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[Tale_Weaver]

The Emerson Estate

Wow, kickass Dave!


Koln carefully enters the room, his gun at the ready where ever he looks. In the corner! At the floor! The ceiling! The other corner! The ceiling again! The other corner! The floor! The other corner! The other corner! The other corner! The other corner! The large purple anthropromorphic gerbil serving snow cones to school children inside a cave at the bottom of an ocean of turmoil and mulicolored rubber balls! Oh look it's snowing... The other corner! The floor!

Feeling confident of his thorough sweep of the room, Koln walks over to the newspaper, flipping by a tv advert for "Fannie Fang's Horror Hour" and "LeRoy Smith's 'Get your Baskeball on!' DVD Series" he scans the pages for the funnies, he could use a good laugh. He then blinks... realizing the newspaper has changed in his hands suddenly, the soft white pages turning a crisp tired yellow. Reading the paper...

Koln looks at the yellowed newspaper, the headline on the front page reads "Police Still Searching For Emerson Wilkershire III As Prime Suspect". The article briefly explains how the police have been searching high and low for Emerson Wilkershire III who went missing after a double homicide at the estate. Supposedly a neighboring farmer saw some activity at his ranch right outside of Denver but when police went there to search they found nothing.

After reading the article Koln can't help it, he just feels the urge to turn to the comics section. Koln can now be found sitting in the corner giggling to himself as he reads the paper. At least there are some good strips in this paper...Koln always loved Peanuts.

 

[izillama]

>.<**
With a cross of the arms and a roll of the eyes, Clover was clearly aggravated. She knew it! Why had she even bothered to follow these specters or led Ruby on to doing so? She still didn't believe in ghosts. However, in the wake of current events, she was now absolutely positive that (putting the possibility of ghosts on a side burner for a moment) the woman and man had not been living, breathing beings.
As if to prove it to herself, she closed her eyes and lifted her head, inhaling deeply to see if she could catch a whiff of the bloody man.

Sniff check?

Then, she stepped over to Ruby and laid a hand on her shoulder, "It's almost dawn. We should go find Koln and get out of here."

 

[ladyphoenix]

>.<**
With a cross of the arms and a roll of the eyes, Clover was clearly aggravated. She knew it! Why had she even bothered to follow these specters or led Ruby on to doing so? She still didn't believe in ghosts. However, in the wake of current events, she was now absolutely positive that (putting the possibility of ghosts on a side burner for a moment) the woman and man had not been living, breathing beings.
As if to prove it to herself, she closed her eyes and lifted her head, inhaling deeply to see if she could catch a whiff of the bloody man.

Sniff check?

Then, she stepped over to Ruby and laid a hand on her shoulder, "It's almost dawn. We should go find Koln and get out of here."

The man vanished from sight right before her eyes! She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to meet Clover's eyes. "Yes, your right, he has not returned yet and its been too long now," she said calmly. She had foolishly believed another apparition was a live person again. She turned towards the direction of Koln's hallway. "Lets go!" she said with a smirk as she bolted down towards the hallway.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln looks at the yellowed newspaper, the headline on the front page reads "Police Still Searching For Emerson Wilkershire III As Prime Suspect". The article briefly explains how the police have been searching high and low for Emerson Wilkershire III who went missing after a double homicide at the estate. Supposedly a neighboring farmer saw some activity at his ranch right outside of Denver but when police went there to search they found nothing.

After reading the article Koln can't help it, he just feels the urge to turn to the comics section. Koln can now be found sitting in the corner giggling to himself as he reads the paper. At least there are some good strips in this paper...Koln always loved Peanuts.

As Koln sits on the floor, reclining back against the wall, happily giggling and clapping his feet together as he finishes reading Peanuts and then the Garfield. He then sighs, closing the paper and plopping it back on the dresser. Feeling nosey, he starts to poke around in the drawers.

SEARCH CHECK!
Roll Lookup
1d20+8+2 → [18,8,2] = (28)

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Emerson Estate

The man vanished from sight right before her eyes! She felt a hand on her shoulder and turned around to meet Clover's eyes. "Yes, your right, he has not returned yet and its been too long now," she said calmly. She had foolishly believed another apparition was a live person again. She turned towards the direction of Koln's hallway. "Lets go!" she said with a smirk as she bolted down towards the hallway.

Clover
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You don't smell anything in the air but the musty smell of a damp basement.
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Clover and Ruby chase after the apparition and come to the wine cellar where Koln was. Koln of course is gone now but the wine bottles remain. As the you enter the room the bottles start to shake. You hear a voice say "He's coming...run!"

The lights flicker and the bottles start to shake more violently. One of the shelves falls down blocking the doorway back to the hall. A few bottles start to come out of their compartments in the shelves and float through the air looming above you. Suddenly, six of them launch themselves violently at both Ruby and Clover.

Clover Seeking Bottles

1d20+2 → [11,2] = (13)
1d20+2 → [7,2] = (9)
1d20+2 → [7,2] = (9)



Ruby Seeking Bottles

1d20+2 → [4,2] = (6)
1d20+2 → [7,2] = (9)
1d20+2 → [19,2] = (21)

Clover dodges the bottles while jumping around the room. Ruby dodges most of them until one gets her right in the back of the head.

Bottle Damage

1d6+1 → [4,1] = (5)

Ruby takes 5 damage (bashing) from the flying bottle.

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Emerson Estate

As Koln sits on the floor, reclining back against the wall, happily giggling and clapping his feet together as he finishes reading Peanuts and then the Garfield. He then sighs, closing the paper and plopping it back on the dresser. Feeling nosey, he starts to poke around in the drawers.

SEARCH CHECK!
Roll Lookup
1d20+8+2 → [18,8,2] = (28)

Koln is not quite sure but after reading the comics and searching through the dresser he thinks he's managed to solve world hunger. He quickly forgets though because while rummaging through the mostly empty drawers he comes across some pictures. He studies them carefully. They are rather worn and look like they have been sitting in the drawer for a long time. They are of a young man in a long brown jacket with blonde hair and glasses. He has one arm on the back of a beatiful riding horse. They are in a field in front of a barn. Some of the pictures have the same blonde man standing next to a hefty older man.

 

[izillama]

Clover gritted her teeth and, after dodging three very aerodynamic wine bottles, grabbed Ruby by the scruff of her dress and pulled her down into a duck-and-cover position on the floor. She managed to hiss in annoyance, "Damn. I never was much of a drinker..." Then, she hurriedly checked the room and, clearly finding no sign of Koln, checked for some indication as to which way he had gone.

Search check (though I think I would clearly see the elevator...)
1d20+11 → [4,11] = (15)

 

[ladyphoenix]

Clover gritted her teeth and, after dodging three very aerodynamic wine bottles, grabbed Ruby by the scruff of her dress and pulled her down into a duck-and-cover position on the floor. She managed to hiss in annoyance, "Damn. I never was much of a drinker..." Then, she hurriedly checked the room and, clearly finding no sign of Koln, checked for some indication as to which way he had gone.

Search check (though I think I would clearly see the elevator...)
1d20+11 → [4,11] = (15)

"grrrrk!" Ruby squawked as a wine bottle knocked into the back of her head. She felt Clover pull her down beside her as they dodged the rest of the bottles. She rubbed the back of her head and squinted in annoyance. "Indeed, I don't like wine myself," she snorted in disgust.
She surveyed the room, and her flight instincts kicked in..


Escape artist
1d20+5 → [17,5] = (22)
Roll Lookup

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln is not quite sure but after reading the comics and searching through the dresser he thinks he's managed to solve world hunger. He quickly forgets though because while rummaging through the mostly empty drawers he comes across some pictures. He studies them carefully. They are rather worn and look like they have been sitting in the drawer for a long time. They are of a young man in a long brown jacket with blonde hair and glasses. He has one arm on the back of a beatiful riding horse. They are in a field in front of a barn. Some of the pictures have the same blonde man standing next to a hefty older man.

Koln shrugs, "Feh, nice horsie... " and rolls over to the bed, taking a peek under it!

SEARCH
1d20+8+2 → [12,8,2] = (22)
Roll Lookup

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The Emerson Estate

"grrrrk!" Ruby squawked as a wine bottle knocked into the back of her head. She felt Clover pull her down beside her as they dodged the rest of the bottles. She rubbed the back of her head and squinted in annoyance. "Indeed, I don't like wine myself," she snorted in disgust.
She surveyed the room, and her flight instincts kicked in..

Escape artist
1d20+5 → [17,5] = (22)
Roll Lookup

Clover gritted her teeth and, after dodging three very aerodynamic wine bottles, grabbed Ruby by the scruff of her dress and pulled her down into a duck-and-cover position on the floor. She managed to hiss in annoyance, "Damn. I never was much of a drinker..." Then, she hurriedly checked the room and, clearly finding no sign of Koln, checked for some indication as to which way he had gone.

Search check (though I think I would clearly see the elevator...)
1d20+11 → [4,11] = (15)

While dodging flying wine bottles, Clover spots the elevator against the wall. She quickly runs over and pushes the button to summon the elevator. The doors slide open and Ruby takes the opportunity to jump in like a rabbit diving into a hole. Clover follows and lands on top of Ruby. The girls make the best of the small space they have (especially Ruby with Clover's chest in her face)! The elevator reaches the top and opens up to the bedroom. Ruby and Clover look out, still in the elevator, and see Koln looking around the room under the bed. The dresser is still open and it's obvious he has been searching through everything.