The Alien Wars 6: Fumoffu

Amusement Parks 101

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01<@DS> Date: 10-762.2.3
01<@DS> Location: PAX - Fumoffu Club Room
01<@DS> *after the events of the last PW, the group is in the club trying to get some downtime*
01<@DS> *Taiga rubs her face while Ren eyes some food in front of her, not bothering with it*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *walks inside* "Mmmmm....are we back in the main club room then?"
<@Seraphna> **Si rubs Taiga’s face**
01<@DS> <Taiga> Well, we do have a dangerous prisoner on the ship right now
01<@DS> <Taiga> Do you want to risk moving them down to the city
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **is chowing on the snacks**
01<@DS> *Taiga blinks a few times at Si*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...so I see..." *eyes Ren* "...are you training, Ren?"
01<@DS> <Ren> Huh? Who?
01<@DS> *she looks up*
<@Seraphna> **Si kisses Taiga**
<@Seraphna> **Jaime seems to be stress eating on a Royal level**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Ren, you srae staring at food, yet not partaking."
01<@DS> *Taiga returns the kiss* <Ren> I just feel like I can't concentrate as well right now. And I'm feeling lathargic. *pushes the food aside* <Taiga> She likely isn't eating like normal because for some reason she isn't filling her energy tanks or her issues aren't acting up
01<@DS> *Adeline sits on Jaime's lap*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *glances to Jaime* "...and you are certain that Jaime and Ren have not swithced bodies, correct?"
01<@DS> <Taiga> I can't explain why Jaime is stress eating unless she is part of the Winters family suddenly
<@Seraphna> **Jaime puffs her cheeks, and pulls Adeline closer**
<@Seraphna> Si> She has been through a lot recently.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...we all have." *moves to a couch and sits down*
01<@DS> <Taiga> So, lets do a catch up on how everyone is right now. How are we all doing
01<@DS> <Ren> Fine. Good. We caught the big bad probably.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "*gestures at Ren and Jaime* "Mmmmmm...take a guess, Taiga. Ren is not hungry, and Jaime is overeatting."
01<@DS> *Adeline steals some food*
01<@DS> <Taiga> Clearly Jaime needs some time off--- *she pauses and grabs her datapad when it bings, checking who it is; then begins to message the person*
01<@DS> <Taiga> .... tch
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I need to burn that monstrosity.
01<@DS> <Adeline> Well they are in the brig, you can go do so?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "We have too many unanswered questions about this whole affair."
01<@DS> <Ren> Which is why we're trying to question them but it's very unfocused
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I know we need it right now. Which is why I stress.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Well, I need to step away; mother is requesting our service if we have the time. But the lot of you look ready to break apart
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...my hypothesis is that something else is controlling the hybrid and that destroyign this body will not stop it."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *glances over* "...I'm doing quite well actually, though I think the others could use a distraction."
01<@DS> *Ren stands up and puts her food in the mini fridge*
01<@DS> <Ren> Lets go then
<@Seraphna> Jaime> A distraction sounds good. Render me your mission, smart fox.
01<@DS> *Adeline puts Jaime into her chest* You sound positively crazy dear
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Sanity restoring~
01<@DS> *Taiga squints, right ear twitching, then heads for the teleporters; Ren heads afterward and Adeline finally lets up*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime follows carrying Adeline**
<@Seraphna> **Si goes with Taiga**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *stands and moves along with the group*
01<@DS> <Adeline> I know I am on the shorter side but I am not Gnome or Taiga short
01<@DS> *but she allows it still*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *moves a little forward alongside Taiga* "....mmmmm...what was that?"
01<@DS> <Taiga> *plugs in a destination* What, the insults on my height?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I know, I just like holding you.
<@Seraphna> Si> Your height is perfect.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...before we left the club room, your ear twitched."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Oh. *she pauses, cupping it* Something I do when I'm annoyed or stressed. *Ren seems to be doing the same thing, both glancing at each other as the teleporter activates*
01<@DS> <Taiga> Mental note, wear a hat
<@Seraphna> Si> I think it’s cute.
01<@DS> *Taiga and Ren step through; Taiga mumbling and ear twitching again through her hand*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...perhaps you should take up meditation."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *steps through*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Probably." *seems to be thinking about things*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime and Si follow**
01<@DS> *The group arrives at EarthGov base somewhere in the south; Cheryl is there waiting for them, cowboy hat and all*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Ah, there ya'll are. Follow me. *she heads for the exit*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "What's all this about?"
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Ah, yer favorite thing to investigate
01<@DS> *she has a large van prepared and gets in the front seat*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Her southern accent has gotten thicker.
01<@DS> <Taiga and Ren> She's probably drunk
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "....mmmm...sounds fake."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Ah'll ignore that.
<@Seraphna> Si> Fuuu. I wonder where Momma is.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> She might be tied up in the trunk
01<@DS> *Cheryl begins to drive out, taking empty roads*
01<@DS> *the only thing out there being trees and houses that look decayed and broken down, abandoned for years.*
01<@DS> <Adeline> I think we have been kidnapped
<@Seraphna> Si> The abandoned areas. Where no one can hear bunnies go Fuuuu.
01<@DS> *they soon start taking main highways again but they look like they haven't seen use in years and come across what looks to be an amusement park left to decay and abandonment; the sign of the place has fallen down, making it unreadable.*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Strange vacation site.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> So. This here place has reportedly been heard by hunters at night to be active and anyone who comes around here at night has gone missing *Taiga eyes the sun about the evening position*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmmm...someone check a historical map."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I thought maybe you could find out more
01<@DS> *Cheryl pops the trunk for Angela*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Why do I feel like you intend us to stay the night?"
01<@DS> *Taiga grabs her datapad* I'm not finding anything
<@Seraphna> **Angela pounces Cheryl**
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Ah figure that it's a punch of creepers grabbing people and dragging them off for who knows what. After all, it looks like a good place to use for a hide out
01<@DS> *she urks and rolls*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "That is strange, Taiga. Even ghost towns should be documented."
01<@DS> *Taiga seems to work and tries to find anything* I agree. This place literally claims not to be on the map
01<@DS> <Taiga> Just another empty spot, yet here we are looking at it
01<@DS> <Ren> And rather big too
01<@DS> <Adeline> Don't tell me there are gators here or something
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmm...there was a fallen sign just up the road. I'm going to go pull it up and take a look."
<@Seraphna> Angela> This isn’t Gatorland.
01<@DS> <Ren> Becareful
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...don't worry." *moves to climb out of Cheryl's car*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "If it was Gatorland, I'd be turning around and going home."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *then heads back up the road toward the fallen sign*
01<@DS> *Taiga moves up toward the ticket booth and looks inside; then steps over the bars and seems to vanish*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "... spacial distortion?"
01<@DS> *the sign seems to show a dinosaur like mascor, but the color is so washed out it is hard and the large sign is broken in many places to make it look like AR LA D*
<@Seraphna> **Si follows her**
01<@DS> <Ren> I---- *Si vanishes*
01<@DS> <Ren> Are they really vanishing?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *takes a photo of the sign on her pad and then starts walking back*
01<@DS> *Cheryl lifts Angela up*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Perhaps a cloaking field.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Why would they do a cloaking field?"
01<@DS> <Adeline> Charlotte is probably closer
01<@DS> <Adeline> But distortions can be all sorts of types
01<@DS> <Ren> Especially if it's.. haunted
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Find anything, Noire?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "This." *shows the image she took* "The last word is probably LAND."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Hmmm. **peeks out of Cheryl’s shadow**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *looks* "...we are missing people."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Taiga went in and vanished, then Si."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> My shadow is moving
01<@DS> <Ren> I'd be panicking but I just feel rather calm
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...they went into it? Really? ...how annoying." *pushes up ehr glasses with her fingertips*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> I like curvey shadows.
01<@DS> <Adeline> The odd thing is we should be seeing them even from here
01<@DS> *she points over the entrance into the park* <Adeline> But nothing
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Only reason I have not stepped in is I imagine the same thing will occur?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Perhaps they have gone to an evil dimension or an old timey era.
01<@DS> *she sets her alcohol to the side, sobering*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Probably." *throws a beacon over*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "They were probably pulled into a ghost dimension or something. This whole place could be from another dimension, which is why it doesn't show on any maps."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Now... lets see if this is detectable..."
01<@DS> *it vanishes, no sign of it making it further than thise things you push to enter a ride/park*
01<@DS> *Ren looks over at Charlotte* You getting anything?
<@Alicia> * Charlotte checks for signals
01<@DS> *Charlotte would get a ping back as the beacon seems to be moving around, despite it not showing up*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "...so, it is still around..."
01<@DS> <Ren> Weird
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmmm...I would have preferred we set up a base camp for the night then entered when the spirits of this place were weaker."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> It's not even night yet.
01<@DS> *Cheryl eyes the sun still setting*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> People don't go missing until night
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "That doesn't exactly give us much time before night."
<@Seraphna> Angela> We should probably save our kids.
01<@DS> <Cheryl.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Angela
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Tie uh something around me
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...very well." *steps forward then sends some tendrils through to feel things out*
<@Seraphna> **Angela pulls rope out of subspace and ties Cheryl up**
<@Alicia> * Charlotte does similar when approaching the "border"
01<@DS> *Noire would feel what feel oddities on the other side, but at the same time she would feel objects over there*
01<@DS> *Charlotte too*
01<@DS> *Cheryl steps through, the rope still moving in Angela's hands*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Don’t accidentally tentacle grope anyone.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...its a strange vibe...but it is a physical place..."
01<@DS> *The rope seems to jerk - as if Cheryl was surprised*
<@Seraphna> Angela> Oh my.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...pull her back."
<@Seraphna> **Angela starts pulling slowly**
01<@DS> *Cheryl pops out and huffs* Uh, I could see you guys. IF someone was over there, they probably would be clueless there was an issue
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Secod - the park is not run down over there.
<@Seraphna> Angela> And our adorable kids?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...sounds like a temporal anomaly then. Did you see any signage indicating the park's full name?"
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "And there was me thinking it was spacial, not time... time does make more sense though."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Yeah it wall over the place but for some reason it was the only thing in bad shape. as for Taiga and Si, no sign yet
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...curious...the name of the place must be especially significant."
01<@DS> <Ren> So we going in?
01<@DS> <Adeline> Hm. One of us should stay back though; I can monitor from here
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Stay in the car, Adelin e and keep the doors locked. There could be lonely hillbillies out there."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Lovely
01<@DS> *Adeline moves to the van*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We will see if our bond, mind link or spirit link can get through.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We have a lot of those.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Everyone else, let's move out!" *heads for the park entrance*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Keep comms on to Adeline to check how dark it is getting; it looked like mid-day
01<@DS> *Ren and Cheryl step in where indeed, it looks like noon; the sounds of rides can be heard and children are heard throughout the park, but no kids can be seen.*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It’s like stepping into an active holo room.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...I ehar people...but don't see anyone..."
01<@DS> <Ren> ... I am not liking it; the smells are wrong
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "It's probably like the border coming in."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...what do you smell, Ren?"
01<@DS> <Ren> Hm. *points at the food stands that look delicious* It smells rotten. Also, the other smells of people, they smell....decayed.
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am never a fan of these haunted amusement parks. They never amuse.
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I wonder if Taiga followed something that concerned her - or was taken along with Si
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I wonder if this is actually just an illusion..."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...we've dealt with smiliar before."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I would not be surprised. But which is the illusion, the one outside or the one inside, or both
<@Seraphna> Angela> Si always follows her.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I'm pretty sure this is the illusion."
01<@DS> *as they talk, a large roller coaster begins to talk to them, encouraging the kids to come on*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Regardless, we need to find Taiga and Si, then unravel the mystery."
01<@DS> <Ren> Any idea on where to start?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> We could try to track them?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "If you were taiga...where would you go?"
01<@DS> *Ren thinks* Find the heart of this place
01<@DS> *Cheryl grabs park map and walks back over*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Where would that be?"
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...in a normal amusement park, that would be the office or facilities building, but in this place, it could be something else...like a haunted house attraction or the like. Is there a park map about?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Is that in the games or the water rides?
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Here. *she points at the park and in the center what appears to be a blotted out building like the name*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "What is with all the hidden names?"
01<@DS> <Ren> Maybe whoever built it was a wizard
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...practically a spotlight given that its being intentionally obfuscated. This way then..." *heads for the mystery building*
01<@DS> *as they walk along the park, Adeline comms them* <Adeline> The sun is barely peeking above the tree line
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *comm* "Any change outside, Adeline?"
01<@DS> <Adeline comm> There is strange country music out here. If this is the new era horror music, just know I hate you
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *comm* "Mmmmm...blame Thena. She's the one who ocne recruited those cannibalistic hill people."
<@Seraphna> Jaime> They are each other.
<@Seraphna> *ate
01<@DS> *the group arrives at what looks to be a run down facility building with what looks to be with statue that has rotted so badly it's hard to tell what it is; the building beside it looks to be a museum of some sorts but is in bad shape*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "These two structures...this is likely their true form..untouched by the illusion of this place."
01<@DS> <Ren> Mom was here
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, that's reassuring on both areas."
<@Seraphna> Angela> I think we’re getting nearer to them.
01<@DS> *Ren opens the door into the building; at the start is a line up to two riding carts that seem to go throughout the museum ride; one is already gone*
01<@DS> *some of the pictures and items are decayed, but others seem to be okay, showing EarthGov military from Cheryl's time and before*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> What the hell.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...a strange topic for an amusement park museum ride."
01<@DS> *Cheryl and Ren walk up to the ride cart, peering down the the ride* <Ren> Do we want to take the ride or just walk ahead? I'm picturing us being locked in if we take it
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Walk.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I think the obsession with Earthgov military is creepier than the whole ghost thing."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmmmm...let's walk on. If Taiga and Si took the first cart, there is no chance to catch up to them with another cart unless they got stuck."
<@Alicia> * Charlotte walks on
<@Seraphna> Angela> Maybe it’s having spent so much time in Cran Manor but the decor seems normal to me.
01<@DS> *as they walk, a voice begins to talk, describing the history of the park - it seems it was made, apparantly, as an EarthGov project for kids in this area's EarthGov bases and projects.*
01<@DS> <Cheryl> .... Oh? *she walks on, eyeing various people on the walls and listening* That so?
01<@DS> *the voice slowly begins to get distorted, as if a tape was decaying when it came to who made the park* <Ren> I wonder how many EarthGov bases got their own parks. But if mom couldn't find this place on a map, this means it's all bullshit right
<@Seraphna> Angela> I mean, you look good in a uniform.
01<@DS> *Cheryl eyes Angela*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Unless this was a black site."
01<@DS> <Ren> When you put it like that, ugh
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "... extremely ugh. I think I want to leave now."
01<@DS> <Adeline on comm> It is only a bit longer until night. Good luck... *she can be heard yelling out the van door at someone banjoing near it*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "If so, then that would explain why there is no public record of this place... it would also explain why they create dthis park. No one would have been allowed to leave udner normal operations."
01<@DS> *As they turn the corner, Taiga is out of the ride with Si, examining the floor*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Hey, Taiga, time to leave."
01<@DS> <Taiga> ... Tch. I think something might be under this floor
01<@DS> *she eyes her timer which has stopped since entering here*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...there you are, Taiga."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Lets turn back then
<@Seraphna> Si> Fuuu.
01<@DS> *she marks the spot and joins the group*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Yes I must rescue my wife from roaming Banjoers.
01<@DS> *Ren eyes the long hallway*
01<@DS> <Ren> Are we really going to back it back in time?
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I could try teleporting us.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Unless you want to risk waiting it out here..."
01<@DS> *Ren begins to run for it* <Cheryl> Can't hurt
<@Seraphna> **Jaime tries teleporting them to the entrance**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *tries opening a shadowport to the park entrance*
01<@DS> *The group gets doubled split up across the park*
01<@DS> *alright - the group is split up like*
01<@DS> *Charlotte and Angela, Noire and Taiga, Si and Ren, and Jaime alone. However, Jaime does end up near the entrance*
01<@DS> *the others find themselves at various points deep into the park*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...this is most annoying."
01<@DS> <Taiga> I agree
<@Seraphna> Jaime> That was odd.
01<@DS> <Ren> I'll try to smell the others out
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, the exit is that way..." *heads towards the exit, hoping the others can find it too*
<@Seraphna> Si> Fuuuu.
01<@DS> *Taiga kneels and tries to find the others*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *looks around for where they might be*
01<@DS> <Taiga> The exit I believe is that way
01<@DS> *she points*
01<@DS> *suddenly the rides begin to shut down one by one*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime sends up a flare of energy to guide them**
01<@DS> *lights turning off and a speaker garbles its thanks for everyone attending*
01<@DS> *Ren grabs Si and hurries toward the flare*
<@Seraphna> **Si picks up Ren and tries to flare rocket towards the entrance**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...its going through the motions of the pakr closing. Come on." *heads for the exit indicated by Taiga*
<@Seraphna> **Angela moves with Charlotte**
01<@DS> *Taiga dashes forward, surprisingly quick. 3 rides left.*
01<@DS> *Si and Ren arrive at Jaime*
01<@DS> *2 rides left*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime motions them through**
<@Alicia> * Charlotte rushes the exit
01<@DS> *Taiga points at Jaime ahead*
<@Seraphna> **Angela dragons and Carries Char to the entrance**
01<@DS> *Angela and Charlotte reach it so the exit is now in sight*
01<@DS> *1 ride left*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Coe on. Eveyrone out." *sends tendrils stretching out to grab Angela and Char to high speed them through the gate*
<@Seraphna> **Angela jets out, Jaime sending one more flare up before following**
01<@DS> *The group flops onto the ground outside; where now the park looks abandoned*
01<@DS> *Adeline can be heard pounding on the window at the banjo crew surrounding the van*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Did everyone make it?
01<@DS> *Taiga looks around and jerks* Shit
<@Alicia> * CHarlotte does a headcount
01<@DS> *They are indeed missing one person*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...hold on, trouble." *goes toward the van* "Ahem!"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Hey! Do you banjoers have a liscence?
<@Seraphna> Angela> Where’s Cherry?
01<@DS> *the hillbillies see back up arriving and scatter to the woods, dropping some wooden knives*
01<@DS> <Ren> I thuought she was with you. <Taiga> She wasn't with me!
<@Seraphna> Angela> Rrrrr…
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...this whole...incident may have been aimed at her, given the theme of the place. We should go back in."
01<@DS> *Adeline opens the van up and Taiga sits down on the steps* <Taiga> Let me see. We go back in, mom said that us disappearing will be at a higher risk
01<@DS> <Taiga> Does that mean the place will not let us out or will something come after us
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...I don't know. Its also possible that we will cross over and it will be ruins still...basically theillusion may only be during the day."
01<@DS> <Ren> Charlotte
01<@DS> <Ren> Try your beacon
<@Alicia> * Charlotte does so.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Not sure how this will help us find Cheryl, but it's good information anyway."
01<@DS> *the beacon begins to send information this time. It appears to be a amusement park, intact, closed for the night*
<@Seraphna> **Angela looks worried**
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, it's actually intact?"
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "That means the illusion is still up...mmmmm..."
01<@DS> *as the beacon wanders around, something from the shadows seems to leap out and grab the beacon, dragging it away so roughly that the beacon begins to suffer damage*
01<@DS> <Adeline> This is why the kids never went to parks
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Beacon's damaged... and stolen, apparently."
01<@DS> <Ren> ... I'll get ready to go in
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "As will I."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Lets finish this."
<@Seraphna> Angela> Count me in.
01<@DS> *Taiga grabs a few datapads and light sources*
01<@DS> <Adeline> I got an idea
01<@DS> *Adeline motions them all to take a seat*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm?"
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **sits** We send our kids to safe places like Monster World.
01<@DS> *Adeline begins to drive right at the turnstiles and works to get it over and into the entrance, soon driving back into the amusement park at night*
01<@DS> <Adeline> What way?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Charlotte, where is your beacon now?"
<@Alicia> * Charlotte tracks it, and points the way
01<@DS> *The van begins to drive along the roads, passing a section of the park with evil fairies and thens and passes more areas; it seems each area of the rides is dressed up to have the kids defeat a colorful bad guy*
01<@DS> *soon arriving back at the museum*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Ram it?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...structure could collapse."
01<@DS> *Taiga studies Charlotte's beacon* IT looks like it dragged it through the ceiling
01<@DS> <Taiga> Away from what I saw in the basement
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "And what did you see?"
01<@DS> <Taiga> There's some sort of readings indicating that there's a large structure down there
01<@DS> <Taiga> I think it might be the heart
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...is it going to be a mad science lab hidden under the park?"
01<@DS> *as they talk, something begins to attack the side of the van, trying to rip the door off*
01<@DS> <Ren> Do we go to the ceiling, basement, or both?
<@Seraphna> Si> Now if it was a store we could just go to the electronics section.
01<@DS> *As Si say that, sharp claws tear through near her face*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime eyes the side of the van and adds a layer of crystal to the side**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...we have a visitor."
01<@DS> *it is forced to break off and movement on the ceiling is heard*
<@Seraphna> **Si squeaks, then looks through their new Crystal window**
01<@DS> <Adeline> Let me activate the guns
01<@DS> *she pops them up - on the ceiling*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "At least get a look at the thing bfore splattering it."
01<@DS> *Adeline turns the guns around to face it - it looks like a child sized creature, with eyes glowing in the dark. IT leaps at the gun*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "...alright, I guess it's not what I thought."
<@Seraphna> **Jaime frowns and finger guns a hyperspace blast at it**
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Creepy child demons.
01<@DS> *The ceiling annd the creature blows up
01<@DS> <Ren> .... We should move
01<@DS> *Ren climbs out the hole*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *rises from the hold via tendrils*
<@Alicia> * Charlotte follows
01<@DS> <Adeline> What is your hypothesis
<@Seraphna> **Jaime grumbles** Supernatural locale.
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, you know, creepy secret military base with terrible design choices and no ethical consideration..."
01<@DS> *the creature twitches to twitch and put itself together like a weapon*
01<@DS> <Taiga> Time to move; I'll take the basement. Cheryl might be upstairs
01<@DS> *Taiga runs through the museum again while Ren follows the beacon*
<@Seraphna> **Si and Angela follow as Jaime blasts it again**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *moves in*
01<@DS> *the creature is a smoldering pile*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime follows**
01<@DS> *Taiga reaches her mark and begins to work at the trap door, straining as it looks like some force is holding it down*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, if we can't just open it normally..."
<@Seraphna> **Angela and Jaime lend their scary strengths**
01<@DS> *the group ends up not lifing it breaking the area around it by pulling so hard; landing on the stairs
01<@DS> <Adeline> I suppose that is one way to defeat the supernatural
<@Seraphna> Jaime> It resisted me and I was having none of that cheekiness.
01<@DS> *Taiga uses foxfire to light the way down into what looks like some sort of EarthGob lab and monitors all over the place*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "I was intending to break the trapdoor, not the floor around it, but whatever works."
01<@DS> *the monitors are turned off, but there appears to be a power button nearby; documents are scattered around. The entire lab feels wrong and distorted and here are cells, complete with what looks to be the decayed bodies of hunters, kids and anyone who has wandered by recently. Thankfully Cheryl is not in there right now*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> I am very unenthused by secret EarthGov labs.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Something is drawing people to this place still
<@Alicia> * Charlotte checks the documents.
01<@DS> *The documents seem to talk about giving the kids of the EarthGov bases and those who came here, giving them hidden stuff in their sweets, shots, etc to see who was eligible for the Weapon project. And those who weren't but might be eligible for other stuff were continued to be test here*
01<@DS> *up at the attic, Ren and Noire would find a nest of the creatures lurking and looking for someone*
01<@DS> <Adeline> *turns the monitors on, activating the park which confuses the creatures; it appears the monitors allowed whoever was here to watch everything from down here*
01<@DS> <Taiga> If we can find a list of the kids, I wonder....
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "... oh no, I was right the first time..."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *counts how many*
01<@DS> <Taiga> You are most likely. It is possible some of the 10 original Weapons might have come from here. But the ones who failed... what did they do to them?
01<@DS> *a few ran off due to the amusement park starting up; leaving 5 patrolling. Ren points at Cheryl hanging from the rafters*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Well, that weird kid who attacked us was probably one of them."
01<@DS> <Adeline> If this is a Weapon project you know who oversaw this, or if not over saw this one of his lackeys did
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Which explains why this place is so tasteless."
01<@DS> *Taiga tries to look around then grabs a book and hands it to Charlotte* Yes, it probably was a kid - their spirit probably is hanging on due to resement and anger
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *nods and then summons tendrils to try to bind up the ones that were left behind...makign sure tangle up their arms so they cna't claw out*
01<@DS> *The creatures begin to snarl and try to break free while Cheryl drops down and begins to use her whip on them to break off a head or two; Ren leaping in to aid them. At first it would appear they have managed to break them all apart, gruesomely, when they start trying to heal again*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> More of a mess left behind by those monsters… creating monsters.
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Hold on."*tries opening multiple shadowports liekw itht he eldritch creaure fight from a while back to scatter the pieces across the park*
01<@DS> *the book in Charlotte's hand details the park was made by Venerator and Cran as a way to seek out and recruit kids who demonstrated high talent. At some point, after Cran moved away from the park to look into his dragoons and Venerator assigned a man the group had never heard before to find candidates for his Weapon project. It is not clear if he was cleared to do the pet project of making creatures with weapon traits*
01<@DS> <Ren> Not bad
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Those things were all over me after I got split
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "How did you get split?"
01<@DS> <Cheryl> After Jaime did her thing I found myself inside a clock tower with a capture the flag type game
01<@DS> *as they talk, the park begins to shake*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...they had better not have triggered a self-destruct..."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "So, where is Cheryl?"
01<@DS> <Taiga> I think we might be pushing out luck remaining here
01<@DS> *Taiga begins to scatter salt all over*
01<@DS> *Ren contacts Charlotte through the bond* Got the target; headng to the van*
01<@DS> *Ren pulls Cheryl to the van outside where one can see the rides are now walking on two feet and patrolling the area*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Oh. Okay, we've got her, lets go."
01<@DS> *large hands swinging*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Right, we will meet them
01<@DS> <Ren> .... <Nightmare scene out here> *share with Charlotte*
01<@DS> *Taiga finishes salting the place and drives various charms down in the cells and runs for the van now*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "....this is becoming more annoying...Cheryl, how did you learn of this place?"
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I actually ran this way; those things herded me here
01<@DS> <Cheryl> But if you mean overall how did I learn of it
<@Seraphna> **Jaime helps Adeline back in and when the rest of the group gets in the van she crystals over the roof**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "The park and the abandoned base."
01<@DS> <Cheryl> *she fumbles in her pocket and hands it to Noire*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *takes it and looks*
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "We... really need to get out quick."
01<@DS> *it looks to be a piece of paper showing the amusement park along with the missing people - the sender's address seems to be a burder account on the HoloNet*
01<@DS> *Ren grabs Charlotte and pulls her into the van*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...most suspect."
01<@DS> *Cheryl takes a seat while Taiga gets in the driver seat*
<@Seraphna> Angela> My Cherry is safe.
01<@DS> <Taiga> Everyone strap in
01<@DS> <Cheryl> Can you trace the burner account?
01<@DS> *she pulls Angela next to her*
<@Alicia> * Charlotte straps in
01<@DS> *Ren straps in beside her*
01<@DS> *Taiga backs up and circles then drives away as the rides keeps trying to grab them; the roller coaster begins to fall ddown to block the way*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...we have both Adeline and Taiga here. I'm certain they cna do...something."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Speaking of something..." *holds out a hand and cojurs a pair of Dark Arms to try to knock obstacles out of the way*
01<@DS> *the roller coaster is knocked all over the place like Final Desination*
01<@DS> *Taiga steers through it and revs right at the exit when the ultimate obsctacle appers - ghost of children popping up to try to make Taiga jerk and crash*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Children behave! **she tosses charms at them from REN’s tails**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Taiga, floor it!"
01<@DS> *Taiga floors it and drives through them*
01<@DS> *landing outside roughly and the van smokes a bit*
01<@DS> <Adeline> It appears we escaped
01<@DS> *Taiga takes to the road and keeps heading back to the base*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *goes to look back at the park*
01<@DS> *the park looks to be vanishing*
01<@DS> *eithre due to the salt and charms, or is simply fading away*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...its fading away."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "So it really was haunted..."
01<@DS> <Taiga> So whas the thing knocked down after the expreiments and the hatred kept it manifesting?
01<@DS> <Taiga> Or something more
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "We need to find out more...maybe use someone with higher clerance to get the records."
01<@DS> <Adeline> When it comes to Venerator, I would not be shocked if there is something keeping it hidden and it's haunted
01<@DS> <Cheryl> I'll speak to Aya
01<@DS> *Taiga reaches and makes sure the books they took are still there; it appears so*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> How do we punish dead men?
01<@DS> <Taiga> Ah, but there might be one man alive still
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "The guy behind the park itself?"
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...mayb that's why the haunting pursists. They want the guilty party."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Venerator's assistant on this. I know he's had a lot in the V.I department but whoever tried to make the creatures is another subjecct altogether. I'd like to know if he's alive or dead
<@Jackieness> persists
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Me too..."
01<@DS> -Shift-
01<@DS> Location: Fumoffu Club
01<@DS> *Ren eats some of her food while Taiga has the notes laid out*
01<@DS> <Taiga> Okay, this guy was called Rotarenev. Aya and Cheryl have been trying to get more information on him
01<@DS> <Taiga> What little I been able to get - if he was successful with the creature weapons, after Venerator died he never revealed them to EarthGov and pretty much went off the radar
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Isn’t that Venerator spelled Backwards?
01<@DS> *Adeline pulls her into the breasts agaihn*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Healing~
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Ah yes, no-one would ever connect Alucard with Dracula..."
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Any luck on finding out ho sent the information to Cheryl to begin with?"
01<@DS> *Adeline turns around* Well, I do have where it originated
01<@DS> <Adeline> We could go there if you want
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "May as well follow up...unless there is somethign you aren't saying that I won't like."
01<@DS> <Adeline> Hm, no lets go
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Mmm?
01<@DS> <Taiga> Everyone ready?
01<@DS> <Ren> Yeah. *she finishes her salad*
01<@DS> -TIME HOP-
01<@DS> *The group arrives on Luna, in what appears to be a trashy neighborhood; even with crime down, it's still not a great area. The people there flip them off as they arrive at a large apartment complex*
01<@DS> <Adeline> Floor 47, Room 47-D
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm..the middle fingers are downright classy compared to how it used to be."
01<@DS> *Ren eyes the small elevator and opens it with a creak*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> It’s still rude. Perhaps this part of my moon needs a good scrubbing.
01<@DS> *Taiga, Ren, and Adeline get onboard, causing the elevator to make a strange sound*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan rides a shadow to put less weight on it**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...mmm...concerning."
01<@DS> <Ren> You want to walk all those stairs?
<@Seraphna> **Jaime muses and glows green, spirit like she glides on and keeps herself afloat**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...very well.." *steps on board*
01<@DS> *creeeak*
01<@DS> <Ren> Char?
<@Alicia> * Charlotte steps on board, looking uncertain about this
01<@DS> *creeeeeaaaaaak*
01<@DS> *Taiga closes the doors and they're all pressed into each other; due to the nature they can at least see outside, being an outdoor type elevator that makes it even more flimsy*
01<@DS> *it begins to rise up slowly, people looking at them pitifully as they go u*
01<@DS> *around floor 15 it begins to start shaking a bit*
01<@DS> *but it keeps going, reaching 21*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...unacceptable."
01<@DS> *by 25, it feels like something just broke off*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan tendrils things to reinforce it**
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "We may end up needing to climb."
01<@DS> *by 29 the elevator is making bad noises but they keep going*
01<@DS> *they soon reach 43 and it looks like the tentacles are doing most of the work*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime adds crystal and reinforces the remaining metal*^
01<@DS> *soon they reach 47 and Ren opens the door and hurries out*
01<@DS> *Taig and Adeline step out as well*
<@Seraphna> **Jaime steps out with Adeline**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *steps out*
01<@DS> *Ren pulls Charlotte to herself*
<@Alicia> * CHarlotte hurries out. "We're using the stairs on the way down."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Was it that bad? *the elevator drops a second later and falls all the way down*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "I've seen the lower level. I can easily shadowport us back down now."
01<@DS> <Adeline> This way... *she walks to D and knocks; soon a cyperpunk teenager opens the door, jerks and tries to close the door*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> *tries to push the door open*
01<@DS> *The kid lands on his ass*
01<@DS> <Teenger> Hey hey! You ain't no police
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmmm...expecting the police?"
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan starts wrapping him in tendrils**
01<@DS> *he stnds up and dusts himself off as he's tendrilled* Hey`
01<@DS> <Taiga> Uh...
01<@DS> *she looks at Charlotte*
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **feels around for weapons**
01<@DS> *the only weapon he seems to have is condoms*
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "KAelan, you can let him go. This might be too kinky for him right now."
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **withdraws, eyeing the condoms** Optimistic?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Somehow, I don't think this is Rotarenev."
01<@DS> <Teenager> Making fun of me!
01<@DS> <Adeline> This is who sent the messge to Cheryl
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Clearly not. Still looks like the cort of hacker type who would send the message that started all of this." *glances over* "Kaelan, please."
01<@DS> <Adeline> But there is likely a reason he sent it
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **tendrils them back into his pocket, then pats his head**
01<@DS> *the teenager looks more and more angry*
01<@DS> <Taiga> I'd love to hear the reason
01<@DS> <Adeline> This is the grandson of Rotarenev
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...is that so?"
01<@DS> *The teenager crosses his arms* You got a problem with that?
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Did you send this note?" *shows it*
<@Seraphna> Jaime> **eyes the teenager** You are not responsible for your grandfather’s sins.
01<@DS> <Teenager> I did. I figured someone from EarthGov could deal with that place since people were still going missing from whatever my grandfather did. I came across his notes one day - fucked up shit
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "I assume that he is deceased then?"
01<@DS> <Teenager> Might as well be. Hospital the last few months, barely aware of the world. Not a nice guy even when he is.
01<@DS> <Teenager> Believe me hearing he was part of EarthGov once shocked me
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...do you happen to still have his notes?"
01<@DS> *Taiga rubs her hands in thought while the teenager moves into a backroom*
01<@DS> <Taiga> The hauntings might stop if we present the old man
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...we'll decide when we learn more. If he's ina vegitative state, then what is the point, mmmm?"
01<@DS> <Ren> Fair
01<@DS> *The man returns with a huge stack of books and notes* <Teenager> All yours
<@Seraphna> Jaime> Oh we can fix him up enough to face his past.
01<@DS> <Teenager> From what I understand he wanted to sell his research but I have no idea if he was successful
<@Alicia> * Charlotte goes through them
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "...who would he even try to sell it to?"
01<@DS> *it looks like after his work at the park and Venerator's death he took his knowledge and worked on adults when and where he could like Frankenstein to get more data then sought out a buyer - ironically V.I being one and then people off planet. Seeing to show that the creatures would be dangerous enemies with various manifested abilities and high healing rates*
01<@DS> *it never goes over if someone bought it and he eventually quit tinkering once the Dragoons and Venreators Weapons took center stage*
01<@DS> <Ren> He'd have to seek offworld black market aliens
01<@DS> <Ren> If any of them did take a deal I am not shocked we never saw them in use
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Let's search his notes...see if he left any clue about any potential buyers."
01<@DS> <Taiga> Well this will keep us busy a while
01<@DS> <Adeline> Well let us head back then
01<@DS> <Adeline> Our target is in the nearby hospital and either way he'll face justice sooner or later
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...pack it all up then." *turns to the teen* "...if you require any help, contact us. Kaelan will not be allowed to molest you further."
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "...Be good, okay? And tell me if Kaelan bothers you again."
01<@DS> <Teenager> *reddens and eyes Kaelan* Ah, thank you
01<@DS> <Ren> If she returns, call this number
01<@DS> *Ren sets down the number*
01<@DS> -Hop Epilogue=
01<@DS> *The group returns to the club*
01<@DS> <Taiga> After we all have read through the notes and books, I'll have them stored in the safe
01<@DS> <Taiga> Last thing we want is someone making more creatures with weapon abilities
01<@DS> <Adeline> I'll monitor the old man as well until we decide what we want to do with him; he has lucid mometns but mostly he seems be tormented in a dream state. It could be the spirits
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> **seems to be intentionally knocking things over and stuff**
<@Jackieness> <Noire> "Mmmm...then he is already facing his own personal hell."
01<@DS> *Ren takes Kaelan's tail and pets it*
01<@DS> *while Gemane straightens the room*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan looks over with a frown**
01<@DS> <Ren> There there we were teasing you
01<@DS> <Taiga> Alright lets call it a day
<@Seraphna> Kaelan> Mmmm.
01<@DS> <Taiga> The materials we got is open to everyone
01<@DS> *Ren offers Kaelan some food*
<@Seraphna> **Kaelan huffs and takes some**
01<@DS> *Ren sits on Charlotte's lap while holding Kaelan's tail*
01<@DS> <Ren> You holding up okay, Char?
<@Alicia> <Charlotte> "Yeah... I've had to confront things like this before."
01<@DS> *Ren snugs her*
01<@DS> -END-
 Session Time: Mon Oct 28 00:00:00 2024