(Veiled Threats) A Hallowed Hunt

[Avis]

The pads of her fingers were feeling numb. It was hard to feel the pins jigging there merry dance up and down under her orchestration with the paperclips. She gritted her teeth in concentration and stopped blinking. She stopped breathing. And she broke the clips. A small snap was heard followed by a grunt of frustration.

Fuck! Fucking fuck fuck! Great! Now she'd fucked up! Ruined the lock--oh no, wait, she could still pull the little sliver of metal out. She hadn't fucked them all over, just her own chance at doing something useful.

Carefully she pried the piece of metal out and then stood up, motioning violently towards the door.

"There's a potato famine. Your show."

   Nerp, nerp

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-06-16 19:32:38		Avis rolls 1 to last die (10 Again)		7		failure
2014-06-16 19:32:15		Avis rolls 5 to come on! (10 Again)		2, 5, 6, 9, 7		1 success
2014-06-16 19:31:56		Avis rolls 5 to take 3 (10 Again)		5, 6, 8, 6, 4		1 success
2014-06-16 19:31:29		Avis rolls 5 to pickeh the lock (dex+larc+spec-2) (10 Again)		2, 1, 6, 3, 10, 3		1 success

[Star]

As the minutes dragged on, he got That Feeling.

"Awesome, right?!" he answered Asp. "A, uh, dojo would be sweet!"

Sure. Wax on, wax off. Water slides, yo. Keep it in perspective.

"No bigs," he offered, awkwardly patting Avis on the shoulder. "Can you hold this?"

He held out the flashlight, then rummaged in his pack.

Industrial staple gun? Check.

ch-KAK. ch-KAK. ch-KAK. ch-KAK. ch-KAK. ch-KAK.

He spent a few minutes straightening out his handful of makeshift picks, then went to work. A few broke, but, whatever. Finally felt it start to give...

  5 Suxx in 6 Rolls

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-06-16 20:07:51		[06] Cut rolls 6 to Dex + Larceny -2 (10 Again)		6, 3, 9, 9, 5, 1		2 successes
2014-06-16 20:07:51		[05] Cut rolls 6 to Dex + Larceny -2 (10 Again)		5, 4, 4, 6, 2, 1		failure
2014-06-16 20:07:51		[04] Cut rolls 6 to Dex + Larceny -2 (10 Again)		7, 3, 6, 3, 2, 5		failure
2014-06-16 20:07:51		[03] Cut rolls 6 to Dex + Larceny -2 (10 Again)		4, 2, 10, 2, 5, 2, 7		1 success
2014-06-16 20:07:51		[02] Cut rolls 6 to Dex + Larceny -2 (10 Again)		4, 9, 7, 2, 1, 5		1 success
2014-06-16 20:07:51		[01] Cut rolls 6 to Dex + Larceny -2 (10 Again)		1, 9, 7, 2, 3, 3		1 success

[Xander]

Ozymandias senses no minds within the theater, as Cut and company are out of Mandy's sensory range and there are no other minds she can see.

Cut and co. unlock the door to the theater and find themselves behind one of the giant movie screens.

[Zodiac]

After a few moments, Mandy sighed a bit to herself before running a hand into her hair and moving fingers back to the phone to send a message. 'It seems clear to me. For the record, I'm not going to just stand around out here. Nothing inconspicuous about doing that. I'm heading off.'

Rereading the message, she finally simply hit send and looked at the building once more. She had investigating to do, and if the others wanted to go about getting themselves in shit... well, that was up to them. They could message her later if they really wanted to contact her further, but she wanted access to her computer. Tucking away both of the phones, a part of her chuckling to herself at the notion of simply having Cut's phone in her pocket, Mandy cast one more look at the building before starting to head off. Car. Driving. Home. Research. That was her plan in a nutshell.

Hopefully her derps cumulatively had enough of a brain not to get themselves killed.

[Avis]

Why the hell was he carrying a staple gun? What did he need to staple, just walking around town? Well, whatever, it looked like a good pick dispenser. And, thankfully, he also broke his first set of tools. Good. It didn't matter who opened the door now. What was important was that the lock was picked and the mysteries of the abandoned Casino Theater were theirs to explore.

Once the door was open and Asp had ducked through Avis followed quickly on her heels. The faster they went inside the best chance the had of escaping notice. Not that Avis thought anyone was particularly concerned about an empty fucking building, but you never knew. She nodded to the other Talon when she reported that Mandy had given them the all clear and then started walking around the room, checking the place out.

"The sloped floors are kind of weird but I guess if we get risers it won't matter that much," she said in a hushed voice. Sure no one was in the building, but it felt appropriate not to be loud. "Also, does Mandy want us to let her in?"

  1 success on generic investigation

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-06-17 12:56:22		Avis rolls 5 to wits and invest (10 Again)		4, 1, 2, 9, 2		1 success

[Star]

"Sweet! She can do that?"

Cut tossed the question out as he stuffed the staple gun back in his pack and re-shouldered it. Good. To. Go.

See? Totes useful, he was.

He went in slower than the girls, taking a moment to set his Gatorade bottle in the door to keep it from closing. It was a little risky, but getting locked inside was a bigger risk. Especially if they lost their light. He didn't want to die of starvation in a movie theater. So low glam.

Blink, blink. Let the eyes adjust.

"Oh, no bigs, right? We don't have to use risers. There's ways around that."

Jackhammers. Stuff. No. Big. Deal.

"This is Bad. Ass."

For Cayce

Touch narrated

Avis rolls PER vs. 3 suxx to keep the card
Avis rolls PER vs. 1 suxx to notice he's taken it

  

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-06-17 13:04:21		Propeller Hats rolls 9 to Hide Card Ater Taking (Dex + Larceny + Spec) (10 Again)		1, 3, 4, 1, 10, 3, 5, 2, 4, 3		1 success
2014-06-17 13:02:07		Cut rolls 8 to Propeller Hats (Dex + Larceny) (10 Again)		6, 9, 3, 7, 8, 3, 4, 9		3 successes

[Avis]

Avis suddenly stopped and threw Cut a look. The touch on her shoulder, the passing of the flashlight, it was all a set-up. It hadn't been camaraderie, it was all a scheme.

That devious bastard.

"Hey Cut!" she called, her voice a harsh, urgent whisper. As soon as he looked she flicked on the flashlight he'd handed her, aimed right at his face. "Sorry, I thought there was something behind you," she apologized, smiling cruelly and aiming the flashlight away.

Ooohhhh, he'd still get his. The card would be hers again by the time they left the theater.

  1 success to recognize she's lost the card

Date		Action		Roll		Result
2014-06-17 13:32:27		[02] Avis! rolls 6 to fuck that, mine! (10 Again)		2, 1, 10, 7, 6, 2, 5		1 success
2014-06-17 13:32:27		[01] Avis! rolls 6 to fuck that, mine! (10 Again)		5, 1, 6, 1, 9, 2		1 success

[Zodiac]

Mandy has left the scene. Don't get killed, guys.