[Day: Monday, Oct. 23. Time: 8:00 p.m.] (So, uh, what's going on?) (If we're doing that, please tell me Khalil hasn't spent a weekend like this.) (Snerk. Ouch.) (It's not just ouch. He can't go to classes or his dorms like this.) (Meaning he's had no place to sleep for the whole weekend.) [After rescuing Lukas's sister, you had a restful weekend! Hurray! On Monday night, though, it's back to work. Halloween is soon. That could be bad. And yes, you're still cursed. d'oh.] * ChibiGriff_Khalil (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-80-23.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Ping timeout) (Maybe he can 'sleep over' at HErman's house.) (And he hasn't been able to do any work. Period.) (Well, that's kind of why I wanted the Alys mini that I forgot to request. ^_^;) (Snerk.) ( Let's say he crashed in the meeting room. ) [Anyhow, you gather at the office, Lukasless.] [Session Start] (And isn't Ashley unable to illusionate? Has he been going to work like that?) * Kaede is now known as ChibiGriff_Khalil (He's a _waiter_. He can handle a uniform. He didn't permanently lose his Glamour.) * Zegone is now known as Zegon * Alys walks in looking very pleased with herself. Why? 'Cause she's got Ten with her! Alys-with-a-Ten is obviously much more awesome than the rest of you. Or she thinks she is, anyway. * Ashley arrives, wearing a plain white button-down shirt and a pair of black slacks. He's idly twirling his keys. * Arwen (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #besm * Arwen is now known as Herman ( We're just starting, Ard ) * Ten is awesome with Alys! That's why she's sitting primly on her shoulder in a red dress with matching jacket and a miniature white rose in the lapel. Her hair's blond and tucked up under a mans fedora that she got from Togo a few days ago. White wings to match the flower. * ChibiGriff_Khalil picks his head up as people enter the office. He looks fairly bloodshot (if you can tell bloodshot from griffin eyes). The tell-tale blanket says he's probably been sleeping there in the office. * Togo is behind the desk, as per usual. His glasses are back on, because while he *can* function without them... He waves at the waking Khalil. "'bout time you woke up." * Herman opens the door and walks in, pipe in tow. He's stifling a yawn, and as always, has his backpack on him. What he needs spell components for is a mystery, but this is Mystery Club 3. Hello all! How was your weekend? I had a lovely weekend! I got to hang out with Ten and talk to my brother and yell at the cranky Sunday afternoon lady and it was excellent. It sooo was! You shoulda been there! * ChibiGriff_Khalil rubs his eyes at Togo. "It's not exactly the easiest. I have nowhere to go." He takes in a deep breath. "I doubt I could even type my assignments out like this." * ChibiGriff_Khalil then shifts his gaze to Alys, giving her the glare that overly cheery people deserve. Bloody awful. I was damn near sacked for missing so much work. Like, you shoulda told me Khalil! I can do voice dictation! I've got just about everyone but Penny looking into it, Khalil. Trust me, with Holloween coming up, I wanna get uncursed just as bad as you do. * Herman looks at Ashley. "Did you go?" To work? Had to. Bloody bills due. Why not Penny? Well, I mean, it's not like we want a zombie version of Khalil, but she might know something. You can never tell! I am sorry, I figured that people would discover that I could not go to class like that. I suppose I would have to have a note to the college or something. * ChibiGriff_Khalil then gives Alys another glare. Not. Helping. Like, we just say that you got sick an can't go to class, then you can send your friends to get notes an stuff! Penny's... well, she's too incompetant to really be *evil*, but she's evilish. And I wanna avoid anyone even potentially unreliable finding out about our current conditions. Do you want to hang out at my place until this cursey thingie gets fixed? This room looks like it's the anti-comfortable. It'd be a slumber party! * ChibiGriff_Khalil scratches his forehead with his talons. "At this rate, I kind of figured I would, what is the expression? Eat the towel?" [Togo's phone rings!] * Herman sighs and sits in a chair, rubbing at his eyes. * Togo pulls out his phone and answers it. "Togo." I *want* my body back. So I can make way back to my village and find out just how much destruction that awful fellow laid to it. * Ten tilts her head for a second. "throw in the towel. To concede defeat; to surrender. From prize fighting use; a manager whose prize fighter is being badly beaten signifies that he wants to stop the fight, and concede defeat, by actually throwing a towel." So that is it. * Ten nods happily. "Yep!" * Ashley rubs his keys idly between thumb and forefinger, and tucks his legs underneath him in his chai. (+r_ "Nasty one, sir. Cardinal was apparently working with that Covenant group, and when we hadta kill him, he cursed us. All lost 'what was most important to us' or something to that effect. Basically, my guns break if I use them, our magicians can't use magic, and so on and so forth." (Ashley sits in his tea... it's relaxing.) Snakes, don't forget to tell the person on the phone about the snakes! (On a plane?) (... Alys isn't allowed to travel any more.) "You have something on the curse, I hope?" "Where can we find him?" * ChibiGriff_Khalil perks up a little. * Herman mutters: "Went to my dad for this, too." (Awesome. My chair fucking brokw.) (Go you!) (IKEA VORTEX GET!) "... that would present some problems. Suggestions?" (IKEA VORTEX!( ) (AROUND THE VORTEEEEX.) * Alys rolls her eyes. "Oh, please. Like anything we do doesn't have problems. Name one mission without problems, I dare you!" (There is no Ikea here.) ( First mission :o ) (Or within several hundred miles.) (Ah, true!) Like, there was that one time when... oh, wait, that was before. Nevermind. When I got the whip and Ten found all those boxes. We did not have problems then. "That works. She a friendly?" Wasn't a mission, last I checked. This is true. Ooooh! That was fun, but like, we kept having the wrong people get the buffs! Still, we did not have any. * ChibiGriff_Khalil nods. "We needed a cleric. Or a summoner." Sorry for not being a bloody priest, but they wouldn't let me in the order. * JexSemIdol (MALLET@pool-68-238-131-208.sea.dsl-w.verizon.net) has joined #BESM "Hell, she sounds like the goddamn Virgin Mary compared to some of the people we deal with. Gimme an address and we'll get on it." "Got it. Anything else going on I should know about, aside from Holloween being a goddamn nightmare this year?" Can we dress up for Halloween? I want to go as a teenager fighting for a random organization she knows nothing about against the forces of evil! * Herman looks at Alys blankly, then says, "That's a stretch." But that's boooring, you dress like that every day! (Request Tribute, Cham.) "Stay healthy, sir." (I... don't have it!) *hangs up* Hm, you have a point. Suggestions? ... okay, good news, bad news, good news. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Ten incredulously. Even he understands the concept of sarcasm sometimes. Good news is that a rock-solid reliable friend knows one of the world's leading experts on curses. * Ten thinks. "I've got tooo many ideas!" Bad news, it's a mime? Bad news is that the guy's been dead for 14 years. Oh, even worse! ... Right. Is this when we talk to gypsies? * ChibiGriff_Khalil glances at Togo. "How bad is the bad...news. Oh." So, we gotta find people who speak to the dead? Good news is that the same friend knows of a witch named Porter up in Ipswich that can speak to the dead. Is there a bad news on this as well? * Alys brightens. "Penny- oh, damn. But Penny could totally do it!" I think Penny *animates* dead, Ward Girl. Not really. She summons the souls into dolls, which is a bit creepy, but otherwise... Oh, pleasant. * Alys looks to Hermna. "Oh, yeah. I guess her cat probably didn't say, "braaaaaaains," before it died, huh?" (*Herman) I'm not gonna haveta share am I? Most cats do not say anything before it dies. But if anyone would know how to deal with this, this guy will. *pauses* Would. Did. What's the proper tense for speaking to the dead. ( +? ) * ChibiGriff_Khalil just blinks at Togo. You're asking a BSL speaker to give a lecture on tense? * Herman shrugs. "Don't do it much." Doesn't matter. We should get going, see if we can get this done. Anyone know where Volt is? * Alys shakes her head frantically. "Don't ask!" He's, like doing secret stuff with his sister, an I can't tell you what it is! ( Oh my ) Remind me to never tell you my tax number, Ten. Kaaay! Like, if you give me the info I can send it all to him though! Just let him know what we're up to and where we're going. Village called Bawdsey. * Togo pulls out his GPS system, and punches in some information. "Who's driving? I've got the location keyed in here." * ChibiGriff_Khalil (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-80-23.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) Kaaay! *She points to the window.* Gotta go over there to get a signal Alys! We can try my car... but there's no guarantee we'll make it more than three blocks. * ChibiGriff_Khalil (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-80-23.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #besm * Alys walks over to the winbdow like a good Ten-carrier. (*window) * Herman2 (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #besm * Ten holds up her hand for a few seconds. "Done!" (Someone catch me up?) * Ten turns to look at Ashley. "Like, if you had the tools and the time and somebody to use the tools I could so tell them how to do fix it!" * Brett sets mode: +v Herman2 * ChibiGriff_Khalil (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-80-23.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * Herman (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) Quit (Ping timeout) Ten, I've been alive over six hundred years, and I can guarantee you there is not a way under the bleeding sun to reverse the forces that entropy has exerted on the Edmund Fitzgerald. We could replace all the parts! * ChibiGriff_Khalil (rowyn2001@adsl-71-146-80-23.dsl.pltn13.sbcglobal.net) has joined #besm ... You named your car Edmund Fitzgerald? * Herman2 is now known as Herman You should see it. "Wreck" is not an apt enough term. We'll try it. *hands the GPS thingee to Ashley* Trust me, you don't want me giving directions. (We have Togo, chibikhalil, Herman, Alys, and Ten. ... yeah, we can fit in the car.) * Ashley pokes at the GPS thing. "I really wanted one of these when they were the rage, but it was just too much." He looks up. "If you're willing to risk it..." Why do I get a bad feeling about this? It'll be fun! Because you get a bad feeling about everything. C'mon, let's fix your body. * Ashley twirls the keys. "Fun, perhaps, in the sense that wooden roller coasters in broken-down amusement parts are fun." (parks.) I personally would really like to be able to use my chains again. Or a new set, anyway. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Alys lazily. "Is not wielding chains really that important to you?" * Ashley heads towards the door. Um... okay, this probably sounds really stupid now that I've seen my dad again and he kind of sucks, but... he taught me how to use them. It's a part of who I am, you know? Since I was little. * Alys smiles at Khalil before following Ashley out. * Ten goes with Alys! * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Alys and just shakes his head as he heads out after. * Herman walks out, too, hooking his left hand in his pocket. "Can't really blame her," he comments. * ChibiGriff_Khalil glances at Herman. "No?" Yeah. I mean, if anything, not knowing how to do something you used to is fucking weird and wrong. * ChibiGriff_Khalil gestures towards her. "She knows how. She just cannot do it. Just as I know how. I simply cannot do it." * Ashley walks up to a 2045 Dodge Neonus. It is, in order from front left of the car to the back right, neon orange, primer, forest green, cobalt blue, yellow, black with yellow checks, primer, neon orange, cherry red, rust, hot pink, and unpainted yellow base plastic. That it is in one piece is apparently nothing short of divine will. * ChibiGriff_Khalil tilts his head up at Herman. "Same as you, I suppose." [Time: 10:00 p.m.] * Alys squints at the car. "-God.- My eyes. No, please, someone put either me or that car out of my misery." [The windshield has a crack which moves up one side, across the top, and down the other, curling into a spiral right in front of the passenger. It has a muffler, somewhere, and an antenna made of welded-together paperclips and chewing gum.] ( Ara... ) ( Oh well, I'll let you describe before I move on ) (It took two hours to walk around the car!) (Alys has seen it before!) ... Wow. That *is* a piece of shit. * ChibiGriff_Khalil glances at it and points to the paperclips. "Did Alys help you build it?" (...Eh. It's awful-looking enough that it warrants more whining.) * Pocky-kun (Pocky-kun@ACC20E52.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Ping timeout) Well, at least he bought American. * Alys glares at Khalil. "Hey!" ...but we are in Britain. It's like, modern art incarnated! * ChibiGriff_Khalil doesn't notice Alys's hey Only it isn't trying to kill us yet. * Ashley sing-songs, "The ship was the pride of the American side... o/`" Then he shakes his head. "No, she didn't. I really, really need my radio." Yeah, but I'm American, and from Pittsburgh. Steel city. Source of pride. * Ardweden (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #besm Only about a quarter of the car is still Dodge parts. (Catch me up?) It's soul is still red, white'n blue. *grins* (Right. Ard? As a graduation present I'm buying you a new router and some RAM >_>) (You just want me to heal you on time!) I'm fairly certain it no longer HAS a soul. As autos go, it's a shambling terror from the deep. (<_< >_>) ("We died! How did we die?" "I lagged ten seconds behind.") * ChibiGriff_Khalil blinks at Togo and Ashley. He doesn't get it. Looks like you could teach Penny a thing or two. (Herman said that.) * Herman (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) Quit (Ping timeout) * Ashley flips out a key, approaches the driver-side door.... then jams the key in the slot between the door and the frame, and wedges the door free. He climbs in, and removes chocks from each of the other door handles. Come on, let's go. * Togo gets into the backseat. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks to the others then to the car, then gets in. "It is times like this I wish I could still fly." * Ten is awed by the car. "It's all so... so... wow." * Ashley starts it, with a few smacks to the alternator, which is exposed and sitting on the dashboard. Then he drives away! * Pocky-kun (Pocky-kun@ACC20E52.ipt.aol.com) has joined #BESM ( Ten's in love! Now all we need is to install the AI from ND's van from GCI into Ashley's car... ) * Alys gets in before that line! * Ardweden is now known as Herman (Lukas would channel Sayuri and blow it to bits.) * Herman does, too. Rock. [Now, Time: 10:00 p.m. You arrive at the village of Bawdy. I mean Bawdsey. It's a tiny little place consisting of two blocks and six streets, surrounded by forestish wilderness. It's also not far from the North Sea coast.] (When you say "blow" you mean "with your breath", RIGHT?) (Cause, you know, you could.) (Nah.) ( I didn't think Sayuri swung that way. ) (I think he'd use something with a little more oomph. Like a tacnuke.) ( Though that would explain the sexual tension between her and the van. ) (That's sexual tension? Man, sign of the times.) [It looks like one of those old 2-D RPG towns. You know, with like only a few buildings here and there, among them one inn and one general store.] (Dude, overkill. You could probably destroy the car by actually putting the key in the lock.) [Ashley's car barely makes it to the outskirts before the radiator starts spitting out black smoke. (We must bring it back! Better! Faster! Stronger!) ] (... now I need to haunt the car. The reason he never unlocks the door is because it will unleash a horrible ravening beast. This is how the car still runs. It all makes sense now.) ( It's actually a Spelljammer car, and it runs on an evil intelligent artifact. =P ) (... I just downloaded a 60s? horror film named THE CAR.) Bloody backwaters. Are we there yet? A few hundred more feet! (meters) (Must remember where we are.) I refuse to get out and push! So, approximately, yes. Right. *gets outta the car* Which way, whoever has the GPS reader? * Ashley goes a few hundred more meters, and lets the car coast to a halt, and then sputter to a stop. * Ten switches those two statments and then points at a building. "That one!" * Alys gets out and heads towards the building. * Herman climbs out of the car, obviously afraid he'll break something. Bloody amazing we made it. It had best be downhill all the way back. ( The house isn't actually in the town. ) [The house is actually located off a dirt road that heads up towards the cliffs overlooking the coast.] (* points a building that's rather small then!) ( Ominous excitement! ) * Herman looks at it, goes 'huh', and heads on over. * ChibiGriff_Khalil gets out of the car and looks around. * Togo walks in the direction Ten points. [You start walking towards the forest. It's mighty dark in there. There might be lions, tigers and bears, too.] (How the fuck is it 11:30) (srsly) * ChibiGriff_Khalil walks that-a-way too. * Ashley walk, walk, walks. * Ten rides in style. So, since she doesn't use dead bodies, just souls, is it still necromancy? [You head into the forest! Now you can't see. ] Depends on your definition, I guess. Herman? I soo need to get that nightvision installed. Is it that dark? *pulls out a few flashlights; hands them out* * Ashley takes the torch. * Tripon (sonny_tain@cpe-24-24-249-50.socal.res.rr.com) Quit (Read error: Connection reset by peer) * ChibiGriff_Khalil can see. Because he can see in the dark. Go him! * Alys takes one and turns it on. "Behold, the power of batteries and a lightbulb!" [You can see! Now you can get through the forest.] Ooooooh! * Togo can see, because he's blind! Er... * Herman walks through, thinking. "Technically, I think just talking to the dead is necromancy." Summoning and then talking, I mean. You know. [And you do! You arrive at a pleasant looking house. It's not huge by any means: two stories, small lawn behing a chest-high fence ... Not a bad looking place. The lights are on.] ( Fence closed/locked? ) [It's slightly ajar.] * Togo looks around for a bell/ringer at the fence gate. If there isn't one, he heads for the front door and knocks thrice. [The lawn looks fairly well kept, so this girl isn't above doing some yardwork. Looks like she's got a small garden, too.] [There isn't one, so Togo knocks! But there's no reply.] * Togo looks for a doorbell/ringer/knocker. If there isn't one, he knocks thrice once more. [There is a knocker. And it's suspiciously not shaped like any sort of demon or monster. Or not suspiciously not shaped, take your pick. Either way, Togo knocks some more, and still there's no answer.] * Herman waits. Impatiently. * Alys hums quietly. * Ten swings her legs. * Ashley fiddles with his keys. Are the lights on? Yep! (BEST SONG EVAH!) Right. Plan B. * Togo steps back a few yards, cups his hands around his mouth, and yells. "Ms. Porter! Are you home?" * Herman looks around. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 4. [A few minutes pass, and Togo gets no answer.] Maybe she's not home. Like, do you have her cell number? 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. Nope. Maybe she's back in town? She does work for the townsfolk, apparently, even though they're not especially fond of her. This late? Who in their right mind would be working this late? Witch? * ChibiGriff_Khalil puts his finger to his lips and points at the door. Like, maybe there's magical type bad things going on down there. (http://img485.imageshack.us/img485/3220/teehee2jt.jpg) * Togo looks at Khalil, looks back at the door, then shrugs questioningly back at Khalil. Don't see anything too weird. There's magic, but. * Herman shrugs. * ChibiGriff_Khalil goes to the side and tries to sneak up a little closer to the door, in case there's a peephole or something. [There's none!] * ChibiGriff_Khalil doesn't worry as much about not being seen then and focuses on not being heard creeping up and being creepy. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. (Dicey loves his 9s.) Soooo, like are we gonna break in or go look for her or what? * ChibiGriff_Khalil frowns a little, if you can really tell with a beak, and shakes his head, saying low. "I can't understand it. But I'm sure it's female." (low whisper) * Togo puts his ear near the door, and tries to hear what's going on. ( Shall I roll, Brett? ) ( It's hearing at +6 ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 7. ( Made ) * Togo nods at Khalil, and whispers. "Yeah, someone's talking, but I can't make it out." *turns to the others; still softly* "I don't like this, but I really don't wanna break down this woman's door only to find out she's got her earphones on." * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks about for another way inside. [You could break through a window >.>] * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks about for a less property-damaging, occupant-alerting way inside. Like, you could pick it or something. * Alys looks at the garden and continues humming. Or try the backdoor, or push me into the heating ducts or lots of stuff. Yes. Pick a door with someone sitting right on the other side. ( Anyone who wants to, gimme another hearing roll, +6 ) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 11. (Geez.) 2d8+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+6) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 17. (No crit for me!) 2d8+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+6) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 12. (Nope!) 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 8. ( Missed by 1 ) ( K, you don't hear anything that time. ) 2d8+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+6) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 19. 2d8+6 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+6) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 20. (I figured, hey, I might crit. ;P) [All of the windows are closed and presumably locked. There is a cellar door at the side of the house, but that also looks locked. In short, there's no way in that isn't locked.] *whisper* ... screw it. I'll try'n pick the lock. If she's okay, we'll just hafta apologize repeatedly. * Herman nods. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Togo slightly. "Certain you don't wish me to try?" * Togo pulls out his lockpicks and tries to pick the lock! *softly* "I can pick a lock. Usually." [There is one unlocked way, after all. You could stuff Ten down the chimney.] * Ten pouts slightly. 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-3) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 9. ( Lockpick roll! It's a simple door lock.] ) (Hey, Khalil would fit too.) ( Is lockpicking body or mind? ) ( Body for this kind ) * Herman2 (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) has joined #besm ( Made! ^_^ ) [It takes some work, but Togo manages to unlock the door.] * ChibiGriff_Khalil just shakes his head and watches. * Togo puts away his lockpicks and nods. *softly* "Still got it. Kinda." * Ten gives Togo a silent cheer. * Togo opens the door! * Herman (ardweden@herring.sandwich.net) Quit (Ping timeout) * Alys stops humming and just watches. * ChibiGriff_Khalil lets a small smile creep to his lips and shakes his head again, waiting. * Herman2 is now known as Herman [The door opens into a small foyer. There's some plants here and there, and the place is fairly well lit. It has a kind of homely feel. So far, nothing too unusual. There's a staircase that leads up to the second floor, and three doors: One immediately to your right, one in the back and to the left, and one on the far wall.] * Togo motions for the others to follow him as he heads in and looks around. "Ms. Porter?" * Ashley follows, not looking unduly concerned. * Alys walks in and looks around. "Wow, I can never manage to keep plants alive. This is nice." *softly* Nothing like calling attention. ( Hearing checks, +4 ) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8-2) and gets a natural 6 for a result of 4. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8+4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 11. 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Alys (2d8+4) and gets a natural 13 for a result of 17. (KERFAILED) 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ashley (2d8+4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 18. (Jesus) 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-2) and gets a natural 12 for a result of 10. ( Missed ) (Wow, I can actually feel the dicehate.) 2d8+4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8+4) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 13. * Ked (kerryms@64.255.113.173) Quit (Quit: ) * Herman looks around, frowning. * ChibiGriff_Khalil curses mildly in Arabic and takes off in a sprint. "Come on!" (Which way?) 2d8-3 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Herman (2d8-3) and gets a natural 8 for a result of 5. (Towards the back) * Ten lightly kicks Alys and points! * Togo follows, pulling out his sack of doorknobs as he runs! * Alys runs as well! "No need to kick!" * Ashley follows. (The back? Is that the stairs?) (Door at the back I think) * Herman snaps out of it and runs after the others. "Magic barrier up the stairs." [The door in the back opens into the middle of an east-west passageway. To the east, you can see a kitchen area. To the west, stairs leading down to the basement.] Left or right, Khalil? * ChibiGriff_Khalil tries to listen again, looking around frantically. 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8-4) and gets a natural 15 for a result of 11. ( >_< ) ( May I roll to hear? ) ( Sure, +2 ) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Togo (2d8-4) and gets a natural 7 for a result of 3. ( Made by 4 ) Basement! *heads towards and presumably down the stairs* * ChibiGriff_Khalil heads down that way too, quickly. * Alys follows! * Tripon (sonny_tain@cpe-24-24-249-50.socal.res.rr.com) has joined #besm * Herman heads after. "Probably gonna get us killed." That'd suck. [Yeah, probably. You head downstairs, only to find that the lights are NOT on here. It looks like there's a switch, though.] * Togo doesn't notice, what with the no eyes thing. He just heads downstairs. The others still have flashlights, though! * Alys turns her torch back on and shines it around. [The light fills the room, and it's a large one. The basement is basically one big room, supported by two columns, with a bathroom and a small storage room in the back. The basement itself looks outfitted to be a workshop of sorts. ] [There's three tables, two at the walls and one in the center between pillars. There's also a small TV in the corner, and a rack of tools. A sewing machine is in one corner, as well. Strewn about the room are various supplies: leather and cloth, string, etc. Not to mention, limbs. arms, legs, heads, detached hair.... Fortunately it's doll limbs, so you don't have to freak out. ] ( Ten can freak out! ) ( CLOTHES! *_*) (Yeah, that's freaking out all right.) [There's only one doll that's mostly complete. It has its blond hair done up in French curls, and is wearing a pleasant pink dress, but is missing eyes and ears. It's sitting on a stool, unmoving. That's probably a good thing.] ( I'm done now :P ) * Ten tugs, not kicks Alys twords the workbenches. "Oooooh lookit! Lookit!" * Togo looks around. "Hello?" * Alys obediently moves over to the tables. "So, why did we run not walk down here?" * Herman steps into the room, looking it over slowly. Creepy. * ChibiGriff_Khalil rubs his head slightly. "Because someone was calling for help." * Ten looks like she'd be drooling over the clothes if she could, you know, drool. * ChibiGriff_Khalil looks at Togo. "You heard it too, right?" * Herman walks over to the doll. He crouches down and looks at it. "It was you, right?" [The doll doesn't respond.] Yeah. Don't try playing dumb. I know you're in there. You do realize that doll has no ears, right? * ChibiGriff_Khalil nods slightly to Herman and looks around for the doll's ears. You do realize it's a *doll*, right? Ears don't do anything. [There's a whisper again, and this time you can all hear it pretty clearly. "Help... me...."] * Ten points at piece of cloth on the table. "I wanna see how that was made! Pick it up for meee!" * Herman focuses on the doll again. "What do you need?" I heard it... before that, I mean. * Alys picks it up and hands it to Ten before looking back at the doll. [Still, the doll says nothing.] * Ten holds it in her little hands and inspects the stitching. I'm telling you, ears. * Herman frowns. 2d8 * Dicesuke throws the bones for ChibiGriff_Khalil (2d8) and gets a natural 9 for a result of 9. ... wait. This witch talks to spirits. Through dolls. The doll isn't speaking. Maybe the spirit is? Is there anything wrong with that doll? There's a spirit in it. * ChibiGriff_Khalil holds up two ears for Herman. Fortunately, they're not human ears. Aside from that. Is it incomplete or something? Yeah, no ears or eyes. 'm not that artistic, though... * Alys picks up another piece of cloth and holds it up for Ten. "This one looks nicer, doesn't it?" * Herman stands. "I'm gonna check something out. Don't let the doll eat you." He turns and walks quickly out, up the stairs, and then up the other stairs to the second floor. * Ashley is poking about at doll bits. (And trying not to fall a-sleeeezzzzzzzz...) * Ten compairs the the two. "It's better fabric, but this one's gonna have better construction. See this seam here?" She points. Maybe the doll needs eyes'n ears for the spirit to hear'n see us? I dunno. Can anyone here sew? [The whisper comes again. "Help... me...."] Well, that's positively creept. * Alys looks at the stitching. "Yeah, okay." * ChibiGriff_Khalil hands the ears up in front of Alys instead then. * Alys blinks and takes them. "Hey Ten, how are you at sewing?" It's not gonna rip as easily as.... I make my own dresses! I'm that awesome! Why? Excellent! Wanna sew these ears onto the doll? And eyes. Ears? Doll? And eyes. I could totally do it if there was a hot glue gun around, but sewing's probably a better idea. * ChibiGriff_Khalil t hen tries to actually listen to see if the whisper is really coming from the doll. * Ten quickly looks around the room again and notices more than just the workbench. Ahh! * Herman walks back down the stairs, pipe over one shoulder. Upon seeing Khalil's look, he says, "Yeah, I really do think it's the spirit." (Brett? What kind of a doll is it? Rag? Porcelain?) ( Cloth ) ( Though there are materials for other kinds all about the room. ) Where's she keep the eyes? And find me a needle! [There's plenty of needles near the sewing machine.] * Alys grabs a needle and thread and gives them to Ten before putting her down next to the blond doll. * Ten puts a hand on the doll. "I'm gonna help ya. Jus hang on, kay?" ["Is someone there? I can feel you."] Yeah, I'm here, an you don't have ears or eyes. That's gotta suck so I'll fix you! ["I'm sorry, I can't hear you. I don't have ears."] ["There should be some for this doll in the room. Please, find them."] (Snicker.) ... She... * Alys sticks her tongue out at Herman. "Hah!" She didn't put *herself* in the doll, did she? (wait, hth can she hear) I dunno yet! * Herman ignores Alys. Apparently, the idea that someone might have put herself in the doll is so crazy he looks kind of stunned. ( Who said she did? :P She felt Ten touch her and assumed someone was there. ) (Also, somebody hand me some materials so I can get to work) (... oh. I missed a line.) It would not surprise me. * Alys looks down at her hands and realizes she's still holding the ears. "Oh, here!" 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 14 for a result of 10. (... I hate you dicey) (DICE SUCK.) [Ten sews the ears on! The doll hisses as the needle touches her, but bares it. But afterwards she says, "Did you sew them on? I'm sorry, but you didn't put them on right."] ["I still can't hear."] Ack! I'm sorry, this's so much harder with only two hands! * Ten pulls the thread back out and tries again! ( Go fer it ) (Boosting) 2d8-4 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ten (2d8-4) and gets a natural 11 for a result of 7. * Pocky-kun (Pocky-kun@ACC20E52.ipt.aol.com) Quit (Ping timeout) (Huzzah! That made!) * Pocky-kun (Pocky-kun@ACC20E52.ipt.aol.com) has joined #BESM [This time Ten sews them on properly. They're a little crooked, but they must be good enough, because the doll exhales and says, "Thank you, I can hear you now."] (Hey! I cleared that by at least one) (Two if it was body) I'm gonna do your eyes next, kay? Like, as soon as somebody finds them. Are you Kelsie Porter? * Alys starts hunting around for eyes. She's still smiling from the fact that she was right about the ears. * ChibiGriff_Khalil searches for eye-like apparati Nope! I'm Ten! I don't think he was talking to you, Ten. ["I am. And I need your help."] [Cliffhanger! Session End!]