[Kahlya just left the house, she'd been in their for a bit talking after the police station crew and the warehouse crew finished up their respective missions.] [Presently most of the team is chasing an escaping biped werewolf some distance away.] [Town initially appears fairly calm.] [Start] * Kahlya watches the rest of the team and taps her headphones a little as she gets away a safe distance from the house, testing them. ~"Hello? Anyone there?"~ ~We've currently got teams on seperate circuts to avoid excess noise. What's your situation?~ * Kahlya leans back and sounds disappointed for a moment. ~"Awww..that's no fun. And here your regional lady of the dark has a hot scoop for ya too..."~ ~Well dark lady of East of Plymouth, what am I, chopped liver? Anyways, what did you find?~ * Kahlya smiles slightly at that. ~"I could arrange that chopped liver thing for you later if you'd like."~ She switches fingers on the headsets and leans her head into it. ~"You know that girl we were looking for? Apparently she got involved with some master of the mansion around here. Around.."~ She thinks for a moment. "Well they said on the outskirts of town to the east. I thought that was really interesting, you know."~ * Kahlya takes a deep breath and continues. ~"Annnnnd...get this. Her boyfriend? In that Lancaster mansion place? There's a rumor about his family. I'll give you three guesses as to what that rumor is."~ ~I'd rather you not on the liver, and I'll say fairly wild behavior around the time of the full moon.~ ~"Yep. Lycanthrope. The walking shag factory."~ She lowers her voice and gets a ghost story transylvanian accent which is actually quite effective, trembling her voice as she speaks, "Veeeeerevooooooolves." [Kahlya hears movement in building 12. Which is a two story house, nice victorian, even has a cute little tower.] * Kahlya snaps her head in that direction. ~"Something moving at the 12th building. Any idea which one that is? What's there?"~ [And realitvely things being knocked over sort of movement, not person walking around or cowering.] ~Hasn't been checked out yet. Drew's currently finishing with the warehouse, and we're... Arktos has reached him, oh bugger...~ * Kahlya blinks. ~"I take it there's trouble?"~ ~He's tough, but we should have enough manpower, damn he's got a tree... I'll contact you if we need backup here...~ ~Roger, copy, 10-4, um...okie dokie?~ * Preston doesn't respond. * Kahlya takes her hand away from the set and eyes the building. "Welp. Guess there's only one way to find it." She hovers over towards building 12 at top speed. [Kahlya hears a softly sobbing sound from the tower of the victorian home, she gets their readily enough. She also thinks the sound she heard before are continuing and on the second floor.] * Kahlya pulls out her made silver dagger from earlier and twirls it in her hand before bringing it up, scythe in the opposite hand. "Alright then." She checks the door to see if it's unlocked first. [The building is made out of wood and has slightly fading white paint, pretty well maintained on the whole, there are a few lights on.] [When she gets to the door, she finds the lock has already been forced. Inexpertly.] * Kahlya doesn't blink at that, instead shoving the door with her shoulder and dashing inside. [The first floor is fairly nicely furnished, and apparently empty at this point, there's a light or two on. She sees a stairway on the far side of the parlor. * Kahlya heads straight for the stairs. The mess was happening on the second floor so that's where the action is [Kahlya gets up there and is on a central hallway, she hears the sound coming from down the end and around the corner.] * Kahlya stops at the end of the hallway and points her scythe down towards the end. "Alright then. If you're a wolf, just try and come and get me. If you're a human...uh...you might want to let me know now so I don't accidently cut you up or something." [When she reaches the hall and as she starts her message, she find she didn't need to speak that first bit.] [The hallway is about four meters long and ends in a stair going to the tower, the crying is coming from the tower. There's a black wolf currently standing growling by the stairs up to the tower.] [There's a second wolf with a rich blond coat coming bounding down the hallway and leaping, apparently waiting for someone to come around the corner.] * Kahlya turns around the corner and shrieks for just a second before flicking her scythe up protectively. She turns the flat of the blade against the claws and slaps them aside, getting pushed herself and oofing as she hits the edge of the corner. [Kahlya, Blond wolf, black wolf] [Kahlya] * Preston comes on in a quiet voice, definately quieter than Kahlya's shriek. "Assuming you're fighting. Need backup or should I send Drew to check out the mansion?~ * Kahlya replies into the headsets. ~It's only two of them. Just one of them caught me offguard. No manners at all.~ ~Sending him to investigate mansion then, good luck.~ * Kahlya watches the wolves, looking from the blond one to the black one for a second then settles on the blond one. "You know, it's really bothersome to attack a cute girl out of the blue like that. You're lucky I'm so reasonable." She hovers quick past the blond wolf, lifting herself over and past his hunched form. (con) As she passes, she turns her face to watch with a grim expression on her face, shouting out in a commanding tone, "You!" She swings the flat of her blade at the wolf's face as she passes to knock him back down the hall (particularly against the wall he knocked her into). "Go back with your friend!" She lands on the other side of the wolf and lets out a deep breath, scythe held vertically in front of her as she channels her energies, the air around the scythe turning cold. * Blond wolf whimpers and backs up, standing by the black wolf. The black wolf looks less sure, but isn't whimpering. [Kahlya] * Kahlya cackles as she opens her eyes and swings her scythe back, giving them a dark glare. "Secondary Attack." She swipes the scythe in front of her and frost gathers along the walls and floor, covering it in a thin sheen of white ice that rushes towards the wolves. "Chilling Stream!" [The two wolves growl and charge forward as much leaping as the floor is iced beneath them...] [Both land however the compactness of the hallway complicates their simultaneous action and they now stand far closer to her ready to continue their attack.] [Kahlya!] * Kahlya sneers at them. "You're not making this any easier. Fine!" She flashes forward at full speed, holding the silver dagger out behind her, dashing past the two wolves. As she passes, she takes a swipe at each of them. [Kahlya stabs at the blond and then the black, she's a bit off because of her speed though and manages to step right on a patch of ice...] [She then slips, skitters along the iced hallway, loses her balanace, and slams into the far wall before landing on her rear.] * Kahlya winces and rubs her butt as she stands up slowly. "Alright, next time I fly over it." She turns back around to face them again, scythe in front of her. [She's quite certain the crying kid is a few steps up on the stairs, definate human, young.] * Kahlya perks her ears at that, turning slightly, then tilting her head at the two wolves. "You trying to eat that poor little kid? Shame on you!" [Wolves attack as she's getting up, the black wolf leads, making a leap to the staircase then attacking downwards as the blond one comes on a straight attack.] [Kahlya manages to reach her feet while wielding off the baying wolves.] [Kahlya] * Kahlya looks at the wolves and steps forward from the corner. "Let's try this again." She swipes her scythe forward, re-frosting the floor and the frozen mist travelling for the wolves. [The blond wolf dodges to the right in the hallway, avoiding the mist. The black wolf however doesn't try to dodge and instead leaps up a bit on the stairway while at the same time diving to the ground.] [As a result, the wolf is completely encased in the ice rather than just immobolized, in addition to be badly scarred by the attack itself. Definately unconscious, and quite hurt but still looks alive. There's a sound of screaming from behind the wolf, although Kahlya thinks by sheer luck the mist wouldn't have completely hit a target that high, although it probably didn't at all thanks to the wolves action.] (modification wolf looks alive but quite hurt in the ice, still totally encased) [Blond wolf] [The blond wolf howls almost ear shatteringly and then tries to charge through Kahlya while spinning to attack. He gets past, but doesn't manage to actually coordinate the difficult attack, he ends standing on the staircase at well, teeth full bared.] [Kahlya!] * Kahlya sighs at the scream and then looks on the wolves. "Must be the kid's parents. Don't worry. I'll get them back to normal." She flicks the dagger in her hand and rushes at the wolf, silver slashing through the air. * Blond wolf doesn't come even close to getting out of the way and is cut. [Stays up though.] * Kahlya swings around with her scythe in the other hand, batting the wolf around. "Now stay down so I can inject you!" [The wolf gets knocked against the wall and falls unconscious.] * Kahlya sighs and walks over to the wolf, kneeling next to it. "Sorry. Maybe next time I say stop, you'll stop." She takes out the serum in two shots and injects the blond wolf first, then goes back over to the black wolf to get him/her too * Black wolf is still encased in ice, sort of hard to inject at the moment. [Kahlya can also clearly see the crying kid, apparently unscratched and unscathed by the ice, though from where she's standing looks like the actions of the black wolf may have been key for that.] * Kahlya lets out a sigh and closes her eyes. "Maybe I over did it a little. Oh well." She holds her hand out and concentrates, creating a chisel. [She gets one.] * Kahlya starts chiselling away at the ice, using her dagger as a hammer. It's going to disappear eventually anyway, so not like it's damaging anything that'll last. [She gets a hole to inject the wolf with. Kid's backed up against the edge of the tower right now.] * Kahlya injects the wolf and looks pretty pleased with herself, letting the chisel dissipate into the air. She lets out a half-exhausted, half-satisfied breath and turns around towards the kid, smiling brightly. "Sooo. Your mommy and daddy'll be better now." * Girl nods. * Kahlya goes over to the kid and kneels down, ruffling her hair. "What's your name?" Mandy. Hi Mandy. I'm Kahlya. You're okay right? No vile dismemberments or anything? * Mandy nods. "I'm okay. It was pretty scary though." ~Drew and the rest of the crew are handling the mansion, we're assisting at the perimiter before moving to assist them. How are you?~ Yeah. I can imagine. * Kahlya blinks and turns to her headsets, pressing her fingers against the earpiece. ~"Huh? Oh I'm fine. I've just got to watch where I put the ice next time."~ ~Got a little girl here too.~ Hello... * Preston speaks in a lower voice. ~Give her my best, there somewhere you can leave her she'll be safe? Victor could guard her, but that might not be what she needs.~ ~Um. I'm not sure. There's a tower up top here, but no telling if they'll find her or not.~ * Kahlya kneels back down to the girl. "Are you going to be okay if I leave you up here? I could stay for a bit if you want." ~From the satellite intel, looks like the towns pretty quiet, should be safe, we're closing up the perimeter to finish up.~ Well.. my parents are sleeping, so, could I get a silver tip crossbow or something? ~Well in that case, think I'll..." I mean, in that one movie, they melted down some silverwear I think, but that'd make Mom mad. And I'm not supposed to play with guns * Kahlya looks down at the girl a little surprised and then smiles. "Good girl. Unfortunately, I don't think I have one. Can you use a dagger?" * Girl just looks at Kahlya. I'm 8, I'm supposed to scare off a werewolf with a dagger? * Kahlya taps her cheek. "Welll..I think you're a bit young. Can you even draw a crossbow?" * Kahlya smiles at her. "I'm 14 and they were scared of me." Uh... maybe if it had a crank. * Mandy thinks. "That's, uh, six years difference! I can scare Jill, but she wouldn't be scared of a baby." Huh. I guess you're right * Kahlya hmms for a bit and holds her hand out. Mist gathers around it for a few seconds before coalescing into a rather nice looking silver dagger. This particular one has some nasty spikes along the length of it, complete with a bat-emblem across the crosshilt. It looks particularly evil, but she smiles and holds it out for the girl. "Here. Think they'll be scared of that." * Mandy takes the dagger and starts playing with it. "I'll protect you mommy and daddy, don't worry, just get better." * Kahlya smiles again. "That's the spirit." She puts her hands on her knees and keeps crouched down to Mandy's height. "You're a bit of an interesting girl you know that? I think you'd at least make the werewolves very nervous around you." * Mandy smiles a bit. "I'll try." * Kahlya grins. "That's the spirit. I heard there wasn't that many left, so I think you'll be safe. Still it's rather brave of you to go up against them like that." * Kahlya rubs her chin. "Saaaay...you could be my apprentice!" * Mandy looks confused at first. "What else would I do?" She then frowns. "That sounds like work." * Kahlya waves her hand. "No no. No work. You can have as much fun as you want." She grins. "Maybe you'll just get your friends to play with me sometime. We'll have all sorts of mischief." * Mandy looks thoughtful. "Well if my parents say okay. I don't think they'll be too made cause you were trying to help." * Kahlya smiles brightly. Niko. "Of course!" * Mandy nods. "Ohay then." * Kahlya ruffles her fingers through her head again, still smiling. "You're a good girl. Hold on." She goes back into the headsets. ~How's the situation out there? I think the girl's accounted for.~ * Preston can be barely heard over the rush of air. ~We're moving in to support, they seem to have found a few more ornery subjects at the mansion. Town still seems quiet.~ ~I'll see if I can spot something from the tower. Situation's calm here though.~ * Kahlya turns to the girl and smiles again. "Were you playing in the tower? I'd like it if you could show it to me." * Mandy goes a bit up the stairs, half a story at most. "Well, you come up here. And, well, that's it." Anywhere to look out of? * Mandy nods. "We got a few windows." I wanna take a look, apprentice. * Kahlya smiles after that. * Mandy nods. "Okay. But my parents haven't agreed yet." So...potentially future apprentice then? Okay. * Kahlya looks out the window, getting a good feel for the town. [Looks pretty calm] [Is a nice view though, you can even see the ocean from here.] [Still nothing.] * Kahlya turns to Mandy. "Is there another window or is this the only one?" * Kahlya looks around from all angles. Anything happening in one of the buildings not searched? [Nope] * Kahlya hmms as she looks out of the window. "Mandy?" Yes? * Kahlya leans on the window ledge, looking out and leaning her head out a little (given that it's an open window.) "Can you tell me a little about this village?" Oh, it's pretty boring, but pretty nice I guess. We tend to go out of town for fun stuff though." Yeah? What do they have here? Oh, tourists come, cause it's pretty and we have some shops, and restuarants, and people like the inn cause it is rustic, I don't get it, why would you want to go to a place with less stuff. I mean I can see camping, but... ::she shrugs:: Well, I'm just wondering how the whole wolf thing came around. I heard you've got some eccentric neighbors at least but beyond that... I don't know...it's kind of nice. The good thing about quiet towns is it's a lot more fun to reek havoc in. I guess... Well, the Lancasters support the town a lot, so we shouldn't gossip about them. Support how? Oh they have a lot of money. I guess they buy stuff for people or something. I don't know. Huh. So if they were kind of behind all this werewolf stuff and they got arrested for their crimes, the town would kind of be screwed, huh? Maybe, dunno. So...if they WERE werewolves, why would they wanna turn everyone else into werewolves too? What would the purpose be? They've been around for a while, I think if they wanted to do it before, they'd have done it. So if it wasn't them, who *would* wanna do it? I dunno. Huh. Could have just been an accident then. Do you know anything about Sally Jennings? I heard she had a fling with one of the Lancasters or something.. The wolves that got mom and dad, they left me alone, but I was hiding. The pack left, but Mom and Dad stayed behind, I think to protect me. Even if you were hiding, I'd think they could smell you. Oh.. that's true. And the other woman who was left alone had a kid...I wonder if there's a connection. * Kahlya frowns. "I'm not really good at figuring this stuff out." * Mandy shrugs. "Maybe it was a kid who was trying to take over the world with an army of werewolves or something." * Kahlya smiles. "That kid wouldn't happen to be you, would it? I can see you as a dominating the world type." * Mandy grins. "Well then, shouldn't you be my apprentice?" * Kahlya stands up and salutes. "Nope! I'm the visier of course! You know how it is. The ruler thinks they're really in power while the chief advisor is really the one calling all the shots." Well, the Prime Minister is sort of the chief advisor, kinda. Ewww. That sounds so tacky. I like Visier. Visier sounds catchy. Maybe you need a different country then. What different country? You're ruler of the world. You can pick titles from any country you want! * Mandy harumphs. "Maybe so, but they'll always be an England." Didn't say there wouldn't be. Well, alright then. * Kahlya talks into the headsets. ~Are we still secure? It's been awful quiet on most fronts.~ * Preston sounds like he's been panting and is fairly tired. ~We've got Sally Jenkins we think, going to run a few tests. Mansion is secure.~ ~Alright. Kid's still alright. You check in with the people I rescued earlier? I didn't hear any bloodcurdling screams coming from their headset so that's a good sign." ~The perimeter force will be in the town soon. Looks like this is over.~ ~Sounds good. All objectives complete...um...sir?~ ~We're still not sure about some aspects of the rapid spread, but we can interview Ms. Jenkins later.~ ~There's something weird about it though. For some reason they left this kid alone. I mean on purpose. And even more so, the parents protected her even though they were changed. Is that normal?~ ~From what I've read in the briefing documents, the standard werewolf behavior is bloodlust, particularly right when they've turned.~ ~Even for children?~ ~Checking.. yes.~ ~Huh. So what do you make of it? The kid still seemed surprised, so I don't think this is a regular thing.~ She turns to Mandy and puts her hand over the mouthpiece to verify. "Is it?" * Mandy shakes her head. "Nope. I saw a bear in the woods once. Well, I think it was a bear, but that's it." * Kahlya nods back and goes back to the headset. ~So somehow, parental instinct is still kicking in with this strain. I'm not sure what the purpose of that is. Maybe you could get your men on it.~ ~Will do.~ * Kahlya pulls back the mouthpiece. "Well. Guess that's a wrap. Was fun talking to you, Mandy. I'm sure we'll have a lot of fun together." * Mandy nods. "Uh huh. Well, if it's over, do you want your dagger back?" * Kahlya grins and kneels down, poking Mandy on the nose. "But the dagger. You can keep it, but it'll be our little secret. Be careful though, when you wake up it'll probably be gone." * Mandy grins. "Okay, thanks!" * Kahlya stands back up. "But in the meantime, if I give you a dagger, I want you to make sure you know how to use it, okay?" * Mandy nods. "Sure, I'll practice until my parents get better." * Kahlya grins and ruffles her hair. "Such a cute child." [End!]