Curiosity killed the...

by **Hellsmith** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:50 pm

Hellsmith was performing a thorough sweep of the security cameras and sensors in the aftermath of the break-in.

As such, a certain cat could likely see what was coming.

Then again, with the otherworldly energies saturating her current location, it was entirely possible Atropha couldn't.

Regardless, it was coming, and soon the sensor sweep would reach that fateful room.

by **Atropha** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:54 pm

Even if she would have seen it coming there's not much she could do about it with the lab still on lockdown from the alarm. Though the distortions from the experiments muddle everything she is still vaguely aware of the fact that something is about to happen, so she at least stops snooping around the computer terminals.

by **Hellsmith** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:55 pm

"Well then," the voice came over the speaker in the lab, "what have we here?"

by **Atropha** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:56 pm

"Would you believe I was trying to help catch that shapeshifter?" she asks almost coyly, obviously not even believing for a second that anyone is going to buy that excuse.

by **Hellsmith** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:58 pm

"Ah, that entirely depends on how you answer the next question."

"You see, for some odd reason I don't have any record of the little bastard on my cameras, until the exact moment you pulled the alarm."

"But you wouldn't know anything about that, would you?"

by **Atropha** » Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:59 pm

"I'm naturally sneaky?" she offers. "I saw him, talked to him and quickly figured out he didn't belong. So I raised the alarm."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:01 am

"Darling, a mouse could fart in this building and I'd know."

"Pull the other one. It's got bells on."

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:02 am

"Really now. Yet somehow you missed to spot him or me?"

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:03 am

"And I really do take that personally, you must know..."

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:06 am

"I can only imagine. Poor you."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:09 am

"And imagine my surprise when I find you here of all places. Why, I rather think that the only person who likes surprises less than me is you."

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:11 am

"Is that truly baffling? I mean honestly." she smiles.

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:11 am

Down the hall, a women in a purple bathrobe was walking.

"What on Earth is all this commotion, anyway?"

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:14 am

"Well then, I rather hope you enjoy this one..."

Abruptly, the room came back out of lockdown as clamps slid away and the doors lurched open...

...giving Harbinger a clear view of Atropha in the lab.

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:15 am

And Atropha gave her the most innocent, slightly crooked smile she could muster.

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:16 am

"And what do we have here, then, hrm?"

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:17 am

"I just tried to help catch the little shifter. Then the hallways started moving around."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:25 am

"Is that right," she said, unconvinced.

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:26 am

"I raised the alarm on him in the first place! I don't even know where I am right now."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:41 am

"Is that right. You just pulled the switch and ran, then?"

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:44 am

"I chased him into a group of people. I figured I would try to cut him off from where he would be going, but then the hallways shifted around."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:44 am

"Building chick. You like to watch, is this true?"

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:46 am

"I think you'd know as well as I do, Harbinger, nothing was shifted on this level of the building. After all, too many... precious assets reside here, eh?"

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:48 am

"Oh, quite. Things that no one should be touching."

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:49 am

"Obviously I was trying to find a way around those areas. I'm not stupid enough to try and traverse a moving building."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:00 am

"Well then, I'm sure our good friends here in the research section will back up your story, won't they?"

The camera in the room focused pointedly on the scientists.

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:02 am

"Well when I came in here the alarm locked the door behind me, so I figured I might as well make sure everything was alright in here." she butts in before one of the scientists says something.

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:11 am

"She doesn't seem that enthusiastic about letting them answer, does she Harbinger?"

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:12 am

"No....no, she doesn't...."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:26 am

"Of course, given your... understanding with our new friend, I wouldn't presume to... loosen her tongue here."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:27 am

"Of course not. However, this IS a sensitive subject, and I wouldn't DREAM of going over your head..."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:30 am

"I daresay she's been quite helpful in raising the alarm against the little twisty bastard. Perhaps we ought to clue her in to what the General has had cooking here."

"After all, I seem to remember that not even Croyden seemed all that eager when the General started talking of... test subjects."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:33 am

"Oh, surely, she would be ideal for such a task, after proper...preparations."

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:35 am

"Excuse me?"

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:36 am

"Ah yes, Harbinger certainly is rather familiar with those specifications."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:37 am

"She'd be ideal."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:45 am

"And just think, she'd gain such a newfound appreciation for the project she so selflessly helped to guard..."

by **Harbinger** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:46 am

"An integral part of the team, exploring strange new worlds!"

by **Atropha** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:46 am

"How generous."

by **Hellsmith** » Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:50 am

"And if she ends up like the chimp, well... I'm certain she'd understand the value to science."

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