ScarletIris: d10: : 6,2,6,

Laurel Hensley: ((A roll to slam the door open?))

Maria: ((You guys mass mutiplied! AHHHHHH! ~Thinks about turning and running now~))

ScarletIris: (don't see why.. you have four rescuers!)

Maria: ((Yeah but there was four of you too. ~L~))

Laurel Hensley: ((Heheheheheh...))

Maria: ((~Snickers~))

ScarletIris: (gimme strength diff 7)

Laurel Hensley: d10: Measly Strength: 7,6,

ScarletIris: Holy hell, laurel's the hulk! Of course.. being at the place they are it's not like she was busting a maglock. She bursts into the room. Noisily. She can see Beth sleeping on the bed in a fluffy white bathrobe (momentarily, as she'll most likely be awakened from the sound) And no one else. The bathroom door is cracked ajar slightly. (And initiative!)

ScarletIris: d10: init &#;jay&#; : 5,

ScarletIris: d10: init uri: 9,

Laurel Hensley: d10: Initiative plus six: 1,

Laurel Hensley: ((Yeah, that makes sense. Going on 7. *S*))

Maria: d10: hahaha: 7,

ScarletIris: (Urian goes on 15, 'jay' goes on 12, beth is a lazy ass and won't be participating in any of the fun unless otherwise provoked)

Maria: ((Holy hell.... she's going on 11))

ScarletIris: Order: Laurel, Maria, Jay, Urian. You know the drill.. Have at thee!

ScarletIris: (and if there's anything that needs clearification about the setup of the room, feel free to slap me.)

Laurel Hensley: She starts moving toward the bathroom door, invoking her Apocalyptic Form as she does so. ((Taking High-Torment Claws and Regeneration))

Laurel Hensley: ((ACK, Hold post a moment. Is the bathroom at the "back of the room" where the tugging at creation was?))

ScarletIris: (yep! And maria, before declaring give me a wp roll diff 7)

Maria: d10: weeee: 8,6,7,9,6,8,

Laurel Hensley: ((Okay, post stands, then. *S*))

ScarletIris: (cool. gimme a roll for it)

Laurel Hensley: ((Oh, yeah, huh? :P))

Laurel Hensley: d10: Faith: 3,7,5,

Maria: ~Loud... crash..... wha....? oh shit! Those little eyes pop open with a scream, the kiss getting broken, and an attempt to push him away~

ScarletIris: (*G* just checking.)

ScarletIris: Loud crash indeed. The imposter grins down to to Maria, pressing himself more firmly against the girl. ~sp~ "Uh oh.. looks like the cavalry's here.." (using high torment mist form, fp for auto sux, contact with maria will cause chemical burns, exposure yields one lethal damage per round)

ScarletIris: d10: : 6,6,2,7,7,

ScarletIris: Urian runs as fast as he can manage down the hall to get to the room itself.

ScarletIris: d10: dex+ath: 9,1,8,5,5,3,

ScarletIris: Recap: Urian bolts, making it to just outside the hotel room in question. Jay taunts Maria and his body transforms into a callous mist, burning the girl painfully (say hello to one lethal, maria) Laurel stalks toward the bathroom making it to the door in apoc form (say hello to two temp torment) Beth.. sleeps. Damn.. what did he DO to her.. Next round.

ScarletIris: d10: jay aware: 5,8,10,9,6,

ScarletIris: (and maria can roll awareness for the apoc form being whipped out in the next room)

Maria: d10: tinglies: 3,4,8,6,2,

Laurel Hensley: She is anything but the calm, placid girl at the moment...the painfully beatutiful creature, dark and malevolantly perfect in form...but for the claws extending from his fingers and the face screwed into a look of utter hatred and frustration. "Go screaming back to HELL! Maria...MOVE IT!" She reaches out to gran Maria's arm and yank her out of the bathroom and, hopefully, out of the cloud. "Get away from it!"

ScarletIris: (and before maria can act, you need to roll wp for revalation)

Maria: d10: WP: 6,8,6,8,2,4,

Maria: ~Ouch.OUCHOUCHOUCH.... pain... She's trying to scramble away, bursting into startled tears, between the pain, and the sudden realization of who it really was~

ScarletIris: (and laurel, lemme get some dex+ath action to see if she can snatch maria without burning herself)

Laurel Hensley: d10: Dex+Athletics: 4,5,5,9,

ScarletIris: d10: p/a: 8,10,9,7,6,1,

ScarletIris: Jay, albeit the tormented misty imposter version of the boy, assesses his situation. Fully apoc pissed demon entering the bathroom.. another entry at the door can be heard. Numbers against him, he flitters up into the ventalation system. Time for another hasty retreat. Defiler style.

ScarletIris: d10: run away!: 8,3,2,6,5,3,

ScarletIris: Urian.. finally gets there! He plows through the hotel room, a glance shot to Beth to make sure she's still alive. Moving to back laurel up.

Laurel Hensley: "You cowardly piece of SHIT!" Melioth pulls Maria behind him and takes the opportunity, while the wake of the other's Lore is still in the air, to focus on it and try and get some meaning out of it. ((Hoping for a Per or Int+Awareness to get a syllable or two of the True Name?))

ScarletIris: Recap: Urian makes it to just behind Laurel. The caustic mist flitters up into the bathroom vents. Maria.. down to her girly knickers.. realizes that pain hurts. Ouch. She scrambles and is scooped up by Melioth, who manages not to hurt himself in the process. (however since jay acted before maria she would still be burnt this round. One more lethal, but contact is now broken.) New Round.

ScarletIris: (the roll would be Per+Occult as per p. 256. And sure. Go for it. *G*)

Laurel Hensley: ((Ahh, somethin' like that. *S*))

Laurel Hensley: d10: Per+Occult-WP Three: 1,8,7,6,

Maria: ~Maria, will not fight now that he's gone. She sinks down to the floor once behind Melioth, arms wrapping tightly around herself, and rocking slightly. Crying. Painfully.~

ScarletIris -> Laurel Hensley: (Knowing what she does, which is very little, diff would normally be 9. Bumping it back to eight since she's of the same house and familiar with the lore in question. She gains one syllable of his/her true name)

ScarletIris: Jay.. is in the vents. I'll give you three guesses as to what he's doing. Urian looks down to Maria with a concerned look. Grabbing a robe from the rack and putting it around the nearly nude teenager.

Laurel Hensley: She throws a hateful look up to the vent, and clenches her hand into a tight fist. "DAMN IT!" She drops her attention to the ground for just a second, eyes shutting. "Urian...go check on Beth, please." They open again, and she keeps watching the vent. Not giving this one a chance for a sneak attack. "Maria...talk to me. How bad are you?"

ScarletIris: Urian nods quietly and moves to check on Beth.

Maria: ~She huddles into the robe, whimpering~ It.... hurts......

ScarletIris: The bathroom is a bit of a mess. Beth's rainbow colored pajamas are on the floor. Wet. The front of her shirt stained with tiny splotches of blood.

ScarletIris: Urian moves over, giving beth a nudge. Waking the girl up to check on her.

Laurel Hensley: When it seems that 'Jay's' not coming back, she finally drops back to her Host form...Laurel's body replacing Melioth's. She turns and kneels, a hand coming out to smooth over Maria's hair. She speaks more softly now...gentler. "I know it does. We'll get you help. But we need to get out of here, and I need to know what happened, okay?"

Maria: ((~Tucks "*SP*" in there~))

Maria: ~She winces, nodding to Laurel and leaning into her, the tears rolling down her cheeks~ *sp* Why is he doing this?

ScarletIris: He frowns, looking the redhead over. He scoops up the exausted teenager and moves toward the door. "Laurel.. I'm going to get beth in the car. Hurry."

Laurel Hensley: "Because he's...just evil." She sighs, and rises, quickly grabbing the pajamas, and then holding a hand out to Maria. Housecleaning can deal with the standard mess. "C'mon, sweetie. We have to go."

Maria: ~She takes the hand, wincing from the cuts recieved earlier, and pulls to her feet~

Laurel Hensley: ((Are the cuts visible, and if so, where?))

Laurel Hensley: d10: Intelligence: 9,1,9,

Maria: ((Visible cuts, on the palm of her hand. Washed out, but no dressings or anything on them))

Maria: ((Oh yeah and a bruise on her shoulder))

ScarletIris: Urian goes out through the back door, as not to have to explain why he's carrying a bloody passed out minor wearing one of their bathrobes and nothing else. THAT would be awkward even for him.

Laurel Hensley: She frowns at the cuts, but says nothing for now. She picks Maria up, straining just a little under her weight, and moves to carry her out of the place. "It'll be okay. We'll talk later. Just rest."

Maria: ~She curls into Laurel, trembling horribly, but tries to walk on her own~ *sp* I'm sorry......

Laurel Hensley: "Shhh." She follows Urian's path out the back. "Not now. Time for talking later."

ScarletIris: Urian leads them around the back, toward where Hugo was waiting in the car. Hugo gets out to open the backseat. Urian quickly climbs in with beth, leaving enough room for laurel and maria in the back.

Maria: ~She nods, and just leans, making her way out with Laurel and going quiet~

Laurel Hensley: When they make it to the car, she helps Maria in and then takes a seat next to her. She puts an arm around the girl's shoulder, staring out the window. "Thank you, Urian," she murmurs. "Again."

ScarletIris: Urian frowns, supporting Beth to make sure she doesn't hurt herself. "For the carride and an extra set of hands. Anytime, Melioth.." Hugo takes off, quickly. To.. someplace that isn't here.

Maria: ~She stays quiet, bundled into a painful ball~

ScarletIris: Urian states firmly. "We'll go to my house. I need to check on Jay and Mimi. They'll be safe there."

Laurel Hensley: "That sounds good." She nods a little. "We can rest there. And I've got some things worth mentioning once we get there." ((Though it may have to wait, as I'm about falling over. *S*))

ScarletIris: (meeeeeeeeee too)

Maria: ((oooooooo sleeeeeeeeeeep ~Drools~))

Maria: ((HA! The evil bastards plan to deflower my virgin was FOILED AGAIN! MWAAAAHAHAHAHAHHA!))

ScarletIris: (Now now.. if you get cocky.. I'll stop pulling my punches. *EG* Pause for now. We'll pick up laters)

Maria: ((~Snickers~ ni ni guys. ~LIX all around~ Sweet dreams! Spank ye!))

Maria: ((~Scitters quick before cockiness ensues~))

ScarletIris: Hugo drives the group to Urian's house. Maria knows the place, the yard at the very least. It's a moderately elegant home, two stories, white. A large fence circling the yard. Hugo pulls into the driveway.

ScarletIris: Urian steps out, gently carrying back toward the front door. Hugo follows, looming as always.

Maria: ~Maria has remained quiet, curled into Laurel and clinging to her~

ScarletIris: Urian leads the way through the front door, moving quickly toward the stairs. The place is obviously lived in, well furnished but nothing elaborate.

Laurel Hensley: She steps out of the car, helping Maria out, and makes her way into the house behind Urian, Beth, and Hugo. She looks around the place as they come up.

Maria: ~She moves with Laurel, sticking close to the woman, but still remaining silent. She looks towards the garden as they head for the front doors~

ScarletIris: He makes it to the top of the stairs, moving to just outside one of the bedrooms. The door is cracked open. He turns to hand beth to Hugo before pushing his way into the room. Jay is laying on a twin sized bed, asleep from the looks of it. Mimi is sitting in a simple wooden chair next to the bed. Reading a book. She looks up when they enter.

Laurel Hensley: Up the stairs she goes, quiet until they reach their destination.

ScarletIris: The garden is the same as always. The puppy is most likely sleeping in the shed. She can't see her.

Maria: ~She looks all around as they move through the house, never actually having been inside the place before~

ScarletIris: Hugo gently sets Beth on the floor near the corner. Moving to rummage through one of the dressers to get something to wrap her foot up with. Mimi looks thoroughly confused, standing to greet the others. "Oh. Uhh.. hey. Can I.. uhh.. can I help? With anything?"

Laurel Hensley: She nods slightly to Mimi and leads Maria in. "Maybe. I think I've got a lead on our imposter. Maybe a couple. Just a moment." She directs Maria to a place where she can sit down. "Rest, sweetie."

ScarletIris: Urian nods to Mimi. "Clean clothes for the girls." He asks, moving past her to look down to Jay. Jay squirms a bit, at all the noise. Mimi skitters off to find clothes.

ScarletIris: There are two more chairs in the room, of the same variety.

Maria: ~She looks to the bed where Jay lays, and her eyes well up with tears again. She moves off to the side so she's not in anyone's way, then settles herself down on the floor near Beth~

ScarletIris: Beth looks half asleep still, a clear frown about her. Disturbed by something. Hugo cleans up her forehead a bit more and wraps her foot.

ScarletIris: Urian looks over his shoulder to Laurel. "A lead?"

Laurel Hensley: "Yeah." She nods. "He or she used an alias to get into the hotel...or perhaps not. Name used was Lowery." She gives Maria and Beth a look, and then glances back to Urian. "And I got a snippet of their True Name."

Maria: ~She frowns, hearing something that catches her attention and straightens up a little, looking to Laurel~ *sp* Father Lowery?

ScarletIris: Beth doesn't seem to be paying attention. Jay squirms a bit more and reaches up to rub his eyes. Urian nods. "Right.." He looks over to Maria, not knowing what she's saying.

Laurel Hensley: "Maybe, hon." She nods to Maria and looks back to Urian. "Father Lowery. From the group home."

ScarletIris: He nods, pursing his lips. "I see.. What measures have you taken to investigate the home since our last conversation?" Jay cracks his eyes open, peering around the room lazily.

Maria: ~She chews on her lip a moment, shivering into the robe~ *sp* Jay and I talked about it some..... he said he had what it is narrowed down some..... ~Her voice quiet, not wanting to interrupt their conversation~

ScarletIris: Hugo finishes up with Beth and turns to Maria, extending a hand for her injured palm. Not wanting to frighten the girl by grabbing.

Maria: ~She eyes Hugo, then tentatively gives over her hand, palm up to him~

Laurel Hensley: "Mostly, trying to plan. Maria says Jay and her have talked about it some...I've been trying to get ahold of the person I wanted to come with me, but haven't had the best of luck. Unreliable as usual." She sighs. "Which means my line-up has to change. I can give you what we agreed on, in exhcange for those plans."

ScarletIris: He starts wrapping it up. She isn't cut badly.. but he disinfects the cuts and places bandages around her hand.

ScarletIris: Urian nods to Laurel. "Anytime you're ready. I'll not fall back on my word." Urian turns to look down to Jay. Speaking more quietly in his direction. "Is there anything we can get for you?"

Laurel Hensley: She looks over at the cuts, frowning again, now that he has time to address them. "Maria, sweetie...what happened to your guys's hands?" Her ears stay open, listening between Urian and Jay as well.

ScarletIris: Jay murmers quietly. Weakly. "S.. something to eat.. maybe?" Urian nods and leaves the room to gather something for the boy.

Maria: ~She looks to Beth, then over to Laurel~ *sp* I.... I was cleaning up some broken glass, and Beth and I were talking..... She was upset with me, and ran out. I fell over while I was picking up the glass, that's how I got the bruise, she got the cuts from running through the mess.

ScarletIris: Jay lifts his head up, looking over toward Maria.

Laurel Hensley: "Okay." She relaxes just a little at that, nodding to her. Her eyes find Jay, and she smiles as warmly as she can, considering the night. "Well, you're looking better then last I saw you. How are you feeling?"

ScarletIris: He winces a bit, trying to push himself up to a sitting position. "Like a building collapsed on top of me.. Better.. though." He frowns, looking over the girls. "What.. happened.. to them?"

Maria: ~She looks over to Jay, blinking when she notices he's awake. Her unbandaged hand comes up to wipe at her cheeks, and she quickly looks down~

Laurel Hensley: She sighs. "Run-in with the imposter...he was playing you. We got there in time, though."

ScarletIris: Jay winces and looks away. "I.. I'm.. sorry.." Hugo stands and moves by the door. Watching over them with the same stoic look about him.

Laurel Hensley: "Don't be, Jay." She shakes her head. "Not your fault. We'll get him."

Maria: ~She leans into Beth and wraps her arms around the girl softly, going quiet~

ScarletIris: "I.. was careless.." He mumbles. Urian makes his way back into the room. A plate in one hand, a slew of clothes slung over the other arm. He hands the clothes to laurel. "Mimi is heading out for the night. I hope these will help.."

ScarletIris: Beth has a blank look about her. Eyes half open, staring at the floor. She doesn't respond to being hugged.

Laurel Hensley: "We've all been careless." She shrugs to Jay, and then looks to Urian. A small smile, and she takes the clothes. "Thank you, Urian..." She moves over to Beth. "I'll help Beth get dressed." She hands Maria a set of clothes as well, and then moves to get Beth somewhere dignified to dress her. ((And this is where I'm officially fading...you can assume Laurel gets Beth somewhere to dress her and continue if you want, or pause...s'all good with me either way.))

ScarletIris: Urian sets the plate on Jay's lap, and a bottle of water on the bedside table. Giving the boy a light fatherlike pat on the shoulder. "Don't strain yourself. I have a few calls to make. Hugo will stay here with you." Urian looks over to Laurel. "The three of you are welcome to stay here for as long as you like. I'll be in the study down the hall.."

ScarletIris: (I'm good either way.)

Maria: ~She takes the clothes and stands, glancing to the others in the room~

Maria: ((Me too ~nods~))