Main Event Dead or Lie

Sleepwalker · Sep 24, 2018

Lucy had to put a hand over her nose. She was used to the sight of death, obviously, but she wasn't quite so used to the smell of old corpses. As Lucy usually just passed by those she killed, she rarely saw the sight of not freshly-cut-up corpses, and definitely didn't see rotting covered up corpses that died from some kind of disease often. The sight was quite unusual to her. Weren't dead bodies often spewing with blood? And out in the open?

As the others looted the body, Lucy looked up at the ladder. If only she had her vectors, and then she would get up no problem. But now, she was like that vector-less, unfortunate diclonius that Nana sensed. She couldn't climb up even with her light weight since the ladder looked like it would break any moment. She yelled up the ladder for those two girls to hear. Why did they have to depend on those two girls?

"Less talking, more working before the ladder falls apart. Getting a key in a hole can't be taking so long."

She was eager to get out of this room as well. But for now, she simply had to make sure that the two girls in charge of getting her out don't lose their one chance. While the crate over there opened up a disgusting smell of something dangerous, she was going to do something far more productive and pleasant.

"Let's make sure this tarp gets up before the ladder falls down. Otherwise everyone is stuck here."
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Siege · Sep 24, 2018

Crimson Spartan said:
"I-I'll help miss Hela..." Ashe spoke as he went to grab the other side of the tarp to try and help out with that Hela was doing.

@will30358 @Siege @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Lucky @ThoseWhoWishToHelp

MelodyMeister said:
Lucy had to put a hand over her nose. She was used to the sight of death, obviously, but she wasn't quite so used to the smell of old corpses. As Lucy usually just passed by those she killed, she rarely saw the sight of not freshly-cut-up corpses, and definitely didn't see rotting covered up corpses that died from some kind of disease often. The sight was quite unusual to her. Weren't dead bodies often spewing with blood? And out in the open?

As the others looted the body, Lucy looked up at the ladder. If only she had her vectors, and then she would get up no problem. But now, she was like that vector-less, unfortunate diclonius that Nana sensed. She couldn't climb up even with her light weight since the ladder looked like it would break any moment. She yelled up the ladder for those two girls to hear. Why did they have to depend on those two girls?

"Less talking, more working before the ladder falls apart. Getting a key in a hole can't be taking so long."

She was eager to get out of this room as well. But for now, she simply had to make sure that the two girls in charge of getting her out don't lose their one chance. While the crate over there opened up a disgusting smell of something dangerous, she was going to do something far more productive and pleasant.

"Let's make sure this tarp gets up before the ladder falls down. Otherwise everyone is stuck here."
@Siege @Crimson Spartan @will30358 @Kaykay

"Thank you. Glad to see you're giving me a second chance." Hela said. She soon saw Lucy come over. "Good, let's stretch this out and make sure we have it firm enough they Don't fall to their deaths. We Don't need that." Hela said, using urgency in her voice somewhat.

@Crimson Spartan @MelodyMeister @Anyone else wanting to help

Sark · Sep 24, 2018

Atomic Knight said:
Megatron could still transform into his vehicle mode, though it was not very useful within this space.

@Crow

When the tarp was moved to reveal what had fallen, it turned out to be a dead human body. An intense, sickening smell overcame the room. Isa gagged and coughed, unable to respond to Larxene for the moment. The body was dressed in the attire of a soldier and his face was red and bloated. On his belt was a single pistol and a ring of keys with two separate keys.

Isa continued to cough, though whether it was due to the smell or Larxene putting his arm around him was unclear. "Who--?" He grimaced and pulled away from her, finding himself annoyed with her for a reason beyond her just being touchy. He exchanged glances between Larxene and the dead body, his mind unable to comprehend exactly what was happening. Isa had never seen such a thing before... or at least, so he believed. "... Doesn't look like it'll be long for any of us," he said to Larxene.

As for the tarp, it was tough and sturdy, evidently strong enough to hold at least a single adult male in suspension. With the tarps down, the two storage crates could be opened from the front.

The ladder and scaffolding creaked loudly once Sera started climbing up. It was a long way up, too big for anyone to get up to without the ladder. It didn't seem at risk of falling, at least for the moment.

Suddenly, a light above the closed door between the storage crates turned green.

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"A soldier who dies with bullets in his gun... shameful" Sinestro began to search the corpse for any identifying features, name badges or signs of rank. "Whoever or whatever killed this man, it did so some time ago. Bodies don't smell right away. That would imply that we are not in any immediate danger ourselves. Still... It will be valuable to find out the standing of this bag of bones... if he was decorated and armed when he died, then we might be in trouble; people who die in accidents rarely have enough life to wrap their bodies in tarp... this was a murder..."

Crow said:
Megatron remained silent through Hela's compliments. The thought of leading a faction after (unsuccessfully) disbanding the Decepticons, that was something.

"A slap on the wrist, as they say, until she does so again. While I have picked the path of mercy, many others may not," Megatron responds, "do not waste this provided chance, Hela. Do not threaten or hinder us again."

And so they have arrived in the room.

Megatron attempts to shift the metal plating on his body, seeing if whatever took their powers took his ability to transform into his vehicle mode. If successful, he would transform back.

"Using human physiology as a basis for 'superhuman'. How quaint. Not that my transformation will help in an indoor area such as this one."

Megatron looks at the shaky ladder.

"We will require someone compact to scale this ladder. I will stabilise it."

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"I respect your decision, General.. she is still useful" Sinestro deactivated his dying ring, erasing his remaining constructs and returning his uniform to its traditional colours. With its charge depleting at an accelerated rate, he knew that he needed to reclaim his traditional weapon sooner rather than later; the slapdash counterfeit wouldn't be enough to take on Hela should she turn on them again. Beyond that, Hela had taught them all a valuable lesson; going against the will of the group would not go well. "We should remain vigilant. I doubt she will accept her fall from grace... gracefully..."

Atomic Knight said:
Cinder would not be able to gather any fire. Her powers were completely drained.

The pistol contained six bullets, as evident by the clip of ammo it contained. The keys also looked rather rustic as they were old lever-type keys. The man himself did not have any external wounds to indicate he had died via a murder. It was undiscernable if the man had died from some kind of poison or if it had been a deadly pathogen. "Don't go near him!" Isa blurted out, his eyes going wide. He looked around for a moment but, after a moment, was embarrassed over his outburst. "... He looks sick."

The door with a green light above it had no sort of spot on or around it to place a key. It was a large metal door that pulled up like a garage door, but it seemed stuck in place for the moment.

The ladder did not break or rumble further until Sera reached the top. From there, the metal scaffolding moved in a circle around the wall to a door all the way across from the ladder. This door was locked and looked like it required a key. The scaffolding held strong, at least with only Sera's weight. The structure did shake when Candi started to climb up as well, though it still seemed to be holding.

As for the crates, they opened just fine without any key.

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"Sick?" Sinestro spat sacrcastically "He's dead. I doubt his health could get any worse. Beyond that, if he's not spititting on us and he's not bleeding across the room, I sinserly doubt that he could pass his poisons onto us. Unless, of course, his sickness is airborne, at which point we're all already dead..." A charming thought to go with a charming scene.

Yun Lee · Sep 24, 2018

Avoiding the toxic crate, Akande looked into the one with the other items. "Perhaps we can tie some of these together with the tarp, tie it up there, and get a few more people on that scaffolding?"

@Atomic Knight

York · Sep 24, 2018

Atomic Knight said:
Cinder would not be able to gather any fire. Her powers were completely drained.

The pistol contained six bullets, as evident by the clip of ammo it contained. The keys also looked rather rustic as they were old lever-type keys. The man himself did not have any external wounds to indicate he had died via a murder. It was undiscernable if the man had died from some kind of poison or if it had been a deadly pathogen. "Don't go near him!" Isa blurted out, his eyes going wide. He looked around for a moment but, after a moment, was embarrassed over his outburst. "... He looks sick."

The door with a green light above it had no sort of spot on or around it to place a key. It was a large metal door that pulled up like a garage door, but it seemed stuck in place for the moment.

The ladder did not break or rumble further until Sera reached the top. From there, the metal scaffolding moved in a circle around the wall to a door all the way across from the ladder. This door was locked and looked like it required a key. The scaffolding held strong, at least with only Sera's weight. The structure did shake when Candi started to climb up as well, though it still seemed to be holding.

As for the crates, they opened just fine without any key.

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Lucky said:
Will Nines

The feeling of the gun against his hand felt nice. It was weird to think about, but even though Will himself had a gun before getting here, he had never held. The last time he has felt a gun against his hand wasn't his own memory. It was the RK800-60 memories that showed that. He didn't mind the gun and made sure to not pull the trigger as he held it close. " Do either of you two need a key up there? It's NOT needed on the crates," Will shouted to the girls up above. Will also tried to open the crate.

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Crimson Spartan said:
"B-be careful miss Candi! I Please don't get hurt..." Ashe responded as he saw Candi go up the ladder.

So the containers didn't require key and that door didn't look it it'd be moving anytime soon. Also Isa did have a point when he looked at the body again from afar. So that led to the question of what the keys were used for.

"That's good thinking there.. Perhaps something up there requires a key..." Ashe spoke in a way slightly praising Will when it came to thinking that perhaps the keys go up there.

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will30358 said:
"Yeah, I'll take one! You never know when there's gonna be a keyhole and you don't have a key," Candi said, creating a third braid that would catch the key if Will threw it. "Thanks, dude!"
@Lucky

Lucky said:
Will Nines

Will looked over at the keys and after a few minutes of playing around, he would attempt to get a key off the ring and toss it up to Candi. "I'll keep the other key, tell me if the one I throw you doesn't work and we can exchange keys," he said.

@Crimson Spartan @will30358 @Atomic Knight

will30358 said:
Candi grabbed it with her white-and-blue braid, then too one of the braids holding onto the ladder off so that the new braid could throw the key to it. Then, the braid that now had the key extended, causing Candi to grunt, but allowing it to reach Sera. "You should probably take this.... damn. They sure fucked up my powers - I could make twelve of these things with ease, and now it fucking hurts." Candi grunted. "Please take this as soon as possible. Then we can continue our delightful discussion of you being a great person."
@Kaykay

Siege said:
Hela watched all of this play out with folded arms. She hoped nothing bad happened to those young ones... She'd hate that. If there was one kind of person she didn't kill, it was children and teens.

@Anyone

Kaykay said:
"I totally did! Getting locked up in the same place, figuring out puzzles together, in-fights, makes us feel like a real alliance doesn't it?"

Some might have disagreed on that last bit, but at least she seemed overall friendly enough. Upon noticing the door and its keyhole, she called down to Akande.

"We found one! Though I don't think anyone else should come up here or we're gonna come tumbling down to our doom. It's barely holding us two girls up!"

After giving her report to the large man, she followed up on Candi's hair catch as if it were the most natural thing in the world. While looking down and calling to Akande, it was inevitable she'd see what was going on with the key after all. Taking the key in her hand, she began to move to test the key out on the door.

"Looks like we really do make good allies!" Sera replied to Candi with a wink.

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will30358 said:
"Hahaha, I like you!" Candi said with a grin. She then gave Akande and everyone else down there a thumbs-up as she used her additional braids she was no longer using to grip the ladder. "Hey, if the key doesn't work, just tell me, and I'll give it back to Mr. WIll down there!" said Candi.

@Kaykay

Crow said:
It seems that Sera and Candi had achieved their goals.

"Someone prepare the tarps in case the ladder falls apart," Megatron reccommends, realising how Candi's added weight had started to rattle the ladder.

@Kaykay @will30358 @Yun Lee @Atomic Knight @etcetcetc

Lucky said:
Will Nines

Will looked over at Megatron. " That is an incredibly good idea because I don't think the ladder or the scaffolding will last for very long," he replied, looking to see what was inside the crate once he opened up.

@Kaykay @will30358 @Yun Lee @Atomic Knight @Crow

Siege said:
Hela quickly found the tarp and grabbed one side. "If anyone is still up for having me here from my... poor attitude earlier, help me with this tarp. I won't stand to let these girls meet their untimely demise." Hela said... odd... somewhat, coming from a Goddess of Death.

@will30358 @Crimson Spartan @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Lucky @Anyone I forgot (hoping you guys give Hela a second chance)

Yun Lee said:
"Perfect!" Akande gave the two girls a thumbs up, wondering what a small girl like Sera could've done to wind up here...and where she got the idea they had an alliance. Well, he could play along. While Will opened one crate, he would open up the other.

@Atomic Knight @Everyome

Crimson Spartan said:
"I-I'll help miss Hela..." Ashe spoke as he went to grab the other side of the tarp to try and help out with that Hela was doing.

@will30358 @Siege @Kaykay @Yun Lee @Lucky @ThoseWhoWishToHelp

Atomic Knight said:
The key opened the scaffolding door easily, allowing Sera and Candi access to a dark hallway beyond. From an initial glance, it looked to be in the same condition as the rest of the facility. The scaffolding still held strong.

@Kaykay @will30358

Opening the left crate revealed a horrifying mass of strange, noxious material. It appeared as if the crate had contained something else at some point, but had been overtaken by a red, splotchy disease. It did not look dissimilar to the sickness afflicting the dead man.

As for the right crate, this one revealed something more useful: cloth and metal material. Most of the metal seemed to be refuse, being composed of short rebar that had been cut down.

@Yun Lee @Sark @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Lucky @Siege @Ver @Crimson Spartan @Crow @dark @York @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Jeremi @Gummi Bunnies

MelodyMeister said:
Lucy had to put a hand over her nose. She was used to the sight of death, obviously, but she wasn't quite so used to the smell of old corpses. As Lucy usually just passed by those she killed, she rarely saw the sight of not freshly-cut-up corpses, and definitely didn't see rotting covered up corpses that died from some kind of disease often. The sight was quite unusual to her. Weren't dead bodies often spewing with blood? And out in the open?

As the others looted the body, Lucy looked up at the ladder. If only she had her vectors, and then she would get up no problem. But now, she was like that vector-less, unfortunate diclonius that Nana sensed. She couldn't climb up even with her light weight since the ladder looked like it would break any moment. She yelled up the ladder for those two girls to hear. Why did they have to depend on those two girls?

"Less talking, more working before the ladder falls apart. Getting a key in a hole can't be taking so long."

She was eager to get out of this room as well. But for now, she simply had to make sure that the two girls in charge of getting her out don't lose their one chance. While the crate over there opened up a disgusting smell of something dangerous, she was going to do something far more productive and pleasant.

"Let's make sure this tarp gets up before the ladder falls down. Otherwise everyone is stuck here."
@Siege @Crimson Spartan @will30358 @Kaykay

Siege said:
"Thank you. Glad to see you're giving me a second chance." Hela said. She soon saw Lucy come over. "Good, let's stretch this out and make sure we have it firm enough they Don't fall to their deaths. We Don't need that." Hela said, using urgency in her voice somewhat.

@Crimson Spartan @MelodyMeister @Anyone else wanting to help

Sark said:
"A soldier who dies with bullets in his gun... shameful" Sinestro began to search the corpse for any identifying features, name badges or signs of rank. "Whoever or whatever killed this man, it did so some time ago. Bodies don't smell right away. That would imply that we are not in any immediate danger ourselves. Still... It will be valuable to find out the standing of this bag of bones... if he was decorated and armed when he died, then we might be in trouble; people who die in accidents rarely have enough life to wrap their bodies in tarp... this was a murder..."

"I respect your decision, General.. she is still useful" Sinestro deactivated his dying ring, erasing his remaining constructs and returning his uniform to its traditional colours. With its charge depleting at an accelerated rate, he knew that he needed to reclaim his traditional weapon sooner rather than later; the slapdash counterfeit wouldn't be enough to take on Hela should she turn on them again. Beyond that, Hela had taught them all a valuable lesson; going against the will of the group would not go well. "We should remain vigilant. I doubt she will accept her fall from grace... gracefully..."

"Sick?" Sinestro spat sacrcastically "He's dead. I doubt his health could get any worse. Beyond that, if he's not spititting on us and he's not bleeding across the room, I sinserly doubt that he could pass his poisons onto us. Unless, of course, his sickness is airborne, at which point we're all already dead..." A charming thought to go with a charming scene.

Yun Lee said:
Avoiding the toxic crate, Akande looked into the one with the other items. "Perhaps we can tie some of these together with the tarp, tie it up there, and get a few more people on that scaffolding?"

@Atomic Knight

Cinder Fall
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Cinder recoiled when Isa yelled out at her, narrowing her eyes at the body. She was annoyed at her investigation being interrupted, but at the same time... She too was wary of the body after getting a good idea of what caused the death in the first place.

Sinestro also had a point, but at the same time... Something else occurred to Cinder.

"Being stored in a crate like that. I don't think it's mere chance." She said, peering at hte rest of the crates more closely now.

Her eyes fell upon both the left and right crates that were just opened, the former containing the same kind of sickness that had afflicted whoever the body once might have been. However, the latter contained some rebar, which might be useful to arm herself with.

With that in mind... She carefully armed herself with a piece of rebar for now (disregarding Arkande's usage of most of the rebar anyways)... Occasionally looking back at the body.

She hadn't had much in the way of experience with such strange diseases that could re-animate corpses, but... Ruby had mentioned such occurrences here and there when they used to talk, many years ago now. 'Zombies' she called them.

Gummi Bunnies · Sep 25, 2018

❝ What a damn shame. In any case, we're already doing better than that unfortunate fellow. ❞ Nishiki nonchalantly made an offhand comment on the infested corpse that they've run into. Aside from getting his suit dirtied by whatever that was, he didn't plan to get any infections from that cesspool of a decaying body, so he made sure not to linger too close to it. Addressing their current progress with this apparent puzzle...

❝ Speaking of which, it's quite pleasant to know that I am not needed to assist with the work laid out for us. How dependable of you lot, I might as well watch, huh? ❞ Nishiki smirked as he simply kept watch of how their plan was going about with the resources they had at hand.

@Yun Lee @Sark @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Lucky @Siege @Ver @Crimson Spartan @Crow @dark @Atomic Knight @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Jeremi @York

Crimson Spartan · Sep 25, 2018

MelodyMeister said:
Lucy had to put a hand over her nose. She was used to the sight of death, obviously, but she wasn't quite so used to the smell of old corpses. As Lucy usually just passed by those she killed, she rarely saw the sight of not freshly-cut-up corpses, and definitely didn't see rotting covered up corpses that died from some kind of disease often. The sight was quite unusual to her. Weren't dead bodies often spewing with blood? And out in the open?

As the others looted the body, Lucy looked up at the ladder. If only she had her vectors, and then she would get up no problem. But now, she was like that vector-less, unfortunate diclonius that Nana sensed. She couldn't climb up even with her light weight since the ladder looked like it would break any moment. She yelled up the ladder for those two girls to hear. Why did they have to depend on those two girls?

"Less talking, more working before the ladder falls apart. Getting a key in a hole can't be taking so long."

She was eager to get out of this room as well. But for now, she simply had to make sure that the two girls in charge of getting her out don't lose their one chance. While the crate over there opened up a disgusting smell of something dangerous, she was going to do something far more productive and pleasant.

"Let's make sure this tarp gets up before the ladder falls down. Otherwise everyone is stuck here."
@Siege @Crimson Spartan @will30358 @Kaykay

Siege said:
"Thank you. Glad to see you're giving me a second chance." Hela said. She soon saw Lucy come over. "Good, let's stretch this out and make sure we have it firm enough they Don't fall to their deaths. We Don't need that." Hela said, using urgency in her voice somewhat.

@Crimson Spartan @MelodyMeister @Anyone else wanting to help

"U-understood!.. Also thank you miss for also helping out..." Ashe spoke following Hela's orders as best as he could while also thanking Lucy for her help. However soon enough something catches his eye.

Gummi Bunnies said:
❝ What a damn shame. In any case, we're already doing better than that unfortunate fellow. ❞ Nishiki nonchalantly made an offhand comment on the infested corpse that they've run into. Aside from getting his suit dirtied by whatever that was, he didn't plan to get any infections from that cesspool of a decaying body, so he made sure not to linger too close to it. Addressing their current progress with this apparent puzzle...

❝ Speaking of which, it's quite pleasant to know that I am not needed to assist with the work laid out for us. How dependable of you lot, I might as well watch, huh? ❞ Nishiki smirked as he simply kept watch of how their plan was going about with the resources they had at hand.

@Yun Lee @Sark @CrunchyCHEEZIT @Lucky @Siege @Ver @Crimson Spartan @Crow @dark @Atomic Knight @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Jeremi @York

"Excuse me sir but we really could use the help here. I know you don't tend to do much but please help us out here.." Ashe spoke in a way calling out Nishiki while also asking for help.

@MelodyMeister @Gummi Bunnies @Siege @EveryoneElse

Jeremi · Sep 25, 2018

Yun Lee said:
"From the way you speak, Dhaos, I get the impression that your strong opinion on betrayal comes from experience." Akande noticed the arrival of Izuru and Candi and raised an eyebrow. Complete opposites, those two were.

"If you could check to see if a keyhole is on that door, that would be a big help." Oh-that reminded him. Putting his hand to the side of his mouth, Akande called up to the girl on the ladder. "Hello up there! Let us know if you see any keyholes on that scaffolding!"

@Atomic Knight @Jeremi @CrunchyCHEEZIT @will30358 @Kaykay @Lucky @Crow @Siege @Ottonomous Ghost @Takumi @Ver @Sark

"Humans are a foolish race who only seek the betterment of themselves, through war and bloodshed the only language they speak." Dhaos replied brusquely before looking over to Sinestro inspecting the body.

Sark said:
"A soldier who dies with bullets in his gun... shameful" Sinestro began to search the corpse for any identifying features, name badges or signs of rank. "Whoever or whatever killed this man, it did so some time ago. Bodies don't smell right away. That would imply that we are not in any immediate danger ourselves. Still... It will be valuable to find out the standing of this bag of bones... if he was decorated and armed when he died, then we might be in trouble; people who die in accidents rarely have enough life to wrap their bodies in tarp... this was a murder..."

"I respect your decision, General.. she is still useful" Sinestro deactivated his dying ring, erasing his remaining constructs and returning his uniform to its traditional colours. With its charge depleting at an accelerated rate, he knew that he needed to reclaim his traditional weapon sooner rather than later; the slapdash counterfeit wouldn't be enough to take on Hela should she turn on them again. Beyond that, Hela had taught them all a valuable lesson; going against the will of the group would not go well. "We should remain vigilant. I doubt she will accept her fall from grace... gracefully..."

"Sick?" Sinestro spat sacrcastically "He's dead. I doubt his health could get any worse. Beyond that, if he's not spititting on us and he's not bleeding across the room, I sinserly doubt that he could pass his poisons onto us. Unless, of course, his sickness is airborne, at which point we're all already dead..." A charming thought to go with a charming scene.

"We are like the living dead already," Dhaos replied. "Until we have broken free from our shackles and confronted our Overseer then we're nothing more than rats." For the time being Dhaos was content to stand around and let everyone else do the work. What was the point to put yourself in potential harms way when others could do it for you?

@Sark @Yun Lee @Atomic Knight @Everybody

Sleepwalker · Sep 25, 2018

Lucy said nothing in return to Ashe. She was helping out, and that was it. She simply nodded slightly in return, while focusing on getting the tarp up. She turned her head to the others.

"If there are things that can be put with the tarp, put them over here, now."

Asking others to help for Lucy (even from Kouta) were among the last things she expected, but really? Some of those other likely-criminals were willing to help too, and that in return, could only benefit her. In fact, even if it was out of selfishness, everyone seemed to want to do something. Well, except for one.

"You two. Over there. Don't you dare be so pathetic that you rely on others to do the dirty work."

Lucy pointed to Nishiki and Dhaos. Of course, they were baddies in a prison, but there was a line between evil and petty. Lucy...crossed that line years ago, but nowadays, she isn't so pathetic that she stands back and lets everyone do the work. If anything, even back in Japan, she was the one who worked hard to bring the end of humankind. In other words, Lucy, at the very least, had the virture of being steadfast to her goals. But these two?

@Siege (?) @Crimson Spartan (?) @Gummi Bunnies @Yun Lee @Anyone else wanting to help out with the tarp

Siege · Sep 25, 2018

MelodyMeister said:
Lucy said nothing in return to Ashe. She was helping out, and that was it. She simply nodded slightly in return, while focusing on getting the tarp up. She turned her head to the others.

"If there are things that can be put with the tarp, put them over here, now."

Asking others to help for Lucy (even from Kouta) were among the last things she expected, but really? Some of those other likely-criminals were willing to help too, and that in return, could only benefit her. In fact, even if it was out of selfishness, everyone seemed to want to do something. Well, except for one.

"You two. Over there. Don't you dare be so pathetic that you rely on others to do the dirty work."

Lucy pointed to Nishiki and Dhaos. Of course, they were baddies in a prison, but there was a line between evil and petty. Lucy...crossed that line years ago, but nowadays, she isn't so pathetic that she stands back and lets everyone do the work. If anything, even back in Japan, she was the one who worked hard to bring the end of humankind. In other words, Lucy, at the very least, had the virture of being steadfast to her goals. But these two?

@Siege (?) @Crimson Spartan (?) @Gummi Bunnies @Yun Lee @Anyone else wanting to help out with the tarp

Hela was grateful she had this help. The lives of two girls were on the line.

@Crimson Spartan @MelodyMeister

Lucky · Sep 25, 2018

Will Nines

Will went over to the seemingly stuck garage door after grabbing a short rebar. He would attempt to pull it up now that something had changed. If it still wouldn't budge, he would see if the rebar would fit under and work as a short of pullet system.

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Crunch · Sep 25, 2018

Izuru seemed to have withheld his presence entirely, as the other two 'slackers' were called out for their inaction while he remained ignored. He wasn't particularly pleased about this; actually, he's never really been pleased with anything. It was a dull observation to make as he watched the group with diminishing interest.

Though, the patterns of cooperation spreading among the group did earn a prolonged stare from Kamukura. Selfish, malicious people - 'scum', as the Overseer put it - putting aside their negative traits and pooling together their talents to achieve mutual survival. Some of them are even becoming friends or comrades with one another.

Izuru pondered on what this was. The observation made by Dhaos (another uninteresting person) seemed to be most applicable to this - superficial comradery spurned by a despair-inducing scenario, only to be cut to pieces once someone has the leg-room. That was the most obvious pattern that people of this caliber would follow. It will turn out to be true for someone in this group.

But.

Is this hope?

An objectively twisted hope, yes, but it's 'hope' regardless.

It matched up with everything that person said to him. Izuru unconsciously rose one hand, feeling for something within his suit pocket.

"...?"

Izuru raised his other hand, quickly rubbing his eyes with a briefly confused look. Shaking his head, he returned to watching the group toil away from a safe distance.

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Sark · Sep 25, 2018

Jeremi said:
"Humans are a foolish race who only seek the betterment of themselves, through war and bloodshed the only language they speak." Dhaos replied brusquely before looking over to Sinestro inspecting the body.

"We are like the living dead already," Dhaos replied. "Until we have broken free from our shackles and confronted our Overseer then we're nothing more than rats." For the time being Dhaos was content to stand around and let everyone else do the work. What was the point to put yourself in potential harms way when others could do it for you?

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"Oh, I wouldn't say that" Thaal crowed in response "A prison and a fortress look awfully similar should one blur their eyes. Of course, the Overseer has forced us to trade our old cells for the larger one we explore now, but from a certain point of view, we already are free. Free to talk. Free to fight. To explore. Free to plan. From where the Overseer sits, she may seem to be pulling the strings, but, should we tug hard enough, it will be she who is tied to us. In the meantime, I suggest we hurry up and press this advantage before the Overseer decides she wants to start bladdering on again. Perhaps the first step in achieving a status greater than that of a rat might be to start helping, wouldn't you agree, 'sir'? Complaining about futility achieves nothing"

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❝ What a damn shame. In any case, we're already doing better than that unfortunate fellow. ❞ Nishiki nonchalantly made an offhand comment on the infested corpse that they've run into. Aside from getting his suit dirtied by whatever that was, he didn't plan to get any infections from that cesspool of a decaying body, so he made sure not to linger too close to it. Addressing their current progress with this apparent puzzle...

❝ Speaking of which, it's quite pleasant to know that I am not needed to assist with the work laid out for us. How dependable of you lot, I might as well watch, huh? ❞ Nishiki smirked as he simply kept watch of how their plan was going about with the resources they had at hand.

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"That's right. Keep watching. Keep up that effort and soon you'll be watching the inside of a cell again. What were you locked up for again, Nishiki? Criminal negligence? Or was it just public loitering?"

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Lucy said nothing in return to Ashe. She was helping out, and that was it. She simply nodded slightly in return, while focusing on getting the tarp up. She turned her head to the others.

"If there are things that can be put with the tarp, put them over here, now."

Asking others to help for Lucy (even from Kouta) were among the last things she expected, but really? Some of those other likely-criminals were willing to help too, and that in return, could only benefit her. In fact, even if it was out of selfishness, everyone seemed to want to do something. Well, except for one.

"You two. Over there. Don't you dare be so pathetic that you rely on others to do the dirty work."

Lucy pointed to Nishiki and Dhaos. Of course, they were baddies in a prison, but there was a line between evil and petty. Lucy...crossed that line years ago, but nowadays, she isn't so pathetic that she stands back and lets everyone do the work. If anything, even back in Japan, she was the one who worked hard to bring the end of humankind. In other words, Lucy, at the very least, had the virture of being steadfast to her goals. But these two?

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"Dead weights. The lot them" Thaal groaned, continuing to work around the tarp. No rest for the wicked, it seemed. "We're wasting our breath. We'd be better off leaving them behind regardless of their supposed power, if they're taking advantage of our hospitality and labour now, they will surely do so again. I shan't be putting my life on the line for such likes of them, and I doubt the rest of our new Corps will be too thrilled to do so either"

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Cinder recoiled when Isa yelled out at her, narrowing her eyes at the body. She was annoyed at her investigation being interrupted, but at the same time... She too was wary of the body after getting a good idea of what caused the death in the first place.

Sinestro also had a point, but at the same time... Something else occurred to Cinder.

"Being stored in a crate like that. I don't think it's mere chance." She said, peering at hte rest of the crates more closely now.

Her eyes fell upon both the left and right crates that were just opened, the former containing the same kind of sickness that had afflicted whoever the body once might have been. However, the latter contained some rebar, which might be useful to arm herself with.

With that in mind... She carefully armed herself with a piece of rebar for now (disregarding Arkande's usage of most of the rebar anyways)... Occasionally looking back at the body.

She hadn't had much in the way of experience with such strange diseases that could re-animate corpses, but... Ruby had mentioned such occurrences here and there when they used to talk, many years ago now. 'Zombies' she called them.

"The less we put down to chance the better. We can't be relying on luck if we want to get out of here in one piece, now can we? Maybe sealing that body back up inside a crate might be the best course of action; the less time that thing is in contact with the air for, the slower its decay. We need to limit our exposure to potential infectants. Wedge it shut with some of that rebar if the lid won't stay down. On the double"

Kaykay · Sep 25, 2018

"Ohh, it worked!" Sera exclaimed loud enough for pretty much anyone in the room to hear. With that, she simply decided to explore the dark hallway.

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Atomic Knight · Sep 25, 2018

Isa growled in Sinestro's direction. "I've not heard of a body lingering in such a manner," he said sharply, eyes narrowing on the man. He then gestured up toward the scaffolding and then even further to another support structure even further up the tall, cylindrical room. "Couldn't the man have fallen down into the tarp and gotten tangled that way?"

The tarp being used as a makeshift ladder held strong while it was moved up the ladder, though as the group began their operation, the ladder shook violently. There was a cracking noise that echoed around the room.

As for the garage door, Will would find it would still not budge, even with the rebar. However, such an action was not needed, for the door began to suddenly open on its own. The hallway beyond revealed was dark and foreboding, but a staircase was visible at the end of the hall.

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Yun Lee · Sep 25, 2018

"Well, then. Let us not waste anymore time." Akande started down towards the staircase. such an unusual place this was...

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Atomic Knight · Sep 25, 2018

The dark hallway beyond the scaffolding door lit up occasionally from faulty ceiling lights that flickered constantly. It was a long hallway that made a right turn eventually, but along the hall was debris and abandoned hospital beds. A door on the right side of the hallway was open, revealing a room that held broken science equipment and traces of what seemed to be a small greenhouse. Small red and green herbs had been left growing in small terrariums.

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dark · Sep 25, 2018

Colonel Radec

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Radec grabbed some of the metal rebar from the other revealed crate. The infectious disease/fumes didn’t seem to bother him at the moment. The clothing didn’t seem useful at the time.

“I’ll close the body in the crate.”

The Helghan lifted the top up and shut it with the piece of Rebar he had.

He grabbed a another piece of rebar and stood, observing

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Siege · Sep 25, 2018

Atomic Knight said:
The tarp being used as a makeshift ladder held strong while it was moved up the ladder, though as the group began their operation, the ladder shook violently. There was a cracking noise that echoed around the room.

"Um... what was that?" Hela asked, regarding the CRACK! noise.

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Crunch · Sep 25, 2018

"Finally."

Izuru, stirred by the progress being made and nothing else (blatantly disregarding the loud cracking noise), stalked forward down the hallway with the stairs after everyone else. The absence of light helpfully left his presence even more shrouded, save for the dim glow of his eyes. He had nothing to say to the others for the time being.

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