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Post by Hammett on Sept 29, 2019 22:06:55 GMT
"Well now..." He looks around the staff, "Everyone, keep away from these strange shadows. We have no idea what effect they might have on us. Dalton, keep an eye on the door. No one in, but if one of these things tries and leaves, let it out." He looks over at Wonda, the Hostess, and Carl, the bartender. "Wonda. Carl. Get over to the Blue Parrot before the German's do. Keep an eye on what is happening there. Especially how things change once the the Major arrives. Don't go inside. Watch through the window from the street. One of you come back here and report to me what's happening every 30 minutes or so. Sooner, if things take a bad turn."
With that, Hammett moves closer to one of the remaining shadows, drawing his sword from under his coat as he does. He makes sure to keep a few feet away, and studies it, ready to defend himself with his sword if it comes at him.
What is it(they) doing now? Do they seem to be moving with any sort of intelligence or plan?
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Post by Admin on Sept 30, 2019 23:48:32 GMT
The shadows flutter about along the walls across the floor seemingly indifferent to the lights cast by the lightbulbs. If Hammett was to assume that they are intelligent then it would look like they are searching about for something.
Within a minute they all seem to attach themselves to the people in the room; continuing to 'dance' but anchored to the feet of Hammett and his employees. He can hear faint whispers come f from them but the spoken words are too faint to comprehend.
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Post by Hammett on Oct 1, 2019 3:32:47 GMT
"Right. Enough of that."
Hammett stabs the shadow at his feet with his sword.
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Post by Admin on Oct 1, 2019 5:31:10 GMT
Slashing through the shadow the sword rebounds with a *CLANG* of the stone floor driving a wave of numbness up Hammett's arm. He can't be sure but it seems as if the apparition then gives him the finger in response.
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Post by Hammett on Oct 1, 2019 10:23:40 GMT
That gets a smile out of Hammett, but only for a moment. He had more important matters to attend to before the night was over. He slid his sword back under his dinner jacket. If he was home he could probably just bottle it up and keep it as a pet in among his collection of other oddities, but those spells and tricks didn't work here in Kasaba. Not yet at least.
They did seem intelligent. And there were lots of them. Maybe more refugees from a nearby shadow? Their arrival seemed to coincide with the germans, were they some sort of mystical parasite that had attached themselves to the germans? Maybe that is why Strasser was such a dick? Were they able to influence the people they "shadowed"?
Hammett looked around at his staff, "How is everyone feeling? Everything okay?" He studies their actions and reactions trying to see if any of them are acting strangely. "Any of you ever hear of or encounter anything like this before?"
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Post by Admin on Oct 7, 2019 19:22:07 GMT
The crew shake their heads in the negative.
Pinky says "Dey don't seem to be muchova tret. Dey soitenly ain't moidered anyone." She had come across a package of Three Stooges movies in the city and now affected an exaggerated Brooklyn accent.
[OOC: I'm assuming one of the staff is named Pinky. And if not, then why not?]
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Post by Hammett on Oct 8, 2019 19:34:01 GMT
Hammett made a mental note to send Pinky to work in a different Shadow as far away from him as possible, as soon as he had the time.
"No, they seem harmless, but the fact that they are here and not by my doing is enough to treat them as a threat until we learn who sent them or where they come from. Plus, I don't like disturbances in my place." He gives the finger back to the shadow that is at his feet, "And these are disturbing."
But they do seem to have some sort of intelligence...
Hammett focuses on the shadow at his feet and tries to establish a psyche connection to it.
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Post by Admin on Oct 14, 2019 5:00:25 GMT
There is a slight connection and a few images flash wraith-like through Hammett's mind - darkness and the sound of a locomotive...purple grass under a pink sky...storm, hurricane, and lightning...an unknown city washed away in a flood. Then the connection is lost and the shadows scurry into he corners and meld with the normal shadows of furniture and potted plant.
"Yoiks! Dat shoid 'em, boss!" Pinky says, "Whateva it was ya doyn."
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Post by Hammett on Oct 14, 2019 7:44:41 GMT
Was it possible that they were refugees from a world hit by shadow storms? They did seem harmless enough, but-- Hammett shook his head. He didn't have time for this right now.
He looks to his staff, "Strange. But as I've said before, "Everyone is welcome at Wormwood's." Keep an eye on them and let me know if they cause any trouble. If not leave them be, or if you can figure out how, put them to work."
With that Hammett heads up to his office, taking off his bow tie as he does. It had been a long night, but it wasn't over yet.
Inside his office, with the door locked behind him, he gets a drink and sits at his desk. He then pulls out his trump deck and draws Gerard's card and begins to focus on it.
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Post by Admin on Oct 17, 2019 17:56:10 GMT
The connection with Gerard is made almost immediately. Hammett sees his uncle sitting at the great desk in his stateroom aboard the Stormrider a pen in one hand and a sheaf of papers in the other.
"That was quick; what have you found for me?" he is in a better mood than earlier although still not in his usual friendly manner.
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Post by Hammett on Oct 17, 2019 23:09:10 GMT
"Unfortunately nothing solid just yet. But plans are in motion. Brenon is on the train and tracking down information there. We have also put word out to set a trap if the culprits are desperate to flee the shadow. But at this point, if I were to wager on the guilty, I might be thinking of the German forces here in this shadow. You know of them, right? Shadow Local nation that is waging war against the rest of the shadow? I just had a visit from one of their Majors. A Major Strasser. He's a real piece of work. Says the Germans plan to to take over Kasaba and close down the shadow path. Kill off all the visitors from other Shadows."
Hammett takes a drink before continuing.
"He also, and this is why I'm getting in contact right away. He also said, and I quote, that that "Gerard who presumes to be in charge here. He too will be eliminated in the near future." So I wanted to give you a heads up on that. Just to be careful. They might have a plot in motion already to target you. And the "he too will be eliminated" might mean that they were behind our agents being killed. But I can't say for sure. Not yet at least. It would help to know what information they were killed for. That way we can narrow down who might benefit from preventing us from getting it. Also, I've heard word that some "very powerful" people, apparently a third party involved in all of this, would pay a whole lot of money for the information the agents were carrying. So we are not the only ones looking for the murderers, or at least the information they stole."
Hammett stops talking then, waiting to hear what Gerard might say.
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Post by Admin on Oct 21, 2019 17:29:36 GMT
"I can't tell you what he spies were carrying even if I wanted to; they're - they were -Random's men and whatever they went to collect it was something we don't already know hence the need to send a couple of agents out into the wilds of Begma. That's all I know of it. There might even have been more than two of them when they first sent out.
"I'm sure Strasser would like to kill 'cause he was always itching to mix things up even when I knew him as a lieutenant. I wouldn't worry so much about his killing plans but more about this scheme to close the path. It shouldn't be possible for one mundane as him. He's hiding something from you."
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Post by Hammett on Oct 22, 2019 0:23:24 GMT
"Okay. I'll look into it further. When we met earlier at Ferrari's you said something about Bleys. What happened? Is he okay?"
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Post by Admin on Oct 23, 2019 4:53:21 GMT
Gerard gives Hammett a hard glare.
"He'll live. From now on you'll take calls when they come.
"Contact me again when you get some more information."
He breaks the trump connection.
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Post by Hammett on Oct 23, 2019 18:57:12 GMT
(( OOC QUESTIONS: What time is it for me here in Kasaba and how long (in Kasaba hours) until the party/event in Amber? ))
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