I2 - Somebody Call For An Exterminator?

by **Laura Kinney** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:02 am

X-23 is in the briefing room, sitting on the table next to what appears to be a tupperware container that occasionally shakes in protest.

by **Carlos Vasquez** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:55 am

Carlos stood and frowned.

He hated magic.

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 2:56 am

Sean walked into the briefing room after having talked to the headmistress on the phone. He say in the front looking a little worse for wear after having channeled too much magical energy to close the tear in reality and then getting into a magical melee, alongside Vivienne, with the blight beast.

Next time I should just enjoy the rest of my vacation I think. Ignore the weird feeling and the desire to find out what could be causing it.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:44 am

Tereza was seated in a chair, trying possibly too hard to look comfortable.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:22 am

Nailah is sitting up front, looking like she's trying really hard to look like she's serious and ready to go, despite the fact that her bandaged hand is beginning to pulse with dull pain now that the painkillers that had taken over for the adrenaline are slowly running out of steam. But she'll be damned if she's gonna miss this. Especially when glancing at the captured Imp that Miss Kinney had praised her for and grinning does a pretty good job to distract her from the pain.

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 3:03 pm

Tosh looked closer at the container as he took a seat. His eyes widened.

"Holy shit, is that an imp?!"

by **Haley Crusek** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 4:25 pm

"That. Little. Fucker. Can we beat the shit out of it yet?" Haley scowled as she walked in adjusting her uniform.

by **Laura Kinney** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 5:25 pm

"It's whatever you wanna call it. I'm partial to Little Fucker, but I'm told we have an expert on these things here." she says, gesturing at Sean to invite him to speak up.

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 6:30 pm

Sean stood up though being called an expert made him a little nervous. As he walked to the front he looked at the imp hoping to at least be able to classify it so that he didn't look like an idiot.

"A weakening in the veil that seperates our realm from well, several realms of magical beings, allowed for a decent number of them to gather together and breach it," Sean said, "Including one significantly larger one that Vivienne and I fought on the quad, which referred to itself or the invaders collectively as the Blight."

Sean paused for a moment realizing he'd started at the end rather than the beginning of the story.

"Apologies, my name is Sean HAll and the breach in the veil leaked a significant amount of magical energy into the environment. The energy leak was large enough that I could detect it in Wales and decided it was probably best to investigate why reality had sprung a leak. When I arrived I found the source of the leak was the Braddock lighthouse, which is conveniently or inconveniently a giant magical focus, and temporarily sealed the breach. Then along with Vivienne began tracking the blighters that had come through the breach. After killing the big one at the maze I'm fairly certain I can banish the others back to their home plane."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 7:50 pm

"You lost me at 'magical'," Tosh said.

by **Carlos Vasquez** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 9:56 pm

"How is this going to work, precisely? I don't suppose you can just, I don't know, wish all the monsters to you?"

by **Sean Hall** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 10:10 pm

"I could try to attract them, but there's no guarantee it would work on all of them. I also don't want us to fight an entire pestilence of pixies at once. I'd suggest hunting them one at a time," Sean said, "I can help with tracking them down by giving each group a familiar to help. Then me and Vicienne can help teams in person if they get in over their heads."

by **Toshiro Narumi** » Sun Sep 13, 2015 11:53 pm

Dude. Harry Potter is real and has an awesome beard.

Yeah, sure, 'magic'.

Four words Bro. Imp in a box.

"And when we find them?"

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:14 am

"We stuff 'em in a box and bring them here, yeah?" Nailah grins maybe a bit too expectantly.

by **Vivienne Chinnoir** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:20 am

"I can prepare suggested "boxes" so that teleportation of their kind is not possible once inside."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:42 am

"This may just be me not understanding magical etiquette, but any particular reason we're not just squashing them?"

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 12:55 am

"Because I find killing sentient beings distasteful if is not necessary," Sean said, "We also can't be certain they came here of their own free will and aren't necessarily malevolent."

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 2:36 am

You and I have different definitions of malevolent then. She nodded, "Fair enough."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:52 pm

For most of the time since entering, Sam has been staring at the imp in the box. Perhaps a bit too intently.

by **Carlos Vasquez** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 5:59 pm

"Do we have a rough estimate on how many are OUT there? And how can we lure them to us?

Is it like in stories--gold for leprechauns and all that?"

by **Vivienne Chinnoir** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:16 pm

"It might actually be an idea. Magic seeks magic. Between the two of us , I am sure Sean and I can become a fairly efficient source of bait. Sean felt them from the western coast, perhaps they can feel him as well."

by **Carlos Vasquez** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 8:26 pm

"Bait works for me.

If there's no objections, we should get out there. These things are getting nastier by the minute, and we don't want them to spread outside of Maldon."

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:07 pm

Sam gets up without a word, and heads for the table where the container is.

Unless stopped, she aims to pick it up and fix the little beastie with her gaze.

by **Laura Kinney** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:16 pm

At first X-23 just watches her, but when Sam picks the container up she noticeably tenses. She's not about to stop anybody from taking a look at the thing, but on some level she's wired to fight and the possibility of those creatures being able to enthrall someone (or for Sam to be clumsy) is something she's prepared to act on if she has to. It's probably not even that noticeable unless someone is watching her closely, but to Sam it might stand out.

by **Carlos Vasquez** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:22 pm

"Sam?" Carlos said, turning to look at her.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:50 pm

"Be still," she says to the creature, fixing it with a glare.

"Can you speak?"

by **Narrator** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:55 pm

The creature quivered, freezing, and jibbering up at Sam.

"No! No talksies to the likes of you," it suddenly managed to spit out.

Telepaths in the room would get a minor headache.

by **Tereza Rozanov** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 9:58 pm

Tereza actually sat up to watch the exchange.

by **Nailah Weaver** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:04 pm

Nailah stares at the exchange with her mouth hanging slightly open. For some reason she'd convinced herself that the little critter was, well, just a critter couldn't talk.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:06 pm

"If you don't want to talk, there are alternatives," she growls, gritting her teeth at the psychic noise the thing is giving out.

"But be aware, I gave you the option."

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:09 pm

Sean was watching Sam closely not really sure what to think of somebody wanting to well, interrogate the imp. Particularly since he'd assumed that the only other magically inclined person at the school was Vivienne. He decided to push a little bit to see if it was in fact magic or something else entirely.

by **Haley Crusek** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:10 pm

Haley winced, rubbing her temples. "Ah fucking hell what is that little piece of shit doing, I just got rid of my last migraine I don't need another one."

by **Narrator** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:12 pm

"No listen! No listen to..." and then the rest was rather unitelligable, but sounded like a number of particularly nasty curses.

"You no power! No power here."

There's something off about Sam to Sean's probing, though whether it's magic is hard to tell. What he would get is the briefest image of ravens all around him, perching on any available surface in the room.

by **Vivienne Chinnoir** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:21 pm

This got Vivienne's attention. Her eyes changed as she watched Sam and the imp. There were "stories" about fey being driven mad and "changing". The large beast had reminded her of a Hellhound of The Wild Hunt.

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:29 pm

Now that's bloody odd

Sean thought to himself as he looked around the room catching the glimpse of the ravens and did something maybe foolish, but nobody likes the idea of being watched by invisible things especially when you're fighting an invasion of magical creatures already. He tried to dispel magic in his immediate vicinity by trying to push it out, in effect making reality more... real. Hoping that doing so would force something out of hiding if it didn't have ambient magic to fuel an illusion.

by **Samantha McManus** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 10:41 pm

"Are you trying to convince me or yourself that I have no power here?" She winces as Sean pushes things back.

"There's only one way you'll be safe, and that's if you tell me where to find the rest."

by **Narrator** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:00 pm

The imp, despite itself, cackled at that. "Where, my sweet fleshmeats? Why, just you waits. Soon, wees be EVERYWHERE"

by **Vivienne Chinnoir** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:13 pm

Seeing Sam's distress at Sean's magical "nudge", Vivienne's lightly touched his forearm attracting his attention. Once she had it, she gave him a small smile and shook her head.

by **Sean Hall** » Mon Sep 14, 2015 11:51 pm

Sean looked at Vivienne and then back at Sam. His face was impassive, but he discontinued pressing at least for the moment. There'd be time to do something to address Sam and the strange signature that he felt. However, he was on edge now there were just too many unknowns to be at ease.

by **Samantha McManus** » Tue Sep 15, 2015 12:32 am

"We, aye? There is no 'we' for you. You'll be nowhere."

She sets the box down again on the table, taking a deep breath.

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