Apartment of Doom!

[Tichrondrius]

Steven Silver

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There are only really unimportant NPCs around, unfortunately. Everytime you try to talk to the guy next to you he says, "Class is for learning!" and the guy on the other side keeps saying, "Welcome to Corneia!"

Luckily, the class eventually ends. And your brain feels all the mushier from the mind numbingness of whatever class that was.

Rashard Barthez

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You manage to avoid dozing off but don't get much else done. Class ends soon after, and Randy turns to you, "Anyway, I've got youth group now. Your coming, right?"

Brandon

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"Well, I like to.. dabble, you know." The older woman said, smiling, "But for some real power, Margaret comes by sometimes to read some palms and bless some items. She lives in this Complex outside of the city when shes not here."

Molly

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"Wh-what?!" The teen decked in black said, startled and backed away before falling on his butt. "Who-what- we got to away from him then!" He said, jumping up and trying to pull you along.

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

Margaret? She's a witch?Aw, ****. There goes the ghost theory.

"Is there anything in stock that she might have blessed?" asks Brandon, being as carefully nonchalant as he can manage. "Also, if I was interested in doing a little dabbling on my own, are there any books you might recommend?"

[Warpfire]

Man, for some reason a lot of people that don't live in my apartment complex are really boring...weird.

Steven heads out of class, and spends a moment standing there deliberating over what to do next. He could go back to the apartment...but what was the point? Instead, he begins to wander the campus aimlessly, keeping an eye out for any notices advertising a boxing club or a band looking for a guitarist. Just in case.

[Tichrondrius]

Brandon

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"Well, she blessed all those Dream Catchers..." The older woman said, then looked around a bit, "And we have a book in stock now all about summoning things to give you power."

Steven

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"Want us to knock some sense into you? Join the boxing club today!" An advert says, just outside of his class, and goes on to give directions to where the meeting site is.

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

"Sure. I'll take that."

Maybe it's got a chapter or two on how to put them back.

"What's it called?"

Don't be the Necronomicon. Don't be the Necronomicon.

[Warpfire]

How convenient.

After taking a moment to memorize the directions, Steven begins making his way to the listed meeting site.

[Tichrondrius]

Brandon

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"Its called the Necronomicon Ex Mortis.... haha, just kidding. I think the best one is A Catalog of Spooks, Spirits and Demons..." She said, looking at her computer screen behind the counter. "We do have the Necronomicon in stock though. You want me to bag one up for you?"

Steven

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Once he gets there, its already a few people working out. Some are involved in impromptu boxing matches outside the ring. This all stops when the coach walks in.

"Alright, looks like we got the usual bunch of sadsacks this year..." He trailed over noticing Steven, "What you doing in here? Bake Clubs next door. What, you think you can box?"

[Warpfire]

Steven Silver

Steven doesn't seem to take any offense at the coach's harsh words, just shaking his head. "No, I don't think I can box."

"I know I can box. There's a difference."

Steven generally wasn't the bragging type, but his boxing ability was something he took pride in. Still, he wouldn't bother talking himself up too much. Better to show than to tell.

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

"Uh, just the catalog is fine. I'll pass on the necro-ma-jig."

Assuming there's no problem with it, Brandon buys the catalog of spirits and takes his purchases out to his car. He slides onto the leather front seat and puts his key into the ignition, but doesn't turn it yet. Before leaving the parking lot for the apartment complex, he hangs one of the dream catchers around his neck like a necklace (taking care to tuck it under his shirt,) and quickly skims the catalog.

[Sicarius]

Molly

Molly grabs her cell. "They have to know! Otherwise he'll try to kill us too!" She grabs for her cell where John knocked it away.

[Tichrondrius]

Steven

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"Oh yeah?" The coach said, stroking his chin. "Get in the ring and show us. Louis, you too." He said, pointing at some red haired and freckled guy that looked pretty fit. "Practice match. Here are some gloves." The Coach said, tossing Steven some while Louis just put some on. Then the freckled guy stepped into the ring.

"Whats your name, slugger?" The Coach said, looking over at Steven.

Bradon

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The dream catcher doesn't seem to give you any sudden magical power, unfortunately.

The catalog seems like a typical book describing several types of demons and the like, the second part has several rituals, and there are even some advertisements that say "Summon me today", what they can do for you, and how to do it. Its a rather thick book.

Molly

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Erik, dressed in his usual black clothes, skinny jeans, and makeup, and plenty of piercing with a lip ring on the side looked extremely nervous. "No, come on, we have to go!"

You manage to reach the phone. It refuses to turn on. Probably from smacking the ground.

[Warpfire]

Steven quickly puts on the gloves and heads into the ring, taking a moment to size this Louis guy up.

"I'm Steven."

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

Hmm...don't think I will. This situation is complicated enough with out chucking in a double-handful of demons. Maybe there's a passage about calling up ghosts, though.

Brandon browses for that, taking additional care to see if he can spot any lines that begin with "we are the..." in the descriptions of ghosts or demons.

[Tichrondrius]

Steven

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"I'm Louis." The dude replies, hes a little more hefty then you. The bell rings and he starts moving around trying to get in a good hit at you.

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I'll just roll like... twice for this match, if thats okay with you? Its not so important. Roll Strength+Brawl or Dex+Brawl depending on how your going to fight him. :P

Brandon

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Nope, nothing that simple. But there are some ghost spells as well, luckily.

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* post roll count doesn't match database

[Tichrondrius]

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I messed up that Louis roll. ><

(5d10)[1][5][10][1][2](19)
(5d10)[5][3][1][1][3](13)

[Warpfire]

Steven goes on the offensive, ignoring rather than trying to dodge many of Louis's blows and going for strong, heavy punches.

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Sure, sounds fine. Do I roll twice?

Here's one roll, in any case...
(7d10)[6][1][7][4][7][2][1](28)

[Sicarius]

Molly

"We can't just run away!" Molly argues. "Why are you just going to let him get away with murder! Come on, let me use your cellphone!"

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

Brandon scans through the ghost spells.

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What do they do?

[Tichrondrius]

Steven

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You get in a bunch of good hits as the fight continues.

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Yeah, roll again.

Brandon

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The beginning warns about using any of this under threat of insanity or the loss of your very soul. Then goes on to describe spells that bind ghosts to serve you, summon ghosts, make ghosts talk to you and the like.

Molly

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"I just think we should get out of here before that guy comes back!" Erik says, as he shakily pulls out his cellphone and hands it over.

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

Well, that's a start. I guess.

He flips the book closed, tosses it onto the passenger's side seat, then heads for the apartment complex.

[Sicarius]

Molly

Molly dials 911 on the phone, trying to get the police here as quickly as possible.

[Warpfire]

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(7d10)[2][3][2][1][4][2][4](18)

10char.

[Tichrondrius]

Brandon

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You get back to the complex without much incident. John is pacing around out front looking pissed off.

Molly

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"Oh god, oh god." Erik mumbles.

"Hello, Police Department, how can we help you?" The line answers.

Steven

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Louis gets in a good punch that would take you out of the fight. With one last hercluion bout of strength, you manage to knock him on the ground and stay up on your feet, barely. They keep him down for a ten count, but then he manages to struggle up.

That was a good punch. You feel pretty... terrible. Like you just got beat up by some freckled guy in a boxing match.

"Good hustle, good hustle." The coach says.

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

Throwing the new age arsenal into his backpack, Brandon steps out onto the blacktop and nearly groans.

Does he ever not look like he wants to give the world a stern knee in the groin? It's probably better if I walk around him. Give him time to vent. Just as long as I don't accidentally make eye contact with him like I'm doing now then we won't have to tal--****.

Better take the initiative.

"Somethin' botherin' ya?"

[Sicarius]

Molly

"Someone in my building tried to rape me and I think he killed someone else! You've got to help me!" Molly almost shouted into the phone.

[Tadanori Oyama]

Rashad Barthez

Rashad rose, tucking his notebook under his arm. "Well, I would Randy but," he gestured at his sweat outfit, "Practice. You know how colleges are about their sports stars, gotta always be in tip top form."

Wanting badly for his day to take a normal turn Rashad dashed for it, hoping against hope Randy wasn't going to try and chase him down and drag him to 'young group'.

He'd try and find Steve and Brandon. They'd probably managed to have a fairly uneventful day compared to his so far.

[Tichrondrius]

Brandon

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"That Molly ***** is a c***." John replied, puffing heavily on a cigar. "Won't give me the time of day then freaks out for no reason, crazy *****." He mutters to himself. "Maybe you can calm her down, stupid slut, last I saw she was with some f****t around the complex."

Molly

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"Ma'am, ma'am, please calm down... talk to me, slowly, where are you? We'll send out a car." The Police operator responds.

Rashad and Steven

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You think you hear Randy trying to pick up the trail so you duck into the nearby gym to ditch him, and spot Steven in the ring. Looks like he just got in a fight, a lot of big beefy jock types around. Coincidence.

"What, you hear to join too?" The coach bellows.

[Warpfire]

Steven Silver

"Yeah, thanks," Steven mumbles, stumbling to the edge of the ring.

Damn, that was harder than it should have been...I must be rusty. Well, now I have a place to get back in shape.

He steps out of the ring and glances over at Rashad.

"Hey," he greets.

[Kuma Da]

Brandon Weiss

Molly? She must've been the quiet girl from yesterday. What the hell'd she do to him?

"Sure, I could go talk with her. I'll just, uh, be on my way then."

Tactfully disengaging with John, Brandon wanders around the side of the complex looking for Molly.

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Rashad Barthez

Man that guy clings like... something really... clingy...

Rashad shook his head, trying to get the existing image of Randy to match with the zoned out one he'd seen in class. Dude was bi-polar or something.

He snapped up when somebody spoke to him. "What? Uh... no, sorry, I'm with track I just..." Just ducked in here to avoid a really weird dude. No, that's not going to win alot of respect from other sports players.

Rush opened his mouth and was saved by Steven's sudden greeting. "Just coming to meet up with my friend there," he replied with a smile, pointing at Steven before walking over to the man. "Hey. Did you tell me you boxed?"