Day and night Dezer Plaza is a living city. It's life blood making up the factions, laws, and how it all fits together. Rice was apart of it. Thirty-two years old and in his prime. He works as a Hellrazer.
A sister organization to the Azura bank, a faction that runs the cities currency and it's transactions. They do the same, however the hellrazers control the less tangible side of currency.
Contracts, things anybody can sign. The issue is, they cannot be voided without the issue of the contracts making. When somebody breaks or doesn't pay the contracts dues for the benefits they get.
The hellrazers are called to deal with it.
Rice Had awoken to his alarm. Ten am, glancing out the open curtains. high rises spanning against the clouded sky.
He washed up in the restroom. His yellow orange eyes catching the three letter tattoo on his hand.
Hellrazers had their hierarchy, dependant on how many letters they could handle. One or two were bottom rung, barely stronger than superhumans, and often stick to contracts dealing in less dangerous groups.
Whereas three is the correct level for dangerous groups, however handling anything like gangs or faction related matters without a stronger partner is out of a three letter hellrazers pay grade.
Four to five were the real crouching Tigers and six as the top dogs.
Rice sat at three he had been here for a while and has grown accustomed to it.
He threw on some clothes grabbed his keys and left his apartment.
With how supernatural mingles into dezer Plaza city. It is only natural to see them as friends, allies, colleagues, mutual, even enemies.
In Rice's instant, a neighbor.
Gelero, a half horned three eyed short man wearing a hoodie that says "be your own-" The last part is faded.
"Gelero? I didn't know your a morning person."
The mostly featureless face aside from three eyes with no pupils glanced up from his phone.
It a slight static filling up the space. Gelero said "im.. not.. got those critters again, pest control is inside handling them."
Rice made an "ah" face. Understanding that the pest control man wasn't having a good time. "how long has he been in there?"
Gelero glanced at his phone. "uh.. two hours, I should check on him.."
He reached out and opened his door staring into his living space before slowly closing the door.
Gelero looked at Rice as Rice made a face. "new pest control?"
"yea, new pest control. Got any suggestions?"
Rice chuckled "Yep, the finest I know, and cheapest mine you, is Bug boys. Cheesy name, but they know how to save you trouble."
Gelero nodded thanks, wordlessly searching them up for a call.
Rice waved at him as he descended the stairs.
Unfortunately not just the people are supernatural, but some of the bugs and rodents too.
He didn't want to think about the critters. An actual name for them because there was no other way to name something that..
Rice inhaled, unable still after all these years express what a critter was.
He cleanse the thought from his mind when he entered the parking garage. His suped up Chryslr awaiting his fine-
Cut that out.. too fancy.
Anyway a suped up Chryslr, carrying that joker purple, sleek resign of the inside and a few other nifty trinkets.
He got in started her up flicked a bobble head of a little demon. A celebrity hard rock metal singer and he went on his way. His transit the normal bustle.
Up until he saw an oversized spider anthro lady puke up food into her- ehhgg.
"yep, it's one of those days.."
He did elaborate to himself. Instead subtly pulling his sun visor to the side of his window and turning on the news channel to listen to today's forecast.
Sunny, anywho he saw it within minutes. The Hellrazer HQ home sweet home. A three stroy building near the Azura bank high rise.
Don't let looks fool you, it's actaully taller than you think. Sure it's three stories above ground.. but under?
Well over a hundred. In fact it's one of the gates of hell down at the bottom floor.
Their job was almost like police, except more loan sharks or agressive debt collectors. The police were a different force in the city. Wich Wardens as their called. Gotta say, you don't fuck with the police here in Dezer Plaza, they will string you like stringy cheese and Unfortunately I'm not kidding.
The wardens were, no.. are ghouls, the police chief, a witch lich, everyone calls her wich. Or just a witch? Hard to say those words are uh Difficult to say fast. Try saying that like ten times.
Rice parked In the reserved space. Making his way into the building. Unlike most places. The Hellrazer HQ Does things inverted. Or we'll kind of, the receptionist is still on the first floor to avoid issues.
But all the magic happens below. So when he entered the receptionist greeted him "Rice, good to see you, Yeniver needs to have a word with you in his office got something new for you to work on."
Rice nodded Immediately heading for the wicked black elevator, engraved runes in its surface glowing magma. Imitations of chains wrapping its Interior With a blood red carpet serving as Its floor and bolded ebony buttons with hellish light illuminating the floors.
Rice presses the thirtith floor. unfazed When the elevator Just straight drops. Reaching floor thirty in about.. thirty seconds. Yes.. each floor correlates to one second. The firce applied should be easy enough for him. New recruits and guest have ti take the normal elevator so they aren't killed every time they board it.
Why was it design this way? Beats Me. The demons Installed it ask them.
The door opened slowly with a ding.
Opening to.. a Long hallway and a single door at the end.
This place has a mind of its own so each floor likes to reshuffle itself constantly. It also like to mess with people.
If he was a green horn, this would have fucked with him.
But in his own way the building just gave A straight Shot to Yenivers office today. Must be important. Or the building is making bets and future plans for mindfuckery. Its.. done it before.
Strolling down the hall he pushed open Yenivers door and falter when he stepped inside.
Yeniver was speaking to a man. Who looked like he just had his soul ripped from him forcefully.
"Oh fuck.."
Rice cursed as they both looked at him.
It was a greenhorn, he felt a sudden sense of increased responsibility and many more alte nights.
"no..nope.hu uh uh not happening"
He turned to leave. But Yeniver barked at him to get back in here.
"its happening whether you like it or not now get your ass in here I don't have all day."
"shi.." Rice trailed off before turning around and closing the door.
It's one of those days huh?