We Are Our Avatars VI (Closed for Good)

[Kirke]

The Rookie stood up and aimed his pistol at Ness when she warped in, then seeing as she was right next to him, he tried to knock her out with a punch to the side of the head.
Damn, she is in a bad way.
(To Jessica: This is Tophat. Apologies for the knockout, but we needed to make sure you didn't escape.)

OoC: @Nail Oh, wasn't aware of that.

 

[Chungus]

So. She was taken then. Loki thought upon 'hearing' Ness' reply, walking over to the balcony over the lake, moving his hand off the pendant to keep his thoughts to himself. Placing his hand on the pendant again, Loki asked, Where are you now? I would aid in this matter. Having said that, Loki switched channels to answer Nybeth. I had expected as much, and have no objections. I shall contact you when we indeed do reach that stage.

OoC @Kirke: Can Tophat speak across different dimensions? 'Cause Erica and Valentine have returned to Skyrim.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness calmly blocked the punch and aimed her own pistol at the Rookie's visor. "Let her go... and I won't have to kill you."

I honestly have no idea where I am right now... All I know is that she's out cold right now and I'm staring her kidnapper's gun down. She replied to Loki.

OoC: To sleep...

 

[Drakmorg]

...Aaaargh...it fucking hurts... Jessica thoughts were becoming somewhat more coherant, but she was still clearly not entirely back 'into it'. In trying to lift her head up, she ended up banging it lightly against the tree, but left it there so she could try and examine her surroundings, simply moaning to herself again. When she looked up, her light sensitivity caused her to clamp her eyes shut, as they started hurting once she got an eyeful of her surroundings. ...Agh!...god damn... her thoughts went on to list just about every epithet she knew.
Her broken nose had caused her to bleed all over the front of her clothes, which combined with the blood the had been caked in the hair near her ears made her look disheveled.

 

[Kirke]

(To Jessica: Focus! Vanessa is right in front of you, ready to shoot James. The mind-control appears to be broken on you, but her mind is still not her own!)

The Rookie stood still, bending his knees slightly so he could jump to the side if needed.

 

[Chungus]

Annoying... Loki thought upon hearing Vanessa's answer. Turning around, Loki began pacing through the temple, where upon he spotted the blood trail. He hmm'd as he now noticed it wasn't anywhere near to where to corpses had been or were dragged to, then reached for his pendant again to contact Nybeth. I have a task for you sooner then anticipated. This blood trail here, I wish for you to assume your avian form and follow it. It will likely lead you to my missing vassal, or at the very least give an indication of where she has been taken.

OoC: 20k posts! Fuck yeah! \o/

 

[Drakmorg]

...What?... Jessica managed to force her eyes open enough to squint. She just barely managed to make out the details of Rookie and Ness pointing their guns at each other. ...oh...Oh...Oh!...OH goddamn... Her mind managed to bring itself into a greater degree of focus than before, but she was still having clear difficulties. She tried to stand up and speak, but lost her balance and tumbled forward, landing at Ness' feet. She looked up at Ness and tried to form words, but couldn't for the moment, so she did what she could and shook her head at her, closing her eyes beforehand as she felt blinded once again.

[hr]

Nybeth groaned as his work was interrupted before he was even able to truly begin. "Very well then. I do not see why I should waste the effort, but if I must, I must." He stepped away from his corner and examined the blood trail. Casting Black Plume, he assumed the form of a crow and began to follow the trail of blood. Since it was a trail from a nosebleed he was following, Nybeth had to fly lower and slower than he normally would in order to continue using it for tracking.

 

[Kirke]

(To Jessica: We need to scatter. Teleport to my position, ASAP. Sending visual description.)
Jessica would see the alleyway Tophat was in, as it looked around to give Jessica a clear view of how it looked.

 

[Chungus]

For one has a better view of things from the sky then one does from the ground. In addition, this little detour will yield one or more materials to work with, so I should think the effort is matched by the rewards. Loki telepathically answered, although he wasn't sure wherther or not Nybeth would hear now that he was a crow. After waking up Rita and informing her of what was going on, Loki shrouded himself and her, then followed crow-Nybeth out of the temple, believing the chances of anyone else finding it to be slim at best.

 

[Kirke]

OoC: Well shit, now we need @Dot.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness looked down at Jessica shaking her head at her feet. Though she kept her pistol aimed at the Rookie, he'd noticed that she seemed a bit distracted by Jess' behavior and more importantly how beat up she looked. "Jess... just hold on alright. The master will be coming to help us soon... so just hold on.." Provided Rookie didn't take advantage of her talking to Jess, she'd quickly try to pistol whip the man in front of her.

 

[Furioso]

Rita followed Crow-Nybeth.

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica stopped moving her head as she heard Ness speaking, then immediately upon her mentioning the word 'master' start shaking her head much more vigorously, seeming panicked by the suggestion. She tried to prop herself up, but once again failed to maintain motor control and flopped down onto the ground again.

[hr]

Nybeth-Crow was slowly and steadily following the trail of Jessica's blood. Occasionally he lost track of it, what with their not being terribly much of it to follow, and had to take several minutes to find it once again. With the distance that had to be covered in following the trail, progress was incredibly slow.

 

[Kirke]

(To the Rookie: Trooper, you need to get out of there now! I've lost the other contacts!)
The Rookie used the slight waver of focus on Ness's side to fire off a quick trio of shots into the arm she was holding the pistol in, following up by hitting her in the forehead with the butt of his gun.

 

[DotSlash]

Ness looked even more confused and concerned when she noticed Jess seem to be against getting help from the crew. As such, she took all three shots and winced as she dropped her gun, blood dripping out of each hole. As Rookie pistol whipped her, she cried out before falling over on the floor, unconscious.

 

[Chungus]

Loki still looked towards the sky as he followed Crow-Nybeth, becoming increasingly aggitated by how long things were taking.

 

[Kirke]

The Rookie grabbed the scroll from his belt, and opened it. It was covered in strange, almost hostile markings. In the middle, there was a circle that could be described as being a mix between a portal of the Winterhold type and the eye of Sauron. After looking at it for a moment, a two meter tall portal alike to this opened a meter or so away. The Rookie picked up Ness and Jessica, carrying them at one shoulder each. He grunted at the weight as he stood up, then he walked into the portal. The portal exploded loudly a moment later, leaving the ground scorched.
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Now I wait. I wish I could contact them...
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The Rookie, Jessica and Ness fell through onto a gray floor, and the portal closed behind them. It was dark, and now and then a alien dropship flew across the cloudy sky.

Spoiler: Welcome to New Mombasa

 

[Furioso]

Rita kept following Crow-Nybeth.

 

[Drakmorg]

Jessica opened her eyes in a squint just in time to see Ness get shot and smacked in the head. She went wide-eyed in distress and tried to shriek something out in a panic, but still found herself stumbling over her words. After the Rookie had picked up her and Ness and hoisted them through the portal, she glanced around at her new surroundings. ...Where?...This is awful...

[hr]

Flash-Forward several hours later...
Nybeth-Crow led Loki and Rita to the point where Jessica, Ness and the Rookie had been. After spending another hour or so flying around trying to pick up the trail, Nybeth led them back to the scorched patch of ground near where the trail seemed to end. The crow landed on a tree branch and started preening its feathers. "It appears that we have lost the trail. They must have realized they were giving us something to track and rectified that....What an appalling waste of time this has been." Nybeth communicated, displaying that he could do so while shifted into Crow form.

 

[Furioso]

Rita frowned and crossed her arms in thought "Ugh... well now what?"