The Arms of Sorrow [Open]

[Tomoshibi Ethan]

Ethan Tomoshibi, the 2nd seat of the Devil Saints, and head of the assassination portion of the Devil Saints. As he looked at the the fading sunset out of his office window at Devil Saint HQ he thought to himself. "I have been having these dry spells with the assassinations, and then I can't figure anything out about this war. I have no contacts, it's like I'm starting my life all over again." He then sat at his desk, opened his laptop, and started to do some research about his past and again, he found nothing. He thought about what Shadow was going through with Abbadon, "If only there was some way I could help with the war, I feel so useless right now." Ethan never thought that he would just be sitting there waiting on something to happen, he always thought he'd be out doing the world some good..........somehow....

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

[This takes place after the "Heart of Darkness" story arc, during the thread "Searching," and a few hours after the events of "ThrillHer."]

Abbadon was way too restless to just sit still for another five hours. Sure he could sleep, but what was the point? Because he was a Celestial, it wouldn't do anything for him. Still, it didn't mean he didn't enjoy it, either.

So instead of just sitting down doing nothing, the new sixth seat of the Devil Saints walked down the hallways observing the reconstruction of the headquarters after he and Shadow's battle with Arashi and the Einjheriar. So far, everything was looking like things were getting back to normal. You'd guess that the Devil Saints were used to idle threats like a compact bomb of chaos threatening to destroy an entire city as fast as they were rebuilding.

Amused at the thought, Abbadon chuckled to himself. It felt weird walking down the hallway, only because his sprite Roiyaru wasn't by his side that time. He was too busy helping Sara with some of the higher rank duties since Shadow and Runa left on an airplane for Barcelona earlier that day. But even though he missed the idea of his dog being by his side, he didn't show it. That was a sign of weakness. You can't be in charge of security and show a sign of weakness; that's just redundant as fuck.

By the time he reached the offices, he noticed one of the doors open. Curious, Abbadon peeked inside to see someone inside, working on his laptop. He huffed. Obviously it was one of the seats Shadow forgot to introduce him to.

That dumbass little twat, he thought to himself. Just wait till he gets back to Tokyo...

Abbadon entered the room and leaned against the door with a hand in one of his coat pockets. He knocked on the wall to get his attention and showed off a friendly smirk toward the guy. If he was going to be working with him, he might as well put his best foot forward, right.

"Hey," he said out loud to him. "Keeping busy, I guess?"

[Tomoshibi Ethan]

Ethan Tatsuma looked up at the stranger who knocked on his wall. "You must be Abbadon, I am Ethan Tatsuma, 2nd seat of the Devil Saints." Ethan was expecting to meet him but not so soon, or even at this particular time. He knew of Abbadon through his and Shadow's earlier conversations of the coming war. "Didn't expect to see you so soon, how can I help you?"

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

Abbadon raised an eyebrow. So this was the second seat, he thought to himself. He got off of the wall and placed his hands in his pockets. He looked around the office before looking back Ethan's way. It was definitely bigger than his own, but what it lacked was Abbadon's touch in design; a quality he made sure he kept completely to himself.

"I find it mildly interesting how everyone here already knows about me but I only started a week ago," he said, trying to form it in the way of a joke. By the time he reached his desk, he could stare out of a window. That was the thing about being in the Devil Saints that freaked him out. Because the front was a frickin' flower shop, you never know if the main headquarters is in another building that connects to it or if it's underground Resident Evil style. All he knew that if there was a killer computer program with a British accent that came after him with a checker-board lazer grid, he was gonna kick some ass.

"I'm just trying to kill some time," he answered his question. "Things kinda got dull all of a sudden since Shadow left with his girl to Spain -- not like I miss the fucker or anything like that. Anyways, I figured I take the time to meet some of the staff that I didn't know yet. And since I didn't know you yet, I figured, what the hell?"

Abbadon leaned against his desk and folded his arms. He looked at Ethan out the corner of his eye.

"So, Second Seat, huh?" he said. "Sounds a lot better than what my a fucking Cherry Blossom has to do. Whoever thought of security, anyway? Anyways, what flower does that make you? A Tulip?"

He hoped this guy's sense of humor was good. The last thing he wanted to do was eventually work with a guy that had an unremovable stick up his ass.

[Tomoshibi Ethan]

Ethan chuckled, "I see you have a sense of humor..." He thought to himself that there's finally someone who has lightened up a little, someone who isn't such a hard ass all the time. "Well then....What's the real reason you're here? thought you'd be with Shadow or Runa figuring out more intel on the war." Ethan knew something was going on, he just couldn't put his finger on it.

[Hakaisha Abbadon]

"Nah," Abbadon said to Ethan after asking why he wasn't with Shadow and Runa. "They're in Spain looking for Runa's sister. I like to travel, but I don't like to interfere with the little twat's lovelife like that."

Thank God, he thought to himself.

"I just got done training in some of the Devil Saint weaponry," Abbadon said. "And that's just about all I had planned up for the day."

He folded his arms and looked around.

"What about you?"