards the ground. Upon impact, the force was powerful enough to life Harvey off the ground like Michael's shockwave. "You're not the only person with talent kid. I've gotta compliment you that you're officially the toughest person I've ever gone up against, but alas, even you won't kill me!" Harvey proclaimed righteously.

Harvey, using his quick hand speed, reload bullets back into his revolver. "It's true that I've ran out of bullets, but now I'm loaded to sent you straight to hell! Hyaaa!" Harvey shouted as he blasted a large bullet made out of pure air towards Michael. "(This kid is lucky that I'm only bluffing with this shot. The best that attack will do is probably knock him backwards to buy me some time for my gunspells to be ready to fire again. I hope this kid takes the bluff and go on the defensive.)" Harvey thought to himself, a single sweat drop running down his cheek.

-Meanwhile-

"Don't worry, you'll find out soon enough...." the man simply answered as he stood still within the entrance. When Albin stepped inside, the wall was then reformed and the two were now within total darkness. "Don't be alarmed, it's all part of where we are heading to." the man spoke. Suddenly, the floor they were stepping on began to rumble slightly before descending. They were in an elevator. As the elevator descended, the lights flickered on. The man removed his large hat, revealing a face scarred by fire. "I hope you don't mind these scars. You could call them battle scars." the man proclaimed. "By the way, I haven't formally introduce myself. The name is Dare, nice to meet you." Dare said.

Soon the elavator reached the bottom, which was another long tunnel. "Sorry if this seems a tad much of a travel, but my superiors like to keep things secretive." Dare proclaimed before stepping out. "Only a bit more walking and we will arrive at the rendezvous point." Dare said before walking deeper into the tunnel. "So, do you have any questions so far? Maybe how I know so much about you?" Dare asked.

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

Michael chuckled a bit. "I only need one gun to block your attack! The reason I use two is because my physical strength normally isn't enough to take the impact of the bullet. I'll likely lose the gun. When evoked it'll hurt a bit but I'll be keep my grip." He put his silver revolver into the tonfa-like blocking position and quickly set it up to block the shot while also taking a better stance to keep his ground. "Reinforce." Michael aimed the black revolver at Harvey and fired the remaining three shots of the gun at him. After he fired the shots he put the black revolver back in the holster and got ready to grab his pistol right in case Harvey had anything else up his sleeve.

[Mysterium Tremendum]

The sudden darkness inside the path overwhelmed Albin's senses with an evil and dark glee. Albin adored the darkness, he always preferred it to the sunlight where your every move was watched. The darkness inexplicably made him feel at home, even though he was as blind in it as everyone else, it filled him with murderous pleasure. Without warning, Albin suddenly felt the ground descend and lights flickered on once again, removing the fleeting comfort Albin had felt for those few seconds. Albin walked forward a little bit as the strange man introduced himself as Dare and the question Albin was all to familiar with, "So, do you have any questions so far? Maybe how I know so much about you?" Albin smiled wickedly for a second before speaking, "Now that you mention it, I don't care how you know so much about me. It's easy to have friends in high places, no matter how hard I try I can't keep information on me from leaking out. When you're me, you learn to anticipate some things. What IS bothering me is "Why me?" There are many people looking for information on the Dark Gunspells, what I wanna know is why you chose me to share this information with. I'm not called "The Devil" for no reason. " Albin once again wore his infamous smile to accentuate his point as he awaited his answer.

[.:Blu:.]

((Since Evoker is still in use, you can pull out a giant crazy shockwave that will defeat Harvey for good))

"Humph, those three bullets won't do a damn thing to me!" Harvey boasted as he fired three shots of his own that made contact with Michael's three bullets, and ultimately parrying them. "(This kid has gone onto the defensive just as I planned. However, he still has his pistol which is something I have to be careful of. But honestly, who cares since now I can fire my gunspells again.)" Harvey thought to himself. "Hehe, it's over kid, you lose!" Harvey shouted. "Wolf Fang!" Harvey used another Wolf Fang and aimed it towards Michael's stomach. "(That's it! I won!)" Harvey thought to himself with a huge maniacal grin.

-Meanwhile-

Hearing Albin's question made Dare simply grin. "Humph, that's the question you have? Alright, that's an easy question to answer. Because you're not afraid." Dare simply answered. "Allow me to explain further. You're right about the fact that there are many people within this world that would want to have the power of dark gunspells, but once they hear about the effects of the dark gunspells, they usually aren't too thrill afterwards. However, some people, like you simply have the guts to hold this power in your hand and not be afraid of it. That's what my superiors need. Men that aren't afraid to take risks." Dare explained.

[Hotaru987]

The longer Flint spoke, the larger the sweat drop became on the side of her head. [i]Does he even notice that he said Black's name wrong?[/i] Though when the fire spued from his mouth she suddenly appeared with a hotdog on a stick, and began to barbeque. Katie smiled at the cooked hotdog before staring to eat it. She was happily munching on the hotdog when Flint was suddenly assuming that she had a horse. "Uh Flint...." Katie spoke up. "Flint......Flint......DAMNIT FLINT LISTEN TO ME!!" Katie yelled throwing the stick at Flint's head to get his attention.

"First off, how can you just go around assuming people have horses simply because they are a gunmen? Secondly, how come you don't have one?" Katie raised her eyebrow, both hands stuffed into her pockets. Her facial expression was passive indifference. "Thirdly-" Katie was suddenly about five feet in front of him walking away, and in the direction of the stables, "The horse is this way. He doesn't really take kind to strangers but-" Katie glanced at his red hair, "He may like you."

Once they got to the stables, her horse likeing him was an understatement, because as soon as Ruth saw him - or more accurately his hair - his eyes litterally turned into apples and rushed at Flint to bite on his hair. "Did I mention he loves the color red?" She said knowing that she didn't, leaving him to Carrot's mercy while she got the saddle. "I perfer bareback, but I assume you want to ride in a saddle?" Katie didn't know why she asked because she ended up tossing the saddle anyway, giving Flint no choice by to ride bare back.

"By the way his name is Ruth-" Katie cringed at the name. "-It was Cheri's idea. I wasn't going to name him anything, but she insisted. 'Oh, you must name him something! You can't go around riding a nameless horse!?'" Katie said impersonating Cheri's voice - though all she did was revert to her normal voice. "And now he's stuck with the name Ruth." When she was finished talking she un crossed her arms - aving previously been enjoying the show - and pulled out an apple, and instantly the horse left Flint to return to his owner. "There you go. A nice apple for Ruth."

Katie then hopped onto Ruth's back in one fluid motion, then looked at Flint expextantly. "Well then lets go.

Ooc: This was edited once I realized Flint has red nor orange hair....

[Desu the Blue Nerd]

OoC: Well I wasn't planning on an upgraded shockwave but whatever. It makes since.

IC:
Michael aimed his revolver at the incoming Wolf Fang and at the same time the gun was also aimed at Harvey. "Evoked Shockwave!" As Harvey's shot was right in front of his barrel Michael pulled the trigger and instead of the normal shockwave a much more powerful one was released. The shockwave reflected the bullet right back pass Harvey's head although that didn't mean the shockwave wasn't with the bullet. The reason it didn't hit him between his eyes was the immense shockwave blasted Harvey away and sent him flying right into the cave's rock wall. After a few seconds of being planted into the wall Harvey fell facedown onto the ground.

Michael walked up top Harvey's body and pressed his revolver into the back of his head. "I don't know if you're still alive yet or not but I still have one more bullet in my revolver. I suggest you not move because I will shoot and I don't think you can do to much at point blank or really anything after that. I'm sorry to say this but although you are strong you aren't the strongest man I've ever killed. You'd be dead nine times over if you fought him. Sorry to dissapoint you in death. Secondly, if you're still alive answer this question. Why do you kill? Is there a reason or are you just a psychopath? And no lip. I'm the one asking the questions." Michael waited for an answer. If there was none in a minute then he would just drag the body with him back to town.

[Cozmosus]

"Well, this comes up as a surprise, even for me." said Sims, with a smile on his face. "Pretty young for a gunman aren't you? Oh well, no need to escape. I don't want to break the spirits of someone like you. Go ahead, shoot me." Strange. John cocked his gun. 3. 2. 1. Bang! He knew it. Sims wouldn't give up so easily.

Sims had used The same sleight of hand trick, pulling out his gun when John wasn't looking. The thing was that Sims was a gunman, who also used gunspells. These gunspells were attributed with electricity. Sims had shot John in the left shoulder, which he was holding his gun in. "You like my gunspell boy? It uses electricity to shut down small parts of the nervous system." he said, standing up, "Did you really think that I would let you kill me?" John's arm was completely paralyzed. "Well, it was worth a shot. And you see, the thing is," John retorted, grabbing a bunch of bullets with his right hand. "I'm not left handed." He swung his revolver into his right hand, shooting three bullets.

Jumping back from the surprise, Sims returned fire with three of his own. Each time John shot, he inserted a bullet into his custom re-loader. "Take this! Static Pulse!" Sims yelled. A wave of electricity burst from the gun, electrocuting everything in its path towards John. John, unable to do anything, was shocked and brought to his knees. John shot a single bullet at Sims. "Aqua star!" he exclaimed. The bullet melted, splattering all over Sims' face. Sims quickly wiped the hot metal off his face before it cooled, shooting bullets everywhere. John stood up, ready to shoot again, when Sims blasted him with a pulse of electricity. It hit his leg, causing him to fall, shooting bullets straight up into the air.

John kneeled on the ground, his leg paralyzed. John had used up the last of the bullets in his hand, and reached into his pocket for some more. Sims walked towards him, gun cocked. "Don't even think about it." he said, pointing his gun at John. John just looked down in dismay. Plip. A metallic drop of liquid landed on Sims' nose. He wiped it off and looked at it. Plop. Another drop fell on his hand. He looked up. The ceiling was covered in a metallic liquid that was John's bullets. "What!!" Sims yelled, with a surprised look on his face. When John had fallen, he used his bullets to cover the ceiling in his Aqua Star technique. BANG! The liquid had distracted Sims long enough for John to reload his gun. He used his mark of the sniper on Sims' foot, causing him to jump up and down in a comical fashion. John had adapted his technique for a moment like this.

As more and more of the liquid metal began to rain down, the bullet metal was attracted to the mark on Sims'. Metal began to cover Sims' foot, then his leg, then most of his body, his lower left half alone was drenched in metal. Suddenly, Sims' pointed his gun elsewhere and shot. A bullet ripped through the air, electricity reaching out around it. It attracted the liquid metal. "Electromagnetic bullet." he said, now smiling. He began to walk towards John, when he noticed that he wasn't going to be walking anywhere, his whole leg now "frozen" in metal. "Looks like none of us is going anywhere, and it looks like you're out of bullets." said John, exasperated from the gunfight. "So it seems, but I know that my men are coming, and I'd have won." Sims returned.

John knew something like this might happen. Which is why he had set up the black powder boxes everywhere. "I set up enough black powder boxes to close off all entrances, exits and hallways, so," John shot a long fuse just at the door of the large room. The clash of metal and rock sparked the fuse, causing it hiss down the line. Soon explosions were heard. John had sealed off the entrance. They were trapped in the room. All through the hideout, boxes were exploding, sealing off hallways, and those that didn't caused enough ruckus to cause bandits to flee, and distract them from the missing leader. "There, that worked out nicely, didn't it?" said John with a smile.

[Mysterium Tremendum]

Albin was confused a bit by the answer Dare gave. First of all, this man having superiors willing to trust him with this kind of information and power just because he wasn't afraid was unlikely. There were bound to be strings attached just as the man had said, his superiors "need" men like him. For a second, Albin thought to question the man further but decided against it. He'd figure out the rest of the puzzle when they meet these superiors and Albin can question them personally. Assuming an emotionless air, Albin spoke again, "That was the only question I have at this time. I'm anxious to meet these superiors of yours and find out for myself what they want with me, so lets get going." Albin moved forward a few steps until he faced further down the passage.

[.:Blu:.]

((Actually his hair is like a light rose red with a bit of pink thrown into it.))

The stick collided with Flint's head which made him looked towards Katie while rubbing the top of his head. "Ouch, you didn't have to throw something at me...." Flint whispered, making sure she didn't hear him. Hearing Katie speak and beginning to walk, Flint followed behind. Hearing the statement that she indeed has a horse, Flint's eyes light up. "Yeah! Everything worked out! You do have a horse!" Flint rejoiced. "Oh, and about a horse, well I used to have one, but it was stolen before I reached West Town." Flint explained, scratching the back of his head in embarrassment. When they finally arrived at the stable, Katie's horse saw Flint's hair and immediately rushed at Flint and bit his hair. Flint just laughed when this happen. "Hey I guess he really does like me. Well, my hair to be more exact." Flint said happily.

When asked if he wanted a saddle, before Flint could answer, Katie had already tossed the saddle, leaving Flint with his jaw wide open. Hearing the horse's name is Ruth, Flint began to pet the horse. "Ruth huh? Nice name." Flint complimented. When Ruth finally let go of Flint's hair, Flint's hair was a bit wet but quickly dried off. It must've been Flint's fire-based energy. After Katie had gotten on, Flint quickly jumped onto Ruth himself. "Hehe, this feels pretty comfortable. Oh by the way, nice impersonation on Cheri. You now, if no one could see you and they heard that voice of yours they would think you were a girl, funny huh?" Flint said with a laugh. "Alright then, in all seriousness, we gotta get going if we want to save them." Flint said.

Not long later, they took off into the plains. On their way there, they only stopped one time to rest, and soon, they arrived at the old copper mine in about two hours. The sun still hadn't risen yet but Flint could tell that they were close to morning. "Alright, here we are." Flint said before dismounting Ruth. "Well, come on, let's go." Flint said before attempting to run in. However, the mine was a bit too dark to see. "Aww man, how are we suppose to travel through here?" Flint asked. Looking around, Flint found two laterns. "Hey look." Flint said as he picked them up. "Alright, another problem solved. Uhh, but wait, how do we light them?" Flint asked, unaware that they were electric laterns and could be turned on by a knob on the side.

-Meanwhile-

Seeing the gigantic shockwave, Harvey's eye widened, knowing that he lost. "What???!!! Impossible!!!!" Harvey shouted as the shockwave neared him. When the shockwave knocked him onto the cave wall, Harvey was sent crashing down back onto the ground, almost unconscious and hurtting badly. "Ugh...." Harvey moaned weakly. It felt as if he was blasted by the gun of a tank. Harvey then felt Michael's revolver on the back of his head. "Damn you kid...." Michael muttered. Hearing Michael's question, Harvey gave out a weak yet wild laugh. "You want to know why I kill? Heh, probably the same reason as most outlaws in these plains. To survive.... If I don't kill, others will kill me. Hmm, now that I think about it, maybe that's not the reason at all...." Harvey explained. "Maybe the reason to why I kill is unknown to me as well, or maybe, I just plain enjoy it, hahahaha!" Harvey laughed manically before blood rushed out of his mouth. "Ugh.... Wait are you waiting for Kid? Kill me and collect your prize, but at least, let me ask you one thing before I die. What is your name?" Harvey simply asked.

-Meanwhile-

((Alright, so this person you're about to meet is of legendary status. He could you in a snap. So once you see him, make sure to be quite surprised))

After a bit more walking, Albin and Dare arrived at a small underground cabin. "Here we are." Dare simply said before opening up the door. Inside, there was a large table with ten chairs. Five on each side with one at the ends of each table. Sitting at the lower table was a man who Albin, or any gunman at all, would recognize instantly, a man simply known as Desmond, or more widely known as Desmond the Death Plague. Desmond is a former member of the original Boss of the Plains, and is considered to be one of the most brutal, evil, and powerful gunman ever. However, the problem is that Desmond was considered to have been executed for his crimes. However, he is sitting in the flesh in front of Albin's eyes. "Sir, I have brought Albin Hinderson here as you wish." Dare said as he gave a bow.

[Hotaru987]

Katie was silent when Flint made the comment about someone mistaking her for a girl, if someone heard it and didn't see Katie. Though she she did smirk at the fact that she actually was a girl, but that was a secreat she wasn't really to let loose just yet. When they finally got moving Katie didn't speak - but neither did Flint. She figured that he was getting his mind ready to face Black again. It didn't bother her one bit as she was used to the quite when she traveled. They chose to rest for a bit before continuing to the cave. With a total of two hours of travel, they made it to the cave and Flint was the first to get off eager as always. Katie dismounted more calmly before turning to Ruth. She lovingly petting the side of his face and smiled, "I'll be back soon Ruth. Be a good boy." Ruth snorted as if in response. "Now go hide, and listen for my whistle." Ruth didn't move which caused Katie to sigh. "Fine." She reached in the pouch hanging fron Ruth's side and pulled out an apple, before giving it to him.

The now happy horse followed Katie's previous order, and walked off to stay out of sight. Katie then entered the cave to bearly be able to make out Flint holding something. It looked like a lantern. There was another and she picked it up and examined it as closely as she could in the dark. After some time she felt something on the side; it felt like a knob. Katie turned it and was rewarded with the lantern flikering to life. "It must be one of those electrical lanterns." She stated holding it up. "Look on the side and there will be a knob."

When Flint turned his on she began the treck further into the cave. "Why did you become a Gunman in the first place?" She asked after some time. "You just don't strike me as the Gunman type."