Pandemonium

I scratch my head.
(This one's gonna be tough.)
"You lucky cat, you get to be witness to something incredible."
I go around a corner, then return with a rope, which i quickly tie into a noose.
"Say hi to the cops for me."
I throw the rope over and tie it to a roof, then climb up and fall, the rope around my neck, my body swinging lifelessly.

Ooc: Ok, I admit, that was badass o.o

Ic: *the stalker stared for a while processing information and then started memorising*
Rea: *widen eyes and swallow something that was stuck in my throat* That is some creepy shit...
*after a while, the cat-like creature jumped and climbed over the wall like a spider. When it came to the top of it, it became invisible again and disappeared*
Rea: *think* What the hell are you doing Player...get of that god damn thing... *make a fire hand and extend it all the way to where Leon was hanging and start poking him*

OOC: Suicidal huh?

"I continue walking down the street as I meet with a police officer poking another player"
"The player was familiar to the naked eye for Icy and he left off a snicker"
"I walked up behind the police officer and stand beside her like a shadow"
So...what happened to you...?
"I said slowly to the lifeless body swinging back in-forth"

I emerge from the alley and cut down the figure, then give a sweeping bow.
"Graci. Graci."
I turn to the "me" on the ground.
"Pretty lifelike, huh?
Living dolls, a personal invention.
Can't tell the difference between them and the real deal."
The doll disintegrates from an internal acid payload.
"And no evidence.
Now, my little spy. Let's see what you're up to."
I close my eyes and examine the surroundings of the cat from its eyes through the small thread of control that I left.

Rea: Ok, I admit, it was an impressive show, Player. *jerk when another player showed up and spoke out loud while standing too close*
Jack: What happened to who?
Rea: *roll eyes* Oh for god's sake man, what did you expect? Me being only person on the street? Through this god damn microphone you can hear a fly buzzing *remember of Leon's fly-like appearance and try not to chuckle*, and not to mention other conversations. *make another note on the wall in the alley* "THEY'RE ALREADY ON THE SCENE. CAREFUL. SHARK. MERMAID. ILLUSION."
Jack: Fine, It doesn't even matter. We're all set anyway and we're waiting for it to start.
Rea: *nod* Got it *hit written messages with fire balls and besmear them. Give a thumbs up to the Player and move forward*

*the creature that was monitoring Leon now was running through the city unnoticed, not towards the base it should, but towards the warehouse. It got there pretty fast and placed itself in front of three figures*
Troy: *sensing creatures presence way before it came close* Well, let's see what the cat dragged in.
*Maya and Yoshi chuckled*
Troy: All right, you silly creature, let's see that important information you have. (Ooc: the monitors come back to base once they completed quest or just found out something that is big deal)

Ooc: Double post, sorry I just hate leaving unfinished parts of story

Ic: *after the sheriff's henchmen went through everything creature brought, Troy sighed* Oh well fine...I was looking forward to nail him as well but I guess all that hiding behind his little puppets made him coward and a weakling...Sadly, it would be a waste of energy.

Maya: Awww, too bad. He was adorable...he could have been one of my best specimens. Such a waste.

*Troy nodded, an Yoshi approached the creature grabbing it's neck and decapitating it's head with the other hand. Creature evaporated. All and all considered, Yoshi was not convinced in what he saw. Being the illusion master and all, he was pretty sceptic. Since he was not talkative in his current form, he let the two of his colleagues think what they want. Somehow he knew he would encounter the Player again, and when that happens, he planned on doing it one on one ONLY*

Rea: *get to the checkpoint and prepare to act all out* Alrighty then, what's up around here?

Maya: *circle around Rea* Well if it isn't the prodigal and god forsaken sister of ours that came home? *summon big water ball on a palm of her hand* I'll need to purify you.

Rea: Ehehe...eh no I already had a shower. Can't you tell? Please, get that thing away from me.

Maya: No? Oh well then, you're about to take another shower...cold one this time...*put hand on Rea's shoulder and pretend to be devastated* I am so sorry for your loss.

Rea:Ok, here we go... *play confused* O...k? Why? For the loss of my brains? Yeah, it was so bad that I returned to your little party.

Troy: *cold as he always is and with no sympathy at all* Your little Player boyfriend died not so long ago.

Rea: *roll eyes* Ok, how many times do I have to tell you that he's not my...*play surprised* Wait! What?! How?

Troy: The Monitor found him hanging off the roof somewhere in the city. Not a nice sight. I hope someone removes him soon enough.

Rea: *play disappointed and hit fist against the wall* God damn it! It sounds nothing like him! I could've sworn he was...shit... He was the best connection to Players I had... Somebody got rid of him, I'm sure of it...

Troy: I doesn't matter now. We already have our trusted connection. *smirk* Oh, but I don't think it's time for you to meet that person yet.

Maya: *chuckle* You see, we still have a whitsy-bitsy problem in trusting you.

Rea: *shrug and walk towards the displays on which everything around the warehouse was monitored. Yes, Monitors were hidden everywhere* Fine, hold that connection to yourself, see if I care, I'll find my own way around it.

Troy: *mumble* Indeed. I know you will, toots.

As the creature died, i feel the connection sever.
"Damn. Oh well. Got some good intel from it before it went to push up daisies."
I lie down on a rooftop and sigh.
"That one guy's gonna be a problem, though."

Ooc: Should we stop until stryder announce the tournament? If he's going to o.o

Ic:
Rea: Well I'm going to make myself useful and check out the Monitors on the periphery. Who's coming with me? *they glanced. Continue with angry and commanding tone* What? You idiots don't really want a traitor to go check it out alone, right? I mean really. *into the microphone* Jack, make sure sheriff knows about this.
Troy: No need for that. *to one of the main officers* Keep an eye on her.
*got to the small boiler room from where it lead to the roof* Well, guess it's all up from here, right?
Officer: Right. No funny business, got it?
Rea: Ay ay... Predictable fool. *I suddenly felt the same way I did while killing my uncle and his men. It only took second to send a scorching wave through his mouth into his throat and burn his vocal cords. I felt no remorse, he was a murderer* Five minutes. *he choked, risen his gun and fired. I let the bullet scratch my arm. It was an alibi to kill him* What the hell man?! *he fired again* Hey!
Jake: What's going on, talk to me.
Rea: He's a traitor, I'm taking him down. *soon I took care of him and throw his body onto the switch for a couple of turbines that became really loud after turning on* 4 minutes *throw away my vest with microphone on it in front of turbines and run to the roof and off it towards the periphery Monitors. I was too far and well camouflaged with a lot of people around to be detected* Code: Voyager! *Monitors activated their memory and remembered only a clear forest path towards the back of the warehouse* Let's hope he will be smart enough. Lock and done. *Monitors memorised picture* 2 minutes *get back to the scene of fight, put on vest and pant*
Jack: I called back up, are you ok?
Rea: *pant* Yes, I was a bit dizzy, sorry. Now
*group of officers rushed in*
Rea: *pant* Well it was about a f*cking time you morons! He attacked me. Spying experience was so worth it

OOC: I would say so...

I continue plotting.
"Gonna need to collaborate with Rea for this...."

Rea: Ouch! Easy! *I didn't have to act anyway, the bullet left the trace that hurt as hell* This better be worth it.
Troy: So, let me get this straight...he attacked you for no good reason whatsoever?
Rea: Tcheh...Are you kidding me? *show arm* Look at this! If I was attacking him, there is no way in hell that one shitty bullet could get to me. Besides, he was suspicious for a while now, wasn't he?
Troy: *hesitate and nod* Indeed.
Rea: Anyway, how the hell do you expect only a couple of us to deal with all those Players at the same time? I don't think these officers will do any good in assisting us.
Maya: *chuckle and pat Rea's head* My, my, aren't you adorable and innocent one...who said anything about luring those pesky E-graders?
Rea: Well, this is new... I'm sorry, what?
Maya: You don't really expect us to waste our powers on such unimportant specimens. We're going for the wolves baby. And since right now it's only a few of them it will be no problem at all. As for the E-graders, once we suck dry the wolves, we'll easily get rid of fleas.
Rea: *sigh and mumble* Well, you are special kind of stupid... I am saying that... a) One A-grade player is worth like 10 of E-graders and more, and b) when the announcement is made, they will all get here together.
Troy: Toots, you are surprising me. There is a reason why Yoshi is the mastermind of this mission.
Rea: *laugh* Oh my god! They wouldn't be an A-graders if they were falling for that shit so easily.
Troy: *smile humbly* Oh, I wouldn't bet on that, our "brother" Yoshi can be very convincing. And if they're hard to convince...well then...there is always an entrance from the back you know...another way around the rules. Relax, we got it covered.
Rea: Oh yeah? Wow, and to think you guys became a bit more humane... I was worried you would say that.

A fly enters the warehouse and observes the goings-on.

Maya: *explaining the plan and bragging around* So, as you see, we will easily lure them in by convincing them the tournament started. Thanks to that valuable connection of ours we managed to go through the whole procedure of announcement, how does the arena looks like and all of the crucial details. Isn't that right Troy? *Troy nodded not caring much*
Rea: Ok, so basically, Yoshi is the one to create a delusion of everything. *Maya chuckled annoyingly* How...impressive. That could work. And what's with that "the way around the rules" thing?
Maya: Well, we planned on...
Troy: *interrupt rudely* That is enough!
Maya: *Maya jerked and looked at him with a scared look* D...don't yell at me... I don't like that... *tear up* That's...that's rude!
Troy: *sigh annoyed* Cut it out. She doesn't have to know everything. Therefore she will not be allowed to know anything if I don't say so.
Rea: *clench jaw* Son of a...he's a tough nut. *act some more and smile convincingly* Hey man, chill out, no need to take it all out on Maya. I was just curious, that's all.
Troy: Well don't be and maybe I won't have to be rude again.
Rea: Fine you cocky bastard. *lean on the wall* Stubborn as always...

(Hmmmmm. Interesting.
A way around the rules, eh?)
I sit up and yawn, then leap down into the alley.
(Might want to stay low for a while.)

*they made sure everything was in order*
Officer: Sir! We're all set.
Troy: *nod and turn to Yoshi* It is all up to you, brother.
Rea: *try not to think about the word "brother" and "sister" sounding so morbid coming from Troy's mouth* Please spare me, you would crack open their heads if only you had a chance. Your family references make me sick like no other thing.
*Yoshi smirked and climbed up on his meditating stage that those poor bastard officers had to transport all the way from the headquarters. The truth was, he could do just fine without it, but it was something in annoying lower ranged humans and ordering them stupid things that Yoshi just couldn't resist. He chuckled when he remembered how humble the all were when he came in looking like sheriff. They wouldn't show him respect any other way. He concentrated for a few minutes until his eyes shined in vibrant fog-like light. After a couple more minutes, amazingly realistic replication of announcing skull came to life and was on it's way to gather A-grade players that were in it's database*

"Welp. That ain't good."
I make sure that I am hidden as I sit down and rest.

*after going around and announcing the fake tournament event, Yoshi's skull made another quick trip around to make sure no body is forgotten*
Yoshi: *growl and think* You god damn puppeteer...easy way is no good for you now, is it? Come out come out wherever you are...*chuckle after a while* Very well, I do believe we will meet sooner than we both think.
Troy: Yoshi, begin with the arena, there won't be a long time since they come here.
Maya: *jump around* Oh boy, I don't remember when I was this excited!
Rea: Oh come on! They fell for it? *when Yoshi concentrated again and start making replica of the tournament arena, remember of something I read in his files not so long ago* Description: Able to attach an illusion only for one person to hallucinate...multiple times. *then that could mean that, if not all of them, a certain number of Players were actually trapped in a different hallucinations attached only to them. Just then I actually realised how strong is Yoshi and how little credit he gets for that* I wonder when he will snap and take over...man, I actually prefer Troy now. So, what's the plan when they get here?
Troy: Simple one. Divide and conquer.

I smile and begin plotting on my own.
I look over and see one of the poor saps who got suckered.
"Hey, buddy! Where you going?"

"Hah! Guess they didn't think you were strong enough!"

I walk over and calmly drive the cocky S.O.B. Into the ground, pinning him.
"H-hey! What are you doing?!"
A blast of lightning shoots out of his palm, missing me as I take control.
L: "calm down there, sparky! I just need some help."
S: "my name's not Sparky! It's-"
L: I snap my hand closed in a "stop talking now" gesture, and Sparky shuts up.
"Now, go to the tournament.
Make me proud, Sparky!"
S: continues onto where the tournament is.
L: I stay as far back as possible, controlling Sparky.

*They didn't wait too long for the first Player to bash and crash into the warehouse, yelling to someone...or something only he could see*
Troy: *sigh* Oh for the love of...teach them to use doors, please Yoshi?
*Yoshi just reproachfully peeked towards Troy an proceeded with his meditation*
Troy: Very well... *come so close to Player that it seemed almost impossible that any Player would allowed anyone they don't trust so close...if they could see the real enemy that is* this boy here use sonokinesis...for those who don't know what that is... *at that point the guy yelled so loudly, that couple of officers got and instant ear bleed* Oh shut up! *Troy shocked the guy a decent amount of electricity, and he lost consciousness* ...finally.
*as the more players arrived, all of them were getting the same treatment and were stacked inside the plasma that was used to prevent all of them from using their powers at will*
Troy: Good work. These are mostly powers we could use ourselves *walk around the Players* But we could sell or manipulate some of them to get something new. *smirk*
Rea: This is sick even for you... Sheriff's orders?
Maya: *chuckle* Well of course. He will be the strongest in the universe!
Rea: *sarcastic* Oh joy... Oh sure, make it harder for me to get rid of that bastard.
Troy: *SOMEHOW reading Rea's thoughts* My my, whatever the poor sheriff did to deserve words like that.
Rea: *froze with shock* What do you mean? *notice he already got rid of one of the Players. It was a girl that could read minds and predict every move. *sigh and smile* Well, you do know I don't really like the guy for a long time now.
Troy: *laugh* You have no idea how long I've waited for this. Now nothing can be hidden. Nothing at all. *Yoshi and Maya stared at each other worried, but making sure they haven't thought about anything. Hard to do, but somehow they managed to...probably using one of Yoshi's illusions. It was already known that Yoshi really doesn't like Troy*
Rea: *I tried not to think of anything important* Shit... *that made Troy laugh even harder while he was marching towards the next player. I chuckled* Well, since I'm all busted...I might as well cheer you up a bit. *sing a song in my mind hoping to distract him from my subconsciousness*

I make Sparky walk into the warehouse from an upper access vent and view things from his eyes. Since the illusion affected his mind, not mine, I could see things as they were.
I also made it a point to shut down the conscious thought center of his brain.
Never knew when a telepath would show.