Boseman High School Shenanigans: Episode 1

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Sep 25, 2023 10:28 pm
Fred finds his sister Sarah on the other end of the line.

"Fred! What do you think is going on with Belinda? She never came to get Debby, and then didn't even come into the house when she finally came home?"

After a paused, she adds, "Should we... track her down? Remember that dad installed that GPS thing in the Range Rover, right? Debby says she knows how to get into it."

Zach's phone is now silent, and Wendy just squeezes Lily's hand, stressed out by all the arguing and their inability to make and stick with a decision.

KCC

Sep 26, 2023 3:36 am
"Well then maybe we should all just sit here and let aliens take over the town. I mean… if we are just going to go back and forth all night." Lily says, squeezing Wendy’s hand. It’s not like Lily had anyone to rescue from the basement.

She looks at Wendy, and then wonders what she’s doing here among all these nervous nellies, talking themselves down from every plan Lily and Fred had.

Wendy Lin

Harrigan

Sep 26, 2023 4:43 am
Wendy Lin
"Lily's right," Wendy says, looking at her best friend as they finally stop holding hands. "We need to try something, right? Or it's going to get worse? More and more people affected?"

She recounts the situation. "If Fred's stepmom and Rosie aren't at the asylum, why go there? I think we should either play along with what Zach is thinking and get some answers from his sister, or go after Belinda. If they got her, where was she going?"
Sep 26, 2023 10:57 pm
Freddie looks at the girls, and Zach. On the phone, "I talked to her on the phone, and she seemed like she was headed somewhere fast. And there was a guy in the car. I mean, of course she'd move on. Does it seem fast?"
Sep 26, 2023 11:13 pm
Emily listens and grits her teeth.

"Oh my God, people! Let's do SOMETHING already! I vote we go after Belinda. Now let's go."

KCC

Sep 27, 2023 1:23 am
"Booooo that!" Lily starts up. "She was driving a little fast, so we go chasing after her. And what… pull up while she’s having a rendezvous with some guy? Sorry Fred." she quickly adds.

"We know there’s something in the basement. Look… if we are too scared to go down there, let’s just call in a bomb scare or something.

Let them find whatevers down there by themselves."


Then she slumps down into the table, rapidly losing energy:

"Or whatever... It’s not like I’m driving. Let’s just wait for ’not-alien’ Rose to show up!"
Sep 27, 2023 1:35 am
Freddie says to Sarah on the phone. "Cook up that trace, Watson, I'll go see if she's okay, k? I love you, bye."

When Lily talks, he looks a little glassy eyed. He's silent a moment, and then shakes his head. "Sorry, did you say something after 'rendezvous'? I got lost there a little."

He smirks, but regrets shaking his gunshot head.

"We can trip hop in the Tesla and race after her. You wouldn't believe the performance on that bad boy."
Sep 28, 2023 3:05 pm
"Let's go," he says to Emily, his phone on mute as he waits for Sarah to track Belinda.

Jumping into the Tesla, he snaps the safety belt tight (it's literally saved his life) and waits for Emily to get in before driving off after Belinda, at least, in the direction he was driving.
Sep 28, 2023 3:17 pm
Emily grabs her keys and hops into Freddie's Tesla. She too buckles up, more out of habit than any sense of safety. "Shit. I didn't lock the van. Wait! Freddie. Let me leave the keys for the others in case they need it. Gimme a minute."

Removing the house keys and jumping out of the Tesla, she tosses the keys onto the front seat or to one of the others, hops back into the vehicle, and says, "Go!"
Sep 28, 2023 3:29 pm
Standing some distance from the cars, where he positioned himself as bait for 'Rose', Zach watches with confusion as Emily and Fred move between the cars and the Tesla then suddenly takes off. He looks after them, raising his arms to signal 'What the fuck, guys?' to them as they speed off.
He then turns to the van left behind. He didn't see Lily and Wendy leave, so he at least still has them as backup. And really, if you have Lily on your side, what would you need anyone else for?
Sep 28, 2023 10:54 pm
At the School, 730pm (Zach, Lily, and Wendy)

It's unclear in the moment if Fred and Emily think Zach's plan just isn't going to work (he's been outside the main entrance for a few minutes now, waiting), or if the popular but haunted boy just wants to make sure his stepmother is okay, but either way -- off they go.

Lily and Wendy are indeed in the van, with Emily's keys. They have moved the vehicle to the overflow bus lanes, out of sight of someone exiting the school's main doors, and sit with the engine idling, ready. At Zach's signal, they will swoop in!

On the Road, 730pm (Fred and Emily)

"Okay, we'll send her location when we get it!" Sarah had said before she hung up and the pair headed for Fred's car. They aren't on the road five minutes when a text from her comes in, displaying on the Tesla's gigantic touchpad. One touch turns that into a map location, and Emily and Fred see that Belinda appears to be down near the Banks. On the other side of the river, near where Fred swam across and checked out the Jeep. The Range Rover looks like it's halfway up the old dirt road that accesses that more exclusive make-out area, a trail that people normally don't tackle without a four-wheel drive.
OOC:
Fred, with it's all wheel drive system, you think the Tesla might be able to make it. Translation, you'll need to make a skill roll if you attempt it. Oh, and this location is also not that far from Kelly's house, though you have to traverse woods to get there. What do you do?
At the School, 735pm (Zach, Lily, and Wendy)

Rose Tidwell
The sun has set by the time Zach is having the thought maybe this isn't going to work, but then the front doors open, and there she is: Rosie! The inside of the school is lit behind her, and she beckons to her brother from the door.

"Come on! Come on in for a minute -- I have something to show you," she says, waiting there.
OOC:
Zach's move, and also... which unlicensed driver is behind the wheel, Lily or Wendy?!
Sep 29, 2023 1:53 pm
At the School (Zach, Lily, and Wendy)

"Rose!" Zach exclaims. His heart is hammering nervously in his chest. This proves it. Why would Rose have been in the school if she wasn't slugged? "I was so worried about you," he tells her without stepping closer. "Why didn't you answer your phone all day? I was in the hospital." He does not like the idea of being lured into the school, away from his bodyguards. "We don't have time. We need to get home before our parents notice we're gone. Come on, Rosie!"
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Sep 29, 2023 3:10 pm
"Remember when I swam the river from the Banks, when you were making out with Rose then left with her and the douchebag? That's where they're going. And the homeless guy said he saw a spaceship land there. Maybe It was a military helicopter and they're all super spies, or midnight hot air balloon enthusiasts, but that's where they are going. We could get stuck, though it's a dirt shithole."
Sep 29, 2023 3:56 pm
Emily's cheeks redden at that memory and the fact that Freddie saw the incident. Maybe he would consider her more worldly and it wasn't so bad after all. One could hope.

"Yup, I remember." Gazing out the window as he puts forth his theories she comes to her conclusions.

"I don't think you're far off. I wouldn't be surprised if the government was involved in some way. I mean I don't believe it's aliens but it might as well be for all the shit that's been going down the past few days. So I think we should take our chances and get to the other side. We can always swim if we get stuck but then the car might be trash."
Sep 29, 2023 5:16 pm
"Let's go. We can go as far as we can. Should we tell the girls? And Zach?" He adds the last bit in.
Sep 29, 2023 5:57 pm
"Yeah in case we never come back. Heh." She doesn't mean the part about never coming back.

Rose Tidwell

Harrigan

Sep 30, 2023 2:18 am
At the School (Zach, Lily, and Wendy)

Rose Tidwell
Looking back over her shoulder, it's difficult to tell if Rose says something to someone, but then she's striding forward, walking with a purpose Zach finds unusual and a little unnerving. As the gets closers, he sees that his sister's tank top is stained, and that her hair is uncharacteristically disheveled in a non-purposeful way.

"Mom and dad can wait," she says, reaching for Zach's hand. "Come on. You'll think this is cool."
Sep 30, 2023 2:23 am
Near the Woods on the Other Side of the Banks (Fred and Emily)

It's not a long drive to the back road that leads to the Range Rover, and after Fred drives across the bridge that crosses the river, he makes the turn into the woods. It's dark. The sun has just gone down, there are no streetlights, and the trees overhead are thick blotting out any lingering light in the sky. As they drive branches scrape and rattle against the side of the car, almost as though they are trying to get it -- or stop the vehicle from proceeding.
OOC:
Fred, let's see that Driving roll.
Sep 30, 2023 3:11 am
"It's spooky. Keep you're seatbelt on, I want to try something. I saw it in a cartoon but I'm pretty sure I can do it." His jokes are a lame attempt to calm his own mangled nerves.

Rolls

Fred Solomon: Driving - (1d6, 1d6, RA)

1d6 : (1) = 1

1d6 : (64) = 10

Sep 30, 2023 3:36 am
OOC:
Success. Are your lights on? -2 without I should have said, but you'd still succeed.
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