Aftermath
THUMP A small cloud emanates from the brick wall, like dust blown from an exceptionally neglected shelf. The brick wall tilts, then falls back away from the bar. A figure steps through the haze. He is...
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"You know, diamonds are typically regarded to be 'a girl's best friend'. Be that as it may, I suppose I hold a certain fondness for them, though I do do my best to keep the relationship platonic." The...
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Just about then, a pair of figures appear in the doorway leading from the garden into the back room. The first is a pretty young woman who looks like she may be of native American descent. She is...
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The dark man looks over the three figures that have joined him, his sober eyes coming to rest upon the cloaked figure. "I appreciate the offer. I just wish I had better news." He nods to the well...
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"Ahh, a stiffening drought then eh?" The gentleman glances at the bartender and taps the table. The bartender nods understanding, and prepares a tray of House Specials, which he serves to each member...
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With a stoic nod and silent salute the dark man, Mr. Bones, lifts his glass and downs the toxic concoction. The small eel, writhing in it confusion and agony, disappears with the murky liquid. The...
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If anyone in the room has any way of detecting spiritual activity such as astral projections, PM me. Look below.
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"Yes, I recall. I must admit, I was somewhat tempted to leave you as you were. You were most entertaining with your clan of conflicting persona's… Still, I had to give that, under the circumstances,...
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Bones scowls at the air between his companions as if seeing something unclean. "It got worse when I got back. Thanks to you and yours, my mind was patched up again, ready for more abuse. The missions...
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"Oh indeed, I've just the thing…" Frost motions to the bartender, who brings another round, as well as an empty clean test tube and a stand. He smiles, and speaks to the empty space. "Please, sit and...
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The cloaked figure breathes heavily and tenses. A sleeve is raised, and from it extends a long, scaled bird's talon, large enough to wrap around a slender woman's waist and tipped with claws designed...
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The test tube rises into the air and floats upward slowly. Once it is roughly five feet up, it stops and tilts backward, the contents spilling out and just as quickly vanishing.
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The young women nods to the others as she sits down. She sits quietly, listening to what is being said. As her companion clenches his talon, she reaches over and puts her hand on it and gives it a...
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Bones nods. "Alright, almost everything that we did involved GOO's on some level, often meeting and containing them. If you've never had the pleasure, they're essentially alien gods. Immortal life...
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The young women glances at her companion and squeezes his hand again. "So what happened, Mr. Bones?" She asks in a quiet voice.
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"It became pretty clear that we were playing for much higher stakes than we could afford, but there wasn't much in the way of options. Several people were referred to me or sent after me. Yourselves...
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A few deep breaths escape the man in the cloak. After a moment of silence he starts slowly, "Do you know if anything was… accomplished?"
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"Well, one might well consider over a million deaths, and the irradiation of a fair bit if English soil quite an accomplishment… However, Mr. Bones, you do show that this was no mere act of terrorism…...
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