AgujaCabra:::blink:: it feels so strange to try rping in broad daylight.. but okay.
Wag2004: yes, it does, and it'd be daylight with devin getting up right?
AgujaCabra: That's true. What time does he get up?
Wag2004: probly one or noonish
AgujaCabra: All right. 12:30.
Wag2004: ok
Wag2004: Erm, devin get up
AgujaCabra: There are no spirits talking in your appartment this afternoon.. things seem to be relatively calm.
Wag2004: your a bloody conch!
AgujaCabra: [a... hum? ]
Wag2004: ok, Devin trys to remember when his classes are, and what one he has next[you bloody decide!]
AgujaCabra: [he has an english class at 2? ]
Wag2004: ok
Wag2004: he trys to remember any HW he might have for his english class
AgujaCabra: No homework.. grades will be based on a series of 4 projects, and reading assignments.
Wag2004: ok[i'd like that class]
AgujaCabra: But... nothing for now. [I dunno]
Wag2004: He...[where do you go with your free time devin?] heads out looking for lunch
Wag2004: am i disconned AGAIN?!
AgujaCabra: I don't think so..
Wag2004: good, yay!
AgujaCabra: I want something to actually happen.. not random stuff. I'm looking at my daytime characters ;p
Wag2004: ok
AgujaCabra: Well, for now.. he can certainly find someplace to eat.
Wag2004: ok
AgujaCabra: Lunchtime traffic has picked up a bit.. there is an amount of pedestrian movement, and car horns sounding somewhere in the distance. It's slightly warm today, although a jacket would still be comfortable.
Wag2004: He heads toward somewhere where he knows theres food
Wag2004: being just a bit observant still, as usual
AgujaCabra: Walking towards the college, there are various places to sit down and eat. Sports bars, delis, and of course the occasional fast foor restaurant.
Wag2004: he heads toward a deli
AgujaCabra: It's a sit down joint, with food in a glass case up front. College kids lounge about at tables, some of them with books pulled out.
AgujaCabra: [I'm searching people... aah... I don't know my daytime folk]
Wag2004: he orders something fairly priced, not expensive not cheap type
[fast forward]
AgujaCabra: All right. Sunset. Nicola looses a blood point. . Where would Devin be at this time?
AgujaCabra: [loses]
Wag2004: back at the apartment, reading up on his classes
AgujaCabra: Is he generally very alert?
Wag2004: yes
Wag2004: kidnof board with his reading, looking around a lot
AgujaCabra: He could notice something attached to the radiator... very small, inconspicuous. . but the light hits it at an odd angle.
Wag2004: he walks over to inspect it, as Nicola wakes up[how much blood does she have anways, and him too]
AgujaCabra: [his blood? he's at 10... normal human. She has lost 2 pts by now, so she's at 18]
Wag2004: [he is a ghoul you know, i mean how much vamp]
AgujaCabra: It is a small, round metalic device.. and looks like it has a microphone aspect to it. The tiny disc has been attached by a slight stick film on the back of it.
Wag2004: he tries to pull it off, wondering waht it is
AgujaCabra: [oh.. how much does Nicola feed him ? Let's say 1 vampire point.. ]
Wag2004: [ok, not much]
AgujaCabra: It'll fall off in his hand, after a bit of tugging..
AgujaCabra: He probably doesn't know what it is exactly..
Wag2004: ok, he examins it a bit as nicola walks on over
AgujaCabra: He might think a listening device, something of that sort.
Wag2004: he examines it a bit
AgujaCabra: it doesn't change as he continues to examine it ;p Is he trying to do something with a sphere.. ?
Wag2004 has left the room.
Wag2004 has entered the room.
Wag2004: finally!
NerwenGreen: welcome back
AgujaCabra: hullo
Wag2004: thanks
AgujaCabra: Devin examines the peculiar device, but it does not reveal anything else about its purposes or origins.. you might assume it was placed there last night, when the landlord came in. As you have not noticed it in the past.
AgujaCabra: [but... I will not say what you assume ;p ]
Wag2004: Nicola walks over and starts looking at it too
AgujaCabra: It's a bug, peoples... someone has tapped your room.
Wag2004: Devin walks over and drops it in the sink, then turning on the water
AgujaCabra: It fizzes a bit, there is a slight pop from the microphone as it is shorted out.
AgujaCabra: [I guess it wouldn't actually make noises.. erp. . it would from the other end]
Wag2004: Devin says to Nicola, "And you didnt notice anyone placing that?" she responds with a shrug and "I was asleep"
AgujaCabra: There is a video camera at the front of your building, and the landlord also lives in the apartment.. if either is curious.
Wag2004: in this apartment?
AgujaCabra: In the apartment building.. another room, of course.
Wag2004: ok
AgujaCabra: Your neighbors are shuffling about outside... a bit of music playing, not too loudly, but enough that you can hear the bass through your walls.
AgujaCabra: [is he kicked off again,... ? ]
Wag2004: Devin says "Hey, where to? wanna go see if those odd Thomas and Ryan people are about?" nicola respongs "
Wag2004: no im not
AgujaCabra: [okay. good]
Wag2004: "[what does she say?]
AgujaCabra: [um.. up to you, I'm afraid ]
Wag2004: "Bah, lets go get some food, I could use a bit of blood"
AgujaCabra: [oh... Devin has a point in dreaming, right? He might have a slight, nagging impression that he recognized one of the figures in his dream]
AgujaCabra: [she has 18 pts! glutton ;p ]
NerwenGreen: [works for me otherwise we'd have to replay a few things if they show up now :p]
AgujaCabra: [er... they'd show up in the middle of James ranting.. ]
Wag2004: "Nah" devin responds, "I ate already"

AgujaCabra: Oh. You can hear a chopper overhead.. it's not directly above your apartment, but the noise is still quite distinct.

AgujaCabra [7:54 PM]: well.. what would they be up to?
Wag2004 [7:54 PM]: wondering why there was a bug in their room
AgujaCabra [7:55 PM]: they could always go find out..
Wag2004 [7:56 PM]: fom the super?
AgujaCabra [7:56 PM]: yes. That'd be a place to start.
Wag2004 [7:56 PM]: the owner y person of the place?
AgujaCabra [7:56 PM]: the landlord, the cameras.. things like that.
Wag2004 [7:56 PM]: where the cameras always there?
AgujaCabra [7:58 PM]: It's essentially one surveillance camera near the front of the building. She could have avoided it, and it might not have picked up any visitors to the building.. but it is a possibility.
Wag2004 [8:01 PM]: erm, they both head towards the landlord's place, and yes, Nicola definently avoids the camera
AgujaCabra [8:02 PM]: The landlord's door is cracked open, but his chain lock remains fastened. . Some soft jazz music plays within, and a television set is turned on low.
Wag2004 [8:03 PM]: *Nicola knocks on the door*
AgujaCabra [8:05 PM]: She can hear the television being turned off, with a light click of static... Footsteps approach the door after a pause, and a thinish, balding man with a bit of stubble on his face peers out the slit of his door.. ".. Yes? What can I do for you? ... Miss Abel, isn't it?"
Wag2004 [8:06 PM]: "Yes, why was there a bug in my apartment, and whats with the cameras?"
AgujaCabra [8:08 PM]: He narrows his eyes at you slightly, reaching a hand up to unfasted the chain lock, and open his door... The man buttons his silk shirt lazily, and reaches over to grab a Mets baseball cap, pulling it down over the bald spot. " .. you have a cockroach problem, or ants.. ? "
Wag2004 [8:09 PM]: "No, you misunderstand, a wire, a tap, someone panted a listening device in our room"
AgujaCabra [8:11 PM]: Frowning, he tugs the edge of his cap thoughtfully, turning around a bit to flick off his music before addressing you again. "I don't think anyone went inside your apartment... unless you gave them a key. .. Sure you aren't reading too much science fiction.. ? "
AgujaCabra [8:11 PM]: "..if somebody broke in, I can check it out of course.. "
Wag2004 [8:12 PM]: "Well, Devin here"she points at him"found and obviously placed microphone and camera on our [heater thingy right?], and I was asleep aparently when whoever put it there came in"
AgujaCabra [8:14 PM]: "Oh.. well, was there any sign of a break in? "
Wag2004 [8:14 PM]: "Not that we noticed" Devin pipes in, "other than the wire"
AgujaCabra [8:14 PM]: [um.. remember. the landlord came in the night before, and was messing with your radiator.. ]
AgujaCabra [8:17 PM]: ".. you're sure it was a .. uh, bug, you said? " He cracks a lopsided smile, and steps out of the apartment, closing his door behind. "..Maybe it's been there since you guys moved in.. a toy or something."
Wag2004 [8:18 PM]: Devin nudges Nicola and whisperes "I think he put that there" nicola replying in a whisper "be nice"
AgujaCabra [8:20 PM]: Frowning slightly at you two, he sneaks a glance at his watch.. starting to ease the door open again, as though to go back inside.. "Well. I can't do much about that. If anything was stolen, call the cops.. "
Wag2004 [8:21 PM]: Nicola looks a bit let down, and heads on out of the building
Wag2004 [8:21 PM]: devin follows
AgujaCabra [8:24 PM]: So.. it's around 9 by the time they head outside.. perhaps slightly after, if Nicola slept late, or took some time getting dressed.
Wag2004 [8:24 PM]: she did, the second one
AgujaCabra [8:25 PM]: Let's say it is around 9:30, then.
AgujaCabra [8:26 PM]: Boombox music drums on outside, as a small group of teenagers sit around and shoot the breeze.. You can still hear the helicopter, although it has flown somewhere in the distance by the time they exit the building.
Wag2004 [8:27 PM]: ok, they head to... the general direction that thomas's house was in, very meandering path, avoiding mirrors tho'
AgujaCabra [8:29 PM]: Walking down Wake st., you would encounter a man... his head down, looking over a series of notes tucked into a loosely assembled book, and dressed in a simple pair of khaki pants, a brown wool sweater, and plain brown sandles.. He has long, tightly braided brown hair, and a dull metalic mask.. although you can only see the edge of this, given the angle of his head.
Wag2004 [8:30 PM]: Devin walks closer trying to see more of the wask, and feeling odd about the dream [despite the fact that it happens often]
AgujaCabra [8:35 PM]: The man is talking quietly to himself, evidently reading the notes he has acquired... he does not look up as you approach, although there is a slight tenseness to him, that might indicate he knows you are there... The mask is an unadorned, scuffed metal.. close the the colour of iron, although it has a slight sheen.. it is tied on by a black thread, and has very small eye-slits: it is doubtful the man can see especially well with it on.
Wag2004 [8:36 PM]: devin says "hello?" to the man
AgujaCabra [8:37 PM]: Pausing on the street-side, he looks up slowly from his notes... turning a little to regard Devin, without fully raising his head.. "Good evening." He rejoins quietly.
Wag2004 [8:38 PM]: "excuse me, do i know you?" devin asks
AgujaCabra [8:39 PM]: He begins to say something, then thinks better of it, tilting his head pensively and perhaps looking at Devin more closely, although it is impossible to tell.. "... I couldn't say. Do you.. ? "
AgujaCabra [8:40 PM]: ".. I'm sorry. .. I'm not 'good' with faces.. "
Wag2004 [8:40 PM]: "You had... wax on your eyes... I think" devin says
AgujaCabra [8:43 PM]: The man takes a step back from you, almost instinctively... closing his book with a hand that shakes slightly on the spine, though he steadies it quickly. " .. wax? .. It does not sound familiar. messy medium. .. " After a moment, he cracks the book slightly, running the edge of his thumb along a page, and then pausing to pick the paper up, and replace it elsewhere in the book.
Wag2004 [8:57 PM]: "Then why the reaction? yes, it was, over the eyes[and mouth?]"
AgujaCabra [8:57 PM]: [no.. not mouth]
Wag2004 [8:58 PM]: ok
Wag2004 [8:58 PM]: is the mask out of metal?
Wag2004 [8:58 PM]: "and whats the mask for?" devin prys arther into what is not his business
AgujaCabra [9:01 PM]: He brushes a few braided strands back from his face, replacing them behind an ear casually, and then bringing both hands together again to hold the book.. ".. yes, the mask... That is an attempt at metalworking: none to successful, I might add.. . but, I am still learning the trade."
Wag2004 [9:01 PM]: was he waering it?
AgujaCabra [9:02 PM]: yes
Wag2004 [9:02 PM]: "But why were you wearing it?"
AgujaCabra [9:02 PM]: you can't see his eyes because of it.. It's sort of a half-face mask, covering from the upper lip, to his forehead.
Wag2004 [9:02 PM]: "And why make it anyways?"
AgujaCabra [9:04 PM]: ".. I have a scar, if that is any of your concern," He snaps, a trifle haughtily, touching a hand to the side of his mask, and the string.. ensuring that it is securely fastened. . ".. . Look.. you said that you know me.. " He looks down briefly, and then back up.. ".. I'd like to know where from.. ?"
Wag2004 [9:05 PM]: "Im not sure, a dream maybe?"devin is not as uncooperative as nicola, and shes busy avoiding mirrors
AgujaCabra [9:08 PM]: Looking quickly across the street, as though startled by something, he rubs at the back of his neck thoughtfully, and takes a step towards you.. not in an intimidating way, but simply drawing closer... " .. a dream? Is that a come-on, or are you trying to play psychic? "
Wag2004 [9:09 PM]: "In no way a come on sir" devin says, a bit startled
AgujaCabra [9:11 PM]: He laughs, good naturedly [if a trifle stiffly], putting the book down easily by his side, and seeming slightly more relaxed. . ".. then you must have seen me somewhere before.. it is not unusual. "
Wag2004 [9:12 PM]: "yes yes, so, who are you? Im afraid I cant remember."
AgujaCabra [9:13 PM]: A pause, before he extends a hand quietly.. "Anatolle.. . and you would be.. ? "
Wag2004 [9:14 PM]: "Devin, Devin Shal" as he extends a hand and shakes Anatolle's
AgujaCabra [9:14 PM]: "Pleasure," he smiles faintly, taking his hand back after shaking yours.
Wag2004 [9:16 PM]: "So, where where you headed? me and my friend" he motions toward Nicola"were really just wondering"
AgujaCabra [9:17 PM]: ".. Wondering? " He seems a little confused, adjusting his sleeve, and standing stiffly again.. ".. where *I* was headed.. ? Why would that interest you.. ? "
Wag2004 [9:18 PM]: "Somewhere to go, something to do, as there is nothing to do right now, other than follow, and wander aimlessly[misspelling?]"
AgujaCabra [9:20 PM]: "There are many things to do at night, in a city such as -- this.. Where I am going is of no interest.. "
Wag2004 [9:21 PM]: "Its of interest to me, but what else would you suggest at any rate?"