The cast of AIL is ever changing, with people going, returning and of course, debuting. Well, this one's a debut, and it's a weird one!

Seriously, this is a really strange character, which makes for strange solo roleplays and strange co writes. But it's also an interesting, unique character, even if he is over the top. (Which he definitely is!)

He's paired up in his debut with Zed Shinestone, who is another unique one, though less.. weird. This co write required a little bit of editorial cleaning up before being ready to archive, but that is part of archiving- fixing the really obvious, small problems. (Some of them.)

Anyway, it's set in Hey Daze and introduces not just Jay but his familiar, Lou the overly powerful (but not always helpful) shoulder demon.

I'll let you experience it yourself, if you're willing. Just scroll down.

 
Zed was casually strolling through Hey Daze, one of those Sunday evening strolls, and as he was turning down a secluded alley in one of the stranger parts of the city, a man rushed out of it, and crashed right into him. Zed was rather annoyed at this disturbance in his otherwise peaceful walk. Then he saw why he was running: there was a dead demon at the end of the alley. He could see the body was mangled in cruel and imaginative ways - blood was coming from everywhere, and it looked like every single drop of blood had seeped out of the demon's body.

Zed couldn't even imagine why someone would ever do this to something, even if it's a demon, 'cause that's just not cool. ... "No longer will you suffer, and may I dissuade your killer from repeating such malice. Urrr - I wish I didn't need to take in the details but..."

Zed couldn't stand the thought of this happening to another living thing - finding a trail of blood where the man took off, he took to following it. He followed it all throughout Hey Daze - through the nicer parts, the sleazier parts, the inner city, and then finally back to the exact same spot he started in. Zed looked around at the spot, trying to find the strange man. The exact man in question popped out of nowhere, jumping down from a hidden spot, and introduced himself as Jay. As Zed finally got a good look at the guy, he found the other human to be dressed rather strangely. It was like a picture from another universe, one we call Earth, and from a time earlier than the present, back to the Victorian era. The man was in a tuxedo, with a tophat, a monocle, and he even had a cane to top it all off.

Zed gave his pseudo-name, Shadowrun, and asked the man two pertinent questions: 'Are you a resident, or just visiting?' and 'What the flip brought on that slaughter scene?' Jay replied that he was looking for something that the demons stole from his friends, and how he came down to Hey Daze to reclaim it from them. He also told Zed that the reason for what happened to the demon was because the demon mistook him for an Ireacan; which he absolutely loathes, as jay is only distantly Ireacan, generations back, as his great-great-great-great-great grandmother was Ireacan.

Zed looked to Jay’s left shoulder and noticed his odd familiar, it was a shoulder demon. As soon as jay noticed Zed’s odd look, he introduced his shoulder demon Lou, who happens to be a rather powerful demon, level 7. (When it's measured out of 6 it's pretty damn strong.)

"Well, Jay and Lou - I'm also here looking for … Tell you what, explain one more time why you felt the need to desecrate the demon, and I'll share a bit more about myself. Because, no offense truly meant, you're making me feel very uncomfortable staying around you at present."

As Zed looked away for a moment and looks back at Jay, he noticed Jay was urinating on the corpse, and just gasped. Lou noticed this and said, "Don't worry about it: Jay has a couple of... let's call it problems. He hasn't been the same since the Pertene Wars - he lost a lot of friends there and he just snapped, that’s what he’s been looking for down here, the demons took his friends' souls, and won't release them."

"Right... Well, if you know which path you should follow, lead on. But I warn you - strike at any I call friend, and chance what follows. Mad or not, do you hear me Lou and Jay?"

Jay quickly replied, "Nope," and winked at him, making sure Zed saw it. Zed didn't respond in kind, and gestured for Jay to go ahead then. Jay started off walking, and it seemed to Zed that he was wandering aimlessly, from street to street, block to another block. when Zed brought it up, Jay only said, "SSSSHHHHHHH, the bricks are talking." He stopped suddenly, and touched a brick, then the one under it, and pushed the one to the right in. The entire section of wall magically disappeared as if it was never there in the first place, and a staircase appeared in its stead leading down to a level under the streets. Jay motioned for Zed to follow.

When they got to the bottom of the stairs, Jay put his finger to his mouth motioning Zed to stay quiet. He started to sneak off, and if Zed didn't know better, it looked like Jay completely disappeared. He led the duo off to the palace through different side passages and right under the main door to the palace, there was a secret door in the sub level they were at. After Jay picked the lock to the door they entered the basement/magical storage. Jay walked off to the door marked MAGICAL STORAGE, he motioned Zed to follow, and as soon as they got into the storage, Lou stopped Zed and told him, "Yo Zed, this is something he needs to do himself, we can't follow him, or this issue will never be resolved, so while he does that why don't we explore the rest of the place."

As the duo left Jay to finish his business, they decided to explore the rest of the storage area, and oh, the things they found: the King's spare boxer shorts, The complete season box set of My Little Pony (Apparently Azazel is a Bronie.), some sexy pasta cultist robes (the female kind), and what seems to be The Cake. Lou broke out laughing once he saw this one and said, "Wow, it finally makes sense, Azazel stole it out of the end of that one game."

As they were making their way out of the overly large room, they saw that Jay was on his way out. They both asked him whether or not he finished saying his last goodbyes to his friends. He started off a depressing monologue that went like this: "As I released my friends from their eternal damnation and torture at the hands of these sadistic and vile demons, I thought to myself, what have I made of my life......... oooooooohhhh shiney." Right as he said that ending, he went off sprinting off after a random shiny object.

"So his sanity has pretty much ascended to another place, and won't ever return then, Lou?"

"ehhh, he does that, he'll return in a minute once he finds something, that's his way of finding weapons, he usually finds some pretty strong weapons."

"Cool - but I'll let you grab them. Not sure I want Hey Daze souvenirs myself."

"You sure? I bet he can find find a pitchfork with a baby on the end, just for you, you can call it your baby staff, and go around hitting people with the end of it."

"Pretty sure - don't trouble yourself. And sorry, seems I forgot I was trying to meet up with folks later. Might have an Ireacan or two around, so I'll just part ways here. Which way was up again?"

"Alright, let me show you your way up, but let me get Jay first."

Right as he said it Jay happened to be strolling back.

"Found him, but Zed if you need anyone to get your back, Jay is your man if the price is right."

As Lou finished talking, he snapped his fingers and they were back in the alley where they met, and Jay and Lou walked off into the sunset, or whatever a sunset is in Hey Daze.

"And I need another of Gail's special brownies, super." remarked Zed.

Zed heard a snap in the distance, and a brownie fall suspiciously out of the air into Zeds open hand.

"And some liquor would be swell too!" Zed shouted.

You know.. Jay kind of falls somewhere between Samus XTreme's 4th wall bending humor and style and the weirdness (and editing weaknesses) of an early AIL'er, TheChad from the moon.

Anyway, told you it was weird! Jay has a bit of Raw Hide's natural dislikability, too. Huh. Unique character.

Then there's Zed, who's always a worthy addition to any co write and helps keep things a little more grounded.

Roleplays like this are always tough to comment on. Sometimes they're tough to figure out. (haha)

We'll see more of Jay soon! Next up? Dash and a couple space elf girls.