Dark*Matter: Discovery, The First Mission

[industrygothica]

I'll assume that Nick went with Meridith since they're both supposed to talk to the girl.

To the mother, he asks "Do you remember any of the other strange things she's said? I mean, are they just random thoughts, or do they have a common theme, like the Oracle of Delphi or something?"

 

[Friadoc]

While the others do their thing, Cade will set up the equipment for the best coverage for the cameras and microphones, as well as other equipment.

On top of showing the father the setup, Cade will help Diego along, as well - there's no reason he should be religated to bag carrier if he's shown an interest in the technology.

Once Cade has the equipment setup, he'll hook everything to a pair of laptops on a table in the dining room that will act like a central command/control room. Not only should he be able to monitor the inside of the house, but also, if needed, the outside.

"This way, sir," says Cade to the father. "We can see if there may be any external element to all of this, in addition to anything internally."

oO Plus we can watch our 'friends' outside, too Oo thinks Cade silently.

 

[iwatt]

"So John, let's get this party started. The sooner we start the sooner it's going to be over." Settling confortably into the chairs Cade had finished setting up, Larry begins his interview. In a preofesional and serious tone, he stats asking questions."

"If you could please tell us of any particular episodes that might have caused people to believe in your daughter's psychic abilities. Any one of them you can tell us about will be useful, so we can then figure out how it happened and explain it rationally. "


After he answers that question, Larry moves on to another topic.

"Do you have any idea how these rumours got started? Anybody in particular who you suspect is spreading them?"


OOC: Diego and Cade, feel free to add additional questions. Cade can probably IM them to Larry so that he does the asking (let's milk that Diplmacy for all it's worth ).

 

[Falkus]

"I haven't really noticed a recurring theme, no," Wilna said to Meredith and Nick. "They're pretty random. We brought her to a psychologist, and he said the same thing, it was just a game that she would eventually grow out of."

She frowned. "She has been repeating the same thing for the last week or so. She's been saying: 'The one's who returned Akhentanen to the grave will soon arrive.'"

*****

Setting up the gear took a few minutes, but Cade managed to get the coverage he wanted. The black car was still parked on the other side of the street, from what he could see from the cameras. Once the gear was set up, John followed Cade into the dining room and began to answer questions.

"Well, it all started two years ago, right after our vacation to Greece, when Carol, during supper, suddenly started spouting some nonsense about Mayans or something. She's been doing it ever since. I keep telling her to stop, but she just won't listen."

"I don't how it started, but I bet it was one of the teachers at her school. The kid doesn't just start running off at the mouth here, she'll do it anywhere. And those teachers just don't know how to keep their mouths shut. Probably talked about it to a tabloid reporter."

 

[Shayuri]

Meredith nods sympathetically, even as a chill runs down her back.

So she predicted US, she thinks.

"Do you think you can remember the things she's said, in the order she said them?" Meredith asks. "I'll be asking her too, but we try to have as many sources as possible. What's she said in-between that Mayan thing, and this most recent one?"

 

[Falkus]

"I don't really recall most of them. It's not like they're important, but I think I can remember one or two," Wilna said, closing her eyes and trying to remember. "Let's see: 'When the sky darkens at noon, the architect's puppet shall fall.' That was six months ago. Oh yes, and last month she said: 'If all goes well, then the secrets will be ended in the land of the oranges.'"

 

[industrygothica]

"She has been repeating the same thing for the last week or so. She's been saying: 'The one's who returned Akhentanen to the grave will soon arrive.'"

Nick is sufficiently freaked out, but tries to keep his compisure as Meridith continues to milk information from the woman. He's beginning to wish he'd taken the time to do a little research on this family before he got here though. Maybe Cade has a spare laptop...

 

[Friadoc]

"Take this one out to Nick and Meredith," says Cade as he hands a laptop to Diego. He then hands another laptop, booted up and logged in, to Larry. "We're up and running."

Hearing much of the conversation with the mother through an ear bud in his left ear, Cade sits down at his monitoring station and starts to do some research concerning the predictions he's heard so far.

Checking for eclipses, or other evens that would darken the sky at noon. He does message Nick's machine, once he sees that it has been delivered (it is also logged in and turned on), and types * Architect's puppets = Masons? *

To Larry, Cade types * Where in Greece did she start? *

 

[Friadoc]

Cade then types to Nick, * Proportedly freemasonry started in ancient egypt *

While listening to the conversations, Cade will review what has been said so far and do some research, with his first stop being what he can find about these "Lords of Sand". Obviously he will check the Hoffmann resources primarely, as the laptops do use OSIRS - both at the command line and with a graphical interface.

 

[Falkus]

Friadoc
[sblock]The latest solar eclipse was two months ago, at around about noon. Not much happened that day, except that a rather prominent senator who was the chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations was impeached and convicted on charges of corruption.

While the Freemasons are a fairly open society these days, their membership lists aren't public knowledge, and aren't usually kept on systems that you can access from the outside.

You also can't find anything related to sand lords on the OSIRS system, but after working on it for a bit, you also discover that any files rated at a security level above your access level wouldn't even be visible to any of your searches or inquiries without special permission from a superior.[/sblock]