RS1-Stolen University (Salix Judging)

[Rhialto]

The Juggler keeps an eye on the entrance ways, knife in hand to give any foe who ventures therein a... sharp rebuke.

Heh. Simon's got a million of them.

 

[Raylis]

We are in the entrance of 44, right? A thorough search using ESP would take ages (and could not possibly cover the whole site) so Jones is just going for a quick look around lay of the land kind of thing.

If my scale is right I am thinking of the following locations: 4 on the roof of 44 one above the door and one at each end. (particularly interested in any minds inside this building but also anyone moving around the grounds) Then moving in a rough circle around the area Roof of 22; Roof of 43; Roof of 25; Roof of 54; Roof of 17; Roof of 24 (if in range) roof of 61 and roof of 39.

Thats 12 locations so I think we are talking about at least two minutes to check them all possibly much more.

Half an hour passes with no sign of activity within the building or outside of it. Using his ESP Mr. Jones determines that there is a sizeable group at the Tawanka Commons (area 54) and the Robert Reid Lab School (area 39).

There are no groups of minds anywhere else but he does detect something odd: as he searches the areas he detects a thought and then it vanishes, as if someone were passing through the area at a remarkable speed...

 

[rgordona]

Much to everyone’s relief Mr Jones eyes eventually unglaze. "I have had a good look around: I could not cover the whole site but this area seems unnaturally quiet. I occasionally got a feeling there was someone around but they were moving very fast and I never saw anything. I located two groups of people which could be students, one group in a building to the northwest(54) and another group to the west of here(39)." Mr Jones produces a map of the campus from his opera hat and indicates the locations to the others.

"Herr Doctor, could we use your device to evacuate students" Asks Mr Jones "If not we will need to find a way to turn off the force field before we can rescue them. One of the groups was very close though, if we move through this building to the back we will be able to see the building they are in.(54)"

As the others consider the new information Mr Jones says "Since the communicators don't work I will let the Major know we are in and that things are going smothly so far." He then reaches to his cloak, and with a deft flick swirls it around his body and disappears.

Now outside the shield Jones switches on his communicator "Major, we are in but the field is blocking our communications. So it will be difficult to stay in touch." The magician then tries to contact the other members of the team before teleporting back to join them. "Hi guys, I assume you could hear nothing from the outside on your communicators."

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Half an hour! Sorry guys that will teach me to send Jones out on detailed scouting missions.

[sblock=Clarification of actions]Talk, ESP outside the feild, then teleport, then use comunicator, ESP back inside, finally teleport back inside and switch the array back to forcefield. :>[/sblock]

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[Hand of Vecna]

Upon Mr. Jones's mention of the fast-moving person, Archeville comments, "Hrrmmm, vonder if zhat is zhe voman Zenji saw vhen he entered... probably vas... so she's either a speedster or a teleporter... und if she's one of zhe Minister's minions, zhen zhey can be vatching us, mitout zhe need for complex security cameras."


Upon mention of evacuation, "Ja, ja, zhough zhis particular invention only makes portals big enough to allow one person zhrough at a time, und ve'd haff to be mitin 30 meters -- 100 feet -- of zhe field for it to vork."

[sblock=OOC]I'd honestly forgotten that this lil' invention has ESP 3 (1,000 ft.; visual) on it as well as Teleport Portal 1 (as alt powers of his Flight). Could Archeville & Mr. Jones have coordinated their searches, so it took only 15 minutes instead of 30?[/sblock]

 

[Raylis]

I'd honestly forgotten that this lil' invention has ESP 3 (1,000 ft.; visual) on it as well as Teleport Portal 1 (as alt powers of his Flight). Could Archeville & Mr. Jones have coordinated their searches, so it took only 15 minutes instead of 30?

OOC: Not a problem for me:

Retcon: Using combined efforts Mr. Jones and Dr. Archeville search the surrounding area of the buildings. Dr. Archeville sees nothing amis on the grounds while Mr. Jones finds two groups of thoughts-and one fleeting.

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"I was afraid of that; With that force field up I won't be able to give you any backup and with communication jammed... locate and deactivate the force field controls as fast as you can, but keep in mind saving the students and stopping the minister is the first priority.

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[Rhialto]

The Juggler glances at the map, and scratches his chin. "I'd wager the laboratory building is what we're looking for. With hostages in the Commons, perhaps..." He scratches his chin. "I say we split up. One large group to the Lab, a smaller group to the commons..."

 

[Hand of Vecna]

Archeville paused a moment as he went over the map in his head again, then added, "I believe zhe laboratories are vhere zhe force field is being generated from. It vould haff equipment capable of carrying zhe power load -- vhy bring batteries vhen you can tap into zhe school's power grid? -- und it seems zhe Minister may be using zhe Public Emergency Phones und zhe Code Blue Emergency Stations as 'fenceposts' for zhe field."

"Still, since I'm the one who can move zhe hostages out fastest, I might should take zhe Commons."

 

[Asmor]

"Isn't anyone curious about why it's so warm in here? I mean, maybe it's nothing... But what if this field is giving off some kind of radiation or something?" Zenji looks around the campus. "Something's wrong... I don't know what... but I get the distinct feeling that there's something major we're overlooking."

 

[rgordona]

"I too am curious about the weather, but there is nothing we can do about it, saving the hostages should be our first priority not investigating strange phenomena." Replies Mr Jones

"Both the buildings in question are close to the screen so we should be able to use the Doctor's device and save the hostages without bringing the field down. I am not sure about splitting up; if we stick together some of us can put down the guards while others rush hostages to safety.

"The question is which building first; the Commons is closer but hostages in the lab may be in more danger? There are several buildings further to the west, too far away for me to scout, at least one of them is another science building so we should not put all our faith on the lab."

 

[Hand of Vecna]

"Zhe increase in temperature could merely be from zhe solar energy absorbed by zhe opaque field," Archeville muses. "At least, in part...."