Fugitive Captured

The streets of the City of Ruin were barren. Though the city had just recently been cleaned, it was quite devoid of life, due to what happened only not so long ago before the City of Ruin was rebuilt. The silver earth still cried out with the blood of the slain.

The entire realm, which was reminiscent of the Reality village of olde, would hang under the thin moonlight of the moon, and in the darkness of the night, an Otherworlder that had inhabited the Lawless Land would be carrying off his bounty to see what price he could fetch for him. "Hugo!!" The gruff man cried out, his eyes shining in the darkness, "Hurry it up. I'm sure you'll get me a pretty penny in the Veritas." This man had done his research and knew the connection between the Hugo family from the planet he ransacked and the Veritas.

The gleaming eyed man growled lowly, his body hidden in the shadow of one of the buildings they were passing by. "Don't let him fool you," the haggard-voiced, somewhat burly man said, "I did my homework on his clan." The Hugo family had been around the Tensei since before the Veritas existed, so they were one of the people who knew about the uprising of the Veritas, and many secrets about the ruler of the Veritas, whose planet this was. "I'd wager... someone wants him around this place." The dark man waited.

His men were keeping the man restrained, ensuring that he could not use his powers by binding him with their own, which, combined, they had enough strength to do. As helpless as he was, he was still dangerous if he was let loose and might turn on them. They were careful about transporting him. "What's that he said? Shut him up, will you?!" By the time the mumbling men of the shady one brought the Hugo along, he would have already passed out. "He's already out like a light," one of them said, carrying him off next to their leader.

"Now, we wait," he said, as if he had done some business here before, and already knew the procedure.

A lawless bunch wandered about the streets, looking fierce. They were all clearly of the same guild, and their leader was in the front, walking with them. "Finally. We can get into the Veritas." It was unclear why this Valparaiso Denizen wanted to get into the Veritas, but after seeing the things that went in and out of it, they wanted to try. "This dude is gonna leave us with someone from the 'Lost World' and we get a free ticket into the Veritas." The gang members mumbled heartily at the notion.

"There," the leader, who was a scraggly person that was relatively lanky, would point out to the shadows of the rendezvous point. "I see them. There they go." He hurried to meet with the bounty hunter that had been tasked to capture someone from the 'Lost World' that knew about the Veritas and how to get inside of it. "You got the goods, chief?" The leader of the gang that approached stood about the height of the leader of the bounty hunters, and was wearing some relatively haggard and worn clothes.

"Yeah, but I've upped the stakes," the man of shadows, who would not step out into the light, yet glared intensely with gleaming eyes, would call out to the leader of the Valparaiso Denizen group. "I doubt you can afford it, so I'd suggest that you listen up."

Suddenly, the Hugo stood up. "Woah, I thought he was sleep!" The henchmen jumped back, startled by the sudden awakening of the Hugo.

Their boss's eyes flashed brightly. "What?!" Just then, he heard him calling out a name. "You idiots! He's calling for backup!" Naturally, after that, the henchmen were bid by the bounty hunter leader to go take care of the Hugo before he could do anything else. They each drew their weapons and got ready to see what he would do next. The boss kept talking.

"I want in on the Veritas, too," the bounty hunter leader said chiefly to the Valparaiso Denizen gang leader. "If I give you the Hugo, then you're getting me inside that gate." The Bounty Hunter Leader was an Otherworlder, and therefore did not know how the Veritas worked, like the Valparaiso Denizens did. The leader knew this, and set this up in advance so that he could get his way into the Veritas. Now that the Hugo was awake, that made it less of a decision and more of a threat. Still, the man kept his eyes on him just because he might do something that the Henchmen wouldn't understand or be able to defend against. "We got a deal, partner?" His eyes were cold, and shining.

Things looked grim for the Valparaiso Denizens. All too quickly, it seemed like they were cornered by two different potential threats at the same time, and were in trouble. "Dammit..." the gang leader muttered. "I should have seen this coming." Now it seemed like he had no choice but to accept the offer or risk getting into a scuffle with the bounty hunters and possibly the bounty, himself.

"Looks like I have no choice..." the scraggly gang member grumbled under his breath. "Go bring him to me!" were the next words of the gang leader, of whose underlings would immediately join the henchmen of the bounty hunter leader. Their whole number couldn't be seen in the darkness, but they were all prepared to attack the Hugo should he make any sudden movements.

The Bounty Hunter Henchmen would immediately wait for their boss to tell them something before they made any wrong moves, just in case it was something he didn't want. Knowing this and how very well obedient these henchmen were, the bounty hunter leader would speak up to Hugo. "I'm trying to get into the Veritas, and you're going to take me there." It was that plain and simple, really. "I brought you here for him, but I decided that I didn't want to go back out into space, so. I'm coming inside, with all I heard about this place. All this work I did." He shrugged his shoulders casually. "But see, I can't get inside if this goon and his goons get hold of ya first and take off, so. I'd suggest you come with me." He chuckled. "If you know what's good for ya." He did not bid his henchmen to move.

The Valparaiso Denizen gang leader grit his teeth. He didn't want to make any sudden movements before the bounty got away, or the bounty hunters got hold again and upped the price. With things the way they were, if the Valparaiso Denizens acquired the Hugo first, then they wouldn't even need to deal with bounty hunters at all. This hair-brained idea was just crazy enough to work, especially if they got inside the Veritas and the bounty hunters were left outside. "Don't let him get away!" the gang leader cried out.

The Valparaiso gang members all immediately came in kicking and swinging, throwing all types of blows at Hugo from every direction wildly. There were so many punches and kicks, it looked like they were shadowboxing. Yet, each blow was thrown to connect with Hugo in some way, shape or form.

The gang leader looked for a moment to jump in and did so, completely avoiding the subject altogether in the heat of the moment.

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Meanwhile, the light undulations of the area gently carrying on, the area was encompassed in the fullness of its spectrum upon ignition with the sound of the Void expelling Tifaret back into the area where she was before, as if nothing happened.

There was a wave of ambiguous light that wafted over the area that was soft and warm, and would illuminate several long strings coming from where the soft colors were emanating from, twinkling like the flashing lights of the city at night dimmed to a vague faintness. The softness of the lights was like a faint aroma, and was enveloping like one, as well. "It Was Me..." an equally as soft Voice spake from beyond the lights' emanance, "... I'm The One That Set This Up." This was the answer to Hugo's question, since it seemed like he'd become familiarized with the Puppet King that had been sent to retrieve him. "I Came On Behalf Of The Veritas To Have Someone Bring Your Ass Into The Veritas." The Voice was the sound of a woman, and seemed to be in command of the entire operation that was going on somehow to kidnap the Hugo from Vescrutia. "I Also Had Them Whoop Your Ass On Purpose."

Puppet King, who was the Gang Leader of the Valparaiso Denizens, who were all Puppets, some of which were also Zombies, would be standing by as he facilitated for the one that had set him into motion. Since it seemed like his master was doing the talking, he halted his men from doing anything else to Hugo. "Hol' up." Puppet King halted his Puppets, and the Valparaiso Denizens would stop moving, but keep him surrounded.

"My Mistress has arrived. She's doing the talking now." These words were for both Hugo and the Bounty Hunter Chief, who seemed like he was getting restless with the cutthroat methods. Fortunately, Puppet King didn't have to waste his breath any further now that the real Boss of this specific operation had arrived. He would wait and would not move until or unless she bid.

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Eventually, after standing around for so long with the goods, some other Valparaiso Denizens approached, interested in the transaction being made and seeking to get in on it. They spread out along the borders, essentially ganging up around the perimeter whilst all the commotion was going on, but remained completely unseen and out of anyone's personal vicinity. There exact specific whereabouts were unknown, but they were near enough to know what was going on, themselves, and be involved, technically.

*Technicality