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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Apr 27, 2017 15:32:05 GMT
You must go through the house and kitchen to get into the back garden. The garden itself is beautiful, Mrs. Talbott clearly had pride and joy in her work. The garden is rather expansive and leads down through the lightly wooded areas of the property to the out building at the far back. It is slightly hidden by tall trees except for its roof peeking out. The door goes back into the kitchen, the kitchen window overlooks the garden.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Apr 27, 2017 15:32:52 GMT
Way, Way, Way in the back of the property through some trees and rough terrain is an outbuilding. It is of a decent size and distance from the house while remaining on the property. The door is locked by a simply bolt to keep animals out. (There will be a further desc and sanity rolls potentially involved if anyone ventures out here).
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Apr 27, 2017 15:33:39 GMT
The outlining woods surround the Talbot's home and go on for many miles out into the middle of nowhere. The woods themselves can be reached by walking into them in any number of directions from the house. The forest behind the house can be accessed through a small garden gate with a rough path leading back into the dense pine forest. It is raining softly outside infrequently, the sound of falling rain drops on to leaves, streams a twigs; it echos through the woods. Out here you may feel as if you could be watched. Sound: forest.ambient-mixer.com/calm-day-forest
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 23:07:15 GMT
Dickens steps out into the garden, following Officer Simon. He was nervous, he'll admit it. But this looked nice. Homey. It clearly had a woman's touch.
He slipped a jelly baby into his mouth, chewing slowly as he extracted and lit a cigarette.
Sighing gently he looks around ... [spot hidden, listen]
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Apr 30, 2017 23:17:31 GMT
Outside the grass seems to be more lush than usual, any foot prints or trampling that should be back in the garden from all of the searches have completely been covered over by fertile green grass blades. The garden itself doesn't appear to have grown as much as the various parts of the grass, but it is spring and misty. The shed in the back seems a lot more covered in trees than it had before, perhaps from this angle eyes were playing tricks. As he looks around he noticed those same rats still sitting back in the bushes, watching the house. Officer Simon also looks around and suddenly puts her hand on her gun, "Did you see that?" She motions to the base of the out building much farther back and outside of the garden boundary (down a small hill). I thought I saw something tall and thin moving around."
She yells, "Come out with your hands up!" She goes into cop mode and starts to walk towards the out building armed and ready to hunt someone or something down.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 30, 2017 23:21:16 GMT
Dickens lets the detective take point, since she has a weapon and he doesn't. He looks around the garden for some tool or implement to pick up as an improvised weapon, brandishing it awkwardly with one hand, his other hand clutching the yellow sign beneath his shirt.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on Apr 30, 2017 23:29:57 GMT
She edges around the garden's back gate and starts heading down the hill. When she reaches the building he can hear he gagging, then the sound of someone vomiting violently, "Its..." **puke** ... **VERY BAD**... She is still a bit strong despite looking pale and suddenly violently ill. She hurries ahead of him and there is a sound of a door being violent kicked open down at the outbuilding. If he follows he will smell a nauseating smell of rotting rodent, more of them have been utterly ripped to pieces. Everywhere she walks is on rat bones, rotting flesh, putrid liquid and it just seems to be layer upon layer of it. The crashed door was the outbuilding door that she had thought she had 'chased' someone into. Her shirt is pulled over her nose only for a few seconds at a time as she continues to vomit from being in the area. She steps inside the outbuilding then backs out.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 0:08:32 GMT
He pauses at the smell, watching her vomit constantly.
"For the love of god, get out of there! Before you catch something vile!" He yells to her.
He rushes forward, but only to grab Simon and pull her out to where it's not full of dead and rotting rats.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 1, 2017 0:15:09 GMT
There is a sickening sound as he pulls her away from the shed and mound of rotting putrid flesh. She doesn't argue as she scrambles back up the hill to the back garden again. Once she catches her breath and retches a few more times she looks to him, "Nobody in the shed, but there is enough illegal poison in there to kill the entire town. There may still be a suspect back there!" She puts the gun safely away and leans forward, hands on her legs; still trying to catch her breath.
"We have to see what is behind that shed."
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 0:19:38 GMT
Arthur gives her his clean hanky to wipe her face. He do ant want it back!
"Ok, but only if you're good. You probably should call out guys in hazmat suits to deal with all that poison though."
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 1, 2017 0:24:07 GMT
"We will need to, and it won't be easy getting around the pile down there. No wonder the volunteers wouldn't go down there... that's absolutely insane!" Speaking of sanity, she's lost another 2 from that experience. She is very clearly shaking and still pale as ice.
"You... you go get back up, we need to find out what is behind this. I'll stay here and make sure nothing comes up from behind after us." She looks to the grass and tenses. "I have a really bad feeling about this!"
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 0:28:51 GMT
He nods to her.
"Be careful. Best get that shooter of yours out again, just in case."
He heads back into the kitchen, looking for the others....
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 13:28:59 GMT
Caleb stops just outside the kitchen, waiting for the others and Arthur to lead the way.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 17:49:46 GMT
Matilda stops just behind Caleb, wondering what is going on outside and preparing herself before she passes him to stand in the back yard.
She then starts to slowly walk forward towards the woods
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 1, 2017 20:19:33 GMT
Officer Simon can be seen moving past the outbuilding towards a small circle of trees far out in the distance. She can be seen from they are standing in the garden holding her gun as she goes into the clearing in the woods and out from their sight. There is a horrendous scream and shots fired, nobody can see what she is shoot at or what is happening to her from the garden position. They would have to go out into the woods to find out. Whatever is happening to her is excruciating, impossible to ignore and making such a horrific sound (everyone lose 1 san).
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 1, 2017 20:33:59 GMT
The Officer had appeared to be chasing someone or something into the middle of the glade, as she ran towards the middle she appears to have tripped. A long thin vine is wrapped around her ankle keeping her held down. She had tried to shoot at the vine in a panic and it the bullet had gone through her foot. Where the hole should be is a flowering rooted vine, crawling around her ankle and digging into her flesh with tendril roots. She is screaming, begging for help and attempting to crawl away from the vine with bloody fingernails as they start to rip away from the flesh of her hand. Whatever has her is not letting go. Her body convulses and her form goes limp. There is no colour left in her body as she appears drained and starts to turn into a thin figure of who she was; all water that was in her body is now gone. Then out of nowhere her entire body suddenly explodes into dust and spores, vanishing completely. Where her foot had been caught in a vine is just grass now, it quivers and seems to move as if there were some sort of bubbles under the earth. Then it goes completely still again.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 20:56:37 GMT
Hearing the noise from the woods, something makes Matilda look towards where she believes the noise to be coming from.
Matilda moves slowly into the woods. Slightly worried but still curiosity gets the better of her.
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Post by Deleted on May 1, 2017 22:01:53 GMT
Caleb shakes of the fear that had overcome him at the sound of the woman screaming, he runs into the forest his revolver at the ready, safety still engaged.
He approaches the woman cautiously aiming his revolver ready to shoot at whatever Officer Simon is along shooting at.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 2, 2017 16:58:05 GMT
Matilda is the only one to witness what has happened. If anyone follows her after this post all they will find is that the officer is missing, her gun is in the tall grass in the middle of the clearing and Matilda looking really shocked.
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 2, 2017 16:59:48 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 17:03:14 GMT
Caleb leaves the garden for the woods.
Ooc... sorry my bad! Read it wrong.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 17:06:44 GMT
Caleb arrives at the woods, clearly to late for whatever had just happened. He still scanned the area.
'Matilda darlin' what happened? Where's the Officer?'
He gently rests his hand on the womans shoulder.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 17:13:53 GMT
Matilda takes a little while to respond as she is shocked and what she has seen. She doesn't even look at Caleb as he asks what happened.
"The vines,they attacked her and not let her go. She I think her body is now gone her body was just dust mostly" She then cries a little
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 2, 2017 17:19:04 GMT
All around Caleb and Matilda are tree's, long and slender tightly woven branches that do not allow passage. The way into the surrounding woods for Matilda was a simple stroll into a reasonably open glade. The walk into the glade for Caleb was completely different and involved going through a few gaps in some of the trees. The glade has formed a circle with only one way in and one way out.
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 17:30:01 GMT
Still with tears in her eyes watching the trees surround them, the fear starts to build as she has seen what happened to the Officer and is scared she will suffer the same fate as her. She then looks to see what she could do to get out.
Spot hidden to see if I see a way out
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 23:20:30 GMT
Dickens comes out of the kitchen, having followed everyone else out .... he was in no hurry to go out there again, but he couldn't let them all go alone.
Still clutching his rake, he followed Caleb down into the woods, towards the sounds of Officer Simon's screaming ...
"Hastur, preserve me," he mumbles, clutching at the pendant hidden under his shirt, as he runs.
(Sorry, tried to post this yesterday when the board was having a glitch moment. When it came back, I forgot)
[Dickens leaves garden for woods]
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Post by Deleted on May 2, 2017 23:23:05 GMT
Dickens folllows behind Matilda and Caleb, but far enough behind to miss the show of Officer Simon exploding.
[ST can he get into the glade?]
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 3, 2017 6:56:42 GMT
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2017 7:08:04 GMT
Caleb tries to not let the concern for what Matilda said happened to Officer Simon show on his face. 'Don't worry darlin', we'll get outta here in no time!'
Dickens had been following them maybe he was on the other side, shouting.... 'Dickens! You there? Can you see a way out?'
Caleb touched the hit of his knife and considered using it to hack a path back to the house. But the words from Matilda lingered in his mind so he left the knife in is sheath.
He looks to see if he can find his way back. 'Spot hidden and listen check'
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Post by Keeper of Darkness on May 3, 2017 7:10:34 GMT
Matilda goes bustling past Dickens as she shrieks and runs out of the glade. As Dickens comes in the branches suddenly twist together, locking the fleeing girl out of the clearing and trapped Dicks and Caleb inside. The branches are very tight, it isn't a 'simple' way out, perhaps with some hacking it would be possible. The ground starts to rumble near to one of the walls, vines start whipping out of the ground and start swinging in caleb's direction. IT isn't hitting anyone yet as the 'thing' surfaces from the earth and starts to twist into a body shape. This 'thing' doesn't seem keen on talking to anyone and it won't respond. One of the vines lashes out at Caleb's face, going after him first.
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