Ch. 19 The Xscape (Everyone)

[Dome]

Isamu sees the claw marks, and the small red dots. He leans down and rubs his finger in one then rubs his fingers together and smells it trying to determine what is the liquid. Whether he figures out what it is or not, he begins following the trail to see where it goes.

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[dakota]

The blood droplets smeared with Isamu's touch, though they were partly dried. As he followed into the rectory, the place was a shambles, clawed apart. The blood trail stopped at a window that had been smashed out and it looked like someone or thing had gone out it. Tyler appeared at the window. " No one out here. any signs besides the redecorating?" He asked, looking around.

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[Mierin]

Alice lays her head on Jason's chest and snuggles close and stares up at the stars with a smile. Chuckling softly, she says, "We haven't gone far, and he can find us if he needs to, so it should be ok."

Nodding, Alice replies "I will try and hopefully it will help."
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[Dome]

"There seems to be some blood and claw marks. Is there any sign out there as to a direction they may have taken, I think these marks could be from Ashley."

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[dakota]

" Can't tell for sure, but it looks like hers." Tyler replied, glancing around. " Hey, do you here that?" He said, a faint sound could be heard, almost sounding like whimpering. From inside, it soundedlike it was coming from down in the cellar.


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" That didn't take much convincing." Jason grinned. " Almost like you want to get inside my head again, even though I warned you that you won't like alot of what you see."

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[Dome]

Isamu turns and listens. "It is coming from downstairs." He immediately turns his back on Tyler, and begins heading towards the sound. "Is anyone down there? I am a friend, I wont hurt you," he says out load as he nears the sound.

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[dakota]

As he got closer, Isamu could make out the sobbing more clearly. Despite Tyler crashing downstairs behind him, they led him to a milldeaged woman curled up behind a filthy cot. At the sight of him, she tried to hide herself, sobbing. " The monsters... watch out for the monsters!" It was obvious she was delerious.

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[shiivster]

*nods absent-mindedly as she moves along the hallway to her room .. and then as she's closing the door, becomes aware of the hand without covering . giving a deep sigh of resignation and resting her head on the door for a moment, gets her wits gathered briefly before moving to the bed and sitting on it with bent knees. staring into the dark space of the dark room, thinks about things, and seems to get more withdrawn as she realizes that her family is more distant then before, and now Kristian has joined that rift in her past as it tears her apart.

*whispers to herself* 'to survive, cut them off. they don't exist .. and oh jeez ..neither does he' *then closes her eyes and seems resigned to having lost him along with the rest of her family. she then closes the eyes and thinks of 'costumes' .. black leather .. and other things like that.

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[Mierin]

Alice shakes her head at Jason as she replies "I don't really like poking around in anyone's mind. It feels rude, like I'm listening in on a conversation I shouldn't be." Shrugging, Alice adds "but if it I can help, then of course I'd want to try." Alice hugs Jason close and falls quiet looking at the stars.
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[shiivster]

*sits up and looks about the room, then turns on the light and looks for paper and a pencil. she sits there on the bed, and using the 'ideal' male look, designs an outfit in black leather and other materials .. and one for the ideal female. and then another one .. with the words 'copy cat' underneath one. it has what appears to be black on black stripes. tiger stripes .. and then sets it on the floor before turning out the light and curling up to face the window, the eyes closed and sleeps shortly after that.

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[dakota]

" Too bad you couldn't use it to block out some of those memories." Jason replied, smiling lightly as he too stared up at the night sky. Before long, his breathing changed enough that Alice noticed he had dozed off holding her tight.

Both Craig and Sierra are aware of others moving around out in the tv room, with several hushed voices over what sounds like a press conference.

In the war room, Trevor's voice comes over the intercomm. " You watching the television? The new mayor is having a press conference."

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[Dome]

"The monsters are gone, ma'am, Are you hurt? Can I help you? Do you know what happened here? Everything is going to be ok. Let me help you out of here," Isamu says in as soothing a voice as possible. Although he cares for Ashley and is greatly concerned with her, at the moment he is worried about the innocent person that is before him.

He says over his shoulder, "Tyler, come there is a woman here that may need your help."

Isamu then extends his hand out palm upwards showing he means her no harm. He slowly approaches her hoping to help, and not scare her more than she is.

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[Renekin Skywalker]

"It gets more interesting." William says. "Ragnarok, as you know, is in town, as well as someone going by the name Photon. He was an old war-time soldier, like me. Another one on the list I buried. And now he's up and running, making me a target." He cocks his head to the side as he looks at the map of Miami. "Funny how these things go, isn't it? Avery, Kerry, we need a list of rules and procedures for the kids. I need to know who is where, and when. Whether they're armed and armoured, and with what, and we need to keep in communication at all times. So on and so forth. The sooner this is done, the better. They won't like it, but they have to shape up and start acting like a unit if they're to survive. Questions?"

William then turns on the TV.

[shiivster]

*twitches herself awake, still not used to so many meta's moving about .. she does what would normally settle her down back home. baking muffins and cookies and breads, cooking casseroles and making pots of chili and/or stew.

*moving towards the door, she steps on the paper andtakes it with her, so she has something to work on while stuff bakes, amid the masses of dishes. moving down the hall on quiet feet, a carry over from her time under the bigtop, she slides into the kitchen unobserved, and starts to check out what is available, and discovers some cheesecloth and smiles as she sets that to the side ...o0( wonderful, NOW i have something to make a glove )

*shortly after than, the smell of sugar cookies is in the kitchen, the kitchen clean other than the cookie sheets currently in use, and Sierra is sitting and doodling, this time its her best friend in the world .. 'bubba'.
*the various papers on the table show flights of fancy given a voice. the bodies are almost not really there, but 'chunky' and super 'tall and skinny' adorn the paper .. parts here and there. its like a bad art project, but closer observation will reveal that its not the bodies that are giving fine detail, but the clothing itselfand how what starts off as a jigsaw on one is normal on another beside it .. somehow it fits and makes sense.

*Sierra will look up at anyone who enters the Kitchen and look guilty for making a mess with the papers and try to gather them up with the oven mitted hand, and a nervous ' ... sorry ... i'll get the mess cleaned up sir/ma'am '

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[Mierin]

Alice nods and smiles quietly at Jason, "Yeah, that would be cool." Seeing that Jason has dozed off, Alice rests her head on his chest and lets herself fall asleep, hugging Jason close, listening to the sound of the waves in the background.
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