IC - 28 - The Big Smoke - Simon and Jocelyn
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Jocelyn gently wakes Simon and quietly fills him in so as not to wake Kris. "My guess is they won't leave until morning, but we have to make sure," she says. "It wouldn't surprise me if they try to sneak her out before dawn. If there's nothing you need to tell me, I have to catch forty winks. Well, 27. I've missed a third of the night."
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Re: IC - 28 - The Big Smoke - Simon and Jocelyn
Ever inconsiderate, Simon makes enough noise waking up that he may wake up Kris.
"I suppose we can continue to watch. As soon as they move her, we pounce. Honestly it may not even be that hard. Even if we pull them over for spurious reasons, if they're late to the end of the world Balfour may find himself having to cancel it." He doubts it will be that easy, but he is trying to be optimistic. "I will take over from here." He assures her.
"I suppose we can continue to watch. As soon as they move her, we pounce. Honestly it may not even be that hard. Even if we pull them over for spurious reasons, if they're late to the end of the world Balfour may find himself having to cancel it." He doubts it will be that easy, but he is trying to be optimistic. "I will take over from here." He assures her.
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Simon starts to keep watch, yawns, and promptly falls asleep.
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Simon knows this stakeout is a waste of time and he struggles to keep focused on the house. His mind wandering to ever more elaborate fantasies about how he would single-handedly foil Balfour, particularly after Kris's frankly rude comments about how much noise he was making. The next thing he knows he's sitting slumped in the car and several hours seem to have passed. Glancing around, everyone else seems to be asleep and the house is still in darkness.
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Silver Priest wrote: ↑Sun Jan 07, 2024 8:31 am Ever inconsiderate, Simon makes enough noise waking up that he may wake up Kris.
"I suppose we can continue to watch. As soon as they move her, we pounce. Honestly it may not even be that hard. Even if we pull them over for spurious reasons, if they're late to the end of the world Balfour may find himself having to cancel it." He doubts it will be that easy, but he is trying to be optimistic. "I will take over from here." He assures her.
OOC: Can we retcon this bit and have Kris tell Simon he’s being a selfish tit before rolling over and going back to sleep? |
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OOC: Simon is an acquired taste. Sadly for him, most people seem to be picky eaters. |
Everything still stood dark, so he felt reasonably confident Louise and her daughter remained within. Probably. He'd surely have awoken had they left the house.
He shakes Kris awake, still annoyed with him but wanting to play nice given his slight miscalculation. "Time for your watch. I saw nothing unusual." he says truthfully.
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Kris yawned and stretched. ”What time is it?” he asked quietly, trying not to disturb Jocelyn.
He peered out of the car window, blinking sleepily as he studied the house for lights or signs of movement.
He peered out of the car window, blinking sleepily as he studied the house for lights or signs of movement.
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Simon, as casually as he can, gives the time.
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Kris thinks it seems a little later than they'd planned for Simon to wake him up but it's still dark and there's no sign of anything from the house. The streets are deserted but he knows it'll only be an hour or two before people start getting up and setting off for work.
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Kris wasn’t coming about a extra few minutes of shut-eye. He stretched again and craned his neck, checking the streets around the car for any signs of anything out of the ordinary, and, more importantly, somewhere he could sneak off and take a leak!
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The street look pretty dead. It's probably quiet enough for him to discretely relieve himself behind a car.
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Feeling very much refreshed, Kris returned to the car, glancing up and down the street before resuming his position.
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Getting back into the car, practically a new man, Kris begins to watch the house again. It remains dark. But along the street lights are coming on, cars are pulling out onto the road, and the city is slowly coming to life. Eventually after what must be forty minutes or more a light flicks on in the house upstairs. Then after another ten minutes or so other lights are coming on. By now the road is becoming busier. Pedestrians are passing by. And people are hurrying to work.
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Kris kept watching the house, waiting to see if anyone emerged.
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After maybe thirty minutes the front door of the house opens and Louise comes out with a child, ten or eleven years old perhaps. She looks dressed for school in a blue uniform and carrying a backpack. The two of them are chatting and turn left out of the house, walking along the pavement. In the house someone is looking out the window into the street but it is difficult to see them.
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Kris shook the other two awake. ”We’ve got movement! Louisa’s just left the house with the girl!” he hissed.
”Someone’s still in the house - I couldn’t see who that was!”
”Someone’s still in the house - I couldn’t see who that was!”
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OOC: You've had all night to position yourselves so I'd say you've found a place that the inhabitants of the house can't easily see. Roll a Spot Hidden to know who's in there. |
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