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Post by ★|Sayu on Feb 14, 2018 18:38:06 GMT -7
The walk through the rest of Hall C and into Hall A was pretty uneventful. Less and less students seem to crowd the halls as the next set of classes has likely already begun by this point. A few stragglers and skippers remain in the halls, leaving the grand open spaces feeling surprisingly empty.
After a bit of a walk they find the stairs to Hall A. Ironic, in a way, as just over an hour ago Reymondo and Selene had come from here. It takes a moment for the group to find the offices and there are a few names written on each of the doors; N. Riley, R. Kalton, J. Winters, and finally P. Lemaire. The latter is likely the one the group is looking for.
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Post by ☆|Atrium on Feb 16, 2018 1:15:37 GMT -7
Reymondo smiles when he gets to the offices. He reads the names and when he sees Winters's name, he stops and thinks for a bit before turning to Cliff. "How good are you when it comes to locks? I see Winters's office is here as well. It would be incredibly helpful to try and learn some things about him before we go looking for him. If it is at all possible. I would like you and Selena to look around and get info. Eva, I might need your skills when talking to Ms. Lemaire, she might try to withhold info that we might need."
Rey waits for the others to reply before he does anything.
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Post by waifutrash on Feb 16, 2018 16:18:31 GMT -7
Cliff paused for a moment. He had just swallowed his lock pick set as a gesture that he had no intent of stealing anything after Reymondo ordered him not to. They were resting inside his hollowed torso since he didn't have a stomach. To get them out, Cliff did a hand stand, causing the lock picks to fall out of his mouth. Without any hesitation, he swiped them up, put them back in his pocket, and got back on his feet, looking back and forth to make sure there weren't any passing students or faculty that saw his do all that.
With that awkward little moment out of the way, Cliff felt a sense of nostalgic excitement. His teacher used to create the diversion while Cliff would pick locks and pockets with same amount of effort as breathing. Perhaps Cliff could passing on his teacher's lessons on tricks and thievery on to his new master.
"I uncuffed myself with ease. I doubt there are any doors with locks harder than that in this school. You need not worry about my abilities. As long as you can create a diversion, there will be nothing to worry about. If you would like to think of any signals or code words, I will commit them to memory. Otherwise, I am ready when you are."
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Post by Eva on Feb 17, 2018 15:27:16 GMT -7
"Sure thing Rey! Now my magic doesn't always work well on women, so lets hope Ms. Lemaire here has a thing for extremely attractive girls" Eva then flashes a grin "Of course if it doesn't I could always get the information out of her the "fun" way..." she shifts a hand down to her whip for emphasis. "God hopefully this chick knows something...ANYTHING! Every second I'm in this school I feel like my soul is being sucked out." Eva thinks to herself.
"At least I have a lead now, but sadly Rey probably won't let me have my way with her if she resists my charm. However, Its not like I don't know where to find her later. I've come too far and been through too much not to come away with a payday. Besides, I'd love to "teach" a teacher a few lessons for once..." Eva starts thinking about various school themed ways of torture and a devious smile appears on her face.
"For her sake, hopefully she talks now"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 18, 2018 12:50:34 GMT -7
As they walk Selene tries to keep her face down so no one from the previous incident would notice her. Although her ears were a dead give away. Luckily nothing happened which was very relieving. With her head mostly down and covered by her hair she didn't notice where they were going till they got there. "Oh!" She says as she looks up and down the hallway. "I know where we are." As they eventually found the offices Selene noticed the names above the doors. The one that says Winters caught her eyes the fastest. "OHHHHHHHHH WINTERS!! NOT WINTER!!!" She says at a loud octave. Laughing at her own stupidity over her great misunderstanding. Selene nods at Rey when he asks her and Cliff to look in Winters's office. After Cliff's little performance Selene looks at the knob of the office door. "Is it even locked? I mean yes he IS not around at this time but if he is a professor here wouldn't his office be open to students if they need to see him?" Selene asks but doesn't wait for an answer. She walks over to the door softly. Her footsteps are surprisingly quiet as she moves. She puts her hand on the knob and slowly begins to turn it to see it its locked.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Feb 19, 2018 9:15:14 GMT -7
Upon Cliffs examination of the second floor hall he sees no one aside one lone person walking the opposite direction far down the hall. There are people below them, but none of them seem interested in the stairs leading up behind the group.
After he is done checking, Selene tries the door knob. She twists it and pushes lightly against the door, making no sound at all, but finds the door is indeed locked. In fact, she can feel an incredibly soft vibration under her hand that indicates the lock is magically reinforced. Without the use of complicated magic or a Thief's Witt she won't be able to get through. That is unless some application of force could bypass the problem.
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Post by waifutrash on Feb 20, 2018 14:11:24 GMT -7
Cliff took a few seconds to look over the door
"It seems I underestimated these locks. No matter."
He politely, gently pushes Selene aside so he can get to work. Cliff pulls out his enchanted lock pick and begins picking the the lock.
"Since we are alone and in no imminent danger, now seems like an appropriate time to make conversation and get to know each other. It is nice to have a companion who understands the pain of losing someone they care about, but it would be awkward if that's all we knew about each other, and the only thing we could talk about. I believe the standard protocol for this situation is to take turns asking different questions. I will start. Do you have any hobbies, preferably ones that are not fire arms related?"
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Post by Eva on Feb 20, 2018 23:24:36 GMT -7
"Wonder what makes this Winters guy so special anyway? He seems to be quite a popular man..." Eva ponders to herself for a second. "I'm not sure if I'm ready to tell Rey my true intentions yet. I trust him...but something feels very off about this whole mess. Its probably better to play my cards close to my chest, rather than show my hand early"
While waiting for Rey to enter Lemaire's office, Eva takes a second to think back on her conflict from earlier. She feels a (metaphorical) fire build up inside her. Just imagining that pretty boy's face was enough to make her swell with hatred. "Hmm, what did that bitch say about his father? A knight was he? Well, I think I could arrange an "accident" for his daddy dearest..." Eva begins fantasizing about seeing the boy crying over his father's tombstone. That is when she would strike, when he is at his weakest. "Maybe I could even pull off his fathers looks? Oh that would be despicably wonderful! There he is, standing at his fathers grave, and suddenly I appear, building a false sense of hope that his father is alive. Then, as I draw him near in a hug, I methodically slash a blade across his stomach. It'll take him hours or so to finally bleed out. I'll blissfully watch every second of it, laughing and taunting him as his father"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 21, 2018 20:04:41 GMT -7
When Selene turns the knob it seems like its going to go through till the turning stops. She has hit where the lock has set. She frowns. Yeah of course its locked. Just once can it be easy? She thinks. Her senses pick up something. She can almost hear it but doesn't have a distinct sound. She can feel a vibration in her feet. She sighs. Hazarding a guess at what the vibration are, and what its there to do. She hears someone speak behind her then she feels a hand on her shoulder. She looks at the hand. Them follows it up to see Cliff's face. She felt a very slight pressure as she steps aside for him. As she moves her eyes are locked on the side of his face. Her mouth was slightly open. She was mesmerized. She catches herself as he fiddles with something and immediately beaks her line of sight. Looking down at the floor. She felt her body heat up from embarrassment and she could feel some of the heat on her face as it turned a light shade of pink. You idiot She thinks. Her head slightly raises as she sees Cliff messing with the lock with a pick of his. Thats when he talks to her. Her heart skipped a beat when he spoke of understanding him and his feelings to some degree. Mostly everything after that she didn't catch at all. His mouth was moving but her ears weren't picking anything up. Its not that he wasn't speaking. Her mind had lost track severely.
When Cliff asked her about any hobbies she had she simply answers. "Yeah..." She says in a whisper. Still staring at Cliff. Taking in everything that was him. A few seconds pass when she realizes what she had said. She again breaks line of sight. She didn't mean to answer. It just kind of happened. Subconsciously. "Ah ah I ah Um..." She franticly looks around on the ground trying to catch herself. Rapidly looking at the floor as if it HAD the answer she needed. No one ever asked her these kinds of things. Most of the time she was with the other two from her squad, and because of her selective training she was chosen for most others at her base avoided her. Either from fear of what she could do or just flat out hating her because she could do it. She never had 'small talk'. She panics mentally. YOU IDIOT ANSWER HIM!!! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO- IT DOESN'T MATTER SAY SOMETHING ANYTHING!!! Even though its been a few seconds it felt like hours to her. She began to sweat slightly. SAY SOMETHING YOU MORON!!! HE'LL THINK YOUR CRAZY AND WEIRD!!! WE DON'T WANT THAT!! WHAT DO YOU LIKE??? WHAT DO YOU LIKE?? Her inner voice yells at her. "I ah like...I like..." She can't think of anything. YOU LIKE??? I like... YOU LIKE!?!?!?!?! Then suddenly she yells. "DANCING!!" Her shriek is immediately followed up but two loud slaps. It was almost one solid sound as she covers her mouth. The area around her mouth stings from her hitting it much harder than intended. There is an outline around her hands on her face from the pressure. Its slightly lighter than her natural skin tone. Which face wise has turned to a apple red. Sweat beads slowly run down her face as she stares at Cliff's hands on the lock. Her body is frozen, but her pupils were trembling as her vision danced like crazy. Her head ever so slowly followed Cliff's arms up to his head, and she looked up at him in complete silence. As of right now since she met everyone this is the hardest thing she has done.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Feb 23, 2018 19:18:54 GMT -7
Cliff decides to nudge his way past Selene and get to work, using his enchanted lock-pick to open it. As he slides the pieces of the tool inside the lock he can feel the faint resistance of the magic placed on the door acting against him, like a soft pressure getting in the way of his tools. Fortunately for him this wasn't the first time he was attempting something like this and the enchanted tool really helped out. It wasn't quite a Thief's Witt but it did the job just fine. The inner workings of the lock are like strolling through a familiar house. Some twists, some turns, the occasional wall here and there...
...Click.
The lock is open with very little trouble. Sadly his pick broke in the process but that was to be expected - the strain of the enchantment rubbing against the spell on the lock would do that to just about any small metal.
He tests the lock to make sure and takes a peek inside. Sure enough it's open. The inside of the office is extremely messy. There are books and glass vials filled with various fluids and all kinds of papers strewn all over the place in an wildly unorganized fashion. The sides of the office are adorned with very simple shelves, likely whatever came with the standard academy office. There is a single beautifully decorated wooden desk in the middle with equally fancy chairs on each side of the desk. Comfortable for some, perhaps, but not exactly well kept. In fact- The office is surprisingly dusty and smells as if no one had taken care of the place in weeks.
Then suddenly a sound catches Selene's attention. Wood scraping on wood, the shuffling of papers nearby. It is most definitely coming from Mrs. Lemaire's office. A steady stream of footsteps makes it's way over to the door just next to them. Then the doorknob to the office turns in preparation of the door swinging open.
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Post by ☆|Atrium on Feb 24, 2018 1:35:21 GMT -7
"Are you just going to stand there or are you going to get your answers?" Mitsuko asks as she leans against the wall next to the door. "I know you have been going through what you want to say and ask this lady but you have just been standing here for a good five minutes now." She moves her hand and gestures at the door.
Reymondo nods at her but then quickly spins on his heels and looks at Selene. When he sees that she is fine, he couldn't help but frowns a bit. "The idea is to remain silent and not tip off the world what you are doing..." He then turns and looks at Eva. "I would much rather not bring any unnecessary harm to her. I want to stay in the school's good graces. If not....then you can have a fun night. How about that?"
Rey then steps forward and knocks on the door just as he sees and hears the knob jiggle. "Mrs. Lemaire? Are you busy?" He quickly asks pretending not to notice. He then gestures for Selene and Cliff to go inside quickly.
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Post by waifutrash on Feb 24, 2018 9:51:51 GMT -7
Cliff had barely a few seconds. All Professor Lemaire had to do was stick her head out of the doorway to her office to see a doll with his head sticking into Winters' office. Reymondo's diversion would only buy him a few seconds. He had to make his way inside, but what about Selene. Sure she was fast enough to keep up with him, but quiet? After hearing her awkwardly blurt out 'dancing!!!', he wasn't so sure, and he did not like taking chances. Then again, he still needed her to help him investigate. Out of everyone, he knew the least about Winters and by extension, what to look for. He decides to silently message Selene using hand signals.
Points at himself, points at Winters' office, points at Selene, pointing at Professor Lemaire or at least in her general direction, waves goodbye, points at Selene again, knocks, points at Winters' office
Cliff's intended message was as follows: I'm going inside Winters' office. When Professor Lemaire leaves, knock and I'll let you in.
In a single motion, Cliff slips behind the door and shuts it behind him as quietly as possible.
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Post by Eva on Feb 24, 2018 22:36:09 GMT -7
"Be careful teasing me like that Rey" Eva gives him a wink before turning to adress to Mrs. Lemaire
Eva positions directly in front of Lemaire's door, clearly intent of being the first thing she sees. "Oh could you please offer us some assistance madam? Even just a second of your time will do!" Eva calls out along with Rey, already starting to lace her words with her succubus charm. "Hopefully this chick has a thing for girls, whether she knows it or not..." With some luck Eva should be able to draw Lemaire's attention directly to her, making sure she doesn't even have a chance to notice Cliff.
"We just have few questions about one of your colleagues, and I know such an esteemed and knowledgeable professor such as yourself can hopefully provided us some assistance"
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Post by Deleted on Feb 25, 2018 16:03:49 GMT -7
Selene tenses up when Rey addresses her when she yells. It was warranted, but she still braced. She doesn't look at Rey but her head nods. She could see that Cliff wasn't thrilled with what she did either, but she wasn't able to control what happened. You so blew it She thinks. Quite unhappy with her own actions as well. She watches as Cliff does succeed at unlocking the door. He things and makes some hand gestures. it takes her a second but she understands him. She nods still covering her mouth. Stepping over where Rey and Eva were. Hopefully the woman is less prepared for them because of the yell. When she gets a chance she will knock so go in with Cliff.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Feb 27, 2018 5:33:56 GMT -7
Cliff slips into the room without making the slightest noise as the door to Lemaire's office opens. In front of the rest of the group is an older woman dressed in a rather extravagant dress-uniform. She has a fair complexion and blond-white hair tied up in a bun. She stares down the group for a moment before adjusting her large old-fashioned round glasses. "And you are?" she asks in a bit of a hurry. Despite the noise she clearly didn't expect to be interrupted in whatever it was she was doing.
After the group answers she will explain; "I was actually on my way out... but if this is an urgent matter you're welcome to come into my office for a moment." She then examines the rest of the group. "There are only three chairs inside..." she says as she adjusts her glasses again.
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