IC-Ep 4-The Wounded(Elizabeth/Brook/Archie)

[Snapper]

Archie:

Spoiler:

Hide 10%: 1d100 40

[Mr. Handy]

Madeline didn't notice Archie, her back being too him as she headed for the front doors. Maggie was seated in a chair pretending to read a newspaper but peeking over the top of it.

[Snapper]

Archie:

Wincing and holding his chest carefully, Archie slowly moves to the front doors then tries to look out through a window, if one is available.

[Mr. Handy]

The windows were taped, but this being daytime, the blackout curtains were open, and he had no problem seeing outside. Madeline left through the front doors and headed down the street to the south, in the direction of Newgate Street and St. Paul's.

[Snapper]

Archie:

Spoiler:

Are there any spare wheelchairs about?

[Mr. Handy]

OOC,[b]Archie[/b], please roll Luck.

[Snapper]

Archie:

Spoiler:

Luck 90%: 1d100 33

[Mr. Handy]

There were two unattended wheelchairs sitting in the lobby. It didn't look like anyone would notice if Archie were to borrow one of them.

[Snapper]

Archie:

Archie staggers over to a wheelchair and plops down. "Come on ladies, someone take the invalid out for some fresh air. And more to the point, let's see if we can follow our friend."

[Mr. Handy]

Brook pushed Archie outside in the wheelchair, followed by Elizabeth and Maggie. They followed Madeline down the street, In the distance ahead rose the magnificent dome of St. Paul's Cathedral, as yet undamaged by the bombs, though the area in front of the cathedral was cordoned off by air raid wardens.

"Oh, I heard about this!" said Elizabeth. "A UXB struck St. Paul's. If it had gone off, it could have destroyed it. It made a hole in the ground when it hit, so it's hard for them to get to it, and they have to be very careful. That's why it took- will take a while before they can get to it."

Madeline wasn't going all the way to the cathedral anyway. She went into the entrance to St. Paul's Underground Station and started down the stairs, which would not accommodate a wheelchair.

[Snapper]

Archie:

Archie gives Elizabeth a quizzical look but moves on.

Spoiler:

Does Archie feel capable of moving around? Can he walk down the underground?

[Mr. Handy]

Archie had to leave the wheelchair behind, but he was able to walk down the stairs with support from Brook. The four of them followed Madeline downstairs and paid their fare. She went to the westbound platform.

[Snapper]

Archie:

"I suggest we hold back a bit then board with the last passengers, and in another car," Archie wheezes.

[Mr. Handy]

The ladies did as Archie suggested. Madeline boarded one of the frontmost cars as part of the morning crowd. Archie, Elizabeth, Brook, and Maggie boarded the car behind hers with the last of the passengers. It wouldn't be easy to keep an eye on Madeline from there to be sure when she got off, but there was no danger of her seeing them, at least.

OOC, [b]Archie[/b], please roll Spot Hidden.

[Snapper]

Archie:

Spoiler:

Spot Hidden 40%: 1d100 5

"Does anyone know if there is a location our friends will be today, where we might place a telephone call to alert them Mrs Steadman is on the move?"

[Mr. Handy]

"They'll probably go back to St. Bart's when they're done," said Elizabeth. "They'd be expecting to find us still there."

"I can head back there to meet up with them once we find out where she's going," said Maggie.

Archie kept a careful eye on Madeline, and he saw her alight from the train once it reached Queensway.

[Snapper]

Archie:

"Right, no rest for the wicked. Let's see if we can decide where she's going."

Clutching his chest with one hand and clutching one of the others for support with the other, Archie staggers up and off the train.

Spoiler:

Does Archie have any idea what - of interest to Mrs Steadman - is at Queensway?

[Mr. Handy]

The ladies helped Archie off the train and up the stairs, following Madeline to the surface. When they saw her head down a street to the north, Archie recalled that this was the way to her home.

[Snapper]

Archie:

"Right, I think we can assume Mrs Steadman is heading home. Maggie, can you make your way to the others and let them know."

Spoiler:

Was the Steadman place a long way from the underground station?

[Mr. Handy]

"Will do, Reverend," said Maggie, heading back underground.

The house is only a short walk from the station.