essen ♔ where not a single soul gets through

[superswank]

♬ rainbow factory - glaze

WHO || Sydney B., Andrew, Diana, Felicity, Sebastian [Closed]
WHAT || The Knights investigate a hacker friend of Andrew's who has gone off the grid
WHERE || Essen, Germany
WHEN || Jan 10th, shortly before 7pm [forwarddated]
HOW || Actionspam. Single thread, don't worry about maintaining tagging order.

The flight to Essen is very short, only about half an hour, and Sydney makes good time flying them there. Wynn has a car already rented and waiting for them as usual and then it's a short drive to the coordinates Lady Nell sent them.

While the neighborhood in question was once a very nice residential development, it now shows decades of neglect. There is a squat, one-story storefront across from what appears to be a riot control vehicle that appears severely battered.

Comments

[opprobrium]

I'll vote you or her do the talking, I'll wait until you need someone hit or whatever you need.

[ He shrugged some, he wasn't too worried but he wasn't too confident either yet. He would steel his nerves before they got inside. He didn't want to miss out on the action.]

[superswank]

Just be ready for anything, and keep your eyes open. [ with that, they swagger right through the front doors, sydney at a brisk pace, mouth drawn in a tight unforgiving line. the girl at the desk looks up, chewing obnoxiously on a piece of gum. ]

"Can I help you?"

[ before syd can even open her mouth however, a figure speaks from behind them in the lobby, one they could all be really sure wasn't standing there a moment ago. he looks male, and stands almost 6'6", his skin a pale, almost translucent white. he's dressed in a long, flowing black coat over a conservative suit and wears a puritan hat with a silver buckle. he folds his long fingered hands together and speaks, without haste, as if distracted by strange thoughts about them all as his eyes roam from one to the next. to their surprise, he speaks in english. ]

"Welcome to Discrete Disposal, ladies and gentlemen. We've been in business almost twenty years, and this is the first time we've had visitors from, shall we say, the shadows. What brings you to my humble establishment?"

[ sydney frowns, but without missing a beat, flashes the fake ID and adjusts her glasses. her nat 20 bluff makes a 36. ]

Actually, sir, we're from the government. This is a surprise health inspection. I'm hoping we can make this as quick and painless as possible.

"Of course, of course." [ he's quick to agree, though he's got an eerie little smile on his face as he stares at andrew. ] "Come with me, I'll show you whatever you'd like to see." [ sydney nods curtly and gestures to the door into the factory, and he turns to lead the way. the girl at the desk has already redirected her attention to playing flappy bird. ]

[allmydreams]

[Well that isn't creepy at all (sense motive 21).

Felicity jumps at the fact that he comes out of nowhere and hopes that the surprise on her face is read as his sudden appearance, rather than the fact that her skin is crawling (will save 4). She's more than willing to let Sydney take the lead on this and only speak up if needed.

All the same, she heads into the factory after her, completely on edge and trying not to look it.]

[badexample]

[Andrew just follows at the back of the group. The girls are taking lead and he's not about to let the two newest squires trail behind him to get snatched by... whatever this place has going on. He's a bigger guy, so in theory he'd be harder to grab... maybe.]

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian was not more then a step or so away from Andrew. Pretty much on the same wave length. His personal code wouldn't allow him to just idle and wait back. So he walked along, his arms crossed over his chest, he felt a bit naked without the fluttery trench coat he had gotten so used too. He was doing a bit more trying to pay attention to the things around them, (Spot +16)]

wow i suck

[superswank]

[ felicity gets some mild strange vibes about all this, but it's hard to say why. he leads them back into the factory, which seems pretty normal for a waste disposal type of plant. workers mill about here and there, keeping busy. ]

"Recyclable waste is separated and sold - toxic waste, is of course, isolated. Biological waste goes below, and anything else is incinerated."

[ sebastian notices a thick triply-locked door, reinforced with many deadbolts against one nearby wall. ]

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian caught sight of the door and silently made a step closer to Andrew canting his head to the side to motion over to it while the others spoke. Just to bring attention to the smarter one on it. ]

[badexample]

[Andrew glances over where Sebastian is indicating and catches sight of the door (spot 15). Alright. Time to be smooth...]

I HAVE TO USE THE BATHROOM. [Or get a five on a bluff check and screech that out of nowhere. Whichever.]

[superswank]

[ sydney doesn't so much as flinch at andrew's outburst, smoothly saying in a much calmer voice as the puritan-looking man gives him a strange look: ] Is there a bathroom? [ frowning slightly, he gestures in the exact opposite direction of the mysterious door, between two large machines. ] Thank you.

[allmydreams]

[Felicity manages not to facepalm (will save 14), but smooth, Andrew. Very smooth. She exhales slowly, before taking a step up to keep the tour, and keep the man's focus on them, even if this doesn't feel right.]

You said you handle biological waste?

[opprobrium]

Dont fall in.

[ Sebastian said a bit gruff to try and take a bit of the attention away from Andrew, hands in his pockets as he followed the rest along. Still looking around and mostly just trying not to leave the girls alone with this creep. Hes hoping Andrew has the door without getting in trouble.]

[badexample]

Thanks. Just... don't worry about me. I'll catch up. [He shuffles off to the restrooms, glancing back at them once and doing a quick cursory glance for security cameras around him (spot 21) before he heads into the bathroom to come up with the next step in his "brilliant" plan.]

[superswank]

[ andrew sees NO SECURITY CAMERAS AT ALL. HOW STRANGE. VERY STRANGE.

creepy mcgee smiles emptily at felicity.

"We do. Are you interested in seeing how it's disposed?" ]

We would be, actually.

[badexample]

[HOW STRANGE INDEED. He will go into the bathroom and putz around for a couple minutes to hopefully put some distance between himself and the others as they continue the tour. If he's not interrupted, he'll eventually poke his head out to see if the coast is clear. (spot 12)]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity doesn't like you.

:|

But she follows along, nodding after Sydney that they would like to see where the biological waste is disposed.]

[opprobrium]

[ With Andrew handling the strange door, Sebastian stepped closer to the girls, crossing his arms and glaring some. This dude had vibes that he did not like at all. [Sense Motive-15]

For now he was staying silent and close to the women in case creeper tried a fucking thing.He may be a dick, but he had a job to do and that included making sure team mates do not fall to stranger danger.]

[superswank]

[ well, THIS PLAN IS ALREADY BORKED because as andrew glances out and sees no guards, he'd also see that their host is leading them... right to the triply locked door, which he undoes, one by one. it creaks open, revealing a dark stairway to below, where there's a second door. he gestures ahead.

"After you."

syd takes the lead, moving down the steps, her nose wrinkling at the strange smell. a wisdom check of 10+ catches a whiff of it as well, and a check of 20+ identifies it as dead and decaying flesh. ]

[badexample]

[SIGH. Plans to be all James Bond? Officially dashed. With slumped shoulders, he just moves to join the rest of them over by the door. Nat 20 wisdom check means he perks the fuck right up as he gets closer because he knows EXACTLY what that is.

Don't ask me how he knows that, though...]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity is either too busy being skeeved or maybe she just has a stuff nose because she doesn't catch the scent at all (wisdom 4). But she will keep her eyes sharp as they step inside, trying to catch sight of anything that may be useful (spot 17).]

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian straightens his posture when the smell hits his senses [ Wisdom check 20] He looks weary but keeps following. His eyes steeling some as he follows along ready to jump to action if anything jumps out of if creepo tries a thing.]

[superswank]

[ at the bottom of the steps, sydney pushes open the door and steps into the basement. the basement area is reinforced and thick, opening up before them for the entire length of the building, about six meters high. strangely, it appears to be surrounded by earth on all sides except for the top, rather than concrete walls. stranger still, of course, is that the floor is carpeted in mostly-eaten dead biomass, including many visible body parts. as they step inside, their host smiles sinisterly behind them, with a twisted grin.

"Do take your time looking around. I'm afraid I cannot assist you with my... guests."

with that, the door slams shut behind the last of them, and they hear a latch click. syd's head whirls around and she tries to yank it open in time, but to no avail. she looks around swiftly down the length of the mostly dark room. ] He's onto us. There might be another way out. But if Alice is down here, we need to retrieve the data she had on her--

[ before she can finish however, there's a low strange growling noise from the darkness around them. several pairs of eyes that glow like red hot coals flash at them from the black. two words issue from a guttural voice attached to one such pair.

"Fressssssh meaaaat." ]

[opprobrium]

[ Of course this would happen when his jacket was left in the van. He had a knife in his boot and his lighter in his pocket but otherwise the boy didn't have much else. Pushing his way forward past the girls once the words were spoke he pushed his sleeves up.]

Keep alart, this is not good. [ Being a Tieflings, he had the Darkvision already going. The first to come forward he managed to punch square in the face(STR 16; Damage 4), he made a disgusted noise at the feel of the flesh against his fist. That was gross as hell.

As one more approached he moved forward to swing out again. This one was not going to go down as easily. ]

[herebemonsters]

[ sebastian's punch connects, and another creature hops out of the darkness towards andrew. it looks human-ish, but its mottled skin is drawn tight over what remains of its flesh. blood trails down its chin, and it tosses aside what is clearly a body part, in order to claw at the techie (atk 16, dmg 4 if it hits). ]

[allmydreams]

[It's too dark in there for her to see well, which sucks, but she draws her weapon all the same. Even if she can't shoot them, maybe she can beat them with it.]

Any chance any of you know a let there be light spell?

[herebemonsters]

[ the ghoul that sebastian punched swipes at him with a clawed hand, making gross noises in its throat (atk 16, dmg 5) ]