3b: Some Time Aside

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Jul 21, 2024 11:48 am
At Blake’s question, David looks back and forth as well at the security guards. David starts to feel worried again.

"Craig, are you leading us somewhere? We really are just trying to have a quick look around and then we’ll be out of your hair."
Jul 22, 2024 2:51 pm
RageRed says:
Amanda drives, following Daria's directions. "What are we going to tell the others about Woodward?"
"I dunno Amanda, I mean...," the hesitancy obvious in her voice Daria glances sideways at Amanda, then back to the road as the speed along, crashing yet another amber. "I think we just say he's dead. All that other stuff, the film stock, weird lady, Julia...I think...I mean, no one is going to believe that. I'm not sure I believe it was even real. Probably some illusion brought on from all the cocaine dust we breathed in from the AC. None of that could be real. So, let's just say he was dead in the apartment, and Julia too. That the bodies are...Jeez, I don't even know."

Daria goes back to the directions on her phone.

"Ok, sharp left coming up and then we should be there."
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Jul 22, 2024 7:21 pm
"Dead? And...what if no one can find their bodies? I mean..I don't remember seeing them after we came down from whatever shit we breathed in there." Amanda swerves the car to the left and makes the turn.
Jul 22, 2024 8:58 pm
"No, no I didn't see them either..." Daria pauses, going quiet.

"This roundabout coming up, take the first exit. Okay, sharp left and cut thru that gap."

"I know I saw Woodward, I dunno, deflate or something. Julia holding that empty flesh. Uh uh, quick down here!" Daria waves her hand towards the right.

"I mean, the CCTV is gonna show us going up there, then Julia arriving and only us coming out. So, yeah, maybe no bodies so no crime. But Woodward is dead and Julia ain't coming back, I'm pretty sure of that. So missing persons, and we're the last to see them. Awkward! So we tell the others we think they're both dead, loads of drugs, place thrashed, yada yada. But, ya know, let's leave out the weird trippy shit okay?"

"Okay destination is coming up on our left." Daria puts another call thru to Shull. "We're pulling up outside, where we do find you?"
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Jul 25, 2024 7:07 pm
Seeing who it was, Spencer answered the phone but didn’t speak, instead swiping over to his messages and sending some rapid fire texts.

Don’t hang up, just listen in.
Something off here. Can’t talk.
Security shadowing us, but Verity is here somewhere
Pull around back as getaway car?


He then slipped the phone back in his pocket.
Jul 26, 2024 2:53 pm
"Ah shit!" Daria starts glancing around as they get close to the complex. "Okay Amanda, Shull says there's problems. See if you can find a way to pull around to the rear of this place."

Daria turns the phone to speaker and then checks in the back of Amanda's car, ready to clear the seats, but they are already neat and tidy.
Jul 26, 2024 5:11 pm
"Sure. Let me see..." Amanda acknowledges, as she slows down and looks for way around the structure.

Craig Steele

Edmund_Balworth

Jul 30, 2024 8:10 pm
Craig Steele
Craig's eyebrow's raise as he looks back at the men being gestured at. Huh? Oh, security's been changed since that broad went missing. Standard policy of the retreat is if you aren't a registered client, security needs to follow you... You wrote that didn't you, Blake? I can't remember what stuffshirt came up with this shit... Craig turns back to David. Shit, man... I was following you. Didn't you say something about looking for what's her face? Craig looks around almost comically from one side of the hallway to the other.
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Psychology Rolls Please!
The man rubs his beard and then let's his hand run down his shirt to poke in through the buttons and scrape his belly button. He leans in and speaks only loud enough for David to hear Since we're down here, want to see something cool? Craig's beard moves showing a mischievous grin. I can't show everybody... just the VI to the mother-fuckin Ps... if you know what I'm saying. Craig let's out a breathy belly laugh.
The celebrity retreat is an old mansion located in the Hollywood hills. It is on a sprawling 4 acre estate surrounded by a 10' tall stone fence with a large black iron motorized gate blocking the entrance. Amanda pulls the car up and a guard exits a security shack walking up to the window. He smiles at Amanda as he waits for her to roll the window down.
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There is no road to get to the back of the estate as its back wall leads directly up to a hill. There is the potential to climb over the wall to get in unseen, or possibly get access through another estate.
Jul 31, 2024 2:12 pm
David lets out a nervous laugh, but is excited by the prospect of some special treatment.

"Sure Craig, let’s see what you got."

Rolls

David Otera: Psychology (60) - (d100)

(21) = 21

Jul 31, 2024 2:21 pm
OOC:
Nice!
David gets the feeling that Craig is being intentionally vague or lying about the policy change.
Jul 31, 2024 2:48 pm
Edmund_Balworth says:
OOC:
There is no road to get to the back of the estate as its back wall leads directly up to a hill. There is the potential to climb over the wall to get in unseen, or possibly get access through another estate.
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Hm, in that case Daria wouldn't have bothered asking Amanda to drive around back once she figured out that was not an option. She is not interested in trying to break-in, as right now they seem to want to be away from there with the rest of the group.

@RageRed: whadya think? Shall they aim to bluff our way in? Daria would be game for that.
Jul 31, 2024 6:59 pm
Amanda quickly discovers that going around to the back is not a viable option. She looks at Daria and slows the car down to a stop in one of the parking spaces available. "Well. That's not happening. What do you suppose is going on in there?"
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Shrugs. They're trying to get out. Should we really be trying to get in?
Jul 31, 2024 7:14 pm
The security guard knocks on Amanda's window and pantomime's rolling it down.
Aug 1, 2024 2:41 pm
Blake eyes the man

Rolls

psychology versus 80 - (d100)

(93) = 93

Aug 1, 2024 7:10 pm
Blake can't help but want to call Craig "Bonghit". The man seems just plain glazed.
Aug 1, 2024 7:16 pm
Amanda rolls her eyes and takes her time pressing the button to lower the window just a crack. "Problem? We're waiting for a pick up to the studio."
Aug 1, 2024 8:06 pm
Guard
The young man's face tightens in annoyance. I'm sorry, Ma'am, but all pickups and drop-offs need to be scheduled and preauthorized through the Church of Sunyata headquarters.
Aug 1, 2024 9:01 pm
Well, whoever put the new regulations in place, it sure seems like they don’t want us here. Let’s get a move on eh? These fellas are making me itchy Spencer said, trying and failing to keep everyone in his view at the same time.
Aug 2, 2024 2:53 am
"Hey Bonghit, where are we going, and please tell your thugs to puff, puff and pass along."

Blake hits send on his phone to call back the head of the church that had just called.
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Aug 2, 2024 4:41 am
David laughs nervously at Blake’s remark.

"On second thought Craig, I think we need to be finding Verity. I’m sure we can manage from here. It sure was nice seeing you though, we’ll have to catch up some other time"
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