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Post by Jongluer on Jul 15, 2010 11:48:02 GMT -5
Arkadi steps back through the hole and considers on how to close the portal. The best bet might be to just sweep away the poor magical protections surrounding it, however since the sand itself already seems to have been swept away he thinks that the magical wards might have been to prevent things from getting out rather than sustaining the portal. Since it also doesn't seem like the portal is going to close on its own, the best bet is to actually get the caster themselves to dismiss it or if possible to dispel it himself which would require magical abilities Arkadi does not possess.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Jul 16, 2010 14:28:59 GMT -5
Returning through the portal, Arkadi realizes with a sinking feeling that there was little he could do now to plug this hole in reality. There was no obvious totem or rune that wasn't already disturbed in some way. Chances were that this portal was maintained by the girls that opened it themselves.
He stands in front of it for a time and rubs his head, finally deciding that he could block it physically, somehow, for the time being.
He looks around the mech. room for something that could do the job.
(PER roll succeeds by 2)
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Post by Jongluer on Jul 17, 2010 18:23:57 GMT -5
Eventually Arkadi remembers an old empty tool closet in one of the storage areas not far away that could easily do the trick.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Jul 19, 2010 11:31:36 GMT -5
He snaps his fingers and mutters in accented English: "That might work..."
He hurries off to the to a set of storage rooms adjacent to the mech. room. They lead no where, but simply serve as space for storing whatever the school can't find storage for elsewhere. When he arrives, it is a cluttered, disorganized hodge podge of ancient school furniture in various states of disrepair, old psychology textbooks and a vending machine from the 60s, judging by the green tint of the bottles of sugary syrup being offered. Also located here is a heavy tool chest that hasn't seen any use in some time, since the Automotive classes had been canceled. He removes the clutter around it, and wheels it back out into the mech. room, positioning it across the nook with the portal and locking the wheels.
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Post by Jongluer on Jul 19, 2010 11:35:52 GMT -5
With the old tool chest, Arkadi is able to successfully block the portal, or at least make sure that on one else is going to find it.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Jul 19, 2010 11:50:53 GMT -5
He slaps his hands together and dusts off the shoulders of his jumpsuit, having collected dust and cobwebs from the storage closet.
The tool chest would suffice for now, but it doesn't shake the uneasy feeling he has. He briefly contemplates leaving a note taped to the portal-side of the chest informing would-be migrants that "Reality is Currently Experiencing Technical Difficulties" and to "Please Try Again Later," but quickly dismisses such silliness. He'd only be keeping honest Fades honest....if that word even applied...
Grabbing the toolkit he'd come in with, he leaves the mech. room, making sure to lock the heavy door's deadbolt on the way out.
Wondering if he could track down the two girls the Lady of the Wood had shown him, he checks his wristwatch.
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Post by Jongluer on Jul 19, 2010 13:08:03 GMT -5
It being after hours, Arkadi certainly has the time to hunt down people, though he wonders whether or not the girls would be on the school's campus.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Jul 19, 2010 13:24:09 GMT -5
Too late for a chance encounter in the halls today, and chances are they're not in any extracurriculars.....guess I can do some research in the mean time.
Lucky heads to the library.
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Post by Jongluer on Jul 19, 2010 13:47:34 GMT -5
The library has a few students sitting around studying, but is largely empty at this time.
((Could I get an Int Check, and a Stealth check?))
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Post by Jongluer on Jul 19, 2010 13:57:55 GMT -5
Arkadi is able to inconspicuously maneuver his way to the year books and back to a part of the library where no one will notice him pawing through the books for pictures of attractive young women. After a few minutes he is able to find both girls under the cheerleading section. The blond's name is apparently Lisa Garrity and the brunette is Kathleen Truman.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Aug 2, 2010 12:03:21 GMT -5
Arkadi fetches a slip of paper and a pencil from his overalls and records the names. He also checks the index to see if they appear elsewhere in the book, possibly in relation to any clubs or other extracurricular activities.
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Post by Jongluer on Aug 2, 2010 12:06:25 GMT -5
Lisa Garrity does appear under the student government page from last year though Kathleen Truman only appears under cheerleading.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Aug 2, 2010 12:24:34 GMT -5
This information he also records, then replaces the year book and checks his watch again.
3:37pm. Considering the A/C work order was the last item on his list for the day, he was free to go. It would take him probably to 4pm to change out of his overalls anyway, so it wasn't like he hadn't worked a full day.
That old feeling was running through him again. The thrill of the chase. But he wasn't going to dive into this head first and confront these girls directly.
He had research to do...
Arkadi makes his way to one of the staff rooms set aside for the maintenance staff, which also contains lockers to keep personal effects and a change of clothes in. He fetches these and changes into his own clothes (slacks, tasteful shoes, button-shirt, short-brim fedora and summer overcoat) in one of the side rooms. By the time he hangs his overalls back in the locker, the digital clock above the door reads 4:02pm.
He clocks out before leaving, and grabs his keys, making his way to his car in the parking lot.
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Post by Jongluer on Aug 2, 2010 12:30:42 GMT -5
The ride back to Arkadi's home is relatively peaceful and despite his precautions as he returns home he does not feel as if he is being watched or followed. The old feelings that the chase stirs in him do not necessarily revitalize all the facts of life in the old country.
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Post by Arkadi Gorodin on Aug 2, 2010 12:46:50 GMT -5
Returning home, Arkadi fixes himself a quick dinner and stuffs one of his pipes for afterward.
While eating the prepared club sandwich (("Ah ha ha ha ha! Baloney!")), he sets to work, punching in the girl's names into whitepages.com, pipl.com, and any other content aggregator that modern man had invented to absolutely rid himself of privacy.
It seemed silly to him, considering his past profession, how willing the current generation was to enslave themselves....
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