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[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Loud, thumping music was beginning to annoy Clover's ears even before rounding the corner to the 24th Diocese. Then, when she finally stood outside of it, she groaned in annoyance.
It had taken her a half an hour to walk here, and nothing--nothing!--had been found. She would have thought that someone would have had something to say about a less-than-sane priest. But no. Everyone was too busy with their Wednesday rabble.
As usual, it even looked like the club was hopping. She felt a little timid standing outside of it alone. Every other time she had showed up here it had been with friends... or roommates. Now--wearing her cute little Catholic school uniform that she was beginning to think might be her downfall to being taken seriously--she began to feel just a little bit vulnerable. Exactly as a cute blonde should feel when faced with a horde of goth punk jacka$ who wouldn't mind having a little fun with an innocent victim.
But hey, you've got to do what you got to do.
Looking at her watch and convinced that she would only take 10 minutes to take a peek around inside the club, she got on line and waited to be let inside.

Clover gets inside the club after a short period of waiting in line. There are a good number of people in the club and Clover's phone rings before she can get a good scan of the place. It's Mindy calling. "Hey Angie, we've been lookin' all over the streets 'round the Broadstreet here and we haven't found anything? Got any other ideas? Where are ya right now anyway? Any luck?"

 

[Strider_Koln]

Koln sits under the box like a creeper. The inside of the box smells like old socks.

Koln
[sblock]
You hear some banging sounds like metal against metal. The woman continues to talk and you still can't hear exactly what she's saying but you think you hear a few four letter words in there.
[/sblock]

"I can only stay in this box for so long... I will just check on her to see if she's ok then I should probably head back. Thaddeus will live one more night. I was hoping to just get it over with. Find Thaddeus, approach Thaddeus, kill Thaddeus, return victorious. Just like how I drew it up Socrates. We will try again tomorrow evening, with a better plan."
Koln tosses the box off of himself and attempts to climb up to the overpass and peek over the guardrail.

Climb (and hilarity ensues)
Tools | DM Tools: No Prep Time, No Problem!

• 2809:
• Rolled for:
• 1d20(+5) = 12

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver - The Overpass

"I can only stay in this box for so long... I will just check on her to see if she's ok then I should probably head back. Thaddeus will live one more night. I was hoping to just get it over with. Find Thaddeus, approach Thaddeus, kill Thaddeus, return victorious. Just like how I drew it up Socrates. We will try again tomorrow evening, with a better plan."
Koln tosses the box off of himself and attempts to climb up to the overpass and peek over the guardrail.

Climb (and hilarity ensues)

• 1d20(+5) = 12

Koln tries to climb up to the overpass by scaling up one of the support columns holding it up above the street below. Socrates comes out of Koln's pocket and starts climbing as well. Unfortunately the column is too smooth and Koln can't get a good grip on the concrete surface. He falls down landing on his back. Dazed and confused it is then that he notices off in the distance that there is a set of stairs leading to a walkway above.

Koln
[sblock]
Socrates scurries down from the column and crawls onto your chest. "He laughs and says "Shall we take the stairs instead spiderman?"
[/sblock]

 

[Strider_Koln]

[/list]
Koln tries to climb up to the overpass by scaling up one of the support columns holding it up above the street below. Socrates comes out of Koln's pocket and starts climbing as well. Unfortunately the column is too smooth and Koln can't get a good grip on the concrete surface. He falls down landing on his back. Dazed and confused it is then that he notices off in the distance that there is a set of stairs leading to a walkway above.

Koln
[sblock]
Socrates scurries down from the column and crawls onto your chest. "He laughs and says "Shall we take the stairs instead spiderman?"
[/sblock]

Koln holds his head, grumbling, noticing he stares in his pain-induced daze. "Gah... a stairway? ...to heaven...? That's exactly what they would expect! Socrates, we cannot walk right into their clutches, we must be vigilant! Being the intelligent person that I am, I will outsmart Thaddeus and Meyer by trying the exact same thing, and expecting a different result! They would not expect such a thing from a rational person. Unfortunately for them, I am not rational. Have at you!" Koln shouts and jumps again on the scaffolding, digging his heels on either side for support of the surface and using his legs to push him up the smooth surface. His arms are wrapped around the beam, with the shotgun in hands, keeping alert for this 'spider man' Socrates mentioned.

CLIMB!!!
Tools | DM Tools: No Prep Time, No Problem!

• 2859:
• Rolled for:
• 1d20(+5) = 24

If Koln falls on his butt again, he will take the stairs so we can get this moving. However I am tempted for him to keep trying...

 

[izillama]

Clover gets inside the club after a short period of waiting in line. There are a good number of people in the club and Clover's phone rings before she can get a good scan of the place. It's Mindy calling. "Hey Angie, we've been lookin' all over the streets 'round the Broadstreet here and we haven't found anything? Got any other ideas? Where are ya right now anyway? Any luck?"

"No. I walked to the 24th Diocese but I didn't hear anything. I'm just going to check around in here and then I think I'll take the bus back. So I'll see you soon."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

Downtown Denver - The Overpass

Koln holds his head, grumbling, noticing he stares in his pain-induced daze. "Gah... a stairway? ...to heaven...? That's exactly what they would expect! Socrates, we cannot walk right into their clutches, we must be vigilant! Being the intelligent person that I am, I will outsmart Thaddeus and Meyer by trying the exact same thing, and expecting a different result! They would not expect such a thing from a rational person. Unfortunately for them, I am not rational. Have at you!" Koln shouts and jumps again on the scaffolding, digging his heels on either side for support of the surface and using his legs to push him up the smooth surface. His arms are wrapped around the beam, with the shotgun in hands, keeping alert for this 'spider man' Socrates mentioned.

CLIMB!!!

• 1d20(+5) = 24

If Koln falls on his butt again, he will take the stairs so we can get this moving. However I am tempted for him to keep trying...

Somehow (a crazy priest like Koln would probably call it a miracle) Koln manages to climb up the concrete pole in the ridiculous manner described above. Koln reaches the top of the pole and he can see a bright light. He heads towards it and pulls himself over the wall of the overpass. He feels like he has reached heaven...until he realizes that the light is simply coming from streetlights.

Koln is now up on the highway and there aren't any cars on the road at the moment. He can see the headlights of a pickup truck. When you approach you see the familiar figure of a woman bending down over a smoking engine. Between the short skirt (which is very much working against her at this point) and that tattoo on her back, Koln realizes that the woman is none other than Lacey! She doesn't notice Koln's presence as she's trying very hard to fix the truck.

Koln
[sblock]
Seeing Lacey bent over like that, Socrates pokes his head out of your pocket and promptly announces "Blue!"
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[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

"No. I walked to the 24th Diocese but I didn't hear anything. I'm just going to check around in here and then I think I'll take the bus back. So I'll see you soon."

Clover
[sblock]
You search all around the club but you don't find Koln anywhere and nobody has seen a crazy priest.
[/sblock]

Clover is approached by a rather horny (and drunk) guy. By looks he would definitely fit the description of a "pretty boy" but he is rather sloppy right now. He greets Clover by putting his arm around her and saying needlessly loudly "I think I saw a crazy priest! He told me that I could reach heaven if I took a beautiful girl like you to the booth back there for confession!...hic!" He stumbles a little as he tries to walk alongside Clover.

 

[izillama]

Clover fixed the man with a dry stare which positively oozed disinterest and loathing. Her voice bit sharply, "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Spewing indecent religious platitudes like that dinner that won't stay on your stomach after all that booze?" She shook her head and grabbed his hand, pretending to place something into his sweaty palm while glaring him straight in the face with mock-caring eyes, "Here, take my friend's seven Hail Marys. God know you need them more than she does. Now, go save your soul, and get out of my sight."
And with that, she stepped back and crossed her arms sternly to watch the effect of her mesmerize take shape.

 

[Strider_Koln]

Good post Aly, but merely saying "get out of my sight" should do the trick. If you're gonna mesmerize the jerk you should make it fun like, idk, "Go die" and see what happens ^^

Somehow (a crazy priest like Koln would probably call it a miracle) Koln manages to climb up the concrete pole in the ridiculous manner described above. Koln reaches the top of the pole and he can see a bright light. He heads towards it and pulls himself over the wall of the overpass. He feels like he has reached heaven...until he realizes that the light is simply coming from streetlights.

Koln is now up on the highway and there aren't any cars on the road at the moment. He can see the headlights of a pickup truck. When you approach you see the familiar figure of a woman bending down over a smoking engine. Between the short skirt (which is very much working against her at this point) and that tattoo on her back, Koln realizes that the woman is none other than Lacey! She doesn't notice Koln's presence as she's trying very hard to fix the truck.

Koln
[sblock]
Seeing Lacey bent over like that, Socrates pokes his head out of your pocket and promptly announces "Blue!"
[/sblock]

"Blue? What do you mean Socrates? That's Lacey, not Blue... whoever that is." Koln shrugs and looks over Lacey's shoulder down at the smoking engine. "Ah, I see what's happened. Something's wrong with the G-Diffuser. Heh, technical babble, in layman's terms there's a demon in your engine. No problem, I know how to take care of demons!" With that Koln takes his boomstick and aims it at the engine. "OK! I am going to give you to the count of ten before I blow you to bits! One... two... TEN-oh! Hold this please Lacey." Koln hands her his gun, having spotted the demon.

"It's simple, just gotta snap its neck!" In Koln's mind he is pursuing the airy spirit through the machinery of the car with his hands, but in reality he is helping Lacey repair the truck while having a strangely blank look on his face.

Repair
Tools | DM Tools: No Prep Time, No Problem!

• 2868:
• Rolled for:
• 1d20(+4) = 22

"Once I snap this imp in half, want to join up? My two friends and I are hunting Thaddeus, and would appreciate another gun. Oh, Clover and Ruby? They're back at the university having girl time I assume, hopefully good Christian girl time not the ordinary sleepover heretic nonsense that I know goes on, ouija boards orgies and sacrifices and whatnot. Anyway, I'm not alone, my backup is Socrates, and the Lord. Yeah, Thaddeus is as good as gone."

 

[Tale_Weaver]

The 24th Diocese

Clover fixed the man with a dry stare which positively oozed disinterest and loathing. Her voice bit sharply, "Do you kiss your mother with that mouth? Spewing indecent religious platitudes like that dinner that won't stay on your stomach after all that booze?" She shook her head and grabbed his hand, pretending to place something into his sweaty palm while glaring him straight in the face with mock-caring eyes, "Here, take my friend's seven Hail Marys. God know you need them more than she does. Now, go save your soul, and get out of my sight."
And with that, she stepped back and crossed her arms sternly to watch the effect of her mesmerize take shape.

I'm not gonna bother rolling. Let's just say he fails.

The boy looks at Clover blankly and then at his empty hand. He shrugs and walks away bumping into another girl. He starts hitting on her as well and apparently she is just as drunk as him. He walks away with her and Clover can see his hand sneak its way to her rear as he leads her away from Clover.