Dark*Matter: Discovery, the Beginning

[Falkus]

Cade follows the ponytailed man into the children's library without being noticed, and catches a glimpse of him as he walked by the center wall to the main staircase, and heads up, drawing little attention from the people clustered around the reference desk.

iwatt
[sblock]Larry manages to retrieve the credit cards without any problems or interference[/sblock]

Nick discovers that whatever is affecting the doors is also affecting the windows. Anything used to strike or throw at the windows bounces off, like it was made of steel, instead of fragile glass. Something very strange is going on.

As for Cyrus, after a few minutes, it becomes readily obvious that the fat man isn't leaving. Glimpsing over the stall reveals why. A white towel is wrapped around the man's neck, and is completely soaked with blood from a wound hidden behind the towel. His eyes are dead and unblinking.

 

[Shayuri]

Meredith decides she may as well do some looking things up as long as she has to wait for the cops here anyway. She reviews her shots of the crates to find where they were going and where they came from, then goes and starts looking for books on Egyptian artifacts to compare to her pictures...as well as does some hunting for references in the periodical index for the destrination and origin of the crates.

 

[yestotom]

Jesus, Mary and Joseph! Jesus, Mary and Joseph!

Cyrus sinks back down into his stall and thinks this through...

Something bad is going down here and more crap is gonna hit the fan before the police ever show up. I can't risk going in that stall to see what happened. Murphy's Law--I'll definitely get the rap for whatever happened.

Crap, crap, crap, crap!

But if he's not dead then there might be hope for him.

But I got guns that are probably illegal in the city.

"Damn it!!!"

Cyrus gets up and hurries out of the bathroom, looking or a friendly face. [OOC Presumably Larry would be the first person he'd come across] Cyrus approaches Larry -

"Hey, I know this is gonna sound a bit crazy, but you remember those two guys who asked you about your cell phone a few minutes ago? One was fat and the other had a pony tail. Well, they walked into the mens room ahead of me. When I got in, the skinny guy walked out. But the fat guy is in there, and he is all bloodied up. Bad. I know it sounds crazy, but can you come with me to see if he is dead or alive?"

 

[iwatt]

Well, it's officially hit the fan. And it's probably going to land all over us, buddy. Normally he would have doubted the word coming from the man's mouth, but the evening had taken a surreal turn a long time ago. Nodding in reluctance, Larry follows Cyrus. "I hope you're wrong man. This night keeps getting crazier and crazier. The name's Larry by the way."

Walking into the men's room, Larry pushes the stall door open. Checking for a pulse with an unsteady hand, he whispers in a low voice. "Remind me to thank you for this favor buddy. I'm guessing you didn't want your prints around a dead body."

OOC: If the guy is dead, Larry will walk out of the bathroom, go into the meeting room and pick up the gun on the floor. He's not going to be left defenseless with a psycho in the library.

 

[Friadoc]

oO Definitely ain’t right Oo thinks Cade as he watches ponytail-man head up the main staircase. With only a brief look back towards the others, Cade makes the call quick and easy, following the lone man up the stairs.

Cade relaxes slightly as he heads up the stairs, being on edge mentally is a good thing, but physically he knows he needs to be calmer.

Firearms versus edged weapons don’t always go as smoothly as the movies would have you think and Cade knows this, oO Too bad, a lot more good people would be alive if it did Oo.

 

[yestotom]

"I hope you're wrong man. This night keeps getting crazier and crazier. The name's Larry by the way."

"I'm Cyrus."

"Remind me to thank you for this favor buddy. I'm guessing you didn't want your prints around a dead body."

"Yes. Actually, I just didn't want to leave prints without a corroborating witness."


OOC: If and when Larry leaves, Cyrus will tell Larry that he is going to search the body for clues. Cyrus will then search the man and the stall, taking 20 as necessary. He will use a length of duct tape from his back pack to remove the towel from around the man's neck and to tape it to the side of the bathoom stall, in order to keep from getting bloodied. He has a penlight, also in the backpack, if needed for extra light.

Search: 23 (20 +3)

 

[Falkus]

It doesn't take long to determine that the man's dead, his throat has been heavily slashed, which becomes visible once the towel is removed. It was a very vicious wound, done quickly, and given the towel used to soak up the blood, quite obviously preemediated.

Searching the stall and the dead man finds his credit cards, indicating that the man was called Chang Merritt. The blood stains are mostly confined to the wall, probably splattered there during the killing, though the killer was apparantly careful enough to keep any from getting on the floor.

The gun retrieved from the first corpse is a Glock 17, and a quick check determines that the magazine is full.

At the top of the stairs, the man walked along the balcony overlooking the shelves. He stopped at about the top, getting a clear view of most of the shelves and the reference desk.

 

[Friadoc]

While trying to keep out of ponytail-man's sight, Cade reaches into his coat pocket and pulls out his cellphone. Although it cannot make calls, it can take a couple pictures, with and without zoom, which Cade does, once he confirms that it's 'shutter' sounds are turned off.

oO Just in case Oo thinks Cade as he takes a full picture of ponytail-man and then a zoomed one of his face. oO...you're guilty and youget away Oo

Once the pictures are done and if Cade still goes unnoticed, he'll follow the man further, although his (ponytail-man) actions have grown more and more suspicious.

OOC - Obviously Cade will continue to roll for hiding and moving silently, but he'll also make note of the man's actions, as they seem like he's sizing things up - the crowd, the location, and so forth.

 

[yestotom]

Cyrus leaves the credit cards but makes a mental note of the fat guy's name. If there is any blood on his hands, he takes care to wash off all visible signs. He then leaves the restroom and heads to the meeting room, looking for friendly faces. As he exits, he checks to see if anyone notices him.

 

[industrygothica]

Oblivious to the actions of those around him, Nick decides to go and take a closer look at the artifacts left in the crates. He is confident that the police won't be coming, and wouldn't be able to get in even if they did, so he makes no attempt at being subtle about his search. He'll freely open the crates further and throughly examine everything inside.