Dark*Matter: Discovery, the Beginning

[Friadoc]

OOC - You do know that we couldn't have planned a crossfire this good if we tried, gotta love 'fate'. *big evil grin*

 

[Falkus]

As the man turned, and fired a shot at Cade, only missing by an inch, Cade, Larry and Cyrus catch the murderer in a heavy crossfire. Cade hits the man in the left arm, while Larry shoots him the center of his chest. Groaning, the man clutches the balcony, and then falls over the edge, firing randomly into the stacks. He slams into the ground on the center of the first floor.

The other patrons and staff of the library scream as the gunshots begin, and run for the main doors, panicking even more when they find they can't get it.

 

[Friadoc]

OOC - Initiative 9, assuming we're still in combat rounds

As ponytail-man falls over the balcony edge, Cade quickly moves to the balcony/stairway's edge, grounding his sidearm, thusly aiming it away from anyone else, thusly being ready ti react, yet appearing in a non-threatening manner.

"Was anyone hit?" shouts Cade towards the others and the panicked crowd. "He was preparing to fire on the crowd, using a silencer, so..." Cade pauses as he moves slowly down the stairs, doing his best to keep ponytail-man in his line of sight. "...I think we're safe until the police arrive."

 

[iwatt]

"I got you, you sick freak!!" Shouting from the excitement and adrenalin rush, doubt suddenly springs into Larry's mind. All I had was Cyrus's word that ponytail was the killer.

"He was preparing to fire on the crowd, using a silencer, so..."

With those words, Larry's nerves calm down some. In a loud voice he adds "I'm not hit. That was the killer, we found another body in the men's room." Clearing the action of his gun, Larry begins to walk out. "I'm coming out. Nobody shoot."

OOC: Larry will carefully walk towards were the body fell. He'll signal Cyrus to do the same from the other side.

[sblock=OOC] BTW, Larry had taken only one credit card, because more might draw suspicion on to him.[/sblock]

 

[Shayuri]

Jesus. Meredith almost burst into nervous, shaky laughter. Leave it to the big city to find not one, but THREE patrons of a smalltime library carrying iron. Score one for the NRA. Then a chill. Wait...it wasn't over yet, was it?

She went towards the gunmen, waving a hand. "Guys, there's an accomplice! I don't know if he's armed, but there's definitely another dangerous person around."

With a glance at the broken body on the floor, she adds, "Besides you all, I mean."

 

[Falkus]

The murderer wasn't quite dead yet, though he was obviously on the way out, and would no longer be among the living in a minute or so. He using the last bit of time he had on earth to mumble something.

 

[industrygothica]

"...I think we're safe until the police arrive."

"The police aren't coming," Nick says as he makes his way out of the meeting room into the main part of the library. He nods toward the door and the group of people in a state of panic trying unsuccessfully to get through it. "Obviously you haven't tried the door."

He moves a little closer to the three gunmen that are still alive, figuring them to be the good-guys, at least for now, and says quietly, "I think we have more problems on our hands than just this guy." He points to Ponytail Guy, still lying on the floor (hopefully). Nick then proceeds to explain to them the situation with the doors and the windows, and the loss of all outside communication, and relays his concern with the Egyptian artifacts in the other room, figuring that things have been just strange enough in the past few minutes so that they wouldn't think he was too crazy. Afterall, it did seem like a stretch, but what other explaination could there be?

"Oh, I almost forgot," he says at the last minute, nodding to the dead man laying on the floor. "Thanks for that. Are you all cops or something?"

 

[Falkus]

industrygothica
[sblock]As Nick passes near the dying man, he can make out what he's mumbling. Oddly enough, the language he's using is ancient Egyptian. He's saying "Akhentanen, rise again. Akhentanen, live again. Akhentanen, come claim your sacrifices," over and over again. He's also using the last of his energy to draw some sort of symbol on the ground in his own blood.[/sblock]

 

[yestotom]

Did I do that? Did I just shoot another human being? But he would have killed me! And wait, I wasn't the only one to shoot. Larry I can understand, but who is this other dude shooting at pony-tail guy? Cyrus looks around, worried that everyone is staring at him. When he sees that he isn't the center of attention and that Larry is there too, he walks over to pony-tail guy.

When Cyrus realizes the man is trying to speak he gets down on one knee and turns his head to hear him.

She went towards the gunmen, waving a hand. "Guys, there's an accomplice! I don't know if he's armed, but there's definitely another dangerous person around.

Cyrus looks to Meredith and says, "Actually, I think he killed his accomplice. This one left another corpse sitting on the toilet with a slit neck."

Oh, I almost forgot," he says at the last minute, nodding to the dead man laying on the floor. "Thanks for that. Are you all cops or something?

No, but I play one in community theater.

and relays his concern with the Egyptian artifacts in the other room

So you think that an urn was removed from the crate of artifacts? If so, maybe it is still inside the library since all of the doors and windows are locked.

 

[industrygothica]

industrygothica
[sblock]As Nick passes near the dying man, he can make out what he's mumbling. Oddly enough, the language he's using is ancient Egyptian. He's saying "Akhentanen, rise again. Akhentanen, live again. Akhentanen, come claim your sacrifices," over and over again. He's also using the last of his energy to draw some sort of symbol on the ground in his own blood.[/sblock]

Nick's eyes bolt open as he recognizes the arcane chant for what it is. The first thing he can think to do is to actually stomp on the man's hand and kick him right in the teeth.

[sblock]Ya know, I'm liking Nick more and more as this thing goes on. I don't know if I Just lucked out at creation or if you're catoring to his skills, but it certainly looks like he was made for this one, eh?[/sblock]