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Your eyes close and you flinch instinctively as the wave of heat washes over you. Immediately, you feel a change in the atmosphere and a sudden lurching sense of vertigo. You open your eyes, and see you are now standing in the aisle of a supermarket, with pet food on one side, and cleaning supplies on the other.

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As you struggle to get your bearings, you realize it is unearthly quiet in the supermarket, though you can hear the sounds of multiple people whimpering, somewhere to the front of the store. Suddenly, a voice cries out, "Heads up! PIG!" following by a brief exchange of gunfire. A cacophony of terrified screams erupts, and then another voice, sounding slightly muffled, shouts "Shut the fuck up and get down, you cunts!"

You are standing roughly in the middle of the aisle, and are facing the end with the checkout area, though you can't see anyone from where you're currently standing.
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Bewildered at how she got here, Christine nonetheless allows her instincts to take over. She drops to the floor, gritting her teeth in rage at the scuzballs who are apparently engaged in a shootout with the police. Automatically, her mace finds its way into her hand, where she conceals it in her palm. Determined to be a good witness rather than a victim, and if possible to help the police, she crawls towards the front of the store to try to get a look at what's going on.
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By crawling down to the end of the aisle towards the registers, Christine can see a man standing in front of the exit behind the the cash registers, holding a handgun. His face is obscured by a plastic Obama mask, but he is Caucasian judging from his hands. His head moves from side to side quickly and jerkily, and the gun is shaking slightly in his hand. He is standing next to what appears to be a floral section.

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The man turns and looks down the line of registers. "What the hell, man? You said we weren't going to kill anyone, Skeet."

The voice from earlier replies harshly, "No first fucking names, Bi...bitch! Just keep an eye out down your end." From the ground, you can't make out the second man, but you can tell he is holding a shotgun in gloved hands. You can also see shoppers and cashiers cowered in between the checkouts. The smell of gunpowder is in the air.
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Christine gets an extremely good look at her surroundings.
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Mathew is totaly confused, 'How the hell did we get here?' Luckily he has the presence of mind to hit the ground when the lady did.
Mathew concluded that she seemed to know what she was doing, and she was armed, even if it was just a can of Mace, so he just slowly crawled after her...
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Christine can tell that the man with the Obama mask is wearing the same clothes as the first man you removed from the car wreck. However, he is also wearing some kind of medallion around his neck, His body movements appear nervous.
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Christine makes no move yet, but continues to watch carefully, keeping the mace in her hand hidden beneath her body.
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The sounds of a scuffle erupt from the other end of store, followed by a gunshot and screams. The man in the Obama mask runs in the direction, until a voice rings out, "Hold your fucking position, asshole." He's stopped in front of your aisle, but hasn't noticed you, as far as you can tell.
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"Somehow, that's the guy from the first car," Christine whispers to Mathew when he arrives. "Bill Toge, the sheriff called him. The second robber, Skeet, almost called him that too. He's got some kind of medallion around his neck."
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Shit!! Thinks Mathew and freezes as still as possible, Just keep looking the other way man, he feverishly scans the nearby shelves for anything he can use as a weapon.
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The aisle around you contains pet food and cleaning supplies, including some heavy looking cans of 'CHUM' dog food and various industrial cleaning sprays. The sounds of sirens converging on the building come into earshot, as Obama mask guy dashes back to the exit and holds his gun in front of him, pointing out the door.
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"I don't think Bill wants to hurt anyone," Christine continues. "It's Skeet who's shooting people. He probably roped Bill into this robbery. If I could get a chance to speak to Bill without Skeet around, I think I could talk him down, convince him to testify against Skeet in return for reduced charges with a lighter sentence."
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"The cops, man, the cops!", Bill yells. He fires twice out of the exit. More shots are coming from the other end of the store.

A man in a Reagan mask runs down past the registers, holding a shotgun in his hand. As he passes your aisle, he turns and sees you, flashes his gun briefly in your direction with a snarl, then runs onwards towards Bill. "Stay the fuck here, Manning has almost got the money. When I give the signal, run through the produce area and loop around the back of the store, we meet at the fire exit, the car is there. Just keep the cops trapped outside, and don't let anyone get out." He then dashes back past your aisle away from Bill.
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"First I'd better pass on what I know to the police outside," whispers Christine as she takes out her cell phone with her free hand. She makes sure the sound is turned down and calls 911.
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Mathew staying as close to the floor as possible looks along the shelf for some oven cleaner spray (caustic soda)and possibly some liquid polish.
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When Christine brings her phone to her ear after dialing 911, she hears a odd series of beeps on the other end of the line. Instead of connecting to emergency services, she hears a sudden click followed by the ghostly echoes of a conversation, a conversation between herself and a legal client that she remembers having the day before.

Mathew gets a hold of some Mr Muscle oven cleaner and Turtle Wax spray.

There is the sound of running at the other end of the store. Bill swings back and forth between the exit and towards the other end of the store, and then takes a few hesitant steps into the floral section.
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OOC: Can Mathew get between Bill and the exit without being seen?
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"I can't get through," whispers Christine to Mathew as she puts the phone away. "I'm going to see if I can talk Bill down while he's by himself. Can you watch my back in case this doesn't go well?"
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Mathew glances down at the oven cleaner in his hand, "Yeah, okay."
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Working up her courage, Christine addresses Bill. "Excuse me," she says in a soft tone of voice, trying to keep the volume low so that Skeet doesn't overhear. "You're in quite a pickle here, but I know how you can get out of it, if you'll listen to me."
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