8:15PM
(Death's Pov)
I sat up in my bed, still a little tired from last night's shift. I got up and got changed into a pair of dark blue jeans, a black button-up shirt and black sneakers. I rolled up my sleeves as I walked out of my room, down the hallway and through the door leading to behind the bar, seeing that the others have opened the casino early today. "Morning bossman" Martin greeted me as he poured water into a glass and gave it to an old man sitting at the bar "Hey" I smiled a bit, tiredly making my way around him "So what's the agenda today?" Martin asked as I bent down, unlocking the small safe kept behind the bar. "Renewing our yearly liquor delivery order, see if a witchdoctor is finished with a small project I've given her, sort some stuff out... boring boss things" I answered as I grabbed out a small bag of gold coins and closed the safe... down here, gold coins are nicknamed 'souls'. Each one of these little coins represent ten dollars, silver coins are worth five and bronze is worth one dollar. There's about two hundred small coins in this bag, adding up to two thousand dollars, the bare minimum of what the casino earns from one shift. I closed the safe and locked it, standing up "I should be back near the start of the night shift" "Okay, we'll hold down the fort" Martin assured me before I walked off and soon out the door.
Its been a week since New Years day and that conversation I had with Gamer ...he lifted up the back of his shirt, revealing a small black pentagram on his lower back... I never seen anything like that before yet immediately suggested that it could either be to mark his first year of Hell or a mark innocent people got after spending about a year in Hell, but I could easily be wrong. Another thing is what we talked about after the mysterious tattoo appearance, the idea of a bucket list... one that Gamer suggested we try to do together. We spent most of that night coming up with crap such as:
-create something (that will certainly piss off an overlord) -Dye your hair
-Jump off the roof of the tallest building in Hell -Change someone's life
-Jump off a cliff -Get Drunk
-Learn a new language -Go to the Mid Realm
-Make a difference in someone's life -Go to the Human Realm
-Learn to bartend (that one's yours, Gamer) -Learn a new skill
-See the whole inside of the Dream Weave -Become one of the strongest demons of Hell
-Go camping -Meet Lucifer Morningstar
-Write a story -Get married
-Steal a car -Kill the leader of the Killen Cult (no Death)
-Fall in love -Become someone important
-Experience heartbreak -Prove both Heaven and Hell are wrong about each other
-Have kids
I mean that's what we came up with so far, but it's still a pretty interesting list and I'm actually a bit excited about a few of the things on it- a girl accidentally walked into me, immediately pulling her hood over her face as she apologized "Sorry" "It's okay-" as she moved past me, I felt a rather quick and strong tug on the edge of my belt. It felt like she ripped something off- I turned around, hand searching for the stolen bag as the girl started to speed up her pace... she fucking stole it! I ran after her "Hey!" I yelled as she immediately started running. I chased her down the street "Hey- stop!" I continued to yell as we ran into another street... fuck it, she's not stopping without a fight. I summoned a knife and threw it at the thief yet she quickly changed to and from shadow, the knife going right through her without causing any such damage... fucking shadow walker. I sped up, throwing another knife at the girl yet again... she dodged it while being a 'show off' at the same time. The girl jumped onto a broken-down car and slid across it, getting off an turning right into yet another ally as the knife hit a powerline pole beside the car. As I ran past the pole, I quickly touched the knife, immediately making it disappear before continuing to run after the thief into a neighbouring street. I chased her down to the end of the street before she took a right into another ally with a metal wire gate blocking it off halfway yet it didn't stop the girl as she shadow-walked right through it, once I reached the gate I immediately jumped up, grabbed the top of the gate and managed to quickly hoist myself up and over it, landing on my feet on the other side and continuing to run after the girl. She had managed to get a bit of distance between me and herself as she rushed into a crowd- you've got to be fucking kidding me... I just realized where she was leading me... Sreeburn Plaza, and for me, unfortunately the most busiest part of the city. I won't find her, not like this- okay Death... that's a bad idea, but... I'm guessing it's kind of the only choice I've got.
I quickly half-transformed, both horns and tail appearing yet that wasn't why I did this... I actually get a 'little' taller when half-transformed making my situation a little easier as I searched the crowd, immediately spotting the bitch. I followed after her, pushing through the crowd until I reached the other side of the street, just as she had started running once again. I ran after her, transforming back as I chased her down the street "Why doesn't he ever give up?" I heard the girl question herself before I summoned another knife and threw it at her- she grabbed a metal powerline pole to her left, swung off it while also dodging the knife before swinging into the next ally. "Fucking show off" I mumbled to myself, knife disappearing as I turned into the ally to find a dead end, no sign of the shadow walker in sight "Fuck!" I swore under my breath before punching the wall of the ally out of anger. Two thousand dollars... gone.
About 12 hours later
8:30PM
I walked in through the back door of the casino, still incredibly pissed about what had happened earlier today. ...I walked into the Nerium Mirror Witchdoctor Shoppe and immediately walked into the back of the shop where Akire was "Death? What are you-" "Listen, I need your help" I told her in a harsh and angry voice "Okay?" Akire responded with caution. "Is there anyone you know that bold enough to come into Sreeburn to steal from a ripper demon?" I asked as she raised a brow "Trust me, not that many people here would even dare to attempt- hold on, someone stole from you of all people?" Akire question, rather surprised. I angrily signed "This girl- a shadow walker stole about thousand dollars right off me in the middle of the fucking street-" she started laughing a bit "Seriously Akire-" "Okay, sorry but... no one I know would dare to do that, not even steal from a ripper demon... I walked out into the main part of the casino, seeing it crowded like always. I asked Akire and her cousin about the thief and nothing, even went as far as asking Angel about it yet nothing. I walked over, behind the bar where Nile was serving drinks "Hey Death- woah" Nile looked at me in worry and confusion as I grabbed a glass and poured myself a drink, downing the toxic liquid in one go before pouring myself another glass "Your day was that bad, huh?" Nile questioned "Don't get me fucking started" I short answered him. "Drinking and pissed off, looks like you took a long walk through Hell" he couldn't be anymore right- I had to reschedule 'appointments' and meetings, all of them... as soon as I get my hands on that fucking thieving bitch, I'm gonna show her just how much worse Hell can be with me as the torturer.
Alan walked over, placing his tray down before Nile started placing drinks on it as I looked around the casino "What's with him?" Alan quietly asked "Bad day" Nile answered as I took a sip from my glass- wait... my eyes landed on some guy over by one of the poker tables, acting as if a 'big shot'... I raised a brow "Alan" Alan looked at me "Yeah?" "Go check that game over there past booth ten" I told him. Alan walked off, first giving drinks to a table before walking over to the game in the back, the guy kept playing with his mask on at all times yet however... Gamer walked past the table, the guy's eyes followed the fallen, a small smirk tugging at his lips as he continued to play and win each passing game at his table. Alan walked back over "He's not counting cards or anything" he told us as the guy stood up with the money he's earned and placed it all in a small bag "He's leaving?" Nile questioned as my eyes narrowed "Alan, how much did he win?" I asked "I think about two thousand dollars all together" Alan answered as the guy walked out of the casino. "By looking at the game, he bets everything he has and gets it all back with extra" Alan told me before walking off "Death? Something wrong?" Nile asked as I downed the rest of the toxic liquid in my glass "No..." I think I just found the boss of the fucking bitch who stole my money.
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