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[perfectsymmetry]

[Voice: Screw filters. They're useless as far as Crowe's concerned anymore.

He speaks quickly. It's obvious he's pretty rattled.]

Do not go near them. Do not touch them. Just... just please, stay out of their way. Fighting a-against them will probably have no affect.


Bunkers... Mr. Saeba was working on those, wasn't he? We... I'm going to say we should get back to that.



Has... has anyone checked on Miss Susan...?

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[Action: Crowe will be found tearing apart his garage, looking for metal. Before he was droned, Ryo Saeba had been collecting scrap metal to help build bunkers, and Crowe had been helping him. Now he regrets ever stopping. He's taken what he collected and has brought it down to the basement of his home, and it's at that point he has no idea what he's doing. His housemates will find him sitting there with his supplies, head in his hands, thinking.]

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[seatcushion.livejournal.com]

[ On the way to Gokudera's for the meeting, Lambo noticed the garage open, and peeked inside. ]

... Good grief, what seems to be the problem?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Even thought he's working and in thought, Crowe's on edge, and a wound-up thief is never a good thing. When you peek in, he's startled and actually jumps into a fighting stance. He relaxes though.]

O-Oh, I... I'm... getting things together.

["Things" would be piles of scrap metal and some tools piled right near the door.]

[seatcushion.livejournal.com]

Oh? For what? The recent things that have been happening?

[relaxiamadoctor.livejournal.com]

Hello? What seems to be the problem?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Ah, Fran! It's... Miss Susan. One of the teachers at the school. Grady found here, a-and... i-it might be too late...

[relaxiamadoctor.livejournal.com]

Yes~ I just tried contacting her after getting her message~ Should I collect the corpse or...~

[[OOC: I just posted, but I can see I'm late to the party]]

[teh-sword.livejournal.com]

Bunkers? Because of the sirens?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

And the hazmats. Ren... this could get really ugly. If they don't find that guy, they won't hesitate to kill us all off one by one till they do. I'm sure of that.

[teh-sword.livejournal.com]

...bunkers gonna protect us, then?

[ex_seventh238]

[The woman's voice is cool.] Susan Sto Helit is dead, as she has requested.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Silence for a moment, then.]


What... do you know what he did to her?

[ex_seventh238]

[A very short pause.]

Would that knowledge do you any good?

[emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com]

[Upon hearing sounds coming from downstairs, Hol thinks it might be a good idea to investigate. Sure he has a particular errand he needs to be getting done, but that can wait for the time being. After all, he had to have -some- idea as to what was going inside his own... 'house'.]

Hey, kid.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[Crowe's sitting there with some pieces of scrap metal, some tools, and a look on his face that borders between frustration and exasperation.]

O-oh. Hey. Ah, sorry if I'm ah, making too much noise down here or something...

[emperor-cowboy.livejournal.com]

[Hol can only shake his head and hold up his hands.]

Not at all. Just caused me t'become a bit curious as to what's goin' on down here.



... Which makes me wonder if ya know what yer doin' yerself.

[glowing-science.livejournal.com]

Bunkers probably aren't a bad idea--we'll need something to protect people who aren't able to fight.

Need help?

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

Exactly my thought. But, ah... Mr. Saeba left without me getting plans from him. I-I'm wondering if I can still build it...

I won't turn down help, but I understand if you wish to stay inside, as well.

LOL WRONG JOURNAL. Sorry about that!

[glowing-science.livejournal.com]

I'm sure between the two of us we can figure something out.

I'll be there soon.

[And, true to her word, it's not too long before she's knocking on his front door. Like hell if she's going to stay inside and do nothing, and she still remembers her promise to Sniper to look out for the kid... even if Sniper's long gone by now.]

[thelittlecanary.livejournal.com]

You've seen these men before, Crowe? [This is Garnet. This is Garnet in crisis mode. This is not the sweet, seemingly-effete girl you are familiar with. This is the queen of a far-away kingdom who is trying to decide on the best course of action for herself and those she cares about. You guessed right when you guessed that she is not to be trifled with.] Please, I need to know whatever you can tell me about them.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

....

They were in a place called Westport. A few months ago. To make a long story short, another town opened up for a bit and some people got trapped there. I-It was destroyed, burnt out, almost nothing left. I didn't get trapped there thankfully, but, I knew a lot of people who were. The hazmat men came out, spraying poison gas into the air, killing off people slowly... those that didn't succumb to the gas they hunted and killed.

[thelittlecanary.livejournal.com]

...I see. [This is valuable information, but she'd be lying if she didn't admit that it twisted her gut to hear how these men systematically exterminated everyone who had the misfortune of being trapped in Westport.] From what I have seen so far, there is a group of no more than fifteen or so of these men patrolling Mayfield, but we cannot assume that there aren't others. Do you think they could outnumber us?

[illusionkiller.livejournal.com]

Hey, calm down. Getting worked up won't help anyone.

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

...I-I know, but... I don't want to see this place turn into Westport. We're done for if it gets that way...

[mayfield-mods.livejournal.com]

[Crowe may hear movement from the upstairs of his house.]

[perfektsymmetry.livejournal.com]

[....suspicious. Mukuro's been suspiciously quiet the last few days....was it him? Or was the drone mom in his room again? He'll go check.]