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i02 . voice

[The recording clicks on with a loud noise, crackling against the wall and dropping onto the floor with a loud noise in the foreground. In the distance, you can hear young man's voice immediately - mid sentence - in an argumentative tone.]

--east tell me why you're doing this! You can't just bring us here and expect us to cooperate - there has to be a reason!

[There's a response in a higher tone, though words are impossible to understand due to heavy interference - it's undoubtedly the same voice that greets those who come through the Porter, though. The communicator starts making a buzzing sound.]

Look, I already told you I'll help you out with whatever you need to get things in order, but I am not leaving this room until you tell me how we can get back home.

[More distorted sounds.]

I already said no! So you start giving me some real answers right now before I--

[With that, there is a very, very loud electric noise, accompanied by a scream.

Then static for a solid ten minutes, before the cold silence of the room sets back in.]

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((ooc: WHAT IS GOING ON. While it is possible to send messages to his communicator, Mark will obviously be unable to reply. You can, however, use this post for your characters to talk to one another and for any possible action threads, that should be heard over Mark's comm until someone finds it and shuts the recording off.))

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Turn your comm OFF BEFORE the feedback kicks on.

Invincible!

What the fuck was that?

Isn't that . . . the Porter?

Same place we all showed up, right?

I would assume so...

Now that you mention it, sounds kinda like it, hunh...

I wouldn't forget this voice, I'm pretty sure this is what this is.

Is it hurting him?

Damn right it's hurting him if he's yelling like that.

Bad idea

[Comment not here, but he's keeping an eye on this post.]

Whoa!

Invincible? Hellooo? Did he just get fried?

Edited 2009-10-21 20:48 (UTC)

Hey, uh, are you okay, there? Can you hear this?

Vic---we're going to get him. Now.

Uh - yes, okay. Where should I meet you?

Living room, thirty seconds.

[ sounds of outdoor hurrying ]
Gotcha.

[ she's already in the living room, Staff summoned and body crackling with brief glimmers of deep red energy. This is not the face of a happy witch ]

[ He's a little out of breath when he gets to the door. From outside he pipes up: ]
Check this, boss.

[ Walks through without opening it. ]

Destroyed a server at work this morning with that. Silver lining?

What's the plan?

We go, I heal for maximum HP renewal, we pull him out of there as quickly as possible. I don't want to risk us getting fried, too.

[ she's already concentrating on a transport spell, eyes squeezed shut ]

You're not electric proof anymore, so I don't want to---well---you know. Not you, too.

[ oh how tempting it is to riff on the RPG reference, but it is clearly SRS BSNS time ]

Uh, kay. Grab and run. Got it.

[ He's not sure how this spell is going to work, so he just stands within arm's reach of Nico in case she needs to physically pull him through. ]

[ traveling on Nico's magic is never pleasant, but at least it's quick. In the space of a second, they're in the room and she's already booking it for Invincible's smoking body ]

[ Vic tries to be ready, but he feels like he just got twisted through his own navel. He falls to his knees as Nico runs off, and then staggers after her. He peers around for defenses, fully intending to tackle-phase either Nico or Invincible if anything fires on them. ]

Is that him...oh God. Is he breathing?

[ she falls hard to her knees, the tile biting in through her thin skirt, and presses her fingers into the side of his neck. He's toasted---pretty literally---and skin is cracked and bloody in places. Nico's heart twists and jams in the back of her throat.

But there's a pulse. That's something ]

Barely. Christ.

Doesn't look like anything's gonna shoot us right this second.

[ He keeps looking over his shoulder as if waiting to be proved wrong. He gets to the other side of Invincible, ready to haul him into a fireman's carry so they can go as soon as they're ready. Tries not to look too hard at the burns. ]

You gonna spell us out or are we running for the door?

[ ooc time for commute; back in ~40 ]

[A couple minutes pass. No response. Parker bites at her thumbnail, glancing around her sparse apartment, and then fixating on the comm and Shawn's observation again. The Porter room. She knows where that is. She could get there, at least to see if he's okay.

She could get there really fast now too. Decision made, she grabs her knapsack. Everything she needs for a job is in there.]

Okay. Okay. I can do this.

[She squeezes her eyes shut and concentrates really hard, focusing on the Porter room, with the dispenser and the monitor with the annoying voice. She wants to be there. She really does.

Nothing happens. Annoyed, she opens her eyes - and nearly falls off the console in the far corner of the room she's perched on.]

[Glancing around, she doesn't immediately see anyone. But she hears voices. Human voices, not creepy Porter voices. She can't tell much else.

She slides silently off the console, making sure not to touch the buttons and lights on it, and quietly moves towards the source. When she gets a good look at Mark, though, she forgets all about stealth.]

Holy crap! What did that thing do to him?

[ she's checking him over for more injuries and assessing what they can do---if she should heal him or if she should move him; both options are weighing on her and have too many cons to be comfortable.

Suddenly, there's another woman in the room. Nico's eyes widen ]

Uh, hello?

[ The new arrival startles Victor so badly his hands sink into the floor. He pulls himself back together with a muttered curse. Parker...really doesn't look that scary after all. He puts on a bit of bravado all the same. ]

Couple hundred thousand volts, I think. Though they say it's the amps that really get you.

[ Their surprise barely registers as Parker kneels down beside Mark, rummaging in her knapsack. She always catches people by surprise, and he looks worse than she expected. Way worse. ]

I-I've got first aid stuff, but it's probably not gonna cut it for burns like that. He looks like hamburger.

[She glances up as she digs through her stuff, getting a better look at the two teenagers. Neither of them look particularly scary, and even Parker can figure out they're here to help Invincible too.]

Either of you have healing powers? I'm just good at getting in and out.

Edited 2009-10-24 01:34 (UTC)

Augh, I totally missed this thread. Parker would have said something. How do you want me to fix this?

how about you put the action tag you made onto the current end of the action thread and we'll roll you in! ♥

That'll work.

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voice; probably going to try to teleport to the scene so this is good to know

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voice; she's going to try to teleport in about a minute if she gets no response

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