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Hades Irving
Age: 19
Personality: Defaults to a calm, emotionless persona. In reality, Hades possesses a passive anger, is aggressive and bears a low self-esteem. Strongly loathes needles and being touched by most people.
Appearance: White hair, gray eyes, a little above six feet, sturdy build, robotic left arm made of black technology.
Occupation: (former Ehrenvoll Knight) Currently employed to MetaCrescent, a private security company.
Race: Artificial: Nova.

Persephone
Age: avatar appears to be a twelve year old.
Personality: cruel, sadistic, intentionally angers others. Somewhat obsessed with Hades.
Appearance: A gray holographic avatar of a twelve year old girl, who has medium length black hair.
Occupation: Hacker
Race: A.I.

World bio: Planet Omicron, which is located in the same orbit with Earth. It is the home of the Artificials, subhumans who evolved through man-made means (sci-fi world).

 

(four days ago)
Hades had met curious clients, but none had made him this uneasy. A man known as the Necromancer had approached him, desiring him to eliminate a boy named Alessio. He had rattled every sense of security Hades had. He knew everything about him, from the day he was born, to the train accident that ruined his life.

Somehow, the Necromancer also knew about the nanites in his body and how Persephone was attempting to take control of him through them. The conditions were simple; kill or capture Alessio and the Necromancer would remove Persephone, perhaps even eliminate her. He wouldn’t have that demon in his head.

With a gray coat and hood, which was decorated by a black westerner dragon, Hades wore a black and gray mask covering the top of his face. He wore a black gauntlets and boots, as well light but durable armor protecting the torso.

On his belt, there was the katana he inherited from his father, the Muramasa. The spine of the blade was red, while the edge was black. It was a sword that once was wielded with honor, now it felt more like a curse. It almost always created violence whenever it was drawn from its sheath.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>”Oh well, he isn’t coming,” Persephone chimed with a deceivingly childish voice. “Looks like you’re stuck with me.”
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“You’d wish can opener.” 
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Unlike Hades, Persephone relished this moment. “You really want me to die, even if it means killing some kid.” </p>
“You’re just a computer with a side of crazy maniac. You don’t die, you get destroyed.” 
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Chuckling, Persephone commented. “Call me whatever you wish, but the fact Alessio isn’t here could ruin your plans.”</p>
When Hades was considering giving up on this scheme, the target came.

“Don’t even think of calling for help.” Hades bluntly stated.

Alessio swiftly sent a kick at Hades, only for the latter to block. As an Artificial, Hades had enhanced reactions, making blocking attacks rather easy. Much to Hades’ surprise, Alessio dropped to floor and swerved another kick at his opponent’s legs but he evaded just as fast. As Alessio was open, Hades could have chosen to strike him down, but refused to.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>”Awe, you do like me.” </p>
“I didn’t do it for you, b—h.” Hades coldly added. “If I have to kill him, he’s going to get a fighting chance.” 

“Who are you, sir,” Alessio demanded in a low voice “and what do you want from me?”

Hades remained silent. What was this kid planning? His arm was wrapped with a blanket, while the other was uncovered. Was he holding back like Hades was?

“Yeah, not answering is unfathomably polite.” Alessio stated with obvious sarcasm.

Showing some signs of fear, Alessio straightened a little, evidently calculating his next move.

“Fine, sir” he prodded “what if I don’t want to fight you?”

“I believe you know the answer to that.” Hades answered.

“Yeah, how are you going to kill Arsene?” Alessio inquired.

Removing Muramasa from his belt, Hades attacked with the sheathed sword. Annoying him further, Alessio used the railing of the boat to position himself correctly, allowing him to jump over Hades. Predicting the trick, Hades quickly leapt around slicing with the scabbard. When Hades missed, Alessio attacked his side. Thankfully, Hades was quicker, blocking with the Muramasa.

Although it was brief, Hades made eye contact with his would-be-victim. The boy was afraid. It was the same look all of his victims had.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>“This would be quicker if you just used the Muramasa.” </p>
Speaking of which. “You don’t have a weapon.”

At this point, Hades just wanted to be able to ignore that d–n voice in his head. She always seemed to enjoying hurting Hades. Unfortunately, Alessio’s innocent and wide-eyed expression, which was just as aggravating as Persephone, didn’t help.

“My disarming mien and witty repartee don’t count?” The brat asked. Someone obviously didn’t beat the sarcasm out of him.

So, he was unarmed. Perfect. The reason Hades didn’t just slit Alessio’s throat while he was half asleep was because the former wished to give him a chance to win.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Persephone sighed “It’s taking a while for you to get to the exciting part of this.” </p>
“Do you want to kill him me or not?”

Hades clutched his forehead, with the usual agony setting in.

“Shut up.” 
<p style=”text-align: center;”>Instead of obeying, Persephone giggled. “Oh come on, you didn’t answer my question, pointless as it was. I know you want to kill that boy. Why, quite simple. By killing him, you hope to finally be rid of me.” </p>
“Shut up.” Hades muttered.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>“Can you deny it? Can you honestly say you don’t want to kill me? Besides, I want to see you turn into a monster and beat that poor boy to death.” </p>
Angry and annoyed, Hades snapped. “Why won’t you just die?”

As if it responded to Hades’ frustration, the black stardust enclosed him. Agony spread through his body, burning and freezing at the same time.

“What do you want?” Alessio shakenly inquired.

Hades felt faint. The feeling wasn’t terrible, mainly due to the fact he was used to it, but it would grow.
<p style=”text-align: center;”>”Finally, you activated it. Now go and kill that boy already.” </p>
Aiming for the face, Hades rushed Alessio. Demonstrating impressive agility, Alessio jerked to the side, bashing his elbow into Hades’ neck. Now, Hades would show how bad of an idea that was. Instantly, Hades snatched his foe’s elbow, dealing punishment at his side. The shadowy stardust spread to Alessio, as it slowly sapped nutrients and minerals together. If Hades could retrieve those nutrients, he could amplify his healing rate.

Besides, the black technology was hurting him and making him feel lightheaded.

Directly, Hades targeted the fading energy. Missing with an uppercut strike, Hades nearly bashed his fist downward into Alessio. Just to throw salt into the would, Alessio evaded, meaning the energy would fade soon.

Countering, Alessio latched onto Hades with his legs, maneuvering to exploit a weakness. Hastily, the child assassin attempted to halt Hades’ breathing, by gripping his throat. Retaliating, Hades bashed Alessio into a wall, but not before the pipsqueak sent a kick to his face. Landing safely, Alessio backed away, Hades doing the same. Alessio then pulled out a match.

Suddenly, Hades knew what Alessio was planning. “Oh H–l.” 

“Come on!”

Hades couldn’t clearly remember the rest of the fight. He had faint images of falling into another deck, due to usage of black technology. Much to Hades’ misfortune, Persephone heavily influenced his actions. Exhausted and ill from fighting both Persephone’s influence and Alessio, Hades found himself in a… kitchen? Was it a kitchen? It was kinda damage… and on fire. Observing his arms, Hades found his veins had turned black, slowly returning to their normal grayish color.

“Time to leave before I draw any further attention to myself.”