[21:08:18] <ihp> The Administrator stands in the motorpool, waiting for the members of Psi-7. Once they're all assembled, he looks around. "…is this everyone? Um. Right." He pushes up his glasses and hands them a dossier. "You'll be heading out to,er, San Francisco today. An, uh, agent has reported an anomaly in the,um, northern end of the city."
[21:08:35] <ihp> "The dossier contains, uh, information on how to contact them."
[21:08:39] <Daedalus> "San Francisco, Eh? Where is 'at?"
[21:08:53] <Sirgoldfish> "May I see?"
[21:09:01] <padri> "All the way out in California, Billy."
[21:09:07] * ProcyonLotor has kicked Sirgoldfish because you did not make the cut, my apologies.
[21:09:13] * ProcyonLotor set modes [+ph] on ihp
[21:09:16] <lurkd> *grumble8
[21:09:18] <lurkd> *
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[21:09:25] <Daedalus> "And where is 'at?"
[21:09:37] <lurkd> Ivan does not like the bright sun.
[21:09:41] <ShotgunFiendM> Matt looks over the dossier.
[21:09:44] <ihp> "California. Um, West coast. Nice city, or so I hear…"
[21:09:50] <gumbal1> "California is an ocean state, right?
[21:09:52] <Riemann> "Ooh, California. Never been."
[21:09:56] <gumbal1> *"
[21:10:00] <lurkd> "Earthquakes."
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[21:10:13] <Daedalus> "So what are we lookin' for Guv'nor?"
[21:10:23] <ShotgunFiendM> "US, west coast."
[21:10:44] <ihp> Matt, the Dossier says the agent can be found at a book store in North Beach called City Lights. There's a code phrase to confirm your identity; "Why is a Raven like a Writing Desk?" "Because Poe Nevar Wrote."
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[21:11:15] <ShotgunFiendM> "A book story. And poetry."
[21:11:28] <Daedalus> Billy groans.
[21:11:31] <ShotgunFiendM> He sighs. "On Valentine's Day."
[21:11:41] <Riemann> Hill makes a face in the background, at the mention of poetry
[21:11:58] <padri> Does everyone get a copy of the dossier? Or just Matt?
[21:11:59] <lurkd> "It has nothing to do with that overrated holiday."
[21:11:59] <ShotgunFiendM> Store* not story.
[21:12:01] <ihp> There's also a map of the district in there. Not much information besides that, it seems. "Any, uh, additional questions? I'm afraid I don't have much other information… uh. He contacted us only yesterday about it. Said it seemed, er, urgent."
[21:12:20] <gumbal1> "Who contacted us?"
[21:12:30] <ihp> The dossier gets passed around, however, it specifies that only /one person/ is to meet them. Six people talking to the same person would arouse suspicion.
[21:12:31] <padri> "The agent. Please pay attention."
[21:13:03] <padri> "I vote Matt as our representative."
[21:13:08] <ihp> "If there are no further, er, questions, you will be driven out to the Airstrip…"
[21:13:21] <ShotgunFiendM> Matt fidgets with his BAR. Clicking the safety on and off. Matt raises an eyebrow at Laura's comment.
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[21:13:48] <padri> Laura is totally serious. She's going to suggest he leave his BAR behind when he goes inside, but.
[21:13:50] <Daedalus> Billy nods and turns to Matt, "You can talk to 'em and I'll rough 'em up if need be…"
[21:14:24] <ShotgunFiendM> Matt straightens up. "I'll do it."
[21:14:36] <Daedalus> Billy gets into the Jeep. "Good. Comin'?"
[21:14:42] <ihp> The Administrator coughs, and steps aside, revealing two jeeps for them, being driven by Foundation agents. "Now then… you'll be driven to the usual place."
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[21:15:04] <gumbal1> Danielle gets in the back of jeep #1
[21:15:11] <ihp> "Um… don't die, please. It brings so much paperwork."
[21:15:26] <padri> Laura gets in the back.
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[21:15:30] <Daedalus> Billy gets in with Danielle and winks at her.
[21:15:33] <ShotgunFiendM> Matt goes over and climbs into a jeep. Probably whichever one Laura gets into. He ignores the Admins last comment.
[21:15:37] <Riemann> Hill clambers into Jeep 1 as well, and sips some coffee
[21:15:43] <Daedalus> He reloads his shotgun.
[21:15:50] <ihp> Once everyone's loaded in, the jeeps drive off.
[21:16:57] <lurkd> Ivan sits in the back.
[21:17:27] <Daedalus> "Ello, Doc 'ill…" Billy checks his equipment, he turns to Danielle, "Madam, have you thought about me proposal?"
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[21:18:15] <ihp> *VROOM*. The Jeeps drive along to the air force base. It's a largely uneventful drive. You all pile into the plane, and suddenly, the GM exercises his most impressive of powers: the Time Skip!
[21:18:16] <Riemann> "Oh, yes, I had forgotten about that proposal." Hill smiles
[21:18:49] <Riemann> (Let's do the Time Warp Again)
[21:18:50] <gumbal1> "I'm…really not sure. I was never that into dating unless I needed to steal something."
[21:19:04] <padri> It's just a step to the leeeeft
[21:19:14] <ShotgunFiend> Matt probably does a fair amount of saying absolutely nothing during the ride and the flight.
[21:19:29] <lurkd> Ivan zones out as he preps his revolver.
[21:19:33] <lurkd> *clicking*
[21:19:47] <Daedalus> Billy smiles, "You're an intrestin' one, ya know that?"
[21:19:59] <Riemann> Hill stares out the window, watching the clouds
[21:20:15] <ShotgunFiend> Matt clears his weapons, but pulls his BAR's sling tight, pressing the rifle flat against his back.
[21:20:18] <ihp> Three and a half hours, one plane ride and a possible panic attack from Laura later, you arrive at San Francisco International Airport. (SFO). It's located a good distance south of North Beach, so you may have to walk…
[21:20:27] <ihp> Several miles.
[21:20:37] <ihp> In one of the hilliest cities in the USA.
[21:20:42] <padri> That will be a definite panic attack. Phobic of flyin, man.
[21:20:45] <lurkd> *sigh*
[21:20:46] <Riemann> It is most like Hill
[21:21:04] <Riemann> (North Beach won the most similar to Hill award)
[21:21:08] <lurkd> Ivan rubs his temples. "Normally this wouldn't be an issue."
[21:21:14] <Daedalus> "Goddammit…" Billy looks around, "Anyone know how to hijack a car?"
[21:21:19] <gumbal1> "Why would it be now?"
[21:21:35] <ShotgunFiend> "Don't know why we couldn't airdrop in closer…" Matt sounds perfectly serious.
[21:21:37] <lurkd> Ivan glares at her and saunters forward. *cough*
[21:21:51] <padri> Laura follows Ivan. Might as well start walkin.
[21:21:55] <Riemann> "I could take a whack at it."
[21:21:57] <lurkd> 4df+5 looking for transportation cuz I'm not walking
[21:22:00] <gumbal1> Danielle follows
[21:22:06] <ShotgunFiend> (how2bot)
[21:22:17] <Riemann> Ivan, 4
[21:22:21] <lurkd> (yup, give me results)
[21:22:22] <Daedalus> Billy follows Danielle "Maybe we could catch a cabby?"
[21:22:56] <ihp> The sun is nice and high up in the sky, and it's a warm day in San Francisco, all things considered. There's not a drop of fog anywhere. Ivan manages to spot a taxicab going past, but that can maybe fit three people, tops.
[21:22:58] <padri> "We won't all fit in a cab."
[21:23:15] <ShotgunFiend> Matt takes point of the group. He figures if anyone's qualified to be there, it;s him.
[21:23:17] <padri> Is there a trolley around?
[21:23:19] <Daedalus> "All the ladies go first then?"
[21:23:24] <lurkd> "We'll take seprate ones if this is an active route."
[21:23:32] <ShotgunFiend> "Laura's right. We'd need something bigger."
[21:23:41] <gumbal1> "A bus?"
[21:23:41] <ihp> Perception check, padri
[21:23:55] <ShotgunFiend> Meanwhile, Matt continues leading the group forward, because there's no point in not walking.
[21:23:56] <padri> 4df+6 I am a mother.
[21:24:02] <Riemann> padri, 9
[21:24:07] <padri> Woohoo.
[21:24:31] <ihp> Laura manages to spot a streetcar going past a couple of streets over. It stops at the bottom of the hill and goes all the way up. Use those, and you'll be able to get to North Beach in about ten minutes.
[21:25:02] <padri> "This way, children." She heads that way.
[21:25:10] <padri> She's in a grumpy mood after such a long flight.
[21:25:15] <gumbal1> Danielle follows
[21:25:26] <Daedalus> Billy takes a swig from his bottle, "Yes Ma'am." He goes
[21:25:34] <ShotgunFiend> Matt goes, now being co-leader since Laura knows were to go.
[21:25:47] <Riemann> Hill follows, watching the beachy-ness with interest
[21:25:59] <lurkd> Ivan slithers with the group.
[21:26:30] <ihp> You arrive at the streetcar stop, and are free to just hop on. It turns around on a track at the bottom of the hill, and you're free to get on at your leisure. It's 1:30 or so in San Francisco, so the streetcar is largely empty, except for the conductor.
[21:26:52] <Riemann> Hill walks up to the conductor. "Hi, I'm Hill!"
[21:26:52] <Daedalus> (Am or Pm?)
[21:26:57] <ihp> (PM)
[21:27:03] <padri> Laura hogs on.
[21:27:09] <ShotgunFiend> Matt climbs aboard. He idly wonders if people will comment on the fact that he's carrying a machine gun on his back.
[21:27:11] <gumbal1> Danielle follows behind Hill.
[21:27:16] <padri> Wouldn't it be busy in the early afternoon?
[21:27:16] <lurkd> Ivan gets on.
[21:27:26] <padri> er, hops. No pigs.
[21:27:26] <lurkd> He stands on the side like a champ.
[21:27:35] <Daedalus> Billy gets on as well, not giving a fuck whether people see him with a shotgun.
[21:27:50] <ihp> The Conductor looks at Hill. "Hello Hill. I'm working." He jokes. "And you should be right at home here; we've got plenty of hills in Good Old San Francisco!"
[21:27:56] <ShotgunFiend> It'd be busy an hour or two from now. Now is between l unch and rush hour.
[21:28:17] <lurkd> "Just go!" Ivan commands.
[21:28:26] <lurkd> B|
[21:28:27] <Riemann> "Good to meet you, working. And that's good, never enough hills." He replies in equally good humour
[21:28:34] <padri> Laura frowns at Ivan. "Hush. We'll get there when we get there."
[21:28:41] <gumbal1> "Is the weather getting to you, Ivan?"
[21:28:44] <lurkd> *harumph*
[21:28:49] <ihp> A man stares at Matt and Billy, and mutters to himself, "Nutjobs… go back to Castro…"
[21:28:57] <Daedalus> Billy notices the steepness of the streets, "Jesus…"
[21:29:22] <padri> Laura puts a hand on Ivan's shoulder. "Hush. It's alright."
[21:29:25] <ShotgunFiend> Matt casts a sideways glance at Ivan.
[21:29:27] <lurkd> Ivan holds on, but rather appreciates the engineering of the humble cable car.
[21:29:29] <ihp> The streetcar zooms up the hill. If you're not sitting down, you may fall over. "Well, Mr. Hill, what are you in San Francisco For?" The conductor asks.
[21:29:42] <gumbal1> Danielle is sitting.
[21:29:57] <lurkd> Ivan is standing holding one of the brass poles.
[21:29:58] <Riemann> "I have no idea. They said 'California' and I went."
[21:30:05] <Daedalus> Billy sits next the Danielle, "nice town, ain't it?"
[21:30:16] <Riemann> "I used to go to school here, at Pasadena."
[21:30:32] <ShotgunFiend> Matt pays no mind to the guy who commented on Matt.
[21:30:47] <ShotgunFiend> Matt is always sitting. Not really, but he is now.
[21:31:00] <ihp> "Nice place, Pasadena. I have a cousin there. Any particular place you're headed?"
[21:31:05] <gumbal1> "It is pretty nice."
[21:31:38] <lurkd> "It's a sub-standard harbor city."
[21:31:39] <Riemann> "It is good to have an end to journey toward; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
[21:32:00] <lurkd> ~god damnit hill~
[21:32:11] <Daedalus> Billy enjoys the fresh air, "Never been to the coast before…"
[21:32:28] <ihp> The conductor chuckles. "I like ya, Mr. Hill! Don't get many passengers who actually bother to talk to the conductor here!" The trolly stops at the top of the hill; City Lights books is about a five-minute walk uphill. "Here we are."
[21:32:32] <padri> Laura enjoys Hill's ramblings.
[21:32:48] <padri> Laura gets up and heads out.
[21:33:02] <gumbal1> Danielle heads out.
[21:33:07] <ShotgunFiend> Matt climbs out of the car. He waits for the rest of the group before moving on.
[21:33:11] <Riemann> "It was a pleasure talking to you, Mr. conductor." Hill waves the man goodbye
[21:33:18] <Daedalus> Billy gets off too, "Thanks mate." He says to the conductor
[21:33:32] <ihp> The Conductor smiles at Hill, before turning the car around, in high spirits because of Hilbert.
[21:33:42] <padri> "Matt, you should leave the gun with us."
[21:33:44] <Daedalus> "Where to?
[21:33:46] <Daedalus> "
[21:33:57] <padri> "Matt, you should leave the gun with us."
[21:33:58] <lurkd> Ivan walks with the group.
[21:34:02] <ShotgunFiend> Matt seems hesitant, but he's already thought of this. "I will."
[21:34:11] <Riemann> "What a nice man," Hill says, and follows the group
[21:34:14] <padri> Laura points the bookstore out to Billy. She nods at Matt.
[21:34:53] <lurkd> "I'm keeping mine."
[21:35:00] <lurkd> Ivan buttons up his overcoat.
[21:35:12] <Daedalus> "I'll be out here. Just shout if ya need somethin' Matty…" Billy examines the surrounding area
[21:35:20] <ShotgunFiend> Before they reach the bookstore, Matt takes the BAR's sling off, as well as his pistol and holster. He's wearing nothing to conceal them, being in pants and a T-shirt. "I will."
[21:35:23] <padri> Laura sighs. ~Poor Ivan.~
[21:35:42] <ShotgunFiend> He passes his weapons off to Billy.
[21:35:45] <lurkd> Ivan just needs a cigarette, BUT CAN'T!!!
[21:35:49] <ShotgunFiend> "Don't break them. Please."
[21:35:50] <ihp> Eventually, they arrive at a small, black bookstore. Over the door is a sign that says "City Lights Booksellers & Publishers". It's a nice little bookstore. You spot a couple of people inside through the window, with one of them typing on a typewriter, the other behind the counter, and the third reading a book.
[21:35:54] <gumbal1> Danielle keeps her knife.
[21:35:57] <Daedalus> Bill takes the weaopns
[21:36:01] <Daedalus> Billy*
[21:36:12] <Riemann> "How many of us can enter? I'd rather like a book."
[21:36:13] <ihp> Who goes inside?
[21:36:16] <ShotgunFiend> Matt walks in without a word to the group.
[21:36:28] <padri> "Now, everyone's waiting outside other than Matt. Alright, you can go in, hill."
[21:36:32] <ShotgunFiend> No need to make it seems like they're a group even more.
[21:36:33] <gumbal1> Danielle enters
[21:36:35] <lurkd> 4df+5 academics to identify the majority of the books, anything of particular interest
[21:36:41] <Riemann> Hill enters, and begins browsing
[21:36:48] <Daedalus> 4df+4 to examine the surrounding area.
[21:36:51] <Riemann> lurkd, 2
[21:36:52] <ihp> Matt, the man reading the book looks up at you as you enter. "Why is a raven like a writing desk?"
[21:36:55] <padri> … Everyone ignores Laura. She stays outside.
[21:37:04] <Riemann> Daedalus, 3
[21:37:19] <ShotgunFiend> "Because Poe Nevar Wrote." Matt replies nonchalantly.
[21:37:21] <ihp> Ivan, the books are largely published here. That's pretty much all you can tell.
[21:37:33] <lurkd> "Hmmm."
[21:37:36] <Riemann> Does Hill find "The Sun Also Rises"?
[21:37:56] <padri> Is there a bench for Laura to sit in?
[21:37:58] <padri> on
[21:38:07] <ShotgunFiend> ~Why did these idiots follow me in…~ Matt pays them no mind. He doesn't know them right now.
[21:38:11] <ihp> Billy, across the street from the bookstore, you see… a bunch of signs that say XXX on them. There's clearly some adult theaters over there.
[21:38:20] <gumbal1> Danielle wanders the store, looking at the books,
[21:38:26] <padri> Don't point them out to Laura. She would not approve.
[21:38:45] <ihp> The man in the corner smiles at Matt, and looks at the man with the typewriter. "Ginsberg, clear out. There's a client in here." The man with the typewriter sighs, and packs it into a carrying case as he heads out the door. The man with the book beckons Matt over.
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[21:38:50] <Daedalus> Billy smiles and points across the street, "How much you wanna bet the anomoly is over there?"
[21:39:10] <lurkd> Ivan steps out of the store to let Matt gather intel.
[21:39:22] <ShotgunFiend> Matt follows the book-man. He keeps quiet for now.
[21:39:25] <ihp> Hill /does/ find a copy of The Sun Also Rises, but it's somewhat battered.
[21:39:31] <Daedalus> Billy chuckles, ~If we have free time….~
[21:39:33] <lurkd> He looks at Laura, then back at Matt outside.
[21:39:41] <lurkd> *from
[21:39:45] <Riemann> Hill doesn't even care. He picks it up, and plans to pay for it later
[21:39:51] <gumbal1> Danielle looks for a copy of Walden. Someone recommended that one.
[21:39:53] <ihp> The Book-Man looks at Matt. "All right, first, I gotta ask: how many are here with ya? And any dames?"
[21:40:21] <ShotgunFiend> Matt blinks. "Five others. Two women. Why?"
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[21:41:02] <Daedalus> "Hey Luv, I'm gonna follow a lead. Keep watch, will ya?" He starts across the street.
[21:41:03] <lurkd> Ivan adjusts his holster outside and stands point at the entrance.
[21:41:12] <ihp> The Book-Man hands Matt a photograph from under his coat. "That ain't good. This is the anomaly; it works at one of the whore houses in North Beach. And this one don't allow women in. So, if you want to get in the front entrance, men only."
[21:41:21] <lurkd> "Where are you going, Agent?"
[21:41:25] <Riemann> Hill sits on the floor, leaning against a bookshelf as he reads. Ostensibly, he seems absorbed, but his attention is split between the book and the store
[21:41:26] <padri> Laura scowls at the XXX store and Billy for going over there.
[21:41:29] <lurkd> He looks at Billy.
[21:41:46] <Daedalus> "Recon, Mate…" He smiles
[21:41:58] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks at the picture. Would he recognize it as one of the ones he saw outside?
[21:42:02] <ihp> Anyone going to the XXX place, go to #tooltime.
[21:42:18] <Daedalus> Billy arrives in front of the XXX place
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[21:43:38] <Daedalus> "Wonder what's showin'?"
[21:43:56] <ihp> You clearly see that this place is called "Clive's Circus Theater". The pictures in the window are… of things that you wouldn't want your mother to know that you're looking at.
[21:44:14] <ihp> There's one that shows a woman and a shetland pony.
[21:44:32] <Daedalus> Billy doesn't know his mother, "This is some sick shit…"
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[21:44:45] <Daedalus> He doesn't know in what sense of the word.
[21:45:59] <lurkd> Ivan walks in. "Agent, we don't have ti- *ahem*"
[21:46:42] <Daedalus> "Ello, Red. You come to recon too?" He smiles. Is there anyone standing there besides us?
[21:47:11] <lurkd> "I came to extract you…" He's blushing a bit after looking at the photos.
[21:47:49] <lurkd> *ahem*
[21:47:58] <padri> The red is turning red.
[21:48:05] <lurkd> "…this is inappropriate."
[21:48:11] <Daedalus> "C'mon, Don'tcha ever heave fun?" Billy pokes him in the ribs.
[21:48:23] <Riemann> (Ping me for rolls)
[21:48:51] <lurkd> Ivan winces as he pokes him in the cancer. "I don't indulge in these sort of things…"
[21:48:58] <ihp> Roll mdef to not get aroused!
[21:49:05] <lurkd> (oh shit)
[21:49:10] <lurkd> 4df+6
[21:49:12] <Daedalus> (YUS)
[21:49:14] <lurkd> remann
[21:49:19] <Daedalus> 4df+3
[21:49:19] <lurkd> riemann
[21:49:20] <ihp> Riemann~
[21:49:36] <Riemann> lurkd, 6
[21:49:46] <Riemann> Daedalus, 2
[21:50:17] <ihp> Riemann: be sure to note critfails just in case.
[21:50:28] <Riemann> Yessir
[21:50:33] <ihp> Ivan manages to maintain composure, but Billy should probably put a notebook over himself.
[21:50:56] <lurkd> "……"
[21:51:01] <lurkd> "…….Agent?"
[21:51:09] <lurkd> Ivan averts his eyes.
[21:51:17] <Daedalus> Billy chuckles, "I think I'll go in…" He starts inside, "You comin' Red?"
[21:51:18] <lurkd> *AHEM*
[21:51:29] <lurkd> "Wha-what?!?"
[21:52:33] <Daedalus> Billy laughs, "It's alright, I don't judge. Unless you're a fruit 'at is…"
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[21:54:47] <ihp> The theater is near pitch black inside, probably to conceal the identities of everyone coming in. Ivan and Billy get some /very/ disapproving looks from people walking past. It's broad daylight, and they just went into a porno theater.
[21:55:43] <Daedalus> Billy takes a seat, "C'mon, you look like ya need to unwind…"
[21:55:45] <lurkd> "I'm not a homosexual… this is not a retreat."
[21:56:11] <lurkd> Ivan pinches the bridge of his nose. *sigh* "……1 mintue."
[21:56:28] <ihp> There's a rather risque movie showing a woman and a dog… I'm not even going to say it because even I have standards, which Billy clearly does not.
[21:56:32] <lurkd> "1 minute then you will leave."
[21:57:50] <Daedalus> Billy lights a cigar and sets his feet up. He's a connoisseur of porn, even if he doesn't particularly care for it.
[21:58:07] <lurkd> Ivan feels the need to dry heave.
[21:58:15] <lurkd> "Oh…. *retch*
[21:58:23] <lurkd> "This is disgusting!"
[21:59:01] <Daedalus> "This is art…" Billy puffs his cigar
[21:59:42] <lurkd> "Bestiality is art? This is the one time I'm glad I have terminal cancer. *retch*
[22:00:25] <Daedalus> "Its a form of expression, I certantly don't enjoy it. But I can't fault someone for having different tastes…"
[22:01:23] <lurkd> "This is not taste, it's filth!" Ivan has to run out before he throws up for real.
[22:01:40] <ihp> Ivan goes back to #homeimprovement
[22:01:57] <Daedalus> Billy shakes his head, "Everyone's a critic…" he heads after Ivan.
[22:02:22] <Daedalus> Redact
[22:02:27] <Daedalus> Billy shakes his head, "Everyone's a critic…"
[22:02:36] <Daedalus> Redact
[22:02:38] <Daedalus> Billy shakes his head, "Everyone's a critic…" he heads after Ivan.
[21:42:08] <ihp> matt, Mdef.
[21:42:14] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+4 Mdeef
[21:42:17] <lurkd> "This is not a time to indulge yourself in pornographic fantasies. We're on assignment."
[21:42:24] <Riemann> ShotgunFiend, 5
[21:42:41] <padri> Didn't Ivan go inside?
[21:42:54] <ihp> You find a photograph of a crowd in San Francisco, at night. Standing head and shoulders above everyone else what appears to be a moose with three pairs of antlers on its head. From the back hangs a fleshy sack, like a mantle on a squid. It's… off-putting.
[21:43:13] <ihp> Laura finds a bench to sit down on.
[21:43:16] <Daedalus> Billy waves behind him and goes anyway
[21:43:39] <padri> She sits. She will continue sitting until something happens. Now I will be quiet.
[21:43:40] <ShotgunFiend> Matt narrows his eyes slightly. "What /is/ this?"
[21:43:54] <lurkd> He's back outside.
[21:44:06] <lurkd> Letting Matt do his Matt thing.
[21:44:32] <lurkd> *sigh*
[21:44:39] <lurkd> "That Agent needs coverage."
[21:44:51] <ihp> "That's the anomaly. I found it when takin' pictures of the crowd the other night; I didn't notice it until I took the photo."
[21:45:07] <lurkd> Ivan reluctantly goes to retrieve the greenhorn agent. "Ms. Moodie, I'll only be a moment."
[21:45:33] <ShotgunFiend> Matt contemplates. "So how does this benefit us? Should we just carry around cameras if it's apparently only showing up in pictures?"
[21:46:16] <ihp> "No, here's the thing: I saw it was there, but I didn't think anything of it until I saw it in the photo. If you look at it without a photo, nothing happens."
[21:46:43] <gumbal1> Danielle gives up on searching and exits the bookstore
[21:46:55] <Riemann> Hill stands, and goes to the front counter
[21:47:06] <ShotgunFiend> Matt leans on a wall casually and looks at the guy. "So what do you suggest our plan of action be?"
[21:47:23] <ihp> The shopkeeper rings up Hill. "That'll be 3 dollars even."
[21:47:53] <Riemann> Hill fishes some money out of his pocket, and leaves a dollar in the tips jar. Which is totally there
[21:48:33] <ihp> The Bookman looks at Matt. "There are a few ways in. There's this subbasement in this Tijuana Pony theater next door that links up to the building. There's a back entrance, but it's behind a pretty big fence. You could always take the roof; there's a door up there. Or…" He looks around. "Do you really need to go in the front?"
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[21:49:06] <gumbal1> Danielle finds a bench to sit on.
[21:49:18] <Riemann> Hill thanks the shopkeep, and exits the store. He sits by Danielle. "Find anything good?"
[21:49:25] <ShotgunFiend> "That depends. Are we trying to extract this… Deer thing? Or is there another object in question?"
[21:50:58] <gumbal1> "Nothing. Someone recommended Walden, but I cou;dn't find it."
[21:51:06] <Riemann> "…"
[21:51:09] <Riemann> "…"
[21:51:13] <Riemann> "Who."
[21:51:24] <gumbal1> "I honestly can't remember."
[21:51:29] <padri> Laura waves to Hill. She's sitting on a bench!
[21:51:38] <ihp> "You should just need to extract the 'deer thing'. Although…" he looks around suspiciously. "A guy went in there the other night. The SFPD found him near Castro with no memory of the previous night. Could have just been a bad trip, but you never know."
[21:51:45] <padri> Danielle has sat next to Laura!
[21:51:52] <Riemann> Hill waves back, and proudly displays his book. Benches are great!
[21:51:59] <Riemann> Everyone is sitting together!
[21:52:05] <padri> Yay!
[21:52:08] <ShotgunFiend> Matt nods. "I'll keep that in mid. Anything else we need to know?"
[21:52:09] <gumbal1> Woohoo!
[21:52:18] <ihp> "The theater you need to get into, if you take that route, is called Clive's Circus Theater. Fucked up shit."
[21:52:36] <Riemann> "Well, I managed to find /The Sun Also Rises/."
[21:52:53] <padri> "Oh? What is that about?"
[21:53:18] <Daedalus> Billy left Matt weapons near the bench where Laura and Danielle are.
[21:53:27] <ihp> "Also… call this number if you need the dames to get in the front." He hands Matt a slip of paper with a local number on it. "Tell her you want to speak to Cassie, and tell her that Claude sent you. Got that?"
[21:53:37] <Riemann> I don't know, but it's by Ernest Hemingway (ProcyonLotor)
[21:53:39] <padri> Laura hid it under the bench she's sitting on.
[21:53:40] <Riemann> Erm
[21:53:43] <padri> Definitely did that.
[21:53:44] <Riemann> Quotes around that
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[21:54:03] <ShotgunFiend> Matt accepts the piece of paper. "Got it. I appreciate the help."
[21:54:11] <padri> "I can't seem to wrap my head around Hemingway."
[21:54:58] <gumbal1> "Hemingway?"
[21:55:04] <ShotgunFiend> Matt turns and heads out of the bookstore.
[21:55:18] <Riemann> "He's an interesting author. I've always preferred Shaw, or Fitzgerald though."
[21:55:21] <padri> Laura stands when Matt walks out, handing him his weapons.
[21:55:23] <padri> "So?"
[21:55:44] <ShotgunFiend> Matt takes them, putting the sling back over his shoulder, and the holster around his waist. "Bad news."
[21:55:57] <gumbal1> "What is it?"
[21:56:15] <ShotgunFiend> "First of all, we gotta go into one of those whorehouses."
[21:56:27] <gumbal1> Danielle frowns.
[21:56:28] <Riemann> "Are they going out of busine- oh. Ick."
[21:56:37] <padri> Laura blinks. "We /what/?!"
[21:56:45] <ShotgunFiend> "Second, the one we gotta go into, doesn't allow women in."
[21:56:54] <gumbal1> "Oh, thank god."
[21:56:59] <Riemann> "Can't we just stay here and enjoy the weather?"
[21:57:00] <ShotgunFiend> "Not through the main entrance, anyway."
[21:57:02] <padri> "I am just fine with this. I will wait right here."
[21:57:04] <padri> Laura sits.
[21:57:21] <padri> "No, you go. Have yourself a /grand/ old time." So much judgement.
[21:57:25] <ShotgunFiend> Matt takes the picture out of his pocket and passes it around. The one with the deer-squid-thing.
[21:57:42] <ShotgunFiend> Matt completely ignores the judgement in Laura's voice.
[21:57:48] <ShotgunFiend> "This is what we're here to contain."
[21:57:56] <Riemann> "That poor moose. I wonder if it's deadly?"
[21:58:02] <padri> Laura's Laura. She can't help it. Ignoring it is probably the best option.
[21:58:13] <ihp> (Booo)
[21:58:21] <gumbal1> Danielle looks at the picture and is slightly taken aback. "What's that doing in a whorehouse?"
[21:58:37] <ShotgunFiend> "No idea."
[21:58:40] <Riemann> "Whoring?"
[21:58:55] <padri> Laura doesn't even bother. She crosses her arms and refuses to say another word on the topic.
[21:58:59] <gumbal1> "I'd hate to meet the man who'd fuck that."
[21:59:05] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks around. "Where the hell are Billy and Ivan?"
[21:59:12] <Riemann> "Take a guess."
[21:59:17] <ShotgunFiend> "…"
[21:59:23] <gumbal1> "…"
[21:59:28] <ShotgunFiend> "Are you /fuckin'/ kidding me."
[21:59:43] <ShotgunFiend> "Which one did they go into?"
[21:59:45] <gumbal1> Danielle blinks.
[21:59:53] <padri> Laura points.
[21:59:55] <ShotgunFiend> (Hint, the answer is the one we have to go into)
[21:59:57] <padri> It's the right one, Matt.
[22:00:10] <padri> Laura's the only one who technically knows where they went.
[22:00:17] <Riemann> Hill was just guessing
[22:00:31] <ShotgunFiend> "…" Matt sighs.
[22:00:35] <ihp> Do they go into the theater?
[22:00:43] <ShotgunFiend> "Well they found the one we gotta go into."
[22:00:52] <Riemann> Hill is still sitting on the bench, pondering whether or not he should enter
[22:00:57] <padri> Laura stares angrily into the air in front of her, sitting very determinitely into the space in front of her.
[22:01:07] <padri> It will take a crowbar to get her off of that bench.
[22:01:30] <gumbal1> "How would we even get in?"
[22:01:34] <ShotgunFiend> "Now, if you Danielle, or Laura plan on participating in this op, we have a few ways to sneak you in."
[22:01:54] <Riemann> Hill waves at the approaching Ivan
[22:02:15] <gumbal1> "I have no choice, do I?"
[22:02:18] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks up at Billy and Ivan."
[22:02:24] <padri> Ivan and Billy will see Laura looking pissed off on the bench.
[22:02:30] <padri> Thoroughly pissed off.
[22:02:38] <padri> Not billy, then.
[22:02:41] <ShotgunFiend> "Sure you have a choice. But it's a choice between doing your job or not."
[22:02:48] <Riemann> Hill looks pretty pleased, holding a worn book
[22:02:52] <ShotgunFiend> Matt says that to both Laura and Danielle.
[22:03:11] <gumbal1> After a few minutes of thinking, she gets up. "Feh, I've done worse."
[22:03:15] <padri> Laura takes a deep breath. This goes a long way to convincing Laura, but she doesn't like it.
[22:03:20] <ShotgunFiend> Laura, you /just/ had to talk to Matt about doing her job.
[22:03:24] <ShotgunFiend> his*
[22:03:35] <padri> "I haven't, and I don't particularly want to start now …"
[22:03:36] <ShotgunFiend> Are you going to go back on yourself, not even a few hours later?
[22:03:43] <lurkd> Ivan runs out of the theater trying to catch his breath.
[22:03:46] <padri> She's still pissed, but she looks less fused to the bench.
[22:03:58] <lurkd> *coughing*
[22:04:01] <ShotgunFiend> Matt takes that as a decent enough sign.
[22:04:06] <Daedalus> Billy is standing across the street outside the theatre, smoking.
[22:04:08] <padri> "We get out of there as /quickly/ as we can manage, do you hear me?" She is really pisse.d
[22:04:17] <Riemann> "You know, Laura, if you contain this, that's one less perversion in the world." Hill says innocently
[22:04:22] <ShotgunFiend> "I hear you. I'd rather not go in myself."
[22:04:26] <lurkd> "WHAT KIND OF CITY IS THIS!?!"
[22:04:31] <lurkd> >.>
[22:04:34] <Daedalus> Billy chuckles.
[22:04:37] <padri> "Ivan, be quiet," she snaps.
[22:04:42] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks up at Ivan.
[22:05:00] <ShotgunFiend> "Sorry, but we have to go back in."
[22:05:03] <padri> She's in kill mode, Ivan.
[22:05:08] <lurkd> "In where?"
[22:05:09] <ihp> People all over the street /glower/ at Ivan. It's partially the accent, partially the fact that he came out of a theater showing bestiality porn.
[22:05:22] <ShotgunFiend> "Where you just came out of."
[22:05:29] <ShotgunFiend> "That's where the skip is."
[22:05:33] <gumbal1> "Ivan, be quiet. We don't want people thinking we're spies."
[22:05:35] <ShotgunFiend> Yay SCP slang
[22:05:36] <Riemann> Hill looks at all the glowering people. ~They seem nice~
[22:05:47] <thedeadlymoose> ((btw I basically hate all of you <3))
[22:05:51] <padri> Laura is also glowering. So mad.
[22:05:54] <gumbal1> "…huh, skip. That's a nice term for them."
[22:06:08] <padri> ((btw we basically love you, thedeadlymoose <3))
[22:06:12] <lurkd> "You're serious? I… I don't know… I'll try."
[22:06:35] <ShotgunFiend> "I'm dead serious, Ivan. I wouldn't go in myself if I didn't have to."
[22:06:37] <padri> Laura glowers at Ivan. She's so pissed off about this mission.
[22:06:47] <ShotgunFiend> He passes Ivan and Billy the deer-thing picture.
[22:06:56] <ihp> Ivan, Billy, Mdef.
[22:07:05] <Daedalus> 4df+3
[22:07:16] <Riemann> Daedalus, 5
[22:07:22] <padri> Laura still has not seen the picture. When they're done looking at it, she will reach for it.
[22:07:39] <lurkd> 4df+6
[22:07:48] <Riemann> lurkd, 8
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[22:08:08] <ihp> The picture fills you with some sense of revulsion. Ivan manages to maintain his composure fully. Laura, give me an mdef when you see it, too.
[22:08:26] <padri> She steps around to see it. Riemann: 4df+4
[22:08:30] <lurkd> Ivan studies it. "Alright."
[22:08:40] <Riemann> padri, 5
[22:08:41] <Daedalus> "That's- I can't even tell what 'at is…"
[22:08:47] <ShotgunFiend> "That's what we're after."
[22:09:02] <ihp> Also, for reference, the thing in the picture looks like this: http://thecoolbean.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/scp1972.jpg
[22:09:12] <padri> Revulsion, too? "Dear Lord …"
[22:09:18] <ihp> Yup.
[22:09:37] <ShotgunFiend> "According to our source, it tends to blend in unless seen in a picture. I don't exactly know to what extent, but keep an extra sharp eye out, just in case."
[22:09:56] <Daedalus> Billy starts across the street towards the theatre, "We goin' chaps?"
[22:09:57] <padri> Laura stops looking at the picture.
[22:10:22] <lurkd> "As long as it bleeds."
[22:10:27] <ShotgunFiend> "So, ladies, you have a few options."
[22:10:29] <lurkd> *sigh*
[22:10:29] <padri> "Not through the front enterance," Laura hisses. It would be easier to drag Laura into Hell than into the front enterance of that store.
[22:10:36] <padri> Much easier.
[22:10:43] <ShotgunFiend> "As a matter of fact, we all do."
[22:11:09] <ShotgunFiend> "First, there is an adjacent… theatre… with stairs that will lead into the one we need to be in."
[22:11:21] <ShotgunFiend> "Second, we can head around back and hop the fence."
[22:11:23] <padri> Is it also a XXX?
[22:11:29] <ShotgunFiend> Yes
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[22:11:35] <padri> Cause Laura will not be seen going into any of those.
[22:11:39] <ihp> The theater is the same one that Ivan and Billy were just in.
[22:11:59] <Daedalus> (Oh.)
[22:12:06] <ShotgunFiend> "Third, there's roof access and we can head in from there."
[22:12:23] <padri> "Anywhere where I will not be /seen./"
[22:12:25] <Riemann> "Ooh, that one!"
[22:12:32] <gumbal1> "Which floor is the anomaly on"?
[22:12:33] <lurkd> "I think that the roof is an optimal solution."
[22:12:37] <Riemann> "Let's use the roof."
[22:12:39] <ShotgunFiend> "And finally, we can head in the front door, sans the ladies."
[22:12:50] <lurkd> "We can start on the top and work our way down."
[22:13:07] <Daedalus> "I'll take someone through the front, if I 'ave any volunteers…"
[22:13:42] <lurkd> Ivan shakes his head at that.
[22:13:53] <gumbal1> "I'll hop across the fence."
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[22:14:06] <padri> Laura glares at Billy.
[22:14:14] <ShotgunFiend> "I was told it's a tall fence, Danielle. "
[22:14:25] <Daedalus> Billy shrugs, "What?"
[22:14:27] <padri> She doesn't want to hop the fence in her dress or climb up to the roof or go in at all.
[22:14:29] <Riemann> Hill stands, pocketing his book. "Shall we head towards the roof, then?"
[22:14:35] <gumbal1> "I'm trained in this sort of stuff."
[22:14:48] <lurkd> "We can enter in pairs."
[22:14:50] <ihp> GM Note: See OOC chat for GM Note
[22:14:52] <lurkd> Ivan suggests.
[22:15:13] <padri> Laura is just so pissed.
[22:15:14] <gumbal1> (XPosted for posterity: GM Note: i would prefer if you would stay in two groups, because there are only two run chats.)
[22:15:30] <ShotgunFiend> "Well, we can go in two teams. Everyone except me and Danielle, head to the roof. Me and her will head around back and go over the fence."
[22:16:04] <lurkd> "Agreed."
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[22:16:15] <gumbal1> Danielle nods.
[22:16:26] <Daedalus> Billy frowns, "I'll go wit' you and the Madam, it 'ats alright. Don't wanna see her get 'urt."
[22:16:28] <padri> "… Fine."
[22:16:44] <ShotgunFiend> "I can protect her fine, thank you. We need your guns with the other group."
[22:16:49] <padri> Is Billy still, for lack of a better word, showing?
[22:16:56] * padri just thought of that.
[22:17:02] <ShotgunFiend> "If you haven't noticed, we're the only two well-armed, if you haven't noticed."
[22:17:06] <lurkd> "Ms. Moodie, I'm in line with you. Sooner we extract the anamoly, sooner we can go home and /never/ discuss this again."
[22:17:15] <ShotgunFiend> err minus the second if you haven't noticed
[22:17:19] <Riemann> "I've got a couple weapons." Hill pipes up
[22:17:25] <padri> Laura nods fervently. "Then let's get going already."
[22:17:29] <Daedalus> Billy has higher standards than that. :I
[22:17:41] <ShotgunFiend> "Still. We stick with the four and two plan."
[22:17:53] <padri> Daedalus: are you /sure?/
[22:18:17] <lurkd> Ivan opens his overcoat and makes sure his guns are secure as he climbs towards the roof access.
[22:18:23] <lurkd> "Let's move."
[22:18:29] <Daedalus> Yes; he may be crude, but he wouldn't do that.
[22:18:34] <padri> Laura goes with Ivan.
[22:18:43] <ShotgunFiend> "And… Try not to draw attention, if you can help it."
[22:18:55] <ShotgunFiend> Matt starts towards the back with Danielle.
[22:19:09] <gumbal1> Danielle follows
[22:20:59] <padri> Laura actually goes with Danielle.
[22:21:05] <padri> She will not be seen going into a sex shop.
[22:21:37] <padri> This was the plan all along.
[22:21:50] <ShotgunFiend> Matt leads them around back. How tall is the fence the need to climb?
[22:22:23] <ihp> The fence is a simple chain-link, about 10 feet tall. You have to walk all the way around the block to get to it, but you recognize the building once you find it, due to the fact that you can see your colleagues on the rooftop beside it.
[22:23:17] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks at the fence. "You sure you're up for this, Laura?"
[22:23:21] <padri> Laura sighs when she sees the fence. She's going to have to climb a fence in a dress … To get into a sex shop…
[22:23:43] <padri> "No. But I don't have much choice."
[22:23:43] <gumbal1> "Who goes first?"
[22:24:09] <ShotgunFiend> "I will. It'd be the most… Decent option."
[22:25:37] <ShotgunFiend> Matt goes up to the fence and starts climbing. Roll agility?
[22:25:37] <padri> Laura nods. "I should go second, if Danielle is trained for this."
[22:25:37] <ihp> Agility roll all three of ya!
[22:25:37] <gumbal1> "Alright, then."
[22:25:38] <gumbal1> 4df+4 Fly me to the moon
[22:25:38] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+4!
[22:25:39] <padri> 4df+4 Let's go!
[22:25:55] <ZombieRaptor> (Glacon is dead y'all)
[22:25:55] <Riemann> (Give me a mo')
[22:26:02] <ShotgunFiend> (We know)
[22:26:09] <ShotgunFiend> (Riemann is our resident roller)
[22:26:12] <Riemann> 4df+2
[22:26:27] <Riemann> ShotgunFiend, 4
[22:26:34] <padri> Wut? Why's hill rollin?
[22:26:37] <Riemann> padri, 3
[22:26:40] <Riemann> (Sorry)
[22:26:44] <padri> : P
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[22:27:46] <ihp> Matt manages to make it across, Laura's dress gets caught in it and tears… and I still need a roll from Danielle.
[22:27:47] <gumbal1> (What about Danielle)
[22:27:58] <gumbal1> 4df+4
[22:28:02] <Riemann> gumbal1, 4
[22:28:03] <padri> How badly does it tear, ihp?
[22:28:12] <ShotgunFiend> Matt hops down on the other side and winces when he hears the rip.
[22:28:23] <ihp> Just the hem comes off. You still manage to make it across. And Danielle makes it across just fine.
[22:28:44] <padri> If only Laura cursed.
[22:29:42] <ihp> You are now in a bit of empty space behind the brothel.
[22:29:55] <padri> ~A flight clean across the country for a climb up a fence in a dress to get into a /sex/ shop only to get my dress ripped … ~
[22:31:27] <gumbal1> "So, what now?"
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[22:31:41] <padri> She inspects the tear and sighs. It /might/ be salvageable, but if she re-hems it, it may very well be too short.
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[22:32:03] <padri> "Now, I suppose, we go /in/ …" She says this like it's the worst thing to happen to her so far.
[22:32:07] <Daedalus> (Luvi wouldn't object :P)
[22:32:09] <padri> Which, in her opinion, it is.
[22:32:33] <ihp> There's a single blue door, unmarked, in the back.
[22:32:51] <padri> ~Maybe I can do some finagling, make it small for Katie.~
[22:33:17] <gumbal1> Danielle goes to inspect the door.
[22:33:47] <padri> Laura is in a foul mood. If anyone says a word crosswise to the team now, they're gunna get hell.
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[22:33:53] <ihp> You try the door, but it's locked.
[22:34:21] <gumbal1> "Anyone got a hairpin?"
[22:34:46] <ShotgunFiend> What kind of door is it?
[22:35:01] <ShotgunFiend> Metal, wood etc
[22:35:01] <ihp> Anyone trying the door, perception.
[22:35:13] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+8 !
[22:35:14] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: !: 8 (4df+8=4-, 0, 3+, 0)
[22:35:16] <ihp> Metal door, with a standard tumbler lock.
[22:35:18] <gumbal1> 4df+4 wha
[22:35:19] <Panic> gumbal1: wha: 4 (4df+4=0, 4-, 0, 3+)
[22:35:27] <padri> Laura is fuming. She's not going to touch anything from this point onwards.
[22:35:49] <padri> She'll let Matt and Danielle deal with the door.
[22:35:53] <ihp> Matt notices a security camera right above the door, hidden beneath where a light fixture should be.
[22:36:20] <padri> Don't tell Laura.
[22:36:24] <padri> She'll be so mad.
[22:36:25] <ShotgunFiend> Matt elbows Danielle gently and motions upward with his head.
[22:36:36] <padri> Laura is too busy fuming to notice.
[22:36:56] <gumbal1> Danielle looks at the camera, and desperatley tries to act natural.
[22:37:14] <gumbal1> Which is hard, considering she feels an incessant urge to frown
[22:37:37] <padri> "Well? I'd rather not stand here all day."
[22:37:40] <ShotgunFiend> Any obvious way of disabling it? Riding on the 8 percep roll
[22:38:13] <ShotgunFiend> "We're trying to figure it out."
[22:39:11] <ShotgunFiend> ihp: ?
[22:39:26] <gumbal1> Danielle whispers to Matt. "Was there some kind of password?"
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[22:45:25] <ihp> Matt, there's a wire from the camera running back into the building. But they've probably already seen you by now…
[22:46:52] <ihp> Matt?
[22:47:22] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks at it, but averts his eyes.
[22:47:41] <padri> "What are you /doing?/"
[22:47:45] <ihp> Do you try to open the door? If so, how do you do it?
[22:48:05] <ShotgunFiend> "Just… Fuck it." Matt mutters under his breath. He puts his back to the wall under the camera, trying to hide as much of himself as he can.
[22:48:12] <ShotgunFiend> He reaches up and yanks out the wire.
[22:48:30] <ihp> The wire is yanked! The camera dies, unmourned and unloved.
[22:48:49] <ShotgunFiend> "Now. Do you know how to pick locks?"
[22:48:54] <padri> Laura notices what he's doing. She closes her eyes and just shakes her head. She's beyond mad.
[22:49:10] <gumbal1> "I'm pretty sure they'll wonder what happened with those people they say before it went dark."
[22:49:32] <ShotgunFiend> "It's a bit too late for that to matter. If they're looking, they've already seen us."
[22:49:54] <gumbal1> "And although I seriously don't approve, we've lost much of a chance at a convincing alibi."
[22:50:03] <ihp> Pause for description.
[22:50:04] <ShotgunFiend> "So, either we get in now, or bail and see if the roof team can manage by themselves."
[22:50:06] <padri> "Just … open the door. I want to go home."
[22:50:44] <ihp> The back door opens inwards, and standing before you, pistol in hand, is a very unhappy looking man wearing sunglasses. He aims the pistol at the person closest to him. "What the fuck do you think you're doing?"
[22:50:59] <gumbal1> Danielle puts her hands up.
[22:50:59] <ShotgunFiend> Matt would be that person.
[22:51:08] <ShotgunFiend> "We're… Trying… To get in?"
[22:51:13] <ShotgunFiend> He smiles cheesily.
[22:51:18] <gumbal1> bluff
[22:51:20] <gumbal1> ?
[22:51:24] <ShotgunFiend> Matt has no bluff.
[22:51:33] <ihp> Roll bluff if you want to, Danielle. But be sure to say something.
[22:52:16] <gumbal1> 4df+11 (You can trust me) "This man here lost his key, and tripped on his way here."
[22:52:17] <Panic> gumbal1: (You can trust me) "This man here lost his key, and tripped on his way here.": 8 (4df+11=4-, 0, 4-, 4-)
[22:53:21] <ihp> 4df+3 Goon perception
[22:53:22] <Panic> ihp: Goon perception: 1 (4df+3=4-, 0, 4-, 0)
[22:53:31] <ihp> "…all right. Why'd ya yank out the wire?"
[22:53:38] <gumbal1> "He tripped."
[22:53:46] <ShotgunFiend> Matt looks down a blushses, embarrassed.
[22:53:46] <gumbal1> "I told you that."
[22:54:23] <ShotgunFiend> down and*
[22:54:46] <ShotgunFiend> Matt is tall. If he put his hands up when he fell, it's completely plausible.
[22:54:53] <ihp> "…right. You the new shrinks? I'm gonna need to see your ID. Hopefully you won't skip out on us like Crocker."
[22:55:43] <padri> Laura walks up to him. "Look, I've got little patience for this. I've had one Hell of a day. Step aside and let us in /now./"
[22:56:20] <padri> 4df+6 I'm tagging For Your Own Good, cause if you make Laura mad, it's not going to be good for you. Intimidate.
[22:56:20] <Panic> padri: I'm tagging For Your Own Good, cause if you make Laura mad, it's not going to be good for you. Intimidate.: 7 (4df+6=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
[22:57:17] <ihp> 4df+4 Goon Mdef
[22:57:17] <Panic> ihp: Goon Mdef: 3 (4df+4=0, 4-, 3+, 4-)
[22:57:30] <ihp> The Goon turns pale and steps aside. "Whatever you say, Lady."
[22:57:36] <padri> You don't really want to be in Laura's way today, Goon.
[22:57:46] <padri> Laura storms into the building, full of righteous rage.
[22:57:54] <gumbal1> Danielle walks in
[22:57:55] <ShotgunFiend> Matt follows in last, continuing his sheepish act.
[22:58:10] <ihp> He steps off-screen.
[22:58:28] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+8 So, where are we? (Percep)
[22:58:28] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: So, where are we? (Percep): 9 (4df+8=3+, 0, 0, 0)
[22:59:46] <ihp> Matt, you're behind the scenes of the Whorehouse. There are one-way mirrors into all of the rooms, where the girls 'do their thing'… and in one of them, you see a certain moose-headed creature.
[22:59:47] <ihp> Mdef!
[23:00:20] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+4 plz
[23:00:20] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: plz: 5 (4df+4=0, 3+, 3+, 4-)
[23:00:26] <padri> I assume everyone sees these mirrors. Laura is pissed about it.
[23:00:29] <gumbal1> Danielle frowns.
[23:00:38] <padri> Laura is pissed about everyone.
[23:00:55] <padri> Such pissed. Very anger.
[23:01:02] <ihp> Everyone sees the mirrors, and through them.
[23:01:50] <ihp> 4df+14 Hello gorgeous!
[23:01:51] <Panic> ihp: Hello gorgeous!: 14 (4df+14=4-, 0, 0, 3+)
[23:02:17] <ihp> Matt, you see that there's something weird going on here, but… you don't really care. So what if she looks a little different? Also, how do you know it's a she?
[23:02:44] <ShotgunFiend> Mat frowns. He frowns ever so deeply.
[23:02:52] <ShotgunFiend> Matt*
[23:02:57] <gumbal1> Do Danielle or Laura see it?
[23:03:03] <ihp> They do! Give me an mdef as well!
[23:03:06] <padri> Laura /doesn't/ look at anything. Laura doesn't see.
[23:03:10] <gumbal1> 4df+4 feck
[23:03:10] <Panic> gumbal1: feck: 2 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
[23:03:10] <padri> Oh, okay. She does.
[23:03:25] <padri> She fails. There's no way she can do otherwise against a base 14.
[23:03:52] <ihp> Danielle, you see a /beautiful/ moose-headed creature, pacing the room.
[23:04:09] <gumbal1> "That's the anomaly? Doesn't seem that anomalous."
[23:04:45] <ihp> Pause for description.
[23:05:29] <ihp> Suddenly, an alarm rings out! That goon you let go must have pulled it! The moose-headed thing looks around, confused, and tries the door to her room. It's locked. The speakers blare out, "SECURITY BREACH."
[23:05:51] <padri> Does Laura see this moose?
[23:06:15] <ShotgunFiend> "Fucking damnit!" Matt pulls his BAR around from it's sling and keeps an eye out for anything threatening.
[23:06:31] <gumbal1> Danielle scowls
[23:06:49] <ihp> Laura sees this moose. You should probably try and get her out before anything else.
[23:07:06] <ShotgunFiend> "We still need to contain this thing."
[23:07:11] <padri> Can we get to the door of moose-lady's room?
[23:07:13] <gumbal1> Danielle kicks the glass
[23:07:27] <ihp> Strength!
[23:07:34] <ihp> And yes, you can, but it's roundabout and probably filled with agents.
[23:07:52] <gumbal1> 4df+2 I depended on my lies for safety
[23:07:52] <Panic> gumbal1: I depended on my lies for safety: 2 (4df+2=0, 0, 0, 0)
[23:09:09] <ihp> Your foot hurts, but the banging gets moose-girl's attention. She taps on the glass. "Hallo?"
[23:09:19] <ShotgunFiend> "Stand back and cover your ears!" Matt raises his rifle and unloads a few rounds into the glass.
[23:09:30] <gumbal1> Danielle clutches her foot
[23:09:31] <ShotgunFiend> He aims so he /doesn/t hit the moose.
[23:09:46] <padri> Laura does as told.
[23:09:52] <ShotgunFiend> /doesn't/ *
[23:10:07] <gumbal1> Danielle covers her ears
[23:10:38] <ihp> Ranged!
[23:11:02] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+9 Glass, please.
[23:11:03] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: Glass, please.: 9 (4df+9=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
[23:11:42] <ihp> You expertly fire through the glass, and it shatters! The moose-thing crawls through like an octopus, and you see that it has…. tentacles instead of legs. Oddly enough, this doesn't bother you at all. "M-merci, monsieur…"
[23:11:57] <ShotgunFiend> "We're here to help, not hurt."
[23:12:11] <padri> "You're welcome. Just keep yourself out of the way, alright?"
[23:12:16] <ShotgunFiend> "Follow us, and stay /close./ "
[23:12:22] <gumbal1> "A fellow Frenchwoman?"
[23:12:22] <padri> Laura is so fed up with this whole thing.
[23:12:25] <ShotgunFiend> "Come on, we have to find the others."
[23:12:37] <ShotgunFiend> Is there an obvious path to upstairs?
[23:12:38] <padri> "Let's get out of here, shall we?"
[23:12:50] <ShotgunFiend> Actually, redact matt's last
[23:13:12] <padri> Laura heads back out, eager to leave this place.
[23:13:25] <ShotgunFiend> "You two get out of here with the skip. I'll rendevous with the others."
[23:13:27] <ihp> «Oui, Madamoiselle. Thank you for rescuing me.» The girl nods at Danielle. «I am Jessica.»
[23:13:50] <ShotgunFiend> rendezvous*
[23:13:53] <gumbal1> «I am Danielle. Now, if you'll excuse me…» She follows Laura
[23:14:20] <padri> Laura nods to Matt. She heads back out to climb over the fence.
[23:14:22] <ShotgunFiend> Matt heads deeper into the building, looking for stairs.
[23:14:54] <ShotgunFiend> He checks his corners and keeps his rifle at the ready like a good soldier.
[23:14:55] <ihp> Jessica climbs over the fence with the rest of them. «Mon Dieu… I am naked!»
[23:15:32] <gumbal1> «Unfortunately, we didn't bring a spare change of clothes. Sorry.»
[23:16:01] <padri> Laura is too pissed to even care that she can't understand a word they're saying.
[23:16:04] <ShotgunFiend> ihp: ?
[23:16:17] <gumbal1> Danielle climbs over.
[23:16:46] <ihp> Matt heads up the stairs, and as he does so, he meets the goon from before. "I /knew/ you weren't fucking shrinks! You're skippers, aren't ya?"
[23:16:53] <padri> Laura climbs over, being very careful with her dress.
[23:17:28] <ShotgunFiend> "I don't even know what that means." Matt shoulder rushes the man, intending to double him over.
[23:17:35] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+3 Strength don't fail me now
[23:17:35] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: Strength don't fail me now: 3 (4df+3=0, 0, 3+, 4-)
[23:17:39] <ihp> «It is fine… not many people notice my nudity anyway.» She looks around. «Please, I need protection.»
[23:17:43] <ShotgunFiend> Damnit, strength I trusted you.
[23:17:46] <ihp> 4df+3 Goon Pdef!
[23:17:46] <Panic> ihp: Goon Pdef!: 3 (4df+3=3+, 0, 4-, 0)
[23:18:04] <ihp> Defender clause! The goon stands his ground, and attempts to grapple Matt.
[23:18:26] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+4 Agility to doge
[23:18:27] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: Agility to doge: 7 (4df+4=3+, 0, 3+, 3+)
[23:18:30] <ShotgunFiend> dodge*
[23:18:31] <ihp> 4df+3 Strength!
[23:18:32] <Panic> ihp: Strength!: 5 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 0, 0)
[23:18:44] <padri> Nope. Agility to Doge.
[23:18:44] <ihp> Matt wriggles out of the Goon's grasp.
[23:19:05] <padri> So agility. Much dodge. Very wriggle.
[23:19:17] <padri> Amaze.
[23:19:18] <ShotgunFiend> "Fuck you." Matt raises his rifle and shoots a three-round burst into the man's chest.
[23:19:25] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+9
[23:19:25] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: 10 (4df+9=3+, 4-, 3+, 0)
[23:19:39] <ihp> 4df+3 urk!
[23:19:40] <Panic> ihp: urk!: 7 (4df+3=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
[23:20:14] <ihp> The goon gets out of the way, but you graze him. -1 Phealth to the goon.
[23:20:30] <ihp> 4df+5 Ranged! The goon shoots at Matt, intending to kill.
[23:20:30] <Panic> ihp: Ranged! The goon shoots at Matt, intending to kill.: 8 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
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[23:21:04] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+4 PDef. This won't end well.
[23:21:04] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: PDef. This won't end well.: 4 (4df+4=4-, 4-, 3+, 3+)
[23:21:28] <gumbal1> Danielle searches the perimeter for hostiles. «I can talk and sneak, but that's about my extent of dealing with threats.»
[23:21:44] <padri> Laura looks up to the roof. Can she see anything?
[23:22:05] <ihp> Oooh. -2 Physical Health.
[23:22:23] <ihp> «Let us just get somewhere… more pleasant.»
[23:22:47] <ShotgunFiend> Matt yells out. "Fuck!" ~Managed to get through the /WHOLE WAR/ without getting shot…~
[23:23:04] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+9 Matt doesn't miss twice.
[23:23:04] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: Matt doesn't miss twice.: 11 (4df+9=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
[23:23:15] <ihp> 4df+3 welp
[23:23:15] <Panic> ihp: welp: 6 (4df+3=0, 3+, 3+, 3+)
[23:23:52] <ihp> The goon is knocked back by the force of the blast, and falls down against the wall, unconscious from blood loss and concussion.
[23:23:58] <padri> Laura can't understand anything anyone is saying. Damn french.
[23:24:20] <ShotgunFiend> Matt ties a piece of his shirt around his wound. He trudges on up the stairs.
[22:18:48] <padri> Laura follows Ivan to the roof.
[22:18:50] <lurkd> Ivan approaches the roof access.
[22:18:51] <Riemann> Hill looks up at the roof, hands on his head
[22:19:01] <Daedalus> Billy follows as well
[22:19:29] <lurkd> "Who is armed besides myself?" He pulls out his vintage S&W Model 3.
[22:19:46] <Riemann> Hill moves his coat to reveal two Colt handguns
[22:19:53] <ihp> The owner of the sex shop adjacent to the brothel does not appreciate several strange people going up to his roof. Speaking of roofs… there's about a three-foot gap between this one and the roof of the brothel.
[22:19:54] <Daedalus> Billy pulls out his Double barreled shotgun.
[22:20:07] <padri> wait, maybe redact.
[22:20:13] <Riemann> There is also a brick of octogen in his pocket, but that's for emergencies
[22:20:43] <padri> Laura does not go this way.
[22:20:44] <lurkd> "Is there something to bridge across?"
[22:20:54] <padri> She will not be seen going into a sex shop.
[22:21:01] <Riemann> "We could jump?"
[22:21:01] <Daedalus> "Can't we just jump the damn thing?"
[22:21:20] <lurkd> "I will try." He looks over.
[22:21:56] <padri> Laura was never here.
[22:22:00] <Riemann> Hill looks about for planks or something, to possibly help Ivan
[22:22:02] <lurkd> 4df+2 Jump! >.<
[22:22:21] <Riemann> lurkd, uh, 0
[22:22:28] <Riemann> (Ouch)
[22:22:33] <ihp> Oooh dear.
[22:22:38] <Daedalus> 4df+3 catch!
[22:22:44] <lurkd> A 3 foot gap?
[22:22:52] <Riemann> Daedalus, 2
[22:23:04] <Riemann> (3 feet is not that large)
[22:23:18] <Daedalus> (If his jump was terrible, he wouldn't go that far.)
[22:23:38] <lurkd> (ihp, you call it)
[22:23:43] <ihp> Ivan, roll me an agility again to see if you catch the ledge.
[22:24:08] <lurkd> 4df+2 catch!
[22:24:26] <Riemann> lurkd, 2
[22:25:37] <ihp> Billy /barely/ manages to catch Ivan, but pulls him up. Hill, perception to see if there's anything to help cross it.
[22:26:07] <Daedalus> "Gottcha Red!"
[22:26:15] <lurkd> Ivan doesn't say much.
[22:26:20] <Daedalus> "You really can't jump for shit, eh?"
[22:26:37] <lurkd> He can't believe he botched that jump.
[22:26:55] <lurkd> "Not in the best condition I suppose."
[22:27:07] <lurkd> He brushes himself off.
[22:27:15] <Riemann> 4df+4
[22:27:24] <Daedalus> "S'alright, happens to the best of us…"
[22:27:24] <Riemann> 2 (Damn)
[22:28:07] <lurkd> He respectfully nods. "What is your surname by the way? I'm tired of calling you Agent."
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[22:28:28] <Daedalus> "Call me Billy, everyone does…"
[22:28:45] <Riemann> "Ivan's not much a fan of first names."
[22:28:58] <lurkd> "I prefer a bit of professionalism, your surname please."
[22:29:13] <ihp> Hill notes how nice of a day it in in San Francisco.
[22:29:24] <Riemann> Hill is happy about that
[22:29:34] <lurkd> "Anything to bridge across?
[22:29:35] <Daedalus> "Oh?" Billy thinks Ivan is weird, "Captain Sykes, if you will."
[22:29:37] <lurkd> *"
[22:29:55] <Riemann> "I'm afraid I didn't see anything."
[22:29:58] <lurkd> "Sykes… noted."
[22:30:02] <lurkd> *ugh*
[22:30:12] <Daedalus> ~Bloody Red~
[22:30:17] <ihp> Anyone else who cares, to, perception.
[22:30:25] <lurkd> 4df+5 looking
[22:30:26] <Riemann> ~What a pretty sky~
[22:30:33] <Daedalus> 4df+9 tagging skill
[22:30:46] <Riemann> Daedalus, 10
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[22:31:43] <Riemann> lurkd, 5
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[22:32:10] <ihp> Billy remembers that, on the climb up here, there were some shipping pallets on the second floor landing, and Ivan sees a toolbox randomly lying on the roof.
[22:32:44] <Riemann> Hill was too distracted be the breeze. Hill is fully enjoying himself
[22:33:03] <Daedalus> "I'll go get somethin' to cross this gap, You fellas stay 'ere."
[22:33:21] <lurkd> "Doctor Hill, retrieve that tool box." He points.
[22:33:24] <Daedalus> Billy retrieves the pallets and brings them up.
[22:33:37] <lurkd> "Make yourself useful."
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[22:34:39] <Riemann> Hill meanders over the toolbox, and brings it to Ivan.
[22:34:52] <lurkd> Ivan snatches it.
[22:35:04] <Daedalus> Billy puts the pallets down in front of Ivan
[22:35:09] <Riemann> Hill does not even remotely care about what Ivan is doing
[22:35:28] <lurkd> Is the pallet wide enough to bridge the gap?
[22:36:05] <ihp> IT might be, if you cut it in half and re-arrange it.
[22:36:38] <lurkd> Ivan looks in the toolbox, is there a claw hammer?
[22:36:43] <Riemann> (Is there an arts and crafts skill?)
[22:37:35] <Riemann> Hill sits on the roof and watches, waiting until he is needed.
[22:38:47] <lurkd> "Doctor Hill, can you construct a sturdy bridge with these tools that can support our weight?"
[22:39:06] <Riemann> "I would hope so."
[22:39:09] <Riemann> 4df+10
[22:39:10] <Panic> Riemann: 10 (4df+10=4-, 0, 0, 3+)
[22:39:17] <lurkd> Ivan hands him the tools.
[22:39:20] <Riemann> Hill gets to constructing
[22:39:37] <lurkd> Ivan is still mad about the whole Barry incident.
[22:39:40] <Daedalus> Billy looks at the view from the roof, what can he see?
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[22:41:02] <Riemann> 1d10 padri!
[22:41:03] <Panic> Riemann: padri!: 5 (1d10=5)
[22:41:23] <padri> Padri fiat: +100000000
[22:41:46] * Riemann fiat +3
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[22:43:28] <lurkd> Hill rolled a 10 to construct a bridge out of pallets.
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[22:45:04] <ihp> Okay, glitch is resolved… and hill makes a perfectly serviceable bridge out of the pallets!
[22:45:44] <Riemann> Yay Hill
[22:46:11] <lurkd> Ivan crosees.
[22:46:16] <lurkd> *crosses
[22:46:18] <Daedalus> Billy picks up the bridge and sets it across the gap, "Alright, Lightest first."
[22:46:22] <ihp> For years to come, people will call this masterpiece of Engineering the Wooden Golden Gate Bridge! Except they won't. Because it'll rain next Tuesday and rot.
[22:46:47] <lurkd> "An acceptable bridge." He crosses for real.
[22:46:50] <Riemann> Hill walks across, balancing like a tightrope walker, his tongue sticking out of his mouth. What a goofball
[22:47:09] <lurkd> Hill is redeemed.
[22:47:11] <Daedalus> Billy crosses after him, amazed the thing can support his weight.
[22:47:21] <Riemann> Hill is a monster engineer
[22:47:37] <lurkd> Ivan approaches the roof access and tries to open it.
[22:47:52] <ihp> Perception, Ivan!
[22:47:56] <Daedalus> Billy stands right behind him, shotgun ready
[22:48:14] <lurkd> 4df+5 looking
[22:48:14] <Panic> lurkd: looking: 9 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 3+, 3+)
[22:48:20] <lurkd> \o/
[22:48:27] <Riemann> (Woooo)
[22:48:32] <Daedalus> (Ivan can see EVERYTHING!)
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[22:49:09] <ihp> Ivan easily notices that the door has a tripwire mechanism of some sort that will sound an alarm within the building if it's opened. This, of course, begs the question: why does a brothel have an alarm system of any kind?
[22:49:44] <lurkd> "It's rigged with an alarm."
[22:49:55] <Riemann> "Huh. That's odd."
[22:50:06] <lurkd> "It needs to be disabled before we can enter."
[22:50:15] <Riemann> "I could try my hand."
[22:50:22] <lurkd> "Please do."
[22:50:30] <Riemann> 4df+10 Engineering, I guess?
[22:50:31] <Panic> Riemann: Engineering, I guess?: 10 (4df+10=4-, 0, 0, 3+)
[22:50:35] <lurkd> Ivan steps back and pulls out his large revolver.
[22:50:53] <ihp> Hill disables the alarm!
[22:51:04] <Riemann> "Well, there we go."
[22:51:34] <Daedalus> Billy Readys his shotgun
[22:51:36] <lurkd> Ivan pushes the door open, gun in one hand. "Be ready."
[22:51:43] <Riemann> "Guys?
[22:51:46] <Riemann> "*
[22:51:54] <ihp> Pause for description.
[22:51:54] <lurkd> (I actually really like this team)
[22:52:01] <Riemann> "Might it be more prudent /not/ to go in guns blazing?"
[22:52:13] <lurkd> "It's a precaution."
[22:52:18] <Daedalus> Billy nods
[22:52:19] <Riemann> (It's pretty balanced)
[22:52:41] <lurkd> (Hill is the comic relief)
[22:52:48] <Riemann> "Still, it's a brothel. We got drunk and lost, the bouncers move us."
[22:52:54] <Riemann> (Most definitely)
[22:53:01] <ihp> You descend the stairs, to find… nothing like you'd expect. It appears to be a laboratory more than anything, and there are several television monitors scattered around the place, as well as an assortment of documents. On one desk is a container of blue pills marked "VIC", and there appears to be a one-way mirror in one corner.
[22:53:18] <Riemann> Hill takes the pills and pockets them for examination
[22:53:35] <Daedalus> "Fuckin' mirrors…" Billy turns to Hill "Looks like your kinda place…"
[22:53:56] <Daedalus> Billy takes a look through the mirror.
[22:53:59] <Riemann> "Too clean. Not enough wires." Hill makes a wry face
[22:54:00] <lurkd> "Shhh."
[22:54:17] <Riemann> "And mirrors are tacky." Hill whispers
[22:54:22] <lurkd> Ivan nabs the pills.
[22:54:25] <ihp> Through the mirror, Billy sees… an interrogation room? Perception for more info!
[22:54:33] <Riemann> (lurkd, Hill already did)
[22:54:38] <Daedalus> 4df+9 Tag skill
[22:54:38] <Panic> Daedalus: Tag skill: 7 (4df+9=3+, 4-, 4-, 4-)
[22:54:58] <lurkd> Ivan looks at the monitors.
[22:55:14] <Daedalus> "Interrogation, eh? After me own heart…" Billy smiles.
[22:55:30] <lurkd> 4df+6 science, what is this lab for?
[22:55:30] <Panic> lurkd: science, what is this lab for?: 7 (4df+6=4-, 0, 3+, 3+)
[22:55:42] <ihp> Oooh. Almost a critfail, but Billy manages to see that there are several of the pills on the floor, and what looks like blood. Also, I forgot to mention: there appears to be LSD blotters that Hill would recognize on one of the desk.
[22:55:49] <Riemann> Hill pokes around the lab, with science!
[22:55:54] <Riemann> 4df+10
[22:55:54] <Panic> Riemann: 8 (4df+10=4-, 0, 0, 4-)
[22:56:07] <lurkd> (do you roll 10 for everything?)
[22:56:09] <Riemann> "There's some LSD here." More whispers
[22:56:20] <Riemann> (Just science and engineering)
[22:56:21] <Daedalus> Is there a way to get into that room?
[22:56:45] <lurkd> (that's not OP at all. :P )
[22:57:01] <ihp> Ivan and Hill deduce that this lab is some sort of testing facility, possibly for a psychological experiment. Definitely non-consensual. Also, Hill notices a document with a familiar acronym on it: SCP.
[22:57:35] <Riemann> "Ivan, this is not good."
[22:57:42] <lurkd> "Surveillance? There's more here than meets the eye."
[22:57:52] <Daedalus> Billy tries to get into the interrogation room
[22:58:04] <Riemann> "SCP." Hill reads the document
[22:58:32] <Daedalus> "I thought this place was supposed to be a whorehouse…"
[22:59:00] <ihp> Hill sees that the document refers to a person known as "Moriarty". It's heavily redacted, but it describes an operative that was meant to infiltrate Site 19, and recover information on SCP-105, SCP-173, and others.
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[22:59:02] <lurkd> Ivan looks at Hill. "What?"
[22:59:02] <lurkd> He looks over Hill's shoulder.
[22:59:02] <lurkd> "Much to your disappointment, it serves a more nefarious purpose."
[22:59:20] <Riemann> Hill shifts so that Ivan can see.
[22:59:33] <lurkd> Ivan reads with wide eyes. "Espionage."
[22:59:46] <lurkd> "The administrator needs to review this."
[22:59:56] <Riemann> "Moriarty? Who devised this, Sir Athur Conan Doyle?"
[23:00:06] <Daedalus> "Oi!? What? There's a turncoat?"
[23:00:07] <Riemann> Hill hands the dossier to Ivan for safekeeping
[23:00:25] <lurkd> "Enough fictional humor.:
[23:00:25] <ihp> As Hill takes the dossier, a photograph falls out, face-down.
[23:00:26] <lurkd> *"
[23:00:35] <Riemann> Hill picks it up
[23:00:38] <lurkd> Ivan looks.
[23:00:40] <Riemann> And investigates!
[23:01:10] <Daedalus> Billy smokes his cigar, ~Fuckin' wierd~
[23:01:36] <ihp> Hill… the pictures is a familiar face. It's Susan Smith, but for some reason, the name "Betty Crocker" is written on it.
[23:02:18] <lurkd> "That's Agent Smith… she's an infiltrator."
[23:02:37] <Daedalus> "Who?"
[23:03:06] <lurkd> "She works at our facility."
[23:03:25] <lurkd> "Or /did/ rather."
[23:03:46] <Daedalus> "If she's a bloody turncoat we need to tell someone now, Anomoly be damned."
[23:03:57] <Riemann> Hill pales. "Oh no."
[23:04:08] <Daedalus> "We can't have her stealin' anythin' else…"
[23:04:09] <lurkd> Ivan pockets the documents and photograph. "We'll deal with this in due time."
[23:04:32] <lurkd> "We should try and rendezous with the others."
[23:04:41] <ihp> Pause for description.
[23:05:50] <ihp> Suddenly, an alarm rings out! The other party must have been caught! The speakers blare, "SECURITY BREACH!"
[23:06:11] <Riemann> Hill just shoots a speaker.
[23:06:15] <lurkd> "Guns at the ready!"
[23:06:16] <Riemann> Loud noises are bad
[23:06:40] <lurkd> "Agent Sykes, take point, we are moving down."
[23:06:58] <Daedalus> Billy nods, "They're probably havin' more luck than us…"
[23:07:24] <Daedalus> Billy goes ahead, shotgun raised towards the door.
[23:07:30] <lurkd> Ivan regroups and takes up the rear. "Downstairs… hustle."
[23:07:44] <Riemann> Hill is in the middle.
[23:08:03] <Riemann> ~Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right…~
[23:08:16] <Daedalus> Billy moves downstairs, ready to shoot the next thing that moves.
[23:08:31] <padri> (Here I am! Stuck in the middle with you~)
[23:08:32] <lurkd> Ivan is in super focus kill mode.
[23:08:35] <ihp> As you start going downstairs, you see people in labcoats starting to burn documents. One of them notices you, and screams. "Shit! Hank, they're here!" "I thought they were downstairs!" "They got in through the roof!"
[23:08:52] <lurkd> "NOBODY MOVE!"
[23:09:13] <lurkd> Ivan has his gun trained.
[23:09:16] <ihp> Intimidate!
[23:09:24] <lurkd> *erg*
[23:09:30] <lurkd> 4df+0 :(
[23:09:30] <Panic> lurkd: :(: -2 (4df+0=0, 4-, 0, 4-)
[23:09:47] <ihp> I'll give you a +3 bonus for having the gun out.
[23:09:50] <Daedalus> 4df+9 "I'LL FUCKIN' CAP EVERY ONE OF YA WANKERS…" Billy waves his gun around
[23:09:50] <Panic> Daedalus: "I'LL FUCKIN' CAP EVERY ONE OF YA WANKERS…" Billy waves his gun around: 9 (4df+9=0, 3+, 0, 4-)
[23:09:53] <ihp> 4df+4 Oh dear lord!
[23:09:54] <Panic> ihp: Oh dear lord!: 7 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 3+, 0)
[23:10:12] <lurkd> "Ah… much more effective, Agent Sykes."
[23:10:24] <ihp> The scientists cower at Billy. "I don't want to die a Virgin!" "…Hank, I've always loved you."
[23:10:44] <Riemann> "Want to help me gather some papers, Ivan?"
[23:11:18] <lurkd> "Doctor, gather intel. Agent Sykes, subjugate them, see what they know."
[23:11:30] <lurkd> Ivan covers the room.
[23:11:46] <Riemann> Hill begins, well, gathering intel
[23:11:51] <Riemann> He whistles as he gathers
[23:12:10] <Daedalus> Billy graps one of the scientists by the collar, "What the fuck is goin' on 'ere?"
[23:12:29] <lurkd> Ivan worries how Laura is doing.
[23:12:40] <ihp> Hill gathers all sorts of Intel. There's a reference to several secret projects, but the documents are partially burned and heavily redacted. You managed to find a reference to MK-ULTRA and something called SMILODON.
[23:13:53] <ihp> There's also another reference to Moriarty, and some kind of a pact.
[23:14:13] <lurkd> "Anything, Doctor?"
[23:14:15] <Riemann> Hill pockets the MK-ULTRA papers covertly, and gathers the rest publicly
[23:14:20] <ihp> Finally, a document contains a reference to Project BLUEBIRD. Something about implanting personalities; this one is the least redacted of the bunch.
[23:14:25] <Daedalus> "ANSWER ME WANKER!" Billy shouts at the man, He jostles him a bit.
[23:14:36] <Riemann> "Smilodon, Bluebird, something about Moriarty."
[23:14:46] <Riemann> "It'll make for a good read."
[23:14:53] <padri> (Calling Sherlock Holmes)
[23:15:08] <Riemann> (already did, padri)
[23:15:10] <lurkd> "Good work." Ivan scans the room with his gun.
[23:15:17] <ihp> The scientist whimpers. "W-we work for the government! They'll kill me if I say any more!"
[23:15:33] <lurkd> Ivan trains his gun at the scientist.
[23:15:36] <Riemann> "I think Billy will do worse if you don't."
[23:15:43] <Riemann> Hill says distractedly
[23:15:50] <lurkd> "You need to elaborate." *click*
[23:16:11] <ihp> "Please, I don't want to die! I-if I tell you anything, they'll kill me…" The scientist holds out his hands. "Take me prisoner!" "Me too! We need protection!"
[23:16:12] <Daedalus> "I know lottsa ways to get info outta a man without killin' 'im…"
[23:16:13] <lurkd> Ivan says in his stone cold voice.
[23:16:33] <lurkd> "We extract them then."
[23:16:45] <lurkd> "Do you have cufs?"
[23:16:48] <lurkd> *cuffs
[23:17:07] <ihp> "Downstairs, in the brothel." "We need to keep up appearances."
[23:17:16] <Daedalus> Billy thinks on it, "Yeah…" He nods and throws the man to the floor
[23:17:40] <Daedalus> How many are there?
[23:17:47] <lurkd> "Alright… if you move, I shoot him. If he moves, I shoot you… understand?"
[23:18:11] <ihp> Two of them.
[23:18:51] <Daedalus> "Both of ya, turn around and hold your hands behind ya heads…"
[23:19:25] <ihp> The scientists obey and whimper. "…did you really mean it, George?" "Of course I did… I loved ya since the first day in med school." "…I'm not gay." "…oh." "But I'd be willing to try!"
[23:19:44] <lurkd> "Quiet."
[23:20:22] <Riemann> "What're these VIC pills, anyways?"
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[23:20:52] <ihp> "They're Vicarious. Leary designed them." "They take memories… we use them to blank people after they come here."
[23:21:05] <Riemann> "Timothy Leary?"
[23:21:12] <Riemann> Hill blinks a couple of time
[23:21:16] <Riemann> times*
[23:21:34] <Daedalus> ~Blood Fruits…~ Billy checks the two for weapons
[23:21:39] <Riemann> (Riemann fiat says Hill knows of Leary)
[23:21:41] <ihp> "…yes." "Try one! Just take one and look into our eyes." The scientists have no weapons.
[23:21:56] <Riemann> "I'm good, thanks."
[23:21:57] <ihp> perception!
[23:22:02] <Riemann> 4df+4
[23:22:03] <Panic> Riemann: 4 (4df+4=3+, 4-, 3+, 4-)
[23:22:15] <Daedalus> 4df+9
[23:22:16] <Panic> Daedalus: 10 (4df+9=0, 0, 3+, 0)
[23:22:21] <Riemann> "Just came off of a high the other day." Hill yawns
[23:22:46] <ihp> Billy, You hear gunshots from downstairs.
[23:22:54] <lurkd> 4df+5
[23:22:55] <Panic> lurkd: 7 (4df+5=3+, 3+, 4-, 3+)
[23:23:06] <ihp> Ivan hears it too.
[23:23:36] <lurkd> Ivan waits for nobody he rushes downstairs.
[23:23:43] <lurkd> ~Laura~
[23:24:12] <ihp> Ivan rushes down into #homeimprovement.
[23:24:27] <Riemann> "Where'd he run off to?"
[23:24:47] <Daedalus> Billy prods the two to go in front of him "Gunshots, 'ill…"
[23:25:49] <Riemann> Hill gently places a fist sized brink of a putty like material on the table. It is wired out the wazoo, and blinks red.
[23:25:59] * padri is now known as padinner
[23:26:23] <Daedalus> "Christ, it 'at….?"
[23:26:29] <Daedalus> is*
[23:26:43] <ihp> The scientists stare. "Oh god. That's an explosive!"
[23:26:49] <Riemann> "Now then," He says, brushing off his hands, " This has a remote detonator."
[23:26:58] <Riemann> "Octogen, in fact." Hill chirps
[23:27:19] <Riemann> "Relax, you'll be clear of the building."
[23:27:50] <Daedalus> "Lets go…" Billy motions for the scientists to go downstairs
[23:28:05] <Riemann> Hill whistles to himself as he walks down…
[23:28:09] <ihp> Hank and George go downstairs.
[23:24:23] <lurkd> A wild Ivan appears.
[23:24:27] <lurkd> >.>
[23:24:36] <ShotgunFiend> He runs into a bloody Matt walking up the stairs.
[23:24:41] <gumbal1> Danielle turns to Laura. "Should we head back to the jeep?"
[23:25:04] <padri> Laura shakes her head. "But we should head back to the bench."
[23:25:05] <ihp> (What Jeep? You got here in a streetcar.)
[23:25:22] <ShotgunFiend> Matt's breathing hard, but he looks like he could still push on.
[23:25:30] <lurkd> "What happened? Are there injured?" He approaches.
[23:25:45] <padri> Laura heads back to the bench where she will wait until padri returns from supper.
[23:25:59] * padri is now known as padinner
[23:26:09] <ShotgunFiend> "Just me and him. The skip is with Laura and Danielle, they're extracting it. I tried to come find you guys to rendezvous."
[23:26:20] <ShotgunFiend> Him being the bleeding out guard on the ground
[23:26:56] <ShotgunFiend> "What'd you guys find?"
[23:26:56] <lurkd> "There are more things here than just anomalies… the facility is compromised."
[23:27:04] <ShotgunFiend> "Which facility?"
[23:27:12] <ShotgunFiend> "This whorehouse?"
[23:27:12] <lurkd> "/Our/ facility… we have a mole."
[23:27:30] <ShotgunFiend> "… God damnit. We need to get back to the site, then. Where are Billy and Hill?"
[23:27:37] <lurkd> He waits for Billy and Hill to join him.
[23:27:56] <gumbal1> Danielle makes her way to the bench.
[23:28:18] <lurkd> (reinmann v)
[23:28:22] <lurkd> (Daedalus)
[23:28:29] <Daedalus> Billy goes downstairs with his prisoners
[23:28:35] <lurkd> "They are bringing prisoners."
[23:28:36] <Riemann> Hill descends the stairs
[23:28:41] <ShotgunFiend> Matt is there with Ivan. Matt has been shot.
[23:28:42] <Daedalus> "Ya find any handcuffs?"
[23:28:49] <ShotgunFiend> He's still standing, so that's good.
[23:28:53] <lurkd> 4df+5 looking for them
[23:28:54] <Panic> lurkd: looking for them: 7 (4df+5=3+, 4-, 3+, 3+)
[23:29:15] <ihp> Jessica, Laura and Danielle are sitting on a bench outside of City Lights books.
[23:29:16] <Daedalus> Billy looks at Matt, "Looks like you 'ad fun."
[23:29:26] <ShotgunFiend> "I'd like to get back to base as soon as possible, if it's all the same to you." Matt glances back to Billy.
[23:29:37] <Riemann> "Well then, we should get out of here."
[23:29:53] <lurkd> "Posthaste… and upon our arrival, we will subjugate Agent Smith."
[23:29:55] <ihp> The scientists look around fearfully. "…oh crap. You're skippers, aren't you?"
[23:30:03] <ihp> Ivan finds two pairs of handcuffs.
[23:30:08] <Riemann> "I have been known to."
[23:30:12] <lurkd> "Please stop talking."
[23:30:14] <ShotgunFiend> "Skippers? That's what the goon called me."
[23:30:26] <ShotgunFiend> It seems to dawn on Matt what that means.
[23:30:29] <ShotgunFiend> "Oh."
[23:30:33] <ShotgunFiend> "Nevermind."
[23:30:38] <Daedalus> "Cuff 'em, Red."
[23:30:41] <ihp> "Well, you are, aren't you?" "You're from th-the Foundation."
[23:30:50] <lurkd> "Agents, now would be an oppurtune time to… what's the expression… bag and gag?"
[23:30:57] <Riemann> Hill pushes up his glasses. "Now then, could we /please/ evacuate the building?"
[23:30:58] <ShotgunFiend> Matt leads them back downstairs. He doesn't answer anymore questions.
[23:31:08] <Daedalus> "Bag and tag?"
[23:31:11] <Riemann> "Surely there are better places to talk about this."
[23:31:18] <gumbal1> "The anomaly, or the rats?"
[23:31:18] <lurkd> Ivan puts the pink furry kink handcuffs on both of the men.
[23:31:30] <ShotgunFiend> Matt leads them out the front door because he can't climb the fence in the back, nor jump rooftops in this condition.
[23:31:39] <Daedalus> Billy pushes them outside.
[23:31:45] <ihp> "…this is humiliating." "I actually like it!" "You're a freak, George."
[23:31:46] <lurkd> Ivan follows.
[23:31:55] <lurkd> "I said quiet!"
[23:31:57] <Riemann> Hill, the last out, carefully closes the door.
[23:32:06] <Daedalus> ~Bloody godamn fruits…"
[23:32:18] <ihp> The scientists shut up, and show a gate that's not immediately obvious to anyone not looking for it.
[23:32:42] <Riemann> (show a gate?)
[23:33:04] <Daedalus> (gait?)
[23:33:05] <ihp> (A gate in the fence)
[23:33:13] <Daedalus> (oh)
[23:33:24] <ShotgunFiend> (Fiat! Matt led them out the back because reasons)
[23:33:41] <ShotgunFiend> Matt then guides them around to the bench outside the bookstore.
[23:33:48] <lurkd> Ivan just follows wherever.
[23:34:00] <ShotgunFiend> The moose-thingie, Danielle, and Laura are there.
[23:34:18] <ihp> Jessica smiles at them. «May we leave now? That place was horrible!» everyone who hasn't seen Jessica yet, Mdef!
[23:34:23] <Daedalus> Billy watches over his prisoners, "Three prisoners in two weeks, huh."
[23:34:31] <lurkd> 4df+6
[23:34:31] <Panic> lurkd: 6 (4df+6=3+, 3+, 4-, 4-)
[23:34:33] <Riemann> 4df+8
[23:34:34] <Panic> Riemann: 7 (4df+8=0, 4-, 4-, 3+)
[23:34:53] <Daedalus> 4df+3
[23:34:54] <Panic> Daedalus: 4 (4df+3=3+, 0, 3+, 4-)
[23:34:55] <gumbal1> "Can we leave now? Jessica here is sick of this place."
[23:35:05] <ihp> 4df+14
[23:35:06] <Panic> ihp: 14 (4df+14=0, 0, 3+, 4-)
[23:35:14] <lurkd> (lol)
[23:35:24] <Riemann> (Um)
[23:35:25] <ShotgunFiend> "Yeah… I'm sick of it too…" Matt has a spreading red stain on the side of his shirt.
[23:35:26] <ihp> Billy: you find this creation absolutely /beautiful/. Ivan and Hill: You just go "Meh".
[23:35:29] <Riemann> (wowzers)
[23:35:55] <Riemann> "Everyone? Can we step back a bit more from the theatre?"
[23:36:06] <lurkd> "Gladly."
[23:36:14] <gumbal1> Danielle does just that.
[23:36:17] <ihp> The agent from before comes out of the shop. "You got it! I've arranged for pickup; she'll be taken back to the airport ASAP."
[23:36:28] <lurkd> "This doesn't look like the entity in the picture."
[23:36:30] <ihp> Jessica blinks, and steps back; it seems she understands English, but can't speak it.
[23:36:31] <Riemann> Once everyone moves to a safe distance, Hill pulls out a strange device
[23:36:41] <Daedalus> Billy gets one knee and takes Jessica's hand, "I swear, God as my witness, that you are the most beautiful creature on this green earth."
[23:36:49] <lurkd> Ivan looks at her face closely.
[23:36:53] <Riemann> He presses the button on it, and (ihp can describe)
[23:37:56] <ihp> KA-BLAMMO! The entire second and third floors of the brothel go up in flames, and San Franciscans scatter! There's mass panic as flames pour out the windows, and people come pouring out of Clive's Circus Theater to watch the chaos, some with their pants still down.
[23:38:18] <Riemann> The fires reflect off of Hill's glasses menacingly
[23:38:37] <ShotgunFiend> Matt averts his eyes. "Yes. Good job. Now can we /leave?/"
[23:38:48] <gumbal1> Danielle blinks.
[23:38:54] <gumbal1> "I love this job."
[23:38:57] <Daedalus> It's a lovely sight as Billy is on one knee and the flames burn romantically.
[23:38:58] <ihp> «Mon dieu! Is this man insane? he's no better than the Company!» The agent whistles. "…you guys are fucking psychos."
[23:39:21] <ShotgunFiend> Meanwhile, while everyone idly chatters, Matt stands-by with a gunshot wound…
[23:39:24] <gumbal1> «He's a soldier. Some tend to act like this.»
[23:39:28] <lurkd> "Totally appropriate." He pats Hill on the shoulder.
[23:39:30] <Riemann> "“I can't stand it to think my life is going so fast and I'm not really living it. So I blew things up."
[23:39:45] <ihp> Soon enough, a containment van arrives, and it's big enough for all of them. The man driving looks out the window. "…where's the anomaly?"
[23:39:58] <ShotgunFiend> Matt points at it.
[23:40:08] <lurkd> "We have injured as well."
[23:40:08] <ihp> "…if you say so. Anything else?"
[23:40:20] <ShotgunFiend> Matt points at himself.
[23:40:23] <Daedalus> "We've got prisoners…"
[23:40:44] <ihp> "…all right, pile them all in back. We'll take 'em back to 19."
[23:40:52] <gumbal1> «Wait, Company?»
[23:41:02] <lurkd> Ivan is glad to see the building burn to the ground. Perfect way to cover tracks.
[23:41:03] <ihp> «That is what they called themselves. The Company.»
[23:41:16] <ShotgunFiend> "I'd rather take the plane… It'll be faster."
[23:41:22] <Daedalus> Billy nods and pushes both scientists into the back of the van.
[23:41:26] <ihp> "They /are/ going on a plane, dumbass."
[23:41:31] <gumbal1> "Uh, guys? Do any of you know about a 'company'?"
[23:41:47] <lurkd> "We will leave now before emergency services arrive."
[23:41:48] <ihp> Jessica climbs in the front seat. The driver doesn't seem to mind.
[23:41:53] <ShotgunFiend> "…" Matt glares at the guy who retorted to him.
[23:42:00] <ihp> Academics to see if you know anything about a Company.
[23:42:01] <lurkd> Ivan gets in.
[23:42:13] <ShotgunFiend> Telling off a man with a big and a gunshot wound? Not a good idea, sir.
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[23:42:20] <Daedalus> Billy gets sits in between the two lovebird scientists.
[23:42:20] <ShotgunFiend> big gun&
[23:42:23] <Riemann> 4df+4 Academics!
[23:42:23] * padinner is now known as padri
[23:42:24] <Panic> Riemann: Academics!: 3 (4df+4=0, 4-, 0, 0)
[23:42:34] <lurkd> 4df+5 academia
[23:42:35] <Panic> lurkd: academia: 2 (4df+5=0, 4-, 4-, 4-)
[23:42:35] <ShotgunFiend> 4df+4 might as well academics
[23:42:36] <Panic> ShotgunFiend: might as well academics: 5 (4df+4=3+, 3+, 4-, 0)
[23:42:40] <gumbal1> 4df+3 I'm smart
[23:42:41] <Panic> gumbal1: I'm smart: -1 (4df+3=4-, 4-, 4-, 4-)
[23:42:47] <lurkd> nope!
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[23:43:22] <ihp> Danielle starts thinking about the root of the word "Company".
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[23:44:07] <gumbal1> ~Alright, maybe it was some Latin thing or something~
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[23:44:15] <ihp> The rest of you don't know jack.
[23:44:22] <ihp> Are you all in the van?
[23:44:26] <ShotgunFiend> … Sure/.
[23:44:32] <gumbal1> sure?
[23:44:42] <ihp> If not, then continue RPing.
[23:45:19] <ihp> actually, revise that: Matt remembers that "Company" is codeword for some kind of US Government thing.
[23:45:38] <padri> Okay! Laura's totally in the van!
[23:46:03] <Daedalus> Billy nods at Laura, "You alright Luv?"
[23:46:28] <ihp> IF everyone is in… they drive to the airport!
[23:46:33] <ShotgunFiend> Matt leans against the side of the van, clutching his side.
[23:46:36] <padri> "I'll be alright once we're home." She's still mad. She ruined a perfectly good dress just to go somewhere she didn't wanna go.
[23:46:45] <lurkd> yup, Ivan is with them
[23:47:03] <Daedalus> "How'd that happen?" He points at her dress.
[23:47:17] <padri> Laura's dress is shorter than when the group split, Ivan.
[23:47:24] <padri> Laura just scowls.
[23:47:40] <lurkd> "…you alright, Ms. Moodie?"
[23:47:48] <ihp> The scientists talk amongst themselves. "George… think the skippers will take good care of us?" "I don't know, Hank. I don't fucking know. We were supposed to take the pills…" "I threw mine out." "So did I."
[23:47:50] <lurkd> He looks concerned.
[23:47:54] <gumbal1> "She ripped her dress while climbing a fence."
[23:48:06] <lurkd> He nods.
[23:48:06] <padri> "I'll be fine, Ivan."
[23:48:12] <lurkd> "Very well."
[23:48:16] <ihp> The scientists smile at each other. Soon, everyone arrives at the airport.
[23:48:21] <lurkd> Ivan puts his gun away.
[23:48:38] <ShotgunFiend> Matt hobbles onto the plane.
[23:48:46] <gumbal1> Danielle enters the plane.
[23:48:51] <lurkd> "In all seriousness… these prisoners can't witness the location they are about to be flown to."
[23:48:57] <lurkd> Ivan gets on.
[23:49:07] <padri> "Then blindfold them."
[23:49:19] <ihp> You're loaded on to a proper passenger jet- it seems the Foundation sprung for plane tickets, something they'll regret once they see the bill for the blown-up brothel/science lab.
[23:49:20] <ShotgunFiend> "Just… Knock them out or some shit." Matt isn't in the mood for kindness.
[23:49:22] <lurkd> "I would, but I lack the supplies."
[23:49:24] <Daedalus> Billy sighs, rakes off his coat, and puts it over one of thier heads.
[23:49:29] <padri> Laura wishes she'd brought the ripped fabric with her. It would've made a good blindfold.
[23:49:44] <padri> "Here." Laura rips more cloth of the hem of her dress. It's already ruined.
[23:49:48] <ihp> "We'll blindfold ourselves!" The scientists take off their socks and put them around their eyes. "…god, this stinks." "They could have shot us, Hank."
[23:49:48] <lurkd> Ivan's not about to use his nice overcoat.
[23:49:52] <padri> She ties it around the other's eyes.
[23:50:08] <Daedalus> "Thanks Luv."
[23:50:15] <Riemann> Hill is humming quietly as he reads Hemingway
[23:50:17] <lurkd> Ivan doesn't look at her legs.
[23:50:34] <padri> Laura folds her legs up under her and covers them as best she can.
[23:50:37] <lurkd> He makes it a point not to look.
[23:50:43] <ShotgunFiend> Matt is too busy trying not to think about the blood that's seeping between his fingers.
[23:50:44] <Daedalus> Billy pushes the two into thier seats.
[23:51:00] <ihp> The plane takes off, and you're all flown back to #origins-ic.