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[rationalizes]

WHO || Arthur, Spike, Myri, Buffy, Gar, Mark [closed]
WHAT || The Knights do some good old fashioned breaking and entering to look for clues to the Talisman's location
WHERE || Louisiana State Museum, New Orleans, LA
WHEN || Tuesday, May 1st, 2012; night
HOW || Actionspam

[ Mark and Gar are fully decked out in all black for maximum looking-suspicious-if-anyone-finds-them, and they double check on equipment in the car with everybody once Spike's pulled up the block a little ways.   Gar rattles on a list of last minute instructions and reminders as they do so.]

Now, we don't know how many guards we'll be dealing with, but Kat claims to have rerouted security cameras into looped patterns for us remotely, that will buy us at least an hour's time.  ... Which... hardly seems sufficient to scour an entire museum, so it's likely we'll have to spread out inside.  Make certain to keep your Drakenet phones close at hand in case you need to signal to the rest of us about guard movements.  

Comments

[bigbad]

[Spike is decked all in black too, but that is not even a little bit unusual. He's also, of course, wearing The Coat. He's never taking that off.]

Sounds like a good plan.

[Also, let the record state that he's very proud Buffy got through the entire car ride without punching him.]

[slay]

[ It should be noted that Buffy is not in all black. Not only because you guys are fucking stupid and if someone catches them, being in all black will not help, but because she just can't be assed to care. So she's wearing a pink top and low slingback heels. Clearly she is prepared for infiltration. ]

Any suggestions on what it is exactly that we should be looking for in all this? 'Cause I don't wanna find out I missed a map to "here's where the talisman is" on the inside of some sarcophagus.

[witchwoman]

[Unless someone advised Myri on what colors to wear, we can just assume she is wearing some random combo of the stuff Kat made her buy on their first outing. Which means she is probably blending in with the modern crowd, but not in her standard uniform for heists.]

I'm still not very good with my... [She holds up her drakenet device.]

[nosdacaraid]

That's fine, just stay close to one of us, then. [ He snaps a clip into his gun, sliding it away ] As for what we're looking for... maybe it'll have that symbol on it like everything else?

[king]

[ Arthur is also a member of Team Blond not wearing ninja gear, because you can pry his armour from his cold dead hands. They're not interacting with regular people, so he feels no aversion to dressing like he belongs in the museum: as an artifact, rather than a visitor. But don't worry; a life-time of deer stalking means he's capable of moving quietly even in chainmail. ]

What do we do if we find it?

[slays]

Shout "olly olly oxen-free?" [ she's kidding. probably. and also side-eyeing his armor in a way that she's probably been this whole time. not especially stealthy but kinda hot in that 'i only shower every two months' middle ages way. right. not the point. ] Okay. Symbol. Got it.

[bigbad]

I'm guessing that's where the phones come in. [He holds his up pointedly.] Though I suppose we could text "olly olly oxen-free."

[rationalizes]

Anything as a signal to regroup - or if you require assistance.

[ She glances out the door slightly ] Are we ready then?

[king]

[ Arthur nods. ]

As I'll ever be.

[ Though still woefully confused about what an ollie oxen is. ]

Around back~

[nosdacaraid]

[ A driveway curves around the right hand side of the building, so Mark moves that way to lead them around the large edifice. The back (pictured up top) has an awning over a little aesthetic canal that runs parallel to the back drive, and various glassed doors for entrance. There's also a large loading dock, that's sealed. ]

[witchwoman]

[Myri is quite used to trying to stay quiet and out of sight, but this structure is unlike anything she's ever seen. She sticks close to Buffy, her eyes constantly moving to take it all in.]

[slay]

Well, this looks ... secure. [ she sizes it up with a frown. at least, if they don't wanna get to breaking the glass and damaging their free hour. ] What do you think? Gotta be some way in. [ her eyes catch the loading dock. ] -- A shipping entrance, for instance.

[nosdacaraid]

How convenient. It's like they knew we were coming. [ He moves in the direction of the door, but then pauses and then looks back at them: ] ... But not really, because... there'd probably be... police in there. If they did.

[slay]

[ the look she gives him is like duh. ] Yeah. Think we were all on that same page, Mark. But, thanks. [ she reaches down to grab the handle on the slide door of the shipping entrance because i assume it's one of those that descends like a garage door or a storage unit door bc that's what most shipping entrances seem to have ... anyway she'll jiggle the handle and then yank on it (str 15). ]

[nosdacaraid]

[ And ya ta da~! The door slides up with a groan, scaling back once they give it a push to roll up into the ceiling. It's dark inside, a large, mostly empty loading dock with some machinery for heavy lifting and pallets to one side, as well as a number of crates stacked to the side.

**Anyone who makes a listen check of 15 or above might hear the sudden distance rumble of tires approaching from around the drive they walked up... ]

[witchwoman]

[Well, Myri's listening skills have apparently been dulled by the echo effect of the dock. Or something. So she'll just be looking around for their next move.

She doesn't want to be totally useless, after all.]

[slay]

[ buffy, on the other hand, manages to hear the tires, and she ushers them quickly inside, looking around, alert (listen 20). ]

Did you hear that? [ she glances around, then back at mark and myri. ] Someone's here. I think our hour just got a lot shorter.

Out front \o\

[rationalizes]

[ The front of the building sports an overhang decorated with a number of arches, that gives excellent cover for them to dart behind as they move across, and there's at least four entrances simply on the ground floor. Above them is a balcony, large latticed windows potentially concealing doors as well, and then across the very top of the building, a long row of smaller windows. Low lights burn on the top floor, and a few are visible on the ground as well. ]

i just missed rolling dice tbh

[king]

[ Arthur is darty mcdarterson, and though the terrain is highly unfamiliar, it's not that different from using trees in a forest as cover. (Move Silently 20, if that's a thing?) He heads forward, scanning the building, checking for signs of activity or guards, though he's forgotten about security cameras. (Spot 7). Eventually he peers up at the balcony, judging the distance to bypass the entire ground floor and start up there, and issues some completely unintelligible hand signals to Gar and Spike. ]

They are so much fun.

[bigbad]

[Yeah, Spike has no idea what Arthur means with those. He flashes him a thumbs up anyway, then he leans towards Gar.]

I might be able to jump to the balcony.

:3

[rationalizes]

[ Luckily the security cameras are the one thing they have covered already, with Kat's rerouting the system. Gar stares at Arthur's hand signals for a moment with a furrowed brow, obviously trying in vain to decipher them, but when Spike simply vocalizes the desire, her lips form into a little "O" and she nods enthusiastically, reaching to her belt and unsnapping something. ] Here. [ She speaks in a hushed tone, and something detaches from the belt, which she unwinds and hands off to him. A rope with a nice little clamp on the end. ] If you could secure it, we can... [ And she makes a hand over hand gesture of climbing, before stepping back into the shadow of the column, and glancing upwards at the balcony once more.** ]

** ((A jump check for Spike (DC 17) and potential subsequent climb checks of 13 to scale the rope if it gets secured.))

[bigbad]

[Spike takes the rope and grins at her, then steps forward, judging the distance. He frowns for a moment, tilting his head, then jumps (jump check 24) upwards, sailing through the air with inhuman grace and landing on the balcony, coat settling around him dramatically. One of those fun, undead perks. He secures the rope and drops it to the ground.]

[king]

[ Or... that could happen! Well, it saves his complicated climbing/boosting/lookout plan that he failed to handsignal. Arthur looks at the rope, and at Gar, makes a gentlemanly after you gesture. ]

[rationalizes]

[ Gar takes the rope securely in both hands, giving it a little tug as she looks up, and then glancing back at Arthur as if to say 'wish me luck'. She takes a leap upwards, grabbing it at the highest spot she can, but as she does so, she apparently spots something inside the window right beside her head that startles her, and with a gasp, her grip slackens and she goes careening right back down again, possibly towards Arthur's head.

** Reflex save of 12 or above to sidestep being landed on, though if he wants to try and catch her, a 16+ will accomplish it. ... Though it'll require a Strength check of at least 11 to keep a hold of her. ]

[king]

[ Arthur's been waiting behind her, steadying the rope at the bottom, when suddenly Gar drops — straight into his waiting arms. (Nat 20!!!+6 / 14+1) It's very nearly romantic. Gently, he lowers her legs to the ground, keeping a hand between her shoulders to steady her. ]

What was that?

[ He hisses it, not sure there's really time to talk when they're very visibly scaling a building. ]