The Cold Secrets RPG [Chapter 5] -

T-nex · #**241** 05-01-2006, 08:58 PM

Akky, now more quick on his reaction, quivkly dissapeared and re-apeared behind Punch. He had noticed his fireballs didn't work, so he tried with lightening. Lightenings shot out from Akky, who was all glowing white now.

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Kix couldn't help herself laugh at what fisher said to Dave.

"Even a guy like him should know that he can't convince you like that. Now Pseok, fly a bit closer to Fisher so Dave can do whatever he wants... Although i can't see what a Gun could do against him."

"Oh well, I heard Fisher say something about Dave being able to summon things... wait.... Doesn't Streak have somewhat the same ability or something?" krisha said, but the something else struck her mind, "WAIT! We left Silvia behind!"

But she didn't say more as she saw the arrow fly towards them. Kix grunted and cast a small fireb all to stop it's direction. It fell on the ground.

"C'mon, Dave, do what you need to do so we can get out from here!" Kix yelled, and looked down on Daniel.

Krisha focused now, closed her eyes, she focused on the spot Daniel was standing, and a masive fire-barrier erupted around Daniel. She was hoped that it would keep them busy untill they got into the right position.

Gretin · #**242** 05-01-2006, 10:19 PM

OOC: Just one thing... It was an arrow, not a fireball... So... yeah... I don't know

I won't post any IC stuff right now anyway, I'll let the others post first.

T-nex · #**243** 05-01-2006, 10:35 PM

OOC: I'll edit >_<

Splat · #**244** 05-02-2006, 04:29 AM

ooc: I its too late to complain about everybody controlling my characters during my absence.

Pseok was by now in the air with Kix and Dave on his back. Swooping down quickly he grabbed the other cat as gently as he could in his claws and carried them with him.
"You wan't me to get closer to them Dave? Well I won't wait for you to cal retreat if this goes wrong."

He flew closer to the flames that concealed Fisher and Daniel.

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He then turned to Elfair, looking at her for a moment. Poor girl...
'Are you okay?' he asked, nervously.

She might have been expecting this guy to turn on her. She might have been expecting 50 men to come barging through the door while he was busy killing her near-rapist (she didn't realise that this guy would leave him alive. She... well, she'd hoped it might be something more like this, but she still wasn't expecting it.
"I... I'm fine, he didn't..." She suddenly realised what it was the guy was looking at. He couldn't see her teeth or her claws, or anyything that arked her as a killer. "I'm sorry. I got you into this... In Golden Valley, they thought you were me... I mean..." She didn't really know what to say now; suddenly seemed rediculous how powerful she'd thought she was back then, and how she could have done what... she'd done.

Dave · #**245** 05-02-2006, 07:31 AM

Punch was too slow to dodge the lightning attack. It struck him squarely on his rump. He felt as though his entire body had been quickly tugged towards the spot of impact, then he fainted.

Meanwhile, Fisher was in a silent rage. He knew that what he was saying was true - why would he hurt someone with such great potential? - but also knew that it would never work.
And they were closing in.
Dave, who had never shot a gun before in his life, was now taking careful aim. He knew that his forward motion would make aim even more important.
Dave saw Fisher staring up at them. He could see that Fisher was having trouble decided what to do. This hesitation, Dave hoped, would cost Fisher his life.
They had flown close enough for Dave to be confident of his shot. He pulled the trigger.
The bullet flew through the fire barrier and directly into Fisher's left shoulder. Dave had been aiming for the chest, and in reality was quite lucky to hit at all. Fisher cried out, more in surprise and outrage than in pain.
But that damage was done. Fisher knew the wound would not be fatal, but it could prove debilitating if not seen to immediately. He cast a look at Dave, gave him the finger, and abruptly disappeared.

T-nex · #**246** 05-02-2006, 07:46 AM

"Oh..." Kix said.

She was stunned to see Fisher dissapear like that.

"You killed him? Is he finally gone?" Kix asked a bitr eagerly.

She was hoping he was dead, but something inside her told her that this wasn't over.

"Hmm... Dave, Does he normally dissapear like that? Or is he dead?" Krisha asked, "Hey, Kix, your boyfriend's there."

Akky looked up at the bird, Dave and the two cats. Everything had happened so fast for him, he hadn't even Noticed Kix untill now. Then he noticed the firebarrier, and used his own magic to stop it. He then looked at punch, but didn't feel like doing anything about him now. He was more Concerned about Fisher. He knew he wasn't dead, but he didn't know where he was. This buggered him. His raged focused on Kix.

"COME DOWN HERE YOU COWARD!" He yelled at her.

"Oh... Why wont he leave me alone?" She asked worried, "Lets fly away and leave him alone..."

"Kix..." Akky whispered with a halfbroken voice, "Don't.... Leave."

She didn't hear him, and he just stood there, starring at her. He had to Find fisher, So he went around sniffing.

"Damnit... You could have taken me with you." he said out in the air as iof FIsher was there.

He looked back at Kix who tried to ignore him.

Havoc · #**247** 05-02-2006, 12:56 PM

Charger offered her a faint smile as he looked at her.
'I guess it's you then I have been hearing so much about...'
He examined her, both her hands and feet were still covered, and the muzzle on her face was there for obvious reasons. He remembered the things people were shouting when all hell broke loose. This girl was a killer, even though she didn't look like it at first glance.
He reached his paws out for her face.
'Let me just take this off...' he said, a little carefull as he took off the strap holding it and threw the muzzle on the ground. As he did, he quickely withdrew his arms from her. He didn't exactly know why, he guessed he didn't know what to expect just yet and didn't want to take any chances.
'We need to get out of here,' Charger then started, and leaned on the table a bit. 'But if I untie you... you have to promise not to attack anyone.'
He paused for a moment.
'Not me... not anyone in the hallways... and, even though I understand thats hard, not that jackass over there.'
He gestured his head to Jack, who was still laying out cold in a corner.
'If you do, we'll never get out of here alive...' he then explained. 'You won't make it without me. So can you promise me this?'

Gretin · #**248** 05-02-2006, 01:22 PM

Daniel dropped his bow, which burst into flames and burned down to the ground immediately, as soon as the fire barrier appeared and was going to manipulate the fire to his own purposes but Akky stopped it completely. He turned and looked at the cat for a moment, then looked back up at Dave,
"So you are Dave..." he spoke, "I wish to talk with you."
He looked at the gun in Dave's hand, "And don't bother trying that thing on me; guns are useless against me. I'm willing to call a truce if you will talk, or we can fight it out. What will it be?"

Dave · #**249** 05-02-2006, 03:39 PM

Dave didn't answer Daniel. Instead, he whispered to Pseok: "What do you think? Could this guy be as dangerous as Fisher?"
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Streak threw up her hands. "Oh whatever! Get lost!" she spat. "We don't need your help!"

T-nex · #**250** 05-02-2006, 11:26 PM

Krisha hissed at Daniel. She knew perfectly this guy wasn't to trust.

"Don't listen to him Dave, he wants the same thing Fisher wants." Krisha said, and looked threatening at Daniel.

Kix senced something wrong with this guy too. Then she looked at Akky, he kept walking around, looking at Kix. He wasn't quite sure of what to do. He could go crazy and cast a paralyzing spell at the bird. But... Kix was still protecting them. He knew passive spells were her specialty, so there was no way he could break the shield.

"Kix, If you come down here, I Promise i wont hurt you. I just wanna talk." He yelled at her, and thought it sounded alot like how Fisher and Daniel were trying to get Dave down.

He grunted. Kix burst into a scornfull and yet sarcastic laughter.

"Yea right! Go away you Psyko!" Kix yelled back at him.

"Yea! Go away! Kix is too good for you!" Krisha souted at him scornfully.

This enraged Akky. He could feel everything inside him boil. Hatred grew so strong inside him that he could feel a few tears slip away. His heart was beating very fast. Not only had Kix broken his heart, she had the guts to mock him about it. And now Krisha too? This was too much for him.

"I'll kill you Bitch!!" He yelled.

"I'm a cat..." Kix muttered and then yelled down to him, "So this is how you're not going to hurt me if i come down? HA! You're a psyko, screwed in your head... That place only did bad things to you!"

Akky didn't know what to say. He just stood there, mad and frustrated.

Splat · #**251** 05-02-2006, 11:38 PM

Elfair nodded. She wasn't going to miss a chance to get out of here. But if it was between keeping that promise and collapsing with hunger she wouldn't wait.

She let him begin to undo the straps on her arms and spoke. "Listen. I'll keep the agreement if I can, but I get hungrier faster than a human. I've been in here... well, I don't know any more than you probably do and they haven't fed me. I'm starving and if it comes to it I'll have to eat something. Hopefully not a human, and I won't attack you, but..." SHe trailed off into silence.

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Pseok examined Daniel. "Well that guy was helping Fisher. Or he wasn't fighting with him, whatever. Anyway, I think we should just get out of here before the cats tear each other apart. Stop squirming!" He added to the cats. "How much talking to do you think he really intends to do? You seem to be rather popular here Dave."

Gretin · #**252** 05-03-2006, 12:12 AM

OOC: Just wondering (but can't be bothered to look), did Dave make his appearance before or after Daniel showed up?

IC:

Daniel raised his eyebrows at the group, ignoring the arguing cats, "Look, Dave, I'm not trying to 'do' anything with you, I originally came here on friendly terms. I was simply defending myself, and I'm also obliged, for reasons I might elaborate on if you choose to talk, to help Fisher where I can, within reason.
"However, I myself have nothing against you, and my reason for searching you out was mainly to deliver a message, discuss it with you, and bring back an answer. No tricks, no treachery, and no lies. So you can come and talk under a truce, or you will have me as an enemy."
He turned his head to look towards Pseok's face, "And running will do you no good. I can catch you no matter where you go....."

<•-•-•-•-•>

Streak threw up her hands. "Oh whatever! Get lost!" she spat. "We don't need your help!"
"My point exactly," answered Olivia, "Good, we understand each other perfectly."
She turned, and started walking away again.

T-nex · #**253** 05-03-2006, 12:30 AM

"Lets just leave... These guys cant be trusted..." Kix said, and then something struck her, "CHarger! Where is he? I saw him running earlier today! What happened to him???"

"Wow take it easy Kix..." Krisha said, "He's probably alright."

"No, lets go find him!" Kix said.

She could use her detecting spell to find him, but that meant she wouldn't be able to protect them with her shield. SHe thought a bit about it.

"Look... What if I try and find Charger through my detecting spell? I'll see if he's alright, but that Also means i can't protect you all with my shield..." she asked the rest.

"Well, lets just fly away, right?" Krisha said, "I getting a bit tired of hanging down here. Then you can find Charger."

Then they heard what Daniel said. He sounded pretty honest.

"Hmm... Well, Why don't we just fly closer, I'll still protect with my shield. Then we're sure nothing happens, but I don't think you should go alone, Dave." Kix said.

OOC: Didnt see you reply Gretin... I'll edit -_-

Havoc · #**254** 05-03-2006, 12:35 AM

'Alright...' Charger said, with slight hesitation in his voice. 'But try to keep it under control.'
As he unbuckled the final strap he couldn't help but make a funny comment.
'We'll find a hot dog joint once we're out of here...'
He went over to the door while Elfair got off the table and looked down the hall in both directions, it was empty, for now.
'Alright, looks like we're good to go...'

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'No wait!' Kiara yelled after Olivia. 'We need you to help us find him! Please!'
She ran after her and catched up.
'Please, I love him... you have to help me.'

Splat · #**255** 05-03-2006, 04:17 AM

Elfair eased herself off the bench and stretched out her stiff limbs. Then she pulled off the gloves and boots, leaving her claws free.
"No hotdogs. I can only digest real food. But sure, you want to by me dinner I'm good to go. It'd probably be better than some of the stuff I've eaten."
She walked to the body in the corner. He was out cold and breathing weakly. She resisted the temptation to do something about that and removed his shades and picked up his jacket from where he'd left it on the floor. It was heavy and too large for her but better than just what she was wearing at the moment. She searched through the pockets, finding a mobile phone (thats a cell phone to you darn Americans

) and a wallet containing several cards, three different IDs with different names and some cash. She slipped the money back into a jacket pocket and through the wallet away. She also slipped in the shades and her gloves and after a seconds hesitation, picked up his gun and handed it to Charger. "If we don't get noticed and shoot any we see with this guys gun it might confuse them. I hope you know how to use this thing better than I do." She also passed his Macker's mobile phone. "Call your loved ones, tell em you're coming home."

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Pseok grumbled, "You'll be more than tired in a minute." He spoke up to Kix, "Listen, we can search for Charger when we're out of this." FInally he spoke to Daniel. "Listen human, I'm sure you'll understand that we don't exactly trust you right now, but if you're willing to wait a while we can talk later? We've got a lot to worry about right now and some people to tell that we're not dead so if you don't mind we'll be on our way." He turned and flew back towards the camp, staying low so it'd be harder for the human to watch where he went. He twisted his claw so Krisha would be facing him. "Make sure he's not following us or anything."

T-nex · #**256** 05-03-2006, 04:42 AM

Krisha yelped at the sudden move PSeok made.

"Take it easy! Oh..." She grunted, and concentrated.

Suddenly they were all almost invisible. It was a camouflage spell, which made it harder for other creatures to see them. But as long as they had physical connection they were able to see each other perfectly fine. Suddenly the shield around them dissapeared.

"Urgh... I need to rest... I've never had to hold a shield up for so long. It's exhausting..." Kix muttered, while she tried to stay awake.

Krisha tried to see what was going on.

"Kix? Are you alright?" Krisha asked.

"Yes... I'm just... tired..." Kix said and blacked out.

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"Argh stupid idiots!" Akky said angrily, when they flew away.

When they dissapeared he felt all alone. Only this freaky human was besides him. He lay down, wondering where Fisher was. Truth was that he liked having someone stronger than himself around him. Someone he could listen to. He had never had anyone to look up to, so Fisher was like a rolemodel for him. He looked at the Human and grunted.

"Do you know where Fisher whent?"

Havoc · #**257** 05-03-2006, 07:58 AM

Charger looked at Elfair as she stepped up at Jack, not knowing for sure if she could restrain herself. But after a bit, he felt she could and wnet out to explore the hallway a bit more.
He couldn't explain why it was so empty here. There were some offices down the hall, but no-one seemed to be working there. The hallway was lit by some ceiling lights and fresh air was provided trough a series of large air vents.
He snuk down the hall a bit, peeking around a corner. At the very end of the hallways, which was quite a long way back, he noticed some sort of security booth with a door which apparently could only be opened by the person inside. Unfortunatly, the booth was on the other side of the door and they had no way of getting there.
Just as he was about to go back to the room, he saw someone walking up to the booth, and a bit later the door opened. Shit, that person was heading right their way!
He hurried back to Elfair, recieving the phone and the gun.
'I can't handle a gun, paws are to big to handle a human contraption like that,' he said and patted his paws on his body. 'And I have no place to stash that phone, since I have no clothes on. You better keep it.'
He grabbed her wrist and dragged her along.
'But we realy gotta get going now,' he said as he looked around the hallway for an escape route. After a few seconds, he focused on the air vents, and ripped out one of the panels.
'Quick, get up there,' he said, peeking around the corner. The guy was coming closer. But, was suddenly called back by the man in the booth, buying them some time.

Splat · #**258** 05-03-2006, 08:11 AM

"Ooh, the air vents, never heard of that one before!" She smirked and scrambled into the passage. Glancing back to make sure he was followi,ng she crawled forward and sniffed the air. "Wonder why they made the vents so big. What do you think, should we head for where the fresh air is coming from, or to where its going? You relaise that for all we know we could be underground? I don't know about you but my room didn't have any windows."

ooc: i'll give Gretin and Dave a chance before posting Pseok.

Havoc · #**259** 05-03-2006, 10:28 AM

Charger peeked around the corner one more time, seeing the guy turning back their way. He quickely followed Elfair into the airvent.
'Do you have a better idea?' he hissed at her as he grabbed the panel and put it back in place. He kept watching from a small distance for a while, and watched as the person went by. He was bound to see the door broken and Jack out cold in a few seconds, and Charger quickely scurried after Elfair.
'Lets head to where it's coming from,' he noticed. 'My room didn't have any windows either, so I realy don't know where to go. Lets just follow the flow, air vents have to have an exit in the outer wall to work, right?'

'Mr. Macker? Mr. Macker wake up!'
Jack heard a voice in the distance, as he slowly started to come to his senses.
'Wha?'
'What happened, sir?'
Standing over him was a young new kid that was below Jack in rank. He had yet to learn a lot of things, and right now that was what was buying Charger and Elfair valuable time.
'I don't... uh... my head... I...' he looked up to the empty table infront of him, then suddenly remembered what happened. As he realized it, he quickely jumped on his feet. 'Shit, they escaped!'
He looked at the new kid as if it was his fault.
'How the hell did that happen?!' he shouted. 'You were supposed to sit in the observation room!'
'I... I'm sorry sir, I had paperwork to do and... I didn't want to file it late... and... I'm sorry...'
Jack sighed. Just his luck... he should have known Charger wouldn't go down without a fight... Whereever that guy goes is trouble...
'And the alarms arn't activated because...' he said sarcastic.
'I uh... you we're harmed and...'
'TURN THEM ON DAMNIT! NOW!'

Charger and Elfair reached a bend in the pipes, leading only up. It was where the flow came from.
'Okay, up you go,' Charger reacted as he looked behind him. 'But be quiet.'
Right then, the alarms started to go off, and it seemed asif all hell broke loose in the hallways outside the airvents.
'That took longer then expected...' he looked up to Elfair. 'Hurry!'

Splat · #**260** 05-03-2006, 11:16 AM

"You know that even if air comes from outside, there'll be fans and stuff to keep it moving and some way of keeping the rain out and stuff. Nothing's as easy as it looks on 'Mission Impossible'.

'Okay, up you go,' Charger reacted as he looked behind him. 'But be quiet.'

She glared at him. "You think I'm an idiot? I've been living on a mountain and hiding from the locals for three years, you think I can't look after myself?" This guys attitude was staring to grind on her nerves. "I haven't been living in a big mansion all my life, I know how to look after myself, and how to stay hidden. Get over yourself."

She pulled herself up the vent and continued. A few minutes later she heard a harsh whirring noice, growing louder as they got towards it until she turned a corner and found the source of the noise: a large metal fan span quickly enough to slice anything passing into pieces, blocking the vent completely. "Whaddid I tell you? A fan. So what's your next plan O Mighty Leader?"

Dave · #**261** 05-03-2006, 03:59 PM

OOC: Damn! I hate work. Otherwise I might have been able to keep up for the past few hours. And Gretin, I think Dave was introduced after Daniel.
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Dave had thought briefly that if Kix had stayed with him, then he could at least hear Daniel out. But as he was pondering it, Pseok had already begun flying away. So Dave decided not to worry about it.
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Ropael Furisto, an Ancient Vampire, manifested himself in an office in his true form. He was nearly seven feet tall and terribly gaunt. His face was a series of points: his nose, his chin, and his cheekbones all ended in unnatural points. His teeth - fangs, really - were protruding from his mouth, and more teeth-like protrusions grew from his cheeks to right under his sunken, red eyes. He had no hair, and so the large red dot on his forehead was more pronounced. The dot resembled a bubble of blood, pulsing with life and on the edge of dribbling over ... but never quite spilling down its face. He was dressed in a simple black hooded robe which trailed behind him. And for the first time in weeks, he was hungry.
No. Not hungry. He was ... Hungry. With a capital H, he thought.
And to make matters worse, The Boy had shot him. He was clutching his shoulder, hoping to stop the bleeding. He refused to believe he had actually been shot. He mashed a button on an intercom, and within moments a dog-taheen nurse came in with a cart of medical supplies.
Furisto was furious. No matter what he did, he knew that there would always be a scar where he had been wounded. Even if he were to take another form, there would be evidence of the wound.
If only he had remained in his Dragon form! Sirrush would have been safe from such pitiful weaponry, he was sure of it! But he, in his confidence, had assumed his Fisher form, thinking he could convince The Boy to join him.
As Furisto skulked, the dog-taheen nurse worked the bullet out of his shoulder.
The Boy and The Eagle. Somehow, that Eagle had managed to defeat him. No, not defeat ... but he had distracted him for too long. Had he known his phoenix body, Artemis, would have been overpowered, he might have assumed Sirrush's form sooner ...
"Damn!" was all Furisto could think to say, though he uttered it in his ancient language. The dog-taheen was now absently stitching the wound closed. Furisto noticed this and waved her away. The wound stitched itself closed, but this did not please Furisto.
He stood, and in so doing grew shorter and assumed more human features... Fisher again. He reached and felt his shoulder ... a nasty scar would form.
He had never intended to harm The Boy ... but now he had to amend this promise. He was now only certain he wouldn't kill The Boy. He couldn't be sure he wouldn't ... hurt him. But certainly he wouldn't kill him.
After a short amount of thought, he was able to pinpoint Slade. He turned around and teleported to Slade's side. (OOC: I have no idea where this is ... so Gretin, I'll need your help)
Fisher: "Mr. Slade, good to see you again."

Gretin · #**262** 05-04-2006, 12:12 AM

OOC: Noooooo! No one's supposed to find Slade's secret hideout!

J/k

IC:

'No wait!' Kiara yelled after Olivia. 'We need you to help us find him! Please!'
She ran after her and catched up.
'Please, I love him... you have to help me.'

Olivia turned around again and looked at Kaira, "And how do you propose I do that?" was all she said.

<•-•-•-•-•>

Silvia watched slowly as the eagle flew off. She didn't really know what to do now, and once again Slade's words came back to her, nothing but aimless wandering. She needed to find a purpose...
After some time, she decided to go back to the town for now.

<•-•-•-•-•>

Pseok grumbled, "You'll be more than tired in a minute." He spoke up to Kix, "Listen, we can search for Charger when we're out of this." FInally he spoke to Daniel. "Listen human, I'm sure you'll understand that we don't exactly trust you right now, but if you're willing to wait a while we can talk later? We've got a lot to worry about right now and some people to tell that we're not dead so if you don't mind we'll be on our way." He turned and flew back towards the camp, staying low so it'd be harder for the human to watch where he went. He twisted his claw so Krisha would be facing him. "Make sure he's not following us or anything."

Daniel scowled, but answered, "Very well. We will meet again."
He looked at the two cats, "Well played, you two, well played. I look forward to the challenge of our next meeting!" He turned to Akky.

Akky looked at the Human and grunted.

"Do you know where Fisher whent?"

"Not really, no. It's really not any concern to me. Why does it concern you?"

<•-•-•-•-•>

Meanwhile Slade had returned to his old offices in Los Santos. He had made sure before leaving that they would be protected from the flood waters (even though he hadn't let this on to anyone), and now, although underwater, they were completely intact and dry. He had made his way to his office room, inspecting other rooms and papers on desks etc on his way there, and now sat down at his desk, to begin casually sorting through some papers there and writing on them.
He was busy in the midst of this when Fisher appeared.

Fisher: "Mr. Slade, good to see you again."

Slade looked up, "Ah, Robert Fisher, what brings you here?" he gestured towards a seat.

Splat · #**263** 05-04-2006, 01:54 AM

Pseok flew back to the camp, coming slowly over to drop Krisha into what looked like a... relatively soft bit of grass, and then landed, allowing Dave to get off with Kix.
Pseok: "Sorry guys, Fisher attacked us as we entered the town, I didn't get a chance to have a proper look for Charger." He took in the scene. "What's going on? Who's the girl the tiger's talking to?"

Dave · #**264** 05-04-2006, 12:07 PM

Fisher sat down in the chair Slade had indicated. "I'm here on business, Mr. Slade. It seems that one of your minions - Daniel, I believe - is searching for a boy named David. A boy I myself would be very interested to meet and ... employ, I suppose is the proper word."
He paused, hoping Slade would take the hint: that Dave was off limits to him... unless, perhaps, Slade intended to take the boy for similar purposes...
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(OOC: If I remember correctly, no one has met Slade yet out of the folks at the camp, right?)
Blaze and Art saw Pseok land and hurried over. Art saw what Dave was holding and lunged at him with a low growl. Dave let the guns go willingly enough, but this didn't stop Art.
"Dave! How the hell did you get these from me? You know better than anyone how important these guns are!"
Art seemed not to notice that Pseok, Krisha, and Kix were also back. He was too intent on Dave. Dave himself, was trying not to get into it. He looked over to try and see if he recognized the woman Kaira was speaking with. Art grabbed him and turned him back around.
"Kid, you've got a yard of guts for stealing these from me, and I respect you for that, but don't ever ****ing do that again. Do you hear me?"
Dave shrugged Art off, and Blaze put a strong hand on Art's shoulder to hold him back. "Those guns might well have saved us from Fisher. So get bent. I won't 'steal' them, and I never did. They were just there."
Art wasn't buying it. "Go to hell, kid. Things like that ... just ..." don't happen, was how he would have finished. But after seeing the things he had seen, he had no right to say that.
Dave gestured to one of the guns. "I fell in a pond, and that one got wet. I suggest you clean it up."
Art silently holstered his guns, and, skulking, answered Pseok's question. "Her name is Olivia. I bet she works for Fisher or something."

Havoc · #**265** 05-04-2006, 12:14 PM

'Well gee, sorry...' Charger reacted as Elfair told him off. When he joined her up there, he stared at the fan. Because of the speed he could somewhat see what was behind it. It looked like a set of strong metal bars. Probably more then they could handle even if they managed to shut the fan somehow.
'Yea, that's not going to work...' he said, taking a look outside the bars. He noticed he could see a parking lot, which meant they were likely on the 1st floor.
'Well at least were on ground level, by the looks of it. If we can find a vent exit closest to the door, we might be able to just run and pray we make it.'
He sat against the side of the vent, sighed, and looked at her.
'Unless you have a better plan...'

Gretin · #**266** 05-04-2006, 01:33 PM

OOC: Yep, as far as I know, the only characters other than mine who have seen Slade are Fisher and Grace.

IC:

Fisher sat down in the chair Slade had indicated. "I'm here on business, Mr. Slade. It seems that one of your minions - Daniel, I believe - is searching for a boy named David. A boy I myself would be very interested to meet and ... employ, I suppose is the proper word."
He paused, hoping Slade would take the hint: that Dave was off limits to him... unless, perhaps, Slade intended to take the boy for similar purposes...

Slade was silent for a few minutes. Then he spoke, "Yes, that is correct. Olivia overheard an argument between this David and a certain Arthur and their words seemed to suggest that he was, in fact, from another reality, one of those responsible for this reality. You may remember you told me about an 'RPG,' I have reason to believe this David is one of those who was controlling it. Though I suspect you can confirm that?
"In any case, I had Olivia go to the group who have been accompanying him, with the intent of first confirming our suspicions, then negotiating with him." He paused for a moment, "You realise, don't you, that had I known you wanted him I would have come to you first? In that case we could have made a joint effort. However, as I didn't know this, I intended to negotiate a deal with this David where I might offer my assistance to any goals he might seek, in return for the same. I don't know what he is capable of, but the main service I would seek from him is knowledge - because, as you know, knowledge is power! And in the right hands, it can be even more...
"I don't know what you want from him, but allow me to continue first.
Unfortunately Olivia arrived too late and David had already left, but Daniel and I were able to locate him and I sent Daniel - he prefers to be called by his title 'The Flaming Arrow' or simply 'Arrow,' mind you - to meet with him and told Olivia to stay with the group. I'm guessing this must be when you and he met, but this is as far as my knowledge goes at this time."
He stopped and waited for Fisher's response

Splat · #**267** 05-05-2006, 01:03 AM

Pseok looked somewhat surprised at Art's outburst but for once resisted the temptation to comment (something he really only managed by changing the subject, "Uh, the cat said she might be able to find Charger, but we might have to wait until she wakes up." He glanced at the tiger again and made up his mind. "I'll go see what they're talking about. If the human is working for Fisher we don't really want to tell her anything."

He flapped over to Kaira and Olivia. "Hey, uh, what's going on?"

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Elfair nodded. "At one point I would have said the better plan would be to kill em all and see where that takes us, but as you seem to be objecting to that sort of thing, I'd say we look around a little and then burst out... as non-violently as possible. But find out how many people are around here first and see if we can spot an exit from the vents that we can head for."

Havoc · #**268** 05-05-2006, 10:21 AM

'If I would have thought it would get us any closer to the exit, I would have just done that,' Charger replied to her comment about just killing everyone. 'Remember where you are... oh no wait, we don't know. So therefor, starting to kill random people without knowing where the hell we are isn't such a fine idea, now is it?'
He crawled along trough the airdocks, looking for a vent exit that led to the main lobby or anything like that. When he eventualy reached a vent exit that seemed to look like what he was looking for, he stopped and made a quick overview of the lobby. They were, as he thought, on ground level, as the main entrance to the building was right on the other side of the wall they were behind. The lobby was relatively empty, but among the few people that populated the lobby were two armed security guards. One was chatting with a co-worker who had just checked in, and the other was actualy on duty and paying attention. This wouldn't work, they wouldn't even get out of the airvent without getting shot.
Just as he was about to curse in himself for running out of ideas, he spotted another vent exit on the other side of the vent. He crawled over, looked down into what seemed to be some sort of empty office. An idea popped back into his head. With the jacket on, Elfair looked relatively normal. The fact that she didn't wear any pants might break down the normality of the situation, but it was still better then an anthro tiger's appearance.
'I have an idea,' he said. 'We need to take care of those two guards, then we can get out of here... I think. If you can lure them into the office, we'll knock em out and run for the exit... yes?'

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Kaira looked up to Pseok.
'She knows where Charger is, but she won't tell us!' she said in an almost stuborn way.

Splat · #**269** 05-05-2006, 01:50 PM

Pseok looked at Olivia. "one of your cats thinks she can find him. She's unconcious right now, she pushed herself too hard just now, me and Dave were attacked by that Fisher guy and she helped us out. Anyway, when she wakes up she could be a lot of help."

He glanced at Olivia, "And Art seems to think that would be a better idea. How do you know where Charger is Human?"

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"I don't think it'll work." Elfair commented blandly, "And no, I don't have a better idea." She moved to the grate into the office and prized the cover away as quietly as she could. Then, after a pause, she did up the jacket she wore, tucked as much of her hair as she could into the collar and put on the shades. "Don't forget the alarm that was going off until only a few minutes ago. These people will have heard it. And why do you think its stopped?" She lowered herself almost silently into the office.

She glanced around the room. Apart from a couple of empty polythene coffee cups and some papers strewn about there was really nothing to catch her attention. She tried a couple of drawers curiously but found them locked. There was nothing else in the room but a water cooler in the corner. She crept over to it and examined it. It wasn't anything she was familiar with but it gave her an idea. She pushed the papers onto the flooor and returned to the cooler. After a few seconds of experimenting she worked out how to unscrew the water tub thing on top and in a few seconds she'd got it loose and she shoved it from its place. It hit the floor loudly and rolled a few feet, spilling water across the carpet and the papers she'd knocked to the floor.

She dived under the desk and glanced at the vent. "Your turn Tiger-man."

The guards outside looked up at the noise immediately and after a few seconds only the one who'd been more attentive before came towards the office door. Elfair didn't see this however and crouched, tense and ready to spring if trouble came her way.

Gretin · #**270** 05-05-2006, 05:05 PM

Kaira looked up to Pseok.
'She knows where Charger is, but she won't tell us!' she said in an almost stuborn way.

...Pseok glanced at Olivia, "And Art seems to think that would be a better idea. How do you know where Charger is Human?"

Olivia looked up at Pseok, "I never said I knew where he was. I know he was captured, and I have reason to believe his capturer was a DCO, that is, a Dimensional Containment Officer, but as to where he is now... You'll have to work that out for yourselves."