Board Thread:Non-TES Roleplaying/@comment-17114085-20171215205822/@comment-24070327-20180204213553

"You have got to be kidding me," groaned Ran at the sight of the shattered radio. He had been too cautious! Or perhaps he had not been cautious enough. In hindsight, Ran could see that making use of the radio in his plan had been foolish. He had put the radio at risk. And the risk had become a reality.

Now he must suffer the consequences. Now he was so screwed.

The radio was destroyed. His plan was in shambles. And perhaps the entire operation as well. How would the person on other side of the radio react to the radio's destruction? Would they notice it, or would they assume that Mathew was too busy to respond? The radio was not destroyed in the camera footage that Mr. Roboto was controlling. So would that tip them off? Would they realize that the footage is being tampered with, or will they assume that the radio was malfunctioning.So many possibilities. So many variables. Ran was losing control...

"Is that where you're hiding, bastard."

"Shit!" cursed Ran at the sight of Mathew's attention.

Though Ran's attack was supposed to have been non-lethal, it was not supposed to be something you could just walk off. Ran expected his attack to, at the very least, knock Mathew unconscious. Even if it didn't strike the weak point he had been aiming for. So Ran was more than just a bit worried by the fact that Mathew was simply wounded rather than out cold.

"Is it him? Or was it my attack? Is he strong, or am I weak? I can't tell," pondered Ran with his fists clenched tightly enough to cause his fingernails to draw blood from the plams of his hands. As he wiped the blood on his hands onto his pants, Ran considered the possibility that Mathew was a Stand-user and then immediately dismissed such a possibility. Though Mathew had destroyed the radio, he had not taken any measures against the usb cord that had been connected to the radio. Though it was possible that he simply hadn't notice the usb cord, Ran could not help but to feel that was not the case. It wasn't that Mathew didn' notice it. But rather that he couldn't notice it.

Mathew was not a Stand-user. A fact which frightened Ran. How could someone withstand his attack without the support of a Stand? There was but one answer.

The attack had been weak.

"My attacks weak. Shit! No matter how much thought I put into them, my attacks are weak!" seethed Ran. Ran was used to being angry at others. He had a short temper after all. But he was not so used to being angry at himself.

Whenever someone angered Ran, Ran would wreak terrible vengeance upon them. That was how Ran did things. Unfortunately for Ran, his lifestyle had just become more than just a bit problematic. Because, this time around, Ran was angry at himself rather than at anyone else. And he obviously wasn't going to wreak terrible vengeance upon himself, Ran had no idea what to do with his anger.

Fortunately for Ran, he didn't need to find out what he should do with his anger at himself. Because, not long after he caught Mathew's attention, Marcus and Shizuka revealed themselves.

"What in the world?" exclaimed Ran as Marcus and Shizuka appeared right the fuck out of nowhere.

At the sight of Marcus and Shizuka's appearance, Ran rubbed his eyes and then dope slapped himself for forgetting that he was viewing the hall through the camera's footage rather than his eyes. Subsequently, Ran could not help but to sigh in relief as Mathew's attention shifted away from the ventilation shaft and towards Marcus and Shizuka. He then couldn't help but to be filled with dread by the next words that came out of Mathew's mouth.

"There you two are. I'll make you pay for that,"

"He thinks they did it!" squeaked Ran as it dawned upon him that Marcus and Shizuka were about to take the fall for his actions. Ran knew next to nothing about Marcus and Shizuka were, but he wasn't stupid. So he was able to put a few things together.

First of all, either one or both of them were a Stand-user with a sort of invisibility power. Ran didn't know for sure if that was true. But Ran liked the idea of it. Caused it explained both Marcus and Shizuka's sudden appearance and the earlier appearances and dissapearance of the holes in the doors.

The alternative was that either one or both of them were a teleporter. Or either one or both of them had some sort of power over space. However, both of those possibilities terrified Ran. So he decided to ignore them for now.

Second, Marcus and Shizuka were intruders. Like him. It was obvious that Mathew did not recognize them as personel. And they didn't seem to be in a hurry to identify themselves. But rather, they seemed ready to fight.

Third, Marcus and Shizuka were idiots. Or perhaps desperate. As far as Ran could tell, neither Marcus nor Shizuka knew that he was controlling the camera's footage. So neither Marcus nor Shizuka should think that it's a good idea to expose themselves in front of a camera. Doing so defied common sense! Either Marcus and Shizuka had some sort of plan at work that Ran was unaware of, or...

...they were trying to help him.

For the life of him, Ran could not determine why Marcus and Shizuka would make themselves visible for any reason other than to distract Mathew from him. Ran could see no advantage in such an action. It would eliminate any chance of them sneak attacking Mathew and exposed them to the cameras as well. Possibly resulting in Mathew receiving reinforcements and a lockdown being executed. Revealing themselves in front of a camera was a worst-case scenarion. There was absolutely NO good reason to do it. Unless...

"...they realized I was here and assumed that the three of us were on the same team just because we're all intruders?" considered Ran with his right thumb in his mouth and in-between his teeth. Ran bit into his thumb, drawing blood as he did so, and then groaned in frustration. Ran then connected a usb cord to his cellphone and another to the ventilation's fan.

"I don't like to owe anything to anyone..." grumbled Ran as he mentally prepared himself for what was to come. "...so I had best repay this debt as soon as possible!"