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Post by dakota on Jul 13, 2005 0:29:22 GMT -5
Th deputy, and interim Mayor's press conference was being replayed on every channel on the television behind the counter as Alice sat in the outdoor cafe. At an ajacent table, one of the women sitting there made a snide remake. " I hope they round up all those freaks." Her companions nod their agreement.
The waiter brings Alice her bill with a smirk. " I don't see what the big deal about mutants is. Their no different than the rest of us, save their powers."
the other patron made a 'pfft', but didn't pursue the conversation.
[tag, ooc- see ch 6 for the jist of the press conference]
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Post by Mierin on Jul 13, 2005 1:01:09 GMT -5
The press conference makes Alice feel extremely uncomfortable, but she hides it as best as she can. Smiling politely at the waiter, she says "I wouldn't know. I don't know any mutants." 'Well, there's you' a small voice ventures from inside her. Alice ignores the voice and tells the waiter "But if mutants did have something to do with the death of Mayor Gentry, then maybe something should be done."
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Post by dakota on Jul 13, 2005 23:33:14 GMT -5
" Sure , with the ones involved, but you can't blame them all. " The waiter replied before departing.
On the street beyond the cafe's fence, a commotion stirrred the customers as a figure tore past. Not far behind followed two uniformed officers, their sidearms drawn as they followed. Alice could overhear the policeman's remarks to one another as they passed.
" Are you sure?"
" Yes I'm sure I hit him."
" Well it didn't slow him."
" I told you he was one of those freaks."
The the police officers and their quarry dissappear.
[tag]
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Post by Mierin on Jul 13, 2005 23:43:56 GMT -5
'What in the world?' Alice wonders as she slaps down some money on the table to cover the tab and a little extra for a tip.
Exiting the restaurant, she starts to head in the direction of her apartment, but after a second, turns around and walks in the direction the police were headed in. What are I doinng? she wonders Go home! Alice realizes her curiosity has been piqued, and with her ongoing training in journalism, she finds she can't resist finding out what's going on.
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Post by dakota on Jul 14, 2005 12:19:43 GMT -5
The officers can be seen continuing down the block, checking each alleyway and doorway they come to. There is no sign of their quarry as they search when from behind her a faint scuffling comes from behind a dumpster. When it draws her attention, she notices something move, and the now distinguishable sounds of someone moving around.
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Post by Mierin on Jul 14, 2005 14:43:47 GMT -5
Alice jumps in surprise at the sound of the scuffling. Trying to keep herself from panicking, she walks towards the dumpster slowly, holding her purse out so that she can hit the person behind the dumpster with it if she needs to.
"Who's there? I can hear someone moving behind the dumpster. Show yourself!" she calls out.
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Post by dakota on Jul 14, 2005 23:35:40 GMT -5
As she approached, Alice could see that someone was struggling to get back to his feet without any luck. " Miserable cops," he sputtered, ignoring her at first, " I can't beleive they... I'd love to show myself, " he retorted sarcastically, struggling even more to right himself without an sucess, " but I'm having some technical difficulties at the moment. So if you don't mind, either help me up or buzz off." He went back to tinkering with the control panel built into the strange suit he wore that was flipped open and he was attempting to apparently fix his problem.
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Post by Mierin on Jul 15, 2005 0:05:34 GMT -5
Alice peers down at the control panel, all anxiety has been replaced by curiousity. "Wow. An invisibility suit? That's pretty cool. What happened to it?" Studying the elctronics for a second, Alice says "I might be able to help. By the way, I'm Alice. And you are?"
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Post by dakota on Jul 15, 2005 0:13:12 GMT -5
" My name's Jason, and it's not really an invisiblity suit. Thats just one of my exoskeleton's functions." He replied, giving Alice an odd look. " How did you know what it is? You don't look like one of the agencies people. Just who are you?" his tone drips with suspicion.
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Post by Mierin on Jul 15, 2005 0:24:08 GMT -5
Alice frowns, puzzled. "I told you who I am. I'm Alice." As she studies the control panel a bit more, she continues, "I'm also a computer geek who likes to tinker with electronic gadgets for fun. I spend a lot of time studying in the library, so I read a lot. I saw an article once about a company trying to make an invisiblity suit."
Alice pauses for a minute, going over what Jason had said and asks "Agency? What are you talking about? I'm just a student."
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Post by dakota on Jul 16, 2005 10:01:07 GMT -5
After giving Alice a hard look, Jason shook his head. " Nevermind, you're better off not knowing. Can you help me up, before those cops come back?" Under his breath he adds, " Hard to beleive I was helping them..."
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Post by Mierin on Jul 16, 2005 11:43:33 GMT -5
Alice shrugs "Whatever." Mentally making a note to go back to the library and research this 'Agency' once she gets the chance, Alice helps Jason up.
Hearing his comment, she asks "You were helping the police? Why were they chasing you then?"
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Post by dakota on Jul 17, 2005 8:57:46 GMT -5
Jason wobbles as he gets to his feet until he makes some quick adjustments to the controls built into his arm. In a blink, the servos in his knees stabilize and steady him. " Hopefully that'll hold. " He looked at Alice. " Thanks."
He starts to walk towards the street, each step a little less wobbly than the previous. " Yeah, I was trying to stop some hoods robbing a liquor store when the cops showed up. the owner must've triggered an alarm or something. The cops took one look at me and pulled they're guns." He explained, pausing as his wobbling made him catch his balance against the wall. " This is gonna be a long walk home. " He sputtered, looking back." Anyways, one of the cops shouted I was one of them, and they opened fire. They let the crooks get away just to come after me. I gotta find out why. You might want to get out of here, they're bound to double back, and you don't want them to know you helped me."
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Post by Mierin on Jul 17, 2005 13:14:35 GMT -5
A small thread of fear jolts Alice back to reality. 'What am I doing?' she think to herself. She looks around nervously, but doesn't see the cops anywhere.
Alice nods at Jason. "You're probably right. I should get out of here. Well, nice meeting you. Bye." Alice starts for the street, headed in the direction of her apartment.
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Post by dakota on Jul 18, 2005 8:48:58 GMT -5
True to his word, a few moments after Jason had left, two cops appeared in front of her. " Hey you. Have you seen a guy in a funky jumpsuit down that way?"
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