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Post by Alecto on Mar 30, 2021 7:09:45 GMT -8
"Sounds good. Are we teleporting again?" She gasped to Firebringer as Rowan offered a doctor. Finn then manifested and danced around the task for a second, apprently scared to touch her like it was a Consent thing at the prom.
Do you ask girls if you can hold their hand, too?
Alecto's jaw knotted as her eyes reddened with a thin mist, before she swallowed a comment she was going to regret. "If you need me to ask for the loophole, sure. Glamour's important," she muttered, shaking her head at the question about the exit wound. "Duh- doesn't it just pop out? Do I need to dig around in there?"
With the comment on 'skinning', Alecto actually smirked with an edge of pride; her nails peeled the varnish from the counter from squeezing it once he applied the pressure to the fresh wound.
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Post by The Wyrd on Mar 30, 2021 10:22:15 GMT -8
Rowan has heard of a shady underground doctor -- nay, a veterinarian -- who patches up criminals on the sly who goes by the name of 'Doctor Octopus'. Stupid moniker, right?
Thankfully, Finn's blood carried powerful magic, indeed. One cut and a few seconds, and Alecto's wound sealed, all injury and remnants of lead pushed out of her. There was no scar, no mark -- good as new. Finn was able to bandage his own wound with the kit.
It appeared that in this case, trudging thirty minutes on foot and trying to navigate the criminal underworld would not be necessary.
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Post by Rowan on Mar 30, 2021 16:19:12 GMT -8
It was like he didn't even exist. There was always someone they needed more, wasn't there. Someone with healing blood, or just the right phone number, or...
His spiral was interrupted by a knock at the door. His eyes darted to it, then to Dani, then to Finn. "Were you followed?"
Ducking out of the way, he took the opportunity from the distraction to shove Megan's hair into his mouth. "Look, Megan. If that's your name. What are you afraid of? Saying it could help calm you down. I'll go - I'm afraid of being hunted."
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Post by Firebringer on Apr 1, 2021 2:06:52 GMT -8
Dani sighs a little in a sense of relief for just a moment, but she already looks like she is ready to move when needed. They have a mirror. They can go anywhere big enough that she has laid eyes on. Yes. Things will be fine. I am useful. She has to tell herself.
"We should teleport to another area, this way even if Finn was followed, they still won't get to us here." She says, looking to the others.
Then Rowan began doing his thing, which she wasn't exactly sure what it was. She could only assume it was for whatever contract he was using. Loophole? Natural thing that helps it go? Didn't really matter one supposes. It is what it is. Hopefully it'll be something else to help. Yes. This is working out. They are going. They can get through this.
She considers where she can port them. The funny thing about this contract is, it was anywhere she's touched mirrorwise that is big enough. ...she wondered if she could even port to Baltimore from here. That distance is something she'd never tried. She certainly wouldn't do it right now. Though, they really would be unable to be hunted that point if she could. Her own room has a mirror, of course, but do the feds know to expect her there? There is that 24 hour Walmart. Or. Fuck, why don't we just go to freaking Neonopolis. Who the hell is gonna find us there? And it's open all the time. There are a few mirrors we could get through. One on the outer edge that likely wouldn't have... well, many people. Fuck. Aren't there any single stalls we've seen?
"Urgh, come on brain," she accidentally says out loud, "No, that one doesn't have it. Neither does that one." Then again, walking through on the opposite side of a building that has glass would work. Behind the museum? No wait. Banger Brewery. No, will be filled with people. And probably a line. Back entrance of The Nerd? Might be employees. "You'd think..." with such a big place there would be plenty of places to port to. "...You think they have Relentless Pursuit? If they do, then that's bad for us. They can find us wherever. I need to get us as far away as possible. And as a note, I only have so much force of will to get us around." she purses her lips. Not taking them to the campgrounds. We really wouldn't have anyway to get out from there. Fuck it. I've leaned against the window on the far side of the International eatery. It's dark on that end. That'll work.
"I think I've got a good place we can port to. It's a hint risky, but I'm not saying it out loud."
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Post by Ian Black on Apr 2, 2021 18:22:49 GMT -8
Ian realized he was showing his age and fished a phone from his pocket. He texted the number given to him along with Megan’s other debt information.
>This is Ian. At rear entrance. Will knock three times in rapid succession two minutes after sending this text.
After the two minutes he knocked again in accordance to his message and returned to his position just beside the door.
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Post by Finn on Apr 3, 2021 11:25:42 GMT -8
Finn wraps his wound with bandages from his kit, giving Alecto a chance to catch her breath. He is aware that the others were worried about someone unexpectedly showing up, and now that his patient was in the clear, he could spare a moment to focus on that. "I don't think I was followed. Besides the call with Fire, no one had any reason to think I was coming, and I came straight here. So unless someone was already watching the place..."
Still, there was someone here and they needed a safe place. He turns back to Alecto and offers a hand up. "Can you stand? How are you feeling?" And a glance toward Firebringer when she mentions moving again. "I think we're good to travel here. Just lead the way if that's the call."
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Post by Alecto on Apr 3, 2021 17:31:27 GMT -8
"No, hun. I'm always found eventually. Like the rest of us," the Beast explained to Firebringer. Alecto cocks her head at the knock, looking to the burly Iron Spear. However, he was focused on bandaging and asking her questions, "Yeah...uh, you used magic," she chuckles, assuming it was a joke to normalize the situation. Finn had essentially donated blood: she was as good as new, and her mood lifted with the assistance. "Thanks for the offer, Rowan. It's good to know you have that resource in a pinch, especially when you don't have someone who can afford to damage themselves."The Darkling's weird question had her lips thin. Was he trying to remove her emotions? Or his own? "What's going on?" Her eyes darted around the building, pinging the Wyrd with her influence over the building. It didn't do much; it wasn't like she was tapped into any sort of psychic sense for invasion. The claws grew to a wicked length again, hand raising as she squinted through the peephole, followed by a loud sigh of relief as she saw the tell-tale script covering Ian Black's flesh. "Let him in; I'm getting changed. Ask about what he found with the plates and if he's got a laptop with him that I can use. Hopping soon isn't a bad idea, but yeah just the two of us. Danica, you can hope right back. We don't want Rowan and Mr. Black connected to this shit, and their excuse can be checking on you?"She was unaware of Rowan's side of the story he pitched to the police. She also didn't want to swing the door open covered in gore. Once she was in the office to change with the clothes Danica had offered, she casually flipped through the security folder of banned patrons, "Her name is Isla Thompson. She's short, and likes to sneak into bars with a fake ID."
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Post by The Wyrd on Apr 5, 2021 21:00:52 GMT -8
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Post by Finn on Apr 5, 2021 21:07:41 GMT -8
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Post by Rowan on Apr 5, 2021 21:41:35 GMT -8
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Post by The Wyrd on Apr 5, 2021 21:57:15 GMT -8
It was a sixth sense more than anything. A hair on the neck rising. A twitch of something, someone walking past on the far side of the road. Catching the light off something metallic, maybe.
Whatever it was, Rowan didn't hesitate.
"Down! Down!"
The Lost hit the deck, covering their heads as the glass at the front of the store shattered. Across the street, they heard a poppoppoppoppoppoppoppop --. Coffee mugs set out for display exploded. The espresso machine was hit thrice. Lead filled the air.
In her soul, Alecto felt raw malevolence communicated from afar.
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Post by Firebringer on Apr 7, 2021 15:16:20 GMT -8
Hearing Rowan yelling 'down', Fire's Summer training immediately kicks into gear. Get down or die. She drops as fast as she can and is grateful as she hears the gunfire rip through that she's down. And then a secondary thought occurs to her Fuck. The store. She had to push that one away, they had not dying to focus on right now.
"We need to gtfo asap. The gunfire can't go on forever. We need to get to the bathroom go through the you know what."
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Post by Alecto on Apr 8, 2021 22:18:07 GMT -8
Isla hears Rowan's shout and hit the deck.
Her shimmying across the floor was a very familiar scuttle like she had done this kind of mad scramble before. Gold dust wafted off her every time she twitched, alerting the group to who the teen really was, scrambling to a a frenzied sprint with her claws out at her sides, shrieking in an enraged, inhuman roar that was lost in the thunder of bullets.
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Post by Ian Black on Apr 9, 2021 20:40:18 GMT -8
Ian heard Rowan shout just as the first bullets shattered the windows. As he huddled in the employee section close by the door to the café proper a beastial scream from the front end made him jump and double check the holster under his shoulder.
Can't collect if she's dead. Damnit.
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Post by Rowan on Apr 9, 2021 21:28:32 GMT -8
Rowan hit the floor, and he hit it fast. Glass showered all around him, windows, bottles and decorations exploding from the bullets. He didn't have time to process what would have happened if hadn't seen the glimmer, not now. Later. Lock that away for later.
The plan was to wait for the ammunition to run out and then reassess. Of course, Alecto seemed to have plan of her own, seeing as she decided to sprint in the wrong direction - towards the shooter. Rowan tried to peer out into the darkness, but the sound of automatic fire drove him back to the ground.
He wasn't scared, okay? He was just being cautious.
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