Snowball Fights and the Camera

Alivi: Eriko walks outside of the site. Does she see Duncan?
[5:20pm] ShockwaveLover: He takes a carrot and some rocks out of his pocket, and sticks them into the top snowball.
[5:21pm] ShockwaveLover: He's not making any effort to hide himself.
[5:21pm] Roget: Ralph goes to get a coat
[5:22pm] ShockwaveLover: A rather battered khaki scarf is taken out of his jacket, and looped around the head.
[5:22pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan steps back to admire his work. "Looking good there, Snow Duncan."
[5:24pm] Alivi: Eriko runs over to Duncan, "Duncan!!!!"
[5:26pm] ShockwaveLover: "Eh?" He turns at his name. "Oh, hey 'Riko. Come to admire my craftmanship?"
[5:27pm] Roget: Ralph steps out of his room, all bundled and toasty.
[5:27pm] Alivi: Eriko grins, "Ralph and Zach are coming soon after me! Think you can help me surprise them?"
[5:28pm] ShockwaveLover: "Surprise them?"
[5:28pm] Alivi: "With snowballs!"
[5:30pm] ShockwaveLover: "Smacking Ralph with snowballs? Count me in."
[5:30pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan reaches up, and takes the head off his snowman.
[5:31pm] ShockwaveLover: "Say hello to my leetle friend."
[5:31pm] Alivi: Eriko seems surprised. "It is not little!" She begins making her own snowballs.
[5:31pm] Roget: Ralph starts walking to the doors that lead outside
[5:34pm] Alivi: Eriko is excited.
[5:34pm] Alivi: She has a snowball all ready
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[5:34pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan's ready for Ralph.
[5:36pm] Roget: Ralph walks down the stairs....
[5:36pm] ShockwaveLover: He waits, picking out the rocks and the carrot.
[5:38pm] Roget: Ralph steps out the door.
[5:38pm] ShockwaveLover: Action!
[5:38pm] ShockwaveLover: 6df+4 Tagging 'Head On'
[5:38pm] Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Tagging 'Head On': 7 (6df+4=0, +, -, +, +, +)
[5:38pm] Alivi: 6df+0 Snowball attack!
[5:38pm] Glacon: Alivi: Snowball attack!: -3 (6df+0=0, -, 0, -, 0, -)
[5:39pm] ShockwaveLover: He is literally throwing a head.
[5:39pm] Alivi: Eriko's snowball doesn't go so far…
[5:39pm] Alivi: sad.
[5:39pm] Roget: Ralph is creamed by snowballs
[5:40pm] Alivi: Eriko giggles.
[5:40pm] Roget: he falls on his butt and yells in surprise
[5:40pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan laughs uproariously.
[5:41pm] ShockwaveLover: "Howzat!"
[5:41pm] Roget: "Bwuh..."
[5:42pm] ShockwaveLover: "Sorry Ralphy mate, but all's fair in love and snowball fights."
[5:43pm] ShockwaveLover: He readies another one, but his target is different...
[5:43pm] Alivi: Eriko laughs and goes over to Ralph to help him up.
[5:43pm] ShockwaveLover: 6df Surprise, Eriko!
[5:43pm] Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Surprise, Eriko!: 1 (6df=0, 0, +, 0, +, -)
[5:43pm] Roget: Ralph looks dazed and confused
[5:45pm] Alivi: Eriko is hit she stumbles forward.
[5:45pm] Alivi: "Duncan!"
[5:45pm] ShockwaveLover: He holds his hand behind his back and look around innocently.
[5:45pm] ShockwaveLover: "Yes?"
[5:47pm] Roget: "Bwuu..."
[5:48pm] Alivi: Eriko rubs the back of her head. "This means war!"
[5:49pm] Alivi: She begins to get more snow and tries to throw it at duncan
[5:49pm] ShockwaveLover: "I'm trembling in my boots here."
[5:49pm] Alivi: 6df+0 take that!
[5:49pm] Glacon: Alivi: take that!: 0 (6df+0=+, -, 0, 0, 0, 0)
[5:49pm] Roget: Ralph is still sitting like a duck
[5:50pm] ShockwaveLover: .choose hit, not hit
[5:50pm] Glacon: ShockwaveLover: not hit
[5:50pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan manages to avoid the cold projectile, and sticks out his tongue at her. "You couldn't hit the broad side of a barn! From the inside!"
[5:52pm] Alivi: "Could too!!!!"
[5:52pm] Alivi: She tries again!
[5:52pm] Alivi: 6df+0 get duncan!
[5:52pm] Glacon: Alivi: get duncan!: -4 (6df+0=-, 0, -, -, 0, -)
[5:53pm] ShockwaveLover: That's even worse.
[5:54pm] ShockwaveLover: 6df Duncan lobs one back at her.
[5:54pm] Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Duncan lobs one back at her.: 2 (6df=+, +, +, +, -, -)
[5:56pm] Fifthman: Those in the snowball fight, make a perception check.
[5:57pm] ShockwaveLover: 6df+5 Huh?
[5:57pm] Glacon: ShockwaveLover: Huh?: 6 (6df+5=+, -, 0, +, 0, 0)
[6:05pm] AllyReggie joined the chat room.
[6:06pm] Fifthman: Duncan, it's faint, but you could have sworn you heard a shutter click.
[6:07pm] Alivi: 6df+8
[6:07pm] Glacon: Alivi: 10 (6df+8=0, 0, +, -, +, +)
[6:07pm] Fifthman: Eriko definitely hears the shutter click.
[6:08pm] Fifthman: She can even discern a direction.
[6:08pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan looks up. "Huh?"
[6:11pm] Alivi: Eriko looks in the direction of the sound.
[6:11pm] Alivi: "Did you hear something?"
[6:12pm] ShockwaveLover: She has a snowball headed her way.
[6:14pm] Alivi: She wouldn't notice trying to find the mysterious sound!
[6:17pm] ShockwaveLover: Her shoulder is suddenly very cold. And wet.
[6:17pm] Alivi: Eriko stumbles forward. "Duncan! Seriously!!!"
[6:21pm] Fifthman: You both hear the click again. It's coming from a patch of brush.
[6:21pm] ShockwaveLover: "Yeah. I heard it."
[6:21pm] Alivi: Eriko gets a snowball ready. "Wanna see?"
[6:22pm] ShockwaveLover: He takes out a large revolver from his holster. "Yeah."
[6:22pm] ShockwaveLover: "Lob that into the bush."
[6:24pm] Alivi: Eriko aims.
[6:24pm] Alivi: 6df+0
[6:24pm] Alivi: 6df+0
[6:24pm] Glacon: Alivi: -1 (6df+0=-, +, 0, -, -, +)
[6:24pm] Fifthman: The bush shakes.
[6:25pm] Fifthman: The snowball presumably lands into the bush, and the bush rustles.
[6:26pm] Fifthman: Then it falls quiet.
[6:26pm] ShockwaveLover: "Come on out. Or the next thing in the bush won't be a snowball."
[6:27pm] Fifthman: No answer.
[6:28pm] ShockwaveLover: Duncan walks forward, and peers into the bush.
[6:28pm] ShockwaveLover: Can he see anything?
[6:30pm] Fifthman: There's a camera there - it seems to be a Foundation-issued PID camera. One of the older models.
[6:30pm] ShockwaveLover: Anyone manning it?
[6:30pm] Alivi: Eriko Looks at Duncan. "Duncan… what is it?"
[6:31pm] ShockwaveLover: "Camera. That explains the shutter noises we heard."
[6:31pm] ShockwaveLover: He reaches over and grabs it.
[6:31pm] Fifthman: Nope. No trail whatsoever.
[6:32pm] ShockwaveLover: "Looks to be Foundation." He passes it over.
[6:32pm] ShockwaveLover: "See if you can find anything in it. I'm going to have a scout around."
[6:33pm] Fifthman: Underneath it is a note, kept dry by the leaves underneath.
[6:33pm] ShockwaveLover: "Hello then...what have we got here?" Duncan picks it up.
[6:34pm] Alivi: Eriko looks behind Duncan. "what is it? She looks at the Foundation Camera."
[6:35pm] Fifthman: "Don't be afraid to dream." The note is scrawled over an advertisment sitting next to a newspaper crossword.
[6:35pm] ShockwaveLover: "Huh."
[6:35pm] ShockwaveLover: What's the ad for?
[6:36pm] Fifthman: It's a tourist ad for the CN Tower in Toronto.
[6:38pm] Alivi: "Was there anyone there?" Eriko looks at the Camera. Is she able to see the last couple pictures taken?
[6:40pm] ShockwaveLover: "No...just a note."
[6:40pm] Fifthman: Nope. A message blinks over the digital viewfinder. "Data corrupted. Recovery in progress. 16%"
[6:41pm] Alivi: "Strange…." Is there anything she can do?
[6:42pm] ShockwaveLover: Was there snow on the camera when he picked it up?
[6:44pm] Fifthman: Nope. In fact, the camera's warm. And Eriko knows that data recovery for Foundation equipment in her lab takes at least 24 hours.
[6:45pm] ShockwaveLover: "Someone had to put this here. It didn't just sodding spring into existence." He looks again for tracks, or other disturbed bushes.
[6:46pm] Fifthman: Nope. No tracks. None whatsoever.
[6:46pm] Alivi: "This camera is warm…also….I'm going to need 24 hours to see… what this is..."
[6:46pm] ShockwaveLover: "Does it have a serial number? These things are signed out to people, if I remember correctly."
[6:47pm] Alivi: Eriko looks to see the Serial Number.
[6:48pm] Fifthman: There is a serial number.
[6:48pm] Fifthman: But no name.
[6:48pm] Alivi: "There is a serial number….but I don't see a name..."
[6:52pm] ShockwaveLover: "Well, I reckon we take it to Research and see if they can trace it."
[6:53pm] Alivi: "I will do that… we also have to wait for the data recovery… see if there is any clues in it…"