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Post by ☆|Atrium on Feb 28, 2018 10:15:10 GMT -7
Reymondo bows in front of Lemaire. "My name is Reymondo." He rolls the R in his name as he usually does when introducing himself.
He then looks over at Mitsuko with his eyes. "What is going on behind me? Did they make it into the office?" Mitsuko nods before speaking. "The doll is a quick thinker. He could prove to useful after all. But I should point something out. You told two people to look for information on a person they don't know." Rey looks forward at the woman in front of him and mentally sighs. "Shit.... you are right."
He then gestures for her to walk inside her office. "What we need is rather important. Thank you for seeing us even though you clearly wish to leave." He walks with her inside and stands in front of her desk.
"I will makes this quick so we don't waste too much of your time. Winters has been kidnapped by some Alves but they went through some gate that just showed up out of nowhere. When they took him through it, they and the gate vanished. We were told that you would be able to help us."
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Post by waifutrash on Feb 28, 2018 14:18:34 GMT -7
Cliff's thief instinct kicked in. This door wasn't just locked, it was magically locked. There must be a few important things in here. A confidential file full of blackmail material? A magical item or two? Something valuable to someone willing to pay top dollar for it? A shot of the doll equivalent of adrenaline surged through him for a fraction of a second before he got a hold of himself.
No! Cliff is Reymondo's servant. No more stealing blindly and indiscriminately like he used to after his teacher died and he had to fend for himself. If Reymondo said no, Cliff would leave the room exactly as it was when he entered.
However, Reymondo never ordered Cliff to return what he had already stolen. Taking advantage of the few moments of solitude inside of Winters' Office, Cliff pulls out the wallet he stole from the fat kid and check what was in it.
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Post by Eva on Mar 1, 2018 10:47:40 GMT -7
"Yes, as my brother Rey here is saying, any information you have about Winters or his disappearance would be extremely helpful to us. My name is Eva, by the way, and it's a pleasure to meet ya!" Eva extends her arm to shake Lemaire's hand.
"So, how well did you know Winters Mrs.Lemaire?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 1, 2018 22:38:37 GMT -7
Selene watches on in silence as both Rey and Eva probe this new woman for information. It was then she realized her mouth was still covered. Knowing this would be a dead giveaway that she was the one who distributed the peace. If the woman even cared. She removed her hands from her face and took quiet deep breaths to slow her heart rate. She doesn’t say anything to gain the attention of the woman out from what she already did. If or when this woman turns away from Selene she will quickly move towards the other door to quickly knock and enter with Cliff.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Mar 2, 2018 0:09:26 GMT -7
Professor Lemaire guides Eva and Reymondo inside. After a quick glance in Selene's direction she decides to close the door on her. She listens to Reymondo and Eva as they speak and raises an eyebrow in surprise. "What? Abducted? Is this a joke?" she sits down at her desk and folds her arms infront of her. "Alves are a rarity. There are only 4 known Alves in the world and they are all accounted for. Why most of them work at the Moreau Tower."
She flips through some papers and answers Eva's question, without shaking her hand or acknowledging her otherwise. "I can't say we were close. We're colleagues, but we study different fields. For the most part anyway. He's been at home, sick, for the last week or so. His illness is preventing him from attending his seminars and lessons here." She glances up at them and raises both eyebrows as she adjusts her glasses with one hand. "You know, if this is some kind of practical joke it won't look well at all on your application." She goes back to flipping through documents.
Meanwhile Cliff rummages through the fat bullies wallet.
Just moments later he hears a soft knock at the door.
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Post by ☆|Atrium on Mar 2, 2018 0:53:59 GMT -7
Reymondo shakes his head. "This is not a joking matter. When we went to Winter's house, there were four of them with swords at the ready. When I grabbed him to try and escape, that was when that thing showed up. The giant doorway, gothic in its design dressed in intricate features, stands predominantly in the middle of the street. The inside of the open gate crackles with energy and brief flickers of a forest can be seen through the occasional pulsating flashes. Before too long a group of Alves stumbles through; three more swordsman, an archer, and another robed figure - five in all with the goal to get Winters, and the did. Despite my best efforts, they got him and went through the gate which then just like that, begins to dissipate and fall apart into nothingness. So I am pretty sure there was more then just four and i am even more sure that they weren't the ones that are at Moreau Tower. So please, forgo any thought of getting an application from me and help me save one of your Professors. Right now you are the only person that could help us.
When Rey is done is monolog, he takes a sit in the seat in front of her desk. He then looks up to see Mitsuko looking down at the papers that Lemaire is shuffling around. "See anything good?" He thinks to her.
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Post by waifutrash on Mar 2, 2018 8:06:05 GMT -7
Cliff puts the wallet and it's contents back in his pocket before letting Selene in.
He whispers "I'll look through this half of the room. You look through the other. If you hear anything important from the opposite side of the wall, just say so."
Cliff began looking through the desk drawers, taking something out, examining it for a good few seconds, and putting it back if it didn't look important. He was a bit disappointed he never finished that conversation with Selene. She must be very passionate about it by the way she yelled it at the top of her lungs.
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Post by Eva on Mar 3, 2018 7:06:55 GMT -7
Eva pulls her hand back slowly, keeping a nonchalant expression on the outside, but inside she is already starting to dislike Lemaire. "Well , that's rude...this bitch is already getting on my bad side" Eva stands back up and starts examining Lemaire' room.
"It seemed like a very professional hit...a little bit much for just a professor wouldn't you agree? Tell us, was Winters doing any work that might be considered valuble?"
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Post by Deleted on Mar 3, 2018 14:29:57 GMT -7
Selene winces slightly as the door is smalled in her face. In the long run this is what she wanted, but she wishes it would of gone a little differently. Regardless she quickly hops over to Winters's door and knocks as Cliff instructed. Only a moment passes as the door cracks open and she quickly scoots inside. Selene takes a moment to look at the rooms condition. "well someone is messy. Or left in quite the hurry." This went greatly with her morals of 'clean'. Ever since her time in the military she was trained to be neat and tidy. She had to be. She grumbles and wraps her arms around herself trying to curl inward as much as she could. The rooms condition made her quite uncomfortable. She turns to look at Cliff who threw out a search plan the Selene nodded in agreeance with. Selene begins searching through books and papers. Mostly anything that might be useful. "Wait..." She says looking at some random papers. "What exactly are we looking for?" She turns towards Cliff while still holding the papers. "Cliff? Did Rey give you any idea of what we need to find?" She was generally worried that they wouldn't find what he needed, or take to long looking and have someone come through the door.
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Post by ★|Sayu on Mar 3, 2018 23:02:16 GMT -7
As Professor Lemaire shuffles through her papers all Mitsuko can make out are schedules and formal letters to or from the academy. While they seem "important" they don't seem to give any information they are looking for. Lemaire takes a moment to slide out some papers and put them aside on a stack. She then stacks the remaining papers next to it.
"I see." she answers Rey and adjusts her glasses again. "While the Academy is well known for all kinds of valuable research, his was not one of them. He's a biologist and a chemist. None of his work is anything that most other people couldn't easily replicate themselves. I can't really remember the last time he's achieved anything of note." she shakes her head and gets up. "If a professor of this facility has really been abducted then we will report the incident to the authorities and let them handle it." she pauses a moment as she re-evaluates Redmondos appearance. "Who did you say you were, again?" she gives him a stern look. Regardless of if Rey answers her or not she heads to the door. "I really must attend this meeting. I suggest you report the incident to the city guard, we will do the same."
She opens the door and gestures for the two to leave.
Meanwhile in Winters' office. Cliff and Selene rummage through the room.
Cliff, who pays extra attention to every detail of every item he picks up, manages to find two keys. A magic key to the Labs, and a metal key that looks like it belongs to a storage cabinet or something similar. He finds a few odd coins, unique in their design. In fact, they don't look like any currency he has seen in his few years around. He finds a broken AQL that has cracks running through it from top to bottom. It's unusable, and probably won't be able to be repaired. He also finds a small locked wooden box containing a gem of some sorts.
Selene on the other hand rummages through some papers. She finds a few papers regarding a thesis on a few biology studies. The man has also received a few letters, although most of them are either notices or formal letters from the Academy. The last two things of note she finds is an eviction notice - Apparently winters hadn't paid his houses dues in a few months - and a flyer advertising "the Gates". It was a preview shown yesterday in one of the viewing rooms below that showcased a method of transporting from one door to another within seconds.
Most of the other stuff the two look through is generic academy stuff, some of which so complicated it doesn't make a lot of sense.
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Post by ☆|Atrium on Mar 4, 2018 22:51:55 GMT -7
Reymondo's smile begins to fade as Lemaire's conversation isn't going in the direction he wants. He looks at Mitsuko for an answer on the papers but she just shakes her head. He lets out another long mental sigh. When she speaks about going to the authorities, he almost facepalms right then and there. "Professor, we have gone to the authorities and the city guard. It is because of them that I knew to come here. I am not just some random nobody just poking around for information. Despite how I look, I am helping out in this investigation."
When he sees that her is open the door for them to leave, Rey walks to the door and closes it again. "My name is Reymondo Vlček, the last remaining son of the Vlček lineage. Normally I would apologize for wasting your time, but you are now doing the same to us while the person whose office is just next door is gods know where in who know what condition." He points next to the wall where to office is for emphasis. His voice has a hint of irritation to it but he is trying his damndest not to show how pissed off he is getting. "When I had mentioned that he was taken through a gate of some kind, we were told that you would be willing to help us. Now I could just leave now and the authorities that you had a meeting that was far more important then trying to save Winters's life. Then they can come here to bother you even more, or you could just help us here and now and never hear from us again."
As he is saying this, this blue flame starts dancing as it feels his anger. When Rey is done speaking, his eyes looks over at Eva, a silent que for her to not do anything. He knows that she was never a fan of his peaceful tactics when it came to trying to get information from people. This was more or less his last ditch effort before he agreed to let Eva have her way with Lemaire tonight. "By the end of tonight, I am going to have the info I need to find Winters. One way or another!" He though to himself.
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Post by waifutrash on Mar 4, 2018 23:21:38 GMT -7
"Selene, I have reached a predicament"
He displays all the items he has found on the table.
"I have found all these items which may help our investigation. However, I cannot take them. I promised Master Reymondo I would not steal, and taking anything would be stealing. Therefore, I need you to steal all of this for me since you were not ordered to avoid stealing."
Cliff begins to take inventory of the newly found items.
"First we have these keys. Honest people use keys to lock away valuables to protect them from people like me. Dishonest people use keys to hide away secrets. Honest people ordinary people rarely disappear without a trace, so we can assume Mr. Winters falls into the latter category. We should probably find what secrets these keys unlock. Next is these coins. I have seen many different currencies traveling from place to place, but I can not recognize these. Perhaps they are from a distant land far far away. Maybe Mr. Winters secrets involve such a land far far away. After that we have this AQL. Unfortunately, I have no idea how to use one. When I stole Master Reymondo's AQL, I was planning on just selling it. Is it possible to play recordings on it? Perhaps Master Reymondo would know. Last is this gem. Maybe it's magical, maybe it isn't. Maybe it's important to our investigation, maybe it isn't. Either way, I want it."
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Post by Eva on Mar 5, 2018 22:10:01 GMT -7
"Well, this isn't going anywhere, and I feel like she's trying to hide something..." Eva follows Rey to the door, and let's and a little sigh."Wonder how mad Rey would be of I-" Before she could finish her thought she noticed Rey looking at her. His expression said it all. "Don't do it" she could hear him chiding inside her head. "Damn, such a spoil sport..."
"I'd listen to Rey here Mrs.Lemaire, everyone here's lives would be much easier if you could maybe be a little more helpful to us. Besides, like Rey said, wouldn't want them coming back for you too would we? Gosh, I wonder what awful things they might do to you. I hear the way Alv's torture their prisoners is quite...intense . Why, I doubt there'd be much left of you mentally at all really! Tisk tisk, it'd be such a waste of that smart head of yours..." She flashes a devious smirk across her face. "Well if I can't play with her physically..."
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Post by Deleted on Mar 6, 2018 20:31:26 GMT -7
Selene looks through what she finds. Most of what she gets are papers on what she assumed he studied. Her head tilts sideways as she attempts to understand whatever he wrote. Though she could read it just fine she could hardly understand the full of the topics. She shakes her head as she filters through the rest of what she found. "Oh?" she says with curiosity. She opens and reads the notice stamped 'EVICTION'. A brief skim. "Looks like someone isn't or hasn't payed his bills. Responsible..." She mutters. A very unattractive feature in her opinion. Next she sees the paper on 'The Gates'. "Hmm..." She pauses. "Yeah no way in hell." She says regarding the fact that those gates could never work. Or so she thinks. Her ears perk up when Cliff calls her over.
She walks over to the desk. "Yeah? Whats up?" She says. A lit smile on her face. She looks down at his items. After his description she again scans the items. She grabs the AQL. She shakes it a few times and attempts to turn it on. "Yeah thats junk." She says. "If you want to sell it you can, but I doubt you'll get anything from it." She moves the coins with her fingers. "I don't recognize these...at all." She gently chews on the inside of her cheek. Looking off to the right slightly she thinks. "Yeah I'm not sure..." She slides them into her bag. "I'll take these...for you! Yeah that!" Next she sees the box. She pops it open and to her surprise. "OH!" She immediately drops that into her bag as well. "I'm taking that!" That item causes another smile to appear. Last was the keys. "Ohhh...Cliff you might have something." She holds them up and looks them over. "You may be right. One of these might go to a box or something! We she hold onto all of them. I don't know but most people keep a box of secrets close by. Its probably under or in something." She looks around the room once more. "Or it could look like something else entirely." She looks back at Cliff. "Lets give it a quick once over and see if we can't find something!"
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Post by ★|Sayu on Mar 7, 2018 16:46:03 GMT -7
Lemaire lets out a sigh as Reymondo closes the door again. "Listen here, you. I couldn't care less who you are or where you're from, there are ways to deal with these things and this isn't one of them." she narrows her eyes at Eva questioning her. "Is that supposed to be a threat? Do you even-" her voice becomes incredibly stern but she is cut off by a knock on the door.
"Yes, Come in." Lemaire says in an incredibly annoyed tone as the door opens. The woman standing on the other side holds out a stack of papers. "Your paperwork, ma'am." she says in a monotone voice. "The meeting started 10 minutes ago. I was asked to retrieve you."
Lemaire shakes her head and gestures to the door. "If you will, please." she says still sounding rather aggravated.
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