NerwenGreen: okay
NerwenGreen: I get up and get ready to open up the practice
AgujaCabra: [I'm not sure where Andrew's character is living either... ]
Wag2004: ok.... some shabby apartment in the cheaper but still safe section
of town... if that exists
NerwenGreen: so I get ready to open my practice
AgujaCabra: [all right.. Andrew, you can definately have an inexpensive
apartment in a safer section of town. I meant to send you a map.. dang]
Wag2004: i can still recieve one
AgujaCabra: something light scurries across your roof, skittering down the
side of your building and off into the woods
Wag2004: [mine?]
AgujaCabra: [thomas']
Wag2004: [ok]
NerwenGreen: is this a normal noise?
AgujaCabra: It's normal... sounds like a squirrel perhaps.
NerwenGreen: I look out a window
AgujaCabra: The squirrel has been attacked by another one, and they're
rolling about in the leaves trying to get away from one another.
NerwenGreen: I chuckle
AgujaCabra: Both shoot off into the underbrush, startled by something.
NerwenGreen: I keep watcing
NerwenGreen: I look at the path to my door too
AgujaCabra: A lean, young cougar is moving out from underneath a low bush.
NerwenGreen: hmm
NerwenGreen: do I recognize it?
AgujaCabra: um... you may have seen the animal before. but you haven't
spoken with it.
NerwenGreen: ok
NerwenGreen: guess I'll keep watching to see what it does
AgujaCabra: [can it see you looking out the window?]
NerwenGreen: hmm
NerwenGreen: yeah, it's not any special window
NerwenGreen: I'm not right AT The window tho
NerwenGreen: just casually watching while I do other things in the room
AgujaCabra: ah, ok. The animal circles your house, and then begins to move
off in the direction it came.
NerwenGreen: ok
AgujaCabra: [you can talk about what Thomas is doing, ya know. ^_^ I don't
have to run the show.. there's just wildlife moving about]
NerwenGreen: well, he's looking through his appointment book to see if he
has anyone scheduled to drop by this evening
AgujaCabra: would he?
NerwenGreen: well, he's not the most highly visible alternative medicine
doctor, but he's not completely unkown either
NerwenGreen: I guess his frequency of appointments might be one or two every
other night?
AgujaCabra: all right. dang. I'm tempted to have my weirdo characters be
your appointments ^_^
NerwenGreen: if you want ;)
NerwenGreen: flip some dice and tell me if he has anything int he
appointment book tonight
AgujaCabra: yeah, I just did.. he has one appointment, early on in the
evening.
NerwenGreen: okay, I set up for that one
AgujaCabra: what kind of things would you take care of?
NerwenGreen: just about anything really. He's like a general practitioner
NerwenGreen: except instead of pills he recommends herb mixes and exercises
NerwenGreen: he can set broken bones and deal with other injuries too
AgujaCabra: all right. . cool.
AgujaCabra: so.. it'd take him a little bit to set up? can I say it's about
8:30 or so by the time someone comes along?
NerwenGreen: sure
NerwenGreen: he'll be ready when the person comes by
NerwenGreen: do I know anything about what he's going to be treating?
AgujaCabra: It's essentially back and neck problems.
NerwenGreen: okay
NerwenGreen: I get out my chiropractor like stuff ;)
AgujaCabra: You can hear quick, sharp steps coming along the road to your
home. Someone is whistling a haphazard, but slightly nervous tune.
NerwenGreen: I look out to see if it's my appointment
AgujaCabra: A young man, perhaps in his early 30s, is walking up to your
door. He has a map pulled out, and he's kind of double checking the address
on the paper.
NerwenGreen: I open the door
NerwenGreen: and step outside to greet him
NerwenGreen: smiling
AgujaCabra: The man runs a hand back through his messy blonde hair,
straightening the curls a little and taking an uneasy step back from your
doorway. .. "Is this the right place.. ? "
NerwenGreen: I look like the epitomy of calm and say, "
NerwenGreen: [what's the guys' name?]
AgujaCabra: ".. I don't really believe in all that... herbal crap"
AgujaCabra: [oh. It's Morgan Cargile]
NerwenGreen: I say "Morgan Cargile? Neck and back pain?"
AgujaCabra: "Yeah... yeah. right. " He nods a bit, folding up the map and
putting into a jacket pocket.
NerwenGreen: I smile again and invite him gesture him inside
AgujaCabra: Peering critically at your house, he nods a little more and
moves to step inside.. "I wouldn't usually come all the way out *here* for
such a stupid thing... "
NerwenGreen: "That's quite all right."
NerwenGreen: "Would you like some water?"
AgujaCabra: Frowning, he paces to the back of your room.. standing with his
hands in his pockets. " Sure. "
NerwenGreen: I gesture him to a comfy chair and go into the kitchen
AgujaCabra: ".. it's not drugged or anything? I'm telling you when you can
give me stuff.. "
NerwenGreen: "No no, of course not" I call back
AgujaCabra: He sits down, trying to look comfortable.
NerwenGreen: I come back with a glass of water and hand it to him, then sit
down in a chair across
AgujaCabra: Nodding thanks, he takes the glass... leaning it from side to
side slightly, letting the water sit at odd angles.
NerwenGreen: I smile some more and say "So tell me about your back and neck
pains."
AgujaCabra: "Um... right. So... Are you going to give me something, or is it
a crack the bones sort of deal? "
NerwenGreen: "Well, that depends on what the problem is."
AgujaCabra: You can see a few, dime sized bruises around the side of his
neck.. they're very light, but still a little bit purple.
NerwenGreen: hmmmmm
AgujaCabra: "Yeah.. I've had some trouble here.. " He's pointing to the
middle part of his back, "more on the side, I guess... It's a pain in the ass
to bend"
AgujaCabra: "sorry for the language... "
AgujaCabra: "oh, and the neck"
NerwenGreen: "May I ask how and when the trouble started?"
NerwenGreen: I get up casually and rummage around for one of those white
hospital gown things
AgujaCabra: "Oh... I didn't think... " He shifts a little in the chair,
taking a sip of water in thought.. " .. It's been around for a while. that's
all"
AgujaCabra: "I'm sick of it... the doctor's in city couldn't do much.. so I
thought I'd try this"
NerwenGreen: "ah, I see"
NerwenGreen: I hand him the gown and point towards a side room and say
"Change into this gown for me, if you please."
AgujaCabra: He's turning red around the ears... "you want me to put that
on... ? "
AgujaCabra: "I'm not a prom queen, right.. ? I don't wear... gowns.... "
frowning again, he glances towards the exit.
NerwenGreen: "Well, I would like to examine you. You may take off just your
shirt if you'd prefer."
NerwenGreen: no it's a hospital gown :p
NerwenGreen: one of those white things that tie around in back
AgujaCabra: [I know ... you said gown, though. he's a freaky boy]
NerwenGreen: [oh. joy.]
AgujaCabra: "fuck. right.... " sighing a bit, Morgan starts to irritably
unbutton his shirt. Wincing a bit as he takes it off, he sets it over the arm
of his chair.
AgujaCabra: There's a bruise along his right side... again, healing.
NerwenGreen: trying to appear calm so as not to startle him, I approach
NerwenGreen: and attempt to get a closer look at the bruises
AgujaCabra: "what'd you want me to do? "
NerwenGreen: "Just relax and let me look" I say absently
AgujaCabra: "sure" he seems to have resigned himself to being examined, and
sits relatively still... He's still fidgiting with his glass occasionally.
NerwenGreen: okay, so I poke gently at the bruises
NerwenGreen: "You have a lot of bruises. Were you in a fight recently?"
AgujaCabra: "Fucking hell... " wincing, he moves away from you in the
chair.. "no I wasn't in a fucking fight.. I fell down some stairs, all right?
"
AgujaCabra: [soooo sorry for the language]
NerwenGreen: [hehe]
NerwenGreen: "So where did your bruises come from?"
NerwenGreen: oh wait
NerwenGreen: he said stairs
NerwenGreen: "How long ago did you fall down the stairs?"
AgujaCabra: "About a week, I guess... " He's looking down at the bruises
himself, and frowning again.
NerwenGreen: "Is that when you started having neck and back pains?"
AgujaCabra: "No... they got a lot worse then, but I've really had problems
for a while. . about 5 years"
NerwenGreen: "Ah, I see. What kind of pain and where?"
NerwenGreen: I unfold an examining bed from the corner and gesture him to
sit on it
AgujaCabra: After a moment, he gets up to wander over and sit down. .
"Mid-back, I guess... " He puts a hand up to his neck "around here too.. "
AgujaCabra: [hey.. I know you aren't a doc ^_^ we don't have to go through
every tiny detail... though I don't mind typing for creepy Morgan]
NerwenGreen: "Please lie down on your stomach for me."
NerwenGreen: okay yeah, this is a bit too much detail ;)
AgujaCabra: [ok... .do you want to say that he cooperates for the most part?
he'd cuss if you poke too much, but he will be a good boy .. ]
NerwenGreen: just tell me if I figure out the problem and if I can fix it :p
AgujaCabra: right. that's what I thought we could fast-forward to ^_^
NerwenGreen: okay good ;)
AgujaCabra: He has two broken ribs, and the back pain is probably a result
of old bone problems.. like he'd twisted something there, and it never came
back into place. His neck is about the same.
NerwenGreen: can I pinpoint the location of the twist?
NerwenGreen: or twists?
AgujaCabra: Sure.
NerwenGreen: can I fix it?
AgujaCabra: You can help it at least.
NerwenGreen: okay, "This will probably hurt for a second, please lie still.
Ready?" *crunch*
NerwenGreen: I do that twice, patch up the ribs
AgujaCabra: He coughs a bit, but refrains from screaming bloody murder...
"that's it?"
NerwenGreen: give him some salves to apply twice daily, etc.
NerwenGreen: "Yes, that should help for awhile."
NerwenGreen: I explain what the problem is
AgujaCabra: "Right." Sliding off the table, he goes over to pick up his
shirt.... "yeah.. yeah... all right. how much do I owe you? "
NerwenGreen: let him know that it'll probably need adjustment on a regular
basis
NerwenGreen: "Thirty five dollars."
AgujaCabra: Morgan fishes in his wallet, pulling out some money and handing
it your way. He adjusts his shirt, puts his jacket back on.
NerwenGreen: "Thank you, and good luck. Let me know if you have any more
problems."
AgujaCabra: "Sure. .. thanks." He heads quickly for the door, looking both
ways before stepping out, and then starting to walk back towards town.
NerwenGreen: I sigh bemusedly and go to put up the money and clean up
NerwenGreen: then I go outside and start heading for Ryan's parking lot
AgujaCabra: All right.. I'm trying to figure this out... where does he park
exactly?
AgujaCabra: Just as close as possible to your house?
NerwenGreen: in whatever parking lot is nearest to the house
NerwenGreen: yeah
AgujaCabra: ok. that would probably be a small parking lot near some hiking
trails.
AgujaCabra: kind of around the side of the lake a bit.
NerwenGreen: okay
NerwenGreen: I walk over there
AgujaCabra: All right. Nothing disturbs you.. there might be a few critters,
but they pass on by.
NerwenGreen: I get to the parking lot and check to see if Ryan is there
NerwenGreen: Thomas wanders around the parking lot in a zigzag pattern
NerwenGreen: through each parking space
NerwenGreen: until he runs into the bus
NerwenGreen: *wham!*
NerwenGreen: He staggers back a little, then knocks on the side and calls
"Ryan?"
NerwenGreen: Ryan pokes his head out and growls "Yeah what is it"
NerwenGreen: Ryan says "oh it's you. Come on in, Thomas."
NerwenGreen: Thomas climbs into the passenger seat while Ryan goes into the
drivers' seat
NerwenGreen: Ryan says "So, ready to go computer shopping?"
NerwenGreen: they drive off to the nearest computer store ...

AgujaCabra: [Andrew.. do you have enough to start with for Nicola? ]
Wag2004: [umm...]
AgujaCabra: [if not.. we can play nerwen a little more, and I can play with
you another night.. up till a point where you guys might meet]
Wag2004: [yes.... i do... she'd be checking out book stores]
AgujaCabra: [Oh! everybody lose a blood point, btw]
Wag2004: [ok.... how many does 7th gen have?]
AgujaCabra: [ok.. so... do you want to start from the begining of her night,
or start from about where nerwen is?]
AgujaCabra: [20]
Wag2004: [hmm.... begining i guess]
Wag2004: [assuming my character is waking up?]
AgujaCabra: [all right... would you want to live near the arts district,
near the business sector, or near the more residential areas?]
AgujaCabra: [cuz.. this will impact if you meet Nerwen, I'd think :p ]
Wag2004: [arts, and somewhat near a library]
AgujaCabra: [ok! cool... is it ok if you're a little close to the college? ]
Wag2004: yes, definetly for damian, think thats my mage's name?]
AgujaCabra: [if you want cheap, it's still a little bit of a hike to the
main arts district.. but it isn't bad at all, and the housing is cheap but
relatively nice]
Wag2004: [perfect]
AgujaCabra: [shoot... I think it's Devin]
AgujaCabra: [Devin Shall you said. ]
Wag2004: [ok, it doesnt matter, hes still asleep, until 6 am
AgujaCabra: [^_^]
Wag2004: [thanks =)]
Wag2004: [hmm, any unusual or usual stuff going on as she wakes up?]
AgujaCabra: [all right. you guys tell me what your characters look like
sometime :p ]
NerwenGreen: a native american ;)
Wag2004: pale lady, dresses in dresses usualy, ocasionally a sweter and
jeans, a french lady]
Wag2004: [... basically]
AgujaCabra: The pipes are humming slightly, and one of your neighbors is
running a vacuum cleaner.
NerwenGreen: he's mid30's, looks trim and fit
AgujaCabra: [all right.. um. native american needs detail, sometime ;p ]
AgujaCabra: [do you live on the 1st or 2nd floor?]
Wag2004: she yells through the walls " BE EFFING QUITE!!!" and then realizes
where she is and says to devin "oh, sorry, well, i'm gonna go look for more
books"
Wag2004: 1st
Wag2004: and she degins to head out the door, as devin mutters in his sleep
AgujaCabra: You hear some pounding on the wall, and some woman screaming at
you: "Shut up over there... christ almighty.. "
Wag2004: she ignores them, kind of mutters to herself 'damn dirty neighbors'
AgujaCabra: Across there's an almost identical set of apartment buildings to
your own. The neighborhood is clean, constructed in a durable red brick, and
accented with simple iron handrails on the front steps. Greenery hangs from a
terra-cotta
Wag2004: she heads down stairs, and out towards the nearest library, if she
doesnt run into anything, anyone, she wouldnt be paying too much atention to
her suroundings
AgujaCabra: pot above... A couple of kids are sitting outside, talking,
smoking cigis.
Wag2004: ignoring them all, she heads out towards the nearest library, still
AgujaCabra: Ok... technically, the nearest library is the school. would she
go there?
Wag2004: yes, if its a big one
AgujaCabra: Yeah, it's a good sized library.
Wag2004: ok, yes
Wag2004: she heads toward it
AgujaCabra: You can enter the school grounds about three blocks from where
Nicola lives, though a back road.
Wag2004: ok
AgujaCabra: There are students wandering about a brick-paved campus... but
the foot traffic is thin. The library is towards the center of campus, and
stands three stories total.
AgujaCabra: Willow trees and pines are relatively dense... kids sit around
on benches, talking on cell phones.
Wag2004: she goes toward it, and heads to the second floor, and looks for
occult ish books, and is becoming much more aware of her surroundings, making
sure noone comes especially close to her
AgujaCabra: Students sit quietly at study tables, peering over books and
comics .. a couple of them are listening to headphones, and you can hear the
tinny music.
Wag2004: she shudders, not liking the current forms of music, but might
listen as she walked by to any classical
Wag2004: or country
AgujaCabra: There's an elderly man, heavily clothed, with scraggly brown
hair, and a cotton scarf reshelving books near the occult section.
AgujaCabra: He's a bit heavyset, and has to stand on a footstool to reach
the upper shelves.
Wag2004: she walks over to him, "Anything interesting?" she asks plainly
AgujaCabra: Sliding a book back into place, he carefully aligns each spine
with the front of the shelf before looking down at you.. You can tell he has
a glass eye, and his skin has an oddly flakey appearance: it's extremely
pale, and grooved
AgujaCabra: as though the flesh did not heal correctly.. "Depends on what
you are looking for.. I am not partial to this.. claptrap myself."
AgujaCabra: "If there is some subject you are interested in, I would be more
than happy to assist you.."
Wag2004: [umm...]"I'm into spirit theology, and anything related to darkness
, thats what i like to focus on anyways, i try to diversify my studies
sometimes, anything under unique lost knowledge
Wag2004: "
Wag2004: she leans slightly on one of the book shelves
AgujaCabra: The man gives a slow, curious nod, stepping down from his stool
to replace a book on a lower shelf. ".. I heard that someone in the, uh... I
believe the english department assigned a paper on the modern occult, didn't
they?
AgujaCabra: Are you in that class? .. We don't have many students asking for
something that specific"
AgujaCabra: ".. And what do you mean darkness, young lady? " He raises an
eyebrow good-naturedly, and his cheek raises in a slight smile.
NerwenGreen: hmm
AgujaCabra: oops.... I guess he had computer problems
NerwenGreen: welcome back
Wag2004: "No, I'm just interested in the subject. Darkness...? well, that
which is beyond the common christian morals... ssssin[stupid computer]" she
says lengthening the 's'
Wag2004: thanks
AgujaCabra: welcome back
AgujaCabra: "Humm.. " The man takes a thoughtul pause, touching a withered
thumb to the spine of a book across the aisle, and shaking his head a little.
. "We have a wide assortment... dark ages, dark magicks-- I believe that is a
satire book,
AgujaCabra: analysis of shadow in artwork... but I do not suppose you are
interested in that. "
AgujaCabra: "... I'm sorry. You are free to look through the texts we have,
but I am not sure that the school carries what you are looking for"
Wag2004: "I doupt it would fulfill my interests, yes"
Wag2004: "Well, the dark ages, dark magics you mentioned may at elast be of
interest, where are they?"
AgujaCabra: He rattles off a few call numbers and aisles without a pause,
gesturing lightly in the general direction.
Wag2004: she follows off where he pointed, and tries to find any copies that
most closely suit her interest
AgujaCabra: There are a few books on wicca magic, a black book with a
pentagram on the cover, some things on magic & witches in the middle ages,
and a few volumes purported to be spell books.
AgujaCabra: what does she want?
Wag2004: she wantes stuff about other worlds, specifically shadowy ones
Wag2004: [hmm, rethinking, maybe i dont know enough about my char to play
her?]
AgujaCabra: uh... there's a book written like an illuminated manuscript,
with pictures of spirits and a fancy old-english font.
AgujaCabra: [hm... I think you're doing all right. Is there something you're
worried about screwing up? ]
Wag2004: [yes, the way she would go about all this... and what specifically
she'd be looking for]
Wag2004: she picks it up and flips thru it a little
AgujaCabra: [hum... you can use this session to refine your character. It'll
be all right if she changes a little as the gaming goes on.. as you get to
know her]
Wag2004: [ok, good]
AgujaCabra: it's obviously a new book, published in the mid-late 1900s ...
the text seems more fanciful than informative.
Wag2004: she trys to find anything of interest, or that she knows is true in
there
AgujaCabra: you come across a page depicting a shadowy figure drinking from
someone's neck. there is a broken amulet on the ground.
Wag2004: ooh, she reads that page
AgujaCabra: It says something like: "The dead/missing [the text changes as
you look at it] ones. Feeding on ashes. Hiding from sunlight. Preserved, and
decaying. Do not carry a cross, friend... offer your neck."
AgujaCabra: [this is a cheesy, cheesy book of pictures and strange text]
Wag2004: she decides to go and check it out
Wag2004: she takes it down to the library desk thing
AgujaCabra: All right. A girl with glasses and a name tag offers to check
your books out. . "do you have a library card? "
Wag2004: "No, do I need one? or... what do I need to get one?"
AgujaCabra: She blinks at you. "Well... yes, you need one. First off. . To
get one, you need your student ID. Are you a student?"
Wag2004: "No, do I need to be? I can go get one, if you'll hold this book
for me while I do"
AgujaCabra: "Sure... " she lets the last bit draw out slightly, and takes
the book from you, giving an odd look to the cover.
Wag2004: she heads back off towards her house
AgujaCabra: All right... now.... Thomas and Nicola are not that far apart.
Wag2004: [timewise you mean?]
AgujaCabra: distance wise, assuming the time is about right... hm. you know,
Thomas wouldn't be around yet.
Wag2004: [whos thomas?]
AgujaCabra: It's maybe another 20 minutes or so before he could have driven
to the computer store.
AgujaCabra: Nerwen's character.
Wag2004: [ah, its near where my char lives?]
Wag2004: [or the skoo?]
AgujaCabra: Sort of. It isn't the same street, but it's the same general
area.
Wag2004: cool
Wag2004: ok, shed be jogging or running, she wants to read the book
AgujaCabra: [hehe.. I finally sent the map]
Wag2004: yay!
AgujaCabra: [wait... how did she get the book? I thought she left it with
the girl? ]
Wag2004: she wants to read it, shes running back home to grab devin
Wag2004: so... her getting back to devin?
AgujaCabra: erg. yeah. nothing really big would have happened.
AgujaCabra: there's a kitten wandering about on your doorstep. One of the
kids is calling for it.
Wag2004: she'd just be getting to devin right now, once she headed back out
she'd notice it and stop
Wag2004: she gets into her room and picks devin up, and begins to drag him
towards the door, and then asks him, "do you have your student ID?" almost a
little anoyed "Huh? Ya, whats going on?" he asks in a groggy voice as she
pulls him out
Wag2004: of the building
AgujaCabra: A small boy hurries out of your way, having picked up the
kitten.
Wag2004: she wonders a bit about the little boy and why he would have a
kitten, but keeps steadily heading towards the library again, saying to devin
"we have to check out a book, and you have the ability I need"
NerwenGreen: I take it Devin isn't a very big guy
Wag2004: hes not huge, more like 115lbs. i think... i cant find my file on
him
Wag2004: not that my vamp is weak
AgujaCabra: all right.. so you didn't exactly pick him up, but you pushed
him towards the door.
AgujaCabra: ?
Wag2004: pulled him ish, he was being cooperative, kind of stumbling along
AgujaCabra: sure, right ^_^ he tired.. Is he wearing pjs?
AgujaCabra: [*he's tired]
Wag2004: yes, kind of silkish shiny dark blue ones[::laughing at devin for
wearing them::]