scene xi; backdated to earlier in the day

[decadenzas]

[the only thing on Charles' mind when he picks up the phone is 'keep busy, keep busy'. he doesn't have the luxury of stopping to think about what had happened now, and though he can't halt the slight tremor in his hands as he picks the phone up and filters his call from the usual crowd, he manages to keep most of the anger and frustration from his

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[lotuslife]

[knocking on the door. she's so upset and pissed off that she can't even bring herself to break open your window and crawl through it like a normal 'Nam.]

[decadenzas]

[it takes him a little longer than usual to answer the door, being on high alert for hazmats and all. he hesitates even more when he sees who it actually is.

at least he's got the dying thing down so he isn't as terrible with concealing his anger this time around, and he even seems relatively normal when he opens the door and motions her inside.]

Come in, come in. Don't spend more time outside than necessary.

[lotuslife]

[opens the door and

begins crying yes this is really bizarre considering that nobody ever sees her cry. ever. except to her credit it's more quiet tears than anything else, and she just steps through the doorway without a word.]

[decadenzas]

[o-oh no oh no why are you doing this, he is trying his best to keep composed but at the sight of those tears, silent or not, he looks lost. he raises a hand, gently touching hers, but the contact is brief and light.]

...Did you come back? [for once, he hopes the answer is no.]

[deaths_heritor]

The chance of victory at this point is negligible. Let's just try and lose with as many points as we can grab out of spite.

. . . How did he find out?

[decadenzas]

I certainly won't be giving up without a fight after all of the trouble we've gone through.

How do they ever find these things out? He just appeared and was dead convinced that we either had the body then or had just gotten rid of it.

[deaths_heritor]

I don't see how he could have known unless he can hear 'private' calls -- A likely proposition, but he would've found the Russian man already if that was so.

[decadenzas]

My thoughts exactly. He never gave any reasons for having his suspicions either, but I'm not inclined to believe it was just blind luck.

[rulethegame]

Mind explaining in detail what happened? If we want to hold off losing, we're going to need to learn from each other's mistakes.

[Read: he's already way too deeply involved.]

[decadenzas]

[well there's one of the people he had talked to. he's quick to reply affirmatively.] Of course. Shortly after we delivered the package to its first destination, Grady and the hazmats appeared. The hazmats set to tearing through the house and Grady was amiable enough for a while, but he eventually began pegging us with correct accusations.

When we refused to give up the address we had passed him to, the hazmats moved in. I have no idea how he found us so quickly, but I will warn you now that either Grady or the hazmats seem to have the ability to nerf superhuman powers this time around.

[filtered]

[rulethegame]

[There's a long pause as he takes in all the information.]

. . . wonderful. So returning to this house would be a bad idea, then. All right, I'll see if I can find anywhere else to stay.

[filtered]

[decadenzas]

That might be your safest choice. Don't expect you'll be fine even if you do move to a new location, though. I wouldn't put anything past these people right now.

[sadistgame]

I still have no idea what the fuck is going on.

[ Lots of shit been happening; excuse him for not being able to keep up. ]

[decadenzas]

Oh my, how surprising. In short? Stay away from the men in suits unless you'd like to die. [...on second thought he should have told him to go make friends with one or something.]

[sadistgame]

Charles, Charles, Charlie~

Perhaps your attempt of mockery would've been more successful if you have uttered something other than the obvious. I'd like to know if such events had occurred previously in Mayfield? Or if this whirlwind of madness is something I need to grow accustomed to?

[decadenzas]

[sigh] It's Charles, and it would be in your best interest to get used to things of this nature, yes. Even if you manage to avoid death this round, I can't say you'll be lucky enough to continue dodging it.