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nextgen_misc ([info]nextgen_misc) wrote in [info]marvel_nextgen,
@ 2011-05-31 20:54:00


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Entry tags:inactive - anselm, inactive - karen lynch, inactive - matt walker, inactive - michelle clarke, inactive - shelly drumm, plot-"spirt of vengeance", team - midnight sons

Who's gonna hear you cry, when there's more of them than there are of you?

 

The Chicago Police Department sees its fair share of weird and unexplainable things on a daily basis, the kind of thing no cop talks about if they value their jobs. Tonight is one of those nights.

The police respond to a disturbance at a warehouse on Pier 36 around 9 pm and walk into what can only be called a charnel house. There is blood everywhere, and at least twenty bodies litter the inside of an inverted pentagram made of gold filigree on the floor the large warehouse owned by Molson’s Meat Packing. No one wants to think about how fitting the name is currently.

In the center of the room lies a stone table roughly the size of a full-size bed. The table is splattered with blood that runs down into the floor as well. Scorch marks mar the intricate tapestries on the walls and the masonry beneath them and there is a foul odor in the air. At the northern end of the warehouse, on a raised dais, is a golden chalice set with several precious stones that gleam in the now-bright light.

These cops don’t know what’s going on , but they do know who to call when weird stuff like this happens: Detective Karen Lynch.



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Re: A Little Later
[info]nextgen_misc
2011-06-09 01:44 am UTC (link)
The spectral outline of a woman, identical to the body before them, appears in view.

"Hello? Can you hear me?" she asks, her voice tight and afraid.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-09 01:48 am UTC (link)
"Yes. I can hear you. I am glad to hear you."

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Re: A Little Later
[info]nextgen_misc
2011-06-09 02:41 am UTC (link)
"I...I need help. I think I died." the woman says, looking in the direction of Shelly's voice. To her, Shelly is just as vague and spectral as she is to Shelly.

"I think I helped do something bad and now...there's a monster out there." she says.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-09 09:52 am UTC (link)
"You did die. I am sorry." There is genuine compassion in Shelly's voice for this girl. She looks lost, bewildered. "What happened? Why do you believe there is a monster out there? If you talk to me, perhaps I can help."

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Re: A Little Later
[info]nextgen_misc
2011-06-10 01:37 am UTC (link)
"My friend, Jennifer, said she knew about this...party. She said it would be fun. I didn't know what to expect, and it seemed okay, until the chanting started.

Then...they dragged some guy in from outside. He was all wet and they said he'd make a good sacrifice. I thought it was some kind of play." the woman says, her voice breaking.

"They were about to kill him and then...he changed. He turned into a monster and started killing everyone. Then /another/ monster showed up and started helping him.

And then they started /fighting/!" she says, breaking down in tears.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-10 01:39 am UTC (link)
Shelly reached out a hand to the spirit of the girl.

"I promise you no monsters can harm you now. None will harm you. Did the monsters say anything? Did they call each other names?"

She knew Matt had his own questions. As soon as he started asking them, she'd share them.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]this_fire_burns
2011-06-11 01:04 am UTC (link)
As it stands, Shelly is asking the first questions that Matt has, so he doesn't say anything yet.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]nextgen_misc
2011-06-11 01:07 am UTC (link)
The ghostly woman sniffles.

"I didn't hear much. One of them was accusing the other of being a 'destroyer' and said some name...it began with an 'N'. Nico...something." she sniffles.

"I miss my kids." the woman says quietly.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-11 11:27 pm UTC (link)
Shelly hopes Matt is getting this. As is, her heart goes out for the woman. She had no idea what was going on.

"I will make certain that they are okay. And I will speak to the loa on your behalf so that you may watch over them," she offers gently. "Is there anything else you can recall about what happened? My friend and I want to stop this from happening to anyone else."

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Re: A Little Later
[info]nextgen_misc
2011-06-12 04:14 am UTC (link)
"Both of them are powerful beings. I could feel it. One had a head made of pure flame, and the other looked like a bull.

But the one with the fire on his head...he didn't attack all of us. Just the leader and a few other people. The one with the bull-head seemed...a little scared of him." the woman says.

"When the Bull-creature ran away, the fire-head guy followed him. I was dead by then." she says.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-12 03:10 pm UTC (link)
Shelly nods.

"The information you've given me will help greatly. And again, I promise that I will speak to the loa on your behalf." She looked to Matt to see if he had anything else to ask.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]this_fire_burns
2011-06-12 10:00 pm UTC (link)
Matt looks to Shelly and shakes his head. She'd give him a lot of information with just that.

"Tell her that someone will check on her children tonight." Matt says, wanting to offer the woman some peace.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-12 11:03 pm UTC (link)
Shelly nods.

"We will check in on your children tonight. Thank you for your help. You have done an incredible amount of good. Thank you."

And unless the woman has more to say, Shelly slips back fully to the living.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]this_fire_burns
2011-06-13 12:16 am UTC (link)
Matt goes to Shelly immediately, holding her up.

"Hey, you okay?" he asks, concern coloring his tone.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-13 12:17 am UTC (link)
Shelly pushes Matt aside briefly and stumbles to a sink where she promptly retches.

"My gods, what they were dealing with was vile."

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Re: A Little Later
[info]this_fire_burns
2011-06-13 12:59 am UTC (link)
Matt holds her hair back, as good boyfriends do.

"The other being she described...it sounds familiar, somehow. I can't place it, but I know I've heard of something like it before." Matt says, wracking his brain for information.

"The lone survivor they've got kept saying they shouldn't have summoned it, and was talking about sin and a bunch of other nonsense.

Whatever it is these people summoned, we need to get out in front of this as quickly as we can." Matt tells her.

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-13 01:00 am UTC (link)
"Yeah, we really do," she says as she wipes her face and mouth. "First, though, I have to go check on some children. Make sure they are safe and taken care of, no matter what."

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Re: A Little Later
[info]this_fire_burns
2011-06-13 01:35 am UTC (link)
"Okay. I'm gonna head home and try a few spells to see if I can locate anything.

Should I stop at your place when you're off tonight?" Matt asks. "Or are you coming by mine?"

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Re: A Little Later
[info]blackmagicwoman
2011-06-13 01:37 am UTC (link)
"I think I'll come to your place. Feels safer sometimes."

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Re: A Little Later
[info]this_fire_burns
2011-06-14 12:17 am UTC (link)
"Okay." he smiles. "The door will be open."

With that, Matt kisses Shelly one more time, then leaves the morgue the way he came.

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