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Post by AngelicTragedy on Jan 21, 2009 1:32:31 GMT -5
Emmett pulled off his jacket and tossed it aside to get a bit of the wetness away from him. He crossed the small strip of land beside the stream and placed both palms on the rock face, a faint cracking found issued from under them. A quick, yet fluid, flow of grey-brown rushed up Emmetts arms and around his torso. Within a few seconds his whole body was the same earthy color and appeared to be made of stone. Emmett's now stone face creaked out a smile and then another wave of stone rushed up onto his arms. This new wave formed what appeared to be stone gauntlets over his hands and a mouth guard the helped to cover his neck as well. Emmett pulled away from the wall and stretched a bit.
"Just get my close and I'll dismantle anything you want. It's been a while since I've got to fully shell myself." Emmett rumbled from under his stone mask.
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Post by Hamuu on Jan 21, 2009 1:52:20 GMT -5
“Depending on what the other powers are, I could serve as a pretty good distraction. Oh, and I almost forgot.”
Jasper fumbled in his pocket and pulled out several earpieces, “Too many,” he said as he dropped a couple back into his pocket. “There we go, see I can only jump somewhere I have seen. However, I can jump anywhere as long as I have a signal to follow. I’ll hang back here till everyone’s ready then I can just port around randomly and make for a good distraction. If anyone needs help just give a shout and I’ll get you back here.”
“If that’s alright with you?” Jasper said as he looked over at May.
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“So, you’re the new girl?” asked a beady-eyed woman.
“Yeah,” said Hannah cheerfully, “I’ve been assigned Patient 29K.”
“Ah, so you have super strength. Right this way.” The woman began leading Hannah down a long hallway.
“How did you know that was my ability?” she asked while making mental note of where she was being led.
“Patient 29K is a special case, we’ve documented at least three separate powers that he posses. When they brought him in it required a reinforced forklift to move him. It would appear he is so dense that he isn’t strong enough to move himself.”
“That’s so sad,” Hannah said with a frown, “No wonder they reassigned me. But that’s only one power…”
“Well the other two have been discovered since we’ve had him here. Apparently, he doesn’t need to eat or drink. When we discover that we brought in a mind reader but the patient has an unreadable mind, well that or he’s just brain dead. If he’s had the two powers since birth then he’s been a life long vegetable. Well here we are.”
The woman opened the door and ushered Hannah in. In the center of the room was a large bed with what seemed to have rebar and steel reinforcing it. The man lying in the bed was about 5’10” and rather lean. Shaggy black hair fell over his eyes, which were open and staring blankly at nothing in particular. Hannah ran a hand though her fiery red hair as she looked at him quizzically.
“Thought he’d be fat didn’t you? It’s ok everyone assumes that. Well you don’t have to do much, you can talk to him if you want. Later in the day if you feel up to it we have a special wheel chair for him if you’d like to take him out into town for awhile, make him feel normal for awhile. Good luck.” With a wave, the nurse disappeared out the door.
Hannah sat down in a chair near the bed and looked at the man for a moment before pulling out a book. “It’s called Pride and Prejudice. I hope you don’t mind of I read it too you.” She smiled and leaned back as she began to read the book aloud.
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Post by Kuroboom on Jan 21, 2009 6:29:54 GMT -5
Ben grimaced, though not from the chilly water. This girl was to be in charge of this mission, but she had too much at stake to go in level-headed. He really didn’t want to say anything, but people’s lives were at stake with this. A non-partisan opinion was needed for this or else they would suffer unnecessary casualties.
Clearing his throat slightly, he spoke up. “May, I know you have a lot to lose here, but it’d prolly be best to let someone else take control of this mission. Going in when you care too much about the objective is a good way to get someone greased. Now, from what you’ve told us, I wanna lay out some tactics. We don’t know where exactly the hostages are or how many people are guarding them, nor do we know what kind of powers are in there. That information is insufficient to go with. We’ve already lost the element of surprise since the sniper had to have reported seeing someone. Also, there may be a spotter with the sniper to watch his back, but I’m not sure since the sniper missed you which makes me question the enemy’s level of sophistication. If the sniper does have a spotter though, they’re almost always near one another. My plan is to have Emmett armor himself with steel or whatever the hardest object we have available is.” He turned to Emmett and said, “Rocks are good and all, but I don’t want you getting killed.” Continuing his plan to May, Ben went on, “He will stick his head up and get shot, which will let us know where the sniper is.” Turning now to Jasper, Ben said, “Jasper, if you can only go to places you’ve seen, you’ll need to be right behind Emmett so you can see where the shot comes from. If Emmett can create some sort of cover for you, that’d be best. Now, if you can take at least one other person with you, I’ll go with you to the sniper’s location and kill the spotter and take any communication devices or intel that he has while you subdue the sniper. It shouldn’t be hard to get the drop on him since he’ll be focused on guarding the perimeter. You will then teleport back with the sniper and Orsini will subdue him and then Jasper will retrieve me so I can interrogate him. Of course,” he paused, “That is all assuming you can bring a person along. If not, you’ll take my pistol and kill the spotter and then the sniper and retrieve any intel off of them. I have a silencer on it so you won’t have to worry about raising an alarm until the enemy has realized the two are dead.”
He gave a cough, as he was unaccustomed to speaking for that long, and asked May “So how does that sound?”
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Post by Hamuu on Jan 21, 2009 11:48:34 GMT -5
Jasper nodded, "Yeah I can take along a person."
He looked down at the ear pieces in his hand, "Still it would make me feel a lot better if you guys would put these on."
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Post by Kuroboom on Jan 21, 2009 13:21:12 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry, forgot about them. Also, shortpost. BIC: Ben nodded. Communication would be essential should the group separate. He took an earpiece and put it on his ear.
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Post by kazkame on Jan 21, 2009 15:13:12 GMT -5
Virgil hated two things. Water and the cold, both of which he had to deal with. One His foot got stuck in the bottom of the river when he and the other had teleported in to the area. “This day keeps getting better and better.” He said miming a shovel head and the handle. His foot came out of the muck with easy after he shoveled himself out. He then listened to Ben, Jasper and May talk about a plan for the mission. He decided to let go of his shovel and grabbed an ear piece from Jasper. “I think the two man team idea would work perfectly on this mission. I use to do recovery before I took a break last year. “, He adjusted the ear piece into his ear and continued talking. “ I suggest we don’t go to big too soon, take out the sniper and possibly the spotter quietly. Then another team goes through the main door and another may possibly go in a back door. “ He began to create a box to sit on while they discuss what to do.
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Jan 21, 2009 15:29:53 GMT -5
"We have a problem there then Ben." Emmett said to the group as he withdrew the stone from his head so that he could place the earpiece that he had taken from Jasper.
"I can only shell myself fully with a material if I have enough of it to match the mass that it would be to cover my body. If I remember correctly, we didn't bring a whole lot of steel with us. Unless Jasper can teleport me right next to one of those cars, we're going to have to find some other source of metal so I can fully encase myself." Emmett said, the care-free nature of his voice was slightly supressed.
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Post by Kuroboom on Jan 21, 2009 15:55:39 GMT -5
"Hmm..." Ben thought for a second and then asked, "Is there any way you can concentrate it all in your head and neck area? That's really the only area that needs to be protected."
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Post by Hamuu on Jan 21, 2009 16:51:42 GMT -5
"What if the sniper shoots him in the eye?" Jasper asked after everyone had taken an ear piece.
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Post by kazkame on Jan 21, 2009 17:26:06 GMT -5
"He would be dead and fall to the floor. While he falls to the ground the snipers might possibly give the thumbs up to killing the whole family. Thus ending our mission and ruining May's life." he said adjusting the pin on his tie.
"Game Over"
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jan 21, 2009 18:08:00 GMT -5
"I get what you mean..." May backed away and slumped against the slope beside her, staying silent. She only moved beyond nodding when the earpiece was given to her, immediately placing it by her ear. When Virgil voiced his negative view, she started to slouch, and then stopped.
"We can do this plan just fine... All we need is another step. Jasper, I hope that you can do these things rapid-fire with a hefty passenger, because otherwise, you're going to be dead tired afterwards..." May put her finger to the side of her chin.
"We layer our attack. Jasper pops Orsini into the van. He then comes back here, and gets ready-" The girl paused to catch her breath.
"Anyways, Orsini does whatever he can to disable it and cause a distraction, after however much time it'll take Jasper and Em to recover and set up for the next step. The moment he hears the bullet hit our pal there, that's his signal. That's our signal. Virgil, if you can, give us some light cover fire while this is going down. I don't know how well you can reel that power back in, but all I want are a lot of broken windows and crap. We can't be sure where they're keeping my parents, so..." May paused again, this time seemingly at a loss for words until she noticed the other girl. That was it, her ace in the hole.
"Kai, while all of this chaos is going on, you and I will go around the back way. We just need to get beneath the windows unseen, which shouldn't be too difficult with all the stuff we're throwing at them. If you can drag me along quicker than I can run, it'd be muchly appreciated. Anyways, once we get there, you'll be in charge of checking all the ground and basement rooms with windows. See if you can pick off anything."
May then held out her arms in front of her, as if stretching.
"I'll check the upper floor."
OOC: I'm assuming that everybody's shared info on their powers by now, so I'm just working with it.
And to those who say May shouldn't be good at tactics... Well, she has been schooled by APCARP for the past ten years. Of course, that doesn't mean that she won't slip up, sooo...
And I want to throw in a grateful comment to Ben somewhere in there for sparking the idea and covering for her, but it just doesn't quite fit. Maybe at some other point?
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Jan 21, 2009 18:12:00 GMT -5
"I've got enough plates in my jacket to cover my head, neck, and hands which should be plenty, but if I take a chest shot there is no promise that I'm going to be able to do it again. As for getting hit in the eye while I'm shelled...He better squeeze off two rounds because that's what it's going to take. One to take out the shell, one to kill me. I'm better at surviving than you give me credit for." Emmett winked at Virgil as he stalked over to his soaking jacket.
Emmett began opening pockets on his jacket and touching plates of titanium hidden all around the jacket. Quickly, the gauntlets on his hands turned into a smooth silver mass that ended in pointed fingers and knuckles. Once his hands were taken care of he placed the back of the jacket to his forehead and began to develop what appeared to be a skin tight helm over his head with a visor with three thin slits over his eyes. The wave of silver washed down his neck and merged with the stone on his chest at the shoulder line. Without thinking he put his jacket back on and popped his neck.
"My jacket will help protect my heart a bit but I don't have much coverage in here so that it's not like wearing around a suit of armor at all times. I can take about two shots given my shell as is, but if I take that second in the same spot as the first I'm dead. Oh well, I've always been up for a challenge." Emmett remarked in a metallic tone from under his imposing metal mask.
OOC- Damn, Lee posted at the same time I did.
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Post by Hamuu on Jan 21, 2009 18:35:47 GMT -5
"Alright," said Jasper as he loosened up his muscles, "I pop the big guy in the van. Then I come back here and wait for the tin can to get shot, at which point me and Benny visit our friendly neighborhood sniper. Sounds good to me. Oh and if you guys get any kinda look at the hostages tell me. I'll port to ya, grab them, and get the heck outta there. At which point we shift from rescue to capture."
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Post by kazkame on Jan 21, 2009 18:36:31 GMT -5
Virgil stepped off his box " I like doing something different ever once in a while. I dunno whether to use The boomerang or a rock. I think I might use a a wrecking ball. Just kidding about that. but..." He began to squeeze his box vertically and then angled it. " I guess I'm using th boomerang.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jan 21, 2009 20:41:56 GMT -5
"I see I must be clearer. To get into the car, this I can do without this man Jasper. You see--" In mid-sentence, Shrapnel exploded.
It wasn't a true explosion. A mere bang. There was for this instant no sight, no feeling. But he had commanded his molecules, and they answered him. He was in the next instant reassembled, clothes and all, but at a spot perhaps twenty feet behind them among the trees; his previous thought, south, echoed still in his mind.
He brushed off his jacket.
"--it is nothing like the teleportation I have seen to be done by APCARP. But across the street and into a car? This I can do easily. There must be for you, Jasper, a better task."
OOC: And that's Orsini's power reveal. I must be the king of powers that would leave their users naked if I didn't specify that they applied to their clothes too. Anyway, yeah -- not a teleporter, but capable of projecting his molecules in a particular direction when he explodes to cover a short distance. He can get into the car by himself.
So, Lee... you'll have to PM me if there's anything important in the mysterious white van, because Orsini's default instinct is going to be to blow that shit up. I want to know whether he should switch his strategy to "take whatever's important, chuck it out of the window, and then blow that shit up" or simply "don't blow that shit up".
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Post by SV on Jan 24, 2009 1:10:10 GMT -5
OOC: Sorry about my lack of posting. It's been a really rough week. =/ But I'm back now.
BIC:
Kai waded out of the stream to where the team had gathered. For now, she was bored. Planning a strategy was boring. No one had mentioned her, which was boring. She only looked up for a second at the sound of sniper fire, long enough to determine that she was in no immediate danger and that everyone was okay, before returning to picking at her nails.
Her mien of boredom continued through the duration of the debriefing until May spoke to her. She turned her hand over, as though examining her nails, when her hand disappeared. "Hon," she said, looking at the girl, "we'll have no problem at all getting in there undetected."
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jan 26, 2009 20:35:03 GMT -5
"Okay," May clapped her hands, and glanced around the group, "Orsini, get to the van. Now. We're not going to waste any time pulling off this plan, people."
"Emmett, get ready. Once we're out of sight around the bend there, give us a ten count, then pop up. Once he gets shot, Ben, we'll need you to point Jasper to the right spot. Virgil, you cover their entrance with an attack on their position, and Orsini wrecks up their van. We'll go from there," May twitched her arms, and unfurled sheer white streamers from them that she must have attached in the time that she had been talking.
"Okay... Three, two, one... GO!" She spun, leaping onto the slope, and ran horizontally along it. She tensed her legs, bracing against sliding, and continued her sprint until she had rounded the bend in the stream that would put them into a flanking position. She skidded, digging in her heels, and caught herself with her fingertips before she could tumble back into the icy water.
"Kai... Y'ready for this, girl?" May toyed with her earpiece, waiting for the inevitable chaos to unfold.
OOC: Go on, guys. Rip it up.
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Post by AngelicTragedy on Jan 26, 2009 20:58:56 GMT -5
"Eight...Nine...TEN!" Emmett yelled as he sprung up from hiding and began a long striding gallop towards the house.
Emmett zig-zagged across the yard like a wrecking ball swinging from a chain. Deep craters formed under Emmetts feet as his bulk struck the soft soil. The weight of his shell slowed him down a good deal, but not enough to make him an easy target. Emmett knew that he needed to draw fire to lure out the sniper, but why not make it a bit difficult on him to give the others some time.
"COME ON YOU PANSY!!" Emmett called out in his now metallic voice, trying to get the sniper angry so that he would make a mistake.
Almost as soon as the last word slipped from his lips a bullet slammed into the side of his head and tossed him to the ground. The round had put a large dent in the side of Emmett's helm just before the metal retracted from the area of his right ear and almost to his face. He knew that this was the moment that the others needed and he waited a few seconds to regain his bearings and then rose to his feet again, hoping that Jasper had done his part and the sniper was done for. Emmett charged for the side of the house away from the front door, but close to a window.
"COMING IN!" Emmett called out as he smashed his shoulder into the wall, making his own point of entry.
OOC- Short, but it does the job.
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Post by kazkame on Jan 26, 2009 22:05:57 GMT -5
Virgil throws away his invisible boomerang while looking at Shell decimate the wall of the house. " I guess Its my turn" he said closing his eyes and moving his hands around. I need something huge and annoying. He began to think of a tank but decided that was too much time and firepower. Then he thought about it.
He began to imagine a motorcycle . In 2 seconds the motorcycle he created appeared. He hopped on a decided to make some noise. He took out his .44 rubber shot magnum and began shooting windows. " Bang Bang"
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Post by Kuroboom on Jan 26, 2009 23:16:46 GMT -5
OOC: Not quite what I envisioned but oh well. Also, I'm going to take some artistic license with the house. It took like 20 minutes on wiki to find the name of what I wanted on the roof. BIC: Ben had been watching carefully as Emmett charged through the yard. He'd only get one shot to see where the sniper was shooting from. From his hiding position behind one of the countless trees, he saw a spark strike the side of Emmett's head and heard the PANG! He quickly began scanning the roof to find the general location of the sniper. The roof had several dormers which would provide cover, but one in particular caught his eye. It would give a person a clear view of the direction where the bridge was, but also allow an easy shift to their position. To further add to his suspicion, though it was true for all of the dormers, there was a shadow cast over the area where Ben believed the sniper to be hiding. He turned to Jasper and pointed out the dormer that he believed the sniper to be behind. "Can you take us there?" he asked while reaching into his jacket and removing his pistol from his holster. Charging it once, there was a second click as he took the safety off and waited for Jasper to take them to the roof. OOC: Dunno if you envisioned him on the roof, but I chose the sniper to be on the roof because obviously if there's only one, being on the roof allows the greatest vantage points and it would be easiest to relocate to counter a threat coming from an unexpected direction.
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Post by Tout-Perd on Jan 26, 2009 23:34:30 GMT -5
OOC: No problem. Actually works better than what I had planned.
And BTW, the first thing I thought when you said "thing on a roof that I had to look up" was Dormers. Of course, I did two years as an hireling doing contracting/roofing, so it's in my field. Well, that, and postage stamps, now.
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Post by Beelzebibble on Jan 26, 2009 23:46:33 GMT -5
Orsini was about to throw a good-sized rock at the window of the white van, but he stopped when the man Virgil got onto a motorcyle and began shooting wildly. One of his stray bullets took out the windshield of the van. For Orsini this was good enough. He had only to concentrate on the gaping, jagged hole in the glass...
...and with another small bang, he had reassembled himself in the driver's seat. He looked around to see was there anything important. The passenger's seat, empty save for a couple of snack wrappers. He glanced into the back row. Some things back there. Ropes, gags, handcuffs. A kidnapper's tools: filthy. Nothing else.
Orsini could have gotten out of the van so to check the trunk, but he heard no cries or sobs back there, so he decided it was okay to carry on.
The van exploded. The fiery framework of the vehicle was thrown up into the air, flipped over, and dashed itself upon the driveway. Debris struck the other car and the house's garage door. The force of the explosion blew the window of the garage door in.
And muscling his way out of the flaming upside-down driver's seat was Lazarro "Shrapnel" Orsini, looking none the worse for wear. Under cover of Virgil's bullets, he retreated across the street and resumed his place next to the girl May. The driver's door swung off its hinge and clattered unceremoniously to the pavement after him.
"To blow up the other car, this also I could do," Shrapnel told her, "but I don't think your parents would like it very much."
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Post by Hamuu on Jan 29, 2009 18:38:44 GMT -5
Jasper grabbed Ben by the shoulder, “I can see the area you’re talking about but I need to see the entire spot to get an idea of how to place us. Hope you’re not afraid of heights.”
The two disappeared and, with a crack, reappeared in the air high above the entire area. For a moment they hung their before gravity took hold of them. Jasper quickly scanned the area where Ben had assumed the sniper to be.
With another crack they appeared a couple of feet above the sniper. Jasper brought up his left leg, intending to force the momentum of his fall into his right foot on the middle of the snipers back.
The sniper, having heard the crack, immediately rolled over and pointed his rifle at the two men now floating above him.
OOC: I figure you can disarm him and then auto me landing on him?
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Post by Kuroboom on Jan 31, 2009 12:42:39 GMT -5
Ben landed next to the sniper but froze as the barrel lowered to meet his face. Luckily, since the sniper had rolled over, at that same instant, Jasper's foot DUG into the man's gut. The sniper let out a cry of pain and with his grasp loosened on the rifle, Ben easily kicked it out of his hands. The spotter was sure to have heard his partner's cry so Ben turned on the spot and locked eyes with the spotter who had just done the same. For a moment time seemed to have stopped for both of them, however Ben already had his pistol drawn so the duel went in his favor as he shot the spotter dead in the forehead. He rushed forward and caught the body to keep it from rolling off of the roof and searched it for intel. He took a walkie-talkie, the man's weapon, and his identification and pocketed them. He then clicked his own weapon on safe and holstered it.
"Hey Jasper, take us back. I got some questions to ask this man," Ben said pointing at the sniper. He took the walkie-talkie out and handed it to Jasper and added, "You can monitor this if you'd like. See if anything useful comes up."
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Post by Tout-Perd on Feb 18, 2009 20:15:54 GMT -5
BIC: May motioned as if to take hold of Kai's hand, but then jerked her arm in a semicircle and then drew back. A moment later, the girl felt a sensation like wires wrapped tightly around her arm. Clearly, May had bound herself physically to her to avoid losing her grip. The girl took hold of Kai's hand, holding on tightly.
"Even if I let go, just keep going. I should be able to find you now," May said, not meeting Kai's gaze. She tightened her grip, and glared over the edge of the gully at the back portion of the house.
"We gotta be fast, or our disruption won't work out so well. Got it? Okay... Three, two, one... GO!" May leapt over the edge, charging with all of the speed that she could muster. She kept her head low, not wanting to see if there were any enemies now pointing their weapons at her.
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Post by SV on Mar 20, 2009 3:15:15 GMT -5
Kai jerked forward as May sprinted toward the house. She stumbled briefly but recovered and had no further problems keeping pace with the girl. As she ran, she clipped the earpiece to her ear with her free hand, fiddling with it until it was comfortable. May looked back at her and Kai grinned in response.
The woods out here behind the house, while level, still made for difficult running terrain. The ground was soft with years of discarded foliage that provided coverage to the myriad holes beneath, such as the one that Kai presently tripped over.
Kai fell gracelessly to the ground, pulling May down with her and sending up a flurry of debris. She opened her mouth to apologize as she scrambled back up to her feet to assist her partner but was cut short by gunfire. The round hit about a yard behind them and kicked up more leaves. At this, Kai grabbed May, hauled her to her feet, and took off running again. It was maybe fifty yards to the corner of the house. If they could get there, they could probably find cover.
Frantically half-shouting to the girl she dragged with her in a white-knuckled grip, Kai said, "Look, don't freak out, but --" And the pair flickered into invisibility as they reached the house. "Now they can't see us."
OoC: Sorry I suck, Lee. Hope this works for you ^^;;
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