Nocturnum - Chapter I

[Majin]

Tuesday, May 16 2006 - 11:00 AM

The night had passed and the unlikely group all went their seperate ways. At this time of the day Gabriel is somewhere at his respective university. Likewise for Steven and Dunstand, in their dorm. Roger, being technically self-employed, can dictate his own schedule around his clients. Pete, working his current case would most likely be on his way to check out the theater again. Where Vincent is, is anyone's guess.

[sblock]Insight, you still with us? [/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

Steven wakes up early, before 7am. He wake up and go to the university's gym where he train for a two hours training. His mind is remembering what happen the day before. He can't explain anything... all the evnts where outside his comprehension, and it seems they were for all the other two, but the other was thinking it was more a pranks than something unatural. As the clock arrive show 8h45, Steven quickly hit the shower before running to his macro econmic course. He sits down and listen, not understanding what happen during the crash of 1929 and the cause of that... As the course finish, he leaves and walk in the hall

Damn, I think I'll have some study to do... I just need to pass the test if I want to continue to play football... Our art history work! That too need to be done, and we did nothing yestrday.

Steven quickly walk to the football team's room and grab the phone and call Dunstand.

 

[ae1vart0n]

Roger got up, as was usual, to a modest breakfast and a quick scan of his calendar, making note of the days obligations. The night before he had added "Visit Theatre" to the list, as if he could forget what happened or his plans to return. He had finished his notes, including their stay at the hospital and created a new file in the potentials side of the cabinet before drifting off to sleep. Sleep had come easily as he had found himself to be exhausted after yesterdays antics.

Checking his phone for messages, and his equipment to ensure they would continue their daily tasks unimpaired, he set off for the library. This morning he would not only check his email, but would stay a while longer to find out as much as he could about the theatre, and any airborne toxins which could cause the peculiar brand of hallucination they had experienced the night before. It was still the best theory he had going.

 

[Dhes]

Woken by the nagging sound of a incoming call on his mobile, Dunstand jumps out of bed and walk over to his computer. Not undocking his mobile from his computer, Dunstand glances at one of the screens showing him the somewhat puzzled but smiling face of Steven. Hitting a key on his Key board, Dunstand picks up the call. ”Hey Steve, Don’t tell me, It’s late and we still have a paper to write. What time is it any whey, did you finish football practice?”
[sblock]Sorry For letting the phone ring for more than a week Velmont, I won’t give you any bull story, I was lazy and every time I wanted to pick it up, it slipped my mind. Too much
“shiny” stuff on the internet. [/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

"About time you answer... it is pass eleven. You were still sleeping? Didn't you had a course this morning... what I am asking, you skip half your course and you always find a way to pass your course. It must be me who is too dumb... Yeah, I am calling you because we did nothing yesterday. These ghost might have bring some distaction, but if I have a D in that course, it won't be enough for me to continue to play football. So what do you suggest, we try to find back that girl and interview her? Or maybe you have a great news like you have already finish the work. I jut got out of my macro economic course... and that's another course where I have a D in horizon. Things aren't good for me now." tells Steven

 

[hippocrachus]

Tuesday morning Gabriel stood in front of his American History class, anticipating its end. There were some questions he wanted answered about last night, and droning on about one of the United States' two billion wars wasn't getting the job done.
An hour before lunch, Gabriel found himself in the university library.

[sblock=OOC]Research +10
Topics of Interest:
Hauntings similar to the supposed one at the Paradise.
Reasons a television might explode.
Evaporating mucus.
He'll also be refreshing his memory on all of the things he researched yesterday. Before, he considered most of the information just a bunch of rubbish, but now that murder is looking more interesting. Among other things...
Take 20 if it's allowed. He'll skip lunch if he has to; nevermind his hypoglycemia.[/sblock]

 

[Majin]

[sblock]Well I think I've given everyone ample time to respond. If the others would still like to be in the game, post anytime you like and we will re-intergrate you.[/sblock]

Tuesday, May 16 2006 - 12:30 AM

Gabriel's search turns up not much more than he already knew. The plethora of supposed hauntings on the internet is gigantic. Narrowing down his search to just theaters in the area, nearly all the older ones have some such report or another from an "eye-witness", but the descriptions he reads are anything but extraordinary when it comes to haunting accounts. Nothing can be found that links the Paradise to any other hauntings.

Likewise, every account of a television exploding that he can come up with only relates mundane reasons. His findings on mucus evaporation is a bit curious though; obviously any water-based substance will evaporate with time, but generally will leave some sort of residue behind of the non-H2O elements. From what he could tell from the hospital visit, Vincent did not have any on him, or at least the doctor did not mention any.

Roger has just as much luck as Gabriel. He does at least learn more about the Paradise and it's history, though nothing extra from what Gabriel may or may not have told the group. On the matter of toxins in the air that could cause hallucinations, the list is long and mostly unpronoucable. Any official way of telling if anything was leaking or airborne in the Paradise would require a atmospheric chemical test of some kind.

 

[Dhes]

”I’ll get some historical facts on the theater from the net, I’m sure that that will be enough to just copy past into a paper. pausing for a bit, ”I do think that we should get back to the theater, I really didn’t get any good pictures where we were there. We just need to make sure that we don’t poke around too much. Don’t fancy ending up in the hospital like that other kid. Swing by my room after your classes, I’m sure that I’ll have most of the paper done by then.
After hanging up, Dunstand get behind his computer and try’s to find any articles or references’ that they can use in the Art History paper.
[sblock]+7 Computer use, +4 Gather information[/sblock]

 

[Velmont]

"Fine." and Steven hang out. He looks at the hour... his day of course is finish, but he has an afternoon to work. His studies won't pay themselves. He quickly go to the construction site where he is employed and work the four hours he was schedule. After that, he will go directly to Dunstand place.

 

[Insight]

Vincent, still reeling a bit from his fall, spends the balance of the day at home, unsure of what to think of the break-in the day prior. His thoughts naturally turned to the whereabouts of his parents, and his friends.

Checking his cell phone occasionally to see if he had missed any calls during periods when he dozed off, Vincent surprisingly finds that no one has called. All of a sudden, Vincent starts to feel alone in the world.