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  2. Aug 03 17:47:53 <TeslaTornado> Valiant is lawnmowing and fiddles with the pager hanging off his belt. When it fidgets back, he all but falls off the riding mower. Thankfully he's in Orangetree's front yard, and is just a few steps from the Chill Zone.
  3. Aug 03 17:48:05 * TesKin (Mibbit@synIRC-9B6099E0.stny.res.rr.com) has joined #shadowfall-ic
  4. Aug 03 17:49:08 <TeslaTornado> He saunters into the meeting area, wiping some of the dirt and grass shavings from his face with his hat. "Hola, Neiva. Hello, Levy. How we all doin'?"
  5. Aug 03 17:49:52 <TesKin> Alec wanders into the meeting area, taking a seat towards the back.
  6. Aug 03 17:50:25 <Nemi> Neiva's as she do, though from the looks of it she only recently came from the shower, and clearly isn't too pleased about it. She leans on nothing in particular, which is a pretty impressivem aneuver all its own.
  7. Aug 03 17:50:25 <gumbal1> Pager 1 rings.
  8. Aug 03 17:51:39 <gumbal1> As usual for a Diane August, the day is hot and humid, and the basement is no exception. Levy is standing near the phone, looking rather excited. With him in the basement is the attractive officer from earlier and a tall, hard-looking man.
  9. Aug 03 17:52:02 <Nemi> Neiva manages to look even more displeased than already.
  10. Aug 03 17:52:08 <TeslaTornado> Val looks at the officers. "This... About mister Vargo?"
  11. Aug 03 17:52:21 <TeslaTornado> Or the officer and Mister Shovelface.
  12. Aug 03 17:52:22 <TesKin> Alec keeps his hands firmly tucked into his pockets.
  13. Aug 03 17:52:56 <gumbal1> Officer Griffin shakes his head. "We were talking with Levy about joining when his phone went off."
  14. Aug 03 17:53:53 <TeslaTornado> "Oh, no shit?" Val smiles, reflexively dusting his hands off on his shirt before reaching out to shake hands with Griffin. "Welcome aboard, Griff."
  15. Aug 03 17:54:03 <TesKin> "Great more demon shit."
  16. Aug 03 17:54:07 <gumbal1> Levy clears his throat. "The phone indeed went off!" He excidetly presses a button on the phone.
  17. Aug 03 17:54:40 <Nemi> "It did? About time! And it wasn't Alec being shit at technology!"
  18. Aug 03 17:54:52 <TesKin> "I swear to fuck I will cut you."
  19. Aug 03 17:55:00 <TesKin> Alec pouts in the corner.
  20. Aug 03 17:55:11 <TeslaTornado> Val grimaces. "Hey, hey, guys, please don't go startin' a ground war down here."
  21. Aug 03 17:55:12 <TesKin> ~Fuckin' kids. Fuckin' technology~
  22. Aug 03 17:55:20 <Nemi> "Put your hand where your mouth is, mijo."
  23. Aug 03 17:55:24 <TeslaTornado> ~Fuckin' kids. Fuckin' meth.~
  24. Aug 03 17:56:17 <gumbal1> "You have one new message. *BEEP*. Uh, hello. I live in the Diane swamps, near that old, broken down disco place. And recently strange lights from their 've been keeping me up. I'll, uh, pay you to deal with that. In cash."
  25. Aug 03 17:56:19 <TeslaTornado> ~Damn processed sugars drivin' good folks up the wall.~
  26. Aug 03 17:56:58 <TesKin> "Weird lights? He sure it's not just kids partying down there?"
  27. Aug 03 17:57:13 <TeslaTornado> Val looks down at his ragged Adidas sneakers. "Might wanna change shoes if I'm goin' up to the swamp..."
  28. Aug 03 17:57:34 <Nemi> "So, checking out the old discotheque.. Ay, kids or not, money is money, si?"
  29. Aug 03 17:57:59 <TesKin> "Fuckin' a right. So long as it's green and legal I'm happy."
  30. Aug 03 17:58:05 <gumbal1> "Either way, this is great news! Someone thinks us important enough to pay us actual money!"
  31. Aug 03 17:58:34 <Nemi> That earns a soft near-cackle from Cinder. "Is better than working at the grocer's, si. I'll take it."
  32. Aug 03 17:58:50 <TeslaTornado> "I thought you were fundin' this whole little gig yourself, Levy." Val half-smiles, thinking of his near-empty wallet.
  33. Aug 03 17:59:05 <gumbal1> Levy looks positivly beaming, while Griffin and the other man look somewhat amused by the whole thing.
  34. Aug 03 17:59:08 <TesKin> Alec, who has a fat stack of 5 100's in his wallet, just hangs back.
  35. Aug 03 17:59:57 <TeslaTornado> Val looks at the Hard-Faced Man for a sec. "Say, I feel like I know you but I can't place how or where from."
  36. Aug 03 18:00:46 <gumbal1> "Name's Duncan. Duncan Small. I work in the PD. Griffin dragged me here."
  37. Aug 03 18:01:09 <Nemi> "Hombre, Val, I think you know near everybody in this town, way they all look at you."
  38. Aug 03 18:02:12 <gumbal1> "You mind if I come with? See what this is all about?"
  39. Aug 03 18:02:36 <TesKin> "We don't really got no choice, and having extra hands around'll be helpful if shit hits the fan."
  40. Aug 03 18:02:39 <TeslaTornado> Val nods and extends his hand. "Valiant Calderon. Call me Val." He looks over his shoulder to Cinder. "Ah, silencia tu boca, Neiva. Ev'rybody might know me, doesn't mean it's a two-way street."
  41. Aug 03 18:02:40 <Nemi> Cinder shrugs. "Ey, whatever! Don't mind havin' someone who knows what they're doing, ay?"
  42. Aug 03 18:02:51 <Nemi> She sticks her tongue out at Val.
  43. Aug 03 18:02:54 <TeslaTornado> "An' yeah, I'd be happy havin' a couple extra hands along."
  44. Aug 03 18:02:57 <TeslaTornado> He grins.
  45. Aug 03 18:04:59 <gumbal1> Griffin smiles. "Let's get going, then."
  46. Aug 03 18:05:22 <TesKin> Alec stands and heads out to The Boat.
  47. Aug 03 18:05:50 <TeslaTornado> Val goes up out of the basement and goes to collect a couple things from his shed. Just-In-Case gear. A couple old pairs of garden shears, which he takes the central bolt out of and turns into half-assed blades.
  48. Aug 03 18:06:21 <TesKin> Alec sticks his mac into the glove compartment of The Boat, alongside his personal stash and the DEMON COKE.
  49. Aug 03 18:06:34 <TeslaTornado> He takes the four 'swords' and puts them into the BRAT with his baseball bat, then slips inside.
  50. Aug 03 18:06:38 <Nemi> Neiva hustles up to the apartment to get actual proper footwear, and a big heavy flashlight, just in case. And then it's back to head out and join the others.
  51. Aug 03 18:07:07 <TesKin> Alec sticks his head out of the window of The Boat. "Ay yo, ya'll want snacks? I'm headin' to the gas station to fill up The Boat."
  52. Aug 03 18:08:10 <gumbal1> Griffin and Duncan get in their own vehicle, and head over to the place themselves.
  53. Aug 03 18:08:17 <TeslaTornado> Snacks? Val tilts his head as he starts up the BRAT - he managed to fill it today, which is awesome. On the one hand, they should probably get out there now, on the other hand...
  54. Aug 03 18:08:34 <TesKin> Snacks are the shit and Alec knows the best snacks.
  55. Aug 03 18:08:39 <TeslaTornado> "... Get me a can of Pringles an' I'll meet you over there."
  56. Aug 03 18:08:45 <TesKin> "Aight."
  57. Aug 03 18:09:04 <TeslaTornado> "Cinder, you want anything?" He gestures to the BRAT in an if-you-want-a-ride sort of way.
  58. Aug 03 18:09:05 <Nemi> "It's.. fine. Uh, Val, mind if I hitch a ride with you?"
  59. Aug 03 18:09:14 <Nemi> "And nah, nah, I'm good."
  60. Aug 03 18:09:14 <TesKin> Alec fires up The Boat and heads off to the gas station to fill up and load up on those delicious munchies foods. And Val's pringles.
  61. Aug 03 18:09:26 <Nemi> Neiva climbs into the passenger side. Aw ye.
  62. Aug 03 18:09:46 <TeslaTornado> "That settles that." He laughs and waits for Neiva to get comfortable before he heads for shrek's swamp--err, Diane's swamp.
  63. Aug 03 18:10:11 <TesKin> Alec heads to Swamp, munching on a corn dog. Fuck yeah corn dogs.
  64. Aug 03 18:12:03 <gumbal1> Diane's swamp, the pride of Diane, is just as humid as the city itself. One major difference between the swamp and the city is that the roads are narrower and less paved.
  65. Aug 03 18:12:29 <TeslaTornado> These roads should be no match for the mighty all-wheel drive and high ground clearance of THE BRAT.
  66. Aug 03 18:12:30 <gumbal1> As such, the ride is rather bumpy.
  67. Aug 03 18:12:47 <TeslaTornado> However, its shit-tier bargain-bin Japanese Suspension is... Not so accomodating.
  68. Aug 03 18:13:12 <TesKin> Alec drives on, his massive Eldorado kicking up dust.
  69. Aug 03 18:13:16 <Nemi> Cinder bounces along with each bump, biting at her lower lip and clearly puzzling out some new tune. You can find music in anything, including poor suspension, it seems.
  70. Aug 03 18:14:52 <gumbal1> One thing nobody in the town could ever puzzle out was why the disco place was a good idea. It was too far from anything else to really boost business, and while the swamp certainly was beautiful, swamps and discos go together like ketchup and ice cream.
  71. Aug 03 18:15:13 <TeslaTornado> Great for certain audiences, but not the one you want.
  72. Aug 03 18:15:47 <TesKin> CCR blasts from the open windows of The Boat, and Alec bobs his head along. He casually smokes one of those marijuana cigarettes and keeps his eyes out for this funky disco house.
  73. Aug 03 18:15:47 <TeslaTornado> Valiant Calderon thinks back to his disco days and lets out a soft sigh. ~good times.~
  74. Aug 03 18:15:48 <gumbal1> As such, the disco got neglected and eventually shut down. The windows are broken, the paint is peeling, and letters on the sign have been stolen.
  75. Aug 03 18:16:01 <gumbal1> Next to it is an even more dilapedated shack.
  76. Aug 03 18:16:31 <Nemi> "Uh, this place used to be the Grand Canal Docks Discotheque, right? Uh.. Someone moved the C and D.."
  77. Aug 03 18:17:06 <TeslaTornado> Val glances at the sign, and his face turns tomato red. He tries not to laugh too hard until after they've come to a stop.
  78. Aug 03 18:17:11 <TesKin> Alec motors on, stopping at the disco.
  79. Aug 03 18:17:14 <TeslaTornado> Then it's no holds barred.
  80. Aug 03 18:17:39 <Nemi> Neiva soon joins him.
  81. Aug 03 18:17:44 <Nemi> Because /really/. You can't not.
  82. Aug 03 18:17:52 <gumbal1> Griffin's car is parked in the lot, and him and Duncan are hanging out by the entrance.
  83. Aug 03 18:18:22 <TesKin> Alec notices the sign and giggles. The stops when he sees the cops, ashes his joint, snags Val's pringles, and hops out.
  84. Aug 03 18:18:33 <TeslaTornado> "Oh man that's the funniest damn thing I've seen all day." Aside from that picture of you with a picked afro and fringe jacket from 1972, Val.
  85. Aug 03 18:18:40 <TeslaTornado> Nobody can ever know that exists.
  86. Aug 03 18:19:46 <gumbal1> Griffin approaches the group. "Never could get why this was built. I know a few better places."
  87. Aug 03 18:20:18 <TesKin> "Hey man, shit happens. I ain't questionin' it."
  88. Aug 03 18:20:28 <gumbal1> Alec, the swamp air is rather pungent.
  89. Aug 03 18:20:39 <TeslaTornado> "Yeah, the place in Camino was pretty great." Val sighs. "Better days."
  90. Aug 03 18:20:45 <Nemi> Neiva climbs out of the vehicle and stretches, taking extra care to crick her neck and back, because that ride was unpleasant. ".. dios does it smell like utter shit here. Ugh. Let's get on inside, can we?"
  91. Aug 03 18:21:02 <TesKin> Alec wrinkles his nose. "It ain't gonna smell no better in there."
  92. Aug 03 18:21:09 <TesKin> But, he still heads to the door!
  93. Aug 03 18:21:26 <gumbal1> "Hm, about that."
  94. Aug 03 18:21:41 <Nemi> Neiva walks on af-- and pauses. "Si? What is it?"
  95. Aug 03 18:21:41 <TeslaTornado> Val looks at the source of the voice.
  96. Aug 03 18:21:43 <gumbal1> "Door's locked."
  97. Aug 03 18:21:50 <TesKin> "Annndddd?"
  98. Aug 03 18:21:50 <TeslaTornado> "... Yeah?"
  99. Aug 03 18:22:12 <gumbal1> "I'm...not certain this is legal, now that I think about it."
  100. Aug 03 18:22:15 <TeslaTornado> Val quietly thinks to himself that they're going to make the brown man commit a felony.
  101. Aug 03 18:22:26 <TeslaTornado> God dammit they're going to make the brown man commit a felony.
  102. Aug 03 18:22:30 <gumbal1> "...so this never happened, what I'm doing here."
  103. Aug 03 18:22:37 <TeslaTornado> "What never happened?"
  104. Aug 03 18:22:46 <TesKin> "Shit man, I don't even know where I am."
  105. Aug 03 18:22:47 <TeslaTornado> Val's face is entirely blank.
  106. Aug 03 18:23:17 <gumbal1> Alec, Diane corndogs sure taste good, but it's notoriously hard to keep rat meat down.
  107. Aug 03 18:23:28 <TesKin> Alec's eaten worse shit.
  108. Aug 03 18:23:28 <Nemi> "Yeah, of course." Neiva walks right up to the door and ... "Sooo, we breaking in or someone a secret locksmith or what?"
  109. Aug 03 18:23:32 <TesKin> He's a druggie after all.
  110. Aug 03 18:23:38 <gumbal1> And this swamp scent...
  111. Aug 03 18:23:51 <gumbal1> Well, he should have a high enough resistance to keep it down, right?
  112. Aug 03 18:23:59 <TesKin> Should, yeah.
  113. Aug 03 18:24:16 <Nemi> Cinder's got her big ol' flashlight in hand.
  114. Aug 03 18:24:17 <gumbal1> Roll resistance.
  115. Aug 03 18:24:27 <TeslaTornado> Val goes back toward the car to get his toolbox. If he's gotta, he can just take the door hinges off.
  116. Aug 03 18:24:37 <TesKin> 4df+2 C'mon man, I don't wanna lose my lunch. I liked those corn dogs.
  117. Aug 03 18:24:37 <Glacon> TesKin: C'mon man, I don't wanna lose my lunch. I liked those corn dogs.: 1 (4df+2=-, 0, +, -)
  118. Aug 03 18:24:53 <gumbal1> "Well, possibly. Should we really be breaking in?"
  119. Aug 03 18:25:03 <TeslaTornado> Failing that, there's a big old hammer in there and, y'know, if there's -
  120. Aug 03 18:25:11 <gumbal1> It's Duncan's turn to speak. "Who knows what's in there."
  121. Aug 03 18:25:13 <TeslaTornado> "Oh that sounds like a man 'bout to puke."
  122. Aug 03 18:25:26 <Nemi> ".. eh, I don't think there's anyone who could like, you know, blame us for breaking in? Like, no owners, place is abandoned and gone to shit."
  123. Aug 03 18:25:29 <gumbal1> The corn dog comes right back up.
  124. Aug 03 18:25:43 <Nemi> Neiva turns around and stares. "Ay no. What did you /eat/, mijo?"
  125. Aug 03 18:25:50 <TeslaTornado> "Bettin' on the corn dog."
  126. Aug 03 18:25:54 <TesKin> Alec hurls. "Fuckin' corn dogs."
  127. Aug 03 18:26:06 <TeslaTornado> Val opens the can and offers a conciliatory Pringle.
  128. Aug 03 18:26:30 <Nemi> "Ogh, you ate a corn dog from the Three Gee? Really?" She clucks and shakes her head, actually pitying him for once.
  129. Aug 03 18:26:46 <TesKin> Alec, after he is done emptying the contents of his stomach onto the ground, noms down the pringle. "
  130. Aug 03 18:26:51 <TesKin> "Food's expensive man."
  131. Aug 03 18:26:53 <gumbal1> "Oh, no, I won't press charges. I'm no Armstrong."
  132. Aug 03 18:27:44 <TeslaTornado> "Well, Griff, weren't you on board for that sun-shunned thing? The dog?" Val moves his toolbox towards the door.
  133. Aug 03 18:27:49 <Nemi> ".. right, Val, you doing this thing or am I gonna try and break my foot kicking it?"
  134. Aug 03 18:28:03 <TesKin> "I mean you could always pick the lock."
  135. Aug 03 18:28:29 <TeslaTornado> Val looks back at Alec. "Sure, Snowball, if you wanna take a crack at it."
  136. Aug 03 18:28:40 <Nemi> "Ay, I'm no locksmith."
  137. Aug 03 18:28:51 <TesKin> Alec grumbles about his bullshit new nickname and heads over to the lock to take a gander.
  138. Aug 03 18:29:08 <TesKin> Being a drug addict has it's perks. Like breaking and entering!
  139. Aug 03 18:29:54 <Nemi> Neiva's already tapping her foot on the sodden, cracked pavement underfoot as she watches, humming a tune of her own creation. Well, with some minor thefts from Bauhaus.
  140. Aug 03 18:30:08 <TeslaTornado> Val looks on from nearby, making sure the pukey meth-addled guy fiddling with the door doesn't get them all in trouble.
  141. Aug 03 18:30:18 <TeslaTornado> Something tells him that this man has set the party record for felonies.
  142. Aug 03 18:31:12 <Nemi> Something's telling Neiva the same thing.
  143. Aug 03 18:31:58 <TesKin> Alec fiddles!
  144. Aug 03 18:32:15 <TesKin> He tries to keep the big FUCK COPS tattoo on his knuckles hidden.
  145. Aug 03 18:33:14 * Balthazaar (~chatzilla@DBB8900B.4B78694D.43D6E1A8.IP) has joined #shadowfall-ic
  146. Aug 03 18:34:48 <gumbal1> Hm, lock doesn't seem to be working.
  147. Aug 03 18:35:14 <TesKin> "Man this is some weird shit."
  148. Aug 03 18:35:17 <TesKin> "It ain't working."
  149. Aug 03 18:35:39 <TeslaTornado> "Almost like it needs some kinda magical unlockin' device, like a key."
  150. Aug 03 18:35:51 <TeslaTornado> Val's face is blank.
  151. Aug 03 18:35:54 <TesKin> "No I mean like I can't pick it."
  152. Aug 03 18:35:57 <TesKin> "Like shit's weird."
  153. Aug 03 18:36:28 <Nemi> "Probably rusted to shit in there, mijo."
  154. Aug 03 18:36:41 <TeslaTornado> "Oh. Hum."
  155. Aug 03 18:36:49 <TeslaTornado> Val experimentally pulls on the door.
  156. Aug 03 18:36:53 <TesKin> "I dunno maybe."
  157. Aug 03 18:37:02 <TesKin> Alec gets out of Val's way and lets him do his thing.
  158. Aug 03 18:37:56 <TeslaTornado> 4df+3 (Work Smarter) Exactly how much would I have to do if I wanted to just bust this door down?
  159. Aug 03 18:37:56 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (Work Smarter) Exactly how much would I have to do if I wanted to just bust this door down?: 3 (4df+3=-, 0, 0, +)
  160. Aug 03 18:39:33 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PERC) Okay whoops I broke my own skill rule
  161. Aug 03 18:39:33 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PERC) Okay whoops I broke my own skill rule: 6 (4df+4=+, +, -, +)
  162. Aug 03 18:40:28 <gumbal1> Door won't budge. It isn't supposed to open outward.
  163. Aug 03 18:41:08 <TeslaTornado> Val pushes on the door!
  164. Aug 03 18:41:14 <TeslaTornado> Fucking push/pull signs.
  165. Aug 03 18:42:08 <Nemi> Neiva is totally not cackling to herself in the background.
  166. Aug 03 18:42:08 <gumbal1> Won't budge.
  167. Aug 03 18:42:30 <TeslaTornado> 4df+2 (ENG) Val gets out the tools, then.
  168. Aug 03 18:42:31 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (ENG) Val gets out the tools, then.: -1 (4df+2=-, -, -, 0)
  169. Aug 03 18:42:42 <gumbal1> You drop your tool.
  170. Aug 03 18:42:51 <TeslaTornado> "Fff... Damn."
  171. Aug 03 18:43:01 <TesKin> Alec lights a cigarette and waits.
  172. Aug 03 18:43:38 <TeslaTornado> Val continues fiddling with the door. He refuses to be defeated by a goddamn rusty door handle.
  173. Aug 03 18:43:50 <TeslaTornado> Damn kds.
  174. Aug 03 18:43:52 <TeslaTornado> Damn demons.
  175. Aug 03 18:43:53 <TesKin> "Could just shoot it."
  176. Aug 03 18:44:27 <Nemi> Neiva taps her foot and peers around as Val does his fumbling. She's having a looksy around, watching the others' faces, the surroundings, tossing her flashlight to herself.
  177. Aug 03 18:52:55 <gumbal1> Val, perception, feel based.
  178. Aug 03 18:53:09 <Balthazaar> Alexa runs over, catching up
  179. Aug 03 18:53:43 <gumbal1> Officer Griffin looks up. "Oh, hey. Didn't know you were a part of this."
  180. Aug 03 18:54:42 <Nemi> "Yeah, she's too nice to be with this group of weirdoes." Neiva offers a grin, and then resumes humming.
  181. Aug 03 18:57:09 <Balthazaar> "I... Was int he... Shower..."
  182. Aug 03 18:57:29 <Balthazaar> She looks puffed out
  183. Aug 03 18:57:39 <gumbal1> "Better take another one after you get back. Swamp's not a clean place."
  184. Aug 03 18:58:02 <Nemi> "Yeah. At least Orangetree's got okay water pressure. Even if it's got more minerals in it than a salt mine."
  185. Aug 03 18:59:37 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PER) Soft hands
  186. Aug 03 18:59:37 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PER) Soft hands: 4 (4df+4=-, 0, 0, +)
  187. Aug 03 18:59:39 <Balthazaar> Alexa cackles at that. "So, what's happening?"
  188. Aug 03 19:00:11 <TeslaTornado> "Hey, I'm //workin'// on the mineral levels. Not my fault we live so close to the ocean."
  189. Aug 03 19:00:54 <gumbal1> It's not just that the door "isn't budging". It's not even moving like a locked door should. It's as if something on the other side is keeping it from moving.
  190. Aug 03 19:01:09 <Nemi> "And it's appreciated, Val! I mean it. Visited a friend down on Clarke's Road, needed the shower.. was like trying to clean yourself in raspberry jelly."
  191. Aug 03 19:01:41 <TeslaTornado> "... Somethin' on the other side's keepin' the door shut." Val stands up and dusts off his knees. "Not even like it's locked, like somethin's on the other side keepin' it closed."
  192. Aug 03 19:01:59 <TeslaTornado> "So no felonies today, unfortunately."
  193. Aug 03 19:02:53 <Balthazaar> "Are there windows?"
  194. Aug 03 19:02:56 <TesKin> "Fuckin' told you it was weird shit."
  195. Aug 03 19:03:10 <gumbal1> There are windows. Most of them are broken.
  196. Aug 03 19:03:27 <Nemi> "Really? Huh.. There's gotta be a back door, fire exits, windows, something, right?"
  197. Aug 03 19:03:38 <Balthazaar> "Windows!" She points excitedly
  198. Aug 03 19:03:53 <TeslaTornado> "If this buildin's even up to code." Val looks at the new girl, whom he doesn't know, and then up at the windows.
  199. Aug 03 19:04:02 <gumbal1> There were windows the whole time.
  200. Aug 03 19:04:11 <TesKin> "You're fucking kidding me.
  201. Aug 03 19:04:13 <TesKin> "*
  202. Aug 03 19:04:18 <TesKin> Alec clambers through a window!
  203. Aug 03 19:04:35 <Balthazaar> Alexa chuckles and goes to climb in too
  204. Aug 03 19:04:46 <TeslaTornado> "... You mean."
  205. Aug 03 19:04:53 <TeslaTornado> "There." Val sighs.
  206. Aug 03 19:05:07 <Balthazaar> Quietly worrying about the groups inability to notice the windows
  207. Aug 03 19:05:11 <TeslaTornado> He goes to his car and gets the dismembered hedge-clippers-that-are-now-swords.
  208. Aug 03 19:05:16 <TeslaTornado> And his baseball bat.
  209. Aug 03 19:05:34 <gumbal1> Alexa, agility while climbing through the window.
  210. Aug 03 19:05:45 <Nemi> Neiva licks at her lower lip and aims to knock some bits of sharp glass out so she can climb on in more easily and with less likelihood of horribly bloody cuts.
  211. Aug 03 19:06:24 <TeslaTornado> Val slips his gloves on.
  212. Aug 03 19:06:34 <Balthazaar> 4df+6 her best skill!
  213. Aug 03 19:06:34 <Glacon> Balthazaar: her best skill!: 6 (4df+6=-, 0, +, 0)
  214. Aug 03 19:06:45 <gumbal1> You manage to slip through just fine!
  215. Aug 03 19:06:58 <gumbal1> Shame the disco's so dark. Really hard to see anything in here.
  216. Aug 03 19:07:06 <Balthazaar> She waits on the other side, ready to help people through!
  217. Aug 03 19:07:19 <Nemi> Neiva will, once inside, turn on her FLASHLIGHT.
  218. Aug 03 19:07:38 <Nemi> Because she brought one. It's one of those huge maglight-types that can double as a skullcracking bludgeon.
  219. Aug 03 19:08:08 <TeslaTornado> Val waits on the exterior to boost people through! The sword-tools and Sluggo are leaned against the wall of the disco.
  220. Aug 03 19:08:21 <TeslaTornado> Because why be prepared when you can be //paranoid//.
  221. Aug 03 19:08:45 <gumbal1> Neiva's idea works, and she is able to slip through the windows without having to roll to avoid cutting herself on the glass she broke.
  222. Aug 03 19:09:39 <TesKin> Alec looks around the disco, the cherry of his cigarette lighting his face up dully.
  223. Aug 03 19:09:54 <TeslaTornado> Val gestures to Griffin and D-named-guy-whose-name-I-forget.
  224. Aug 03 19:10:19 <Nemi> Neiva's in! Yeah! And time to shine the light around. Possibly see what's up with the main door, in case a quick exit's needed.
  225. Aug 03 19:15:32 <gumbal1> The place is in suprisingly good condition for an abandoned disco. No creeping vines, sneaky grass, no nothing. Just some dirt, broken glass, bit of graffiti that looks suspiciously like it came from a cult and a mass of holy hell what the fuck blocking the door.
  226. Aug 03 19:15:39 <gumbal1> Perc also.
  227. Aug 03 19:16:23 <TesKin> everyone?
  228. Aug 03 19:16:25 <TeslaTornado> Val is still outside, waiting for the cops to nut the fuck up.
  229. Aug 03 19:16:33 <TeslaTornado> "You guys goin' in or what?"
  230. Aug 03 19:16:40 <Nemi> 4df+2 A mass of /what/ now? +4 if audio applies.
  231. Aug 03 19:16:41 <Glacon> Nemi: A mass of /what/ now? +4 if audio applies.: 4 (4df+2=0, +, +, 0)
  232. Aug 03 19:17:14 <gumbal1> Yeah, there's also a couple beige, starfish-shaped lumps on the ceiling.
  233. Aug 03 19:18:15 <gumbal1> The mass blocking the door is beige as well, and suspiciously fleshy. Something liquid, colored like black opal, is present in recesses in the mass.
  234. Aug 03 19:18:17 <Nemi> How big are the lumps? Also the mass is like... what.
  235. Aug 03 19:18:33 <gumbal1> About as big as your head.
  236. Aug 03 19:18:39 <Nemi> Neiva opens her mouth, but no sound comes out. /Ah/. Weird shit.
  237. Aug 03 19:19:00 <TesKin> Alec just takes a drag on his smoke, looking around the place.
  238. Aug 03 19:19:04 <Balthazaar> 4df+4 perc
  239. Aug 03 19:19:05 <Glacon> Balthazaar: perc: 4 (4df+4=0, +, -, 0)
  240. Aug 03 19:19:16 <Nemi> "... um. Uuum." She's lost her inner beat. "This is.. different. And .. huh." She carefully approaches the mass at the door, carefully stepping around any space directly beneath the starfish-things.
  241. Aug 03 19:19:27 <Nemi> Curiosity killed the Cinder, after all.
  242. Aug 03 19:19:29 <TeslaTornado> Val finally gets fed up with waiting and clambers into the disco.
  243. Aug 03 19:19:39 <gumbal1> Alexa notices them, too.
  244. Aug 03 19:19:51 <TesKin> Alec follows after Cinder. Weird shit is neat shit, and Alec has DEMON COKE just in case.
  245. Aug 03 19:19:52 <gumbal1> Val, agility not to get caught on the glass.
  246. Aug 03 19:20:10 <TeslaTornado> 4df+3 (AGI) Swiss fucking cheese
  247. Aug 03 19:20:10 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (AGI) Swiss fucking cheese: 4 (4df+3=-, +, 0, +)
  248. Aug 03 19:20:22 <Balthazaar> "... Those shouldn't be here..."
  249. Aug 03 19:20:51 <gumbal1> Val manages to tumble through without getting cut.
  250. Aug 03 19:21:18 <Nemi> "You noticed?" Cinder whispers. "No idea what this all is." She'll approach closer to the DOORMASS.
  251. Aug 03 19:21:40 <TeslaTornado> Tumble is right. He inelegantly flops down onto the floor on the other side of the window.
  252. Aug 03 19:22:25 <TeslaTornado> And takes a moment to appreciate how lovely the floor is after clambering through with four garden shear blades stuffed down your pants and a baseball bat tucked down your shirt.
  253. Aug 03 19:22:56 <gumbal1> DOORMASS stays where it is. It quivers slightly.
  254. Aug 03 19:23:11 <gumbal1> "You guys okay in there? Want us to guard the entrance?"
  255. Aug 03 19:23:30 <Balthazaar> "ew...."
  256. Aug 03 19:23:44 <Nemi> ".. yeah, please! Hey, Val, toss me your bat, could you? I uh.." Neiva keeps approaching to arm's length. This reminds her of something she worked on for a video.
  257. Aug 03 19:24:04 <TesKin> Alec, in his infinite wisdom, left his gun in The Boat. GG Alec.
  258. Aug 03 19:24:09 <TeslaTornado> Val gives Sluggo a gentle roll across the floor. "Don' lose it, it's autographed."
  259. Aug 03 19:24:33 <Balthazaar> "Why would you bring an autographed bat?"
  260. Aug 03 19:25:35 <TeslaTornado> "..."
  261. Aug 03 19:25:37 <Nemi> Neiva briefly averts the light to try and find Sluggo. ".. by anyone big?"
  262. Aug 03 19:25:48 <Nemi> Because Neiva's going to poke the blob with it.
  263. Aug 03 19:27:12 <TeslaTornado> "Uh."
  264. Aug 03 19:27:17 <TeslaTornado> "Best not say 'fore I cry."
  265. Aug 03 19:27:47 <Nemi> "Lo siento, mijo."
  266. Aug 03 19:28:08 <TesKin> "Could always just shoot it."
  267. Aug 03 19:28:11 <TesKin> "Not lost a bat."
  268. Aug 03 19:28:19 <TesKin> lose*
  269. Aug 03 19:28:23 <Nemi> "Yes I'll shoot it with my not-gun."
  270. Aug 03 19:28:33 <TesKin> "There's 2 cops outside, ask one of them."
  271. Aug 03 19:28:37 <gumbal1> A faint buzzing sound comes from the DOORMASS.
  272. Aug 03 19:29:00 <TesKin> "Welp."
  273. Aug 03 19:29:01 <Nemi> Neiva steps back a step. Buzzing like.. electronic? Bees? She's got fantastic aural senses, so she's listening in.
  274. Aug 03 19:29:22 <gumbal1> Like...a fly. A fly buzzing around in water.
  275. Aug 03 19:30:00 <Nemi> "Sounds like a fly in there. Like it's going through water. Weird." .oO( I should sample that. Wish I brought a recorder. )
  276. Aug 03 19:30:33 <Balthazaar> Alexa looks at the door mass like one might look at an elderly naked man bursting into your kitchen
  277. Aug 03 19:30:35 <Nemi> ".. right." She takes another step back and shines the light all around, if just to illuminate what all else might be in the room. There's gotta be a disc jockey's booth, probably a bar, restrooms..
  278. Aug 03 19:31:02 <TeslaTornado> Val just stays right back, now that he's noticed DOORMASS. Oblivious as he is.
  279. Aug 03 19:32:39 <gumbal1> Restrooms are where they should be, although it looks like something ripped the door off the hinges of one of them. The bar's empy, save for a few monk figurines where the drinks should be. The disk jockey boot is normal save for an odd, yellow stain. There also seems to be a gated-off area leading to the basement, although the lock looks broken.
  280. Aug 03 19:33:54 <Nemi> "Oookay. I'm not too keen on messing with the meat blob full of flies anymore. Uh. Let's spread out, check out everything up here, then on to the basement. Aight?"
  281. Aug 03 19:33:58 <TeslaTornado> Val, who doesn't have a flashlight, tries to stay as close as possible to the natural light cast by the windows - what little of it there might be.
  282. Aug 03 19:34:05 <TeslaTornado> "Okay."
  283. Aug 03 19:34:13 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PERC) First things first: is there a flashlight around?
  284. Aug 03 19:34:13 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PERC) First things first: is there a flashlight around?: 4 (4df+4=+, -, -, +)
  285. Aug 03 19:34:22 <Nemi> Neiva, bat in one hand and flash shining her way, starts toward the restrooms. She's not too alarmed by the torn-open doors; those doors are shit anyway.
  286. Aug 03 19:36:12 <Balthazaar> "Alright." Alexa nods, heading for the DJ booth
  287. Aug 03 19:36:13 <gumbal1> None just lying around, but Neiva has one.
  288. Aug 03 19:37:55 <TeslaTornado> Brilliant. Val sighs and goes toward the bar.
  289. Aug 03 19:38:24 <TeslaTornado> He sighs again when, in retrospect, he realizes that there's a flashlight in his toolbox.
  290. Aug 03 19:38:27 <gumbal1> Neiva, head to #shadowfall-ic2
  291. Aug 03 19:39:27 <gumbal1> Val, the bar's empty. No taps, no drinks, no register. All's left is a few monk figurines.
  292. Aug 03 19:39:43 <Balthazaar> ~Yep, it's dark.~
  293. Aug 03 19:39:52 <TeslaTornado> Val looks at the monk figurines. He also looks around for anything that might be crawling around to try and eat him.
  294. Aug 03 19:39:56 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PERC) I can't see shit
  295. Aug 03 19:39:56 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PERC) I can't see shit: 5 (4df+4=0, 0, +, 0)
  296. Aug 03 19:41:12 <gumbal1> Nothing crawling around the bar, no.
  297. Aug 03 19:42:49 <TeslaTornado> Oh, excellent! Val, who knows nothing of the glory of DEMON COKE, retrieves one of the monk statuettes and looks at it closer.
  298. Aug 03 19:43:20 <gumbal1> Perception.
  299. Aug 03 19:43:33 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PERC) I still can't see shit
  300. Aug 03 19:43:35 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PERC) I still can't see shit: 7 (4df+4=+, 0, +, +)
  301. Aug 03 19:43:50 <Balthazaar> 4df+4 checking the DJ booth
  302. Aug 03 19:43:51 <Glacon> Balthazaar: checking the DJ booth: 2 (4df+4=+, -, -, -)
  303. Aug 03 19:44:17 <gumbal1> DJ Booth has nothing of interest aside from what is likely a vomit stain.
  304. Aug 03 19:44:32 <gumbal1> Hey, it looks like you can twist these monk things open.
  305. Aug 03 19:45:55 <TeslaTornado> Valiant, obeying the whims of some superior being, twists the monk statue open.
  306. Aug 03 19:46:39 <gumbal1> Hm. Powdery-looking stuff. Too dark over here to tell the color, but looks light.
  307. Aug 03 19:46:56 <TeslaTornado> ~...~
  308. Aug 03 19:47:05 <TeslaTornado> ~Fuckin' kids. Fuckin' cocaine.~
  309. Aug 03 19:47:49 <TeslaTornado> Val sighs and puts the monk statue in his pocket, then scoops the rest up and goes to toss them out the window.
  310. Aug 03 19:48:11 <TeslaTornado> "Goddamn junkies 'n' crackheads hidin' their stashes everywhere these days."
  311. Aug 03 19:48:24 <Balthazaar> "Ew..."
  312. Aug 03 19:48:44 <Balthazaar> "Just some spew over here..."
  313. Aug 03 19:49:00 <gumbal1> "...where'd you find this?" It's Griffin speaking.
  314. Aug 03 19:49:33 <TeslaTornado> "On the bar." Val doesn't sound happy.
  315. Aug 03 19:50:07 <gumbal1> "Hm. You know, Alec found some of these in the apartments earlier. No idea what they are."
  316. Aug 03 19:50:45 <TeslaTornado> "I'unno either. Got some kinda coke in 'em or somethin'."
  317. Aug 03 19:50:50 <TeslaTornado> "Nasty-ass shit."
  318. Aug 03 19:51:04 <gumbal1> "Coke, huh? Alec said these were sugar."
  319. Aug 03 19:51:53 <Balthazaar> "Yeah, well... It /is/ Alec..."
  320. Aug 03 19:52:05 <TeslaTornado> "... Seriously?"
  321. Aug 03 19:52:13 <gumbal1> "Alec? He seemed nice. Awfully shy with his hands."
  322. Aug 03 19:52:39 <Balthazaar> "..." Alexa sighs
  323. Aug 03 19:52:40 <gumbal1> "He got something wrong with them? Youth-onset gout or something?"
  324. Aug 03 19:53:00 <Balthazaar> "... Yeah." ~Oh my god...~
  325. Aug 03 19:53:08 <gumbal1> "That sucks."
  326. Aug 03 19:54:03 <TeslaTornado> Val just stands there, blank-faced.
  327. Aug 03 19:54:12 <TeslaTornado> ~Dios mio.~
  328. Aug 03 19:55:11 * Soulless has quit (Quit: I can do good wordcraft when awake, but my best stories are told through dreams.)
  329. Aug 03 19:56:33 <Balthazaar> Alexa sighs and leans on the bar
  330. Aug 03 20:01:18 <TeslaTornado> Val eventually gets it in his head to do another sweep for a flashlight, because DEMON COKE is not his bag.
  331. Aug 03 20:01:29 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PERC) Flashlight flashlight flashlight
  332. Aug 03 20:01:29 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PERC) Flashlight flashlight flashlight: 2 (4df+4=-, 0, 0, -)
  333. Aug 03 20:01:38 <gumbal1> No flashlight.
  334. Aug 03 20:02:08 <TeslaTornado> "Damn." Val shrugs. "Uh... Hey, Griff, there's a flashlight in my toolbox, can you toss it in here?"
  335. Aug 03 20:02:20 <gumbal1> "Oh, sure."
  336. Aug 03 20:02:45 <gumbal1> A few moments later, a hand pokes out the window, holding a flashlight.
  337. Aug 03 20:02:56 <Balthazaar> Alexa goes to check out the DJ booth again, just in case she missed something
  338. Aug 03 20:03:09 <TeslaTornado> Val retrieves the flashlight and clicks it on. "Thanks."
  339. Aug 03 20:03:21 <gumbal1> "No problem."
  340. Aug 03 20:03:22 <Balthazaar> 4df+4 Searching power!
  341. Aug 03 20:03:22 <Glacon> Balthazaar: Searching power!: 7 (4df+4=0, +, +, +)
  342. Aug 03 20:03:31 <TeslaTornado> 4df+4 (PERC) He then proceeds to cautiously sweep the main floor, without going to the basement. YEAH FLASHLIGHT POWER.
  343. Aug 03 20:03:31 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (PERC) He then proceeds to cautiously sweep the main floor, without going to the basement. YEAH FLASHLIGHT POWER.: 6 (4df+4=0, +, 0, +)
  344. Aug 03 20:03:55 <gumbal1> No, that can't be a vomit stain. Wrong teture and color. Must be something else.
  345. Aug 03 20:05:16 <Balthazaar> Anything to roll to identify it?
  346. Aug 03 20:05:37 <gumbal1> There isn't anything too unusual, aside from the starfish-shaped lumps on the ceiling that seem to wriggle as the flashlight hits them.
  347. Aug 03 20:05:41 <gumbal1> Knowledge.
  348. Aug 03 20:07:21 <Balthazaar> 4df+1 so smart
  349. Aug 03 20:07:21 <Glacon> Balthazaar: so smart: 2 (4df+1=+, -, 0, +)
  350. Aug 03 20:07:44 <gumbal1> Nothing.
  351. Aug 03 20:07:58 <gumbal1> You have no idea what this could be.
  352. Aug 03 20:08:10 <Balthazaar> "Hmm... Officer? Can you look at this? I don't what it is."
  353. Aug 03 20:08:26 <TeslaTornado> Val shudders at the starfish lumps. Vally likey no-no.
  354. Aug 03 20:09:10 <gumbal1> "Oh, sure." Officer Griffin climbs through the window Val and Alec entered through. "Gosh, it's dark. Where do you need me to look?"
  355. Aug 03 20:10:31 <Balthazaar> "At the ick..." She says with distate, trying not to touch anything
  356. Aug 03 20:11:00 <TeslaTornado> Slightly curious, Val goes over and inspects the ick.
  357. Aug 03 20:12:43 <gumbal1> Griffin walks over to the DJ Booth and inspects the thing. "...hm."
  358. Aug 03 20:12:59 <Balthazaar> "All I know is that it's not spew or pee..."
  359. Aug 03 20:13:07 <gumbal1> "It's...nothing I really know."
  360. Aug 03 20:13:19 <gumbal1> "Biology was never my strong point, to be honest."
  361. Aug 03 20:14:01 <TeslaTornado> "Looks like one time when a couch got all soggy and the stuffin' got out and stuck to everything when I was trying to throw it out."
  362. Aug 03 20:14:28 <Balthazaar> "Ew..."
  363. Aug 03 20:16:10 <gumbal1> A look of worry appears on his face.
  364. Aug 03 20:18:02 <TeslaTornado> Val looks at Griffin and raises an eyebrow. "Somethin' wrong, officer?"
  365. Aug 03 20:18:21 <gumbal1> "...it's nothing. Just...weirded out, is all."
  366. Aug 03 20:19:18 <TeslaTornado> 4df+2 (Owes Me) Has Val ever done Griff a favor that might get this info out of him?
  367. Aug 03 20:19:18 <Glacon> TeslaTornado: (Owes Me) Has Val ever done Griff a favor that might get this info out of him?: 3 (4df+2=+, 0, -, +)
  368. Aug 03 20:19:41 <Nemi> The flashlight beam is the first herald of Neiva's return. "Hey, uh, jefe? We got three bodies in the restrooms. Something toothy got at 'em and dumped 'em. Somebody in a tank, a jogger, and looked like a hunter. Jogger's newest. Iii'm not touching them."
  369. Aug 03 20:19:49 <gumbal1> Griff kept to himself, or else never really met Val.
  370. Aug 03 20:20:04 <gumbal1> "...oh dear."
  371. Aug 03 20:20:30 <gumbal1> "I'm...going to have to ask you to stay out of the bathrooms."
  372. Aug 03 20:20:54 <Balthazaar> "We have some ick over here, but we don't know what it is."
  373. Aug 03 20:21:21 <TeslaTornado> "Oh geez." Val looks at Griffin with some slight concern. "You got it, Griff, I got no intention of messin' with anything in there." He squeezes out of the booth and back onto the main floor of the disco, trying to hold back the memories of the Age of the Afro.
  374. Aug 03 20:21:49 <Nemi> Neiva nods. "Yeeeah. Uh. I think we'll need a real police presence to come by for these. Uh.. Let's.. just see what all's in the basement now, right?"
  375. Aug 03 20:22:07 <Balthazaar> "Sure." Alexa nods
  376. Aug 03 20:22:46 <Nemi> Neiva migrates that way, clearly quite happy with the idea at NOT poking around with rotting corpses that were chewed on by something and dumped in the restroom stalls.
  377. Aug 03 20:23:21 <Balthazaar> Alexa follows, looking grossed and creeped out
  378. Aug 03 20:23:25 <TeslaTornado> Val is happy with possessing a flashlight. He taps Cinder on the shoulder and offers her one of the garden-shear blades.
  379. Aug 03 20:23:46 <Nemi> Cinder looks back, nods, and trades Sluggo back for the shear-blade.
  380. Aug 03 20:24:36 <TeslaTornado> Val is tremendously relieved about this. The bat was autographed by Dale Murphy of the Braves, which makes it... Worth money.
  381. Aug 03 20:26:09 <gumbal1> The gate protectng the basement is open, its lock broken off long ago.
  382. Aug 03 20:26:32 <TeslaTornado> Val shuffles. "Uh... Wan' me to go first?"
  383. Aug 03 20:26:45 <Nemi> Neiva pushes the door open and bravely leads the way. Yes. You want the short goth Latina musician to be your pointman.
  384. Aug 03 20:27:22 <gumbal1> The basement is even darker than the main floor, and reeks of swampwater.
  385. Aug 03 20:27:47 <Nemi> "Aw man I bet it flooded.." Good thing Neiva has a BIG FLASHLIGHT. And Val has one too!
  386. Aug 03 20:27:56 <Balthazaar> "eeeeeew..."
  387. Aug 03 20:28:11 <gumbal1> Pause for description.
  388. Aug 03 20:32:11 <gumbal1> The basement, at one point, was likely meant to be a VIP area. Now, however, it's as in shambles as the rest of the disco. The couches are torn, the walls are covered in grime (no graffiti, oddly), broken glass covers the bar, and the dance floor is flooded in swamp water. But perhaps the oddest part of the whole picture is the person, covered head to toe in bandages, wearing a fine, clean, and sparkly pink suit, wearing irons and mana
  389. Aug 03 20:32:11 <gumbal1> cles on their arms, holding a nutria in their arms like a human would hold a cat.
  390. Aug 03 20:32:25 <gumbal1> unpause.
  391. Aug 03 20:33:01 <TeslaTornado> "SANTA LUCIA!" Val jumps at the sight of the Ghost of Discos Past.
  392. Aug 03 20:33:21 <TeslaTornado> And tries not to remember the fact that he owns a similar sparkly pink suit, without manacles. Or the nutria.
  393. Aug 03 20:33:55 <Nemi> "Oh what the fu." That's Neiva's first reaction. Then she stops, squints, and generally looks more confused than anything. ".. uh.. hello?"
  394. Aug 03 20:34:26 <gumbal1> "What's goin-" Griffin stops as he sees the figure, gasps, and falls back.
  395. Aug 03 20:34:40 <Balthazaar> Alexa gasps and flinches back. "Oh fuck, gross..."
  396. Aug 03 20:35:09 <gumbal1> The figure looks up. "Oh. Visitors." They have a Louisiana accent, oddly.
  397. Aug 03 20:37:01 <gumbal1> "May I ask what you're doing in this fine establishment?"
  398. Aug 03 20:37:16 <TeslaTornado> Val regains himself. Slightly. Sluggo rises in one hand. "L-l-lookin' for my s-suit..."
  399. Aug 03 20:37:21 <TeslaTornado> "Got one like that."
  400. Aug 03 20:37:22 <Nemi> "Uh.. nice giant capy..?" Neiva's more taken aback than anything. The corpses covered in teeth marks have her on edge, and a bandaged man standing in the middle of the room with the nutria and seeming perfectly.. friendly is just baffling. ".. Uh, something about .. odd lights."
  401. Aug 03 20:37:49 <gumbal1> "...odd lights, huh?"
  402. Aug 03 20:38:22 <gumbal1> Griffin at this point is silent.
  403. Aug 03 20:38:39 <Nemi> ".. yeeeah. And.. there's dead people upstairs and weird meat blobs that buzz like flies."
  404. Aug 03 20:38:46 <Nemi> Oh, Neiva. You're too used to weird shit.
  405. Aug 03 20:38:58 <TeslaTornado> Val taps his baseball bat against the heel of his boot, trying to look intimidating despite the pants-shitting fear all over his face.
  406. Aug 03 20:39:21 <gumbal1> "...you'll be wanting either those lumps on the ceiling or the lumps congregating in the shack. I'll assume the former, although I can't say anything on the integrity of the latter."
  407. Aug 03 20:39:51 <Nemi> ".. wait a second. In the shack? We got called by someone who said they lived next to the discoteque and saw the weird lights."
  408. Aug 03 20:40:01 <gumbal1> "Oh, is finally working? I thought I'd never get that blasted thing goin'."
  409. Aug 03 20:40:14 <gumbal1> "The shack. Near the disco. You didn't see it?"
  410. Aug 03 20:40:29 <Nemi> "No, I saw it on the way in, but if that's who called us..."
  411. Aug 03 20:40:38 <Nemi> Neiva, stop jumping to conclusions.
  412. Aug 03 20:40:48 <Balthazaar> "... Who /are/ you?"
  413. Aug 03 20:41:03 <TeslaTornado> Val just listens and lets the fearless ones talk. Otherwise he'd keep babbling about how awesome this disco used to be in the 70s.
  414. Aug 03 20:41:24 <gumbal1> "...me? I'm just a Bandaged Stranger. My name's not too important."
  415. Aug 03 20:42:12 <Nemi> "I uh.. oookay.. uh, I'm not sure what to /do/ with the meat lumps exactly..?"
  416. Aug 03 20:42:47 <TeslaTornado> "Cook 'em." Valiant what
  417. Aug 03 20:43:01 <gumbal1> "I'd strike them while they're resting. Try not to make too much nnoise, and do it clean."
  418. Aug 03 20:43:14 <gumbal1> "I wouldn't kill them either way, personally, though."
  419. Aug 03 20:43:27 <Nemi> "I uh.. what do they do? They connected to the dead people or..?"
  420. Aug 03 20:43:40 <Nemi> Cinder is way too okay with tihs.
  421. Aug 03 20:43:45 <gumbal1> "Dead people?"
  422. Aug 03 20:44:30 <Balthazaar> Alexa looks at Cinder with just as much worry as when she looks at the stranger
  423. Aug 03 20:44:34 <Nemi> ".. yeah, rotted corpses in the bathrooms, uh, looked like something chewed on them."
  424. Aug 03 20:44:54 <Nemi> Cinder looks all spooky and shit, yo. That's her style dawg.
  425. Aug 03 20:45:04 <TeslaTornado> Valiant looks grungy.
  426. Aug 03 20:45:14 <gumbal1> "They shouldn't have intruded, and, when they did, shouldn't have screamed. Wakes my 'hounds', as you humans say."
  427. Aug 03 20:45:41 <TeslaTornado> "Wait, hounds? Like..." Val searches for the term Bolton used. "... Sun-shunned?"
  428. Aug 03 20:45:49 <gumbal1> "..."
  429. Aug 03 20:46:17 <Nemi> ".. ooookay. Right. Uh. I think.. right now would be a fantastic time to head home and get absolutely /sloshed/. What do you think, mijos?"
  430. Aug 03 20:46:25 <gumbal1> "...you've been messing with Lafayette, haven't you?" The Stranger chuckles.
  431. Aug 03 20:46:40 <Nemi> ".. who?"
  432. Aug 03 20:46:47 <TeslaTornado> "Eh?"
  433. Aug 03 20:47:04 <gumbal1> "Lafayette? That shapeshifter that looks like one of you folks flayed?"
  434. Aug 03 20:47:50 <TeslaTornado> "... Doesn't... Ring any bells...?"
  435. Aug 03 20:48:16 <TeslaTornado> "Sounds like somebody I'd know, an' I know just about everybody."
  436. Aug 03 20:48:28 <gumbal1> "Talks weird? Grey skin?"
  437. Aug 03 20:48:40 <TeslaTornado> "No."
  438. Aug 03 20:48:41 <Nemi> "Nnnnnnnnnot familiar.."
  439. Aug 03 20:48:53 <gumbal1> "You telling me you messed with Lafayette and got off without even a warning?"
  440. Aug 03 20:49:07 <Nemi> Cinder is wondering if she's actually fallen asleep in a cloud of Alec's weed-smoke or something. ".. I ... have no idea who that is?"
  441. Aug 03 20:49:10 <gumbal1> They chuckle.
  442. Aug 03 20:49:35 <gumbal1> "Hm. Maybe I'm wrong."
  443. Aug 03 20:50:11 <TeslaTornado> Val continues reminiscing about that time he got in here in '74. That was awesome.
  444. Aug 03 20:51:14 <Balthazaar> Alexa looks super weirded out. "We should burn this place to the ground..."
  445. Aug 03 20:52:38 <gumbal1> "Anyways, y'all go and kill those lumps on the ceiling now. That's what humans like to do, right? Kill things they've never met before?" They chuckle again.
  446. Aug 03 20:53:04 <TeslaTornado> Val tilts his head. "I'unno who you've been talkin' to, mister, b-but I don't like that kinda thinkin'."
  447. Aug 03 20:53:24 <Balthazaar> Alexa feels mildly offended, then remembers she just now suggested killing everything inside with fire
  448. Aug 03 20:53:51 <gumbal1> "Maybe I'm wrong, and you're the type to worship them instead. In that case, you'll find commpany down in the shack."
  449. Aug 03 20:54:01 <TeslaTornado> Val tilts his head.
  450. Aug 03 20:57:00 <Nemi> ".. no, I'm going to go home and try to forget this happened."
  451. Aug 03 20:57:09 <Nemi> Neiva turns and walks back up the stairs.
  452. Aug 03 20:57:33 <Balthazaar> ~She sure does like storming off...~
  453. Aug 03 20:57:37 <TeslaTornado> Val stops and thinks, leaning back against the wall.
  454. Aug 03 20:58:04 <TeslaTornado> "How'd those folk end up in that shack?"
  455. Aug 03 20:58:18 <TeslaTornado> "I don' like that none. But I don't wanna end up like them neither."
  456. Aug 03 20:58:25 <gumbal1> "They just chose it, seems like."
  457. Aug 03 20:59:47 <TeslaTornado> Val nods slowly. "An' they ain't gonna get out an' start spreadin' weird diseases an' stuff?"
  458. Aug 03 21:00:00 <Nemi> Unless something new and weird happens, Neiva's going to climb back out the window and then sit in Val's Brat. Not like she could kill weird shit if she wanted to when they're up on a ceiling.
  459. Aug 03 21:00:16 <gumbal1> The Stranger chuckles.
  460. Aug 03 21:00:45 <TeslaTornado> Val raises an eyebrow. "Y'know, pink suit, you're a weird one."
  461. Aug 03 21:00:49 <gumbal1> "If they were spreading disease, whole of Diane'd be sick."
  462. Aug 03 21:01:07 <gumbal1> "What can I say? I like human fashion."
  463. Aug 03 21:01:30 <TeslaTornado> "An' I've seen a lotta weird shit in the last two weeks." Val nods. "So they ain't gonna hurt nobody an' they ain't gonna start fightin' us an' they ain't gonna kill nobody?"
  464. Aug 03 21:01:40 <TeslaTornado> Nice tautology, Valiant.
  465. Aug 03 21:02:00 <Balthazaar> Alexa remains on the step, watching nervously
  466. Aug 03 21:02:24 <gumbal1> "The majority of Diane'd be fine with what they're doing."
  467. Aug 03 21:02:52 <TeslaTornado> Val nods slowly. "Alright, alright. Fine. No need to go knockin' the damn things down then."
  468. Aug 03 21:03:10 <Nemi> As she waits in the car, Neiva pops open the pringles can and has a few.
  469. Aug 03 21:03:20 <TeslaTornado> "Jus'... Board up the windows an' call it a day. Griff here can probably write up some kinda report an' have the area like... Police-ed off or something."
  470. Aug 03 21:03:40 <TeslaTornado> "'less you got a better idea?" Val glances to Alexa, then back to pink suit.
  471. Aug 03 21:04:10 <Balthazaar> "Not really... Asides from burning it down..."
  472. Aug 03 21:04:11 <TeslaTornado> Some vague, otherworldly force tells Neiva that Val would probably be alright with the Pringles.
  473. Aug 03 21:04:43 <gumbal1> "That's a fine idea."
  474. Aug 03 21:04:48 <Nemi> True, but she's not a butt, so after munching a few she closes the can right back up and replaces it on the dash. Neiva resumes staring out into the swamp, no more music on her mind.
  475. Aug 03 21:04:58 <TeslaTornado> "Burnin' it?"
  476. Aug 03 21:05:06 <gumbal1> "No blood shed, no fuss, nothing."
  477. Aug 03 21:05:38 <Balthazaar> Alexa squints at el creepo
  478. Aug 03 21:05:58 <TeslaTornado> Val shrugs. "Don't like the idea of gettin' in no fights, an' I haven't got any better ideas. I'll get on boardin' it up tonight."
  479. Aug 03 21:06:00 <gumbal1> The Stranger chuckles. "Burn this down and I can fiind a condemned building somewhere closer to the heart of the city."
  480. Aug 03 21:06:21 <TeslaTornado> He blinks.
  481. Aug 03 21:06:24 <Balthazaar> "... Yeah, boarding up works."
  482. Aug 03 21:06:55 <TeslaTornado> "Hey now you listen here, Stranger, I don't want this shit any closer to my town. Things're bad enough around there with the drugs an' the muggings an' now the god-damn //demons// are at work."
  483. Aug 03 21:07:11 <TeslaTornado> "This don't seem like much but my gut tells me I don't want it any closer."
  484. Aug 03 21:07:20 <Balthazaar> "I agree."
  485. Aug 03 21:07:52 <gumbal1> "I'm glad we have an agreement. Swamps tend not to facilitate burning in either case."
  486. Aug 03 21:08:17 <TeslaTornado> Val nods. "Yeah. Alright. Alright. Okay then. As long's we've got an agreement."
  487. Aug 03 21:08:17 <Nemi> Neiva munches from her handful of crisps and watches the swamp. Nighttime swamps are pretty boring, all things considered.
  488. Aug 03 21:08:26 <gumbal1> "...heh. May it be our first of many more."
  489. Aug 03 21:08:37 <Nemi> At least the constant Floridian water-flow means there's not too many biting insects.
  490. Aug 03 21:08:52 <gumbal1> The thing turns to Griffin. "You. I'd like a talk with you soon. In private."
  491. Aug 03 21:09:12 <TeslaTornado> Val makes a contented-sounding grunt and turns back toward the stairs. He glances back at pink suit before he goes. "You and Griff got some kinda history?"
  492. Aug 03 21:09:13 <gumbal1> Griffin breathing quickens.
  493. Aug 03 21:09:19 <gumbal1> *'s
  494. Aug 03 21:10:49 <gumbal1> "I'd prefer if me and my...clients had a bit of privacy. Future clients potentially included."
  495. Aug 03 21:11:56 <Balthazaar> "What?" Alexa is so confused
  496. Aug 03 21:12:08 <TeslaTornado> "..." Val nods. "Don't hurt him. He's alright in my books. We need more good cops 'round Diane." He climbs up the stairs and starts making a shopping list for particle board and wood screws as he gathers up the remaining monk statues and shear-blades and clambers back out the window.
  497. Aug 03 21:12:31 <Balthazaar> Alexa follows Val
  498. Aug 03 21:12:40 <Nemi> Neiva waves from the car.
  499. Aug 03 21:13:26 <TeslaTornado> Val sighs and waves back. "Hola, mijo."
  500. Aug 03 21:13:56 <gumbal1> Griffin comes back soon, looking rather shaken.
  501. Aug 03 21:14:32 <TeslaTornado> He glances at Griffin. "You okay?"
  502. Aug 03 21:14:43 <gumbal1> "...I don't want to talk about it."
  503. Aug 03 21:15:55 <TeslaTornado> He nods, and puts the BRAT in gear, then drives slowly out of the swamp and back to Orangetree.
  504. Aug 03 21:16:40 <Balthazaar> Alexa sits in the tray
  505. Aug 03 21:16:58 <Nemi> ".. I'm gonna take another shower. And burn my clothes. And dump all the alcohol in the house down the sink."
  506. Aug 03 21:17:40 <TeslaTornado> "Yeah. Good plan. Very good plan. I've... Gotta go board up those windows."
  507. Aug 03 21:17:47 <Balthazaar> "Good thinking, but replace sink with mouth."
  508. Aug 03 21:21:10 <gumbal1> The road back is bumpy, as usual. Thankfully, no one got hurt, and one crime is closer to being solved, even if the explanation is likely "ANIMAL ATTACK".
  509. Aug 03 21:21:14 <gumbal1> ~FIN~
  510.  
  511. IC2:
  512. Aug 03 18:33:16 * Balthazaar (~chatzilla@DBB8900B.4B78694D.43D6E1A8.IP) has joined #shadowfall-ic2
  513. Aug 03 19:39:21 * Nemi (~zareveh@Bees.Bees.Bees) has joined #shadowfall-ic2
  514. Aug 03 19:40:52 <gumbal1> The bathrooms are dirtier than the disco, with more grime and dirt. Mirrors are cracked. Still no plants, probably too dark for that.
  515. Aug 03 19:41:34 <Nemi> Neiva steps first into the women's room, stepping on in and shining the light into the stalls in turn, before turning around to the sinks and mirrors and checking them out as well.
  516. Aug 03 19:43:52 <gumbal1> Stalls are locked, but can be easily crawled into.
  517. Aug 03 19:45:20 <Nemi> Crawling in a public bathroom floor? Eeeeeeugh. No. Neiva's going to crouch and peer in and do her best to avoid anything but the soles of her feet touching the floor.
  518. Aug 03 19:45:55 <gumbal1> ...those are legs. Greenish, pale-looking legs, but legs nonetheless.
  519. Aug 03 19:47:06 <Nemi> Human legs? Positioning as if sitting, standing, two standing face-to-face to have gross green monster kissie-kissie..?
  520. Aug 03 19:47:20 <Nemi> Neiva is actually mostly thinking 'aaa this is so cool'.
  521. Aug 03 19:47:39 <gumbal1> Positioned as if sitting incredibly awkwardly on the toilet.
  522. Aug 03 19:48:10 <Nemi> Neiva figures that her light already has betrayed her presence, if not her footsteps, and so she straightens up and knocks at the stall door.
  523. Aug 03 19:48:26 <gumbal1> No answer.
  524. Aug 03 19:51:12 <Nemi> Huh. Well, these stalls are pretty shitty, so she'll give it a solid kick. If it's anything like the gas station's bathroom stalls then it'd swing open at the lightest fart, nevermind a kick.
  525. Aug 03 19:51:31 <gumbal1> Strength.
  526. Aug 03 19:54:07 <Nemi> 4df+2
  527. Aug 03 19:54:37 <gumbal1> The hinges squeak with rust, but the kick wasn't enough to break it open.
  528. Aug 03 19:55:11 * Soulless has quit (Quit: I can do good wordcraft when awake, but my best stories are told through dreams.)
  529. Aug 03 19:56:42 * TeslaTornado (Tesla@My.Big.Johnson) has joined #shadowfall-ic2
  530. Aug 03 19:57:21 <Nemi> "Grgh.." She tries again. C'mon, who makes bathroom stall doors that actually /work/? She wishes that more were like that. Just not with green people in them.
  531. Aug 03 19:58:16 <gumbal1> It breaks open! Yeah, that looks very much like a rotting human.
  532. Aug 03 19:59:15 <Nemi> How fresh? Age, gender, clothing if any..?
  533. Aug 03 19:59:44 <Nemi> And for that matter, are there signs of wounds? Neiva's too spooky to be too badfly spooked by this, what with growing up in the Bronx and all.
  534. Aug 03 20:00:57 <gumbal1> Smells like it, too. Not too fresh, no hair or eyes left, and a chunk of their head is missing. Clothes are torn to hell, but looks to be a loose yellow tank top and denim shorts. No shoes.
  535. Aug 03 20:03:45 <Nemi> Neiva just whistles at this. This'll be something for the cops to know about, certainly. And if she knows cops, they don't like people messing with crime scenes. So, she'll glance under the other stalls before turning to the sink and the mirrors... and otherwise readying to move to the other restroom.
  536. Aug 03 20:04:34 <gumbal1> Sink is empty and cracked, mirrors are cracked.
  537. Aug 03 20:06:04 <Nemi> Yeah, no surprise there. Neiva exits the women's restroom and heads now for the men's. She'll.. yeah, she'll mention the corpse when she's not ONNA MISSION.
  538. Aug 03 20:07:27 <gumbal1> The men's restroom is the same as the woman's restroom, with the exception that a pair of similarly pale-green legs is poking out of the stall this time.
  539. Aug 03 20:09:14 <Nemi> Poking /out/ of the stall? As in, the body's lying on the floor? Well, Neiva's gonna try and open this door too, if just to see who they belong to so she can catalogue 'em for later. So responsible, Cinder. So desensitized to death. What did the Bronx do to you, girl? Aside from having corpse parties and goth skeleton dance nights. And skeleton dance knights.
  540. Aug 03 20:12:06 <gumbal1> The stall opens easily. Hm, this one has two bodies. One appears to be wearing jogging clothes, while the other's wearing hunting gear. Both appears to bear a multitude of serious-looking wounds. The jogging one appears more recent than the hunting one, which looks to be of age with the one in the woman's room. This one at least still has hair.
  541. Aug 03 20:13:11 <Nemi> Any chance that Neiva might have an idea of what the source of the wounds are? She's again not touching either body. A hunter, a jogger, and a random person, just stashed in the bathrooms. This is /worrying/.
  542. Aug 03 20:13:33 <gumbal1> Teeth.
  543. Aug 03 20:13:48 <gumbal1> Teethmarks all over these bodies.
  544. Aug 03 20:13:56 <Nemi> Big teeth? Human teeth? Shark teeth? Can she even tell?
  545. Aug 03 20:15:00 <gumbal1> Sharp teeth. Teeth meant for biting meat.
  546. Aug 03 20:18:10 <Nemi> But they weren't eaten. Just bitten to death and dumped. Thiiiis is concerning. Neiva exits the restrooms, aiming to rejoin the others.
  547. Aug 03 20:18:33 <gumbal1> #shadowfall-ic
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