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

[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) ]

[badexample]

[Andrew takes a claw to the shoulder and cries out. Okay. This is why he hates fieldwork.]

Ghoul! [He shouts, because he knows things.] They're flesh eaters. Not quite a zombie but you'll turn into one if they kill so everyone better fucking stay alive.

[While he says this, he fumbles to draw his gun and tries to shoot the creature, but pulls up sharply at the last minute out of anticipation for the recoil and fire off at the ceiling instead (attack crit fail...)]

[superswank]

[ by some miracle from above, andrew's shot knocks a chunk of ceiling out over ghoul one... and it falls on his head, burying him. sydney slides past andrew, throwing an axe kick at the ghoul attacking him (atk 15, dmg 18) and downing it with one swift foot to the face. :| ghoul 3 charges at her, trying to chomp on her arm (atk 12), but she pulls away quickly with expert reflexes. ]

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian winced and started cursing when the swipe got him. That hurt more then he was expecting. he took a step back just a split second, but running was not an option. Swinging out again, hoping to do better this time.[ Atk 16, Damage 4]

[allmydreams]

[Shooting in the dark is not really her strong suit, so she'll go for the closer targets first. She turns towards the ghoul attacking Sydney, taking a step to the side and firing quickly (attack 16, damage 15).]

[herebemonsters]

[ without the precise shot feat, felicity takes a -4 to her attack for firing into a melee fight between one of her friends and an enemy, so she overcompensates for not wanting to hit syd and her shot goes wide.

her sidestep puts her diagonal from sebastian's foe, however, and it turns from him to bury its teeth into her shoulder just as her shot goes off (bite 20, dmg 3). felicity also needs to make a fortitude save... ]

[badexample]

[Andrew's entire life is a series of extreme highs and lows, so it's really no wonder that he watches Felicity get chomped on and it creates a SURGE OF COMPETENCY in him. Apparently, even with his issues with Felicity in the past, he has no desire to see her become ghoul food. He levels his gun and fires a perfectly aimed shot at the ghoul (crit attack, 20 dmg)]

I thought I said, don't let them touch you! Jesus!

[superswank]

[ andrew's shot blows the ghoul's brain out and it slumps to the ground instantly. sydney slams a foot into the remaining monster's chest, and then smacks it across the face with a second attack (atks 18, 15; total damage 16). that's enough to knock it out as well, and she stands there looking down at the creature half in disbelief. ] Is everyone alright?

[badexample]

[The second the threat is clear, Andrew rushes towards Felicity.]

It bit you, didn't it? Shit... [Genuine concern covers his expression.] How do you feel? [He glances up and over to the others, eyes landing on Sebastian.] You too. It just got you with a scratch, right?

[allmydreams]

I didn't do it on purpose!

[It was a weak protest, because really, who wants to be bitten by a ghoul. But she's feeling kind of okay? It's hard to really tell (fortitude save 14).]

Thanks for the save, though.

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian had his other hand clamped down on the scratch, since it was free bleeding.]

It's just a scratch, it will heal.

[ Clearly he was not seeing how serious it could be.]

[superswank]

We'll have to get her help when we get out of here. Just in case. [ she glances around, pulling out a tiny maglite and flicking it on to sweep the carpet of ... body parts. she covers her mouth against the smell as it rises up to hit them again. ] We need to find Alice.

[badexample]

[Andrew nods and steps over to Sydney.]

Don't suppose any of you lifted a map off our friend back there?

[allmydreams]

[Felicity shakes her head a bit - both to say no and to get her head back into the game. She's fine. She can do this.]

No, but there might be a walkway of some kind. Or signs?

[superswank]

[ sydney sweeps her light across the floor. ] It doesn't look like it. It's just a ... dumping ground. [ she grimaces ] We might have to do this the hard way. If they brought a body here...

[ she pointedly avoids looking at andrew ] This is where it would be.