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

[badexample]

Kid or no kid, we need to check this place out, yeah?

[opprobrium]

He's got a point. We gotta go in.

[allmydreams]

[She nods. She's sure, but she doesn't disagree. They need to get in there.]

Just be careful where you shoot.

[Because they really don't need to be accidentally catching some kid in the crossfire.]

[superswank]

I don't think anybody needs to be shooting anything -- yet. [ WHO'S OPENING THE DOORS ]

[opprobrium]

[ Oh, Sebby's got this. Strolling on past them to try and open the doors because... well He's a rash bastard.]

[superswank]

[ the scent of sterilizing chemicals hits his nose as he opens the unlocked door, which a wis check of 15+ can identify. Among the ceiling tiles and other detritus on the floor are iv bags, surgical tubing, bed pans, and cloths stained with various bodily fluids. A metal gurney lies on its side further up the corridor, tangled in red and yellow stained sheets. ]

[opprobrium]

[ He wrinkled his nose at the smell (Wis 21). That was off putting to him, too clean never set right with him.]

Guys! [ He called back in a hushed tone. Kinda late to be all covert for him. Oh well, he's pretty.]

[badexample]

[Andrew doesn't care how covert Sebastian is right now. He's just trying to get this show on the road so he can go home and cry about his dead friend. As he approaches, he covers his nose and mouth with his hand at the stench (wis 13 he has no clue what that is but it stinks).]

Jesus fuck- what is that?

[allmydreams]

Someone trying to clean up.

[Yeah, she caught that too (wisdom 19). Her hand comes up to shield her nose on instinct as she looks around at the various debris.]

Though not doing a very good job of it.

[superswank]

[ syd is busy staring down the hall at something else that is hanging half-concealed out of a door, holding onto it with both hands. as they watch, the little girl comes out, dressed in a frilly white dress and approaches slowly. a spot check of 14 recognizes that she has elf ears, and a spot check of 15 notices the blood stains on her dress. she looks about six year old.



"Can you help my mommy?" ]

[opprobrium]

[ A brow arched as he looked to the kid. Oh shit he hated when kids were involved. WEAK SPOT. (Spot check; 17)]

[badexample]

Fucking hell-! [Creepy little kid covered in blood. Great. Andrew notices everything (spot 20 total), but that doesn't help him feel any better about this. He's on edge. Also he watches horror movies and this shit is not okay.]

What's-? What's wrong with her? Your mother.

[superswank]

[ the little girl silently points up the hall, and then starts up that way, sticking a thumb in her mouth as she goes. syd glances at the others, raises her eyebrows and follows. ]

[badexample]

[Andrew heads in that direction as well, glancing around as he does, trying to keep an eye out for any surprises (spot 21)]

[allmydreams]

[Felicity follows the rest of the group, following Andrew's lead and keeping an eye out for any kind of trouble. The blood on the girl's dress isn't giving her good vibes. But she scans the area head of them and occasionally glances behind to make sure nothing's following them (spot 21).]

[superswank]

[ ♬ twinkle twinkle - dead space

as they pass near broken windows, they see a large room that probably used to be a library. it is filled with machines and medical equipment. in straight rows and columns, some two dozen women lie on gurneys, each clothed only by the bloodstained sheet over each of them. they are all attached to some sort of iv solution, and small comm-like devices monitor each unconscious form. here and there, a sheet has slipped, revealing a number of small scars dotted across bellies in various stages of swelling. the stinging scent of sweat and urine fills the air as the hum of fans not suited to the task of circulation slide through the room.

sydney looks ready to be sick, one hand sliding up over her mouth. ] Oh my God...

[allmydreams]

[Yeah, Felicity doesn't just look it. Between the smells and the sights in front of her, she's not going to make it (will save 7). She stumbles back away from the door, trying to find something to safely be sick into, but there's ... not really anything, so she does it on the floor by one of the nearby gurneys.

She'll be back in a minute just ... give her a little room to breathe.]

[badexample]

[Andrew is part dead inside after seeing Alice dead. And apparently he has a stomach of steel right now (fort save 21). He takes a step towards the room.]

What the fuck is going on around here?

[opprobrium]

[ Sebastian stepped in front of the girl if she's still there like it would stop her from seeing what she has already seen. His nerves steeled as he glared at the sight.(Fort Save; 22)]

The fuck is all of this?

[superswank]

[ the little girl seems strangely unaffected by the sight, maybe oblivious to the fact that this is so particularly unusual. she looks up at andrew and sebastian and says:

"Those are bad words."

syd turns back to look out at felicity with some concern, before turning back to the horrible sight. ] Ice's Irregulars - they were looking for Mr. Johnson's three month pregnant bride, weren't they?

[badexample]

You think that she's... [He looks back at the bodies.] God, this is sick.

[And then over to the little girl.]

Is your mother in there?

[superswank]

[ she nods quietly across the room, about halfway. ]

[badexample]

[Swearing under his breath, Andrew takes a very tentative step into the room. They aren't going to find anything out from out here, after all.]

[opprobrium]

Saying bad words doesn't make you a bad person kid.

[ he looked back at her then the direction she pointed.]

Oh I don't like this one bit.

[superswank]

Did you see that? [ a spot of 15+ notices the sudden movement between two of the gurneys, something crouched out of sight ]