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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 5, 2014 21:40:24 GMT -8
The spikey accoutrements on the outside of the building reminded Patti of the ghost spikes on Capitol Hill. She didn't see any ghosts, but it did raise the hairs on the back of her neck.
"Let's knock once. If we don't get an answer, they have all the nails in the world to stick a flyer on. Stay close." She wheeled to the front of the property and dismounted her bike. She looked around for sentries and waved her hand friendfully. She approached the front door at a slightly slower than casual pace.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 5, 2014 21:54:58 GMT -8
Patti neither saw nor heard anything that seemed particularly like a sentry, but she had the strange feeling they were there. After knocking, she heard a gruff woman's voice on the other side of the door. "Hello?" A makeshift peephole shield shifted to get a better look at Patti.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 5, 2014 21:56:48 GMT -8
Ashley- Ashley stood by Patti and seemed to refrain from responding right away by using anything but something really basic. No need to set off strangers who weren't their enemies yet. Ashley keeps his hand away from his weapons for now, and hopes that none of them have itchy trigger fingers. "Hello."
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 6, 2014 16:49:02 GMT -8
Patti harnessed a professional smile and spoke clearly.
"Thank you for answering. Our enclave has been assembling a list of monsters and we are trying to get the information out to other people so they can properly protect themselves." She held up the flyer so that the woman could see it through the peephole. She didn't leave it there too long, because she didn't want the woman to think she was blocking her view so they could prepare an attack.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 6, 2014 21:41:53 GMT -8
Woman- "Monsters, eh? What sort of monsters have you seen?" The woman seems reluctant to open the door, and appears to think about it before slowly cracking it open. "...Lemme see that? You guys put this together somehow? Where is your enclave? " A large woman is now visible on the other side of the door. Her hairdo is large but doesn't rival the power and majesty of Patti's. Ashley- "From our experiences in our enclave."
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 7, 2014 7:37:33 GMT -8
Patti thought for a second about not saying where they were from, but the flyer had their address, so there was no reason to hedge."We're just on the other side of Capitol Hill, near the Amazon campus. We've been around the area quite a bit, from Queen Anne to Renton and we also get as much information as we can from visitors. We have had a few medical doctors in our enclave as well, so there's a fairly scientific take on many of the monsters as well as our observations that can't necessarily be explained yet by the science we have available to us." She rubbed the back of her neck, feeling slightly embarrassed. That was a bit of a ramble with more specific detail than was really necessary for an initial introduction."We wanted to get this stuff out so people could better protect themselves. We also want to get any information we can on monsters that we may have not seen yet that others may have, so we can better protect ourselves."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 7, 2014 20:42:37 GMT -8
Woman- "Doctors? Scientists? You folks must be lucky to have somewhere so fancy. We just make due with what we have here." She eyeballs the poster. "We've seen a lot of these but some we haven't... Ghouls? Mummies? We've seen plenty of other things, I hear one guy got pregnant, but... then it was something really nasty. And we have the devil dogs...They seem to go and come at will. And we just have hooligans. Maybe the monsters don't like the taste of baby gangster." She huffs in discontent, but her tone seems friendlier at least."I'm Isabel." Ashley- "Mr. Cassius. We have many talented people. I am not sure if we have been lucky or not..."
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 7, 2014 21:21:21 GMT -8
Patti nodded politely."Patti. Yeah, we've had some good folks and we've lost some good folks. Still, there have been organized, large-scale sieges by the dead on enclaves in our neighborhood on more than one occasion, so maybe you guys are the lucky ones." "Tell me more about these 'devil dogs' you mentioned. It doesn't sound like anything we've encountered before."
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 8, 2014 23:07:24 GMT -8
Woman- "Hm, well, they're creepy dogs that we see running around here and there. The boys up top took potshots at them but I don't think they managed to kill or even hurt them particularly badly. I don't think they're natural, they act like their legs are broken, but maybe it's the doing of those hooligan boys. Who knows, they're mostly just unnerving." "We've definitely heard rumors of nasty things like vampires and nastier zombies, demons and werewolves, and horrible talking undead. It looks like you've seen worse though..." She eyes the flyer thoughtfully again.Ashley- Ashley's expression seemed to dictate that he didn't know what to make of this information.
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 9, 2014 20:47:45 GMT -8
"We want to get this information out as far as possible. If there are others nearby, we can leave some extra copies for you to distribute. This is our first time east of the Hill, where else should we go to find other enclaves?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 9, 2014 22:05:33 GMT -8
Woman- "We have a map inside, lemme see if I can show you. I don't know if it's exact but it would show you kind of the area we have in mind..." She leaves and then returns with one of those cheap paper gas station maps, and then circles it here and there with a pen, and then finally shows it to them. Though her pen is very sloppy indeed, they can make out several locations, including the mansion penthouses. "People make nice fortresses out of these."
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 10, 2014 13:08:03 GMT -8
Patti pulled out their own map and began marking all of the locations from the woman's map."Besides the Hill, are there any places we should try to avoid?"
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 10, 2014 19:29:54 GMT -8
Woman- "Those ribble rabble kids, though there are quite a few gangs scattered around. We've been hassled here, here and here." She makes a few marks on Patti's map with her own pen. "...There are also a couple assholes who have held us up for food here..." She makes a delicate mark on a house on Madrona street. "You best be careful, too many people are armed. I won't regret when they all run out of bullets." Ashley- Ashley, who had not recently fired a gun at anything besides a goose, was a little concerned about the reality of losing the ability to use guns. Were they all going to use a bow and arrow like the trailer park kid?
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Post by Dr. Maneep Pamplemousse on Feb 10, 2014 21:29:53 GMT -8
Patti managed a more genuine smile. She pulled a stack of several flyers from her messenger bag and offered them to the helpful lady."We really appreciate your help. Here's a couple extra that you can give to your neighbors or whatever happens to be safe and convenient for you. I think we'll bypass the next enclave here (she indicated the nearest circle to their current location) and continue on down to the next one." "If you ever need anything that's important or urgent enough to cross the Hill, our address is on the flyer with a some street names just in case you aren't familiar with the area." Patti exchanged departure pleasantries with the woman and then she led Ash towards the next indicated enclave.
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Post by Dr. Jar on Feb 11, 2014 15:28:34 GMT -8
Ashley- Ashley follows behind her as the door to the enclave closes and they wander down the street."That didn't go too badly, good job Patti!" Ashley smiles awkwardly and walks towards the next enclave, which seemed to be somewhat down the street. (Roll a d20 twice)
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