[After the battle, some were taken in for overnight care. The next morning, those who didn't stay were encouraged to stop by the facility if they, uh, wanted to get a lot less injured, or get their stuff back.] [So date: August 7, 2020. Time: 1000 GMT] [There's may be an agent or two in another room, but we'll ignore them for now. :P] [Kurt for one is in a bed, with lots of casts. Jason could have gone home if he really wanted.] [Marcus, Red, and Ren are in another that other room actually. Where they're safely away from Jason, Kurt, and Jason, respectively.] [Start] (Nono. They should have put Marcus in the same room as me.) (We'd be best buddy hospital roommates!) (BEST BUDDIES FOREVER.) * Kendrick knocks, then walks in. "How you guys holding up?" * Kurt grins and does another pullup with his single useful limb. "I'll be back to normal in a week or two, tops. Thanks for asking." ( :P ) You're crazy, you know that? * Kurt blinks, then sticks his tongue out. "I'm hurt. Really." (I'd tell you, only I don't know yet. ;P) It was only seven floors or so. * Kendrick has a few bandages on his face, and one on his arm from the burns, but nothing too bad. "Oh, that all?" * Ari enters the room. "Good morning, everyone." She is dressed in her usual gray t-shirt, faded blue jeans, and dark blue windbreaker. This would be the first time Kendrick's seen her not in formal clothes, and likely the first time Kurt's ever seen her. Yeah. I wouldn't have been hurt at all if there hadn't be a suicidal vampire chick bearhugging me. * Kurt waves to Ari. "Hello, no longer disembodied voice." * Kendrick looks back. "Hey Ari. How ya doing?" He seems to have forgotten the other two in the room... Someone's got ED. * Ari nods to Kurt. "Kurt, was it?" Then she turns to Kendrick. "I am well, Mister Wickham. How are you recovering?" ( I take it Ari is fiendishly gorgeous?" ) (Actually, not at all.) (She's quite ordinary. Interesting eyes, though.) (Nah. He's just easily distracted. ^^;) Yeah, Kurt. The new guy. I'm fine. But I'd be more worried about the people who took real damage. Like Jason, Kurt, and Marcus. * Ari nods to him, then goes back to Kurt. "You certainly had a very interesting induction." * Jason is Kurt's hospital buddy. He's currently flicking his thumb between his index finger over and over again, but fortunately no fire starts because of it. Scars poke out from beneath his many, many bandages. Summary: better than Kurt, not half well enough to get out of there. Bah. I didn't take any REAL damage. Like I said, a week or two and I'll be back at full strength, and stronger. It was a hell of a ride, though. * Kurt points to the small pile of scrolls on the tray table next to him. "I've been working on some techniques I'd skipped over, so I don't blow any more cars up." Well, that should come in handy. That's good to hear. If no one has said this yet, welcome to SAB. * Ari grins at him, then walks over to Jason's bed. "Jason?" Heh. No, I don't think anybody else has really welcomed me. Are things always this interesting? This was a bit rough, but yes. * Ari seems to have very little trouble dividing her attention between multiple conversations. "More or less." [About now a female Indian doctor walks in, she's been the main one tending to you. She's followed by another woman.] * Jason looks up from his hand to Ari. Apparently, they didn't let him keep his shades, since his red eyes carry his annoyance through really well. "Can't believe they won't let me light up here. Thought you were supposed to die in hospitals." * Kurt shudders. "Freakin' pyromaniac." * Kendrick smirks. "You're one to talk." Optimally, you're not supposed to die. And your condition has improved. Damn. [That one happens to be wearing light blue robes and is quite plain, aside from her floor length hair. Which is actually has braids all the way down.] Heloooooooo, nurse! * Ari looks somewhat bemused, then glances over at the two women. First time I've ever done surgery while wearing infravision googles, quite the experience. * Jason looks to Kendrick. "Hey, man. Good armor." And then he notices the ladies and blinks. * Plain woman chuckles. "I'm sure." * Kendrick blinks at the women too, then stares somewhat. * Kurt does another pullup. "So, what's up, doc?" * Doctor rolls her eyes. "Well, you don't need me for this." She then turns to the group. "Oh, I'm turning you over to another, although I shall miss your delightful banter." She then heads out. * Kendrick shakes his head, snapping out of it. "Yeah, it was. Should be getting another suit in today." I could test it for ya. And I'm strongly considering having it made fire retardent. Man, what will you NOT do to light up? * Jason thinks about that. Probably very few things, if anything, I'd imagine. I swear, if I'm gonna be hanging around you often, I'm gonna have some asbestos undies made. * Plain woman walks over to Kurt. Come on, I don't usually go around attackin' my own team just because. Otherwise, Marcus would be six feet under by now. Unless his body turns untouchable or something when he dies. Suuuuuure. "The Devil made me do it." That defense ALWAYS works. * Jason gives Kurt a wide grin. "Oh yeah. It does." In this case, it's a perfectly valid defense. * Kurt looks up. "Heya, pretty lady. I'd ask you out for a drink, but I'm sorta restricted as to my range of motion right now." * Kendrick nods. "That it is, as much as I'd hate to admit it." * Woman gives a faint smile. "I'm sure you say that to all the healers. Anyways, stay still, at least once you can move again." * Kurt drops back down to the bed. "Sure thing." And just because I say it to all the healers doesn't mean I don't mean it. * Kurt grins widely. * Woman puts a hand on Kurt's right arm cast. "I'll keep that in mind." * Jason snorts and goes back to flicking his thumb between his forefinger. Addict. * Ari watches all of them in turn. ( Jason, you're forgetting the magic words, "Zip-Po!" Havne't you ever read Unearthed ARcana?" ) (I should set Kurt on fire just because I can. ;P) ( Bring it, fire-boy. ) Oooh, that feels GOOD. * Woman comments dryly. "I try. So how's government work treating you? Everything you hoped?" * Jason looks up suddenly. "Hey, Ari." Well, it's definitely not boring. My skills won't go dry from lack of use, and it sure beats flipping burgers. * Kurt makes like a bored fast food worker. "That's two number 3 combos, to go. Would you like an assassination with that?" * Woman nods and glances over at Jason. "How about you?" * Kendrick nods. "Well, I just quit my job at the chippery. Hopefully it'll give me more time to concentrate on my real 'job.'" * Ari looks at Jason. "Yes?" Ah, now we're cooking with FIRE. Why're you here, anyway? * Kendrick chuckles. "Why not?" I was told that something interesting might be happening. (Hearing checks if you want, HA doesn't count) * Jason gets distracted and looks to the lady. "If yer done with the ninja wonder over there, sure. Sooner I'm out of here the better." (Holy cow. I failed.) (Whoo! I got my butt kicked.) ( I made it! ) * Woman shakes her head. "Oh, healing you was part of the deal. I was just wondering how SAB's treating you." * Kurt sticks his tongue out at Jason. "You're just jealous that I can flip out and kill people." (And Jason can't?) [Those who make hear a rumbling out side. Sounds like a Mack truck or something.] ( Well, he can, but it's not his _purpose._ ) You're just jealous that I *did* flip out and kill people. * Jason thinks. Yeah, your own teammates. ... I don't know why I bother trying to keep you guys in line. Actually, damn. I didn't end up killing Marcus, did I? Oooh, almost there. Nope. He didn't die when the car exploded, either. * Ari looks at Kendrick. "You were trying?" Lucky bastard. Not really. * Woman's eyes widen slightly, and then goes back to working on Kurt. Wait, wait, so he takes a bunch of bullets to the chest, gets lit on fire, AND caught in a car explosion, and he's STILL not dead? I know, that's what I'm thinkin'! Session Time: Thu Jan 22 00:00:00 2004 * Kurt grins. "Thanks, ma'am." Apparently, he is quite durable. * Jason 's eyes flash. "Not if I try again." He fell out of the car before it exploded. Helluva lot luckier than I've ever been. * Woman nods. "You're welcome." She then turns to walk over to Jason. As she does so, the upper layer of her hair floats up and points at Kurt. Looks sort of like static electricity. * Kurt slams his left fist into the cast on his right arm, breaking it open, then he uses his arms to break open the casts on his legs. Aaaaah, that feels better. * Rowyn has joined #sab2020 * Ari watches. She gives no sign of being surprised. (Hi Rowyn! Visit us in the hospital!) * Rowyn is now known as Jonathon * Woman rests a hand on Jason's arm. She then glances back at her hair, with a slightly perturbed expression. * Kendrick raises an eyebrow. * Jason watches her. "What's with the hair?" * Kurt grins insolently. "Looks like you and I are meant to be." * Woman narrows her eyes for a moment. "I don't know." She then smiles slightly, "Well, I know it's not that." A moment later her hair shimmers blue and suddenly points straight at Kurt. Your hair disagrees. * Woman furrows her brow, and her hair reasserts itself in it's previous pattern, point down at the floor. * Kendrick whistles, puts his hands in his pockets, and walks within a meter of the woman. * Jason keeps watching. "O-kay." * Kurt grabs his little water pitcher off the stand and moves to take a drink. Sadly, the top of the pitcher is apparently loose, and it falls off as he tilts the cup up, soaking him with water. * Kurt sighs. * Jonathon slips in quietly and closes the door behind him, leaning against it. As he steps in he takes off his shades. He didn't bring flowers though. Maybe he considered it for a second. Aah. So it is you. (He should have! I'm sure Jason would have been thrilled to receive them!) ( As long as they were nice and dry, I"m sure. :P ) * Kendrick looks over. "Hey Jonathon. How ya doin'?" * Jonathon shrugs slightly as he steps in the room. "Bloody sorry for being late. It seems my invitation was lost in the mail. Can you believe that?" * Ari smiles at him. "Good morning, Jonathon." * Jason gives Jonathon half a wave. "Hey man. Sorry about your car." (See? SEE? I apologized!) * Woman, who (for Jonathon's benefit) is wearing light blue robes and has braided should length hair. "So, water magnetism? Interesting power." (You didn't apologize about MY CAR!) (Then again, Kurt did already.) (Your car was already busted.) (Don't blame me. Besides, you had Marcus in it. It's an occupational hazard.) (*snerks*) Aheh. Not exactly a power, ma'am. I take it you're strongly water aligned? * Jonathon chuckles slightly and gives Jason a smile. "It's no problem. The insurance should cover it. Blame that bloody bastard of a vampire. May he be enjoying his seclusion in Hades as we speak. I dunno. Do vampires do go to Hades? I always thought they went to oblivion. * Woman holds up a hand and returns the spilled water to the pitcher. "You could say that." She furrows her brow again. "Interesting.." * Ari thinks about this. "I'm not sure. I shall have to look it up." * Jonathon grins slightly. "I always thought that the point was that they go "no longer here." * Jason patiently waits. Anyone paying attention would notice the scars peeking out from beneath his bandages are fading away. (I never thought I'd use patiently for Jason, but if someone's healing him, *he's* not gonna complain.) * Ari is paying attention. Again, she doesn't look surprised. * Jonathon then walks over to Ari and gives her a bright smile and a smart salute with his fingers before he slips them back in his pocket. "Bloody good work on coordinating, by the way." Thank you. I figured it would be the best way to use my abilities. * At this point a man walks in behind Jonathon. Business suit, tanish complexion and black hair. "This the SAB room?" * Jonathon then peeks back at Jason and starts to say something but his gaze keeps going to the man in the suit. * Woman also looks like she has Arabic and caucasian ancestry. Forgot to mention that. * Kendrick looks over at the suit. "Yes. And who may you be?" * Ari eyes the man in the suit. Friendly neighborhood insurance adjuster. You're replacement rides, ammunition, and the like are waiting outside. Do try to take better care of them this time. Perhaps you should consider "mental intrusion" coverage then. * Jonathon smiles at the man. * Kendrick blinks, then chuckles. "I should have recogonized you." * Jason reaches up. "Feelin' fine now. Thanks." He starts pulling off his wrappings. * Man rolls his eyes. "We cover everything, up to including acts of God and other dieties. Damn good thing for you too." (deities - they're gods, not weight loss plans ;p) (Yeah yeah) There's a reason I use your company. (Aww..but I want coverage against Jenny Craig) ( Roll save versus Jenny Craig at +2. ) * Woman nods, and goes to walk out, at the door she pauses and looks back. "Should any of you ever find your SAB employment less than you'd hope, do feel free to look me up." Well yes, that is convenient. Especially for my car. Although it won't be quite the same...maybe this is a good excuse to get a leather interior though.. * Ari nods to the woman as she leaves. "Good day." There's never a bad excuse for a leather interior. * Kendrick nods. * Jonathon then waves to the woman, afterwards rubbing his chin. "Who was that?" I don't know. I find that leather tends to attract fire. Who was that robed woman, anyway? I was hoping you could tell me. * Jonathon hmms, then takes out a pad and writes down her description. I'll look into it. Can you get her phone number, too? 2d8-2 * Dicesuke throws the bones for Ari (2d8-2) and gets 12. * Jason pulls off the rest of the bandages. * Jonathon chuckles slightly. "One thing at a time...one thing at a time, Mister..." He snaps his fingers towards Kurt as he draws a blank. * Ari looks off into the distance for a second, and her eyes flicker a brighter green. ( What is it with telepathy and changing eye colors? ) * Man in suit walks over to Kurt. "And one thing first, care to justify the use of those explosives on the car? I'm curious why that was a necessary tactical decision." (o/~) * Kurt blinks. "Hmm? What do you mean? I didn't use any explosives." He's probably asking about when you blew up my trunk. * Ari walks over to Jonathon and says something quietly to him. * Man nods, "I tend to describe things by effect, saves time." * Jonathon leans down a little to listen to Ari and hmms, turning to her, speaking low but not quite so much a whisper. "Get a last one too?" Oh, that. Yeah, well, there was one vampire getting away, so I needed to be sure I took the invisible one down, since I seemed to be the only one bothering to figure out where it was. Unfortunately, I didn't know any techniques that could do it except for the explody one. That is it. * Kurt points at the pile of scrolls on his tray table. "I've rectified that situation." Well...it's more to go on. Thank you. * Jonathon writes that down next to the description. You're welcome. * Man nods. "Good, that's all we ask for." He then walks out fairly brusquely. I don't know about you, but the whole idea of invisible vampires is kinda creepy. I mean, vampires are bad enough, but when they can walk around in broad daylight and you can't even distinguish them by the big black cloaks... Indeed. This PK group is getting a little irritating... * Kendrick nods. "That simply won't do. We should get R&D working on something that'll prevent them from having that advantage." (And at this point, head out whenever you desire. Always like that, but scripted encounters are basically over.) (Always like that->You could have done that at any point as this an epilogue) Well, we did manage to take down one of the most sinister active vampires of our time. That's got to be a blow. And it isn't as if all of them are blood-sucking parasites. They're not? (Some would disagree. :P) That's news to me. (But she's not here, is she? ;p) They aren't all that way. Just most. * Jonathon smiles at Kurt. * Ari just nods. * Jason seems more concerned with finding his shoes than any old vampire. Have to get out of here. If you'll excuse me though, I have to make a quick phonecall... * Jonathon slips out his cell as he walks for the door, stepping out a little down the hallway. Yes, well. I need to go find Red. I promised I'd have a drink with 'er. Have a blast. Enjoy yourself, Kurt. * At this point, there's an explosion from outside, sounds like a car bomb. ... ... What was that? * Jason just gets to his feet and runs. Outside! * Kendrick calmly walks outside to investigate it. * Followed shortly after by a stream of profanity. * Kurt walks calmly right along with Kendrick, dressing as he goes. * Jonathon stops dialing for a second, blows out a breath, straightens his jacket and heads out there too. * Ari follows the rest of them out. [There's a car carrier with all of the vehicles being replaced. Also a few crates marked with labels pertaining to lost equipment.] [There's a bald, vaguely monkish looking guy watching over the equipment, and a woman with a machine gun standing by a very pissed looking businessman. His car, well the remains of his car, is smoldering before him.] Oh, hey, Red! Eh? Oh, 'ey. Wot's the noise? * Ari blinks. "Hello." I think it was that fella's car exploding. What the hell are you trying to do, blowing up vehicles out here? I was just looking for you, though. * Jason nods at Red. "Hey, don't think we met." He turns his attention back to the blowing upness. Oh. Tough job. Was it a nice car? * Jonathon shrugs his shoulders and blows out another breath, walking over with his hands in his pockets. "I thought hospital zones were supposed to be quiet." * Businessman calms and wipes his brow. "Erica, make a note to increase the rate for fishing warehouses and garabage disposal related businesnesses." Right, boss. acknowledge Kendrick's question. Seems headed for the subway. Wonder what that was all about. * Kendrick sighs. "Bloody hell." No worries. Hey Red, you up for that drink? * Erica takes out a cell phone and nonchallantly calls in the fire department. "Oh, someone apparently disagreed with what the boss called insurance fraud, it's a high risk business." * Jason shrugs. "Fuck if I know. Jon, got a light?" (Rather, a cigarette. I got it backwards because I feel dead. :P) ( Strike that. Reverse it. ) Sure, Kurt. One sec. Kendrick, you were at the ambush last night, right? Yeah. What about it? * Erica speaks into the phone. "Hello, carbomb just went off." She gives quick directions. "No, no one hurt, no not all that amazing. Well, there's remote ignitiion for a reason." * Jonathon smirks and pads his pockets, slipping out a pack. "Last one it seems. But what's a fag between friends, right?" He holds the ciggie out to Jason. * Red whispers a question into Kendrick's ear. * Ari eyes the scene rather impassively. * Kendrick whispers back. * Jason takes it and gives Jon an almost relieved grin. "Thanks. I owe you one." He lights up and looks considerably more relaxed. Bloody hell. Bet it hurt. Anyway, uhm, I haven't introduced to all a yer, yet. * Erica wanders over to join the monkish looking guy. Who distribute any stuff you lost to you on autopilot. And it's all in fine condition. * Ari nods to Red. "Ari." * Jonathon gives Red the same self-serving salute with his two fingers and gives Red a bright smile. "Jonathon Marlyne here. Pleasure to make your acquaintance." * Jason lets out a puff of smoke. "Jason Ashton. Damn, 's good getting out of there." Kendrick Wickham, but you already knew that. * Red accepts all her weapons back, and shakes Ari's hand, half-ass salutes Jonathan back, and shrugs at Jason. "Red Seifer. Pleased ta meetcher." Interesting accent, I must say. What dialect is it? * Kendrick takes out three cases of bullets and a suit of body armor, as well as a laptop. "Good thing I back up my laptop by remote regularly." * Ari peers at Kendrick's laptop. * Red looks funny at Jonathon. "Cockney. No, really." And she doesn't mind that her player doesn't know how to spell that. ( I'm in love!) * Kendrick walks over to his (new) car, which still has that new car smell and hooks up the random electronics, making sure everything is in working order. ( And chances are that's not really what it is, but that's the answer she's giving anyway. ^_^ ) * Jonathon smiles. "Was sure I knew it from somewhere." * Ari follows Kendrick and looks over the electronics. "Do you need any help with that?" * Kendrick’s car is in fine condition. Still has plastic wrap on some of the non-standard bits. * Jonathon's phone rings. * Red walks over to her (repaired) car, looking the windshield over. "You up for that drink now, Kurt? Or yer wanna stick around a bit?" * Kendrick starts taking off plastic bits. "Sure, if you want to help." ^_^ * Jonathon goes to check out his car in the meantime, then pulls out his phone. "Jonathon Marlyne here." Nah, let's hit the town. A little less literally this time, ya? * Jason walks over to his bike. Lessee here. I wouldn't have offered if I was not willing. * Kurt walks over to the shotgun side of Red's car. "You can drive." * Ari waves to Kurt and Red. "It was nice to meet you both. Enjoy yourselves." Ha! Yea, last time was a real bust. * Red waves back and hops into the driver's seat, heading off at Ludicrous Speed. * Jonathon raises an eyebrow at the phone. "Really now? We've attracted that much attention? Well that's bloody flattering." * Kendrick looks over at Ari. "So, you know electronics as well as computers? I'm impressed." * Jonathon blows out a slight breath and his smile falters just one notch. "I'm afraid not. I came in fair near to the end of it. Perhaps next time." * Ari gives a noncommittal shrug and begins looking over the car. * Jonathon gets his smile back into play. "But I do have a story for you. It'll blow Blake's bloody pants off. Trust me." * Kendrick finishes getting the laptop operational. "Now, just to get everything *working* on it again..." He initializes the recovery sequence for the computer. * Jonathon slips his hand down into his pocket. "I don't think you need to worry about that. You know me better." * Jonathon chuckles. "Righto. Cheers." He flicks off the phone. * Ari looks at the computerized systems in the car, and her eyes flicker a few times. She's turned so that no one can really see that, though, unless they're really paying attention. [Suddenly the little recovery bar goes from 2% to 100% in a matter of seconds, and then the equipment completes the bootup sequence, in perfect working order.] * Jonathon walks over to the car and puts his arm on the trailer or whatever's handy, nodding over to Ari. "Seems we've attracted the Templars' attention." * Kendrick blinks. "That was fast." * Jason drives off. * Ari allows herself a brief smirk, then turns to Jonathon. "I believe that the woman from earlier *is* actually a Templar." The leader of the Templars actually. * Jonathon leans back a little and straightens his jacket. Is that good or bad, I wonder? Does it matter? It happened. Either way, we can't control which side of the karma coin it's on. That is true. It's no use worrying about things that cannot be changed. * Jonathon smiles at Ari. "Precisely." So, what do you plan to do next? Hmm? Me? I had no plans. What did you have in mind? I didn't have anything in mind. I was merely curious. * Kendrick looks over his computer, then looks at Jonathon, then at Ari. He smirks. * Jonathon smiles. "Curiosity without predetermination? Tsk tsk, what is the world coming to? I'd never think of you as the type to be curious about a simple man such as myself." * Jonathon smiles at Kendrick and gives him a wave. * Ari looks at Kendrick for a brief second and smirks back, then returns her attention to Jonathon. "You are hardly a simple man. To call yourself that is an insult to both our intelligences." * Kendrick smiles back and waves. * Jonathon shrugs slightly, hands still inside his coat. "Perhaps, perhaps.. although I do wonder why you would inquire without suggesting something. From what I've seen, you are purely logical and that borders on slightly, well, human." He flicks her another smile Are you implying that I am not? It's possible. Hell, I don't even know if I'm completly human. Heavens no! Perish the thought. * Kendrick chuckles. * Ari flips her ponytail over her shoulder. "Perhaps I am simply trying to keep you on your toes." Although there ARE indeed things in this world that are not dreamt of in your philosophy. Even back then, they understood.." * Jonathon then smiles at Ari. "I am always on my toes, Ari. Perhaps it is time to be standing on the nails." Very well. Do you need a ride then? Unless you intended on going home with Mister Wickham there." No, thank you. I am perfectly capable of reaching my destination on my own. As you wish. I only thought I would offer. Cheerio to you both then. Unless there's something further. * Kendrick finishes unwrapping most of his stuff. "Suit yourself. I must be off now, anyways. I got a story to write." ^_^ No, I think not. Good day to you, Jonathon, Mister Wickham. * Jonathon makes his way to his car, preps it and checks over the paint job before driving off. [End!]