Hours after the initial search for a new puppet.
Alright, I will admit it is surprisingly hard to find an ongoing crime in the poor district of Southern Eaglestone.
I thought all I would have to do is wait for a few minutes and then poof! A victim is being assaulted and I have a new body under my control!
However, the only thing that has happened is some random muggings that get quickly handled by the local guards. Or some minor shoplifting's here and there.
No life-threatening beatings or assaults, it was honestly quite surprising to me at first, but that quickly became infuriating for me.
Because now I have no opportunity to find a new puppet and the blasted conscious of this previous person's body is starting to grapple for control!
I thought it would get worse but not this quick! I needed to find a body and I need it immediately!
I looked up to the sky and saw that it was night, perfect. Now it's time to use my powers without getting caught.
I went into some dark and empty alley between the few actually stone buildings, I then unsheathed myself. I stabbed my original body into the stone works.
I then used my other hand to grab into an indent. I then began to climb up using my bladed body as a piece of makeshift climbing equipment.
And with my expertise, skill, and many enchanted benefits from my main body to the puppets. It took only a moment to reach the top of the stone house.
Now that we are atop of this roof, the only thing to do now observes, and enact once someone is in danger.
Now I would have loved to do this earlier, yet that would give unwanted attention which is one of the major things I need to avoid right now.
For now, all I have to do is wait, as anyone with the slightest bit of intelligence knows that crimes are more likely to happen at night.
20 Minutes later.
A quick scream suddenly started before it was abruptly interrupted.
"Finally." I said, not even caring I said it aloud. I unsheathed myself and jumped down the building, and made my way forward to the scream.
Surprisingly my puppet took barely any damage from jumping that high, a boon most likely from me.
Yet I have plenty of more time to praise myself, now it is the time for action and a new puppet!
I finally arrived to the source of the screaming. A man was repeatedly kicking down some poor sod. I could not see the person being attacked as he was behind a large dumpster and some other junk. Also there, I spotted two other thugs blocking the only way into the alley.
I used my puppet's hand to lay atop of my grip, ready to draw at a moment's notice.
The two thugs noticed me and this action and quickly drew out daggers.
"Listen hear tin man." One of the thugs at the entrance said. Both these thugs had a cloth covering their faces and most of their body. Yet the one speaking had some parts were torn off, most likely from fighting. What I saw were clearly defined muscles.
"You walk away, maybe give us a bit of a donation, and you won't have to worry about us after he," he points a thumb backward back to the man still kicking the poor helpless victim, " won't do that to you."
"Heh," I said with my ethereal and sophisticated voice through my puppets. Well to me it was normal but for mere mortals, oh it was an entirely different beast.
"Your petty and insignificant words mean nothing to me." The thugs had no change of emotion or stance.
"I have come here to kill and die, and you three are perfect for such a task!" As my hand firmly grasp my handle, beginning to unsheathed myself. The thug that was next to the musclebound one quickly rush to my right side. Quickly stabbing at my sides, the few places where this armor did not protect this flesh.
Yet I did not flinch, scream, or even waiver in the slightest. All I said was, "You did not think it would be that easy did you?"
I let the hand go off my grip and backhanded the fool, using my full strength to violently knock him into a wall.
The sound of bones and brick being crushed was heard all throughout the alley. That was when I unsheathed myself in my full, awesome glory!
The thug whose spine was not sufficiently damaged eyes look with fear, yet it was only for a second! His resolve quickly came back as he threw a dagger right into the visor of the helm.
The knife with a meaty sound stabbed through the visor right between the eyes of my puppet. And the entire alley went silent.
No wind, no kicking, no bricks falling off a building, and not even a breath was heard.
That was until my laughter echoed throughout the entire alley.
And the face of the thug was of pure shock! And that made me laugh even louder!
Now I should clarify the visor of my puppet's helmet resembled a T, so there was a good chance if the thug was facing a man he would have killed him. Yet I am no mortal man!
Now my normal voice already had an ethereal echo to it, now combined that with it reverberating throughout the entire hallway must have sent a shock throughout everyone's spine there.
"You know," I began to say while still laughing, placing my free hand on the dagger. "it's not very practical to throw your weapon while midst battle." I think violently pulled the now bloody knife from my head, and dropped it to the ground.
"Now then," I said after finally stopped laughing. I used the puppet's arm to pull myself back, ready to perfectly stab this idiotic thug in front of me. "Let me show you how a real warrior fights!"
The thug quickly reached into his front pocket in order to pull out another weapon. Yet I have no time to play this game of cat and mouse anymore and would quickly finish this.
I lunged my bladed form quickly, aiming for his head. The thug just finished pulling out another dagger yet it was too late for the pull soul.
As when he pulled it out, my true body expertly stabbed right between his eye, instantly killing him. I pulled myself out of his skull and the lifeless body quickly fell to the ground with a meaty thud.
I saw his body fell and felt nothing. A trained warrior needn't feel anything from slaying scum.
I look back up to see the man I hit against the wall panicking in total shock. He fell face forward and began to crawl away from me.
I didn't want to leave a job half-finished, so I simply walked up to the crawling man and quickly stabbed through his heart. The man fell limp and died then and there.
I look back to the alley and the third thug was nowhere to be seen.
'Well can't kill them all' I calmly thought. Besides petty murder was never my goal, no it was the new puppet I can control.
I also decided to act like I am badly hurt, and gain more sympathy from the puppet I graciously rescued.
I limped forward, using my free hand to cover the wound on my side from the first attack I received from the thug.
When I arrived at the dumpster, to my shock I saw a small beaten, and bruised boy with a ragged breath. Staring directly at me.