Pointing the barrel of a gun towards the empty void in front of him, Virgil side stepped closer towards the dark hall. In his arm, he had clutched a little stuffed teddy bear with him. It was exactly precious to the mercenary, but like all persistent things in Virgil's life, it stayed for the bit. Holed up in the bunker with his colleagues and pseudo-family had been fun for a while, but the ADHD manifest within the Seven Deadly Sin member, it hit a bit of a breaking point. Cabin fever that the agent of Sloth needed to find a way to break out. 'Or was it sweat out? Who knows?'
Virgil steadied his hand as he felt as though he was being watched. There was a lot of that recently, the eyes of the undead having a suspicious focus on the merc. 'Quite notably my ass.' It wasn't until he hears the scraping of pavement, though its source remained unseen. It was getting closer to him. It was coming from the alley, from the pitch black ahead of him. Tightening his hold on the teddy bear, Virgil's finger braced itself against the trigger. He stared at the darkness until his eyes were aching, impatient with the nothing he was staring at, but Virgil couldn't look away. He felt something looking back at him and the merc wouldn't let up from his hunch.
A quiet breath leaves his mouth, Virgil attempts to slowly retreat from the alley. Lowering the gun until his eyes catch the sudden glint of a pair of eyes. Before he could react, the pair of eyes came closer, attached to a decomposing face and preternatural snarls. "Shit-!" Virgil exhales, bolting backwards before his back met the cold slimy back of another foul smelling creature. The hold loosens and the teddy bear bounces away from our dear Virgil as he stumbles to the ground. Gun still in hand, and awkwardly pointed at the ghoul he had bumped into, Virgil shoots haphazardly at him before running towards the street.
It was a couple miles until he made it back to the bunker, but even the bunker seemed to be an impossible dream once he catches sight of the many numbers of ghouls appearing from tucked away corners. He ran, he ran so far away, but the sport of the hunt seemed to egg the creatures even more so. Virgil heaved as he attempts to out run the pack of ghouls, the dim crimson light covering the city making it even harder for Virgil to look at where he was running to. As his foot made friends with a pothole, the merc found himself making friends with the floor. 'Just like my friend, Doja Cat.'
Groaning, Virgil turns himself on his back, and for the first time, not to go into missionary. Groans and helpless stutters of panic leave Virgil's lips as he quickly pushes himself off the floor, crawling as best he could to get away from the encroaching horde. For a second, it had felt as though this was the end. 'Adele eat your heart out.' Until he heard it, the flap of wings and a faint sense of thoughts traveling overhead. Still crawling away from the ghouls, Virgil concentrated on the mind piloting those wings, wrapping loosely around its brain before--. >snap!< The body of a sleeping winged creature crashes into the horde of ghouls, leaving Virgil slightly slimed, but ultimately unscathed.
Getting back on his feet, Virgil catches his breath. limping slightly with his eyes still on the now squished pile of undead and redead viscera. His feet continue sidestepping until his back is interrupted by someone he didn't know was there.
"Fuck! Oh shit! Please don't kill me!" Virgil practically collapsed to his knees before his blood-splattered eyes landed on the person behind him. "Oh." He breathes, out of relief? Well, perhaps. "You nearly had me there... friend? pal? acquaintance?" He winces with uncertainty, "I can't quite see with all this here ghoul guts in my eyes, but I'm pretty sure I can call you a friend.. right?"