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Curiosity killed the...
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:50 pmby Hellsmith
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.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:54 pmby Atropha
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.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:55 pmby Hellsmith
"Well then," the voice came over the speaker in the lab, "what have we here?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:56 pmby Atropha
"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.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:58 pmby Hellsmith
"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?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Wed Jul 20, 2011 11:59 pmby Atropha
"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."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:01 amby Hellsmith
"Darling, a mouse could fart in this building and I'd know."
"Pull the other one. It's got bells on."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:02 amby Atropha
"Really now. Yet somehow you missed to spot him or me?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:03 amby Hellsmith
"And I really do take that personally, you must know..."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:06 amby Atropha
"I can only imagine. Poor you."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:09 amby Hellsmith
"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."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:11 amby Atropha
"Is that truly baffling? I mean honestly." she smiles.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:11 amby Harbinger
Down the hall, a women in a purple bathrobe was walking.
"What on Earth is all this commotion, anyway?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:14 amby Hellsmith
"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.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:15 amby Atropha
And Atropha gave her the most innocent, slightly crooked smile she could muster.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:16 amby Harbinger
"And what do we have here, then, hrm?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:17 amby Atropha
"I just tried to help catch the little shifter. Then the hallways started moving around."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:25 amby Harbinger
"Is that right," she said, unconvinced.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:26 amby Atropha
"I raised the alarm on him in the first place! I don't even know where I am right now."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:41 amby Harbinger
"Is that right. You just pulled the switch and ran, then?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:44 amby Atropha
"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."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:44 amby Harbinger
"Building chick. You like to watch, is this true?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:46 amby Hellsmith
"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?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:48 amby Harbinger
"Oh, quite. Things that no one should be touching."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 12:49 amby Atropha
"Obviously I was trying to find a way around those areas. I'm not stupid enough to try and traverse a moving building."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:00 amby Hellsmith
"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.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:02 amby Atropha
"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.
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:11 amby Hellsmith
"She doesn't seem that enthusiastic about letting them answer, does she Harbinger?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:12 amby Harbinger
"No....no, she doesn't...."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:26 amby Hellsmith
"Of course, given your... understanding with our new friend, I wouldn't presume to... loosen her tongue here."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:27 amby Harbinger
"Of course not. However, this IS a sensitive subject, and I wouldn't DREAM of going over your head..."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:30 amby Hellsmith
"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."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:33 amby Harbinger
"Oh, surely, she would be ideal for such a task, after proper...preparations."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:35 amby Atropha
"Excuse me?"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:36 amby Hellsmith
"Ah yes, Harbinger certainly is rather familiar with those specifications."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:37 amby Harbinger
"She'd be ideal."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:45 amby Hellsmith
"And just think, she'd gain such a newfound appreciation for the project she so selflessly helped to guard..."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:46 amby Harbinger
"An integral part of the team, exploring strange new worlds!"
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:46 amby Atropha
"How generous."
Re: Curiosity killed the...
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Thu Jul 21, 2011 1:50 amby Hellsmith
"And if she ends up like the chimp, well... I'm certain she'd understand the value to science."