[Nexus] Inside 25

[Darkcomet]

Current events:
-The Empire has banned LANTERN from acting within its territory, including Inside.
-The Imperial Army has moved into the Red Zone in the face of extreme unrest in the area, along with the vampire problem. The NPC vampire population has dropped sharply.

Rules and locations in the spoiler. Please Spoiler any fan service written in this thread. Thank you.
All standard forum rules apply here, as do the godmodding rules generally agreed upon on this sub-forum.

Locations
PM Darkcomet to have a new location placed in this registry.

A note on the 'Zones'.

The Blue Zone is the area of the greatest Imperial presence, housing the Imperial Army and ISF HQs and boasting the greatest concentration of Imperial influence. Physically, it's located in the center of the city.

The Yellow Zone has some Imperial influence, but it's not as significant, so crime rates there are higher than in the Blue Zone. The Yellow Zone is physically located at the outskirts of the city, with the justification of having to keep an eye on what's coming in and out of the city, and thus the main concentrations of Imperial influence in the Yellow Zone are at the docks and city gates.

The Null Zone is around midway between Yellow and Blue, and lacks much Imperial influence. Despite this, it's largely a quiet environment.

Perhaps it is because the Red Zone, a blemish on the otherwise neatly-organized Zones, is essentially a fancy term for the crime infested slums? Who knows! The Red Zone is essentially just the slums, independent of the neat physical arrangement of the others, though DC imagines it's around Null/Yellow, physically, since it wouldn't make all that much sense for the Red Zone to be right on top of ISF HQ of all things. This is where you go if you're trying to escape the prying eyes of the Empire in Inside.

Imperial Bases

Acro-Imperial Army HQ (Blue Zone)
The Imperial Army HQ itself is a massive dome-like structure in the center of the city. The building itself is fairly standard at ground level, but going up from there is when you reach the dome. The dome is the focus of the visible structure, and is capable of housing one of the Empire's oh-so-loved airships.

The main building itself also has underground portions, as it's not like the rest could contain everything a building of this purpose needs.

This building, however, has concrete walls surrounding it at a sizable distance in a square shape, with gates in the center of each segment. The walls have rapid-fire laser turrets mounted at corners and on each side of each gate. Interlopers beware!

ISF HQ (Blue Zone)
Go here! (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=164358)


Acro-Imperial Civil Government Complex (Blue Zone)
The main center of the Empire's central government is an odd complex composed of five main structures.

The more notable four are a group of futuristic, utopian-looking towers arranged in the shape of a Y, with the tower taking the position of the center joint being significantly taller than the outer three towers, by about 40% of the other towers' height. This is harder to make out than it seems, however, due to the odd nature of the fifth 'structure'.

This one is actually surrounding the lower two-thirds of the outer three towers, with all four appearing to be coming out of it from the outside. It resembles an odd set of walls, following along the Y-arrangement of the towers. These 'walls' are in the shape of a highly irregular hexagon. The top side, with the two points of the top of the Y within, is fairly long, with two shorter segments heading downward at an obtuse angle from them. These are very short, and two more long wall segments soon move downward and inwards, speaking from a bird's-eye view, ending a bit after the edge of the bottom tower in the Y-arrangement. A final long segment links these two ends.

However, the 'walls' are not merely walls, but actually enclose the area around the towers, with their own roof. The four towers seemingly erupt out of the top of this structure, while they do actually have the rest of them beneath it. The wall-like structure is built around the towers, linking to them at certain points. The structure is not merely that shape described previously with a flat roof, however-the walls reach to a certain point, then slant upwards and inwards, again from a bird's-eye view. The upward slant stops at the edges of the outer three towers, and from there now forms a flat area, this flatness marred only by the towers.

There are three main entrances to the odd complex, each at the center and bottom of one of the longer wall segments. These are oversized sliding doors, essentially. Each is a long, dull metal slab in appearance. When the entrance is open, these are drawn upward into the wall-structure, and when closed, they drop back down like blast doors.

The complex is guarded by normal military and ISF elements alike, landspeeders patrolling the ground outside with the silent gunships patrolling the skies above. The main soldiers guarding the area are ISF troopers, as they are more specialized for urban warfare. Several rapid-fire pulse laser turrets (laser chaingun turrets, essentially) are mounted on the slanted portions of the outer structure, with a single heavy turbolaser turret mounted at the upper central area of each slanted area of the longer sides.

There are two enclosed bridge-like structures linking each of the three outer towers to the main building. The lower one is within the wall-esque structure, and the upper one is visible from the outside, linking the upper areas of the outer towers with the main, central one. To avoid confusion, there are two of these per outer tower, putting the total count at six.

Imperial Docks (Yellow Zone)
These rather typical drydocks hold the Imperial naval fleet. Due to its relative lack of size, the Imperial Navy falls under the Imperial Army's authority.


Evolution Industries Headquarters + Factories (Player: Darkcomet, Blue Zone)
The headquarters of the company known as Evolution Electronics and Power is a fairly standard-looking modern-day tower in appearance, not quite reaching the level of skyscraper.

The company owns a large factory nearby, used in production of its MACE units, and potentially other products, should it be desired.

The company also possesses a number of other factories around the city, used for production of weaponry and other military materiel.

Retail outlets for Evolution's products are scattered around the city.

Trader's Trove (Player: EleventhHour, Null Zone)
A large, crashed starship lies in what was once a park, now ruined by its crash.

The ship is very strange to most, resembling Gothic architecture, particularly cathedrals, in appearance, while at the same time being a spacefaring craft. Or, rather, a former spacefaring craft.

The ship remains in use, however. The owner is a Rogue Trader, and is currently using the ship as a shop.

Erin's Emporium (Player: The Bushranger, Yellow Zone)

Construction Gnomes have been hard at work renovating a small store along one of the various merchantile roads. Well, it was small. Now it's bigger on the inside.

And filled with every sort of weaponry imaginable, from across the multiverse. From blaster carbines to P-90s, surface-to-air missiles to ballistas, zats to nunchucks, they're all here.

Is that a siege crossbow sitting in the corner?

The Misspelled Cemetary (Null Zone)
It's the rain that makes for the perfect atmosphere.

Since the party left the well lit cobbles lanes of the Market Streets the sky has opened up upon our intrepid band of adventurers with a vengeance. The wind howls through barren trees as the rain descends in sheets. The heavens are split by a ribbon of lightning and a roar of thunder.

A massive cast iron gate surrounds this place of once hallowed ground. Yes, hallowed once but no longer. The earth appears dead. Rotten. A phosphorescent green fog creeping along the ground. Misshapen fungus and molds clinging to crumbling monuments. Corpses exposed on the surface, half-eaten with decay.

The gate creeks open of its own accord as the party nears.

And above the gate, in rusted iron letters, reads:


The Misspelled Cemetary

The Misspelled Cemetary is largely ruins now, due to the battle against Ebon Mirror, an evil Exalt that used it as his base of operations.

MagMart (Player: Lord Magtok, Blue Zone)
An absurd mash-up of K-Mart, Wall-Mart, Target, and every other vile retail chain, MagMart is staffed by an unswervingly loyal Magbots, lobotomized talking cats that are too brain-dead to know any better, several voodoo spirits, and a pickle jar that everyone insists is a sentient being that only communes with those who truly believe in it.

Here you can find everything from curtains to carpets, macaroni to monkeys on motorcycles, groceries to zombies. The staff is always happy to help (or else), and if you aren't entirely satisfied with your shopping experience, you can pay a small fee to watch the MagMart employee of your choosing get fired out the MagMart complimentary employee morale cannon.

Pontius' Custom Constructs (Player: Earl of Purple, Null Zone)
The caravan of 6 wagons (I never said 3! Well, I did, but still.) arrives at a warehouse, previously for sale. The gnomes lead the golems and other constructs inside, and get to work. The warehouse has an open yard at the main entrance, and several golems, like crude figures of worked stone or wood, stand in the yard. A gnome wearing an apron over smart-yet-practical artesan's clothes and puts a sign up.


Pontius's Custom Constructs
Golems of Any Material* at Unbelievably Low Prices!!!**
You Won't Find a Golem, Gargoyle, Guardian or Homonculus Cheaper!!***
Come Now and Buy 1 Get 1 Full Price!!!****



*Flesh has an additional charge. **Define 'low'. ***Except at our competitors. ****Terms and conditions apply.

Sanctuary Fortress of Zoemaytare (Player: Rebonack, Red Zone)

Like so many other prominent buildings in Town, or not so prominent buildings for that matter, this place seemed to pop up out of nowhere over night.

Buildings are like mushrooms in Town. Probably spread via spores, too.

Regardless, here it is. A rather sizable campus marble hewn from the mountains some distance away. Carved and hauled here near the edge of the slums where they were no doubt assembled. Though... no one can quite place a finger on when this happened.

Though the buildings aren't of only cold hard stone, no. There are timbers as well. Not what one might expect, however. They seem almost organic. As though they had grown into place rather than being hewn.

Oddness aside, the temple is arranged in a rather interesting fashion. Several concentric wall and courtyards ending in a central temple.

The outer wall is lower than the rest, each tier of the temple built onto higher ground like a wedding cake. Each wall is topped with a roof supported on the inside by pillars, creating a sheltered walkway. The exact use of these porches depends on the section of the temple one happens to be in.

Anyone is allowed entry through the first wall and into the first court, the Court of Meeting. Beyond the second wall only worshipers of Zoemaytare are allowed admittance to the second court, the Court of the Blessed. Beyond the third wall only the priests are allowed, where they carry out holy rituals within the temple itself.

The Court of Meeting is dedicated to service of those the worshipers of Zoemaytare dwell among. Food is prepared for the hungry here and given out without expectation of recompense. Those without a place to lay their head are allowed to sleep within the porch. The grounds beyond the porch are devoted to a wondrous garden boasting vibrancy and spectacular color. This are is always comfortably warm and brimming with life. Wounds heal faster as the body is refreshed. Undead creatures will find that remaining here is decidedly uncomfortable.

The sky above the temple seems to be perpetually clear, filled with pleasant sunlight in the day and cloaked with gossamer stars at night. Benches are set up here and there, under trees with hanging branches and above fragrant shrubbery. A lively stream flows endlessly in a circuit about the Court, spilling into several larger pools and meandering up a small outcrop of stone before cascading back down the other side.

This section of the temple is tended by members of the faith. Not priests, though devote. They can be found tending the garden and serving warm food. When in service to the temple these devotees wear a white linen ephod bearing the symbol of a willow tree, ornately rendered in blue thread. They'll be more than happen to answer any questions. Priests tend to have stricter ceremonial garb, including a blue tunic and white robe in addition to the ephod.

Welcome, traveler. May you be more blessed when you leave than when you came.

New information that isn't readily noticeable at first glance at the temple will be added here.

The temple grounds are protected by a dampening field that blocks unauthorized teleporation and dimensional shifting. The place is something of a fortress after all. Being able to pop in and out at will would defeat the purpose.

Zoemaytare isn't a god of (fill in the black) but rather the patron and protector of her people. As such, her domain, if she even has one, is over all that her people do. The people in question are collectively known as the Zoeos, and this particular temple is their first major venture into Town. At present their stated goal is to set up trade relations and aid the city. This is ministered through the temple on account of the Zoeos government being a theocracy.

It just so happens that there's a dungeon under the temple, though the entrance to it is well hidden.

NPCs thus far:

Potentate of the temple: the head priest and administrator. He has yet to be seen 'on screen' though he has been referred to.

Regent Zachius: And elderly human with a coppery complexion and deep-set wrinkles, the sort of face one expects of a person who has spent a great deal of time in the sun smiling. He's a kind old fellow who is in charge of the Court of Meeting.

Regent Stephen: A younger human who smells rather distinctly of wolf. He's in charge of the dungeons of the temple and seems to be a rather caring and compassionate fellow. It's his job to bring the cases of prisoners before the Potentate.

Regent Thadeus: One of the priests who aids in minor upkeep in the temple proper. He usually isn't seen outside the temple and since his position doesn't put him in much contact with the common folk he tends to be somewhat aloof and judgmental. Also happens to be an elf. Those snooty elves!

Bognus Thundershield: a lay dwarf that operates the temple's teleporter, primarily from Trog's. Though people can be 'ported in from elsewhere as well. While it isn't commonly known, this device can send people over rather long distances, though it's somewhat inaccurate when doing so. Bognus is a bit gruff, though generally good natured. He speaks with a thick Scottish Dwarven accent.

Trollfinger, Ironpick & Greencheek, Mining & Engineering (Player: Morty, Blue Zone)
A run-down building near Trog's Tavern was bought by three goblin enterpreneurs with a large crew and now houses their mining and engineering company. Everyone who needs something dug, built, repaired or blown up is welcome.

The Temple of Dalachrech (Player: Earl of Purple, location pending)
The first room entered is a foyer. On the walls are red drapes with silver, two-tailed scorpions embroidered on to them, and next to the door is an ornate font. The granite font stands about waist height, and is a plinth with a bowl of unholy water. Winding around the font are carved centipedes. A door away from this chamber leads to the main prayer hall. This room also has drapes with the two-tailed scorpion device on the walls, and a red velvet carpet flanked by wooden pews leads to an altar at the far end. The altar is covered with red velvet, with a gold statue and red candles placed upon it. The statue depicts a demon with a centipede's body, a scorpion's tail with spinnerets next to the sting, a stag beetle's head and the claws of a praying mantis.

Warwick Works (player: happyturtle, Yellow Zone)
In the industrial area, a building is rented and has a new sign put out front.


W
Warwick Works

The building itself consists of a small office area in front and warehouses in back. There is no indication of what sort of business this is, but a certain cyborg with a satellite might recognize the logo and name.

Eternal Library - Across from Trog's (player-Eternal Drifter)
The First floor has bookshelf after bookshelf of various books, and a few tables in three corners, and a checkout counter. There is a fireplace leading upwards at the side opposite the door. All the books are stamped "Property of the Eternal Library," and have security devices on them. There is a security bar at the entrance of the building. In one corner is a stairwell leading upwards.

The Second Floor is a hallway with three rooms. One of them is a bathroom for public use. The other two are rooms with chairs and a large table in each, mainly for meetings. The larger of the two meeting rooms, "Space," has a fireplace.

The Third Floor is Drifter's personal residence, with all the necisities. This floor is private, officially only open to Drifter and those who have recived and invitation from him.

Drifter (played by Eternal Drifter) is the librarian. You are free to check out books as you wish, but be sure to actually have the books checked out before you leave... those who forget quite often find themselves at the receiving end of Drifter's glare and Magic Missile spell.

Emergency Bunkers

Eight bunker-like structures in a ring-like arrangement at about the midpoint between the walls (or the docks) and the center of the city have been completed.

The interior of each is rather dull, rather befitting a bunker, but there are underground areas beneath the visible bunkers. These are similarly dull and military-styled, but they also act as hospitals.

These are mostly designed with emergencies such as shelling in mind, and are usually closed.

Hastings and Sons Mortuary (player: Kid Kris, Yellow Zone)
Near one of the older parts of the city sits a large and somewhat dour building of brick and mortar, built in the traditional sense, with a metal plaque by the door that reads (predictably enough):

Hastings and Sons
MORTUARY
For the preparation of the dearly departed.
And indeed, should one go in one should find all the trappings of a conventional mortuary, including several large visitation rooms, run by this guy:

http://public5.tektek.org/img/av/1008/d05/2213/715a669.png (http://tektek.org/avatar/38746382)
Though of course, usually without the zombie there.
In recent times however, the true business of the resident Mortician has branched into a more heretical bent, offering certain services to the living impaired (more commonly known as the foul Undead). These start at simple healings and flesh grafts (the flesh occasionally obtained 'legitimately', when a body comes in for cremation and the Mortician gives them an urn full of wood-ash, but usually corpses are obtained through donations from customers or good old fashioned grave-robbing). But services can also range into body part replacement and augmentation for the undead who wishes his creator had seen fight to give him a giant lobster claw or retractable venomous spines, or even full body/flesh reconstruction for the self-conscious lich (or lich in disguise, though making your new flesh look like someone else usually costs extra) or the zombie in his golden years. These customers usually come in through the back door, where there is a plaque listing the full list of services. Though of course some are brazen enough to come through the front door anyway.

((PM if you wish to interact with the Mortician, as Kid Kris may not always check the thread.))

Emergency Clinic (Null/Yellow Zone border)
Funded by the empire, this clinic provides the care you would get in a modern emergency room. This is the place to come for getting bones set, wounds stitched, normal illnesses treated, etc. They can't handle magical ailments, nor do they provide magical healing, and the further a being is from being human, the less likely they are to have the necessary expertise to help.

This is an NPC facility. Please godmod your own care.

Witch Which's Wish Shop (Yellow Zone, Player: Haruki-kun)

Welcome. If you have stepped into this store, it is because you have a wish.

The store is big, ancient and beautiful. It has a large garden with colorful flowers, a pond with fish and running water, and chirping birds. This is the outside of the store. The inside, however, is, to put it simply, gloomy. There’s burning candles and incense everywhere. From the hall where you enter you are led off into a side room with a low table and cushions around it. A tall, masked and unnamed stranger brings tea and snacks to the guests. The Witch sits opposite and rarely ever moves.

RULES (OOC):
This is a Wish shop. Your character will only enter this shop if he has a wish. Whether the wish is granted or not is a different issue.
Witch Which is in charge of the shop and will grant wishes to everyone who asks, regardless of intent or alignment, as long as the appropriate price is paid. Under certain conditions:

Condition one: Witch Which will not haggle. She couldn’t lower a price or overcharge even if she wanted to. A balance must be kept in order for the wish to be granted.

Condition two: When a Wish directly affects another player’s character in a way that would be considered godmodding, the other player must agree first.

Condition three: The Witch may not reject any wish unless the price is too high to be paid. Wishes to take a life or to destroy the world, for example, carry a price higher than anyone can pay. ANYONE.

Condition Four: The Witch will never engage in battle. Be glad. The Witch is the very definition of True Neutral.

Condition Five: The store is not hard to access; in fact, there’s a big sign outside and everything. However, the store’s grounds exist in a special separate dimension, protecting it from anything that could destroy it, up to and including plot.

Condition Six: Haruki-kun reserves the right to alter the conditions if he feels they’re causing problems such as godmodding or similar issues.

NOIR (Red Zone, Players: Moff Chumley and Project_Mayhem)
In a rather seedy building, off of a rather seedy hall, is a door. It's not a pretty door, but it does its job admirably. It's got an eye painted on it, rather sloppily. Under the eye, is the word "NOIR". Inside, is a small, cramped, rather dusty reception room. Coffee machine, secretary's desk, several chairs, the like. The desk looks like it's never been touched; the coffee machine, like it's survived several wars. Three doors lead off the room: Raz's office, Ilyena's office, and a closet. Word to the wise: don't open that door.

Between the two of them, Ilyena and Raz are capable of everything from fairly standard PI fair to more complicated contracts using Ilyena's ability to write spells.

Needle and Thread (Blue Zone, Player: Artemis97)
On one side of a wide cobblestoned street is a small shop. The sign hanging over the door depicts a simple spool of thread, pierced by a needle. No words were included, as a courtesy to those who could not read, nor were they needed. It was clear from the merchandise displayed in the two large windows on either side of the door that this was a clothing boutique. The right side displayed the latest in women's fashions, dresses and skirts in unique designs, all detailed by hand with beading and emboidery. The left window showed men's clothing, from a beautifully tailored three piece suit, cut from expensive fabrics, to the very best in adventuring style, rugged and sturdy, clearly built to last.

Inside, racks and manequins display more clothing, split down the middle between men's and women's fashions. The back wall held rolls of fabric, some plain, others with obviously magical porperties. A large, three-sided mirror sits in the back corner, next to a small changing stall. On the other side is a small counter holding a cash register, behind that the door that led to a small workroom.

The Needle and Thread is a clothing shop specializing in custom tailoring and specialty designs. It is owned and operated by Lillith Rock, and the kindly fiendish woman can usually be found behind the counter, or working on orders in the back workroom.


On the City's government
As the capital city of the Acronymian Empire, Inside is subject to its laws. They largely resemble modern-day laws*, with the exception of weapons control and small-scale vigilantism, as those would be extremely difficult to enforce. Vigilantism, however, once again becomes problematic when it causes more problems than it fixes.

Slavery is illegal in the Empire. This would be treated as a given (see above), but it has come up many times.

The Empire has also imposed a light tax on arms sales and a light-moderate one on imports. The latter grants much more funding than it normally would, thanks to the Empire's location in a nexus of realities-many goods, mundane and exotic, often pour into Inside and the greater Empire.

*DC may experiment with punishments, though, as he's aware that being unable to play a criminal character because they're stuck in jail for a realistic amount of time is no fun.

On Apocalypses
When determining apocalyptic effects that threaten Inside, please keep the bottom of this (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9918777&postcount=315) post in mind.

The title is a misnomer, of course. No doubt the moniker of this place was settled on after a brief conversation that started with, 'Wouldn't it be funny if...?'. But now the name has stuck.

But what is this place, you ask?

The city of Inside is the capital city of the nation known as the Acronymian Empire. The city was once the center of the Nexus, the dimensional anomaly that acts as a crossroads between any number of radically different worlds. Now, it is no longer the center, but still shows the influence of the Nexus.

Thanks to the Nexus, the cityscape is high in variety of architectural styles, varying tech levels factoring in to the myriad designs. Though the city is now relatively stable, it's still possible to find buildings of any number of architectural styles within it. Shopping malls lie beside medieval architecture, and futuristic towers rise alongside old cathedrals.

The city is surrounded by defensive walls, with an artificially and accidentally created moat outside the walls. A gap in the walls and a bridge allow for entrance into the city proper, the main gate opening up to welcome newcomers Inside.

[TechnoScrabble]

[CLINIC]
The elementals hiss and prepare to attack the wards with their 'olde magicke', but Alex waves them off.
"I heard there was some recent elemental activity. I would like to speak to the people involved. My badge should have the clearance."

[DOCKS]
"Yeah, I fish here sometimes," Keith nods, "Never seen you, though."

[STREETS]
Garrett takes two steps back and straightens his arm, ready to stab. He almost seems apologetic as he shouts, "I said 'GET OUT OF MY HEAD!'"

Brought over from the other thread.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie leaves the house she was warming up in and starts to wander.

[Streets]

Rayum peaks his head out trying to figure out what had him so scared before. He is now still confused by such an irrational fear, and that scares him. But he starts to walk around determined to not go back to his hiding hole.

[Rebonack]

((Mmm... new thread smell...))

[Slums]

Yeah, don't worry about that filthy vampire. She probably won't try to hunt you down and murder you or anything.

...probably.

The undead in question goes slinking off into an abandoned building that's often used as a shelter by the homeless. Hopefully the hobo-blood doesn't result drunken undead.

See... That's a problem with living in an old abandoned super market. They're considered a public place and vampires can enter freely.

As for the little girl!

She seems flatly terrified, huddled at the back of her box and quivering uncontrollably. If Raril wants to get at her he'll have to climb in there with her.

[billtodamax]

[DOCKS]
"Yeah, I fish here sometimes," Keith nods, "Never seen you, though."

Oh, I usually stay pretty close to the bottom. I try to talk to some of the people up there, but they never seem very interested in me. He tells Keith sadly.

[TechnoScrabble]

[DOCKS]
"A psychic squid and they're not interested?" Keith is in disbelief.

[Artemis97]

[Slums]

Raril sighs and does indeed try to crawl into the box to get to the girl. Vasquez had a point, it wasn't safe out here. He could apologize for scaring her later.

[billtodamax]

Am I a psychic squid? That's a nice name. Well, they usually just ignore me when I try and speak to them. It's really not very nice. Aw... Poor squid.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Slums]

A female figure with a tail crouches on the edge of one of the rooftops. The gunshots from earlier attracted her attention, and she came to investigate.

She leaps down to the ground, landing on all fours, then she stands to her full height and starts looking for signs of a fight.

[TechnoScrabble]

Am I a psychic squid? That's a nice name. Well, they usually just ignore me when I try and speak to them. It's really not very nice. Aw... Poor squid.

Keith eyes the tip of the tentacle.
"Do...do you 'ave a name, mind-chatter?"

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

The man at the desk takes a close look at the badge.
((Just a reminder, any ISF characters need to be cleared by me or DC))

Slums

Vasquez stands guard over Raril and the child.

[TechnoScrabble]

[CLINIC]
((a. didn't know that b.he's DEFINITELY not ISF. If it's even an ISF badge at all,he got it by killing some poor officer Gray))

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Slums]

Vasquez might see the woman with blue fur and a tail walking near, looking around. She is getting closer to them.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

((But is it an ISF badge? I can't tell if the badge is real, fake, or something else unless you post what it is))

[TechnoScrabble]

Clinic
((I guess it could be. I figured there'd be more than one police force around. Yeah, I guess. It's an ISF badge that's been taken by messy, messy force.))

[billtodamax]

Keith eyes the tip of the tentacle.
"Do...do you 'ave a name, mind-chatter?"

No, I don't think so. Never really had the need for it, I suppose. The squid says happily.

[TechnoScrabble]

[DOCKS]
"Really? Then how do you know who you are?" Kaith sits down on a nearby crate and tosses his hambone in the ocean, pulling out a turkey to munch on.

[Rebonack]

[Slums]

Raril is devoured by the evil mimic-box! Omnomnomnomnom!

*ahem*

If the little girl could scoot further away she probably would right now. Everything about her shows sure signs of horror. She's possibly having a post-traumatic stress attack. Given the state of the Nexus it isn't impossible in the least that her family was killed before her eyes in a rather gruesome fashion and the recent violence is causing her to relive it.

Should Raril want to get her out of here he'll need to move her bodily.

Because it really doesn't look like she's going to budge.

"I-I'm afraid..." she manages to stammer.

[billtodamax]

[DOCKS]
"Really? Then how do you know who you are?" Kaith sits down on a nearby crate and tosses his hambone in the ocean, pulling out a turkey to munch on.

Unfortunately it's fairly unlikely the bone will ever reach the squid.

It's a long way down.

I just do, I suppose. Is a name really that important? It asks, curious.

[UncleWolf]

Cinic

((Normally, any attacks on ISF Personnel would have to be RP'd out, but don't worry about it this time. It's for future reference))

The desk clerk runs the badge number into the database, and a beepbeep comes up. The person with the badge won't be able to see the screen, but the clerk nods. "Go on up. Second floor. Take the elevator."

[TechnoScrabble]

[Docks]
"*chewchew*Well*mrmf*to a hobgobflin imf if!"

[CLINIC]
((thanks for taking it easy on the nooB))
Alex smiles and leaves a rather expensive looking on the desk, then heads on up. Finally up there, he knocks on the door and calls out, "Anybody in there? I just want to ask a few questions. About the elemental 'attack'."

[McBish]

Slums

Angie looks around and heads over to a taller building and starts to climb up to the roof. But she isn't a great climber but eventually she will get up to the top.

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Streets

Rayum keeps wandering around.

[billtodamax]

[Docks]
"*chewchew*Well*mrmf*to a hobgobflin imf if!"

Oh. You certainly have a very nice name. The squid says. It's sorta difficult to understand what he's saying, but the squid gets the gist of it.

((Deadtime))

[TechnoScrabble]

Oh. You certainly have a very nice name. The squid says. It's sorta difficult to understand what he's saying, but the squid gets the gist of it.

((Deadtime))

"Well *nomnomnom* thanksh!"

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

(An expensive looking what? :smallconfused:)

The man won't make it to the door, because as soon as he gets to the elevator, he's met with five heavily armored and armed people pointing guns at him. "Your authorization was revoked several hours ago. Who are you really? Answer, or we'll fire." One demands.


(Mortal Coil (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9718354&postcount=262))

[Artemis97]

[Slums]

Raril whispers a Calm Emotions spell and reaches to pull the poor girl out of the box. "I know you are. It's going to be alright. Come on out of there."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Slums]

Talia approaches Vasquez. Hi, how ya doing? I heard some gunshots from around her a little while ago. See anything suspicious?

[UncleWolf]

Slums

Vasquez sees the approaching figure, and draws her pistol again. "We have company..." She whispers to Raril right before the person arrives. "Vampire attack." She says, voice raised. "No one is hurt, but it'd be a good idea to head back home. This one was a Sun Elf woman."

[TechnoScrabble]

Clinic

(An expensive looking what? :smallconfused:)

The man won't make it to the door, because as soon as he gets to the elevator, he's met with five heavily armored and armed people pointing guns at him. "Your authorization was revoked several hours ago. Who are you really? Answer, or we'll fire." One demands.


(Mortal Coil (http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showpost.php?p=9718354&postcount=262))

((a gem, sorry.))
"Always guns with you, boys, ain't it?" Alexander shakes his head and hands over the badge.
"I'm a man with personal interest in...bringing that elemental to...justice. Yeah, justice."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Slums]

At the drawing of the pistol, Talia throws her hands up in the air. Whoa! No need for that, I'm not gonna attack you. I just wanted to see if I could help.

Course, the fact that she looks at least part demon probably doesn't help her argument.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie reaches the top of a nice tall building and looks out over the slums. She drops her ignore me aura as she stretches her empathic senses to feel the emotions of those below her. Then she takes a deep breath and uses her power to influence the people of the slums.

It won't be much but Angie works to spread a sense of calm and peace. She focuses her thoughts on the falling snow, how it covers the landscape and the kind of peace that it filled her with. She tries her best to share this with the others in the slums. The feeling goes out in waves and should fade after a few minutes.

[Artemis97]

[Slums]

Raril doesn't respond, as he's presently on his hands and knees with his head in a box, trying to rescue the scared little girl hiding inside of it. So, all that can really be seen of the Drow is his backside. Fortunately, it's a rather nice view.

[Gullara]

[Streets]

((I'm back for a bit, but my posts might come slowly))


AAAAAHHH! PSYCHO KID! SOMEONE SAVE ME! Sefrine shouts, the aura becoming far more powerful, and changing to "I didn't do anything! I'm your friend! Don't hurt me!"

"Garrett! What are you doing!?" I think the aura got to Adele. She tries to grab Garrett's arm and pull the sword away.

[TechnoScrabble]

[STREETS]
Garrett pulls away and spins back, his eyes switching between Adele and Sefrine.
"You get out of her head, my head, and any other heads you're in, right now! I'm an empath, lady, I can read EVERYTHING in that mind of yours!"</bluff>

[Maxios]

[Imperial Army HQ]
A transmission comes in, from LANTERN

"I never authorized the suicide bomb attempts. Whoever did that was acting outside my command. Rae is currently leading LANTERN until I know enough to retake leadership. I request entrance to Inside, to investigate reports of a vampire problem."

[Rebonack]

[Slums]

Raril's spell...

Has a somewhat unexpected result. Normally Calm Emotions does exactly what the name implies. It calms emotions. Good for placating hysterical people.

But instead, as the enchantment's tendrils seek to worm their way into the little girl's mind...

Something else lashes out at Raril.

A psychic shockwave explodes out of the box, reverberating through the icy street and clawing at the mind of any intelligent being it washes over. It seeks to overwhelm with a cacophony of clashing sounds and colors and emotions, a ravaging discordant mental scream.

The trio may find themselves temporarily stunned by the attack.

And in a flash the little girl is yanked out of the box, limp as a rag-doll, into the shadows beyond. Shadows that were far too deep for anything natural, though some strange mental compulsion had been suggesting that it's best to simply ignore them.

At the same time something large begins to move, a horrible grinding sound of bone against stone, of rending metal and splintering asphalt fills the air along with flying bits of earth.

When the dust settles the shadows are gone, as is the little girl. In their place is an eight foot wide hole torn straight through the street and into the sewers below. And from those depths filters up the sound of something splashing away at a terrific pace.

[Darkcomet]

[IA HQ]

The reply is rather blunt. And no longer in a quote box because that's just tedious. "Request denied. The problem is already being investigated."

[Maxios]

[IA HQ]

The reply is rather blunt. And no longer in a quote box because that's just tedious. "Request denied. The problem is already being investigated."

We would like to help. We have reason to suspect that a murderer is hiding out in the slums.

[UncleWolf]

((a gem, sorry.))
"Always guns with you, boys, ain't it?" Alexander shakes his head and hands over the badge.
"I'm a man with personal interest in...bringing that elemental to...justice. Yeah, justice."

The clerk looks at the gem warily and takes out a small wand, waving it over the gem to see if it's magical.

The Mortal Coil team doesn't take the badge. "Drop it. Now. And the elemental was banished from this place, just as yours were." They keep the guns trained on him. "How'd you get the badge? It's owner was killed."



Slums

Vasquez is about to answer, but grunts and stabilizes herself with a hand on a wall as the mental attack occurs. She's been heavily trained to resist such things, so as soon as the hole appears, she leaps right in.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Slums]

Talia stumbles a little as she is hit by the shockwave.

Aah! What the ...

The next moment, Talia's body is laying on the ground. Alive, but out.

And an old man, not far from the group, blinks his eyes, as if he's getting used to the light.

...you have got to be kidding me. The man walks to Talia's body. Well, whatever that was must have messed with my possession ability. Hang on. The man walks over to a nice area to sleep on, and lays down. A moment later, Talia blinks her eyes open and stands up, looking a little groggy. That's better.

Then she stares at the hole.

((And temporary deadtime. Be back later.))

[TechnoScrabble]

[CLINIC]
((it's not magic. it's a multimillion ruby))
"Whoever said mine were banished? They're just waiting outside in the cold, the poor girls. Are you really gonna make an ancient source of power sit out there in the snow?" Alex frowns at the soldiers, thumbing his (admantium lined) suitcase in case anyone gets trigger happy.

[Darkcomet]

[I]"Your request remains denied."

[Inside-General/News Broadcast]

A rather interesting tidbit is put on the news today. According to newly-released reports, the Acronymian Empire has banned LANTERN from acting in Inside. The government is also urging citizens to report any LANTERN activity so that they may be removed before they cause more damage.

[Maxios]

[I]"Your request remains denied."

[Inside-General/News Broadcast]

A rather interesting tidbit is put on the news today. According to newly-released reports, the Acronymian Empire has banned LANTERN from acting in Inside. The government is also urging citizens to report any LANTERN activity so that they may be removed before they cause more damage.

"Then the blood of his victims is on your hands."

[Artemis97]

[Slums]

The force of the... attack... pulls Raril foreward, the metal effect severely disorienting him. As such he falls into the hole, flipping over the edge and landing on his back in the sewer. When he finally regains his senses he mumbles "Well, this brings back memories." before jumping to his feet and running after Vasquez.

[Darkcomet]

[I]"The matter is being investigated. We have nothing further to discuss." There will be no more replies from the Imperial military.

[McBish]

Angie doesn't respond to any yelling going on way up on the rooftop. Even assuming the yelling was aimed at her. She will eventually let the calming effect die away.

[UncleWolf]

[CLINIC]
((it's not magic. it's a multimillion ruby))
"Whoever said mine were banished? They're just waiting outside in the cold, the poor girls. Are you really gonna make an ancient source of power sit out there in the snow?" Alex frowns at the soldiers, thumbing his (admantium lined) suitcase in case anyone gets trigger happy.
Clinic

Then the clerk pockets the ruby and plans his future.


Alex gets a very simple answer.

"No. Now answer the question! Where did you get the badge? Last warning before we open fire."

[TechnoScrabble]

[CLINIC]
"Rather, messily I'm afraid, you see, even after the vampires drained him dead, Mr. Gray did NOT want to let it go. I had to do a bit of cutting."
Alex neglects to add that he stole in front of the agent, officer, whatever to get him to follow Alex towards said vampire.

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

Oh bugger...

The sewers.

Anyone who has been in the Nexus for any length of time knows the stories about this place. There are... unpleasant things down here. All the vile, creeping horrors that shun both light and air that doesn't stink of poo. Nothing that you would want to meet in the darkness.

The fact that the twisting depths of the Dungeons of Doom begin here in the sewers doesn't help matters.

At all.

But thankfully there aren't any nearby passages to that accursed place. At least not in this particular part of the fetid catacombs.

Should the intrepid adventurers continue onward they'll soon find a junction with no fewer that a dozen tunnels snaking off in all directions. The sound of the... thing fleeing can still be heard, though it's distant and the echo down here is awful.

Kind of hard to figure out which way it went.

On a nearby dry portion of stone-walkway suspended above the sludge a quartet of ghouls glance up at the two Breathers from their game of poker.

[ThirdEmperor]

I said: AAAAHH! PSYCHO KID! SOMEBODY SAVE ME! Sefrine says, annoyed at not being heard the first time.

[TechnoScrabble]

[STREETS]
"Shut up, sit down, and quit trying to do whatever it is you're trying to do!" Garrett does his best to look scary.
Also, I'm pretty sure it'll be easy to use some sort of detect magic thingamajig to tell the only reason Garrett freaked was the aura.

[Gullara]

[Streets]

Adele looks angry now, "What's wrong with you? All she did was offer us ice cream."

[TechnoScrabble]

[STREETS]
Garrett stares at Adele incredulously for a second, then calms down. The sword disappears.
"You're right. I'm sorry. I just didn't exactly trust a strange vampire lady putting voices in my head."

[UncleWolf]

(Sorry, the previous line should have been. "Yes" instead of "No", Either way, they aren't letting the elementals in. Sorry if it confused you.))

Clinic

"Lay down on the ground and put your hands on your head. You are hereby under arrest for charges of owning and using stolen government property, and attempted espionage until the matter of his death is investigated." The woman says.


Sewers

Vasquez points her gun at the ghouls. "We're not here for you. Which way did the thing go? You can get back into your game once we leave." Her eyes aren't bothered by the darkness at all.

[Artemis97]

[Sewers]

Fortunately, we've got a Drow in the party. And one with some rather good hearing, thanks to some lycanthropy. Raril stops at the center of the intersection, motioning for Vasquez to be quiet for just a moment as he listens, trying to judge from the echo where the thing had gone. Judging the direction and distance of an echo was actually an important skill, key for finding dripping water in the twisting tunnels of the Underdark.

Or We could just ask the Ghouls, yeah... That'd probably work better.

[TechnoScrabble]

((i figured as much))
[CLINIC]
Alex looks down the hall as he slowly gets down on his knees.
"How far away do you think that window is?"
He thumbs a switch on the suitcase and it unfolds into a shield. Any fire directed at him pushes him back against the opposite wall.

[The Bushranger]

[EE > Clinic]


Carl guides Erin to the Clinic when she's done with her things.

And so...to the clinic they go! Where Erin and Carl presumably now arrive....


***

[Streets]


Alysha smiles, and gives an almost-curtsy in return.

Nice to meet you. I'm Alysha. A Keyblade Bearer. She shakes the Keyblade still in her hand a little. Looks to be made of parts from a car engine.

And I'm Krystal. Um...office assistant right now, I guess.

Alysha giggles.

"It's true! But she's a lot more than that. And it's nice to meet you, Alysha. Um, a Keyblade Bearer?" Mikani asks. "Is that like being a Magical Chosen One?"

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

Except if the ghouls in question decide that they don't feel like cooperating.

The ghouls just stare at the pair for a few moments.

Then lean in and begin whispering among themselves. After a few moments of consultation they seem to have reached an agreement.

"Yeah, no. See, we have no reason to tell you which way that crazy thing went," the first ghoul pipes up.

"Mmmhm. It only eats people that are alive. And while the competition for food can be a pain we really aren't too worried about it," the second adds.

The third lifts one finger to make a further point. "And if you two Breathers get yourselves killed trying to find that monster it might, I dunno, suck out your brains and know that we told you where it went."

"And we don't feel inclined to piss it off," the last concludes.

They then return to their game of poker without waiting for a reply.

Geeze... the undead sure can be jerks, huh?

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Second Floor

"Too far." The woman says, two of the team moving between him and the window, surrounding him. "Face down. No-." She stops when the shield pops up, and none of them fire. Instead, she sighs and slings her rifle. Instead, she pulls out a heavy mace with a bladed head. "Drop the shield, or you'll regret it." She gestures her hand over it's head, and it glows blue, electricity crackling along it's head.

It....actually sounds like she's relishing the idea of bashing him.


Clinic-downstairs

The clerk coughs to catch Carl's attention. "Sir, your team is taking care of an intruder, but my orderlies are watching over Sir Edijar and the Evans girls."

"Thanks Steve."

Carl guides Erin through a few hallways to the ICU and brings her to Sunny.


Sewers

Vasquez sighs and brings out a shock grenade, activating it and tossing it at the ghouls.

After a moment, it explodes in a ball of pain.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's room

Sunny, who has somehow gotten hold of enough tools to take apart a random piece of hospital machinery that was stuck in the visitor's room for storage, smiles happily when she sees her friend. She gets to her feet, wiping off her hands. "Hi, I'm Sunny. Are you Erin?"

[The Bushranger]

Clinic-downstairs

The clerk coughs to catch Carl's attention. "Sir, your team is taking care of an intruder, but my orderlies are watching over Sir Edijar and the Evans girls."

"Thanks Steve."

Carl guides Erin through a few hallways to the ICU and brings her to Sunny


Clinic - Sunny's room

Sunny, who has somehow gotten hold of enough tools to take apart a random piece of hospital machinery that was stuck in the visitor's room for storage, smiles happily when she sees her friend. She gets to her feet, wiping off her hands. "Hi, I'm Sunny. Are you Erin?"

[Clinic - Sunny's Room]

Erin smiles at the young genius, nodding, her white hair bobbing as she does so, a friendly expression in her inhumanly blue eyes. "Yes, I am. Erin O'Connell," she introduces herself politely, offering a hand for shaking if Sunny desires. "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Sunny."

[ThirdEmperor]

[Streets]
What? I would never! You poor dear, you must be confused. And ice cream sunday will solve that though! She says, and marches towards the nearest ice cream shop.

[Artemis97]

[Sewers]

"Nine Hells, woman!" Raril shouts, after jumping as the grenade explodes. "Do you really think that's going to help anything?"

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

Sunny gets right to business. "I need a suit of power armor with a top of the line air filtration system. Off the shelf if you have anything in stock. If it has to be custom made, I'll pay extra for a rush job."

[The Bushranger]

[Clinic - Sunny's Room]

Erin quickly pulls out a notepad, and starts scribbling, looking Sunny over for a moment, then scribbling some more!

"I see. Are you looking for a strictly defensive system, or one with offensive capabilities? Strength boosting? Flight capability? Do you want it low-profile flexible or hard-shell armour?"

[Gullara]

[Streets]

Adele follows her, "Come on Garrett," she says looking back.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

"Defensive only. Flexible. As lightweight as possible" She shudders. "No flight. Please."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha thinks for a moment. Um...a little? Maybe? People who have a Keyblade were chosen by it, and it's their job to protect the hearts of the worlds.

Also, due to the IA's current ruling, I guess Krystal is here illegally. Oh well.

[Sewers]

Talia completely followed Vasquez and Raril down here. Yep.

And she jumps back a little when the grenade goes off. What was that for?

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

IA's?

Anyway...

"Oh. That's pretty neat! That sounds like something my friends do too." Mikani smiles. "Hey, you wanna see something really cool?"

...
Jamie, you aren't seriously thinking of asking Alysha to be part of your magical-girl team, are you? :smallconfused::smalltongue:

---

[Clinic-Sunny's Room]

"Alright." Erin nods, scribbling more, and smiling reassuringly. "I think I might have something in stock, actually. It'll need only slight modification, but it should be more than capable for all your needs."
Specifically, it needs to have the gravitic controls for flight disabled.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

"Um... I don't know how hard this would be, but can you give it magic resistance?" Sunny asks, seeming a little uncomfortable with the question. After all, she could easily alter or adapt anything else about a typical suit of power armor, but anything arcane would be a mystery to her.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Yeah. IA put out an announcement that anybody from LANTERN is banned from acting in Inside. Krystal doesn't care, though.

Alysha nods, her eyes showing excitement.

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

It was for explosions!

Because everyone loves explosions.

Now, some people will tell you that lightning doesn't hurt undead because they don't have nerve cells to screw up. What they forget is that lightning is really freaking hot and most undead are flammable.

The ghouls are now on fire, diving into the sewer water.

Their playing cards are on fire too. As well as the rather nice table they got from heaven knows where.

Chances are the ghouls aren't going to be happy.

"You are going to bleed for that, Breather," snarls one of the now somewhat crispy undead.

Nope.

Not happy at all.

[Maxios]

[Slums]
A figure suddenly appears in the Slum's. He has a Brotherhood Of Steel helmet, and a red jacket with a green one underneath

[McBish]

Despite no longer putting out her calming aura Angie stays on the rooftop her legs dangling over the edge as she sits looking out at the snow covered slums.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
A figure suddenly appears in the Slum's. He has a Brotherhood Of Steel helmet, and a red jacket with a green one underneath
[Slums]
Hayden pops in next to the figure, wearing a black fedora, a black long-sleeved shirt, black jeans, black tennis-shoes, and black leather gloves. "First things first. We need to get you new clothes. You stand out more than a beached whale. Which is probably more fashionable."

[UncleWolf]

Sewers

Vasquez snarls and tries to shoot the head of the one talking as a warning to the rest. "Then tell us where it went! Or do I need to bring out the holy water?" She says, drawing a vial from her side.

[Maxios]

[Slums]
Hayden pops in next to the figure, wearing a black fedora, a black long-sleeved shirt, black jeans, black tennis-shoes, and black leather gloves. "First things first. We need to get you new clothes. You stand out more than a beached whale. Which is probably more fashionable."

Maxios sighs. "Fine." he says

*Deadtimes for the night. Try not to advance the plot to far :smalltongue:*

[Artemis97]

[Sewers]

Raril bends down to draw his undead-bane dagger from his boot. "Gods dammnit. They'll never cooperate now."

The drow's grumbling may not be heard over a loud "Yeee Haaaaww!!" From the dagger.

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

Somewhere away from where Maxios and Hayden are, Rae teleports in.

Oh, yeah, I forgot something.

He says, and ties his hair back with a strip of denim pulled from his coat.

[Gimliggamer]

Maxios sighs. "Fine." he says

*Deadtimes for the night. Try not to advance the plot to far :smalltongue:*
"Which kinda sucks because I know of no clothing shops nearby, so lets just wait in a dark alley for any passersby." Hayden says, going into said dark alley with Maxios and standing near the edge as lookout.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Sewers]

Talia sighs a little. Probably wasn't necessary.

She holds an arm back, and a glowing sphere of energy forms there. Ready to be used.

[Slums]

Krystal is with Rae. Let's just go find some vampires, okay?

Oh, and there's one vampire around here named Alysha. Do not, I repeat, DO NOT attack her. She is a good person. She's really peppy. You'll know her when you see her.

[The Bushranger]

[Clinic - Sunny's Room]

"Sure can. That'll make it take about twenty-four hours to be ready, though," Erin says, looking up at Sunny from her note-taking. "Alternatively, I can build in a personal shield generator that will diffuse, but not resist completely, magic attacks. Or both?"

[Streets]

Ahh. Gotcha.

Mikani grins, then raises her wand to the air...

...and a gust of wind blows through the street, swirling around the form of the Druid Princess!

When it clears, Jamie is standing there once more, holding a stick, and grinning happily.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
Okay, so Hayden gets bored easily. He thinks Maxios can take care of himself, so Hayden tells him to either stay in the alley or wander around, but to TAKE THE HELMET OFF. Finishing that, he begins to wander the slums, flipping a coin into the air and catching it repeatedly as he looks for vampire signs.

[happyturtle]

Sunny's Room - Clinic

"Both, if they can both be done in the 24 hour time frame. If not, just the magic resistance." Sunny says. She wants out of this room!

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha's mouth opens in awe.

Wow! That was awesome! Wish I could do something like that.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Looking for signs of vampires. Well look a very skinny pale woman sitting up on top of the rooftop... could it be a vampire? She doesn't seem to be effected by the cold.

[Gullara]

[Slums]

Serena walks down the street near the LANTERNites.

((Crap no character sheet))

She has long black hair, red eyes, small fangs, is wearing leather armor and has a gun at her belt. It shouldn't be immediately apparent that she is a vampire.

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

One of the ghouls is shot in the head.

BLAM!

The sound of the gunshot echoes off the stone walls of the stinking sewers, probably pretty painful for anyone with good ears. The ghoul's head snaps back with the force of the impact, sending him toppling over backwards with arms pinwheeling moments before he hits the water and sinks.

No air in his lungs to keep him floating.

The rest of the ghouls seem to get the same idea all at once.

They each take off in a different direction, darting away in a loping, quadrupedal stride. Look kinda like fleeing apes.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]

Looking for signs of vampires. Well look a very skinny pale woman sitting up on top of the rooftop... could it be a vampire? She doesn't seem to be effected by the cold.
Hayden climbs to the roof of the building from the back, or the opposite from where the woman is looking. He then proceeds to walk over and try to sit a couple feet from her. "Might I ask what you are doing, sitting up here on the roof?"

[Murkus]

[Slums]

A pale, dead-looking man in black cowboy clothes and a dark coat wanders the streets. A fine pair of revolvers hang at his hips.

Anyone using detect undead will pick him out clearly enough. He looks it, too. Vampire? Maybe not. But definitely suspicious.

[Darkcomet]

[Slums]

Someone just had to tip off certain powers that LANTERN was in the slums.

A pair of IA EvAV-1 gunships (see my first sig link) equipped with spotlights are now flying around the area, searching for LANTERN members.

They are also blaring announcements.

"This is a message to all LANTERN members present from the Acronymian Empire. We know you are here. Leave the area immediately."

[McBish]

[Slums]

I am surfing on the emotions of the people. What about you?

Angie says without looking back at him.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]

I am surfing on the emotions of the people. What about you?

Angie says without looking back at him.
"Hunting for evil vampires and the one that killed my friend, while evading the authorities." He replies.

[McBish]

[Slums]

There is much turmoil below. It is disturbing. And... fascinating. So peaceful looking isn't it?

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Jamie giggles, blushes, and bows a bit. "Aw, thanks! And maybe you can. I couldn't until I could.

...and that made more sense in my mind," she says a bit sheepishly. "I'm Jamie. Jamie Misaki Catherine Druid."

---

[Sunny's Room - Clinic]

"Can-do. I'll have it and a spare delivered here by tomorrow, how's that?" Erin asks, finishing her notes.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Sewers]

Her ears still ringing, Talia watches the other ghouls run off. Good thing she didn't charge up the sphere a lot. she drops it in the water, which reacts to a little explosion.

So, what now?

[Slums]

Krystal looks up at the announcement.

Well, crap. Somebody ratted us out.

She takes off, and thinks of an idea along the way.

And invisibly reconnects to herself that's with Alysha and Jamie.

Yay reuniting plotclones with their originals!

[Streets]

Alysha giggles. So, you go around with, like, a code name then? Awesome!

Krystal smiles a little, then looks up at the sky at announcement. Hey, Jamie...if they ask, I'm here on GLoG related stuff, okay?

[happyturtle]

Sunny's Room - Clinic

"Thank you. But don't you need measurements?" Sunny asks. :smallconfused: That was the whole reason Erin had to come in person, I thought!

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]

There is much turmoil below. It is disturbing. And... fascinating. So peaceful looking isn't it?
"Yeah...I assume you are a vampire?" He asks.

[Gullara]

Serena laughs out loud at the announcement. Why? Because Nite told her about LANTERN.

She heads into an alley.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I wonder what that guy is screaming about.

[Artemis97]

"Which kinda sucks because I know of no clothing shops nearby, so lets just wait in a dark alley for any passersby." Hayden says, going into said dark alley with Maxios and standing near the edge as lookout.

Actually, there is a clothing shop nearby. It was a small but well established institution known as the...

[Needle and Thread]

On one side of a wide cobblestoned street is a small shop. The sign hanging over the door depicts a simple spool of thread, pierced by a needle. No words were included, as a courtesy to those who could not read, nor were they needed. It was clear from the merchandise displayed in the two large windows on either side of the door that this was a clothing boutique. The right side displayed the latest in women's fashions, dresses and skirts in unique designs, all detailed by hand with beading and emboidery. The left window showed men's clothing, from a beautifully tailored three piece suit, cut from expensive fabrics, to the very best in adventuring style, rugged and sturdy, clearly built to last.

Inside, racks and manequins display more clothing, split down the middle between men's and women's fashions. The back wall held rolls of fabric, some plain, others with obviously magical porperties. A large, three-sided mirror sits in the back corner, next to a small changing stall. On the other side is a small counter holding a cash register, behind that the door that led to a small workroom.

The Needle and Thread is a clothing shop specializing in custom tailoring and specialty designs. It is owned and operated by Lillith Rock, and the kindly fiendish woman can usually be found behind the counter, or working on orders in the back workroom.

[Sewers]

"Gods damnit!" Raril snarls, decidedly lupine features begining to come foreward. White fur sprouts from his skin and his bones snap and twist as his body reforms into its hybrid shape. Holding the undead-bane dagger between his teeth, he sets off down a tunnel after one of the ghouls, running on all fours.

[The Bushranger]

[Sunny's Room]

"The suit is somewhat self-adjusting," Erin explains. "I can get it in the right ballpark simply by observing you, and when you put the suit on for the first time, it will adjust itself the rest of the way. Of course, that can be uncomfortable for some people, so I can take precise measurements if you'd rather."


[Streets]

Jamie eeps at the booming announcement.
Then nods to Krystal.

And grins at Alysha. "Well, sorta. It's also that I really am Mikani and not Jamie when I'm transformed though. It's...magic-ky! I used to have some friends who could do the same thing but they had to go back to their home, I still get to visit them sometimes though."

[Murkus]

Serena laughs out loud at the announcement. Why? Because Nite told her about LANTERN.

She heads into an alley.

AHHHHHHHHHHHH!

I wonder what that guy is screaming about.

She might hear the crunch of the snow outside the alley. And yes, it is snowing right now. I think it was agreed in the OOC thread.

The emaciated shape of a gunslinger, hat, coat and guns included, fills the entrance. Clouded eyes search the dark.

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

Okay then, I was going to wait for one of them to attack me before attacking anyway. Just one more thing.

He says, the collar of his coat lowering as he pricks his finger, rubbing a bit of blood on his neck.

[McBish]

"Yeah...I assume you are a vampire?" He asks.

What if I am? Angie says slowly turning and looking over at him. She uses her empathic powers to try and get a feel for what he is feeling.

[happyturtle]

[Sunny's Room]

"The suit is somewhat self-adjusting," Erin explains. "I can get it in the right ballpark simply by observing you, and when you put the suit on for the first time, it will adjust itself the rest of the way. Of course, that can be uncomfortable for some people, so I can take precise measurements if you'd rather."



"Oh, if the suit can do it, that's fine," Sunny says. :smallsmile: Having a robot doing it was much much better than a person! "How much does it cost?" And once the figure is named, she opens her laptop and transfers the money electronically.

[Gimliggamer]

What if I am? Angie says slowly turning and looking over at him. She uses her empathic powers to try and get a feel for what he is feeling.
"Just wondering. It doesn't seem as if you want to maul me or any innocents in the vicinity." He comments. She'll find he's only being curious. And a tad bit pitiful.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Well, as long as you still get to see them. That's what matters.

So, you transform? I know somebody who does something kinda like that. I mean, his name stays the same, buts his clothes change, and he gets different powers.

[Gullara]

She might hear the crunch of the snow outside the alley. And yes, it is snowing right now. I think it was agreed in the OOC thread.

The emaciated shape of a gunslinger, hat, coat and guns included, fills the entrance. Clouded eyes search the dark.

She remains crouched in the shadows. She pulls out her pistol and levels it at the gunslinger.

"Who's there? You have to help me please."

[McBish]

"Just wondering. It doesn't seem as if you want to maul me or any innocents in the vicinity." He comments. She'll find he's only being curious. And a tad bit pitiful.

I don't. Not yet anyway. I have been known to have rage issues. So you are one of the people who is here to heal the slums from their current state?

[Gimliggamer]

I don't. Not yet anyway. I have been known to have rage issues. So you are one of the people who is here to heal the slums from their current state?
"You could say that." He says, looking around.

[UncleWolf]

Sewers

Vasquez curses as the other ghouls and Raril run off. "God Dammit! Raril! Get back here! It's a trap!" Wait, she knows Raril's name? :smallconfused:

Well he is the owner of Black Dragon's Den, a fairly famous establishment, and working for the government, she tends to have rather good resources.

Not good enough since she didn't know he was a werewolf, so she'll have to encourage them to be better next time.

Even so, racing after the ghouls was a bad idea. They knew the sewers best, and would just have traps waiting. She reaches down to grab the ghoul she shot, and if successful, lifts it up to see if it's alive. Maybe she'll be lucky and her bullet didn't hit anything vital.

Like, it's brain. :smalltongue:

[Murkus]

Slums

Arnold's flaking hands hook in his belt, and he glares at Serena with yellowing whites. "I can't do much more than stand up straight these days, but I'll do what I can for ye."

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

Raril can probably catch one of the ghouls if he moves fast enough.

Or...

They could extract information from the still unliving ghoul that was shot. He's slowly slinking away whilst everyone's attention is elsewhere, hoping that they assume he's dead.

I mean... they just shot him in the face. And ghouls don't exactly look alive to begin with.

Sneak sneak sneak sneak...

Oop, just got grabbed!

Good thing their brain isn't that vital, huh?

The undead has a big, messy hole in its face. Its left eye and most of the cheekbone has been obliterated. He's also trying to bite Vasquez on the arm. Gnar!

Too bad his jaw isn't working that well.

[The Bushranger]

[Clinic - Sunny's Room]

Erin nods, and names the price. It's rather reasonable.
...and less than it would be if Crissy were quoting it. <_<

"Is there anything else you need, Miss Sunny?" she asks with a smile.

---

[Strreets]

Jamie nods. "Yeah, it is...and yeah I do." She smiles. "And I'm the same way! Aside from the name. Different outfit, different hair, different powers."

[happyturtle]

Clinic - sunny's room

"That's all. Thank you." Sunny doesn't offer her hand to shake. She can only make so much progress in one day, after all.

[ThirdEmperor]

The LANTERNites may notice the colorfully dressed vampire terrifying NPCs by smiling baring her teeth at them as she walks by, two (or maybe one) kids following behind her as she heads for the nearest ice cream parlor.

[McBish]

[Slums]

I have known these Slums for a long time. They have often been in pain. The vampires are just the current symptom. So how do you plan on helping these people?

[Gullara]

Slums

Arnold's flaking hands hook in his belt, and he glares at Serena with yellowing whites. "I can't do much more than stand up straight these days, but I'll do what I can for ye."

"Could, could you help me up. I'm hurt. A- and my husband."

Can't eat in peace these days.

((also TE, you're kind of busy now))

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

That's cool. Most I get is that my Keyblade appears.

[Sewers]

Talia jumps a little when Vasquez pulls the ghoul out of the water. Wasn't expecting that.

I'll go after Raril. Make sure he's okay. And, unless stopped, Talia will run on all fours after Raril.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
"Well, I plan on taking care of the vampires first, because even if they are a symptom, they are a large and powerful one. That itself should take a bit of work, so I plan on crossing thwe next bridge when I come to it."

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

Rae is stumbling around, eyes half closed, hair a mess, coat in tatters, neck exposed, a little blood on him. A nearly perfect picture of a man just done with a drunken brawl, going to find a bar that he hasn't been kicked out of yet. The only way it would be better would be if he had a bottle in his hand.

[The Bushranger]

[Clinic - Sunny's Room]

Erin smiles and nods. "Thank you. I'll be back tomorrow with your order."

And presumably, at this point, she turns to Carl to be escored out...


[Streets]

"Aw. Well, that's pretty cool that you get a weapon!"
...says the girl who can summon Dire Kudzu...

[McBish]

[Slums]
"Well, I plan on taking care of the vampires first, because even if they are a symptom, they are a large and powerful one. That itself should take a bit of work, so I plan on crossing thwe next bridge when I come to it."

And how will you take care of the vampires. She says turning and standing up to face him.

[Murkus]

"Could, could you help me up. I'm hurt. A- and my husband."

Can't eat in peace these days.

((also TE, you're kind of busy now))

Arnold steps forward wordlessly and offers a hand. It's a little pale, but otherwise normal-looking. The scowl on his face betrays little.

[Artemis97]

[Sewers]

Raril skids to a stop, his claws digging into the wet stones, sending up sparks as he executes a full turn-about and runs back to the intersection. Standing upright, he stares hard at Vasquez, a red glint in his eyes. Pulling the dagger out of his mout he asks. "How the hells do you know my name?"

[Gimliggamer]

And how will you take care of the vampires. She says turning and standing up to face him.
"I was planning on luring them to me and my friends and then killing each aggressive one, or each one that plans or has purposefully massacred people. In fact, theres one of my friends now." Hayden says, seeing Rae and jumping off the roof, floating down, and walking over to him. "You look worse then Maxios' sense of style."

[Gullara]

Arnold steps forward wordlessly and offers a hand. It's a little pale, but otherwise normal-looking. The scowl on his face betrays little.

Serena attempts to grab his hand and pull his head down to her gun.

Successful or not she will take a long breath through her nose, "Damn. You're not alive."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha nods. And you know what else it can do? Lock and unlock anything! Cause it's a key!

Good job pointing that out, Alysha.

[UncleWolf]

Sewers
"Maybe another time Raril." She says, carrying the thing to a wall, ignoring the poor biting as it can't get through her tough armor. Raril will probably notice her insignia on her left shoulder, marking her as both Imperial and Mortal Coil.

Vasquez will knock the ghoul against the wall hard if possible to give it a jolt. "Which. Way? Lie, and I'll make sure to force feed you to your buddies, bit by squirming, screaming, bit." She says, snarling.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie smiles and nods. Well that seems like a decent plan. If you are fighting moron vampires. Though that is a pretty good bet I would say.

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

Who're you! I don'tsh know you!

Rae says, trying to push past Hayden, and, while doing so, whispering.

We're supposed to be under cover, remember?

[Murkus]

Serena attempts to grab his hand and pull his head down to her gun.

Successful or not she will take a long breath through her nose, "Damn. You're not alive."

"We're alike that way." He offers as he's pulled down. With a speed matching that of other supernatural creatures, he tries to smack her gun barrel, forcing it up. If that's successful, he'll twist his hand to grasp her wrist, keeping the weapon in the air.

"You know, I think I can still do something for ye. A cure for your condition."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Sewers]

Talia cringes a little at Vasquez's threats. And makes a mental note to not make that woman angry.

She looks at Raril. Um...hey, Raril. Long time no see.

Yeah...a little bit awkward there...

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
I found a friendly vampire. I think we should try to recruit her for LANTERN. She can probably hear everything we say or feel right now anyway. Hayden says quietly.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Yep Angie is using her empathic powers to try and get a sense what they are feeling. She is staring over at them curiously. She is pale, but one might notice that she has a rash on her skin, just peaking out from under the collar of her shirt.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Sunny

Erin gets escorted out, and after a while, Carl returns with a smile. "Feeling better now?"

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

Now, see, the thing about undead is that most of them like to exist. Some of those prissy vampires might complain about the nature of their existence, but if they really didn't like it they would just go take a sunbath and get it over with.

"At ay," the ghoul replies through its busted jaw, pointing at the tunnel directly to the left of the one the party had come into the room through. "I hair it, I ot ayeing."

It's kinda hard to understand what he's saying...

"ese ohnt ill me. I ohnt ahnt ho go ack ho at orrible ace."

Huh...

Sounds like he's pleading for his life.

[Gullara]

"We're alike that way." He offers as he's pulled down. With a speed matching that of other supernatural creatures, he tries to smack her gun barrel, forcing it up. If that's successful, he'll twist his hand to grasp her wrist, keeping the weapon in the air.

"You know, I think I can still do something for ye. A cure for your condition."

He is successful, over course she could just punch her hand though his gut, but let's not be hasty.

"Condition, Why I'm insulted. Are you implying that I'm diseased?" She says.

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Jamie grins. "Really? Anything at all, even locks it won't fit in? That's pretty awesome!"


[Clinic > EE]

And Erin heads back to her shop to set the DRDs to work on Sunny's order!

Putting the finishing touches on the Dup-o-Matic, herself.

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

If anyone tries to get into my head, they're gonna have to go through a whole lot of crazy. Also the field of kittens, but that's an entirely different story. Anyway, I'm going to keep up the act. As soon as I push you, punch me as hard as you can, and walk away. Try to get help from the vampire, if she helps us, and wants to join, she can. WHAT'D YOU SHAY 'BOUT MY MOMMA!?

Rae shouts the last part, and attempts to shove Hayden.

[happyturtle]

Clinic-Sunny

Erin gets escorted out, and after a while, Carl returns with a smile. "Feeling better now?"

"A lot better. Thank you, Carl." :smallsmile: She sits on the bed and offers him a hand up.

[Gimliggamer]

At this point, Hayden slugs Rae in the face, [S]imagining it's Maxios and walking the opposite direction, and into an alley. And then up a to a roof and back to the one with Angie on it.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha nods. All I have to do is point and concentrate. The Keyblade does the rest.

Well that's handy. I've had to learn how to pick locks with my crystals. Not that easy.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie tilts her head as Hayden returns.

Well that was curious. Was that person a vampire?

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

Rae takes the blow, spinning 180º, blood flying out of his mouth. What is this, a Rocky movie? Anyway, Rae's down, and he's not moving. He's obviously breathing though.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Sunny

Carl accepts the hand up and sits next to her, giving her a hug. "Good, and it wasn't anything at all to do, trust me."

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
"Nope. He's my friend and team-mate. He's not really drunk, I'm sure it's all part of some plan. By the way, would you like to join or group?"

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

"That's awesome!"
Jamie's grinning ear to ear.
"That would have been so cool when Nimai and I went to the island that time, I had to blast the lock off the boathouse door."

[McBish]

[Slums]

Nope, I just left a group. Not interested in the false support they have to offer. I am better off by myself. Do you think your friend is hurt? He doesn't look good.

Angie says standing up looking down trying to figure out the best way to climb down.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny

"But it was something I couldn't do," Sunny says, hugging him back.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Really? What was in there? Was it buried treasure?

Krystal smiles. Alysha was silly.

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

I'm fine.

Says Rae's voice from behind the two. If they turn around, they will see blue light in the general shape of Rae.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
"I understand. Our group is going through some tough times right now anyways." Hayden turns around, a bit confused.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Sunny

Carl leans against her, actually kinda happy at the moment. He wonders what happened to his teammates though, but the thought doesn't stay for long before his mind drifts to other things.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Alright then. Are you sure, I would be happy to heal any injuries.

Angie will continue to look around the rooftop for the best way to climb down. Which is what she starts to do, she doesn't look like she is the best climber.

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

"Nah. Leaky paddleboats."
Jamie giggles.
"They worked well enough to get to the island, though!"
She drops her voice.
"There was a ghost there."

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

And Charity walks in to see this. And smiles, a little forced. "Oh good, Sunny. You're awake."

"How is Djar?" Sunny says, sitting up a little from where she had hugged Carl, but more from 'now I'm having a conversation so I should sit up' than from any embarassment. "How are you, Cherry?"

"He's going to be okay. Wanna come see him?"

Sunny fidgets a bit. "I really need to put the echocardiogram machine back together."

[Artemis97]

[Sewers]

Now, see, the thing about undead is that most of them like to exist. Some of those prissy vampires might complain about the nature of their existence, but if they really didn't like it they would just go take a sunbath and get it over with.

"At ay," the ghoul replies through its busted jaw, pointing at the tunnel directly to the left of the one the party had come into the room through. "I hair it, I ot ayeing."

It's kinda hard to understand what he's saying...

"ese ohnt ill me. I ohnt ahnt ho go ack ho at orrible ace."

Huh...

Sounds like he's pleading for his life.

[Sewers]

"Let's take him with us, just to be sure." Raril suggest.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha leans a little closer, face full of excitement.

Ghosts? Really? Were they nice ghosts?

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

I'm sure. My ring speeds up the healing process, and I'm pretty tough anyways. I'm just trying to lure in a hostile.

The light says, fading afterwards. That takes a lot of concentration, and Rae was starting to get a headache.

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Jamie shakes her head.
"Most of the ghosts at GLoG are nice, but this one wasn't. He was grumpy. We had to chase him away!"

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Did it work? Did he leave?

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Sunny

Carl picks up the problem. Charity was wanting Sunny to go visit Edijar, but Sunny wasn't going to be able to leave the room for a while. He thinks quick before jumping off the bed and giving her hand a squeeze. "Here, I'll check on him while you get it put back together, okay?" He asks with a smile before leaving. On his way out, he gives Charity a look that tells her he needs to talk to her right now.

Sewers

Vasquez shakes her head. "No time." She says, dropping him. "The thing is quick, and has a good headstart. He'll just slow us down." She then gets a cruel sneer while looking at the ghoul. "And besides, that bullet? All of mine have tracking devices. And I imagine you won't like digging around in your face for it, so I'll be able to find you if you lied."

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie shrugs as she lowers herself down and starts to climb down the side of the building. She will probably get stuck about half way down by the looks of it. It was rather surprising that she managed to get to the roof in the first place.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny

"Thanks, Carl," Sunny says. If she can just keep it between her and Carl until she gets the power armor, then Charity never has to know anything. And so Charity won't have to worry about her, on top of her worries about Edijar, which means that Charity won't have more reasons to drink.

Sunny sees no flaw in this plan. Like the fact that staying in a single room for 24 hours tends to be noticed.

Charity is a bit confused, but leaves the room with Carl.

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Jamie nods.
"Yeah, we defeated him and found the treasure he was protecting!"

She pauses for dramatic effect.

"It was just a rusty old knife."

Which was supposed to be cursed so Jamie would have to always have it on her person, but her player kept forgetting it.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]

Angie shrugs as she lowers herself down and starts to climb down the side of the building. She will probably get stuck about half way down by the looks of it. It was rather surprising that she managed to get to the roof in the first place.
[Slums]
Hayden looks over the edge of the roof. "Need some help?"

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

Carl leads Charity to the next room over, one just like Sunny's, but empty. He sighs, suddenly looking sad. He really didn't want to do what he was about to, since it felt like he was betraying Sunny, but he didn't see much choice. Either Sunny had to tell Charity that she wasn't able to leave the room, which she wasn't about to, or he would have to.

He just hope Sunny understands.

"Miss Evans? We need to talk. It's about Sunny."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha giggles. That's funny.

I've met some ghosts before. See this face on my hoodie? See points to a picture on her hoodie of a very round, smiling skull wearing a Santa hat. This guy is Jack. He's the Pumpkin King, and he rules over Halloween. He's a fun guy.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie looks down finding no way to continue down, then up finding her last hand hold is out of reach. She looks up at Hayden and smiles as if nothing is wrong and lets go of the wall starting to fall to the ground. It is a pretty long fall, will probably hurt once she hits the ground. Though the snow might soften the blow.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
Angie will (hopefully) find herself caught in a red net and lowered down to the ground.

[happyturtle]

Clinic

Carl leads Charity to the next room over, one just like Sunny's, but empty. He sighs, suddenly looking sad. He really didn't want to do what he was about to, since it felt like he was betraying Sunny, but he didn't see much choice. Either Sunny had to tell Charity that she wasn't able to leave the room, which she wasn't about to, or he would have to.

He just hope Sunny understands.

"Miss Evans? We need to talk. It's about Sunny."

Charity blinks. Her first nutty thought was that the halfling about to ask for permission to court her sister or something. "What about Sunny?"

[McBish]

[Slums]

Angie lands on the ground safely thanks to the net. She stands up giggling brushing the snow off herself.

I like that.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

While the thought has likely crossed his mind by now, he realizes it's far too soon for that. (:smalltongue:)

Instead, Carl hops up on the bed with a sigh and looks at his small hands, thinking for a moment. "Sunny...that elemental scared her too much. She won't be able to leave the room for a while."

He curses himself mentally, hoping Sunny wouldn't hate him for telling Charity that, realizing that Sunny might see it as him believing her to be too weak to do it, to recover, but in the halfling's mind, he really didn't have much of a choice.

[happyturtle]

Clinic

Charity sinks into a chair and buries her face in her hands. "Oh gods.. her agoraphobia is back?"

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

"Really? Wow. You must have had a lot of adventures," Jamie says with a grin.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]

Angie lands on the ground safely thanks to the net. She stands up giggling brushing the snow off herself.

I like that.
[Slums]
Hayden climbs down a red rope that seems to be attached to, well, thin air. When he jumps off the rope disappears before his feet hit the ground. "Your welcome." He grins.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha nods. I've been to a few worlds. Including one where everybody is a car of some kind!

Everybody was a car? Huh. That'd be weird.

[McBish]

[Slums]

Well I guess I will be seeing you around as you hunt for your vampires.

And with that Angie raises up her ignore me aura and turns to walk away, as I go to bed for the night.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

Carl closes his eyes and nods. "I believe so." He says sadly before looking up at her. "Its why she just ordered some power armor. It's...." he searches for the words. Sunny hadn't explained it too well, but he got the gist of it. "It separates her from everything else so she won't have to worry about it."

He looks down again, fiddling with his fingers.

[Gimliggamer]

[Slums]
"Sure will." Hayden says, checking on Rae. "I don't think anything is coming. I think we need to find them at their layer."

[happyturtle]

Clinic

Charity finishes the rest. "And she doesn't want me to know because she's worried about me." She doesn't wait for his answer. She doesn't need it. "Tell her you convinced me that the clinic really needed the cardio-whatsit urgently, and that I believed you." She looks up at him with a weary smile. "And thank you."

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Alysha nods. I've been to a few worlds. Including one where everybody is a car of some kind!

Everybody was a car? Huh. That'd be weird.

Jamie blinks in surprise at this.
"Really? Wow. Did you turn into one when you went there?" she asks, wide-eyed.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha nodded. I was a little sports car. Purple.

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums]

Maybe. I want you to go find Krystal and Maxios first though. I'm going to look around.

Rae says, standing up and dusting himself off, his clothes fixing themselves.

I'll send two flashes of blue light into the sky if I find something.

((Deadtime. waking up in four hours.))

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

Carl nods in understanding and gets off the bed. "Alright. And you're welcome. I promise I'll keep helping her any way I can."

[happyturtle]

Clinic

Charity gives him a grateful smile, and returns to Edijar.

[Murkus]

He is successful, over course she could just punch her hand though his gut, but let's not be hasty.

"Condition, Why I'm insulted. Are you implying that I'm diseased?" She says.

"Depends." Arnold says, trying to slip his hand up to the gun and take it from her. Though outright, I bet she's stronger, so it might not work. "Do you need to feed on humans, or do you simply choose to?"

He's good at weeding out liars. The gunslinger studies her reaction closely.

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Jamie claps her hands and giggles.
"That's awesome. I've read books about how that can happen in some worlds but never imagined it would actually happen anywhere."

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Alysha nods. I've also been to a world where I was a lion!

[The Bushranger]

Jamie's eyes go very wide at hearing that.
"No way!"

[KerfuffleMach2]

Alysha nods, grinning. Took a while to get used to walking with four legs. It feels kinda funky.

[The Bushranger]

"I bet! My dad can top that, though."
Jamie grins proudly.
"He can turn into a fox!"

[KerfuffleMach2]

Really? Wow! That's awesome!

Krystal has seated herself on the ground, listening to the pair, smiling.

And deadtime.

[Gullara]

"Depends." Arnold says, trying to slip his hand up to the gun and take it from her. Though outright, I bet she's stronger, so it might not work. "Do you need to feed on humans, or do you simply choose to?"

He's good at weeding out liars. The gunslinger studies her reaction closely.

She allows the gun to be taken, "I don't need to feed on humans. I could feed on elves, dwarves, halflings, demons, dragons, gnomes, I could go on."

She's completely genuine.

Also I forgot to mention that one might see pointed ears beneath her mass of hair.

[The Bushranger]

[Streets]

Jamie nods cheerfully.
"Yeah. He is! I can't though. At least not yet. Dunno if I'll ever be able to, I'm still learning new powers," she explains.

And g'nite!

[Murkus]

She allows the gun to be taken, "I don't need to feed on humans. I could feed on elves, dwarves, halflings, demons, dragons, gnomes, I could go on."

She's completely genuine.

Also I forgot to mention that one might see pointed ears beneath her mass of hair.

Arnold seems confused. It's as though he knows what should be done, but is taking advice from a friend to the contrary. No, that's too specific. But he does seem confused. "That's... not what I meant. Why do ye feed on intelligent things, if you could just go eat a cow or somesuch?" He frowns.

[billtodamax]

"Well *nomnomnom* thanksh!"

You're entirely welcome. I see you're trying to get bigger as well. Eating a lot of snacks. He doesn't seem to mean any insult by this, just taking not of it.

[Gullara]

Arnold seems confused. It's as though he knows what should be done, but is taking advice from a friend to the contrary. No, that's too specific. But he does seem confused. "That's... not what I meant. Why do ye feed on intelligent things, if you could just go eat a cow or somesuch?" He frowns.

"Why would someone drink fine wines rather than cheap swill? Because it tastes better. More nutritious too."

She slowly starts reaching toward her boot.

[Murkus]

"That's what people are to you? Wines? Drinks you can pluck off a shelf?" Arnold's own gun is in his hand before Serena next blinks. Hers is on the ground a few feet away.

A cruel, yellowed smile plays on his lips. "Another one for the pile, I suppose."

[Gullara]

"I'm sure you wouldn't want to do that," Serena says with a sly look on her face, "My friend wouldn't like it."

From behind him Arnold can more than likely hear the snow shifting and then a wirrrrrr click.

[Murkus]

Arnold doesn't turn. His weapon levels at the center of Serena's forehead. "And who's this?" The gunslinger asks, feet shifting the snow almost imperceptibly as he readies a stance. "Another back-biting coward for the pile?"

[Gullara]

A mechanical voice can be heard, "Does ma'am require assistance?"

"That would be nice. If he shoots put one shot in his head, two in his spine, then another in his head for good measure. Then burn his corpse."

"Yes ma'am."

"Now perhaps we can be civilized about this?"

[Murkus]

Arnold scowls again. His weapon lowers by a fraction of an inch, and then finally falters. He holsters it, and steps back towards the alley wall so he can view both the other thing and the vampire. The gunslinger's hands hang near their weapons.

"Be civilized about what? I'm not here to talk." He rarely is.

[Gullara]

The other thing in question is still largely concealed by the snow, but a lang rifle barrel and several red lenses are visible.

Serena retrieves her own pistol and holsters it. "And I'm not here to fight. Yet here I am, accosted in an alley by a strange man."

"Now I assume the reason you so rudely interrupted me was because I'm a blight upon the earth or some such thing? Because I'm sure you can't use the traditional 'undead abomination' excuse."

[Murkus]

"Says the strange woman assaulting decent folks." Arnold comments, crossing his arms and watching the creature steadily.

"And the reason I interrupted suppertime was because you were hurting someone." The dead man says, also quite simply.

[Gullara]

Serena sighs. "Ah yes, the eternal debate. Not a vampire can escape it where ever she may go. It's tiring really. I'll say how it's only natural, they're the prey and I am the predator. Then you'll say how they have lives, friends, family, etcetera etcetera." She says and shakes her head.

"You don't mind if we skip it do you?"

[Murkus]

"Not in the slightest." Arnold says, managing to look neutral and frown at the same time. He's a simple fellow.

[Gullara]

"Now I'm perfectly content to just let you leave. I don't enjoy killing needlessly, despite what you may think. So what do you say?"

[Murkus]

Arnold doesn't look happy at all. He considers a long moment.

There is little debate about it in his mind.

The gunslinger pulls leather, drawing both guns, and looses three shots into the closest approximation of the rifle-wielding thing's head. Maybe those red lenses. A fourth is directed towards the barrel of the rifle itself. All the bullets have been blessed by the Blind Lord himself, really only a demigod, but one with enough believers to imbue weapons with magical properties. So, basically, added holy damage to things of magic, or supernatural creatures.

Incase that golem (I believe) doesn't drop immediately, he hits the floor in preparation for counterattack.

[KerfuffleMach2]

[Streets]

Jamie nods cheerfully.
"Yeah. He is! I can't though. At least not yet. Dunno if I'll ever be able to, I'm still learning new powers," she explains.

And g'nite!

Well, maybe if you try really hard, you can learn. Maybe you can even learn to turn into other things! Like a monkey!

[Gnrlshrimp]

[Citadel of I Should've Made This Post Ages Ago]

"Would one of you-" Felix pauses, looking a little confused, "Huh, weird. Um...would one of you kindly explain who "she" is?" Felix asks, somewhat irritated by this feeling. Doesn't really seem to be doing much to him, though. He's an old man, he'd been there when his own mother passed on, he knows she's gone and some loving surrogate mother...thing...is kinda...too weird.

Anyway, point is that he's not really affected by it.

Might wear him down over time, I guess, but he is quite the seasoned adventurer, making him somewhat resistant to such effects purely from exposure to similar things in the past, and learning how to resist their effects.

...

In other words he has a very good will save modifier. :smalltongue:

[Rebonack]

[Sewers]

The ghoul doesn't feel inclined to offer any more information. Aside from a nasty wheezing sound. Though... it's debatable whether or not you could really consider a nasty wheezing sound information.

If our band of intrepid adventurers want to find... whatever that thing was they had best get a move on.

The scuffle with the ghouls already put them behind. The thing was fast and probably knows the terrain down here, too. And aside from scary psionic screams and being able to dig really fast the creature's capabilities aren't really known.

Though... it's pretty clear that it was large...

So what now?

[Gullara]

Arnold doesn't look happy at all. He considers a long moment.

There is little debate about it in his mind.

The gunslinger pulls leather, drawing both guns, and looses three shots into the closest approximation of the rifle-wielding thing's head. Maybe those red lenses. A fourth is directed towards the barrel of the rifle itself. All the bullets have been blessed by the Blind Lord himself, really only a demigod, but one with enough believers to imbue weapons with magical properties. So, basically, added holy damage to things of magic, or supernatural creatures.

Incase that golem (I believe) doesn't drop immediately, he hits the floor in preparation for counterattack.

The 'robot' is hit. The first three rounds punch into it, shattering most of the lenses. The fourth sends it spinning on its axis. A few automatic rounds can be heard from the snowbank before it falls silent.

Serena, skilled in the use of her own gun, draws as Arnold fires his. She fires three shots at him, one when he was standing and the other two when he's on the ground. All the shots are aimed at the torso.

[Morty]

Abandoned House

Reinholdt follows in once the all-clear has been given and takes a look around.
"Hmm..." :smallannoyed:
He'll look for any more secret areas within the room or some indication of Ted, though he finds it unlikely he'll find any of the later.

"Four beds, three women. Where's the fourth?"

Maybe he doesn't have one yet... or she's waiting somewhere else.


Abandoned House

Anatolij will find that one wall can be pushed slightly, but it's going to need both of them to do it.


Anatolij and Trooper#1 push the wall, using all their strength.

[Maxios]

A hologram of Maxios appears. He will start searching the slums for the others

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

Carl returns to Sunny's room and hops up on the bed next to her, not saying anything, but thinking heavily.


Abandoned House

There's several things of food, a mini-fridge, a small TV, and enough bed supplies for ten people, let along four.

The bad news, is that the fourth bed is still warm...


The wall is pushed, and after a moment, a hole in the adjacent wall is revealed, a small staircase leading up to the attic.

[Morty]

[Abandoned House]

After consulting it between themselves, Anatolij and Combat mage call the rest of the squad upstairs. They might need their full strength to handle whatever's there. Trooper#1 will only be able to use a handgun, though.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

Sunny is working on the echocardiogram machine. She gives Carl a glance and a smile as he enters, but doesn't have anything to say. And tinkering with machines is a good distraction.

[Reinholdt]

[Abandoned House]

Reinholdt scowls. Whatever happened to watching the way out so no one escapes?

Well, whatever. Reinholdt takes up the rear and follows them upstairs to where everyone is waiting.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

Carl sighs, at war with himself.

On the upper hand, if he told Sunny what Charity told him to, he'd be breaking a relationship based on complete trust, and for once in his life, he'd enjoy keeping a relationship like that, even if he were the only one knowing it was broken.

On the lower hand, if he told Sunny the truth, there was a strong chance that she'd believe that he thought she wasn't strong enough to make her own decisions, and she'd likely take it the worst possible way, destroying their friendship. After all, here he was, telling her that she needed to be strong, that he believed she was, it'd be a horrible thing to turn around and say that he did something behind her back because she couldn't do it.

But, on the gripping hand, if he said neither of those things...

He shakes his head. If he said neither of them, Charity would still see that Sunny was skittish, and Sunny would get suspicious if Charity never asked what was going on. Even she couldn't believe that she could stay in that room for over a day and not draw notice. Not to mention that Sunny was smart, she'd find out on her own that Carl said something to her sister, and not telling her that would be the greatest betrayal of all really.

He stays silent as he thinks heavy thoughts.

Abandoned House

Nothing leaps out as they regroup. :smalltongue:

[Murkus]

The 'robot' is hit. The first three rounds punch into it, shattering most of the lenses. The fourth sends it spinning on its axis. A few automatic rounds can be heard from the snowbank before it falls silent.

Serena, skilled in the use of her own gun, draws as Arnold fires his. She fires three shots at him, one when he was standing and the other two when he's on the ground. All the shots are aimed at the torso.

Arnold is shot, repeatedly. A tiny amount of darkening, dead blood seeps out.

He whirls from his position on the ground, laying back and facing up, firing a pair of shots into Serena's chest. That gunfire doesn't seem to have deterred him much.

At the same time, he scrabbles backwards in the snow, looking for cover of any sort. All the shots are welcome to be heard by anyone else in the slums.

[Morty]

[Abandoned House]

The squad gathers at the bottom of the staircase. Alright. As you can see, we've discovered this hidden staircase. Let's get up there and scan the attic. With that, the squad marches upstairs. Heavy once more goes first, then Trooper#1, Anatolij, Combat Mage, Sniper and Trooper#2. Reinholdt will be allowed to place himself between whichever two soldiers he wants.

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

Sunny gets to a point in the repairs where she needs an actual cardio technician to test the machine and give feedback before she can move on, and gets to her feet, wiping her hands. And that makes her realize that Carl has been awfully quiet, for an awfully long time.

"Do you need to go?" she asks, a little worried about how she'll cope if he leaves.

[Reinholdt]

[Abandoned House]

Reinholdt goes between Sniper and Trooper #2.

[Gullara]

Arnold is shot, repeatedly. A tiny amount of darkening, dead blood seeps out.

He whirls from his position on the ground, laying back and facing up, firing a pair of shots into Serena's chest. That gunfire doesn't seem to have deterred him much.

At the same time, he scrabbles backwards in the snow, looking for cover of any sort. All the shots are welcome to be heard by anyone else in the slums.

Both shots punch into Serena's chest. The force knocks her on her back. Bright red blood stains the snow.

She screams. While the blessed rounds didn't have any additional effect on the robot, they are quite effective against a vampire. She writhes in pain as the bullets longed in her burn at her insides.

The vampire drops her gun and digs her fingers into her wounds. She has to get those bullets out.

[UncleWolf]

Krazy Karl's
((for those involved. I really do appreciate it when you post. I know it's been slow, but that's just all the more reason to do so. Don't worry, the plot is nearly finished))

[Krazy Karl's - Devi]

Devi is actually glad to hear it's still "alive", though she does wince at the pained groan. She smiles encouragingly at the girls and heads back into the wonderland.

She'll open the door and peek into it to see if there's anything dangerous waiting. If it's all clear, she'll beckon the chocolate people to follow her and make a dash for the exit.


[Krazy Karl's]

Foro looks between the three Karls. Which one was real? Where the all real? What happens if you hit the wrong one? ...

Only one way to find out.

Foro spins around and then swings his staff at everybody in range.

This means he might hit Laura as well as the three Karls.




Laura sniffs the air, seeing if she can pick up on the scent of the real one. Of course, all that spearmint from earlier probably doesn't help.

Monkey, if you have any ranged attacks, now would be the time to-

She notices Foro's attack just in time. She dives to the ground to dodge it.

...That works as well.


[Krazy Karl's]



"Hey, no fair, you were supposed to fall on your sword or something!" Dani complains!
But, she gets an idea.
...she starts running!
Just slow enough so that Choco will pursue...but just fast enough not to get caught.


Devi

Devi doesn't encounter any resistance as she dashes to the entrance, the chocolate girls right behind her.

Foro and Laura

The smell of the mint is overpowering, and two of the Karls duck, the third being hit sideways and knocked over hard. The other two throw knives at Foro, plain ones, and if they hit, he'll find out that they're very very real...

Dani

The man gives chase! :smalltongue:


[Abandoned Warehouse]

At the top of the stairs is a small room, about 7ft by 5, and made of plywood. THere are four exits, leading to different "paths".

[Clinic]

"Hm? No, not at all Sunny. It's just..." he sighs and makes his choice. "I told Charity why you can't leave the room."

[happyturtle]

Clinic - Sunny's Room

Sunny sits down on the bed, looking down. "Oh." She's quiet for a long moment. "She has a lot to worry about."

[Shadowcaller]

[Citadel of I Should've Made This Post Ages Ago]

"Would one of you-" Felix pauses, looking a little confused, "Huh, weird. Um...would one of you kindly explain who "she" is?" Felix asks, somewhat irritated by this feeling. Doesn't really seem to be doing much to him, though. He's an old man, he'd been there when his own mother passed on, he knows she's gone and some loving surrogate mother...thing...is kinda...too weird.

Anyway, point is that he's not really affected by it.

Might wear him down over time, I guess, but he is quite the seasoned adventurer, making him somewhat resistant to such effects purely from exposure to similar things in the past, and learning how to resist their effects.

...

In other words he has a very good will save modifier. :smalltongue:

[Ciudadela de Demonic]

"That is 'the demon mother' something Yigoth is rumored to have created from the demon god itself. It transforms all that who drinks her 'milk' into demons and also re-birthed the demons created by her... or something like that, point is, it's in the middle of the prison and it won't hurt you unless you hurt it. So let's continue? Oh and for future reference, please refer me as your 'hostage' so the demons don't get the wrong idea why I'm here." Galia replies as the demoness makes a waving gesture towards the summoner "What she said, these people are crazy, remember that."

[Morty]

[Abandoned Warehouse]

Anatolij mutters something foul-sounding in Ukrainian under his breath. The Cossack is somewhat frustrated. [COLOR="SandyBrown"]Right. You two - he points to Trooper#1 and Sniper - stay here and guard the staircase. The rest of us will check those doors one by one.

[happyturtle]

Citadel of Cowardice

Elias stays very very close to Haruki and Felix. "I don't want to see her. Ever."

[Reinholdt]

[Abandoned Warehouse]

Reinholdt will quietly check any route they wish to take for traps, inform Anatolij, then move out of the way to the back of the line and let someone else find out if he was right or not.

((deadtime))

[Rae Artemi]

[Slums-Alley]

The shots are indeed heard, and Rae appears in the mouth of the alleyway.

What's going on here?

He asks, voice perfectly level.

[TechnoScrabble]

[STREETS]
Garrett almost considers pointing out that he could clearly feel the aura in his head, and only just barely overcame it. Instead, he sighs, nods, and follows Adele and Sefrine wherever they lead.

[CLINIC]
Alex pauses for a second, then rolls out from under his suitcase, holding his hands up and continuing to look at the window.
"A few things you guys should know. One, I didn't come here to hurt anyone, just to catch someone who did. Two, there's a gun in my front right pocket I keep around for emergencies. Three, I'm not the one who killed your friend, though I didn't exactly stop it from happening. Four, the gem in my front left pocket is for buying information, and I did acquire it legally."
Alex stops talking in a way that suggests he has more to say. A cursory search of his pockets will find the gun, a large chunk of rose quartz, and a crapload of dirt. Yes, dirt.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic

The woman glances at the others and holds her mace ready as she searches his pockets, tossing everything to the side if able to. "Get on the ground. Now. We'll check out your story later."

Abandoned House

Reinholdt will see several slits in the walls, each filled with another slit of plyboard. There doesn't seem to be any trigger though. The path doesn't seem to end, twisting and turning with several offshoots.

It seems someone made this room into a labyrinth.


The two troopers at the stair top may hear something creak from below...

[TechnoScrabble]

[CLINIC]
Alex shrugs and lies on the ground, his hands on his head.
And then slides towards the window by about half a meter.
Feet first.
Without moving a muscle.
"That was stra-ANGE!"
He's pulled further towards the window this time, smacking his nose on the floor with a soft *crack*.

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Sunny

Carl hangs his head a bit. "I know Sunny, and I'm so sorry." He says sadly. "But she would have found out either way."

Clinic-Second Floor

One of the two members of the team that are between him and the window pumps his shotgun. "Whatever you're doing, stop. We're not buying it." Even so, the woman who spoke earlier casts a detect magic spell to make sure.

[Reinholdt]

Abandoned House

Reinholdt will see several slits in the walls, each filled with another slit of plyboard. There doesn't seem to be any trigger though. The path doesn't seem to end, twisting and turning with several offshoots.

It seems someone made this room into a labyrinth.

The two troopers at the stair top may hear something creak from below...

"Slits. Why'd it have to be slits?" Reinholdt points them out to Anatolij.

[TechnoScrabble]

[CLINIC]
"Seriously, guys, this ain't me! You're wards stop elemental magic from affecting non-warded stuff insi-WOAH!"
Alex is lifted into the air by his pants and repeatedly dropped on the floor head-first.
"Ow....*dizzy*"

[ThirdEmperor]

[Ice Cream Shop]

Sefrine skips into the ice cream shop, and grabs the poor NPC owner by the collar. Three cinnamon chocolate vannila mocha almond raspberry fudge sundays, one of them with blood on top, all with extra sprinkles. Please. The NPC shopkeeper cannot defend himself, and walks off to fetch the order in a zombie like fashion.

[Morty]

[Abandoned House]

The soldiers near the staircase aim their weapons at it, ready to fire if anything emerges.

Now things get interesting. Looks like all the things downstairs were just there to slow us down so he could prepare the attic for our arrivla. He pulls out a piece of fluorescent chalk. We'll have to mark our way.

[Gullara]

[Ice Cream Shop]

Adele takes a seat at one of the booths and waits for her ice cream. She has a big smile on her face.

[Reinholdt]

[Abandoned House]

The soldiers near the staircase aim their weapons at it, ready to fire if anything emerges.

Now things get interesting. Looks like all the things downstairs were just there to slow us down so he could prepare the attic for our arrivla. He pulls out a piece of fluorescent chalk. We'll have to mark our way.
"No offense, but I kinda doubt anyone was stalling so they could build some sort of Labyrinth from scratch. Just mind the slits anywhere you see them. How big is this house anyways?"

That's a decent question now that I think about it. It didn't seem all that large back on the first floor.

Regardless, Reinholdt lets the persons with the chalk lead. And makes sure to avoid any areas that seem trapped, moving by as quickly as possible if that's not an option.

[TechnoScrabble]

[ICE CREAM SHOP]
Garrett looks side to side, then leans down and whispers to Adele.
"Does your head feel any different or am I just paranoid because her thoughts were really loud?"

[Gullara]

[Ice Cream Shop]

Adele gives Garrett a strange look, "No I feel just fine. You worry too much, she's just getting us ice cream."

[TechnoScrabble]

Garrett raises an eyebrow.
"It's the middle of the night. Some lady comes out of now where and hugs us, says she's not a vampire, says she [I]isa vampire, then takes us out for ice cream with blood on it. It may just be a weird night, knowing this place, but I'm the son of a knight and my elemental hasn't responded in hours. Forgive me if I'm paranoid."

[Gullara]

[Ice Cream Shop]

"I forgive you," she says. Then she goes back to smiling and waiting. Being an empath Garrett will notice she isn't worried in the slightest.

[ThirdEmperor]

Yay! Ice cream! Sefrine says, skipping over with three massive bowls of ice cream, each containing enough sugar to cause a heart attack in the elderly. Her's is, of course, covered in blood.

[TechnoScrabble]

[ICE CREAM SHOP]
Garrett shrugs and sits down with his bowl of ice cream. Beneath the table, he does a simple detect magic spell.
(does he pick anything up?)

[UncleWolf]

Clinic-Second Story

((Does the mage detect any magic?))

Abandoned House

There don't appear to be any traps, and after a few more minutes, it becomes apparent that the only correct paths seem to be heading to the center of the room.

There comes a "shhk" sound as the plyboards move, sealing off the passages behind them.

A cat leaps onto the steps and hisses at the two Mortal Coil members at the top of the stairs.