IC-Hellfire(Earl/Rosie/Ashley/Thomas/Horst/Flip)

[Mr. Handy]

10:09 AM
In the shower room-
Everyone proceeded past the cell block and through the shower room. "Don't drop the soap!" said Buzz with a laugh.

[Silver Priest]

Thomas rolls his eyes but keeps walking.

[Mr. Handy]

10:10 AM
In the shower room-
The other skinheads laughed as they continued into the common area, Flip and Mutt a little nervously. It occurred to Thomas that most if not all of them had probably done time in prison before.

In the common area-
The group entered the common area. The metal door at the end stood open. "The hatch is just in the next room," said Earl.

[Silver Priest]

It occurs to Thomas that maybe the racist ex cons were not any safer than the man eating cannibals they were "protecting" him and Ash from. But there was no turning back now. And he knew a thing or two about how to misdirect anger away from himself. Usually.

He keeps walking, not sure what they'll find down in the hatch and not looking forward to it, but at east glad they have all these guns.

[Mr. Handy]

10:11 AM
In the common area-
A single shot sounded from somewhere ahead and below. The group proceeded quickly through the open door.

In the chamber-
Everyone entered a round chamber with an open hatch in the center of the floor that resembled one from a submarine. Next to the hatch was a small control panel. At the back of the chamber was a small door. There was a glass window set into the hatch. A ladder led down through the hole, and at the bottom was a flat lift.

"Let's get that elevator up here so we can bring the crates below," said Horst.

"The demons are below," said Flip. "The demons are below and they are hungry."

"Again with the demons," said Buzz. "What's the matter with you? Sampled some of our merchandise?"

"That's what the writing on the wall said."

[Silver Priest]

"Did you all hear that gun shot?" Thomas asks. "Are we sure it's safe to go down there?" He doubts anyone will listen to him, so he looks towards Horst and attempts to flatter the man. "Fuhrer, if the group ahead of us got their hands on some weapons, they might give us trouble, and I don't want anymore of your men to get hurt. Could the rest of us have some weapons in case they prove hostile- or if any of the infected have made their way down there?"

OOC:   Won't roll unless you tell me to Handy, because I suspect Horst will just insult Thomas again. But felt IC to try.

[Mr. Handy]

10:12 AM
In the chamber-
"They already had a few weapons," said Horst, "a rifle and a couple of handguns. They didn't attack us before, even when they had our crates of guns, but if they do, we can take 'em."

Buzz pushed the upper button on the control panel and the lift rose from below. It was big enough to hold six people at a time.

OOC,Everyone may roll Spot Hidden.

[Silver Priest]

Thomas was more worried about whatever was down there, but bites his tongue. Horst wouldn't listen to him anyway.

He waits for the lift to rise, shooting Ashley a comforting smile as he does so.

Spot Hidden 44%,[dice]0[/dice]

[Mr. Handy]

In the chamber-

Thomas,[b]Thomas[/b] could see that the underside of the glass window in the hatch had a mark upon it, which he recognized as being the impact of a bullet. The glass was unbroken, which suggested that the glass was bulletproof. Beside the hatch was a small panel with yellow and black stripes. On it were two buttons, one red and one green. From below the hatch the gray metal platform was rising, marked "LIFT" and "ENTRANCE TO LAB."

[Silver Priest]

Thomas relays the information to the group. "I don't know if that bulletmark is recent or not, but it looks like something may have happened down there." He's starting to have second doubts about all this, but what choice did they have?

[Mr. Handy]

10:13 AM
In the upper hatch chamber-
"The demons..." said Mutt.

"Don't be a wuss," said Horst, dragging Kerry onto the platform. "We got the guns, we can take anything down there. You three bring that crate aboard. Mutt, you're with me too. Flip, you and Buzz bring Rosie and the third crate down in the second trip." Once Earl, Thomas, Ashley, and Mutt were aboard, Horst elbowed the button, and the lift began to descend.

In the lower hatch chamber-
Before long, the lift reached the bottom of the shaft, which was a hole in the ceiling of the chamber below. The ladder reached all the way down to the tiled floor of that room, and the lift touched the floor with a loud bump.

The room was sterile, the thick dust on the floor disturbed only by several sets of footprints leading from a hallway to the ladder and back. On the tiles near the lift were the words: "Welcome- DEEP MOLE ONE."

Other writing was on the tiles. Most of it appeared strange and indecipherable. There was also a sign next to the entrance to the hallway.

[Silver Priest]

This area really does seem like Hell. It's foreboding, and Thomas suppresses a shudder.

He moves to examine the sign.

[Mr. Handy]

10:14 AM
In the lower hatch chamber-
Everyone stepped off of the lift. "Don't get too far ahead," said Horst, again elbowing the button and sending the lift back up the shaft. "We'll wait here for the others."

Thomas walked up to the sign and read it:
"Project Manager- Alan Kirby
Assistant Project Manager- Samuel Niedler
Head of Geological Research- Patrick Craig
Head of Biological Research- David Muth
Assistant Geological- Judith Reagan
Assistant Biological- Gerald Starsia
Chief Engineer- Thomas Bateman
Assistant Engineer- Robert Cross
Steward- Randy Smith"

He peered down the corridor beside the sign. There was another big room at the end of the short hall.

In the upper hatch chamber-
The lift came back up, and Buzz, Flip, and Rosie climbed aboard.

[Silver Priest]

"Seems like this was some kind of science project," Thomas reports. "They had a geologist, biologist, a few assistants..."

He walks back to Ash and the others.

[Mr. Handy]

10:15 AM
In the upper hatch chamber-
Buzz pressed the button with his elbow, and the lift descended yet again.

In the lower hatch chamber-
While Thomas was reading the sign, Ashley examined the tiles on the floor. The symbols were bizarre and didn't match any known alphabet. She did, however, find some writing in more or less plain English, which she read aloud.

One message on the side was marked simply: "CROATOAN"

Another message said: "F***ers ff***ers fuker fukkers fucers"

A third message said: "The apple has a worm"

A fourth message: "Inside it knows."

The lift reached the bottom of the shaft when Thomas returned to where he, Earl, and Ashley had set down the crate. "All right, let's get moving," said Horst, leading the way with his hostage in front of him.

OOC,Everyone may roll History.

[Silver Priest]

Any hope Thomas had that this situation was somehow going to improve faded while Ashley read the messages. Something was wrong here-- he only hoped Horst and his men were well enough armed to deal with it. He follows after Horst.

History 30%,[dice]0[/dice]

But something occurs to him, he had enjoyed history in school and the word CROATOAN had stood out for him. "Hey uh, Croatoan? Isn't that the word that was found at the lost colony?"

OOC:   Sorry if I overstepped, but I'm guessing this is what that history check is for.

[Mr. Handy]

10:16 AM
In the lower hatch chamber-
"Yeah, I think you're right," said Ashley.

Thomas had recalled his lessons at school very well. The name of the colony had been Roanoke, founded in what would one day be the State of Virginia in the late 16th century. The governor had gone back to England, and when he returned to Roanoke, he discovered that all of the people were missing without a trace except for that one word. Everyone proceeded down the hall.

In the meeting room-
Everyone emerged from the short corridor into a large conference room of some sort. An oval wooden table surrounded by chairs dominated the center of the room, and there were two exits aside from the way they had come in: an alcove on the left side of the room, and a doorway at the far end. The table was badly scratched, and the chairs had all been ripped up and knocked over.

OOC,You guessed correctly. :) Everyone may roll Spot Hidden.

[Silver Priest]

Thomas gives a smile to Ash. Not only was she beautiful, she was also hella smart. Man, their kids were going to be great. Provided they survived this crisis anyway.

"It looks like there was some kind of fight here," Thomas says when he enters the room. Then he feels stupid for stating the obvious, so he just looks around and lets Horst direct them.

Spot Hidden 44%,[dice]0[/dice]

[Mr. Handy]

10:17 AM
In the meeting room-
Everyone passed through the room to the hallway beyond.

OOC,[b]Earl[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (25% base skill) in the meeting room: [dice]0[/dice] [b]Rosie[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (25% base skill) in the meeting room: [dice]1[/dice] [b]Ashley[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (30% skill) in the meeting room: [dice]2[/dice] [b]Horst[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (25% base skill) in the meeting room: [dice]3[/dice] [b]Flip[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (37% skill) in the meeting room: [dice]4[/dice] [b]Buzz[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (51% skill) in the meeting room: [dice]5[/dice] [b]Mutt[/b]'s Spot Hidden roll (54% skill) in the meeting room: [dice]6[/dice] Everyone is moving to the thread below:

Down the Hatch