<div align="center"><span class="bbc_size" style="font-size: 18pt;"><strong>The Night is Dark and Full of Terrors</strong></span></div><br/><div class="floatleft">(https://i.imgur.com/oMS5DHJ.jpg)</div><strong>NAME:</strong>Leasick Valshanner<br/><strong>DAY:</strong>February 15th, 2021, 9:00 AM<br/><strong>LOCATION:</strong>Underground Garage Area -> Training Area<br/><strong>TAGGING:</strong>Azmodiel, Ryusei, Kevin, Mallory<br/><strong>EXTRA:</strong>Returning from a incident<br/><strong>WEARING:</strong>As pictured<br/><br/>The SOPHE headquarters had a specific area where all newly acquired detainees were processed for further incarceration, interrogation, and also prepared for trial if necessary. Generally referred to as Processing by staff, it easily comparable to a police precinct, both in terms of setup and its general work atmosphere and occupation. One of two main entrances into the area was a pair of double doors that led out into the building’s underground parking garage.<br/><br/>Said double doors swung open violently as a person resembling an ice cube was pushed through, stumbling and almost falling while blurting out obscenities that would make even a hardened sailor blush. The man’s skin was blue and hard, very much resembling actual ice. His hands were bound behind his back with thick cuffs, and a standard-issue SOPHE suppression collar was wrapped around his neck.<br/><br/><strong>”Now, now, do mind your language! There are women present!”</strong>Leasick chastised his captive with a grin, wagging his finger at the ice demon as if he were talking to a naughty child. Grabbing him by the shoulder, he pushed onward, delivering him a solitary holding cell made out of reinforced glass and steel.<br/><br/>As he made his way over to debrief, he padded some snow and ice crystals off his coat tail. That had been a pain, being called in for an emergency response just as he’d been brushing his teeth. He had to roll out to capture the ice demon, a wanted fugitive with ties to VOID who was making a mess in the dock area, resisting arrest by hurling giant ice balls at the SOPHE agents on the scene. But after some back and forth after he had arrived, Leasick managed to melt his icy heart with his warm touch.<br/><br/>Which basically meant he punched the guy in his ice-cubicle face with his fiery demon fist.<br/><br/><strong>”A~ya~ne~chan~!”</strong>he sang in a sweet sing-song manner as he skipped over to the reception desk. The Japanese woman (https://i.imgur.com/WJk3Tea.jpg) sitting on the other side, with shoulder-length dark hair and a fairly impressive bust-size, looked back at him with a knowing and unamused expression.<br/><br/>Visibly sighing, “Ayane” responded simply,<strong>”Good work out there. I’ll handle the rest.”</strong><br/><br/><strong>”You’re an angel!”</strong>Clapping his hands together, he made a slight bow as he shot her a thankful look, all the while slowly backing away.<strong>”Tell you what, I’ll treat you next time we go drinking after work!”</strong><br/><br/><strong>”You better, mister!”</strong>His ever-watchful eyes noticed the cracks in her stoic expression, the slight twitching of her mouth’s corner, a smile threatening to form.<strong>”Now off you go. You said earlier you had a training session, right?”</strong><br/><br/><strong>”Yush! Can’t keep master waiting too long, or he’ll spank my bottom so hard I won’t be able to sit for a month!”</strong>Leaving his jokes at that, he turned and headed towards the training area. No doubt they had already started by now, as a glance at his phone’s clock would suggest. Not bothering to change out of his combat gear, he stepped into the training area a few minutes later.<br/><br/><strong>”Sorry I am late, <em>master</em>. I was called in to help make an arrest,”</strong>he said to Azmodiel with a completely civil and respectful tone. It was in stark contrast to his usual easy-going and playful behavior. Having trained for nearly a decade with the elder war demon, he harbored nothing but the utmost respect for the man who helped him train his mind and body to the point that his arm could be contained with the arm elements SOPHE had developed for Leasick. Without that control over body and mind that been<del>   </del>almost quite literally<del>   </del>beaten into him the equipment would have broken in a matter of weeks, as it had early on, back when he was around fourteen to fifteen years old.<br/><br/>Discarding his coat, along with his equipment, which mainly consisted out of his sword and a standard-issue side-arm, he joined the others.<strong>”So, what is on the menu for today’s session?”</strong>he asked nobody in particular as he did a few quick stretches. It was not something he particularly needed to do at that moment, as he’d warmed up already taking in the icy boy with the dirty mouth, but it was better than getting a lecture from the master.