<html><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:times new roman, new york, times, serif;font-size:10pt"><div><span>[Vesper] Indicates to Alex the disturbed curtains. "Someone went through there in a hurry."</span></div><div><span>He was set to pursue as long as Alex indicated she was alright from her trance ending.<br></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><br><span></span></div><div><span><br> </span></div><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 10pt;"><div style="font-family: times new roman, new york, times, serif; font-size: 12pt;">>> The King looks to Ted. "If you are able to join us, you are<br>>> welcome to, otherwise my guards will take you to your<br>>> quarters to rest."<br>>> [/The King]<br><br>> [Ted]<br>> "Perhaps rest would be best," the lizard man nods.<br>> [/Ted]<br><br>[GM]<br>Ted is taken away to his
quarters.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[...]<br><br>>>>> [GM]<br>>>>> Out in the hallway, Oz and Vesper notice something odd, a door about<br>>>>> 30 feet down the hall that looks like it has a dent in it, and a trail<br>>>>> of something; paint, liquid, something, leading to a door on the other<br>>>>> side of the hallway.<br>>>>><br>>>>> The door reveals a room with a luxurious looking sofa, chairs, a table<br>>>>> with fruit, some of it half-eaten, on it. There is a curtain at the<br>>>>> back of the room. The sofa looks a little ruffled, as if someone had<br>>>>> just been laying on it not long before.<br>>>>><br>>>>> Out in the hallway, Oz and Vesper notice something odd, a door about<br>>>>> 30 feet down the hall that looks like it has a dent in it, and a trail<br>>>>> of something; paint,
liquid, something, leading to a door on the other<br>>>>> side of the hallway.<br>>>>> [/GM]<br><br>>>>> [Sir Prrcyvel]<br>>>>> "When you're done here, perhaps we can check the CCTV system." Sir<br>>>>> Prrcyvel offers.<br>>>>> /Sir Prrcyvel]<br><br>>>> [Oz]<br>>>> Oz gestures at the dented door with the liquid on the floor near it.<br>>>> "What's in that room?"<br>>>> [/Oz]<br><br>>> [Sir Prrcyvel]<br>>> "That is the armory!" Sir Prrcyvel says, the blood draining from his<br>>> face as he unsheaths his sword. "Shall we?"<br>>> [/Sir Prrcyvel]<br><br>> [Oz]<br>> Oz curses something in Euro and drew both his guns. He gestures for<br>> Sir Prrcyvel to precede him down the hallway. "Let's."<br>> [/Oz]<br><br>[GM]<br>Sir Prrcyvel and Oz make their way down the hallway. As they approach<br>the liquid, it becomes very
clear that it is blood. There are also<br>traces of blood on the door to the armory.<br><br>Sir Prrcyvel enters a code in a keypad and the armor door swings open.<br>Lying on the ground, moaning in pain.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Sir Prrcyvel]<br>Sir Prrcyvel quickly scans the shelves. "Armor missing, two suits by<br>the looks of it. Guns and e-clips. See what you can get out of the<br>guard, I'm checking the other door."<br>[/Sir Prrcyvel]<br><br>[GM]<br>As Oz checks out the moaning guard, Prrcyvel jumps across the hall and<br>carefully opens the door.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Justin]<br>Justin and his hounds cover Sir Prrcyvel.<br>[/Justin]<br><br>[GM]<br>Oz can see that it is a janitor's closet, and in the midst of it,<br>lying in a pool of blood, is the horribly contorted remains of another<br>guard, his armor literally torn away from his body. Sir Prrcyvel<br>immediately activates his comm unit to key into the public address<br>system.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Sir
Prrcyvel]<br>"Warning! Warning! Two intruders dressed as Palace Guards on the<br>loose. Armed and dangerous. Check all IDs and report all suspicious<br>behavior."<br><br>Prrcyvel turns back to Oz. "Anything?"<br>[/Sir Prrcyvel]<br><br>[GM]<br>The guard seems to be coming to. "We were attack... attacked by a<br>lizard man and... and a young woman." he manages to say.<br>[/GM]<br><br>[Meanwhile...]<br><br>> [Vesper]<br>> Vesper remains with Alex and casts see invisible to notice anything<br>> around Alex while she is in her trance.<br>> [/Vesper]<br><br>[GM]<br>Vesper sees nothing invisible in this room.<br>[/GM]<br><br>> [Alex]<br>> "I have a feeling that she is somewhere close by," the red haired scout<br>> suggests. Using her tracking skills, she will also look for clues and<br>> try to use her radio to see if she can contact Louissa.<br>><br>> She thinks to herself that if this is over a rendezvous, she is not<br>>
going to be happy.<br>> [/Alex]<br><br>[GM]<br>It looks like someone went through the curtains at the end of the room<br>fairly quickly, they are very ruffled and parted at the bottom.<br><br>When Alex tries to contact her radio, she hears beeping from a cabinet<br>by the table.<br>[/GM]<br><br>-- <br>Aaron Clausen<br><a ymailto="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com" href="mailto:mightymartianca@gmail.com">mightymartianca@gmail.com</a><br>_______________________________________________<br>Taocowpbem mailing list<br><a ymailto="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net" href="mailto:Taocowpbem@zork.net">Taocowpbem@zork.net</a><br>http://zork.net/mailman/listinfo/taocowpbem<br><br><br> </div> </div> </div></body></html>