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(10/07) A Dark and Restless Tide - (A D20 Dark*Matter Story Hour)
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<blockquote data-quote="HeapThaumaturgist" data-source="post: 1942727" data-attributes="member: 12332"><p><strong>That Evening ...</strong></p><p></p><p>Nathan scratched his head and eyed the window again. He hadn’t really gotten a chance to pack all of his gear before he’d been sent out, and he didn’t have the proper electronics to crack the sophisticated security system Nanotecknowledgies had installed. In a word, he was stuck. He turned back toward the van across the parking lot and mugged an exaggerated shrug. </p><p></p><p>(( In-game, the actual problem was that Nathan’s player, having created an “investigative journalist”/B&E specialist had totally forgotten to put any ranks in Disable Device. This was just a run-of-the-mill skill check I’d added for flavor, but I didn’t realize he’d overlooked it … so we had to drop back and punt. Olie’s player made a good argument and burned an AP, so …)) </p><p></p><p> Olie said something unintelligible and slipped out of the van. Sam threw up his hands and whomped his head lightly on the steering wheel.</p><p> </p><p>“Like the freakin’ Keystone Kops …” he growled.</p><p></p><p> “The who?” Georgie asked from the back. She tap-tapped at her computer, lost in its violet-tinged white glow.</p><p></p><p> “Oh God, nevermind.” Sam sighed.</p><p></p><p> Olie scurried across the parking lot with surprising speed and stealth, long coat fluttering around his feet. He slid up to Nathan.</p><p></p><p> “And? What’s the hold up?” </p><p></p><p> “Look at the sill, along the sides here … if I’m not mistaken that’s a Hudson/ADEMCO Vista. It’d take me maybe five, six minutes with all of my gear … but they whisked me out before I thought to grab anything and, well … “ Nathan said. He shrugged again.</p><p></p><p> “Yea. Hrm.” Olie rubbed at his chin for a moment, then started reaching into pockets. </p><p></p><p>He pulled out a piece of gum, which he unwrapped and popped in his mouth before putting the foil wrapper on the windowsill. Alongside it he set two toothpicks, a bent paperclip, a pop-can tab, some thin copper wire, some beer-nuts, and a fingernail clipper. He ended up eating the beer nuts. The rest of it went up on the window.</p><p></p><p> “This should about do it …” Ollie whispered to himself and levered the window upward. He and Nathan waited, looked around. Nothing happened.</p><p></p><p> Quietly they hefted themselves inside. They had entered through a break room along the side of the building, and they slipped through the doorway into the darkened office space. After a quick walk around they spotted an office door with “Bauer” on the door. Nathan knelt by the doorknob and pulled a couple of slender metal instruments out of his pocket. With a quick moment’s work he picked the lock and opened the door.</p><p></p><p> “That’s more like it.” He muttered under his breath.</p><p></p><p> They spend a few moments going through the papers in the office, checking the drawers. For a research scientist’s office, it seemed surprisingly neat. So neat, in fact, that eventually Nathan realized:</p><p></p><p> “He doesn’t do any of his work here.”</p><p></p><p> “Probably right. I imagine there has to be a research station around here somewhere.” Ollie said. </p><p> </p><p> Just then, they heard a noise and light sliced into the room through the slats of the drawn shade.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="HeapThaumaturgist, post: 1942727, member: 12332"] [b]That Evening ...[/b] Nathan scratched his head and eyed the window again. He hadn’t really gotten a chance to pack all of his gear before he’d been sent out, and he didn’t have the proper electronics to crack the sophisticated security system Nanotecknowledgies had installed. In a word, he was stuck. He turned back toward the van across the parking lot and mugged an exaggerated shrug. (( In-game, the actual problem was that Nathan’s player, having created an “investigative journalist”/B&E specialist had totally forgotten to put any ranks in Disable Device. This was just a run-of-the-mill skill check I’d added for flavor, but I didn’t realize he’d overlooked it … so we had to drop back and punt. Olie’s player made a good argument and burned an AP, so …)) Olie said something unintelligible and slipped out of the van. Sam threw up his hands and whomped his head lightly on the steering wheel. “Like the freakin’ Keystone Kops …” he growled. “The who?” Georgie asked from the back. She tap-tapped at her computer, lost in its violet-tinged white glow. “Oh God, nevermind.” Sam sighed. Olie scurried across the parking lot with surprising speed and stealth, long coat fluttering around his feet. He slid up to Nathan. “And? What’s the hold up?” “Look at the sill, along the sides here … if I’m not mistaken that’s a Hudson/ADEMCO Vista. It’d take me maybe five, six minutes with all of my gear … but they whisked me out before I thought to grab anything and, well … “ Nathan said. He shrugged again. “Yea. Hrm.” Olie rubbed at his chin for a moment, then started reaching into pockets. He pulled out a piece of gum, which he unwrapped and popped in his mouth before putting the foil wrapper on the windowsill. Alongside it he set two toothpicks, a bent paperclip, a pop-can tab, some thin copper wire, some beer-nuts, and a fingernail clipper. He ended up eating the beer nuts. The rest of it went up on the window. “This should about do it …” Ollie whispered to himself and levered the window upward. He and Nathan waited, looked around. Nothing happened. Quietly they hefted themselves inside. They had entered through a break room along the side of the building, and they slipped through the doorway into the darkened office space. After a quick walk around they spotted an office door with “Bauer” on the door. Nathan knelt by the doorknob and pulled a couple of slender metal instruments out of his pocket. With a quick moment’s work he picked the lock and opened the door. “That’s more like it.” He muttered under his breath. They spend a few moments going through the papers in the office, checking the drawers. For a research scientist’s office, it seemed surprisingly neat. So neat, in fact, that eventually Nathan realized: “He doesn’t do any of his work here.” “Probably right. I imagine there has to be a research station around here somewhere.” Ollie said. Just then, they heard a noise and light sliced into the room through the slats of the drawn shade. [/QUOTE]
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