IC: Oya and Felicity (CH5)

[G-Returner]

Maria's house
1:00am - Sunday January 21st, 1923

Oya leaves the room with Maria. Maria is nervous and moves cautiously, but does her best to appear casual.

Understanding you are leaving, the two blackshirts who had stayed outside the room go with you to the stairway and watch you going downstairs.

They do not come with you, but you see that the blackshirt who had opened the entrance door is still in the courtyard waiting for you. He knows you do not speak Italian and does not attempt to make conversation, but instead follows you as you head for the exit.

You can still hear the sound of several men talking and laughing in a nearby room on the ground floor. Everything seems to go smoothly - if the blackshirts have noticed anything odd about Maria's disguise, they are not showing it.

However, as you near the exit, you hear the door opening, and you see Rossini appear, accompanied by an old priest! He looks surprised to see you.

"Luca? Chi è questo?" Rossini says, as the priest stands there passively.

"Una amica e la sua domestica. Stavano visitando appena, stanno andando ora." the blackshirt replies.

Rossini then attempts to speak Italian with you. You do not understand it; Maria does but, of course, since she is supposed to be Felicity, she similarly pretends not to understand.

Rossini then switches to English. "Who are you and what are you doing here at this time? This is not a time for a visit."

Maria speaks English very well, but you know she can't possibly answer - Rossini would recognize her voice immediately.

[ImpInTraining]

Oya steps forward, putting herself between Rossini and Maria. "Pleasant evening, sirs. My lady Felicity here," she motions with a wave of her had toward the veiled woman behind her, "has just had a visit with your bride, Maria. We have come to wish you well in your relationship. Isn't that right, madam?" She looked to Maria, and before Maria could utter a syllable, Oya continued with the explanation, "We don't wish to hold you up. No. May Allah - or ..." she looked at the priest and corrected with a polite nod to the priest, "... God bless your marriage with happiness and bebekler... er..." she struggles for the word... "Babies?" She looked to Maria for confirmation, and when the veiled woman nodded, she turned back to Rossini with a beaming smile, "Babies. Many babies."

She waved to the gondola that had just brought the two men to the island and says, "Please... ride?" She was very glad there was a way off the island so readily at hand.

Oya grabbed Maria's hand and urged her toward the water... "We keep you no more. Hoscakal." she flourished a slight bow to the man and then tried to make her way to where the gondola wait for them.

[G-Returner]

Rossini does not even bother to try and seem interested.

"Prenda queste scorie dalla mia vista. Non dovreste permetterli di entrare." he tells his henchman.

"Out." he then adds, motioning for the door.

As you walk past him, you notice a strange bulge in his flab, under his shirt: it looks like a gun.

Spoiler:

Successful Fast Talk roll. Successful Spot Hidden roll.

With relief, you leave the house without being stopped by anybody, and the door slams behind you.

However, you are disappointed to see a government motor launch there, with a blackshirt driver still at the wheel; Rossini used his own means of transportation, rather than a gondola. The driver stares at you. In the meantime, Rossini's voice is fading, as he is moving further inside the house. You know it might take a long while to spot a gondola at this time in this residential area.

[ImpInTraining]

ooc,Bummer... ok. So Oya looks around quickly for a gondola floating by. If she doesn't find one, can she walk around to the other side of the house? I saw two docks on the map.

[G-Returner]

You see no gondolas in the area right now. One is bound to pass by at some point, but when? (OOC: If you decide to try and wait it out, I would determine this at random) There is indeed a back entrance to the house, but it similarly can only be accessed by boat, there is no sidewalk between the two entrances.

[ImpInTraining]

Oya frowned... not spying any gondolas flowing past. She looked to the black shirt in the boat before them. "Speak English?" she questioned as she occasionally glanced out to see if any gondolas drifted into view.

[G-Returner]

The man initially just stares at you, then eventually shakes his head.

Maria shrugs nervously.

[ImpInTraining]

Oya squeezes Maria's hand reassuringly and moves her away from the boat as she continues to look for gondolas. She turns her head to see if Giorgio was still where they left him.

[G-Returner]

You look around and see that Giorgio is indeed still there, waiting not so discreetly. He stares intensely in your direction.

Meanwhile, the boat driver is also looking at you. He doesn't seem to be intent on moving for the time being.

[ImpInTraining]

Oya continues to wait and watch for a gondola to come along. The only alternative, it would seem, would be to swim for it.

[G-Returner]

You wait nervously, hoping to see a gondola sail by... The blackshirt is still observing you. Maria is shaking a little, but she does not dare say anything.

(I am keeping you in sync with Felicity, so replies may be delayed; I will tell you as soon as either a gondola sails by or if something of note happens.)

[ImpInTraining]

"Oh... you poor thing," Oya says putting her arm around Maria. "My lady is chilled due to this damp air."

She looks over at the black shirt with pleading eyes and points to him, then to herself and Maria, and then to the opposite side of the water as if to charade "you take us across?" She doesn't expect him to comply, but perhaps guilt of leaving two women to bear the merciless elements will keep him from staring at them.

[G-Returner]

"No. Sto aspettando qualcuno." the blackshirt replies unsympathetically.

Maria seems even more worried after this reply.

[G-Returner]

You faintly hear a commotion from inside the house. People are shouting.

Still no gondola in sight.

[ImpInTraining]

Oya looked back toward the house, frowning. She looked at the black shirt with a lifted eyebrow. If he got curious and went to the house to see what the deal was, she might be able to take the boat and pilot away. Of course, she didn't have the first clue about how to operate a boat.

[G-Returner]

You now hear the sound of several people running down a stairway, while the shouting continues.

The blackshirt in the boat has shifted his attention to the mayhem from inside the house, but he is not moving.

[ImpInTraining]

Oya shrugged indifferently and looked for a gondola.

ooc,Was hoping she was carrying a gun or something, but apparently equipment was never selected for her. :P Think I'm screwed.

[G-Returner]

Spoiler:

Indeed, Laine never ended up submitting an equipment list. Given Oya's background and char sheet (poverty, no knowledge of guns, she has only just escaped from her Milanese captors...) I would find it a stretch if she owned a gun right now. However I can allow you to select a plausible equipment list now if you wish; a knife or something like that would be ok. I'll wait for your input on this before continuing.

[ImpInTraining]

ooc,She's a dancer by trade. I would expect she would keep a knife on her to protect herself from men who let the spirits of drink influence their actions and attempt to take advantage of her. She wouldn't have to use it, just place it close to their genitals to get the point across (no pun intended). A purse, some toiletries, a change of clothing or two back at the hotel... I think that's reasonable. She's good at disguise and has used it in this game, so maybe a disguise kit - again... back at the hotel. I can't really think of anything else that would she would be likely to have on her. She keeps her knife hidden a small folding knife, not in her purse, but tucked in her underwear somewhere.

[G-Returner]

Spoiler:

That is fine. You can go on.