Black War Syndicate(Started. Open. PM the GM)

[Hansinkdu]

Relieving the guards of their prosthetics was an easy task provided he had the tools to do it. Edmond began inspecting the front of the bus for anything. To his delight he found the first aid bag most transports require. A couple of cuts, hard tugs, and some tearing was all it took for the doctor to obtain the cybernetics the corpses no longer had need of. Edmond felt at ease once more, he was back to work doing what he does best. Before making his way to the front of the bus with his bag of goodies a thought occured to the doctor, "Were these just mere translators?", being unable to tell for certain if the translators could be possible tracking devices, Edmond left them under his seat with care. Better safe then dead has been common thought process while running his clinic. Before exiting the bus, the doctor put his cuffs back on but unlocked and broken as to only appear having the wearer still bound.

 

[Ganath]

"..I.. honestly didn't think about that, miss. I'd say it's a good plan though, once everyone actually evacuate the bus that is. Clever idea, eitherway. Good catch."

He nodded slightly at Robin. Of course, he hadn't even stopped to think about it. He had never committed an actual crime in his entire life, and while his work had him gain some insight into the general mind of a criminal, he usually secured evidence, he didn't destroy it. Stefan was still standing roughly in front of the doorway into the buss, so speaking to her wasn't too hard at least.

They ought to move soon, eitherway. So the rigging of the bus had to happen sooner rather than later. It felt like time was slipping away rapidly for the lot. They couldn't suffer much more infighting, that was certain. Unless they wanted to provide amusement to the cops that would eventually be swarming this place.

Spoiler: OOC

Gotta go for the night again. Will try to respond this morning, if able. Otherwise it's after work as usual;>

 

[Evrant-Knight]

As the group were making final preperations to leave the woods, another voice entered the fold; turning around, Caspian noticied it was the woman who appeared to be in pain earlier, but noow seemed to be feeling better, and was now sporting a pair of glasses. She suggested the plan of detonating the bus, as to make the guards believe everyone on board was killed.

"So what do you say?"

"I say you make a rather interesting point miss. If we simply leave it here, any law enforcement that came across this would no doubt check the records of which criminals were being transported on this bus; which would then lead to there being more pressure on us. Having the bus destroyed, would hopefully throw them off the trail, and make our lives a little easier." Caspian remarked to the woman politely, pointing out the benefits of such a thing being done. He then nodded his head in approval.

 

[Yokillernick]

"So what do you say?"

Byron considered it for a second. Yes this could surely buy them sometime.

"That would be a good idea, but first might I recommend we put all of the policemen back on the bus. Then when she rigs the bus to blow it might seem more like an engine fault. If they say the scorched bodies aboard they might assumed that we would have all perished in the blast and therefore get them completely of our tail."

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

"So what do you say?"

"That would be a good idea, but first might I recommend we put all of the policemen back on the bus. Then when she rigs the bus to blow it might seem more like an engine fault. If they say the scorched bodies aboard they might assumed that we would have all perished in the blast and therefore get them completely of our tail."

Before Abi could answer, Calvin whipped around to join in the plans developing on the bus.
Robin had a good idea, Calvin thought, but he was a bit concerned.

"There's a bit of a problem with that though." he said aloud. "Even bodies inside a burnt out vehicle still leave remains, and there was only one guard for every 2 of us so when they come to inspect the wreck, they'll notice that the amount left behind doesn't correspond to the number that got onto the bus. And they've got all the technology of the police force with them, so they'll find us in no time."

He turned to Edmond. " I saw you removing some of the ear plugs earlier. If we leave those on the seats, they might be a bit more convinced"

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

Oliver laughed at Jacob's joke "It'd a shame the only thing I'm not good with are guns, maybe I'll miss even you and get Stefen instead" His lips turned up in a wicked grin as he joked, "Unfortunately that would worsen our relations even more, and he could prove to be useful."

Oliver and Jacob returned to the bus in a much better mod then when he had left. He over heard the woman Jacob had called 'Snow' her real name robin plan to get rid of the evidence of their escape. Shaking his head he said. "Like Calvin said the only problem is that once they search the wreckage, they'll be able to tell we've escaped from the number of missing bodies" He paused for a moment to search if there were an lakes in their vicinity. "There's large enough lake that we can sink the bus in, if we do it right we can make it look like an accident, like the bus went out of control. It would buy us more time then your plan to total the engine would, since the cops would have to bring in divers and equipment to drag the bus out of the lake."

Once he had told them his idea he approached Stefen to apologise. He decided to use a more humble tone, talking to him like he usually would, would get him no-where.

"Stefen, I'm sorry about earlier. Cops operate differently then us. The leader is the biggest toughest guy in the park, or the richest one. We don't have procedure, ranks, or rules. You need to learn that or you won't survive long"

 

[Hansinkdu]

Listening in on the discussion, Edmond considered the fact that anything left behind can and will be used against them, unfortunately their time of peace was dwindling.

"Unless we remove the vehicle entirely, it and its contents will be evidence against us. If time was on our hands this dilemma would be rectified easily, but its not. A well armed unknown force has instructed us to leave the bus and progress through the forest. Lingering here is detrimental to our given orders and our chance at freedom. We don't know what awaits out there, but we all are well aware what happens to us if we delay for too much longer here. I say we either quickly move the bus to the lake and submerge it or I reattach our translators to the guards and we set this transport ablaze."

He didn't like being abrupt and demanding, passive aggressive was his hostility of choice. And without his chemicals or drugs as a safety net, Edmond felt the need to bark a tad louder till his bite returned. Once he was done speaking he felt the urge to retake inventory on what all he managed to scavenge from the bus.

 

[Tiger Sora]

Calcifer stepped down from the bus. The road was pitted and uneven which the rain had gladly filled with water. His prison shoes weren't even dry again and now were soaked. No one had helped him remove his chains, he had to find they key. Someone had offered assistance to everyone but evidently Calcifer wasn't considered an 'everyone', not that it was a big deal. They were prisoners and it was an everyone for themselves environment, but the situation had turned even farther from the ordinary and into the obscene. "Your all bickering over leaving the fucking bus for them to find"! This seemed to be why everyone was standing around like a hen in a storm. "You wana live, follow me and haul ass". Even street thugs knew once you were free to run, you run. These people obviously couldn't even be career caliber criminals for the lack of action they were taking.

The big Pole jumped the ditch and stopped at the tree line. "Or if you all just want to stay and get captured again"?!

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

"Your all bickering over leaving the fucking bus for them to find!"
"You wana live, follow me and haul ass"
"Or if you all just want to stay and get captured again?!"

"He's right", agreed Calvin. "The longer we stay here debating the minutiae the more likely it is we'll get recaptured. Screw leaving evidence in the bus for them, let's just torch the fucking thing and move. If the guy on the radio helped us out once, he clearly has some vested interest in all of us, so he may help us out again"

He addressed Robin "You said you were planning to incinerate the bus. So do it and let's get the fuck out of here".

 

[Ganath]

Stefan had been listening to the conversation. It wasn't his line of expertise to know how to make a bus go boom. It was a shame these people didn't really seem very time concerned. Before he could voice himself, Oliver had stepped up to him, having finished talking.

"Stefen, I'm sorry about earlier. Cops operate differently then us. The leader is the biggest toughest guy in the park, or the richest one. We don't have procedure, ranks, or rules. You need to learn that or you won't survive long"

Almberg took a moment to respond, glaring at the man. His facial expression was rather stern, but a slight smile crept across his face, easing some of the wrinkles that had creased his face in frustration before. He didn't necessarily agree with the man, but hell, he was trying. This wasn't the time to hold grudges. It was enough that he wanted to get to Sebastian Black. More than that just made him feel ill.

"That's true. We do operate differently. For all it means, sorry for offending your friend. But we'll have time for debates about the criminal mind and organizations later. Let's focus on keeping each other alive and make sure we get to thank our mysterious ally when we get to him.. or her."

He gave Oliver a slight nod. Though soon, another former prisoner stepped off the bus and he practically spoke what was on Stefan's mind, even if it was in a rather crude way. He noticed the man was still wearing cuffs. He made a note to help him as soon as he could. The sarcastic man seemed to agree as well, though he probably still had some hate for the girl with the artificial arm. Almberg nodded slightly, deciding to speak up.

"Yeah, as much as I wish we could slow them down permanently. We don't have the luxury of time. Please, just torch or make the bus explode and let's move on. Anything else would be counter productive. I'll go see if I can find some keys for the man with the cuffs meanwhile."

With that, Stefan boarded the bus again, looking through the rows of seats. It took him a while, but he eventually found a key, taking it with him as he stepped off the bus and went for the treeline. He could only hope the cops weren't already swarming towards the place. If they weren't, an explosion might certainly bring a lot of attention on these roads.

Stepping up to the man with the cuffs, he held up the key.

"I noticed you weren't uncuffed. Need a hand? If you need a weapon, you can take my baton as well. Keeping the gun though."

Smirking lightly at the man, Stefan tried to be as light hearted as he could. But it felt a little forced. He hated this situation.

 

[MortifiedPenguin]

It looked like Oliver was getting Stefen back on side, "Good," He said smiling brightly, "I'm sorry if I offended you as well, I guess its because we come from different worlds. We can't see eye to eye on everything."

He was annoyed that the albino woman had ignored his plan, but she had already started to put her plan into action.

"Miss Frost, the countryside of France is very large and very flat. Someone will be living within the radius of a few miles. A strange fire in the middle of agricultural France will bring questions, questions bring someone's attention and attention means the cops getting here sooner then we would like." He said sounding slightly alarmed hoping she would reconsider. "It's up to you, but I doubt our mysterious allies would be very happy if we brought the cops to them"

He saw he was too late, Robin had already cut the wires in the engine so it would blow. There was no going back now. He sullenly got to work on the hard drive, wiping any evidence they might have left behind.

"I've doctored the footage and the internal readings so it looks like we were all in it when the bus when it blows up" He glared at her, "Your not taking my eyes or my arm for you plan, would you ask a man to blind himself?"

 

[Hansinkdu]

"I'm not one for arson, so while you champs settle things here I'm going to take a gander at our destination."

Fearing the indecisiveness of the "group" would lead him to his undoing, Edmond took his first step off the bus since embarking on his one way trip to imprisonment. The cold rain gripped his hair like a lost child who wouldn't let go, the endless taps of leaking clouds echoed relentlessly within his ears as they met their end upon resistance, the hint of blood and munitions infected the purity of the cool night air he drew breath from, the darkened sky encircled the land suffocating light from all but the lone source, a bus stranded in a sea of trees on an outstretched road leading to black infinity. His first taste of freedom is bittersweet, but that suited Edmond just fine.

"Merveilleux!"

Returning his focus to the direction the voice heeded, he activated his thermal imaging imbedded in his eyes to scout ahead. Ensuring there was no immediate threat to the doctor he would begin his walk forwards, a lone figure in the dark woods humming a soft tune.

Spoiler: OOC

Nothing was happening so seeing if I cant get the old ball rolling

 

[7moreDead_v1legacy]

"You seem unusually cheery given the circumstances" he addressed her. "I'm Calvin by the way. What's your story?" Came a voice over her shoulder.

"Well so...Oh..." Her sentence trailing off as he turned back on too the bus. She carried on moving towards the treeline, the voice of the only other female on the bus drifted out. The words evidence and blowing something up were all Grace could make out but she got an idea of what may of been said.

"Waste of time...If the other buses have had similar fate it's not going to take an augmented genius too figure out somethings a miss." Shaking her head to accompany that thought...She trudged on wards and took cover under a tree. Wrapping her arms around herself, Abigail found herself wishing she had a jacket on when they initially picked her up.

She noticed the Doctor heading off the bus and heading towards her and let out a sharp whistle to get his attention "Hey Doc," she yelled over the rain and distance "I think they're gonna blow that thing - They've got a preeeeety good blast if it's done right, come watch the fireworks with me!"

Spoiler: OoC

Not the best I could of done but the last couple of days has drained me xD

 

[WhyBotherToTry]

Following Edmond out of the bus, Calvin headed back to the redhead, who was at this point standing under a tree with her arms wrapped around her torso. He headed over to her.

"Sorry about that. It was rude of me to just walk off like that but there was an unlawful amount of bickering on the bus that had to be dispelled. They've reached a conclusion at this point so all that's left to do is wait for them to enact it. So, wanna tell me who you are?" He smiled. "I promise I won't run off this time."

 

[Evrant-Knight]

Caspian had been standing with his back to the bus, listening to the plan that was coming together. Robin had appeared to of rigged the bus with some kind of remote detonator, which would effectively incinerate anything within a roughly ten meter distance, hopefully tricking the police into thinking that everyone on board had died.

To aid in this, the man with a fully cybernetic arm, Oliver if Caspian remembered correctly, had doctored the footage to show them on board at the time of the detonation. For a bunch of people that had only just met, it appeared as though they were working as some kind of team. Whilst Caspian had considered getting some cybernetic enhancements, it felt slightly unnatural to him. A few of the other passengers had taken shelter underneath a large tree, and from the looks of it, Abigail was feeling the worst. Caspian decided to walk over and see if he could help the woman.

"Well, it looks like things are slowly coming together; hopefully we don't dawdle here to long, part of me wants to find out who this mysterious person is who decided to come to our aid. No doubt he'll want something from us in return." Caspian remarked as he entered the leafy canopy of a large Oak tree. He then noticed that Abigail had her arms wrapped around herself. Without hesitation, Caspian removed his coat, and held it out to her.

"Here Miss Abigail, take my coat; looks like you need it more than me." He said with a smile.