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"No! That's not his plan at all," the first one cried. "You're trying to feed us lies like the scheming magic-users you are. We won't listen to you!"
Mike growled. "I'm a pure-blooded human, you idiots. We're not the ones who've lied to you. Tanrial, this is taking too long, I can hear voices coming. Can you read their minds or something and find out how to get down there?"
(brb)
Tanrial shook her head, “My powers don’t go that far, sorry,” She sighed and stood, “I think we have to resort to trial and error.”
(Okay)
(back ^^)
"Gah. Fine. Let's just lock them in here and get a move on." He cursed. "What a waste of time."
“Mike, calm yourself. Getting angry isn’t going to do anything.” She narrowed her eyes at him.
Mike looked away. "I'm fine. I'm not angry at you. I just don't want this to get screwed up by a couple of misguided crusaders in lab coats." He went back out into the hall and started trying more doors.
Rick shrugged. "I think I'll tie these two up and then catch up with you."
Tanrial nodded to Rick and did the same as Mike, walking into the hall and testing out the doors to see if they were open.
They found a couple more that were unlocked, all either leading to labs or another hallway. Mike glanced at the ceiling as he searched. "I hope James's team is in here by now, although we haven't seen them around. At some point I should check in with the others and see how the fights going. Find anything?"
Tanrial shook her head, “Only boring documents that don’t lead to anything important,” She held up a few files and placed them down with a sigh, “Yourself?”
"Nothing." Mike came back out into the hall, the room behind him a wreck from being thoroughly searched. "There's no directory, no keys, no devices lying around, no feeds from security cameras on any of the computers. Nothing we can use to navigate, in other words. But that sign is still right there, and it's gotta mean something." He glared up at it. "I'd hate to be the new guy who had to work here."
Just then there came the sound of footsteps around the corner. Mike tensed and backed into the lab, reaching for his knife.
Tanrial narrowed her eyes at the door before quickly leaning against the spare piece of wall beside it. One hand went and sat at the dagger by her side.
A minute later, Rick came into view, looking cheerful as ever. "Hey guys, you there? I think I know where to go from here…."
(brb again, gotta have supper)
Tanrial released a breath and stepped into view, “Gosh Rick, you scared us,” She gave him a smile, “But good to know that you know the way… possibly.”
(Alrighty)
Rick grinned. "Sure, turns out it's easy." He walked over to a nearby door, which had been locked, and kicked it open with an explosive bang. "See? Here's the stairs. This way."
Mike looked at him strangely. "How did you find out?"
"Oh, it wasn't hard," Rick said casually. "Only took me a minute to get one o' them scientists to draw me up a little map."
Mike frowned. "Did you hurt them?"
"No no!" Rick gently ripped the door off its hinges and leaned it against the wall. "Just pretended like I was gonna for a minute. Nothing serious."
(I pretty much have to go to bed now oops)
(Aha, all good, seeya tomorrow ^^)
Tanrial laughed a little with a small shake of her head, “Smart move. Why didn’t we think of that, Mike?” She raised an eyebrow at him and started down the stairs.
(whoops, meant to reply a lot sooner)
Mike followed reluctantly. "Well….thanks, Rick, good work, but….I didn't want to threaten them. They're not our real enemies here." He was silent for a minute as they descended. "I want to change the plan. If we collapse the place, we'll have to get these scientists and ordinary workers out too. We don't want their deaths on our hands. Do you think Jame's team could do it once they're done planting bombs? We could ask the rest of Thranion's men to help them if they needed it."
(brb, gotta eat and maybe run an errand)
(Off to bed, seeya ^^ )
Tanrial frowned a little but nodded slowly, "They might be able too. Although do you think the workers will even want to come with us? Yeah, it's better the dying but if they;re really loyal to him then…"
(Sorry, thought I'd have time today)
(all good ^^)
"We won't have time to explain the situation to them. I'd rather take them out forcefully than leave them here to die for a cause they don't understand." He paused again, his mind racing. "This place has got to have an intercom system. There's a chance, if we warned them what we're gonna do, they'd clear out on their own. We can ask James to round up what's left right before the detonations."
From further down the stairs, Rick checked his small hand-drawn map. "I don't see any intercom on my directions…."
Mike took out his radio again. "James and his guys will already have to go through this entire place to set up their bombs. I'll let them know to look out for a central comms room and tell them what to do. That gives the three of us time to really focus on our job. Sound good?"
Tanrial still didn’t look very convinced but nodded anyway, “Yeah. Sounds good Boss.”
"You don't have to call me that. I'm sorry, I'm getting obnoxious. But I really think we have to give it a try, don't you? We're not here for a massacre."
(brb, havin supper)
(you know, I kinda feel weird sometimes in that this is almost the only thing I'm on Notebook for. I don't have any other RPs–except for the one with you and Altogether-impossible-to-describe of course–and I really don't get involved in the general discussion threads either. I guess it's a testament to my introvert soul XD
I'm not sure where I'm trying to go with this lol, but I thought I'd say that I really value your friendship. And I may not start casual convos very often, but if you ever need someone to talk to, you can always count on me. I sure hope you're still getting something out of this rp, because personally, hanging out with ya has become one of my favorite parts of the day ^^
Okay I'm done now XDD I've been meaning to say that for a while. I gotta go to bed, so I'll seeya tomorrow)
"Now you're starting to sound like Bernon. Not that that is a bad thing, it's actually a good thing but yeah, I agree. Rather to save as many people as possible then let them all die, not matter what they've done."
(Awww, you just made me feel all warm and fuzzy inside. I feel the same way only I'm a lot more active in threads compared to you but I value you're friendship too. And I'm sorry I've been so inactive recently, end of term is crazy with assignments, concerts, luncheons and sports day I haven't found time to be on but I love hangin' with you too :) See you tomorrow)
(It's no problem! ^^ I've been pretty busy lately as well, so it's kind of worked out XD )
"I agree," Rick added. "Makes me a little happier to do a free job for you guys, actually. Workin' for murderers ain't all that fun."
"Thanks," Mike said. "Feel free to take whatever valuables you find down here though, we can at least offer you that–"
He stopped suddenly, looking down the stairs at the landing, where it made a hairpin turn and continued out of sight. From around the corner came the distinct sound of approaching footsteps.
Tanrial tensed almost immediately, the footsteps drawing closer with every second. She brought a finger to her lips to indicate silence even though it was obvious they were going to get caught.
After a moment, two men that appeared to be workers from the production level came around the corner. When they saw Tanrial and the others they yelped and tried to escape back down the stairs, but Rick and Mike simultaneously dove forward and grabbed them. There was a brief struggle, then one of the men ducked away from Rick, tripped him, and made a run for Tanrial, his eyes wild.
"Look out!" Mike called, unable to do anything without letting go of the other man.