<> <> <> <> <> * Ian runs over to Anton. "What happened...?!" * Fitzroy sprawls uncomfortably. (Oops, a bit early. Sorry, I just finished juggling three AIM and two telephone support requests on top of two SSH sessions and IRC. BRAIN MELTY.) * Edward blinks. * Rochelle looks around, expression as neutral as ever, and walks over to Roy and nudges him with her toe. <> (*serves Calc's melted brain between two slices of bread. Grilled brain sandwich!*) * Katherine 's eyes narrow, and she looks around for a bystander. She still looks angry, and says tersely to the first gawker she finds, "How long ago?" * Fitzroy doesn't budge. He musta been hit pretty hard. * Leopoldo looks around. "What's going on?!" He rushes over to Roy and lays the man on his back, checking over him for where the injuries are. * Rochelle watches Leo take care of that, then walks off and takes a look at where the debris leads. <> "Um, um, um, about ... five minutes... I think. donthurtme!" * Vera doesn't do anything. It's already being done. * Threnody sighs and looks down. "I guess it didn't matter to them which they found first... what a horrible thing, to treat a human being like so much lost luggage..." They took Demetreia? <> * Katherine doesn't bother responding to the gawker, and instead turns groupward. "Unless she just wandered off, I'd put money on it. 5 minutes ago... we'll probably never catch up." We gotta get her back! * Rochelle looks into the distance, then turns to face the others. "Just gotta follow the trail." * Ian nods. "I think we have to try." 2d6-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Leopoldo (2d6-3) and gets 1. (Yup.) * Vera heads outside and jogs towards a nearby taxicab driver. "Yo. You open for business?" (Woo! Clown Car Taxi!) <> "What, you kiddin' me? You want me to follow that HEX, like on TVNet?" * Katherine mutters, "So it WAS a HEX. Makes sense." (HEX?) * Threnody shakes his head. "It's not really necessary, is it? We know where they're going." (I shall berate Ian for you!) (I'm going to flay you alive, James Renken.) Hell yeah. (I'm *still* handling support requests and there's nothing I can do about it. Here, have some brain.) (It's crispy.) I'll make it worth your while, man. <> "Eh, what can I say? Creds are creds." Great. Let's go. * Vera opens up the back door and slides in, calling out to the others, "Hey! Come on!" * Ian runs and gets in. "This has not been a good day, has it?" * Katherine glances at Thren. "Well, if it's Dunno, it'd be nice to know where. There's a lot of Dunno here." (Will we all _fit_? Nevermind that Roy hasn't woken up. @_@) * Leopoldo frowns. "No it hasn't." ( You can just put Ed in the trunk. ) * Rochelle walks over and slides into the back of the car. She fits, because she's the second one in. * Edward blinks and then gets a far-off look in his eyes, like he's gazing distractedly at something the rest of you can't see. You comin'? < 's laps.>> (And if Roy were awake.) ( Oh, yeah. 'Cause Ed's gotta be light. ^_~ ) (Carry his ass.) * Leopoldo picks up Roy easily enough and walks over to the vehicle. "Just like in the movies." * Edward blinks again and shakes his head. * Threnody glances at Edward curiously. "Are you alright?" Fine. I... I know where they took her. I can tell you where to go. * Ian blinks. "You do?" Well then, hop in. * Edward nods and hops in. Poor whoever he sits on. * Vera nods to the cabbie. "Let's go." * Katherine glances at Edward, then eyes the cab and says, "Uh, Roch? You're gonna have to sit on someone's lap." She will try to edge in too. Stupid tiny clown car cab. (Leo can have Edward. He can take it.) (Easily) * Leopoldo gets into the car, sitting Roy upright. * Threnody walks to the cab and finds somewhere to be. He's actually small and light, so it's not hard. "I'm not sure I think rushing in like this is a smart idea." <> "I always wanted to do this." <> * Rochelle eyes Kat. "No way. Ugh." She ends up on... someone's lap. * Vera grins. "That makes two of us." * Rochelle braces herself right before the car starts, thankfully. (Whose lap did I end up on, anyway? Who was the third one in?) * Ian makes as much room for Rochelle as possible. (I think that ends up being me, because you can't sit on Ed's lap.) <> * Edward grins. Car chase! * Katherine gets hit with the accelleration. "Nnh. Well, at least we'll get there in time. I wasn't thinking of crashing the gate so soon, though, either." Okay, go straight through this intersection, then turn a right! This works, yeah. * Rochelle blinks, then looks at Edward. <> (Yes, we're playing Clown Car Spy Hunter. Thank you, Cham.) Now go straight for three lights. At the fourth, turn left. * Vera adjusts her hat. <> * Katherine is jostled! "Damn. What is Dunno thinking? Shouldn't they know better?" (They dunno!) * Threnody is looking at Edward with an even, calm expression the whole time. They will by the end of the day. * Ian nods. * Edward blinks and looks back at Thren. "I don't want the bad man to get his hands on her," he says, as though it explains everything. * Katherine looks between Edward and Thren. "Bad man? Is there something we need to know?" * Ian looks over, as well. * Edward looks back to the front. Left is taken! "Now another left, and then right into the loading area. Uhm, it'll say not to go in there, but you can. Nobody'll see you." * Katherine is looking around Roch, because Roch is on her lap. But Kat can do it! * Fitzroy is whumped into something on that last left turn there.. "uunnngh.." * Threnody shakes his head. "I don't know. But..." He glances at Kat out of the corner of his eye; his gaze never really leaves Ed. "They are siblings. I don't think Demetreia understood what he meant when he said so." * Leopoldo rubs his head. "What are you talking about?" .. Oooww! * Fitzroy attempts to rub the back of his head and realizes he's in a very cramped space. * Ian nods. "I think I get it..." <> * Vera shrugs. "Deme says she knows for sure he's not." We're here. What do ya get, Ian? It's not blood relation. * Rochelle opens the door and gets off of Katherine's lap. * Fitzroy is whumped into something else on that slide "Geez, what's going on?" * Vera hops out, tossing the guy a great deal more credchips than the fare. "Keep it." * Katherine follows Roch out, and looks around at the new surrounds. "You got shoved in a cab after whatever happened at the resturant." * Edward waits for whoevers sitting on him to get out before doing so himself. He's so considerate! * Ian climbs out of the cab. "If I'm understanding things right, Deme and Edward were both built by the same people - but Deme's memories are from when she was human. Is that right, Thren?" * Vera looks the place over. <> Oh! They're after Deme! We have to help her! *he still doesn't get what's going on yet* * Threnody nods slowly. "Close enough. If anything, I think she and Edward are both prototypes of some form, based on the same design." * Ian nods. * Ian pats Roy on the shoulder. "We're there now, Roy. We picked you up and followed the trail." * Fitzroy manages to get out of the cab and looks around. * Rochelle looks over at Edward. "Now what?" Ah.. um,.. good then. I tried to throw them off, but they didn't buy it. <> * Edward waves to Fitzroy. "Good morning!" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6-2) and gets 7. * Fitzroy rubs the back of his head again and frowns.. "mmpf" 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-2) and gets 2. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ian (2d6-4) and gets 2. (Yep.) (Definitely.) 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets 6. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "The gods giveth, and the gods taketh away. This time, they taketh away." (Impressive.) Oh, Hi Edward. I see you and Thren found us. ( Go, Kat. ) Yup. Did you enjoy your nap? 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Leopoldo (2d6) and gets 8. (Nope) * Threnody mmms and glances around. "Well, there's always the traditional ninja method, if we're desperate." ugh.. Not really. * Katherine spots a manhole, and points at it. "Biohazard manhole? What the hell?" * Ian looks at the wall. "Very desperate." Extremely desperate. How do people do that stuff? Ninja? There's an air duct. Which would be the way to go in if this were a bad movie. Mmmm... * Vera shrugs. "Air duct sounds okay to me." All of us, through the air duct? * Threnody nods. "I don't think it's a good idea. But it is a possibility." I don't think I could even fit in there. Fitz and I, and maybe Ian. The rest of you provide a distraction. * Katherine glances back towards the manhole, then closes her eyes for a second. "A distraction, like what? If they had a hex to bring her here, they have a hex to get rid of annoyances." That's something worth distracting. They brought in a hex? You'll need me to show you to where they're holding Demetreia. The big hole would indicate that. * Vera shrugs at Edward. "'Kay. You come too." * Fitzroy rubs his head again and winces. * Katherine _looks_ at Vera. "Without an Exo? Vera, I may have been born with it, but I'm sure as hell not going to be able to distract a hex without another Exo." Ian, where's that thing? * Ian points up at the wall. "Right along there." * Threnody breathes out slowly. "Edward." He turns to the Edbot. "Can I ask a very serious favor?" * Rochelle stretches and keeps looking around. * Vera looks up. "I don't see it." * Fitzroy looks around, "Hole? The jerk just whacked me over they head as soon as I spoke.. and now I'm here." * Edward nods at Threnody. "Sure!" * Ian points carefully. "Right there, you can see the grating." * Vera looks for it. * Threnody closes his eyes a moment, the walks over to Edward. "I want..." He pauses and seems like he's having a hard time coming to grips with something. "I want to try and look in your memories. I don't like the idea any more than you would... but it might help us save Demetreia." * Vera finds it and walks over to it. * Ian follows. Uhm... okay. Be careful, my memories are a real mess right now. * Katherine looks around again extremely slowly. Might as well look for the best place to distract. * Threnody nods once. "I know. But..." He closes his eyes, then puts his hands on Edward's face. "It's worth a shot." * Rochelle folds her arms. <> * Edward fidgets uncomfortably. * Vera looks up at the grate. "Looks like I can reach it if I stand on someone's shoulders. Any volunteers?" * Leopoldo sighs. "Always with the breaking and entering, time and again..." * Ian looks around. "Could you, Leo? If not, I will." * Katherine looks at the nanodeconstructor, and rubs her head. "Well, maybe..." * Leopoldo nods. "Sure." * Threnody suddenly lets go of Edward and slumps to floor, on his knees and breathing heavily. (Gwah. I got, like, a pageful of lag at once. @_@) * Edward blinks. "Are you okay?" (@_@) * Threnody nods weakly. "I should be. You can go on with Vera and the others..." He looks over his shoulder at Kat and Roch. "But, I know where she is now, too... and how to get there." * Rochelle looks down at Thren. "Yeah? Who ya takin'?" * Leopoldo stands near the grate. "Need a lift?" * Vera nods. "Thanks man." * Edward blinks, then nods. "Okay. So we'll all know the way." * Edward follows after Vera's group. * Vera climbs onto Leo's shoulders and tries to take off the grating. * Katherine exhales noisily, then says, "Vera, wait a sec. Thren? Is there anyone on the other side of that door at all?" * Leopoldo stands there nice and steady like a good ladder. * Threnody stays right where is for the time being. "Would it be possible to find that out for yourself? My senses are a bit dulled." * Vera waits a sec. It's kind of awkward, standing on Leo's shoulders and all. * Katherine nods slightly. "I can try. If there's nobody fucking over there, you could just open the damn door." She walks up to the metal door, and presses her ear against it. And then what? We'd run into people eventually. * Katherine holds up a finger, as she tries to listen through the door. Then she pulls her head away and rubs that ear. "Ow. And yeah, you'd run into people eventually anyway." 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6) and gets 10. * Vera looks at the grating, then scratches her head. "Huh. Can't figure it out for the life of me. Shall I give it a try? It's deathly quiet on the other side. Could you at least try to open the door when you get in? * Vera hops down from Leo. "Go ahead, Ian." * Ian climbs up! 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ian (2d6) and gets 8. I can try. Maybe. Depends how far we can get with the vent. * Katherine sighs, and backs away from the door to go over near Roy/Roch/Thren sitting/standing there. * Ian fiddles with the grating for a moment, and then climbs back down. "Could you, Ed?" * Threnody slowly stands up and rubs his head a little. "Ow." * Leopoldo is a stepping stone... (Monkees song in the head.) ( Didn't the Monkees once kill an alien with a pea shooter? ) (I'm not your stepping stone!) (I think they did, yes!) * Edward hops lightly onto Leo's shoulders and tries to pull the grating off. * Katherine says, a little quietly, to Thren, now that he's all stood up, "So, what's the getting there going to entail?" <> * Edward pulls it off and tosses it aside, making sure he doesn't hit anyone with it. Uhm... should I go first, or last to make sure everyone else can get in? * Threnody breathes out slowly. "She's in their cybernetics lab. It's mostly security cameras and minimal guards from here." Aha. Excellent! First is probably fine... * Katherine glances at Edward and the infiltration people. "One step at a time, I think. Give you a chance to come back." Go in second, Ed. I could take care of the cameras if I could get access to the building's network. You can direct us from there. I'll go first. Or Fitz can. * Ian nods. "I'll take last, then." * Edward hops back down, then. Just someone go up. (Poor Leo. Someone should remember to buy him a gift for being the stepping stone.) (Pick up the pace a little, guys.) ( BRB. ) * Vera Nods. "I'll go first." * Vera hops onto Leo and into the vent. "Thanks again, man." Hey, it's what I'm good at. <> * Leopoldo gives a smile. "If you've gotta do this, don't get caught." I might be more use inside.. Help me up, Leo? (Edward was second, but I bet he goes!) * Leopoldo nods and puts his hands in a position for Roy to step up. <> * Fitzroy climbs on up. "Thanks." Watch your head. You almost got a cuncussion back there. ( Back! ) * Katherine looks over at Leo, then Roch/Thren. "You reaedy for this, Roch, if we have to go in?" * Edward goes now. * Katherine pauses, and says, "When. When we have to go in. Ugh." ... We have to go in? * Ian climbs up. "Thanks, Leo!" * Rochelle shrugs. Doesn't matter. < (@_@) * Rochelle watches them fall. "See?" (I don't think we got to see them fall. But I bet it was noisy! @_@) <> * Vera curses a whole bunch. (Well, I imagine they would have gotten in and dropped out of sight. Hehe.) * Katherine winces at the tearing. "Ow. Heavy kid." Ow. ... Another minute and I'm just gonna walk through and shoot any unlucky bastard who gets in my way. * Fitzroy groans. "That's not gonna help my head." Er... sorry. * Leopoldo winces. <> * Edward looks embarrassed. Now they'll ship him off to fat camp! * Vera shakes her head. "Forget it." Errgh... * Katherine 's ears twitch. "Well, no gunfire. They're probably fine." Let's go before someone comes. * Fitzroy nods and looks around a bit to get his bearings. * Ian looks at the duct. "Should we just go in the door, or do you think we can get back up there?" * Threnody sighs, but looks like he's mostly composed himself. (I didn't get nearly enough sleep last night. I have to be asleep by 1am tonight, period.)( * Vera shakes her head. "Not gonna with Ed here. Open the door for 'em, then let's go." * Katherine is idly running a claw over the back of her hand. Roy, can you unlock the door for them here? * Fitzroy heads over to the door controls. "Oh sure." * Vera nods. "Unlock it for them and let's go." * Fitzroy connects with his nano controls. "I probably could have from outside, but I thought we were trying to avoid busting right in. Too late, I guess." He smiles weakly. <> Done and done. Cameras are down too. C'mon in. *He waves to the group outside.* Excellent... Hey, you shut off the cameras, right? Tell me that was you. * Threnody looks at the cameras, then chuckles a little. "Too easy, you might ask?" He walks forward. * Leopoldo walks in. * Katherine walks forward too. "Better than too hard." * Edward leads and takes a random-seeming turn. "This way." * Ian walks in. "Ah, well." * Fitzroy detaches and follows Ed. * Rochelle walks on in, casually. "It'll probably get hard later." * Vera follows Edward. <> * Leopoldo follows The Ed. * Katherine follows, and says a little quieter, "Gee, thanks, Roch." <> 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Katherine (2d6-2) and gets 3. 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ian (2d6-4) and gets 2. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6-2) and gets 7. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Threnody (2d6-2) and gets 9. 2d6-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Rochelle (2d6-2) and gets 5. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Leopoldo (2d6) and gets 12, a CRITICAL FAILURE!!! "Don't blame me. Blame yourself, or God." * Rochelle shrugs. (Pfah!) * Katherine says quietly, "Loud footsteps. Moving HEX." * Ian nods. "Trouble." * Leopoldo thinks. "No, I think that's Vivaldi..." * Threnody shakes his head. "We can't take them on. There has to be another route." Do they know we're here? HEX? * Rochelle is unworried. This would be surprising, except she almost never looks actually worried. <> (Nope!) (We might stop before we get to the loud thudding, but I don't think we'd halted yet. ^_^;) (Well, unless eveyrone else does, but yeah.) (If you're stopping before the thudding, let me know.) * Vera stops before the thudding, looking for said alternate route and waiting for those people with excellent hearing to answer her question. * Ian stops likewise. * Katherine will definitely stop walking _before_ they get to the room with the giant mech which can kill them all. * Leopoldo is stopped. * Edward keeps going. * Fitzroy has stopped. Ed, hold up a minute. <> * Vera runs after. "Ah fuck." * Rochelle blinks. "Hey." She keeps going. * Katherine 's eyes widen as Ed wanders out. "Aw, dammit." * Ian sighs, and runs after him as well. * Threnody sighs and goes after him, throwing a look at Rochelle for a minute. * Katherine doesn't run after him, because she's thinking about how to deal with the HEX. She does walk slowly after him, though. * Edward yells angrily at something! * Rochelle doesn't look back. She keeps walking, turning the corner when she gets there. * Leopoldo just watches as Edward runs off. Well, he's got a better idea going on than I do... ( Edward is the ammunition. Gigantic bomb of Edward! ) ( Very messy, full of pasta. ) <> * Vera chases! Her gun is out, but there's not much point in firing. * Rochelle seems completely unfazed by this. She glances around and keeps going. I mean, really, she's a heckuva lot less scary than that guy. * Threnody winces but keeps moving. He appears, oddly enough, as calm as Rochelle does. * Ian keeps going, as well. "Im...pressive..." * Katherine eventually makes it to the corner, and sees the torn up HEX. "Damn, well." She starts with running a bit faster. * Fitzroy slowly approaches the corner, hearing the gunfire and other fun noises. * Leopoldo frowns as he peeks around the corner. "Aw, did you HAVE to do that?" * Edward doesn't seem to realize what he just did yet, and keeps going! <> <> * Fitzroy continues following when the hall seems clear. * Leopoldo runs after. Ugh... * Vera goes left! Provided the glass doors open and/or are shattered. <> <> (Edward's sorta in front, you figure he'd move first. ^_^;) * Edward runs to the tilted metal table! * Threnody advances cautiously. * Edward probably knocks scientists out of his way if they try to interfere. Stupid scientists. * Leopoldo blinks. * Vera follows the star. * Katherine will go through the glass doors as well. She doesn't go down the stairs quite yet. Instead, she looks around to see if people are arming themselves. * Ian follows, and hangs back to watch for guards, and wait for people to move. <> "DON'T take another step! Or your friend ceases to function!" * Fitzroy hangs back. * Threnody doesn't move, but he wasn't moving very fast to begin with. * Vera skids to a halt, but raises her pistol. * Rochelle stops, looking at him evenly. * Leopoldo stops. * Katherine is up top, so she wasn't really moving anywhere. She peers down at the conflict on the floor, as well as still looking aound to see if people are arming up. <> "I was this close, you know. This close to having the secret." * Edward stops and blinks. <> <> "But then HE ESCAPED! And so I had to hunt for him, and I found her instead! The Kanenas progeny... the first cyborg!" * Katherine continues looking down at the conflict. She slowly starts pulling out her gun from inside the duster. * Threnody looks at the man evenly. "What is it you were looking for?" <> "Which you'd think would solve my problem! I had the answer! I'm looking for a cyborg! To make hundreds! But you know, she's not a cyborg, so that presents a little bit of a problem! DOESN'T IT!?" * Edward blinks. "What do you mean she's not a cyborg? " "She's not a cyborg! I can't copy the neural adapter if she doesn't fucking HAVE ONE!" * Katherine watches with interest! Now she's got her gun free, but isn't doing any pointing. * Threnody pauses briefly, then nods. "The difference in her memories and Edward's... now I understand." * Ian is looking on, too. <> "Cyborgs don't BLEED!" <> "So we do this nice, and easy. You give me HIM back, and you'll get HER." Hah. So your plan to steal someone else's idea had a flaw. * Fitzroy listens to the madman's rant while standing up by the door. * Leopoldo just watches. "WELL? Do we have a DEAL?" * Rochelle rolls her eyes. And if we say no? * Threnody watches the man carefully, eyes flickering around the room to take it all in. Ranting time is fun observation time. "Well, then, I kill the girl, and then I call in my friends and ..." <> "Oh! Excuse me. I've got to take this." * Katherine smirks slightly. <> "Sydney. You are an incompetent fool and our partnership is terminated." <> "WHAT? HOW? WHY?" <> * Rochelle snickers. She can't help it. * Threnody goes white as a sheet. * Rochelle coughs. Okay, better. * Vera takes the opportunity to fire! ... 2d6-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Vera (2d6-4) and gets 4. * Katherine seems taken aback by the holowindow for a second, but is fully drawing her gun as Vera is firing. (Sydney!) <> * Vera runs forward firing again and again if only to distract him. * Edward tears up the restraints holding Demetreia. * Threnody stands there like a statue, mouth slightly open. * Katherine says, "Stay here," to Ian and storms down the stairs, keeping her gun out. <> * Rochelle snaps her fingers in front of Thren's face. * Ian nods, and watches for guards or armed scientists. * Threnody blinks, then shouts, "Don't kill that man!" in a ragged sort of tone. * Leopoldo just watches some more... <> Okay. How about knock him out? * Katherine hits the bottom of the stairs, and says, "Leo! Pin him, for fuck's sake!" * Threnody walks forward toward Sydney heedless of gunfire. "Don't knock him out." * Vera runs right up to Sydney and sticks the gun in his face. * Leopoldo blinks, snapping out of it. "Oh, okay." * Leopoldo goes to pin him! * Edward picks up Deme and carries her away from the bad man and the gunfight. * Rochelle watches the madness. 2d6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Leopoldo (2d6) and gets 3. * Katherine is walking Sydney-ward too, but it's not worth much now. * Rochelle walks over towards the doctor, too. After Threnody. <> * Threnody walks toward Sydney in a bit of a daze, and he speaks in a sort of faraway-sounding tone. "I'd like to know what your deal with that man was, Doctor." * Fitzroy comes down from the top of the stairs now. * Vera kneels down and puts the gun to his head anyhow. "Ohhhhh yeah. Me too." * Katherine glances at Thren's dazed/far-awayedness, then at the doctor, waiting for the answer. * Leopoldo doesn't care *too* much with the big crash sound, although it sounds painful on either side, and keeps him down. <> "It ... I was going to give him lots of ones like the cyborg! A hundred or more! And I would finally be recognized for my work! Over those STUPID KANENAS FOOLS!" <> You joking? All you were doing was stealing their design! You'd be known as the best Kanenas design thief, sure... * Threnody looks at Sydney with a scarily impassive face. "And what did he want with them?" "He's not THEIR DESIGN! Not ALL of him! The TOP, the BRAIN, is MINE!" But it doesn't work without the stuff built by Kanenas... * Vera chuckles. "That's funny." "I don't KNOW what he wanted. I didn't care! All the glory should have been MINE!" * Threnody takes another step forward. "But you know he wanted cyborgs, and lots of them." "HE got me the funds, and he got me what I needed. What he wanted to do with them, I didn't care." Private army, probably. Please shut up, Vera. Bite me. * Leopoldo regards the doctor he's pinned. "You're soundling like a total quack." * Threnody looks very closely at Sydney. "If there is anything else you know, it's in your best interest to share it with me." "All I know is he just gave me the money THEY'D been using. I did what THEY couldn't!" He is a total quack. Probably do him a favor by shooting him. Nah. I'm gonna see if I can get anything for 'im. I'm not sure if they pay for insane doctors. Who the heck's "they"? * Threnody pauses a moment to nod slowly, then turn around and walk right out the door. "Those foolish KANENASES!" ... (Wrap up.) Okay, so who would give you something for him? So you were using someone else's funds to steal their idea. I dunno... Hey Roy, can you check the net for me? Sure. Check for what? * Ian shouts down the stairs, "Can we get moving before the guards regroup?" (Assuming I have to shout, anyway.) * Rochelle looks down at the guy, shrugs to herself, and heads out. * Katherine shakes her head, then walks stairsward. And nods at Ian before walking out too. * Vera gives him an address. "See if this guy's worth anything. Shouldn't take long." She jerks the gun at the doctor's head. "Hey Syds, you got a last name?" Ah,.. Nope. No bounty. Well... damn. (Let's go, people.) * Threnody is out and gone by now. * Edward follows out. * Vera sighs and stands up. "Oh well. Leo, drag him over to the table so I can cuff him, alright?" * Ian checks to make sure everyone's accounted for, and then heads out. * Leopoldo counts the facts idly in his head. "You ask on a bounty and yet you deny someone paying you. That's perfect." He pulls the doctor over and thunks him on the table. <> <>