Kingdom Lost - Episode 2 "Department 7"

[Shalimar]

"I'll be safe, I promise," she tells her mom as buckles on her helmet. She detours to her apartment for a quick change of clothes, a pair of khaki shorts, and a fresh un-bloodstained tank top, and then her trusty sandals. After the stop at home, its right back to work to meet up with Selene.

"So are you ready to take me to meet Krista, I know this could be kind of weird for you, she is your roommate and all. Is there anything I should know before we go do this?" she asks the college girl.

 

[Tokiwong]

"I'll be safe, I promise," she tells her mom as buckles on her helmet. She detours to her apartment for a quick change of clothes, a pair of khaki shorts, and a fresh un-bloodstained tank top, and then her trusty sandals. After the stop at home, its right back to work to meet up with Selene.

"So are you ready to take me to meet Krista, I know this could be kind of weird for you, she is your roommate and all. Is there anything I should know before we go do this?" she asks the college girl.

Selene swings her feet off the empty desk and stands, “Yeah a little weird, but it is cool, I just know that Krista isn’t involved with that murder stuff. She couldn’t hurt a fly, I man it!”

She thinks for a minute as the both women walk outside, “Not really, she is pretty nice, and she is cool. Wesley is probably over, you think Dexter is the super geek then Wesley is their king. But he is a really nice guy, and Krista has known him since high school. Just going to introduce you, no need to play up the student part unless we have to. Pepperdine is a big place after all.”

It is short ride towards Pepperdine then up into the hills towards college apartments that surround the campus. The place is nice and gated, and within walking distance of the school. Selene pulls into a spot, and there is a place for bikes and motorcycles near by.

Selene walks towards what looks like a townhouse, and opens the door with her key. Inside the place smells fresh and looks very girly, though various posters of singers and musicians grace the walls as Selene leads the two of you into the living room. Lounging on the couch is Krista with some pink shirts and little t-shirt with spaghetti strings; she smiles seeing Selene and Sakura.

“I thought you were going out late,” Krista asks.

“Change of plans, James was busy, so I decided to bring my friend Sakura by, and hang out,” she replies with a shrug.

“Well great Wesley and I were going to watch a movie, Lord of the Rings the second one, I never saw that in theatres,” she shrugs, “seems kind of boring.”

“Where is Wesley-” Selene nearly finishes…

“Hey, hey look who brought the Mountain Dew!” a gangly tall youth with short blonde dreads and glass framing his face walks in balancing a large bowl of dip, over several bags, on top of two pizza boxes with a 12 pack of Mountain Dew hanging from one hand. It all balances pretty precariously as Selene rolls her eyes and helps Wesley with the food.

“Thanks,” he says and places the food down, before finally spotting Sakura. He visibly freezes for a moment. He blinks and then stands and looks to Krista, then to Selene, “Uhh… who is the new girl?”

“This is my friend Sakura, I brought her over to hang out, Sakura this Krista and Wesley.”

Wesley grins nervously, “Uhh yeah,” he turns and walks and trips over a table sprawling on the floor. He quickly stands up and laughs it off weakly, “Uhh I meant to do that, I was going to grab the beer, uhh gomen nasai,” he smirks.

“Umm… yeah… uhh… beer, be right back,” he ducks out of the room back into the kitchen.

Selene just smirks, “Graceful like a cat.”

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura can't help but grin when Wesley trips over the table and tries to play it off. "Hi Krista, hi Wesley, its nice to meet you." she tells them after Selene's introduction. whether or not they are wrapped up in these murders or whatever, they really don't look it, I mean, this guy is soo nervous he is tripping over furniture when he gets introduced to a girl he doesn't know, she thinks to herself, they really are quite cute together, a nerd and the girl who tolerates him.

She whispers to Selene, "Is Wesley always like that? Its a wonder he's still alive if he does that whenever he meets someone new, did he walk into trafic when he first met you?" she jokes with Selene.

 

[Tokiwong]

Sakura can't help but grin when Wesley trips over the table and tries to play it off. "Hi Krista, hi Wesley, its nice to meet you." she tells them after Selene's introduction. whether or not they are wrapped up in these murders or whatever, they really don't look it, I mean, this guy is soo nervous he is tripping over furniture when he gets introduced to a girl he doesn't know, she thinks to herself, they really are quite cute together, a nerd and the girl who tolerates him.

She whispers to Selene, "Is Wesley always like that? Its a wonder he's still alive if he does that whenever he meets someone new, did he walk into trafic when he first met you?" she jokes with Selene.

"Not really, he is ususally pretty cool. I don't even know what his type is," she takes a seat and starts digging into some food.

Krista laughs, "No he only gets like that around girls he thinks are really super cute," she says to Sakura, "have a seat relax. Wesley really is a sweetheart, nicest guy I have ever met."

Selene jokes, "Nicer then Jacob?"

Krista rolls her eyes, "Jacob isn't a nice guy, he is a great guy, he would be here, but he had some stuff to do with his Frat, no biggy. I just wanted to chill anyways. Wesley is still trying to get me to play that game of his..."

Selene laughs, "Still?"

Wesley walks back in with the bear, looking a bit more calm, "Uhh... anyone want any, I am doing the Dew."

"Here," Selene raises a hand as Wesley tosses her one.

"Sure, you do the Dew," Krista jokes.

Wesley looks to Sakura, "Uhh.. yeah... umm you want some beer, Mountain Dew, or if you want something I can go grab it real quick. I mean if you want something else," he gulps. Wesley wears a shirt with an anime styled warrior with a sword and the words Samurai X on the front. He has on loose shorts and sandals.

Selene laughs, "Relax Wesley! Start the movie I want to see me some Orlando Bloom!"

Krista smils, "Mmmm... is he in the movie... he is so yummy!"

Wesley sighs speaking in Japanese, "Women... do you uhh speak Japanese, being named Sakura and all..." as he goes to start the DVD.

 

[Shalimar]

Sakura kicks off her sandals and curls up on the couch nearest the food and starts in on the chips, "Wow, thanks Krista, although I guess I should thank Wesley, but he'd probably choke on something." she joked, smiling at Krista and Selene before Wesley returned from the kitchen.

"Me too," Sakura said,holding her hand out for a beer too. "No, no, this is good, no need to go out for anything, this is all great." she tells him, and then her gaze falls upon the t-shirt and she can't but grin, she knew that show, anime was one of her few indulgences, and this one she liked in particular. She nods towards the shirt and grins, "Thats my dad's name, Kenshin." she tells him.

Sakura laughs as Wesley exclaims in japanese, and she answers in the same language. "Yes, I am Japanese, and I do speak it."

 

[Festy_Dog]

“I know a few people that visit every now and then, but I wouldn’t want to talk about them to a public magazine without asking them first. Many of my friends like to lead private lives you know? I know, not all that exciting, but it isn’t like my friends make Verve cool, what makes the Verve cool is people like me,” she grins.

James smiles empathicly.

“So we going to take that picture now, my time is about up, unless you have anything else to ask me?” she says finally finishing her drink.

"Sure. Chris, think you can get a nice shot of our friend here?" he asks, and waits for Dexter to take a picture.

Change of plans, gonna have to try something else.

"Chloe, can I ask you something off the record?" he asks, his expression changing to something a little like worry.

 

[Tokiwong]

Sakura kicks off her sandals and curls up on the couch nearest the food and starts in on the chips, "Wow, thanks Krista, although I guess I should thank Wesley, but he'd probably choke on something." she joked, smiling at Krista and Selene before Wesley returned from the kitchen.

Krista and Selene both laugh.

"Me too," Sakura said,holding her hand out for a beer too. "No, no, this is good, no need to go out for anything, this is all great." she tells him, and then her gaze falls upon the t-shirt and she can't but grin, she knew that show, anime was one of her few indulgences, and this one she liked in particular. She nods towards the shirt and grins, "Thats my dad's name, Kenshin." she tells him.

Wesley hands Sakura a beer, “Here yah go,” he smiles weakly, “uhh you sure you don’t need anything, I can hop on my vespa and be there and back like super quick!”

“Relax Wesley, watch your movie,” Selene intones.

Wesley shrugs and flops on the couch just as Sakura says the last bit about his shirt. He grin widely, “It is pretty sweet, I really like it. Right now I am totally wrapped up into Naruto, it is awesome!”

“On no… here we go,” Selene rolls her eyes.

“So where is Orlando?” Krista asks.

“Give it a second, he is the elf, Legolas, the super badass archer,” he smirks, “I am an Aragorn fan myself. Of course Gandalf is the man too, this scene is great, look how much ass he is kicking!”

“What is that thing?” Krista asks.

“The Balrog,” Wesley smirks.

“What’s a Balrog?” Krista asks.

“It is a demon,” Wesley rolls his eyes, “just watch the movie Bloom will be here soon enough.”

Sakura laughs as Wesley exclaims in japanese, and she answers in the same language. "Yes, I am Japanese, and I do speak it."

“So,” he says in Japanese, “are you like from Japan, or something? I spent my senior there as an exchange student, and I was there last summer as a missionary, that is where I learned my Japanese, which isn’t that great but I got by,” he shrugs, “that is pretty cool though.”

“If you ever like ant to watch some anime uhh, yeah I got a big collection, most of it is from Japan so straight up Japanese no dubbing, just the real deal! But I mean that is if you are not like busy with Selene and stuff, I mean you know just saying. Yeah I am going to stop talking now,” he gulps nervously.

Selene just smirks and looks to Krista, “He is such a smooth operator…” she says softly.

Krista furrows her brow, “So who are the midgets, wait is that Elijah Woods? Oh I love him, he is so cute! Wow he looks really short! Wow I think I am going to like this movie! So who is James anyways, is this another cutie?”

“He is a little cute, a little weird, and all kinds of Australian, oh his accent is so sexy, mmm, I just want him to talk to me all day,” she laughs, “You should meet him. He is cute, but I only want him for his voice.”

Krista laughs.

 

[Tokiwong]

"Sure. Chris, think you can get a nice shot of our friend here?" he asks, and waits for Dexter to take a picture.

Chloe smiles sweetly to Chris winking her eyes at him, "Please..." she says seductively.

"Chloe, can I ask you something off the record?" he asks, his expression changing to something a little like worry.

"Sure but if this is your way of coming on to me, just to let you know you are cute, but your not my type," she says with a roguish grin, "but sure I don't mind speaking off the record."

 

[Festy_Dog]

James looks relieved, and takes note of how Chloe has held herself and how she's spoken during the conversation thus far.

Now for the long shot.

"Thanks, and don't worry, this isn't about getting in your pants. It so happens Verve wasn't the first choice of the editor, I had to twist her arm to have this the first place the magazine would focus on. I have an ulterior motive for coming here, a friend of mine has disappeared and as far as I know this was the last place he was seen. You might have seen him before: skinny, dark, bald, pointy ears, goes by the name of Rizzym," he says, almost fretting, "I know I should be leaving this up to the police, but they're not getting anywhere. I'm worried he's in some kind of trouble with someone."

[ooc: dunno whether this would be diplomacy or bluff, but I'm adding empathy +2, charm +1 and an action dice in the hopes it works out. ]

 

[Tokiwong]

James looks relieved, and takes note of how Chloe has held herself and how she's spoken during the conversation thus far.

Now for the long shot.

"Thanks, and don't worry, this isn't about getting in your pants. It so happens Verve wasn't the first choice of the editor, I had to twist her arm to have this the first place the magazine would focus on. I have an ulterior motive for coming here, a friend of mine has disappeared and as far as I know this was the last place he was seen. You might have seen him before: skinny, dark, bald, pointy ears, goes by the name of Rizzym," he says, almost fretting, "I know I should be leaving this up to the police, but they're not getting anywhere. I'm worried he's in some kind of trouble with someone."

[ooc: dunno whether this would be diplomacy or bluff, but I'm adding empathy +2, charm +1 and an action dice in the hopes it works out. ]

This would be a Bluff check you are trying to get her to believe something that isn’t true, to gain her trust. She receives a +5 bonus to the Sense Motive check. James rolls a total check of 30, 27 without the Action Dice, plus an additional 3 for the Action Dice. He has used another Action Point. Her opposed Sense Motive check is a 15. A definite success.

Chloe bites her lip as James lays out the truth behind visiting the club. She looks around nervously before speaking, “I know Rizzym is in trouble, he… he stopped by here a few nights ago to see me. He,” she looks concerned, “he said he had to disappear for a few days. I don’t know where he went.”

“I didn’t know you knew him, he never mentioned a Ted, but then again he tends to like to keep secrets. That jerk, I swear I don’t know why I even put up with him,” before she catches herself, “do you know who is looking for him, or… are you with that woman that stopped by here last night,” she starts to get defensive giving both James and Dexter suspicious looks.