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 Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:30 pm
"Well... keep your eyes out. There are some strange things happening now. I almost bet this was caused by one of those things. Perhaps a candle fell over and lit it on fire, but I doubt it. Things like that dont usually happen in churches. People take too good care of them."
He scanned the church front and the sky around it.
"Wierd things..."
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:31 pm
Clang clang clang clang...
Roaring from down the street came the Durem Voulenteer Fire brigade in an engine that was an absolute dinosaur. Still the red machine went surprisingly fast, especialy considering the elderly Mr. Pepper drove the thing.
And perhaps that was a bad thing. Pepper's gigantic white mustash began to tickle his nose and with a mighty sneeze he lost control.
The other firefighters jumped off the engine yelling, "Outta the way!"
Only for the old beast to break through the front doors of the church before stopping half in and half out.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:37 pm
"...chaos. Gaia will be filled with chaos until the petals are found. And until the chaos ends, those 'weird things' will continue."
Allen paused for a moment, thinking that maybe he shouldn't have mentioned the petals. But what was done was done. And he didn't see much need to worry about what had already happened. And so, he continued, a grin breaking through his face.
"Then again, Gaia's fairly weird anyways, so maybe nobody will notice the difference. At least things'll be interesting."
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:37 pm
Nascen coughed and spluttered as he dove for cover from the crash and rubble. Getting up quickly he dodged flaming objects and ran to the fire engine smashed into the front of the building. "Darn'nit... I'm not loosing my second eye in a burning church too... or anything else!" but it was pitched low and even his team over the headset probably wouldn't be able to understand.
Nascen ran to the truck, and frantically tried to see if he could sqeeze between the doorway and the trucks side. If he could, he got the heck out. If not, he was running to the nearest door of it, pulling it open, and hopping in to take over and reverse this sucker out of the jam.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:37 pm
"Nascen, the door is blocked. I hate to do this... but, stained glass window, left of the main entrance. Go for it."
He raised his hand and his eyes turned purple. The window shattered in one place as if hit by a fist, then a second nearby, then a third untill all the glass was broken out of the frame.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:39 pm
There clearly was enough room to just barely squeeze by, with a few splinters.
Yet, there was a sound of coughing from the front seat of the truck.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:41 pm
"We need to get the truck out of there or anyone inside will burn to death."
Jacknife swung into the driver's sear of the jeep and drove it over to the truck. Through the unbarable heat he attached the tow cable and slammed the jeep into ful reverse.
He floored it. The firetruck shifted slightly, but did not move.
"Gimme a hand!"
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:41 pm
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:44 pm
Irzael didn't feel so bad being ignored as he overheard the two talking. "So chaos, 'weird things', and the petals are all linked together," he turned his back on the men and began to ponder aloud, "If I find chaos, I find the petals. Dammit, I don't know this area well enough to get around!" He raked his hand through his shoulder-length white hair in frustration and turned back to the men. He would have to get a guide if he were to traverse Gaia in a timely manner.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:45 pm
"Dammit all!" Nascen coughed to himself- rare, as he hardly ever used religiously related swears. "Jacknife, Masayu, get out of here, now! I'll be fine, and we need to split up and search for this junk anyway, right? Go make sure no more s**t happens." he pronounced clearly into the headset, scraping his way back in.
Running around the truck, he ran to the driver side door. Taking a deep breath and pulling his scarf off, he pulled open the door and covered the man's mouth, wrapping his breathing before shoving him out of the driver seat into the passenger, taking care only to hold his head from cracking on anything. Nascen slammed the door, and went for the controls, turning it to reverse and hoping it worked as he tried to pull out.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:47 pm
And with that, the truck scraped slowly backwards along the stone entryway.
Getting out just in time to watch some rafters fall and crush the ornate pews.
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:48 pm
The extra push of the firetruck engine helped to drag the truck out of the church and back away from the flames.
"Excelent." Said jacknife as he hopped out and unlatched the tow cable.
He ran around to the drivers door to help nascen out of the truck
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:48 pm
Seeing as the attention of the other people were on the firetruck now, Allen turned to look around. He had no idea where to go next. But, maybe...moving over to a clear spot, he pulled out his laptop and began doing a search for odd occurances in the timeframe since PoC had started.
Perhaps if he could track the chaos he could find the location of a petal.
"...come on, where do I need to go...?"
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:52 pm
Nascen stepped out with Jacknife's help, clumsily craddling the old truckdriver, who was larger than him, and setting the man on the ground a safe distance from it all, coughing until he did set him down and took a breath. His eye was teary from the heat and smoke, but he grinned like a small child again.
"This place is beyond saving, everyone's out, and we've got to jet. Let's move people. He'll wake up fine in not too long, and he's got his team to watch after him too."
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Posted: Sat Mar 18, 2006 1:53 pm
Irzael's thoughts returned to reality as he heard the loud crash of the falling rafters. He jumped back slightly and regained his bearings. A quick look around showed that a firetruck had been pulled out of the burning building just in time and the man in black had just pulled out a laptop. I could ask him, he seems well informed. I just have to make sure I get his attention. Irzael casually walked over to the black-clad man and tapped him on the shoulder, "You seem to have a good amount of knowledge about the petals. I think I'll join up with you until I get a feel for this place."
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