The Basement

**Seryna** · Dec 8th, 2011 03:58 PM

You descend the stairs from the spiral above and discover a door locked with a key card. If you have gotten yours from the Old Man; the door opens into a pool room. The most noticeable thing about this room is the Basement Board.

There is also a kitchenette area with a coffee pot and the means to make cofee. A cabinent reveals the top shelf liquir.
Plenty of stools and beat up chairs are flecked about the room. A few lobby style couches hold down the wall. The basement looks like a bunker.

How this works

Dec 8th, 2011 04:03 PM

Just moving the post from the other spiral

Daysha shrugged a little. “Smith, I wasn’t talking about you specifically, we’ve had some assclowns that really don’t do anything but complicate shit. Like this guy named Jacque, can’t remember his last name cause I don’t care enough about him to remember.” Furrowing her brow, she pulled out her phone. Then grabbed a piece of paper and pen. Do men ever listen? And people wonder why I’m so bitchy.

“Here’s Michael’s address, and the location of the outdoor studio the last time I saw him.” Her tone still even as she spoke. She wrote down the addresses from her phone.

As she saw Rafe and Asad walk in she cocked a brow. Ok, so is Irish out advertizing hardcore now or what?

“Doesn’t matter how this place came to be. If you want to ask the Old Man I’m sure he’d be happy to tell you. On a good day…” Daysha lifted her head up in a nod of acknowledging. “Detective Daysha Jackson. Did the old man send you down?” Her voice sounded like she was searching for their names as well.

"Nicole, I'll pitch in some money for a coffee pot or Keurig or something." The brunette looked at her cup of coffee. "I think that things probably against fire code by now."

**Seryna** · Dec 8th, 2011 07:10 PM

"No, you never said anything about not working together.' She agreed with Agent Smith. The idea that he was already thinking into the future celebrations over things lifted her spirits some what.

"We... don't really have a name." She replies to the newcomer who took a seat.
"Most of us have met very recently... but I think we're coming together." She glances between Marion and Daysha; then noticed that Gregory had moved off by himself.
The blonde frowned after him; wondering what seemed to have distracted him.

She turns as Daysha offers the address of the missing hunter to the group.
"Good. It may be nothing; but I'd feel better if we checked on him. Plus; you said he's a blogger? Maybe he's like the guys I used to work with."

Nicole glanced towards the newcomers with a bit more interest. They hadn't answered Daysha's question yet; and that interested her. She wasn't ready to push yet; perhaps they were being cautious.

"I'm with you there." She replied to Daysha.

Dec 8th, 2011 07:28 PM

Rafe fiddled with his watch again. It looked old, but in great condition. The clicking of the clasp was almost rythmical. "Yeah the bartender sent us down.. I imagine nobody could come down here unless they had a keycard, with that lock. Although i guess one could go through the wall." He seemed to be thinking behind the words, while looking at Nicole, or rather streight through her.

"So what's the idea here then? You pick a note off the board and run with it, see how deep the rabbit hole gets?" He smiled a little at his cliche alice in wonderland reference, that was a good movie. "If so, I could look into that dead soldier. Specialist's are usually not the gung ho fighting types, unless they're in a tank regiment, though it doesn't say which regiment he was in. Could be found out pretty easy though, there must have been something in the papers about where he was from." obituaries were a good place to start, and a simple web crawler could pick up any articles posted on the web about the incident in 12 hours or less.

Dec 8th, 2011 11:20 PM

"Asad Lasitar. Alex if you prefer. Pleasure to meet you Ms. Jackson." He offers a nod but not a smile.

The missing friend was a concern but not a priority. Asad cared about the dead soldier. That was a definite target. A project to focus on. There was no searching for a body, only a culprit. Culprits you could put bullets in. As it was, he had nothing to contribute.

Dec 9th, 2011 11:13 AM

“Thank you Alex. Likewise.” Daysha gave him a polite nod.

“Yeah, he’s a blogger. He also knew quite a few people on the blog site.” The detective said to the blonde. “If this vampire director found out about Leech’s blog, who’s to say what else he knows. The last thing we want is the fucking bloodsuckers to come looking for us, when we’re looking for them.” Daysha scrolled through her phone, then wrote down the site that she pulled off her computer that Michael had brought up for her. “Now, I haven’t been out to the site since I met him, but I did stop by his apartment. His phone has gone straight to voicemail for a month.”

She took a deep breath and released some tension. The Detective hated cold cases and missing persons more now than she did before she found out all this crap. “I’d be looking into it myself, but I’m not a hacker, and I can’t have the department start digging through shit they don’t understand. Not to mention, new eyes on a case can help dig up new clues.” Her eyes wandered between Rafe, Greg, Alex and Nicole, new and untested, but promising from what she could tell… so far.

The brunette’s eyes rested on the nameless new guy and calmly said. “Hey, I didn’t catch your name.” Daysha’s face was pleasant but her forehead raised waiting for a response.

Dec 9th, 2011 12:05 PM

Emerging from his place alone, Gregory quickly looked at the time before approaching Nicole. It was getting nigh on time to go back on the night patrol. "Pardon me, Nicole. I just wanted to say it was an honor meeting you and thank you for leading me here." he said, pulling out his phone "I have to go on the night shift pretty soon, patrol the alleys and such. But listen, if you need any help for any reason on something related to a case, or if you just want to talk about something, I'm usually available."

Opening his contact list, he scrolled down to the entry he had created for his own number and showed it to Nicole. While he was scrolling, Gregory added "Oh, and by the way, I think I just remembered where I'd heard about face beasts. It was a journal I picked up not too long ago. Described a disappearance of a man who had just moved to town and two local children in West Virginia..." He went on to describe the facts of the case he was able to recall to Nicole. "I think we may be dealing with one of these things, or perhaps a slew of them which is a much scarier thought. I would much appreciate if we could cooperate on this."

Dec 9th, 2011 02:10 PM

A vampire problem in this city would make things tricky. They were difficult to dispose of and even more difficult to kill but the thrill of the hunt would be all the greater. Beasts were simple enough to find in the wild, but stalking humanoid pray was considerably more difficult. They could hide behind people, buy their way to safety, or hide behind the authorities to avoid their fate. Of course the creatures always died but it made the hunt all the more challenging.

"I'd be happy to help find Mr. Leech, though I may not be as useful in the investigation as I could be otherwise." It was a gesture more than anything. Sure he could snoop around but he was no Columbo. "You are thinking vampires or doppelgangers. Is there a history a vampire infestation in Sacramento?"

Dec 9th, 2011 05:00 PM

Rafe followed the exchange between Alex and Daysha, not really interested in the case of the missing blogger, who by the sounds of it had probably gone underground. "I'm Rafe, " He said looking at the others. "and have you considered the fact that he's probably just gone underground? I mean there are lots of paranoid blogger's out there, most of whom would probably benefit from being medicated. I think maybe a few people inhere could benefit from being medicated, not excluding myself. I mean what are we talking about? Doppelgangers, Vampires, next your gonna be talking about ghosts." he took a breath, looking around at the others. "From what I've seen and read all of this could easily be explained by psychiatric illness. And what are we gonna do if we do find someone who think's he's a vampire, stick him with a silver stake and hope he turns into ash?"

He shook his head, and walked over to the board, looking at the news clipping about the soldier. "I wanna find out what happened to this guy, not because I think he was attacked by a vampire or anything like that. But because he's a soldier, he served our country, and his family deserves to know what happened and why it happened. It's the least we can do for someone who put his life on the line, whether you agree with the war or nor, to protect our country." He took another breath, and turned to look at the people in the room. "Anyone who thinks they're doing this because they want to kill monsters i suggest you seek some professional help, because you do indeed need it. You have no mandate, no oversight, and nobody.. and I do mean nobody, will have your back if you start killing people left and right. All it will get you is a one way ticket to the funny farm." He took another swig of his beer, and turned back around to the news clipping.

**Seryna** · Dec 9th, 2011 05:06 PM

Nicole listened to Daysha closely, nodding as the detective relayed the situation.
"Yes, that is the last thing we would want." She agrees with the other woman. She makes a mental note about Daysha's references to Leech's blog. It definitely sounded like how Matt operated back home.

"I'm no computer expert either," She says to Daysha, Gregory and Asad. "- but I used to work with them. I'm not a techie; but I might be able to find similarities in Leech's reporting style to my friend Matt's."

She turns to Gregory as he approaches and explains that he's going to go patrol.
"O.K.," She nods. "- it was good meeting you, Gregory. I'm glad you're joining the team. I need to finish something up regarding Maria's case; but I'll give you a call tomorrow some time and bring you up to speed."

She takes down Gregory's number and gives him one of her business cards. It lists an office in San Diego; but the cell phone number is accurate. At this time, she offers a card to any one who looks interested in exchanging numbers.

She glances towards Asad and Rafe as Rafe speaks
"It might be nothing, " She admits. "- maybe he has gone underground. Or maybe something tracked him down and is torturing or killing him. Do you really want to assume everything's O.K.?" She asked Rafe.
"You may not believe in vampires; but a thing hospitalized my sister and I for 5 weeks. I know things are out there and they hurt people. Maybe Leech."

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