We Are Our Avatars IX: Act V: The Sabotage of the Scandolous Saurian Scoundrels (Open)

[Chungus]

Looking at the hospital, and seeing all but the peacekeeping personal head inside, with the occasions of someone leaving growing less and less, the bug looked to the sky, while also continueing to watch the activity below. Seeing the sky grow ever darker, the bug figured the daylight hours would soon be over, decided it would be time to move before long.

It stepped to its bag to retrieve its rifle and extended its hand towards it, but decided against taking it out. The rifle was large and unwieldly, which would hamper it considderably. Moving to the back of the building, the bug climbed out of the hole in the wall, sticking to the wall, and jumping between building to building. It had seen a window that was relatively close to where the ICU, with the orderly memories letting it know there were only a few hallways between that entry point and its destination. Getting from point A to point B unseen, however, might still be a problem.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Samus picked up speed, following the alien, keeping just behind him.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

The window was clear for now, no-one seeming to be in the room beyond.

 

[Chungus]

Jumping from building to building, the bug eventually jumped and stuck to the wall of the hospital. Climbing up to the window it had seen, avoiding moving right over other windows or even stepping on their frame, the bug looked around when it reached the window, while also keeping a watchful eye on its surroundings.

Seeing the coast was clear, the bug tried to open the window if possible. If not, it would look to see what the frame was made of, and if it could chew through it.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

The window would open, allowing the bug safe passage.

 

[Drakmorg]

Seeing everyone running off again, Vicky kept moving, lagging behind and staying at the back of the group. Wonder if the Pocket's fixed any more yet?... She rubbed her left ring finger against the bottom of her palm, and was pleasantly surprised to find that it triggered a flash of light. Looking at her palm, she found that she now had a small cylindrical object in her hand, roughly the size of an AA battery, but completely smooth and colored a solid, shiny red. Now that's more like it! This I can do something with... She smiled to herself as she rolled the object around in her hands for a few seconds before dismissing it back to the plane from whence it came.

 

[Chungus]

Finding the window could open, the bug opened it only a little, so it just stood ajar. Then, the bug climbed down a little, moving its nostrils to the opening. It smelled the air inside the hospital, searching for the scents of people and judging how close they were based on how strongly the scent or scents would hang in the air. Without any wind to hamper its scent, its sense of smell had a considderable range going up to 45m/147ft.

Wherther or would smell any people nearby or not, the bug would find the smell of cleaning agents and other artificial smells unpleasant.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

The bug would smell two people at the end of the hallway beyond the room, one of them pushing a cart laden with disinfectants and medicine.

 

[Chungus]

Smelling the people, the bug snorted softly. It likely wouldn't be able to get by them without being seen. Potentially, it thought, the bug could make a distraction and slip by, but this wouldn't be an ideal situation.

After thinking for a moment on how to best progress, the bug looked up, and to the wall at the same time. It looked to see if there was drywall covering the ceiling that could possible be removed, and if it could see an airduct. If the it could see an airduct, the bug would estimate how large it was.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

There was a duct, but it was probably just too small for the Bug to fit.

 

[Chungus]

Seeing that the ceiling didn't have drywall plates, the bug looked the air vent over more closely, looking through the grating to see how wide the duct was. It might fit inside height wise, it found, but there was no way it could fit in width wise, its wings making this impossible, even if they were folded as close to its body as was possible.

With no other option left, the bug would have to move through the hallway. Climbing up a little more, the bug slowly opened the window more closely, and climbed through. Approaching the doorway of the room that lead into the hallway, the bug slowly opened the the door and poked its head through just enough that its left eye and a portion of its antenna could be seen, were one to look.

The bug looked to the two people at the end of the hallway, looking to see if they were moving towards or away from its position, and also looked to see if if there was something it could hide behind in the hallway.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

Both the humans were looking away, and the one that had the cart was stood in a place that suggested he would be walking away from the bug.

 

[Slenn]

Gwen stood by EMily, who were walking with the rest of the group, searching the radio waves for any more leads.

 

[Chungus]

Seeing the two people moving away from where it was, the bug moved back to the window, and softly closed it, then moved back to the door once more and poked its eye beyond the opening again. If the people were still facing away from it, the bug would move its head to the door opening more, and looked if there were any other doors in the hallway, and if the hallway did have drywall plates covering the ceiling.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

The people were still looking the other way. The hallway had drywall, and there were a few doors to other rooms, one directly opposite the bug.

 

[Chungus]

Seeing there was drywall plating on the hallway, the bug thought of leaving the room and head to the opposite side of the hallway where the people stood to remove a plate and try to crawl under the space thereunder, but decided against it, figuring that if it found it couldn't fit, and there would be someone coming from that hallway, too, it would leave the bug boxed in. Not worth the risk.

Instead, it pulled its head back, and kept watch on the two people with the cart, waiting for them to move. While it waited, it decided to try and listen in on the two's conversation, although it might not pick up on it clearly, its sense of hearing not as acute as its sense of sight or smell.

 

[Outisakanobody]

Just then a janitor walked up and started mopping outside the bugs room. He had a portable radio playing which was tuned to the news. It told of a homeless street magician who was wowing people in Aberdeen, Scotland. The man, Yorick Rask, refused to be recorded but did answer a few questions. One queston was if he came from another world like so many others. He said "yes probably."

 

[Gearhead mk2]

The conversation was mufled, but the bug could get the gist of it. They seemed to be talking about the influx on patients they'd had in the last few days. The one with the cart mentioned going to the ICU.

 

[Chungus]

The bug couldn't pick up much of he conversation, less so when it picked up another smell approaching, which made it glad it didn't go with its original plan of leaving the room. Pulling its head back and closing the door, the bug climbed up the wall, and to the ceiling above the door.

From there, it listened to the broadcast coming from the radio the janitor had with him. It didn't quite know what to make of what the interviewer meant by "other works", but put this down as it probably misinterpreting what was said. Either way, it comitted the story to memory, to look in to further another time.

For the time being, the bug stayed where it was, as moving would mean being detected with someone just outside the room.

 

[Gearhead mk2]

The janitor eventually moved on, as did the man with the cart., heading down the hall. That only left the other man, who was currently standing outside of me of the rooms, looking at a chart. Buglet could sneak past.