CH1-15 Home Invasion.

[royya]

Jacob takes the pliers and place his other hand on his face, whispering a prayer "Sh'ma Yisrael Adonai Eloheinu Adonai Eḥad" (Hear, O Israel, the Lord is our God, the Lord is One).

He then nods to Greg and goes to cut the wires with or without being detected.
Sneak (10%) (1d100=59) - Fail.
Once light turns on, Jacob lowers his head and cut the wires. hoping the denizens of the house think a cat passed by.

[ghill]

The security light flashes on for what seems like ages but is probably only a few moments as Jacob snips the wire. There doesn't seem to be any movement or light from the house.

[ImpInTraining]

Greg whispered, "Well... looks like they're sound sleepers. But we should be prepared for more of those zombie-sentries like that old woman at the tattoo place. If we do get attacked by something like that, I suggest leading it back outside and subduing it there as quietly as possible."

[Mr. Handy]

Liz doesn't believe in all of this zombie talk, but she's sure that old lady had been a threat - she had seen Jacob's bite wound. "Well, let's sneak up to the house and go through their rubbish," she whispers back.

[ImpInTraining]

Greg nodded and followed along.

ooc,Any chance to make a psychology roll to determine Liz thinks Greg is overreacting or lying?

[ghill]

Psych!,I'm happy for Liz to use Psychology to see if Greg is overeacting, you don't need to ask me. But the way I see it, Mr Handy hasn't actually had Liz demonstrate a level of concern which would imply she's concentrating on the matter, beyond raised eyebrows everytime Jacob and Greg mention the matter. Have I read it right Mr H?

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,That's about right. [b]Liz[/b] doesn't think that [b]Greg[/b] and [b]Jacob[/b] are lying, just that they have to be mistaken because of course there's no such thing as zombies. But I think it's [b]Greg[/b] that wants to make the Psychology roll to see if he can pick up on [b]Liz[/b]'s disbelief.

[ImpInTraining]

ooc,Yeah... She hasn't voiced it ... but Greg would like to know if someone thinks he's making stuff up, even if it's through nonverbal communication. Bah - failed anyway. [url=http://invisiblecastle.com/roller/view/3758636/]Psychology (60%) (1d100=64)[/url]

[ghill]

Psych pt 2,Sorry didn't realise you wanted Greg to have a Psych test however in the dark without interrogating Liz it would be very difficult to read her body language, so failed roll seems appropriate.

Clay moves over to where Jacob is standing beneath the light. "Well done mate" he nods at Jacob, "good bit of footwork there" he whispers. Lifting the lid to one of the wheelie bins he looks towards Liz "what we looking for?"

[Mr. Handy]

"Evidence that a twelve year old girl is living here," Liz whispers. "Packaging for food or other things geared towards children, maybe even a used tampon - at that age, she might be starting to get her period. If we find anything else that looks interesting, that's a plus." She begins to sort through the garbage.

[royya]

Jacobs breath heavily. That darn light and his inability to sneak passed it made his heart beat faster. He signals one of them to open the door as he place his hand inside his jacket, holding the silencer without taking it out yet.

[ghill]

Clay looks up from where he's rooting around in the bin then reaches inside his jacket and pulls out a tool very similar to a crow bar in shape but wider and flatter. "Its for lifting floorboards but its great for getting into the gaps between doors and windows and forcing the bolt out of the lock. Just slip it into the gap right over the lock and you should be able to force the patio doors open without having to break anything."

OOC: A bit of B&E (Breaking and Entry),Anyone who wants to force the door needs a contested strength roll against a target number of 9 (the strength of the door) A fumbled roll means you've either hurt yourself or broken one of the glass panels in the doors.

[ImpInTraining]

Greg helps root through the garbage, although he detests the idea of spreading germs all over his hands. He keeps his eyes open for the stuff Liz had suggested, but also for strips of skin like they had seen at the apartment above the tattoo parlor. "What do we do if we don't find any proof of a girl being here?" he asked curiously.

[Mr. Handy]

"I'm not sure," whispers Liz as she searches the garbage. "It's highly likely she's here even if we don't find any proof of it. We've already cut the wire to the security lights, so that could tip them off that someone's been here if we leave and come back another time. We may need to go in anyway. But let's see what we find and then make up our minds."

OOC,We are all wearing gloves.

[royya]

Jacob takes the crowbar and tries to force open the door as quietly as he can.

Opposed STR roll [STR:10] (1d100=79) - Fail.
* I think that I had only 1 success in this entire game. My luck betrays me completely.

[ghill]

Looking through the bin Greg and Liz don't find much in the way of sanitary indicators, but there certainly seems to be a great deal more food than you would expect... and its all premium, luxury stuff.

[Mr. Handy]

"They're sure eating well...and a lot," whispers Liz. "There's easily enough for an extra person." She looks through the food packaging for anything indicating something a child would eat: sugary breakfast cereals, candy, ice cream, and the like.

[ImpInTraining]

Greg surmises, "The speed of that old man was superhuman. It would burn a lot of calories to energize like that. Perhaps they need the extra food just to fuel their bodies sufficiently." He chuckled a moment at a thought... and when he felt others looking at him oddly, he explained, "I guess going up to the front door dressed as a pizza boy is out."

[ghill]

Liz and Greg do a quick calculation and actually there is enough here to feed several extra persons.

[Mr. Handy]

"I think you're right about the extra food," whispers Liz. "They must have really fast metabolisms."