The Merge: Agents and Powers Chapter 2: Agents Abroad

[Neo-Paladin]

Peekaboo's lightning strikes two more spiders, their charred corpses falling down, twisted and blackened, the rancid smell of burnt chitin and hair filling the tunnel.

Lilly's attack catches the spider not entirely by surprise, thanks to the benefit of having multiple eyes, but her punch does, her strength being far higher than it should be given her human appearance. The spider's thorax crushed, it slithers a few feet away before curling up and breathing its last...

Another spider is dropped by Alma's blast of darkness...

Before the surviving spiders suddenly skitter away into the darkness....and you all hear a voice from the shadow, a voice with a very heavy lisp.

" Now, pray tell, what ith going on in our tunnelth? Why are you dithurbing our neighbourth?" There seems to be no exact point of origin for the voice...

//Damn, that was devastating. But then again, if the spiders had gotten the drop on you...let's just say, they might be minions but their bites are no joke...

[Tony Jones]

Lilly looks slightly relieved as the spiders skitter away, then tenses and looks around as the sourceless voice comes out of the shadows. She has become used to her hearing giving her more information than it is currently...

Then she looks pointedly at Emil.

[Bladewind]

Torque
Condition: Normal
HP: 1

Torque's light sweeps the area, back and forth as slowly rises from his crouch, shield still deployed.

[jmucchiello]

"We're just passing through," Adeleth says to the unknown voice.

(ooc: does it seem like the spiders were running from us or from the voice?)

[kirinke]

Amy

"We're going to have a chat about unilateral decisions without informing the rest of the group later." she told the Elf and then to the voice. "Sorry about the ruckus. I forgot light elves of any stripe and spiders do not mix well." she said dryly. If the voice cared to notice, it would know she was more than a bit put out by the entire thing. She wasn't bothering to hide that at all.

"We're actually looking for two human idiots that may have passed through. Once we collect them or their corpses, we'll be on our merry way." she said politely.

If she had a guess, the voice probably belonged to a Nosferato.

[Plan b]

Emil Brackhaus

"That's racist, and i am not a light elf." Emil replied flatly

"Agent Brackhaus of the Ministerium für Übernatürliches, to whom am i speaking." Emil introduced himself, returning his pistols to holsters and drawing his identification

[kirinke]

Amy

"That's racist, and i am not a light elf." Emil replied flatly

The girl snorted. "You aren't evil and psychotic or a dark eldar. That makes you a light elf." she said dryly.

And one who doesn't listen to sense. But that's another story. she thought grumpily to herself.

[Tony Jones]

"Do we not have more important things to worry about at present than which precise variety of elf Emil is?" Lilly says, waving a hand in the general direction of where the voice came from.

[kirinke]

Amy

She grinned, satisfied she had made her own point. "Sure, sure. Let's do." she said mildly.

[Neo-Paladin]

" Tho...you come here and jutht thtart blathing about", the voice continues, now coming from behind you. " We do not like dithturbantheth. What will you offer for free pathage?"

[Bladewind]

Torque
Condition: Normal
HP: 1


"Offering something for free passage will make it no longer free... what would you expect of us?' Torque returned the question.

[kirinke]

Amy

The girl sighed. "Forgive my companions. They are not wise to polite speech." she explained. "Or diplomacy." she considered. "I and my partner Alma can heal. If you have people in need of healing, I can provide it within reason. Mind you though, if it is truly a mortal wound or disease, I cannot fight Death."

She shook her head. "The only other thing I can offer is a direct line to our boss. You guys can certainly set up something that benefits you both. That is if you are Nosferatu."

[Neo-Paladin]

From the darkness step two massive rats, each the size of a mastiff, muscles rippling under surprisingly well-kept fur. Between them, seemingly out of nowhere, a humanoid figure walks forward, blessed with a face even a mother could have trouble loving. White as a corpse, bald, with black veins starkly visible under the skin, bloodshot, asymmetrical eyes and an openly cleft palate, the edges of which sporting gruesomly twisted teeth - just like the rest of the mouth - the figure nonetheless stands quite proudly in front of you. The creature is wearing a black, crumpled and somewhat dirty suit that still manages to look expensive.
" We do not need handoutth. It will make uth weak. Too dependent. But we need athithtance with thomething we cannod do ourthelveth. There ith a bunker buried underneath the tunnelth. It appeared during the latth thurge of the Merge around the incurthion. There are thingth ethcaping from there. Dead thingth. We want that to thtop. But we cannot go there ourthelveth."

[Tony Jones]

Lilly watches curiously as the new arrival appears, unfazed by his unusual appearance and the giant rats that come with him - she has, after all, seen much worse in the past. She does not immediately speak though, being more than happy to let those more qualified at it continue the conversation.

[kirinke]

Amy

"I don't know about you guys, but this does seem to be pretty important." she looked at them and then back at the vampire. "Do you have pictures or video?" she asked. "It might be something we can't handle ourselves, but we can certainly pass it on to those who can." she warned.