Board Thread:What Would You Do?/@comment-27036092-20161212224239/@comment-26492770-20170304105853

I take a step back, holding up a hand. "I'll pass. Take your contract and go bother someone else with it. Besides, I'm not interesting in becoming your 'exclusive property', even if it comes with eternal pleasure,"

The Devil, not discouraged, took a step forward and gave a begging look. "Please sign the contract," she pressed. "You don't know what you're missing out on! I promose you won't regret it."

"We're offering you what could be a once in a lifetime offer," the Demon chimes in. "Perhaps 'property' wasn't the right choice of words. I apologize, but believe me when I say we only have your best interests in mind. We want to make sure you have a secure, comfortable life with all the love and pleasure you could want. Are you sure you don't want to sign?"

A bluish-white energy ball forms in front of my palm, and I take aim at the duo. "I've already given my answer, and I won't be changing it."

Seeing this, the Devil takes a step back and to her sister's side. Meanwhile, the Demon maintains her composure. "There's not much I can say to change your mind, is there?" She raises her hand, which glows pink as she prepares a charm spell.

The two of us are now locked in a standoff. Our focus is only on each other, waiting for someone to make a move. The Devil looks back and forth at us and could feel the tension in the air. For the next few moments, it was silent between us. Without warning, across the street, a man runs out of an alley as fast as he can. He turns to his right and heads down the sidewalk, only to be struck from above by a bolt of magic lightning fired from a Thunderbird.

At that moment, the Demon and I make our moves. She goes to fire her spell straight at me, but in a fraction of a second, moving far faster than she can, I raise my hand and throw the ki blast straight down. Rather than explode like normal, the ball releases a blinding burst of light and propels me high into the air. The Devil and Demon are both blinded and immediately cover their eyes. They don't see me go straight up.

"Agh! Damnit!" As she swears, her hand stops glowing and the magic fades. The light fades just as quickly. The guy across the street collapses to the ground, only to be grabbed and carried away by the Thunderbird.

The Devil and Demon uncover their eyes and open them, but their vision was blurry. Still, one thing they could tell is that I'm gone. "Ah! Where'd he go?" The Devil looks around frantically, but saw no sign of me.

"He couldn't have gone too far," the Demon responds. She takes a moment to get her vision to focus. "I'll search from above. You search for him on the ground." She spreads her wings and immediately takes to the skies.

"Rager that, big sis," the Devil shouts up to her sister. She quickly corrects her vision before running off to begin her search.

Almost a minute later, I peek out from a door on the roof of the building the three of us were standing beside. The Demon was nowhere to be seen. I jog to the edge of the roof and look down to see the Devil on another block, heading into an alleyway. I let out a sigh of relief. Rather than fly and risk encountering either the Demon or any other flying mamono, I head to the opposite end of the roof and jump down into another alleyway. From there, I resume my city escape.