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Post by Mr. Red on Apr 17, 2019 2:53:34 GMT
As they hid, a middle-aged man walked into their view. He was bald, stout, and had a grease stain on his shirt. "Hello?" he called, continuing to look around. There was a hint of concern in his voice. A few moments later, he shrugged and started walking back towards where he came from.
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Post by Rasul on Apr 17, 2019 15:07:28 GMT
Kamoze mused on this man's bathing routine, considering he could smell the man from here, and oh boy is he rank. Kamoze loked to his Galatea of a figure "let's go, Rin. he shouldn't be that hard to take care of"
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Post by Pen on Apr 17, 2019 22:05:31 GMT
Asumi followed closely behind Mikoto up the metal stairs. As they did she unintentionally let her guard down. Her gaze was firmly fixed on Mikoto in front of her, and as she grew more and more nervous she didn't think to be more aware of their surroundings. When they reached the top of the stairs Asumi didn't realise the there were no more steps to climb so she accidentally tried to put her foot up onto the next non-existent stair step, which resulted in her stomping her foot hard down in the floor.
"I'm so sorry about that!" she whispered immediately to Mikoto. Her voice was filled with concern but her face showed none of that.
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Post by Mr. Red on May 3, 2019 8:37:23 GMT
Mikoto froze upon hearing the loud stomp echo down the hallway. He gritted his teeth, the rumbling through his very bones. And then all was silent. Breathing a sigh of relief, he gave Asumi a weak smile, "It's fine. Just be more careful in the future," consulting his map, the boy continued forward down the hall, then around a corner to a set of ornate, locked doors. In gold-plated lettering, nestled below a small window into the office, were encrusted the letters "Archbishop Ito". Mikoto produced a cheap-looking set of lockpicks and went to work on the door. He muttered something about how he only knew the theory behind lockpicking. He heard a click, and then felt a searing pain through his hand, as if the wrath of god himself had come down upon poor Mikoto's thumb and forefinger. Asumi began to make out a faint aura around him. It wasn't something she'd seen before... at least not regarding Mikoto. It almost felt as if he was marked. Letting go of the pick, Mikoto allowed it to drop to the ground, the job done despite his burning hand. Cradling his pained palm, he opened the door. Inside was a large room filled with texts. Some scrolls, some books, and others carved from stone and perched upon the walls. The archbishop was clearly a collector of knowledge. But did he have the information which they seeked?
Upon following the man, Aiko and Kamoze found themselves in a small office just off the main machine shop. Checking over his shoulder one more time, the man began writing in his log, something the other two were unable to work out very well. Behind them, the machines continued to breathe and move, as if the room itself was a living being in its own right.
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Post by Pen on May 3, 2019 16:03:49 GMT
After Mikoto lights up and manages to pick the lock Asumi becomes concerned for him.
"Are you alright?" she asks him with a whisper as they enter the office.
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Post by Rasul on May 4, 2019 0:33:55 GMT
Kamoze lets Rin be a distraction as he goes around behind him and whacks him upside the head to knock him out
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Post by Mr. Red on May 4, 2019 23:58:41 GMT
"I'm fine, just... feeling kinda weird," he stepped into the room and closed the door behind them. Then, he walked quickly over to the desk and started opening drawers, "Find anything you can on the shield."
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Post by Pen on May 5, 2019 16:21:55 GMT
"I'm on it," Asumi responded and started looking around for any useful information. She couldn't help but be worried about Mikoto after what she had just seen, but she didn't want to be a nuisance after he told her that he was fine. Maybe she would push to examine it once this mission was over though, but for now she needed to focus on the task at hand. She flipped past dozens of different books; books on demon magic, demon biology, demon science and demon culture among other things, but that wasn't what they were after right now. After having searched for a while on another shelf she found a small notebook titled "Early Plans for the Holy Barrier". She browsed through the pages quickly and found that the notebook contained descriptions on how the barrier had been constructed as well as blueprints from its early stages of creation. She checked the shelf for more books on the topic but didn't see any more there, so she went over to where Mikoto was and handed him the notebook.
"Mikoto, I found something that I think could be useful," she whispered. "I'm not sure exactly how to use this information but it's about the shield."
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Post by Mr. Red on May 6, 2019 19:21:02 GMT
As the man collapsed, Kamoze could hear the jingling of keys as they slammed into the concrete below them. The kind of massive ring you'd expect a maintenance person to carry.
Mikoto looked up from the desk, "Bring it over here, quickly!" he started flipping through the pages. Despite the barrier being made of holy magic, the designs were highly technical. They technically felt like some kind of containment, and Mikoto couldn't really understand the whole thing, but something about the plans didn't sit right with him. As he scanned the pages, the pair came across one covered in runes. They were recognizable, and came from different languages. Hebrew. Egyptian. Even some Mikoto didn't recognize. "Did you see anything on that shelf that could be, like, a translation dictionary? Something with information on ancient languages?"
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Post by Rasul on May 6, 2019 19:31:33 GMT
Kamoze picks up the Keys and starts disrobing the janitor, opting to wear his uniform to make sneaking around easier
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Post by Mr. Red on May 6, 2019 20:03:09 GMT
The janitor will not have a good time when he wakes up. He will be thoroughly embarrassed.
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Post by Rasul on May 7, 2019 11:15:40 GMT
Kamoze leads Rin down the hallways when suddenly a couple other maitenance guys walk past "Amos! You lucky son of a bitch. Tell me youre takin her to the broom closet" "Fuckin a right, Mac. Gonna ride this philly hard". Kamize and Rin turn down a corner when they see Mikoto and Asumi. Kamoze thougjt it woukd be a funny joke to scare them "Hey. What are you kids doing so deep down in here" Kamoze says trying to imitate Amos the Janitor
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Post by Pen on May 8, 2019 14:29:47 GMT
((I think Mikoto and Asumi are currently in a closed off office room so I don't think your character would be able to see them, Storm))
"Actually..." Asumi replies, "yes, I did see something that may be helpful. I don't know for sure though. One second." Asumi then went back to the shelf where she had found the book with the barrier plans. Knowing the wall was magical, at least in part, and that it was made to keep demons out she took out the book on demon magic that she had spotted before. When she kept looking through the shelf she also found a book on demon linguistics next to the book on demon culture, so she grabbed the linguistics book too, with the hopes that it might help them translate those runes. Possibly. She went back to Mikoto and handed him the book on demon magic and the book on demon linguistics.
"These were the best I could find," Asumi explains. "Do you think they might help?"
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Post by Rasul on May 8, 2019 15:50:13 GMT
Kamoze continued to walk the halls
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Post by Mr. Red on May 8, 2019 19:07:11 GMT
A janitor walking around the building notices Kamoze and waves him over, "Hey, I think I left my keys in my locker earlier. Do you have yours? Think you can unlock it for me real fast?"
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