<Calica> Anyways. When we left off, I think David and Helena were just given (misleadingish) information about a gang running out of an abandoned church, Zachary just poached part of the gang and moved it basically to that church, and Christa was getting ready for a date.
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<Icon> Yep.
<Calica> Christa finds herself at a moderately fancy restaurant, face to face with Leah, the grad student who asked her out earlier.
<Icon> Christa fidgets around with her fingers under the tablecloth, not quite sure what to say. She hadn't been out like this in, what, years? Her mind generally wnadered to Sorcery, demons... she could do casual banter fine. "So, Leah, you like the place?"
<Calica> "It's delicious! I usually only eat remotely this fancy when there's a famous speaker or something and the university foots the tab.
<Calica> "Does running a bookstore pay that well? I might need to get a job with you!"
<Calica> Ruo whispers to Christa. "(When are we going to be able to get her blood? This is dull.)"
<Icon> She smiles, blushes a little. "Ah, why yes it does. We're always looking for new people, after all." ("You deal with such tedium daily in my house, you can wait a little longer Ruo.")
<Icon> And we are*
<Calica> "(Yes but she's right there and she looks delicious and you're talking to her so much for some reason."
<Calica> )
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<Icon> "(Do you think I'd want to risk getting caught as a Sorcerer? Sure this place could crumble and give us what we need soon, but I'm not paying those damn bills.") "Sorry," Christa shakes her head. "zoning out a bit. I didn't expect the light to be this intense."
<Icon> ("Listen Ruo. If we can do so covertly then fine, but I'm not doing something so rash.")
<Calica> "Really? It's pretty dimmed. We can go outside though, if you want. I'm almost done with my food, I can request a box."
<Icon> ("How do you even plan on it anyway?") "Perhaps it's just me. But I would like that."
<Calica> "Check, please!"
<Calica> Christa and Leah are walking home down a dimly-lit street in the evening.
<Calica> "It's really nice being with you. It's so weird, though; we talked so much and yet I don't feel like I know any more about you."
<Icon> "Is... is that so?" Christa's expression tightens. This should have been expected, actually, she thought.
<Calica> "(It is sufficiently secluded. I am going to attack now.)"
<BGTB2005> D:
<Calica> Ruo emerges from the shadows; Leah can only sort of see, but jumps in fear. "W-w-what is that? What's going on, Christa?"
<Icon> "What're you talking about?" Christa raises her voice, looking to Ruo's movements a second too late each time. This could be troublesome...
<Calica> "That thing behind you!" Ruo begins his dash towards Leah.
<Calica> Is Christa gonna try to, you know, do anything?
<Icon> ("Christ, Ruo, could you not have waited?" Obviously, no, though that doesn't make her any less perturbed with them.) She looks on curiously. ("At least get her and you into the shadows!")
<Icon> (I was typin'. :v)
<Icon> (Could I, like, "play" attacking Ruo or something to make it look better?)
<Calica> so basically you're totally okay with Ruo beating her up for some lunch?
<Icon> (Well, let's see. Unless I'm mistaken it's either lunch or go against Ruo, either of which would be interesting, but Christa'd try to play it off nicely.)
<Calica> that's cold, Christa :p
<BGTB2005> I'd go with trying to discipline Ruo
<BGTB2005> and finding someone else for him to eat
<Icon> (Oh, yeah, Zachary is now the mob leader and SHE'S the cold one!)
<Icon> (Bgtb: I included stuff like that in my mind in going against Ruo.)
<Calica> (Hey now, Zachary spared both a cat and however many places they were going to shake down)
<Calica> "Waited? I did wait! Is it not dark enough for you yet?"
<Yarrun> (More like temporary reprieve on the shakedown spots. It's either that or Rip doesn't get paid)
<Icon> ("Just stop yourself for now, at least, god damn it!") Christa slams her hand into one of the lampposts Ruo moved onto, if briefly.
<Calica> I'm going to take this time to remind Icon that, as a high-Lore sorcerer, Christa would be well aware of the Punish ritual and that it can be done immediately against your own demons
<Icon> (How do)
<Calica> it's a ritual, but the main thing is that it weakens the demon and it's a good thing you can threaten
<Icon> (Ah. You know, that might end badly for the both of us, short- or long-term.... how do you do it?)
<Calica> "Why should I? You don't seem mad at all when I destroyed your apartment or Lisa's men, why is this different?"
<Icon> ("Those goons had it coming and I'm used to the apartment being shaken up. She's a simple civilian!")
<Calica> Ruo launches his claws at Leah, knocking off her glasses and leaking blood, which begins to soak into Ruo's body.
<BGTB2005> :<
<Calica> "What? What's going on? Where are my glasses? Christa, what are you doing? Why are you talking to it? CHRISTA?"
<Icon> (I thought we were talking internally?)
<Icon> mentally*
<Calica> I always used the word whispered for a reason. Once Ruo was visible and out I was assuming the distance was enough that you were talking.
<Icon> (Hm.)
<Calica> but yeah the threat of weakening the demon is very much a thing you could use
<Icon> (Mentally, "Ruo, I will Punish you if you don't stop now.") "Leah... there are some things you're better off not getting involved with. I'm one of them."
<Calica> (I really don't know if I want to even allow you to mentally communicate like that when Ruo's in view, tbh)
<Calica> (not relevant to what I'm about to say anyways)
<Icon> (Fair enough~)
<Icon> (Actually yeah, not mentally, that works far better.)
<Calica> "Hmph. I got some, but I'm still hungry. If not from a mark, from yourself."
<Calica> Leah tries to get up, or at least into a state where she can fumble for her glasses.
<Icon> "Well that's fine, Ruo." She glares at its shadowy mass, thankfully away from Leah.
<Calica> Unfortunately, she's weakened from Ruo's hit and feeding, and loses her balance and falls to the ground.
<Icon> Christa looks over and reaches out her hand, tenatively. Surely after something like that she'd want to run away, but...
<Calica> she is not in a physical condition to run much of anywhere
<Icon> (Or, try to, anyway.)
<Calica> Leah paws for Christa's hand. "Why are you even trying to save me, after that thing you're in control in attacked me..."
<Icon> She grips her hand firmly, slowly easing her up. "Letting it get out of control near you... was a bad idea."
<Calica> Leah seems to be passing in and out of consciousness, and the scars Ruo opened up are still bleeding a little bit. You might want to take her to a hospital.
<Calica> (I think this session is turning out a little railroady but oh well)
<Icon> Christa position Leah over her shoulders. Thankfully there's not one too far by, and she tends to have some form of bandaging handy.
<Icon> Admittedly, this was more than the norm.
<CentralAve> (truuuck)
<Calica> Anyways, Christa reaches the hospital and drops Leah off, and she gets whisked away into some office.
<Calica> I'm going to give you a Humanity gain roll, Icon
<Calica> I was actually kind of hoping I was going to help Icon there
<Yarrun> If I've learned anything this summer, it's that the dice are fickle and rude at all times
<Yarrun> Especially when it would be funny
<Calica> Anyways, as Christa is waiting in the lobby of the hospital, she sees someone walk out. A student, it looks like, and something catches her eye...
<Calica> Icon, roll Lore, and Myrdradek, roll Cover
<Icon> @dice roll 5d20
<Omnipresence> Icon: Rolled 1 5 12 14 20 = 52.
<Myrdradek> Lemme pull out my oh
<Myrdradek> @ dice roll 3d20
<Omnipresence> Myrdradek: Rolled 3 7 14 = 24.
<Myrdradek> Yep
<Myrdradek> At least it's only one victory
<Calica> well, that's a notice thing
<Icon> ("only one victory" ALLOW ME MY GOSH DARN VICTORIES)
<Calica> Christa notices something strange, pale, and blue in his eyes.
<Calica> David also notices something strange about Christa's eyes, and not just that they're staring straight at him.
<Myrdradek> I start walking away non-chalantedly, pretending I don't notice but making sure Naberius stays relatively close in the shadows
<Calica> Icon: Roll Lore again
<Icon> @dice roll 5d20
<Omnipresence> Icon: Rolled 5 6 14 14 17 = 56.
<Calica> @dice roll 1d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 14 = 14.
<CentralAve> (more trucks)
<Calica> Christa also notices a large cat hiding in the shadows near the student, who seems to be trying to walk away.
<CentralAve> (back)
<Icon> (I'm sure Zachary looks delicious.)
<Calica> you mean David?
<Icon> (David, rather.)
<Calica> also maybe I should've used Helena here instead of David so we could get her to be Helena near Christa :p
<Icon> (Oh golly.)
<Calica> "(This is interesting, Christa. Is that another sorcerer?)"
<Icon> ("Looks like it. He looks like he'd be an acceptable mark, even if randomly attacking others is... sketchy.")
<Calica> Myrdradek: So where are you going to walk to?
<Myrdradek> Calica I'm going to try to lose her. Is there a nearby public crowded place I could do that?
<Calica> Icon: And I'm guessing you're going to tail him?
<Icon> Yes.
<Calica> David tries to lose Christa by walking through to one of the more crowded streets.
<Calica> Myrdradek, Icon: Roll Stamina
<Icon> @dice roll 2d20
<Omnipresence> Icon: Rolled 4 17 = 21.
<Myrdradek> @roll dice 2d20
<Calica> other way around
<Myrdradek> @dice roll 2d20
<Omnipresence> Myrdradek: Rolled 5 16 = 21.
<Calica> David bumps into someone and causes enough ruckus to be obvious to Christa.
<Myrdradek> Crap
<Myrdradek> Hmm
<Myrdradek> I try to head towards a dark area with an easy get away route
<Myrdradek> I can make my stand, and also run away if things head south
<Calica> Icon: How about you? What do you want to do?
<Icon> (Christa has a good Stand too.)
<Icon> Calica: Following some more.
<Calica> Myrdradek: roll Stamina
<Calica> Icon: roll Stamina+1
<Myrdradek> Icon can Ruo reduce someone's age
<Myrdradek> @dice roll 2d20
<Omnipresence> Myrdradek: Rolled 8 15 = 23.
<Icon> @dice roll 3d20
<Omnipresence> Icon: Rolled 6 16 20 = 42.
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<Icon> (Thankfully no.)
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<Calica> David runs into the alley, but ran into the wrong one; he notices a fence in front of him, and Christa behind him.
<Calica> Might be a good time to try to talk to her...
<Myrdradek> "Naberius, get huge, now" David turns toward Christa. "I don't know what you want, but I'm really not a fan of being played with!"
<GMH> i look at this thread and i actually think about madoka magica lol
<Myrdradek> I'm trying to be intimidating, that's not pre-fight one liners
<Icon> "Yeah, yeah. Listen, I just want one thing. Well, two things, but you're the lucky one. Come on out Ruo."
<Icon> one right now*
<Myrdradek> Is there some way I can give Naberius orders without Christa hearing?
<Myrdradek> Calica
<Calica> Naberius grows to tiger size behind David, and Ruo emerges from the shadows behind Christa
<Calica> Myrdradek: I'll say that Naberius is close enough that Christa will only really be able to hear that you gave an order, not what it is
<Myrdradek> Got it
<Myrdradek> "Naberius, hassle the shadow-demon, and send out rats to bite the lady"
<Calica> Also I'll give Christa some time to give orders to Ruo, etc
<Icon> "Ruo, feel free to do anything but kill and torture him." She steps off to the side, easing herself away from him.
<Calica> "Which one is more important, David? I can only concentrate on so much at a time, especially when I'm so hungry."
<Calica> "My pleasure, Christa."
<Myrdradek> "The rats. Just distract the shadow and try not to get hurt"
<Calica> Naberius begins speaking in its bizarre animal cant to summon rodents to its aid as Ruo pounces towards the cornered David.
<Myrdradek> Shit
<Calica> Myrdradek, Icon: Would either David or Christa like to do anything additional?
<Myrdradek> I'm just going to try to avoid Ruo
<Calica> Myrdradek: Alright. Stamina+2
<Calica> @dice roll 5d20 >! Naberius Command
<Omnipresence> : Rolled 6 7 8 11 14 = 46.
<Myrdradek> Should I be taking a minus one because I am really obviously in physical danger
<Calica> @dice roll 5d20 >! Ruo Stamina
<Omnipresence> : Rolled 2 5 7 12 20 = 46.
<Icon> Christa's just going to keep her distance so she can better watch.
<Calica> Myrdradek: Yeah
<Calica> Icon: Alright then.
<Myrdradek> @dice roll 4d20
<Omnipresence> Myrdradek: Rolled 5 15 19 19 = 58.
<Icon> You know, make sure he doesn't do anything sketchy.
<Myrdradek> Woulda got it, if Ruo hadn't rolled so damn high
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<Calica> Ruo's dive towards David pushes him towards the wall as he swipes his claws towards his chest. Myrdradek, roll Stamina.
<Myrdradek> @dice roll 2d20
<Omnipresence> Myrdradek: Rolled 4 4 = 8.
<Calica> Though actually, I should probably give Ruo +2 for the advantage from the dice against Christa
<Myrdradek> Haha
<Icon> :|
<Calica> but since that's gonna be 4 damage already I think I'm gonna be merciful
<Icon> Oh, of course.
<Calica> I might give 'em to Icon if Christa does something taking advantage of the terrain she set up etc
<Calica> Ruo's claws open up three nice big gashes in David's torso, knocking him to the ground. 4 next-round, 1 permanent.
<Myrdradek> Youch
<Myrdradek> Maybe me and Helena can be hospital buddies
<Myrdradek> Gang up on Icon
<Myrdradek> Christa
<Calica> Next, I'm going to treat the rats in the area as a single animal for conservation-of-detail purposes.
<Calica> @dice roll 3d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 6 9 18 = 33.
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<Myrdradek> Haha, fucking independent rats
<Calica> The rats don't seem to want to listen; one or two of them seem to limply crowd around Ruo or Christa.
<Myrdradek> Am I unconscious
<Icon> "Listen, guy." Christa works herself up to the railing, resting above and getting a better view of him under the dim lights. "I'll consider, perhaps even guarantee calling him off and," she pulls back her sleeves to reveal scars. "If you can answer me something."
<Myrdradek> "What?"
<Icon> "I told him not to maim you too badly, for the record. You'll be fine." She nonchalatantly ponders the scene.
<Icon> "Do you know anything of the gang around here? Rumors of recent theft?"
<Icon> "And don't bullshit me."
<Myrdradek> "A little" David winces from the pain "They operate out of a church, sell drugs"
<Calica> Naberius tries to knock Ruo off of her master.
<Myrdradek> "Look, I'm looking for them too."
<Calica> @dice roll 2d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 9 17 = 26.
<Myrdradek> Calica Naberius is a girl?
<Myrdradek> I mean I can go for that
<Calica> @dice roll 5d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 3 3 8 17 19 = 50.
<Myrdradek> Calica doesn't the big status add something?
<Icon> "Ah?" Christa raises a hand, calling for Ruo to pause. "Continue."
<Calica> Myrdradek: I can't remember if I've said explicitly otherwise, and wasn't really thinking when I used female pronouns there, but I think I like it, and Big lets you keep your dice when attacked for a while
<Icon> (Whose 2d20 and 5d20.)
<Calica> Icon: Naberius has 2d20 St, Ruo has 5d20 St
<Myrdradek> Icon "My brother got mixed up in it, got killed, I don't know how. If they've wronged you too, we have a common enemy"
<Calica> (Now, why a demon with -us noun endings is female, who knows, but then two demons are verbs and one isn't Latin but I have a plan about that last one)
<Icon> "That's enough Ruo." She motions for him to back off, taking out a small switchblade. "You're correct. Are you willing to help me?" Christa leans down and looks as pleasant as she can.
<Yarrun> (Oh, was latin a theme then?)
<Myrdradek> Calica well isn't Cerberus female apparently it's a corruption of that
<Calica> (Yeah, I decided to use Latinate names as a theme)
<Calica> Myrdradek: maybe. actually second- and fourth- declension feminine nouns aren't completely absent, thinking about it
<CentralAve> So should mine have been Amperium or something?
<Icon> (I prefer Ampere tbh.)
<CentralAve> Icon: same
<Myrdradek> "Yeah." David stands up and leans on a wall "now I need to call an ambulance, and you'll probably want to be out of here. Meet me at the coffee shop at 33rd street two days from now if you want to talk"
<Calica> CentralAve: eh, maybe. I have a plan for it anyways so keep calling your demon Ampere
<Icon> "First," she pauses, and throws him the remaining roll of bandages she has left. "your name?"
<Calica> "I am almost sated, Christa. Should I halt feeding with this new ally?"
<Myrdradek> "David"
<Icon> "He gets a pass, and I'll help you with the rest anyway." She idly twirls the blade around.
<Icon> "Pleased to meet you David. It's Christa."
<Icon> "Sorry about roughing you up a little,."
<Myrdradek> "Just don't do it again"
<Icon> Christa gives a quick, light smile as he heads off. "I'll make sure we get what we want, and are on good terms."
<Myrdradek> Before he switches on his phone, David turns to Naberius and says "The iron will of rats, proved too much for you, I guess" with a sarcastic bite in his voice. He's on the phone as fast as he can so Naberius can't respond
<Calica> Naberius whispers to David. "The rat is still around. I am hungry."
<Myrdradek> "Goddamnit" "Bring it over here, I'll stamp on its head, or something"
<Myrdradek> David feels guilty as he does it
<Calica> @dice roll 5d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 2 6 9 13 15 = 45.
<Calica> @dice roll 3d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 13 14 20 = 47.
<Calica> naberius gets owned by rats again
<Myrdradek> "Again? Maybe try mice"
<Calica> The rat continues to scurry. David might be able to get it before the ambulance comes.
<Myrdradek> I'm gonna try
<Myrdradek> stamina roll?
<Calica> yeah
<Myrdradek> @dice roll 2d20
<Omnipresence> Myrdradek: Rolled 1 8 = 9.
<Calica> @dice roll 3d20
<Omnipresence> Calica: Rolled 9 11 17 = 37.
<Myrdradek> I am pretty hurt
<Calica> The rat scurries away as David throws a drunken-looking punch at it.
<Myrdradek> "Try the mice then?"
<Calica> Naberius runs off as a few EMTs head into the alleyway.
<Myrdradek> David resolves to get food for Naberius as soon as he's out of the hospital
<Myrdradek> (probably a good scene ender)
<Calica> Yeah.
<Icon> As for her part, Christa as long since jumped the fence elsewhere, thoughts moving. It wasn't too bad a night, at least? She felt sorry for Leah, hopefully that note she left was nice. But hey, she gained an ally.
<Calica> Now I've got a Zachary scene and a Helena scene in mind. Yarrun, CentralAve: either of you wanna go first?
<Icon> thoughts constantly on the move*
<Yarrun> I'm ready whenever
<Yarrun> Best to bring up the price change though
<CentralAve> well, uh, how long is this gonna run? i've only got an hour and a half >_>
<Calica> CentralAve: Probably not too much longer. I think I'm going to set things up for cliffhanger. I think I'll do CentralAve's first then.
<CentralAve> <SpongeBob> I'm ready!
<Calica> Helena is finally deemed completely healed and out of the hospital, even if they asked her to schedule a follow-up visit at some point.
<CentralAve> Damn straight!
<Calica> Phipps has called her into his office to discuss the previous incidents.
<Calica> "Hello Helena! Take a seat."
<CentralAve> (gulp)
<CentralAve> Helena sits without much fuss. "Hello, Mr. Phipps."
<Calica> "So you got hurt two days ago. What happened?"
<CentralAve> "Oh, uh, nothing much. Just a normal hazard of the job; some people don't always take kindly to what we do..." Helena feels like she's digging herself deeper.
<Calica> "Don't worry too much about getting punished--you're still more valuable than that tiny sum of money or the goods, especially since I still can't summon a demon with all of what I have!"
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<Calica> "But I want to know what happened here. Was it another extortion, like with Tokio Rose?"
<CentralAve> Helena decides she can be forthcoming with at least a few details. "The book she had...it was a fake."
<Calica> "That's brilliant you can figure that out! ...Wait, how can you tell?"
<CentralAve> Fuck, Helena thinks, I slipped up. Time to start fibbin'. "It was very obvious. I was an assistant in the library back in college, so I can tell when a book's been tampered with."
<Calica> "That's an interesting response, Helena." It's a female voice, not Peter's.
<Calica> Lisa seems to appear out of nothing in the corner of the room.
<Calica> "Wha-whe-who are you? How'd you get in here?"
<CentralAve> Helena draws Ampere, attempting to hold Lisa at taser-point
<CentralAve> "The fuck are you doing here?"
<Calica> "I wanted to see if you two were for real. I'm at least a little impressed by Ambitus here." Lisa points at the taser.
<CentralAve> "What are you talking about? This is just a taser."
<Icon> ("Next you'll tell me the Pres is a lizard. Rolls eyes")
<Calica> "Does your boss actually still think that?" "Still think what?"
<CentralAve> "Oh, you know how crazy conspiracy theory types can be. I'm sure she thinks man landed on the moon or something." Helena's not making sense, but you wouldn't be if you were sweating this much, either.
<Calica> "Wow, this is impressive. Anyways, I'm here to make an even bigger deal with you, Mr. Phipps, one that I only want to make in person."
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<Calica> "A deal? What sort of deal is this?"
ยป Calicapokes CentralAve; truck?
<CentralAve> sorry, i was just kinda waiting to see what lisa said. So, uh...Helena slowly lowers Ampere, she wants to see what Lisa has to say.
<Calica> "Give me a job alongside Helena here, and I'll teach you how to recognize and summon demons. Since you seemed surprised by me showing you what was up with Ambitus, I think this is a perfect opportunity for you."
<CentralAve> Helena's starting to get annoyed. "Why do you keep calling him Ambitus?"
<Calica> "The records I could get my hands on are rather slim, but one of them describes him."
<CentralAve> Helena raises Ampere again. "And how does Mr. Phipps here know you won't attack me again, hmm?"
<Icon> (I heard that hmmmm in the most amusingly not-actually-aggressive tone and smiled.)
<Icon> intimidating*
<CentralAve> Icon: It's hard not to read everything I say in Eden Sher's voice sometimes
<Icon> (Only Sher-lite. :p)
<Calica> "Of course! How do I know you're not Illuminati?"
<CentralAve> "Yeah!"
<Calica> "The Illuminati have tried this before! I need you to prove your loyalty to me!"
<Calica> Lisa is taken aback, and a bit confused.
<Calica> What has she gotten herself into? Nonetheless, this is important.
<CentralAve> Helena notes, but doesn't voice, that she can't recall having to pass a loyalty test.
<Calica> "If I really were a shapeshifting assassin here to deceive you, I could have just taken Helena's form."
<CentralAve> "That's what you'd WANT us to think!"
<CentralAve> Helena's a bit excited and waves Ampere around as she talks
<Calica> "Her logic isn't completely convincing, but I can't find a hole in it. It's a deal."
<CentralAve> "BUT MR PHIPPS"
<Calica> "Stay calm, Ms. George. In the worst case, I can probably...probably...find jobs for both of you, if you can't work together."
<CentralAve> Helena sighs. She knows Lisa is dangerous and doesn't trust her, but escalating the situation seems unlikely to help matters...
<CentralAve> "You may have convinced Mr. Phipps. But how are you going to prove yourself to me?"
<Calica> "I'll bring you the demonic source you want. That said, one of my books seems to have...disappeared...and I'm going to need more."
<CentralAve> "And what do you propose we do about it?"
<Calica> "The John Melmoth Collection at the University Library is kept under guard, but I think we can take it." Peter's ears perk up at the mention of the name Melmoth.
<Calica> "That's a brilliant idea! Not only will we get power for ourselves, but we'll deprive it of one of the Illuminati's most powerful stooges!"
<Calica> "You know most of the buildings there are built by Freemasons, right?"
<CentralAve> "Freemasons? Oh god, they're probably booby trapped. We'll have to get detailed blueprints." It's amazing how quickly Helena comes around when conspiracies are involved.
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<Calica> "That shouldn't be a problem. I have connections."
<Calica> (that was Peter)
<CentralAve> Helena notes that Phipps seems to be taking the revelation that her taser is a demon very much in stride.
<Calica> "Alright. Uh...what's your name again, new girl?" "Jessica. Jessica Smith." "Jessica, you're dismissed; go to Diane and get your keycard. Helena, stay with me for a second."
<CentralAve> Here it comes.
<Calica> Now Peter and Helena are alone.
<Calica> (tbh I would've forgotten this)
<Calica> (too many moving parts)
<CentralAve> Helena quietly puts away Ampere.
<Calica> "Why didn't you tell me you had a demon? This is brilliant!"
<Calica> (it's confusing enough remembering what Lisa and Peter even know)
<CentralAve> Phipps just finds it so easy to roll with everything, doesn't he, thinks Helena. "Uh, well, we don't know if the Illuminati has this place bugged. It wouldn't have been safe to tell you here."
<CentralAve> (I love it when I get to pull things out of my ass by playing a character pulling things out of her ass)
<Calica> "Hmm. I'll have to double check to make sure they haven't bugged me in the past week. Stay careful around Jessica, you hear?"
<CentralAve> "Yes, sir!"
<Calica> alright. Yarrun, you still here?
<Myrdradek> I need to go to sleep
<Calica> This one shouldn't take too long.
<Calica> Myrdradek: night.
<Myrdradek> See ya
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<CentralAve> Calica: That was actually some pretty spot-on timing. Well done.
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<Calica> I want to get this one short scene with Yarrun done before the hiatus.
<CentralAve> <Star voice> hiatussss
<Yarrun> here
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<Calica> Alright. Zachary and Rip are in the church, late at night, just the two of them. Rip mentioned bad news on the phone, nothing else.
<Yarrun> "Alright, level with me, Rip. What's the situation?"
<Calica> "So first of all, we went to the places you told us to hold the protection rackets on?"
<Yarrun> "Right, and I'll need the list so I can figure out how we're getting paid later, but what's the bad news?"
<Calica> "Most of them were set on fire."
<Calica> "You might've seen the fires on the news, but they hit our targets almost on the nose. Apparently not even the police know what's going on.
<Yarrun> Zachary's mouth popped open for a moment before clapping closed
<Yarrun> "...well. Shit."
<Calica> "That leads into the other thing. Your little gesture of charity there made Tom and Bob not really trust you, and by extension, me.
<Calica> "We're going to need to get some shit to reestablish ourselves, and quick.
<Yarrun> "Right now the only place I can reliably steamroll is a bookstore"
<Yarrun> "and the owner's a bit of a feisty one, if you get my drift."
<Yarrun> "You've got any idea?"
<Icon> (Rude.)
<Calica> "Not a good one. We might need to go after that bookstore if you don't figure anything out."
<Yarrun> "Any bad ideas? I'm not against a bad idea"
<Calica> "The only other idea I have--and it's a bad one--is to go for the old headquarters."
<Calica> "You wanted to face off against Lisa, didn't you?"
<Yarrun> "Hell yes"
<Yarrun> "We're doing it, tonight. Tell Bob and Tom to grab every gun they own and meet me there by sunset."
<Calica> "(Will they be afraid?)"
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<Yarrun> "(We'll hit the movie theaters before we go. There has to be some scary movie out now)"
<Yarrun> "(Probably won't be a problem. If there's no screaming by the next morning, something's gone terribly wrong)"
<Calica> "(hmph. I can try that.)"
<Yarrun> "(Don't be snooty about it. It's cheap and plentiful)"
<Calica> (also it's after sunset already)
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<Yarrun> (Fine. Scratch that out and put two hours)
<Calica> "Two hours? I can try."
<Yarrun> "Damn straight. Meet you there. Switching out this pistol for something with a bit more..."
<Yarrun> "Oompf"
<Calica> "Alright."
<Calica> Thanks for playing. See you on Monday possibly, otherwise in two weeks.