Hello? Do I know you?

[Gerard McCloud]

The sun was just beginning to set as Gerard was leaning against a wall in Obsidian Harbour. He was all by himself and was leaning against the wall for something to do. He had a pair of headphones in, and was listening to his favourite band, My Chemical Romance, as he stared out at the setting sun. The caffeine was beginning to wear off now and he was thinking about going to get a coffee but he was too interested in the shapes he had just noticed in the clouds that were floating across the the sunset, making them go various shades of pink, orange and purple. Gerard laughed quietly to himself as he thought he saw a dinosaur drift past.

 

[Crimson Jeffrey Ledger]

Jeffrey Ledger, the Crimson Killer, stalked the streets... He had been out of the game for too long, he needed to remind them all that he was still here. He needed a target, someone to kill. It needed to be public, it needed to be a crime that could have been prevented, one that would cause an outcry.

He grinned savagely, Obsidian Harbor, Public enough... Then he saw the odd young man. His hair was odd... He had headphones, most likely playing muggle music... How unusual. His grin widened, becoming crueler. His face soon became devoid of expression as he stalked closer, his wand sliding out of it's sheathe on his forearm, under his jacket, into his hand. He approached from the boy's side. His eyes were on the sky, oblivious to his presence. He flicked his wand, send a small blade of force at the young man... Make him bleed a bit before the chase... And the eventual kill.

 

[Gerard McCloud]

As Gerard was looking out at the sky he didn't notice the guy creeping up on him. It wasn't until he felt pain to his side that he swiftly removed his headphones and turned to see what had happened. "What the...?" He looked up and saw a man, older than himself with a face completely void of expression. The guy was pointing a wand at him. "Sorry, is there a problem?" Gerard said reaching into his jacket pocket for his wand. If this was going to get nasty, Gerard did not want to be completely unarmed.

 

[Crimson Jeffrey Ledger]

The boy had taken a moment to take notice of the pain, Jeffrey observed. And when he had, he had tried to remain calm... He reached into his jacket... For a wand most likely.

"There will be." was all he said in reply to the young man's before sending a blast of force out of his wand with a flourish, the blast was visibly warping the air around it and was about the size of a basketball as it flew. "You've been chosen to send a message," he added.

 

[Gerard McCloud]

Gerard now had his wand in his hand. "What do you mean by that?" he asked just before a blast of something or other shot out of the guys wand. Gerard tried to jump out of the way off it but it just caught him. He fell to the floor where he lay for a minute or so before firing a blast back. He didn't know what to do or say. What had he done for this guy to suddenly start attacking him? As far as Gerard could remember he had never even seen this guy before. Was this guy trying to kill him personally or just beat him up a bit and leave him to die? All Gerard could think to do was to fight back as much as he possibly could being only nineteen against a guy who seemed to be much older than he was and was obviously more advanced at magic. In his panic Gerard didn't even here the man speak again.

 

[Crimson Jeffrey Ledger]

Crimson continued his approach, his wand twirling in his hand, a sickening grin on his face. The oncoming blast did not come as a surprise... but it came quickly, and he had barely a moment to deflect it. He silently cursed himself, DAMN his hubris. He blocked the spell but it still sent him staggering back a few steps... Leaving an opening.

He tried to recover his footing quickly... But would it be enough?