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Post by SV on Jun 7, 2010 13:09:15 GMT -5
Recall that Nicole can apparently appearify things (i.e. paintings into your car). Ponder for a moment if perhaps she could appearify Mde. Mangjeol at the museum.
Decide that, while possible, it doesn't make an awful lot of sense.
Press Mde. Mangjeol on the matter. You must get her to talk!
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Jun 7, 2010 13:11:18 GMT -5
Ponder if she can deappearify memories
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 7, 2010 16:13:06 GMT -5
The latest.YOONthat's really all there is to say on the matter Biscuit - 7 Elliot - 20 Lee - 11 SV - 13
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 7, 2010 16:19:15 GMT -5
wtf gloomy joanne
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Jun 7, 2010 16:28:49 GMT -5
Exit. Offer a stammered apology.
Promise that this will be the last time a monetary issue rises and you will pay off your debt as soon as the case is solved.
Entertain the thought that Nicole's powers alter the perception of an object instead of appearifying/deappearifying items. Consider it plausible.
Ponder the name "Gloomy Joanne". A nickname? An actual name? Or could it even be Nicole?
Consider the mass debt that Pohatu is being placed in.
ESCAPE FROM ABOVE (or to the side)
In haste while escaping (from above/side), accidentally drop something. Consider it too risky to return and retrieve it. Mourn loss of hat again.
Go and acquire a new hat. Any PI needs a hat. And a nice one at that!
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 7, 2010 19:58:17 GMT -5
Yoon's filthy rich. Surely you have something other than money that could be more valuable to her. Information, perhaps. Or your magical pipe, with its curious properties.
You know what you saw. Yoon's name was clearly written on that log. Realize that Nicole has been toying with you for far longer than you initially believed.
Have a mental break and tear down her defenses with a scathing recount of all the stresses you have endured over the course of the day. Impress upon her that today, of all days, you are NOT a man to be trifled with, and if she does not intend to assist you, then you'll need to be on your way.
Pull a Collateral and tell Yoon that Friar Tuck needs to put the piece away before you take it from him and beat his bitch ass to death with it.
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Post by SV on Jun 8, 2010 13:35:13 GMT -5
Explain that you can't settle your debt until you solve this most dastardly caper and receive the monetary reward you will certainly earn.
Pinky-promise that you'll pay up this time.
Offer bubble-pipe as collateral.
Maybe you couldn't possibly part with your bubble-pipe. Search pockets for something Mde. Mangjeol might be interested in.
Ponder whether or not you have information Mde. Mangjeol might be interested in; propose a trade if you do.
Ask Mde. Mangjeol very nicely.
Wonder about what other ways Nicole may have been screwing with you.
This stress is almost too much for you to handle! Tweak moustache to ease your mind.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 10, 2010 16:19:23 GMT -5
The latest.I may or may not have kept thinking of different bits of commentary to write here as I was putting that post together. I forget all of them. So uh. Suggestions please. Biscuit - 11 Elliot - 27 Lee - 11 SV - 21
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 10, 2010 17:42:16 GMT -5
She was wearing that unweildy blue backpack, as no doubt you must recall... I've got half a mind to say Nicole's no Power. Either way, You have to have the true identity. Agree to it. Venture a question as to what's got Yoon so spooked. Be 'encouraged' to leave as soon as possible. Ask Yoon how she and 'Nicole' are acquainted. Press further. What sort of ability does she have? How do they know each other? Why is she toying with you?
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Post by SV on Jun 10, 2010 22:23:32 GMT -5
Oh no! You can't handle this kind of tension and stress much longer! Moustache...must...be...tweaked!
Discuss collateral again. Surely you have something Mde. Mangjeol would be interested in until you can (hopefully) crack this case and get your just desserts.
Turn up the French charm and seduce sweet Lady Mangjeol...No, that's a probably a horrid idea. Drink wine, think fast!
Decide you probably don't have an awful lot of time before you're forcibly asked to leave the premises -- best to make the most of it.
Decide you'll probably get the most out of her by pressing her further.
Decide to try and convince her that you can solve it; you'll be more indebted, yes, but you'll get more information that way and won't tarnish your already lackluster rapport with Mde. Mangjeol.
Take her up on her deal; prepare to resort to pressing and pleading and the like later, when she can charge you for it.
...Tweak moustache!
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 11, 2010 17:54:03 GMT -5
The latest....yoonthat's really all there is to say on the matter Biscuit - 16 Elliot - 25 Lee - 10 SV - 28
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Jun 11, 2010 18:16:45 GMT -5
gog dammit i didn't even have time to reply. IN THE MORNING I SHALL
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Post by Yoshimitsu on Jun 11, 2010 18:23:48 GMT -5
Wonder if the King of Clubs is involved.
Tweak moustache. Seriously, it's been a while since you had a proper tweaking fit. Start a frickin' fire with that thing.
Comfort Yoon further. She is in dire need of it.
Press her for information. A second mystery to solve? Sounds like a plan!
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Post by SV on Jun 12, 2010 0:45:16 GMT -5
Wonder who "he" is, who has Mde. Mangjeol trapped. Suppose for a moment that it is the man who just arrived at the table. Perish the thought! It appears they've never met.
Decide instead to (gently!) ask Mde. Mangjeol what she's talking about.
In a bout of chivalry, vow to right the wrongs to which she has fallen victim! Surely your impressive sleuthing skills can prove of some assistance to the poor woman.
Attempt to free hand from Mde. Mangjeol's vice grip.
You won't be able to get your information while Mde. Mangjeol is in this state! Console her to the best of your ability.
Do something characteristically klutzy yet endearing to cheer Mde. Mangjeol up.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 12, 2010 16:19:13 GMT -5
The latest.Not much pressure for suggestions right now, actually, since I'll let SV post once more before we follow Renard out of the Passione Rossa and onto the street, but start thinking about where he should go next. I've got a particular location in mind where he might get some answers and although my next post might somehow help clarify this, it couldn't hurt to start cooking up ideas now. Also anyone who'd like to RP a taxi driver please be on deck 'cuz that's the last new character I'll need for this story. Renard ain't goin' nowhere in that small black automobile for the moment! Biscuit - 16 Elliot - 28 Lee - 10 SV - 34
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 12, 2010 16:20:58 GMT -5
oo memememememememe
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 12, 2010 16:37:37 GMT -5
Silly! I've still got you on reserve with Waylon Bell! Don't think I've forgotten about him.
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Post by SV on Jun 12, 2010 17:21:20 GMT -5
My day has been full of car washing. Expect a post later tonight.
[EDIT]: I suck. Post first thing when I get up tomorrow, double pinky-swear or you all have permission to come and yell at me.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 12, 2010 22:19:47 GMT -5
Oh, my dear Pohatu...
You'll never forget Waylon Bell.
Never ever.
(this space reserved for suggestions when Biscuit is less fucked up)
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 14, 2010 21:33:43 GMT -5
The latest. Time for the taxi driver! Who wants this one? Next post in the topic takes it, as usual. Thanks to SV for the Narita cameo, by the way. And just where does Renard think he's going? If you have an idea, perhaps you'd like to suggest it now. Hint: There's a clue right there in the latest post for you! Also, a fun bit of trivia, spoilered 'cuz you should read the latest post first: The character count (minus spaces) in Yoon's revised message to Renard is exactly the same as the count from her original entry in the visitor's log. (182 for both.) That's not a silly coincidence in case you were about to ask. And of course "Gloomy Joanne" also has the same character count as "Yoon Mangjeol", although that should be so obvious it doesn't bear mentioning. With Renard on the final leg of the journey, Act Three is now underway! Stay tuned as all of your questions get answered one-by-one. Well, maybe not all of them, but I'm going to see if I can set a record for the number of little "Oh...! Ohhh" moments induced on one page of RP. Should be a fun time. Act Two recap to follow.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 14, 2010 22:39:03 GMT -5
man, I had the BEST Middle Eastern cabbie duo (that's right, DUO) lined up.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jun 14, 2010 22:47:46 GMT -5
That's cool, Biscuit. Go ahead. Unless someone else jumps in firstAnyway, [url=http://archipelagoexodus.proboards.com/index.cgi?action=display&board=orp2&thread=2610&page=4[HASH]53705]continuing from where we left off...[/url] THE CASE OF THE BURGLED BOULLOGNE ACT TWO SUMMARYRenard Rouletabille decides to stop in at his favorite coffee shop, Demitasse, in the hope of finding someone with a laptop who'll consent to let him watch the DVD with the security footage. Heends up approaching Lacy Garrelcette, reasoning that she must understand computers best of anyone in the room due to her rapid-fire pointing and clicking (she's playing a first-person shooter). Lacy proves surprisingly agreeable and unperturbed by the Frenchman's quaint mannerisms, and she pops the DVD into her laptop. The menu gives the option to begin at any hour of the footage; Renard, after deliberation, chooses the hour of 3 o'clock, reasoning that the afternoon will be the best time to find Yoon Mangjeol. Sure enough, she eventually appears on-camera, admiring Le roi Midas without any suspicious actions. However, a conspicuous incident occurs apparently without her noticing: another visitor who was circling the wall in the opposite direction spots Mme. Mangjeol and hurriedly changes direction, not reappearing until Mme. Mangjeol has left the wing. This other visitor is a woman with dirty blond hair and a sizeable backpack who lingers in front of the Boullogne for a while before losing her balance (a boy running by has hit her accidentally) and pressing a hand against the frame of the painting to steady herself. Renard recognizes this as the woman whom he saw in the parking lot of Albarello and decides to return to the pharmacy after thanking Lacy. When he retrieves his car from outside the Winstone Gallery of Art, he briefly converses again with Commissioner Williams, who doesn't seem to find the incident of any particular interest. Since Renard can't pique his enthusiasm by proving that the woman is a Power of any sort, Williams retires indoors and leaves Renard to proceed to Albarello alone. Tom, the employee with whom he spoke earlier, believes Renard has returned for an old photograph he mistakenly brought in along with the shoddy work Albarello developed: the photo is a relic from an earlier, failed investigation Renard had conducted in Europe against the King of Clubs. Renard is glad to have the photo back but insists that he is here for another reason: to inquire about the woman with the backpack. Tom readily recognizes her as having driven the sleek silver Corvette which Renard noticed earlier on his way in, but thereafter doesn't want to reveal more about the woman at the risk of endangering his job, betraying only that her first name is Nicole. Renard accepts this favor and leaves Albarello. His smoke break outside the store is interrupted by an unexpected sight: a sleek silver Corvette rolling down Bushmint Street. Renard hurriedly follows the car after catching a glimpse of the driver's dirty blond hair. The Corvette leads him toward the docks and then throws him off. (I meant that he loses the Corvette's trail, but I'll keep the sentence that way because I like how I reread it and thought the Corvette threw Renard off the docks.) Renard gets out of his own automobile to search the garages on foot, but eventually gives up and returns to his car, where a number of surprises await him, chief among them being the appearance of Le roi Midas in the front passenger's seat along with a handwritten note of apology. As soon as Renard picks the painting up, it disappears, revealing another taunting handwritten note while the Corvette roars away. He also discovers that the driver's window and the steering wheel have vanished, leaving the car inoperable. Despite this bewildering setback, Renard realizes that he's within walking distance of the Passione Rossa -- where Yoon Mangjeol conducts her business -- and decides to go there on foot, taking the handwritten notes with him (both of which appear to have been torn off a sheet detailing air travel information). Madame Mangjeol seems distinctly flighty and less warm than usual, and she initially denies having been at the Gallery two afternoons ago. Renard tries in vain to prove her presence there -- even his trump card is foiled when the page from the visitor's log is seen to bear the name of one "Gloomy Joanne" instead of the Korean information broker's. Once Renard realizes she's afraid that he might be accusing her, he does his best to convince her that he doesn't believe she's guilty; she eventually comes to believe him and admits that she was at the Gallery at that time. She noticed the woman with the backpack deliberately avoiding her, but can't do much with this knowledge; Mme. Mangjeol has no idea what Power, if any, this woman has and how she might have stolen the Boullogne. She can clarify only that the woman's name isn't Nicole, it's Channery Keigler. Renard presses for more information, but Madame Mangjeol harshly reminds him of the debt to her he's already accumulated, and warns that she's done being generous: if she finds out that Renard has claimed the reward on the Boullogne but hasn't come by to pay his dues, she'll post a bounty on his head. In the middle of this threat, Mme. Mangjeol breaks down crying and confesses that she is "trapped" by forces she doesn't want Renard to endanger himself by investigating. Renard barely has time to inquire further before Sarosin Narita appears at the table, hoping to ask about someone he's looking for. Mme. Mangjeol recovers and casually sends Renard on his way, and the detective exits the Passione Rossa with, if anything, even more questions than when he walked in. Then Pohatu sits back and takes a deep breath after having written that whole thing without actually consulting the RP at any point. Consider the mass debt that Pohatu is being placed in. It's some f*cking debt.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 15, 2010 0:25:42 GMT -5
ARCHIPELAGO EXODUS
YOU HAVE UNTIL 2PM TOMORROW TO JUMP IN AS THE TAXI DRIVER
OTHERWISE I WILL DO IT AND YOU WILL ALL LOOK AND FEEL LIKE SHITTING DICKNIPPLES
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Post by SV on Jun 15, 2010 1:16:59 GMT -5
"Gloomy Joanne" is an anagram of Yoon Mangjeol!
I know! It's awesome. Everyone else probably knew that before me, though.
I've also got a pretty good suspicion as to what powers "Nicole" has. But everyone else probably knows that already, too.
I'm quite oblivious.
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Post by ch00beh on Jun 15, 2010 2:34:56 GMT -5
Nicole can fly and shoot fireballs.
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Post by The Evil Biscuit on Jun 15, 2010 6:31:31 GMT -5
Nicole can fly and shoot fireballs. omg of COURSE
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