People you wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Lita nodded, chewing her lip in between sips of coffee. She tapped her left finger against the side of the cup, listening to the light 'plink, plink, plink' of china for a few moments before realizing that it was probably annoying. With a sigh, she set down the coffee - she'd indulge in stimulants after sending the highly-important communique. Lita turned the end of the spanreed pen and took a deep breath, holding it near the center and imagining that it was her practice-spoon from earlier. She figured that Laurelai's message was as good as anything she could come up with, so she relayed it to Mac word-for-word, twirling the pen and not dropping it once. Well, there's that at least.

That done, she nodded and set the pen down, picking up her coffee again and taking a more generous mouthful. "It was the oddest thing," Lita said, nerves and caffeine pushing her to fill the silence in the room. "It - he - was a shadow at first. Like, a proper shadow, just sort of hanging in the air. Then he just sort of..." Lita waved a hand in the air, "appeared. Told me he enjoyed meeting the new Alley denizens - I kind of figured it was probably normal, honestly, with how my life's been in the last few days. From the look on your face, though, it isn't normal, is it?" 

She tugged up one sleeve, inspecting the little spikes in her arms. The entry areas looked clean and weren't swollen, which she guessed meant that everything was fine. Lita stepped closer to Laurelai, holding out the coin the Stranger's Shade had given her. "What is this? Do you have any idea? It didn't always have these scales on the front - and it just sort of appeared in his hand." 

[Voidus]

"Not exactly normal, no." Laurelai replied. "He's been... away for a while. This is the first time I've heard of him seeing anyone in a long while."

She winced as the roof of her mouth continued to burn. Laurelai ensured that she took her next drink more carefully, slowing sipping at the dark, bitter liquid as she thought over how best to reply. The topic of The Stranger had been an interesting one for a long time, she'd initially assumed it was just some kind of urban legend that the DA held, or some long-dead researcher who people still spoke of because of his achievments. But the R&D department had always insisted he was still alive and well, just busy with an experiment.

Lita pulled out a coin, breaking Laurelai's train of thought as her eyes fixed on it.

"What is this?" Lita asked. "Do you have any idea? It didn't always have these scales on the front - and it just sort of appeared in his hand." 

Laurelai carefully looked the coin over, but there were no signs of anything dangerous about it.

Here goes nothing I suppose. Laurelai carefully extended a portion of the strange power that was both Selish and Rosharan. The power that the Nightwatcher had given her. She tried a small Forgery, an attempt to make the coin think that it had been placed on the table instead of held in a hand.

She felt the power begin to trickle out of her, and then felt it be repelled by the coin. A tiny stream colliding with a solid wall.

"Well it's Invested at the least." She remarked.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Lita cocked her head, watching Laurelai do... something. Some kind of power, no doubt. She wondered what, exactly, her talents were, though asking right out was a bit of a gamble. Some people were very touchy about their powers. 

"Well it's Invested at the least." Laurelai remarked.

Lita nodded and pocketed the coin, glad that the other woman hadn't sensed anything overtly dangerous about it. She liked the weight of it in her hand; it was excellent for flipping. 

"Well," Lita said, "here's hoping it doesn't warp me into another dimension or something. I do so hate unscheduled travel."

She stopped filling her brass for a moment, testing the coffee with the back of one finger. Still too hot to drink comfortably without some Feruchemy. "By the Survivor, did you heat this in the center of the sun?" she muttered, siphoning the heat into her brassminds. "Right, so. What does a 'normal' day look around here for you? Sorry you got saddled with the new girl - it's just my luck that I encounter a living myth on my first day."

Lita rolled her eyes but couldn't help smiling a little. She had been living alone for far too long, and a simple conversation with another person was a luxury she wasn't used to having. Laurelai was complicated and a bit aloof, which was just fine with Lita - more secrets that way. 

[AonEne he/him]

On 3/24/2019 at 11:31 PM, Voidus said:

A feeling. Somehow, he knew that there were a number of dangerous figures in the Alleyverse. Dangerous in a different way than most. Beings that needed to be eliminated. 

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Does this be what I think it be?

 

Edited October 29, 2019 by AonEne

[+Invocation]

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Does this thread represent a physical location that I can do something suitably dramatic in with one and a half of my characters really quickly?

 

Edited March 28, 2019 by Invocation

[Voidus]

5 minutes ago, Invocation said:

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Does this thread represent a physical location that I can do something suitably dramatic in with one and a half of my characters really quickly?

 

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Sort of general-purpose thread for multiple locations, if the dramatic mystery is intended to take place in the Alleys or otherwise DA-related then yes this is an appropriate place to post.

 

[MacThorstenson he/him]

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Sorry for the complete change in character, Mac reaaaaallly loves the stranger. Like, he is a serious fanboy.

Also, goodnight y'all, I have to hit the sac.

Mac sat quietly in his office, watching the latest intelligence reports roll in, when his alleycant pen started moving.

He watched it quietly, his mouth dropping lower after every word, then in a stunned whisper said "The Stranger, is back? Wha- What does this mean? Voidus has to know." 

He stood up in a hurry and slowly made his way over to the door. The stranger had been gone for years! And now he was seen! What did this mean? More science? More Cookies? This- this was incredible! 

For the first time in years Mac felt pure unadulterated Joy. This could change everything. He stepped into the alleys and yelled at the top of his lungs "THE STRANGER HAS BEEN SEENISH! EVERYONE! AN ASPECT OF THE STRANGER WAS SPOTTED!!!!!!!!!!!" With that said he ran to Voidus' office and started banging on the door.

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

16 minutes ago, Invocation said:

one and a half of my characters

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I'll admit, I'm intrigued.

 

[beantheboy12 he/him]

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And one of mine...

Disclaimer: I approve of what Invo's gonna do.

 

[Voidus]

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That's less interesting than an Alleytravel mishap that caused half of a character to travel into the Alleys and the other half to be lost somewhere. But still sounds interesting.

 

[AonEne he/him]

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Voidus, was the half of the post above in my last post meant for Bean's characters or the one thing we discussed in the one thread?

 

Edited March 28, 2019 by AonEne
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[+Invocation]

Okameahelemakeakaheuhanei'ike'oleikameanānaeho'opa'i walked around the Alleycity, attempting to find a law to enforce and some structure to help him feel normal again, when he heard sounds of fighting and what sounded like a crackling fire. As he hunted the sounds down, slowly pinpointing the location, he began to wonder what exactly he expected he'd be able to do. He couldn't fight. At most, he could summon a shield and hunker down, hoping to be able to Lash his opponent to the ground once they tired, effectively detaining them. His highspren, unconcerned with the debate within him, gave the mental impression of a yawn. 

When he had finally tracked the sounds down, all that was left were two corpses. One had her hand clutched around what appeared to be a spatula, and the other looked to have on fire recently, judging from the scorch marks on the ground where he had fallen, though, curiously, he didn't seem to be burned at all, and the paper note sticking out of his pocket was fully intact. Okameahelemakeakaheuhanei'ike'oleikameanānaeho'opa'i pulled the paper out, hoping it would have some clues as to the identity of the combatants and the reason for the fight. 

Volatile, the note read, if you want to get back to your holdings on earth, you must do something for me, for the sake of the DA and the continued health of the Alleycity. Kill the one known as Delarin. Burn her if you wish, but kill her so she has no chance of coming back and deliver her to us.

That was all that was there. Presumably, the man was this Volatile, and the female bearing the spatula was the Delarin referenced in the hit-note.

Okameahelemakeakaheuhanei'ike'oleikameanānaeho'opa'i's spren manifested by his head. "Perhaps this DA is the law-force you've been seeking, Okameahelemakeakaheuhanei'ike'oleikameanānaeho'opa'i," she hummed. "You should find out who they are and ask to join."

"Perhaps you are right, Taehia. I will find them, and I will take these corpses with me as a measure of goodwill," Okameahelemakeakaheuhanei'ike'oleikameanānaeho'opa'i said, slinging them up onto his shoulder, hardly feeling the weight, and walking off. 

He walked for a good while, attempting to find out where to locate the mysterious DA, before eventually determining they had to be located somewhere in the back alleys of the city. Choosing one at random, he walked in, only to find himself in a very different location without having discernibly moved. I presume this is the DA, headquarters, then. 

Okameahelemakeakaheuhanei'ike'oleikameanānaeho'opa'i took the two corpses and Lashed them to the wall of this new location, hoping to draw attention so he could get answers.

Spoiler

The half a character was the (now late) Volatile.

 

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

1 minute ago, Voidus said:

the other half to be lost somewhere

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Brings a whole new meaning to "scavenger hunt."

 

[+Invocation]

Just now, ZincAboutIt said:

 

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That would be fun, albeit gruesome. 

 

[Voidus]

3 minutes ago, AonEne said:

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Voidus, was the half of the post above in my last post meant for Bean's characters or the one thing we discussed in the one thread?

 

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It was meant to scare Bean.
Now I'm curious which thing you thought it was.

 

[beantheboy12 he/him]

1 minute ago, Voidus said:

It was meant to scare Bean.

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I wish I had heard about alley travel before my first scheme went south.

 

[Voidus]

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It's only really usable by the DA.

 

[AonEne he/him]

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*PM, not thread. My bad.

I meant the thing we brought up in the PM for the one guild with those other people. How certain people could maybe do a thing and how.

 

[beantheboy12 he/him]

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Yes, so I noticed 

edit: Ninja'd. Put this above Ene's post.

 

Edited March 28, 2019 by beantheboy12

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, beantheboy12 said:

 

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Sounds like you needed to have done your research better.

Also, what, no reaction to a very large man walking in with two corpses and slamming them into a wall?

 

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

2 minutes ago, Invocation said:

 

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Frankly I don't think it would be that shocking. Do you happen to be near a pale blue door? If yes, you might get a shocked reaction from Lita, who is probably still too new to be jaded about corpses lying around.

 

[+Invocation]

Just now, ZincAboutIt said:

 

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I have no idea where I'm at, Mac just said I'd end up somewhere. We could say I am near a blue door or something. I don't particularly care where I end up.

 

[Voidus]

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General response of most Denizens: Not my corpse? Not my problem.

But I'll get a response up soon if no one else does.

 

[+Invocation]

1 minute ago, Voidus said:

 

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That's a fun attitude to have.

Also that would be appreciated. 

 

Edited March 28, 2019 by Invocation

[+ZincAboutIt she/her]

Lita suddenly heard something slam against the wall in the Alley outside. She raised an eyebrow at Laurelai, then went to investigate. She stuck her head out the door cautiously, mug of coffee still cupped in one hand. 

A very tall, very large man stood a little ways down the Alley, accompanied by two - no, one and a half corpses, which were somehow stuck to the Alley wall. Great, now she was completely put-off her coffee.

"Oh Survivor," she said, doing her best not to gag. "What in all the hells is this?"

@Invocation