The Butcher's Bill

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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:38 am

Roland made attempts to grab the bear as it charged him, discarding his sword to do so.

He was certainly going over the edge; he just wanted to ensure he was not going alone.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:39 am

The bear seems ready to fall, but the way it's wrestling it's trying to make sure it lands on him when they hit the ground.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:46 am

The bear and the warrior tangled in midair, twisting and flipping as they rocketed towards the ground and the chaos below.

Roland had had some experience wrangling animals larger than he was, and was rather deft in his movements, despite the armor and the hornets.

"You forget yourself!" he cried, as they plummeted.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:55 am

"You may as well try to grasp water..."

They're nearly about to hit the ground and Sam is beneath Finn.

At least she is for a moment, the bear locking eyes with her opponent...

...and then she isn't, ravens rushing away from Finn as they leave him to fall.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 12:57 am

"Coward!" Roland cried, slamming into the ground with a sickening thud, a splintering crack and an echoing clang.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:05 am

The crows swirl down, coalescing into Sam's avatar.

"Were you this honorable when you laid my champion low?" She asks, a spear with a thorny shaft appearing in her hands as she raises it above Finn's prone form.

She tries to kick his helmet off, to see him one last time.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:09 am

"Hes not your champion," Roland slurred, through a swollen and busted jaw.

Roland had not taken the fall well -- his legs were at very unnatural angles, and his back was cracked in a very unhealthy looking fashion.

Before Sam's eyes, though, the jaw was re-knitting itself, the painful sounds of bones cracking back into place echoing through Roland's armor. His limbs were beginning to be yanked back into position, and bone that had been sticking through an exposed gap in the damaged armor retreated as muscle, sinew and flesh began to knit itself over his wounds.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:21 am

"Not since you killed him, he's not..." She says, her face a mask of rage as she tries to ram the spear into the exposed gap in his armor.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:30 am

Sam was able to find said gap, penetrating through woolen undergarments, skin and muscle, and finally into the ground below.

Roland gasped as the air was forced out of his lungs, and spat out a healthy dollop of blood as he was skewered.

"Th...the real Morrigan would have defended her champion. Y...you're just a bootlicking quim; a strumpet who would be queen.

Live with your failure, lass," he spat out.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:51 am

"You're just a disappointment," she says as the spear starts to twist and sprout, putting down roots and shooting out branches.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 1:56 am

"Believe what you will. I answer to...higher authority," he said, with a crazed grin on his face.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:33 am

The part of Sam that's extruded into Finn resists the urge to spit on him as she retreats from his mind.

Back in the physical world, she clutches at her head as she fitfully reintegrates.

Her eyes widen as she sees Miriam is down. She scrambles over towards her... friend?
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:41 am

Roland had collapsed, about halfway towards Miriam, and was lying on the tile floor of his shop.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Fri Dec 30, 2016 2:52 am

Tosh dashed in, looking worried. "Nobody was answering me on comms. What happened?"
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Mon Jan 02, 2017 12:13 am

Miriam isn't unconscious, but she's clutching her head with white knuckles and takes a while to respond. When she does she flinches away from Sam, scrambling backwards until her back hits the wall.

"Bloody hell... Next time at least be honest." she mutters, wiping her nose with the back of her hand and coming away with a bit of blood.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Tue Jan 03, 2017 8:56 pm

"What are you talking about? I wanted to see if you were alright."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Tue Jan 03, 2017 9:05 pm

"Nothing..." she mumbles. Then a little more clearly. "Did you figure out what he did to Will?"
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Postby Toshiro Narumi » Wed Jan 04, 2017 12:55 am

"I... think I have a general idea," Tosh said hesitantly.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:29 am

"What do you mean a general idea?"
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Wed Jan 04, 2017 2:55 am

"I snooped around his workshop out back. Near as I can tell, he injected Will with a concoction of herbs and chemicals to immobilize him... or worse... and..." he answered, pausing hesitantly, "Melted him down."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Wed Jan 04, 2017 4:17 am

"What the bloody hell are you talking about, 'melted him down'?" she asks, unsteadily getting up with her hand on the wall to keep herself from toppling over.
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Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Jan 04, 2017 7:24 pm

"So you've got him in the van?"
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:03 pm

Tosh couldn't look either of them in the eye as he answered, "Will wasn't there. I think Finn shipped him somewhere." Both telepaths could tell that he had little hope Will would be found alive. Putting things gently was difficult when telepathy was involved.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:06 pm

"Chemicals or not, I refuse to believe some old bloke with a knife could kill him after all he's been through." she says through gritted teeth, making the effort to walk over to Roland and give him a swift kick.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Roland Sackville » Wed Jan 04, 2017 8:10 pm

Roland wasn't going anywhere, though he grunted when Miriam kicked his ribs.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:24 pm

"I'm going to need better than 'somewhere'."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:39 pm

"I don't know yet. His records are maddeningly analog and I haven't had any luck finding anything useful."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Wed Jan 04, 2017 9:59 pm

"Why would he record..." she trails off for a second when the realization hits her. "You mean he sold him!?"
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Wed Jan 04, 2017 10:01 pm

"If you want to question him, see if the headmistress wants to take him in. I'm done with his arrogant arse."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Thu Jan 05, 2017 12:55 am

"It might be the only way to get to the truth," he said, "Not that I think he'll be cooperative."

He tapped his comm unit. "Miss Minamida. We've got Finn but no Will. Do we bring him in?"
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Ashlie Minamida » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:00 am

"If you have a reason to, yes." Ashlie's voice responds over the comm-line.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:01 am

"But he did have records?" Miriam asks, not entirely sure what Tosh meant with 'maddeningly analog' anyway.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:09 am

"Nothing recent enough that I found."

Looking to Sam, he said, "We should get him and go. I don't look forward to explaining how we aren't kidnapping an innocent business owner."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Miriam Bell » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:25 am

"How recent? I'm not going to leave with this asshole as our only clue." Miriam says, very much motivated by the fact that she's not sure how much she'd be able to get out of Roland.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Thu Jan 05, 2017 1:35 am

He smacked his forehead. "Duh. Check the store idiot!" he chastised himself before rushing to search the back.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Narrator » Thu Jan 05, 2017 6:24 am

Indeed, there was the latest book, open next to an old fashioned ink-and-quill.

A quick glance showed that, yes, it had up-to-date shipping information, up to that very morning. About a weeks' worth were in someone else's handwriting, though.
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Toshiro Narumi » Thu Jan 05, 2017 8:49 pm

Tosh held up the book. "Here we are! Hopefully, it'll help. Now we go."
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Re: The Butcher's Bill

Postby Samantha McManus » Thu Jan 05, 2017 9:03 pm

"Alright. You tell me the very second you've got a lead."
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