Insight's "The Silent Partner" IC

[jackslate45]

"The guy doesn't show up after inviting us...The nerve of him." Jack mumbles under his breath. He takes a good look around to make sure he didn't miss anything.

 

[Insight]

Puzzled, Renna pauses at windows, and looks for grates or basement windows where the noise might be louder, giving a clue as to where this party is.

Renna isn't able to find the exact source of the unexplained noise. All she sees, as she skulks around, is a trio of men standing at the corner of the building. They are all wearing dinner jackets and quite a distance from the front door. Renna imagines that perhaps they are wait staff, but they don't look like waiters to her. One is smoking a pipe and the others are looking around, perhaps a little nervously.

Renna does NOT get the sense that these men have seen her yet. If they have, they did not react in any way to seeing her.

 

[Walking Dad]

Face

"Maybe he is just late... but inviting someone to a place you never were before..."

Face looks around...

 

[Shayuri]

Renna isn't able to find the exact source of the unexplained noise. All she sees, as she skulks around, is a trio of men standing at the corner of the building. They are all wearing dinner jackets and quite a distance from the front door. Renna imagines that perhaps they are wait staff, but they don't look like waiters to her. One is smoking a pipe and the others are looking around, perhaps a little nervously.

Renna does NOT get the sense that these men have seen her yet. If they have, they did not react in any way to seeing her.

Renna hunches down a little, watching them. Inwardly she knows she should go back around and go in. The actors had gone inside. They could be having alcohol-induced seizures this very moment and she'd never know! But the men seem so strange there, and out of place. The nervous glances make her think they may be waiting for something, and if they are...for what?

She hides most of herself behind the corner, just peeking around to see them; waiting just a little longer for whatever Godot they were expecting.

(OOC - if nothing happens for ten minutes, she'll head back around and in, hunting for the actors.)

 

[Insight]

Renna hunches down a little, watching them. Inwardly she knows she should go back around and go in. The actors had gone inside. They could be having alcohol-induced seizures this very moment and she'd never know! But the men seem so strange there, and out of place. The nervous glances make her think they may be waiting for something, and if they are...for what?

She hides most of herself behind the corner, just peeking around to see them; waiting just a little longer for whatever Godot they were expecting.

(OOC - if nothing happens for ten minutes, she'll head back around and in, hunting for the actors.)

OOC: If Renna is going to remain out of sight of the men (or basically out of sight), she will need to make a Listen check to see if she can make out what they're saying. In doing so, she will not need to make a Hide check. Alternately, Renna could get closer, obviating the need for the Listen check, but she will need to make a Hide check to avoid being seen, if Renna even cares about that. Your call.

 

[Insight]

Pierson and Thompson look over the inside of the Wilshire Club. After they are inside for a while, and being asked several times if they want to be shown a table, both of them notice that some customers are disappearing into what appears to be the kitchen area (also the way to the restrooms). The entrances to these areas are staffed with tough-looking guys in expensive suits.

Neither Jack nor "Face" seem to think all of these customers are going to the restroom at the same time, so... what's going on???

 

[Walking Dad]

Face

"I think I knew where the real 'action' is."
Pierson says to Jack, nodding towards the suspicious kitchen area.

He moves to the guy at the entrance:
"Hello, we were invited by Mr Martin. Is he already in?"
Face asks, pointing to the kitchen/restrooms.

 

[jackslate45]

Jack walks behind Face, and also says "Indeed. I was curious as to what happened to him"

 

[Insight]

Face

"I think I knew where the real 'action' is."
Pierson says to Jack, nodding towards the suspicious kitchen area.

He moves to the guy at the entrance:
"Hello, we were invited by Mr Martin. Is he already in?"
Face asks, pointing to the kitchen/restrooms.

A beefy man in a finely-tailored suit greets Face and Jack. "Password."

You can see behind the man what appears to be a set of restrooms to the left side of a corridor and a pair of double doors at the end of the corridor. These are the sort of "free-swinging" doors you'd expect to see leading into a large restaurant kitchen. You do NOT see doors leading anywhere else.

 

[Insight]

OOC: I know Shayuri has been having trouble of late, so I'm going to put her part of this on hold until Shayuri is ready.