Exit 23

[Sixchan]

Nick spits on the ground, in the trucker's direction. "I know more than the government lets me. For instance, I know what I can beat the s*** out of you if you don't answer my questions. Tell us about the demon. NOW."

 

[loxmyth]

"And you." He adds to Daunte, sneering. "You know nothing of the true reality of the world, only what your government lets you know. It's people like him," He nods his head towards the unconscious Mr Riley. "who keep your eyes closed."

Daunte shrugs. "Yeah, but I'm not the one handcuffed to a rail here." He watches Ben move over to the unconscious body, and then he reaches over to pick up the snowglobe from where it's fallen in the tussle, and sighs. When he speaks again, he adopts a matter-of-fact tone.

"Look, obviously you're screwed, no matter how this turns out. Regardless your demon friend can kill us all, we can take you with us. If your friend doesn't turn up and the authorities arrive, you're going to be locked up for a long time. So you lose either way. Of course, if you want to cooperate, call off your friend, I'm sure the jury will go easy on you, huh? So what do you say? Tell us what's going on, all about your friend, and why you want this snowglobe, and everything'll work out better for you."

OoC: Using fast-talk with diplomacy, for a total bonus of +10.

 

[Jarval]

Ben goes through Riley's pockets, finding his wallet. Inside he finds: $152, two credit cards, a small photo of a youngish woman in a summer dress, and an identity card. The card states that Jonas Riley is an agent for and organization called the Hoffmann Institute, and includes a passport style picture of the man lying unconscious on the table in front of Ben, prior to his hair starting to recede.

The trucker looks over to Daunte, seeming to take some heed of his words (Diplomacy check: 13 + 10 = 27).

"Perhaps you have a point, but even if I wanted to call off this creature, I could not. My master made sure I was safe from his summonings, but I do not have the knowledge to control such a beast. And do you think I would be so foolish as to waste such forces as these on an out of the way rest stop? No, your Mr Riley must have triggered it somehow."

 

[ErichDragon]

Ben stands up and moves to confront the trucker. "Now that you are feeling more cooperative...Who is your master and what is the 'Hoffmann Institute'?"

 

[Jarval]

"My master was the great Michel Galvin. If you don't know his name, then you have no knowledge of my world." He glances over to the unconscious Riley. "As for the Hoffmann Institute, they're a group of meddlers in all kinds of matters, not least those of the 'occult'. Ineffective meddlers, as has been demonstrated by this storm and the freeing of the beast."


OOC: I'm going on holiday for just over a week, starting tomorrow. See this thread for full details, but it basically means I'm not going to be posting much (if at all) until after the 31st or later.

 

[Jarval]

I'm back, so we can get things rolling again. Sorry about the delay, but my holiday went on for a few days longer than expected, and then I had a busy week at work.

 

[loxmyth]

Daunte licked lips he hadn't realized had dried as he listened to the francophone's speech. He turned to his compatriots to see if any of them had fully understood what the man had been talking about. "So you're saying this guy from the Hoffman Institute freed your demon friend? So how do we stop it? You yourself just said it shouldn't be wasted on an out of the way rest stop."

 

[ErichDragon]

"Assuming what you say is true, why and how was the beast freed, and what does it want? Why won't it let us leave the building?"

 

[Jarval]

"I do not know how he freed it." The trucker looks both a little embarrassed and annoyed by this. "Or how to return the beast to its confinement. As for what it wants, this place seems to have all its needs. People to eat and torment, and the cold. It would not be as happy in Arizona, shall we say."

 

[Jarval]

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