IC-Ep 3-Dad's Army(Eddie/Eugene)

[jp1885]

Eugene nudges Eddie.

"Didn't you say your ARP section needed some flares,y'know, just in case the batteries failed on your lights and you needed to, er, illuminate something?"

[Turstrigo]

"Hmm, yes, these could absolutely prove useful in a contingency."

[Mr. Handy]

Melissa frowned. "One of those would illuminate far too much," she said. "Your electric torch is hooded, so Jerry won't see the lights from above. Flares should only be used in the daytime, and you're on night shift. Anyway, you're based here too, Eddie, and we've got the flares here in case of an emergency."

OOC,Both of you may try to roll Fast Talk.

[jp1885]

Fast talk 65%,[dice]0[/dice]

"Have you not read the new regulations? Section 5, sub-section 12C, paragraph 8: 'all night duties shall be issued distress flares in mitigation of cases of; a: failure of main power supply, b: failure of backup power supply, c: failure of auxiliary power supplies, d:-' Well, it goes on for several pages."

[Mr. Handy]

"No, I haven't read that one," said Melissa. "It doesn't make any sense. I mean, the whole point is to keep the lights out at night. Still, since when do regulations make sense?" She rose and went over to the locked cabinet, unlocked the padlock with a key, and removed a flare gun. Then she locked the cabinet back up and returned, handing the flare gun to Eddie. "Here you go, Eddie. Be careful with it."

[jp1885]

Eugene feels a bit pleased with himself as the flare is handed to Eddie. At least they have an alternative light source if things don't go to plan.

"What next? Back to the church, or do we have time to catch up with the others?"

[Turstrigo]

Eddie nods as Melissa gives him the flare. "Yes ma'am." He then puts it into his bag and turns to Eugene. "I think we should stop by the church, first."

[jp1885]

"I agree, we don't want to cross paths and miss them accidentally."

[Mr. Handy]

"Have a nice day," said Melissa, waving as Eddie and Eugene left.

They stopped back at the church. Giles Curry was there, but none of the others had returned as of yet.

[jp1885]

"Hmm, I suppose we could phone the hospital and see if anyone's still there."

Eugene wonders if there's a phone box nearby.

[Mr. Handy]

There was a red telephone booth on a nearby corner, and Eugene placed a call to Maxwell's Sanitarium. He was put through to Anna Jerkins.

"Good morning," she said to him. "How are you feeling? Is everything all right?"

[jp1885]

"Oh, I'm bearing up Anna. How are you?"

Eugene outlines what they've discovered about the Home Guard raid before enquiring after Phyllis, Benjamin and Maggie.

"Rather than waiting at the church, Eddie and I were wondering if we could catch up with them."

He finishes the call with a warning for Anna and her colleagues to be on their guard.

[Mr. Handy]

"Oh, I'll do," replied Anna. "I'm afraid you've just missed them. They're off to find Lord Rufus Colville. Speaking of the Home Guard, we've got a patient here who is apparently the sole survivor of that raid. I had to sedate him, and he's sleeping it off now. Thank you for the warning. The others warned me as well."

[jp1885]

Eugene curses inwardly at just missing the others, but this is soon eclipsed by the feeling of guilt at the mention of the Home Guard survivor.

"Oh... How is he? Has he told you anything about the raid?

[Mr. Handy]

"He's mostly incoherent, and I can't do much for him," said Anna. "He's worse off than you are. He must have seen the same thing you did, and he ran away as soon as he saw it. Blames himself for the loss of his men. The others did manage to get something out of him when they were here. He called it the thing in the dark, and he mentioned that it had a red eye, which saw him. He's terrified of the dark, and he insisted on having a lamp by his bedside even though there's light streaming in through the windows. His hair also turned white. He heard shooting and screaming behind him as he fled, which then stopped. Whatever happened, it was in the basement of the warehouse. He said there was an Egyptian room, if that makes any sense."

[jp1885]

"The Egyptian room is a secret chamber they've got in the warehouse. It's where they got me..."

Eugenen shudders.

"Did the others say where they were going?"

[Mr. Handy]

"They were going to stop off at a store to buy some lanterns and then head to the Foreign Office, on King Charles Street, to look for Lord Rufus Colville," said Anna.

[jp1885]

"Thanks; hopefully we can catch up with them there. You go careful now."

Eugene replaces the reviever and goes back to the church. He fills Eddie in on what he's learned.

"If we can get to the Foreign Office in time, I vote we catch up with them."

[Turstrigo]

Eddie frowns when he learns of the soldier's condition, it must've been horrible to witness. Still, it was good to hear that he's in good care now. "Very well then, let's go. The sooner we catch up to others, the better."

[jp1885]

Eugene nods and collects his gear, including flashlights and the flare gun. He follows Eddie out of the church, assuming, as an ARP warden, he knows the city well enough to find the quickest route to the Foreign Office.