plotted starter  for  . WINGSXXOFXXDESPAIRXX .

                    A crude awakening, the putrid cold of the city wrapped itself around the him as an arcane pull took him at his core. With new eyes he followed the small creature — lungs assimilating the new life, if a life at all. Dark clothes dripped beneath the pouring rain, a desperate attempt from a deaf god to cleanse the filth. This city had seen much, too much violence, death and tragedy. Too much sorrow, too much rage.

                         It can’t rain all the time…

                                    ⊰ — BUT IT SURE TRIES ⊱
                                                      The feathery creature cawed.

                     Two before him had come across the black-clad man. Both dead — one whose feet were liberated from him, the other met his vile vice in grand amounts he couldn’t handle. A thief and a junkie, Tom-Tom and Fun-Boy. JOLLY PIRATE NICKNAMES for a monstrous club of savagery and carnage. This one they called Ramiel, Mr GIDEON had been kind enough to provide some information.

                    The bird caught sight of the man two blocks ahead, Eric ran from rooftop to rooftop to catch up. Heavy boots and measured steps soon reached a sketchy locale — JACK’S JEWELRY — perhaps another business deal. The long-haired man jumped off the edge, swung from a rusted metal fire escape, crashing into glass. A large window became nothing but shards, the dead man rolled into the darkness with agility. Leaving nothing behind but a wild shadow.

                                   ⊰ KILL THEM ALL, SON. ⊱
                                                      the bird dove in after him,
                                                      its cawing sharp and loud.     @wingsxxofxxdespairxx