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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 13, 2013 13:04:45 GMT -8
Ashley was thorough and Patti was clever, but nothing unusual jumped out. Patti found some unsorted family photos that confirmed Phillip was not a frequently photographed young man. There was nothing after about 12. There were lots of cousins, aunts, uncles and such.
Peeps reconvened in the living room. Kyle- "There's a little trap door to a basement out there, but we didn't feel like going in with just the two of us."
Becky- "How'd it go in here?"
Joe- "Mothy."
Seth- "We got some computer, uh, memory things-"
Stevie- "Hard drives."
Seth- "So that's probably everything, but we might as well check out that basement..." They went out back...
The hatch to the basement was padlocked and easily forced. When it opened, an increasingly familiar stench of months-old atrocity welled up to meet them...
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Post by Gillsing on Aug 13, 2013 13:47:30 GMT -8
Ben readied himself for an undead assault. Or just dead bodies, or similar remains? That would be a relief at this point. Ben- "So this is it then, I guess..."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Aug 13, 2013 18:50:14 GMT -8
Ashley- "We should go, if you're ready." He urges, and seems more than ready to go now. He was almost dog-like, never straying too far from Patti, but eager and intent on the world around him. All he needed to complete the image was some enthusiastic panting, perhaps.
"...I wonder if anything is...unalive in there..."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 13, 2013 19:08:47 GMT -8
Joe- "Hey, me and Becky first because we both got fire?"
Seth- "Sounds good to me, but if there's another mummy in there, don't kill it before I get in there, OK?"
Joe- "Copy that."
Becky- "Fun." Joe and Becky went in, and people watched their flare light fade. A few moments later, the call went up.Joe- "All clear! Come in." Kyle and Stevie stayed outside. Why cram everyone in a small musty space? Ashley and Patti were first in, followed by Seth and Beau. ((Ben can do as he likes.)) Joe- "Might still be hiding ghosts so stay sharp, but it looks like everything interesting here is fuckin' long since done." A few shredded bodies lay amid rusty chains and blades, in the roughly cleared out center of the storage space. Ma and Pa. Their body parts were not as rotted as they should have been, and jiggled slightly in place - somehow left unalive to experience the pain of their unmaking for all eternity.
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Post by ◊◊BLOODBEASTER◊◊ on Aug 13, 2013 19:12:25 GMT -8
Seth- "Y'know, the more I found out about these kids, the less I like 'em."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Aug 13, 2013 19:17:19 GMT -8
Ashley- "...I'm glad we did him in then." He says, with a definitive tone, and then sighs, and stares at the bodies. He couldn't say that they were great people. They were probably awful people, but no one he knew deserved to be killed by their own sociopathic son.
"..."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 13, 2013 19:43:12 GMT -8
Beau- "Terrible... Terrible." He called Chou to heel and kept him in place. The dog didn't like this scene at all.
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Post by Gillsing on Aug 13, 2013 22:36:33 GMT -8
Ben definitely wanted to see what was down there, so he followed the others. The sight of the ever so slightly undead bodies convinced him that Micheal had indeed hated his parents as well. Ben- "Sooo, anyone think Gutless Boy was down here? Or..." Ben wasn't entirely sure how he should phrase it, but if Gutless Boy hadn't been down there, or connected to the Vollan boys, then it looked like some kind of magic meme that had spread, making boys turn themselves into mummies. Without anyone finding out."I still can't let go of the fact that the peg-leg guy said the same words that Gutless Boy said in the video. So if they weren't in it together, does that mean that they were all possessed, perhaps partially, by the same demon? Like some kind of greater demon, whose mind is too vast to be contained within a single body?" No, not Legion. No one had claimed to be Legion. Had they?
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 14, 2013 10:08:17 GMT -8
Beau- "If zey are not...? I am sure they were in league, using the internet to communicate before... Can we destroy zese body without burning ze building?"
Seth- "Well, taking the heads off always seems to work..."
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 14, 2013 10:42:46 GMT -8
The guys worked to send these pitiful corpses to rest, and then returned to the streets. As they mounted the bicycles, they saw a small group of unarmed locals walking up to them tentatively. Not Frankie- "Hey, um... Got a moment?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Aug 14, 2013 11:43:07 GMT -8
Ashley put on a nicer face for his fellow man, but he was honestly suspicious. He did not stray far from the others. Ashley- "What do you need?" He asks them directly, and without introduction. He cut a strange sight, a tallish man with black hair, olive skin, and entirely black irises which made his pupils impossible to spot in most lighting. He wore a burned-looking collared shirt which was now charred in the back with holes in it, and dress pants which were torn in several places, thankfully none of them terribly embarrassing.
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 14, 2013 13:18:59 GMT -8
The others dismounted the bikes and made friendful noises, but let Ashley talk, since he'd responded first. Not Frankie- "Just thought we should know what you were about, since you came into our little community. Sorry we didn't come out right away... Anyhow, are you vampire hunters?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Aug 14, 2013 16:31:08 GMT -8
Ashley- "We killed vampires, but I don't think we're vampire hunters." He replies, almost apologetically.
"Why do you ask?"
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Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Aug 14, 2013 17:53:19 GMT -8
The others dismounted the bikes and made friendful noises, but let Ashley talk, since he'd responded first. The other man- "Just like he said. Wondered what brought you here, heard there was vampires around. But since you say you killed some, how'd you do it? Might be good to know."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Aug 14, 2013 21:19:18 GMT -8
Ashley- "We came to hunt mummies, but we killed the vampires by cutting off their heads, mostly. Or otherwise cutting them into pieces. Using aerosols that are lit on fire seems to work well too, but they aren't flammable, it just hurts them." He explains, trying to remember if they had used any other methods of killing.
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