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The year is 1999. A group of agents with the FBI quickly discover a routine case is anything but. Thrust into a world that's as incomprehensible as it is deadly, can this team hope to hold back the darkness?

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OOC:   Made a mistake with the month this scenario takes place in. It's in November. Today's actually election day.  

The team heads to their rooms and finds sleep claims them quickly.

Morning arrives all too soon. After a quick breakfast, the agents set out to Thomas Iron Shirt's house. Just outside city limits, it's in an impoverished area, but makes the homes around it look almost like mansions. It's little more than a rusty shack, with garbage and old furniture littering the outside of the small yard. A dog dish sits in one corner, but no animal can be seen.

Jose looks to his companions. "I'm going to go up there and try to get Thomas to talk. I'll give away as little as possible but imply I'm here about the package-- hopefully he'll jump to conclusions from there, and I'll go with whatever he decides. If all goes well he'll either let us in, or he'll agree to meet with us somewhere else. Watch from here, please. That way if there's trouble, you can intervene pretty quickly."

The paramedic gets out of the car, carefully navigating the yard as he approaches the rusted door. He knocks on it three times. A minute goes by and he knocks again. He looks back at the agents and seems about to say something when the door opens and a man appears. He's wearing stained overalls and nothing else. Jose backs up, his hands up in a placating gesture, and it becomes apparent why; the man is holding a shotgun and pointing it directly at the delta green agent! He takes a step after Jose and says something, though neither of the other agents can hear it from here.
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Andre draws his sidearm and opens the door. Standing behind it to give himself some cover, he takes aim at the man, who he presumes to be Thomas’ father. He waits though, hoping that Jose can defuse the situation.
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Vanessa also draws her pistol and gets out of the car, using it for cover. She holds her gun so that it won't be visible from the house.
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The man does not appear to notice either Vanessa or Andre.

Jose says something to him, obviously hoping to calm him down. In response, the man fires into the air.

"GET THE FUCK OFF MY PROPERTY!" He yells, staggering from one side to another. It's pretty clear he's heavily intoxicated. He aims the gun at Jose, who is already running back towards the car.
OOC:   Rolled here, Jose failed his persuade to talk the man down.  
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Andre covers Jose until he is back to the car.

“Maybe we should come back later” he says, keeping his eye on Iron Shirt.
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"Yeah, or maybe not come back at all," says Vanessa, ready to get behind the wheel as soon as Jose arrives while she covers him. "At least not until he sobers up, and even then we should try calling him first."
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Jose gets back to the car. The man keeps the gun on him but turns and goes back inside once it's clear he's leaving.

"He didn't want to talk." Jose explains, rather underselling the matter. "Only useful thing I could get out of him was that he claims Thomas isn't here."
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Andre looks around to see if anyone has come out to see what the commotion was about.
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A few people in fact have-- At a house across the street a boy of about ten opens the door, before an older woman grabs for him and pulls him back inside. She looks out herself, her eyes zeroing in on the newcomers. Then she flicks them towards the Iron Shirt's home, apparently having figured out the source of the gunshot.
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Andre holsters his weapon and holds his hands up towards the woman.

"Excuse me" he calls out. "I'm really sorry about all the drama. Is it okay if we talk? Do you mind?"

He tries to make his voice as friendly and convincing as possible.
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Vanessa puts her own weapon away and watches the exchange, ready to support Andre if he can't get through to the woman, though she'll wait and see how he does before intervening.
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The woman looks torn, but eventually nods, and ushers the agents in.

The home is small and cramped, but far better kept than the Iron Shirt's house appeared to be. She sends her son off, instructing him to go watch his siblings. Then she leads the agents into a small kitchen.

"You're not from here," it's not a question. "Thomas is in trouble?" She pours some coffee and offers her guests a cup.
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"We just want to help him," says Vanessa. "We don't want to get him in trouble, but he may be in over his head."
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She sits down, and the agents get a good look at her. Mid 40's maybe, though she looks older. She seems to have had a rough life.

"I assume you're police? From off the reservation, I mean. You all don't look like drug dealers, and are dressed too nicely to be buyers. So I assume you're here because Thomas messed up. Did something he should not have." She sighs. "I knew this day would come."

"Thomas was a sweet boy. I was friends with his parents, Inez and Robert. Things were okay until 6 years ago or thereabouts, when Inez was killed in a car accident. Robert was driving drunk. Jury wouldn't convict him, of course. Everyone knows Robert around here, and he was the only family Thomas had left. But the accident may as well have killed Robert too. He's drank himself into a stupor every day since, and the police have been called out more than once, generally because he and his son got into an altercation."

"Needless to say, it had an effect on Thomas too. He stopped trying in school,started hanging out with a bad crowd... He's done a lot of petty crime on the res. I was already afraid that boy was gonna get himself killed
." She shakes her head. "I haven't seen him for months. He'd run away from time to time, stay with a friend or girlfriend, but never this long. And word is, no one else has seen him around town either, or the few of his friends he got into mischief with. We're a small community, and I don't know what to think. Thomas spoke of leaving now and again, most of the young people do. But being frank with you I think he lacked the drive to do so. Part of me fears Robert got drunk one night and did him in. At least that's what I thought, until you all showed up. Now I don't know what to think, except that he's done something awful.."
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“Nobody has seen his friends either?” asks Andre, frowning. “Say, would you mind telling us who his friends are? Does he have a girlfriend now?”
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Since Andre has already asked what she wanted to know, Vanessa waits for the response before asking any followup questions that come to mind.
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"That's right," The woman says. "No one's seen Thomas or his two friends , Jacob Left Hand and Charles Low Horn for quite awhile. Since early this year, I'd say. Few care either, if you catch my meaning. The boys had a tendency to get into all sorts of trouble.But I still care about Thomas-- if something happened to him, I'd feel terrible. That boy is an idiot, but I can't help but feel sorry for him given all he's been through.

"He had many girlfriends, or at least that's what I've heard. His more serious one was a Lynne Crystal Stone. They were high school sweethearts-- of a sort, though much of that was off and on, and there were cheating allegations from both of them. I know a few times the police had to step in when Thomas or Lynne had a bit much to drink and break them up, they could throw quite a row. From what I know she's claimed not to see him either, though I don't really talk to her firsthand and it's not as if the police investigated the boys disappearances all that intensely. If you want to talk to the families of the other boys or Lynne, I can give you their addresses
." She does so. "Now if you don't mind me asking, who are you folks exactly?"
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Andre hesitates, glancing at the others.

“Honestly, we can’t say. It’s better that you don’t know. Thomas is in trouble, that’s why we’re looking for him. But he’s not in trouble with us. He can help us, and we’ll help him in return. I’ll take those addresses if you don’t mind.”
OOC,After we’re finished here, I say we go and look for Lynne. Even if she hasn’t seen him, she might know if he has a secret place or hangout he goes to.
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"Thank you for your help, ma'am," says Vanessa. "What you've told us may help Thomas."
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"Of course. I wish you all the best of luck. Before you go, if you need to bring this to the local authorities I'd suggest a Wallace Red Crow. He's a police officer, probably the only one who would give a damn about finding the boys. Though between you and me, I suspect even he's glad to see the back of them. But if you ever get wind that they're in danger, I think he'd be willing to help." ." With that, the woman escorts the agents out of the house.
OOC:   If you had any final questions she'd answer them first though.  
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Lynne Crystal Stone's home is only about ten minutes away from her (ex?) boyfriends. She lives in the middle of a trailer park, but her small unit seems fairly well maintained. Any attempts to knock on the door have lead to it opening and a young woman stepping out. She's dressed in a tee and shorts, and is pretty in an understated way. Her eyes look tired though, and she looks at the agents with curiosity that borders on suspicion.

"Help you?" She yawns. Seems she just got up for the day.
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