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 Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:50 pm
Deadeye Kuji, entering earshot, answered. "Strong, eh'd say. Real big 'un, got sent through a wall and continued fightin' still. And th'smaller one, he kicked th'big one like it were nothin'. Other two... not sure."
"Then we'll just have to avoid the main building," Marius said. Motioning keep a wide distance, he slowly moved so that the building would stay between them and the group of fighters. "We kin check th'side buildin's first, then see if there's anythin' worth stealin'."
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:51 pm
Shin digested the words, and they agreed with him wholeheartedly. He was a pirate himself and running away when the opposing force was too strong was just a part of the lifestyle. You wouldn't see him going against immeasurable odds, he wasn't out to get himself killed any time soon. He was about to ask a question but another guy from the boat did the job for him.
Both of them had their guns out and ready for action but Shin declined to unholester his. He had enough firepower without it and he had no extra ammunition. It was better to save it for when he was really in trouble. Instead he began to charge up his devices, the ones that bulged under his sleeves.
As he did so the first mate reported and Shin followed the captain around the edge of the building. Splitting up and circling from other directions came into his thoughts but he decided it was best not to do so when the building was so large.
LP- 1 Charge ................................................................................ 1 Charge - RP
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:55 pm
"My..." Hunter cleared his throat from yelling too much, "My bosses hate me and sent me to do a retarded story about this here empty a** frozen as hell city. THEN they assign me with that jackass as "protection", lot of good that does me. +~~+ If your heart is too big +~~+
"MmmmpMmmmph." +~~+ Then your chest is too small +~~+ "Long story short, we lost our camera after we found this... THING." He held his hands out as wide as it could, "It was a gigantic robot spider thing, with guns, and flamethrowers, and tractor beams, and sweet rims, and everything. I swear to god it was going to kill the hell out of us, so we ran like hell." A glare at Cloud. "Not into the fields that make you invincible, but to here." Hands in his pockets, "That's about it. I'm really cold, hungry and I want to go home."
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 12:57 pm
"That... sounds sounds strong." The news had an obviously distressing effect upon Caesar who proceeded to move with the group, only occasionally checking what was in front of him. His gaze was tied to what little he could see of the main building, trying to be as certain as he could that whoever Deadeye had seen in the main building hadn't followed him out; or were already moving on to any of the side buildings.
He moved quick and low, not wanting to tempt fate.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:03 pm
Athan looked back towards Cloud, then to Hunter, then to the camera man. This wasn't the news he had been hoping for, but it was definetly something worth checking out.
"Alright."
Athan set Cloud down and removed his hand from the guy's face. He stepped away from the camera crew and moved into the doorway, where his two squadmates, silent and creepy as they were, would be waiting for him.
"Come on, we'll talk on the way out."
And he started his way out of the asylum, taking his sweet time. On his way out, he made sure to grab his sword from the ground and balance the hulking thing on his shoulder.
"Where'd you last see this thing?"
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:05 pm
"Well, men, stick with me if you want, or divide and conquer. 'Nough buildings for all 'o us, but there's also strength in numbers, so they say." He ducked into one of the side buildings, a long affair that had held dozens of inmates before the citizens vanished. Stepping behind the front desk, he started rummaging through the cabinets and stand-alone closets.
Medical supplies, electrodes, strange machines that he didn't even want to know the use for, everything, he stuffed into his inner coat pocket, and it all seemed to fit. Smacking his lips, he muttered, "Yeah, want that, want that, yeah, yeah..."
Meanwhile, Kuji kept a lookout at the window, cracking his arthritis-ridden knuckles as he did so.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:16 pm
"Dunno, somewhere past the dome shits to the east." He shrugged, "Guess with the mechanical stuff?"
Mike Hunter, Cloud_666, and Cameron are now following Athan like NPCs. Designated Hero should make note of that, but they will not engage in combat unless actively targeted.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:20 pm
Shin looked at the situation from a different angle and decided he was better off splitting away from the group for a moment. The way he saw it, you always got more treasure when your off by yourself. Stick to close to the group and you gotta divide the spoils but when you're all alone, theres no one to share with but yourself.
He watched Marius enter one building and he followed the captain inside. But as Marius went one way, Shin went the other, walking deeper down the long corridor. In such a fashion he had the benefit of the first mate looking out for trouble and yet was still alone enough to keep all he found.
The being said, Shin was disappointed in what he discovered. Though the old captain seemed content with medical supplies and such, Shin had a more refined notion of the word treasure. He wasn't disease ridden so medical supplies were worthless, gold and silver were the real prizes. Yet so far he was seeing none of that in this old decrepit building.
LP- 2 Charges................................................................................................... 2 Charges - RP
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:22 pm
Caesar nodded in recognition of the order before observing his surroundings. There were indeed a significant number of off-buildings.
When he asked himself where they would store anything valuable he came up entirely blank. They'd have drugs, but the storage for those would likely be in the main building. His gaze then fell upon a building that was fenced off, hexagonal in construction and slightly elevated off the ground on a concrete foundation. It did not look like it housed patients. A guard station, maybe?
Caesar moved towards it, 'ghosting' through the fence. He did not break stride as he moved through the space where the fence should be, instead walking through the links as if they were nothing more than a hologram. As soon as he finished passing through the links reformed in the place he had passed through, quite literally by magic. The fence was left complete and unscathed, still sealed with a padlock.
He continued his pace towards the strange building's main entrance, intending to do the same through the door of the squat, concrete building.
((Edited for clarity))
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:24 pm
"Alright. Then that's where we're headed."
Athan exited the Asylum, cast a quick look towards Tweak, then started walking towards the northeast. The northern fields separated them from what looked to be an industrial district, but it was hard for Athan to tell from such a distance.
But whatever, it looked close enough.
"We're leaving."
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:39 pm
And thus, barring any sort of ballsy moves from the pirates in the nearby area, Athan and his band of merry men would disappear into the North field.
It was a place where Athan would have some sort of familiarity, farm and all.
And thus, the majority of Greywater would continue not doing their mission. Cameron went back to filming, though it was probably out of habit.
He had to have run out of thread by now.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:40 pm
Caesar would find a large storage of five-shot rifles with wide barrels. Stored nearby would be three crates of ping pong ball-sized rubber bullets. Because of the strange design, it seemed the rifles would not take conventional ammo.
There were also ten tazers and a few old batons that hadn't been used for some time.
In the other building, Kuji crouched down. "Don't be t'loud er move t'much, they're leaving," he hissed, watching the Greywater Company exit the main building.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:49 pm
After a bit, Shin was forced to give up hope with this building. It only had more and more useless crap. Nothing was worth the time of loading it into his pockets, not a damn thing. Maybe he had made a mistake of following the captain, not a precious gem in sight. He decided to branch off even more of the group that now consisted of only him, the first mate and the captain. That other guy had gone off to only god knows where, not that Shin really cared.
Leaving the cover of the first mate's watchful gaze, Shin took a real good look around. He mentally tested the capacity of each building to have what he was looking for, gold, silver or even cold hard cash. Unknowingly he came to the same conclusion as their wandering crew member, that the big building with a fence around mad the best chance of containing loot.
Yet before he could move on his instincts, he heard the voice of the vice captain warning that the strong guys from before were leaving. Playing it safe, Shin stepped back into the building and waited until they were gone.
LP- 3 Charges .......................................................................................................... 3 Charges - RP
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:52 pm
Caesar inventoried the weaponry-- nothing terribly impressive. It was an asylum, not a high security prison. He moved quickly past them to examine what else was in the room; not a damned thing worth its weight on the open market. A peg board with keys and magentized cards, of which Caesar grabbed a set, and a few scattered pieces of documentation, of which he picked up a time-log of some sort to idly flip through. It recorded little more than when shifts changed.
It took him a few moments to realized that the last page may have a date for, at least, when the facility stopped operating. Either that or when the guards became too inattentive to record comings and goings.
Although he failed to hear the warning, Caesar was relatively well hidden from view in the squat room and did not generate much noise. Still fearing the initial encounter, he continued to avoid the windows and stay low while he browsed the log.
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Posted: Sat May 31, 2008 1:53 pm
"Coast's clear," Kuji said, standing back up. "We're safe, lad."
"Hey, Kuji!" the Cap'n called out, head stuffed in some drawer. "I think I've scavenged plenty fer to work with here. Y'know anything good near here?"
Kuji shrugged.
"Worthless lummox!" the Cap'n bellowed, climbing to his feet. "Well, where to go next..."
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