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PARTICIPANTS:
Alex
Marlo
Rea
Eve

OOC NOTES:
PLEASE KEEP IN MIND this is ICly taking place Halloween night, so if you want your character to do some more things BEFORE halloween, I'd advise against plunking this in your journal right away unless you've made some reserve posts first or something.

This is PHASE 2. Boys are sneaking into rooms and actually trying (or not) to steal panties now. Girl-players, please wait until the boys have posted at least once in order to set it up, after that go crazy. Since these are kind of "battle" RPs sans magical powers, it's probably best they don't drag out too much.

This was going to be AWESOME. Nevermind that his costume would never be taken seriously, but hey -- if people did report seeing Killingworth running around with a colorful viking, well... Alex would have loved to see Killingworth try to talk his way out of that.

Though given the man in question, it might be better to not be within several blocks of him.

"Right behind you, Pizza Snatcher," Alex whispered, removing his helm and following. It wouldn't do either of them good to be given away by the horns, right? Alex considered ditching the plastic hat in favor of being able to hold his camera better, then decided against it. Fingerprints were the last thing he wanted to leave!

At the question, Alex frowned. "You could try knocking? I mean, if there's anyone in there then they'd open the door and answer it, but then we'd lose the element of surprise unless you wanted to zerg rush in and everything. But it depends on the lock man -- slider bolts I can't get past, and paperclips can break. Want me to look around for an unlocked door or...?"

Usually, holidays were boring, lonely times for Rea Marshall, a Crystal girl who normally got along better with rocks than people. Big holidays, such as Christmas, were spent with her family, of course, but the smaller, less family-oriented ones were primarily spent alone in her dorm at Crystal Academy, doing nothing in particular (at least not when it pertained to the holiday.) This year, however, she was doing something a little different for halloween.

In the dark room of her dorm, Rea sat cross-legged on her bed, still wearing her 'Nealite' halloween costume and holding a flashlight under her chin, the light projecting up to accentuate the hollows of her eyes, shadow looking dark and sinister behind her.

"One dark, cold night, much light tonight, a young girl lay in bed at home, curled up under the covers, her little dog curled up under the covers at her feet. It was spooky and dark, and the young girl was afraid, but the dog licked her hand, and it comforted her. So the girl went to sleep."

This year, Rea had Eve. Their first meeting had been a little awkward, which was entirely her fault, being the anti-social creature she was. However, Eve had not given up on her, and after a while the perky, happy-go-lucky girl had started to grow on the Marshall girl.

"After being asleep for a short time, the young girl awoke to a dripping noise coming from the bathroom. Not afraid, but curious as to what the noise was she lowered her hand down beside her bed to gain a little comfort from the Alsatian. She felt the warmth of his soft tongue as he licked her hand, showing her that he was O.K and that everything would be alright. Feeling assured she drifted off to sleep once more," Rea gave her blonde roommate a creepy face for effect, trying not to grin. Eve was such a sweetheart, it was hard not to enjoy herself, even though she felt a tinge bad that they were telling scary stories to frighten each other. But hey, it was halloween!

"Waking once again to the sounds of the dripping tap, or whatever it was, in the bathroom she instinctively dropped her hand down to pet her dog. Once again her dog offered up the loyal companionship that only a much trusted and loved pet can, and licked her hand and she once again fell asleep.

For the last time she woke up again, that annoying noise was still going, she reached for her dog but found he wasn't there. Wondering where her parents were at this time of night (it was about 3.30am by this time) and looking for her dog she walked out into the bathroom.

A horrifying sight met her, the dog had been mutilated and was creating the dripping noise, as blood slowly fell and pooled on the floor below. Screaming she ran back through the house and attempted to call the police. The phone was dead, and she turned to suddenly see her parents also mutilated behind her. Her screams could be heard as she looked at the wall behind them, a note written there in blood.

'Humans Can Lick Too My Beautiful'."

Again, Rea paused for effect, pretending to write the words in the air.

She runs madly for the stairs, desperate to escape, knowing the killer is still in the house and then..."

A creak down the hall startled Rea out of her story, dropping the flashlight onto her bed and she fumbled to turn off the light, staring at Eve with wide eyes. Another creak, this time closer and the strawberry blonde girl flopped down onto the bed, covering her head with the covers, just barely making a hole to peek out of.

It was then that the crash to the lock came.

Rea chanced a glance at the other girl, shrugging weakly, although she knew Eve couldn't see it. You do funny things when your body is pumping adrenaline at 90 miles and hour through your body. She could feel her heart pumping loudly in her ears as she tried to listen for any more sounds, curiosity drowning in fear.

Then again, why WAS she nervous? She was a sailor scout! There wasn't much worse than a nega-baddie, and so far, she had been able to take care of them... for the most part. Shifting a little under the covers, she rubbed absentmindedly at the cut she had gotten from a battle not too long ago, swallowing. Still... she didn't want to have to change unless she really had to. She had already had a negaverse lieutenant threaten everyone she knew, it was better Eve didn't know her secret. To keep her safe. And besides, if that was one of the dorm mistresses, perhaps they really were in trouble!

"If there are girls, there are girls. I'm come to far to just drop it now." Kiacking the lock once more, the wood cracked, breaking both the door, and the lock that had held it shut. Not that much was had been needed. In fact if he'd tried, it probably would have opened after the first kick. Oh well. He could be dramatic every so often couldn't he? "Let's get this over with man. I want to grab the panties and split. I'm already going to bet that the other have made more noise then us." His tone made it clear that he really ment Elzo probably was making more noise then them.

"Come on, I see the dressers, help me look."

"Whatever you say, Pizza Snatcher!" Alex replied, following his lead. So much for having a nice healthy stealth mission. Then again, stealth missions were slow and... to be honest, Alex could never get the hang of waiting on those, often having to reset and try again and again until he either made it through dumb luck or cheated his way through.

Speaking of cheating, he could really use a good invisibility code right now. He slunk into the room and pulled open the first drawer, pawing through it in the dark. "Wool here," he reported, oblivious to the hidden girls.

The hole she had conveniently left in her bedcovers was just large enough for Rea to peek through, her eyes leaving the bulge that was Eve to the forms entering the room, her nerves settling and her curiosity beginning to pique the more she listened. At first she had thought it was the dorm mistress, coming to see if they were asleep. But as they came in, the voices became easier to hear, and distinctly male. This was confusing enough as it was, but then she heard the sound of their drawers opening. That's when she started getting suspicious.

Wait... that voice sounded familiar...

Both of those voices sounded familiar...

THAT HAIR LOOKED FAMILIAR.

Rea sat straight up, staring at the two Hillworth boys, her mouth agape. At first, it was merely shock that poured over her expression, her eyes wide as she stared first at the 'Responsible Brother' and then at the 'Stalker,' so stunned in fact that she didn't move from where she sat on her bed, unable to even speak. But a few seconds of stunned staring and her expression quickly turning to one of agitation, and from there even more quickly to rage.

"No..."

Immediately her eyes went to the underwear Marlo was helpfully holding up for all to see, a rather pretty rose color spreading across her cheeks. Whether or not it was hers was irrelevant -- they were looking through their underwear. Not only her underwear, which was something she could handle, but Eve's too. In the passed few months, she had grown rather fond of her blonde roommate, even going as far as to be a little protective of her innocent, cheerful friend.

They'd better not upset her. Or someone would die tonight.

The sound of his name froze him in place. No. Oh god no. Out of all the girls, of all the dorms..."Eve?....Rea?!" Oh god and he was...Dropping the underwear like it had burned him, Marlo's face lit up like a Christmas tree. "Oh...god. I..." Marlo felt suddenly a cold chill run down his body. The worst possible outcome had happened. Not even Killingworth could make him feel this bad. Not even...
"s**t. I'm sorry. s**t, that doesn't even begin to cover it does it?" Sinking to his knees, Marlo, as quick witted as he was couldn't think of anything to say.

He was that mortified at what he'd just done.