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WHO: Parker, Laura, Judas, Adam, Frankenstein, Paddy, Sexby, Data?
WHAT: Going on a warden hunt, gonna run into some ghosts, yay bad bad things.
WHERE: Haunted Hill's basement of fun and murder.
WHEN: Before the lights go out.
NOTES: Spammy log, hop in, go nuts

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Denise rescue.

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So it was Parker and Judas, and Parker didn't look back at what was going on. She couldn't watch as Paddy and Laura left and headed back to the ship. They still had a job to do. When Parker looked at her communicator, she knew that Denise was closer to Paddy's location than Sexby was, and it made sense that she was the next one to get.

The building was feeling even worse now. Even more like the Centre and even more like they weren't going to get out of this. Parker knew it was the House fucking with her, and she was trying to ignore the flashes she saw out of the corner of her eye, the ghosts that looked like her mother with a bullet hole fixed inside her head, her pale suit flecked with blood and dirt and brain, a package in her hands. How many times had she seen that in her dreams since Jarod had sent her that sim? How many times...

She shuddered quickly, her steps moving quickly despite the impossibleness of her dress. The hem had been torn at some point to make it easier to move in, and her cheeks were dirty from the area and crying. Parker moved silently as she could, not wanting to draw attention to them if she could avoid it. They needed to avoid it, both of them. She'd removed the key from the nurse's station, and she stopped in front of the door, looking to Judas quickly. "We go on three, you ready?"

Re: Denise rescue.

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Judas was more than ready to be out of this port. The whispers of Jesus grew louder and louder and it was becoming harder and harder to ignore them. He himself was also significantly covered in muck, from blood and gore around the foul places in the basement, his clothes no longer the pristine condition of when they first arrived. His own device continued to point toward where his warden would surely be but he didn't know if Parker would head upstairs after recovering her own warden. Nonetheless, he followed her quietly through the darkness, his own fear increasing as he thought he saw the end of a white robe.

At the sound of her words, the Apostle simply nodded and held his gun out in front of him like he'd learned in Masterworld and even more in the zombie port.

"Got it," he moved to the other side of the door, swallowing as he tried to remember how best to cover someone when they opened a door.

Re: Denise rescue.

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Parker wasn't going to leave Judas down here wandering in the basement. At this moment she wouldn't even leave Lyle wandering around those bleak and murderous hallways and she actually liked him. It would be Denise, then if she wanted to leave, Parker would tag along with Sexby and Judas; she would never leave Judas to deal with this alone.

She swallowed and nodded to him when he held is gun out in front of him, and then Parker looked towards the door again quickly. She held up her fingers, counting them off. On three she kicked the door open quickly, holding out her gun to the corners before she said. ""Denise!"

Denise rescue.

[gotgirlballs]

"FUCK!" Denise yelled as the door swung in and slammed against the cell wall. She jumped from shock and glared in the direction of her rescuers. "A little warning would've been nice!"

She was pale and sort of drawn in on herself, not due to the ghosts (who had only ticked her off) but her treatment in the saturation chamber. That reaction was a physiological response as much as it was psychological; the lights and sound became torturous after a while. She'd stopped crying long before her inmate and Judas showed up, though, and kept up a facade of her usual bravado and bitchiness.

She moved out of her cell and towards the hunting party, arms crossed tightly in front of her. "Took you long enough," she said, which was essentially the closest she could come to thanking them. Especially Parker, who'd come even after their little blowup.

Re: Denise rescue.

[heavenonthemind]

Judas followed Parker in, following the woman's example and looking for anything out of place to shoot. When he saw it was only Denise in her cell, the Apostle nearly shook with relief. He carefully stood by the door, as he trusted Parker would know best how to deal with her warden. But, by this point, he was starting to get impatient to save his own. Sexby had said he was in no risk of dying but the Apostle knew there were graver things, madness being one of them. He glanced out into the hallway quietly before ducking back into the room and pulling out his communicator.

"Are you alright?" he asked the doctor, trying to focus on giving some sense of concern while all he wanted to do was find Sexby.

Judas, he heard from behind him and the Apostle swallowed nervously. Judas.

Re: Denise rescue.

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"We didn't know if it was you or something fucking else. Didn't want to give away that we were coming in if it was something else." Parker looked like complete hell when she looked at her warden, and she was glad that Denise seemed to be okay. Paddy had looked a lot worse, so Parker wasn't going to feel bad about dragging her through more of the basement in order to get Sexby.

"We need to get Judas's warden," Parker said quickly. "Sexby. We're not leaving Judas down here to deal with this alone." She was using her stern tone of voice as she held onto her gun, but her eyes darted behind her every once in a while. She could still see them, those little kids running around this fucking place, and she could still see her father watching her. She wouldn't mention it to Denise, she couldn't deal with that in here as well. Of course if Denise looked at Paddy's journal she was fucked, but for now she was going to keep her ghosts as fucking private as she could.

"Judas," Parker said quickly, trying to draw his attention back to her. "Which way do we go? We need to get to Denise's item and see if they're in the same place."

Denise rescue.

[gotgirlballs]

"Sure, why not," she said at the mention of accompanying Judas. "I haven't had enough of this suckhole yet."

In truth, she didn't want to leave Judas behind either. She honestly liked the guy some of the time. She conveyed that by clapping Judas on the shoulder and responding to his inquiry. "I've been better."

She stepped out of the cell but turned back for a moment, lifting a middle finger at one far corner. Anyone looking through their journal would have been able to see a short, somewhat stocky, early-middle-aged blonde with brown eyes standing there. Essentially, an older, more compact version of Denise--all the features Denise had gotten from her father aside.

"Let's get moving," she said, taking her eyes off that corner and returning her gaze to Judas and Parker.

Re: Denise rescue.

[heavenonthemind]

Judas managed something of a smile at the clap to his shoulder and at the fact that both of them were coming with him. He didn't want to be wandering alone in the dark if he didn't have to. Quietly he looked down at his communicator and pointed in the direction of the West Wing, not wanting to get the attention of the ghost he could see at the other end; a very familiar ghost who, as soon as the Apostle stepped back into the hallway, looked his way. There stood the man he'd betrayed, looking almost peaceful until blood began to drip down from his hands, his side, his feet, and head.

Judas, he called and the Apostle couldn't help but just stare.

"J-Jesus?" His voice quiet and uncertain for a few moments before he looked down at his hands and the communicator there; Sexby needed him. "Th-That way."

Denise rescue.

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Parker lifted her journal quickly but not at what Denise was flipping off (their conversation earlier had made it evident) but at what Judas was looking at. She swallowed quickly. Oh yeah, was that a terrible sense of foreboding? You bet your ass it was. Parker was worried about Judas more than she was worried about herself and it showed on her face, even as her eyes looked down to catch young Jarod chasing her younger self around.

"Okay." She said again, glad that the item was telling her that Denise's item was in the same direction. It needed to be. This house... she wanted to burn the damn place down to the ground, blow it up like Syd had tried in the Centre. For a moment Parker just trembled, and then she gestured quickly to Judas. "We need to fucking find Sexby. Let's get going. Your item's this way too." Parker said to Denise, staring over her shoulder rather than directly at her. Parker's skin was completely washed out, and somewhere she'd lost that crimson lipstick, but the color was visible in her eyes. "What is your item?"

Denise rescue.

[gotgirlballs]

"A medical chart," she said. "It's folded into fourths, 'cause it's usually in my pocket." She was starting to regret she hadn't been given something more conspicuous. Anything easier to find than some damn paper.

As for everything else? She was still dependent on Parker to get her out of there. That didn't make her at all happy. She didn't like to depend on anyone.

Re: Denise rescue. - Do we want to include the actual Sexby rescue in this thread or a new one?

[heavenonthemind]

Judas looked up at Parker at her words and the Apostle moved quickly down the hallway, following his communicator. They were getting closer at least, that was the good part. The bad part was that he could hear Jesus calling down the hall to him, telling him to come back and the farther Judas got from Him, the more cutting the remarks became.

"M-Make a right," he stated quietly, trying to remain sane as he began to visibly struggle.

You leave me to torturers again? the voice echoed and the Apostle's breath hitched.

They were nearing Sexby's room, his communicator said. Keep going, keep going, keep going.

Either one works for me!

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Parker didn't want to think about what was going on around her, so she focused on just taking one step in front of the other. They would find Sexby, and they would get out of here. "A medical chart folded into fourths," Parker repeated quickly. Focusing on that. She gripped her gun more tightly, and she looked to Judas again, hearing the voice through the communicator that she was holding up over her gun hand, using it to light their way.

"You can do this, Judas. Come on. Fucking stay with us." She was shivering violently, but focusing on him rather than the ghosts around her made it easier. Quickly Parker looked to Denise, turning a bit before she took a step to the right and closer to Judas. The look clearly said that she was asking for help with this.

I'm also good with either!

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Denise caught Parker's eye. "Judas, take a few deep breaths. Don't get freaky on us now." She struggled to think of something else before adding, "You're the only one who can help your warden right now."

She wasn't even touching the ghost of Douchebag-Edition Jesus issue. She'd just end up saying something to make it worse, regardless of intent, and wisely chose to keep her mouth shut.

I'll PM Kimbo then. She can probably tag in the mooornin'.

[heavenonthemind]

Judas nodded quietly even as the voice grew louder, more solid, more real.

I took you in when you were nothing but a spoiled noble, eternally drunk and wasting money.

The Apostle's breath hitched and he realized he was tearing up. More deep breaths. More deep breaths. The writing on his communicator said they were in the West Wing, they had to be close, right?

You deserved Hell then, and you deserve it now. The voice turned sharply and Judas had to stop his gait. Up ahead stood the same image as before, a bleeding, dying Jesus.

"I...I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," he babbled as he tried to keep his emotions.

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"Judas!" Parker said quickly, listening to the person who was totally not Jesus anymore than that had been her and Laura's real fathers. "Listen, Jesus would never be fucked up like this." And he wouldn't be, even if Parker wasn't a believer, this was pretty much the opposite of every story that Jesus was meant to be ever. "Come on. We need to get to Sexby."

She reached over and looked at his communicator, and then up ahead. It looked like the ghost would be in front of the nurses station. Parker looked to Denise, then to Judas, then to the reflection in the journal. "We need to get the key out of the station."

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"Alright, tiny-girl bitches," Denise said, taking a look at the ghost through her journal. Tucking her journal back into her pocket, she strode ahead, towards the nurse's station.

And through the ghost.

As it wasn't 'her ghost', she was unable to feel it. She couldn't even see or hear it without use of her journal. All there was left to do was kick open to door to the nurses' station, rummage around, and retrieve the key, all of which she did at a reasonable (for the circumstances) pace.

"Catch," she said, tossing the key to Judas as she rejoined the group.