Board Thread:Role Plays/@comment-25924729-20151107020221/@comment-24617443-20161107152857

"Who are you exactly, injured little bear, to tell humble ol' me a decision in such a short span of time?", asked Lupin, stopping Zhu-li from entering the elevator before kicking the the elevator in frustration while mumbling something vulgar as Bianca and Akiba look on puzzled at the floor they were in.

"This is very peculiar. The lift must be malfunctioning, for we pressed the button leading to the top floor but instead arrived at the basement.", Bianca commented to Lupin as he lets out his last few indescribable mumbo-jumbo as he, Bianca, and Akiba whose presence is so weak that Zhu-li never bothered to refer him when the elevator arrived, look at the people gathered outside.

"Well, sorry lass but we don' got time squabbling. The big bloke up top needs to get his bloody cranium into the fucking ground.", answered Lupin, now more pissed off than ever, before closing the elevator on Zhu-li and the others.

"Blimey, who on earth was that young fellow? He cusses more than my wife on our anniversary!", Then all of a sudden spoke out the old huntsman as he chuckles to himself. "...at least the lad didn't bite."

"Why would your wife bite?", Tendon then asked the old huntsman, who turned his head to face him and simply answered.

"You'll understand once you get one. Usually happens on the first night.", he said nonchalantly before heading towards the stairs. Despite the black smoke the old huntsman didn't look fazed the slightest.

"Ah this billowing smoke... reminds me of the workshops back home.", said the huntsman to himself before dashing quickly through the smoke and up the stairs.

"O-Oi, wait up old geezer!!", shouted Tendon as he attempts to chase after him but he was already gone.

"Hey! Wasn't that Akiba back in that elevator!?", then asked Douglas, suddenly just realizing the mute was inside the elevator, though he looked more like a ghost that anything behind the two others.

*huff* *huff*

hasty and erratically breathing the man whose head is being hunted by no more than 5 or so people right at the moment ran down his second flight of stairs before stopping to take a breath.

Realizing how much of a lost cause the place has gotten and with more and more shadier characters entering the casino has made Barnes decide to cut his losses and just run the fuck away.

Of course, Barnes is no fool, especially when it comes to being a highly distinguished loan shark in Atlas. The owner of the "Funhouse" ran quickly through a hidden room behind his own office and only accessible via a special keyhole hidden behind a hidden plate at the wall opposite the entrance of his office that opens the a hidden metal door only accessible with a key which he threw away inside the escpae room. Now that he looked back at it, he's very glad to have applied the "escape room" idea he got when he was younger. It really helps in getting away safely without worrying about getting seen. Well, for the most part at least.

With only a few more flights of stairs left till he reaches the door leading to a tunnel that'll lead him far, far away from the casino, Barnes can't help but smile at himself.

He was gonna get out of this mess, and getting out of trouble was his forte with this being his greatest escape yet.

"GODDAMMIT!", Lupin shouted in pure frustration as he finds that Barnes office is empty. Bianca, who was behind him, couldn't do anything else but watch Lupin letting out his anger by shooting the whole room.

Akiba grits his teeth. The fact that Barnes was able to escape made Akiba's blook boil as well, but he steadily calms himself as he watches Lupin unload within the room.

Then he heard something weird when it hit the wall opposite the entrance of the room. Quickly grabbing Lupin's arm, which earned the mute an elbow to the face, he scanned the wall. With the explosive power of Lupin's gun the walls all exploded with splinters and shards of wood fying in every direction, but when he shot a round at the wall opposite the door it didn't explode to reveal a hole but  rather the wall survived the round with a large dent on it.

Lupin, noticing this now, shook Akiba from holding his arm and began to unload everything at the wall and this successfully ended in the wall flying off and revealing a hidden passage.

Hearing the sounds of explosions from above startled Barnes as he reaches the bottom of the staircase. Walking forward in order to recover his stamina, he jumped when the metal door hiding the entrance to this room bumped into the wall, the rails of the stair, and finally the floor of the hidden route.

"HEY!!!", shouted at the top of his lungs the purple-clad gentleman before firing off two rounds at Barnes at the very bottom of the staircase.

Due to firing at the top of the staircase, which is at the top floor, and with Barnes being at the ground level, it gave the loan shark just enough time to fetch another key in his pocket and unlock the door leading to the secret tunnel before locking it.

Akiba, upon seeing Barnes' fleeting figure entering the door, jumped from the rails of the staircase and dived down before using his and his weapon to blast him backwards. Just enough to lessen his falling velocity and safely landing with a small crater forming from his descent. Using his semblance again, Akiba blasts the door with a concentrated blast of wind but the door didn't budge.

Lupin arrived after Akiba's attempt to blast the door open, flying down via the stair's rails like a skateboarder with only his shoes, pulled the mute back before unloading yet again at the door like last time, and like last time the door bursted open after a few shots, sending the door hurtling through the tunnel.

"SHIT! He's making a break for it, the bloody duff!", shouted the gentleman as he makes chaes. "YOU HAVEN'T PAID ME MY COMPENSATION YET!"

As Lupin, Bianca, and Barnes run, Akiba messages Douglas about the secret tunnel and, from a compass function in the scrolls which is used to help in direction, told him to go westward from the casino.

Realizing that Lupin's gonna catch up, Barnes decides that he's gonna have get his hands dirty to survive. He turned around to face Lupin and got into a boxing stance.

Lupin didn't stop running though, and used the momentun he's got to execute a flying dropkick at the loan shark who blocks the attack with his arms. The two quickly engaged in battle, Lupin's footwork against Barnes fast but sloppy hands.

A left roundhouse kick from Lupin was dodged by Barnes by ducking down and bringing his arms closely together before going for a right hook to Lupin's face which was redirected with the gentleman's left arm. The two continue to exchange blows with eachother before the fight ended abruplty with a well-timed shot by Bianca.

Taking him by the collar, Lupin brought his face close to Barnes' who was laying on the floor. "I know you have the lien, Barny. Why not give me some and I'll promise to lef you go."

"Look, kid. I really want to give you the money, but that money is not on me! I left it back at the casino!!"

"Don't bluff with me cause that won't make me fold. I know first-hand how to run a business like yours and the most important thing to the job is the money. So where is your stash?"

"I'm serious! Its in a hidden trapdoor below my desk!", insisted Barnes, to which Lupin smiles and loosens his grip on Barne's collar.

Before proceeding to punch him in the face repeatedly into submission.

"Alright, I feel much better now!", exclaimed happily the gentleman as he walks back to the staircase. Passing Akiba, he stops and gives  the mute a business card.

"It seems everythings done, and after everything we got through I think I see a good potential of "friendship" between us so I urge that you keep that card with you.", said Lupin as he continues forward but not before saying one last thing. "I appreciate your company, kid. Its rare for me to find someone who listens to me for once!"

Akiba looked back at Lupin and Bianca, a small smile forming on his face before turning his attention to Barnes who was from the floor to now making a mad dash towards the exit.

"Its over already, Barnes!", mentally stated Akiba as he rushes after him.

"Well I'll be Bob's uncle, Barnes wasn't joking.", mumbled in surprise the gentleman as he finds the trapdoor under the desk, just as Barnes said it was. Shooting the trapdoor open reveals a large box, almost like a treasure chest, filled with lien.

"Bianca, I want this out to the rooftop. There's probably a bullhead there that we can "borrow" to get home."

Nodding at this, Bianca quickly grabs the chest and the two head towards the stairs leading to the rooftop and just as Lupin predicted there was, indeed, a bullhead. Turning the ship on, the duo departed from the Funhouse with Lupin's last words to the place being.

"The place ain't no funhouse anymore."