[d20 Apocalypse] After the Blast IC

[airwalkrr]

Francisco steps inside and comes alongside Terrance. He immediately notices the man on the ground behind the counter and can tell quite easily that the man does not appear to be breathing. Like Terrence, he sees no obvious cause of death. Other than a bit of debris that seems too light to have inflicted any serious harm, the inside of the auto-parts store seems like it survived the blast relatively intact. The man appears to have simply fallen over dead. His lips have already turned a bit blue and his posture indicates he was not hit by anything.

After he gets a quick look at the body, there is a second sound from within the store. A few aisles back from the previous sound, there are a number of boxes of air-filter that fall over. It is now clear that Terrence and Francisco are not alone.

The vehicle batteries appear to be on the back aisle, in plain view. They are two aisles beyond the aisle with the air filters.

 

[Voda Vosa]

Francisco tries to make eye contact with the more experienced man in the "real danger" management before speaking. His face looks concerned and doubtful

 

[Hob Marshmallowfoot]

Sgt. James Matthews; 6/32

James shakes his head, turns away from the wrecked SUV, and approaches the door marked Employees Only. He cautiously tests the door handle, attempting to open the door narrowly, and quietly, to peek through into the back of the shop.

 

[airwalkrr]

As James checks the handle on the door marked "Employees Only," he notices a keyhole inside the handle bar. Trying the handle, he finds it is indeed locked.

 

[Frozen Messiah]

Terrence 25/44

Terrence moves toward the sound slowly and stealthly while giving the man the signal to wait. He moves around to the ending of the shelf and peeks around the corner to look down the aisle.

[sblock=Checks]
Invisible Castle is down could you do my rolls for my: Move Silently (+11), Hide (+11), Spot (+0), and Listen (+10)?
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[airwalkrr]

As Terrence quietly and carefully peeks around the 2nd to last aisle, he doesn't catch sight of anything in the dark shadows, but he does hear a faint scuffling.

 

[Blackrat]

Hey, don't worry kiddo. I'm not going to force you back anywhere. You can come with us if you want. Kyle smiles and lifts the girl to the truck. So, what's your name? I'm Kyle.

 

[ThWatcher]

Janice Cardinal 3/6

Starting to feel less coldness attacking her body and hearing Kyle say that he wouldn't make her go back, Janice starts to worry less and relax a little. "I'm..m..m Janice." She holds the blanket around her as best she can.

 

[airwalkrr]

As Janice sits in the truck and begins to warm up, she suddenly begins to shake violently and uncontrollably. Kyle immediately notices that she appears to be suffering from a seizure. He quickly reaches for his medical kit to grab an anticonvulsant, but before he can react, the seizure is over. Janice lies there in his arms for a moment before slowly opening her eyes. Kyle pulls out a penlight to check her eyes for dilation, but she seems alright.

[sblock=ThWatcher only]As Janice seizes, her mind wanders as if detached from her body. She finds herself inside the auto parts store and looking over two men she does not recognize (OOC: Terrence and Francisco). All of a sudden she sees serrated claws leap from the shadows towards the man in front, then the vision is over.[/sblock]

 

[ThWatcher]

Janice Cardinal 3/6

As the light flicks across Janice's eyes, she seems to wake up. Shivering and fear play across her face as she says, "Claws... Claws are jumping on a man in that store." She points to the auto store and her voice begins to get hysterical. "It's g..g...going to hurt him. R.. run, run, run!" She starts trying to hide in the blanket. "G..get away!"