13912/Dark Dealings

Dark Dealings
Date of Scene:	29 October 2021
Location:	Abandoned Warehouse, Lower East Side
Synopsis:	Buffy and Wade bump into each other again while intercepting an underground occult weapons dealership.
Cast of Characters:	Buffy Summers, Deadpool

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Buffy Summers has posed:
The sun has just set and the darkness seems to spread over the area like wildfire, shrouding the skyline in eerie silence. But of course the darkness invites all sorts of creepy crawlers. Tonight it draws a pair of dark wizards who wait inside the old warehouse for a secret Liaison that should happen at any moment..

But of course their contact is late, either because by chance or deliberately, it's hard to say. Either way, it makes for a rather uneventful night so far.

Buffy is also here, lurking in the shadows, doing her own patrol as she keeps an eye out for trouble..

Deadpool has posed:
many things are often ajoined with the talk of wizards and magic, most often of note is that of insanity, because these tales either came from those who lived a dangerous life, or were completely insane. It just so happened, Deadpool was both. Sequestered away upon the rooftop of the warehouse was the merc with a mouth, tending to his munitions with the sounds of mettle rattling and clicks as he loaded his magazines and subsiquently loaded his firearms.

After making sure he was prepared enough for his oncoming mission, he peered through the skylight to see who had arrived for his little party, it turned out that only one of the groups he had been expecting was there, which fortunately enough for him were the ones he was looking for.

Deadpool took a breif moment to pull up his mask and place a cigar in his mouth, lighting it and then making his way onto a panel of glass that was directly above one of his soon to be victims, with his bag in hand and a makarov in the other hand, he stomped hard against the glass, causing it to shatter and for him to drop down onto the poor, but probably not innocent arms dealer with a rather meaty crunch, he then turned to the rest of the group, spat out the cigar and then said "dammit, forgot what i was going to say"

Buffy Summers has posed:
"Where are they? They're late!" asks the first anxiously.

"Dont worry, they'll be here.." hisses the second. And then there's a strange mist ebbing out of the edges of the doors and windows and three very tall, thin, almost skeletal looking creatures seemingly rise right out of the ground, surrounding the two wizards. One of them is about to talk when Deadpool makes a very unsneaky entrance, shattering glass as he slams one of the wizards to the ground, who lets out a startled Yelp before his voice is cut off, no longer breathing or moving.

"Who goes there?" hisses one of the skeletal creatures, pointing an accusatory finger at Deadpool. "Interloper!" he snarls in a spine tingling voice, followed by a blast of high voltage lightning from his hand. The other two creatures follow suit, attempting to blast him with similar boots of lightning.

Well so much for sneaking around. With a sigh, Buffy makes a beeline for the warehouse..

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool quickly returned the acusation with his own as he pointed his pistol towards the figure and yelled back "GUY WHO SLEPT WITH MY WIFE!" only to be very suddenly blasted with lightning, resulting in Deadpool misfiring his weapon, hitting the other wizard in the chest before beginning to further spasm and convulse, still somehow managing to hold onto his gun in all this.

After a thorough shocking that would put any man down, Deadpool quickly hopped up to his feet and put up his hands in a defensive boxer like stance, having dropped his bag but still holding his pistol "Alrighty then! if that's how we're going to play it then i'd like you to meet evelyn!" and then he pulls forth a dagger from his belt, engraved with a crufix that had been quenched in holy water and then he proceeded to rush the figure, attempting to stab it square in the heart with said blade.

Buffy Summers has posed:
"Gah!" Shrieks the second wizard, crumbling to the floor, and the skeletal figures snarl, cursing and hissing. Those bolts of lightning should have killed him but the man is still standing somehow. "What isss hee..?! " one of them hisses, "Powerr.." hisses the other and they charge him, one of them stumbles a bit as he stabs it where it's heart should be..But it barely flinches, eyes glowing red and furry, and the three of them send more lightning bolts towards him, seeming to hover rather than actually run towards him.

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool just shouts out "i'm greased lightning!" as he plunges the knife in, a little confused as to why it didn't work, he proceeded to aim the firearm just above where he stabbed when he was suddenly electorcuted again, just to cause yet another muscle spasm which made him fire his pistol.

This time, once the lightning came to an end, he swayed a little, as if showing some weakness, perchance giving the specters false hope, but no, it was just his brain getting more fried as he stared up into the ceiling "momma? is that you?" he began in a southern accent "ya cookin' bacon?" only to then fire two shots into the specter's head while stairing up at the ceiling.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Whats, do they even have hearts..Or flesh for that matter? The creatures barely flinch as he stabs above where the heart to be, and only give an eerie sort of cackle, attempting to grab him with incredible strength and shove him away..But not before his gun goes off, this time shooting home, right in those eerie flaming eyes. The creature shrieks and spasms, grumbling to the ground as its bony form seems to shrivel and clatter to the floor.

It is then that three more creatures appear from seemingly nowhere, and they also launch bolts of dazzling lightning towards Deadpool..At least until one of them finds its bolt deflected by some metallic surface and it shrieks, darting to the side as the lightning slams into its chest, causing it to sizzle but ultimately it seems only a direct attack to the eyes can kill these things.

Buffy appears, carrying some sort of large mirror, apparently appropriated from one of the nearby packing crates. "Next time I won't miss." she warns, this time aiming a bolt at the nearest shadow fiend.

At this point, the four remaining fiends shriek an inhuman cry, launching bolts of lightning everywhere.

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool gave a small smirk as the creature fell to the floor and truly died, with their weakpoint established, Deadpool quickly dived out of the way to avoid being strucken with more lightning as sure he could take the hit, but it was no fun. During Deadpool's dive he fired off a shot, hitting one of the creatures in the eye whilst yelling "let me show you what real immortality looks like!" with a mad cackle before he slammed into a crate as he hadn't been looking where he had dived off to.

After getting his bearings he proceeded to take cover behind the box, firing off one more shot at the undead creatures "this is why you don't buy dollar store immortality!"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers follows suit, ducking and rolling and hand springing out of the way of random lightning bolts. And she's pretty fast, but lightning is faster and she does get hit in the shoulder once, wincing as she ducks behind a new hiding place near Deadpool, catching her breath.

"Dammit, what are theses things?" Too bad she didn't keep the mirror. But now she knows their weakness, it makes her job a lot easier. She chances a glance at Wade, before nodding to the remaining fiend as the last three fell by their well placed shots. "Okay, you go that way, I'll go this way, no time for arguing, got it?"

Deadpool has posed:
As Deadpool was joined by buffy he couldn't help but make small talk, turning to her as he finally managed to pocket his knife and checked the magazine of his pistol "hey, you were at the park when i was getting robbed by that ice cream guy!" and when he was given his orders, he made his way to the left from the box, firing the moment he got out at one of the specters before planting yet another shot into another one's eye, leaving just the final creature for buffy to kill.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers smirks, and shrugs, "Geez, I'm flattered you remembered me!" she nods towards the remaining fiend who is bigger and tougher than its companions, "More action, less talk.."band then she dashes in the opposite direction, trying to confuse the fiend with their splitting g off the main path, firing rapid shots from her crossbow as well. It works, the fiend is turning around, confused, shooting off lightning blindly in all directions, but it's hard to focus on two moving objects, especially when they are both aiming for its vulnerable eyes..And this one takes more to kill it, but after several placed shots, they both manage to take it down with a shriek, before it too, crumples to the ground in a broken unmoving heap. With the threat now removed, Buffy peers at the dead creature kicking it with her foot. "Ugly things whatever they are, wonder what they were looking for..?" looked like some sort of deal they interrupted perhaps..?

Deadpool has posed:
And that would likely be when Buffy would see Deadpool with a long metal case in his right hand "oh i don't know, you can stay here and keep speculating, meanwhile i'm going to go take this to the weird people who paid me!" and without bothering to give any further explanation, he proceeded to make his way towards the warehouse exit.

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers arches a brow, following after him, "Wait a minute, what's that you got there? Those guys looked like magic users..You really wanna mess with stuff you know nothing about? You should give it to me, let Giles take a look at it.."

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool just looked Buffy with a small chuckle before facing forward and continuing his walk "the only guile here is you trying to steal my payday from me" he snickered a little as he kicked open the warehouse door with a loud bang as it hit the wall and he stepped through "i'm here for a profit, someone paid me to do a job and i'm about half done with it, i'm sure you understand"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers frowns, shaking her head, "You never learn, do you Wade. You really only care about the money, even if it might cost you your life one day..And you showed such promise. At least tell me what is it? And who you're giving it to..More of these guys?" oh no, she's not letting him get away that easily as she co to use to follow after him.

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool did actually drop the case as they were going past a shipping container, leaning it up against said container as he leaned up against the container, protectin it "things is, you gotta account for what the money's being used for, i mean, isn't it all worth it in the grand scheme of things?" but as the talk of him showing promise came around he let out a sigh "if i keep running into people who know more about me than i know about them, i'm going to scream"

It seemed Deadpool was at least willing to stop and talk to Buffy, still showing no signs of handing over the case though "as for the people who wanted it, Yakuza guys i think, spoke japanese or at least what sounded like it, i didn't bother asking because they paid well, can you blame me?"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers eyes the case, eyes Deadpool, apparently making some mental calculations. But ultimately she knows he's dangerous and basically invincible. That alone, she wouldn't stand a chance. "Yeah well..You we're the one who came to me for help, remember? You wanted to find purpose in fighting vamps with me and the Scoobies, but, I guess with all the blowing up you do, you probably get a lot of memory issues, dont you."

And then he goes and mentions the Yakuza and her frown deepens, "Wait, what? You're handing a potentially powerful and deadly weapon over to an organized and deadly crime syndicate? Are you kidding me? I thought you were trying to be good now, turning over a new leaf and all that. What happened to you?"

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool took a moment to think, gently tapping his finger against his chin as for a few moments he was lost in thought "yeah i'm beginning to disagree with a few choices of previous me, i found my purpose after all, it's a simple thing really" then when Buffy began to comment on his choice of employers he just gave a shrug "that's the purpose i found, working for the highest bidder, people always saw me as a joke, i don't blame them really, but i'm out here to entertain myself. I can have people practically stampeding their way to my door to hire me, always knowing i'll get the job done. if you ask me, that's a hell of a purpose"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers blinks and shakes her head, "That's not true, Wade, I never saw you as a joke. You came to me for help, and I promised I'd help..Even if you seemed to defect near the end.." but he probably doesn't remember the how or why or wherefores..She sighs, still eyeing the box, "Look, there are more important things out there than money, don't be an idiot, for all you know, that case might contain a magical bomb that could blow up the city. I know you can literally pull yourself together after just about anything, but there must people people out there you at least care about, whose safety is more important than a couple of bucks? Dont do this! Let Giles at least look it over first.."

Deadpool has posed:
Deadpool raised a brow behind his mask and he stood still and quiet for a moment, his broken mind being cast back if only for a moment into what remained of his memories, as if some part of him was working to claw his way back into the driver's seat, but alas, it did not seem like that would be happening, instead of rememberance, all Deadpool recieved was a sudden urge.

Deadpool remained silent as he turned around and picked up the case, holding it out to Buffy "wherever it goes i go...my employer didn't give me a time to deliver it by, so if you want to get it looked at, fine, but i go with it and i leave with it"

Buffy Summers has posed:
Buffy Summers watches him tensely, wondering if for a moment he might raise a hand to attack her, and she tenses, more than ready for a fight..And then he gives in, if just a little and she smiles and nods, "Thank you. I suppose you've forgotten where the magic box is. But I can show you,it's not far from here, come on, it's getting late.."