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(@ Shoney): Southpaw nods back at you. "Okay, was there anything in specific that you wanted to know? Or did I pretty much cover it?"

Ivory's phone rings, she apologizes, steps toward a vacant corner of the bar and starts talking

(@ Qadesh) Ivory picks up. "Hello? Hey Qad, how'd it go on your end?" 


OOC: hey homunculus, glad to see you switched over

  
 

"Good and bad.  We got a lock on the murderer, but he's heading to the Sanctum.  Me and Thompson are gonna see what we can do."

Switching his phone to the other ear while putting on his jacket, Qadesh continues,

"How's your lead coming along?"

Qadesh turns to see what Thompson is doing while talking to Ivory and making his way out the door.

Thompson stands there contemplating his options.  "We may not be able to get there in time..."  He says slowly, "but if you want, we could at least see what he does when he arrives.  Information is always useful..."  he suggests, as he prepares for another scrying spell.

Shoney nodded at Ivory as she walked away, sending a descrete glance her way shortly afterwards.

Returning her attention to Southpaw Shoney said, "Truth be told any information would be helpful," with a shrug.

OOC: Sorry for the delay, I have been out of town and thoroughly distracted.

(at Qadesh): "Shit! OK, OK, shouldn't panic. We will meet you on the El station where we split up. I will get Shoney right now. We are on our way."

(at Shoney):  You notice Ivory's outburst, everyone in the bar notices. Southpaw sighs "sounds like you have to go, we might be able to do buisness again if you make it through alive. Christ I am getting too old for this shit." Then he just turns back on his bar stool and takes another pull on his beer.

(at Thompson): You cast and once again your drawing of the guy starts swimming until the image on the page matches what is going on around your target. The cab pulls to a stop in front of Qads place. The man pays the driver and exits. He walks up to the door carrying his violin case.

Suddenly he turns and looks at you. He does not seem angry or scared or even worried. He just looks at you, and then he draws a violin bow and points it at you. Suddenly the image is swimming again, finally coming to rest as a piece of sheet music.

"he made his fiddle keys of her long finger bones
oh the wind and the rain
 he made his fiddle keys of her long finger bones
oh the dreadful wind and rain

he made his fiddle strings of her long yellow hair
oh the wind and the rain
 he made his fiddle strings of her long yellow hair
oh the dreadful wind and rain 

and he bridged his little fiddle with her breast bone
oh the wind and the rain
 and he bridged his little fiddle with her breast bone
oh the dreadful wind and rain "

Looking over his shoulder and seeing only the creepy sheet of music, Qadesh turns to Thompson, "Looks like he's on to us.  C'mon, the girls are going to meet us at the L stop and we can all go see what he's doing."

Then he turns and heads out the door.

Thompson follows Qadesh out the door cursing, wondering who in the world this guy is.

As they ride the train, Qadesh tries to to breathe and calm himself.  As an exercise, he watches the people on the train, trying to read the interplay of emotions and relationships, letting his mind drift.

Exhaustion, misgivings, slight hurt, a couple two rows behind you seem genuinely affectionate, but the main vibe you are getting off the car is worry. Worry about all of the little things that fill people lives, worry about the weather, worry about the things which they try so desperately to convince themselves aren't real.

You make it to the L stop. No sign of Ivory or Shoney, but their train should be arriving any second.

(@ Shoney): Ivory hurries back to you. "We have trouble, the guy has hit Qad's... eh our place. We are meeting Qad and Thompson back at the L stop." She turns back to Southpaw. "Good meeting you, I'll be sure to let Ishmael know how helpful you were."

He grins "yeah fine, you guys know where to find me now." He shruggs.

Thats about as good as it could have gone. Southpaw seemed reasonable for one of his kind and you handled yourself well.

It also didn't hurt that a few of them seemed genuinely afraid of you and Ivory.
 

     

OOC: okay I wanted to give Akaira time to come back, but it has been ten days. so I am going keep going.
 Akaira If you still want to play feel free to just pick up back in the bar.  

(@ Qadesh & Thompson): An announcement comes over the intercom "The red and blue lines have been closed due to excessive flooding. We are sorry for the inconvenience." So much for meeting the others at the station. So much for quick route using the El.   

 

OOC: Oh whoops, sorry guys, I didn't even see that there had been a reply.

IC:
"It's been good working wiht you Southpaw," Shoney said wiht a dip of her head before heading out of the bar. 
"Trouble! What kind of trouble? " Shoney asked dashing for L station, with Shade on her heels.

OOC: good to see you

Southpaw waves you off with his stump. Ivory fills you in "Just got a call from the fellas, apparently the guy we are looking for is heading for Qad's place."

You guys sprint for the El station,sprint down the stairs. "The train will be arriving in 3 minutes." All you can do is wait.

Two minutes pass

You hear the train coming, but something sounds wrong. It pulls into the station, the doors open, and about two feet of standing water starts flowing out of the train. "Please step back to allow passengers to exit when boarding please move to the center of the car."       

"Damn it!" muttered Qadesh in frustration, ""We'll have to hail a cab, we won't make it if we have to walk."

Vaulting down the stairs with lithe grace, Qadesh scanned the road for cabs.  As he did so, he filled his aura with energy, letting it swell and wash over the surrounding area like a cresting wave.  Look at me, it said, pay attention to me!  He wanted to catch the attention of a cabby and fast.

You stop a cab in 10 seconds flat. "Where to pal?" grunts the cabby.