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- [17:04:49] <lurkd> Elif arrives doing a quick check on her toolbelt. "MVT, wrench, knicks, knacks..."
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- [17:05:03] <Roget> Ralph arrives, fiddling with his body armour. "Alright, I /think/ I have it strapped on right this time..."
- [17:05:11] <Maddy> Alice arrives with things, and stuff.
- [17:05:16] <Strife> Rick skids to a halt in front of the door, rolling his shoulders and composing himself before stepping iside.
- [17:05:39] <Echo> Jason arrives, wearing... basically his flight suit. "Somethin' goin' on?"
- [17:05:43] <ShotgunFiend> Zay walks over to Ralph and checks it for him.
- [17:05:53] <ShotgunFiend> "Yup yoy got it buddy."
- [17:06:25] <Jekeled> The submarine is sitting in the submarine bay.
- [17:06:26] <Roget> "Awesome." Ralph fiddles with it to get it comfy, then heads to wherever the brief briefing will go on
- [17:06:53] <ShotgunFiend> Zay looks about and double checks his own gear.
- [17:07:01] <Echo> Jason looks around at the assembled group. "Wait, we goin' down?"
- [17:07:05] <Jekeled> A tech walks in.
- [17:07:10] <Jekeled> "Oh, hi, guys!"
- [17:07:20] <lurkd> "Ralphie, Jason, Alice... sweet." She taps them all on the shoulder.
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- [17:07:25] <Jekeled> "Sorry one of the directors couldn't make it...I'll give you the briefing today."
- [17:07:25] <Strife> "While I'm hoping for surprise Christmas party"
- [17:07:30] <lurkd> "Hiay!" She grins.
- [17:07:35] <Strife> "No problem, doc. What's the situation?"
- [17:07:38] <Echo> "Oh, wait, well stand the fuck by."
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- [17:07:45] <Echo> Jason leaves.
- [17:07:56] <ShotgunFiend> Zay stands by a wall and leans on it.
- [17:08:00] <lurkd> Elif lightly punches Rick in the shoulder.
- [17:08:15] <Jekeled> "So, we're getting a lot of, um, unusual activity in the pool. You guys get to check it out!"
- [17:08:23] <Jekeled> If his face was an emoticon, it would be :D
- [17:08:37] <Maddy> "...any other info?"
- [17:08:42] <Jekeled> "Nope!"
- [17:08:58] <Roget> "Swell. You get paid for this?"
- [17:08:58] <Maddy> If Alice had an emoticon it would be B|
- [17:09:24] <Jekeled> The tech gives one more smile then walks out.
- [17:09:31] <Maddy> "I...k"
- [17:09:39] <Strife> ". . ."
- [17:09:42] <Jekeled> The submarine is waiting.
- [17:09:42] <Strife> "Well, okay then."
- [17:09:44] <Roget> "I've got a great feeling about this one, guys."
- [17:09:48] <Echo> Jason returns a couple minutes later, dressed in his battle rattle and carrying Alice's gear and rife. He drops it at her feet.
- [17:09:50] <Roget> Ralph ambles on over to the sub
- [17:09:50] <ShotgunFiend> Zay claps his hands. "Awesome."
- [17:09:56] <Strife> "Anyone want to place odds on sub survival?"
- [17:09:57] <Echo> "All right, now what's goin' on?"
- [17:10:02] <Maddy> Alcie brought her gear
- [17:10:07] <Strife> "There's stuff in the pool. We're looking at it."
- [17:10:08] <ShotgunFiend> "No idea! "
- [17:10:10] <Maddy> "There's stuff, and we have to go."
- [17:10:13] <Strife> "End mission description."
- [17:10:18] <ShotgunFiend> He climbs into the sub.
- [17:10:19] <Strife> Rick pats the sub's hull.
- [17:10:20] <Echo> "We gettin' a briefin'?"
- [17:10:28] <lurkd> "Going into pool with no info. I'm used to this."
- [17:10:30] <Maddy> Alice gets in the sub too. "That was it."
- [17:10:43] <lurkd> Elif tromps off for the sub. "Shotgun!"
- [17:10:53] <Roget> Ralph buckles up for safety
- [17:11:09] <Echo> "What was it?"
- [17:11:16] <Echo> "Wait, where'd the motherfucker go?"
- [17:11:27] <Roget> "Pool is pulling shennanigans, go make it stop."
- [17:11:32] <ShotgunFiend> Zay does too! He sets his pack next to his seat.
- [17:12:13] <Maddy> "He left just after you did really."
- [17:12:14] <Strife> Rick settles into a seat.
- [17:12:35] <Maddy> "Said "go do a thing." nd then grinned like an idiot and left." she buckles in or whateer
- [17:12:42] <Echo> "... good fuckin' Lord... anybody get his name?" Jason preps his 60 and boards the sub.
- [17:12:51] <Jekeled> The submarine sets off!
- [17:13:08] <Jekeled> The pool looks especially red today.
- [17:13:08] <Echo> ...
- [17:13:43] <Jekeled> The submarine descends deeper and deeper into the pool. Less and less light can penetrate down here.
- [17:13:56] <Roget> "He didn't give a name, unfortunately."
- [17:14:31] <Jekeled> The sub's interior lights shut off. Everyone is left in total darkness.
- [17:14:43] <lurkd> Elif looks out the porthole while whistling 2001 Space Odyssey.
- [17:14:44] <Echo> Jason clicks on his helmet light.
- [17:14:48] <lurkd> *whistling*
- [17:14:56] <Echo> "Didn't have a name tape?"
- [17:14:57] <lurkd> Elif turns on her head lamp as well.
- [17:15:00] <Jekeled> The helmet light doesn't do anything, and isn't needed anyway, because...
- [17:15:09] <lurkd> "Dr. Generic."
- [17:15:10] <Jekeled> The lights come back on, only the group isn't in the sub anymore.
- [17:15:18] <lurkd> "...."
- [17:15:20] <Jekeled> Instead, they are standing in a rather tastefully done entry hallway.
- [17:15:31] <lurkd> Elif blinks.
- [17:15:31] <Strife> "Aaaaand we never see the sub again."
- [17:15:31] <Jekeled> The floors are marble, as are the pillars.
- [17:15:41] <lurkd> "I'm not the only one seeing this right?"
- [17:15:47] <ShotgunFiend> Zay claps his hands. "Awesome." Exact same as before.
- [17:15:50] <Strife> Rick looks around for booby traps, pressure plates, as well as anything else interesting.
- [17:16:04] <Jekeled> A butler walks in.
- [17:16:12] <Maddy> "..." Alice makes some kinda of exasterbated sigh.
- [17:16:15] <Roget> Ralph moves closer to the group, away from this butler. "Uh..."
- [17:16:23] <Jekeled> "Ah, hello. Are you the police, already?"
- [17:16:23] <Echo> "...Post up, 360..." Jason racks the bolt on his weapon, and does a quick survey of his surroundings... before snapping the weapon up at the man who just walked in.
- [17:16:43] <Jekeled> "Whoa!"
- [17:16:52] <Echo> He lowers it a bit. "... yeah, we got a call."
- [17:16:52] <Jekeled> The butler's eyes widen a little and he backs away from the weapon.
- [17:17:05] <Jekeled> "Ah, very good. Let me show you to the body."
- [17:17:12] <Jekeled> He turns around. "Please follow me."
- [17:17:19] <lurkd> "Body?"
- [17:17:23] <Strife> ". . ."
- [17:17:24] <lurkd> Elif follows.
- [17:17:31] <Strife> Rick has a feeling that he knows where this is going.
- [17:17:37] <lurkd> "Excuse me, B-body?"
- [17:17:58] <Jekeled> He leads them through a rather large and tastefully decorated house. You can see empty rooms branching off, but the butler does not lead you to any of them.
- [17:18:15] <Jekeled> Instead, he halts at the top of a set of stairs leading down into a black pit.
- [17:18:16] <Roget> Perception to see anything interesting?
- [17:18:20] <Strife> Rick scans all over the place.
- [17:18:21] <Maddy> "I know where this is going Jason."
- [17:18:25] <Maddy> "And I don't liek it."
- [17:18:29] <lurkd> "I have a /clue/ of what this is about." She kinda snickers.
- [17:18:33] <Jekeled> No perception yet.
- [17:18:36] <Echo> "I told you. Remember what we was talkin' about?"
- [17:18:39] <Strife> "Sooooo, everyone should stick close together."
- [17:18:51] <Jekeled> The butler flicks on the light, then walks down the stairs.
- [17:19:21] <lurkd> She leans close to Rick and whispers. "Colonel Mustard in the billiards room with a candlestick."
- [17:19:27] <Jekeled> "Well, come on, then!" he snaps
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- [17:20:07] <lurkd> Elif hops too.
- [17:20:15] <Strife> "Communism was a red herring."
- [17:20:18] <lurkd> "Alright alright, we're coming."
- [17:20:20] <Strife> Rick whispers back and follows
- [17:20:35] <Maddy> Alice follows.
- [17:20:56] <Echo> Jason slings the big 60 and draws his handgun.
- [17:21:05] <Jekeled> In the center of the room, blood pooling all around him, is a man's body.
- [17:21:12] <Roget> Ralph follows. "Yikes!"
- [17:21:25] <Jekeled> The head, along with the accompanying axe, is at the far corner of the room.
- [17:21:46] <Echo> "Hey Alice."
- [17:21:47] <lurkd> "Um... hmmmm..."
- [17:21:51] <Strife> Rick kneels down and examines the body.
- [17:22:06] <Strife> Clothes, body type, wounds other than the decapitation? Style of decapitation?
- [17:22:06] <Jekeled> The butler walks to one corner of the room. "The body."
- [17:22:08] <Roget> Medical to determine cause of death?
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- [17:22:20] <Jekeled> You can roll medical if you'd like
- [17:22:25] <Maddy> "Hmm?"
- [17:22:27] <Echo> "You wanna pronounce 'im?"
- [17:22:34] <Maddy> "Ralphs probably got it.
- [17:22:40] <lurkd> "What can you tell us about him, sir?"
- [17:22:50] <lurkd> "Name and all that..."
- [17:23:33] <Jekeled> The butler sniffs. "He was my employer. Mister Smith." He pauses for a second. "A sadly generic name, I always thought. But that's what it was."
- [17:23:40] <Roget> 6df+10 I AM THE DOCTOR
- [17:23:41] <Glacon> Roget: I AM THE DOCTOR: 7 (6df+10=0, -, -, -, +, -)
- [17:23:56] <Jekeled> The cause of death was decapitation. Surprise surprise.
- [17:24:06] <Strife> Was the decapitation clean?
- [17:24:11] <Echo> "... are you the only one here?"
- [17:24:26] <Jekeled> Relatively clean.
- [17:24:30] <lurkd> Elif taps Jason on the shoulder rather urgently.
- [17:24:45] <Jekeled> The butler smiles. "Of course not. You haven't even met all the other guests."
- [17:24:57] <Roget> "It's a clean decapitation. He might've been unconscious when he died, or not putting up much of a fight."
- [17:24:59] <Echo> "Maybe you should bring'em out."
- [17:25:20] <Strife> "Can you tell about how many strikes it took, doc?"
- [17:25:24] <Jekeled> "They're all locked in the library for the time being. You can see them in a second."
- [17:25:27] <Strife> "Not that easy to decapitate someone."
- [17:25:28] <lurkd> "Pssssst, Jason."
- [17:25:37] <lurkd> *tapping*
- [17:25:38] <Roget> "Not many, it's a pretty clean cut."
- [17:25:40] <Echo> Jason glances over at Elif.
- [17:26:07] <lurkd> She whispers into his ear. "Dude, this butler needs to be cuffed right off the bat. Doesn't he?"
- [17:26:45] <lurkd> "Considering how stereotypical this all seems."
- [17:26:50] <Echo> Jason holds up a finger. "Just stand by."
- [17:26:58] <lurkd> She nods.
- [17:27:37] <Roget> "Whoever did this must've been really good at chopping shit."
- [17:27:50] <lurkd> *gulp*
- [17:28:04] <lurkd> "How many other guests are there?"
- [17:28:06] <Jekeled> The butler speaks. "Mister Smith was the host of a party tonight. All the guests arrived at 6:30 sharp. They enjoyed some dinner conversation with the host in the library, then all went into the dining room for the meal. The meal lasted from 7 to 7:30,"
- [17:28:13] <Echo> "That, or they just hit a motherfucker with an ax."
- [17:28:39] <Jekeled> "There are eight guests here tonight. Nine if you include me."
- [17:28:41] <Echo> He points at it. "Ya wouldn't exactly have'ta swing the damn thing at light speed."
- [17:28:45] <Maddy> "Was dinner monkey brain soup?" Alice mutters under her breath.
- [17:29:21] <Jekeled> "From 7:30 to 7:45, all of the guests were left to their own devices. That continued until 7:45, at which point I went down to the cellar for a can of beans and discovered the decased."
- [17:29:29] <lurkd> "Who was the last person to see Mr. Smith alive then?"
- [17:29:35] <Jekeled> He looks at Alice. "No. It was a rather nice goulash."
- [17:29:35] <Roget> Ralph looks at the butler. Does he look like he's particularly stong?
- [17:29:36] <Strife> "Getting a head all the way off isn't easy, Jason."
- [17:29:52] <Maddy> "That wasn't an actual question..."
- [17:30:09] <lurkd> Elif waits for her question to be answered.
- [17:30:10] <Jekeled> The butler looks at Elif. "We all saw Mr. Smith alive at the conclusion of the meal. After that, I couldn't say."
- [17:30:25] <lurkd> "Typical."
- [17:30:25] <Echo> Jason's rapidly losing his patience. "How about ya show us these guests. An' if you'd be so kind, keep yer hands in plain sight."
- [17:30:35] <Jekeled> The butler looks reasonably fit. Not bodybuilder type, but strong enough.
- [17:30:41] <Jekeled> "Right away, sir."
- [17:30:42] <lurkd> Elif taps her big wrench.
- [17:30:46] <lurkd> And follows.
- [17:30:52] <Jekeled> The butler leads them all out of the cellar and clicks off the light.
- [17:30:58] <Strife> Rick looks like a guy with a tomahawk and a bayonet hanging from a pistol belt.
- [17:31:11] <Roget> Ralph follows, making sure not to step in the blodd
- [17:31:14] <Roget> blood*
- [17:31:25] <Jekeled> The butler begins leading them to the library.
- [17:31:25] <Echo> Jason flips the light back on as he follows.
- [17:31:47] <Jekeled> "Rather unconventional uniforms for police officers," the butler remarks as he shows the way.
- [17:31:57] <lurkd> "Nevermind that."
- [17:32:01] <Strife> "Special occasions, don't worry about it overmuch."
- [17:32:21] <Jekeled> He stops for a second, then looks them over. "Quite special indeed, I should think."
- [17:33:03] <Jekeled> He resumes leading them.
- [17:33:43] <Strife> Rick idly considers kneecapping as an immediate solution.
- [17:33:47] <Jekeled> He gets to the library, and opens it up. Inside are eight people in various stages of annoyance.
- [17:34:08] <lurkd> "Jason, you want to be the voice here?"
- [17:34:13] <Strife> Rick scans. None of them armed?
- [17:34:33] <Echo> "Flex cuffs."
- [17:34:45] <Jekeled> None of them are armed with anything more than a pipe. A smoking pipe, not a lead one.
- [17:34:50] <lurkd> "Excellent solution."
- [17:36:01] <Echo> Jason glances over at Rick, raising an eyebrow.
- [17:36:29] <Jekeled> The butler steps into the room. "The police are here, everyone. Please give them your utmost attention."
- [17:37:04] <Jekeled> One woman, who looks like a cross between Angela Merkel and a female bodybuilder, stands up. "That was awfully fast," she says. "And why are they wearing those strange outfits?"
- [17:37:24] <Echo> "Special Investigation Unit."
- [17:37:47] <Jekeled> She looks him up and down. "Quite special, indeed."
- [17:38:04] <Strife> Rick continues further consideration of kneecapping.
- [17:38:06] <Roget> ~are they all gonna fuckin' say that I swear to god~
- [17:38:17] <Echo> Patience is gone.
- [17:38:31] <Echo> "Everybody in this room... Y'all need to get down flat on the floor. Rick, you wanna secure the butler?"
- [17:38:33] <Strife> Rick looks over at Jason.
- [17:38:49] <Jekeled> The butler looks up in surprise. "I do say!"
- [17:38:55] <Strife> He smiles and drops his rifle onto it's sling, one hand going to the Butler's back.
- [17:38:56] <lurkd> Elif brings out the big wrench. "You heard him... floor!"
- [17:39:01] <Strife> "Onto your back then."
- [17:39:08] <Strife> "Special investigations and all that."
- [17:39:17] <Echo> Jason draws his handgun, keeping it aimed down at the floor.
- [17:39:17] <Strife> He applies knee pressure to the back of Butler's leg.
- [17:39:18] <Jekeled> The guests comply, with much grumbling.
- [17:39:21] <Roget> Ralph draws his gun. "Uhhh... yeah, what they said!"
- [17:39:36] <Maddy> Alice follows suit
- [17:40:21] <Echo> Jason starts pulling flexcuffs off his belt, tossing them towards the operatives securing the partygoers, then chucks a pair of Smith and Wesson metal cuffs when he runs out.
- [17:40:38] <Jekeled> Who gets the metal cuffs?
- [17:40:55] <Echo> Whoever grabs them.
- [17:41:11] <lurkd> "Just remain calm, everyone." She paces the room ready to bop anyone who tries to resist.
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- [17:41:38] <Strife> Rick flexcuffs the butler, obviously enjoying it.
- [17:41:44] <Jekeled> Nobody resists.
- [17:41:56] <Maddy> Alice metal cuffs the body builder/
- [17:42:02] <lurkd> Elif cuffs two others on the floor.
- [17:42:08] <Echo> Jason keeps the handgun up, circling around to the side to keep from flagging anyone. "No need to panic, like the lady said. No one here's in any danger. Yer simply bein' temporarily detained until we can figure out what's goin' on."
- [17:43:30] <Strife> Rick looks for obvious cues. No one covered with blood?
- [17:43:56] <Jekeled> No one's covered in blood, or maniacally rubbing their hands together while laughing
- [17:44:19] <Jekeled> One guest /does/ have a handlebar mustache, but it' not an evil one. More sad, really.
- [17:45:31] <Echo> "I'd like anyone possessing a firearm, blade, or anything that could be construed as a weapon to please declare it now."
- [17:45:51] <Strife> "I'm going to find it, so please don't try to hide 'em."
- [17:45:58] <Jekeled> No one declares anything
- [17:46:03] <lurkd> Elif puts her boot on the back of the one with bloody hands and laughing. "Stop that."
- [17:46:04] <Echo> "Anyone possessing sharps, such as needles used for insulin, please... declare them."
- [17:46:18] <Roget> Ralph watches the people. "So... do we got names here?"
- [17:46:35] <Strife> ~Anyone possessing Heroin, please share.~
- [17:46:39] <Jekeled> Nobody declares any needles either
- [17:47:41] <Jekeled> "It's a bit difficult to have proper introductions when your first action is to handcuff us all," the butler says.
- [17:48:01] <Roget> "Well, you call us in to investigate a murder, you gotta play by our rules, Jeeves."
- [17:48:05] <lurkd> "Don't care for proper right now. There's a murder thatt just happened."
- [17:48:22] <Echo> "Not really, sir. We're tryin' to keep y'all safe, an' us safe."
- [17:48:37] <Echo> "I can hear your name just fine from where yer at."
- [17:48:40] <Strife> "Nah, these are the best kinda introductions."
- [17:49:31] <Strife> Rick checks everyone's cuffs, looking carefully at their palms. Anyone with the beginnings of blisters from swinging an ax or wearing unfamiliar gloves?
- [17:50:02] <Jekeled> The weedy man with the handlebar mustache speaks first. "Kindal. Professor. Degree in sociology from /Harvard/"
- [17:50:11] <Jekeled> Nope and nope to Rick's check.
- [17:50:24] <Echo> Jason backs up over to where Alice is. "When did the butler say they was off on their own?"
- [17:50:42] <Maddy> "730 till 745."
- [17:50:52] <lurkd> "Please to meet you Kindal. Let's keep going around the room please."
- [17:51:00] <Jekeled> The bodybuilder speaks next. "Bixby." She surprisingly says this with no foreign accents.
- [17:51:26] <lurkd> "Alright, next."
- [17:51:27] <Maddy> "Did she just say..."
- [17:52:16] <Echo> "... Might just be a name." Jason points at the bodybuilder. "Rick."
- [17:52:27] <Jekeled> Next up is a man with muttonchops and a look so British everyone in the room's thoughts instantly scream "Mustard:" "Horace Laird, at your service." He says this without a trace of a British accent.
- [17:52:43] <Echo> He gestures out the door.
- [17:52:53] <Strife> "Sure thing, sir."
- [17:52:58] <Strife> Rick walks outside the door.
- [17:53:14] <Echo> "Nah, with, uh, with Bixby there."
- [17:53:15] <Jekeled> A nondescript man looks up. "Mister Brown."
- [17:53:23] <Echo> "Separate 'er."
- [17:53:46] <Echo> "You, uh, you wanna go with Rick, Alice?"
- [17:53:49] <Jekeled> "I am, of course, the Butler," the butler says
- [17:53:55] <Maddy> "Sure." Alice heads with Rick
- [17:53:59] <Strife> "Alright ma'am, I'm going to help you to your feet and we're going to sit in the hallway? Alice, could you pull us out chairs?"
- [17:54:23] <Jekeled> A man wearing a reverend's outfit looks up. "I am Reverent O'Reilly," he says stiffly
- [17:54:49] <Strife> He helps Madame Bixby to her feet and leads her the the hallway.
- [17:54:56] <lurkd> Elif takes note of the names.
- [17:55:03] <Jekeled> A woman in a green dress looks up. "Miss Lavender," she says.
- [17:55:42] <lurkd> "Alright is that everyone?"
- [17:55:48] <Roget> "I think so."
- [17:55:50] <Jekeled> Two more
- [17:56:07] <Jekeled> An older woman looks up. "Mrs. Callahan," she says
- [17:56:15] <Roget> Ralph wasn't paying attention. "Or not."
- [17:56:29] <Jekeled> And finally, another man says "Mattes."
- [17:57:00] <Jekeled> That's all.
- [17:57:27] <lurkd> "Ok, someone tell me what the purpose of this dinner was. Speak up."
- [17:57:36] <Maddy> Alice gets chairs!
- [17:57:40] <Jekeled> Bixby shrugs. "Social occasion."
- [17:57:42] <Strife> Rick and Alice settle Bixby into a chair in the hallway. Rick leans up against the wall.
- [17:58:14] <Strife> It's far enough away that Bixby isn't going to hear normal conversation in the library.
- [17:58:25] <Echo> Jason lets Ralph and Elif alone for a moment, peeking his head into the hallway. "Uh, make sure he knows, Alice."
- [17:58:29] <Jekeled> Redact that. O'reilly said that.
- [18:00:00] <lurkd> "Social occasion... so you're all friends? Business associates? What's your relationships to Mr. Smith?"
- [18:00:34] <Jekeled> O'Reilly shrugs. "He was a parishioner," he says. "He invited me to dinner tonight."
- [18:00:51] <Jekeled> "School friends," Kindal says
- [18:01:06] <Strife> Rick just watches Bixby for a moment.
- [18:01:17] <Jekeled> "Same," Brown and Mattes say.
- [18:02:12] <lurkd> Elif looks at the fellow with blood on his hands. "And you... explain the blood, please."
- [18:02:22] <Maddy> Alice whispers to Rick. "Dunno if you've heard the term before, but." she looks at Bixby a moment
- [18:02:30] <Jekeled> Nobody has any blood on their hands.
- [18:02:34] <Jekeled> The bluff fails.
- [18:02:55] <Roget> "What sort of school?"
- [18:03:10] <Strife> "But?"
- [18:03:25] <Maddy> "Reality benders, man. Bixbies."
- [18:03:29] <Jekeled> " /Haaaahvard,/" Kindal says. The other two nod that in agreement
- [18:03:54] <Strife> "Oh, I have not. Keep count of your fingers. Standard Solution 1 if need be."
- [18:04:01] <Strife> He pushes off from the wall and paces.
- [18:04:13] <lurkd> redact previous queestion then.
- [18:04:23] <Strife> "Well Ma'am. I'd wish you good evening, but sadly, I don't get many of them in the my career."
- [18:04:31] <lurkd> "Why would someone want him dead." She asks the obvious question.
- [18:04:43] <Jekeled> Bixby just looks at Strife.
- [18:04:52] <Jekeled> At rick*
- [18:05:09] <Jekeled> Everyone looks at each other for a second...then shrugs.
- [18:05:17] <Strife> "Before we start, I'd just like to tell you a bit about myself. I'm Special Agent Rick. We're very good at our job in this unit."
- [18:05:20] <Strife> "Very very good."
- [18:05:20] <Jekeled> "No idea," they all say in different ways and times
- [18:05:36] <Jekeled> "I bet you are," Bixby says.
- [18:05:41] <Strife> "Quite frankly, we're going to wrinkle every bit of truth out of this situation."
- [18:06:07] <Strife> "However, comma, I went and left my damn cup of tea on the counter. I'd rather it not be too oversteeped when I get back."
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- [18:06:14] <Jekeled> "I am at your disposal," she says.
- [18:06:29] <Strife> "So, answer everything to the best of your ability, and we'll get through this as quickly as possible, alright?"
- [18:06:40] <Jekeled> She nods.
- [18:07:00] <Roget> "Do we want to search any of the rooms, or what? Might be an intruder that killed him, y'know."
- [18:07:05] <Strife> "Tell me about yourself, if you would, Ms. Bixby."
- [18:07:10] <lurkd> "Guys this is real simple. If anyone wants to talk, now is the time to do it."
- [18:07:41] <Echo> Jason looks about the room for a phone.
- [18:07:53] <Jekeled> "Uh..." she says. "I am currently 35 years old...I'm a female bodybuilder...not married...no children...that's all I can think of."
- [18:08:00] <Jekeled> There is a phone on one of the library tables.
- [18:08:22] <Echo> He crosses the floor to the phone and picks up the receiver. Dial tone?
- [18:08:29] <Jekeled> Nope.
- [18:08:32] <Roget> "Anybody want to come with me to check the other rooms, or what?"
- [18:08:34] <Strife> "And how were you invited to this soiree?"
- [18:08:55] <Strife> Rick idly pulls out his pda to check if he gets reception.
- [18:08:55] <lurkd> "I'll go, Ralph."
- [18:09:00] <Jekeled> "Through Jacque's show, of course."
- [18:09:27] <lurkd> Has Jason regrouped yet?
- [18:09:27] <Echo> "I'll cover here, guys. Check the cuffs real quick before ya head off?"
- [18:09:39] <lurkd> Elif nods and does that.
- [18:10:10] <lurkd> She also blows into her radio to check it. "All good, let's go Ralphie."
- [18:10:25] <Jekeled> No reception for the PDA
- [18:10:25] <Roget> Ralph watches Elif do the check, then heads out to do the other rooms. "Which d'you want to check first?"
- [18:10:40] <Jekeled> The radio works for local coversations
- [18:10:54] <Echo> He puts the receiver back in the cradle, holsters his pistol, and pulls the machine gun back around.
- [18:11:06] <Jekeled> Everyone in the room flinches away slightly
- [18:11:55] <Strife> "I see, what can you tell me about Jacque's show?"
- [18:11:56] <Echo> "No reason to be alarmed. Gets a little uncomfortable hangin' there."
- [18:12:04] <Jekeled> Bixby blinks.
- [18:12:20] <Jekeled> "Jacques? Jacques d'Troubadore?"
- [18:12:27] <lurkd> "Ralph, let's check the body one last time. Make sure it hasn't been moved."
- [18:12:29] <Jekeled> "You don't know who Jacques d'Troubadore is?"
- [18:12:42] <Echo> "Y'all mind tellin' me what each'a y'all was doin' after ya got here?"
- [18:12:59] <lurkd> Elif heads back that way.
- [18:13:08] <Roget> "Alright, sounds like a plan, stan." Ralph follows
- [18:13:15] <Jekeled> "We all got here at about 6:30," Kendal says
- [18:13:26] <Echo> "The Butler said he left y'all on yer own from around 1930 to 1945. Seven thirty, seven forty-five."
- [18:13:29] <Jekeled> "We talked with Smith for about a half an hour, then ate at 7"
- [18:13:40] <Jekeled> "Dinner ended at 7:30"
- [18:13:42] <Strife> "I don't participate in media much, ma'am. Just your impressions, if you would."
- [18:13:57] <Echo> "An' then y'all went about yer way?"
- [18:14:07] <Jekeled> "After that, I went to the billiard room for a while, until I heard screaming, went down and...saw the body."
- [18:14:26] <Echo> "Stop right there, if ya please."
- [18:14:33] <Jekeled> Bixby snorts. "He isn't in media. He's a fashion designer."
- [18:14:43] <Jekeled> "I'm one of his models."
- [18:15:14] <Maddy> Alice leans against the wall, scrutinizing Bixby from behind her sunglasses.
- [18:15:14] <Strife> "Fashion is a media, I'd say."
- [18:15:24] <Strife> "But I shall concede the point."
- [18:15:27] <lurkd> Elif checks the room with the body in it to see if it has been disturbed. Looking at murder weapon as well.
- [18:15:29] <Jekeled> "More of an art form."
- [18:15:45] <Strife> "How exactly were you invited here?"
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- [18:15:54] <Echo> Jason keys his radio. <<Alice, got a job for ya.>>
- [18:16:10] <Jekeled> "Smith is one of Jacque's biggest sponsors, of course. We met there."
- [18:16:31] <Strife> "And then?"
- [18:16:43] <Jekeled> "We flirted for a bit, then he invited me here."
- [18:17:01] <Strife> "How long ago was this?"
- [18:17:26] <Jekeled> "Yesterday."
- [18:18:31] <lurkd> <<Body is still here. So is the weapon. Anyone know if there is a tool shed nearby? We can start by where this ax was before it was used.>>
- [18:18:49] <Strife> <<Neg>>
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- [18:19:06] <Strife> "Alright, and what happened tonight?"
- [18:19:12] <Echo> <<Thaaat's a negative. What kinda axe is it?>>
- [18:19:35] <lurkd> <<Damn. Just a regular looking axe, nothing real special.>>
- [18:19:41] <Jekeled> The butler hears this. "There are tools in the conservatory."
- [18:19:58] <Maddy> <<What's the job?>>
- [18:19:59] <Echo> "Location of the conservatory, sir?"
- [18:20:33] <Jekeled> "If you're standing in the hallway, it's the first door on the left side.
- [18:21:09] <Echo> Jason back away a little farther, lowering his voice. <<After y'all's done with Bixby, you wanna get the others out one by one, see if you can get a discrepancy? 1930 to 1945, copy?>>
- [18:21:45] <Echo> <<Elif, Jason. Be advised, the tools are in a conservatory, first door on the left from the hallway.>>
- [18:22:03] <lurkd> <<Copy. Headed there now.>>
- [18:22:04] <Strife> <<Affirmative.>>
- [18:22:12] <Maddy> <<Kay.>>
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- [18:24:52] <Strife> "Ma'am?"
- [18:24:57] <Jekeled> "Yes?"
- [18:25:33] <Maddy> "So you flirted with the decesed?"
- [18:26:24] <Jekeled> "Yes."
- [18:26:30] <lurkd> <<Ok, we made it to the conservatory. Searching.>>
- [18:26:43] <Echo> <<Solid copy.>>
- [18:26:55] <Strife> "What all happened tonight?"
- [18:27:10] <lurkd> <<Um... and we have a person trapped in a glass box.>>
- [18:27:27] <Jekeled> "I got here at 6:30. I talked with mr. Smith until dinner, at 7. Dinner lasted like a half an hour or so."
- [18:27:28] <Strife> "Alice. Open the door and cover Jason."
- [18:27:43] <Strife> <<On your toes. Weapons free.>>
- [18:28:02] <Jekeled> "Then, I went to the ballroom and played the piano in there a little bit.
- [18:28:03] <lurkd> <<10-4, we can handle this.>>
- [18:28:19] <Maddy> "I- what?"
- [18:28:28] <Strife> <<Make sure he doesn't asphyxiate, please.>>
- [18:28:47] <lurkd> <<No promises.>>
- [18:28:59] <Strife> "There is now freaky shit occurring. Line of site between everyone."
- [18:29:50] <Maddy> Alice shakes her head for a sec, before opening the door. "As I was saying. You know if Mr. Smith was a ladies man at all? Any women who might be mad he had his eye on you and not them?"
- [18:30:16] <Echo> Jason keeps a firm grip on his weapon, circling around the room with all the guests and the butler so that there's no furniture between him and them, and a good distance away. "Anyone here run into the gardener this evenin'?"
- [18:30:16] <Jekeled> Bixby shrugs. "No idea. I didn't really know him that well."
- [18:30:27] <Jekeled> Everyone shakes their head.
- [18:30:39] <Maddy> "He make eyes at any other lady tonight?"
- [18:30:51] <Jekeled> "Not that I saw."
- [18:31:02] <Strife> "How'd you get here tonight?"
- [18:31:15] <Jekeled> "My car is outside. Didn't you see it?"
- [18:31:59] <Jekeled> "The red Honda Accord."
- [18:32:55] <Strife> "And the other guests?"
- [18:33:11] <Jekeled> She shrugs again. "I didn't see who came in what car."
- [18:33:20] <Jekeled> "I assume they all drove here, though."
- [18:33:56] <Strife> "Alright, and what happened after dinner?"
- [18:34:19] <Jekeled> "Like I said. I went to the ballroom and futzed around on the piano until I heard screaming and saw the body."
- [18:35:07] <Strife> I see. Did Mr. Smith indicate what he was going to do after dinner? Or the plans for the rest of the evening?"
- [18:35:15] <Jekeled> "Nope."
- [18:35:52] <Strife> "Anyone else futz with the piano with you?"
- [18:35:59] <Jekeled> "Nope."
- [18:36:13] <Strife> "No one else in the ballroom?"
- [18:36:21] <Strife> Rick watches how she's acting.
- [18:36:24] <Jekeled> "nope."
- [18:36:36] <Jekeled> She has no obvious tells.
- [18:36:49] <Strife> "Where'd everyone else go after dinner?"
- [18:37:14] <Jekeled> "I think the /haaaaaaaaaahvaaaahrd/ educated professor said somethiing about going to the billiards rom
- [18:37:25] <Jekeled> something, room*"
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- [18:39:37] <Strife> "You're not a fan of the ivy leagues?"
- [18:40:13] <Jekeled> "Oh, the ivy leagues are fine. It's just there's a line between people who go to Harvard and people who keep saying they went to /Haaaaaahvaaahrd./"
- [18:41:02] <Strife> "True enough there." Rick smiles "We've got this one idiot for a captain who's like that. Don't know how the hell someone so high and might ends up as a cop, but I spose it's all he has left."
- [18:41:48] <Jekeled> "I see."
- [18:41:56] <Jekeled> "What type of unit are you all in again?"
- [18:42:01] <Jekeled> "I didn't catch it the first time."
- [18:42:21] <Strife> "We're the sensitive cases group, basically."
- [18:42:30] <Jekeled> "And...how is this case sensitive?"
- [18:42:42] <Jekeled> "I mean, you didn't even know about Jacques..."
- [18:43:09] <Strife> "Would Jacques make it a sensitive case?"
- [18:43:28] <Jekeled> "No; it would just make it more high-profile. Patron of a famous fashion designer, et al."
- [18:44:05] <Strife> "And someone rich enough to be said patron doesn't qualify by himself?"
- [18:44:10] <Strife> Rick tilts his head.
- [18:44:33] <Jekeled> She shrugs. "Rich doesn't always equal special."
- [18:44:41] <lurkd> <<Guys, we have another one in custody.>>
- [18:44:45] <Jekeled> "And you didn't answer my origional question."
- [18:45:28] <Maddy> "Honestly, the call we got was unclear as to what we were walking in on here. Came armed for a bear, you know?"
- [18:45:49] <Jekeled> "I...see."
- [18:45:53] <Jekeled> She looks unconvinced.
- [18:46:02] <Maddy> Alice ain't liein.
- [18:47:02] <Strife> "'Killed during dinner party' tends to rate high."
- [18:47:20] <Strife> "Anyway, do you have any other information to volunteer?"
- [18:47:54] <Jekeled> "Nope."
- [18:48:38] <Strife> "Nothing at all?"
- [18:48:53] <Jekeled> "That's what 'nope' means."
- [18:50:43] <Strife> "Very well."
- [18:50:45] <lurkd> Elif arrives with a cuffed gardner in tote.
- [18:50:53] <Roget> Ralph is tagging along
- [18:50:57] <lurkd> "Join the group on the floor please."
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- [18:52:16] <lurkd> "He says he woke up in the glass room in the conservatory. It was locked. Had to solve a math puzzle to unlock it."
- [18:52:25] <Strife> ". . . "
- [18:52:28] <Strife> "Really?"
- [18:52:31] <Strife> ". . ."
- [18:52:39] <Strife> Rick whistles.
- [18:52:43] <lurkd> "Really."
- [18:53:02] <Maddy> "That's fucking dumb.
- [18:53:07] <Strife> "Well then, screw the humint, we'd best be looking for more puzzles to solve!"
- [18:53:31] <Strife> Rick takes Bixby back inside with the others.
- [18:53:37] <Strife> "Group discussion everyone?""
- [18:55:31] <lurkd> Elif huddles.
- [18:56:15] <Strife> "The pool is being pool-y on us."
- [18:56:55] <Maddy> "So, room by room then?"
- [18:57:29] <Echo> "Best way to do it. Who's gonna stay here with me?"
- [18:59:21] <Strife> "Room by room, yeah."
- [18:59:28] <Maddy> "I could"
- [18:59:29] <lurkd> "I might be more useful checking rooms to be honest."
- [18:59:41] <Strife> "I think that you should stay here, Jason. Me and Elif can do the scouting"
- [19:00:01] <Echo> "Aight, then, me an' Alice'll stay here? You guys an' Ralph check the place out?"
- [19:00:30] <Strife> "That works, I think."
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- [19:03:09] <Maddy> "Works for me."
- [19:03:38] <Jekeled> what room will the group check out?
- [19:04:03] <Maddy> Alice and Jason will be in farreconoverflow?
- [19:04:36] <Jekeled> No; the room searchers will be in overflow. Alice and Jason will stay here.
- [19:05:55] <Maddy> k
- [19:06:56] <Echo> Jason pops the feed tray open on his 60, slides the ammo away, checks the feed pawls, lays the ammo back across the top, and slaps the cover back down.
- [19:07:08] <Echo> He starts whistling a jaunty tune.
- [19:07:12] <lurkd> "Any clue on where to start?"
- [19:07:13] <Jekeled> Everyone flinches a little
- [19:07:13] <Maddy> Alice posts by the door, and just looks around the room
- [19:07:30] <Jekeled> The guests edge away from jason as best you can with handcuffs
- [19:07:31] <Maddy> She silently judges te fuck out of all of them.
- [19:14:10] <Strife> <<Contact, poltergeist.>>
- [19:14:54] <Echo> "..."
- [19:15:05] <Echo> "Polt-..."
- [19:16:48] <Strife> <<Contact, flying pool balls, no damage, left us another riddle. I am not making this up."
- [19:16:59] <lurkd> <<Blackout>>
- [19:17:21] <Echo> Jason nudges Alice.
- [19:17:23] <Maddy> "This is hella stupid."
- [19:17:45] <lurkd> <<Actually scratch that, standby...>>
- [19:17:46] <Echo> "You, uh, wanna say somethin' to 'em? I think they're a little nervous about the gun."
- [19:18:03] <Maddy> "What am I gonna say?"
- [19:18:20] <Maddy> "We're not gonna shoot you. Shooting tied up people is a dick move."
- [19:18:37] <lurkd> <<Guys, don't ask how we know, but Kendal was in here by himself from 7:30 to 7:45. Copy?>>
- [19:18:49] <Maddy> "Shoukd I let him go?"
- [19:19:06] <Echo> "Not with just us two down here."
- [19:19:10] <Strife> <<No, question him. See what he says to confirm.>>
- [19:19:22] <Maddy> Alice didnt say that through the radio
- [19:28:12] <lurkd> <<We're leaving the billiard room.>>
- [19:28:36] <Echo> <<Copy.>>
- [19:40:48] <lurkd> <<Bixby was in the ballroom.>>
- [19:41:15] <Maddy> Alice takes note!
- [19:41:45] <Jekeled> The Reverend coughs. "Excuse me?"
- [19:41:52] <Jekeled> "Could...could I use the bathroom?"
- [19:42:06] <Maddy> "Can you take him, Jason?"
- [19:44:50] <Echo> "You're gonna have to wait, sir. I"
- [19:45:01] <Echo> 'm sorry, but I can't leave my partner here."
- [19:45:20] <Jekeled> "...ok..."
- [19:46:13] <Echo> "I really do apologize, but someone had their head hacked off with an axe here a few hours ago. I'm not walkin' off an' leavin' someone on their own."
- [19:48:09] <Echo> Jason keys his radio.
- [19:51:06] <Strife> <We'll finish in the ballroom and head back.>>
- [19:54:42] <Echo> Jason's still standing there with the machine gun, apparently menacing, definitely unintentionally.
- [19:54:46] <lurkd> Elif arrives back at the library.
- [19:55:02] <lurkd> "Hiyo!"
- [19:55:06] <Jekeled> Everyone has moved away from the line of Jason's gun
- [19:55:30] <Echo> Jason nods at the one who needed to use the head.
- [19:55:31] <Maddy> "Hey."
- [19:56:00] <Roget> "We found an... interesting note."
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- [19:57:48] <Jekeled> What will they do now?
- [19:58:17] <lurkd> "So! Who's unaccounted for?"
- [19:58:27] <Strife> "Most of them."
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- [20:00:02] <lurkd> "We should search the second floor or cellar."
- [20:00:14] <Jekeled> There is no second floor
- [20:00:27] <Jekeled> The cellar is where the body is
- [20:01:10] <Strife> "What other rooms do we have to look at?"
- [20:01:30] <Echo> "You tell me."
- [20:01:40] <Maddy> "First of, can a couple men take the Reverand to the can?"
- [20:01:43] <Jekeled> The butler looks up.
- [20:01:47] <Roget> "Uh, we checked the observatory, the billiard room... I'll take him."
- [20:01:55] <Jekeled> "There are no bathrooms in the house."
- [20:02:01] <Maddy> "What."
- [20:02:10] <Echo> "Take a partner. We still don't know for sure if there's not another pa- what."
- [20:02:23] <lurkd> "Why?"
- [20:02:30] <Jekeled> "And you've still missed the study, the hall, the dining room, and the kitchen. Oh, and the lounge."
- [20:02:30] <Echo> "Smith have somethin' against takin' a shit?"
- [20:02:37] <Jekeled> "Mister Smith was very emphatic on that matter."
- [20:02:46] <Maddy> "Sorry Rev."
- [20:02:51] <Echo> "Everybody poops, dude."
- [20:02:59] <Jekeled> "Not my employer."
- [20:03:10] <Strife> ". . ."
- [20:03:13] <Strife> "What."
- [20:03:33] <Jekeled> "He never pooped."
- [20:03:40] <Echo> "..." Jason momentarily wonders if he should ask Ralph to check the corpse for the presence of an anus.
- [20:03:40] <Echo> "Ralph."
- [20:04:06] <Roget> "Yeah?"
- [20:04:10] <Echo> "You, uh... you wanna confirm that?"
- [20:04:27] <Roget> ".... Are you asking me what I think you're asking me?"
- [20:04:49] <Echo> "Yeah, I'm askin' you what you think I'm askin' you."
- [20:04:57] <lurkd> "I'll go with you Ralph."
- [20:05:05] <lurkd> She goes back for that room.
- [20:05:09] <Roget> "... Alright. You owe me for this." Ralph goes as well
- [20:05:19] <Jekeled> The body is still in the cellar.
- [20:05:23] <Jekeled> Nothing's moved.
- [20:05:25] <Jekeled> It's also still dead.
- [20:05:26] <Echo> "I don't owe ya shit. Smith might, though."
- [20:05:27] <lurkd> "C'mon. You're the resident anus checker." She smirks.
- [20:06:02] <lurkd> "Hope you brought gloves man." She taps Ralph on the butt as he passes by.
- [20:06:36] <Roget> Ralph checks for the presence of a booty
- [20:06:59] <Jekeled> There is a booty. However it has been...uh...it's been sewed shut.
- [20:07:36] <Roget> ".... Are you fucking kidding me..." does it look recent
- [20:07:48] <Jekeled> Nope. It's old. Very old.
- [20:07:59] <Roget> "Eliiiiiiiif you gotta see this."
- [20:07:59] <lurkd> Elif rubbernecks. "Eewww."
- [20:08:21] <Roget> <<Dude's got his asshole sown up. Looks like it's been that way for a long time.>>
- [20:08:27] <lurkd> "Dude, that is burned into my retinas forever."
- [20:08:33] <Strife> ". . ."
- [20:08:35] <Jekeled> Everyone, roll sneak.
- [20:08:36] <Strife> "What."
- [20:08:42] <Strife> 6df+8 sneakiest
- [20:08:42] <Glacon> Strife: sneakiest: 7 (6df+8=+, 0, 0, -, -, 0)
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- [20:08:59] <lurkd> "This... necessitates an autopsy, Ralph." She's serious.
- [20:09:07] <Echo> 6df+0 Jason's not quite sneaky.
- [20:09:07] <Glacon> Echo: Jason's not quite sneaky.: 1 (6df+0=+, -, +, +, 0, -)
- [20:09:07] <Maddy> 6df
- [20:09:07] <Glacon> Maddy: -5 (6df=-, -, -, -, 0, -)
- [20:09:14] <Echo> ...
- [20:09:21] <lurkd> 6df+0 Can't sneak. Noisy toolbelt.
- [20:09:22] <Glacon> lurkd: Can't sneak. Noisy toolbelt.: -2 (6df+0=0, +, 0, -, -, -)
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- [20:09:44] <Roget> 6df wow such stealth
- [20:09:44] <Glacon> Roget: wow such stealth: 1 (6df=0, -, +, -, +, +)
- [20:10:36] <Jekeled> Redact that roll. Nothing happens. My apologies.
- [20:10:40] <Roget> "I don't got shit to do an autopsy with."
- [20:11:56] <lurkd> "I have a utility knife. Just open him up for a quick look."
- [20:12:01] <lurkd> She shrugs.
- [20:12:47] <Strifey> Rick browses books while still keeping an eye on prisoners
- [20:12:51] <Roget> "... Do you have gloves, at least?"
- [20:15:02] <Maddy> "I do."
- [20:15:20] <Maddy> "Not just the gloves, I mean. I have a filed necropsy kit."
- [20:15:31] <Maddy> Field
- [20:15:32] <lurkd> "I'll step back a bit." She does.
- [20:15:50] <Roget> "Can I see that, please?"
- [20:15:58] <lurkd> "Let me know what you find... like some kind of black hole where poop goes."
- [20:16:23] <Maddy> Alice digs it out and passes it over. "Here y'are."
- [20:17:51] <Roget> Roll medical for impromptu autopsy?
- [20:18:03] <Jekeled> Yup
- [20:18:13] <Roget> 6df+10 this is probably the third or fourth worst thing involving butts I have ever attempted.
- [20:18:14] <Glacon> Roget: this is probably the third or fourth worst thing involving butts I have ever attempted.: 10 (6df+10=+, -, 0, -, +, 0)
- [20:18:37] <Jekeled> Ralph performs the butt autopsy like a charm!
- [20:18:38] <Jekeled> He finds two things in the butt:
- [20:18:52] <Jekeled> 1) A weird, tubular device that appears to be inactive and
- [20:18:55] <Jekeled> 2) A flash drive
- [20:19:56] <lurkd> Elif is gagging. *GAG* *spit*
- [20:20:03] <lurkd> "Oh, Dude...."
- [20:20:07] <lurkd> *GAG*
- [20:20:31] <Jekeled> Engineering can be rolled to determine the use of object #1
- [20:20:49] <Roget> "I... what."
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- [20:20:54] <Roget> "/What is my life/"
- [20:21:50] <Maddy> "You know...I feel like I'm very glad I didn't do the autopsy suddenly. Wonder what they found..."
- [20:21:51] <lurkd> She glances at the object.
- [20:21:58] <lurkd> 6df+7 ENG!
- [20:21:59] <Glacon> lurkd: ENG!: 5 (6df+7=0, 0, -, -, -, +)
- [20:22:06] <Echo> <<Was I right?>>
- [20:22:25] <Jekeled> Elif gets the feeling that the device is used to transport stuff. Probably poop.
- [20:23:12] <lurkd> *gag* *spit* "It's... a poop chute. Probably used for a colostomy bag?"
- [20:23:15] <Strifey> "That's an always on type thing for me"
- [20:23:30] <lurkd> She has to leave.
- [20:23:45] <lurkd> Back to the library. "Oh god..."
- [20:23:57] <Jekeled> Will they take the thing with them?
- [20:24:19] <Roget> "What the /fuuuuuck/" Ralph cleans himself up, retrieves the flash drive and device in baggies, and retreats.
- [20:24:26] <Echo> "You okay, Elif?"
- [20:24:53] <lurkd> <<Ralph, bring that USB. Let's plug it into the laptop.>> She takes a breath. "Sorry, kinda squeamish when it comes to that stuff."
- [20:25:47] <Roget> Ralph enters the room, looking like he just came from 'nam. "Alright... that's going up on the 'never again' list. Fuck me... I got the usb, and the... poop... thing."
- [20:26:07] * Seik has left
- [20:26:41] <Maddy> "Cn I have my kit back?"
- [20:26:54] <Roget> "Yeah, here..." he hands that back over
- [20:27:46] <lurkd> Elif shudders. "I'll go get the laptop from the ballroom."
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- [20:28:48] <lurkd> Can we just assume she goes and comes back without incident?
- [20:28:52] <Maddy> Alice puts it away. "Guess we don't have to guess what's going on in his urethra..."
- [20:29:04] <Echo> "... what?"
- [20:29:25] <Jekeled> Yup
- [20:29:29] <Jekeled> The laptop is in the library
- [20:29:32] <Maddy> "If there are no bathrooms, he's either been peeing in the corner or..."
- [20:29:46] <lurkd> Elif sits with the laptop. "USB please."
- [20:29:54] <Roget> "Let's not speculate." Ralph hands over the usb baggie
- [20:29:59] <lurkd> "No more poop talk."
- [20:30:14] <Maddy> "Kay."
- [20:30:18] <lurkd> Elif uses pliers to pick it up and plug it in.
- [20:30:28] <Jekeled> A list of files come up.
- [20:30:33] <Jekeled> The files each have names:
- [20:31:04] <Jekeled> Laird, O'Reilly, Mattes, and Callahan
- [20:31:13] <Jekeled> (Are the names of the four files.)
- [20:33:18] <lurkd> She opens Laird.
- [20:33:28] <lurkd> "Guys, look over my shoulder."
- [20:33:47] <Jekeled> It has a bunch of pictures. It looks like a drug deal.
- [20:34:08] <Maddy> "Hmmmm."
- [20:34:15] <Jekeled> Hard to tell if Laird's buying or selling, but it's definitely incriminating
- [20:35:08] <Strifey> Rick studies closely
- [20:35:35] <Maddy> Alice circles Larid's name on her list.
- [20:35:48] <Roget> Ralph pretends to understand what he's looking at. "Pretty amazing this works, given that it just came from someone's ass..."
- [20:36:52] <lurkd> *ahem* She opens O'Reilly next.
- [20:37:04] <Strifey> "This is really quite ridiculous."
- [20:37:14] <Jekeled> There's just two pictures.
- [20:37:26] <Jekeled> One is what appears to be an accounts book.
- [20:37:30] <Jekeled> The other is a smaller accounts book.
- [20:37:31] <Echo> Jason paces back and forth in the library.
- [20:38:04] <Jekeled> The numbers in one account book don't match up to the other.
- [20:39:03] <Roget> "Cooking his books?" Ralph whispers to Elif
- [20:40:07] <Strifey> Rick lines up the numbers that don't line up
- [20:40:11] <lurkd> "I guess." She opens Mattes.
- [20:40:38] <Jekeled> The pictures are of his car. It is also, strangely enough, a red Honda Accord.
- [20:40:55] <Jekeled> One picture is of the trunk, and of a compartment that shouldn't be there.
- [20:41:50] <Jekeled> That's all that is on the drive.
- [20:42:40] <Roget> "Hmmm. What an intriguing mystery.""
- [20:43:45] <Maddy> Alice cirles the other names.
- [20:43:46] <Echo> "We got anything?"
- [20:44:08] <Jekeled> There is one other file*
- [20:44:11] <lurkd> "We need to look at that compartment."
- [20:44:11] <Jekeled> My bae
- [20:44:12] <Jekeled> bad*
- [20:44:24] <lurkd> She opens Callahan.
- [20:44:28] <Jekeled> Callahan's just shows a picture of a pinky. It looks frozen.
- [20:44:35] <Strifey> "The accord is Bixby's"
- [20:45:02] <Maddy> "Are we sure, we don't have her licence plate. And we know she wasnt there for the murder."
- [20:45:29] <Maddy> "Hell we haven't even looked outside."
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- [20:47:52] <Jekeled> Will you look outside?
- [20:47:57] <Strifey> "Possibly. However, I think we're likely looking at everyone being guilty for at least something here"
- [20:48:02] <lurkd> "She was in the ballroom from 7:30 to 7:45. There's video."
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- [20:48:24] <lurkd> "That car. Let's look."
- [20:49:45] <Strifey> "Let's."
- [20:49:47] <lurkd> She gets up to look for the exit.
- [20:49:57] <Strifey> Rick follows!
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- [20:50:07] <Roget> Ralph follows as well!
- [20:50:08] <Jekeled> The exit is in the hall they arrived in.
- [20:50:38] <Jekeled> Outside are...two red Honda Accords.
- [20:50:45] <Maddy> Alice stays with the poeple like last time
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- [20:50:55] <Jekeled> One has a spoiler; the other one (and the one in the picture) does not.
- [20:51:28] <Maddy> She takes it upon herself to collet everyone's car make, model and licessplate.
- [20:51:55] <Echo> Jason's holding with Alice still. *Someone* has to provide security.
- [20:52:15] <Strifey> Rick checks suspensions. No car ridiculously loaded down?
- [20:52:24] <Jekeled> No car is ridiculously loaded down.
- [20:52:36] <lurkd> Elif looks at the car from the photo and tries to open it.
- [20:53:10] <Jekeled> It's locked.
- [20:53:26] <Strifey> "Allow me, Elif. Can I borrow a small screwdriver?"
- [20:55:08] <lurkd> She gives it to him. "I'm tempted to just break the window."
- [20:55:36] <Echo> Disregard; Jason's still in the library.
- [20:56:16] <Roget> "What's the thing car thieves use to just bust a window open quiet-like?"
- [20:56:19] <Maddy> <<Hey guys, got names to cars.>> I assume.
- [20:56:30] <Strifey> "It's an accord, cheap locks."
- [20:56:47] <Strifey> 6df+7 Sneaking, pop that trunk open
- [20:56:47] <Glacon> Strifey: Sneaking, pop that trunk open: 8 (6df+7=0, +, 0, +, 0, -)
- [20:57:16] <Jekeled> The trunk pops open.
- [20:57:42] <lurkd> Elif lifts it open for a better look.
- [20:58:04] <Jekeled> It looks like an ordinary trunk; but that's why they're called "secret" compartments.
- [20:58:08] <Strifey> He does his normal check for traps, then looks for the compartment
- [20:58:32] <Jekeled> He finds it due to his foreknowledge of where it is.
- [20:58:35] <Jekeled> Also, no traps
- [20:58:37] <Jekeled> .
- [20:58:49] <Roget> 6df+7 I spy sekrits
- [20:58:49] <Glacon> Roget: I spy sekrits: 4 (6df+7=-, +, -, 0, -, -)
- [20:58:53] <Roget> goddamnit
- [20:59:21] <Jekeled> In the compartment is a brown paper bag.
- [20:59:23] <Jekeled> It looks full.
- [20:59:32] <lurkd> 6df+7 ENG
- [20:59:33] <Glacon> lurkd: ENG: 9 (6df+7=-, +, 0, 0, +, +)
- [20:59:36] <lurkd> nvm
- [20:59:47] <lurkd> Elif grabs the bag and looks. "Seriously."
- [20:59:57] <Jekeled> It's filled with cash.
- [21:00:06] <lurkd> "Drug deal."
- [21:01:03] <Roget> "Man, I wonder if they have like, weird extradimensional drugs here."
- [21:01:14] <Strifey> "If this is an alternate world, no reason not to pocket it, right?"
- [21:01:28] <lurkd> She hands it to Rick.
- [21:01:53] <Strifey> "Go go gadget giant pockets."
- [21:01:54] <lurkd> <<Jason?>>
- [21:02:03] <Roget> "Eri can look at it when we get back... chemistry is her forte."
- [21:02:51] <lurkd> <<Jason, you there?>>
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- [21:03:05] <Echo> <<Yeah, I'm here.>>
- [21:03:10] <Echo> <<Send yer traffic.>>
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- [21:04:16] <lurkd> <<Please yank on them pieces of shits Mattes and Laird and ask them what the hell is up with this drug money.>> She says it loud enough to be heard well and clear.
- [21:04:38] <Jekeled> Mattes and Laird look up at this.
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- [21:04:46] <Jekeled> They glance at each other, quickly.
- [21:05:03] <Strifey> Rick idly wonders how much buying his tiger back will cost.
- [21:05:22] <Echo> Jason brings the machine gun up. "I'll need the two of you to cooperate with anything the lady here says."
- [21:05:28] <Echo> "Alice, if you would."
- [21:05:32] <lurkd> <<O'Rielly too.>>
- [21:05:51] <Strifey> Rick searches for additional secret compartments.
- [21:05:57] <Jekeled> "Resorting to threats now, are we?" Laird says.
- [21:06:02] <Jekeled> Rick finds nothing else.
- [21:06:10] <Echo> <<Give us another individual in here, if ya would, Elif.>>
- [21:06:18] <lurkd> Elif starts for the entrance. "Let's go back."
- [21:06:47] <lurkd> <<Inbound, double time.>>
- [21:06:52] <Echo> "Nope, I'm just makin' sure my partner stays safe while she helps ya up. I don't like shootin' people, personally."
- [21:07:33] <Jekeled> "If you wanted us to stad up, you just had to ask," Mattes says.
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- [21:08:05] <lurkd> Elif arrives. "Spill it you guys."
- [21:08:16] <Jekeled> "Spill what?" Mattes again.
- [21:08:46] <lurkd> "Drugs, money, murder, fucking puzzles. You know a lot more than what you lead on."
- [21:08:47] <Maddy> Alice helps people up.
- [21:09:13] <Jekeled> "First of all, I have no idea what kind of puzzles you're talking about," Laird says.
- [21:09:20] <Jekeled> "Second of all, what's all this about drugs?"
- [21:09:46] <lurkd> "We have video of you, Laird. Doing deals."
- [21:10:22] <Jekeled> "Doesn't mean I killed Smith now, does it."
- [21:10:34] <Roget> "Means you're willing to lie to us."
- [21:10:56] <Jekeled> "Plenty of people have been willing to lie to you tonight."
- [21:11:06] <lurkd> "No it doesn't, just makes you shady as fuck. And that's more than enough to make you number one suspect."
- [21:11:22] <Jekeled> "Only me, huh?"
- [21:12:14] <lurkd> "Mattes has a bag of money in his car. I'm assuming at this point it's related."
- [21:12:21] <Jekeled> "One bit of drug dealing and I'm whodoneit?"
- [21:12:37] <lurkd> "Only thing I care about is the murder to be honest."
- [21:12:41] <Jekeled> "Hey!" Mattes says. "Don't drag me into this."
- [21:12:56] <lurkd> "Listen, shut it for a second."
- [21:13:06] <lurkd> She pulls up a chair. "Let's make a deal."
- [21:13:11] <lurkd> "Interested?"
- [21:13:16] <Jekeled> "I'll listen."
- [21:14:24] <Jekeled> Laird and Mattes listen.
- [21:14:47] <lurkd> "I have evidence that doesn't ever need to see the light of day. That is if you tell us something about these other people that leads somewhere."
- [21:14:53] <lurkd> "Get what I'm saying?"
- [21:15:17] <Jekeled> Laird snorts. "You're cops. You can't do that."
- [21:15:25] <lurkd> "Oh?"
- [21:15:44] <lurkd> "You're not in any sort of position for leverage here."
- [21:15:52] <Jekeled> "Fine. Fine."
- [21:16:00] <Strifey> Rick leans and listens.
- [21:16:06] <Jekeled> "You want something interesting?"
- [21:16:15] <lurkd> "I do."
- [21:16:21] <Jekeled> "Check my wayward 'partner' here's shoes."
- [21:16:33] <Jekeled> He motions towards Mattes, who looks sharply up at him.
- [21:16:43] <Maddy> Alice rolls her eyes so hard.
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- [21:17:21] <lurkd> "Jason, shoe him."
- [21:17:59] <Jekeled> "In the heels!" Laird shouts at Jason.
- [21:18:48] <Strifey> "How about he kicks his shoes off instead?"
- [21:18:58] <Jekeled> Mattes glares, but obeys.
- [21:19:09] <lurkd> "Or whatever, let's just get to the bottom of this."
- [21:19:24] <Jekeled> The shoes are now off.
- [21:20:16] <lurkd> Elif looks in the heels.
- [21:20:20] <Jekeled> Roll perception
- [21:20:47] <lurkd> 6df+5 Looking.
- [21:20:47] <Glacon> lurkd: Looking.: 1 (6df+5=-, -, -, -, -, +)
- [21:20:56] <lurkd> She let's Rick too.
- [21:21:01] <Jekeled> Elif just sees shoes. Nothing but shoes.
- [21:21:01] <lurkd> *look
- [21:21:05] <Jekeled> Rick can roll percep as well.
- [21:21:37] <Strifey> 6df+12 tagged for overkill
- [21:21:38] <Glacon> Strifey: tagged for overkill: 14 (6df+12=+, +, +, -, 0, 0)
- [21:22:00] <Jekeled> Rick sees that the is strange, and can be slid off.
- [21:22:10] <Strifey> "Fake heels are kinda cliche, you know?"
- [21:22:19] <Strifey> He slides it off.
- [21:22:33] <lurkd> "Hopefully it's a signed confession."
- [21:22:49] <Jekeled> "Seemed like a good idea at the time," Mattes says.
- [21:22:58] <Jekeled> Inside is a flash drive identical to the butt one.
- [21:23:26] <lurkd> "Alrighty." She snatches it and plugs it in.
- [21:23:43] <Roget> ~The butt drive chronicles continue~
- [21:24:02] <Jekeled> It has the same four files as the butt one...but the "Mattes" file is now empty.
- [21:24:28] <lurkd> She opens Laird.
- [21:25:00] <Jekeled> Laird's file has all the pictures it did before...plus a few more that look recent.
- [21:25:19] <lurkd> She looks closely.
- [21:25:32] <Jekeled> They appear to have been taken somewhere in the mansion.
- [21:26:03] <Strifey> "Seriously, for these files? Heel hole really isn't the right option."
- [21:26:19] <Jekeled> "what was I supposed to do? eat it?"
- [21:27:28] <Strifey> "Personally, SD card- wait. You don't rate shop talk with me."
- [21:27:29] <lurkd> "Where were these photos taken? Answer me please."
- [21:27:50] <Jekeled> Mattes shrugs. "In Smith's study."
- [21:27:59] <Strifey> "Any other stashes of dirty money we need to know about?"
- [21:28:04] <Jekeled> "Nope."
- [21:28:27] <Jekeled> Mattes gives a wan smile. "Probably the most anticlimactic way for the murder to be solved."
- [21:28:56] <Strifey> "You're sure? If the cleanup squads get credit for finding them, I'm going to be piiiiissed."
- [21:29:03] <Jekeled> "Positive."
- [21:29:18] <Jekeled> "So, what now?"
- [21:29:24] <Jekeled> "Do I get a lawyer or something?
- [21:29:24] <Strifey> "A'ight"
- [21:29:54] <Strifey> "Sure, I've been a lawyer before, what do you need?"
- [21:29:55] <Jekeled> He sighs, and looks down. "I can't even make a fight of it, since I've been handcuffed all night."
- [21:30:08] <Echo> "That's the idea."
- [21:30:29] <Jekeled> Suddenly, there's a knock on the front door!
- [21:30:33] <Strifey> "Go planning and competence, right Jason?"
- [21:30:36] <Jekeled> "Police! Open up!"
- [21:30:46] <lurkd> Elif goes over to the door.
- [21:30:52] <Strifey> "Ooooh yeah, thaaat."
- [21:30:56] <Echo> "Ah, there's the backup."
- [21:31:00] <lurkd> And opens.
- [21:31:13] <Jekeled> The police are outside.
- [21:31:13] <lurkd> "Right this way gents. Mattes did it."
- [21:31:28] <Jekeled> One of the cops blinks. "...and...who are you?"
- [21:31:30] <Strifey> Rick pats his pocket and looks official.
- [21:31:46] <Strifey> "DEA sting team."
- [21:31:56] <Strifey> "Your response time sucks."
- [21:31:56] <lurkd> "AND special forces."
- [21:32:19] <lurkd> "Let's not make this a big deal, get this perp out of here please."
- [21:32:51] <Jekeled> "All...right?" the cop says. "You're all coming with me, then." They begin to round the guests up.
- [21:33:08] <Strifey> "But keep the others because they're dirty for drugs too probably. We'll get in touch for transfer of the formal case files."
- [21:33:30] <Roget> Ralph watches the police round people up. Are they dressed like old timey cops, or modern garb?
- [21:33:47] <Jekeled> "All right. Well...guess there's not much else to say," the cop says. "Thank you for your efforts."
- [21:33:49] <Jekeled> Modern garb.
- [21:33:56] <Echo> Jason speaks up as they start hauling them up.
- [21:33:59] <Echo> "Hey, gents?"
- [21:34:11] <Jekeled> The cops look up. They appear fuzzy for a second, then snap back into focus.
- [21:34:27] <lurkd> Elif salutes.
- [21:34:30] <Jekeled> Then everything goes slightly out of focus.
- [21:34:32] <Echo> "I got a pair a cuffs on two of 'em. You mind switchin' those out?"
- [21:34:50] <Jekeled> Then the entire picture just dissolves.
- [21:34:54] <Jekeled> Everything is black.
- [21:34:55] <lurkd> Elif quickly grabs a book off the shelf!
- [21:35:06] <Jekeled> The lights snap on, revealing that the group is...back in the sub bay!
- [21:35:15] <Jekeled> Jason's handcuffs are laying on the ground.
- [21:35:19] <Jekeled> The sub is nowhere to be seen.
- [21:35:21] <Roget> "... Cool. I guess we won?"
- [21:35:25] <lurkd> Did Elif get a book?
- [21:35:29] <Jekeled> Yes.
- [21:35:44] <lurkd> She looks to see what she blindly nabbed.
- [21:36:03] <Jekeled> Its title is..."Game Theory for a Modern Age: How to Correctly Identify Standardized Tropes in Random Environments."
- [21:36:14] <Strifey> Rick pats his pocket. Money still there?
- [21:36:16] <Maddy> "Welp."
- [21:36:19] <Jekeled> Money's still there.
- [21:36:33] <Jekeled> The techie pops his head back in.
- [21:36:34] <Strifey> "Bwhahahahahaha"
- [21:36:37] <Jekeled> "So hi guys! :D"
- [21:36:39] <Jekeled> "How'd it go?"
- [21:36:48] <lurkd> "Fucking... Sweet!"
- [21:36:56] <Maddy> Alice B|'s at him agains and wanders off
- [21:36:59] <Strifey> Rick can't answer he's maniacally laughing.
- [21:37:02] <Echo> "*YOU*, you smug little fuckin' worm!"
- [21:37:16] <Echo> Jason wheels around, aiming a knife hand at the guy.
- [21:37:22] <Jekeled> You can all go back to farrecon now!
- [21:37:29] <lurkd> "Check out this book."
- [21:37:31] <Jekeled> The techie gives another :D to echo and walks away.
- [21:37:32] <Strifey> ~I really hope that it's not monopoly money now~
- [21:37:38] <Echo> "Do you know what *Stand the fuck by* means?"
- [21:37:44] <Echo> Jason'not Echo
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