Genevieve Teal:
She looks
down. "Peter."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
(she have any
relatives he knows with that name?
Anything he found in the background check by that name? Or is Peter Geren?)
Genevieve Teal:
((Only Peter in
relation to her to her would be Peter Geren.))
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
"Professor
Geren?"
Genevieve Teal:
She nods. "Yeah."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
He stares at her
for a long moment. "Why?"
Genevieve Teal:
"Because
he was a good man." She shakes her
head, knowing how moronic it must sound.
"I know he didn't use to be...I'm not blind. But he was changing. He didn't deserve to...what happened to
him."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
"Are you
the one who took his body?"
Genevieve Teal:
"The cops
got to it first. I...got it from the
morgue." She looks a little
ill. "He didn't have any family
that cared about him. No one ever came
to pick it up, so I pretended to be his neice and had it delivered to a
mortuary. I stole it from there."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
"And you
prepared it for the ritual?"
Genevieve Teal:
"I'm
working on it. I know what it takes, to
bring him back. Fully back...not the
half-dead thing that that...thing or the Mayati woman are. But fully and totally to life again."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
He considers
that. "Why do you say Mayati is
half-dead?"
Genevieve Teal:
She looks at Xu, leaning against the
wall of the dressing room, near the closet. "Well, she's not alive, is
she? Living things die, and they don't keep coming back? She doesn't follow
those rules."
Angalia Caponelli: (in the back office I
assume?)
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: He
regards her for a long moment. "I don't think it's possible to restore
anyone fully after they've seen...duat."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: ((no
they're in a dressing room but Ang can certainly attempt to gain entrance to
the office))
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "At
least...not if they've been dead for so long."
Angalia Caponelli:
(Naw that's fine I just wanted to know if she could just walk in
or not) She walks in, leans against the wall just inside the door, folds her
arms and watchs Genevieve, her expression bland.
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: (Uhm...no
she can't just walk in, Xu's locked the door and has his chair up against))
Genevieve Teal:
She stats to answer Xu, but stops,
growing wary as another enters the room. "Who's this?"
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: ((against
it))
Angalia Caponelli: (doh
delete last post then)
Angalia Caponelli:
She tries the handle then knocks lightly on the door.
Genevieve Teal:
((DLP)) "Yes, they can." She
nods. "I'm sure of it...I know how. Peter told me he'd found a way, should
one of us ever die, for the other to do it. He hid the answer away, so that if
I needed to find it, I'd have to use the skills necessary to find the answers.
And I'm almost there."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "It's
occupied," he says loudly through the door.
Genevieve Teal:
DD for Ang's sake: She's a young woman,
maybe 22, 23 years of age, short and thin, standing about 5'4" and
weighing no more then 115 pounds. Her skin is a creamy white, a little pale,
and pure blonde hair tops her head, pulled back into a ponytail that stops at
her shoulders. She has a pair of grey- framed bifocal glasses that shield soft
brown eyes from the rest of the world. Her clothes consist of a man's denim
button-down shirt and cargo paints, with a pair of comfortable tennis shoes and
a windbreaker completing the ensemble. A canvas backpack rests over her
shoulders.
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "What
more do you need?"
Genevieve Teal:
She looks to the door, becoming tense,
even when Xu tells them off.
Angalia Caponelli:
"Sorry," She calls and steps back, wandering to the
room nextdoor/across the hall to wait some where within yelling distance.
Genevieve Teal:
"The ritual isn't complete."
She frowns, eyes on the door for a moment before looking back to Xu.
"Peter left it like a scavenger hunt of sorts."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
5,9,5,2,9,8,5,
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Genevieve,
if you don't tell me what you need, I can't help you get it." He sighs.
"Do you have the cup with you?"
Genevieve Teal:
"I need to know what to do after
the parts I have. And no, I don't have it with me. It's in a safe place."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
"Like your backpack?"
Genevieve Teal:
She smirks. "No. My backpack can be
stolen. It's in a place my..." She frowns. "In a safe place. Far from
me."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Then
why were you guarding your pack so rabidly?"
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]:
10,3,3,3,9,5,9,
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: ((that
was per+sub to see if she's lying))
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian [Concerto
early am]: ((Being dead
honest))
Genevieve Teal:
"Because my gun is in here. And
my...ritual tools." She shrugs a little, flushing, as if she's embarassed
to be telling him. "They've kept me alive when...other things haven't
worked. They're what told me that you would bring her my way."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Alright."
He nods rising. "Would you care for something to eat? Drink? I'll have
something sent back for you."
Genevieve Teal:
She hesitates, and then nods.
Apparently, the poor thing's pretty damn hungry. "Some food would be nice,
yeah. Thanks."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "There's
a shower there," he indicates the attached bath. "And I'll arrange
for some clothes to be brought for you."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "What
would you like to eat?"
Genevieve Teal:
"As long as it doesn't come in a
paper bag with golden arches or a ramen container, I don't care." She
smiles a little.
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Alright.
I'll send some cocq au vin and some rice pilaf back. Do you prefer wine or
nonalcholic beverages?"
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: He
nods to that. "Would you have an objection to my assigning a woman to
guard you? The Concerto itself is very secure but in the case of determined
evil doers who do not recognize the sanctity of the treaty I would feel better
ensuring you had more personal and immediate protection here."
Genevieve Teal:
"After tonight and the last few
months? I think Everclear isn't calm enough to calm my nerves." She
shrugs. "Coffee will be fine, though. I'm still not ready to risk
intoxication here yet."
Genevieve Teal:
She shakes her head. "Go
ahead."
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Alright."
He opens the door, looking for Ang. When he sees her, he motions her over.
"Angelia, could you come over here for a moment?"
Angalia Caponelli: She
stubs out her cigarette and pushs of the wall, heading over. "Everything
alright?"
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Genevieve,
this is Angel, Angel, this is Genevieve. Angel will see to your safety while
I'm gone."
Angalia Caponelli: She nods
to Gen, "Morning."
Genevieve Teal:
She looks Angelia over, nodding a
little. Her stance is still wary, a little tense, but she nods, even trying to
smile a bit. "Hi."
Angalia Caponelli: She
glances to Xu and then back to Gen, "Is there anything I can have sent for
you?"
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: "Miss
Teal was attacked on her way to the Concerto," he tells Ang. "I'm
going to arrange dinner for Ms. Teal, and see to some other business for a bit
I'lll be back." (and sorry there is something incredible on the Discovery
channell I HAVE to watch))
Xu Xian [Concerto early am]: Xu
heads off for a bit, makign arrangements for the food and then makes some phone
calls.
Genevieve Teal:
She shakes her head. "No, I've got
everything I need with me. Same stuff I've lived on for 5 months."
Angalia Caponelli: (cool.)
She nods a bit and moves to the side of the door, standing, hands clasping
behind her back loosely, "The food's good here." She notes with a bit
of a smile once Xu's gone.
Genevieve Teal:
She nods a little, trying to be
pleasant, as she moves to the bed finally, sitting down. "Good. I've been
living off fast food, bar food, and easy-make grocery stuff since I left
Columbia."
Angalia Caponelli: "If
you're still hungery after dinner I'll have them bring some deserts."
Genevieve Teal:
She smiles a little bit. "So, can I
ask you something? Who the hell was that guy?"
Angalia Caponelli: A look
over the young woman, "The man you were just speaking to?"
Genevieve Teal:
She nods. "Yeah."
Angalia Caponelli: "What
has he told you about himself?"
Angalia Caponelli:
3,9,8,10,2,9,
Angalia Caponelli: (pokes)
Genevieve Teal:
((Gaah. Sorry, somehow, I TOTALLY missed
the post above the sensing.)) "Little to nothing, really. Just that he's
trying to help me."
Angalia Caponelli: (thought
so) She nods slowly, "He'll tell you what you need to know. But you can
trust him."
Genevieve Teal:
She looks at Angelia for a long moment.
"My trust died at the beginning of the year. I'll trust him as much as he
proves himself trustworthy." Her tone seems to include Angelia in that
statement, though it's not hostile. Just wary.
Angalia Caponelli: "THat's
always a wise approach to life. He said you'd been attacked. Were you hurt at
all?"
Genevieve Teal:
"No, I'm fine. There were some
others that fought her off. The wolf, the leech, and the warlock, I
assume." She shrugs a little bit. "He said they killed her, or close
to it. Thank God."
Angalia Caponelli: "Her?"
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
((While he's gone he txt's Jer and asks him
to find out where Myles first picked up Ms. Teal. Xu needs to search her place
and find any evidence of where she might have hidden the Cup. He then phones
the PI he has on retainer in Iowa and asks the guy to look for any properties
owned by the Teal family, including mausoleums and burial plots. He then phones
Mayati and apprises her that he has located Gennie and that Xu needs to talk to
Mayati.))
Genevieve Teal:
"A woman. Or something like a
woman. It's half-dead, but immortal. You kill it, it comes back. Again, and
again. It can't be killed. And it serves Apophis, the darkness." She
shivers a little bit. "I've seen her in my dreams...what she really looks
like. She wears the skins of others to hide her form. Her name is Qetu."
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
Jeremy SMS's: Shitbag hotel, Harlem. The
PI will check, and Mayati says she's available any time, of course.
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
((Jer also gives the address. :P))
Xu Xian: Xu knocks on the
door.
Angalia Caponelli: Her
small mouth turns down into a deep frown. "I've never heard of such a
thing. Was she looking for the cup?"
Angalia Caponelli: "Who
is it?"
Genevieve Teal:
She starts to answer, then stops as she
hears knock at the door.
Xu Xian: "It's me. Xu. I
have the food."
Angalia Caponelli: She nods
and moves over to answer the door, cracking it opened to peek out before
pulling it open the rest of the way.
Genevieve Teal:
She relaxes a little when she sees
Xu...he's at least a...somewhat known quantity.
Xu Xian: He brings it in when
Ang opens the door for him, setting the tray down on the dressing room table.
"I watched it all being prepared, so you have no worries there."
Angalia Caponelli: She closes
the door behind Xu.
Genevieve Teal:
She gets a scant bit of hunmor in her
face at that. "Well, if YOU watched it..." She shrugs a bit.
"Thanks."
Xu Xian: He chuckles, and nods
to her. "Is there anything you need me to collect from wherever you're
living?"
Genevieve Teal:
She nods. "I have some research
books duct-taped under the bed frame that I could use. Some clothes. That's
about it. Everything else I own is either in a small storage locker elsewhere,
or has been left behind at verious stops along the way."
Angalia Caponelli: She
leans back against the wall again. "Will Ms Teal be staying here at the
club then?"
Xu Xian: He nods to Ang.
"Until we can find another secure location for her." He holds out his
hand to Gennie. "May I please have your keys? And could you write the
address down for me?"
Angalia Caponelli:
She nods a bit and winks at Gene, "Looks like you will get
lots of time for good food."
Genevieve Teal:
She smiles a bit to Angelia, then writes
the address down and hands it to Xu with her keys. "Here you go."
Xu Xian: He checks over the
address and takes the keys, nodding to Gennie. "I'll be back as soon as I
can." He motions to the food. "Enjoy." He heads to the door.
"Oh, can I borrow Angel for a moment?"
Genevieve Teal:
"Suit yourself." She moves to
the food, a little quicker then she might have intended. She's starving, it
appears.
Angalia Caponelli: She
smiles a bit to Gene and moves to the door with Xu then.
Xu Xian: He tilts his head
toward the door and steps outside with Ang, speaking quietly to her for a few
moments.
Xu Xian: In italian.
Xu Xian: ~it~ "Do you
mind staying with her? She's our only link, and this thing that's after
us...it's...very powerful. And insane enough to try to infiltrate the Concerto
to get to her."
Genevieve Teal:
She eats the food, not paying to close
of attention at the moment to the two outside the door. Food good. She doesn't
speak Italian anyway.
Angalia Caponelli: ~it~ She
shakes her head a bit, "No I don't mind. She was telling me a bit about
it. It doesn't die?" Her frown returns. "Do you know what it
is?"
Xu Xian: ~it~ "It's a
Bane Mummy. It's what's created when Set gets ahold of both the cup and
corrupts the Spell of Life with it."
Angalia Caponelli: She
blinks slowly and then nods. ~it~ "How much does she know? How much can I
say around her?"
Xu Xian: ~it~ "Find out
everything you can that she knows. Any little detail may help us, so pay
attention. And talk to her about love."
Angalia Caponelli: ~it~
"She asked about you. What do you want me to tell her?"
Xu Xian: ~it~ "She's
either a sorceress or a namer. One's like Stoney used to be the others a
handwaver. I don't know if she knows about shifters, but she has some ability
to predict the future and referred to Jeremy as a wolf."
Xu Xian: ~it~ "What do you
want to tell her about me?"
Genevieve Teal:
She finishes the food rather quickly, in
the manner of one who doesn't know where their next meal is coming from. When
she's done, she pulls her laptop from her backpack, opening it up and firing
the thing up.
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
((is the addy Jer gave him and the one
Gennie gave him matching?))
Angalia Caponelli: ~it~
"Does she know you're related to the shifters? or even what shifters are?
Can I use our relationship as an excuse to get into love talk?"
Xu Xian: ~it~ "I don't
know what she knows. And I'd prefer it if you ~didn't~ refer to me in any way
that's not business related. I don't want people using you against me."
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
((Yeah.))
Angalia Caponelli: ~if~
"Gotcha." She nods and steps back. "See you when you get
back."
Xu Xian: He nods, and pats her
elbow in an appreciative and somewhat affectionate gesture, and then turns to
head over to security to retrieve his gun and head out.
Angalia Caponelli: She
watches him go before returning into the room and closing the door behind
herself. "Feel better?"
Genevieve Teal:
She looks up at Angelia, nodding as she
sits on the bed, typing away. "Much. I don't suppose there's a phone line
in here that I could hook this up to?"
Angalia Caponelli: "I'm
not sure to be honest. I think the only secure lines are in the office. What do
you need though? I"ve got a wireless connection on my pda."
Genevieve Teal:
She shrugs a little. "Access to
some newsgroups...some web pages and ftp clients I've found. Stuff I'll need to
download into the laptop."
Angalia Caponelli: "I'll
grab my lap top from my car when Xu's back for you. It's wireless. What kind of
news groups?"
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
(what do you want me to roll for the
search)
Genevieve Teal:
"A couple more obscure ones I've
found...ones you don't find on usenet, if you get my meaning. Peter used to use
them for less benevolant purposes." She's focused on the screen, not
looking up, though her face does betray a twitch at mention of Peter.
Genevieve Teal ->
Xu Xian: ((Per+Investigation,
standard diff. She's good for a college kid, but she's still a college kid.
*G*))
Angalia Caponelli: She
shakes her head a bit, "I don't know Peter I'm sorry. But what kind of
material do they cover?"
Genevieve Teal:
"Egyptology and the Occult. Some
black market stuff, too." Tappity-tap-tap-tap.
Xu Xian -> Xu Xian: (spending
WP)
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
(spending WP)
Xu Xian:
2,7,6,7,4,
Angalia Caponelli: She
nods, peeking over curiously, "Looking got information on the thing that
came after you?"
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
Well, he finds the books, no problems.
He also finds some copies of her notes, hidden underneath the dresser, taped to
the bottom of it and wrapped in plastic. ((Int+Occult))
Genevieve Teal:
She shakes her head. "More
information on the..." She hesitates. "...the Cup."
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
(spending WP again)
Xu Xian:
8,1,7,3,1,5,
Angalia Caponelli: She
frowns a little. "You don't know where it is?"
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
He can't make much of it, as it's fairly
piece-meal, but it does look like a ritual in order to restore the dead to
life.
Genevieve Teal:
"I know where it is. I just don't
know what all it does." She looks up at Angelia a moment.
Angalia Caponelli: "I
know it can be used to help people. Some one theorized that it could be used to
remove the curse of undeath or to free a ghoul of his or her servitude."
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
(rolling int+wyrmlore to see if it's a
wyrmy ritual or a 'clean' one)
Xu Xian:
8,4,8,7,2,5,3,
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
((Cool.))
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
It's quite clean.
Genevieve Teal:
She raises an eyebrow, considering.
"I suppose that makes sense, that it would cure undeath...but what's a
ghoul?"
Angalia Caponelli: "A
human thrall of a vampire. Some one who drinks small amounts of their blood.
They gain some strengh from it but it's highly addictive as well."
Genevieve Teal:
She wrinkles her nose.
"That's...disgusting."
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
He takes everything he can find and stops
by Mayati's shop on the way back.
Angalia Caponelli: She
grimices and nods her agreement. "Yes yes it is. I know a few people who
have had to go through it. It's not a pretty thing in the leaste."
Genevieve Teal -> Xu Xian:
((Let's take this elsewhere...we may
wanna RP this one out, and I don't wanna get comfused between the two scenes.
MT Business?))
Genevieve Teal:
She shakes her head, a little ill at the
mere thought of it. "Well, to each their own, I guess."
Angalia Caponelli: "What
were you thinking that the thing does?"
Xu Xian -> Genevieve Teal:
(sure)
Genevieve Teal:
She looks back to the screen,
concentrating as she types. "It can bring the dead to life."
Angalia Caponelli: "The
really dead dead? I supose that makes sense. Did you loose some one?"
Genevieve Teal:
She doesn't respond to that, trying to
seem absorbed in her work.
Angalia Caponelli: She
moves to take a seat watching Gene, relaxed, patient.
Genevieve Teal:
The silence becomes too much after a
good two or three minutes, and she frowns deeply. "Yes."
Angalia Caponelli:
She nods a bit, "I'm sorry. I lost some one too once. It
was horrible. I know I would have done anything in my power to bring him
back."
Genevieve Teal:
Her lips press tightly together, and she
nods. "Sorry to hear that."
Angalia Caponelli: "Peter?
That's who you lost?"
Genevieve Teal:
"Yeah. That would be him."
It's said in a flat tone of voice, a very faint flinch showing in her face as
she works.
Angalia Caponelli: She
smiles sympathetically, "I'm sorry to hear it. I didn't mean to stir up
your hurts."
Genevieve Teal:
"Don't mention it." She shrugs
a little bit, sighing and shutting the notebook, rubbing her eyes. "He
wasn't a good man. But he was on the way there."
Angalia Caponelli:
She looks over to the side wall and nods a bit, "Mine was a
real asshole. But he did good work and there was good in him even if there was
a lot of times I was the only one who could see it. And he loved me."
Genevieve Teal:
She smiles a little, sadly, nodding.
"Yeah. Peter was a prick, too. I hated him when I first met him...he had a
reputation about him. For going after his students. I had no intention of
having anything to do with him, but our interests were similar, and he knew so
much. Soon, he wasn't even persuing me...I was going after him."
Angalia Caponelli:
She laughs softly, "Yeah I chased mine too. I wanted him so
badlyfrom the first time I met him actually.. which I knew was wrong cause I
was spying on him because he was a badass. That's how we met." She shakes
her head with a bit of a wistful smile. "I'm one of those girls that
always falls for the one guy she's not suposed to fall for I guess."
Genevieve Teal:
"Join the club." She actually
manages to grin a little. "Like I said, he wasn't a good man. He stole
from his digs and sold them on the black market...slept with his students,
myself included. I wasn't blind to this. But regardless, I knew he could be.
And I saw him do it. That's why he's dead." Her eyes find the floor.
Angalia Caponelli: She
looks back and shakes her head a little, "You can't blame yourself.
Sometimes things have to be a certin way. And it seems horrible right now but
good might come of it in the end. Which I know sounds... flakey to you right
now."
Genevieve Teal:
"I don't blame myself. I didn't
have anything to do with his death. But I'm damn well going to have something
to do with his life."
Angalia Caponelli: SHe
smiles slowly and nods. "Good... that's good."
Genevieve Teal:
"So how did you guys start looking
for the Cup, anyway?" It's an abrupt change of subject, to be sure.
Angalia Caponelli: "Well
I'm not entirely sure how we got involved. Xu didn't tell me about it until
very recently actually. As far as his involvement, well you probably know more
then I do."
Genevieve Teal:
"All I know about...Xu...is that I
felt someone looking in on me tonight, and did a quick casting. It told me to
'Fear the wolf, the leech, the warlock, and the false Oriental. They will bring
the evil-doer to you.'" She shakes her head a little. "I tried to run
here, and lo and behold, they all found me. And then, so did Qetu."
Angalia Caponelli: "But
they protected you too didn't they?"
Genevieve Teal:
She smirks a little. "Yeah, but
this isn't over yet. And Qetu isn't dead. Not for good, anyway."
Angelia Caponelli: "No
she's not. But now you have allies."
Genevieve Teal:
"In this situation, allies just
mean more people in danger. Or more people who want the Cup."
Angelia Caponelli: "The
people who came to your aid were already in danger."
Genevieve Teal:
She raises her brow. "What, they've
crossed this particular Apepnu before? I'm impressed they're round for round
two. And round three, even."
Angelia Caponelli: "Not
her specifically, not that I know of. But they're lives are sort of a constant
state of 'being in danger'."
Genevieve Teal:
"Well, that's comforting to
know." She sighs a little. "Tell them thank you."
Angelia Caponelli: "You're
good here. We know how to handle this kind of stuff." She pauses.
"How'd you get involved with the cup?"
Genevieve Teal:
"It was Peter's life's work,
actually. He was an Egyptologist, and went on digs. Had a thing about
Akhenaton, who was the first Monotheist. I think it had more to do with the Cup
then the Pharoah, though. Akhenaton was buried with the thing. I was interested
in Akhenaton himself...like I said, we had common interests. But he found the
thing, then originally tried to get feelers for it's value on the black market,
until he realized what it was. Then, we tried to get it to it's owners...the
Cult of Isis."
Angelia Caponelli: She nods
slowly, "Did you ever make contact?"
Genevieve Teal:
"No. Couldn't find any. We
attracted...other attention, though." Her lips rolls between her teeth and
her gaze wavers a little. "Peter came to me one day and gave me the Cup,
told me to hide it. Said that...I'd have help. And then, the next day, he was
dead. Now I have to bring him back."
Angelia Caponelli: "Are
you sure it's safe where you've hid it?"
Genevieve Teal:
"No one's going to find it. Trust
me." She smiles a little.
Angelia Caponelli: She
smiles a little. "I might be able to find the cult of isis folks for
you."
Genevieve Teal:
She looks a little sad. "I...can't
give it over until I complete the ritual. I have to let him live again. Maybe
then."
Angelia Caponelli: "Well
I would like to use it to help some one afflicted with ghouling as well. But we
don't know the ritual. And they might."
Genevieve Teal:
She frowns a little. "I...don't
know if they'd appreciate the idea of bringing Peter back. He sold a lot of
items that may have been theirs on the black market."
Angelia Caponelli: "We'll
see what can be arranged." (and I gotta get to bed so Ang will sit up and
be guard till Xu gets back.)
Genevieve Teal:
((Okay. *Hugs* Thanks for the RP, hon.))
Angelia Caponelli: (You too
babe. NINI)
Genevieve Teal:
((Ni ni!))